Request for Applications: Changemakers in Family Planning Grant Program – US

Awardees will have the opportunity to spend 18 months honing research skills and interests. The expected deliverable at the end of the award period is the completion of career development activities. Awardees will not be expected to conduct original research as part of this grant; rather, awardees will be granted support related to research interests, skills development, mentorship, and networking.

Benefits

• Networking:
  • Complimentary membership to the Society for two years during the award period (September 2025-2027).
  • Complimentary registration, hotel, and travel to attend the 2025 and 2026 SFP Annual Meetings.
  • Connections with the cohort of scholars who receive the grant this year, in addition to grantee-only activities designed to build connections within and across cohorts.

Funding Information

• Salary support and professional development:
  • Salary support with a total cap of $60,000 for the 18-month award period with the condition that protected time supported by the award must exceed 10% effort. Indirect costs are permitted up to 20% of the amount requested for salary support, but the sum of both salary support and indirect costs may not exceed the total cap of $60,000 for the 18-month award period.
  • Up to $10,000 to pay expenses directly related to participation in research skills development opportunities (eg, program fees, travel expenses).
• Mentorship: $6,000 to support mentorship contracts (scope of work defined by the mentee) with two mentors ($3,000 each), one scholar-identified (background in family planning not required) and one matched to the scholar by Society staff. In addition, Society staff will provide support to define these scopes of work and administer the mentorship contracts.
• Duration: The award period is eighteen months: September 1, 2025 through March 1, 2027.

Eligibility Criteria

• These grants are open to scholars who:
  • self-identify as a person of color;
  • have completed a terminal degree program within ten years of submitting an application;
  • have never served as a PI for a family planning research project with a budget of $250,000 or greater, or have never served as a PI for family planning research;
  • reside in the US and plan to pursue a research career focused on US research (including territories of the US).
• Graduates who have received research training after their terminal degree (such as through a fellowship or post doc) are eligible to apply. However, they will need to clearly demonstrate how this particular award will provide new benefits that they have not previously received.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Scholars who are in training (eg, residency, post doc, fellowship) during the award period are not eligible to apply.

For more information, visit Society of Family Planning.