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About Calls for Proposals

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards most of its grants through calls for proposals (CFPs). By issuing CFPs and awarding grants on a competitive basis, the Foundation:

  • sparks new and promising ideas from the field
  • invites a diverse range of approaches and applicants to a single issue, problem or idea
  • evaluates whether ideas that work in one setting will work in many different ones
  • brings together coalitions of people and groups to act on a problem or issue
  • compares many applications for the same purpose at the same time.

Each CFP contains:

  • the program's purpose, background, intent and design, as well as grant requirements
  • eligibility and selection criteria
  • total dollars and number of grants being awarded
  • matching fund requirements (if applicable)
  • how funds may be used
  • deadlines and key dates
  • instructions on how to apply.

All seven program areas issue CFPs from time to time.

Building Human Capital
Childhood Obesity
Coverage
Pioneer
Public Health
Quality/Equality
Vulnerable Populations

View open calls for proposals across our program areas.
View upcoming calls for proposals.

Funding Alert Notifications

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Questions

If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact our Office of Proposal Management via e-mail or at (877) 843-RWJF (7953), Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time.