The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, seeks applications for research and education initiatives that define, study, and address health issues affecting lesbians and other sexual minority women, as well as their healthcare providers.
Donor Name: GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Today, they are still committed to improving the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women & girls through funding rigorous scientific research. LHF is the only US research fund dedicated solely to the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ women and girls.
2025 Research Areas
The LHF Grant Committee welcomes all proposals that identify or address health disparities among LGBTQ+ women and girls (e.g., sexual and/or gender minority women or girls, gender diverse people assigned female at birth); however, special consideration will be given to proposals that focus on the following:
- Research that generates pilot data for subsequent training or early-stage investigator grants
- Subpopulations that are often underrepresented in sexual and gender minority (SGM) research, including but not limited to:
- Adolescents/Youth
- Bisexual people
- Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color
- Gender diverse people
- Intersex individuals or individuals with differences of sex development (DSD)
- Older adults
- People who experience multiple points of marginalization
- Rural communities
- Methods & frameworks
- Measurement & methods of LGBTQ+ people
- Community-informed/community-based participatory research
- Trauma-informed research
- Social & behavioral research
- Intersectionality
- Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities Research Framework
- Topical areas
- Sexual and reproductive health, including family & parenting issues
- The impact of the pandemic on health and wellbeing
- Educational initiatives (e.g., curriculum development)
- Acute care/hospitalization experiences
- Access to healthcare issues
- Across the lifespan issues
- Violence prevention.
Funding Information
For the 2025 grant cycle, GLMA plans to fund grants in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
- Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty interested in pursuing a research career focused on LGBTQ+ women or girls are invited to apply. Senior scholars, faculty, and non-profit organizations interested in expanding their program of research into this population are also welcome to apply. Applicants’ organizations or institutions must have a US tax ID.
- Grant award checks will be made to the primary institution or organization identified on the application cover page. Proposed research may not begin until you have received funding from LHF. Grant money is NOT awarded for completed research or for projects in progress. Current LHF grantees may not participate in a new grant as PI or Co-Investigator until LHF receives the written Final Report for their current grant.
Evaluation Criteria
LHF will give a higher ranking to proposals that:
- Test hypotheses or evaluate research questions that advance the science of LGBTQ+ women and girls’ health through a rigorous study design and innovative methodology
- Aim to make a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women and girls
- Include one or more priority research area(s)
- Support investigators with a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ women and girls.
For more information, visit GLMA.
