(FOA)-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Clinical Scholars; March 11, 2020

 

Agency

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

 

Description

Clinical Scholars is a three-year, team-based program for a wide variety of health professionals in community, clinical, or academic settings. By the end of the program, fellows will have gained the skills they need to appraise, synthesize, use the best evidence to guide practice and inform policy in addressing complex health problems in their teams, organizations, and communities. We are seeking up to 35 individuals (in teams of three to five) with the potential to become national change leaders in their focus areas and a demonstrated long-term commitment to fostering and achieving health equity.

 

Those selected for this program will engage in:

• Personal, in-depth leadership training in health equity and community engagement
• Collaborative work across disciplines and professions to tackle problems that emerge from complex systems in communities
• Robust and customizable distance-based learning (8–10 hours/month)
• Required in-person team meetings/activities three times per year
• Planning and implementation of your team’s “Wicked Problem Impact Project”
• Receipt of grant funds based on team size (from up to $315,000 for a three-person to $525,000 for a five-person team)
• Mentoring and networking across all Clinical Scholars cohorts, other RWJF leadership programs, and with experts nationwide.

 

Clinical Scholars is a team-based program for a wide variety of health professionals in community, clinical, or academic settings (e.g., audiologists, clinical counselors, dentists, dieticians, nurses, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers, speech therapists, veterinarians). The team must be sponsored by an applicant organization that will manage the award. Complete eligibility requirements are included in the call for applications.

 

Eligibility: Providers fully licensed to practice in September 2015 or earlier are eligible to apply to Clinical Scholar in the 2020-2023 cohort. Each team member must possess at least five years of clinical experience and be clinically active or training/supervising clinical providers or trainees.

 

Closing Date:

March 11, 2020

 

Link to Full Announcement

https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2020/clinical-scholars.html

 

Contact Information

Melissa Green

(919) 843-3304

clinical.scholars@unc.edu