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Corporate and Foundation Relations staff circulate a monthly list of grant opportunities for faculty and staff. By making this information available, we encourage you to consider seeking corporate and foundation grant support. Subscribe to receive monthly emails.
To learn more about these opportunities or discuss foundations or corporations that do not have active RFPs, please contact Jared Mouro, Foundation Relations Specialist: ag4956@wayne.edu
For School of Medicine faculty, please contact Susan Miller, director of research philanthropy, at smiller@med.wayne.edu
| Foundation | Program | Description | Award Amount | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laerdal Foundation | Saving Lives at Birth in Low-Resource Settings | Average grant around USD 30,000. 50 % of the annual appropriations have been earmarked for practically oriented projects that may help achieve the UN Sustainability Goal no 3, aiming at reducing both maternal and newborn mortality by 2/3 from 2010 to 2030. The Board will be prioritizing projects relating to interventions on day of birth - including prevention of stillborn deaths. Applications that go beyond a local impact and have the potential to document long term practical value and stimulate developments also in other regions/countries will be prioritized . Applications are particularly welcome relating to: Innovative approaches to more efficient education and implementation Online Application: https://laerdalfoundation.org/saving-lives-at-birth/ | $50,000 | 4/1/2025 |
| The Commonwealth Fund | Grant Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Notes: Strictly LOI Submission Proposals are invitation only. Award amount based on previous grants. To promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. Online application: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-and-fellowships/applicant-resources | Up to $200,000 | Rolling |
| Dresner Foundation | Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The fund will facilitate the advancement of innovative basic science, translational or clinical research. Focus includes:
The foundation is equally interested in efforts that have a broad and meaningful impact and focus on intervention and prevention beyond the boundaries of any one disease. | $250,000 | Rolling |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity | Evidence for Action (E4A) prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. Our focus on racial equity means we are concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other races and ethnicities), as well as the ways in which racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority. This funding is geared toward studies about “upstream” causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop at characterizing or documenting the extent of a problem. | $300,000 | Rolling |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. Online Application: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2020/pioneering-ideas-2020-exploring-the-future-to-build-a-culture-of-health.html?rid=0032S000027IF4VQAW&et_cid=2046258 | $300,000 | Rolling |
| Total Health Care Foundation | General application | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Full applications are by invitation only and are due subsequently. THCF reviews submissions quarterly. Average grants are $50,000-200,000. Improve the health and lives of people living in high-need areas; Provide care management that addresses social determinants of health; Educate expectant mothers on the importance of prenatal and preventive care; Promote wellness for transferred and vulnerable populations; Assist with the navigation of various aspects of Medicaid; Address disparities within the Detroit market. Emailed Application: https://www.priorityhealth.com/landing/total-health-care-foundation | $50,000- $200,000 | Rolling |
| The Commonwealth Fund | Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. To promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. Online Application: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-and-fellowships/applicant-resources | $200,000 | Rolling |