The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is seeking applications for its Community-led Learning Event Support to provide funding for Wisconsin-based learning events that build knowledge, skills, and networks among Wisconsin’s health workforce.
Donor Name: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Learning events that convene current and/or next generation health workforce professionals to advance collective understanding of and ability to address Wisconsin’s leading health challenges are important opportunities to build Wisconsin’s health workforce to advance health and health equity now, and in the future.
Learning events should align with AHW’s commitment to health workforce education and development, which aims to:
- Nurture a diverse and multifaceted health workforce responsive to Wisconsin’s needs
- Implement effective recruitment, retention, and continuous learning strategies to optimize current and future workforce
- Maximize purpose, resilience, and fulfillment among health workers across disciplines
Successful applications will describe a key learning gap that the event aims to address, a targeted group of learning event participants consisting primarily of Wisconsin-based health workforce professionals, and how the skills and knowledge gained may be put into action by event participants to contribute to advanced health and/or health equity in Wisconsin.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for up to $5,000 in learning event support per event. Up to $100,000 in funding is available annually to support up to 20 community-led learning events each year.
Eligibility Criteria
Financial support is available for learning events that meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Learning Event Host: Hosted by an eligible Wisconsin-based 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 organization, or a Wisconsin government-based entity or organization. The host organization must have an EIN number and will be responsible for the fiduciary and reporting requirements of the project and project budget.
- Duration: Support is available for one-time learning events or series of events that includes a specific number of events over a pre-set duration in the application.
- Location: Events must incorporate an in-person learning component with participants and be held in the state of Wisconsin. Funds may not be used to support events that are virtual-only, unless otherwise approved by AHW.
- Participants: A majority of event participants must be current professionals, early career professionals, and/or the next generation of leaders working to improve Wisconsin’s health.
- Objectives: The event must aim to build participant capacity for improving health in WI, such as knowledge, skills, or networks, through defined learning objectives and employing best practices in adult learning.
- Content: Event content must be new or innovative compared to other events or prior iterations of existing events.
- Event Collaborators: Applicants are encouraged to engage the target audience and/or additional collaborators to inform the planning and implementation of the learning event.
For more information, visit AHW.
