ACT on Health Equity: Community Solutions Challenge

Overview

<p>AstraZeneca recognizes health starts in our homes, schools and communities. The ACT on Health Equity: Community Solutions Challenge supports community-based, nonprofit organizations that are advancing health equity among underserved US communities through innovative health, wellbeing, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs at the local and regional level.</p> <p>AstraZeneca is inviting applications for the ACT on Health Equity: Community Solutions Challenge, which aims to support community-based nonprofit organizations that are advancing health equity among underserved United States communities through innovative health, well-being, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs at the local and regional level.</p> <p>To that end, grants of $25,000 to be used over 12 months will be awarded to community-based programs working to improve conditions that affect health and well-being (such as housing, environmental and neighborhood safety, nutrition, access to care, and/or access to education and career readiness in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math). Programs must directly benefit underserved populations and prioritize their social, cultural, and linguistic needs.</p>