Below are several upcoming federal funding opportunities. Click on the links below for more information. Even if the deadline is short or you cannot get to it this semester, be thinking long-term. Most federal opportunities operate on an annual or semi-annual cycle. If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please reach out to OGRS (Franklin Williams, franklin.williams@shu.edu) or the Office of Government Relations (Fahim Abedrabbo, fahim.abedrabbo@shu.edu). The Grants Team is ready to assist you.

Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship due March 8, 2019

The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship, an initiative of New America, will support organizations throughout the country that are collaborating to expand participation in high-quality youth apprenticeship programs and strengthening equitable outcomes for students, employers, and communities. All eligible collaborations must include partners from industry as well as secondary and postsecondary education.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad proposals due March 25, 2019

The purpose of the Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Program is to promote, improve, and develop modern foreign languages and area studies at varying levels of education. The program provides opportunities for faculty, teachers, and undergraduate and graduate students to conduct individual and group projects overseas to carry out research and study in the fields of modern foreign languages and area studies.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research Grants to Identify Effective Strategies for Opioid Overdose Prevention due April 8, 2019

The National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlĀ is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will identify effective strategies for state, community, and systems-level implementation to prevent fatal and nonfatal overdose from prescription and/or illicit opioids. The intent of this funding opportunity is to evaluate the implementation and impact of new or existing strategies in states and local communities that: enhance prescription drug monitoring program use; support providers and health systems in improving prescribing, pain management, and overdose response; enhance public health systems that support linkage to care for opioid use disorder and overdose; infuse public health approaches into public safety and law enforcement response; or empower individuals to make safer choices about opioid use. Research is intended to directly improve the ability of state and local health departments to implement and improve interventions to prevent fatal and nonfatal opioid overdose. Emphasis is placed on supporting studies that generate findings that can immediately be translated into action to shorten the time lag between development and scale-up.

U.S. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes proposals due April 11, 2019

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to direct the findings of basic scientific research; research and development in broader scientific fields applicable to forensic science; and ongoing forensic science research toward the development of highly-discriminating, accurate, reliable, cost-effective, and rapid methods for the identification, analysis, and interpretation of physical evidence for criminal justice purposes.

U.S. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives proposals due May 13, 2019

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build knowledge on best practices in offender reentry initiatives. Specifically, this program is interested in supporting evaluations of innovative reentry initiatives that focus on juveniles, young adults (aged 18-24), and adults with a moderate-to-high risk of reoffending.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office on Violence Against Women Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Stalking on Campus Program proposals due March 14, 2019

The purpose of this grant is to encourage a comprehensive coordinated community approach that enhances victim safety, provides services and support for victims, and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. The funding supports activities that develop and strengthen trauma-informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus.