December 15, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy; Golden Field Office 2022 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Energy Improvements at Public K-12 School Facilities – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) – Renew America’s School concept papers due January 26, 2023
The activities to be funded under this funding opportunity support BIL section 40541 and the broader government-wide approach to support projects that enable replicable and scalable impacts, create innovative, sustaining partnerships, leverage funding and economies of scale, focus on disadvantaged communities, improve student, teacher, and occupant health, enrich learning and growth, assist schools that serve as community assets (e.g., neighborhood cooling centers or disaster recovery shelters), and are crafted thoughtfully within the context of public school facilities (e.g., procurement restraints, construction windows, etc.).

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention School-Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievement, and Well-Being of Students letters of intent due January 12, 2023
The purpose of this 5-year cooperative agreement is to protect and improve the health and well-being of school-age children in underserved and disproportionately affected communities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Schools will award approximately 16 recipients with up to 50 recipients depending on available funding. Recipients will use the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to: establish key partnerships to support school health programs; promote dissemination and implementation of CDC school health guidelines, tools, and resources through professional development and technical assistance; and use action planning to implement physical activity, school nutrition, and school health services policies, practices, and programs within state and local education agencies, schools, and out-of-school time settings.

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration YouthBuild applications due February 7, 2023
Under the YouthBuild Funding Opportunity Announcement, the Department of Labor (DOL) will award grants through a competitive process to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. The YouthBuild program model prepares participants for quality jobs in a variety of careers, including infrastructure, and contains wrap-around services such as mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, and employment – all key strategies for addressing community violence. YouthBuild applicants must include construction skills training and may include occupational skills training in other in-demand industries. This expansion into additional in-demand industries is the Construction Plus component, a priority in this grant competition.

U.S. Department of Transportation FY2023 National Infrastructure Investments – Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program applications due February 28, 2023
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants. RAISE grants are for investments in surface transportation that will have a significant local or regional impact. Per the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), in addition to capital awards, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will award at least $75 million for eligible planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for RAISE Grants that do not result in construction.

National Archives and Records Administration Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions applications due May 3, 2023
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish online editions of historical records. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, including any aspect of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience.

National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects 1, FY2024 part I of applications due February 9, 2023 and part II of applications due February 21, 2023.
Grants for Arts Projects is our largest grants program for organizations, providing comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Through project-based funding, the program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector. We welcome applications from a variety of eligible organizations, including first-time applicants; from organizations serving communities of all sizes, including rural and urban areas; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America, FY2024 part I of applications due April 27, 2023 and part II of applications due May 16, 2023.
Challenge America offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to groups/communities with rich and dynamic artistic and cultural contributions to share that are underserved. Challenge America seeks to address these potential barriers for organizations seeking funding. The program features an abbreviated application, a standardized $10,000 grant amount, and a robust structure of technical assistance to facilitate entry to National Endowment for the Arts funding opportunities. This category may be a good entry point for organizations that are new to applying for federal funding.

December 14, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Integrative Computational Tools for Systems Biology Research pre-applications due January 10, 2023

The Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports basic research to understand the fundamental nature of biological processes relevant to Department of Energy (DOE) energy and environmental mission goals. Within BER, the Genomic Science Program supports systems biology research on microbial, plant, plant-microbe interactions, and environmental microbial communities to address DOE’s mission in sustainable bioenergy development. Understanding and harnessing the metabolic and regulatory networks of plants and microbes will enable their design and re-engineering for improved energy resilience and sustainability, including advanced biofuels and bio products. Specifically, through this funding opportunity DOE solicits applications that propose innovative computational solutions that can integrate large, disparate data types from multiple and varied sources, and/or the integration of data to achieve coordinated knowledge or integration of knowledge to decipher relationships of biological systems of relevance to DOE. Novel computational tools and analytical approaches of large-scale, multimodal, and multiscale data that will lead to scalable solutions for omics analysis, data mining, and knowledge extraction from complex data sets (experimental and calculated) are sought, and bioinformatics tools or computational applications that are interoperable and effective for computationally intensive data processing and analyses for systems-level investigations are desirable. Also encouraged is the enhancement of existing software or approaches that are demonstrated to be in broad use by the genomics community, to aid the interpretation of multimodal data for environmental sciences.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering pre-applications due January 12, 2023

The DOE program in Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) is interested in receiving single-investigator or small-group research applications to carry out frontier-level research in basic plasma science and engineering. The FES Discovery Plasma Science: Plasma Science and Technology–General Plasma Science program supports research at the frontiers of basic and low temperature plasma science, including dynamical processes in laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasmas, such as magnetic reconnection, dynamo, shocks, turbulence cascade, structures, waves, flows and their interactions; behavior of dusty plasmas, non-neutral, single-component matter or antimatter plasmas, and ultra-cold neutral plasmas; plasma chemistry and processes in low temperature plasma, interfacial plasma, synthesis of nanomaterials, and interaction of plasma with surfaces, materials or biomaterials. In addition, this portfolio supports microelectronics and Quantum Information Science research opportunities.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Climate Resilience Centers pre-applications due January 19, 2023

Understanding fine-scale, local and community impacts of climate change across this nation is a critical gap in climate research and analysis today. Further, climate change is known to disproportionately impact people in disadvantaged communities due to increased exposure and vulnerability. BER seeks to establish Climate Resilience Centers (CRC) at historically black colleges and universities, non-R1 minority-serving institutions, and emerging research institutions to address critical research questions in support of the needs of stakeholders and communities in the pursuit of equitable climate solutions. The CRCs will facilitate two-way engagement between BER sponsored research and regional communities, enhancing accessibility and translation of DOE research to inform and build climate resilience. Efforts focused at local levels are expected to identify data sets, technical and process information, tailored models, and community contexts that will aid in the new investigations as well as bring critically needed community and local perspectives more centrally within DOE’s climate research planning. CRCs will build upon and enhance the talent and capabilities at local institutions, providing a valuable resource to advance climate research, identify local resilience challenges, and develop equitable solutions. These centers have the potential to catalyze additional research activities in climate and energy, the development of future technology innovations, and new jobs in communities across the country.

NEW: U.S. Department of Energy; National Energy Technology Laboratory Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs letters of intent due January 24, 2023

Authorized the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this funding opportunity seeks applications to develop and commercially demonstrate Regional Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hubs in the U.S. Funding will be provided for projects that contribute to the development and demonstration of four domestic Regional DAC Hubs to accelerate the commercialization of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal via integrated capture from the atmosphere, processing, transport, and secure geologic storage and/or conversion.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs applications due February 9, 2023

This funding opportunity announces the renewal of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) program, established to facilitate and accelerate the translation of academic biomedical discoveries into products that improve patient care and public health. Through this program, NIH will provide the qualifying institutions with the funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Hubs will be responsible for providing innovators with both the initial investment and resources to support the proof-of-concept work and the mentorship in product development and commercialization needed to develop high priority technologies within the NIH’s mission. Funded Hubs are intended to work as a consortium to enable: the infrastructure for identifying the most promising technologies, funding for product definition studies (e.g. feasibility studies, prototype development, proof-of-concept studies) provided to individual researchers, access to resources and expertise in areas required for early stage technology development (including scientific, regulatory, reimbursement, business, legal, and project management), and skills development and hands-on experience in entrepreneurship. Establishing public-private partnerships and providing additional non-federal funds will be critical for success.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program applications due February 10, 2023

The purpose of the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship program is to increase the supply and distribution of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who are well prepared and well positioned to practice independently and collaboratively within interprofessional teams and to deliver evidence-based, high quality, and safe anesthesia and pain management services. The program aims to expand access to anesthesia services, especially to rural, urban, and tribal underserved communities nationwide. Eligible grant award recipients are accredited institutions that educate registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists; recipient institutions, in turn, disburse funds to students in the form of traineeship support.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Rapid Translation of Epidemiological Findings into Interventions to Prevent Substance Use and Addiction applications due March 15, 2023

The goal of this initiative is to address the structural incentives that limit translation from epidemiology into prevention science using a two-pronged approach. The phased mechanism will support innovative epidemiologic research using either primary data collection or analysis of existing data related to substance use and addiction in the first phase to provide the foundation for a targeted prevention intervention in the second phase. The second phase will apply the findings from the first phase to either adapt or target an existing intervention to increase effect size or reach a new population or develop a novel intervention to address a new prevention target.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences applications due April 17, 2023

The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a diverse workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this funding opportunity will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development in cross-cutting methodologies and analytics that are needed to advance behavioral and social sciences research but are not well-address by existing educational programs.

National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects grants.gov applications due February 9, 2023, and full applications due February 21, 2023

Grants for Arts Projects provide comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Through project-based funding, this program supports opportunities for public engagement with the arts and arts education, for the integration of the arts with strategies promoting the health and well-being of people and communities, and for the improvement of overall capacity and capabilities within the arts sector.

NEW: National Science Foundation Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity preliminary proposals due February 15, 2023

The purpose of this solicitation is to broaden participation in innovation ecosystems that advance emerging technologies (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors and microelectronics) by supporting capacity-building efforts at institutions of higher education interested in growing external partnerships.

National Science Foundation Campus Cyberinfrastructure proposals due March 1, 2023

The Campus Cyberinfrastructure program invests in coordinated campus-level cyberinfrastructure improvements, innovation, integration, and engineering for science applications and distributed research projects. Learning and workforce development in cyberinfrastructure is also explicitly addressed in the program. Projects that help overcome disparities in cyber-connectivity associated with geographic location, and thereby advancing the geography of innovation and enabling populations based in these locales to become more nationally competitive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research and education are particularly encouraged.

National Science Foundation Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future proposals due March 13, 2023

The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Program seeks to foster the design, discovery, and development of materials to accelerate their path to deployment by harnessing the power of data and computational tools in concert with experiment and theory. DMREF emphasizes a deep integration of experiments, computation, and theory; the use of accessible digital data across the materials development continuum; and strengthening connections among theorists, computational scientists (including data scientists), and experimentalists as well as those from academia, industry, and government. DMREF is committed to the education and training of a next-generation materials research and development workforce that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive; well-equipped for successful careers as educators and innovators; and able to take full advantage of the materials development continuum and innovation infrastructures that the National Science Foundation is creating with partners in other federal agencies.

National Science Foundation releases new Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program Solicitation

The main goal of the Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program is to enable low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with a S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities that have been shown to be effective supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.

National Science Foundation releases new Research Coordination Networks Program Solicitation

The goal of the Research Coordination Networks (RCN) program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. The RCN program provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships where appropriate, and address interdisciplinary topics. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, training, broadening participation, and development of community standards for data and meta- data are especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks; nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations. RCN awards also do not support primary research. Rather, the RCN program supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas; coordinate ongoing or planned research activities; foster synthesis and new collaborations; develop community standards; and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas.

November 30, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Safe and Supportive Schools: Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program applications due January 27, 2023

This program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). The goal of this program is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs. Partnerships must include one or more high-need LEAs or a State educational agency on behalf of one or more high-need LEAs, and one or more institutions of higher education.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Assessing the Effectiveness of Programs, Policies, or Practices that Affect Social Determinants of Health to Promote Health Equity and Reduce Health Disparities in Chronic Diseases applications due February 9, 2023

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support rapid, applied research with rigorous study design to evaluate the impact of ongoing programs, policies, and environmental improvement strategies on social determinants of health (SDOH) and how these changes in SDOH improve chronic disease outcomes and related health disparities. This funding opportunity has three components to achieve the purpose of this program: Research Studies to Assess Inequities in Addressing Chronic Diseases; Studies to Assess Health and Economic Outcomes and Disparities of Chronic Diseases; and a Coordinating Center. The funded sites are expected to work together to create a network.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program applications due January 25, 2023

The goal of the Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of highly trained clinician-scientist leaders available to meet the Nation’s biomedical research needs by providing support for dual-degree clinician scientist training at institutions that have historically not been well represented among National Institute of General Medical Sciences funded MSTPs. Specifically, this funding opportunity provides support to institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to fully integrate the transitional phases of dual-degree training and mentoring that will lead to the completion of both clinical degrees (e.g., M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm.D., etc.), and research doctorate degrees (Ph.D.) and keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical enterprise.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs applications due February 9, 2023

The Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) program facilitates and accelerates the translation of academic biomedical discoveries into products that improve patient care and public health. Through this program, qualifying institutions will receive funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Hubs will be responsible for providing innovators with both the initial investment and resources to support the proof-of-concept work and the mentorship in product development and commercialization needed to develop high priority technologies. Funded Hubs are intended to work as a consortium to enable; the infrastructure for identifying the most promising technologies, funding for product definition studies provided to individual researchers, access to resources and expertise in areas required for early-stage technology development, and skills development and hands-on experience in entrepreneurship.

National Archives and Records Administration; National Historical Publications and Records Commission Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions applications due May 3, 2023 and November 2, 2023

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish online editions of historical records, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. Projects may focus on broad historical movements in U.S. history, including any aspect of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American history, such as law (including the social and cultural history of the law), politics, social reform, business, military, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The goal of this program is to provide access to, and editorial context for, the historical documents and records that tell the American story.

National Science Foundation Social Psychology proposals due January 15, 2023

The Social Psychology Program supports research and research infrastructure to advance basic knowledge in social psychology. Proposed research should carry strong potential for creating transformative advances in the basic understanding of human social behavior. Among the many research topics supported are social cognition, attitudes, social and cultural influence, stereotypes, motivation, decision making, group dynamics, aggression, close relationships, social and affective neuroscience, social psychophysiology, emotions, prosocial behavior, health-related behavior, and personality and individual differences. Proposals that develop new theories or methods for understanding social behavior are highly encouraged. Research samples should represent substantial ranges of ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, cultures and other dimensions of human populations.

National Science Foundation Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure proposals due February 23, 2023

This program seeks to prepare, nurture, and grow the national scientific research workforce for creating, utilizing, and supporting advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering research and education and contribute to the Nation’s overall economic competitiveness and security. The goals of this solicitation are to ensure broad adoption of CI tools, methods, and resources by the research community in order to catalyze major research advances and to enhance researchers’ abilities to lead the development of new CI, and integrate core literacy and discipline-appropriate advanced skills in advanced CI as well as computational and data-driven methods for advancing fundamental research, into the Nation’s undergraduate and graduate educational curriculum/instructional materials.

National Science Foundation Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem proposals due February 23, 2023

The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. It aims to achieve this by deepening the integration of CIPs into the research enterprise, and fostering innovative and scalable education, training, and development of instructional materials, to address emerging needs and unresolved bottlenecks in CIP workforce development. Specifically, this solicitation seeks to nurture, grow and recognize the national CIP workforce that is essential for creating, utilizing and supporting advanced CI to enable and potentially transform fundamental science and engineering research and education and contribute to the Nation’s overall economic competitiveness and security. This solicitation will support NSF’s advanced CI ecosystem with a scalable, agile, diverse, and sustainable network of CIPs that can ensure broad adoption of advanced CI resources and expert services including platforms, tools, methods, software, data, and networks for research communities, to catalyze major research advances, and to enhance researchers’ abilities to lead the development of new CI.

November 21, 2022
Federal Funding News and Opportunities

U.S. Agency for International Development releases Climate Smart and Disaster Ready Annual Program Statement

The Annual Program Statement (APS) for the Climate Smart and Disaster Ready program, announces U.S. Agency for International Development intent to fund multiple awards that implement innovative and applicable adaptation solutions in communities at greatest risk to climate-related disasters in current and foreseeable humanitarian settings. This APS focuses on local, inclusive climate solutions and partnerships. It will work across communities to reduce the risk of climate-related disasters and improve communities’ resilience to climate change.

U.S. Department of Defense; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award applications due February 7, 2023

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia and equivalent positions at non-profit research institutions, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to Department of Defense (DoD) needs and DARPA’s mission to create and prevent technological surprise. The YFA program will provide high-impact funding to elite researchers early in their careers to develop innovative new research that enables transformative DoD capabilities. Ultimately, the YFA program is developing the next generations of researchers focused on national security issues.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Atmospheric System Research pre-application due December 8, 2022

Atmospheric System Research supports research on key cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and radiative transfer processes that affect the Earth’s radiative balance and hydrological cycle, especially processes that limit the predictive ability of regional and global models. This funding opportunity solicits research grant applications for observational, data analysis, and/or modeling studies that use observations supported by Budget Execution Reviews, including the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility, to improve understanding and model representation of: 1) Cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and thermodynamic processes from ARM’s Tracking Aerosol Convection Interactions Experiment (TRACER); 2) Cloud, aerosol, precipitation, and radiation processes from ARM’s Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL); 3) Warm boundary layer atmospheric processes; and 4) Southeast U.S. atmospheric processes through early use of observations from the third ARM Mobile Facility (AMF3). All research supported by awards under this funding opportunity is intended to benefit the public through increasing our understanding of the Earth system.

U.S. Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Announcement letter of intent due December 15, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing this funding opportunity to solicit emerging Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) demonstration projects capable of delivering electricity for 10-24 hours or longer to support a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. This effort seeks LDES demonstration projects that will validate new technologies, enhance the capabilities of customers and communities to integrate LDES more effectively, and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. LDES demonstration projects are encouraged to have substantial engagement with local and regional stakeholders to ensure that they generate local, regional, and national benefits. Demonstration projects will be expected to carry out meaningful community and labor engagement; invest in America’s workforce by creating good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union; advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and contribute to the President’s Justice40 Initiative goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments, including those in climate change, clean energy and energy efficiency.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Early Career Research Program pre-applications due January 5, 2023

The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the Office of Science (SC). SC’s mission is to deliver the scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Autonomous Optimization and Control of Accelerators and Detectors applications due January 11, 2023

The Department of Energy’s SC’s program in Nuclear Physics (NP) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research and development (R&D) efforts directed at artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for autonomous optimization and control of accelerators and detectors of relevance to current or next generation NP accelerator facilities and scientific instrumentation. Current and planned NP facilities and scientific instrumentation face a variety of technical challenges in simulations, control, data acquisition, and analysis. AI methods and techniques promise to address these challenges and shorten the timeline for experimental and computational discovery. NP supports a broad range of activities aimed at R&D related to the science, engineering, and technology of heavy ion, electron, and proton accelerators and associated systems, as well as a 2 suite of NP scientific instrumentation that operate at facilities around the world, and standalone. NP operates four accelerator-based national user facilities in accomplishing its mission: the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Facility (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU). Finally, NP is constructing a high energy, polarized electron ion collider (EIC) that will be located at BNL.

FORECAST: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health and Human Services Administration Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Residency

The purpose of this program is to support primary care residency programs that integrate behavioral health care and primary care, by providing longitudinal clinical experiences (rotations) in integrated primary care and behavioral health settings and/or certified community behavioral health clinics, particularly those serving rural and underserved populations.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Transformative Educational Advancement and Mentoring Network applications due February 10, 2023

The Transformative Educational Advancement and Mentoring (TEAM) Network will pilot test the use of training champions (TCs) at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to support the development of educational activities and scientific career development programs and promote the diversity of the cancer research workforce. The career development levels of focus for this funding opportunity will include predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and early-stage investigators. TCs are defined as personnel located within the MSI who can assist potential scholars with their plans to apply, attain, or transition to an independent grant award. This request for applications will leverage TCs to assist scholars in identifying funding opportunities, networking with appropriate National Institutes of Health program directors, and locating resources for competitive application preparation. TCs will also provide additional training support, navigation, and resources to enhance the skills required to successfully identify, prepare, submit, and obtain grants and career development opportunities.

National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections applications due January 12, 2022

This program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and strengthen institutional resilience, i.e., the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.

National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes for Higher Education Faculty and K-12 Educators applications due February 1, 2023

Institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty or K-12 educators from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. Most fundamentally, institutes allow immersive study of humanities topics; foster new fields of study and/or revitalize existing areas of inquiry; strengthen humanities teaching and learning in the classroom; and build lasting communities that foster participants’ intellectual and professional collaboration. Institutes should:

• Ground the study in significant humanities texts and related resources
• Explore multiple, rigorous approaches to the topic
• Consider how the topic engages recent developments in the scholarship, teaching, and curricula of participants’ professional settings
• Provide opportunities for deep and collaborative engagement with the topic
• Model excellent scholarship, teaching, and collegial dialogue
• Reach the widest possible audience for whom the topic is relevant

National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture applications due February 1, 2023

The program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation that enhance and strengthen how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals incorporate place-based teaching and learning in the humanities. Landmarks of American History and Culture workshops (Landmarks) situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching about diverse histories, cultures, traditions, languages, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.

National Science Foundation Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges proposals due February 15, 2023

The goal of this program is to support use-inspired research that tackles pressing societal challenges. Principles that govern living systems, their architecture, metabolism, physiology, communication, and regulation provide valuable insights into how those systems effectively interact with each other and with the environment. Cells, organisms, ecosystems, and biomes all develop mechanisms to utilize and share resources, recycle nutrients and materials, and adapt to environmental perturbations, both individually and collectively, thereby addressing challenges similar to those faced by society today.

National Science Foundation Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences proposals due February 16, 2023

The Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences program invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or training opportunities during college in research fields typically supported by the Directorate of Biological Sciences. A strategic focus of the National Science Foundation is to foster the growth of a globally-competitive and diverse research workforce. To that end, proposals submitted to this program are expected to create strong evidence-based, inclusive and culturally-aware mentorship programs that will advance the goal of creating a competitive and highly representative STEM workforce in the U.S. with a focus on the biological sciences. Projects are expected to train individuals for a range of potential career pathways in the biological sciences including: research-focused M.S. or Ph.D. graduate programs; entry-level positions in industry, federal, tribal, or state agencies, education and research centers, or not-for-profit science-based organizations; or other STEM careers.

National Science Foundation Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure proposals due February 17, 2023

The objective of the Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) program is to advance scientific discovery and innovation by enhancing the security and privacy of cyberinfrastructure. CICI supports efforts to develop, deploy and integrate cybersecurity that will benefit the broader scientific community by securing science data, computation, collaborations workflows, and infrastructure. CICI recognizes the unique nature of modern, complex, data-driven, distributed, rapid, and collaborative science and the breadth of infrastructure and requirements across scientific disciplines, practitioners, researchers, and projects.

National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program proposals due February 17, 2023, or November 15, 2023

The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. MRI provides support to acquire critical research instrumentation without which advances in fundamental science and engineering research may not otherwise occur. MRI also provides support to obtain next-generation research instruments by developing instruments with new capabilities that open new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research. Additionally, an MRI award is expected to enhance research training of students who will become the next generation of instrument users, designers and builders.

National Science Foundation releases Paleoclimate Grant solicitation

The goals of the paleoclimate program are to: provide a baseline for present climate variability and future climate trends, and improve the understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that influence climate variability and trends over the long-term. Research topics include observational and modeling studies of past climate variability and its drivers and studies that develop new paleoclimate proxies and records. Competitive proposals will address specific aspects of scientific uncertainty for their proposed research. Proposals are welcome at any time during the year for the Paleoclimate Program but, investigators are encouraged to submit proposals early in the fiscal year.

November 21, 2022
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstrations Funding Opportunity Announcement letter of intent due December 15, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy is releasing this funding opportunity to solicit emerging Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) demonstration projects capable of delivering electricity for 10-24 hours or longer to support a low-cost, reliable, carbon-free electric grid. This effort seeks LDES demonstration projects that will validate new technologies, enhance the capabilities of customers and communities to integrate LDES more effectively, and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. LDES demonstration projects are encouraged to have substantial engagement with local and regional stakeholders to ensure that they generate local, regional, and national benefits. Demonstration projects will be expected to carry out meaningful community and labor engagement; invest in America’s workforce by creating good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union; advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and contribute to the President’s Justice40 Initiative goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal investments, including those in climate change, clean energy and energy efficiency.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program applications due February 6, 2023

Ending and preventing homelessness among Veterans is a priority for Veterans Affairs (VA). VA Homeless Programs Office constitutes the Nation’s largest integrated network of homelessness, housing, prevention, and rehabilitation services for Veterans. These programs are designed to help Veterans live as self-sufficiently and independently as possible. The foundation for these programs is based on Housing First principles combined with supportive services to ensure Veterans are able to end the cycle of homelessness.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program applications due January 16, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides funding to the new Recycling Education and Outreach Grant program for projects that inform the public about new or existing residential or community recycling programs; provide information about the recycled materials that are accepted as part of a residential or community recycling program that provides for the separate collection of residential solid waste from recycled material; and increases collection rates and decreases contamination in residential and community recycling programs. Projects will improve consumer recycling education with the goal of achieving separate collection of recycled material across the nation, maximizing the efficient reuse of materials, and identifying strategies that otherwise result in an increase in volume of recyclable materials.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program for Political Subdivisions of States and Territories applications due January 16, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications for a wide variety of projects that are designed to build and transform solid waste infrastructure in the United States to equitably reduce waste and manage materials to achieve a circular economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create cleaner, resilient, and healthier communities. It is anticipated that projects will enable the EPA to help eligible partners advance from “where they are” to significantly transform their post-consumer materials management infrastructure. Projects will create new capacity for, optimize existing capacity of, or identify strategies that result in an increase in management of post-consumer materials. The EPA also recognizes and encourages applications that demonstrate innovative solutions and programs that provide or increase access to prevention, reuse, recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting opportunities in areas that currently do not have access.

Federal Communications Commission Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program applications due January 30, 2023

The goal of the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (ACP) is to facilitate the promotion of the ACP and increase awareness of and participation in the ACP among eligible households. To support this goal, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is providing federal financial assistance through the ACP Outreach Grant Program to engage in targeted outreach to low-income households nationwide both to gauge existing levels of ACP awareness and to promote increased awareness of and participation in the program by eligible households.

National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections applications due January 12, 2023

This program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and strengthen institutional resilience (i.e., the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity).

National Endowment for the Humanities Cultural and Community Resilience applications due January 12, 2023

This program supports community-based efforts to mitigate climate change and COVID-19 pandemic impacts, safeguard cultural resources, and foster cultural resilience through identifying, documenting, and/or collecting cultural heritage and community experience. The program prioritizes projects from disadvantaged communities in the U.S. or its jurisdictions, and encourages applications that employ inclusive methodologies.

National Endowment for the Humanities Climate Smart Humanities Organizations applications due January 17, 2023

This program supports comprehensive assessment and strategic planning efforts by humanities organizations to mitigate physical and operational environmental impacts and adapt to a changing climate. Projects will result in climate action and adaptation planning documents or similar detailed assessments including prioritized, measurable actions and their expected outcomes.

National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture applications due February 1, 2023

The program supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation that enhance and strengthen how K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals incorporate place-based teaching and learning in the humanities. Landmarks of American History and Culture workshops (Landmarks) situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching about diverse histories, cultures, traditions, languages, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.