Health Policy Research Scholars
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A national leadership and funding program for full-time doctoral students from historically marginalised backgrounds, in any research discipline, who want to apply their research to health equity and health policy.
- Indicative award
- up to $30k per year (per year)Up to $30,000 per year for up to four years, or until the doctoral program is completed, whichever comes first. Scholars may also compete for a dissertation grant of up to $10,000.
- Timing
- Annual cycleNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.CAUTION: the eligibility text on the site as of 2026-08-07 still describes students starting their second year in fall 2025, i.e. the most recent cohort. No open application deadline is published and the next cohort is not confirmed on the page. Verify with RWJF before relying on this entry.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Full-time doctoral students from historically marginalised backgrounds, in a research-focused discipline, who are entering the second year of their program and will not graduate before the cohort ends. No citizenship requirement is stated on the page.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- health equity · health policy · doctoral training · structural inequity
- Apply at
- https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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