Hillman Emergent Innovation:Serious Illness and End of Life Grant

Hillman Emergent Innovation:Serious Illness and End of Life Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
Amount: US $50,000
Last Updated: January 16, 2026

Summary

The Hillman Emergent Innovation Grant offers $50,000 for 12-18 months to support innovative nursing-driven interventions for underserved populations facing health care access barriers, including racial minorities and low-income individuals. It encourages fresh, early-stage ideas targeting serious illness and end-of-life care challenges. By fostering community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration, the program aims to transform care delivery in diverse settings, ensuring equitable health services for all.

Overview

Hillman Serious Illness and End of Life Emergent Innovation The Hillman Serious Illness and End of LIfe Emergent Innovation (HSEI) Program provides up to thirteen $50,000, 12-18 month grants to accelerate the development of bold, nursing-driven interventions targeting the needs of groups and communities who have historically struggled against oppression, discrimination and indifference. These populations include the economically disadvantaged, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ people, people experiencing homelessness, low-income rural populations, and other groups that encounter obstacles to accessing quality health care services. We seek creative, early stage (untested or minimal-evidence) innovations that address health and health care problems in new ways. The annual program—a complement to the Hillman Innovations in Care initiative — Up to eleven $50K grants for work lasting 12-18 months will be awarded this cycle.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We welcome applications from a broad range of institutions, care settings and practitioners (including postdocs, adjunct faculty and interdisciplinary faculty). We believe that transformative ideas are as likely to come from small community care settings as they are from major academic research centers.Who is eligible?U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are not classified as private foundations. (The Foundation will consider only organizations that can provide proof of qualifying non-profit status, including a tax-exempt determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service.)International organizations that are the equivalent of U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations that are submitting a project that focuses within the United StatesGovernment entitiesFaith-based organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community regardless of religious belief

Ineligibility

We will not consider:White papers, literature reviews, or support for publishingBasic science or researchCapital projects or improvementsProjects outside the United States and its territoriesTraining programsWho is not eligible?IndividualsOrganizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.