Community + UCSF Mount Zion Awards

Mount Zion Health Fund

Cycle Closure - FY22-23

Thank you to all who participated in the FY22-23 cycle. The proposals were compelling and addressed a variety of priority health topics. This cycle is closed, and applicants were notified of the results. Two proposals were funded: 1) $450,000 over three years was awarded for “Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships to Advance Integrative Health Equity,” UCSF PI: Dr. Maria Chao (UCSF Osher Center), in collaboration with On Lok, Shanti Project, and SF Health Network; and 2) $450,000 over three years was awarded for “Clinical and Educational Partnership to Improve Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs,” UCSF PIs: Drs. Dylan Chan (UCSF OHNS) and Jennifer Albon (UCSF Pediatrics), in collaboration with SF Unified School District.

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Community + UCSF Mount Zion Awards address unmet health-related needs in San Francisco by supporting projects that originate at, connect with, or relate to the UCSF Mount Zion Campus. 

There are two types of award mechanisms: 

  • One-year grants of up to $75,000 for proof-of-concept projects for MZ Campus-based, healthcare-related work in the community. These projects do not require an existing community partner, but the intent is to support work that will build toward meaningful engagement with community partners. 

  • Single- or multi-year grants of up to $150,000 per year (maximum of three years) for collaborative projects between Mount Zion Campus-based health professionals and one or more community partners.

For these proposals, community partners are defined as local nonprofit or municipal agencies that provide services for underserved communities in San Francisco.
 

Phase 2: Full Proposal Development

If invited to continue to Full Proposal Development (Phase 2, beginning October 22), you will be asked to provide the following additional information :

  1. Specific aims

  2. Anticipated benefit for underserved or vulnerable communities in San Francisco

  3. How the project addresses UCSF Mount Zion priorities and compelling San Francisco healthcare needs

  4. Type and duration of campus-community partnership, if applicable

  5. How the community partner's experience and expertise was integrated into proposal development

  6. For each community partner (if applicable):

    • Current year total budget (specify budget dates), with line item breakdown of revenue and expenses and staff FTE commitments
    • IRS determination verifying 501(c)(3) status (only required if not previously funded by MZHF)
    • List of Board of Directors 


7. Total proposed project budget with justification:

  • Requested grant period

  • Line-item breakdown of revenue and expenses, including individual project team members' percent effort

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  • October 1 - October 21, 2022: Proposal Concept Submission (Phase 1)
  • October 22 - November 30, 2022: Optimization/Full Proposal Submission (Phase 2) - By Invitation
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December 1: Review Stage for Full Proposals Begins

The MZHF Community + UCSF Mount Zion Awards Review Committee is in the process of assessing the applications submitted by the November 30 deadline. After we have completed the review of full proposals and the funding decisions have been made, we will contact all applicants by email to share the outcomes.