Informational Webinar: Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2024

On June 14, 2024, FORE released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge 2024.
The announcement marks an expansion of FORE’s Innovation Program, which was launched in 2022 to support projects that combine strategies from diverse fields and engage multidisciplinary teams in tackling some of the most intractable problems associated with the nation’s opioid-related addiction and poisoning crisis.
The first cohort of projects focused on two distinct challenges: 1) reducing stigma against people with opioid use disorder by educating community members, leaders, and healthcare providers, and 2) ensuring government agencies and the public have access to timely and actionable data about the opioid crisis.
This opportunity seeks to generate new ideas and potential solutions to other significant problems that were identified in discussions with experts in the field as impediments to addressing the nation’s opioid and overdose crisis. We welcome proposals that explore and/or evaluate “outside-the-box” ideas, bring together approaches from diverse fields, and engage cross-sector teams focused on one or more of the following:
- Innovative Payment Models
- Workforce Development
- Supporting the Transition from Treatment to Recovery
More details can be found on FORE's website. Applicants may apply for a grant of up to $300,000 a year for up to two years. All applications must be submitted through our grants management system by 11:59 PM EST on Aug. 8, 2024.
Due to the expected high interest in this funding opportunity, FORE held this informational webinar on June 27, 2024 at 3PM EST to discuss the RFP and answer your questions.