We require that all applicants initiate an unsolicited proposal for Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations by submitting a three-page brief proposal using the form provided in the link below. There are no specific submission deadlines for unsolicited proposals for Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations. These grants are awarded throughout the year.

Application Form and Guidelines

Follow the instructions outlined in the brief proposal form. Before starting a brief proposal, please review the guidelines of What We Fund for Building Human Capital, Pioneer and Vulnerable Populations. You'll be asked to provide the following information about the project:

• Project title.
• Start and completion dates.
• Key components or activities.
• Intended results or products.
• Intended audiences for any products, and how you will share products with these audiences.
• Methdologies to be used, if a research or evaluation project.
• Success measures.
• Other funding sources anticipated.
• Relationship of your proposal to the strategy of Building Human Capital, Pioneer or Vulnerable Populations.
• Brief budget that indicates personnel costs, office costs, purchased services and indirect costs—generally 12 percent.

RWJF will review complete proposals only. Please provide all requested information.

To receive a fair and comprehensive review from the Foundation, all brief proposals must address the strategic objectives of the Building Human Capital, Vulnerable Populations or Pioneer Interest Areas and fall within the guidelines of the types of projects that we fund (see What We Fund).

Download the brief proposal form and guidelines

Note: Clicking on this link will prompt your computer to download a Microsoft Word document. Before completing the form, please save the document to your computer's hard drive, preferably with a new name. Note that some users of older Macintosh OS X operating systems will not be able to download this document due to operating system issues. In those instances, please call RWJF's Office of Proposal Management at (877) 843-RWJF.

Once you have completed your brief proposal, please submit it as an attachment by e-mail to briefproposal@rwjf.org. If you have any problems sending your brief proposal, please call RWJF's Office of Proposal Management at (877) 843-RWJF.

We will confirm receipt of your brief proposal via e-mail once it is received.

Submission Guidelines for Pioneer

The Pioneer portfolio employs a different proposal process, which prospective applicants must follow, instead of the instructions outlined above, if they are applying for a grant from Pioneer. The Pioneer portfolio seeks innovative projects that can lead to fundamental breakthroughs in health and health care. Similar to research and development investments in the for-profit sector, the projects in the Pioneer portfolio are future-oriented and often look to nontraditional sources and fields to make significant improvements in health.

As you prepare your brief proposal, please review Pioneer's overview. If your project fits RWJF's Pioneer strategy, please follow the submission guidelines for Pioneer.

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.

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