Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program

Posted by on June 16, 2006

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program Releases Call for Applications
Deadline: October 13, 2006

The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program (<a href="http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org/">http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org/</a>), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (<a href="http://www.rwjf.org">http://www.rwjf.org/</a>), is designed to build the United States’ capacity for research, leadership, and action to address the broad range of factors that affect health. The program’s goal is to improve health by training scholars to 1) rigorously investigate the connections among biological, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and 2) develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions based upon integration of these determinants. The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems, and the range of solutions offered to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans. To be eligible, scholars must have completed doctoral training by the time of entry into the program (August or September 2007) in one of a variety of disciplines, ranging from the behavioral and social sciences to the biological and natural sciences and health professions; have significant research experience; clearly connect their research interests to substantive population health concerns; and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. Up to eighteen scholars will be selected for two-year appointments that will begin in the fall semester of 2007. Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $80,000 in year one and $83,000 in year two. Individuals must apply online through the program’s Web site. Online applications will be accepted beginning July 14, 2006. Visit the program’s Web site for the complete Call for Applications.

RFP Link: <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002939/healthandsociety">http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002939/healthandsociety</a>

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