Grants for Independent school districts - Federal

This grant provides funding to various organizations in New Jersey to promote sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship through community gardens and conservation education in urban and underserved areas.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages formative research, intervention development, and pilot-testing of interventions. Primary scientific areas of focus include the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of novel or adapted interventions that target HIV prevention, treatment or services research for people who use drugs. For the purposes of this FOA, "intervention" may include behavioral, social, or structural approaches, as well as combination biomedical and behavioral approaches that prevent the acquisition and transmission of HIV infection, or improve clinical outcomes for persons living with HIV.

This grant provides funding to organizations that aim to improve healthcare delivery and reduce disparities for underserved populations by implementing evidence-based practices and fostering collaboration among healthcare providers, government agencies, and community organizations.

Notice of Funding Opportunity summary:The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for aCooperative Agreement from qualified entities to implement the Urban Health Activity. Eligibilityfor this award is not restricted.USAID intends to make an award to the applicant who best meets the objectives of this fundingopportunity based on the merit review criteria described in SECTION E of this Notice of FundingOpportunity (NOFO), subject to a risk assessment. The applicant receiving an award will be theRecipient. Eligible parties interested in submitting an application are encouraged to read thisNOFO thoroughly to understand the type of program sought, application submissionrequirements, and selection process.Activity short summary:USAID/Uganda plans to award a five-year Cooperative Agreement to enhance health systemresilience and improve the survival and well-being of the residents of Kampala city, Mukono, andWakiso districts (hereafter referred to as the Target Districts) (the Activity). The Activity willstrengthen public and private health systems at the facility and community levels to deliverresponsive, timely, evidence-based, quality services. The Activity will strengthen maternal,newborn, and child health (MNCH); malaria; family planning (FP) / reproductive health (RH);nutrition; and Global Health Security (GHS) services in the Target Districts.

This grant provides financial support for advanced graduate students conducting dissertation research that applies behavioral science to improve social services for low-income families in the United States.

This funding opportunity supports U.S.-based organizations in creating mentoring programs and research education experiences to develop a skilled workforce focused on HIV research, targeting professionals at various career stages, including students and early-career faculty.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for U.S.-based institutions to organize scientific conferences that promote collaboration and diverse participation in health and science research.

This funding opportunity provides long-term financial support to innovative researchers in environmental health sciences, allowing them to pursue ambitious projects and consolidate existing grants while focusing on mentoring and diversity.

This funding opportunity supports postdoctoral researchers from underrepresented backgrounds in neuroscience, helping them transition to independent faculty positions while providing financial support for their research.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to a variety of organizations working in Kenya to strengthen laboratory systems for diagnosing and treating HIV, TB, and related health threats, ultimately aiming to improve healthcare access and quality.

The Basic Center Program (BCP) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. BCP award recipients provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. BCP award recipients can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services; and at the request of runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

This funding opportunity supports U.S. institutions in creating centers focused on advancing research in nutrition and obesity through collaborative efforts and innovative projects.

This program provides funding to state and local educational agencies to increase the number of qualified mental health professionals in schools, particularly in high-need areas, to support student mental wellness and safe learning environments.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to research teams developing strategies for new HIV treatments and prevention methods, helping them prepare for regulatory approval processes.

The "Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Technical Assistance Provider" grant aims to fund technical assistance and systems coordination to help reduce new HIV infections in specific U.S. jurisdictions by diagnosing, treating, and preventing HIV, and responding to outbreaks, using innovative strategies and coordinating existing and new resources.

This SNOFO has been updated for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 competition. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has modified: Executive Summary, Section I. Program Description; Section II. Federal Award Information; Section IV.1. Address to Request Application Package; Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times; and Section. VII. HHS Award Agency Contact(s). The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families, provides temporary shelter care and other child welfare-related services to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in ORR custody. Residential care services begin once ORR accepts a UC for placement and end when the minor is released from ORR custody, turns 18 years of age, or the minors immigration case results in a final disposition of removal from the United States. Residential care and other child welfare-related services are provided by state child placement licensed residential care programs in the least restrictive setting appropriate for the UCs age and special needs. ORR is announcing the availability of funds under this Standing Notice of Funding Opportunity (SNOFO) to seek residential care providers, including shelter, group home, and transitional foster care. At the time of application, applicants do not have to be licensed by an appropriate licensing agency to provide residential shelter, group, or foster care services for children. However, applicants must be prepared to obtain the appropriate state child placement and facility licensure post-award. All entities funded under this SNOFO are subject to the provisions of the Service Contract Act (SCA) and implementing regulations found in title 29 of the C.F.R. Part 4 including SCA labor standard clauses and must abide by applicable wage determinations. For further information on wage determination, please visit https://alpha.sam.gov/content/wage-determinations. This award is also subject to Executive Order 14026 Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, and its implementing regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 23; and Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, and its implementing regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 13. For additional information on the Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave requirements, please visit: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/minimum-wage and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/sick-leave. All entities, funded under this SNOFO, must also comply with the Flores Settlement Agreement Case No. CV 85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996), pertinent regulations, laws, and ORR policies, instructions, and procedures including, but not limited to, the ORR Policy Guide and Manual of Procedures. ORR encourages applicants to review ORR's policies, instructions, and procedures at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied as these will be critical to the overall program design. Please refer to the SNOFO when it publishes for more details on licensing timeframes, application closing dates and project periods.

This funding opportunity supports researchers investigating new biological, environmental, and social factors contributing to liver cancer in the U.S., particularly in relation to established risk factors and health disparities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations, including governments and nonprofits, to help the Government of Kenya enhance and maintain digital health systems for effective disease monitoring and public health management.

Through this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites U01 cooperative agreement applications for Physical Sciences-Oncology Network (PS-ON). The goal of the PS-ON is to foster the convergence of physical sciences approaches and perspectives with cancer research to advance our understanding of cancer biology and oncology by forming transdisciplinary teams of physical scientists and cancer biologists/physician scientists. Examples of physical scientists may include engineers, physicists, mathematicians, chemists, and computer scientists. The research projects funded through this FOA, individually and as a collaborative Network along with other funded research projects, will support transdisciplinary research that: (1) drives a physical sciences perspective within the cancer research community; (2) facilitates team science and field convergence at the intersection of physical sciences and cancer research; and (3) collectively tests physical sciences-based experimental and theoretical concepts of cancer and promotes innovative solutions to address outstanding questions in cancer research.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications to support the archiving and documentation of existing data sets within the scientific mission of the NICHD in order to enable secondary analysis of these data by the scientific community. The highest priority is to archive original data collected with NICHD funding. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The NOFO is expected to be published in July 2024 with an expected application due date in October 2024. This NOFO will utilize the R03 activity code. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.