The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for its Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP).
Donor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
State: All State
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/16/2022
Size of the Grant: $420,000
Grant Duration: 4 year
Detail:
Purpose
RWJF believes that leadership for health equity (individuals, organizations, or communities co-creating an emerging future in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being) is an essential lever for change, especially the complex change needed to dismantle structural racism. They leadership development programs support and connect participants to enhance their influence as leaders, researchers, and advisers to achieve greater equity in communities across their country.
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically marginalized backgrounds. Scholars should be committed to working toward eliminating health disparities by achieving senior rank in academic medicine, dentistry, or nursing.
The program provides scholars with:
- Development of research, academic, and leadership skills;
- Ongoing mentoring by a distinguished national advisory committee;
- A grounding in the social determinants of health, health equity, and the elements of a Culture of Health;
- Growth in communications skills to advance the impact of scholars’ research and scholarship in the field.
Funding Information
- RWJF will fund up to 10 four-year awards of up to $420,000 each.
- Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000 each, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant to support research activities.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
To be eligible for this award, applicants must be physicians, dentists, or nurses who:
- Are from historically marginalized backgrounds;
- Are U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application, or individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the time of application (changes in federal policy or law may necessitate that they consider adjustments in eligibility and grant terms);
- Are completing or have completed their formal clinical training (they will give preference to those who have recently completed their formal clinical training or—in the case of nurses—their research doctorate);
- Are not related by blood or marriage to any Officer or Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, nor are a descendant of its founder, Robert Wood Johnson.
- Federal, state, tribal, and local government employees who are not considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code are eligible to apply.
- Physicians must be Board-eligible to apply for this program. A dental applicant must be a general dentist with a master’s degree or a PhD or have completed advanced dental education. Nurse applicants must be registered nurses with a research doctorate in nursing or a related discipline completed by the application deadline.
- Detailed research plans and budgets for selected finalists must be submitted by the university, school of medicine, dentistry, nursing, or research institution with which the prospective scholar will be affiliated during the term of the fellowship.
The university, school, or research institution must meet the following criteria:
- Be either a public entity or nonprofit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation or nonfunctionally integrated Type III supporting organization;
- Be based in the United States or its territories.
For more information, visit Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program.
