Call for nominations for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leader Awards

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has established the Young Leader Awards: Recognizing Leadership for a Healthier America. Up to 10 awards will be given to young leaders, 40 years of age and under, who offer great promise for leading the way to improved health and health care for all Americans. Each winner will receive an individual award of $40,000.

The Young Leaders Awards will recognize leaders who have demonstrated the characteristics needed to improve health and health care through leadership and innovation.

RWJF will accept third-party nominations only through July 16. Winners will be announced at a RWJF Oct. 25/26 conference in Princeton, N.J. For more information about the nomination process, requirements and a list of young leader characteristics, please visit the program's website.