Kidney Health Equity Community Engagement Award
Kidney Health Equity Community Engagement Award supports healthcare teams’ community engagement projects to advance kidney health equity by improving care access, disease management, and patient outcomes.
Funder: National Kidney Foundation
Due Dates: February 8, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $75,000 for one year
Summary: Supports community engagement projects that advance kidney health equity through improved care access, disease management, and patient outcomes.
Key Information: Applicants must be affiliated with a U.S. healthcare organization serving people with kidney disease.
Description
The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Health Equity Community Engagement Award supports projects poised to influence kidney health equity at the community level. The program focuses on community engagement that connects the needs of people living with kidney disease to improvements in their care. Applications must seek to improve access to kidney care, kidney disease management, and patient outcomes.
The award is open to healthcare professionals, researchers, and multidisciplinary teams affiliated with qualifying healthcare organizations in the United States. Its priorities bring together access, management, and outcomes, with community-level equity as the central goal. This work aligns with the foundation’s broader commitment to dismantling structural inequities in kidney care and advancing equal access to quality care.
