Informational Webinar: New Funding Opportunity by DASH for Past Grantees
Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) is excited to introduce the Incubator, a unique grant and support program for past grantees aimed at advancing equity in data ecosystems.
Since 2015, DASH has helped data-sharing collaborations build trust, shared vision, and shared power across their member organizations and between member organizations and their communities. Now, DASH is excited to support past grantees in building on this foundation to strengthen community-centered data governance practices.
Equitable Data Ecosystems
Equitable data ecosystems hold public health, healthcare, and social services systems accountable to community members, and hold states accountable for connecting and aligning these sectors to benefit communities. This looks like:
shifting power from organizations to the communities and individuals on the front lines of systemic racism and oppression;
advancing equitable community-level data-sharing work (e.g., authentically including the input of people with lived experiences at all phases of data-sharing initiatives);
building capacity at the implementation level to directly inform policy; and
developing sustainable equitable data governance models for dissemination and potential adaptation by organizations and collaborations, no matter the sector.
Equitable Grantmaking
The Incubator is not a conventional grant where grantees receive resources and expertise in exchange for proof of deliverables. Instead, it is a funding and support collaboration where participating organizations codesign the meaningful work that they then implement. With the introduction of this program, DASH aims to advance equity and systems change not only through program impact but through the grantmaking process itself.
Timeline
The Incubator is an 18-month grant, tentatively starting in October 2023 and ending in April 2025. Interested organizations are invited and encouraged to attend the upcoming informational webinar.
With the Incubator, DASH aims to support past grantees who are a part of effective data-sharing collaborations and who seek to strengthen equity and center community in their data governance practices. DASH staff in collaboration with Incubator participants will plan, design, and implement programming in four phases.
For a more detailed overview of the Incubator, download our informational PDF:
Attend the Incubator Webinar
Join DASH for an informational webinar where more information will be shared on the purpose and aim of the Incubator. There will also be an open Q&A time at the end of the webinar.
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM EST