Grant opportunity

Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grants 2026

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute is inviting proposals for Baltimore-focused community-university collaborations that advance health equity through research or program development.

GrantHealth equityCommunity researchPublic healthUnited States
Funder
Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute
Proposal deadline
Proposal deadline: Jul 1, 2026
Award
USD 4,000 to USD 20,000 depending on applicant category
Applicant
Community-university partnerships
Discipline
Biomedical Sciences
Region
United States
Posted
May 23, 2026

Call summary

Overview

The Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant stimulates community-university collaborations around research and program development that can advance the health and well-being of Baltimore residents.

Who can apply

  • Projects must be partnerships between a Johns Hopkins student or faculty member and a Baltimore-based community organization or agency.
  • The community partner should serve and be located in Baltimore City, and proposals should demonstrate clear potential to advance local health equity.
  • Applicants should follow the category-specific guidance for faculty-community, graduate or postdoctoral student-community, or undergraduate student-community projects.

What it supports

  • Community-engaged research or program development addressing health, health equity, and justice in Baltimore.
  • Projects that follow Urban Health Institute guiding principles and best practices for community engagement.

Funding and duration

Faculty-community projects may receive USD 20,000, graduate or postdoctoral student-community projects USD 10,000, and undergraduate student-community projects USD 4,000.

Proposal deadline

Proposal deadline: Jul 1, 2026

How to apply

Submit the full proposal online through the official InfoReady portal linked from the Urban Health Institute RFP page by 1 July 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Call details

The Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant stimulates community-university collaborations around research and program development that can advance the health and well-being of Baltimore residents.

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute lists this opportunity for Community-university partnerships, Biomedical Sciences, United States. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

Projects must be partnerships between a Johns Hopkins student or faculty member and a Baltimore-based community organization or agency.

The community partner should serve and be located in Baltimore City, and proposals should demonstrate clear potential to advance local health equity.

Applicants should follow the category-specific guidance for faculty-community, graduate or postdoctoral student-community, or undergraduate student-community projects.

Community-engaged research or program development addressing health, health equity, and justice in Baltimore.

Projects that follow Urban Health Institute guiding principles and best practices for community engagement.

Faculty-community projects may receive USD 20,000, graduate or postdoctoral student-community projects USD 10,000, and undergraduate student-community projects USD 4,000.

Proposal deadline: Proposal deadline: Jul 1, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Submit the full proposal online through the official InfoReady portal linked from the Urban Health Institute RFP page by 1 July 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.