Co-infection and Cancer (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This initiative seeks to enhance our mechanistic and epidemiologic understanding of infection-related cancers, with a focus on the etiologic roles of co-infection in cancer. Preference will be given to investigations of co-infections with known oncogenic agents (e.g., Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] and Epstein Barr virus [EBV]; excluding human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) and of co-infections that engendered novel opportunities for prevention and treatment. Coinfection is defined as the occurrence of infections by two or more infectious (pathogenic or nonpathogenic) agents either concurrently or sequentially and includes both acute and chronic infections by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and/or other microorganisms.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-062.html
Co-infection and Cancer (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This initiative seeks to enhance our mechanistic and epidemiologic understanding of infection-related cancers, with a focus on the etiologic roles of co-infection in cancer. Preference will be given to investigations of co-infections with known oncogenic agents (e.g., Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] and Epstein Barr virus [EBV]; excluding human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) and of co-infections that engendered novel opportunities for prevention and treatment. Coinfection is defined as the occurrence of infections by two or more infectious (pathogenic or nonpathogenic) agents either concurrently or sequentially and includes both acute and chronic infections by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and/or other microorganisms.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-061.html
NIAID Resource-Related Research Projects (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), invites applications for investigator-initiated Resource-Related Research Projects (R24). The proposed resource must provide a significant benefit to currently funded high priority projects in need of further coordination and support in the areas specified. Under rare circumstances, this mechanism may be used to support development of a new resource to the broader scientific community of the NIAID. It is anticipated that the request for resource support through the R24 activity code will occur on an infrequent basis and only in circumstances where other mechanisms of support from the NIAID are not appropriate. The proposed resources should be relevant to the scientific areas of the NIAID mission including the biology, pathogenesis, and host response to microbes, including HIV; the mechanisms of normal immune function and immune dysfunction resulting in autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergy, asthma, and transplant rejection; and translational research to develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to prevent and treat infectious, immune-mediated, and allergic diseases.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-063.html
The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites U24 cooperative agreement applications for a Data Coordination Center to participate in a clinical trial focused on elucidation of the physiological mechanisms underlying individual variability in maintenance of reduced weight over time. A companion FOA (RFA DK-19-017, The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Clinical Trial Consortium (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required) invites Clinical Centers (CC) to recruit and study participants before and after a behavioral/lifestyle weight loss intervention to determine the extent, durability and mechanisms for physiologic adaptations to weight loss, including metabolic and biobehavioral mechanisms. It is expected that tissue biospecimens will be collected that can be used to identify potential metabolic pathways that are altered after weight loss and may render it more difficult to maintain the reduced weight. An award made under the current FOA will support a planning/preparation phase for approximately one year, followed by a study phase of up to four additional years once planning milestones are met. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must propose activities for both phases and are expected to include plans for project management and performance milestones for each phase.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 11, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-018.html
The Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Clinical Trial Consortium (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
Following intentional weight loss, physiological processes including altered appetite and decreased energy expenditure create a tendency toward regain of lost weight. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites UG3/UH3 cooperative agreement applications from multi-disciplinary teams that propose to conduct collaborative mechanistic clinical trials focused on elucidation of the physiological mechanisms underlying individual variability in maintenance of reduced weight over time. This FOA will not support studies with a goal to evaluate the efficacy of interventions for weight loss or maintenance of reduced weight. Participants must be studied before and after a successful behavioral/lifestyle weight loss intervention to determine the extent, durability, and mechanisms for physiologic adaptations to weight loss, including metabolic and biobehavioral mechanisms. It is expected that tissue biospecimens will be collected that can be used to identify potential metabolic pathways that are altered after weight loss and may render it more difficult to maintain the reduced weight. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will use the bi-phasic, milestone-driven UG3/UH3 cooperative agreement mechanism in parallel with a companion FOA, RFA DK-19-018, Physiology of the Weight Reduced State Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Awards made under this FOA will initially support a planning/preparation phase (UG3) for approximately one year with possible transition to a study (UH3) phase of up to four additional years once planning milestones are met. Applications submitted in response to this FOA must propose activities for both phases and are expected to include plans for project management and performance milestones for each phase.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 11, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-017.html
2020 Empowering Communities to Reduce Falls and Falls Risk
Goal 1: Through robust partnerships, develop a result-based, comprehensive strategy for reducing falls and falls risk among older adults and adults with disabilities living in your community. Goal 2: Significantly increase the number of older adults and adults with disabilities who participate in evidence-based falls prevention programs, while concurrently pursuing the sustainability of these programs beyond the end of the grant period.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $300,000
For more information: https://acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities
2020 Integrated Networks to Deliver and Sustain Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs
Goal 1: Strengthen integrated state or regional networks that address the social and behavioral determinants of health of older adults and adults with disabilities. Goal 2: Significantly increase the number of older adults and adults with disabilities who participate in evidence-based community programs to reduce falls and falls risk.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $1,200,000
For more information: https://acl.gov/grants/open-opportunities
Safety and Feasibility Trials for Rapid-Acting Interventions for Severe Suicide Risk (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
This Funding Oopportunity Aannouncement (FOA) invites pilot feasibility studies testing rapid-acting interventions to reduce severe suicide risk through clinical trials that are based in appropriate/specialized healthcare settings(e.g., emergency departments [ED], psychiatric inpatient units, other settings that meet Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy approaches).
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: February 26, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-345.html
Evaluating Practice-based Programs, Policies, and Practices from CDCs Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program: Expanding the Evidence to Prevent Sexual Violence
This NOFO seeks proposals to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of primary prevention programs, policies, or practices implemented by CDC-funded Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) programs to prevent sexual violence. Research funded under this announcement is intended to expand the evidence base for sexual violence prevention in one or more of the following strategy areas identified in the STOP SV technical package: Promote Social Norms that Protect Against Violence, Provide Opportunities to Empower and Support Girls and Women, and Create Protective Environments. CDC’s STOP SV: A Technical Package to Prevent Sexual Violence outlines the best available evidence for sexual violence prevention and is used by state and local health departments participating in CDC’s RPE Program to develop and implement programs, policies and practices to prevent sexual violence (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/sv-prevention-technical-package.pdf). The proposed research is expected to rigorously evaluate practice-based prevention approaches to increase the evidence for sexual violence prevention programs, policies, or practices that have traction within the field, are feasible to implement by practitioners, and acceptable to communities. The research results are expected to expand on, and not replicate or adapt, the existing evidence base in sexual violence prevention. Applicants must clearly describe each partnership or collaboration necessary to conduct the research. These include, but are not limited to partnerships with the RPE Program implementing the prevention strategy, entities participating in the research evaluation, and entities providing research data or access to study populations. Research to evaluate RPE-funded programs, policies, or practices that address evidence-based risk and protective factors at the outer levels of the social ecological model (i.e., community-, societal-level) is encouraged. Research to evaluate programs, policies, or practices that address populations or communities that disproportionately bear the burden of sexual violence is encouraged.
Funding Agency: Center for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA
Deadline: February 20, 2020
Amount: $375,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-CE-20-001
NIMH Instrumentation Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIMH Instrumentation Program encourages applications from NIH funded investigators to purchase or upgrade a single commercially available instrument or a group of components to create an instrument that is not commercially available. Examples of instruments that might be submitted under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) include light microscopes, electron microscopes, spectrophotometers, and biomedical imagers.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 8, 2021
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-555.html
Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite R03 applications to support archiving and documenting existing data sets in order to enable secondary analysis of these data by the scientific community. The priority of this program is to archive data sets within the scientific mission of the NICHD; highest priority is to archive data collected with NICHD support.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
Amount: $50,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-064.html
Implementation Research in HRSA Ryan White Sites: Screening and Treatment for Mental and Substance Use Disorders to Further the National Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Goals (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to enhance screening and treatment for mental and substance use disorders in HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funded sites through implementation research, to advance the goals of the National “End the Epidemic” (EHE) initiative. This FOA is intended to support pilot or feasibility implementation studies to enhance screening and treatment of substance use or mental health disorders in the HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Applications seeking to conduct definitive studies should consider the companion R01 FOA at RFA-MH-20-520.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 31, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-521.html
Implementation Research in HRSA Ryan White Sites: Screening and Treatment for Mental and Substance Use Disorders to Further the National Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Goals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to enhance screening and treatment for mental and substance use disorders in HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funded sites through implementation research, to advance the goals of the National “End the Epidemic” (EHE) initiative. This FOA is intended to support applications seeking to conduct definitive studies on implementation approaches to enhance screening and treatment of substance use or mental health disorders in the HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Applications seeking to conduct pilot or feasibility implementation studies should consider the companion R34 FOA at RFA-MH20-521
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-520.html
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections program. The purpose of this program is to help cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: January 30, 2020
Amount: $350,000
For more information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections
Real Time Chromatin Dynamics and Function (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
To support the development and application of tools that would enable the monitoring in real-time of the dynamic three-dimensional structure of mammalian genomes and provide insight into how organizing components of 4D genome architecture affect biological processes in live cells.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 17, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-003.html
4DN Centers for Data Integration, Modeling and Visualization (UM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications for research projects to generate reference datasets and to create navigable maps for the study of the spatial and temporal organization of the nucleus, using genomic and imaging data as well as newly developed visualization and integrative analysis tools.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 17, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-004.html
Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
NIMH seeks applications for innovative research projects to test strategies to increase the reach, efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of digital mental health interventions. This FOA is intended to support the development of digital health test beds that leverage well-established digital mental health platforms ,to rapidly refine and optimize existing evidence-based digital health interventions and conduct clinical trials testing digital mental health interventions that are statistically powered to provide a definitive answer regarding the intervention’s effectiveness.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 2, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-510.html
4DN Organization and Function in Human Health and Disease (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
To support projects that apply new or existing tools to monitor and/or manipulate the 4D nucleome in the context of human health and disease. Any human disease or biological process relevant to NIHs mission may be proposed including environmental exposures (e.g. addictive substances, toxins, psychosocial stress), or studies across development or lifespan. Other relevant timeframes may include but are not limited to: circadian rhythms, fasting and feeding cycles, reproductive cycles, and sleep/wake cycles.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 2, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-005.html
Practice-Based Research for Implementing Scalable Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions in Primary Care Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage practice-based research aimed at refining and pilot testing developmentally-focused, theory-based efficacious prevention interventions that may impact mental health outcomes, including suicide behaviors and serious mental illness. The research should test prevention approaches that are both scalable and sustainable for implementation in pediatric-serving primary care settings, with an emphasis on populations experiencing mental health disparities.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 15, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-506.html
New Investigator Projects on 4DN Organization and Function in Human Health and Disease (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
To support projects from NIH-defined New Investigators that apply new or existing tools to monitor and/or manipulate the 4D nucleome (4DN) in the context of human health and disease. Any human disease or biological process relevant to NIHs mission may be proposed including environmental exposures (e.g. addictive substances, toxins, psychosocial stress), or studies across development or lifespan. Other relevant time frames may include but are not limited to: circadian rhythms, fasting and feeding cycles, reproductive cycles, and sleep/wake cycles.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 2, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-006.html
Small Research Grants for Establishing Basic Science-Clinical Collaborations to Understand Structural Birth Defects (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to promote initial establishment of basic science-clinical collaborations by providing small grants to teams of basic scientists, physician scientists, and/or clinicians. These interdisciplinary teams may include but are not limited to the following: developmental biologists, cell biologists, geneticists, genomicists, physician scientists including individuals with DVM/VMD degrees, clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and/or bioinformaticists.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
Amount: $75,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-065.html
Practice-Based Research for Implementing Scalable Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions in Primary Care Settings (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage practice-based research aimed at testing the effectiveness of developmentally-focused theory-based efficacious prevention interventions which may impact mental health outcomes, including suicide behaviors and serious mental illness. The research should test prevention approaches that are both scalable and sustainable for implementation in pediatric-serving primary care settings, with an emphasis on populations experiencing mental health disparities. This FOA seeks to supports clinical trials to establish the effectiveness of scalable prevention interventions when implemented using available resources within pediatric-serving primary care settings.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 15, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-505.html
Pediatric Critical Care Conferences (R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for multidisciplinary national conferences that will inform care and facilitate research for major issues in pediatric critical care medicine. Given the nascent stage of development, the small diverse patient populations, and the rapid expansion of the field, conducting research and establishing best practices in pediatric critical care is challenging. National conferences that convene experts from across the country hold the potential to establish the frameworks necessary to overcome these obstacles. It is anticipated that such conferences will foster collaboration among different clinical disciplines, geographically and culturally diverse institutions and medical centers, professional organizations and NIH Institutes. Specifically, it is hoped that these conferences will drive the development and acceptance of uniform definitions, facilitate the determination of common data elements, identify key knowledge gaps to advance research, and/or foster discussions on how research findings can be used to best inform guidelines for patient care.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 31, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-21-015.html
Field Initiated Projects Program (Development)
The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to generate new knowledge through research or 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. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. In carrying out a development activity under an FI Projects development grant, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create models, methods, tools, systems, materials, devices, applications, standards, or intervention protocols, that are beneficial to the target population. Please note this will be the Funding Opportunity for FI Development proposals.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: January 27, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Field Initiated Projects Program (Research)
The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to generate new knowledge through research or 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. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. In carrying out a research activity under an FI Projects research grant, a grantee must identify one or more hypotheses or research questions and, based on the hypotheses or research questions identified, perform an intensive, systematic study directed toward producing (1) new scientific knowledge, or (2) better understanding of the subject, problem studied, or body of knowledge. Please note that this will be the funding opportunity for FI Research proposals.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: January 27, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Local Food Producer Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Compliance (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed
FDA believes that the intent of this cooperative agreement is to fund an entity that has active working relationships with local food producers, processors, or enterprises and/or organizations that have demonstrated experience developing and providing science-based, culturally specific food safety training, education and outreach, for local food producers and processors, with an emphasis on those that are involved in diversified, sustainable, organic and identity-preserved agricultural operations; beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers; value-added farm businesses and small-size processors; and direct and intermediate supply chain participants. The local food producers and processors targeted by this cooperative agreement may or may not be covered under FSMA (e.g., due to sales or distribution channels), however, should handle commodities relevant to these regulations. Subcontracts to other organizations that meet the intent noted above are encouraged. It is expected that applicants will specifically include collaboration between and among national and regional food safety leaders; relevant diversified, sustainable, organic and identity-preserved agricultural businesses or organizations; colleges, universities and related land grant cooperative extension programs; and regional and local food sector organizations, among others, to reach the intended audience. In addition, applicants are expected to collaborate with the established FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Alliances and other organizations deliver FSMA education and outreach. Extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA CFSAN and other FDA program offices, Regional Centers (administered under the USDA-NIFA Food Safety Outreach Program), state agencies implementing FSMA, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Federal organizations that have a vested interest in food safety among local food producer stakeholders is also expected. The primary objective of this cooperative agreement is to provide training, education, and outreach, address training gaps (e.g., by developing training materials) and to facilitate identification of appropriate technical assistance resources for local food producers and processors related to applicable federal preventive controls regulations under FSMA, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules. Research to evaluate the program should also be completed, which includes data collection and analysis, to assess the impact of education, outreach and technical assistance on addressing training/knowledge gaps of the target audience previously identified. This cooperative agreement should also support development and delivery of alternate curricula for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. Subcontracts to other organizations interested or engaged in developing and/or delivering alternate curricula training to this target audience are encouraged to meet this objective. In addition, consideration should be given to local food producers not currently subject to the regulatory requirements but that have conveyed an interest in or have identified economic incentives to comply (i.e., marketplace requirements to comply or business growth outlooks) with such regulations.
Program Area Description: FSMA was signed into law in 2011 and provided FDA with a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, prevention-based controls across the food supply along with other prevention-focused tools in order to create substantial improvements in the Agency’s approach to food safety. Standards that FDA is directed to issue under FSMA include hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for both human food and animal food and standards for produce safety, among other rulemaking and guidance development activities. The regulations include requirements for training and employee qualifications. Additionally, FSMA calls for enhanced partnerships and integration with FDA’s food safety Federal, State, local, tribal and territorial partners in order to achieve public health goals. To this end, the Agency has been working with such partners to develop and implement an integrated food safety system. To be successful, a national integrated food safety system must build upon the work currently being done by FDA and our regulatory and public health partners. Additional work is needed in terms of active communication, coordination, and support. One important step towards implementing a national integrated food safety system will entail the education, outreach, training and understanding technical assistance needs for local food producers that grow, harvest, pack or hold produce or process foods. Additionally, it is FDA’s role and responsibility to collaborate with other food regulatory agencies, and to support state, local and tribal regulatory and public health programs working to meet these standards. To build and maintain a national integrated food safety system, outreach and training related to FSMA will continue to be necessary to support local food producers and food manufacturer/processors. FDA anticipates that local food producers and processors will need food safety education and training that addresses the regulatory requirements of the applicable FSMA rules and also encompasses specific practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing relevant to their scale of production and management practices. Additionally, these local food stakeholders frequently have limited access to adequate and affordable food safety training, education, outreach, and technical assistance. FDA will engage in a cooperative agreement with one or more collaborators that develop and implement food safety training, education, and outreach to key local food stakeholders, including farmers, packers and manufacturers/processors that grow, harvest, pack and hold produce and process food affected by FSMA. It is expected that existing training materials, such as the standardized curriculum developed by the Produce Safety Alliance or the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, would be used as a foundation for customization, where appropriate, to meet local food producer needs. In addition, the Sprout Safety Alliance will be a resource for existing training materials specific to sprout growers. Customization of these existing training materials, or development of alternate curricula when warranted to address training gaps, would likely address specific needs of the local food producers and processers, regional practices and needs, including addressing specific practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing relevant to local food stakeholders scale of production and management practices. FDA intends to work with the recipient to ensure that alternate curricula are recognized by FDA. Research to evaluate and assess the impact of education, outreach and technical assistance on addressing training/knowledge gaps of the target audience. The applicant would be expected to collaborate with FDA, USDA and other educational partners as appropriate to complete the program evaluation. Applicants are also expected to collaborate with the established FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Alliances and other organizations that deliver FSMA education and outreach. Participation in regional and national meetings covering FSMA training and outreach (such as the FDA-USDA FSMA Collaborative Training Forum) is also expected. This cooperative agreement is beneficial to public health because it will further drive compliance with the final federal preventive controls regulations, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules; will help ensure consistency of implementation throughout the United States; will leverage existing expertise and knowledge; and will ultimately reduce foodborne illness. The program will focus on helping local food producer and processor audiences understand and interpret Federal food safety agricultural production and processing regulations and guidance enacted under FSMA, address challenging topics related to implementation of both the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food (e.g., sanitation controls, wash water management, writing a food safety plan) thus enabling them to implement those regulations and guidelines in their respective environments. The program will provide training, education, and outreach, and build capacity and infrastructure, as well as alternate curriculum development and/or adaptation of the standardized curriculum, in addition to identifying technical assistance resources for local food producer and processor audiences impacted by FSMA regulations and guidance.
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Deadline: January 28, 2020
Amount: $2,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-FD-20-006
Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Research Network (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications to establish research network(s) focused on rapidly recruiting a sufficient number of participants to dissect the heterogeneity of the clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) syndrome so as to predict differential CHR outcomes. Results from these studies will inform future treatment development efforts.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 31, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-340.html
Fine-Mapping Genome-Wide Associated Loci to Identify Proximate Causal Mechanisms of Serious Mental Illness (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified statistical relationships between tens of thousands of common single nucleotide variants and over a thousand traits. Due to the correlated nature of nearby genetic variants, GWAS implicate regions of the genome and do not necessarily pinpoint the causal variant(s), gene(s) or mechanism(s) underlying the trait association. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to support systematic fine-mapping of genome-wide significant risk loci associated with serious mental illnesses through robust statistical genetic and functional genomic approaches.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: February 28, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-21-100.html
NIMH Career Enhancement Award to Advance Autism Services Research for Adults and Transition-Age Youth (K18 Clinical Trial Required)
This NIMH Research Career Enhancement Award (K18) program invites applications from experienced investigators seeking to redirect or expand their research programs through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the area of autism services research for adults and transiton-age youth, which is beyond and complementary to their current areas of expertise. The program will support research training and career development experiences and a small-scale research project that will provide experienced investigators with the scientific competencies required to conduct research relevant to services for adults or transition-age youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Eligible candidates are independent investigators at any faculty rank or level.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 15, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-421.html
Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Data Processing, Analysis, and Coordination Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for a Data Processing, Analysis, Management and Coordinating Coordination Center (DACDPACC) to support aggregation and analysis of existing data related to Clinical High Risk for psychosis (CHR) and oversight and coordination of CHR research networks to be funded under a future NIMH FOA described in NOT-MH-19-042.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 31, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-341.html
NIMH Career Enhancement Award to Advance Autism Services Research for Adults and Transition-Age Youth (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This NIMH Research Career Enhancement Award (K18) program invites applications from experienced investigators seeking to redirect or expand their research programs through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the area of autism services research for adults and transiton-age youth, which is beyond and complementary to their current areas of expertise. The program will support research training and career development experiences and a small-scale research project that will provide experienced investigators with the scientific competencies required to conduct research relevant to services for adults or transition-age youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Eligible candidates are independent investigators at any faculty rank or level.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: October 15, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-420.html
Effectiveness of Implementing Sustainable Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Mental Health Equity for Traditionally Underserved Populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages studies that develop and test the effectiveness of strategies for implementation and sustainable delivery of evidence-based mental health treatments and services to improve mental health outcomes for underserved populations in under-resourced settings in the United States. Studies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from evidence-based practices (EBPs) and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations. Research generating new information about factors causing/reducing disparities are strongly encouraged, including due consideration of the needs of individuals across the life span.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: August 25, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-400.html
Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings to Achieve Equity in Outcomes (R34 Clinical Trial Required)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports pilot work for subsequent studies testing the effectiveness of strategies to deliver evidence-based mental health services, treatment interventions, and/or preventive interventions (EBPs) in low-resource mental health specialty and non-specialty settings within the United States. The FOA targets settings where EBPs are not currently delivered or delivered with fidelity, such that there are disparities in mental health and related functional outcomes (e.g., employment, educational attainment, stable housing, integration in the community, treatment of comorbid substance use disorders, etc.) for the population(s) served. Implementation strategies should identify and use innovative approaches to remediate barriers to provision, receipt, and/or benefit from EBPs and generate new information about factors integral to achieving equity in mental health outcomes for underserved populations.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: August 25, 2020
Amount: $225,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-401.html
Native American Tribes Outreach, Education, and Training to Enhance Food Safety and FSMA Compliance (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed
The intent of this cooperative agreement is to fund an entity that has active working relationships with Native American tribes and/or organizations that have demonstrated experience developing and providing science-based, culturally specific food safety training, education, outreach, and technical assistance for tribes, tribal businesses, and/or tribal members, with an emphasis on agricultural production and human food manufacturing/processing. The Native American produce farmers and processors targeted by this cooperative agreement may or may not be covered under FSMA (e.g., due to sales or distribution channels), however, should handle commodities relevant to these regulations. Subcontracts to organizations that meet the intent noted above are encouraged. It is expected that applicants will specifically include collaboration between and among national and regional tribal stakeholder leaders, relevant tribal organizations, tribal colleges and universities and associated national organizations; as well as land grant cooperative extension programs, and other organizations and partners involved in national food safety efforts, in order to reach the intended audience. In addition, applicants are encouraged to collaborate with the established FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Alliances and other organizations that deliver FSMA education and outreach. Extensive cooperation and coordination with FDA CFSAN and other FDA program offices, Regional Centers (administered under the USDA-NIFA Food Safety Outreach Program (FSOP)), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other Federal organizations that have a vested interest in food safety among tribal stakeholders is also encouraged, including FSOP grants targeting tribes. Participation in regional and national meetings covering FSMA training and outreach (such as the FDA-USDA FSMA Collaborative Training Forum) is also expected. The primary objective of this cooperative agreement is to provide training, education, outreach, address training gaps (e.g., by developing training materials) and to facilitate identification of appropriate technical assistance resources to produce farming and food manufacturing/processing members of federally recognized tribes related to the applicable federal regulations under FSMA, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules. In addition, consideration should be given to tribal stakeholders not currently subject to the regulatory requirements but that have conveyed an interest in or have identified economic incentives to comply (i.e., marketplace requirements to comply or business growth outlooks) with such regulations. Research to evaluate the program should also be completed, which includes data collection and analysis, to assess the impact of education, outreach and technical assistance on addressing training/knowledge gaps of the target audience previously identified. This agreement focuses primarily on the standards for Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules; however, more broadly all regulations under FSMA should be considered by the applicant, as any may apply to tribal members based on their specific operation.
Program Area Description: FSMA was signed into law in 2011 and provided FDA with a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, prevention-based controls across the food supply along with other prevention-focused tools in order to create substantial improvements in the Agency’s approach to food safety. Standards that FDA is directed to issue under FSMA include requirements for hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for both human food and animal food and standards for produce safety, among other rulemaking and guidance development activities. The regulations include requirements for training and employee qualifications. Additionally, FSMA calls for enhanced partnerships and integration with FDA’s food safety Federal, State, local, tribal and territorial partners in order to achieve public health goals. To this end, the Agency has been working with such partners to develop and implement an integrated food safety system. To be successful, an integrated national food safety system must build upon the work currently being done by FDA and our regulatory and public health partners. Additional work is needed in terms of active communication, coordination, and support. One important step towards implementing an integrated national food safety system will entail training, education, outreach and understanding technical assistance needs for tribal members that grow, harvest, pack or hold produce, or process foods. Among other roles, it is FDA’s role and responsibility to collaborate with other food regulatory agencies, but to also assist through incentives or other means state, local and tribal regulatory and public health programs working to meet these standards.To build an integrated national food safety system, the need for outreach and training related to FSMA will continue to be available to tribal produce farmers, packers and food manufacturers/processors. FDA anticipates that federally recognized tribes will need food safety education and training that addresses the regulatory requirements of the applicable FSMA rules and also encompasses specific cultural practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing within tribes relevant to their status as sovereign nations. Additionally, these tribal stakeholders frequently have limited access to adequate and affordable food safety training, education, outreach, and technical assistance. FDA will engage in a cooperative agreement with one or more collaborators that will develop and implement food safety training, education, outreach and identification of technical assistance resources for key tribal stakeholders, including farmers, packers and manufacturers/processors that grow, harvest, pack and hold produce, and process food impacted by FSMA. It is expected that existing training materials, such as the standardized curriculum developed by the Produce Safety Alliance or the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance, would be used as a foundation for customization/modification, where appropriate, to meet tribal needs. In addition, the Sprout Safety Alliance will be a resource for existing training materials specific to sprout growers. Customization/modification of these existing training materials would likely address regional practices and needs, including addressing specific tribal practices associated with produce farming and food manufacturing/processing. FDA intends to work with the recipient to ensure that alternate curricula are recognized by FDA. Research to evaluate and assess the impact of education, outreach and technical assistance on addressing training/knowledge gaps of the target audience. The applicant would be expected to collaborate with FDA, USDA and other educational partners as appropriate to complete the program evaluation. This cooperative agreement is beneficial to public health because it would further drive compliance with the final federal preventive control regulations, especially the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food rules; would help ensure consistency of implementation throughout the United States; would leverage existing expertise, knowledge, and enforcement authorities of tribal regulatory staff; and ultimately reduce foodborne illness. The program will focus on helping tribal audiences understand Federal food safety agricultural production and processing regulations and guidance enacted under FSMA, thus enabling them to implement those regulations and guidelines in their respective environments. The program will provide training, education and outreach, and build capacity and infrastructure, as well as alternate curriculum development and/or adaptation of the standardized curriculum, in addition to identifying technical assistance resources for tribal audiences impacted by FSMA regulations and guidance. The other preventive controls rules are available on FDA’s website at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/default.htm, or upon request.
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Deadline: January 28, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-FD-20-004
Natural Experiments of the Impact of Population-targeted Policies to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetes Complications
This NOFO has two components, A and B. Component A (Natural Experiment Research Centers): To support a 5-year multi-center network of independent research centers to evaluate innovative, health system and non-health system-based natural experimental approaches to alter the diabetogenic characteristics of US communities. Applicants will select one of the following two tracks: Track 1 Evaluation of population-level programs or policies that affect population-level risk factors for type 2 diabetes (such as diet or physical activity, as well as other health behaviors; glucose; prediabetes), or Track 2 Evaluation of programs or policies aimed at improving care and management of diabetes, and the risk for diabetes complications. Component B (Coordinating Center): To fund a Coordinating Center (CC) to provide organizational, logistic and communication support to enhance the efficiency, productivity, and public health impact of the Natural Experiments research centers that are funded as part of Component A.
Funding Agency: Center for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA
Deadline: February 4, 2020
Amount: $450,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-DP-20-002
Establishment of a National Center on Restorative Justice
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to fund an accredited university of higher education or an accredited law school for the purposes of establishing a National Center on Restorative Justice with the purpose of educating and training the next generation of justice leaders.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Deadline: January 3, 2020
Amount: $3,000,000
For more information: https://www.bja.gov/CentRJ19
Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical research education and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research education programs will incorporate extensive research experiences, well-designed courses for skills development, mentoring, cohort building activities, and career development elements to prepare recent baccalaureates from diverse backgrounds to transition into and complete rigorous research-focused doctoral degree programs (e.g., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.) in biomedical fields. This program is limited to applications from doctoral degree-granting research-intensive institutions. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow appointed participants to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 27, 2022
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-066.html
U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Affairs Section FY 2020 Annual Program Statement (APS)
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through our Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedure for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline (June 15, 2020). This deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs before the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Applicants may apply for funding between $500 and $24,000 (the small grants program). Using the same application, you may also apply for funding up to $75,000 (the large grants program), although the number of large grants awarded each year is extremely limited.
Please carefully follow all instructions below. Please use the grant application document and budget template found on our website.
of APS Grants: PAS Moscow invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Russia through concrete demonstrations of cooperation between our two peoples. All grant proposals must convey an element of American history, culture, or shared values. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below). Competitive proposals should also include a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Russia even after the program has finished.
Priority Program Areas: Concrete demonstrations of cooperation between American and Russian people in the area of space exploration, science and technology; Collaborative artistic and cultural programs that result in joint deliverables or performances; Grassroots expression and fiction and nonfiction storytelling through writing, art, and new media; City-to-city partnerships; American business values, including innovation, entrepreneurship, and the role of fair labor and judicial practices as a key to economic stability. Programs that support women and minority rights and programs that provide skills and tools for people with disabilities. University-to-university partnerships for Russian and American students to approach and solve problems of mutual interest to both countries, project based learning, and long-term student-to-student interaction.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Russia
Deadline: July 15, 2020
Amount: $75,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # DOSRUS20GR001
Tissue Mapping Centers for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to establish state-of-the-art Tissue Mapping Centers (TMCs) that will generate high-resolution, high-content, multiscale maps of non-diseased human organs and systems. Centers will be expected to integrate and optimize all parts of the data generation pipeline, from tissue collection and preservation through to data integration, analysis and interpretation. Centers will also be expected to work closely with the other funded projects as part of the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program to catalyze development of a framework for mapping the human body at high resolution.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 3, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-002.html
Transformative Technology Development for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit transformative technologies that will significantly expand throughput, multiplexing and discrimination of biomolecules in human tissues for comprehensive mapping of individual cells and their context in human tissues. This FOA supports the accelerated proof-of-principle demonstration and validation of promising tools, techniques and systems that can be integrated, scaled and applied to multiple human tissues. The initial two-year UG3 phase will support accelerated development and demonstration of feasibility of these emerging, high impact technologies. The subsequent two-year UH3 phase will support validation in human tissues, optimization, scale-up, and generation of data. Funded projects will be expected to work closely as part of the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program to catalyze development of a framework for mapping the human body with high resolution.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 3, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-20-001.html
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) CFDA Number 84.149A
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: CAMP is designed to assist migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or immediate family members of such workers) who are enrolled or are admitted for enrollment on a full-time basis at an institution of higher education (IHE) complete their first academic year. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.149A.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: January 28, 2020
Amount: $425,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-11-29/pdf/2019-25892.pdf
l U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement
The U.S. Embassy Brussels Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline. Each quarter prior to the deadline, a grant review committee reviews applications. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of Grants: PAS Brussels invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belgium by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Belgium
Deadline: July 20, 2020
Amount: $100,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #PAS-BE200-FY20-02
U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement (APS)
The U.S. Embassy Brussels Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline. Each quarter prior to the deadline, a grant review committee reviews applications. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of Grants: PAS Brussels invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belgium by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Belgium
Deadline: July 20, 2020
Amount: $100,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # PAS-BE200-FY20-01
Support for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to Develop New Technologies for Development and Integration of Novel Components for Open and Closed Loop Hormone Replacement Platforms for T1D Therapy (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications for funding to perform research leading to the development of new approaches to create devices/components with enhanced accuracy and less patient burden that will represent real advancements regarding safety and effectiveness of glucose control technologies and their integration into open and closed loop hormone replacement systems.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 3, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-027.html
NIA Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this FOA is to support a network to enhance collaborations across NIA’s 6 centers programs. These collaborations are intended to leverage NIA’s substantial investments by fostering and sustaining the development of novel interdisciplinary efforts in aging research. This opportunity will provide resources to build additional infrastructure and establish specific collaborative activities that could include, but are not limited to, information and data exchange, meetings and conferences, pilot studies, research opportunities for early investigators, visiting scholar programs, dissemination, and other collaborative efforts. The successful awardee will involve all 6 centers programs.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $675,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-001.html
Historical Markers (U.S. – Panama Shared History)
The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for organizations to submit funding applications for a project to highlight the shared history of the United States and Panama through the identification and promotion of relevant historical sites. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Project Objectives: This project aims to promote U.S. national interests through the development of stronger support among the people of Panama. Ideal partners include organizations that are familiar with U.S.-Panamanian history that can demonstrate the ability to produce high-quality results that will reach a large audience.
Project Description: This project will identify and carry out strategies to highlight the shared history between the United States and Panama, ideally through the installation of physical markers, signs, or plaques at locations of significance to U.S.-Panamanian history in Panama City and/or throughout the country. The project will produce a brochure-style guide map or series of maps featuring the important U.S.-Panamanian historical sites in the country/city. The project will facilitate wide distribution of the materials to the general public in order to educate Panamanian residents on this shared history. Grant funding may be used for all program expenses, including but not limited to design, installation, and printing of markers and brochures, and related personnel costs, within policy limits.
Partners and Audience: The ideal implementer of this project will have experience with public engagement, marketing, museum/historical curation, or experiential learning and have the capacity or connections necessary to produce quality material that tells an engaging, cohesive and historically accurate story. The project will likely require participation from or coordination with local governments and other parties responsible for the physical location of historical sites, and the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section. The primary audience is the general public and domestic tourists.
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individual. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply
In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below).
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time before the closing date of January 31, 2020. Project activities should not be scheduled prior to April 1, 2020 to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance; Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/ https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/
For further information about out Notice of Funding Opportunity please read carefully our NOFO PAS-PAN-FY20-03 Historical Markers
Funding Agency: US Mission to Panama
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $40,000
For more information: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award (K01)
The primary purpose of the AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Awards (K01) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation’s health services research needs. This AHRQ program provides support and protected time to individuals with a research doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in health services research. The K01 award can be used both by individuals who propose to newly embark in heath services research training and those who had a hiatus in their research careers because of illness or family circumstances.
Funding Agency: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Deadline: November 13, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-067.html
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 – Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Notice is to inform the biomedical research community that NIGMS is planning to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to continue the Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) with changes to allow clinical trials.
This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The FOA is expected to be published in winter 2020 with an expected first application due date in spring 2020. This FOA will utilize the RM1 activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 25, 2020
Amount: $1,750,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-GM-20-002
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Generate A Precision Medicine Intergenerational Resource for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity in Severe Hemophilia A: Clinical Coordinating Center
The Division of Blood Diseases and Resources within the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for the following: Generate an Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity in Severe Hemophilia A: Clinical Coordinating Center ( UG3/UH3 Exploratory/Developmental Phased Award Cooperative Agreement ( Clinical Trial Not Allowed)). This Notice of Intent to Publish (NOITP) is being provided to allow potential eligible applicants sufficient time to develop competitive and responsive milestone-driven scientific projects and thus prepare the applicant for the timely submission of an application. The intended FOA will utilize the UG3/UH3 Exploratory/Developmental Phased Award Cooperative Agreement (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) activity code to issue a single three-year milestone-driven UG3 award, followed by an up to 4 year award if NHLBI-approved milestones are successfully met, for a total of up to seven year support for this new initiative. A companion award for a Biospecimen and Data Resource Center is anticipated to be made in parallel to the Clinical Coordinating Center to provide data management, laboratory support and expertise for the new initiative. (see NOT-HL-19-727)
A key characteristic of the Clinical Coordinating Center application will be completion of core milestones. A core milestone is defined as a scheduled event in the project timeline that signifies the completion of a major project stage or activity. Milestones must be performance-based to achieve completion of the Intergenerational Severe Hemophilia A Precision Medicine Resource on time and on budget. Milestones must be established for both the first three years (the UG3 phase) and subsequent (up to) four years (the UH3 phase) of the program
Satisfactory completion of the milestones for the first three years will be assessed administratively by NHLBI to determine eligibility to continue the award. Due to the collaborative and parallel nature of these FOAs, NHLBI will enter into negotiation with the Clinical Coordinating Center to achieve early phase-out of the award if Clinical Coordinating Center and/ or Biospecimen and Data Resource Center progress is deemed inadequate upon NHLBI administrative review. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 25, 2020
Amount: $1,338,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-HL-19-726
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Research Answers to NCI’s Provocative Questions
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to publish Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) as Request for Applications (RFAs) to solicit applications responding to the new set of 9 Provocative Questions. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants time to develop responsive projects and meaningful collaborations. The FOAs are expected to be published in the Winter of 2020 with expected application due dates in Spring 2020 and Winter 2021. The FOAs will utilize the R01 and R21 activity codes. Details of the planned FOAs are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $275,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-CA-20-008
Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcements for Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium
The National Human Genome Research Institute, intends to promote a new initiative by publishing two related Requests for Applications to solicit applications for research in the area of Mendelian Genomics Research: RFA-HG-20-007: Mendelian Genomics Research Centers (U01 – Clinical Trial Optional) The purpose of this RFA is to establish a consortium aimed at significantly increasing the proportion of Mendelian disorders with an identified genetic cause through enhanced data sharing, collaboration, and an increased focus on the application of new technologies, sequencing strategies, and analytical approaches. RFA-HG-20-008: Mendelian Genomics Data Coordination Center (U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of this FRA is to solicit applications to develop and implement a Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium. The DCC will receive data and metadata from the MGRCs, ensure the information is complete and appropriately harmonized, and submit it to appropriate resources (e.g., AnVIL, ClinVar, and MatchMaker Exchange). This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The FOA is expected to be published in the early winter of 2020 with an expected application due date in the Spring 2020. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 15, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-HG-20-009
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Medications Development for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) or Alcohol-Related Organ Damage (AROD), or the Combination of AUD and AROD (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for research that advances promising compounds through the drug development pipeline for the treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) or Alcohol-Related Organ Damage (AROD), or the combination of AUD and AROD. The aim of this FOA is to move candidate compounds through any single phase, or multiple phases of the development spectrum. For compounds focused on treating AUD or the combination of AUD and AROD, projects may start with lead optimization (late discovery) and go through Phase 2 proof-of-concept studies. For AROD, studies may start with lead optimization, but only go as far as Phase 1 safety tolerability trials. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The FOA is expected to be published in winter 2020 with an expected application due date in spring 2020. This FOA will utilize the cooperative agreement U01 activity code. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 1, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-AA-19-032
Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcements in Fiscal Year 2020 for the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project
Purpose: Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) face significant and changing health challenges but have often been excluded from participation in research that could improve their health outcomes and quality of life. This population is understudied even though DS is the most common genetic cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and, in the past 25 years, the average lifespan has doubled, from 30 to 60 years. The fiscal year (FY) 2019 Budget appropriation directed the NIH to continue support of “research grants and early-stage investigators that will expand the current pipeline of Down syndrome research, as well as implementation of the new trans-NIH initiative”. In addition, the NIH was encouraged “to prioritize funding for research for emerging scientific opportunities to improve the health and neurodevelopment of individuals with Down syndrome and typical individuals at risk for immune system dysregulation, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and autism.” The INCLUDE initiative aims to address these issues by advancing research on DS in 3 domains: (1) targeted, high-risk, high-reward basic science studies of trisomy 21; (2) assembly of a large clinical cohort of individuals with DS across the lifespan; and (3) inclusive clinical trials research on current and future therapies for co-occurring conditions in DS. The Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces that the INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project (https://www.nih.gov/include-project) will continue in FY 2020 to address priorities in Down syndrome research. NIH Institutes and Centers likely to participate include some or all of the following: National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Eye Institute (NEI) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) National Institute on Aging (NIA) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) The NIH intends to re-issue the three Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) initiated in 2019:
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: February 4, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-OD-20-012
National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI) (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this FOA is to announce the re-competition of the National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI). The NCTRI will be administered through the Specialized Research Center (P50) award mechanism. These centers will form a national network that facilitates and accelerates bidirectional knowledge transfer between the laboratory and clinic with the ultimate goal of improving human reproductive health through research excellence and innovation.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 31, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-21-012.html
Innovative Biospecimen Science Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on the early-stage development of highly innovative technologies that improve the quality of the samples used for cancer research or clinical care. This includes new capabilities to address issues related to pre-analytical degradation of targeted analytes during the collection, processing, handling, and/or storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens. The overall goal is to support the development of highly innovative technologies capable of maximizing or otherwise interrogating the quality and utility of biological samples used for downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to preserve or protect sample integrity, or establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These technologies are expected to accelerate and/or enhance research in cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, or address issues associated with cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations that affect biospecimen sample quality. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 29, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-019.html
Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R33 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on further development and validation of emerging technologies offering novel capabilities for targeting, probing, or assessing molecular and cellular features of cancer biology for basic or clinical cancer research. This FOA solicits R33 applications where major feasibility gaps for the technology or methodology have been overcome, as demonstrated with supportive preliminary data, but still requires further development and rigorous validation to encourage adoption by the research community. Well-suited applications must offer the potential to accelerate and/or enhance research in the areas of cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment, control, epidemiology, and/or address issues associated with cancer health disparities. Technologies proposed for development may be intended to have widespread applicability but must be focused on improving molecular and/or cellular characterizations of cancer. Projects proposing application of existing technologies where the novelty resides in the biological or clinical target/question being pursued are not appropriate for this solicitation and will not be reviewed. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 29, 2020
Amount: $300,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-018.html
Advanced Development and Validation of Emerging Biospecimen Science Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R33 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on further development and validation of emerging technologies that improve the quality of the samples used for cancer research or clinical care. This includes new capabilities to address issues related to pre-analytical degradation of targeted analytes during the collection, processing, handling, and/or storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens. This FOA solicits R33 applications where major feasibility gaps for the technology or methodology have been overcome, as demonstrated with supportive preliminary data, but still requires further development and rigorous validation to encourage adoption by the research community. The overall goal is to support the development of highly innovative technologies capable of maximizing or otherwise interrogating the quality and utility of biological samples used for downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to preserve or protect sample integrity, or establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These technologies are expected to accelerate and/or enhance research in cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, or address issues associated with cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations that affect biospecimen sample quality.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 29, 2020
Amount: $300,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-020.html
Innovative Molecular and Cellular Analysis Technologies for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research (R21 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications proposing exploratory research projects focused on the early-stage development of highly innovative technologies offering novel molecular or cellular analysis capabilities for basic or clinical cancer research. The emphasis of this FOA is on supporting the development of novel capabilities involving a high degree of technical innovation for targeting, probing, or assessing molecular and cellular features of cancer biology. Well-suited applications must offer the potential to accelerate and/or enhance research in the areas of cancer biology, early detection and screening, clinical diagnosis, treatment, control, epidemiology, and/or address issues associated with cancer health disparities. Technologies proposed for development may be intended to have widespread applicability but must be focused on improving molecular and/or cellular characterizations of cancer biology. This funding opportunity is part of a broader NCI-sponsored Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) Program.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 29, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-20-017.html
NOI to issue DE-FOA-0002193, entitled: University Training and Research for Fossil Energy Applications.
Notice of Intent to provide potential applicants advance notice that the Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, intends to issue Funding Opportunity Announcement, DE-FOA-0002193, entitled “University Training and Research for Fossil Energy Applications.” This Notice of Intent is for informational purposes only and DOE is not seeking comments on the information contained in the notice. PLEASE NOTE THAT NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THIS NOTICE.
Funding Agency: National Energy Technology Laboratory
Deadline: March 31, 2020
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # DE-FOA-0002218
Improving Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes During Care Transitions (R01)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to produce health services research that will rigorously test promising interventions aimed at improving communication and coordination during care transitions.
Funding Agency: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Deadline: October 4, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-068.html
Clinical Trials to Test Artificial Pancreas Device Systems in Populations Challenging to Manage Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (U01 Clinical Trial Required)
This FOA will support the conduct of clinical trials designed to test the clinical safety and efficacy of artificial pancreas (AP) device systems with the objective of improving glycemic control, reducing acute complications and improving quality of life in people with difficult to control T1D when using standard of care therapies.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 9, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-036.html
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Generate an Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity in Severe Hemophilia A: Biospecimen and Data Resource Center (U24)
The Division of Blood Diseases and Resources within the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for the following: Generate an Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity in Severe Hemophilia A: Biospecimen and Data Resource Center , U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreement ). This Notice of Intent to Publish (NOITP) is being provided to allow potential eligible applicants sufficient time to develop competitive and responsive milestone-driven scientific projects and thus prepare applicants for the timely submission of an application.
The anticipated FOA will utilize the U24 Resource-Related Research Projects – Cooperative Agreement activity code to issue a single award for up to seven years for the Biospecimen and Data Resource Center that will provide data management, laboratory, and biospecimen support necessary to establish the anticipated FOA, “An Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource for the Study of Factor VIII Immunogenicity in Severe Hemophilia A”. The role of the Biospecimen and Data Resource Center is to provide overall project coordination, administration, data and biospecimen management, biostatistics/data analytics support, as well as laboratory (including multi-omics) and biorepository expertise for development of this unique resource. The companion award for the Clinical Coordinating Center (UG3/UH3) (see NOT-19-HL-726) is anticipated to be made in parallel to the Biospecimen and Data Resource Center to allow for the establishment of this unique biospecimen resource. The Clinical Coordinating Center FOA will provide investigators with the opportunity to propose the design of a unique Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource, derived from a de novo antenatal/ neonatal /pediatric cohort with severe hemophilia A and annotated with robust intergenerational clinical and demographic data, for the purpose of enabling future mechanistic and translational studies of factor VIII immunogenicity and tolerance. A key characteristic of the Biospecimen and Data Resource Center application will be completion of core milestones. A core milestone is defined as a scheduled event in the project timeline that signifies the completion of a major project stage or activity. Milestones must be performance-based to achieve completion of the Intergenerational Precision Medicine Resource on time and on budget and must be established to align with the bi-phasic mechanism of the Clinical Coordinating Center award. Milestones must be established for both the first three years (coinciding with the UG3 phase of the Clinical Coordinating Center award) and subsequent four years (coinciding with the UH3 phase of the Clinical Coordinating Center award) of the project. Satisfactory completion of the milestones for the first three years will be assessed administratively by NHLBI to determine eligibility to continue the award. Due to the collaborative and parallel nature of these FOAs, NHLBI will enter into negotiation with the Biospecimen and Data Resource Center to achieve early phase-out of the award if Clinical Coordinating Center and/or Biospecimen and Data Resource Center progress is deemed inadequate upon NHLBI administrative review. Details of the planned FOA are provided below.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 25, 2020
Amount: $872,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # NOT-HL-19-727
FY 2020 International Sports Programming Initiative
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Sports Diplomacy Division, of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2020 International Sports Programming Initiative (ISPI). U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to manage sports exchange projects designed to reach underserved youth and/or their coaches/sports administrators who manage youth sports programs. These exchanges between the United States and select countries will be reciprocal exchanges that employ sports to address the Sport for Social Change theme outlined below. The International Sports Programming Initiative uses sports to help underserved youth around the world develop important leadership skills, achieve academic success, promote tolerance and respect for diversity, and positively contribute to their home and host communities. Sports Diplomacy programs are an important tool for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals through interaction with hard-to-reach groups such as at-risk youth, women, minorities, people with disabilities, and non-English speakers. The focus of all programs must be on both male and female youth and/or their coaches/sports administrators. Please see the full announcement for additional details.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Deadline: February 27, 2020
Amount: $550,000
For more information: https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations
Emotional Well-Being: High-Priority Research Networks (U24, Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications that focus on developing resources by refining and testing key concepts that will advance and further support the study of emotional well-being in the field at large. This infrastructure support will facilitate research networks through meetings, conferences, small-scale pilot research, multidisciplinary cross training (such as intensive workshops, summer institutes, or visiting scholar programs), and information dissemination to foster the growth and development of research in the following priority areas: (1) Ontology and measurement of emotional well-being; (2) Mechanistic research on the role of emotional well-being in health; (3) Biomarkers of emotional well-being; (4) Prevention research (mechanisms-focused intervention development in target populations); (5) Technology and outcome measure development for mechanistic studies; (6) Development and validation of well-being measures.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 22, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-20-003.html
NGO Capacity Building
The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for individuals or organizations to submit funding applications for a project to provide training, information, and guidance to local NGOs, foundations, and civil society leaders in Panama to improve their ability to achieve their respective social, civic, or humanitarian goals. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Project Objective: This project aims to make Panamanian institutions more resilient, transparent, and democratic through support for a strong civil society.
Project Description: This project will provide structured training opportunities for civil society leaders, NGOs, and foundations to build civic engagement and strengthen democratic institutions that hold government accountable – especially on environment and labor. The project should leverage U.S. expertise or resources to provide training on fundraising, campaign creation, media outreach strategies, and other operational aspects to strengthen local capacity. The project should expand the networks of the participants to achieve broader impact within the country, including engagement with the U.S. Embassy. The project implementer should work with the Public Affairs Section to include workshops and tutorials on preparing grant applications. The project should include a fair and transparent procedure for the selection of participants, if participation will be limited.
Partners and Audience: Ideal implementers for this project include individuals or organizations experienced with providing similar training. The primary audience is Panamanian NGOs, foundations, and civil society leaders both in Panama City and in other provinces around the country.
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individuals. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below). Individuals are not required to have a DUNS number or be registered in SAM.gov.
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time before the closing date of January 31, 2020. Project activities should not be scheduled prior to April 1, 2020 to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/; https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/
For further information about out Notice of Funding Opportunity please read carefully our NOFO PAS-PAN-FY20-04 NGO Capacity Building
Funding Agency: US Mission to Panama
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $60,000
For more information: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
Media Literacy Training for Educators
The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for organizations to submit funding applications for a project to provide training to teachers and professors in Panama to integrate media literacy and critical thinking into their existing curricula. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Project Objectives: This project advances the U.S. interest in making Panamanian institutions more resilient, transparent, and democratic through the promotion of media literacy as a preventative measure against misinformation. Through educational methods and materials that promote media literacy and associated critical thinking skills, citizens will be better able to evaluate and hold to account not only the media but also other sources of information.
Project Description: This project will deliver a series of trainings for educators—focusing primarily on those who teach English through the Panama Bilingue program—to integrate media literacy and critical thinking into their existing curricula at all educational levels. The approach and materials will be modeled on Ithaca College’s Project Look Sharp or an equivalent program. The trainings will be conducted in person with interactive exercises and include both materials and strategies not only to teach the educators about media literacy, but also to empower them to convey that knowledge to their students. Trainings should be tailored to groups of educators at different educational levels (e.g. primary, secondary, university). Course materials may include existing kits and lesson plans, but should include additional material localized to Panama. The proposal should include a method for follow-up evaluation and qualitative measurement of results for both the educators and their students. Grant funding should be used for any and all expenses for the program, including but not limited to personnel, course materials, venue costs, and the transportation of participants.
Partners and Audience: The ideal implementer of this project will have knowledge of Panama’s educational sector and methods for countering misinformation in the public sphere and have the capacity to convey this knowledge through training. Additional familiarity with the political, media, and business environment in Panama is a plus. The audience will be teachers and professors of English or the social sciences, with particular focus on those who teach English through the Panama Bilingue program.
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individuals; For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. All organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on https://www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below). Individuals are not required to have a DUNS number or be registered in SAM.gov
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time before the closing date of January 31, 2020. Project activities should not be scheduled prior to April 1, 2020 to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted in english by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance and SF-424_A. Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/; https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/ For further information about out Notice of Funding Opportunity please read carefully our NOFO PAS-PAN-FY20-07 Media LIteracy Training for Educators.
Funding Agency: US Mission to PanamaDeadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $50,000
For more information: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
U.S.- Panama Think Tank Collaboration
The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for organizations to submit funding applications for a project to facilitate the development of local Panamanian and regional think tanks, business consortiums, and policy-research institutes through training and engagement with U.S. counterparts. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Project Objectives: This project advances the U.S. interest in making Panamanian institutions more resilient, transparent, and democratic through the engagement of a strong civil society. The project will build the capacity of local whistleblowing, watchdog, and policy-guidance organizations in Panama and help to counter misinformation and promote good governance. The project will also promote greater cooperation and coordination between the U.S. and Panama on a range of important policy issues through the expansion of contact networks and the exchange of information and ideas.
Project Description: This project will facilitate the development of local Panamanian and regional think tanks, policy-research institutes and business consortiums through training and engagement with U.S. counterparts. The project will consist of forums, seminars, workshops, or other activities that bring together representatives primarily from U.S. and Panamanian organizations that focus on policy guidance, monitoring, or research. Activities should include capacity-building for organizations that promote transparency and accountability as well as the sharing of technical and regulatory expertise particularly on oversight of agreements involving international partners. In addition to U.S. think tank expertise, the project may include collaboration with other countries in the region to share knowledge and best practices. Grant funding should be used for any and all expenses for the program, including but not limited to event and travel costs.
Partners and Audience: The ideal implementer of this project will have experience with organization-level coordination, conference facilitation, and training methods as well as an understanding of the structure, function, and challenges facing new and established think tanks. Additional familiarity with Panamanian people, institutions, and current issues is a plus. Potential partners in the U.S. may include organizations such as the Atlantic Council, Inter-American Dialogue, IRI, NDI, and the Heritage Foundation. Local participants may include such organizations as Instituto de Estudios para una Sociedad Abierta, Centro de Iniciativas Democráticas, SENACYT, Knowledge in Panama, Asociacion Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza, and Fundacion para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Panama, Fundacion Espacio Civico.
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individuals. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. All organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below).
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time before the closing date of January 31, 2020. Project activities should not be scheduled prior to April 1, 2020 to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance and SF-424_A
Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/; https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/. For further information about out Notice of Funding Opportunity please read carefully our NOFO PAS-PAN-FY20-06 U.S.-Panama Think Tank Collaboration
Funding Agency: US Mission to Panama
Deadline: January 31, 2020
Amount: $60,000
For more information: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
Immune Tolerance Network (UM1 Clinical Trial Required)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the Immune Tolerance Network. The major goal of this Network is to develop tolerogenic approaches for the treatment and prevention of disease in three clinical areas: asthma and allergic diseases; autoimmune diseases; and immune-mediated consequences of allotransplantation. The scope of research to be carried out includes: 1) the design and conduct of clinical trials at all phases to evaluate the safety and efficacy of investigational products and approaches for the induction and maintenance of immune tolerance in humans; 2) the design and conduct of mechanistic studies and the development of tolerance assays as integral components of the clinical trials undertaken, including establishing and directing a consortium of laboratories; and one or more biospecimen repositories, and 3) the provision of bioinformatics, data collection, validation and analysis resources. In addition, on a limited basis, the Network may support focused product development and nonclinical studies (e.g., toxicology, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, etc.) essential for the subsequent evaluation of promising tolerance induction approaches in humans.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 3, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-19-068.html
U.S. Embassy Panama Public Diplomacy Grants Program. Annual Program Statement
The U.S. Embassy PANAMA Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding throughout the year. However, we encourage all grant applications be submitted under one of our biannual Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) posted on the U.S. Embassy Panama website and Grants.gov. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Purpose of Small Grants: Public Affairs Section PANAMA invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and PANAMA through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Examples of PAS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to: Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs; Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions; Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; Professional and academic exchanges and programs; Community engagement or student programs on entrepreneurship, STEM education
Main Objectives of the U.S. Embassy in Panama: 1. Make our Extended Borders More Secure 2. Protect the American Citizen and Business Communities 3. Help Make Panamanian Institutions More Resilient, Transparent and Democratic 4. Promote More Open and Sustainable Economic Growth
Funding is available to support projects in line with the four foreign policy goals listed above that: Promote U.S.-Panamanian Shared Values; Projects which promote U.S. culture, including music, sports, education, like American Studies, English and promotion of studying in the United States or tourism in the U.S, arts and any cultural manifestation; Activities, workshops and speakers programs that strengthen our ties and increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and Panama peoples with preference on sharing U.S. values, history and culture; Projects which support educational exchange and partnership particularly those related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among Panamanian youth; Strengthen Prosperity; Projects which foster Economic Growth, improved business climate, entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate social responsibility, U.S. businesses, and Intellectual Property Rights; Projects which encourage social development, help reduce inequality and extend HIV/AIDS prevention; Projects which support agriculture, energy, environment, sustainable practices and Environment Science Technology and Health; Reinforce Democracy, freedom and transparency; Programs that promote good governance, open data and more transparent, independent and democratic institutions in Panama; Projects which support human rights, racial/ethnic equality, gender equality and women’s empowerment, diversity and social inclusion in a strong civil society and may improve the lives of at-risk youth and grassroots communities; Programs related to freedom of the press that improve quality of investigative journalism and transparency.
Priority Program Areas: The Public Affairs Section will prioritize projects that; Improve STEM and English education in Panama; Reinforce journalistic standards to counter disinformation and support freedom of information; Encourage inclusion and diversity through engagement with marginalized populations, women, and minorities to reduce economic inequality
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individuals; For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.
All organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on https://www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below). Individuals are not required to have a DUNS number or be registered in SAM.gov.
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time before the closing date of June 30, 2020. For review purposes, proposals should be submitted at least three months before the beginning of the project to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted in english by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance and SF-424_A
Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/; https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/
For further information about out Annual Program Statement please read carefully our Notice of Funding Opportunity PAS-PAN-FY20-01 Annual Program Statement.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Panama
Deadline: June 30, 2020
Amount: $75,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # PAS-PAN-FY20-01
Grants to Support New Investigators in Conducting Research Related to Preventing Interpersonal Violence Impacting Children and Youth
This NCIPC Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) seeks to provide support for an intensive, supervised (mentored) career development experience in violence prevention research leading to research independence. Applicants must identify an experienced mentor and, co-mentor(s) as applicable to supervise the proposed career development and research experience. Applicants must have a qualifying (relevant to the field of study) research or health- professional doctoral or medical degree (specifically PhD, ScD, DO, DrPH, MD, DVMD) and less than five years of experience as a researcher in the injury and/or violence prevention field. Applicants must propose violence prevention research to 1) assess the effectiveness of an intervention to prevent one or more forms of violence impacting children and youth ages 0-17 years (i.e., child abuse and neglect, youth violence, teen dating violence, or sexual violence) or to prevent intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or self-directed violence; 2) assess violence outcomes (e.g., victimization or perpetration) or key risk or protective factors; and 3) focus on one of the interpersonal violence prevention research gaps in the NCIPC Research Priorities (https://www.cdc.gov/injury/researchpriorities/index.html).
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA
Deadline: March 13, 2020
Amount: $125,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-CE-20-002
Conservation Collaboration Grants or Agreements Fiscal Year
Summary: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of grants and agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state- and community-level conservation leadership for historically underserved agricultural producers. Proposals will be accepted for projects in any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean Area (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the Pacific Islands Area (Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). A total of up to $35 million is available for FY 2020 for projects as identified in Section A(2) of the Full Announcement in the Related Documents tab of this opportunity. Proposals must address outreach work in multiple states. Applicants with a current grant or agreement with NRCS that ends later than 06/30/2020 are not eligible to submit a proposal for the same purpose or community(s). Entities with grants or agreements that end prior to that date must have documented excellent progress on current deliverables, and show how additional funds will leverage, continue, and/or further expand that work if applying for the same purpose or community(s).
Applicants must be a Native American tribal government (Federally recognized or non-Federally recognized), nonprofit having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education), private institution of higher education, public and State-controlled institutions of higher education, or an individual
Any applicants requesting consideration as either a Historically Underserved (limited resource, beginning, or veteran farmer or rancher) individual, legal entity, or joint operation according to the definition in The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 must state as such in their proposal. Please see Section of the Full Announcement in the Related Documents tab of this opportunity for more information. Applicants who self-certifying as Historically Underserved may be requested to provide records to verify their claim. For more information visit: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/people/outreach/slbfr/?cid=nrcsdev11_001040
Key Dates: Proposals must be received via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on February 07, 2020. Proposals in the possession of NRCS will be scored as they are received and, if eligible, added to a ranking list of projects for funding consideration. Funding recommendations will be made by the NRCS Director of Outreach and Partnership to the NRCS Deputy Management & Strategy who will make final selections.
Projects Purpose: The purpose of Conservation Outreach Grants or Agreements is to leverage NRCS and partner resources to assist historically underserved farmers and ranchers and assist farmers and ranchers to improve, restore or maintain natural resources that: Improve soil health; Improve water quality; Provide habitat for local wildlife species of concern; Improve the environmental and economic performance of working agricultural lands; Assist communities and groups to build and strengthen local food projects that provide healthy food and economic opportunities. Emphasis will be placed on projects that: Build technical capacity to implement Farm Bill Conservation Programs; Build technical capacity of NRCS and partner field conservation employees; Build the capacity of local partners to develop and implement effective projects; Leverage non-Federal and non-government resources to achieve positive natural resources conservation outcomes.
Project Eligibility: Category I- Outreach to assist Historically Underserved Groups. Eligible projects will increase the delivery of conservation assistance to historically underserved farmers and ranchers through a combination of program outreach and technical assistance in managing natural resources. Outreach projects should focus on assisting historically underserved farmers and ranchers with all aspects of participating in NRCS programs including understanding the program application process. Outreach proposals must address work in multiple states and must also identify specific counties in each state where work will be performed. Proposals must include a letter of support from each NRCS State Conservationist where work is proposed. Failure to obtain a letter of support may result in elimination of your proposal from competition.
Category II -Collaboration on Strategic Natural Resource Issues. Eligible projects will protect and preserve the environment to enhance the quality of life for current and future generations through the responsible management of natural resources, development of effective partnerships and promotion of environmental stewardship. Projects may include providing technical assistance to farmers and ranchers, transfer of technology, developing natural resource tools and information to address resource concerns in soil, water, air and plants, and animals. Projects that propose providing technical assistance to farmers and ranchers must address work in multiple states and must also identify specific counties in each state where work will be performed. Proposals must include a letter of support from each NRCS State Conservationist where work is proposed. Failure to obtain a letter of support may result in elimination of your proposal from competition. Each applicant must identify which category they wish to compete in for funding.
Funding Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Deadline: February 7, 2020
Amount: $2,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # USDA-NRCS-NHQ-CCG-20-GEN0010619
Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish documentary editions of historical records. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience, or may be centered on the papers of major figures from American history. Whether conceived as a thematic or a biographical edition, the historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. The Commission is especially interested in projects to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. We encourage applications that use collections to examine the ideals behind the founding of the United States and the continual interpretation and debate over those ideals over the past 250 years. We welcome projects that engage the public, expand civic education, and promote understanding of the nation’s history, democracy, and culture from the founding era to the present day. The goal of this program is to provide access to, and editorial context for, the historical documents and records that tell the American story. Applicants should demonstrate familiarity with the best practices recommended by the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) or the Modern Language Association (MLA) Committee on Scholarly Editions .
All new projects (those which have never received NHPRC funding) must have definitive plans for publishing and preserving a digital edition which provides online access to a searchable, fully-transcribed and annotated collection of documents. New projects may also prepare print editions (including ebooks and searchable PDFs posted online) as part of their overall publishing plan, but the contents of those volumes must be published in a fully-searchable digital edition within a reasonable period of time following print publication. The NHPRC encourages projects to provide free public access to online editions. Projects that do not have definitive plans for digital dissemination and preservation in place at the time of application will not be considered.
Grants are awarded to collaborative teams (including at least two scholar-editors, in addition to one or more archivists, digital scholars, data curators, and/or other support and technical staff, as necessary) for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, transcribing, annotating, editing, encoding, and publishing documentary source materials online and in print. Eligible documentary edition projects typically focus on original manuscript or typewritten documents, but may also include other formats, such as analog audio and/or born-digital records. Because of the focus on historical documentary sources, grants do not support preparation of critical editions of published works unless such works are just a small portion of the larger project.
This grant program does not support the production of film or video documentaries. For a comprehensive list of the Commission’s limitations on funding, please see What We Do and Do Not Fund. Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered.
Ongoing projects: Applicants from ongoing projects must demonstrate that they have successfully achieved the performance objectives associated with previous NHPRC awards; provide updated, current information, including a description of the new activities; describe the content and historical significance of the specific materials to be edited during the proposed grant period; show progress towards completing the edition; and justify costs in a new budget.
Award Information: A grant is for one year and for up to $175,000 per year. The Commission expects to make up to 25 grants in this category for a total of up to $3,000,000. Grants begin no earlier than January 1, 2021. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications, publicity, and other products that result from its support.
Eligibility: U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions; U.S. colleges, universities, and other academic institutions; State or local government agencies; Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
Cost Sharing: The total costs of a project are shared between the NHPRC and the applicant organization. The Commission provides no more than 50 per cent of total project costs in the Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions category. NHPRC grant recipients are not permitted to use grant funds for indirect costs (as indicated in 2 CFR 2600.101).
Cost sharing is required. The applicant’s financial contribution may include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Indirect costs must be listed under the applicant’s cost sharing contribution.
Other Requirements: Applicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at https://sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF. Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.
Funding Agency: National Archives and Records Administration
Deadline: October 8, 2020
Amount: $175,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # EDITIONS-202010
Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium – Clinical Centers (T1DAPC-CCs) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits U01 applications for the establishment of a clinical consortium, composed of one Data Coordinating Center (DCC) and up to 10 Clinical Centers (CC), to conduct studies on diabetes mellitus, with an emphasis on Type 1 diabetes (T1D), that occurs after or as a consequence of one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis. The Consortium will form multi-disciplinary teams composed of members from the CCs and DCC to undertake a prospective longitudinal observational study of the occurrence of diabetes that occurs during an acute pancreatitis episode or subsequently, with an emphasis on type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study will be designed to gain insight into the incidence, clinical evolution, etiology, type and pathophysiology of the T1D and other forms of diabetes that occurs during or after one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis. The teams will also undertake studies on the identification of immune and genetic risk factors and biomarkers which predict the development of T1D in a racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse population of subjects who have impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus after one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis due to various identifiable etiologies. Applications for the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) are submitted in response to a separate FOA: RFA-DK-19-023: Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium Data Coordinating Center (T1DAPC-DCC) (U01).
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 13, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-022.html
Archives Collaboratives
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks projects that will make collections from small and under-represented archives more readily available for public discovery and use. The grant program will fund Archives Collaboratives to share best practices, tools, and techniques; assess institutional strengths and opportunities; and promote management structures for long-term sustainability and growth. Archives Collaboratives must consist of three or more organizations. They may: be located in the same community, state, or geographic region; be “virtual” or online collaboratives; share affinities among the scope and subject matter of their collections; have similar organizational missions; serve similar types of user communities. Implementation Grants – Funds will be granted to implement the projects developed during the planning phase. Projects that demonstrate commitments by member organizations, a work plan, and timeline are eligible to receive grants up to $100,000, shared by the consortia, to carry out the project. Applications would be due on January 16, 2020, with a start date for implementation of July 1, 2020. For a comprehensive list of the Commission’s limitations on funding, please see “What we do and do not fund” (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html). Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered.
Award Information: Successful Archives Collaboratives which have completed the Planning Phase are eligible to apply for an Implementation Grant of up to $100,000, shared by the consortia. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications and other products that result from its support.
Eligibility Information: Eligible applicants: Nonprofit organizations or institutions; Colleges, universities, and other academic institutions; State or local government agencies; Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
Cost Sharing: The total costs of a project are shared between the NHPRC and the applicant organization. The Commission provides no more than 75 per cent of total project costs for the Implementation Grants. NHPRC grant recipients are not permitted to use grant funds for indirect costs (as indicated in 2 CFR 2600.101). The applicant’s financial contribution may include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Indirect costs must be listed under the applicant’s cost sharing contribution.
Other Requirements: Applicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at www.sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF. A complete application includes the Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), Assurances — Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B), a Project Narrative, Summary, Supplementary Materials, and Budget. Applications lacking these items will not be considered. Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.
Funding Agency: National Archives and Records Administration
Deadline: June 10, 2020
Amount: $100,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # COLLABORATIVES-202006
State Board Programming Grants
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that strengthen the nation’s archival network through activities undertaken by state historical records advisory boards. The purpose of this grant program is to assist state boards to broaden preservation of, and increased online access to, historical records; develop and promote best practices; support activities that put the American people in touch with primary sources in their communities and online; promote the institutional advancement of organizations in underserved communities; and assist locally based repositories with training and tools to improve their stewardship abilities. The Commission will award grants to state historical records advisory boards to: Operate state-based regrant programs that preserve historical records and make them available online; Provide educational and outreach programs, workshops, and other activities that enhance citizen and student engagement with historical records; Offer scholarships, training opportunities, and other programs that support institutional advancement among records repositories, especially those in underserved communities; Collaborate on projects with other organizations to address common problems or shared opportunities within a state or among a consortium of state archives; Hold or participate in meetings and public forums on statewide or national archival issues. The NHPRC encourages organizations to actively engage the public in the work of the project. Projects utilizing traditional approaches with a proven record of success, as well as projects testing innovative approaches, are welcome. All applications should outline a process for contacting institutions and individuals who participate in the board’s programs (i.e., regrant and training scholarship recipients, workshop attendees, etc.) to determine how they benefited from the program in which they participated. Applications should also outline a process for evaluating the board’s programs, determining their effectiveness, and proposing appropriate changes.
For a comprehensive list of Commission limitations on funding, please see: “What we do and do not fund” (http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/eligibility.html). Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered.
Award Information: The Commission offers two levels of funding. A Level I grant is for one year and for up to $12,000. A Level II grant is for one year and for up to $40,000 or for two years and for up to $80,000. Applicants may request either Level I or Level II funding, but not both. The Commission expects to make up to a total of 30 grants in this category for a total of up to $800,000. Grants begin no earlier than January 1, 2021. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publicity, publications, and other products that result from its support.
Eligibility: These grants are awarded only to state historical records advisory boards in each state, or to the state agency responsible for the state board, ordinarily the state archives. Another state agency, or a non-profit organization, such as a foundation or university, acting on behalf of the designated state agency may apply. States also include the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and United States territories.
Cost Sharing: The total costs of a project are shared between the NHPRC and the applicant organization. The Commission provides no more than 75 per cent of total project costs in the State Board Programming Grants category. NHPRC grant recipients are not permitted to use grant funds for indirect costs (as indicated in 2 CFR 2600.101). Cost sharing is required. The applicant’s financial contribution may include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Indirect costs must be listed under the applicant’s cost sharing contribution.
Other Requirements: Applicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at https://sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF. Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.
Funding Agency: National Archives and Record Administration
Deadline: June 10, 2020
Amount: $80,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # STATE-202006
Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish documentary editions of historical records. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience, or may be centered on the papers of major figures from American history. Whether conceived as a thematic or a biographical edition, the historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. The Commission is especially interested in projects to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. We encourage applications that use collections to examine the ideals behind the founding of the United States and the continual interpretation and debate over those ideals over the past 250 years. We welcome projects that engage the public, expand civic education, and promote understanding of the nation’s history, democracy, and culture from the founding era to the present day. The goal of this program is to provide access to, and editorial context for, the historical documents and records that tell the American story. Applicants should demonstrate familiarity with the best practices recommended by the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE) or the Modern Language Association (MLA) Committee on Scholarly Editions .
All new projects (those which have never received NHPRC funding) must have definitive plans for publishing and preserving a digital edition which provides online access to a searchable, fully-transcribed and annotated collection of documents. New projects may also prepare print editions (including ebooks and searchable PDFs posted online) as part of their overall publishing plan, but the contents of those volumes must be published in a fully-searchable digital edition within a reasonable period of time following print publication. The NHPRC encourages projects to provide free public access to online editions. Projects that do not have definitive plans for digital dissemination and preservation in place at the time of application will not be considered.
Grants are awarded to collaborative teams (including at least two scholar-editors, in addition to one or more archivists, digital scholars, data curators, and/or other support and technical staff, as necessary) for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, transcribing, annotating, editing, encoding, and publishing documentary source materials online and in print. Eligible documentary edition projects typically focus on original manuscript or typewritten documents, but may also include other formats, such as analog audio and/or born-digital records. Because of the focus on historical documentary sources, grants do not support preparation of critical editions of published works unless such works are just a small portion of the larger project. This grant program does not support the production of film or video documentaries. For a comprehensive list of the Commission’s limitations on funding, please see What We Do and Do Not Fund. Applications that consist entirely of ineligible activities will not be considered. Ongoing projects: Applicants from ongoing projects must demonstrate that they have successfully achieved the performance objectives associated with previous NHPRC awards; provide updated, current information, including a description of the new activities; describe the content and historical significance of the specific materials to be edited during the proposed grant period; show progress towards completing the edition; and justify costs in a new budget.
Award Information: A grant is for one year and for up to $175,000 per year. The Commission expects to make up to 25 grants in this category for a total of up to $3,000,000. Grants begin no earlier than January 1, 2021. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications, publicity, and other products that result from its support.
Eligibility: U.S. nonprofit organizations or institutions; U.S. colleges, universities, and other academic institutions; State or local government agencies; Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups
Cost Sharing: The total costs of a project are shared between the NHPRC and the applicant organization. The Commission provides no more than 50 per cent of total project costs in the Publishing Historical Records in Documentary Editions category. NHPRC grant recipients are not permitted to use grant funds for indirect costs (as indicated in 2 CFR 2600.101). Cost sharing is required. The applicant’s financial contribution may include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Indirect costs must be listed under the applicant’s cost sharing contribution.
Other Requirements: Applicant organizations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submitting an application, maintain SAM registration throughout the application and award process, and include a valid DUNS number in their application. Details on SAM registration and requesting a DUNS number can be found at the System for Award Management website at https://sam.gov. Please refer to the User Guides section and the Grants Registrations PDF. Ineligible applications will not be reviewed.
Funding Agency: National Archives and Record Administration
Deadline: June 10, 2020
Amount: $175,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # EDITIONS-202006
NIDCR Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award for A Diverse Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research Workforce (F99/K00 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this award is to support phased transition of outstanding graduate students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research enterprise from graduate work to postdoctoral research positions in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial (DOC) research. The first phase (F99) will support the final two years of graduate research training for individuals in PhD or dual degree clinician scientist programs. Following graduation and attainment of a postdoctoral research position, the second phase (K00) will provide support for up to three years of mentored postdoctoral research.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-069.html
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network Infrastructure Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is soliciting requests for access to dental practice-based research network (PBRN) resources for developmental/exploratory, pilot, and/or survey studies to be conducted in the to be conducted in the dental PBRN. Successful applicants will be given access to the NIDCR-funded dental PBRN infrastructure.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 1, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-073.html
Research Infrastructure Development for Interdisciplinary Aging Studies (R21/R33 – Clinical Trial Optional)
This FOA invites applications that propose to develop novel research infrastructure that will advance the science of aging in specific areas requiring interdisciplinary partnerships or collaborations. This FOA will use the NIH Phased Innovation Award (R21/R33) mechanism to provide up to 2 years of R21 support for initial developmental activities, and up to 3 years of R33 support for expanded activities. Through this award, investigators will develop a sustainable research infrastructure to support projects that address key interdisciplinary aging research questions.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 16, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-070.html
Advanced-Stage Development and Utilization of Research Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Aging Studies (R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
This FOA invites applications that propose to support advanced-stage development and utilization of novel research infrastructure to advance the science of aging in specific areas requiring interdisciplinary partnerships or collaborations. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase II mechanism to provide support for expanded activities. Applicants are expected to have an existing research infrastructure developed, either through PA-12-064, or with other NIH or non-NIH support. Through this award, investigators will develop a mature and sustainable research infrastructure to support projects that address key interdisciplinary aging research questions.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 16, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-071.html
NIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites submission of investigator-initiated Program Project (P01) applications. The proposed programs may address scientific areas relevant to the NIAID mission including the biology, pathogenesis, and host response to microbes, including HIV; the mechanisms of normal immune function system development and function; and immune dysfunction resulting in autoimmunity, immunodeficiency, allergy, asthma, and transplant rejection; and translational research to develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to prevent and treat infectious, immune-mediated, and allergic diseases. Each P01 application submitted to this FOA must include at least two related research projects that share a common central theme, focus, and/or overall objective.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: September 7, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-072.html
Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium – Data Coordinating Center (T1DAPC-DCC) (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits U01 applications for the establishment of a clinical consortium, the Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium (T1DAPC), composed of one Data Coordinating Center (DCC) and up to 10 Clinical Centers (CC), to conduct studies on Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) that occurs after or as a consequence of one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis. Applications for the Clinical Centers (CC) are submitted in response to a separate FOA: RFA-DK-19-022: Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium Clinical Centers (T1DAPC-CC) (U01). The applicant for the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) must have experience serving as the DCC for studies on complex, clinical conditions, like the occurrence of diabetes mellitus (DM) after or as a consequence of one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis. The Consortium will form multi-disciplinary teams composed of members from the CCs and the DCC to undertake a prospective longitudinal observational study of the occurrence of diabetes that occurs during an acute pancreatitis episode or subsequently, with an emphasis on type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study will be designed to gain insight into the incidence, clinical evolution, etiology, type and pathophysiology of the T1D and other forms of diabetes after acute pancreatitis.. The Consortia will also undertake studies on the identification of immune and genetic risk factors and biomarkers which predict the development of T1D in a racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse population of subjects who have recovered from one or more episodes of acute pancreatitis due to various identifiable etiologies. The DCC will provide overall project coordination, administration, quality control, data management and biostatistical support.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 13, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-19-023.html
Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is soliciting investigator initiated research that will further the understanding of potential risk factors for ALS, while supporting the ATSDR National ALS Registry’s mission. The National ALS Registry’s goals are to estimate the number of new ALS cases each year, estimate the number of people who have ALS at a specific point in time, better understand who gets ALS, and identify what contributing factors, including environmental, may affect ALS. ATSDR is seeking investigator-initiated research that will identify and evaluate risk factors contributing to ALS, with preferred focus in this Notice of Funding Opportunity on factors related to military service, contact sports, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation and infectious agents.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 4, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # RFA-TS-20-001
OR/WA Master Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management
BLM Oregon/Washington manages archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to Native Americans and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on federal lands in the states of Oregon and Washington. Collectively, these heritage resources represent thousands of years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earths natural history. BLM Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs coordinate management, preservation, education and outreach efforts, economic opportunities, and public uses of a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record that represents an important component of Americas heritage.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Deadline: February 10, 2020
Amount: $50,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # L20AS00005
Fellowships Open Book Program
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities, in partnership with the NEH Division of Research Programs, is accepting applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program. This limited competition aims to award publishers a $5,500 grant to release open access digital editions of books whose underlying research was funded by one of the following six NEH programs: Fellowships; Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Awards for Faculty at Tribal Colleges and University; Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan; or Public Scholars. Each ebook shall be released under a Creative Commons license, making those books free for anyone to download. The book could be a forthcoming title (to be open access upon first release) or it could be a book that has been on sale for up to three years before application submission. This program utilizes a greatly streamlined application process and there are three proposal deadlines per year.
Funding Agency: National Endowment of the Humanities
Deadline: December 15, 2020
Amount: $5,500
For more information: https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/FOBP
U.S. Embassy Panama Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program
The U.S. Embassy PANAMA Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding throughout the year. However, we encourage all grant applications be submitted under one of our biannual Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) posted on the U.S. Embassy Panama website and Grants.gov. Please carefully follow all instructions below.
Purpose of Small Grants: Public Affairs Section PANAMA invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and PANAMA through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Examples of PAS Small Grants Program programs include, but are not limited to: Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs; Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions; Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; Professional and academic exchanges and programs; Community engagement or student programs on entrepreneurship, STEM education
Main Objectives of the U.S. Embassy in Panama: 1. Make our Extended Borders More Secure 2. Protect the American Citizen and Business Communities 3. Help Make Panamanian Institutions More Resilient, Transparent and Democratic 4. Promote More Open and Sustainable Economic Growth
Funding is available to support projects in line with the four foreign policy goals listed above that: Promote U.S.-Panamanian Shared Values –Projects which promote U.S. culture, including music, sports, education, like American Studies, English and promotion of studying in the United States or tourism in the U.S, arts and any cultural manifestation; Activities, workshops and speakers programs that strengthen our ties and increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and Panama peoples with preference on sharing U.S. values, history and culture; Projects which support educational exchange and partnership particularly those related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among Panamanian youth. Strengthen Prosperity – Projects which foster Economic Growth, improved business climate, entrepreneurship, innovation, corporate social responsibility, U.S. businesses, and Intellectual Property Rights.; Projects which encourage social development, help reduce inequality and extend HIV/AIDS prevention; Projects which support agriculture, energy, environment, sustainable practices and Environment Science Technology and Health. Reinforce Democracy, freedom and transparency –Programs that promote good governance, open data and more transparent, independent and democratic institutions in Panama; Projects which support human rights, racial/ethnic equality, gender equality and women’s empowerment, diversity and social inclusion in a strong civil society and may improve the lives of at-risk youth and grassroots communities; Programs related to freedom of the press that improve quality of investigative journalism and transparency.
Priority Program Areas: The Public Affairs Section will prioritize projects that: Improve STEM and English education in Panama; Reinforce journalistic standards to counter disinformation and support freedom of information; Encourage inclusion and diversity through engagement with marginalized populations, women, and minorities to reduce economic inequality
Eligible Applicants: Registered Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations; Universities and educational institutions; Governmental institutions; Individuals. For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. All organizations must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number from Dun & Bradstreet, NCAGE/CAGE Code, as well as an active registration on https://www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 of our Notice of Funding Opportunity for information on how to obtain these registrations. Step by step guideline available at our website (see links below). Individuals are not required to have a DUNS number or be registered in SAM.gov.
Submission Dates and Times: Applications may be submitted for consideration at any time between January 1st. and the closing date of March 31, 2020. For review purposes, proposals should be submitted at least three months before the beginning of the project to allow time for processing the grant. All application materials must be submitted in English by e-mail to PanCultural@state.gov
Application package must contain: Proposal (including Budget Narrative); Budget Worksheet; Form SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance and SF-424_A. Required application forms and templates are available at our website: https://pa.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/; https://pa.usembassy.gov/es/education-culture-es/subvenciones/. For further information please read carefully our Notice of Funding Opportunity PAS-PAN-FY20-02 U.S.Embassy Panama Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Panama
Deadline: March 31, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # PAS-PAN-FY20-02
Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Reissue of PAR-17-096. The Jointly Sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN) is an institutional program that supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences. In addition to a broad education in the neurosciences, a key component will be a curriculum that provides a strong foundation in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative reasoning. JSPTPN programs are intended to be 2 years in duration and students may only be appointed to this training grant during the first 2 years of their graduate research training. The primary objective is to prepare students to be outstanding scientists equipped to pursue careers in neuroscience.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 25, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-076.html
Limited Competition: NIDDK Program Projects (P01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites submission of investigator-initiated Research Program Project Grant (P01) renewal (Type 2) applications. The proposed programs should address scientific areas relevant to the NIDDK mission including diabetes, selected endocrine and metabolic diseases, obesity, digestive diseases and nutrition, and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases, as well as new approaches to prevent, treat and cure these diseases, including clinical research. A description of NIDDK scientific program areas can be found at https://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/research-areas.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-075.html
Wilson-Fish TANF Coordination Program
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of funding for the Wilson-Fish (WF) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Coordination (WF TC) Program. This new initiative funds the development and implementation of innovative approaches throughout a state to facilitate access by refugee families with children under the age of 18 (or “TANF-eligible refugees”) to relevant, customized, and culturally and linguistically appropriate integrated services and/or resources that harness refugees’ specific strengths and address the challenges they face post-resettlement. Examples of such services and resources include, but are not limited to, employment training, English language instruction, enhanced case management, other social services, the use of community liaisons and navigators, and the development of information in languages commonly spoken within resettled refugee communities.
Projects proposed under the WF TC Program will identify TANF and ORR-funded programming currently serving TANF-eligible refugees in order to develop and provide in-person and remote services and/or resources to enhance or complement that programming to address unmet needs of those refugees. The WF TC Program requires grantees’ coordination with the subdivision of the state agency tasked with the operation of the state’s TANF program (or “state TANF office”) and the office of the State Refugee Coordinator (or the individual responsible for the statewide or regional coordination of the refugee resettlement program, as applicable), as well as the development or fostering of partnerships with other stakeholders.
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – ORR
Deadline: April 20, 2020
Amount: $800,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # HHS-2020-ACF-ORR-RW-1564
NEA Grants for Arts Projects 1, FY2021
Grant applications previously submitted to the Art Works category will now be submitted to the Grants for Arts Projects category. An organization may submit only one application under these FY2021 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines. If an organization applies to the Challenge America category, it may not also apply to the Grants for Arts Projects category. The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2021. Generally, a period of performance of up to two years is allowed.
Grant Program Description: “The Arts . . . belong to all the people of the United States” *
Grants for Arts Projects is the National Endowment for the Arts’ principal grants program. Through project-based funding, we support public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and fostering mutual respect for the diverse beliefs and values of all individuals and groups.
Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: February 13, 20202
Amount: $100,000
For more information: https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/gap/grant-program-description
NEA Challenge America, FY2021
An organization that applies to the Challenge America category, may not submit another application to the Grants for Arts Projects category.
You may apply to other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities, including Our Town, in addition to Challenge America. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project or a distinctly different phase of the same project, with a different period of performance and costs. The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2021. Grants awarded under these guidelines generally may cover a period of performance of up to two years. An organization that has received Challenge America grants in FY 2018, 2019, and 2020 may not apply for a Challenge America grant under these FY 2021 guidelines. That organization may apply for FY 2021 support under other National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities including Grants for Arts Projects.
Grant Program Description: The Challenge America category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations — those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Provide details about the underserved audience you select in your application using relevant statistics and anecdotal information. Proposals should detail the efforts made to reach the identified underserved population. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development.
Funding Agency: National Endowment of the Arts
Deadline: April 9, 2020
Amount: $10,000
For more information: https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/challenge-america
Small Research Grants for Analyses of Down Syndrome-related Research Data for the INCLUDE Project (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks to improve health and quality-of-life for individuals with Down syndrome. This FOA is intended to support meritorious small research projects focused on analyses of genomic and other -omics datasets related to Down syndrome research, with an emphasis on elucidating the underlying etiologies of risk and resiliencies to co-occurring health conditions. Development of approaches, tools, or algorithms appropriate for analyzing data relevant to Down syndrome may also be proposed.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 3, 2021
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-20-006.html
Development of the INCLUDE (Investigation of Co-occurring Conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE) Project Data Coordinating Center (U2C Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The objective of this FOA is to support the development of the Data Coordinating Center for the NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) project, which consists of the following components: a Data Portal Core, a Data Management Core, and an Administrative and Outreach Core. The goal of the web-based Data Portal is to accelerate discovery of etiology and biologic pathways underlying the comorbidities of Down syndrome by facilitating access to and querying of data from cohorts of individuals with Down syndrome. The Data Portal will facilitate access to aggregated and harmonized data to empower analyses among the Down syndrome research community, as well as the broader scientific community. The Data Management Core will work with INCLUDE investigators and other data generators to facilitate data collection, processing, and harmonization. The Administrative and Outreach Core will oversee administrative activities, work closely with a Steering Committee and INCLUDE program staff, and provide outreach and education to the research community on using the Data Portal.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: February 14, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-20-007.html
INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Clinical Trial Readiness (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites researchers to submit applications for support of clinical projects that address critical needs for clinical trial readiness in Down syndrome. The initiative seeks applications that are intended to facilitate Down syndrome research by enabling efficient and effective movement of candidate therapeutics or diagnostics towards clinical trials for Down syndrome and its co-occurring conditions, and to increase their likelihood of success through development and testing of biomarkers and clinical outcome assessment measures, development and testing of novel trial methods and recruitment strategies, or by defining the presentation and course of the co-occurring conditions in individuals with Down syndrome to enable the design of future clinical trials.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 3, 2021
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-20-004.html
Clinical Trials Development for Co-Occurring Conditions in Individuals with Down syndrome: Phased Awards for INCLUDE (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation (R61/R33) grant applications to support development of clinical trials to treat critical and co-occurring health conditions in individuals with Down syndrome. The proposed research aims should be milestone-driven. The total project period for an application submitted in response to this FOA may not exceed five years. This FOA provides support for up to two years (R61 phase) for preliminary/developmental/planning studies, followed by possible transition of up to four years of expanded clinical trial support (R33), although the total duration of the award may not exceed five years. This FOA requires measurable R61 milestones.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 3, 2021
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-20-003.html
Transformative Research Award for the INCLUDE (Investigation of Co-occurring Conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome) Project (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project Transformative Research Award supports individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original, and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and in any topic relevant to Down syndrome research are welcome. No preliminary data are required. Projects must clearly demonstrate, based on the strength of the logic, a compelling potential to produce a major impact in research related to Down syndrome.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 3, 2021
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-20-005.html
OVW FY 2020 Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus Program
The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) encourages 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 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus.
Funding Agency: Office of Violence Against Women
Deadline: February 12, 2020
Amount: $750,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #OVW-2020-17693
U.S. Consulate General Naha Annual Program Statement
The U.S. Consulate General Naha Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below. This notice is subject to availability of funding.
Funding Agency: US Mission to Japan
Deadline: August 1, 2020
Amount: $10,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #PAS-NAHA-FY20-01
Quantum Characterization of Intermediate Scale Systems (QCISS)
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) in partnership with the National Security Agency (NSA) is soliciting proposals for research in Quantum Characterization of Intermediate Scale Systems (QCISS). The goal of the BAA is to develop efficient and practical protocols and techniques that allow Quantum Characterization, Verification, and Validation (QCVV) of larger systems with direct relevance to Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing (FTQC), and to demonstrate these protocols on intermediate-scale systems. In this BAA, intermediate-scale refers to systems of size 10-20 qubits and larger systems greater than 20 qubits. Proposals are sought to develop reliable, efficient, and scalable protocols for evaluating intermediate-scale quantum systems and selectively characterizing only the subset of information relevant to FTQC. These new methods are sought as the next advances that will empower the quantum computing community to reliably interpret and evaluate emerging larger-scale quantum systems, and not merely a continuation of work applicable to one or two-qubit QCVV. The program success criterion is to identify the subset of information needed to characterize, verify, and validate a system’s behavior relevant for FTQC and create a suite of procedures for measuring that information. Quantum computing research has reached an exciting phase where controllable multi-qubit systems are becoming available across a number of venues, including academic laboratories, industry offerings, and even on the cloud. Demonstrations of progressively more sophisticated algorithms are occurring, and achieving ‘quantum advantage’ seems to be on the horizon. In order to evaluate and continue to improve quantum hardware, relevant protocols must be identified and used to characterize, verify, and validate the performance of these intermediate-scale quantum processing systems. However, QCVV of these increasingly complex quantum systems remains a challenge. The challenge being that as the number of qubits in a quantum system increases, the Hilbert space that defines the system grows exponentially, and the resources needed for complete characterization correspondingly grows exponentially. These resource limitations are already being encountered in small quantum systems of about 10 qubits. For continued progress, an additional challenge to overcome is to be able to identify a smaller subset of parameters that allow system performance to be predicted and understood for applications of interest without the need for full characterization. Two categories of proposals are sought for this BAA. The first category seeks proposals that integrate theoretical and experimental research to fully identify and address the challenges of QCVV for intermediate-scale quantum systems. The second category seeks theoretical research that may significantly advance QCVV for intermediate-scale quantum systems through novel approaches that retire a set of key challenges.
Funding Agency: Dept of Army – Material Command
Deadline: March 17, 2020
For more information: https://www.arl.army.mil/business/broad-agency-announcements/
Novel Imaging Approaches for detection of Persistent HIV and Neuroimmune dysfunction associated with HIV In the Central Nervous System (CNS) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites research applications to elucidate mechanisms of neuroimmune dysfunction caused by HIV-1 and to detect persistent/latent/reactivated HIV using novel imaging/neuroimaging approaches in the central nervous system in anti-retroviral therapy (ART) suppressed individuals. ?These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methods, measures, models, or strategies, or to the generation of pilot or feasibility data. Basic, preclinical and clinical research in domestic and international settings are of interest. Multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances are encouraged but not required.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 11, 20202
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-331.html
Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment
Federal Program: Department of the Interior, United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service, HQ National Wildlife Refuge System
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 15.676
Authorizing Legislation: Fish and Wildlife Act,16 U.S.C. §742 et seq.; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. §§661-666; National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act, 16 U.S.C. §§760aa-760aa-4; National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, 16 U.S.C. §§668dd-ee; Public Lands Corps Act – Public Lands Corps, 16 U.S.C. §§1721-1726; Public Lands Corps Act – Youth Conservation Corps, 16 U.S.C. §§1701-1706; and National Park Service Centennial Act, Public Law No: 114-289.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS or Service) National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) is accepting proposals from non-profit, state, and local government youth and veteran serving organizations with the interest and capacity to work cooperatively with the USFWS to develop introductory educational experiences in natural resource careers to young people and veterans, including culturally, ethnically and economically diverse students, and underserved communities that traditionally have low participation in outdoor recreation activities through hands-on experience and mentoring at a variety of USFWS programs including but not limited to, national wildlife refuges, fish hatcheries, and ecological services offices. Under this program, individuals and/or groups of youth, young adults, and veterans: Will be introduced to natural resource careers through hands-on work with, and training by, natural resource professionals employed by the USFWS may be given the opportunity to serve both seasonal and or year-round assignments; Will enhance conservation stewardship; increase outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans and improve the management of game species and their habitats for this generation and beyond; Will be introduced to various real-world conservation and rehabilitation activities such as invasive species management, habitat restoration, wildlife management, public education and interpretation, disaster response and mitigation, and communications, mixed with informal and formal training sessions directed by USFWS employees during assignments; Will enhance and expand public access to lands and waters; Will be provided feedback for their future growth and may receive consideration for future employment with the USFWS. See Full Announcement for application details and instructions.
Funding Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Deadline: September 15, 2020
Amount: $2,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #F20AS00026
Improving Management of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Older Adults (R18)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks applications to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate strategies to improve the management of opioid use and opioid use disorder (OUD) in older adults in primary care settings, especially in settings with large segments of socially at-risk older adults. Applicants must propose a comprehensive plan that uses evidence-based interventions and quality improvement strategies designed to improve the management of pain, opioid use, and opioid use disorder for older adults in primary care.
Funding Agency: Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Deadline: February 23, 2020
For more information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-20-001.html
Novel Imaging Approaches for detection of Persistent HIV and Neuroimmune dysfunction associated with HIV In the Central Nervous System (CNS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites research applications to elucidate mechanisms of neuroimmune dysfunction caused by HIV-1 and to detect persistent/latent/reactivated HIV using novel imaging/neuroimaging approaches in the central nervous system from anti-retroviral therapy (ART) suppressed individuals. Applications testing a fully conceptualized and hypothesis-based solid premise founded with adequate preliminary data should consider applying to the companion R21 announcement, RFA MH-20-331 . Basic and preclinical research in domestic and international settings are of interest. Multidisciplinary research teams and collaborative alliances are encouraged but not required.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 11, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-20-330.html
Mechanisms of Rejuvenation and Age-Acceleration in Heterochronic Blood Exchange (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This FOA will support research on aspects of rejuvenation and accelerated aging observed specifically in heterochronic blood exchange (HBE) experiments. The objectives are to identify the multiple factors involved, the multiple cell types involved and the mechanisms underlying rejuvenation or accelerated aging that is observed in the transfer of phenotypes between young and old laboratory animals. It is also anticipated that molecular signatures of rejuvenation or accelerated aging will be obtained from research supported under this FOA.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 17, 2020
Amount: $300,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-002.html
Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Evidence-based, Innovative Approaches to Prevent, Find, and Cure Tuberculosis in High-Burden Settings
The End TB Strategy envisions a world free of tuberculosis (TB)—zero deaths, disease and suffering due to TB by 2035. This requires reducing the global TB incidence from >1250 cases per million people to <100 cases per million people within the next two decades.
Each year, an estimated 10 million people develop TB disease, and an estimated 1.6 million TB people die from TB – the leading cause of death from any infectious disease. In 2017, 90% of all estimated new TB cases were adults (15 years of age or older), and 9% were persons living with HIV (PLHIV) with 72% living in Africa. Despite being preventable and treatable, large gaps in detection and treatment of TB cases remain; of the estimated 10 million new TB cases in 2017, only 6.4 million TB cases were officially reported. Drug-resistant TB is on the raise, posing significant programmatic challenges. Worldwide, an estimated 580,000 multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB cases emerge annually. Unfortunately, there are substantial gaps in MDR TB detection and treatment. Approximately 1 of 5 persons needing MDR TB treatment actually receive it, and among those who do receive treatment, less than half (48%) who start treatment finish successfully. These rates are driven by treatment failure, loss to follow-up, and premature death. Globally, it is estimated that 1.7 billion people (about one fourth of the world’s population) are infected with TB and form the next generation of future TB cases. Expanding testing and treatment of TB infection is critical to achieving our elimination goals. However, in high-burden countries, the implementation of tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) remains a low priority. The purpose of this NOFO is to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based, innovative approaches in collaboration with CDC to: prevent TB infection, disrupt TB transmission, and halt progression of TB disease in high-burden settings; find TB infection and TB disease in all populations, including those most vulnerable (i.e., children, displaced persons, healthcare workers, economically disadvantaged, PLHIV, persons with other co-morbid conditions [alcohol use disorders, diabetes mellitus, persons who use illicit substances, undernourished] and elderly); optimize treatment for TB infection, TB disease, TB/HIV, and MDR TB through new treatment and adherence modalities; improve the use of routinely collected data to monitor and evaluate TB program performance; promote operations research (i.e., local solutions for local problems) for broader application, adoption, and integration into routine TB care and treatment practice.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – ERA
Deadline: March 3, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity #RFA-GH-20-001
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Long-Term Projects, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number 84.021B
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to promote, improve, and develop the study of 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. This competition invites applicants to submit an application to request support for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA short-term project (GPA short-term projects 84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA long-term project (GPA long-term projects 84.021B). Applicants must clearly indicate on the SF 424, the Application for Federal Assistance cover sheet whether they are applying for support for a GPA short-term project (84.021A) or a GPA long-term project (84.021B). Additional submission details are included in the application package. There are three types of GPA short-term projects: (1) Short-term seminar projects of four to six weeks in length designed to help integrate international studies into an institution’s or school system’s general curriculum by focusing on a particular aspect of area study, such as the culture of an area or country of study (34 CFR 664.11); (2) curriculum development projects of four to eight weeks in length that provide participants an opportunity to acquire resource materials for curriculum development in modern foreign language and area studies for use and dissemination in the United States (34 CFR 664.12); and (3) group research or study projects of three to twelve months in duration designed to give participants the opportunity to undertake research or study in a foreign country (34 CFR 664.13). GPA long-term projects are advanced overseas intensive language projects that may be carried out during a full year, an academic year, a semester, a trimester, a quarter, or a summer. GPA long-term projects are designed to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in the foreign country for intensive advanced language training and for using the language while experiencing the culture in the foreign country. Participants should have successfully completed at least two academic years of training in the language to be studied to be eligible to participate in a GPA intensive advanced language training program. In addition, the language to be studied must be indigenous to the host country and maximum use must be made of local institutions and personnel (34 CFR 664.14). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.021A and 84.021B.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: February 18, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-12-17/pdf/2019-27113.pdf
Glial Plasticity in the Aging Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Recent reports highlight the enormous spatial and temporal diversity of glia, even within the same glial cell type. This within-glial-cell-type heterogeneity evolves during aging, suggesting that subtypes of glia with distinct physiological roles could emerge to influence brain aging processes. The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support research addressing critical knowledge gaps in our understanding of how these glial subpopulations could contribute to vulnerability and resilience to brain aging.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 17, 2020
Amount: $250,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-21-010.html
Developmental Mechanisms of Human Structural Birth Defects (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed))
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support innovative, multidisciplinary, interactive, and synergistic program projects that integrate basic, translational, and clinical approaches to understanding the developmental biology and genetic basis of significant congenital human malformations. To contain costs, each program project will consist of only three component research projects, as well as associated cores. At least one project must use basic research in an animal model system and at least one project must be clinical or translational in nature. The component research projects must share a common central theme, focus, or objective on a specific major developmental defect or malformation that is genotypically, mechanistically, biologically, or phenotypically analogous or homologous in both animal models and humans. Any non-mammalian or mammalian animal model may be used, as long as it contributes to the common overall theme or objective of the program project. The component research projects should share a common developmental gene, process, mechanism, pathway, or phenotype.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: March 31, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-21-013.html
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program CFDA Number 84.022A
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.
Application and Submission Information
Address to Request Application Package: Both IHEs and student applicants can obtain an application package via the internet or from the Education Publications Center (ED PUBS). To obtain a copy via the internet, use the following address: www.G5.gov. To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (703) 605-6794. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734. You can contact ED Pubs at its website, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. If you request an application package from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this program as follows: CFDA number 84.022A. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.022
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: February 18, 2020
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-12-17/pdf/2019-27120.pdf
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program Short-Term Project, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.021A
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to promote, improve, and develop the study of 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. This competition invites applicants to submit an application to request support for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA short-term project (GPA short-term projects 84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA long-term project (GPA long-term projects 84.021B). Applicants must clearly indicate on the SF 424, the Application for Federal Assistance cover sheet whether they are applying for support for a GPA short-term project (84.021A) or a GPA long-term project (84.021B). Additional submission details are included in the application package. There are three types of GPA short-term projects: (1) Short-term seminar projects of four to six weeks in length designed to help integrate international studies into an institution’s or school system’s general curriculum by focusing on a particular aspect of area study, such as the culture of an area or country of study (34 CFR 664.11); (2) curriculum development projects of four to eight weeks in length that provide participants an opportunity to acquire resource materials for curriculum development in modern foreign language and area studies for use and dissemination in the United States (34 CFR 664.12); and (3) group research or study projects of three to twelve months in duration designed to give participants the opportunity to undertake research or study in a foreign country (34 CFR 664.13). GPA long-term projects are advanced overseas intensive language projects that may be carried out during a full year, an academic year, a semester, a trimester, a quarter, or a summer. GPA long-term projects are designed to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in the foreign country for intensive advanced language training and for using the language while experiencing the culture in the foreign country. Participants should have successfully completed at least two academic years of training in the language to be studied to be eligible to participate in a GPA intensive advanced language training program. In addition, the language to be studied must be indigenous to the host country and maximum use must be made of local institutions and personnel (34 CFR 664.14). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.021A and 84.021B.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: February 18, 2020
Amount: $100,000
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-12-17/pdf/2019-27113.pdf
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Student Support Services (SSS) Program CFDA Number 84.042A
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the SSS Program is to increase the number of disadvantaged, low-income college students, first-generation college students, and college students with disabilities in the United States who successfully complete a program of study at the postsecondary level. The support services that are provided should increase the retention and graduation rates for these categories of students and facilitate their transfer from two-year to four-year colleges and universities. The support services should also foster an institutional climate that supports the success of students who are limited English proficient, students from groups that are historically underrepresented in postsecondary education, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths, students who are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care system, and other disconnected students. Student support services should also improve the financial and economic literacy of students. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.042A.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: January 27, 2020
Amount: $253,032
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-12-17/pdf/2019-27115.pdf
FY 2020 On-Demand Youth Leadership Program
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2020 On-Demand Youth Leadership Program. The On-Demand Youth Leadership Program supports U.S. foreign policy goals by empowering the U.S. Department of State to respond quickly to evolving priorities. U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to implement two separate three-week exchanges in the United States. Applicants may submit only one proposal under this competition. If multiple proposals are received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared ineligible and receive no further consideration in the review process. Proposals should illustrate the organization’s extent of experience working in different regions of the world, demonstrating flexibility and originality in programming. Proposals should include actual examples in which the organization has responded quickly to fast changing circumstances in a region or country where they had not previously worked.
Funding Agency: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Deadline: February 13, 2020
Amount: $1,200,000
For more information: https://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations
Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) – Development
The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is 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. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The purpose of this MSI-FI competition is to improve the capacity of minority entities to engage in disability and rehabilitation research and development activities. NIDILRR will accomplish this by limiting eligibility for this completion to minority entities and Indian tribes in a manner consistent with Sections 21(b)(2)(A) of the Act, which authorizes NIDILRR to make awards to minority entities and Indian tribes to carry out activities authorized under Title II of the Act. NIDILRR is particularly interested in applications from individual minority entities that have historically been underrepresented in the Federally-sponsored research arena. In carrying out a development activity under a FI Projects development grant, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, methods, measures, techniques, tools, protypes, processes, or intervention protocols that are beneficial to the target population. Please note that this will be the funding opportunity for FI development proposals for minority-serving institutions.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: February 18, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) -Research
The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is 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. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The purpose of this MSI-FI competition is to improve the capacity of minority entities to engage in disability and rehabilitation research and development activities. NIDILRR will accomplish this by limiting eligibility for this competition to minority entities and Indian tribes in a manner consistent with Section 21(b)(2)(A) of the Act, which authorizes NIDILRR to make awards to minority entities and Indian tribes to carry out activities authorized under Title II of the Act. NIDILRR is particularly interested in applications from individual minority entities that have historically been underrepresented in the Federally-sponsored research arena. In carrying out a research activity under a FI Projects research grant, a grantee must identify one or more hypotheses or research questions and, based on the hypotheses or research questions identified, perform an intensive, systematic study directed toward producing (1) new scientific knowledge, or (2) better understanding of the subject, problem studied, or body of knowledge. Please note that this will be the funding opportunity for FI research proposals for minority-serving institutions.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: February 18, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Bioequivalence of Topical Products: Elucidating Fundamental Principles of Dermal Pharmacokinetics for Microdialysis or Microperfusion Techniques (U01) Clinical Trials Not Allowed
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to elucidate how pharmacokinetic principles and concepts (e.g., dose, fraction of drug absorbed, apparent volume of distribution, Cmax, AUCinfinity) should be applied or adapted when evaluating the rate and extent to which a topically applied compound becomes available in the dermis, at or near a site of action within the skin, and to evaluate the relative sensitivity of in vivo dermal pharmacokinetic methods to discriminate differences in drug concentrations in the skin. The expectation is that the funded work will establish appropriate designs and analyses for in vivo dermal microdialysis (dMD) or dermal open flow microperfusion (dOFM) studies to evaluate topical bioavailability and bioequivalence based upon appropriate dermal pharmacokinetic endpoints.
Funding Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Deadline: February 27, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-20-019.html
NAGPRA REPATRIATION GRANTS FY2020
Grant funds must be used for REPATRIATION under NAGPRA, which means the transfer of control of Native American human remains and/or cultural items to lineal descendants,Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. Repatriation includes disposition of culturallyunidentifiable Native American human remains (CUI) according to 43 CFR § 10.11. Repatriation projectsdefray costs associated with the packaging, transportation, contamination removal, reburial, and/or storage of NAGPRA-related human remains and/or cultural items.
Funding Agency: National Park Service
Deadline: April 10, 2020
Amount: $15,000
For more information: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nagpra/index.htm
NAGPRA CONSULTATION/DOCUMENTATION GRANTS FY2020
Grant funds must be used for CONSULTATION and DOCUMENTATION projects under NAGPRA. Consultation projects support efforts related to compiling or revising a NAGPRA inventory and making or responding to requests for items in a NAGPRA summary. Documentation projects support determining the geographical origin, cultural affiliation, and other basic facts surrounding the acquisition of Native American cultural items. Consultation and documentation projects should lead to determining control, treatment, and disposition of NAGPRA cultural items.
Funding Agency: National Park Service
Deadline: February 14, 2020
Amount: $90,000
For more information: https://www.nps.gov/nagpra
Novel Therapeutics Directed to Intracellular HIV Targets (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the development of novel therapeutics which are directed to intracellular HIV targets. During the HIV life cycle multiple viral associated proteins are expressed in the infected cell. All are critical to support assembly, release and maturation of the virus. Considering each protein has a defined role in the life cycle, therapeutically targeting one or more may be an effective strategy to obtain potent antiviral activity.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: April 1, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-19-072.html
Secondary Analysis of Existing Datasets in Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Sleep Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The goal of this funding opportunity is to stimulate the use of existing human datasets for well-focused secondary analyses to investigate novel scientific ideas or new models, systems, tools, methods, or technologies that have the potential for significant impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research in areas relevant to the NHLBI mission. This FOA actively supports the use of existing database resources to conduct additional analyses secondary to a project’s originally-intended primary purpose. Applications may be related to, but must be distinct from, the specific aims of the original data collection. It will not support the collection of new data.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: November 25, 2022
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-078.html