2025 Call for Proposals: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic Racism

This funding opportunity is closed and funding decisions have been announced. To learn about the grantees funded under this call for proposals, click here.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its final research funding opportunity through the Systems for Action Research Program on January 15th, 2025. This funding opportunity will provide research funding for community-led pilot-test studies that test the feasibility of new interventions designed to dismantle and disrupt forms of systemic racism through the alignment of medical, social, and public health systems. Pilot studies must be led by a community-based nonprofit, government agency, or tribal organization that serves communities affected by systemic racism, working in partnership with an experienced research team. Awards of up to $200,000 each will fund pilot-test studies that can be completed over a 12-month period.

Systems for Action will conclude its operations as a RWJF research program in December 2026 and will not release another CFP before then. Pilot studies funded through this CFP are expected to help grantees prepare for and pursue future research opportunities from other funding sources beyond the S4A program.
 

View 2025 Funding Opportunity Brochure