Active Funding Opportunities
To transform health in our lifetime, RWJF funds research and initiatives focused on achieving health equity. Review our active and upcoming funding opportunities to see where you can play a role in paving the way to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
Active Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Funding Opportunites
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
This 2025 call for applications seeks outstanding midcareer health professionals, behavioral and social scientists, and others with an interest in health and the drivers of health. Fellows actively participate in the formulation of national health policies in congressional or executive branch offices of their choosing and accelerate their careers as leaders in health policy.
Release date: August 1, 2025
Rapid Response: Reinvesting in Racial and Indigenous Health Equity Research
The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.
Rapid Response Research funding is exclusively available to applicants who have already received federal funding (e.g., from the NIH, CDC, NSF, etc.) for their health equity research, but have since had their funding partially or fully rescinded due to federal administrative actions.
Release date: August 20, 2025
The Grant Process
Who develops our grant programs? What criteria and objectives must be met? Learn what makes up our grant process and the types of programs and activities we support.
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Grantee Stories
Meet the people working to advance health equity from the ground up, applying innovative ideas and solutions to help us build a future where health is for everyone.
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