Grants for Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Federal

This funding opportunity supports researchers and institutions conducting fundamental scientific research across various fields to advance the U.S. Air Force and Space Force's technological capabilities.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants. Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 SS4A grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and demonstration activities, as well as projects and strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation, personal conveyance, and micromobility users; motorists; and commercial vehicle operators. This NOFO was amended on April 16, 2024. See https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/fy24-nofo. Applicants must submit their applications via Valid Eval at https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdot_ss4a_2024_implementation/signup for Implementation Grant applicants, and https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdot_ss4a_2024_planning_demo/signup for Planning and Demonstration Grants. Do not submit your applications through Grants.Gov. Planning and Demonstration Grant applicants have three deadlines: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 5:00 PM (EDT) Thursday, May 16, 2024, 5:00 PM (EDT) Thursday, August 29, 2024, 5:00 PM (EDT) Implementation Grant applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM (EDT) on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted unless there is a technical issue directly caused by the online submission proposal system Valid Eval.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to rural communities for projects that create jobs and promote economic development, such as establishing business centers, training programs, and infrastructure improvements.

This funding opportunity supports research projects that evaluate and improve crisis response services for suicide prevention, targeting a wide range of eligible applicants including universities, nonprofits, and government entities.

Leveraging the popularity and penetration of video games in Eastern Europe, the implementer will develop an eSports program at American Spaces in Ukraine. eSports athletes will need professional training to form a talent pipeline to professional teams in Ukraine. In tandem with traditional eSports training, these athletes will receive counter disinformation/conflict resolution training to confront foreign propaganda and disinformation in competitive online gaming spaces. The project will culminate with an eSports tournament and coalition-building event on the sidelines of the tournament.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs will make grants available to eligible organizations for the provision of transition assistance. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are separated, retired, or discharged, as well as their spouses, will benefit from receiving the services provided. Each year approximately 200,000 Service members are separated from the military. Veterans and dependents report significant challenges when transitioning from military to civilian life. These grants will be awarded to eligible organizations that provide employment-based resources and tools, to help these Veterans and spouses overcome employment and financial challenges. In accordance with P.L. 116-315, 4304, VA seeks to award grants to organizations that provide multiple forms of the following services: resume assistance, interview training, job recruitment training, and related services, or are located in states with a high rate of unemployment among Veterans, a high rate of usage of unemployment benefits for recently separated members of the Armed Forces, or a labor force or economy that has been significantly impacted by a covered public health emergency.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for the University of Washington to conduct research on cetacean populations and their interactions with oceanographic conditions in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, through passive acoustic monitoring.

This funding opportunity is designed to support U.S. organizations conducting scientific research that will enhance our understanding of Europa, Jupiter's moon, in preparation for future exploration missions.

This funding opportunity supports research projects that include clinical trials aimed at improving health outcomes, targeting a wide range of eligible applicants such as universities, nonprofits, and for-profit organizations.

This grant provides funding for short courses that aim to enhance research skills in using cognitive data to study aging and Alzheimer's disease across different countries, ultimately improving health outcomes and informing policies.

The Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity (RMUC) Program is offering a grant opportunity for electric cooperative, municipal, and small investor-owned utilities with limited cybersecurity resources. The Advanced Cybersecurity Technology (ACT) 1 Prize is a three-phase competition that challenges eligible utilities to identify risks and implement solutions to improve their overall cybersecurity posture. Utilities that progress through the competition will receive cash prizes and technical assistance to invest in staff training, governance processes, and cybersecurity tools and technologies. To apply, interested applicants should review the official rules for the complete application process and requirements. Eligible utilities can then create a HeroX account, accept the ACT 1 Prize Competitor Agreement, and choose whether to compete as a team. Application templates are available to aid in completing the application. Additionally, Phase 1 applicants must participate in two mandatory virtual webinars. The ACT 1 Prize offers a total prize pool of up to $8.96 million in cash and technical assistance across three phases: Commitment, Planning, and Implementation. Each phase concludes with a prize award. In the Commitment Phase, utilities prepare submission packages describing their resources, need for improving cybersecurity, and commitment to participating. In the Planning Phase, utilities work with technical assistance providers to assess systems, identify training needs, understand risks and solutions, and draft an implementation roadmap. Finally, in the Implementation Phase, utilities make progress towards completing their roadmap with the help of technical assistance providers. Administered by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and managed by DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), the RMUC Program's ACT 1 Prize is part of a larger initiative to enhance the cybersecurity posture of electric utilities. The program will provide $250 million over five years to support critical investments, deliver technical assistance, and provide cybersecurity training to utility workers. This will result in a more secure and resilient energy grid. Interested parties can visit the RMUC Program webpage for more information and to sign up for updates.

This funding opportunity supports cultural organizations in creating public humanities programs that commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, focusing on historical significance and community engagement.

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support collaborative, transdisciplinary, translational research projects which advance exceptionally promising, chemically complex botanical and other natural products relevant to dietary supplements towards highly informative clinical trials of their effects on quantitative, objective measures of human resilience. Dynamic, synergistic interactions among the range of experts required to ensure rigor in all aspects of this research will be supported by a multi-PD/PI team collaborating on a single set of integrated specific aims, culminating in data on optimal parameters for a future proposed clinical efficacy trial, as well as the development and validation of other critical knowledge and methods for interpretation of such a trial, such as clinical assessment of the engagement of an outcome-relevant target. Enhancing workforce and institutional capacity to conduct future rigorous, transdisciplinary research on chemically complex natural products must be built into the plans for research and for enhancing diverse perspectives. Achievement of the RM1 specific aims is expected to provide a strong foundation for a future highly informative clinical efficacy trial of the effects on resilience of a chemically complex natural product.This NOFO is one component of the Consortium Advancing Research on Botanicals and Other Natural Products (CARBON) Program. Other components of this Program include RFA-AT-24-008, Leveraging Data at Scale to Understand Natural Product Impacts on Whole Person Health (R01) and RFA-AT-24-007, Limited Competition: Research Resource for Natural Product Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Data (R24).

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support research that 1) defines associations between variations in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genetic regions and immune-mediated diseases, 2) elucidates mechanisms underlying these associations with the goal of advancing therapeutic opportunities, and/or 3) validates association data in order to improve the predictive power of clinical disease screening.

This funding opportunity provides financial assistance to at-risk communities, including local governments and Tribes, to develop wildfire protection plans and implement projects that reduce wildfire risks and enhance resilience.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), theNCI Worta McCaskill-Stevens Career Development Award for Community Oncology and Prevention Research (K12). The NOFO will invite applications for institutional research career development programs to support the training of clinical scientists in community cancer prevention, intervention, and treatment research. Special emphasis is placed on training of clinical scientists whose career goal is to meet the needs of underserved or underrepresent ed communities for access to clinical care and participation in clinical research. The NOFO will allow the appointment ofScholars proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent community-based clinical trial; or proposing a separate ancillary study to an existing prevention, screening or control clinical trial; or proposing to gain research experience in a community-based clinical trial led by another investigator; or proposing to serve as leader of innovative clinical trial approaches that expand engagement of underserved or underrepresented communitiesin cancer clinical research, as part of their research and career development. This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive applications. The NOFO is expected to be published in April 2024 with an expected application due date in June 2024. TheNOFO will utilize theK12 activity code for Clinical Scientist Institutional Career Development Program Awards. Details of the planned NOFO are provided below.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local governments, tribal entities, nonprofits, and educational institutions in Oregon and Washington to improve outdoor recreation access and services, particularly for underserved communities.

This funding opportunity is designed to strengthen health informatics capabilities in PEPFAR-supported countries by developing a skilled workforce and enhancing digital health systems to combat HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis effectively.

The National Park Service Species Inventories Program (https://www.nps.gov/im/species-inventories.htm) funds projects that address specific management actions underway or planned at a park and the timeline for these projects typically is 12-18 months, resulting in a standard set of deliverables including a report. Four parks in the southeastern United States need an inventory of bat species occurrence (presence/absence) particularly of tricolored bats and their roost site locations and foraging habitat. The parks are Canaveral National Seashore, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Cumberland Island National Seashore and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. Each park would like to understand bat presence/absence in natural habitat and selected structures. They anticipate a sample set of at least five sites at each park could be sufficient to provide insights to their management needs. Our project development workflows involve engaging park managers to clarify their needs. Once an agreement is in place, we coordinate project calls and assist with deliverables and product reviews.

This funding opportunity supports higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and local governments in establishing a Coordinating Center to implement and evaluate population genomic screening in primary care, focusing on diverse communities and actionable genetic conditions.