Federal Education Grants

This grant provides funding for U.S. Government exchange alumni to develop innovative programs that enhance skills, entrepreneurship, and leadership among young professionals in Equatorial Guinea.

USAID/ Vietnam intends to issue a Cooperative Agreement for USAID/ Vietnam's Partnership for Higher Education Reform activity. The anticipated period of performance of this activity is five years.Attached is the draft Program Description (PD) of the activity. We invite your comments/feedback to this draft PD. Any responses should be submitted to Ms. Huyen Dang at hdang@usaid.gov not later than 9:00 Hanoi time, December 21, 2020 and all responses will be considered prior to finalizing the PD.Please be advised that this is not a Request for Applications (RFA) and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the US. Government to make an award. We anticipate releasing the Request for Applications (RFA) at the end of December, 2020 with a closing date for receipt of applications in mid-February of 2021. We look forward to receiving your comments/feedback. Thank you very much for your time and interest in the activity.

The U.S. Embassy Kyiv announces an open competition for non-government, non-profit organizations to submit applications to carry out a Public Diplomacy Small Grants (PDSG) Program EDUCATION. This Program is subject to availability of funding from the U.S. Government. Program Objectives: The U.S. Embassy Kyiv announces the 2024 Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program - EDUCATION to support projects aimed at strengthening Ukraines educational system as a contributor to Ukraines post-war restoration and development. The U.S. Embassy plans to award small grants to Ukrainian non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations (NGOs) to administer the projects in collaboration with counterparts in education (colleges, universities, local and central governments). Collaboration or partnerships between the United States and Ukrainian organizations is encouraged and may include but is not limited to implementation of U.S. concepts and using U.S. experts. Preference will be given to proposals that provide clear and sustainable results and strengthen US-Ukraine people to people ties or have clear potential for lasting engagement between US and Ukrainian institutions. All proposal must include a monitoring and evaluation plan with clearly defined indicators to measure the realization of project goals. Specific thematic priorities for the projects may include one or more of the following: 1. Collaboration between educational institutions, employers and government entities to produce qualified workforce in sufficient numbers for the fields identified as priorities in economic recovery and development plan. This priority addresses the need to connect the current educational system to the specific demands of Ukraines labor market, drawing, where practical, from US examples and leveraging U.S. experience and institutions to support Ukraines modernization of education. The projects should help youth stay and succeed in Ukraine, and equip representatives of business with modern business tools, concepts, and principles to build enduring professional relationships between Americans and Ukrainians, develop businesses in Ukraine and attract foreign investment. The projects may include, but are not limited to collaborative research, design of regional development plans with regard to the regional job market needs and educational offers, design of dual education programs, development of new study programs/ study plans, adjusted to employers present and future needs. 2. Development of training opportunities and programs for individuals with disabilities, veterans and IDPs to increase their employability and support regional economic recovery and growth. This priority anticipates leveraging U.S. experience and institutions to support Ukraines modernization and expansion of its education system to integrate a growing population of veterans considering disabilities and PTSD challenges, students with special learning needs, displaced and vulnerable populations. Proposals should support Ukraines efforts to rebuild the current and post-war economy including re-integration of mentioned target groups into the labor market. The projects may include but are not limited to the piloting of centers for veterans services and centers for disabilities services at Ukrainian colleges and universities focusing on entrepreneurship, career advising, vocational re-training, small business development, and soft skills development. 3. Support of optimization as part of educational reform in response to war and post-war reconstruction challenges. The projects should consider the optimization of Ukrainian educational system which has been started by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine as a response to the war-generated challenges. Where possible, Ukraines Euro-Atlantic aspirations, particularly, in education, should be considered with regard to areas where U.S. expertise provides unique experiences for educational advancement and modernization. The projects may include, but are not limited to, development of strategies; enhancement of teaching in priority fields identified by the Government of Ukraine; ensuring access to high quality education for students in war-affected areas or studying on-line from abroad. 4. Development of civic education programs for Ukrainian students and adults to facilitate social cohesion and reintegration of citizens from occupied territories, IDPs, with a possible connection to Ukrainians sheltered abroad. The projects may include but are not limited to educational projects in Ukrainian history, culture, and citizenship for target audiences. Participants and Audiences: All project activities supported by the U.S. Embassy grant should take place in Ukraine. The key participants are Ukrainian stakeholders in education who have power to shape educational sector so that it pragmatically addresses the challenges of the post-war recovery period. The target audience (beneficiaries) for the projects include social groups that suffered in the war the most (veterans, individuals with disabilities, IDPs), and decision-makers in crisis circumstances. B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: six to twelve months Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of 25000 to a maximum of 50 000 USD Total available funding: pending funds availability Type of Funding: FY24 Smith-Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds Anticipated program start date: between July 1 and September 30, 2024 This notice is subject to availability of funding. Funding Instrument Type: Grant C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants The following organizations only are eligible to apply: Ukrainian not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); their collaboration with the U.S. counterparts is welcome. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching Cost sharing or matching is encouraged but not required. 3. Other Eligibility Requirements In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number issued via www.SAM.gov as well as a valid registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 for more information. Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov. Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION - see attached full NOFO for all details.

This funding opportunity provides U.S.-based nonprofit organizations and educational institutions with resources to deliver foundational English language education and leadership training to youth worldwide, fostering connections with American values and institutions.

This grant provides funding to undergraduate-focused institutions to support small-scale clinical trials that engage students in meaningful biomedical research experiences.

The National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) has announced the FY24 American Lobster Research Program to support projects that advance the scientific understanding of the American Lobster fishery and aid the resilience of fishing communities against environmental changes and economic uncertainties. Approximately $2 million in federal funds is expected to be available in FY2024, with individual awards capped at $600,000 for projects lasting one to two years. Applicants are required to provide a 50% non-federal match. Eligible projects must occur within the U.S. or its territories and waterways. This opportunity encourages projects involving partnerships across industry, state agencies, academia, and community members to address the fishery's complexities, including its ecological and economic aspects. Grant renewed every year.

The "Addressing Barriers to Healthcare Transitions for Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers" grant aims to fund research for developing and testing interventions that improve the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for childhood and adolescent cancer survivors, with the goal of establishing best practices for their long-term care.

This grant provides funding to educational organizations and institutions to develop and implement innovative programs that enhance early learning and improve educational outcomes for students in elementary and secondary education.

The FY 2025 Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program Placement Components grant aims to foster mutual understanding and enhance U.S. relations with various European and Eurasian countries by enabling high school students from these regions to live, study, and develop leadership skills in the U.S., while also sharing their own cultures with their host communities.

Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits applications for identification of small molecules that function to elucidate the biology of disease as chemical probes or function as agonists or antagonists of disease target(s) for therapy or immunotherapy. The NOFO is intended to support discovery research for the identification of validated hits relevant to health-related outcomes of participating NIH Institutes. Stages of discovery research covered by this NOFO include: 1) assay development for specific biological targets and disease mechanisms relevant to the mission of participating NIH Institutes with the intent to screen for small molecule compounds that show potential as probes for use in advancing knowledge about the known targets, identifying new targets, or as pre-therapeutic leads; 2) screen implementation high throughput target-focused approaches or moderate throughput phenotypic- and fragment-based approaches to identify initial screening hits; 3) hit validation, including implementation of secondary assays that are orthogonal to the primary assay, advanced cheminformatics analysis and initial medicinal chemistry inspection to prioritize the hit set, and follow-up assays to characterize mode and mechanism of action of the validated hits; 4) hit-to-lead optimization, including SAR to optimize target engagement, selectivity and to minimize chemical liabilities, ADME, PK and PD studies, and, if appropriate, in vivo modeling to test efficacy or biological effects.

This funding opportunity is designed for alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to develop and implement innovative projects that promote sustainable entrepreneurship, education, civil society, or media freedom in their communities.

This grant provides funding for research teams to study how early-life social and environmental factors influence brain development and addiction risk using animal models and advanced neuroscience techniques.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that enhance youth mentoring programs, particularly for at-risk youth, by maintaining a resource center and offering training, tools, and technical assistance.

This program provides funding to U.S. colleges and universities to develop and enhance their capabilities for translating academic research into practical applications that benefit society and the economy.

Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022. Purpose of Program: The GEAR UP program is a discretionary grant program that encourages eligible entities to provide support, and maintain a commitment, to eligible students from low-income backgrounds, including students with disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school diploma (or its recognized equivalent) and to prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education. Under the GEAR UP program, the Department awards grants to two types of entities: (1) States and (2) Partnerships consisting of at least one degree-granting institution of higher education (IHE) and at least one local educational agency (LEA). Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.334S.

The Public Diplomacy Section (PD) of the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out programs strengthening bilateral ties between the United States and Luxembourg on Engaging Students in English. The U.S. Embassy Luxembourg invites proposals from non-governmental organizations, think tanks, government institutions, academic institutions, and individuals for programs strengthening the bilateral ties between the United States and Luxembourg and Engaging Students in English, including, but not limited to: Programs focused on strengthening specific English language skills or professional English capacity of students, such as public-speaking, debate, theater/drama Programs that enhance and promote the English-teaching profession and community, such as trainings, workshops, conferences, or presentations for English educators in Luxembourg. English-language programs for underprivileged groups including but not limited to patrons of organizations, such as shelters for refugees, women, abuse victims or childrens organizations. Educational programs such as English language camps, academic competitions, international exchanges, conferences, workshops, courses, exhibits, hackathons, online projects, or performances. Projects that share American best practices in English-language education by bringing U.S. experts to engage with students and teachers in Luxembourg. All programs must engage Luxembourg audiences. All programs must include a U.S. element or connection with U.S. experts that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives. Any speaker paid with grant funding must hold U.S. citizenship. Please review the complete NOFO on the Funding Opportunities page on our website: https://lu.usembassy.gov/grants-program/ or in the related documents tab on the announcement on grants.gov to find more information on how to submit a Statement of Interest.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profit organizations and governmental institutions in Uruguay and the U.S. to implement projects that strengthen economic development, democracy, and security, fostering collaboration between American and Uruguayan entities.

The National Cancer Institute is offering funding for research projects aimed at validating the effectiveness of various markers and assays in cancer detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, with a focus on developing these into clinical assays and ensuring their performance across multiple laboratories.

This funding opportunity supports alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in developing community-driven initiatives that promote democratic values, safety, and prosperity in both American and Ivoirian communities.

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) will support projects proposing mechanistic studies that will transform our understanding of polysubstance use in addiction. These hypothesis-based, exploratory projects may investigate mechanisms of polysubstance use at the behavioral, cognitive, cellular, circuit, genetic, epigenetic, pharmacological and/or computational levels. Research on substance use disorders (SUDs) has primarily focused on individual substances although polysubstance use is prevalent. Polysubstance use is the use of more than one addictive substance within a defined interval; the use may be sequential (use of multiple substances on separate occasions), or concurrent/simultaneous. Limiting studies to an individual addictive substance overlooks potential interactions between substances and could influence the translational potential of preclinical research findings. Results from several studies have demonstrated that the use of multiple addictive substances produces pharmacokinetic and behavioral profiles that are distinct from those produced by a single substance. Despite this recognition, little is known about the precise pharmacological mechanisms and interactions that may contribute to such outcomes, or co-morbidities resulting from co-use. There is also a significant lack in our understanding of how the activity of discrete cells, genes, circuits, expression of receptors, ion channels, intrinsic excitability or signaling mechanisms in the reward systems synergize when exposed to distinct classes of drugs simultaneously or sequentially. Even less is known about these mechanisms in brain regions and circuits that underlie negative reinforcement, or how neurotransmitters, neuromodulators or stress interact within these circuits to contribute to the behavioral and pharmacological profiles observed following polysubstance use. In addition, there is a need for behavioral models of polysubstance use that have translational potential. Research Objectives: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks to stimulate innovative research that will transform our understanding of the basic mechanisms that underlie polysubstance use in addiction. These studies will investigate novel neurobiological, pharmacological and/or behavioral mechanisms underlying the biobehavioral outcomes of polysubstance use. Research areas and questions of programmatic interest include, but are not limited to: Identification and/or characterization of molecules, genes, cells (including non-neuronal cells), neural pathways, circuits, receptors, ion channels, intrinsic excitability, pharmacological and signaling mechanisms mediating the effects of polysubstance use. Mechanisms underlying the association of early adolescent polysubstance use with SUD’s in adulthood. Sex differences in the development and trajectory of polysubstance use. What are the roles of organizational and activational effects of sex steroids on discrete brain regions and neural circuits, and how is this altered with exposure to polysubstance use? What are the developmental determinants? Are there developmental windows during which polysubstance use would be facilitated? What are the pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions that can impact toxicity, or the SUD trajectory? How do environmental factors interact with brain circuits to influence the development and trajectory of SUDs involving polysubstance use? How does stress interact with brain circuits to influence the development and trajectory of SUDs involving polysubstance use? Are there neurobehavioral risk phenotypes for progression to polysubstance use? What are the neurocognitive and neurobehavioral changes that occur through experience with different patterns of polysubstance use? Applications Not Responsive to this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) The following types of studies are not responsive to this NOFO and will not be reviewed: The major goal of the project is not targeted at delineating the basic mechanisms underlying polysubstance use in addiction. Projects limited exclusively to the phenomenology of polysubstance use, consequences of polysubstance use, or those focused exclusively on the development of tools or animal models. Projects that do not focus on combinations of two or more addictive substances with well-justified translational and public health relevance. Projects that do not include a psychostimulant, opioid, or cannabinoid in the polysubstance combination. Alcohol may be included in the polysubstance combination. Research that does not pertain to at least one of the stages of the substance use trajectory, including, but not limited to initiation, escalation, withdrawal and/or relapse. Other application considerations: Collaborative research teams to foster the sharing of conceptual and/or technical expertise are strongly encouraged. Applicants using animal models are encouraged to use models reflective of chronic and voluntary drug intake. Preliminary data are not required but may be included if available. In the absence of preliminary data, a strong premise should be provided for testing a novel hypothesis based upon the scientific literature as well as evidence of the team’s ability to carry out the proposed studies through published or technical preliminary data.