RWJF Data Visualization of Structural Racism and Place: Harvard Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Data Visualization of Structural Racism and Place
Harvard Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 10, 2023 
FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline (if nominated): May 25, 2023
Sponsor Deadline (if nominated): June 2, 2023 
Award Amount: Individual grants will typically range from $100,000 to $250,000, but higher requests will be considered. 

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks visualizations to better address the role of structural racism, place, and the implications racism has on population health for these to serve as clear and effective communication tools on a variety of digital platforms. The purpose of this call for proposals is to provide grants to up to eight interdisciplinary teams to create data visualizations or data visualization tools that have national coverage and can be disaggregated down to smaller geographies as a tool to create easy-to-understand visualizations of structural racism’s impact on place, health, and wellbeing. The collaboration must include at least one individual or organization in each of the following sectors: (1) researcher/data producer; (2) communications expert (e.g., generalist, creative lead, or graphic designer); and (3) national-level social change organization, network, or alliance committed to advancing racial and health equity, who have relationships and/or reach to engage aligned community organizations or affiliates. While the primary deliverables of this project will be data visualization tools and other methods of communicating using data, the Foundation anticipates that the deliverables will inform and support advocacy campaigns and should center the experience and needs of communities most affected by structural racism.

Data sources should already exist at the time the proposal is submitted, and the proposed team must already have access to the data at the time the proposal is submitted. This project will not fund data collection. Data resources with national coverage and the ability to scale down to smaller units of analysis, like county, city, and/or census tract and that can provide disaggregated data will be preferred. However, data resources that have wide coverage of multiple cities, rural areas, or regions will also be considered. Single state, county, or city datasets do not qualify.

This is a limited submission opportunity. Harvard University, as a single institution, is limited to submitting one proposal as lead. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research will conduct an internal competition to select the Harvard nominee. To be considered for the Harvard nomination, potential applicants must first submit an internal pre-proposal via the link above.