Rapid Response Research Funding Details

Can our budget request be below the bottom of the budget range listed, $50,000?

No, unfortunately, grants below $50,000 are prohibitively challenging for the Foundation to administer.
In the case that your budget request is below the minimum threshold, you may consider adding funds to disseminate the research findings, even if such activities were not part of the original federal budget, as long as the dissemination activities were planned for the projects. This can include open access fees, conference presentations, creation and distribution of materials, etc.
What if the $200,000 award is not enough to cover the full amount of the terminated federal grant?

We expect that in most cases $200,000 will not be enough to cover the funds lost due to termination of a federal grant. We hope Rapid Response Research grants will act as a one time infusion of funds to help weather the current precarity of the federal funding landscape.
What are allowable grant durations?

Grant durations up to 24 months are permitted.
How much funding is available per award?

Awards may range from $50,000 to $200,000. We ask that applicants request only what is needed to allow for maximizing support for as many recipients as possible. We expect larger awards to correspond with more distributed funding (e.g., multiple people’s salaries or multiple activities).
How many awards do you anticipate funding through Rapid Response Research?

Our goal is to support as many early- to mid-career, antiracist, anticolonial health equity researchers as possible with the available funding. The exact number of grants depends on the size of the grants awarded, but we anticipate funding between 10 and 40 projects.