July Funding Report

COVID-19 Grants

Federal

NIH Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01)

(Application Deadline: August 20, 2020)

This FOA aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and future public health emergencies, including pandemics. While research related to the direct clinical effects of COVID-19 are supported by other funding opportunities, the purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions [e.g., mobile health (mhealth), telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology (IT), and wearable devices] to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations. LEARN MORE

NIH Community Interventions to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Disparity and Vulnerable Populations (R01)

(Application Deadline: August 28, 2020; December 1, 2020)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to implement and evaluate community interventions testing 1) the impacts of mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in NIH-designated health disparity populations and other vulnerable groups; and 2) already implemented, new, or adapted interventions to address the adverse psychosocial, behavioral, and socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic on the health of these groups. LEARN MORE

NSF Rapid Response Research (RAPID)

(Application Deadline: Rolling) 

In light of the emergence and spread of COVID-19 in the United States and abroad, the NSF is accepting proposals to conduct non-medical, non-clinical-care research that can be used immediately to explore how to model and understand the spread of COVID-19, to inform and educate about the science of virus transmission and prevention, and to encourage the development of processes and actions to address this global challenge. NSF encourages the research community to respond to this challenge through existing funding opportunities. In addition, we invite researchers to use the Rapid Response Research (RAPID) funding mechanism, which allows NSF to receive and review proposals having a severe urgency with regard to availability of or access to data, facilities or specialized equipment as well as quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events. Requests for RAPID proposals may be for up to $200K and up to one year in duration. Well-justified proposals that exceed these limits may be entertained. LEARN MORE

FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The COVID-19 Telehealth Program will provide $200 million in funding, appropriated by Congress as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, to help health care providers provide connected care services to patients at their homes or mobile locations in response to the novel Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Program will provide immediate support to eligible health care providers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by fully funding their telecommunications services, information services, and devices necessary to provide critical connected care services until the program’s funds have been expended or the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. Note that the COVID-19 Telehealth Program is limited to nonprofit and public eligible health care providers that fall within the categories of health care providers in section 254(h)(7)(B) of the 1996 Act. LEARN MORE

Foundation

Call for Code Global Challenge

(Application Deadline: July 31, 2020)

COVID-19, which is caused by the novel coronavirus, has revealed the limits of the systems we take for granted in a very short period of time. Whether it's the massive increase in demand for information during a time of crisis, educating children when schools are closed, or helping communities best distribute limited resources, technology has a pivotal role to play. Through Call for Code, you can see your idea deployed by a global partner ecosystem. LEARN MORE

FORE: Strengthening Access to Care for Opioid Use Disorder Patients During the COVID-19 National Public Health Emergency: Recovery Support Services

(Application Deadline: July 31, 2020)

FORE will initiate rapid response grant support for specific projects that aim to strengthen access to evidence-based OUD recovery services for vulnerable and high-risk populations during the COVID-19 national emergency. This RFP targets projects which can provide recovery support services in the context of social distancing and infection control, including promotion of remote, digital, and virtual forms of recovery support to reach vulnerable and broader populations, such as (but not limited to): 1) Rural communities; 2) Urban and minority communities; 3) Children and adolescents; 4) Pregnant and parenting women; 5) Veterans; 6) Justice-involved individuals; 7) Homeless population; 8) LGBT community; and 9) Native American and tribal communities. Areas of special interest include strategies that link individuals to recovery supports at transition points, such as release from jail or discharge from an inpatient or residential program. The impact of the pandemic is likely to be felt for a significant amount of time, especially among those with OUD and those working to maintain connection to and treatment for them. It is important that innovative solutions that emerge from this pandemic are identified and spread to produce long-lasting improvements. Competitive applications will demonstrate clear, immediate, short-term needs, as well as the potential for lessons learned to inform long-term, broader impact and scalability. Applicants must also demonstrate a commitment to and support for the proposed project from their organizational leadership. LEARN MORE

Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS): COVID-19 Solutions Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

Mozilla is announcing today the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the MOSS Program. Through this fund, we will provide awards of up to $50,000 each to open source technology projects which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. The MOSS Program, created in 2015, broadens access, increases security, and empowers users by providing catalytic funding to open source technologists. We have already seen inspiring examples of open source technology being used to increase the capacity of the world’s healthcare systems to cope with this crisis. For example, just a few days ago, the University of Florida Center for Safety, Simulation, and Advanced Learning Technologies released an open source ventilator. We believe there are many more life-saving open source technologies in the world. As part of the COVID-19 Solutions Fund, we will accept applications that are hardware (e.g., an open source ventilator), software (e.g., a platform that connects hospitals with people who have 3D printers who can print parts for that open source ventilator), as well as software that solves for secondary effects of COVID-19 (e.g., a browser plugin that combats COVID related misinformation). LEARN MORE

Open Road Alliance

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the impact sector has reached natural disaster proportions in its scope and scale, which means that the global need for our ‘emergency’ capital vastly outstrips our available resources. Given this reality, we have decided to use our limited resources to best serve the sector under the following circumstances: 1) Charitable Grants: Will only be offered to organizations responding directly to COVID-19. 2) Loans: Open Road will be offering four loan products to organizations affected by COVID-19: i) Lost Event Revenue, ii) Accelerating Incoming Emergency Funds, iii) Co-investment to Support Social Enterprises, and iv) Deep Impact Loans. As always, all of our grant and loan products will be subject to Open Road’s traditional criteria: We only make a loan or grant to an organization that is 1) otherwise fully funded, then 2) hit an unexpected, external roadblock (i.e., COVID-19), where 3) Open Road’s loan can fully solve the problem at hand and 4) demonstrate the potential to create catalytic impact. In this time of exceptional need, we will be prioritizing impact. LEARN MORE

Adira Foundation: Fast-Track Response COVID-19

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

As people all over the world are joining together to slow the spread of the coronavirus and its impact on daily life—an effort that changes daily and differs city to city and state to state—Adira Foundation is redirecting some funding to meet immediate and pressing need in our community. Adira’s community—made up of five communities: Alzheimer’s disease, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease—is the most important aspect of who we are and what we do. Our purpose is to work together to better the lives of people with neurodegenerative diseases that in the best of times face challenges and barriers that a person with typical health rarely experience. As such, we will grant $50,000 total to organizations working to support the many individuals with neurodegenerative diseases and those who love and care for them during this uncertain time. In brief, Adira’s emergency grant response will: 1) Focus on organizations that provide emergency-response, direct-service programs to the Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson’s disease communities. Our grants will go to qualifying nonprofit organizations (not individuals); 2) Award grantees up to $10,000. Smaller projects are encouraged to apply; 3) Focus on collaboration between communities and sectors, aggregating disease communities, and simplifying navigation of difficult systems—in alignment with our mission; and 4) Fast track the application process so that organizations seeking financial support can provide necessary emergency services without delay. LEARN MORE

Omidyar Network COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund 

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The Omidyar Network COVID-19 Economic Response Advocacy Fund will infuse 501c4 funding into national, state, and local advocacy and organizing efforts aimed at passing economic stimulus to address the immediate toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on working people while reshaping our economic structure to ensure they are less vulnerable in the future. Between now and the end of this year, Omidyar Network plans to award $1.5 million to groups working to realign this nation’s economic policies and systems so that they work better for everyone. The Fund is not intended to support entirely new efforts. Funds will go to campaigns that are already in motion and can leverage 501c4 dollars to capture the attention of policymakers and propel their ideas forward. Omidyar Network will continue to review applications and award 501c4 funding to support advocacy response work on a rolling basis throughout the rest of the year, with a focus on: 1) Direct advocacy efforts to achieve policy or regulatory solutions at the national, state, or local level that protect and assist working people and small businesses now and establish new precedents that improve worker power and well-being in the future; 2) Digital organizing that reconfigures campaigns that can no longer be carried out in person due to the virus; and 3) Strategic communications, coordination, and narrative development efforts that bring like-minded organizations together to create a louder, more unified voice calling for policy and regulatory changes at the national, state, or local level that result in a stronger economy. LEARN MORE

RWJF Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health, and improve health equity and well-being for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization or sector. LEARN MORE

DataValidation COVID-19 Relief Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

DataValidation is announcing a $1M relief fund in DataValidation services to support small and medium sized businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time when we all have to #stayhome it is more important than ever to communicate effectively with customers online. E-mail is a crucial part of that communication effort for all businesses and ensuring your email data is of pristine quality is of utmost importance. However we understand that many businesses need to cut budgets in order to survive. That is why we are launching the DataValidation relief fund so that every business that is affected by this crisis can continue to communicate safely and effectively with their customers, knowing that their data is verified and ready to deliver. LEARN MORE

Hello Alice COVID-19 Business for All Emergency Grant

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

Hello Alice is offering $10,000 grants being distributed immediately to small business owners impacted by coronavirus, as part of our broader mission to ensure Business for All. In addition to funding, grant recipients will receive ongoing support from the Hello Alice community. LEARN MORE

NCOA COVID-19 Community Response Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The NCOA COVID-19 Community Response Fund was created to raise and distribute funds to hard-hit community-based organizations that are directly serving older adults during the pandemic. The Fund will provide grants to qualified local nonprofits that are meeting the critical needs of older adults, allowing them to stay safe, secure, and healthy in their own homes during the crisis. LEARN MORE

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation: Coronavirus Urgent Response Initiative

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

DRK is ready to find, fund and support the people and ideas that are tackling the most acute and time-critical social problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic right now. We want to help jumpstart projects that can realistically deploy within 30 days. We are best positioned to help work on the social problems caused by the pandemic versus direct mitigation via medical and scientific efforts – we are grateful to our peer funders in those sectors who are investing in therapeutics, PPE, testing and the like. We anticipate the range of missions to be broad, and are open to what those look like. The projects we are looking for will have the same essential qualities as the core DRK portfolio but will be designed for more immediate scale. We will filter potential investments through the lens of urgency: Can this make large impact at scale? Can it be deployed quickly? And can DRK be catalytic in making that happen? LEARN MORE

International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH): COVID-19 Emergency Grants

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The COVID-19 pandemic is already having a significant impact on the protection of cultural heritage in conflict areas, through the postponement of planned work and the potential destabilization of the local economic and social fabric. Indeed, this health crisis may lead to deeper and lasting transformations in the cultural heritage sector. Consequently, to remain faithful to its values of solidarity and partnership, ALIPH has set up an extraordinary relief fund to support the heritage sector in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed support mechanisms should meet urgent needs, while taking into account foreseeable long-term transitions. LEARN MORE

One Young World: COVID-19 Young Leaders Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

One Young World, the global forum for young leaders, is establishing a fund for young leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. Around the world, One Young World Ambassadors are combatting the Coronavirus with the most innovative methods in the most challenging circumstances. By directing money to leaders on the front lines, we can insure that resources are being accessed by those who need them most. This global crisis demands a global response. One Young World will meet that challenge. LEARN MORE

Enterprise Community Partners: Emergency Action for Resident and Partner Stability Program

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The Emergency Action for Resident and Partner Stability program aims to ensure vulnerable, low-income families and individuals can remain in their homes and access support during this crisis. The program offers community partner organizations a broad range of support to achieve this goal, including: 1) Emergency grants to help them stay afloat and meet their residents' and communities' immediate needs; 2) Guidance, planning strategies and technical assistance to help them remain viable; and 3) Assistance in seeking critical government relief funds and other interventions. LEARN MORE

AIDS United: Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

AIDS United has relaunched our Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund (formerly the HIV Disaster Relief Fund), which was established to help meet the immediate and urgent needs of people living with and at risk for HIV in regions affected by urgent crises like earthquakes and hurricanes, and now the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund supports access to HIV care, housing, food and much more. Through the Relief, Recovery and Resilience Fund, AIDS United will provide grants of up to $15,000 to help organizations address the community needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Current available funds total $150,000, but we are continuing to add resources from donations from both individual donors and our philanthropic partners. AIDS United is making funds available, through this request for applications, to assist in meeting the needs of organizations serving people living with and at risk for HIV and AIDS, and that are experiencing challenges meeting their community’s needs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Competitive organizations must have an HIV focus and utilize a social and racial justice framework.

While all requests that fall within the eligibility parameters will be considered, the current funding priorities are to support organizations that provide support services for people living with HIV and those most affected by HIV or conduct advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV and those most affected by HIV. In addition, organizations must: 1) Be located in the South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas); -OR- 2) Serve people who use drugs; -OR- 3) Serve communities of color, especially Black communities. LEARN MORE

Grantmakers for Girls of Color (C4GC): Love is Healing COVID-19 Response Fund

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

The G4GC Love is Healing COVID-19 Response Fund seeks to support coalitions and organizations that have been fighting historical inequities and the marginalization of girls of color well before COVID-19. Priority areas for funding include the following areas targeting girls and gender expansive youth of Black/African American, Latinx, Indigenous/Native, Middle Eastern, and/or Asian Pacific descent: preventative or responsive health strategies (mental, physical, emotional), interventions to support institutionalized girls and gender expansive youth and survivors of gender-based violence, economic and educational response strategies, and COVID-19-related advocacy and immediate mapping needs. Applications are accepted by invitation only, but interested organizations can submit an interest form for consideration. LEARN MORE

Health Care Grants 

HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (RCORP-NAS)

(Application Deadline: July 20, 2020)

The purpose of the RCORP-NAS project is to advance RCORP’s overall goal and reduce the incidence and impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in rural communities by improving systems of care, family supports, and social determinants of health. LEARN MORE

NIH Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R01 & R34)

(Application Deadlines: July 23, 2020)

The purpose of these FOAs is to encourage behavioral intervention development research. Specifically, test efficacy, conduct clinical trials, examine mechanisms of behavior change, determine dose-response, treatment optimization, and/or ascertain best sequencing of behavioral, combined, sequential, or integrated behavioral and pharmacological treatments. Research of interest includes but is not limited to Stage II and Stage III efficacy research, including: (1) drug abuse treatment interventions, including interventions for patients with comorbidities; (2) drug abuse treatment and adherence interventions; (3) drug abuse treatment and adherence interventions that utilize technologies to boost effects and increase implementability and sustainability; (4) interventions to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infection among individuals in drug abuse treatment; (5) interventions to promote adherence to drug abuse treatment, HIV and addiction medications; and (6) interventions to treat substance misuse and chronic pain. LEARN MORE ABOUT R01; LEARN MORE ABOUT R34

HRSA Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

(Application Deadline: July 24, 2020)

(Supplemental Info Deadline: August 28, 2020)

The purpose of this program is to fund freestanding children’s hospitals to support the training of pediatric and other residents in graduate medical education (GME) programs. LEARN MORE

OASH Title X Services Grants: Providing Publicly-Funded Family Planning Services in Areas of High Need

(Application Deadline: July 28, 2020)

This notice solicits applications for projects to expand voluntary family planning services in areas that are currently unserved and/or underserved by the Title X network in all service areas other than Maryland. Approximately $18 million is available for competing grants throughout the States. Between the two notices, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) intends to fund an estimated 10 grants between $250,000 to $4 million each annually for up to two years to public and/or nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects which shall offer a broad range of acceptable and effective family planning methods and services, including fertility awareness-based methods (previously referred to as natural family planning), infertility services, and services for adolescents. LEARN MORE

NIH Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30)

(Application Deadline: July 28, 2020)

The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for the Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) program to provide administrative and shared research support to enhance HIV/AIDS research. D-CFARs provide core facilities, expertise, resources, and services not readily obtained otherwise through more traditional funding mechanisms. Additionally, D-CFARs provide support to assist investigators in the development of a competitive standard CFAR. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration across all areas of HIV/AIDS research. LEARN MORE

NIH Centers for AIDS Research (P30)

(Application Deadline: July 28, 2020)

The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications for the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program to provide administrative and shared research support to enhance HIV/AIDS research. CFARs provide core facilities, expertise, resources, and services not readily obtained otherwise through more traditional funding mechanisms. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration across all areas of HIV/AIDS research. LEARN MORE

NIH Research to Reduce Morbidity and Improve Care for Pediatric, and Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors (R01 & R21)

(Application Deadline: July 31, 2020)

Through these FOAs, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications describing research focused on improving care and health-related quality of life for childhood, and adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Specifically, these FOAs solicit mechanistic, observational, and intervention applications that focus on six key domains: (1) disparities in survivor outcomes; (2) barriers to follow-up care (e.g. access, adherence); (3) impact of familial, socioeconomic, and other environmental factors on survivor outcomes; (4) indicators for long-term follow-up needs related to risk for late effects, recurrence, and subsequent cancers; (5) risk factors and predictors of late/long-term effects of cancer treatment; and (6) development of targeted interventions to reduce the burden of cancer for pediatric/AYA survivors. LEARN MORE ABOUT R01; LEARN MORE ABOUT R21

ACF Human Trafficking Youth Prevention Education (HTYPE) Demonstration Grants

(Application Deadline: July 31, 2020)

The goal of the HTYPE Demonstration Program is to fund local educational agencies (LEA) to develop and implement programs to prevent human trafficking victimization through the provision of skills-based human trafficking training and education for school staff and students as specified in the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018. Under the HTYPE Demonstration Program, the following activities are required: 1) provide human trafficking education that equips educators and other staff to identify and respond to signs that students are at high risk of or are currently experiencing human trafficking; 2) deliver student human trafficking prevention education that is designed to build student resilience to labor trafficking and sex trafficking by strengthening student knowledge and skills; 3) train qualified individuals to implement and replicate project activities throughout the school district or identified target area(s); and 4) establish and implement a Human Trafficking School Safety Protocol (HTSSP). The LEA must work in partnership with a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization (NGO) to provide all aspects of human trafficking prevention education to students and school staff. The LEA will consult with local law enforcement in the development of the HTSSP, specifically to address the safety, security, and well-being of staff and students and to define the proper and effective role of school staff in responding to potential and confirmed cases of human trafficking, including notifying and engaging parents, guardians, or caregivers, as appropriate. LEARN MORE

OASH Pregnancy Prevention Research Grants

(Application Deadline: August 4, 2020)

This notice solicits applications for projects that will conduct research that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Office of Population Affairs and to the pregnancy prevention and family planning fields. Under this announcement, research and evaluation projects that encourage healthy behavior choices to delay the onset of sexual activity, reduce number of sexual partners, and if sexually active, encourage the use of preventative measures for STIs and pregnancy will be considered. These grants are for research that can be conducted within 1-2 years, such as secondary data analyses using existing program and evaluation data or administrative data. Potential areas of investigation include, but are not limited to: 1) Identify factors that improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents or young adults, or reduce disparities, by age, gender, race/ethnicity, or setting; 2) Identify and/or validate core program components or “active ingredients” essential for programs and practices to produce the desired outcomes; 3) Identify specific characteristics of program models, participants, or program implementation associated with program impacts; and 4) Apply innovative methods or techniques from other disciplines that are novel to pregnancy prevention research such as network analysis, matching and distillation techniques, system dynamics modeling or geographic information systems, to address questions beyond the general effectiveness of pregnancy prevention programs. LEARN MORE

OASH Research to Practice Center Grants for Adolescent Health Promotion in Order to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy

(Application Deadline: August 4, 2020)

This notice solicits applications for projects that will synthesize and translate existing research into practice for health promotion activities that will lead to adoption of healthy behaviors and ultimately help to reduce teen pregnancy. Subject to availability of funds, OPA will fund no more than one grant per priority area. Organizations may apply for more than one priority area; however, each application may only address a single priority area. Funded organizations will be referred to from here on as “centers”. The national centers will be expected to coordinate and collaborate with each other, OPA, and potentially other OPA grantees conducting research in related topic areas. OPA expects Centers to evaluate or assess best practices, approaches or strategies in a priority protective area and make that information easily accessible to health providers, caregivers and others working with youth to prevent teen pregnancy. OPA expects Centers to address important and relevant topic areas related to adolescent health promotion, including addressing how the reduction of other risky behaviors (such as substance abuse) would aid in pregnancy prevention. Priority areas include but are not limited to: 1) engaging parents and caregivers; 2) environments supportive of healthy behaviors; 3) fostering positive connections to schools, neighborhoods and communities; 4) active and meaningful youth engagement; or 5) working with youth serving professionals in the systems that serve the most vulnerable youth populations. OPA expects the Centers to have a high caliber of scientific and technical competency, be forward-looking, provide strong leadership, and collaborate with stakeholders and community partners including state and local health agencies and non-profit, community (including youth and parents) and non-governmental organizations in the development and delivery of research to practice products. LEARN MORE

NIMH Research Education Mentoring Program for HIV/AIDS Researchers (R25)

(LOI Deadline: August 7, 2020)

(Application Deadline: September 7, 2020)

The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The over-arching goal of this National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs and advance the priorities outlined in the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Annual Strategic Plan and the research program priorities of the NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR). To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences and Mentoring Activities that either capitalize on existing networks of collaborating investigators or develop institute-based research education programs. Both research experiences and mentoring activities are required; research experiences are expected to be primary. Research Education Programs are expected to enhance the professional development of the participants and foster a career trajectory towards independent research in the mental health of HIV/AIDS. LEARN MORE

NIH Reducing Stigma Related to Drug Use in Human Service Settings (R21)

(Application Deadline: August 11, 2020)

One of the most important barriers to the provision and utilization of HIV prevention and care services is stigma, which is defined as an identity marked by disgrace, disapproval or shame, which often leads to discriminatory treatment by others. This funding opportunity supports formative research to support the development of stigma reduction interventions, as well as pilot or feasibility studies of new or adapted interventions to reduce stigma that impedes the provision and utilization of HIV care and prevention services. LEARN MORE

CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

(Application Deadline: August 11, 2020)

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), initiated in 1987 due to stagnant infant mortality rates, collects jurisdiction-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. The survey asks new mothers questions about their pregnancy and their new baby and the data are used to monitor the prevalence of maternal behaviors and experiences to inform programs and systems changes that influence maternal and infant health, as well as conduct research. PRAMS provides jurisdiction-specific and population-based data on the population of women recently delivering a live birth or stillborn infant. Because less than 5% of the general population is pregnant at any time, there is a need for data that purposely samples from this population to provide stable estimates that can be stratified by population subgroup, as well as to provide jurisdiction-specific estimates of maternal experiences and behaviors that occur before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS data are used to examine the associations between risk factors and outcomes, explore disparities by subpopulations, and compare health indicators across jurisdictions. For example, PRAMS data have been used to monitor progress over time for safe infant sleep practices, unintended births, and patterns of health insurance coverage. PRAMS data are used to conduct research at the state and federal level and are used to investigate emerging issues in the field of reproductive health. This NOFO solicits applications to: 1) implement standardized surveillance of postpartum women with a recent live birth or stillbirth on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy; 2) implement surveillance on emerging issues related to maternal and child health that arise during the data collection cycle including post-disaster or emergency surveillance; and 3) ensure collection of timely, high quality data for ongoing monitoring of maternal and infant health to inform programs, research, and system changes. The activities in the NOFO will be conducted under three separate Components of funding:Component A: Core Surveillance - To implement population-based surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy, including emerging issues, among women with a recent live birth in up to 53 vital records jurisdictions.Component B: Point-in-time Tribal Surveillance - To implement a point-in-time (one time, one birth year) surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women with a recent live birth in up to 2 federally recognized American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages, or Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) with at least 1,000 live births annually or tribal organizations that support American Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Villages or Urban Indian Organizations with a service area that covers at least 1,000 live births annually.Component C: Stillbirth Surveillance - To implement population-based surveillance on selected maternal behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women who recently experienced a stillbirth in up to 2 vital records jurisdictions. LEARN MORE

HRSA Service Area Competition

(Application Deadline: August 17, 2020)

(Supplemental Info Deadline: September 14, 2020)

The purpose of this grant program is to improve the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations by assuring continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services. LEARN MORE

NIH Long-Term Effects of Disasters on Health Care Systems Serving Health Disparity Populations (R01)

(LOI Deadline: September 4, 2020)

(Application Deadline: October 5, 2020)

The purpose of this FOA is to support investigative and collaborative research focused on understanding the long-term effects of natural and/or human-made disasters on health care systems serving health disparity populations in communities in the U.S., including the U.S. territories. NIH-designated health disparity populations include racial and ethnic minorities (Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders), sexual and gender minorities, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and underserved rural populations. LEARN MORE

Forecasted Grants 

OASH Empowering Women to Recognize Factors Impacting Their Fertility

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

No summary available at this time. LEARN MORE

AHRQ Using Innovative Digital Healthcare Solutions to Improve Quality at the Point of Care (R21/R33)

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

The overarching objective for this FOA is to improve the quality of healthcare services delivery at the point of care. This FOA aims to support phased exploratory and developmental research projects that test promising digital healthcare interventions intended to improve quality at the point of care. Research should be designed to test promising digital healthcare solutions that enable or facilitate technology-driven, point of care process solutions that use advanced analytics, patient-centered clinician and patient facing digital healthcare technologies, or clinical decision support systems to improve quality and health outcomes at the point of care. A theoretical framework should inform the research study and incorporate the use of care models when appropriate. LEARN MORE

NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) (K12)

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) plans to re-issue RFA-OD-15-001, a funding opportunity announcement for institutional career development award (K12) applications for Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Career Development Programs, hereafter termed "Programs". Programs will support mentored research career development of junior faculty members, known as BIRCWH Scholars, who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships, and who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, translational, behavioral, clinical, and/or health services research relevant to the health of women and, where appropriate, the use of both sexes to better understand the influence of sex as a biological variable on health and disease (NOT-OD-15-102). This initiative supports the ORWH mission and advances the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for the Health of Women "Advancing Science for the Health of Women" and its goal to promote training and careers to develop a well-trained, diverse, and robust workforce to advance science for the health of women. This program sets the stage for improved health for women and their families and career opportunities and advancement for a diverse biomedical workforce. Within the framework of this Program's longstanding commitment to excellence and the projected need for diverse teams to advance science, attention must be given to recruiting Scholars from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences, and individuals with disabilities. LEARN MORE

ACL Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP): Assistive Technology to Promote Independence and Community Living (Development)

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

Under this particular DRRP priority, applicants must propose a development project that is aimed at improving technology solutions to improve independence and community living outcomes of people with disabilities – with a particular emphasis on seniors with disabilities. NIDILRR plans to make four DRRP awards under this grant competition. For this grant competition we are inviting both research applications and development applications. Please note that this forecast is for a Funding Opportunity Announcement for DRRP development projects toward technology solutions to promote independence and community living outcomes of people with disabilities – with a particular emphasis on seniors with disabilities. NIDILRR's four awards under this grant competition may include research projects, development projects, or both, depending on the ranking of applications provided by the peer review panel. LEARN MORE

ACL Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP): Assistive Technology to Promote Independence and Community Living (Research)

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

Under this particular DRRP priority, applicants must propose a research project that is aimed at improving technology solutions to improve independence and community living outcomes of people with disabilities – with a particular emphasis on seniors with disabilities. NIDILRR plans to make four DRRP awards under this grant competition. For this grant competition we are inviting both research applications and development applications. Please note that this forecast is for a Funding Opportunity Announcement for DRRP research projects toward technology solutions to promote independence and community living outcomes of people with disabilities – with a particular emphasis on seniors with disabilities. NIDILRR's four awards under this grant competition may include research projects, development projects, or both, depending on the ranking of applications provided by the peer review panel. LEARN MORE

OASH Community-wide Approaches for Healthy Children

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) is offering a funding opportunity to assess the effectiveness of interventions targeted community-wide in order to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in racial/ethnic minority and disadvantaged populations. Funding will be used to implement and evaluate prevention approaches that expand or improve upon evidence-based interventions or promising research evidence. OMH will fund awards annually for a project period of up to 2 years. A limited competition among grant recipients making satisfactory progress will be considered for a third year of funding. This funding opportunity builds upon lessons learned from other interventions targeted specifically toward individual youth who have experienced trauma and aligns with an enhanced Departmental focus on primary prevention of ACEs. LEARN MORE

CDC Centers of Excellence to Promote a Healthier Workforce (U19)

(Estimated Application Deadline: October 30, 2020)

The purpose of this NOFO is to support Centers of Excellence for TWH to develop and conduct multidisciplinary research, intervention, outreach and education, and evaluation activities that will advance the overall safety, health, and well-being of the diverse population of workers in our nation. Center structure should take advantage of diverse scientific resources and focus on local, regional, and/or national worker safety and health issues. Centers should place emphasis on the creation and implementation of evidence-based solutions that address evolving challenges and opportunities related to worker safety, health, and well-being. Collaborations with other academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and other occupational safety and health focused groups are expected. Applicants must concisely describe the occupational health burden within their service area and directly link research and outreach activities to help alleviate the burden. Applicants should also clearly articulate the anticipated impacts of the proposed work, both during the project period and beyond. LEARN MORE

Other Grant Opportunities

RWJF Identifying the Next Phase of Leadership and Management for the RWJF Culture of Health Prize

(Application Deadline: July 31, 2020)

This request seeks an entity to lead the next two-year phase of the leadership and management of the RWJF Culture of Health Prize, which will include 2022–2023 cohorts of winners and initial planning for the 2024 cohort. This call for proposals provides background on the RWJF Culture of Health Prize and outlines responsibilities for an organization selected to take on the next phase of leadership and management. LEARN MORE

William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

(LOI Deadline: August 4, 2020)

The Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. One way that we pursue this mission is by investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Over the past decade, a growing body of research has illuminated the conditions that facilitate the use of research evidence in policy and practice. For example, studies find that when research is relevant to decision makers, deliberated over thoughtfully, and embedded in policymaking processes, routines, and tools, the findings are more likely to be used. Still, there remain many unanswered questions that are critical to understanding how to improve the production and use of research evidence. What’s more, there is a scarcity of evidence supporting the notion that research use in policy and practice will necessarily improve youth outcomes. Serious scientific inquiry is needed. We need to know the conditions under which using research evidence improves decision making, policy implementation, service delivery, and, ultimately, youth outcomes. In short, we need research on the use of research. Toward this end, we seek studies that identify, build, and test strategies to enhance the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. We are particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. Some investigators will focus on the strategies, relationships, and other supports needed for policy and practice organizations to use research more routinely and constructively. Others may investigate structures and incentives within the research community to encourage deep engagement with decision makers. Still other researchers may examine activities that help findings inform policy ideas, shape practice responses, and improve systems. LEARN MORE

William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

(LOI Deadline: August 4, 2020)

The Foundation’s mission is to support research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. One way that we pursue this mission is by investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. Our focus on reducing inequality grew out of our view that research can do more than help us understand the problem of inequality—it can generate effective responses. We believe that it is time to build stronger bodies of knowledge on how to reduce inequality in the United States and to move beyond the mounting research evidence about the scope, causes, and consequences of inequality. Toward this end, we seek studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people. We prioritize studies about reducing inequality on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. Proposals for studies are evaluated based on their fit with our interests in reducing inequality; the strength and feasibility of their designs, methods, and analyses; their potential to inform change; and their contribution to theory and empirical evidence. The Foundation does not have a preference for a particular research design or method. We begin application reviews by looking at the research questions or hypotheses. Then we evaluate whether the proposed research designs and methods will provide empirical evidence on those questions. We support studies from a range of disciplines, fields, and methodologies, and we encourage investigations into various systems, including justice, housing, child welfare, mental health, and education. The most competitive proposals often incorporate data from multiple sources and often involve multi-disciplinary teams. LEARN MORE

RWJF Evidence for Action: Approaches to Advance Gender Equity From Around the Globe

(Application Deadline: August 26, 2020)

The goal of this funding opportunity is to translate and adapt knowledge from around the world to the United States on approaches that can improve health or the determinants of health by improving gender equity. In the United States, determinants of health relate to personal safety, economic opportunity, education access (post-secondary or beyond), supportive workplace and social environments, and protection from bias and discrimination for vulnerable groups. We are especially interested in understanding how to change systems, norms, and practices—such as patriarchy and heterosexism—that systematically disfavor women, girls, and other groups based on gender or sexual identity. Specifically, we seek to learn from initiatives underway outside the United States whose effectiveness is supported or suggested by empirical evidence and that have the potential to be adapted and implemented in the United States. Some examples of approaches of interest are those that aim to: 1) Achieve pay equity; 2) Provide supports in the workplace or other social environments for pregnant women, parents and families; 3) Counteract cultural stereotypes or expectations that bias women and girls toward low-wage careers or health-damaging jobs or roles; 4) Address norms, practices, and resources in ways that reduce gender-based violence, aggression, or harassment; 5) Modify social expectations that promote risky behaviors or contribute to poor mental health; 6) Build on frameworks about gender, power, and health from groups around the world who have unique traditions and practices related to gender norms and roles; 7) Create opportunities for gender minorities to make decisions that affect their lives and communities, and to emerge as leaders in government and other positions of influence; or 8) Apply nonbinary interpretations of gender in policymaking, resource allocation, or service provision. LEARN MORE

William T. Grant Foundation: Institutional Challenge Grant

(Application Deadline: September 10, 2020)

The Institutional Challenge Grant encourages university-based research institutes, schools, and centers to build sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. To do so, research institutions will need to shift their policies and practices to value collaborative research. They will also need to build the capacity of researchers to produce relevant work and the capacity of agency and nonprofit partners to use research. Applications are welcome from partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, child welfare, mental health, immigration, and workforce development. We especially encourage proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team includes the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization. LEARN MORE

Charles Koch Foundation: Substance Abuse Research Grants

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Charles Koch Foundation seeks to support research projects (e.g. papers, conferences, workshops, etc.) that explore innovative, community-based solutions that are targeted at destroying the root causes of substance abuse. To that end, we are actively soliciting proposals for projects to consider innovative solutions that seek to alleviate substance use disorders. We are especially interested in research that: 1) Addresses innovative ways to help individuals overcome substance use disorders, prevent drug overdoses, and increase the willingness of individuals to seek treatment for substance abuse; 2) Explores the root causes of addiction and substance use disorders as well as innovative means to prevent substance abuse by remedying these root causes; 3) Addresses the unintended consequences of current approaches to reduce drug overdoses and substance abuse; 4) Examines solutions that offer a proactive approach to fighting addiction rather than a reactive approach focusing on treatment and recovery; and 5) Explores opportunities to reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorders and celebrate success in overcoming addiction and substance abuse. LEARN MORE

Alkermes Education Grants

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

Alkermes contributes to independent education by supporting educational grants. Our focus areas include educational activities with pragmatic approaches to improve patient care and public health in the domains of schizophrenia, depression, and alcohol and opioid dependence. We expect to contribute to a better and expanded understanding of the underlying mechanisms of disease and their relevance to medications that address those characteristics, as well as the overall treatment in a broad sense that includes psychosocial methods. LEARN MORE

A Little Hope National Foundation for Grieving Children, Teens, and Families

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

A Little HOPE, Inc. is a not-for-profit publicly supported charitable foundation, recognized by the IRS under 501 (c)(3), which grants funds to organizations that provide bereavement support services and grief counseling to children, teens and young adults, who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or loved one, regardless of the circumstances of the death. LEARN MORE

RWJF Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health. A Culture of Health is broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; public and private decision-making is guided by the goal of fostering equitable communities; and everyone has the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lifestyles. RWJF’s Culture of Health Action Framework, which was developed to catalyze a national movement toward improved health, well-being, and equity, guides E4A’s program strategy. LEARN MORE

Funding News & Resources

Physician, Hospital Spending Sinks to Lowest Point in More than 10 Years

(Healthcare Finance - June 16, 2020)

The cancellation of elective procedures and low patient volume are the main culprits, while analysts anticipate a modest rebound. READ MORE

CMS Proposes Value-based Payment Rule to Lower Drug Prices and Increase Availability

(Healthcare Finance - June 18, 2020)

It will be up to health plans and manufacturers to create the VBP arrangements. READ MORE

Congress Presses for Some Telehealth Expansion Policies to Remain After COVID-19

(Healthcare Financial Management Association - June 18, 2020)

Congressional support for permanent expansions in telehealth now includes a senior senator. READ MORE

              Dr. Brian Kelley              

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