Grant Alerts
VOLUME 25, NO. 5 ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT
Agriculture and Food Research InitiativeFood, Agriculture,
Natural Resources, and Human Sciences Education and
Literacy Initiative (CFDA No. 10.310)
Purpose: To support professional development opportunities
for K-14 teachers and education professionals, training of
undergraduate students in research and extension, and fellowships
for pre-doctoral and postdoctoral candidates.
Eligibility: Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education;
public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; Native
American tribal organizations; nonprofits; private institutions
of higher education; for-profit organizations, other than small
businesses; and small businesses.
Funding: $18 million.
Deadline: 6/28/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 401-5048;
E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.
Agriculture and Food Research InitiativeSustainable
Bioenergy and Bio-Products Challenge Area (CFDA No.
10.310)
Purpose: To achieve the long-term outcome of reducing our
nations dependence on foreign oil and help meet the Energy
Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 goal of 36 billion
gallons/year of biofuels by 2022 in the priority areas: lignin
or nano-cellulosic co-products from biomass feedstocks, and
biomass feedstock genetic development and evaluation.
Eligibility: Public and state-controlled institutions of higher
education; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities;
nonprofits; private institutions of higher education; for-profit
organizations, other than small businesses; and small businesses.
Funding: $9.6 million.
Deadline: 6/28/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 401-5048; E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.
gov.
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training
(BHWET) Program (CFDA No. 93.243)
Purpose: To develop and expand the behavioral health
workforce serving populations across their lifespans, including
rural and medically underserved areas, with special emphasis on
establishing or expanding meaningful, longitudinal internships
or field placement programs in behavioral health that include
inter-professional training for students/interns, faculty, and field
supervisors to provide quality behavioral health services.
Eligibility: Professional track-accredited institutions of higher
education; accredited behavioral health professional training
programs in behavioral pediatrics, social work, school social
work, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, marriage
and family therapy, occupational therapy, school counseling,
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or professional counseling; accredited schools of masters- or
doctoral-level training in psychiatry; and psychiatric nursing
programs.
Funding: $44 million.
Deadline: 6/12/2017.
Contact: Tel. (301) 443-7759; E-mail: nwilkerson@hrsa.gov.
Centers for Independent Living (CIL) Training and
Technical Assistance Grant (CFDA No. 93.432)
Purpose: To provide technical assistance, training, and
information to CILs to enhance their overall efficiency and
effectiveness.
Eligibility: Nonprofits.
Funding: $4.2 million.
Deadline: 6/22/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 795-7330;
E-mail: deborah.cotter@acl.hhs.gov.
Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program, FY 2017 (CFDA
No. 66.039)
Purpose: To achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions
in terms of tons of pollution produced by diesel engines and
diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets operating at or
servicing goods movement facilities located in areas designated
as having poor air quality.
Eligibility: A regional, state, or local agency, tribal government
(or intertribal consortium) or native village, or port authority that
has jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; and a nonprofit
organization or institution that represents or provides pollution
reduction or educational services to persons or organizations that
own or operate diesel fleets or has, as its principal purpose, the
promotion of transportation or air quality.
Funding: $11 million.
Deadline: 6/20/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 343-9147; E-mail: swift.faye@epa.gov.
Digital Projects for the Public (CFDA No. 45.164)
Purpose: To support projects that cogently interpret and analyze
humanities content in formats that will attract broad public
audiences on digital platforms, including websites, mobile
applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks,
games, and virtual environments.
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 $400,000.
Deadline: 6/7/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8269; E-mail: publicpgms@neh.gov.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start
Graduate Student Research Grants (CFDA No. 93.600)
Purpose: To support dissertation research by advanced
graduate students who are working in partnership with Head
Start programs and with faculty mentors to demonstrate a
collaborative partnership with their program partners, and to
pursue research questions that directly inform local, state, or
federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education
practices.
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: $150,000.
Deadline: 6/12/2017.
Contact: E-mail: app_support@acf.hhs.gov.
Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for
Individuals With Disabilities: Stepping Up Technology
Implementation (CFDA No. 84.327S)
Purpose: To improve results for students with disabilities
by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of
technology; support educational activities designed to be of
educational value in the classroom for students with disabilities;
provide support for captioning and video description that is
appropriate for use in the classroom; and provide accessible
educational materials to students with disabilities in a timely
manner.
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: $2.5 million.
Deadline: 6/5/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Expanding Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use
Disorders in the Context of the SAMHSA Opioid STR
Grants (CFDA No. 93.279)
Purpose: To test approaches for expanding medication-assisted
treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the general
healthcare sector or linking individuals with OUDs who receive
naloxone for the reversal of overdose to MAT in the context of
states plans.
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.
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Funding: $2 million.
Deadline: 6/20/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Food Safety Outreach Competitive Grant Program (CFDA
No. 10.328)
Purpose: To provide customized training and to address
knowledge and resource gaps in the areas of pre- and post-
harvest water testing and sampling, soil amendments, developing
supply chain programs, and/or developing food safety plans.
Eligibility: Cooperative Extension Service for a U.S. state or
territory; non-government organizations and/or community-
based organizations; organizations representing owners and
operators of farms, small food processors, or small fruit and
vegetable merchant wholesalers that have a commitment to
public health and expertise in administering programs that
contribute to food safety; federal, state, local, or tribal agencies;
an institution of higher education or a foundation maintained by
an institution of higher education; and a collaboration of two or
more eligible entities.
Funding: $4.8 million.
Deadline: 6/6/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 401-5048;
E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.
Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training
Program (B-WET), FY18 (CFDA No. 11.429)
Purpose: To support existing, high-quality environmental
education programs and the growth of new, innovative programs,
and to encourage capacity-building and partnership development
for environmental education programs throughout the entire
Great Lakes watershed.
Eligibility: K-12 public and independent schools and
school systems, institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, for-profit organizations, state or local government
agencies, interstate agencies, and Indian tribal governments.
Funding: $500,000.
Deadline: 6/2/2017.
Contact: E-mail: cathy.green@noaa.gov.
Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Healthcare
Quality and Outcomes (CFDA No. 93.226)
Purpose: To conduct exploratory and developmental research
for projects in the early and conceptual stages of development
that will contribute to the evidence base of how health
information technology (IT) improves healthcare quality and
outcomes.
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: 7/16/2019.
Contact: Tel. (301) 427-1548;
E-mail: gerald.calderone@ahrq.hhs.gov.
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) (CFDA No. 93.618)
Purpose: To assist Protection and Advocacy Systems (P &
As) in promoting full participation in the electoral process
for individuals with disabilities, including registering to vote,
casting a vote, and accessing polling places; developing
proficiency in the use of voting systems and technologies as they
affect individuals with disabilities; demonstrating and evaluating
the use of such systems and technologies by individuals
with disabilities (including blindness) in order to assess the
availability and use of such systems and technologies for such
individuals; and providing training and technical assistance for
non-visual access.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: $347,410.
Deadline: 7/12/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 690-5557;
E-mail: melvenia.wrigh@acf.hhs.gov.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, 2018 (CFDA
No. 19.010)
Purpose: To provide one-year, non-degree, full scholarships
to promising mid-career professionals who have a proven track
record of leadership and a strong commitment to public service.
Eligibility: Individuals.
Funding: $21,000.
Deadline: 8/1/2017.
Contact: E-mail: pas.culture@gmail.com.
Humanities Initiatives (CFDA No. 45.162)
Purpose: To strengthen the teaching and study of the
humanities in subjects such as history, philosophy, literature,
religion, and the interpretation of the arts and to enhance existing
humanities programs, resources, or courses, or to develop new
ones.
Eligibility: Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $100,000.
Deadline: 6/22/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8471; E-mail: hi@neh.gov.
Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes (CFDA No.
47.049)
Purpose: To advance research in the mathematical sciences,
increasing the impact of the mathematical sciences in
other disciplines and expanding the talent base engaged in
mathematical research in the U.S.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education.
Funding: $30 million.
Deadline: 3/14/2019.
Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE):
Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program (CFDA
No. 84.358A)
Purpose: To address the unique needs of rural school districts.
Eligibility: A local educational agency (LEA) (including a
public charter school that is considered an LEA under state law)
is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if the total
number of students in average daily attendance at all of the
schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600, or each county
in which a school served by the LEA is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile.
Funding: $87.7 million.
Deadline: 6/30/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results
for Children With Disabilities: Early Childhood Personnel
Center (CFDA No. 84.325B)
Purpose: To help address state-identified needs for personnel
preparation in special education, early intervention, related
services, and regular education to work with children, including
infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and ensure that those
personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived
from practices that have been determined through scientifically
based research and experience, to be successful in serving those
children.
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: $2 million.
Deadline: 6/5/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Reentry Employment SeriesTraining and Coaching
Facilitation (CFDA No. 16.601)
Purpose: To provide practitioners support to assist justice-
involved adults with maintaining long-term attachments to the
workforce, assess those at high risk for job loss, identify specific
criminogenic risks, and develop programming in response to
identified risk/need areas and to maintain a communication style
that supports exploration of the values, thoughts, and feelings
that lead to job loss and recidivism.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations (including faith-based,
community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations
(including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions
of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher
education).
Funding: $120,000.
Deadline: 6/10/2017.
Contact: Tel. (202) 514-0053; E-mail: ccoblentz@bop.gov.
Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (CFDA No.
93.866)
Purpose: To support centers that will enhance the diversity of
the aging research workforce by mentoring promising scientists
from underrepresented groups for sustained careers in aging
research in a selected area of scientific focus, and to develop
infrastructure to promote advances in this area and increase the
number of researchers focused on the health and well-being of
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minority elders.
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: $4 million.
Deadline: 7/20/2017.
Contact: E-mail: fbowebmaster@od.nih.gov.
Supporting Effective Educator Development Program
(CFDA No. 84.423A)
Purpose: To increase the number of highly effective educators
by supporting the implementation of evidence-based practices
that prepare, develop, or enhance educators and allow eligible
entities to develop, expand, and evaluate practices that can serve
as models that can be sustained and disseminated.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education; private, nonprofit
organizations; and for-profit organizations.
Funding: $42 million.
Deadline: 6/19/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
Survey of International Educational Exchange Activity in the
United States, FY 2018 (CFDA No. 19.432)
Purpose: To gain an accurate and current picture of
international educational exchange activity in the U.S., to
promote mutual understanding through international educational
exchange; to assess and analyze international educational
exchange to and from the U.S., and to administer a series
of sequential surveys to accredited U.S. higher education
institutions focusing on four main sectors: foreign students,
foreign scholars, U.S. students studying overseas in credit-
bearing and non-credit-bearing programs, and foreign enrollees
in intensive English-language programs in the U.S., including
data on numbers of foreign students enrolled at minority-serving
institutions.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and private,
nonprofit organizations.
Funding: Not specified; awards of up to $500,000.
Deadline: 6/22/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726; E-mail: support@grants.gov.
Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services
and Results for Children With Disabilities: Early Childhood
Systems Technical Assistance Center (CFDA No. 84.326P)
Purpose: To promote academic achievement and to improve
results for children with disabilities by providing technical
assistance (TA), supporting model demonstration projects,
disseminating useful information, and implementing activities
that are supported by scientifically based research.
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: $3.4 million.
Deadline: 6/5/2017.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
University Student Research Challenge (USRC)A Pilot
Project (CFDA No. 43.002)
Purpose: To develop novel concepts with the potential to
create new capabilities in aeronautics by stimulating aeronautics
research in the student community.
Eligibility: Unrestricted.
Funding: Not specified.
Deadline: 10/16/2017.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726;
E-mail: hq-univpartnerships@mail.nasa.gov.
Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS) (CFDA No.
10.318)
Purpose: To support research and extension projects that have
robust collaborations to increase the participation of women
and underrepresented minorities from rural areas in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics fields that are relevant
to USDA priorities.
Eligibility: State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and
universities, university research foundations, other research
institutions and organizations, national laboratories, private
organizations or corporations, and individuals.
Funding: $400,000.
Deadline: 6/8/2017.
Contact: E-mail: electronic@nifa.usda.gov.