Public Policy Grants provide funds to conduct research, data collection and analysis, convening, planning, and technical assistance and/or project implementation to address a critical gap between a current public policy and the health-related outcome it is expected to achieve.

The following are the characteristics of Public Policy Grants:

• Proposals address issues of health policy, and are given priority if they address an Endowment theme.
• There is no predetermined amount or duration of the award.
• Proposals are only accepted from organizations that receive invitations, which are frequently initiated by the Endowment. However, an organization may submit a Letter of Inquiry at any time in order to interest the Endowment in its project and possibly prompt an invitation to apply.

  The Endowment responds with a letter of decline or an invitation to apply within six weeks of receiving a Letter of Inquiry.

• If the response is an invitation, submit a Grant Proposal form.
• An invitation to apply includes the due date of the proposal.

To obtain a better understanding of the kind of requests that receive funding, search the Awards page for the Public Policy Grants that the Endowment has awarded in the past.