Funding-Health & Society Scholars Program; October, 2, 2009

Agency

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Description

The 2009-10 Call for Applications for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program has been released.

The Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nation's capacity for research and leadership that addresses the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change.

The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and to develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health. The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions designed to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans.

Closing Date: October 2, 2009

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_HSS2009.pdf