Research Funding Opportunities: August 14, 2026

Introducing a new tool for research development in the college: Funding Opportunities Database

All active funding opportunities from prior CJC funding digests have been posted to this site and we are continuing to refine and improve it. Please visit it and provide Max Williams your feedback.

Health Communications

First Opportunity

• Sponsor: UF+FSU CTSA Hub 
• Funding Opportunity Title: UF+FSU CTSA Hub Request for Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Pilot Applications
• Key words: clinical and translational science, health outcomes
• Link to RFP:  Visit the website for application instructions
• Deadline: Letter of intent deadline 08/31/26
• Funding available: $25,000 – $50,000 in total direct costs 
• Period of performance: Funds must be fully expended within the 12-month period
• Program Background: The CTS Pilot Program funds projects that develop, adapt, test, compare, and evaluate reusable CTS tools and methods that can be improve clinical and translational research across multiple settings, populations, or study designs. 
• Program Objectives: Cross-institutional collaborations between UF (Gainesville/Jacksonville) and FSU are strongly encouraged. Use of CTSI Hub resources and consultation services is recommended
  • Enhancing multisite clinical trial efficiency and reducing participant burden
  • Accelerating translation into clinical and community settings
  • Adaptation of existing CTS tools and methods to new research settings and populations
  • Reusable clinical trial, recruitment, and implementation infrastructure
  • Data integration, interoperability, and harmonization approaches
  • AI and analytics approaches emphasizing validation, implementation, and generalizability
  • Scalable methods that support adoption, dissemination, and reuse across research settings
• NOTE:
  • No F&A costs, no cost-sharing, and no mixed funding sources
  • Faculty salary, tuition, major equipment, computers, software, and travel/conference expenses are not allowable
  • CTSI service costs will be provided as non-transferable credit

Second Opportunity

• Sponsor: NIHCM Foundation
• Funding Opportunity Title: Journalism Grants
• Key words: health care, health reporting, journalism, AI
• Link to RFP:  https://nihcm.org/grants/journalism-grants
• Deadline: Letter of intent deadline 10/02/26
• Funding available: NIHCM is awarding up to $460,000 for the 2026 – 2027 Health Care Journalism Grant cycle, with most individual grants awarded in the $15,000 – $30,000 range.
• Period of performance: not specified
• Program Background: NIHCM Foundation supports independent health reporting and education projects for journalists that can help policymakers, health plans, health care delivery systems, health care consumers, and/or related stakeholders improve the affordability, accessibility, and quality of US health care
• Program Objectives: This year, we are inviting reporting and educational project requests that align with one or more of the following issue areas:
  • Health Care Costs & Quality: Investigating the key drivers of rising health care spending and what those mean for US health care access, quality of care, and outcomes. This can include reporting to inform policymakers, the health care industry, and the public on how well state and federal cost-control policies are working in practice, as well as efforts to reduce low-value or unnecessary care.
  • Health Care Consolidation: Examining how health care competition, consolidation, and ownership across the health care system are impacting costs, access, provider workforce dynamics, quality of care, and patient outcomes.
  • Artificial Intelligence: The potential opportunities and challenges associated with artificial intelligence in health care, including costs, administrative burden, access to care, health outcomes, patient experience, and quality of care.
  • Prescription Drugs & Technology: The implications of technology and drug prices on spending, utilization, and health outcomes, and the effectiveness of public and private-sector policies and innovations to improve patient outcomes and access.
  • Rural Health: The challenges and opportunities facing rural health systems and communities around health care costs, access, consolidation, and quality. Stories that examine how state and federal policies and innovations are impacting health care in rural areas, including telehealth, workforce development, and care coordination and delivery.
  • Maternal Health: Understanding the drivers of — and disparities in — maternal health (including postpartum) and infant health outcomes and how public and private-sector policies and initiatives impact maternal health care delivery, workforce dynamics, access to high-value care, health outcomes, and costs.
• NOTE:
  • NIHCM Foundation does not pay indirect costs to journalism grantee organizations. Exceptions may be made on an individual basis if your organization requires an indirect cost rate. NIHCM Foundation will consider indirect costs up to a maximum of 12 percent of direct costs.

Communications

First Opportunity

• Sponsor: Arthur W. Page Center
• Funding Opportunity Title: 2027 Call for Research Proposals: The Interplay of Integrity and Crisis Communication within the Context of Managing for Tomorrow
• Key words: crisis communications
• Link to RFP:  https://pagecenter.psu.edu/legacy-scholar-grants/the-interplay-of-integrity-and-crisis-communication-within-the-context-of-managing-for-tomorrow
• Deadline: Letter of intent deadline 1/15/2027
• Funding available: not specified
• Period of performance: not specified
• Program Background: Crisis communication is an applied field of research that has been expanding rapidly over the past twenty years. Crisis communication reflects the Page Principle of “Managing for Tomorrow” because crisis management is about planning for the future and being ready for today. Crisis communication research is applied because it seeks to enhance crisis management thereby facilitating the wellbeing of those adversely affected by the crisis, including stakeholders and the organization-in-crisis. 
• Program Objectives: Relevant proposals include, but are not limited to, the following potential research topics:
  • How might integrity serve as a buffer against the common negative crisis effects of reputational damage, negative word-of-mouth intentions, and decline in purchase intentions?
  • Can integrity serve as a buffer in both competency-base and integrity-based crises?
  • How might integrity signaling prior to a crisis enhance the buffering effect of integrity?
  • Do perceptions of strong integrity become a burden when an organization becomes involved in an integrity-based crisis? Will these prior positive views of integrity intensify the sense of the organization breaking promises and betraying stakeholders?
  • How might integrity contribute to the readiness of an organization to manage crises?
  • How do integrity-based crises enhance negative emotions and distress stakeholder experience during a crisis?
  • How do integrity-based crises change the outcomes crisis managers should be pursuing?
  • Why do integrity-based crises require a shift to long-term thinking and reinforce the need to manage for tomorrow?
  • How can integrity signaling be used to help mend the stakeholder-organization relationship following a competency-based crisis?
  • Can integrity signaling be used to help mend the stakeholder-organization relationship following an integrity-based crisis?
  • What are effective and ineffective ways to provide integrity signaling following a crisis?
  • How can integrity be used to promote stakeholder wellbeing following a crisis?
• NOTE: The Center does not allow the following costs:

Category: Research Funding Opportunities
Subscribe to our News Digest