Funding-Limited Submission – Aetna Foundation – Cultivating Healthy Communities; March 29, 2016

Purpose: Through this program, the Aetna Foundation seeks to support communities’ efforts to become healthier places to live, work, learn, play and pray. The Cultivating Healthy Communities program will support programs that benefit underserved, low-income communities. The foundation seeks grantees committed to improving results in up to two of the five domains shown below:

• Healthy Behaviors
• Community Safety
• Built Environment
• Social/Economic Factors
• Environmental Exposures

Funding Amount/ Project Period: $50,000 or $100,000 over 18 to 24 months.

Institutional Limit: 1

Link to Funding Opportunity

Internal Competition: To participate in the University’s selection process, researchers are to submit the following material electronically, assembled into a single PDF document, to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, March 29, 2016:

• Names and departments of the PI and Senior Project Personnel
• Title of the program and/or funding opportunity announcement number
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum).

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make a recommendation as to the University’s applicant. Questions about the submission process may be directed to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research at 257-1663 or limitedsubmissions@uky.edu.

Foundation Deadline: Stage 1 applications- April 15, 2016. Applicants whose Stage 1 applications pass through the initial review will be invited to submit a Stage 2 application, which will be due June 10.