Women's Initiative for Screening and Health (WISH)

The Women's Initiative for Screening and Health, or WISH, is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Health Resources and Services Administration. The opportunity number is HRSA-27-072, and the associated Assistance Listing is 93.110, Special Projects of Regional and National Significance. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding in the Health funding activity category. HRSA forecasts one award with estimated total program funding of 1000000 and an award ceiling of 1000000. The source lists an award floor of zero; because a zero does not represent a usable minimum award amount under the applicable data-entry rules, no award floor is treated as established. The purpose of WISH is to improve women's health across the lifespan by increasing access to and availability of preventive health services. The initiative is intended to operate through a multidisciplinary coalition involving healthcare providers, academic institutions, and patient-centered organizations. Its comprehensive strategy has three stated areas of work: reviewing and recommending evidence-based updates to the HRSA-supported women's preventive service guidelines, raising awareness and knowledge of those guidelines, and increasing adoption and use of the guidelines in clinical practice. These objectives indicate that the initiative combines evidence review, guideline awareness and dissemination, and clinical implementation activities in support of women's preventive health. The forecast does not provide detailed allowable and unallowable cost provisions, budget restrictions, indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, or a stated period of performance. Those requirements therefore cannot yet be established from the available source and may be supplied when the full funding notice is posted. No cost sharing or matching is required. The opportunity is expected to make one cooperative agreement award, with estimated total program funding and the maximum award both listed as 1000000. Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, nonprofit organizations without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. The forecast provides no additional eligibility conditions or geographic restrictions. It does not state a requirement limiting applicants to particular states, territories, counties, cities, ZIP codes, or other service areas. This opportunity remains in the forecast stage rather than the application stage as of August 13, 2026. The forecast date is August 12, 2026, and the estimated posting date is August 21, 2026. The estimated application deadline is September 20, 2026. Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed application due date. The available forecast does not identify an LOI, concept paper, notice of intent, pre-proposal, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide application questions, required attachments, evaluation criteria, review scoring criteria, or detailed submission steps beyond the statement that applications are to be submitted electronically. The estimated award date is January 30, 2027, and the estimated project start date is March 1, 2027. The opportunity is associated with fiscal year 2027 and has an archive date of August 1, 2028. The source does not state that WISH is annual, biennial, quarterly, or otherwise recurring, so recurrence is not established. Questions about the opportunity may be directed to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at 301-443-5692 or wellwomancare@hrsa.gov. Because the information currently available is a forecast, dates, application requirements, and other program details may be further specified when the full opportunity is posted.

Align the proposed approach with the stated WISH strategy: review and recommend evidence-based updates to the HRSA-supported women's preventive service guidelines, raise awareness and knowledge of the guidelines, and increase adoption and use of the guidelines in clinical practice through a multidisciplinary coalition of healthcare providers, academic institutions, and patient-centered organizations.