New Connections Round 6 Call for Proposals Now Open!

We are pleased to announce our Round 6 Call for Proposals for Junior Investigators and Mid-Career Consultants.

For more information and to apply, please visit:

Junior Investigators: www.rwjf.org/cfp/ncji
Mid-Career Consultants: http://www.rwjf.org/cfp/ncmc

In this sixth round of call for proposals, New Connections seeks Junior Investigators and Mid-Career Consultants who:

* have been underrepresented in RWJF research and evaluation programming activities and would be first-time grantees to RWJF.
* are historically underrepresented ethnic or racial minorities, first-generation college graduates (i.e., first in their immediate family to receive a college degree), or individuals from low-income communities.

Junior investigators are no more than ten years from the receipt of their doctorate. Junior Investigators are eligible for a two-year grant of up to $75,000.

Mid-Career Consultants are those who have at least ten and no more than fifteen years of experience in research and/or evaluation. Mid-Career Consultants are eligible for a one-year grant of up to $75,000.

Key Dates:
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - CFP is released
Wednesday, March 16 & 17, 2011 from 3-4:30pm ET- Optional applicant web conference for junior investigators and mid-career consultants. This is an opportunity to answer applicants' questions, and is highly encouraged.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by 3pm ET- Brief Proposal is due

We've made some changes to the CFP process. For example, we extended the junior investigator eligibility from up to seven years postdoctorate to ten years (as noted above). We also now allow a range of methods for projects from secondary data analysis to mixed methods and even original data collection (if appropriate).