Office of Research
Health and Well-Being Grants: Health Disparities
Health disparities refer to differences in care and outcomes between groups of people–and are closely linked with social, economic, and environmental factors. Within these broad areas, disparities happen across many dimensions, including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, location, gender, disability status, and sexual orientation.
The Cigna Foundation further defines health disparities as those that are unfair or unjust, occur in the process of seeking health care and access to health care, and impact different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups to various degrees.
Goals
Despite steady improvement in overall health outcomes over the past decade, many under-resourced communities continue to experience substantial health disparities.
Grants will address one or more of the following areas:
- Increased access to health care
- Increased access to primary care
- Increased health literacy, the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions and follow directions for treatment
Application Instructions
Please submit:
- a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
- Biosketch or CV of the PI
to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, March 25, 2021. Proposals are due to the sponsor 4/23/21, so you will need to have your materials in to the Office of Sponsored Programs 4/14/21 if given the go-ahead by the review committee.
Inquiries and Contact Information
Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.
For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.