The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is inviting 11 entrants from the Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care competition to compete for grant funding.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) was pleased to be able to co-sponsor the Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care competition as a way to source new ideas. We were astounded by the response -- more than 300 entries -- and impressed by the creativity and quality represented in the mix of innovations proposed.

Staff on RWJF's Pioneer Portfolio evaluated all of the ideas submitted to the Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care competition and selected 11 entrants to compete for grant funding, if they so choose. Many you will recognize as finalists and winners, while others were included because they represented a pioneering effort.

Entrants invited to submit proposals directly to RWJF will be asked to demonstrate how foundation funding could be used to further the development of the work represented in their respective Changemakers entries -- either through demonstration, scale and/or replication. The total amount of grants made under this phase will not exceed $5 million.

All of us at RWJF continue to be inspired by the ideas and energy contributed to this competition, and we're grateful for your participation.

The 11 entrants invited to compete for RWJF funding include:

• Project ECHO: Knowledge Networks for the Treatment of Complex Diseases in Remote, Rural, Underserved Communities -- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
• Family Coaching Clinics: A New Model of Preventive Mental Health Care -- UCLA Semel Institute Global Center for Children and Families
• Instant Birth Control -- Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette
• Develop a universal technology framework for registries focused on capturing outcomes data for cardiovascular disease -- American College of Cardiology
• Clinical Research Information Exchange -- CRIX International
• Health Futures Markets -- New York University
• Respira!: An Extremely Affordable Device for Better Asthma Care -- Stanford University Design School/School of Medicine
• The EpiSurveyor Project: Lowering the Barriers and Raising the Bar for Data Collection -- The Datadyne Group
• Space age medical care for use on Earth -- Henry Ford Hospital
• Rethinking What a Health Insurance Package Can Be -- Working Today-Freelancers Union
• Get Outta My Face: Generation FIT -- Get Outta MY Face