Talking with RWJF Staff About Your Proposal
You do not need to talk with an RWJF staff member before submitting an unsolicited proposal in Building Human Capital, Pioneer or Vulnerable Populations in order for it to be reviewed or supported. If you have, though, please tell us in your proposal.
From time to time, people discuss ideas with our staff before submitting an unsolicited proposal to RWJF in Building Human Capital, Pioneer or Vulnerable Populations:
- If you have discussed your idea for Building Human Capital, Pioneer or Vulnerable Populations with an RWJF staff member, follow the process outlined for unsolicited proposals and submit a brief proposal.
- On the brief proposal form, please identify the staff member with whom you've talked. If you received a grant ID number from a staff member, please include it.
We will review all ideas based strictly on their merits and their fit with our strategic objectives. Proposals arising from discussions with RWJF staff represent a small percentage of what we support. We review these proposals according to the same procedures as we follow when a staff member has not talked with an applicant before submitting a proposal.
To promote fairness, our Office of Proposal Management reviews all complete unsolicited brief proposals. If a proposal supports one of the Foundation's strategies, a team of RWJF staff members who work on that strategy will review it as well.
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, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time.
