Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Emergency Management Baseline Assessment Grant (EMBAG)
The purpose of the FY 2020 EMBAG is to help ensure that jurisdictions (state, tribal, territorial, and local communities) have accredited emergency management programs and certified emergency management professionals in place in advance of an incident. To achieve this purpose, the EMBAG Program supports voluntary national-level standards and peer review assessment processes that jurisdictions can use to identify the capacity and shortfalls of their emergency management programs and professionals and develop a path to compliance. Specifically, the EMBAG supports: The development, maintenance, update, revision, and enhancement of voluntary national-level standards and peer review assessment processes for emergency preparedness and response that are driven, established, validated, and revised through consensus; Related efforts to develop or update national-level accreditation for these standards; and The assessment of select state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management programs and professionals against these national-level standards. For more details, please refer to the current program notice of funding opportunity on grants.gov.
Funding Agency: Department of Homeland Security – FEMA
Deadline: May 4, 2020
Amount: $695,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # DHS-20-NPD-131-00-01
Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research (R61 Clinical Trial Optional)
Nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. die from firearm-related deaths each year, primarily from suicide (60%) or homicide (37%), and many more have experienced non-fatal firearm injuries, both intentional and nonintentional. The Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1865) included funding for the NIH to conduct research on firearm injury and mortality prevention and recommended that NIH take a comprehensive approach to studying the underlying causes and evidence-based methods of prevention of firearm injury, including crime prevention. Within the legislative mandates and limitations of NIH funding (NOT-OD-20-068, NOT-OD-20-066), the NIH encourages research to improve understanding of the determinants of firearm injury, the identification of those at risk of firearm injury (including both victims and perpetrators), the development and evaluation of innovative interventions to prevent firearm injury and mortality, and the examination of approaches to improve the implementation of existing, evidence-based interventions to prevent firearm injury and mortality.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 15, 2020
Amount: $400,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-143.html
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible, domestic institutions to enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training, including short-term research training, and help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. Research training programs are expected to incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. Programs proposing only short-term predoctoral research training should not apply to this announcement, but rather to the Kirschstein-NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant Program (T35) exclusively reserved for predoctoral, short-term research training (see PA-18-404). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) does not allow appointed trainees 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: May 25, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-142.html
Pacific Islands Area Conservation Planning and Implementation Support Partnerships Fiscal Year 2020 Announcement for Funding
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking proposals from partners and potential partners to expedite conservation plan development, conservation plan implementation, and development of watershed assessment and areawide plans to support the National Water Quality Initiative Program and targeted delivery of conservation in the Pacific Islands Area (i.e., Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). The objective of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to obtain technical and administrative assistance to bolster NRCS Pacific Islands Area’s ability to deliver the conservation programs associated with Title II of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, (hereinafter the “Farm Bill”). All work must be done in accordance with NRCS Manuals, Handbooks, Bulletins and Instructions. These can be accessed on the eDirectives website: https://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/Default.aspx. Applications will be accepted for proposals that address at least one of the following priorities: All phases of developing and Implementing Conservation Plans in accordance with NRCS General Manual Title 180, Part 409 Conservation Planning Policy, and the NRCS National Planning Procedures Handbook, Title 180, Part 600; Technical and administrative services to support management of Farm Bill applications and contracts in accordance with NRCS General Manual Title 440, Part 402 Business Tools, and Conservation the Program Contracting Manual, Title 440, Part 530; Facilitate Local Working Group meetings, the development of Long-Range Plans, and the development of Targeted Conservation Delivery proposals; Work with partners to complete Watershed Assessments in accordance with NRCS General Manual Title 150, Part 401 to support: West Maui National Water Quality Initiative; Hilo Bay National Water Quality Initiative; Pelekane Bay National Water Quality Initiative. A webinar for applicants is scheduled for April 16, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Information on how to participate in the webinar will be posted to the NRCS PIA website.
Funding Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Deadline: May 21, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # USDA-NRCS-MULTI-20-GEN0010737
Workshops to Support TIP Law Enforcement
Through this funding opportunity, PAS Mumbai seeks to provide a series of workshops in states across western India (states of Maharashtra, Madya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh) that will act as platforms for law enforcement and local governments to discuss best practices on fighting TIP and to learn from subject matter experts. These experts (who could be from fields such as academia, civil society, or law enforcement) will share their perspectives on current legislation addressing TIP crimes, ideas on how to implement these laws, and best practices for community engagement to promote reporting of TIP crimes. At each workshop, the grantee will convene 20 to 25 stakeholders in anti-TIP discussions, including government officials, police, and judges. The workshops will encourage law enforcement and local governments to brainstorm strategies to engage with high-risk communities on awareness of anti-TIP laws and reporting mechanisms to law enforcement. Project Objectives: By raising awareness of TIP issues and spurring stakeholders to take action, the project aims for a 25 percent increase in local TIP investigations and prosecutions. Local governments and law enforcement create strategic plans to address TIP in their communities through public messaging and effective law enforcement strategies. Stakeholders implement these strategies over the course of the project.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 19, 2020
Amount: $75,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # M-NOFO-20-101
Workshops to promote interfaith dialogue on college campuses
This funding opportunity seeks to promote interfaith dialogue among college students in western India by training college lecturers/professors in interfaith dialogue facilitation skills. At least one trainer should be U.S.-based. Workshop participants will be required to put their newly gained skills to practice by hosting on-campus dialogues and contribute to a handbook for use by other lecturers/professors. Project Audience: Lecturers and professors of colleges located in western India, to include Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Project Objectives: Thirty to forty (30-40) college lecturers/professors (no more than two from the same college) gain new capacities on how to facilitate effective interfaith dialogue and put these skills to practice by leading at least two interfaith dialogues with students on their campuses. The collective know-how and experiences gained from workshop participants is shared with counterparts.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 19, 2020
Amount: $60,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # M-NOFO-20-100
National Education Advising Agent Program
A strategic plan for a nation-wide, year-long engagement with agents is the core goal of this project. Applicants may provide a phased approach to engage agents from approximately 10 key companies per Consular region (Delhi, North India, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata). Criteria for selection of agent participants may be decided in accordance with the needs of the respective consulates. The plan should include a robust communications toolkit and phased engagements and information sessions with U.S. higher education experts, Public Affairs Sections (PAS), and Consular Sections (CONS). The objectives of these engagements are to 1) clearly articulate U.S. immigration policies, drawing from open, official sources in order to dispel any myths; 2) to inform agents how better to navigate the U.S. university admissions system; and 3) to convey the value of practicing student-focused, ethical counseling. The grantee would advertise the programs appropriately and host it in appropriate venues. At the regional level, the strategy may include introductory meetings with U.S. consulate colleagues, monthly newsletters/emailers, quarterly information sessions, online courses, trade communications through study abroad portals, content partnerships in private education fairs, identification and representation in multi-country education fairs, conferences and events. Applicant proposals must also describe a follow-up plan to evaluate change in understanding of U.S. higher education among selected participants and, if possible, their student/parent clients. The project would culminate in a conference in New Delhi or Hyderabad with all participants from the 5 consular districts. Grantee must work with Public Affairs Section New Delhi to develop selection criteria for the agents to participate in this final conference. The grantee would advertise the program appropriately and host it in suitable venues.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 18, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # ND-NOFO-20-100
Long Acting Treatments for HIV and HIV-Associated Co-Infections (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to stimulate new and innovative multidisciplinary research in the area of long acting therapeutics for HIV and HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis B and C. Applications are sought that lead to new effective therapies for administration once per month or less frequently as oral, injectable, implantable, or transdermal products.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 28, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-20-024.html
Innovations in HIV Prevention, Testing, Adherence and Retention to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
This FOA solicits innovative research to optimize HIV prevention and care which is aligned with NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR) priorities. Applications may include formative basic behavioral and social science to better understand a step or steps in the HIV prevention or care continuum, and/or the initial development and pilot testing of innovative intervention approaches, and intervention efficacy or effectiveness trials. Applicants are encouraged to read current Notices of Special Interests (NOSIs) from NIMH DAR for further information about the Divisions research priorities.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-144.html
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment Policy
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas as specified by NIDILRR.These activities are designed to benefit people with disabilities, family members, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers and other research stakeholders. The purpose of this particular RRTC is to conduct research, training, technical assistance, and related activities to contribute to new knowledge regarding the effect of public policies and programs on employment for people with disabilities.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: May 22, 2020
Amount: $875,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
The purpose of the RRTCs, which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act through well-designed research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in important topical areas as specified by NIDILRR. These activities are designed to benefit people with disabilities, family members, rehabilitation service providers, policymakers and other research stakeholders. The purpose of this particular RRTC is to generate new knowledge that can be used to inform and shape evidence-based services, supports, and interventions that are intended to improve health outcomes of people with psychiatric disabilities.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: May 22, 2020
Amount: $875,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The goal of the intended FOA is to establish Centers for PRS Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry to collaboratively generate and refine PRS for populations of diverse ancestry by integrating existing datasets with genomic and phenotype data for a range of complex diseases and traits. Together with a Coordinating Center (described in a separate FOA), grantees funded under the intended FOA will form a Consortium with the primary objectives of: 1) leveraging genetic diversity to develop methods and improve the applicability of PRS to predict health and disease risk across diverse populations, and for a broad range of health and disease measures; and 2) optimizing the integration of large-scale, harmonized genomic and phenotype data to facilitate collaborative analysis, dissemination of PRS-related data, and development of related methods and resources.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 23, 2020
Amount: $1,000,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-20-001.html
Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19 Clinical Trial Optional)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications from single institutions or consortia of institutions to participate in the Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (AADCRC) program. The program will support centers that integrate clinical and translational research to conduct studies on the mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of diseases of interest, including asthma, rhinitis (allergic and non-allergic), chronic rhinosinusitis, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, and drug allergy. The overarching goal of the program is to improve the understanding of the pathogenesis of these conditions and to provide a rational foundation for new, effective treatments and prevention strategies.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: August 28, 2020
Amount: $900,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-20-007.html
Innovations in HIV Prevention, Testing, Adherence and Retention to Optimize HIV Prevention and Care Continuum Outcomes (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits innovative research to optimize HIV prevention and care which is aligned with NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR) priorities. Applications may include formative basic behavioral and social science to better understand a step or steps in the HIV prevention or care continuum, and/or the initial development and pilot testing of innovative intervention approaches. Applicants are encouraged to read current Notices of Special Interests (NOSIs) from NIMH DAR for further information about the Divisions research priorities.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: January 7, 2023
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-145.html
Polygenic Risk Score (PRS) Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry Coordinating Center (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The goal of the intended FOA is to establish a Coordinating Center (CC) for PRS Methods and Analysis for Populations of Diverse Ancestry to provide centralized support, infrastructure, coordination, and data analysis for the program collaboratively generate and refine PRS for populations of diverse ancestry by integrating existing datasets with genomic and phenotype data for a range of complex diseases and traits. Together with PRS Centers (described in a separate FOA), grantees funded under the intended FOA will form a Consortium with the primary objectives of: 1) leveraging genetic diversity to develop methods and improve the applicability of PRS to predict health and disease risk across diverse populations, and for a broad range of health and disease measures; and 2) optimizing the integration of large-scale, harmonized genomic and phenotype data to facilitate collaborative analysis, dissemination of PRS-related data, and development of related methods and resources.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 23, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-20-002.html
Special Topic Research Education Course: Exploring Auditory and Vestibular Biology (R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The over-arching goal of this NIDCD R25 program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of biomedical research and its implications in the areas of auditory and vestibular research. The complexity of auditory and vestibular biology processes provide our hearing and balance function. Interruption of these processes may occur from a variety of factors, including genetic, environmental and pathogenic agents, and often results in the loss of hearing and balance function. While loss or impairment of these functions are most often non-life-threatening, the disruption to quality of life is substantial. Since August of 2007, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/) has supported a special topics course in auditory and vestibular biology. The two to three week course, Biology of the Inner Ear, has been held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, and has brought together outstanding faculty to provide hands-on instruction to participants. It is the continued intent of the NIDCD to foster the advancement of research methodologies and technologies to improve, hasten and implement new treatments for these disorders and impairments. It is based on this template of excellence that the NIDCD invites R25 applications for support of a special topics course in the auditory and vestibular sciences. The purpose of this five-year initiative is to support three courses to be offered each in years 2021, 2023, and 2025. This will allow for a sustained specialized topics course that provides lecture and hands-on research exposure to the auditory and vestibular sciences. The target audience envisioned for this course consists of advanced graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and established early stage research investigators.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 28, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-20-001.html
Exploiting in vivo or in situ imaging approaches to understand HIV-relevant processes in the context of substance use disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trials Optional)
The purpose of this initiative is to support projects that further develop or exploit advances using in situ or in vivo imaging or related technologies to investigate HIV/SIV infection, latent reservoirs, the pathogenic consequences of HIV/SIV infection, or the effects of HIV/SIV or substance use disorder (SUD) therapies. Applicants may propose primate or human studies to investigate blood, lymphoid, or brain tissues.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: July 14, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-21-005.html
Support to American-Style Higher Education in Iraq
American-style higher education plays an important role in influencing and educating the next generation of leaders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), offering students an alternative vision to extremist ideologies, and encouraging economic growth through professional skills development. The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC), seeks applications for multiple awards to support American-style higher education programs in Iraq. The objectives of these awards will be to build and increase the institutional capacity of institutions of higher education (IHE) in Iraq, and to enhance partnerships with U.S. and regional IHE for the purposes of research, exchange, and curriculum and pedagogic development, to include faculty exchanges.
Funding Agency: Assistance Coordination
Deadline: March 31, 2020
Amount: $5,000,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # SFOP0006412
NIDA Small Research Grant Program (R03 Clinical Trial Required)
The NIDA Small Research Grant Program supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. This program supports different types of projects including pilot, feasibility, or small clinical trials with medications, behavioral interventions, immunotherapies, therapeutic devices, therapeutic digital applications, health services, prevention interventions, biomarkers, and development of research methodology. This Funding Opportunity Announcement requires that a clinical trial be proposed. The proposed project must be related to the programmatic interests of NIDA.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
Amount: $50,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-146.html
Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental Health Research (RIVER) (R35 Clinical Trial Optional)
The NIEHS Revolutionizing Innovative, Visionary Environmental health Research (RIVER) program is intended to provide support for outstanding investigators in the Environmental Health Sciences, giving them intellectual and administrative freedom, as well as sustained support to pursue their research in novel directions in order to achieve greater impacts. The program seeks to identify individuals, regardless of career stage, with a potential for continued innovative and impactful research and combine their existing investigator-initiated research into a single award to support the majority of their independent environmental health sciences research program.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 18, 2020
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-20-009.html
Tribal Research Center on Early Childhood Development and Systems
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) will solicit applications for a cooperative agreement to support a Tribal Research Center on Early Childhood Development and Systems (TRECS) that will provide leadership and collaboration to promote excellence in community-based participatory research and evaluation of ACF early childhood initiatives that serve tribal communities. Settings to be considered include home visiting programs, early care and education center-based programs, home-based and family child care providers, and Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The TRECS is expected to: (1) conduct research to identify needs and/or develop effective practices and integrated systems for ACF early childhood initiatives in tribal communities; (2) identify, validate, and/or develop measures of culturally meaningful inputs, implementation processes, and proximal and distal outcomes of those programs; (3) establish peer-learning communities for tribal research on areas of shared priority; (4) provide training and professional development to facilitate interest and competencies in research relevant to early childhood initiatives in tribal communities; and (5) provide forums to increase cultural competence and sensitivity to tribal voices in research and evaluation. The expected length of the cooperative agreement is 60 month, with five 12-month budget periods. The proposed budgets for each budget period will not be greater than $650,000 dollars.
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – OPRE
Deadline: June 5, 2020
Amount: $650,000
For more information: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-PH-1810
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research
The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Under this particular DRRP priority, NIDILRR has adopted the framework of knowledge translation (KT) to help promote the effective use of research findings by people with disabilities, policymakers, service providers, and other important research stakeholders. The objective of the funding opportunity is to identify and promote the use of relevant findings and products that can be used to improve employment outcomes of people with disabilities.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: May 26, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Extracellular RNA carrier subclasses in processes relevant to Substance Use Disorders or HIV infection (R21- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage research investigating the roles of extracellular RNA (exRNA) carrier subclasses in biological processes relevant to substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or HIV infection, latency, or pathogenesis in the CNS. Applicants may propose to investigate biological mechanisms involving exRNA carrier subclasses, or propose to develop improved technologies to investigate extracellular vesicles or other exRNA carriers.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-148.html
Extracellular RNA carrier subclasses in processes relevant to Substance Use Disorders or HIV infection (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage research investigating the roles of extracellular RNA (exRNA) carrier subclasses in biological processes relevant to substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or HIV infection, latency, or pathogenesis in the CNS. Applicants may propose to investigate biological mechanisms involving exRNA carrier subclasses, or propose to develop improved technologies to investigate extracellular vesicles or other exRNA carriers.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: May 7, 2023
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-147.html
Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is requesting Applied Science proposals for projects that develop and demonstrate improved science and technologies related to the mining of coal and the reclamation of the land after mining. Funded projects will help address important OSMRE issues related to implementation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Applicants may request funding up to $200,000. The award will be by cooperative agreement (or as an Interagency Agreement if another Federal Agency is involved). Each cooperative agreement will be for a period of time consistent with the proposal but not to exceed two years from date of award. Each cooperative agreement grantee may apply for and be granted non-funded extensions of time only as necessary to complete the project. OSMRE will only grant extensions if the delays are beyond the control of the Principle Investigator (PI). Included in this document are instructions for preparing the proposal including a list of eligible issues and a description of the proposal review process. OSMRE will only accept proposals that address the specific list of eligible issues.
Funding Agency: Office of Surface Mining
Deadline: May 25, 2020
Amount: $200,000
For more information: https://www.osmre.gov/programs/tdt/appliedScience.shtm
BOLD Public Health Centers of Excellence to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
This NOFO fulfills activities described in the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act PL115-406. This announcement will fund Public Health Centers of Excellence (PHCOE) to support nationwide implementation of the 25 actions in the Healthy Brain Initiative’s State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia: The 2018-2023 Road Map (RM) [https://www.cdc.gov/aging/healthybrain/roadmap.htm] across the United States. Each PHCOE will choose one topic-specific area for their focus from the following list: Dementia Risk Reduction, Early Detection of Dementia, and Dementia Caregiving. The activities for each PHCOE will align directly with the actions identified in the RM for each topic area. Recipients will focus on identifying, translating and disseminating promising research findings and evidence-informed best practices, including those that address social determinants of health, for nationwide systematic public health uptake by state, local, tribal and other public health programs. PHCOEs will collaborate with CDC, other national partners and state, local and tribal health entities to ensure maximum impact and reach.
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control – NCCDPHP
Deadline: May 26, 2020
Amount: $800,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # CDC-RFA-DP20-2005
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to solicit applications for Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants. Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. OPRE is looking for research that addresses questions that directly inform local, state, or federal policies and should be relevant to multiple early care and education settings. Applicants should consider pursuing data collection across contexts, including child care, pre-k, home-visiting programs, Head Start, Early Head Start, and/or others. Applicants are expected to demonstrate an established partnership with their early care and education program partners that should be apparent throughout the research plan, from development and refinement of the research questions through the proposed data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings. Accredited public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of doctoral-level graduate students are eligible applicants. In addition to other eligible institutions of higher education, eligible Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and faith-based institutions of higher education are encouraged to apply. The applicant organization must have a history of research and budget oversight and must have appropriate research support resources to support the student. The faculty mentor who will serve as principal investigator must have a Ph.D. or equivalent in the respective field and conduct research as a primary professional responsibility. Faculty mentors with doctoral training and research expertise will be able to provide proper supervision and quality control over the research project to help ensure a quality end product. To be eligible for award, the graduate student must provide evidence of an approved dissertation proposal before award. This FOA has previously been published under the name Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants. For further information about previous Head Start Graduate Student Research grantees, please refer to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/head-start-graduate-student-research-program. The *EXPIRED* FOA for the prior fiscal year can be reviewed at https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YR-1219. For more information about OPRE, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about the Office of Head Start, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohs.
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – OPRE
Deadline: June 5, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-YR-1822
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Dissertation Grants
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to solicit applications for Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Dissertation Grants. Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working on child care policy issues in partnership with a Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) agency or administrator and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to child care policy decision-making and program administration, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students. OPRE is looking for research that addresses issues of significance related to CCDF; aims to inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved / understudied populations; and utilizes the most rigorous research methodology for the selected research question. Applicants must consult with a CCDF agency or administrator in the conceptualization of the research plan, from development and refinement of the research questions, through the proposed data collection, interpretation, and dissemination of findings. Accredited public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of doctoral-level graduate students are eligible applicants. In addition to other eligible institutions of higher education, eligible Tribally Controlled Land Grant Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and faith-based institutions of higher education are encouraged to apply. The applicant organization must have a history of research and budget oversight and must have appropriate research support resources to support the student. The faculty mentor who will serve as principal investigator must have a Ph.D. or equivalent in the respective field and conduct research as a primary professional responsibility. Faculty mentors with doctoral training and research expertise will be able to provide proper supervision and quality control over the research project to help ensure a quality end product. To be eligible for award, the graduate student must provide evidence of an approved dissertation proposal before award. This FOA has previously been published under the name Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars. For further information about prior awards made to Child Care Research Scholars, please refer to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/child-care-research-scholars. The *EXPIRED* Funding Opportunity Announcement for the prior Fiscal Year can be reviewed at https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/index.cfm?switch=foa&fon=HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YE-1208. For further information about OPRE, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about the Office of Child Care and CCDF, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/about/what-we-do.
Funding Agency: Administration for Children and Families – OPRE
Deadline: June 4, 2020
Amount: $25,000
For more information: https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-YE-1823
NIMHD Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21 – Clinical Trial Optional)
NIMHD invites applications to support short-term exploratory or developmental research projects that have the potential to break new ground in the fields of minority health and/or health disparities or extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications that can directly contribute to improving minority health and/or reducing health disparities.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 16, 2023
Amount: $200,000
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-20-150.html
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP): Assistive Technology to Promote Independence and Community Living
The purpose of NIDILRR’s Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP), which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). Under this particular DRRP priority, NIDILRR aims to sponsor research and development activities toward technologies that support community living and independent living of people with disabilities – particularly people who are aging with disabilities. With these DRRP grants, NIDILRR has a particular interest in funding research and development toward technologies that support people with disabilities in rural, frontier, or tribal communities. This forecast replaces the following documents: HHS-2020-ACL-NIDILRR-DPGE-0405 and HHS-2020-ACL-NIDILRR-DPGE-0406.
Funding Agency: Administration for Community Living
Deadline: May 26, 2020
Amount: $500,000
For more information: https://www.acl.gov/grants/applying-grants
Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Statistical and Research Methodology in Education CFDA Number 84.305D
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: Through the National Center for Education Research (NCER), the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. The Institute’s research grant programs are designed to provide interested individuals and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all learners. Through the Statistical and Research Methodology in Education grant program, NCER intends to support the development of a wide range of methodological and statistical tools to better enable applied education scientists to conduct rigorous education research.
Funding Agency: Department of Education
Deadline: July 30, 2020
For more information: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-25/pdf/2020-06255.pdf
Stopping the Spread of Disinformation – Training Emerging Journalists
This funding opportunity seeks to improve and expand upon past efforts of the U.S. diplomatic mission to India by building the capacity of emerging journalists in western and southern India to combat disinformation with informed and compelling reporting. By engaging emerging journalists with the message that they have the responsibility to be honest gatekeepers of truth and by providing them with the skills to fulfill that role, the program will provide the Indian information environment with strong counter-voices to disinformation. The program will invite at least 100 participants to multiple day training workshops taught by U.S. and local experts. Project Goal: To increase Indian journalists’ ability to identify and stop disinformation. Project Audience: The primary audience will be early to mid-career journalists as well as journalism students. Here the term “journalist” is intended to include reporters of TV, print, and online news media outlets. For further details, please refer to the full announcement available under “related documents” tab).
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to India
Deadline: May 22, 2020
Amount: $75,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # M-NOFO-20-103
Combating Environmental Crime and Corruption in Indonesia
The mission of the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is to minimize the impact of international crime on the United States, its citizens, and partner nations by providing effective foreign assistance and fostering global cooperation. INL Jakarta has provided foreign assistance in recent years to international NGOs to build the capacity of law enforcement, prosecutors, and judiciary to understand, investigate and prosecute wildlife trafficking within Indonesia. To build on those positive outcomes, more now needs to be done to build the capacity of law enforcement and other entities essential to uncover and investigate environmental crimes and build strong cases that prosecutors can successfully move through the courts. To support further progress in combating environmental crimes, INL Jakarta announces a request for Statements of Interest (SOI) outlining project concepts and capacity to: build the capacity of law enforcement, government institutions, and local civil society organizations to prevent, interdict, investigate, and report on environmental crimes in Indonesia. Capacity-building activities could include but are not limited to building the capacity of law enforcement agencies to gather and secure evidence (which could include electronic evidence or working with live animals), build case dossiers and/or investigate corruption underpinning environmental crimes; addressing shortcomings in the legal and regulatory framework for environmental crimes; improving internal organization of GOI agencies that interdict, investigate, and prosecute environmental crimes; training or providing equipment to enhance information and financial analysis for law enforcement; conducting workshops, hosting conferences, or facilitating study tours that facilitate communication between GOI law enforcement or other GOI officials and local environmental NGOs or community patrols; enhancing GOI interagency collaboration, coordination, and information-sharing related to environmental crimes; and capacity building activities for journalists who report on environmental crimes. PLEASE NOTE: The submission of a SOI is the first step in a two-part process. Applicants must first submit a SOI, which is a concise, concept note – no more than three pages — designed to clearly communicate a program idea and its objectives before the development of a full proposal application. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants the opportunity to submit creative and well thought out program ideas for INL to evaluate prior to requiring the development of full proposal applications (which will require outcome indicators, monitoring and evaluation plans, etc). Upon review of eligible SOIs, INL Jakarta will invite selected applicants to expand their ideas into full proposal applications.
Funding Agency: U.S. Mission to Indonesia
Deadline: April 30, 2020
Amount: $225,000
For more information: Go to grants.gov and search opportunity # JINL20GR01-ENVIRONMENT-03192020