Exploring Equitable Futures
Call for proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
They have set three ambitious goals for their work:
Economic Inclusion for Family Wellbeing
Equitable and Accountable Public Health and Healthcare Systems
Healthy and Equitable Community Conditions
These projects should address one or more of RWJF’s Prioritized Systems.
We are particularly interested in projects that seed new and unconventional ideas within the Health Science Knowledge System—or that reimagine this system completely. At RWJF, we believe that the knowledge and evidence that’s needed to guide better decisionmaking, as well as policies that influence health, must include wisdom generated and shared by communities, including those that have been traditionally ignored or undervalued.With our grantees and partners, we are working to transform the way we produce, share, and use health evidence so that it is rooted in equity and justice. As such, we are interested in projects that explore questions such as, but not limited to:
How might trends, such as artificial intelligence and decreasing trust in institutions impact efforts to transform the Health Science Knowledge System?
How might a reimagined Health Science Knowledge System produce knowledge that advances health equity? In a desired future, who gets to frame research questions? How does research reflect the priorities and concerns of community members? What qualifies as evidence?
How might new structures, processes, and incentives ensure the future Health Science Knowledge System produces, validates, disseminates, and applies evidence to improve health?
Key Dates & Deadlines
Beginning February 3, 2025, proposals will be accepted on a rolling admission until October 15, 2025.
All applications submitted before October 15, 2025 at 3 p.m. ET, will be reviewed.
We strive to get back to all applicants as quickly as possible. Depending on the volume of proposals received at any given time, applicants can expect to receive a response as early as one month and no later than six months as to whether their application has been accepted for further consideration or turned down.
The Exploring Equitable Futures CFP will close annually on or about October 15 and reopen on or about February 1 in the next year.
Read the full call for proposals for information about the application process.