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.
- 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
About the opportunity
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.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Biomedical Sciences grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in United States contexts.
Eligibility
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.
Funding and benefits
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.
Themes and supported activities
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.
Deadline and timeline
Proposal deadline: Proposal deadline: Jul 1, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
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.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.