Support for Researchers
External Funding Opportunities
In our mission to support infant and family well-being, Happiest Baby has compiled a list of external funding opportunities for maternal and child health researchers. The funding opportunities are sourced from federal agency grants and nationwide foundations.
For more information on grants or other funding opportunities, please contact us.
Federal Grants
The funding opportunities below are sourced from federal agency grants and nationwide foundations. Use the
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State Grants
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Elevance Health Foundation: Maternal and Child Health
Deadline on 01/31 each year
Description:
The Foundation emphasizes programs that specifically work to create equity in maternal healthcare by addressing racial disparities, biases,barriers to care, and health-related social needs. The programs should drive specific, measurable maternal/child health outcomes.
Funding Amount:
Previous grants ranged from $300,000 – 7,000,000
Elevance Health Foundation: Substance Use Disorder
Deadline on 08/31 each year
Description:
The Foundation is emphasizing programs that promote equity in mental health, particularly for people with substance use disorders. We are focusing on programs that include prevention, crisis response, and harm-reduction strategies and reduce barriers to trauma-informed approaches. While proposals from qualified organizations across the U.S. will be considered as resources allow, at this time we’re placing an emphasis on national program promoting scalable and sustainable systemic change and local programs in California, Georgia, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Virginia that support socially vulnerable populations with relevant interventions.
Funding Amount:
Previous grants ranged from $300,000 – 7,000,000
Hearst Foundation Health Grants
Rolling Deadlines
Description:
The Hearst Foundations assist leading regional hospitals, medical centers and specialized medical institutions providing access to healthcare for high-need populations. In response to the shortage of healthcare professionals necessary to meet the country’s evolving healthcare demands, the Foundations also fund programs designed to enhance skills and increase the number of practitioners and educators across roles in healthcare. The Foundations also support medical research and the development of young investigators to help create a broad and enduring impact on the nation’s health.
Funding Amount:
Minimum $100,000
HRSA-24-084: HRSA Building Optimal Outcomes for Moms (BLOOM)
Important Dates:
Estimated Post Date: 01/29/2024
Estimated Due Date: 04/29/2024
Description:
The purpose of this program is to support community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement, sustain, or expand programs or policies addressing social and structural determinants of health (SSDOH) to improve maternal health and eliminate maternal health inequities
Funding Amount:
Total program funding of $45,000,000 for an estimated 20 awards
HRSA 24-047: HRSA State Maternal Health Innovation
Estimated Post Date: 01/03/2024
Estimated Due Date: 09/30/2024
Description:
The purpose of the State Maternal Health Innovation (State MHI) program is to improve maternal health and address maternal health disparities through state-led demonstrations focused on quality services, a skilled workforce, enhanced data quality and capacity, and innovative programming.
Funding Amount:
Not specified
PA-20-183: NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Standard NIH Due Date: 02/05/2024
Grant Expiry Date: 05/08/2024
Description:
The NIH Research Project Grant supports a discrete, specified, circumscribed project in scientific areas that represent the investigators’ specific interests and competencies and that fall within the mission of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). The R01 is the original, and historically the oldest, grant mechanism used by the NIH to support health-related research and development. All applications submitted to this Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement must propose clinical trial(s).
Funding Amount:
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grants
Rolling Deadlines
Description:
We are always looking to support innovative ideas and efforts that align with our priorities to ensure all children, families and communities – regardless of race or income – have opportunities to reach their full potential. WKKF wants all children to live a full life by accessing high-quality early childhood experiences, supported by families with access to good jobs and career pathways and living in communities where they are nurtured. Embedded in all that we do is a commitment to advancing racial equity, developing leaders at all levels and engaging communities in addressing barriers that prevent positive outcomes for their children.
Funding Amount:
Not Specified