Funding-Limited Submission - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts - Health Impact Project: Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities; August 1, 2012

Description: This collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts encourages the use of health impact assessments (HIA) to help decision-makers identify the potential health effects of proposed policies, projects, and programs, and make recommendations that enhance their health benefits and minimize their adverse effects and any associated costs. This call for proposals supports two types of initiatives: 1) HIA demonstration projects that inform a specific decision and help to build the case for the value of HIA; and 2) HIA program grants to enable organizations with previous HIA experience to conduct HIAs and develop sustainable, self-supporting HIA programs at the local, state, or tribal level

Amount/Institutional Limits

Demonstration Projects Applicants may request grants of between $25,000 and $75,000 for demonstration projects that will be completed within 18 months. An applicant organization may submit up to two proposals. However, the Health Impact Project will fund no more than one proposal per organization.

Program Grants Applicants may request grants of up to $250,000 for program grants that will be completed within 24 months. Grantees will be asked to provide a minimum of $100,000 in matching funds, either through in-kind contributions or through outside funding sources. The Health Impact Project will accept only one proposal per organization.

Solicitation: http://www.healthimpactproject.org/project/opportunities/document/2012-Health-Impact-Project-CFP.pdf

Internal Competition: Because the Health Impact Project only allows applicants to submit two (2) proposals for a Demonstration Project and one (1) proposal for a program grant, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Individuals interested in submitting to this program are to submit the following material electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Wednesday, August 1, 2012:

• Names and departments or institutional affiliation of the PI, co-PIs, and other key personnel or partners
• Specify type of project – Demonstration or Program.  For Program Grants, indicate the amount and the source of the required match.  Note:  Because of ongoing commitments, the Office of the Vice President for Research is unable to provide matching funds.  However, the use of salary as a cost share would be allowed for this specific funding opportunity.

• Project overview: (1-2 pages) identify the proposed theme(s), objectives, and brief description of activities

A committee will be appointed to review the information and make a recommendation. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).

External Deadlines:

For Program Grants:

September 14, 2012 (5 p.m. PT)—Deadline for receipt of brief proposals.

December 14, 2012 (5 p.m. PT)—Deadline for receipt of full proposals.

For Demonstration Project Grants:

September 28, 2012 (5 p.m. PT)—Deadline for receipt of proposals.