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.

October 26, 2022
Federal Funding News and Opportunities

U.S. Department of Defense; Naval Research Laboratory issues new Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Research

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The research conducted at NRL is broad-based, multidisciplinary scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. NRL is interested in receiving innovative proposals that offer potential for advancement and improvement in scientific and technical topic areas that will address the future operations and requirements of the Navy. and allow it to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Water Power Projects: Innovative Technologies to Enable Low Impact Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower Growth Concept Papers due December 1, 2022

This funding opportunity seeks applications to address innovative solutions to retrofit non-powered dams with environmentally sustainable hydropower at a reasonable cost; applications to address development and testing technologies that mitigate challenges to pumped storage hydropower deployment, including market and revenue uncertainty, development costs and financing, long development timelines, permitting challenges, construction risks, and environmental impacts; and applications to address and encourage emerging organizations to support hydropower development.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Community Living Field Initiated Projects Program Research and Development proposals due December 16, 2022

The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to develop knowledge, methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially those with the highest support needs.

In carrying out a research activity under a FI Projects research grant, applicants must identify one or more hypotheses or research questions and, based on the hypotheses or research questions identified, perform an intensive, systematic study directed toward producing new scientific knowledge or better understanding of the subject, problem studied, or body of knowledge.

In carrying out a development activity under a FI Projects development grant, a grantee must use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, methods, measures, techniques, tools, prototypes, processes, or intervention protocols that are beneficial to the target population.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Primary Care Training and Enhancement – Residency in Training Mental and Behavioral Health due November 15, 2022

The purpose of this program is to train primary care residents in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of services for mental and behavioral health conditions for pediatric, adolescent, young adult, and other populations who are at-risk or have experienced abuse, trauma, or mental health and/or substance use disorders, including those related to the effects of gun. Primary care residencies eligible to apply include family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics and combined internal medicine and pediatrics (med-peds) residencies. Funding must be used to support both didactic training and at least a one-month clinical rotation primarily focused on mental and behavioral health conditions.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Training Program due January 19, 2023

The purpose of the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) program is to increase access to evaluation and services for children with a wide range of developmental and behavioral concerns, including autism. Through this program, up to 15 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited DBP fellowship programs will provide post-graduate training, including fellowships, continuing education to practicing providers, and technical assistance to community agencies. Programs will prepare DBP fellows for leadership roles as teachers, researchers, and clinicians. In doing so, programs will build the workforce capacity to evaluate, diagnose or rule out developmental disabilities, including autism, as well as other behavioral health concerns; and support research and clinical care in the broad range of behavioral, psychosocial, and developmental issues through training of pediatric practitioners, residents, and medical students.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Advanced Training in Artificial Intelligence for Precision Nutrition Science Research Institutional Research Training Programs applications due December 8, 2022

This funding opportunity will support new institutional research training programs in artificial intelligence (AI) for precision nutrition (AIPrN) that will focus on integration of the domains of precision nutrition, AI including machine learning, systems biology, systems science, Big Data, and computational analytics. The goal is to build a future workforce that will be able to use growing data resources to tackle complex biomedical challenges in nutrition science that are beyond human intuition. Such research will lead to the development of innovative solutions to combat diet-related chronic diseases.

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration Nursing Expansion Grant Program due January 6, 2023

This funding opportunity will address bottlenecks in training the nursing workforce and expand and diversify the pipeline of qualified nursing professionals through two training tracks:

1. Nurse Education Professional Track will increase the number of clinical and vocational nursing instructors and educators by training new or upskilling experienced current or former nurses (including retired nurses) into advanced postsecondary credentialing necessary for nurses to become clinical and vocational nursing instructors and educators. Applicants will propose strategies to improve nursing professional, clinical instructor, and educator recruitment, preparation, development, training, and retention
2. Nursing Career Pathway Track will train frontline healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals, including direct care workers, to advance along a career pathway and attain postsecondary credentials needed for middle- to high-skilled nursing occupations. Grantees will develop training partnerships between clinical settings and education and training providers to support accelerated learning and expanded access to clinical residencies and specialty care rotations.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration Exploratory Advanced Research Program proposals due December 5, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through its Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program seeks proposals for research projects that could lead to transformational changes and revolutionary advances in highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation. This program supports scientific investigations and studies to advance the current knowledge and state-of-the-art in the sciences and technologies employed in the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and management of the nation’s highways. Specifically, through this opportunity FHWA will support research addressing the following two topics:

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Highway Transportation: With the growing number of maturing and commercial applications, there is still a need for early state research to support emerging advances in AI than can solve even more complex questions in highway transportation. Accordingly, the FHWA is seeking to demonstrate the potential of untried advances in AI for solving nationally critical questions in highway transportation.
2. New Approaches to Reduce Embodied Carbon from Infrastructure Construction, Maintenance, and Operations: Recent fundamental advances in science and technology can enhance existing or provide new data driven approaches for effectively assessing the impact of highway infrastructure on the earth’s climate and engineer construction materials that provide better engineering as well as environmental performance than those currently used. Examples include but are not limited to sensing and communications that allow for ubiquitous tracking of materials from extraction through re-use, machine learning approaches that are explainable, contextually valid, and transferable, and multi-scale modeling that are flexible and open.

National Endowment for the Humanities Cultural and Community Resilience 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 proposals 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.

NEW: National Science Foundation announces new Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies Initiative

Through this new initiative, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and the newly established Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), will support inclusive experiential learning opportunities designed to provide cohorts of diverse learners with the crucial skills needed to succeed in emerging technology fields, including advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics, and prepare them to enter the workforce ready to solve pressing scientific and societal challenges. Key goals of this new program are to:

1. Expand access to career-enhancing experiential learning opportunities for a broader, more diverse population, including adult learners interested in re-skilling and/or upskilling
2. Promote cross sector partnerships between organizations in emerging technology fields and those with expertise in workforce development; and
3. Develop a workforce aligned with regional economies based on emerging technologies across the Nation, in alignment with the mission of the new TIP Directorate.

National Science Foundation Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 preliminary proposals due January 5, 2023

The Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 Program (Mid-scale RI-1) supports the design or implementation of unique and compelling RI projects. Mid-scale implementation projects may include any combination of equipment, instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure, broadly used large scale datasets and the personnel needed to successfully commission the project. Mid-scale RI-1 design projects include the design efforts intended to lead to eventual implementation of a mid-scale class RI project. Mid-scale RI-1 projects should involve the training of a diverse workforce engaged in the design and implementation of science, technology, engineering, and math research infrastructure.

National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Improving Education and Human Resources proposals due January 18, 2023

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) program seeks to promote novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. IUSE: EDU supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. In addition to innovative work at the frontier of STEM education, this program also encourages replication of research studies at different types of institutions and with different student bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings.

National Science Foundation Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships proposals due March 13, 2023

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and its partners support the continued growth of a broad and diverse interdisciplinary research community for the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-powered innovation, providing a unique opportunity to broadly promote the NSF vision and core values, especially inclusion and collaboration. The Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships (ExpandAI) program aims to significantly broaden participation in AI research, education, and workforce development through capacity development projects and through partnerships within the National AI Research Institutes ecosystem.

October 3, 2022
Federal Funding News and Opportunities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Preventive Medicine Residency applications due November 21, 2022

The purpose of the Preventive Medicine Residency program is to increase the number, quality, and diversity of preventive medicine residents and physicians to support access to preventive medicine and to integrate population health with primary care to improve the health of communities.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Deployment Program applications due November 18, 2022

The Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Deployment Program (ATTIMD), also known as the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) Program, provides funding to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment. These model technology deployments are expected to provide benefits in the form of:

• reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries, traffic congestion and improved travel time reliability, and/or transportation-related emissions;
• optimized multimodal system performance;
• improved access to transportation alternatives, including for underserved populations, and/or integration of payment systems;
• public access to real-time integrated traffic, transit, and multimodal transportation information to make informed travel decisions;
• cost savings to transportation agencies, businesses, and the traveling public; and/or
• other benefits to transportation users and the general public.

U.S. Department of Transportation Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grants applications due November 18, 2022

The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program funds purpose-driven innovation to build data and technology capacity and expertise for state and local governments. Communities should target their real-world challenges where the use of new technologies and approaches can create benefits.

Note: Institutions of Higher Education are not eligible applicants but can partner with a local government to plan and prototype promising transportation-related technologies.

National Endowment for the Humanities Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities applications due February 2, 2023

The Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities Program supports humanistic research that examines the relationship between technology and society. The National Endowment for Humanities is particularly interested in projects that examine current social and cultural issues that are significantly shaped by technology.

National Science Foundation Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication research concept outlines due December 13, 2022

The Advanced Chip Engineering Design and Fabrication Applications (ACED Fab) program aims to leverage the complementary academic talent and engineering strengths of semiconductor research in the U.S. and Taiwan to enable chip design and fabrication to advance semiconductor science, Engineering, and education. Proposals are encouraged to target emerging applications, including, but not limited to:

• High-performance, low-power circuits and systems;
• Edge-AI sensing, computing, and communication; Quantum computing and communication chips; and
• Emerging semiconductor heterogeneous integration.

An ACED Fab proposal must be an integrated collaborative effort between the U.S. and Taiwan researchers. The research project must aim to bring a specific innovation to integrated circuit prototypes that demonstrate advanced functionality and utilize advanced fabrication technology as differentiators. The scope of an ACED Fab proposal must include at least one semiconductor chip design for tape-out utilizing fabrication process technologies of Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries via multi-project wafer runs within the duration of the project.

National Science Foundation Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation applications due December 16, 2022

The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation. The CSSI program anticipates three classes of awards:

• Elements: These awards target small groups that will create and deploy robust services for which there is a demonstrated need, and that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering.
• Framework Implementations: These awards target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of services aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, and resulting in a sustainable community framework providing CI services to a diverse community or communities.
• Transition to Sustainability: These awards target groups who would like to execute a well-defined sustainability plan for existing CI with demonstrated impact in one or more areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The sustainability plan should enable new avenues of support for the long-term sustained impact of the CI.

National Science Foundation Racial Equity in STEM Education proposals due January 17, 2023

Racial inequities often create barriers to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) knowledge generation, as well as access to and participation in all aspects of STEM education, research, and the workforce. In ongoing efforts to address these disparities, the National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to support bold, groundbreaking, and potentially transformative projects that contribute to advancing racial equity in STEM education and workforce development. Collectively, proposals funded by this solicitation will: substantively contribute to institutionalizing effective research-based practices, policies, and outcomes in STEM environments for those who experience inequities caused by systemic racism and the broader community; advance scholarship and promote racial equity in STEM in ways that expand the array of epistemologies, perspectives, ideas, theoretical and methodological approaches that NSF funds; and further diversify project leadership and institutions funded by NSF.