Learning Event Support

Learning Event Support is sponsored by Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment. This funding opportunity aims to improve the health of Wisconsin by advancing its health workforce through learning events that build knowledge, skills, and networks among health professionals.

Wisconsin Grants to Improve Health Wisconsin Grants to Improve Health AHW regularly issues requests for applications (RFAs) for funding. We do not accept unsolicited proposals. The following section includes open RFAs for grant awards, or RFAs that will be opening in the future.

NAM Fellowship to Advance State Health Policy How can Wisconsin’s health workforce engage in opportunities to build knowledge, skills, and connections? AHW’s Learning Event Support funding opportunity aims to improve the health of the people of our state by advancing Wisconsin’s health workforce to be increasingly more accessible, equipped, and representative to improve health for all Wisconsin residents.

Funding will support Wisconsin-based learning events that build knowledge, skills, and networks among current Wisconsin-based health professionals and the next generation of leaders to explore new ideas that can be applied to their work to improve health in Wisconsin communities. Eligible applicants may request up to $5,000 in funding to support direct, event-specific expenses.

Learning event support awards are limited to one award per event. Up to $100,000 is available to support up to 20 community-led grants hosted by eligible organizations. Learning events must be hosted by an eligible Wisconsin-based 501 (c) 3 or 501 (c) 6 organization, or a Wisconsin government-based entity or organization.

The host organization must have an EIN number and will be responsible for the fiduciary and reporting requirements of the AHW project and project budget. $200,000 in funding is available to support up to 40 MCW-led learning events hosted by MCW faculty.

Successful applications will: Describe a key learning gap that the event aims to address Identify a targeted group of learning event participants that make up Wisconsin’s current or future health workforce, and how they will put the skills and knowledge they gain into action to advance health and/or health equity in the state.

Community-Led Grants: Learn More and Apply MCW-Led Grants: Learn More and Apply The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is offering seed grants up to $50,000 for projects that lay the groundwork for future, larger endeavors to address a health need or fill a gap in knowledge or practice affecting the health of people and communities in the state.

Funding is available for Wisconsin-based community-led partnerships and MCW-led projects , including research conducted by MCW post-doctoral researchers . AHW’s community-academic partnership model also pairs pre-approved MCW faculty with successful community-based grant applicants based upon the stated needs of their project.

MCW academic partners , who must complete a separate application, receive funding for their supporting work independent of the grant to the eligible community organization. AHW has allocated $1 million for this funding opportunity for community-led partnerships with MCW researchers and $2 million for MCW-led projects, including post-doc awards. Funded projects will be carried out during a 12-month period beginning on Jan.

1, 2027. Applications for AHW’s seed grants are due on Monday, August 3, 2026. AHW’s Momentum Grants support collaborative teams to address Wisconsin's leading health challenges by implementing novel and public community health, health-focused research, and health workforce education and development efforts to advance health and health equity in Wisconsin.

Successful projects will engage a collaborative team of partners to demonstrate impact on the identified health need during the project period. Applicants may request up to $250,000 for a 24-month period, beginning July 1, 2026.

The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is offering seed grants up to $50,000 for projects that lay the groundwork for future, larger endeavors to address a health need or fill a gap in knowledge or practice affecting the health of people and communities in the state. Funding is available for Wisconsin-based community-led partnerships and MCW-led projects , including research conducted by MCW post-doctoral researchers .

AHW has allocated $1 million for this funding opportunity for community-led partnerships with MCW researchers and $2 million for MCW-led projects, including post-doc awards. Funded projects must be completed during a 12-month period beginning on Jan. 1, 2025.

NAM Fellowship to Advance State Health Policy The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) bring together the most eminent researchers, policy experts, and clinicians from across the country to work together to provide nonpartisan, scientific, and evidence-based advice to national, state, and local policymakers; academic leaders; health care administrators; and the public.

The National Academies are uniquely qualified to offer an exceptional learning environment to selected early-career health science scholars and future leaders in medicine and public health. With funding from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Fellowship to Advance State Health Policy was established under the NAM Fellowship program.

The overall purpose of the NAM Fellowship to Advance State Health Policy is to provide talented, early-career health science scholars from Wisconsin with the opportunity to experience and participate in evidence-based healthcare or public health studies that improve the care and access to care of patients in domestic and global health care systems.

This program is supported with funding from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Individuals with residence in the state of Wisconsin are eligible for the program. Want to apply for an active grant but don't know if you're eligible—or where to start?

Check out our Grant Guidance page . Since 2004, we have worked to improve the health of the people of Wisconsin by serving as a catalyst for positive change in the health of communities statewide. We invest in high-impact solutions, connect communities to researchers and educators to improve impact, and influence how partners can collaboratively move networks and ideas into action.

We are committed to a more involved philanthropic approach to actively help to shape the solutions to improve Wisconsin’s health. During the five-year period of 2024-2028, we aim to move the needle on Wisconsin’s health through our investments and changemaking roles, while looking to strengthen our commitment to address the determinants of health that lead to poor health outcomes and unacceptable health disparities.

This five-year plan lays out how we will build on the efforts and experiences of the past to achieve greater results for the future. It is our strategic roadmap for improving health for everyone in every corner of our state. AHW advances health and health equity in Wisconsin by investing in promising biomedical research, supporting community health initiatives, and building the health workforce needed by Wisconsin.

Our mission to maximize health in Wisconsin centers around three focus areas: Public and Community Health Improvement Health Workforce Education and Development Download our Supplanting Guide to learn more about how AHW evaluates projects. By order of the Commissioner of Insurance, AHW funds “may not be used to supplant funds or resources that are available from other sources.

” The MCW Consortium is required to report annually on whether AHW funds are being supplanted. To determine compliance, the partners must certify that no financial resources will be supplanted and provide a complete listing of current funding sources for the project, or similar current or prior projects. Those materials help AHW make an accurate assessment of whether resources are being supplanted versus leveraged.

The following criteria are used to make the determination. Closely related projects or uses and financial resources for related projects or uses. All related projects and uses and financial resources for such related projects and uses should be identified and considered.

Sources of financial resources for the project or use. Financial support provided by a governmental source for a project or use within the three-year period prior to the date of the application or submittal should be identified.

Financial support provided by a source other than a governmental source and other than the Funds for a project or use within the two-year period prior to the date of the application or submission should be identified. Availability of federal funding. Availability of state funding.

Consideration should be made with respect to programs for which state funding has been or may be reduced due to budget cutbacks. Consideration should be made with respect to governmental mandated programs without governmental funding. Availability of College corporate funding.

College corporate funds are derived from tuition, the academic enrichment fund assessment on clinical revenue, facilities and administrative fees paid under federal grants, investment income on working capital, and unrestricted philanthropy. Consideration should be made whether College corporate funds are available.

Expenditures of College corporate funds for a project or use during the two-year period immediately prior to the application or submission for financial support by the Funds should be identified. Availability of community funding. Sources of community funds will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Community financial support for a project or use provided during the two-year period immediately prior to the application or submission for financial support by the Funds should be identified. Availability of matching funds; opportunities for leveraging. Supplemental uses and limited term funding will be factors in the consideration process.

Matching funding and opportunities to leverage the Funds to obtain other funding are to be encouraged. Other factors deemed significant by the Dean and Executive Vice President, the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration, or the MCW Consortium. To learn about AHW's Allowable and Unallowable costs, expense criteria, and prorating policies, read our guide.

AHW uses an online grants management system that is designed to streamline and simplify the application process. We process all applications through our online system, and do not accept paper or emailed applications. Application links are posted to each open funding opportunity's webpage, as each opportunity has a unique application.

AHW regularly issues requests for applications (RFAs) for funding awards and encourages all interested, eligible teams to consider applying for an open funding opportunity. We seek partners who share our belief that by working together we can build a healthier Wisconsin today, and for generations to come.

When your team is ready to apply, consider the following tips to develop and submit your online application: Saving your work: By entering your email address and password, you can save your work and return to complete it. NOTE: Only one individual from the applicant team should begin and complete an application. Formatting the online application: AHW’s online application form has character limits that are listed in the sample document.

Pay attention to the character limits when copying and pasting information into the online application, as the system will only accept text at the set limit. Special formatting such as colors, bold, underline, or italics will not be captured. In addition, images or tables are not allowed.

Please double-check your information before submission. You will receive an error message if all required fields are not filled. Adding approval signatures: Following submission, signatures will be required from key individuals listed in the application in order to indicate their awareness and support of the application.

Following application submission, each individual will receive an email with instructions to complete and submit their signature via DocuSign. Required signatures must be submitted by the signature deadline in order to advance the application to the merit review stage. The AHW team is here to help!

If you have questions about whether your project idea aligns with an AHW funding opportunity, identifying an eligible partner to join your project team, or submitting an online application, request a pre-application consultation with a member of the AHW team. Schedule a Pre-Application Consultation We're pleased to support a set of community initiatives and research projects that show great promise to improve health in Wisconsin.

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