Grant Alerts
VOLUME 25, NO. 4 ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT
Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA No. 93.273)
Purpose: To stimulate a broad range of research on the role
of nutrition in the development, prevention, and treatment of a
variety of alcohol-related health outcomes, including alcohol-use
disorder and chronic disease.
Eligibility: State governments; county governments; city or
township governments; special district governments; independent
school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher
education; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities;
Native American tribal organizations; nonprofits; private
institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations, other
than small businesses; and small businesses.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $200,000.
Deadline: 5/7/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP) (CFDA No.
10.330)
Purpose: To increase forage and seed yields and forage quality;
improve forage and seed harvest and storage systems; develop
methods to estimate forage yield and quality to support marketing
and reduce producer risks; and explore new and novel uses for
alfalfa.
Eligibility: State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and
universities, university research foundations, and other research
institutions and organizations.
Funding: $1.9 million.
Deadline: 5/1/2017.
Contact: E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.
Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(CFDA No. 16.552)
Purpose: To advance knowledge about models to improve
pathways to the professoriate and success for historically
underrepresented minority doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows,
and faculty, particularly African Americans, Hispanic Americans,
American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native
Pacific Islanders, in specific STEM disciplines and/or STEM
education research fields.
Eligibility: Unrestricted.
Funding: $8 million.
Deadline: 12/8/2017.
Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.
Assistance for Arts Education Programs: Professional
Development for Arts Educators Grants (CFDA No. 84.351C)
Purpose: To enrich the academic experiences by promoting arts
education for students, including disadvantaged students and
students who are children with disabilities.
Federal Grant Notices for State & Local Governments & Community Agencies
APRIL 2017
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: $7.1 million.
Deadline: 5/30/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Changing Minds: Professional Development and Public
Education to Address Children Exposed to Violence and
Childhood Trauma, FY 17 (CFDA No. 16.818)
Purpose: To provide training, technical assistance, and
resources to state, local, and tribal professionals who work with
at-risk children and justice-involved youth.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: $6 million.
Deadline: 5/2/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726; E-mail: grants@ncjrs.gov.
Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted
Diseases (CARS) (CFDA No. 93.978)
Purpose: To promote sexual health, advance community
wellness, influence sexual health behavior and practices, and
reduce STI disparities.
Eligibility: Unrestricted.
Funding: $3.7 million.
Deadline: 5/2/2017.
Contact: E-mail: nhh9@cdc.gov.
Developmental Disabilities Projects of National Significance
Model Approaches for Monitoring Quality in the
Community (CFDA No. 93.631)
Purpose: To develop and test a model for effectively monitoring
quality in community settings that reduces and mitigates the
incidence of abuse and neglect and supports empowerment, self-
determination, and self-advocacy.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city or
township governments, special district governments, public
and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Native
American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private institutions
of higher education.
Funding: $1.3 million.
Deadline: 6/5/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 795-7322;
E-mail: katherine.cargill-willis@acl.hhs.gov.
Educating State-Level Stakeholders on Injury and Violence
Prevention (CFDA No. 93.136)
Purpose: To prevent violence, injury, and/or death from
violence or an unintentional injury with public health strategies,
practices, and policies based on the best available evidence used
throughout the nation.
Eligibility: Unrestricted.
Funding: $450,000.
Deadline: 5/10/2017.
Contact: E-mail: iyq1@cdc.gov.
Empowering Older Adults and Adults With Disabilities
Through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education
(CDSME) Programs Financed Solely by 2017 Prevention and
Public Health Funds (CFDA No. 93.734)
Purpose: To significantly increase the number of older adults
and adults with disabilities who participate in evidence-
based, self-management programs to empower them to better
manage their chronic conditions; and to implement innovative
funding arrangements (e.g., contracts with integrated health
care systems) to support the CDSME programs beyond the
grant period, while embedding the programs into an integrated,
sustainable, evidence-based prevention program network.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: $6.4 million.
Deadline: 5/12/2017.
Contact: E-mail: kristie.kulinski@acl.hhs.gov.
Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineer, and Math
Educational Diversity (ESTEEMED) Research Education
Experiences (CFDA No. 93.859)
Purpose: To support educational activities that enhance the
diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research
workforce.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: Not specified.
Deadline: 5/24/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter
Schools Program (CSP): Grants to Charter Management
Organization for the Replication and Expansion of High-
Quality Charter Schools (CFDA No. 84.282M)
Purpose: To expand opportunities for all students, particularly
traditionally underserved students, to attend charter schools
and meet challenging state academic standards; provide
financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial
implementation of public charter schools; increase the number of
high-quality charter schools available to students across the U.S.;
evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement,
families, and communities; share best practices between charter
schools and other public schools; encourage states to provide
facilities support to charter schools; and support efforts to
strengthen the charter school authorizing process.
Eligibility: Charter management organizations.
Funding: $57 million.
Deadline: 3/15/2017.
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Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive
Grants Program (FBMB) (CFDA No. 10.319)
Purpose: To improve the farm management knowledge and
skills of agricultural producers and establish and maintain a
national, publicly available farm financial management database
to support improved farm management.
Eligibility: State agricultural experiment stations, colleges
and universities, university research foundations, other
research institutions and organizations, federal agencies,
national laboratories, private organizations or corporations, and
individuals.
Funding: $1.3 million.
Deadline: 4/17/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 401-5048;
E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
Labor-Management Cooperation Grant Program (CFDA No.
34.002)
Purpose: To support the establishment and operation of plant-
level, area-wide, or industry joint labor-management committees
confronting specific, definable problems for which they have
developed clear, innovative, and measurable long-term solutions.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city or
township governments, special district governments, public
and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Native
American tribal organizations, and nonprofits.
Funding: $266,000.
Deadline: 5/31/2017.
Contact: E-mail: lgbroughton@fmcs.gov.
Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (CFDA No.
10.217)
Purpose: To address a state, regional, national, or international
educational need; involve a creative or non-traditional approach
toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others;
encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the
university science and education community, as well as between
universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality
and supplement available resources; and result in benefits that
will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
Eligibility: Universities and two- and four-year colleges,
universities having significant minority enrollments and a
demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and
agricultural sciences, and other colleges and universities having
a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and
agricultural sciences.
Funding: $4.5 million.
Deadline: 5/30/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 401-5048;
E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.
Humanities Access Grants (CFDA No. 45.130)
Purpose: To support capacity building for humanities programs
that benefit one or more of the following groups: children,
family, and young adults (defined to include those between ages
18 and 30).
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $100,000.
Deadline: 5/3/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8309; E-mail: challenge@neh.gov.
International Research Experiences for Students (CFDA
Nos. 47.041, 47.049, 47.050, 47.070, 47.074, 47.075, 47.076,
47.079, 47.083)
Purpose: To support the development of globally-engaged U.S.
science and engineering students capable of performing in an
international research environment at the forefront of science
and engineering.
Eligibility: Non-profit, non-academic organizations;
independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional
societies, and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with
educational or research activities; and universities and colleges
(including community colleges).
Funding: $2.2 million.
Deadline: 8/15/2017.
Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.
Juvenile Drug Court Testing Guidelines, FY 17 (CFDA No.
16.585)
Purpose: To provide juvenile courts with an evidence-based,
treatment-oriented approach that emphasizes family engagement
and addresses the substance use and often co-occurring mental
health challenges experienced by the youth.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: $5 million.
Deadline: 5/2/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726; E-mail: grants@ncjrs.gov.
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA No.
93.307)
Purpose: To build capacity and research infrastructure and
to facilitate minority health and health disparities research at
eligible institutions, but not to directly support the research
projects themselves.
Eligibility: Universities and two- and four-year colleges
(including community colleges) accredited in, and having a
campus located in, the U.S.
Funding: $6 million.
Deadline: 5/1/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Museums Empowered: Professional Development and
Capacity-Building Opportunities for Museums A Museums
for America Special Initiative (CFDA No. 45.301)
Purpose: To support projects that strengthen the ability of an
individual museum to serve its public by providing professional
development and capacity-building opportunities.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city or
township governments, special district governments, nonprofits,
and museums.
Funding: $2 million.
Deadline: 5/1/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 653-4667; E-mail: misaksen@imis.gov.
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 2017 Musical
Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students
(CFDA No. 45.024)
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for students to showcase
their songwriting talents and compete for the opportunity to
participate in a mentorship and final competition in New York
City.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $120,000.
Deadline: 5/3/2017.
Contact: E-mail: webmgr@arts.gov.
National Initiatives Adjudications: Training and Technical
Assistance to Support Protection of Constitutional Rights
Under the Sixth Amendment (CFDA No. 16.738)
Purpose: To support training and technical assistance to state
and local governments, including any agent with responsibility
thereof, to meet the obligations established by the Sixth
Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the
rights to a speedy public trial, impartial jury, effective assistance
of defense counsel, defendant notice of nature and cause of
accusation, and to compel and cross-examine witnesses.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: $3 million.
Deadline: 5/16/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726; E-mail: support@grants.gov.
Neurosurgeon Research Career Development Program
(NRCDP) (CFDA No. 93.853)
Purpose: To provide support for a national program of
mentored research career development for junior neurosurgeon
faculty at institutions nationwide that support neurosurgical
research and to expand the cadre of neurosurgeon investigators
trained to conduct research into neurological disorders, making
use of their neurosurgical training.
Eligibility: State governments; county governments; city
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or township governments; special district governments;
independent school districts; public and state-controlled
institutions of higher education; public housing authorities/
Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations;
nonprofits; private institutions of higher education; for-profit
organizations, other than small businesses; and small businesses.
Funding: $1 million.
Deadline: 5/30/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
(CFDA No. 45.149)
Purpose: To support the development of knowledge and skills
among professionals responsible for preserving and establishing
access to humanities collections and to help the staff of cultural
institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills
needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $440,000.
Deadline: 5/2/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8570; E-mail: preservation@neh.gov.
Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
(CFDA No. 45.149)
Purpose: To help small and mid-sized institutions improve
their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities
collections, including special collections of books and journals,
archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving
images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records,
decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and
ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical objects, and digital
materials.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city or
township governments, special district governments, public
and state-controlled institutions of higher education, Native
American tribal organizations, nonprofits, private institutions
of higher education, libraries, museums, historical societies,
archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county
records offices, and colleges and universities.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $7,000.
Deadline: 5/2/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8570; E-mail: preservation@neh.gov.
Second Chance Act Smart on Juvenile Justice: Community
Supervision Reform, FY 17 (CFDA No. 16.812)
Purpose: To develop and implement a comprehensive juvenile
community supervision reform strategic plan that will implement
evidence-based supervision strategies to reduce recidivism and
improve outcomes for juveniles under community supervision.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city or
township governments, special district governments, and Native
American tribal organizations.
Funding: $6.5 million.
Deadline: 5/8/2017.
Contact: E-mail: grants@ncjrs.gov.
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase
II (CFDA No. 93.433)
Purpose: To improve the lives of people with disabilities
through R/R&D products generated by small businesses, and
to increase the commercial application of National Institute on
Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDILRR)-supported research results and development
products.
Eligibility: Small businesses.
Funding: $1.1 million.
Deadline: 5/19/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 795-7303; E-mail: patricia.barrett@acl.
hhs.gov.
Sports Visitor and Sports Envoy Program, FY 2017 (CFDA
No. 19.415)
Purpose: To implement Sports Visitor and Sports Envoy
international exchange programs that support U.S. foreign policy
goals and promote key U.S. values, on and off the field, and an
understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural
contexts from which they arise.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: $1.7 million.
Deadline: 5/24/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726; E-mail: support@grants.gov.
YouthBuild (CFDA No. 17.274)
Purpose: To provide community-based alternative education
programs for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are
high school dropouts, adjudicated youth, youth aging out of
foster care, youth with disabilities, homeless youth, and other
disconnected youth populations and simultaneously address
several core issues important to low-income communities:
affordable housing, education, employment, leadership
development, and energy efficiency.
Eligibility: State governments, county governments, city
or township governments, special district governments,
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education,
Native American tribal organizations, nonprofits, and private
institutions of higher education.
Funding: $80 million.
Deadline: 5/9/2017.
Contact: E-mail: lessmeier.michael.j@dol.gov.