WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to four grants for the Behavioral Interventions Scholars Program. The agency description of the grant states: "The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced gradua  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women announced that it expects to award up to five grants for research an evaluation of approaches to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The agency description of the grant states: "By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from VAWA funding will be better equipped to align their work with pra  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to 50 grants for targeted violence and terrorism prevention. The agency description of the grant states: "From its founding, one of the primary missions of the Department of Homeland Security has been to "prevent terrorist attacks within the United States." In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, DHS used this mandate to develop nationwide capabilities that help   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for port infrastructure development. The agency description of the grant states: "Port Infrastructure Development Program Background: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283, January 1, 2021) ("NDAA") and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116-260, December 27, 2020) ("FY21 Appropriations Act" or the "Act"  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for mentoring networks to enhance diversity in National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication extramural research workforce. The agency description of the grant states: "The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educati  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration announced that it expects to award up to five grants for the manufacturing of Adeno-associated virus vectors. The agency description of the grant states: "CBER seeks to advance the development of gene therapies for diseases affecting very small populations, potentially even single individuals, by enhancing innovations in the manufacture of Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors." The estimated t  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for partnerships to help provide conservation outreach, education, and technical assistance. The agency description of the grant states: "The Missouri NRCS, an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking opportunities to partner with, and support the efforts of, likeminded natural resource conservation partners. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for support for a national paralysis resource center. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "ACL intends to award funds over the next five years to support one (1) National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC) that will improve the health and quality of life of individuals living with paralysis of all ages, thei  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the evaluation of the effectiveness of kinship navigator programs. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for a 36-month project that will build evidence of effectiveness of Kinship Navigator (KN) programs, conduct an  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living announced that it expects to award up to 28 cooperative agreements for the Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Administration for Community Living is funding individual state grants for the Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program (SPP) for the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) grant cycle. The purpose of this  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for transformative nucleic acid sequencing technology innovation and development. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R21 grant applications to innovate and develop the early stages of novel technologies that will enable greater than a one order of magnitude im  more