Announcing Whole Health Consortium’s 2024-2025 Seed Grant RFA
Announcing Whole Health Consortium’s 2024-2025 Seed Grant RFA
The Whole Health Consortium (WHC) at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce its annual funding opportunity that aligns with our overarching goal of investigating equitable health and well-being solutions that support people and their communities to pursue meaningful lives.
The WHC aims to lead a paradigm shift toward a whole-health approach to well-being by addressing health integrated across levels—from molecular, behavioral, social, environmental, and societal—and prioritize a proactive model of disease prevention and well-being of individuals and communities. This vision is rooted in a commitment to advancing transdisciplinary research and calls on expertise across and beyond the university to inform equitable solutions for holistic health and well-being.
This year we are encouraging community-collaborative research that explores health on multiple levels, ranging from molecular and cellular mechanisms to individual behaviors and lifestyles to social determinants, cultural influences, and physical/environmental factors. Key priority areas include addressing mental health, overmedication, substance use, and the development of trauma-informed communities.
We will award 2-3 grants of up to $40,000 in Track 1 and 4-6 grants of up to $10,000 in Track 2, with the latter generously funded in collaboration with Carilion Clinic.
For more details and to access the Request for Proposals, please visit here. Please note that the Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline is Friday, September 13 at noon.
Have questions about the Seed Grants? Need Collaborators?
Attend the Fall Virtual Kickoff: Seed Grant Info Session & Networking
Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Time: 4 PM
Details: Get an overview of the 2024-2025 Seed Grant Program and take the opportunity to seek collaborations and network with fellow members. Registration is required: Register here.