February 28, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture Higher Education Challenge Grant Programs applications due April 28, 2023

The purpose of the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery systems, and student recruitment and retention, to respond to identified state, regional, national, or international educational needs in the food and agricultural sciences, or in rural economic, community, and business development. Successful projects will address a state, regional, national, or international educational need, involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others, encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources, and result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration.

U.S. Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geospatial Modeling Grant letters of intent due March 22, 2023

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to implement activities that modernize and improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and advance the science of geodesy in the U.S. The program priorities under this grant program include:

• Research and develop new methodologies for defining and applications for working with the NSRS;
• Develop and evaluate tools, models, and guidelines to access, analyze, and manipulate geodetic data;
• Enhance infrastructure of geodetic control, coastal remote sensing data, survey measurements, and other physical datasets that comprise the NSRS;
• Support education, capacity building, and technology transfer for the future of geodesy; and
• Coordinate through partnerships with local, state, and regional users.

Proposals that include student collaboration and eduction as well as those that support the principals of diversity and inclusion are encouraged.

U.S. Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative white papers due May 19, 2023

This program supports high-risk basic research in science and engineer that is of potential interest to the Department of Defense, and attempts to understand or achieve something that has never been done before that will result in significant scientific breakthroughs with far reaching consequences to the fields of science, economic growth, and revolutionary new military technologies.

U.S. Department of Education Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants to Support Personnel Working with Young Children with Disabilities applications due April 24, 2023

The purposes of this program are 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 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 those children.

U.S. Department of Energy; Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy Unlocking Lasting Transformative Resiliency Advances by Faster Actuation of Power Semiconductor Technologies concept papers due March 28, 2023

The goal of this funding opportunity is to advance the performance limits of silicon, wide bandgap, and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor devices and significantly improve their actuation methods to support a more capable, resilient, and reliable future grid. This new program seeks to engage technical experts from power electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, and other related fields to support the development of next-generation ultra-fast semiconductor devices and modules for enhanced resiliency, reliability, and control of power flow at all grid interfaces.

U.S. Department of Energy Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilot Projects concept papers due April 5, 2023

Carbon capture large-scale pilot projects will generate operational data for verification and validation of the commercial potential of innovative technologies, including data on technology performance, non-carbon dioxide air emissions, process models, life cycle impacts, costs, scaling factors, and community benefits or negative impacts of carbon capture technologies. These pilots will help mitigate risks and aid in commercial adoption as learnings obtained from these pilots are expected to inform subsequent large-scale demonstration or commercial deployment plans.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, and Retention – Pathway to Registered Nurse Program applications due April 27, 2023

The purpose of this program is to create a pathway from academic training to clinical practice through the creation and implementation of Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse to Registered Nurse Bridge Programs and employment of Clinical Nurse Faculty.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Clinical-Community Linkages to Address Social Needs and Social Conditions to Advance Health Equity Among Populations Experiencing Health Disparities: The Bridge-to-Care Initiative applications due May 1, 2023

Care delivery, in which a patients health is viewed apart from their social context, must be reimagined to make meaningful improvements in health, eliminate health disparities, and advance health equity. The purpose of the Bridge-to-Care initiative is to promote research that links clinical care with community services and resources to address unmet social needs and adverse social conditions. Specifically, this funding opportunity invites intervention research studies, conducted in partnership with healthcare and community organizations, that address individuals’ and families’ unmet social needs and communities’ adverse social conditions, with a focus on populations that bear an excess burden of morbidity and mortality.

U.S. Department of Justice; National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation of School Safety Grants.gov deadline May 8, 2023 and JustGrants deadline May 22, 2023

The National Institute of Justice seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to fill knowledge gaps in two topical areas: studies on the root causes and consequences of school violence, and examinations of the impact and effectiveness of school safety approaches implemented for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act.

National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants applications due May 17, 2023

The purpose of this program is to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities by enabling infrastructure development and capacity building. This program supports the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities for humanities activities. Projects are financed through a combination of federal matching funds and related fundraising from nonfederal third parties.

February 22, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Promotion Program applications due May 2, 2023
The Local Food Promotion Program focuses on projects that develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products. This includes supporting the processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage of local and regional food products, encouraging the development of value-added agricultural products, assisting with business development plans and feasibility studies, and developing marketing strategies for producers of local food and value-added products.

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Program applications due May 2, 2023
The Farmers Market Promotion Program supports projects that develop, coordinate, and expand direct producer-to-consumer markets to help increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Marketing Service Regional Food System Partnerships applications due May 2, 2023
The Regional Food System Partnerships program supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop local or regional food systems. The program focuses on building and strengthening the viability and resilience of the local or regional food economy. Applicants will work with their partners to promote the development of local or regional food systems. Applicants will coordinate efforts within the partnership to set priorities, connect resources and services, and measure progress towards common goals.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Children and Families Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach Program applications due May 18, 2023
The goal of this program is to build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as amended through victim outreach, identification, case management, direct services, assistance, and referral.

Forecasted: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Children & Families Runaway and Homeless Youth – Prevention Demonstration Program applications due July 24, 2023
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Demonstration Program (RHY-PDP) program supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth and young adults from experiencing homelessness. Through development and coordination of partnerships with youth and young adult services providers, community organizations and private and public agencies the RHY-PDP will: 1) Identify young people at risk of experiencing homelessness; 2) Design and develop a comprehensive community response and coordinated strategic plan to prevent youth homeless; 3) Implement the robust, holistic services plan to respond to the diverse needs of youth who may be at risk of homelessness and their families.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health applications due April 11, 2023
The purpose of this program is to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest risk, or burden, of chronic disease, specifically for African Americans/Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives by:

• Supporting culturally tailored interventions to address to promote activities to decrease tobacco use, poor nutrition practices, and physical inactivity.
• Supporting implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of practice- and evidence-based strategies of tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity collaborations that ultimately lead to reduced health disparities in chronic conditions of hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
• Supporting activities to enhance capacity to educate and promote the importance of immunization among racial and ethnic minority populations.
• Linking community and clinical efforts to increase individual’s access to health care and preventive care programs within their community.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control Sickle Cell Data Collection Program applications due May 11, 2023
The intent of the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) program is to inform decisions and policies that may lead to significant improvements in the SCD community, a community that continues to be impacted by racism, bias, and prejudice. All recipients will adhere to standardized methods for implementing SCDC, develop strategies for effective communication with stakeholders from the SCD community, and produce peer-reviewed publications and other educational materials based on SCDC findings. They will also establish or enhance their partner collaborations and explore paths by which the data may be used to inform policies beyond health care, such as those concerning transportation, education, housing, or employment, that impact individuals with SCD.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Pool Safely Grant Program applications due April 30, 2023
The Pool Safely Grant Program funding opportunity assists states, local governments, and Native American Tribal Governments in implementing enforcement and education programs to prevent the drowning and drain entrapment of children in pools and spas.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Assertive Community Treatment Grant Program applications due April 10, 2023
The purpose of this program is to establish or expand and maintain Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs for transition-aged youth and adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) or serious emotional disturbance (SED). Recipients are expected to implement an ACT program to fidelity and provide ACT services to the population of focus. This program aims to improve behavioral health outcomes for individuals by reducing rates of hospitalization, mortality, substance use, homelessness, and involvement with the criminal justice system.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention, and Safety Grants applications due March 31, 2023
The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant program provides support to fire departments, national, regional, state, local, tribal and nonprofit organizations such as academic (e.g., universities), public health, occupational health, and injury prevention institutions for fire prevention programs and supporting firefighter health and safety research and development such as clinical studies that address behavioral, social science, and cultural research.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth Grants.gov deadline April 6, 2023 and JustGrants deadline April 20, 2023
This project supports high-quality arts programs for justice-involved youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors. This project seeks to support and strengthen collaborations between arts-based organizations and juvenile justice systems to develop, expand, or enhance effective interventions, which may involve emphasizing the unique capability of the art interventions to enhance protective factors and reduce risk factors that lead to justice system involvement, including individual characteristics, social influences, and community conditions.

U.S. Department of Justice; Community Oriented Policing Services Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program Grants.gov deadline April 14, 2023 and JustGrants deadline April 21, 2023
The Fiscal Year 2023 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs.

U.S. Department of Justice; Office on Violence Against Women Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Grants.gov deadline April 17, 2023 and JustGrants deadline April 20, 2023
The Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program supports programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking; and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access Education and Training applications due May 16, 2023
This program supports training programs that develop knowledge and skills among professionals responsible for preserving and establishing access to humanities collections.

National Endowment for the Humanities Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants: Capital Projects applications due May 17, 2023
This program supports the purchase, design, construction, restoration, or renovation of buildings or sites of national, historical, architectural, or cultural significance and facilities that house humanities collections or are used for humanities activities.

February 17, 2023 Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program applications due April 5, 2023 The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in the food and agriculture sciences in order to help ensure the existence of a workforce in the U.S. that’s qualified to serve the food and agriculture sciences system, and promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agriculture sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agriculture sciences.

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program – Organic Transitions applications due April 27, 2023 This competitive grant program provides funding for integrated, multifunctional agricultural research, extension, and education activities. Integrated projects aim to resolve problems through the application of science-based knowledge and address needs identified by stakeholders. Organic transition projects should include research and at least one of the other two functions of the agricultural knowledge system (Extension, and Education) focused on a problem or issue. Research applications are sought in the following areas:

• Priority 1: Document and understand the effects of organic practices on soil health and fertility; greenhouse gas mitigation; enhanced biodiversity; and understanding of weeds, pests and diseases dynamics for better management to help systems adapt to climate change, build resilience of the organic farming system, protect water and other resources, and provide other ecosystem services.
• Priority 2: Develop improved technologies, methods, models, and metrics to document, describe, and optimize the ecosystem services and the climate change adaptation and mitigation ability of organic crop, livestock, and integrated crop-livestock production systems.
• Priority 3: Develop cultural practices and other allowable alternatives to substances recommended for removal from the National Organic Program’s National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances.
• Priority 4: Overcome barriers to organic transition.

U.S. Department of Agriculture; National Institute of Food and Agriculture releases request for applications for Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Foundational and Applied Sciences Program The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science Program supports grants in the following six AFRI priority areas to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture: Plant Health and Production and Plant Products; Animal Health and Production and Animal Products; Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health; Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Agriculture Systems and Technology; and Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities.

U.S. Department of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology Precision Measurement Grant Program abbreviated applications due March 22, 2023 The Precision Measurement Grants Program (PMGP) supports significant research in the field of fundamental measurement or the determination of fundamental constants.

U.S. Department of Defense Defense University Research Instrumentation Program proposals due May 12, 2023 The central purpose of the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is to provide equipment and instrumentation to enhance research related education in areas of interest and priority to the Department of Defense. Proposals must address the impact of the equipment or instrumentation on an institution’s ability to educate students through research in disciplines important to U.S. Department of Defense missions.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education: International Foreign Language Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program Short-Term and Long-Term Projects applications due March 27, 2023 This program provides grants to support overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Short-term projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive language programs. Long-term projects are advanced overseas intensive language programs designed by the applicant that may be carried out during a full year, an academic year, a semester, a trimester, a quarter, or a summer. GPA long-term projects provide participants an opportunity to use and strengthen their advanced language training while experiencing the culture in the foreign country.

U.S. Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education: International Foreign Language Education: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program applications due April 11, 2023 The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities for doctoral students to engage in dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the U.S.

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Large Wind Turbine Materials and Manufacturing concept papers due March 23, 2023 The goals of this funding opportunity are to:

• Further develop broad, foundational, manufacturing “platform” technologies and address gaps and barriers that are currently limiting use of composite materials in clean energy and decarbonization-related applications with wind energy applications.
• Enable additive manufacturing processes for rapid prototyping, tooling, fabrication, and testing of large wind blades.
• Apply additive manufacturing to non-blade wind turbine components.
• Mature nascent technologies, processes, and methods that improve one or more aspects of advanced composites manufacturing, including automation, and sustainability (including recycling) of these materials.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Supporting the Management of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care and other Ambulatory Settings applications due April 14, 2023 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality seeks applications that develop and test strategies to improve the capacity of primary care and ambulatory care settings to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care for people who misuse opioids and other substances. The initiative will build on recent research on effective treatments and effective models of care and lead to sustainable changes in how substance use disorder care is delivered in primary care and/or develop lasting partnerships between primary care and other care settings.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Dissemination and Implementation of Equity-Focused Evidence-Based Interventions in Healthcare Delivery Systems applications due April 21, 2023 The purpose of this funding opportunity is to seek applications using dissemination and implementation science to fill evidence gaps critical to the development, adaption, implementation, and evaluation of equity-focused evidence-based interventions (EFEBIs) to accelerate health equity within healthcare delivery systems. Programs should build new evidence regarding the implementation and effectiveness of EFEBIs to address disparities and advance equitable care in healthcare delivery systems.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Administration Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program applications due April 7, 2023 The purpose of the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program is to increase the number of primary care nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse midwives trained and prepared to provide primary care services, mental health and substance use disorder care, and/or maternal health care. Grants will support the training and graduation of advanced practice registered nursing students/trainees in these disciplines. Awardees will provide tuition and other eligible supports to trainees, build academic-clinical partnerships to facilitate clinical training, and continue to develop and sustain clinical faculty and preceptors as needed.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Program applications due April 11, 2023 The purpose of this program is to prepare new Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to effectively provide primary care by supporting the establishment, expansion and/or enhancement of existing community-based Nurse Practitioner (NP) residency and fellowship training programs that are accredited or in the accreditation process. The program also focuses on the integration of behavioral health and/or maternal health into primary care by training new primary care providers (adult, family, adult gerontology, pediatric and women’s health NPs), behavioral health providers (psychiatric/mental health NPs) and/or Certified Nurse Midwives to transition from education completion to practice, in community-based settings.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health Community Level Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities applications due July 7, 2023 The purpose of this initiative is to support research to develop and test community-level interventions to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. This initiative will emphasize research priorities that can be addressed through community-engaged research approaches to assess and intervene on health determinants beyond the individual level, at the interpersonal, family, organizational, neighborhood, community, and societal levels.

NEW: National Science Foundation Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity The National Science Foundation seeks to encourage nationally transformative ideas and scalable models to strengthen the Nation’s research enterprise, particularly at emerging research and minority-serving institutions. Broadly defined, the research enterprise includes human capital, practices and processes related to research development, research administration, technology transfer and commercialization, corporate relation/public-private partnerships, research integrity, compliance and security, research policy, student research training, and research leadership. In the past several decades, the complexity of managing externally funded activities has increased significantly. The recent pandemic has exacerbated this issue through increased attrition of research enterprise professionals and additional budget constraints. Insufficient resources hinder institutional ability to develop and manage externally funded projects, reducing the opportunity to fully realize the outcomes from creativity present in all the Nation’s institutions of higher education and their partners. Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED), a new NSF-wide initiative, will seek to address these issues.

NEW: National Science Foundation Accelerating Research Translation proposals due May 9, 2023 The aim of the new Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program is to increase the scale and pace of advancing discoveries made while conducting academic research into tangible solutions that benefit the public. Specifically, the primary goals of this program are to build capacity and infrastructure for translational research at institutions of higher education (IHEs) and to enhance their role in regional innovation ecosystems. In addition, this program seeks to effectively train graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in translational research, benefiting them across a range of career options. This solicitation seeks proposals that enable IHE-based teams to propose a blend of:

• Activities that will help build and/or strengthen the institutional infrastructure to sustainably grow the institutional capacity for research translation in the short and long terms;
• Educational/training opportunities, especially for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to become entrepreneurs and/or seek use-inspired and/or translational research-oriented careers in the public and/or private sectors; and
• Specific, translational research activities that offer immediate opportunities for transition to practice to create economic and/or societal impact.

National Science Foundation Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments proposals due May 10, 2023 Revolutionizing Engineering Departments is designed to build upon previous efforts in engineering education research. Projects will develop radically new approaches among multiple two-year institutions to expand the path to engineering and engineering technology four-year programs from two-year institutions with programs such as pre-engineering, engineering and engineering technology. Projects will include consideration of the cultural, organizational, structural, and pedagogical changes needed to transform the department to one in which students are engaged, develop their technical and professional skills, and establish identities as professional engineers. The focus of projects should be on the department’s disciplinary courses and program.

National Science Foundation Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems proposals due September 7, 2023 The Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program aims to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance. The overarching vision of POSE is that proactive and intentional formation of managing organizations will ensure a broader and more diverse adoption of open-source products; increased coordination of external intellectual content developer contributions; and a more focused route to technologies with broad societal impact. Toward this end, the POSE program supports the formation of new open-source ecosystems (OSE) managing organizations based on an existing open-source product or class of products, whereby each organization is responsible for the creation and management of processes and infrastructure needed for the efficient and secure development and maintenance of an OSE.

February 8, 2023 Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Competitive Grants Program applications due March 27, 2023 The primary goal of the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP) program is to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production. There are two types of grants available under this funding opportunity: Planning Projects and Implementation Projects. Planning Projects are projects that will initiate, develop, or support the efforts of farmers, gardeners, citizens, government officials, schools, members of tribal communities, and other stakeholders in areas where access to fresh foods are limited or unavailable. Implementation Projects are for accelerating existing and emerging models of urban and/or innovative agricultural practices that serve multiple farmers or gardeners. Innovation may include new and emerging, as well as traditional or indigenous, agricultural practices.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drug-Free Communities Support Program applications due April 11, 2023 The purpose of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program is to establish and strengthen collaborations to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The DFC Support Program has two goals:

1. Establish and strengthen the collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger).

2. Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increases the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration FY23 First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act applications due March 14, 2023 The purpose of this program is to support first responders and members of other key community sectors to administer a drug or device approved or cleared under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) for emergency reversal of known or suspected opioid overdose. Recipients will train and provide resources to first responders and members of other key community sectors at the state, tribal, and local levels on carrying and administering a drug or device approved or cleared under the FD&C Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. Recipients will also establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for referral to appropriate treatment and recovery support services, safety around fentanyl, carfentanil, other synthetic opioids, and other licit and illicit drugs associated with overdoses.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency Staffing for Fire and Emergency Response Grant applications due March 17, 2023 The Staffing for Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program provides funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to assist in increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate fire protection from fire and fire-related hazards, and to fulfill traditional missions of fire departments.

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance FY23 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-based Program Grants.gov deadline March 21, 2023 JustGrants portal deadline March 28, 2023 This program provides funding to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impacts of use and misuse of opioids, stimulants, or other substances. This program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to respond to illicit substance use and misuse; reduce overdose deaths; promote public safety; and support access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Grants.gov deadline March 21, 2023 JustGrants portal deadline March 28, 2023 Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding programs that support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Pay for Success Program Grants.gov deadline March 21, 2023 JustGrants portal deadline March 28, 2023 Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry Grants.gov deadline March 28, 2023 JustGrants deadline April 4, 2023 Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to establish, expand, or improve evidence-based, culturally relevant programs to address the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support needs of people, including parents of minor children and pregnant/postpartum women, during incarceration and reentry in an effort to reduce recidivism, expand access to evidence-based treatment, promote long-term recovery, and, in the process, improve public safety and public health.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies Grants.gov deadline April 4, 2023 JustGrants deadline April 11, 2023 Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, and correctional agencies performing law enforcement functions to purchase or lease body-worn cameras (BWCs) to establish or expand comprehensive body-worn camera programs with a specific and demonstrated plan to implement this technology to maximize the benefits of BWCs. Funding under this program also supports agencies with existing BWC programs that are seeking to improve the management, sharing, and integration of digital evidence generated from BWCs; optimize how prosecutors leverage BWC footage to improve operations; or use BWC footage to enhance officer training or constitutional policing practices.

U.S. Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Assistance Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program Grants.gov deadline April 24, 2023 JustGrants deadline May 1, 2023 This opportunity will support law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and safety as well as responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration High Priority Program – Commercial Motor Vehicle applications due April 3, 2023 The objective of the High Priority-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) program is to support, enrich, and evaluate CMV safety programs and to target unsafe driving of CMVs and non–CMVs in areas identified as high-risk crash corridors, promote the safe and secure movement of hazardous materials, improve safety of transportation of goods and passengers in foreign commerce, demonstrate new technologies to improve CMV safety, support participation in the Performance Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) program, support safety data improvement projects, increase public awareness and education on CMV safety, and otherwise improve CMV safety.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration Corridor Identification and Development Grant Program applications due March 27, 2023 This is comprehensive intercity passenger rail planning and development program that will help guide intercity passenger rail development throughout the country and create a pipeline of intercity passenger rail projects ready for Implementation. The Corridor ID Program is intended to support both a sustained long-term development effort and a capital project pipeline ready for Federal (and other) funding.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration Areas of Persistent Poverty Program applications due March 10, 2023 The purpose of this funding opportunity is to create new opportunities for those experiencing poverty to help improve transit in areas experiencing long-term economic distress. This grant funding through the Federal Transit Administration’s Areas of Persistent Poverty (AoPP) Program provides more resources to underserved and disadvantaged communities seeking to expand or improve transit.

U.S. Department of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration Low or No Emission Grant Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities applications due April 13, 2023 The purpose of the Low-No Program is to support the transition of the nation’s transit fleet to the lowest polluting and most energy efficient transit vehicles. The Low-No Program provides funding to state and local governmental authorities for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities. The purpose of the Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program is to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing or leasing bus-related facilities.

January 25, 2023
Federal Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Energy; Office of Science Scientific Machine Learning for Complex Systems pre-applications due March 1, 2023

The Department of Energy’s program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research seeks research applications to explore potentially high-impact approaches in the development and use of scientific machine learning (SciML) and artificial intelligence in the predictive modeling, simulation and analysis of complex systems and processes. The focus of this funding opportunity is on basic research and development at the intersection of uncertainty quantification (UQ) and SciML applied to the modeling and simulation of complex systems and processes. In the context of this funding opportunity, UQ refers to the processes of quantifying uncertainties in a computed quantity of interest, with the goals of accounting for all sources of uncertainty and quantifying the contribution of specific sources to the overall uncertainty. For hybrid SciML modeling and simulations, the development and use of UQ will incorporate additional or other sources of uncertainties. Such considerations bring new basic research challenges in UQ beyond those encountered in traditional modeling and simulation approaches.

Forecasted: U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention funding notices forecasted to be released March 1, 2023 with an anticipated applications deadline of April 25, 2023

The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program provides funding to develop sustainable, multidisciplinary targeted violence and terrorism prevention capabilities in local communities, to pilot innovative prevention approaches, and to identify prevention best practices that can be replicated in communities across the country. Lone offenders and small cells of individuals motivated by a range of violent extremist ideologies, of both domestic and foreign origin, represent the most persistent terrorism-related threat facing the U.S. This program will continue to support projects that prevent all forms of targeted violence and terrorism as well as projects that focus on preventing the most pressing current targeted violence and terrorism threats.

Many violent extremists exploit online platforms to spread hate, sow discord and division, and promote narratives to encourage violence. This program supports online, in-person, and hybrid programs that address the threat of online promotion of violence as well as the threat of violence in physical spaces. Many states have developed state targeted violence and terrorism prevention strategies, and this program supports the development and implementation of state, regional, or community targeted violence and terrorism prevention strategies.

National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants in the Arts Grants.gov deadline March 27, 2023 and NEA Applicant portal deadline April 6, 2023

Research Grants in the Arts support research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) welcomes research proposals that address the following priority topics areas:

• The arts’ impact on health, education, and the economy;
• The arts’ role in community transformation and healing;
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the arts; or
• The evolving ecosystem of the arts in the U.S.

National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs Grants.gov deadline March 27, 2023 and NEA Applicant portal deadline April 6, 2023

The NEA Research Labs program funds transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. The NEA Research Labs program funds longer-term research agendas that include multiple research studies and activities that build and inform the field throughout the life of an NEA Research Lab. Each NEA Research Lab will design a transdisciplinary research agenda, conduct project activities to execute that agenda, and prepare and disseminate reports and other products or services that will contribute substantively to a wider understanding of one of the following research areas of special interest to the NEA:

• Measuring the Impacts of the Arts:
  • On U.S. Economic Growth, and/or Innovation
  • On Cognition and Learning
  • On Health and Wellness for Individuals
• Monitoring and Improving Systems:
  
  • Community Health and/or Revitalization
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Arts
  • Other Aspects of the Arts Ecology

National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities and Humanities Initiatives at Community Colleges applications due May 9, 2023

The purpose of these programs is to strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at institutions of higher education by developing new humanities programs, resources (including those in digital format), or courses, or by enhancing existing ones that explore, interpret, and preserve the diversity of human cultures, ideas, and practices, past and present. Projects must address a core topic or set of themes drawn from humanities areas such as history, philosophy, religion, literature, or humanities-informed composition and writing skills.

National Science Foundation Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering letters of intent due March 10, 2023

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program aims to increase research capacity and broaden participation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and related disciplines through the creation of a diversified investment portfolio in research and education that will lead to scientific and engineering breakthroughs, while securing a talent pipeline in a field where workforce needs of industry, government and academia continue to outgrow the available talent.

National Science Foundation Future Manufacturing proposals due April 19, 2023

The goal of Future Manufacturing is to support fundamental research and education of a future workforce to overcome scientific, technological, educational, economic, and social barriers in order to catalyze new manufacturing capabilities that do not exist today. Future Manufacturing imagines manufacturing decades into the future, and supports research and education that will enhance U.S. leadership in manufacturing by providing new capabilities for established companies and entrepreneurs, by improving our health, quality of life, and national security, by expanding job opportunities to a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, and by reducing the impact of manufacturing on the environment. At the same time, Future Manufacturing enables new manufacturing that will address urgent social challenges arising from climate change, global pandemics and health disparities, social and economic divides, infrastructure deficits of marginalized populations and communities, and environmental sustainability. Future Manufacturing will require creative convergent approaches in science, technology and innovation, empirical validation, and education and workforce development. It will benefit from cross-disciplinary partnerships among scientists, mathematicians, engineers, social and behavioral scientists, STEM education researchers, and experts in arts and humanities to provide solutions that are equitable and inclusive.

National Science Foundation Future of Semiconductors proposals due April 24, 2023

The goal of this solicitation is to cultivate a broad coalition of researchers and educators from across science and engineering communities that utilizes a holistic, co-design approach to fundamental research and workforce education and training, to enable rapid progress in new semiconductor technologies. The future of semiconductor manufacturing will require the design and deployment of diverse new technologies in materials, chemical and materials processes, devices, and architectures through the development of application-driven systems. Partnerships between industry and academic institutions are essential to spur innovation and technology transfer, to inform the research needs, and to train the future workforce.

The program seeks to fund research as well as curriculum and workforce development to improve STEM education at institutions of higher education to advance semiconductor design and manufacturing. This solicitation encourages bold, potentially transformative activities that address future semiconductor manufacturing technical challenges and shortages in the skilled scientist, engineer, and technician workforce. This solicitation n encourages proposers to include a holistic perspective on workforce regarding diversity and equitable access to STEM career paths and education by engaging the academic community to broaden access and exposure to advanced technologies and research capabilities.

New: National Science Foundation Manufacturing Systems Integration proposals accepted anytime

The Manufacturing Systems Integration (MSI) Program supports fundamental research addressing the opportunities and challenges that digital technologies present for the next industrial revolution, with particular emphasis on the digital integration of design and manufacturing within the larger life cycle ecosystem. MSI proposals should address underlying principles and advances that are generalizable for globally competitive and world leading industries. Connectivity, automation, and secure collaboration are examples of areas that are integral to digital environments capable of supporting the innovation, realization and sustainment of manufactured products and systems in the value creation process.

National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology releases new solicitation

The Division of Environmental Biology’s (DEB) core programs support research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity and diversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time. Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. Proposals should be submitted to the core clusters; Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Processes, Population and Community Ecology, and Systematics and Biodiversity Science. DEB also encourages interdisciplinary proposals that cross conceptual boundaries and integrate over levels of biological organization or across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

National Science Foundation launches the Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning Prize Challenge to develop innovative learning technologies for K-12 students

NSF has launched a $6 million prize challenge to develop innovative learning technologies for K-12 students, made possible through a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Walton Family Foundation. The three-phase, one-year challenge, known as the Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning, or VITAL, Prize Challenge, will encourage interdisciplinary teams from the science and engineering research and startup or small-business communities to advance innovative concepts into prototypes for potentially game-changing learning technologies. Participating teams will have the chance to receive over $70,000 in development and commercialization support through the Discovery, Semi-final and Final rounds, and up to $250,000 in prizes. These teams will be supported through training, coaching, resources, and funding to develop a marketable educational technology prototype that can equitably impact learning. They will simultaneously build capacities in entrepreneurship, research-based design, learner variability, inclusion, and equity in the education marketplace. The VITAL Prize Challenge portal will begin accepting concept papers in Winter 2023. To receive an email notification about when and how to submit a concept paper, sign up for NSF’s email newsletter for VITAL.