Open for Applications: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Call for Proposals 2026 (up to $500,000)

About the Opportunity

• They welcome applications from organizations with principal investigators/project directors/leads of all personal and professional backgrounds.
• They especially encourage applications from project director(s) and teams having backgrounds and life experiences that are under increased threats in the current political climate
• including Indigenous
• and other persons of color
• LGBTQ+ community members

Eligibility Criteria

• ✔ All organizations based in the U.S. or its territories are eligible to apply. Submissions from teams that include both U.S. and international members are eligible
• ✔ but all projects must focus on improving health equity in the U.S. Projects that solely focus on improving health equity
• ✔ outside the U.S. are ineligible for funding. International applicants are eligible to apply
• ✔ and if selected
• ✔ RWJF will not select, exclude, or prioritize applicants based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or other protected characteristics.
• ✔ Biomedical, clinical, and bench science projects, as well as medicinal remedies, are not eligible for this funding opportunity.

Funding & Benefits

• 💰 The purpose of this CFP is to support organizations in pursuing action-oriented projects that leverage learning from outside the U.S.
• 💰 to create a more durable and equitable health knowledge system in the U.S. These efforts will advance health equity
• 💰 and wellbeing through community-driven knowledge generation
• 💰 and narrative. Together
• 💰 Up to 15 awards will be funded. Awards will be up to $500,000 each. Request only what is necessary to
• 💰 allow the organisers to fund as many recipients as possible. They expect larger awards to correspond with more distributed funding
• 💰 multiple people’s salaries or multiple activities).
• 💰 For this funding opportunity
• 💰 they are prioritizing organizations that are new to RWJF. Organizations are not eligible if they have been awarded any funds from RWJF since January 1
• 💰 2021. Your organization is not eligible if it has received any awards from RWJF

How to Apply

• → The application deadline is April 13, 2026 8:00 p.m. GMT+1.
• → Click here to apply