Deadline- 21 August 2013
Applications are accepted for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) Program offered by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This program is also supported by The National Coordinating Center (NCC) for PHSSR. The mission of this program is to strengthen the pool of researchers available to conduct PHSSR and to build on successful principles and models previously demonstrated in public health and health services research.
Objectives-
- build the evidence of what works
- expand research capacity
- catalyze the application of research to public health practice and policy-making
- expand resources for and visibility of PHSSR.
Awards-
- Approximately $800,000 is available through this solicitation
- Up to eight grants will be awarded through this solicitation
- Each grantee will receive up to $100,000 for a maximum of 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or non-functionally integrated supporting organizations
- Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories
- Individual candidates for receipt of award funds must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents at the time of application and must not be receiving support from other research fellowships/traineeships at the time they begin the program
- Additionally, individual candidates for receipt of award funds cannot be related by blood or marriage to any Officer or Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, or be a descendant of its founder, Robert Wood Johnson
- Eligible applicants are junior faculty with a research or professional doctoral degree in public health or related discipline, with a demonstrated career commitment to PHSSR.
- At the time of the award, applicants must-
- hold a primary faculty appointment at an academic institution, or an equivalent position at a research center or government agency that is capable of providing an intensive, supervised career development experience in PHSSR; and
- demonstrate a career commitment to PHSSR.
- Proposals are encouraged from researchers representing a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to health services management; law; public policy; economics; business administration; organizational behavior; sociology; finance; urban planning; public administration; information and library science; and industrial and systems engineering. Proposals from applicants who have not previously received funding from RWJF are encouraged
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