June Funding Newsletter

COVID-19 Grants

Federal

HRSA Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center Program

(Extended Application Deadline: July 1, 2020)

The purpose of this program is to conduct and maintain a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of nationwide telehealth investments in rural areas and populations and conduct clinically informed and policy-relevant research to expand the evidence base for rural telehealth services. LEARN MORE

USDA Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants

(Application Deadline: July 13, 2020)

The Distance Learning and Telemedicine program helps rural communities use the unique capabilities of telecommunications to connect to each other and to the world, overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. For example, this program can link teachers and medical service providers in one area to students and patients in another. 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

Waislitz Global Citizen COVID-19 Response Award

(Application Deadline: June 21, 2020)

The Waislitz Global Citizen Awards are annual cash prizes totaling $250,000 that recognize the excellence of individuals in their work to end extreme poverty. The grand prize is $100,000 with three additional prizes at $50,000 each, for a total of four prizes. The awards are presented by the Waislitz Foundation and Global Citizen, and in 2020 are supported by the leading US and Australian based cellular medicines company, Mesoblast Ltd and global fund management group Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd. The Waislitz foundation exists to create a positive social impact locally and globally through innovative projects that empower individuals to meet their full potential and make a measurable difference to the world. LEARN MORE

Mosaic: COVID-19 Rapid Response Infrastructure RFP

(Application Deadline: July 2, 2020)

Mosaic’s mission is to amplify the power of the environmental field—the people and organizations who devote their efforts in pursuit of environmental protection and healthy & just communities—by bolstering the critical infrastructure all movements need to succeed. This unprecedented moment punctuates the necessity for strong movement infrastructure to weather, reinforce, and allow for critical work to persist through extraordinary times. Therefore, Mosaic is launching an open RFP in May 2020 to make $1 million of rapid response grants to individual nonprofit grassroots organizations, and networks of them, focused primarily on environmental protection and/or environmental justice to fund tools & technology, training, and related resources needed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. LEARN MORE

data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge

(Application Deadline: July 17, 2020)

Transformative change can happen only by tapping into the expertise of a broad pool of thinkers and doers. As part of our commitment to building the field of data science for social impact, data.org launched a $10 million data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge. The challenge is an open call for breakthrough ideas that harness the power of data science to help people and communities thrive especially in the wake of COVID-19’s economic impact. LEARN MORE

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

EoS Foundation's COVID-19 Response: Community-Wide Emergency Children's Meals Grant Program

(Application Deadline: Rolling)

To help ensure the nutritional safety net for children during school closures, school districts are eligible to apply for emergency grants of up to $10,000. Monies may be used for equipment and supplies necessary to increase the numbers of meals served, including mobile and delivered meal solutions. 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

Health Care Grants 

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

(LOI Deadlines: June 23, 2020)

(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

NIH Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30)

(LOI Deadline: June 28, 2020)

(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)

(LOI Deadline: June 28, 2020)

(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

CDC Strategies to Maintain HIV Viral Suppression Among State Prison Inmates Released to the Community

(Application Deadline: June 29, 2020)

This NOFO aims to develop effective, sustainable, and replicable program models that support continuity of HIV care for PWH released from state prisons into the community. Programs will emphasize linkage to and retention in community HIV care, adherence to HIV treatment, and suppression of HIV viral load. Programs should also identify PWH and HIV-negative persons at risk for HIV among sex and drug-injection partners and associates of program participants and link them to care. LEARN MORE

HRSA Rural Residency Planning and Development Program

(Application Deadline: June 30, 2020)

The purpose of this program is to develop newly accredited and sustainable rural residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, public health and general preventive medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology, to support expansion of the physician workforce in rural communities. The new rural residency programs will: 1) achieve accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), 2) ensure sustainability through public or private funding beyond the RRPD period of performance, and 3) track residents’ career outcomes post-graduation, including but not limited to retention in rural communities. Funds will support planning and development costs accrued while achieving program accreditation. Hospitals, medical schools and community-based ambulatory settings that have a rural designation along with consortia of urban and rural partnerships are eligible to apply for a grant award. LEARN MORE

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

(LOI Deadline: June 31, 2020)

(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 Basic Center Program

(Application Deadline: July 3, 2020)

The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program’s Basic Center Program (BCP) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. BCPs provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. BCPs can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.  Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services; and at the request of runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases. LEARN MORE

NIH Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K01)

(Application Deadline: July 8, 2020)

The purpose of the Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award in Tobacco Regulatory Research (K01) is to provide support and protected time (three, four, or five years) for an intensive, supervised career development experience in biomedical, behavioral, and social science research that will inform the development and evaluation of regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing and that will lead to research independence. Research projects must address the research priorities related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA). LEARN MORE

NIH Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (R01)

(Application Deadline: July 9, 2020)

The purpose of this FOA is to invite applications proposing research on current topics in Alzheimer's disease and its related dementias. LEARN MORE

HRSA Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program

(Application Deadline: July 10, 2020)

The purpose of this program is to assist in the planning and development of an integrated rural HIV health network for HIV care and treatment that will collaboratively plan to address key strategies identified in ‘Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America. LEARN MORE

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

(LOI Deadline: July 11, 2020)

(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

HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning

(Application Deadline: July 13, 2020)

RCORP is a multi-year HRSA initiative aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality resulting from substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high risk rural communities. This funding opportunity, RCORP-Planning, will advance RCORP’s overall goal by strengthening and expanding the capacity of rural communities to provide SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services. LEARN MORE

CDC Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Data to Action

(Application Deadline: July 13, 2020)

The two primary goals of this NOFO are 1) to build a state-level surveillance infrastructure that ensures the capacity to collect, analyze, and use ACE data to inform statewide ACE prevention activities; and 2) to support the implementation of data-driven, comprehensive, evidence-based ACE primary prevention strategies; and provide technical support to states in these efforts. This NOFO has three required foci to support these goals – 1) enhance or build the infrastructure for the state-level collection, analysis, and application of ACE-related surveillance data that can be used to inform and tailor ACE prevention activities, 2) implement strategies based on the best available evidence to prevent ACEs, and 3) conduct data to action activities to continue to assess state-wide surveillance and primary prevention needs and make needed modifications. The work of these foci, and the infrastructure and expertise exerted to accomplish that work, should be interdependent and should be planned and implemented as part of a comprehensive and coordinated ACE prevention dynamic system that reflects the 10 Essential Public Health Services promoted by CDC. LEARN MORE

CDC Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

(Application Deadline: July 15, 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 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

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

Forecasted Grants 

NIH Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Program Project Comorbidities, Coinfections, and Complications Research: Intervention and Cross-Cutting Foundational Research (P01)

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for research on human studies that will advance operations or implementation research in the context of alcohol and HIV/AIDS by facilitating the development of: (1) broader systems approaches for monitoring complex HIV and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality, and (2) interventions to reduce the impact of alcohol on HIV disease progression and transmission. Research funded under the FOA should serve as the foundation for a next generation of intervention studies to address alcohol use from transmission to treatment of HIV. Intervention studies should inform implementation efforts to improve provision of alcohol-related interventions and treatments for people living with HIV (PLWH) in healthcare and community settings. This proposed research initiative is aligned with the research priorities set forth in the NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research FY2021-2025 (Comorbidities, Coinfections, and Complications). Research funded by this FOA can, but does not have to, facilitate progress toward National HIV/AIDS Strategy for Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 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

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

(Estimated Application Deadline: TBD)

The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is an overarching initiative aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural areas at the highest risk for SUD. RCORP is a mission critical initiative designed to achieve HRSA's four goals. The goal of the RCORP-Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (RCORP- NAS) project is to advance RCORP's overall goal and reduce rates of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in rural communities by empowering local consortia to create better addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services by improving systems of care, family supports, and social determinants of health. RCORP-NAS was created to address specific needs expressed by rural grantees, and was designed by leveraging the expertise and insight of external partners (JBS International, State Offices of Rural Health, etc.), federal agencies (CDC, SAMHSA, IHS, etc.), and Bureaus/Offices within HRSA (MCHB, BPHC, ORO, OPAE, OWH). 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

ACF Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program

(Application Deadline: June 24, 2020)

The goal of the DVHT-SO Program is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals. Under the DVHT-SO Program, the following activities are required: 1) provision of comprehensive case management to domestic victims of human trafficking; 2) outreach efforts to increase identification of victims of sex and labor trafficking; and 3) training to service providers and community partners. The DVHT-SO Program is informed by a whole-family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for victims and their immediate family members living within their households. OTIP is encouraging the establishment of community partnerships, meaningful engagement of survivors, and the hiring of qualified professionals that reflect the communities being served in all project implementation strategies under the DVHT- SO Program. Under DVHT-SO there is a 12-month project implementation period for the funding recipient to facilitate optional partnerships, on-board new staff, develop victim service protocol, and develop a sustainability plan. Under the DVHT-SO Program, there is a statutorily mandated 25 percent match (cash or in-kind) requirement. LEARN MORE

ACYF Street Outreach Program

(Application Deadline: June 29, 2020)

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program’s Street Outreach Program (SOP) provides street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of human trafficking in persons. These services, targeted in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and providing them access to shelter as well as basic needs, including food, hygiene packages and information on a range of available services. LEARN MORE

Pfizer Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship

(Application Deadline: June 29, 2020)

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a specific area of interest, sets timelines for review and approval, and uses an external review panel (ERP). Institutions are invited to submit an application as outlined in the specific RFP. This RFP reflects Pfizer’s commitment to advancing research, innovation, and training for medical, nursing, and allied health professionals. LEARN MORE

NIHCM Investigator-Initiated Health Services Research Grants

(LOI Deadline: June 29, 2020)

To support innovative health services research that will advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Studies must have strong potential to yield insights that can be used to have a positive impact on the U.S. health care system by improving efficiency, quality, access to care, preparedness or equity. Studies involving direct patient care or clinical, bench science research are not relevant for this solicitation. LEARN MORE

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Development of Clinical Quality Measures to Improve Diagnosis

(Application Deadline: June 30, 2020)

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide assistance in the form of grants for the development of innovative clinical quality measures that promote excellence in diagnosis of three categories of disease – acute vascular events, infections and cancer. LEARN MORE

ACC Cardiovascular Quality or Performance Improvement Initiatives

(Application Deadline: June 30, 2020)

The American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) Accreditation Services’ helps hospitals improve care for patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), heart failure (HF), and atrial fibrillation (AF). We believe this is best accomplished by using quality and process improvement scientific methods. In an effort to support cardiovascular quality and performance improvement, the ACC provides funding opportunities that support future cardiovascular quality initiatives (QI) or performance improvement (PI), particularly those that highlight the importance of accreditation. Focus areas of desired projects or proposals include those that support cardiovascular quality improvement of cardiovascular care and patient outcomes that: 1) contribute to the evidence base for accreditation; 2) develop or evaluate cardiovascular quality initiatives that strengthen the accreditation process; 3) provide opportunities for education that support quality or performance improvement projects; 4) improve EMS systems of care in collaboration with community hospitals providing accreditation services; and 5) provide public health education to improve community measures/outcomes related to early recognition of heart attack symptoms and appropriate action steps. LEARN MORE

ACF Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works - Adults (FRAMEWorks)

(Application Deadline: July 1, 2020)

The Family, Relationships, and Marriage Education Works-Adult (FRAMEWorks) Program will be targeted exclusively to projects designed for adult individuals or adult couples, defined as persons who are age 18 and older. Applicants will be asked to submit proposals that are designed to implement programs that include a broad array of service provision strategies. These include curriculum-based skills development and services designed to support family strengthening activities through one or more of seven activities specified under the authorizing legislation: marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES); pre-marital education; marriage enhancement; divorce reduction activities; marriage mentoring; public advertising campaigns; and activities to reduce the disincentives to marriage. Applicants will be encouraged to also include services to promote employment and job and career advancement. Applicants will be strongly encouraged to submit a proposal to implement one specific program model designed for one specific service population, e.g. adult individuals or adult couples, but not multiple models for multiple populations.  ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, from high impact projects, to moderate scope projects, to smaller scope projects. Applicants must provide evidence of organizational capacity to implement their proposed project. LEARN MORE

ACF Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life)

(Application Deadline: July 1, 2020)

The Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life) grants will be targeted exclusively to youth, for projects designed to support healthy relationships and marriage, including the value of marriage in future family formation and skills-based healthy relationship and marriage education. Additionally, grants will support activities including parenting (for young fathers and mothers, as applicable), financial management, job and career advancement, and other activities. Projects must be targeted to youth, specified as individuals in high school (grades 9-12), or that are high-school aged or in late adolescence and early adulthood (ages 14 to 24). Applicants must submit proposals designed for youth as specified. Applicants will be strongly encouraged to design programs targeted to one specific program model for one specific service population – e.g., youth in general high school settings, youth aging out of foster care, or youth who are parents– but not multiple models for multiple populations. Grants awarded will support family formation and strengthening activities through one or more of three healthy marriage promotion activities specified under the authorizing legislation: (1) marriage and relationship education/skills (MRES); (2) education in high schools; and (3) public advertising campaigns.  ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, from high impact projects, to moderate scope projects, to smaller scope projects. Applicants must provide evidence of organizational capacity to implement their proposed project. LEARN MORE

ACF Fatherhood - Family-focused, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential (Fatherhood FIRE)

(Application Deadline: July 1, 2020)

The Fatherhood Family-focused, Interconnected, Resilent, and Essential Grants (Fatherhood FIRE) will be targeted exclusively to projects designed for adult fathers, defined as fathers that are age 18 and older. Eligible fathers (or father figures) must have children who are age 24 or younger. Fathers will include those in the general population (or "community fathers"), as well as fathers who are currently incarcerated and are returning, or have returned, to their families and communities following incarceration. Applicants will be strongly encouraged to submit a proposal to implement one specific program model designed for one specific service population – e.g., rural community fathers, reentering fathers, or urban community fathers– but not multiple models for multiple populations.  ACF is interested in funding a diverse range of projects, from high impact projects, to moderate scope projects, to smaller scope projects. Applicants must provide evidence of organizational capacity to implement their proposed project. LEARN MORE

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

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

A New Normal for Telehealth Requires Reimbursement and Benefit Design

(Healthcare Finance - May 21, 2020)

"A comprehensive consumer-facing digital strategy built around telehealth will be a requirement for providers,' says Dr. Chuck Peck, Guidehouse. READ MORE

Slow Financial Recovery Expected for Hospitals after COVID-19 Pandemic

(Healthcare Financial Management Association - May 28, 2020)

After rapid and historic losses, hospital revenues are expected to recover more slowly. READ MORE

              Dr. Brian Kelley               Louise Mathias

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