Why does the Pioneer Portfolio accept unsolicited proposals? Whats so different about that portfolio?
The Pioneer Portfolio is powering ideas to transform health, eager to accelerate the trajectory of innovation by investing in visionary thinkers, supporting exploration and helping great ideas to gain momentum. Several Pioneer projects apply approaches from diverse fields such as finance, design, economics and entertainment to forge new solutions in health and health care arenas. In this way, Pioneer provides a distinct alternative to other Foundation program areas that focus on targeted problems or populations. Through this portfolio, RWJF has dedicated staff and financial resources to invest in trends and ideas with the potential for exponential change. The team works with innovators who often look at the world differently—those who reframe problems and the pathways to solutions in order to create a significantly better health and health care future for all Americans. We see possibility in unconventional approaches and remain open to untested models, new connections, risk and failure
