BJA FY 20 Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Program
This program focuses on high crime communities with concentrated distress and hot spots of crime and directly supports the Department’s priorities to reduce violent crime (sometimes associated with gang activity), assist communities struggling with drug abuse, and support law enforcement officers by integrating officers and enforcement strategies into community-based crime reduction efforts.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deadline: June 11, 2020
For more information: https://bja.ojp.gov/CBCR20
Investigator Initiated Extended Clinical Trial (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for implementation of investigator-initiated clinical trials requiring an extended project period of 6 or 7 years. The trials can be any phase, must be hypothesis-driven, and related to the research mission of one of the participating ICs. Consultation with IC staff is strongly encouraged prior to the submission of the clinical trial implementation application. This FOA is not intended for support of clinical trials that do not require an extended project period of 6 or 7 years.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 13, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-139.html
Research and Development
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Research and Development program. The purpose of this program is to support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. Research and Development offers two funding tiers in order to address projects at all stages of development and implementation.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $350,000
For more information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/research-and-development
FY 2020 Community College Administrator Program (CCAP)
The Office of Global Educational Programs of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition to administer the FY 2020 Community College Administrator Program (CCAP). Accredited U.S. colleges and universities and other U.S. public or private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to design, administer and implement one, approximately six-week, intensive exchange program in the United States. The program is designed for foreign administrators from post-secondary vocational and technical institutions or their equivalents in selected countries. Exchange participants for the program will also include government officials or individuals with significant responsibilities related to post-secondary technical and vocational education. The program will examine the key tenets of community college administration and cutting-edge programs at U.S. community colleges that address local workforce development needs. In support of U.S. foreign policy, the program will build participant skills in community college administration in key areas including, but not limited to, leadership, governance, student affairs and student services, program assessment, workforce development, finance and private sector partnerships, community engagement, and distance learning. The successful applicant will provide flexible programming and an ability to tailor activities to selected countries’ education priorities for technical and vocational education. The proposal should outline specific plans to incorporate each selected country’s technical and vocational priorities into the program and to assess the impact of the program on fostering change at the institutional level and in the vocational-technical sector. The Bureau, in consultation with the Department’s regional bureaus and U.S. embassies/consulates, will select the final participating country or countries to reflect current foreign policy priorities.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount: $410,000
For more information: https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations
Support for women journalists in countering mis/disinformation in the Indo-Pacific region
PAS Kolkata’s media section seeks to build on last year’s cross-border media workshop by bringing together 50-60 key women journalists for a 2-day workshop at the Kolkata American Center to address how disinformation and misinformation is posing a threat to women journalists and the overall stability of the Indo-Pacific security across borders. Fifty to sixty workshop participants will develop concrete strategies to counter disinformation and misinformation in the Indo-Pacific region within 6-8 months of the workshop, as evidenced by collaborative stories/articles published. Journalists will collaborate across borders on reporting issues that are important to their communities and to the U.S. government. The journalists to develop at least 5 digital stories countering disinformation and misinformation that will be shared on Consulate’s social media platforms.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $120,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-101
Building a Strong, Vibrant, and Culturally Connected Indo-Pacific
This funding opportunity seeks to implement a week-long convergence of regional experts/academics, artists, and authors to identify actionable strategies that facilitate partnerships on security, governance, and economy by using the unique ability of arts to open dialogues in areas where common ground is hard to find. This project will create intercultural dialogues, art installations, and choreographic pieces that capture important conversations around security, governance, and the economy. While we often bring in academic experts and policy makers to define vision, arts can be a powerful medium to reflect regional synergies. Conversation through the arts can be an engaging way to highlight the need for a free and open Indo-Pacific that promotes security, regional connectivity, and prosperity for all. Spur policymakers, academics, civil society partners, and community leaders to generate practical ideas on how their institutions can encourage a free, open, prosperous, and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. Through the use of art installations, choreographic pieces, film screenings, and discussions in several eastern Indian cities, promote greater awareness and dialogue on how to promote Indo-Pacific peace and prosperity.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $120,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-103
Global Links Impact Investment Forum
This funding opportunity seeks to build the “Global Links Impact Investment Forum,” headquartered in Kolkata, starting with a committee of academics, alumni, and business entities that will be self-sustainable in the future. The forum will commence with an inaugural event followed by a week-long training session conducted by experts from the United States and India on organizational design for an independent business-networking entity. The participants will be coached to administer the forum and build capacity for women entrepreneurs. The forum will develop a calendar of events for the next one year and seek membership from women entrepreneurs, business faculty members, and business students. The forum will also invite academics to work with members to implement new trends in business research and development. This project will create a forum for women entrepreneurs and business students that will serve as a networking tool and launch pad to showcase new business models to policy makers and influencers such as local and central government leaders, senior business executives, academics, and media. The forum will provide support, expertise, and a platform for West Bengal’s fertile startup ecosystem.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $78,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-102
Regional Startup Network
This funding opportunity seeks to build entrepreneurial capacity in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal through an interconnected regional network. This program will leverage the networks and experience of the Nexus Start Up Hub to engage with and train local network leaders and entrepreneurs through a three-tiered program, cumulating in the best of the start-ups being awarded a place in the Nexus startup program in New Delhi. The 15-month program envisions two cycles of the above training, with time between and after each Nexus cohort to strengthen the in-country networks and explore opportunities with U.S. companies and organizations such as the American Chamber of Commerce. Promotion of American best practices in entrepreneurship and incubation; creation of regional engagement and interconnectedness through entrepreneurial activities for a stronger Indo-Pacific region; access for U.S. companies to new markets and customers that have been difficult to reach.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-104
Hackathon for Applicable Solutions to mitigate Air Pollution
The Air Quality Hackathon will bring together (20) teams, (3) participants per team, to brainstorm for two days and find practical solutions for improving air quality. The solutions will be shared and implemented to the extent possible during a follow-on campaign with school communities and NGO partners. Results of the implementation phase will be shared with government and civil society partners. A survey to measure the impact of the intervention program will be conducted after the project is over. The best results pre- and post-intervention will be documented and recognized in a final event culminating event. PAS Kolkata has previously hosted two hackathons, one on combatting wildlife trafficking, and another on women’s safety. Both hackathons were successful in eliciting solutions, but those solutions are yet to be tested in the real world. For this project, we have included follow-on activities that would include real-world testing and sharing for broader implementation.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $120,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-100
Working Together to Combat Human Trafficking: Call Your Government to Action
This funding opportunity seeks to organize a series of cross-border workshops, trainings, and advocacy campaigns across the country leading to a final conclave in New Delhi to engage with multiple stakeholders to forge public-private partnerships and to strengthen collaborative efforts. In continuation with our past collaborative efforts, we want to maximize attention in order to facilitate government action, as we complete a decade of Anti-TIP Conclaves. To continue to strengthen the anti-TIP ecosystem through facilitation of higher levels of government engagement, establish new economic cooperatives, and link them with the private sector; facilitate multi-partner collaboration; and conduct in-field research on recent trends, to provide actionable data to other anti-trafficking actors. The project aims to create an informed cohort of political players, elected representatives, government stakeholders, and private sector leaders who are in key positions to influence and shape India’s anti-TIP narrative as well as share best practices in combatting TIP across the Indo-Pacific, within a span of two years.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $150,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #K-NOFO-20-105
Research to Reduce Morbidity and Improve Care for Pediatric, and Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications describing research focused on improving care and health-related quality of life for childhood, and adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Specifically, this FOA solicits mechanistic, observational, and intervention applications that focus on six key domains: (1) disparities in survivor outcomes; (2) barriers to follow-up care (e.g. access, adherence); (3) impact of familial, socioeconomic, and other environmental factors on survivor outcomes; (4) indicators for long-term follow-up needs related to risk for late effects, recurrence, and subsequent cancers; (5) risk factors and predictors of late/long-term effects of cancer treatment; and (6) development of targeted interventions to reduce the burden of cancer for pediatric/AYA survivors.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 30, 2021
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-027.html
Alignment of Pesticide Regulations and Standards in Africa
As many African economies grow, governments are wrangling with complex public health issues including a pronounced need for updated food safety regulatory systems. While food safety modernization is an essential part of effective agricultural regulation, this has also resulted in an increase in non-tariff barriers to trade. For example, Maximum Residue Levels of pesticides(MRLs) may be set to a level not based in science or consistent with good agricultural practices.Overly stringent MRLs that are non-science based are contrary to the World Trade Organization(WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement and can unnecessarily restrict trade. Efforts to build regulatory capacity and encourage the adoption of import tolerances and Codex MRLs when appropriate, can help reduce these trade barriers, especially in horticultural and specialty crops. This NOFO provides funding to harmonize pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs) in Africa, and support adoption of regulations that are science-based and backed by the WTO SPS Agreement. Expected outcomes of this project will be the alignment of pesticide registration systems and MRL standard setting across the four regions of Africa.
Objectives: USDA/FAS is seeking partners with whom to coordinate and implement a strategy focused on leveraging regional networks, with the identification of countries to be leaders in each region, to support the establishment of strong, science-based regulatory systems for pesticide MRL regulation. Specifically, a partner would use these regional networks: 1) to establish regionally harmonized regulatory systems; and 2) strengthen laboratory capacity and the development of regional lab networks. The program’s outcome is an improved understanding by regional authorities on avenues for efficiently and safely harmonizing regulations on MRLs in a science-based manner, which could (for example) include the following: Crop grouping adopted at the regional level for registrations and MRL establishment; Mutual understanding of efficacy trials across African countries; Common registration requirements and formats for dossiers; Registration assessments/evaluations/decisions based on risk; MRL decision pathways adopted that are trade-facilitative; Adopt crop grouping MRLs based on Codex groups; Regional mechanism established to prioritize pesticides for registrations and MRLs; Residue data generation programs established in at each of the African regions to conductsupervised residue field trials; Establishment of a residue trial training center
Funding Agency: Technical Agricultural Assistance 10.960
Deadline: April 17, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0009
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub’s Teacher Professional Development (HTPD) 2020
The purpose of this announcement is to allow Official Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Robotics Inc. Local Competition Hubs the opportunity to obtain financial support for providing direct teacher professional development to teachers within their first three (3) years of being a team teacher for a BEST Robotics team. Teacher professional development ensures general Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) training for teachers and a successful experience during their local BEST Robotics season, advancing the awareness of and engagement in STEM with K-12 teachers and students.
Funding Agency: Missile Defense Agency
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $2,975
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #MDA-2020-STEM-0002
Boosting Engineering Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics Grant: Kits 2020
The purpose of this announcement is to allow official Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Robotics Local Competition Hubs, within their first five years of existence, the opportunity to obtain financial support for purchasing new robotic kits. The additional robotics kits increases the number of competing teams and advances the awareness of and engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with K-12 populations.
Funding Agency: Missile Defense Agency
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $15,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #MDA-2020-STEM-0001
Catalytic Tool and Technology Development in Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to promote development of innovative, enabling tools and technologies in the areas of kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-140.html
Center of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health (P01,Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of applications requiring multi-project, synergistic collaborations blending multiple research approaches from outstanding multidisciplinary research teams. This Center of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Integrative Health (CERCIH) program is designed to support three or more highly meritorious projects that can offer significant scientific advantages and “synergy” that could not be achieved by supporting the same projects as individual research grants. Each CERCIH must be focused on questions of high relevance to the mission of NCCIH and high research priority based on the current Strategic Plan. Applications in response to this FOA may propose to involve human participants in mechanistic studies, but this FOA will not support clinical trials of efficacy or effectiveness.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
Amount: $1,250,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-138.html
Research to Reduce Morbidity and Improve Care for Pediatric, and Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications describing research focused on improving care and health-related quality of life for childhood, and adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Specifically, this FOA solicits mechanistic, observational, and intervention applications that focus on six key domains: (1) disparities in survivor outcomes; (2) barriers to follow-up care (e.g. access, adherence); (3) impact of familial, socioeconomic, and other environmental factors on survivor outcomes; (4) indicators for long-term follow-up needs related to risk for late effects, recurrence, and subsequent cancers; (5) risk factors and predictors of late/long-term effects of cancer treatment; and (6) development of targeted interventions to reduce the burden of cancer for pediatric/AYA survivors.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 30, 2021
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-028.html
Exploring the use of Real-World Data to Generate Real-World Evidence in Regulatory Decision-Making (U01) Clinical Trials Optional
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research projects that examine real-world data (RWD), real-world evidence (RWE), and related issues such as data analytics, the use of digital health tools, and innovative trial designs utilizing healthcare settings.
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Deadline: May 11, 2020
Amount: $12,000,000
For more information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-20-030.html
Joint FY20 Bioenergy and Advanced Manufacturing FOA BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment
In November 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in energy-efficient plastics recycling technologies. This FOA will support high-impact R&D for plastics by developing new plastics that are capable of efficient recyclability and improving recycling strategies that can break existing plastics into chemical building blocks that can be used to make higher-value products. DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) develops technologies that convert domestic biomass and waste resources into fuels, products, and power to enable affordable energy, economic growth, and innovation in renewable energy and chemicals production. DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) develops technologies that drive energy productivity improvements in the U.S. manufacturing sector, efficiently utilize abundant and available domestic energy resources, and support the manufacture of clean energy products with benefits extending across the economy. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support high-impact technology research and development (R&D) to enable the development of technologies that overcome the challenges associated with plastic waste.
Topic Areas include: Highly Recyclable or Biodegradable Plastics: develop new plastics that have improved performance attributes over a comparable existing plastic that can be cost-effectively recycled or biodegrade completely in the environment or in compost facilities; Novel Methods for Deconstructing and Upcycling Existing Plastics: generate energy efficient recycling technologies (mechanical, chemical, or biological) that are capable of breaking plastic streams into intermediates which can be upgraded into higher value products; BOTTLE Consortium Collaborations to Tackle Challenges in Plastic Waste: create collaborations with the Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE) Laboratory Consortium to further the long-term goals of the Consortium and the Plastics Innovation Challenge.
Interested parties are directed to visit https://eere-exchange.energy.gov for the full Funding Opportunity Announcement. The eXCHANGE system is currently designed to enforce hard deadlines for Concept Paper and Full Application submissions. The APPLY and SUBMIT buttons automatically disable at the defined submission deadlines. The intention of this design is to consistently enforce a standard deadline for all applicants. Applicants that experience issues with submissions PRIOR to the FOA Deadline: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues. Applicants that experience issues with submissions that result in a late submission: In the event that an Applicant experiences technical difficulties with a submission that results in a late submission, the Applicant should contact the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance (exchangehelp@hq.doe.gov). The eXCHANGE helpdesk and/or the EERE eXCHANGE System Administrators (eXCHANGE@ee.doe.gov) will assist the Applicant in resolving all issues (including finalizing the submission on behalf of, and with the Applicant’s concurrence). DOE will only accept late applications when the Applicant has a) encountered technical difficulties beyond their control; b) has contacted the eXCHANGE helpdesk for assistance; and c) has submitted the application through eXCHANGE within 24 hours of the FOA’s posted deadline.
Funding Agency: Golden Field Office
Deadline: June 18, 2020
Amount: $2,500,000
For more information: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/
Incorporating cost effectiveness & societal outcomes into FDA opioids model (U01) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to incorporate social outcomes (quality of life, untreated pain, etc.) and cost effectiveness into FDA’s existing model and policy analysis tool. Work resulting from this funding opportunity should provide more holistic insight into the opioid crisis and enhance decision makers’ ability to propose and consider policy options. Such work will require the integration of new structural components, new data, and new analyses into the model. Given the paucity of data surrounding opioids interventions, this effort will also require studies to collect information about the costs, social outcomes, and other details associated with potential policies.
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-20-031.html
Behavioral Interventions Scholars
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to apply a behavioral science or behavioral economics lens to issues facing poor and vulnerable families in the United States, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how their research is grounded in behavioral economics/behavioral science and the applicability of their research to practice or policy serving low-income children, adults, and families, especially those that seek to improve their well-being. Specific topics of interest may be delineated in the full funding opportunity announcement. For information about OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about related work ongoing within OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency-bias-research-portfolio.
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – OPRE
Deadline: June 1, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-PD-1824
FY20 Alaska BLM Noxious and Invasive Plant Management Program
BLM has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to collaboratively manage and coordinate treatments, inventories, monitoring, education and outreach, and prevention activities to control new infestations and treatment to remove existing infestations of noxious weeds and invasive species in order to gain efficiencies across multiple jurisdictions. Individual projects support Secretarial Order 3347 Conservation Stewardship and Outdoor Recreation, through improving habitat and habitat improvement, and Secretarial Order 3372 Reducing Wildfire Risks on Department of the Interior Land through Active Management through reduction of fuel loads.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount $20,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #L20AS00085
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Technology for Expressive Communication
The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act).
Under this particular DRRP priority, NIDILRR aims to sponsor research and development activities to generate new knowledge and technology products that can be used to improve the use of expressive language by people with developmental, adult-onset, or acquired communication disabilities, thereby improving community living outcomes.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
BLM-CO Forests and Woodlands Resource Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Forest and Woodland Resource Management Program manages and conserves 58 million acres of forest and woodland in 12 western States and Alaska. These forests provide a range of ecosystem services including wildlife habitat, hydrologic function, and sustainable harvest of forest products valued by society. A primary activity of the program is to maintain and improve the resilience of forest and woodland ecosystems to wildfire, insects, disease, and drought through density management using timber sales, Stewardship agreements, and Good Neighbor (GNA) agreements. BLM Colorado has an opportunity to work with partner organizations to assist and collaborate with a recipient to access additional resources outside of the federal government, which not only furthers the BLM mission, but also reduces BLM staffing costs and improves our responsiveness to the public. Funded projects will focus on high priority work such as activities that promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, infrastructure development for future sustainable timber harvest, biomass utilization, habitat conservation needs, and insect, disease and fire recovery. These activities could include, but are not limited to: planting trees, pre-commercial and commercial thinning, salvage/sanitation forest treatments, control of competing vegetation, fuels reduction, riparian or upland restoration, project development and layout, planning analysis and document preparation needed in concert with or to carry out Land Use Planning Decisions, Endangered Species Act or cultural clearances, data collection, and monitoring.
Program Strategic Goals: Implement science-based forest restoration projects to improve forest health and resilience to wildfires, insects, disease, and drought; Sustainable harvest of forests and woodlands to produce a continuous supply of wood products and biomass for renewable energy; Salvage dead and dying timber to reduce fuels, in balance with the need for wildlife habitat, watershed function, and soil stability, while supporting local economies; Provide the public with commercial and personal use opportunities to harvest products such as firewood, Christmas trees, boughs, greenery, medicinal plants, fence posts, and pinyon pine nuts from forests and woodlands; Expedite the NEPA processes to accelerate the removal of beetle-killed timber to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire and minimize risks to the recreating public; Implement projects collaboratively with a Governor or any other appropriate executive official of an affect State, county official, or Indian Tribe under the Good Neighbor authority by implementing project under authorized restoration services, which means similar and complementary forest and watershed restoration services carried out on Federal land, non-Federal land, and land owned by an Indian tribe.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount: $150,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #L20AS00082
BLM-CO Fisheries, Aquatic Resource Management, and Riparian Restoration
The Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wishes to partner with a variety of cooperators to accomplish these objectives. Funding is available to perform activities described herein on the watersheds within the jurisdiction of lands managed by BLM Colorado. Potential projects under this funding opportunity announcement may include watershed management activities that address water supply needs, water quality concerns, and restoration needs that will benefit multiple water uses (e.g., agricultural, municipal, tribal, environmental, and recreation). BLM Colorado has opportunities to work with partner organizations to accomplish goals of the BLM Aquatic Habitat Management that include, but are not limited to, such things as: Development and/or implementation of watershed management plans; Increased local capacity to protect and enhance aquatic habitat, water quality, promote water conservation, and sustain the present health of the watershed; Improvements in the resiliency of ecosystems, communities, and economies in the watershed; Improvements in the hydraulic and geomorphic conditions of streams; Removal of invasive plants and animals to enhance fish habitat, water quality and the physical characteristics of the stream; Inventory, modernize and/or develop infrastructure such as culverts and diversion structures in order to improve fish and other aquatic organism passage; Provide a forum for enhanced communication among diverse stakeholder groups along the watershed; Conserve and enhance aquatic and riparian habitats for native and desired non-native species; Provide resources for recreational and subsistence fishing opportunities including increasing public access and infrastructure, such as fishing piers, for public enjoyment and outreach, education and job mentoring activities for youth, families, and veterans; Protect and stabilize both lotic and lentic aquatic and riparian habitats; Implement projects to reduce erosion, salinity and sediments; Collect and analyze water resources data needed to maintain, protect and restore water resources effectively; Inventory, assess, monitor, and improve aquatic, riparian, and wetland habitat quality and quantity; Address the immediate threats from aquatic invasive species, including quagga and zebra mussels; Influencing water temperature or improving the timing or volume of available flows at particular locations to improve aquatic conditions; Monitor surface and groundwater quality; Manage geospatial and biometric data; Conduct baseline inventories and assessments critical to many public land uses and ongoing monitoring programs; Engage citizen-scientists and students in monitoring and directed research of various BLM dependent aquatic and riparian species and their habitats; Develop and assist with Bureau aquatic invasive programs including: mapping, control, prevention, education, data analysis, ecological modeling and risk assessments, biosecurity, eDNA surveillance, etc. For more information on how to apply, please visit www.grants.gov to download a full announcement, instructions, and application package.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: May 20, 2020
Amount: $75,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #L20AS00084
Patient-oriented Research to Mitigate Health Disparities and Lessen the Burden of Chronic Diseases Within the Mission of NIDDK (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications to conduct patient-oriented clinical research studies designed to develop strategies to mitigate health disparities in people with one or more chronic diseases or conditions within the mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Populations of interest include those disproportionately burdened with multiple chronic conditions and/or disparities in social, behavioral and/or biological risk factors. Only studies that involve interaction with human participants will be considered appropriate for this FOA.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 22, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-20-015.html
Establishment of an Academic Partnership in Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Human Resource Management Studies with the Faculty of Economics at Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Skopje announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to establish an Academic Partnership in Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Human Resource Management Studies between a U.S. educational institution and the Faculty of Economics at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) in Skopje, North Macedonia. Accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to pursue institutional or departmental objectives in partnership with the Saints Cyril and Methodius University. The objective for this partnership is to rebuild the MBA in Strategic Human Resource Management program through enriching the existing courses with content pertaining to U.S. business practices, U.S. teaching styles, U.S. research approaches and greater knowledge and capacity exchange with the United States. Activities will include collaborative research, curriculum reform and development, faculty exchanges, capacity building, and professional development. The duration of faculty exchanges can be managed according to the time required for the specific task or activity of their exchange. The Faculty of Economics has indicated the primary focus area should be the business management and human resource capacity building programs. The means of achieving these objectives is purposefully left broad to encourage the submission of innovative proposals tailored to the education and research goals of both institutions. Applicants should consult the Faculty of Economics at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University when developing their proposal. The timeframe for achieving the objectives must be clearly outlined in the proposal funding request. The project implementation period should be 24 months, with option for renewal. A successful proposal will address needs of the Faculty of Economics at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) through a cost-effective project that includes curriculum development, collaborative research, professional development for faculty by U.S. counterparts, and faculty exchange. Prospective candidates are also strongly encouraged to incorporate Faculty of Economics at UKIM’s Campus in their project proposal.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to North Macedonia
Deadline: May 8, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: https://mk.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
Genomic Predictors of Pregnancy Loss (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies which utilize emerging genomic technologies to identify variants which predict risk for pregnancy loss in subsequent pregnancies beyond standard karyotype approaches.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 30, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-21-005.html
Formative and Pilot Intervention Research for Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages formative research, intervention development, and pilot-testing of interventions. Primary scientific areas of focus include the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel or adapted interventions that target HIV prevention or treatment. For the purposes of this FOA, intervention is defined to include behavioral, social, or structural approaches, as well as combination biomedical and behavioral, social, or structural approaches that prevent acquisition and transmission of HIV infection, or improve clinical outcomes for persons who are HIV infected, or both.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
Amount: $225,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-141.html
Air Force Fiscal Year 2021 Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)
The Fiscal Year 2021 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) intends to support young in career scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees by 1 April 2012 or later showing exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The program objective is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.
Funding Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Deadline: July 14, 2020
Amount: $450,000
For more information: https://www.wpafb.af.mil/Welcome/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/842050/
Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development (R21 Clinical Trial not allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R21 grant applications to develop novel technologies that will enable substantive (no less than one order of magnitude) improvement in synthetic nucleic acids. The goal is to improve the quality, capabilities and efficiency of nucleic acid synthesis and synthetic constructs at reasonable and decreased costs. Applicants may propose to develop novel complete synthesis and/or synthetic constructs systems, investigate challenges underlying key novel system components, or propose substantive improvements of at least an order of magnitude improvement to existing systems. Exploration of methods other than those currently in use is highly encouraged. High-risk/high-payoff applications are appropriate to achieve the goals of this FOA.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 24, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-20-015.html
Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development (R01 Clinical Trial not allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R01 grant applications to develop novel technologies that will enable no less than one order of magnitude improvement in synthetic nucleic acids. The goal is to improve the quality, capabilities and efficiency of nucleic acid synthesis and synthetic constructs (e.g., longer oligonucleotide and synthetic construct lengths, faster turn-around times, greater accuracy, incorporation of modified bases, higher-throughput, etc.) at reasonable and decreased costs with the anticipation that major advances in any of these and related areas would make significant contributions to the mission of NIH, NHGRI and the field of genomics, including to many of NHGRIs other technology development goals.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 24, 2020
Amount: $700,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-20-014.html