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Funding Opportunity: Improving Public Health Data Systems to Address Health Equity Challenges for At-Risk Communities in the U.S. Gulf Coast

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) are partnering to advance health equity in at-risk communities located in the coastal region of the US Gulf of Mexico. Towards this advancement, the GRP-RWJF partnership is sponsoring a unique funding opportunity for researchers at Minority Serving Institutions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. This funding opportunity will support community-engaged research to investigate the role that data on the social determinants of health (SDOH) could play in improving the capability of public health data systems to better understand and address health disparities in select at-risk communities.

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Cycle 2

  • April 3, 2023: Online proposal submission opens
  • June 12, 2023: Deadline for submission of proposals due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  • June-September 2023: Proposal review, and award selection and notification
  • October 1, 2023 (Anticipated): Project start date
  • August 31, 2025: Project end date
  • October 31, 2025: Final project reports due

Awarded Projects

Cycle 1

Phase I: Project Planning

  • December 16, 2021: Online proposal for planning grant submission opens
  • February 1, 2022: Deadline for submission of proposals due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  • April 2022 June 2022: Award selection and notification for planning grant
  • September 30, 2022 November 15, 2022: Deadline for submission of full project plans due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Phase II: Project Implementation

  • November/December 2022February 2023: Award selection and notification for implementation grant
  • January 2023 March 2023: Anticipated project start dates
  • August 31, 2024 May 31, 2025: Final project reports due

Awarded Projects

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