Resource Guide: Adapting to the Current Funding Landscape
In this resource guide, find strategies for understanding this shifting landscape and tailoring proposals to new funders.
In the wake of recent administration decisions, researchers face a transformed landscape in securing funding for their projects. This resource guide features strategies for researchers to monitor and understand these shifts and successfully tailor their grantseeking approach to meet the moment.
Drawing on a March 2025 AcademyHealth webinar, this members-only guide includes practical advice on how to stay informed about the changing funding environment, including indirect rate changes for research grants and federal agency reorganizations. We emphasize the importance of leveraging institutional resources, building proactive networks with potential funders, and diversifying funding sources from both national and local entities. This guide offers key strategies for proposal development, such as customizing language to resonate with specific funders’ priorities and utilizing insights from program officers for strategic framing. Utilizing this guide and our accompanying blog post, members can learn how to adapt flexibly to the evolving funding landscape, embed a focus on sustainability, and continue to contribute valuable evidence to policy and practice to improve health and health care.