Federal Education Grants

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S Embassy in Azerbaijan is pleased to announce an open competition for Azerbaijani alumni of U.S. exchange programs to submit applications to implement a series of Alumni capacity building and networking events under the Alumni Outreach and Capacity Building Fund. The activities should take place over calendar years 2024 and 2025. Proposals should include the below components: Alumni Capacity Building: A series of training sessions, bootcamps, or seminars on soft skills development and community engagement. Youth Alumni Training: An in-person training and networking program in Azerbaijan for recently returned youth alumni to build their skills and remain engaged with Embassy and alumni network. Annual Alumni Reception: A large networking event for alumni. Alumni Summit: A two-day event to develop capacity while showcasing the work of our alumni through exhibits, panels, workshops, and speakers. Thematic meetups: A series of at least four engagements bringing together alumni in specific fields to build capacity, strengthen networks, and encourage them to collaborate across exchange program and age cohorts.

This grant provides funding for U.S. organizations to facilitate international exchanges that connect American technology leaders with foreign STEM professionals, focusing on critical emerging technologies to enhance collaboration and promote U.S. standards globally.

This funding opportunity is designed for small businesses to develop affordable and innovative devices that can quickly and accurately detect both known and unknown drugs in biological samples, particularly in resource-limited settings like emergency departments and health centers.

This grant provides funding for a nonprofit or educational organization to implement an artificial intelligence training program in Algeria, targeting university students, educators, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

This grant provides funding for alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to develop initiatives that promote freedom of expression and democratic values, culminating in a collaborative summit in Niger.

This funding opportunity provides support for mid-career clinician-scientists to conduct patient-oriented research while mentoring early-stage clinical researchers.

This grant provides funding for U.S.-based organizations to facilitate a leadership and professional exchange program for emerging Tibetan leaders from China, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, fostering economic prosperity and cultural connections.

This grant provides funding to state agencies and organizations to improve services and support for children who are DeafBlind, enhancing their educational and developmental outcomes across eight targeted states.

The "Stem" grant is aimed at gathering information and suggestions from potential partners to help USAID and the Egyptian Government expand and improve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in mainstream public schools in Egypt, with a focus on interdisciplinary learning, project-based instruction, and soft skills development.

The NIH INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project seeks to improve health and quality-of-life for individuals with Down syndrome. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites researchers to submit applications for support of clinical projects that address critical needs for clinical trial readiness in Down syndrome. This initiative seeks applications that are intended to facilitate Down syndrome research by enabling efficient and effective movement of candidate therapeutics or diagnostics towards clinical trials for Down syndrome and its co-occurring conditions, and to increase their likelihood of success through development and testing of biomarkers and clinical outcome assessment measures, development and testing of novel trial methods and recruitment strategies, or by defining the presentation and course of the co-occurring conditions in individuals with Down syndrome to enable the design of future clinical trials.

This funding opportunity supports higher education institutions in training researchers with advanced degrees to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, emphasizing the inclusion of trainees with disabilities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to exceptional clinician scientists who contribute to the development and implementation of NCI clinical trials, ensuring their continued involvement in cancer research without being principal investigators on research project grants.

This grant provides funding for research on how HIV and substance use affect placental health and maternal outcomes, targeting a wide range of institutions and researchers focused on these critical health issues.

This grant provides funding for research projects that explore how sex hormones affect HIV progression and substance use disorders, aiming to develop new therapeutic strategies for these interconnected health issues.

This funding opportunity supports research projects that develop and test innovative strategies to improve cancer screening and preventive services for populations facing health disparities, such as racial and ethnic minorities, low-income groups, and rural communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for innovative projects led by alumni of U.S. government exchange programs that promote American values and strengthen ties between the United States and Italy.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications for the Research Units (RUs), one of the two scientific components of the Pancreatic Cancer Detection Consortium (PCDC), to conduct research on early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and characterization of its precursor lesions to identify those patients who are at high risk of progression to cancer. The PCDC will continue to address one of the four research priorities identified in the National Cancer Institute's 2014 Scientific Framework for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. The PCDC will support research for the development and testing of new molecular and imaging biomarkers for detecting PDAC early and for identifying those patients at high risk of PDAC (because of genetic factors or presence of precursor lesions) who could be candidates for early intervention. The PCDC-RUs will consist of multi-disciplinary teams and will undertake studies to: identify and test biomarkers measurable in bodily fluids for early detection of PDAC and/or its precursor lesions; determine which pancreatic cysts are likely to progress to cancer; develop molecular- and/or imaging-based approaches for screening populations at high risk of PDAC; use machine learning and computational approaches towards biomarker discovery and/or validation; and conduct biomarker validation studies. The PCDC-RUs will also collect longitudinal biospecimens for building a biorepository. Each PCDC-RU is expected to participate in collaborative activities with other PCDC-RUs and share ideas, biospecimens and data within the Consortium. The other scientific component of the PCDC will be the Management and Data Coordination Unit (MDCU). The PCDC-MDCU will provide support toward study design, protocol development, statistical analysis, coordination, harmonization, data management and stewardship for the trans-PCDC collaborative projects, including biorepository building effort. The PCDC-MDCU will also supp

This funding opportunity provides financial support for researchers to explore innovative ways to integrate genomic information into clinical care, particularly focusing on diverse and underserved populations to improve health equity.

This grant provides funding to support community-driven educational initiatives that enhance college and career readiness for Indian students through culturally relevant approaches and partnerships with local tribes and educational institutions.

This grant provides funding for researchers to explore how HIV and substance use disorders affect protein interactions in microglia, aiming to uncover mechanisms that could lead to new treatments for these interconnected conditions.