May 10, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture releases request for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Education and Workforce Development applications

The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Education and Workforce Development program focuses on developing the next generation of research, education, and extension professionals in the food and agricultural sciences. This fiscal year applications are requested in the following areas:

• Professional development opportunities for K-14 educational professionals,
• Non-formal education that cultivates food and agricultural interest in youth,
• Workforce training at community, junior, and technical colleges,
• Training of undergraduate students in research and extension, and
• Fellowships for predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars.

Program Area Priorities and deadlines:

• Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates: August 17, 2023
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: September 7, 2023
• Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy: September 14, 2023
• Agricultural Workforce Training at Community Colleges: September 21, 2023
• Predoctoral Fellowships: October 26, 2023
• Food and Agricultural Non-formal Education: December 7, 2023

U.S. Department of Defense; Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences issues Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Scientific Research

The Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sets forth research areas of interest for basic, applied, and advanced technology development that can improve human performance and Army readiness.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education American History and Civics Education National Activities Program applications due July 12, 2023

The purpose of the American History and Civics Education National Activities Program is to promote new and existing evidence-based strategies to encourage innovative American history, civics and government, geography instruction, learning strategies, and professional development activities/programs for teachers, principals, or other school leaders, including instruction, strategies, activities and programs that benefit students from low-income backgrounds and other underserved populations.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Education Programs Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program-Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention and Related Services Personnel at Minority Serving Institutions applications due July 14, 2023

The purpose of this program is to help address state-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants, toddlers, and youth with disabilities and to ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically-based research, to be successful in serving children with disabilities.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office on Violence Against Women Research and Evaluation Initiative Grants.gov deadline June 29, 2023 and JustGrants deadline July 5, 2023

The purpose Research and Evaluation Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (VAWA crimes) to generate more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable to better equip communities to align their work with practices that are known to be effective. These communities will also be more capable of generating empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways to address VAWA crimes. This initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. This initiative prioritizes the following topics:

• Justice: Ways the justice system can effectively pursue and achieve justice in cases involving VAWA crimes, with justice broadly understood to include autonomy for victims, accountability for offenders, procedural fairness for all, and restorative justice.
• Victims’ needs: How victimization and its aftermath affect people’s lives, and what victims need in order to cope, heal, and achieve safety and justice.
• Cultures, disparities, and access: Ways that cultural differences and social inequalities matter in terms of where and to whom people go for help, and whether people can access justice and get services that are useful to them.
• Impact: Short- and long-term impact of the justice system’s response, victim services, and other VAWA-funded interventions on victim safety and offender accountability.
• Indicators of success: What success looks like and how to measure it—for victims pursuing safety and justice, for offenders being held accountable for their violence, and for people who work with victims and offenders.
• Reducing recidivism: How to prevent violence from recurring.

National Endowment for the Humanities; Division of Public Programs Media Project applications due August 9, 2023

The purpose of the Media Projects Program is to support collaboration between media producers and scholars to develop content grounded in humanities scholarship as well as prepare documentary films, radio, and podcasts that engage public audiences in humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Media Projects will be awarded at two levels:

• Development (6-12 months) – These projects enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and other program elements. Awards must result in a script or detailed treatment(s). Applicants may also use a Development award to plan for outreach and public engagement activities.
• Production (1-3 years) – These projects must result in the production and distribution of radio, podcast, television, and documentary film projects.

National Endowment for the Humanities; Office of Challenge Programs Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Program applications due September 14, 2023

The purpose of the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations Program is to support comprehensive assessment and strategic planning efforts by humanities organizations to mitigate physical and operational environmental impacts and adapt to a changing climate. Projects are intended to result in climate action and adaptation planning documents or similar detailed assessments, including prioritized, measurable actions and their expected outcomes. Proposals must address how strategic planning for climate change will increase the organization’s resilience and support its work in the humanities over the long-term.

National Science Foundation releases request for information on Developing a Roadmap for the new Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships with comments due July 27, 2023

The National Science Foundation requests input from institutions and organizations across all sectors—industry, academia, non-profits, government, venture capital, and others—to inform the development of a roadmap for its newly-established Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate, in accordance with the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022. This legislation tasks the TIP Directorate with developing a roadmap to guide investment decisions in use-inspired and translational research over a the-year time frame, working towards the goal of advancing U.S. competitiveness in key technology focus areas and addressing the identified societal, national, and geostrategic challenges. Areas of focus include:

• Use-inspired research;
• Translation of research results to impact, and education, training;
• Development of talent in the key technology areas; and
• Societal, national, and geostrategic challenges.

National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program applications due August 29, 2023

The purpose of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) is to address the critical need for recruiting, preparing, and retaining highly effective elementary and secondary mathematics and science teachers as well as teacher leaders who persist as classroom teachers in high-need Local Education Agencies. To achieve this goal, Noyce supports talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers. It also supports experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become teacher leaders who continue as classroom teachers in high-need school districts. In addition, the Noyce program supports research on the effectiveness and retention of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.

National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education Program applications due December 13, 2023

The purpose of the Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) Program is to center students in the effort to advance innovation, promote equitable outcomes, and broaden participation for all students in STEM education at two-year colleges as well as enhance the capacity of two-year colleges to harness the talent and potential of their diverse student and faculty population through innovative disciplinary, multi-department, and college-wide efforts. Projects should contribute to student success in STEM-based foundational courses and academic pathways for both majors and non-majors. Project activities may be in any discipline that is currently supported by NSF funding, which includes the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. The ITYC program features two tracks:

• Track 1: A Focus on the Academic Experiences of Two-Year College Students: The transformation of introductory, developmental or laboratory courses for both STEM majors and non-majors.
• Track 2: Leveraging Institutional Strengths and Innovation: Professional development of faculty, staff, and administrators, expanding the roles of teaching and learning centers, or establishing a community of practice within or among institutions.

April 26, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Preservation Grant pre-applications due June 5, 2023

The Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program provides grant funds to qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to, Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons.

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Rural Utilities Service Broadband Technical Assistance applications due June 20, 2023

Broadband Technical Assistance provides competitive cooperative agreement funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of broadband into rural areas. Examples of broadband technical assistance projects may include conducting feasibility studies, completing network designs, and developing broadband financial assistance applications.

U.S. Department of Commerce; Economic Development Administration FY 2023 Disaster Supplemental applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Through the FY 2023 EDA Disaster Supplemental NOFO, EDA will award investments in regions experiencing severe economic distress or other economic harm resulting from Hurricanes Ian and Fiona, and of wildfires, flooding, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2021 and 2022.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2023 Clean School Bus (CSB) Grant Program applications due August 22, 2023

The Clean School Bus program seeks applications from eligible entities to incentivize and accelerate the replacement of existing school buses with clean and Zero Emissions (ZE) school buses. Eligible activities include the replacement of existing internal-combustion engine (ICE) school buses with electric, propane, or compressed natural gas (CNG) school buses, as well as the purchase of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) infrastructure and EVSE installations.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Youth Homeless Demonstration Program applications due June 27, 2023

The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is an initiative designed to reduce the number of youth experiencing homelessness. The goal of the YHDP is to support selected communities, including rural, suburban, and urban areas across the United States, in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.

U.S. Department of the Interior; National Park Service FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund- History of Equal Rights- Preservation Grants applications due July 11, 2023

The History of Equal Rights Grant Program (HER) will fund a broad range of pre-preservation planning activities and physical preservation work for historic sites that are listed in or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places or as a National Historic Landmark. Grants are available for planning and “bricks and mortar” preservation/conservation work on historic buildings and structures. Eligible costs for preservation projects include architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation of structures.

Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety Grants.gov deadline June 20, 2023, and JustGrants deadline June 27, 2023

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications to fund the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low-level criminal offenses. This model will involve coordination with law enforcement entities to improve public safety and community residents’ perceptions of law enforcement and procedural fairness and legitimacy.

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 5: A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions applications due July 8, 2023

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to create economic mobility, address historic inequities for marginalized communities of color and other underserved and underrepresented communities, and produce high-quality employment for workers who reside in the Appalachian and Delta regions, enabling them to remain and thrive in these communities. The WORC Initiative provides funding to eligible applicants proposing to meet this goal with a project addressing the employment and training needs of the local and regional workforce, created in collaboration with community partners and aligned with existing economic and workforce development plans and strategies.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Aviation Administration FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants applications accepted until July 14, 2023

The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) provides grants to public agencies and, in some cases, to private owners and entities for the planning and development of public-use airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).

Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT) applications due August 18, 2023

The PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program funds projects that address the climate crisis by improving the resilience of the surface transportation system, including highways, public transportation, ports, and intercity passenger rail. Projects selected under this program should be grounded in the best available scientific understanding of climate change risks, impacts, and vulnerabilities.

National Endowment for the Humanities Public Impact Projects at Smaller Organizations applications due June 28, 2023

The Public Impact Projects program supports small and mid-sized museums and cultural organizations in the creation of public humanities programming and strengthens their capacity to develop such programming.

April 25, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Commerce; Economic Development Administration releases Tech Hubs Program Fact Sheet

The new CHIPS and Science Act authorized, Tech Hubs Program, seeks to strengthen U.S. economic and national security by ensuring the industries of the future start, grow, and remain in the U.S. The Tech Hubs Program will make place-based investments in regions with the assets, resources, capacity, and potential to become globally competitive in critical technologies and industries. The Fact Sheet is designed to help those consortia groups interested in applying for the upcoming funding opportunity prepare and outlines applicant eligibility requirements, timelines, and other program details.

U.S. Department of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grant Programs applications for this fiscal year due May 31, 2023

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks to develop a diverse, world-class pool of scientists and engineers engaged in NIST’s measurement science and standards research, and to support the development of a general population that understands and appreciates measurement science and standards. NIST is soliciting applications for financial assistance for Fiscal Year 2023 within the following NIST grant programs:

• Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services Grant Program supports technology innovation and service to American industry in the following fields: bioscience, chemistry, dimensional metrology, electronics, engineering, infrastructure, information technology, manufacturing, manufacturing metrology, materials science and engineering, nanotechnology, neutron research, optics, and physics.
• Associate Director for Laboratory Programs supports research in areas consistent with the interests of NIST research programs including but not limited to bioscience, communications, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, resilience, and quantum information science.
• Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) supports research consistent with the CTL mission in broad areas that support the accelerated development, testing, and deployment of advanced communications and connected systems technologies in support of both commercial and government applications.
• Engineering Laboratory (EL) supports research in the following fields: advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; robotics; intelligent systems and information systems integration for applications in manufacturing; polymeric materials; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC & R) equipment performance; mechanical systems and controls; heat transfer and alternative energy systems; indoor air quality and ventilation and applied economics.
• Fire Research support research in areas of current interest to the Fire Research Division.
• Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) supports research in the following fields: Applied and Computational Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Biometrics, Cloud Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Cybersecurity, Forensic Science, Health Information Technology, High-Performance Computing, Human Factors and Usability, Information Access, Information Processing and Understanding, Internet of Things (IoT), Metrology Infrastructure for Modeling and Simulation, Privacy Engineering, and Statistics for Metrology.
• International and Academic Affairs Office supports activities that strengthen and enhance the international metrology community and promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness in support of the NIST mission.
• Material Measurement Laboratory supports the NIST mission by serving as the national reference laboratory for measurements in the chemical, biological, and material sciences.
• NIST Center for Neutron Research supports research involving neutron scattering and the development of innovative technologies that advance the state-of-the-art in neutron research.
• Physical Measurement Laboratory supports research in the broad areas of mechanical metrology, semiconductors, ionizing radiation physics, medical physics, biophysics, neutron physics, atomic physics, optical technology, optoelectronics, electromagnetics, time and frequency, quantum physics, weights and measures, quantum electrical metrology, temperature, pressure, flow, far UV physics, nanotechnology, and metrology with synchrotron radiation.
• Special Programs Office supports research in broad areas of critical national need and in response to federal mandates that cut across NIST’s scientific and technical mission focused laboratory programs such as forensic science research, foundation studies, and standards; greenhouse gas measurements research and standards; and open data programs.
• Standards Coordination Office plays a unique role by coordinating Federal standards and conformity assessment activities, supporting U.S. industry with standards-related tools and information necessary to effectively compete in the global marketplace, and serving as a resource to Federal agencies and the private sector on the U.S. approach to standards and conformity assessment.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Special Education Programs Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program-Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs applications due June 13, 2023

This grant program provides grants to institutions of higher education to prepare personnel in early intervention, special education, and related services to work with children, including infants, toddlers, and youth, with disabilities and ensure that these personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving children with disabilities. The purpose is to increase the number and improve the quality of personnel, including multilingual personnel and personnel from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, who are fully credentialed to serve children who have high-intensity needs in early intervention and special education. The program will fund high-quality projects that prepare scholars in early intervention and special education at the bachelor’s degree, certification, master’s degree, or educational specialist degree levels for professional practice in natural environments, early childhood programs, classrooms, school settings, and in distance learning environments serving children with disabilities who have high-intensity needs.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education Modeling and Simulation Program applications due June 23, 2023

The Modeling and Simulation Program supports the study of modeling and simulation at institutions of higher education by promoting the enhancement or development of modeling and simulation degree and certificate programs. Grant funds may be used to establish a modeling and simulation program that may include a major, minor, career-track, certificate, or concentration component, provide adequate staffing (including full-time and supportive faculty), and purchase necessary equipment. Grant funds may also be used to enhance an existing modeling and simulation program by expanding the multidisciplinary nature of the program, recruiting students through fellowships and assistantships, creating new courses, conducting research to support new methodologies and techniques, and purchasing necessary equipment.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health STrengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants: Structured Institutional Needs Assessment and Action Plan Development for Resource Limited Institutions applications due September 18, 2023

The STrengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants (STRONG): The STRONG-RLI program will support research capacity needs assessments by eligible Resource-Limited Institutions (RLIs). The program will also support the recipient institutions to use the results of the assessments to develop action plans for how to meet the identified needs.

RLIs are defined as institutions with a mission to serve historically underrepresented populations in biomedical research that award degrees in the health professions and in STEM fields and social and behavioral sciences and have received an average less than $25 million per year in NIH Grants over the past three fiscal years.

U.S. Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Pitch to Pilot applications due June 20, 2023

The Desalination and Water Purification Research Program (DWPR) works with researchers and partners to develop innovative, cost-effective, and technologically efficient ways to desalinate and treat water. DWPR funding plays a critical role in iterating an idea from the lab to a real-world demonstration, yielding products that serve the water treatment community and attract commercialization interest. The Department of Interior is interested in research where the benefits are widespread but where private-sector entities are not able to make the full investment and assume all the risks, and in research that has a national significance where the issues are of large-scale concern and the benefits accrue to a large sector of the public. The goal of the DWPR program is to address the need to reduce the costs, energy requirements, and environmental impacts of treating impaired and unusable water.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety applications due June 27, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. This solicitation will fund applications proposing an innovative strategy or model to improve community safety, build trust, limit unnecessary involvement in the criminal justice system, and improve residents’ perceptions of law enforcement and procedural fairness and legitimacy. The resulting community safety model should include, but is not limited to, the development of a close and active collaboration that implements new programs, expands existing programs, builds partner organization capacity, and/or expands the role of local government agencies to address less serious and lower-level criminal offenses. The model will be expected to serve as an alternative, but complementary, model to traditional enforcement processes and functions such as arrest, prosecution, sentencing, and court supervision. Collaborating entities are expected to coordinate with law enforcement, who would continue to handle more serious or violent offenses.

National Science Foundation releases new Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research solicitation

The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity) Program supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences. The Capacity Program focuses on building capacity in research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers in three programmatic areas:

• The Cyberinfrastructure Programmatic Area supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvement to cyberinfrastructure for biology that advances or transforms contemporary biology and that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers.
• The Biological Collections Programmatic Area supports major improvements to or digitization of biological collections and collection-based information, enabling the advancement of biological understanding in important research areas, and increasing the broader applicability of collections.
• The Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories Programmatic Area supports major improvements to biological field stations or laboratories in any terrestrial, marine, estuarine, or freshwater environment for research and education.

National Science Foundation releases new Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research solicitation

The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation) Program supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Biological Sciences Directorate. The Innovation Program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas:

• The Bioinformatics Programmatic Area supports the design of novel and innovative bioinformatics approaches that have the potential to become part of the cyberinfrastructure that will advance or transform biological understanding and that have the potential to be broadly applicable in biology.
• The Instrumentation Programmatic Area supports the design of novel and innovative instrumentation and associated methods that address a clearly defined gap in biologists’ ability to capture observations of biological phenomena and that have the potential to be broadly applicable in biology.
• The Research Methods Programmatic Area supports the design of novel and innovative laboratory- or field-based methodologies with the potential for a transformative impact, enabling new and important insights into biological processes and to be broadly applicable in biology.

The innovative nature of the proposed work must be emphasized, and proposals with high-risk/high reward potential are welcome. Principle Investigators are encouraged to leverage NSF-supported scientific infrastructure, such as databases, data networks, computational resources, software, and centers.

April 14, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Exploration pre-proposals due May 30, 2023

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration is soliciting proposals for projects focused on one of the following three themes:

• Ocean Exploration and Discovery: Proposals should be in support of the NOAA Ocean Exploration mission to explore unknown or poorly known ocean areas, processes, and resources in waters deeper than 200 meters. NOAA Ocean Exploration is particularly interested in exploration of physical, chemical, and biological environments and processes within the oceanic water column in these deep waters, however, proposals for projects in shallower waters will be considered if they focus on exploration of tropical mesophotic environments.
• Technology: Proposals should feature application of new or novel use of existing ocean technologies or innovative methods that could increase the scope and efficiency of acquiring ocean exploration data and expanding its availability and use. NOAA Ocean Exploration is particularly interested in proposals for technologies that are platform agnostic, work across multiple platforms, and/or address novel methods, for example machine learning and artificial intelligence, to analyze existing publicly accessible large datasets.
• Maritime Heritage: Proposals should address exploration and discovery of significant maritime heritage resources that improve archaeological knowledge and inform decisions concerning preservation, management, and potential seafloor use. NOAA Ocean Exploration is particularly interested in proposals that include the use of innovative and advanced technology and methodology.

U.S. Department of Commerce; Economic Development Administration STEM Talent Challenge applications due June 12, 2023

The Economic Development Administration is seeking applications to create and implement innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) work-based learning models, such as Registered Apprenticeships, that complement a region’s innovation economy. The STEM Talent Challenge seeks to develop or expand regional workforce capacity to support high-growth, high-wage entrepreneurial ventures, industries of the future, including industries that leverage emerging technologies, and other innovation—driven businesses that have a high likelihood of accelerating economic competitiveness and job creation in the regions.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program applications due May 22, 2023

The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program provides grants for planning, developing, and carrying out projects to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. Projects must enhance primarily the international academic program of the institution, and activities may include but are not limited to:

• Development of a global or international studies program that is interdisciplinary in design;
• Development of a program that focuses on issues or topics, such as international business or international health;
• Development of an area studies program and programs in corresponding foreign languages;
• Creation of innovative curricula that combine the teaching of international studies with professional and preprofessional studies, such as engineering;
• Research for and development of specialized teaching materials, including language instruction;
• Establishment of internship opportunities for faculty and students in domestic and overseas settings; and
• Development of study abroad programs.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program applications due May 30, 2023

The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program is designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific and technological careers.

U.S. Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Industrial Assessment Centers and Building Training Assessment Centers concept papers due May 25, 2023

This funding opportunity will establish new Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) at community colleges, trade schools, and union training programs, as well as create new Building Training and Assessment Centers (BTACs) at institutions of higher education. The new IACs and BTACs that will be created with this funding will build upon the demonstrated success of applied learning environments and hands-on training approaches of existing IACs. The new IACs will focus on high-quality skilled trades job pathways in fields such as industrial electrician, energy management, renewable energy, and advanced manufacturing, while providing hands-on support to small and medium manufacturers. The new BTACs will expand these benefits to commercial and institutional buildings to help lower utility costs and allow companies to reinvest in businesses, employees, and community services. BTACs will train students and workers as engineers, architects, building scientists, building energy permitting and enforcement officials, and building technicians in energy-efficient design and operation.

NEW: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health releases Open Broad Agency Announcement with abstracts due no later than March 14, 2024

The new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) mission is to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone by supporting the development of high-impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems. Awardees will develop groundbreaking new ways to tackle health-related challenges through high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H seeks proposals that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, diseases, and health conditions, including in support of the Cancer Moonshot. Proposals are expected to use innovative approaches to enable revolutionary advances in science, technology, or systems. The four initial focus areas are:

• Health Science Futures, which seeks to develop innovative tools, technologies, and platforms that can be applied to a broad range of diseases.
• Scalable Solutions, which seeks to improve access and affordability and address health ecosystem challenges that impede effective and timely development and distribution of healthcare and disease response at a scale.
• Proactive Health, which seeks to improve personal health and wellness to reduce the likelihood that people require medical intervention or minimize the time that they remain in acute care through accelerated recovery and regeneration capabilities.
• Resilient Systems, which seeks to create capabilities, develop mechanisms, and accelerate system integrations to enhance stability in the face of disruptive events.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP): The National HCOP Academies applications due May 24, 2023

The purpose of this grant program is to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and successfully complete health profession schools. The National HCOP Academies will prepare students to meet the admissions requirements for the next level of their education and receive a health professions degree or certificate. National HCOP Academies’ goals are to:

• Improve recruitment, matriculation, retention, and graduation rates by implementing tailored enrichment programs designed to address the academic and social needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Provide opportunities for community-based experiential health professions training, emphasizing experiences in underserved communities.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health seeks research proposals on the Impacts of Climate Change across the Cancer Control Continuum

This funding opportunity aims to support innovative research relevant to advancing the understanding of the effects of climate change on cancer risks, control, and survivorship, and ways to prevent or mitigate negative health effects. This includes, but is not limited to understanding the impact of climate-related environmental changes on cancer risks, control, and health behaviors; mitigating the impacts of climate-related cancer care delivery disruptions; developing and testing behavioral interventions that reduce cancer risks and improve environmental health; and investigating and reducing health inequities resulting from direct and/or indirect effects of climate change across the cancer control continuum.

This opportunity calls for multidisciplinary observational, intervention, and/or implementation research. Research with consideration for populations that experience cancer health disparities and who are likely to experience a disproportionate burden of effects from a changing climate, is encouraged. Applicants should address how climate change is affecting: cancer risks and carcinogenic exposures; cancer prevention behaviors such as dietary intake, physical activity, and ultraviolet radiation exposure; or disruptions to healthcare systems and cancer care management. Research applications must include collaboration with a researcher with climate change expertise and are encouraged to integrate multiple disciplines because the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on cancer-related outcomes are complex, synergistic, and multilevel.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Entry-Level Modules for Training the Genomics Research Workforce applications due June 1, 2023

The purpose of this program is to develop, implement, and evaluate modules of genomics-related curriculum for the diverse entry-level biomedical research workforce by supporting lead sites teamed with partner sites; and support and facilitate opportunities for the entry-level research workforce to enhance diversity in genomics. This funding opportunity will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development, and training modules will be made freely available, at no cost to the broader community.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity Research Education Experiences applications due June 7, 2023

The Enhancing Science, Technology, EnginEering, and Math Educational Diversity program is designed to foster the development of undergraduate freshmen and sophomores from diverse backgrounds to pursue further studies and careers in bioengineering or STEM fields relevant to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’s scientific mission. This will prepare students to join, in their junior and senior years, an honors program that promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math and entrance into a Ph.D. program. The ultimate goal is for the participants to pursue a doctoral degree and a subsequent research career in bioengineering or NIBIB-relevant field.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award applications due July 14, 2023

The overarching goal of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program is to support educational activities that encourage pre-college students (pre-kindergarten to grade 12) from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. SEPA supports two types of projects: classroom-based projects for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (pre-college) students and teachers and informal science education projects conducted in outside-the-classroom venues, such as science centers, museums, and libraries.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Awards applications due September 6, 2023

The Director’s Early Independence Award supports rigorous and promising junior investigators who wish to pursue independent research soon after completion of their terminal doctoral degree or post-graduate clinical training, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Directors New Innovator Award Program applications due August 18, 2023

The Directors New Innovator Award Program supports early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems relevant to the mission of the National Institutes of Health.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Directors Pioneer Award Program applications due September 8, 2023

The Directors Pioneer Award Program supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative and potentially transformative research towards the ultimate goal of enhancing human health. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigators research program or elsewhere.

U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice Youth Mentoring Research and Evaluation Grants.gov deadline May 30, 2023 and JustGrants deadline June 13, 2023

Mentoring is a prominent strategy for delinquency prevention and victimization recovery that offers at-risk youth structured support from older or more experienced mentors to provide positive role models and promote resilience. The National Institute of Justice seeks applications for rigorous youth mentoring research and independent evaluation projects that address barriers/impediments for youth involved in the justice system to access mentoring services and/or mentoring programs that serve youth involved in the justice system.

U.S. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Policing Practices, Accountability Mechanisms, and Alternatives Grants.gov deadline June 6, 2023 and JustGrants deadline June 20, 2023

The National Institute of Justice seeks rigorous, applied research and evaluation projects examining the impact of: police accountability practices; the shifting and sharing of police functions; police training; and police officer health and wellness programs on an array of police performance outcomes (e.g., officer intervening and reporting of misconduct, excessive or unnecessary use of force, civilian complaints, officer and civilian injuries, police accountability and transparency, public trust and confidence in the police, and quality of police-community relationships).

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program applications due July 7, 2023

The purpose of the Department of Labor Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program is to fund public-private partnerships to develop, strengthen, and scale promising and evidence-based training models in H-1B industries and occupations critical to meeting the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and to maximize the impact of these investments. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Grant Program serves dual purposes by implementing and scaling worker-centered sector strategies to support the workforce necessary for successful implementation of the BIL. To embed strong worker voice into these grant projects, applicants should engage workers during the initial grant proposal development phase to ensure that worker needs and priorities and job quality are incorporated into the project design.

National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Projects for the Public applications due June 14, 2023

This program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. All projects should:

• Present analysis that deepens public understanding of significant humanities ideas;
• Incorporate sound humanities scholarship;
• Involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and production;
• Include appropriate digital media professionals;
• Reach a broad public through a realistic plan for development, marketing, and distribution;
• Create appealing digital formats for the general public; and
• Demonstrate the capacity to sustain themselves.

National Endowment for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources applications due July 18, 2023

The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public engagement in the humanities. It strengthens efforts to extend the reach of humanities collections and make their intellectual content widely accessible. Awards also support the creation of reference resources that facilitate the use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.

National Science Foundation Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 letters of intent due May 15, 2023

The Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Programs funds research infrastructure, including equipment, cyberinfrastructure, large-scale datasets and personnel, whose costs fall between $20 and $100 million.

National Science Foundation Safe Learning-Enabled Systems proposals due May 26, 2023

The objective of the Safe Learning-Enabled Systems program is to foster foundational research that leads to the design and implementation of learning-enabled systems in which safety is ensured with high levels of confidence. While traditional machine learning systems are evaluated pointwise with respect to a fixed test set, such static coverage provides only limited assurance when exposed to unprecedented conditions in high-stakes operating environments. Verifying that learning components of such systems achieve safety guarantees for all possible inputs may be difficult, if not impossible. Instead, a system’s safety guarantees will often need to be established with respect to systematically generated data from realistic (yet appropriately pessimistic) operating environments.

NEW: National Science Foundation Building the Prototype Open Knowledge Network proposals due June 20, 2023

This program supports the creation of a prototype Open Knowledge Network, an interconnected network of knowledge graphs supporting a very broad range of application domains. Open access to shared information is essential for the development and evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-powered solutions needed to address the complex challenges facing the nation and the world. Knowledge graphs, which represent relationships among real-world entities, provide a powerful approach for organizing, representing, integrating, reusing, and accessing data from multiple structured and unstructured sources using ontologies and ontology alignment. Currently, private-sector investments in knowledge graphs power numerous consumer applications including web search, e-commerce, banking, drug discovery, and advertising. Undertaking a similar but inclusive, open, and community-driven effort and making use of publicly available data holds the potential to create a platform that would empower government and non-government users, fueling evidence-based policymaking, continued strong economic growth, game-changing scientific breakthroughs, while addressing complex societal challenges from climate change to social equity. Projects funded by this program will provide an essential public-data infrastructure to power the next information revolution similar to the Internet, transforming our ability to unlock actionable insights from data by semantically linking information about related entities.

National Science Foundation; Centers for Research Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society proposals due June 26, 2023

This opportunity supports researchers in the social, behavioral and economic sciences who use empirical methods to grapple with crises that impact individuals, families, organizations, regions, nations or our entire planet. The Centers for Research in Science, the Environment and Society initiative invites proposals to take the first steps toward developing large-scale interdisciplinary research activities that will address today’s crises and ultimately enhance people’s quality of life.

National Science Foundation CyberCorps Scholarship for Service applications due July 17, 2023

The CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program seeks proposals to establish scholarship programs in cybersecurity. The program goals are to: increase the number of qualified and diverse cybersecurity candidates for government cybersecurity positions; improve the national capacity for the education of cybersecurity professionals and research and development workforce; hire, monitor, and retain high-quality CyberCorps graduates in the cybersecurity mission of the Federal Government; and strengthen partnerships between institutions of higher education and federal, state, local, and tribal governments. A proposing institution must provide clearly documented evidence of a strong existing academic program in cybersecurity.

National Science Foundation A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise proposals due September 11, 2023

The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health are interested in proposals that will propel our understanding of the biomedical research enterprise by drawing from the scientific expertise of the science of science policy research community. This partnership will result in a portfolio of high-quality research to provide scientific analysis of important aspects of the biomedical research enterprise and efforts to foster a diverse, innovative, productive and efficient scientific workforce, from which future scientific leaders will emerge.

National Science Foundation Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative applications due September 20, 2023

The Computer Research Initiation Initiative program seeks to develop and grow the research capabilities of future generations of computer and information scientists and engineers, including computational and data scientists and engineers. This solicitation provides the opportunity for early-career researchers who do not have adequate organizational or other means of support to pursue their early-career research, including to recruit and mentor their first graduate students or undergraduate students, in the case of faculty at undergraduate and two-year institutions, which is one critical step in a career pathway that is expected to lead to research independence and a subsequent stream of projects, discoveries, students and publications.

National Science Foundation’s Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity Initiative releases first program description funding opportunity with applications accepted at anytime

The Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) initiative supports ambitious ideas and innovative strategies to address challenges and inequalities within the research enterprise. The research enterprise is broadly defined and includes administrative support and service infrastructure such as, but not limited to, human capital, research development and administration, research analytics, technology transfer and commercialization, corporate relations/public-private partnerships, research integrity, compliance and security, research policy, administration of student research training, and research leadership.

Proposals in response to the GRANTED program description should be broadly inclusive and engage the professional, administrative research support and service workforce in project leadership roles described within proposals. Proposed projects should look beyond individual and discipline-specific research needs and focus on activities that create institution/organization-wide impact. Projects that identify nationally scalable models to build and sustain research enterprise infrastructure are strongly encouraged. Competitive proposals will recognize structural challenges and include goals to implement interventions, solutions, and/or strategies that will mitigate the challenges and broaden participation. Proposals must be centered around one or more of the three main themes of GRANTED:

• Enhancing practices and processes within the research enterprise;
• Developing and strengthening human capital within the research enterprise;
• Translating effective practices related to the research enterprise into diverse institutional and organizational contexts though partnerships with professional societies and organizations.

While proposals are accepted anytime funding has been NSF strongly encourages proposals to be submitted as soon as possible so that they can be reviewed and receive funding in FY23.

April 11, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Health Care Coordination Program applications due May 26, 2023
The purpose of this program is to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. The program’s goals are to expand access to and quality of equitable health care services through care coordination strategies exclusively in rural areas; utilize an innovative evidence-based, promising practice, and/or value-based care model(s) that is known to, or demonstrates strong evidence to, improve patient health outcomes and the planning and delivery of patient-centered health care services; increase collaboration among multi-sector and multidisciplinary network partnerships to address the underlying factors related to social determinants of health; and develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services, and communication systems. Applicants are required to select one primary focus area from the following: 1) heart disease; 2) cancer; 3) chronic lower respiratory disease; 4) stroke; or 5) maternal health.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations applications due June 5, 2023
The purpose of this program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services. The program is intended to expand and strengthen the capacity of local community prevention providers to implement evidence-based prevention programs.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development FY23 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants applications due June 6, 2023
The Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants support the development of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans which focus on directing resources to address three core goals: Housing, People and Neighborhood. To achieve these core goals, communities must develop and implement a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, or Transformation Plan. The Transformation Plan will become the guiding document for the revitalization of the public and/or assisted housing units while simultaneously directing the transformation of the surrounding neighborhood and positive outcomes for families.

U.S. Department of Justice; Community-Oriented Policing Services FY23 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants -Community Policing Development Grants.gov deadline May 15, 2023; JustGrants deadline May 24, 2023
The Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grant program funds state and local agencies’ ability to participate in de-escalation, implicit bias, and duty to intervene train-the trainer programs to establish internal de-escalation implicit bias, and duty to intervene training programs, purchase of VR/AR de-escalation training technology to support and maintain officers’ de-escalation techniques.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention OJJDP FY 2023 Opioid Affected Youth Initiative Grants.gov deadline May 16, 2023; JustGrants deadline May 30, 2023
This funding opportunity funds projects to develop and implement effective programs for children, youth, and their families who have been impacted by the opioid crisis and drug addiction. Proposed activities should incorporate harm reduction strategies as an overdose prevention technique that reduces the overdose risk, connects people who use drugs with access to treatment and recovery services, enhances health and public safety, and demonstrates a clear nexus between youth and the effects of opioids and other substances.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention FY 2023 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program Grants.gov deadline May 23, 2023; JustGrants deadline June 5, 2023
The Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program funds projects that enhance collaboration between state agencies, local government agencies, Tribes, and community- and faith-based organizations to improve and address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for youth assessed at a moderate to high risk of reoffending and who are returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. The program also supports intensive assistance for jurisdictions working to improve their community supervision practices and build strong juvenile reentry data and performance measurement capacity.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 23 Community Courts Initiative Grants.gov deadline May 24, 2023; JustGrants deadline May 31, 2023
The Community Courts Initiative support efforts by state, tribal, and local governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions. There are 2 application categories: Category 1 (Planning and Implementation grants) provides funding to plan or implement community court programs that address substance use disorders and other issues using evidence-based principles and practices; Category 2 (Enhancement) provides funding to enhance existing community court programs that address substance use disorders and other issues using evidence-based principles and practices.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance FY 23 Smart Reentry: Expanding Jail Programs and Services Grants.gov deadline June 5, 2023; JustGrants deadline June 12, 2023
This funding opportunity provides funding to state, local, and tribal governments to enhance or implement evidence-based activities or services to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people who are currently or
formerly involved in the criminal justice system.

U.S. Department of Labor; Employment and Training Administration Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program applications due July 7, 2023 and June 14, 2024
The Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program will fund public-private partnerships to develop, implement, and scale worker-centered sector strategy training programs that train and prepare the skilled workforce needed to meet the demands of the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). To maximize the impact of the BIL investment, this grant program will train job seekers in advanced manufacturing; information technology; and professional, scientific, and technical services occupations that support renewable energy, transportation, and broadband infrastructure sectors. This grant program will expand the workforce partnerships necessary to build equitable pathways to good infrastructure jobs, particularly for workers from underserved and underrepresented populations in the local/regional
communities where these infrastructure projects are located, as well as within these occupations (such as women).

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program applications due May 30, 2023
The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Program supports modern and sustainable infrastructure accessible to all drivers of electric, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas vehicles. The program funds projects that strategically deploy electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and other alternative fueling infrastructure projects in urban and rural communities in publicly accessible locations, including downtown areas and local neighborhoods, particularly in underserved and disadvantaged communities.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Office of the Under Secretary for Policy Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity applications due July 10, 2023
The purpose of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program is to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development and refinement and implementation focused on all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, personal conveyance and micromobility users, and commercial vehicle operators. The SS4A program provides funding for two main types of grants. Planning and Demonstration Grants support comprehensive safety action plans, including supplemental safety planning, and/or safety demonstration activities. Implementation Grants support projects to develop, complete, or supplement a comprehensive safety action plan, as well as carry out demonstration activities that inform an Action Plan.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration Fiscal Years 2022-2023 Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (WCPP) applications due August 1, 2023
The goal of the Wildlife Crossing Program (Wildlife Crossings Program) is to reduce Wildlife Vehicle Collisions (WVCs) while improving habitat connectivity for terrestrial and aquatic species. The program provides funding for construction and non-construction projects. Construction Projects include engineering, design, permitting, right-of-way acquisition, and other activities related to the construction of infrastructure improvements, such as the building of a wildlife crossing overpass or underpass. Non-Construction projects include planning, research, and educational activities that are not directly related to construction of infrastructure improvements, such as a hot spot analysis of WVCs.