February 2019 Grants

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Grant Opportunities/Announcements

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announcement of Availability of Funds for Replication of Programs Proven Effective through Rigorous Evaluation to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy, Behavioral Risk Factors Underlying Teenage Pregnancy, or Other Associated Risk Factors (Tier 1) Phase I
The purpose is to replicate programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. Applicants should replicate one or more effective programs in a community(ies) and/or among populations identified by current federal statistical reports as being most vulnerable to teen pregnancy, STDs, multiple partners, and other risks associated with sexual activity. Each selected community must be defined by clear geographic boundaries in order to assure that the number of youth served can be identified and rates of teenage pregnancy and other associated risk factors can be monitored. Eligible applicants are: Nonprofit with or without 501(c)3 IRS status; For-profit organizations and Small, minority, and women-owned businesses; Universities and colleges; Research institutions; Hospitals;  Community-based organizations; Faith-based organizations; Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations; Alaska Native health corporations;  Urban Indian health organizations; Tribal epidemiology centers; State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents; and Political subdivisions of States. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

Foundation Center, The Children’s Trust, and Miami-Dade County Funding Collaborations and Building Ecosystems: A Grantmaker Meets the Changemaker Panel Discussion
Enjoy a morning of networking and dynamic programming featuring local grantmakers and nonprofit organizations discussing collaborations for greater community impact on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at West Dade Regional Library 9445 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33165 from 9:30 am – 12 pm. In partnership with the Miami Dade Public Library System, Foundation Center, and Children’s Trust, Miami-Dade County invites you to join us and learn how to engage in collective work, while gaining insight into the grantmaker/grantee relationship to establish strong partnerships. This program explores how to cultivate relationships with other organizations and funders to strengthen your outcomes. Hear encouraging success stories sprinkled with pitfalls to avoid when working with multiple stakeholders. Join us to gain access to funders’ perspectives, collaboration best practices, and funding resources while building your nonprofit’s ecosystem.
Deadline Date: 03-06-2019

Grant Opportunities/General/Miscellaneous

Florida Department of Health Systems Change to Increase HPV Vaccination Services
The Department is accepting applications to implement organized approaches to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among patients in the eligible population within health systems through evidence-based interventions (EBIs) recommended by the Community Preventive Service Task Force (CPSTF). Funding is being made available to facilitate health systems change and develop new or enhanced collaborations between partner health systems through adoption of EBI strategies from the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Applicants awarded for funding will partner with health systems or work internally to implement the changes. The changes implemented will improve identification and administration of the HPV vaccine or referral of individuals recommended for HPV vaccination. Up to two applicants may be funded up to $32,500 each for up to twenty-four months.
Deadline Date: 03-21-2019

NoVo Foundation  2019 Social and Emotional Learning Innovation Awards
The foundation currently is accepting applications from projects designed to advance social and emotional learning in classrooms across the United States. The foundation is focused on educators as key catalysts in supporting all students and changing schools and is interested in supporting programs and systems designed to foster greater compassion, build skills in people and groups to be able to work through differences and problems, and lessen incidents of violence and vulnerabilities to all forms of harm. To that end, grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to programs that can be implemented across an entire school district and/or across multiple schools within a district. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to individual educators or teams of teachers implementing social and emotional learning techniques in the classroom. The foundation also will be offering a select number of two-year grants.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding a multi-site evaluation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program. PSN is a Department of Justice-sponsored initiative that involves cooperation of multiple criminal justice agencies and their partners working at the local level to develop and implement strategic responses to reduce gun crime. This evaluation project will include between eight and ten local site-level evaluations as well as one national assessment of PSN. NIJ intends to fund this project in two phases, with the opportunity for additional funding for the second phase to begin in FY2021. Eligible applicants are: States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-01-2019

The Kresge Foundation Request for Proposals: Community Based Climate Change, Health & Equity Strategy
The foundation is accepting applications for its Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative. Through the initiative, grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to as many as fifteen community-based nonprofits working to implement solutions that address the links between climate change, health, and equity. To be eligible for a grant, programs must be rooted in racial equality and social justice. The initiative supports programs at the local, regional, and/or state level that have the potential to advance the adoption and implementation of climate mitigation, climate adaption, and climate resilience policies. Following a fourteen-month planning phase, up to twelve organizations will be invited to apply for multiyear implementation grants.
Deadline Date: 03-19-2019

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Legal Assistance Enhancement Program
This funding opportunity is designed to enable legal assistance networks, including Older Americans Act-funded programs, in strengthening and enhancing legal assistance programs to older Americans with economic and social need. Funding will be dedicated to identifying and executing enhancements and innovations that improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and availability of legal assistance offered to older Americans, consistent with the fundamental principles of the Administration for Community Living (ACL). Enhancements made through this funding opportunity will support quantifiable and sustainable improvements to the delivery of a full-range of legal assistance, from legal advice through representation to older adults. Domestic public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals and institutions of higher education. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline Date: 04-29-2019

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. Projects may be at any stage of development. NEH invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities, and it encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars. Eligible applicants are individuals. Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline Date: 04-10-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Adam Walsh Act (AWA) Implementation Grant Program
Support assists jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement the requirements of SORNA. SORNA requires: (1) all States, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories, and participating federally-recognized Indian tribes to maintain a sex offender registry; and (2) sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, is an employee, or is a student. SORNA also sets forth requirements for jurisdictions’ to include: specified required information, the applicable frequency and duration of registration, participation in the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), and utilization of the SORNA Exchange Portal. This year’s solicitation will focus on three categories: 1) maintaining and enhancing SORNA substantial implementation in states, territories and tribal jurisdictions; 2) support for SORNA activities in counties in implemented states; and 3) support for implementation and integration of the Sex Offender Registry Tool (SORT).  Eligible applicants are State, County and Native American tribal governments. Award Ceiling: $400,000
Deadline Date: 04-18-2019

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation A Call for Partners – Intermediaries for scale
Up to ten organizations (or organizational networks) will be selected to support institutions of higher education over a multiyear period, with the goal of improving outcomes for traditionally underserved students, including minorities and those with reduced incomes. Through the program, organizations and partners will work together to connect campuses to each other and additional resources in order to inform policy and improve industry practices. Grants will be awarded to the chosen Intermediaries in support of organizational capacity-building efforts in four key areas: 1) increasing awareness of promising strategies within the campus community; 2) informing key campus-level decisions about change options and strategies; 3) providing direction and resources to adopt, implement, analyze, and sustain policy changes; and 4) building connections between educational institutions and supporting organizations in order to improve industry best practices. U.S.-based organizations with a history of working to increase student success in postsecondary settings will be considered. Eligible candidates must be dedicated to reducing college disparity outcomes due to race and income, committed to continuous learning and improvement through data-driven methods, and have the capacity to recognize, implement, and evaluate policy changes campus-wide.
Deadline Date: 03-20-2019

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
The foundation will make four-year postdoctoral research awards to physicians, dentists, and nurses from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to advancing their careers and achieving senior rank in their field; fostering the development of future leaders within their field; improving the health of underserved populations; and/or working toward understanding and eliminating health disparities by achieving senior rank in academic medicine, dentistry, or nursing. To be eligible, applicants must be a physician, dentist, or nurse from an historically disadvantaged background (ethnic, financial or educational); be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.; and have completed or be in the process of completing their formal clinical training. Preference will be given to those who have recently completed their formal clinical training. The program will award as many as ten awards of up to $420,000 comprising an annual stipend of $75,000 and an annual grant of $30,000 in support of the recipient’s research activities.
Deadline Date: 03-19-2019

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances
The purpose of this program is to improve the mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and their families.  This program will support the implementation, expansion, and integration of the SOC approach by creating sustainable infrastructure and services that are required as part of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. This grant will support the provision of mental health and related recovery support services to children and youth with SED and those with early signs and symptoms of serious mental illness (SMI), including first episode psychosis (FEP). The intent is to build upon progress made in developing comprehensive SOC by focusing on sustainable financing, cross-agency collaboration, the creation of policy and infrastructure, and the development and implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed services and supports.  Eligibility is limited to public entities as follows: State governments, territories (the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the Northern Mariana Islands; the Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa; the Republic of Palau; the Federated States of Micronesia; and the Republic of the Marshall Islands); and governmental units within political subdivisions of a state (e.g., county, city, town); Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN tribal organizations, as defined in Section 5304(b) and Section 5304(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration FY 2019 Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health Grant Program
The purpose of this program is to promote the wellness of young children, from birth to 8 years of age, by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, physical and behavioral aspects of their development.  It is expected that this program will provide local communities or tribes the opportunity to disseminate effective and innovative early childhood mental health practices and services, ultimately leading to better outcomes for young children and their families. The overall goal of Project LAUNCH is to foster the healthy development and wellness of all young children (birth through age 8), preparing them to thrive in school and beyond.  Project LAUNCH grants are designed to build the capacities of adult caregivers of young children to promote healthy social and emotional development; to prevent mental, emotional and behavioral disorders; and to identify and address behavioral concerns before they develop into serious emotional disturbances (SED). Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. Award Ceiling: $800,000
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

U.S. Department of Justice NIJ Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime: Health Care and Elder Fraud, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding research and evaluation projects that will improve our knowledge on how to identify, prevent, and reduce white collar crime in the United States. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects that will advance our understanding of white collar crime and effective approaches for identifying, preventing, investigating and prosecuting white collar crime related to health care fraud, cyber crime against individuals, and elder fraud and financial exploitation. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and public housing authorities.  Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Deadline Date: 05-02-2019

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Funding for non-entitlement units of local government is available for the Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation and Commercial Revitalization and the Economic Development program areas. A total of $25 million dollars in FFY 2018 funding will be available to eligible applicants in the four program areas. The FFY 2018 list of non-entitlement units of local government is available on DEO’s website at www.FloridaJobs.org/CDBGApplicantInfo. The application process is conducted in accordance with sections 290.0401 – 290.048, Florida Statutes, and chapter 73C-23, Florida Administrative Code. The application cycle will begin on March 21, 2019, and end at 5:00 p.m. ET on May 6, 2019
Deadline Date: 05-06-2019

Grant Opportunities/Arts, Culture and Libraries

First Nations Development Institute Native Youth and Culture Fund
Approximately twenty grants of up to $19,500 will be awarded to Native organizations and tribes looking for ways to preserve, strengthen, and/or renew Native culture and traditions among Native youth. The institute encourages projects focused on the preservation, strengthening, or renewal of cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; that engage both youth and elders in activities with demonstrated methods for documenting traditional knowledge, practices, and/or beliefs; that strengthen youth leadership and capacity to lead through integrated educational or mentoring programs; and/or that increase access to and the sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern). Eligible entities include Native-controlled nonprofit organizations or Native-controlled community organizations.
Deadline Date: 03-12-2019

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. Projects may be at any stage of development. NEH invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities, and it encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars. Eligible applicants are individuals. Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline Date: 04-10-2019

Grant Opportunities/Children and Youth

U.S. Department of State FY 2019 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
The intent is to broaden the U.S. student population that participates in study abroad by focusing on those students who would not otherwise study outside the U.S. due to financial constraints. The Gilman Program: provides scholarships to enable U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue credit-bearing academic studies or internships abroad; helps to support the U.S.’ national security and economic prosperity through the expansion of international opportunities for gifted American students without the financial means to further their knowledge of other countries, languages and cultures through in-person overseas experiences.  Eligible applicants include Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS.
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announcement of Availability of Funds for Replication of Programs Proven Effective through Rigorous Evaluation to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy, Behavioral Risk Factors Underlying Teenage Pregnancy, or Other Associated Risk Factors (Tier 1) Phase I
The purpose is to replicate programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. Applicants should replicate one or more effective programs in a community(ies) and/or among populations identified by current federal statistical reports as being most vulnerable to teen pregnancy, STDs, multiple partners, and other risks associated with sexual activity. Each selected community must be defined by clear geographic boundaries in order to assure that the number of youth served can be identified and rates of teenage pregnancy and other associated risk factors can be monitored. Eligible applicants are: Nonprofit with or without 501(c)3 IRS status; For-profit organizations and Small, minority, and women-owned businesses; Universities and colleges; Research institutions; Hospitals;  Community-based organizations; Faith-based organizations; Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations; Alaska Native health corporations;  Urban Indian health organizations; Tribal epidemiology centers; State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents; and Political subdivisions of States. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

U.S. Department of Children and Families Unified Homelessness Grant for Fiscal Years 2019-2021
The purpose is to coordinate state and federal funding to Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) lead agencies in their efforts to reduce and end homelessness throughout Florida. The state-funded Challenge Grant is designed to meet crucial housing, program, and service needs in the CoC. The TANF Homelessness Prevention Grant provides emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness among eligible families in Florida. The federally funded Emergency Solutions Grant provides funding for activities such as street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing assistance. The only entities that may submit an application for this Unified Homelessness Grant shall be the lead agencies of the CoC.
Deadline Date: 03-29-2019

The Miami Foundation State Attorney’s Denise Moon Memorial Fund
The Fund strives to enhance and ensure community safety and social justice and promote opportunity, diversity and civility. Ms. Moon’s work and the Fund’s focus includes, but is not limited to, supporting efforts that assist victims of crime, reduce crimes’ effect on our community, promote opportunities for job training and placement, educational attainment and scholarships and other efforts providing alternatives to criminal activity.  Grants up to $20,000 are made in the following focus areas: Crime Prevention, Crime Deterrence, Education and Scholarships, Youth Development, Victim Assistance, and Human Trafficking. Eligible applicants include nonprofits serving Miami-Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality programs that reflect the Fund’s purpose or show strong potential to develop them. While the Foundation will give preference to strengthening nonprofits in Greater Miami, we also encourage partnerships with those outside Greater Miami to bring quality programs to our community.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

First Nations Development Institute Native Youth and Culture Fund
Approximately twenty grants of up to $19,500 will be awarded to Native organizations and tribes looking for ways to preserve, strengthen, and/or renew Native culture and traditions among Native youth. The institute encourages projects focused on the preservation, strengthening, or renewal of cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; that engage both youth and elders in activities with demonstrated methods for documenting traditional knowledge, practices, and/or beliefs; that strengthen youth leadership and capacity to lead through integrated educational or mentoring programs; and/or that increase access to and the sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern). Eligible entities include Native-controlled nonprofit organizations or Native-controlled community organizations.
Deadline Date: 03-12-2019

NoVo Foundation  2019 Social and Emotional Learning Innovation Awards
The foundation currently is accepting applications from projects designed to advance social and emotional learning in classrooms across the United States. The foundation is focused on educators as key catalysts in supporting all students and changing schools and is interested in supporting programs and systems designed to foster greater compassion, build skills in people and groups to be able to work through differences and problems, and lessen incidents of violence and vulnerabilities to all forms of harm. To that end, grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to programs that can be implemented across an entire school district and/or across multiple schools within a district. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to individual educators or teams of teachers implementing social and emotional learning techniques in the classroom. The foundation also will be offering a select number of two-year grants.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

Braitmayer Foundation Grants
The Braitmayer Foundation is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations using innovative practices to enhance the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. Of particular interest to the foundation are: curricular and school reform initiatives; preparation and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those designed to encourage people of high ability and from diverse backgrounds to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.  Grant requests for up to $35,000 from organizations focused on K-12 education in the U.S. will be considered.
Deadline Date: 03-15-2019

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grants for Expansion and Sustainability of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances
The purpose of this program is to improve the mental health outcomes for children and youth, birth through age 21, with serious emotional disturbance (SED), and their families.  This program will support the implementation, expansion, and integration of the SOC approach by creating sustainable infrastructure and services that are required as part of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and their Families Program. This grant will support the provision of mental health and related recovery support services to children and youth with SED and those with early signs and symptoms of serious mental illness (SMI), including first episode psychosis (FEP). The intent is to build upon progress made in developing comprehensive SOC by focusing on sustainable financing, cross-agency collaboration, the creation of policy and infrastructure, and the development and implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed services and supports.  Eligibility is limited to public entities as follows: State governments, territories (the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; the Northern Mariana Islands; the Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa; the Republic of Palau; the Federated States of Micronesia; and the Republic of the Marshall Islands); and governmental units within political subdivisions of a state (e.g., county, city, town); Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN tribal organizations, as defined in Section 5304(b) and Section 5304(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration FY 2019 Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health Grant Program
The purpose of this program is to promote the wellness of young children, from birth to 8 years of age, by addressing the social, emotional, cognitive, physical and behavioral aspects of their development.  It is expected that this program will provide local communities or tribes the opportunity to disseminate effective and innovative early childhood mental health practices and services, ultimately leading to better outcomes for young children and their families. The overall goal of Project LAUNCH is to foster the healthy development and wellness of all young children (birth through age 8), preparing them to thrive in school and beyond.  Project LAUNCH grants are designed to build the capacities of adult caregivers of young children to promote healthy social and emotional development; to prevent mental, emotional and behavioral disorders; and to identify and address behavioral concerns before they develop into serious emotional disturbances (SED). Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. Award Ceiling: $800,000
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Grant Opportunities/Economic and Community Development/Business

Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Solutions Accelerator Program
This is an incubator program dedicated to young, eco-minded entrepreneurs who are building innovative businesses with the potential to have a positive impact on the planet’s ocean. Through the program, grants of $25,000 each will be invested in fifteen startups.  Startup teams selected for the program will have the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive and unique eight-week leadership and development course that provides them with mentoring, networking, and education aimed at helping them transform their innovative prototypes into scalable businesses. The eight-week course will be held in the Bay Area in June and August. In addition, one member of each team will be invited to participate in the Accelerator at Sea Alaska expedition, during which they will have the opportunity to explore iconic landscapes while refining their business model.
Deadline Date: 03-31-2019

U.S. Department of Commerce Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I
NIST invites small businesses to submit Phase I research applications from science and technology-based firms with strong research capabilities in any of the areas listed in Section 9 of this NOFO. Applications must sufficiently identify and clearly address a specific NIST technical program area that falls within one of the research areas described in Section 9 or a NIST-patented technology available for licensing.  Only FY 2019 Phase I applications may be submitted in response to this NOFO. Phase II applications are not being accepted at this time. NIST publishes a Phase II NOFO approximately 30 days prior to the end of the previous year’s Phase I period of performance to request Phase II applications. That NOFO provides instructions for Phase I awardees to prepare a Phase II application and the closing date for submission of applications; only the previous year’s Phase I awardees are eligible to submit a Phase II application.  Award Ceiling: $106,500
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Funding for non-entitlement units of local government is available for the Neighborhood Revitalization, Housing Rehabilitation and Commercial Revitalization and the Economic Development program areas. A total of $25 million dollars in FFY 2018 funding will be available to eligible applicants in the four program areas. The FFY 2018 list of non-entitlement units of local government is available on DEO’s website at www.FloridaJobs.org/CDBGApplicantInfo. The application process is conducted in accordance with sections 290.0401 – 290.048, Florida Statutes, and chapter 73C-23, Florida Administrative Code. The application cycle will begin on March 21, 2019, and end at 5:00 p.m. ET on May 6, 2019
Deadline Date: 05-06-2019

Grant Opportunities/Education

U.S. Department of State FY 2019 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
The intent is to broaden the U.S. student population that participates in study abroad by focusing on those students who would not otherwise study outside the U.S. due to financial constraints. The Gilman Program: provides scholarships to enable U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue credit-bearing academic studies or internships abroad; helps to support the U.S.’ national security and economic prosperity through the expansion of international opportunities for gifted American students without the financial means to further their knowledge of other countries, languages and cultures through in-person overseas experiences.  Eligible applicants include Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; and Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS.
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

The Miami Foundation State Attorney’s Denise Moon Memorial Fund
The Fund strives to enhance and ensure community safety and social justice and promote opportunity, diversity and civility. Ms. Moon’s work and the Fund’s focus includes, but is not limited to, supporting efforts that assist victims of crime, reduce crimes’ effect on our community, promote opportunities for job training and placement, educational attainment and scholarships and other efforts providing alternatives to criminal activity.  Grants up to $20,000 are made in the following focus areas: Crime Prevention, Crime Deterrence, Education and Scholarships, Youth Development, Victim Assistance, and Human Trafficking. Eligible applicants include nonprofits serving Miami-Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality programs that reflect the Fund’s purpose or show strong potential to develop them. While the Foundation will give preference to strengthening nonprofits in Greater Miami, we also encourage partnerships with those outside Greater Miami to bring quality programs to our community.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

NoVo Foundation  2019 Social and Emotional Learning Innovation Awards
The foundation currently is accepting applications from projects designed to advance social and emotional learning in classrooms across the United States. The foundation is focused on educators as key catalysts in supporting all students and changing schools and is interested in supporting programs and systems designed to foster greater compassion, build skills in people and groups to be able to work through differences and problems, and lessen incidents of violence and vulnerabilities to all forms of harm. To that end, grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to programs that can be implemented across an entire school district and/or across multiple schools within a district. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to individual educators or teams of teachers implementing social and emotional learning techniques in the classroom. The foundation also will be offering a select number of two-year grants.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

NewSchools Venture Fund Expanded Definition of Student Success Challenge
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to entrepreneurs developing technology-enabled learning experiences that boost academic outcomes through the use of social-emotional learning, improve school culture, and create a nurturing learning environment. In addition to funding, winners will receive wraparound support that includes management assistance and the opportunity to participate in a virtual accelerator. Critical areas of need identified by the fund include the promotion of school readiness and/or skills for school transitions; integration of social-emotional development into core academics; new ways to measure and analyze an expanded set of student outcomes; and building teachers’ parents’ and communities’ capacity to support an expanded definition of student success. Companies and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 03-12-2019

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project’s value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Fellowships provide recipients time to conduct research or to produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. Projects may be at any stage of development. NEH invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities, and it encourages submissions from independent scholars and junior scholars. Eligible applicants are individuals. Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline Date: 04-10-2019

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation A Call for Partners – Intermediaries for scale
Up to ten organizations (or organizational networks) will be selected to support institutions of higher education over a multiyear period, with the goal of improving outcomes for traditionally underserved students, including minorities and those with reduced incomes. Through the program, organizations and partners will work together to connect campuses to each other and additional resources in order to inform policy and improve industry practices. Grants will be awarded to the chosen Intermediaries in support of organizational capacity-building efforts in four key areas: 1) increasing awareness of promising strategies within the campus community; 2) informing key campus-level decisions about change options and strategies; 3) providing direction and resources to adopt, implement, analyze, and sustain policy changes; and 4) building connections between educational institutions and supporting organizations in order to improve industry best practices. U.S.-based organizations with a history of working to increase student success in postsecondary settings will be considered. Eligible candidates must be dedicated to reducing college disparity outcomes due to race and income, committed to continuous learning and improvement through data-driven methods, and have the capacity to recognize, implement, and evaluate policy changes campus-wide.
Deadline Date: 03-20-2019

Braitmayer Foundation Grants
The Braitmayer Foundation is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations using innovative practices to enhance the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. Of particular interest to the foundation are: curricular and school reform initiatives; preparation and professional development opportunities for teachers, particularly those designed to encourage people of high ability and from diverse backgrounds to enter and remain in K-12 teaching.  Grant requests for up to $35,000 from organizations focused on K-12 education in the U.S. will be considered.
Deadline Date: 03-15-2019

United States Department of Agriculture Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA)
The purpose is to promote and strengthen the ability of Insular Area Institutions to carry out teaching and education programs within a broadly defined arena of food and agricultural sciences-related disciplines. By strengthening institutional educational capacities in instruction and curriculum and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning, NIFA intends that this program will help Insular Area Institutions meet their unique needs.  RIIA Eligible institutions include colleges/universities located in an Insular Area conducting teaching/extension programs in at least one discipline/area of food & agricultural sciences. Award Ceiling: $450,000
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Grant Opportunities/Health

Florida Department of Health Systems Change to Increase HPV Vaccination Services
The Department is accepting applications to implement organized approaches to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among patients in the eligible population within health systems through evidence-based interventions (EBIs) recommended by the Community Preventive Service Task Force (CPSTF). Funding is being made available to facilitate health systems change and develop new or enhanced collaborations between partner health systems through adoption of EBI strategies from the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Applicants awarded for funding will partner with health systems or work internally to implement the changes. The changes implemented will improve identification and administration of the HPV vaccine or referral of individuals recommended for HPV vaccination. Up to two applicants may be funded up to $32,500 each for up to twenty-four months.
Deadline Date: 03-21-2019

Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) 2019 Request for Proposals
In 2019, the foundation plans to award grants of up to $25,000 to promising researchers and scientists engaged in evidence-based endometriosis research leading to excellent clinical judgment and better outcomes for endometriosis patients. Research is encouraged in the following areas: disease etiology, genetics, and pathology of the peritoneum; ovarian endometrioma, uterine adenomyosis, and deeply infiltrating endometriosis; epidemiology; defining risk populations with biomarkers; early diagnosis and adolescent endometriosis; co-morbidities; sub-fertility and infertility issues; excisional peritoneal surgery for tissue diagnosis and treatment; definitive surgery for deeply infiltrating endometriosis; psychosocial impact on quality of life; individual and societal economic impact; and prevention of prescription drug abuse.
Deadline Date: 03-07-2019

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical Research Grants
Grants of up to three years in duration will be awarded to researchers focused on the understanding and treatment of neuromuscular disease, including natural history studies, clinical biomarker studies, outcome measure studies, non-interventional clinical research studies, and clinical trials of existing, approved, or repurposed drugs or non-drug interventions. The program also supports clinician-scientists in training, research networks, and travel costs to conferences.  Eligible candidates must be employed by an educational, medical, corporate, or research institution/organization and hold an MD, PhD, DSc, or equivalent degree. In addition, proposed trials and studies must be FDA-approved (if appropriate) and approved through an institutional review board. The foundation requests that interested candidates contact the appropriate scientific portfolio director prior to applying. Letters of Intent are due April 1, 2019.
Deadline Date: 04-01-2019

International Union Against TB and Lung Disease 2018 Karel Styblo Public Health Prize
The annual prize honors the contributions of a health worker or a community organization  to tuberculosis control over a period of ten years or more. The award consists of a full fellowship to attend the Union World Conference on Lung Health (including full delegate badge, travel, accommodation, and per diem), a cash award of $2,000, and a certificate (presented at the conference). Honorees may request that the fellowship portion of the award be used for a delegate who would not otherwise be able to attend the conference.
Deadline Date: 03-31-2019

Grant Opportunities/Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness

U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding a multi-site evaluation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program. PSN is a Department of Justice-sponsored initiative that involves cooperation of multiple criminal justice agencies and their partners working at the local level to develop and implement strategic responses to reduce gun crime. This evaluation project will include between eight and ten local site-level evaluations as well as one national assessment of PSN. NIJ intends to fund this project in two phases, with the opportunity for additional funding for the second phase to begin in FY2021. Eligible applicants are: States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-01-2019

The Miami Foundation State Attorney’s Denise Moon Memorial Fund
The Fund strives to enhance and ensure community safety and social justice and promote opportunity, diversity and civility. Ms. Moon’s work and the Fund’s focus includes, but is not limited to, supporting efforts that assist victims of crime, reduce crimes’ effect on our community, promote opportunities for job training and placement, educational attainment and scholarships and other efforts providing alternatives to criminal activity.  Grants up to $20,000 are made in the following focus areas: Crime Prevention, Crime Deterrence, Education and Scholarships, Youth Development, Victim Assistance, and Human Trafficking. Eligible applicants include nonprofits serving Miami-Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality programs that reflect the Fund’s purpose or show strong potential to develop them. While the Foundation will give preference to strengthening nonprofits in Greater Miami, we also encourage partnerships with those outside Greater Miami to bring quality programs to our community.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

Grant Opportunities/Housing/Homeless

U.S. Department of Children and Families Unified Homelessness Grant for Fiscal Years 2019-2021
The purpose is to coordinate state and federal funding to Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) lead agencies in their efforts to reduce and end homelessness throughout Florida. The state-funded Challenge Grant is designed to meet crucial housing, program, and service needs in the CoC. The TANF Homelessness Prevention Grant provides emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness among eligible families in Florida. The federally funded Emergency Solutions Grant provides funding for activities such as street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing assistance. The only entities that may submit an application for this Unified Homelessness Grant shall be the lead agencies of the CoC.
Deadline Date: 03-29-2019

Grant Opportunities/Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for the funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce street gang activity, violence, and victimization in the United States. Gangs and gang members are responsible for a large amount of crime and violence in many localities, and are responsible for a disproportionate share in those communities most afflicted by crime and violence. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects designed to produce findings with high practical utility for youth and adult gang prevention, intervention, enforcement, or reentry strategies. For profit organizations and small businesses; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; State, County, City or township governments; Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Special district governments; Individuals; and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 04-29-2019

U.S. Department of Justice OJJDP FY 19 Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
This program will promote and expand services in detention and correctional facilities to incarcerated individuals who have children younger than age 18. Program activities include developing strategies to increase and enhance communication between the child and his or her incarcerated parent while maintaining safe facilities, and providing transitional reentry services that incorporate a focus on parental responsibility for incarcerated parents and ensuring that youth with an incarcerated parent receive services that support positive youth development. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories) and units of local government. Award Ceiling: $750,000
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding a multi-site evaluation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program. PSN is a Department of Justice-sponsored initiative that involves cooperation of multiple criminal justice agencies and their partners working at the local level to develop and implement strategic responses to reduce gun crime. This evaluation project will include between eight and ten local site-level evaluations as well as one national assessment of PSN. NIJ intends to fund this project in two phases, with the opportunity for additional funding for the second phase to begin in FY2021. Eligible applicants are: States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-01-2019

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announcement of Availability of Funds for Replication of Programs Proven Effective through Rigorous Evaluation to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy, Behavioral Risk Factors Underlying Teenage Pregnancy, or Other Associated Risk Factors (Tier 1) Phase I
The purpose is to replicate programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors. Applicants should replicate one or more effective programs in a community(ies) and/or among populations identified by current federal statistical reports as being most vulnerable to teen pregnancy, STDs, multiple partners, and other risks associated with sexual activity. Each selected community must be defined by clear geographic boundaries in order to assure that the number of youth served can be identified and rates of teenage pregnancy and other associated risk factors can be monitored. Eligible applicants are: Nonprofit with or without 501(c)3 IRS status; For-profit organizations and Small, minority, and women-owned businesses; Universities and colleges; Research institutions; Hospitals;  Community-based organizations; Faith-based organizations; Federally recognized or state-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments; American Indian/Alaska Native tribally designated organizations; Alaska Native health corporations;  Urban Indian health organizations; Tribal epidemiology centers; State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents; and Political subdivisions of States. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline Date: 04-15-2019

U.S. Department of Children and Families Unified Homelessness Grant for Fiscal Years 2019-2021
The purpose is to coordinate state and federal funding to Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) lead agencies in their efforts to reduce and end homelessness throughout Florida. The state-funded Challenge Grant is designed to meet crucial housing, program, and service needs in the CoC. The TANF Homelessness Prevention Grant provides emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness among eligible families in Florida. The federally funded Emergency Solutions Grant provides funding for activities such as street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing assistance. The only entities that may submit an application for this Unified Homelessness Grant shall be the lead agencies of the CoC.
Deadline Date: 03-29-2019

Florida Department of Health Systems Change to Increase HPV Vaccination Services
The Department is accepting applications to implement organized approaches to increase human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among patients in the eligible population within health systems through evidence-based interventions (EBIs) recommended by the Community Preventive Service Task Force (CPSTF). Funding is being made available to facilitate health systems change and develop new or enhanced collaborations between partner health systems through adoption of EBI strategies from the Guide to Community Preventive Services. Applicants awarded for funding will partner with health systems or work internally to implement the changes. The changes implemented will improve identification and administration of the HPV vaccine or referral of individuals recommended for HPV vaccination. Up to two applicants may be funded up to $32,500 each for up to twenty-four months.
Deadline Date: 03-21-2019

The Miami Foundation State Attorney’s Denise Moon Memorial Fund
The Fund strives to enhance and ensure community safety and social justice and promote opportunity, diversity and civility. Ms. Moon’s work and the Fund’s focus includes, but is not limited to, supporting efforts that assist victims of crime, reduce crimes’ effect on our community, promote opportunities for job training and placement, educational attainment and scholarships and other efforts providing alternatives to criminal activity.  Grants up to $20,000 are made in the following focus areas: Crime Prevention, Crime Deterrence, Education and Scholarships, Youth Development, Victim Assistance, and Human Trafficking. Eligible applicants include nonprofits serving Miami-Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality programs that reflect the Fund’s purpose or show strong potential to develop them. While the Foundation will give preference to strengthening nonprofits in Greater Miami, we also encourage partnerships with those outside Greater Miami to bring quality programs to our community.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

First Nations Development Institute Native Youth and Culture Fund
Approximately twenty grants of up to $19,500 will be awarded to Native organizations and tribes looking for ways to preserve, strengthen, and/or renew Native culture and traditions among Native youth. The institute encourages projects focused on the preservation, strengthening, or renewal of cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; that engage both youth and elders in activities with demonstrated methods for documenting traditional knowledge, practices, and/or beliefs; that strengthen youth leadership and capacity to lead through integrated educational or mentoring programs; and/or that increase access to and the sharing of cultural customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies (traditional and/or modern). Eligible entities include Native-controlled nonprofit organizations or Native-controlled community organizations.
Deadline Date: 03-12-2019

NoVo Foundation  2019 Social and Emotional Learning Innovation Awards
The foundation currently is accepting applications from projects designed to advance social and emotional learning in classrooms across the United States. The foundation is focused on educators as key catalysts in supporting all students and changing schools and is interested in supporting programs and systems designed to foster greater compassion, build skills in people and groups to be able to work through differences and problems, and lessen incidents of violence and vulnerabilities to all forms of harm. To that end, grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to programs that can be implemented across an entire school district and/or across multiple schools within a district. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to individual educators or teams of teachers implementing social and emotional learning techniques in the classroom. The foundation also will be offering a select number of two-year grants.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Legal Assistance Enhancement Program
This funding opportunity is designed to enable legal assistance networks, including Older Americans Act-funded programs, in strengthening and enhancing legal assistance programs to older Americans with economic and social need. Funding will be dedicated to identifying and executing enhancements and innovations that improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and availability of legal assistance offered to older Americans, consistent with the fundamental principles of the Administration for Community Living (ACL). Enhancements made through this funding opportunity will support quantifiable and sustainable improvements to the delivery of a full-range of legal assistance, from legal advice through representation to older adults. Domestic public or private non-profit entities including state and local governments, Indian tribal governments and organizations (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals and institutions of higher education. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline Date: 04-29-2019

Grant Opportunities/Justice/Crime Prevention

U.S. Department of Justice BJA FY 19 Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program
The program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to develop and implement drug courts and veterans treatment courts. BJA is accepting applications for grants to either establish new drug courts or enhance existing drug court programs using evidence-based principles and practices. Eligible applicants are state agencies such as the State Administering Agency (SAA), the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Substance Abuse Agency.  Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Deadline Date: 04-16-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding a multi-site evaluation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program. PSN is a Department of Justice-sponsored initiative that involves cooperation of multiple criminal justice agencies and their partners working at the local level to develop and implement strategic responses to reduce gun crime. This evaluation project will include between eight and ten local site-level evaluations as well as one national assessment of PSN. NIJ intends to fund this project in two phases, with the opportunity for additional funding for the second phase to begin in FY2021. Eligible applicants are: States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-01-2019

The Miami Foundation State Attorney’s Denise Moon Memorial Fund
The Fund strives to enhance and ensure community safety and social justice and promote opportunity, diversity and civility. Ms. Moon’s work and the Fund’s focus includes, but is not limited to, supporting efforts that assist victims of crime, reduce crimes’ effect on our community, promote opportunities for job training and placement, educational attainment and scholarships and other efforts providing alternatives to criminal activity.  Grants up to $20,000 are made in the following focus areas: Crime Prevention, Crime Deterrence, Education and Scholarships, Youth Development, Victim Assistance, and Human Trafficking. Eligible applicants include nonprofits serving Miami-Dade County that show a strong track record of providing quality programs that reflect the Fund’s purpose or show strong potential to develop them. While the Foundation will give preference to strengthening nonprofits in Greater Miami, we also encourage partnerships with those outside Greater Miami to bring quality programs to our community.
Deadline Date: 03-22-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Adam Walsh Act (AWA) Implementation Grant Program
Support assists jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement the requirements of SORNA. SORNA requires: (1) all States, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories, and participating federally-recognized Indian tribes to maintain a sex offender registry; and (2) sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, is an employee, or is a student. SORNA also sets forth requirements for jurisdictions’ to include: specified required information, the applicable frequency and duration of registration, participation in the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), and utilization of the SORNA Exchange Portal. This year’s solicitation will focus on three categories: 1) maintaining and enhancing SORNA substantial implementation in states, territories and tribal jurisdictions; 2) support for SORNA activities in counties in implemented states; and 3) support for implementation and integration of the Sex Offender Registry Tool (SORT).  Eligible applicants are State, County and Native American tribal governments. Award Ceiling: $400,000
Deadline Date: 04-18-2019

U.S. Department of Justice NIJ Research and Evaluation on White Collar Crime: Health Care and Elder Fraud, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding research and evaluation projects that will improve our knowledge on how to identify, prevent, and reduce white collar crime in the United States. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects that will advance our understanding of white collar crime and effective approaches for identifying, preventing, investigating and prosecuting white collar crime related to health care fraud, cyber crime against individuals, and elder fraud and financial exploitation. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and public housing authorities.  Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Deadline Date: 05-02-2019

Grant Opportunities/Media/Communications

Grant Opportunities/Natural Resources/Environment/Agriculture

Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Solutions Accelerator Program
This is an incubator program dedicated to young, eco-minded entrepreneurs who are building innovative businesses with the potential to have a positive impact on the planet’s ocean. Through the program, grants of $25,000 each will be invested in fifteen startups.  Startup teams selected for the program will have the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive and unique eight-week leadership and development course that provides them with mentoring, networking, and education aimed at helping them transform their innovative prototypes into scalable businesses. The eight-week course will be held in the Bay Area in June and August. In addition, one member of each team will be invited to participate in the Accelerator at Sea Alaska expedition, during which they will have the opportunity to explore iconic landscapes while refining their business model.
Deadline Date: 03-31-2019

The Kresge Foundation Request for Proposals: Community Based Climate Change, Health & Equity Strategy
The foundation is accepting applications for its Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative. Through the initiative, grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to as many as fifteen community-based nonprofits working to implement solutions that address the links between climate change, health, and equity. To be eligible for a grant, programs must be rooted in racial equality and social justice. The initiative supports programs at the local, regional, and/or state level that have the potential to advance the adoption and implementation of climate mitigation, climate adaption, and climate resilience policies. Following a fourteen-month planning phase, up to twelve organizations will be invited to apply for multiyear implementation grants.
Deadline Date: 03-19-2019

United States Department of Agriculture Resident Instruction Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA)
The purpose is to promote and strengthen the ability of Insular Area Institutions to carry out teaching and education programs within a broadly defined arena of food and agricultural sciences-related disciplines. By strengthening institutional educational capacities in instruction and curriculum and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning, NIFA intends that this program will help Insular Area Institutions meet their unique needs.  RIIA Eligible institutions include colleges/universities located in an Insular Area conducting teaching/extension programs in at least one discipline/area of food & agricultural sciences. Award Ceiling: $450,000
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2018/2019 Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program
The second application period will begin on Wednesday March 13, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. and end on Friday April 26, 2019, at 5:00 p.m.  Applications received after April 26, 2019, will not be eligible for consideration in round two.  All removal applications must demonstrate proof that due process was provided for each vessel’s owner.  At a minimum, this would include an opportunity for the vessel owner to challenge the derelict vessel determination, either in criminal court or in an administrative hearing. Vessel cases not demonstrating that these opportunities have been offered to the owners of the vessels will not be considered for state funding assistance. A letter of Authorization for Removal from the law enforcement officer must also be included for each vessel applied for. You may also receive the guidelines and application by contacting Phil Horning at (850)617-9540 or email DVGrant@MyFWC.com. Applications that meet the requirements for the Rapid Removal Grant Program may be submitted at any time after the opportunity announcement start date, but no later than December 31, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) (based on available funding).  Rapid removal cases must meet requirements of published guidelines as well as due process requirements.  Total funding allocated for derelict vessel removal for fiscal year 2018-2019 is $1,000,000.
Deadline Date: 04-26-2019

Grant Opportunities/Parks and Recreation

Grant Opportunities/Technology and Other Science/Research

U.S. Department of Justice Research and Evaluation on Drugs and Crime, FY 2019
NIJ supports rigorous applied research on evidence-based tools, protocols, and policies for State, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. The research focus of this solicitation is criminal investigation, prosecution, drug intelligence, and community surveillance relevant to narcotics law enforcement, forensic science, and/or medicolegal death investigation. DOJ has identified the FY2019 solicitation drug priorities as: 1) fentanyl and its illicit analogues, 2) methamphetamine, and 3) illegal marijuana markets. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and Individuals. Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-06-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for the funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce street gang activity, violence, and victimization in the United States. Gangs and gang members are responsible for a large amount of crime and violence in many localities, and are responsible for a disproportionate share in those communities most afflicted by crime and violence. NIJ will support scientifically rigorous research and evaluation projects designed to produce findings with high practical utility for youth and adult gang prevention, intervention, enforcement, or reentry strategies. For profit organizations and small businesses; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; State, County, City or township governments; Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Special district governments; Individuals; and Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 04-29-2019

U.S. Department of Justice Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods, FY 2019
NIJ is seeking applications for funding a multi-site evaluation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program. PSN is a Department of Justice-sponsored initiative that involves cooperation of multiple criminal justice agencies and their partners working at the local level to develop and implement strategic responses to reduce gun crime. This evaluation project will include between eight and ten local site-level evaluations as well as one national assessment of PSN. NIJ intends to fund this project in two phases, with the opportunity for additional funding for the second phase to begin in FY2021. Eligible applicants are: States (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals.  Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline Date: 05-01-2019

NewSchools Venture Fund Expanded Definition of Student Success Challenge
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to entrepreneurs developing technology-enabled learning experiences that boost academic outcomes through the use of social-emotional learning, improve school culture, and create a nurturing learning environment. In addition to funding, winners will receive wraparound support that includes management assistance and the opportunity to participate in a virtual accelerator. Critical areas of need identified by the fund include the promotion of school readiness and/or skills for school transitions; integration of social-emotional development into core academics; new ways to measure and analyze an expanded set of student outcomes; and building teachers’ parents’ and communities’ capacity to support an expanded definition of student success. Companies and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Deadline Date: 03-12-2019

Sustainable Ocean Alliance Ocean Solutions Accelerator Program
This is an incubator program dedicated to young, eco-minded entrepreneurs who are building innovative businesses with the potential to have a positive impact on the planet’s ocean. Through the program, grants of $25,000 each will be invested in fifteen startups.  Startup teams selected for the program will have the opportunity to participate in a comprehensive and unique eight-week leadership and development course that provides them with mentoring, networking, and education aimed at helping them transform their innovative prototypes into scalable businesses. The eight-week course will be held in the Bay Area in June and August. In addition, one member of each team will be invited to participate in the Accelerator at Sea Alaska expedition, during which they will have the opportunity to explore iconic landscapes while refining their business model.
Deadline Date: 03-31-2019

The Kresge Foundation Request for Proposals: Community Based Climate Change, Health & Equity Strategy
The foundation is accepting applications for its Climate Change, Health and Equity initiative. Through the initiative, grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to as many as fifteen community-based nonprofits working to implement solutions that address the links between climate change, health, and equity. To be eligible for a grant, programs must be rooted in racial equality and social justice. The initiative supports programs at the local, regional, and/or state level that have the potential to advance the adoption and implementation of climate mitigation, climate adaption, and climate resilience policies. Following a fourteen-month planning phase, up to twelve organizations will be invited to apply for multiyear implementation grants.
Deadline Date: 03-19-2019

U.S. Department of Commerce Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I
NIST invites small businesses to submit Phase I research applications from science and technology-based firms with strong research capabilities in any of the areas listed in Section 9 of this NOFO. Applications must sufficiently identify and clearly address a specific NIST technical program area that falls within one of the research areas described in Section 9 or a NIST-patented technology available for licensing.  Only FY 2019 Phase I applications may be submitted in response to this NOFO. Phase II applications are not being accepted at this time. NIST publishes a Phase II NOFO approximately 30 days prior to the end of the previous year’s Phase I period of performance to request Phase II applications. That NOFO provides instructions for Phase I awardees to prepare a Phase II application and the closing date for submission of applications; only the previous year’s Phase I awardees are eligible to submit a Phase II application.  Award Ceiling: $106,500
Deadline Date: 04-19-2019

Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) 2019 Request for Proposals
In 2019, the foundation plans to award grants of up to $25,000 to promising researchers and scientists engaged in evidence-based endometriosis research leading to excellent clinical judgment and better outcomes for endometriosis patients. Research is encouraged in the following areas: disease etiology, genetics, and pathology of the peritoneum; ovarian endometrioma, uterine adenomyosis, and deeply infiltrating endometriosis; epidemiology; defining risk populations with biomarkers; early diagnosis and adolescent endometriosis; co-morbidities; sub-fertility and infertility issues; excisional peritoneal surgery for tissue diagnosis and treatment; definitive surgery for deeply infiltrating endometriosis; psychosocial impact on quality of life; individual and societal economic impact; and prevention of prescription drug abuse.
Deadline Date: 03-07-2019

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation 2020 Psychosocial Research (PSR) Grants
Dedicated to addressing the interlaced and complex biological, psychological, and social needs of those living with spinal cord injuries, the program encourages researchers to address the critical gaps of knowledge within the field in order to improve therapeutic interventions and disseminate best industry practices. PSR Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants of up to $150,000 over two years will be awarded to early-career researchers interested in specializing in spinal cord injuries. Applicants must have a mentor who is experienced in spinal cord injury-related psychosocial research and have attained a terminal degree within the past five years. PSR Pilot Grants of up to $200,000 over two years will be awarded to pilot studies designed to test the feasibility of innovative methods, procedures, or data collection with the potential to lead to a larger-scale study. PSR Studies and Demonstration Project Grants of up to $400,000 over three years will be awarded to substantive studies that facilitate, expand, or improve practices that impact those living with spinal cord injuries, including studies that fill critical gaps, open new areas of research, or develop or evaluate interventions.Eligible candidates must have a doctoral or equivalent terminal degree such as an MD, DVM, or PhD and be conducting research at a nonprofit academic and/or research institution or rehabilitation facility in the United States or Canada. Letters of intent must be received by March 25, 2019.
Deadline Date: 03-25-2019

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical Research Grants
Grants of up to three years in duration will be awarded to researchers focused on the understanding and treatment of neuromuscular disease, including natural history studies, clinical biomarker studies, outcome measure studies, non-interventional clinical research studies, and clinical trials of existing, approved, or repurposed drugs or non-drug interventions. The program also supports clinician-scientists in training, research networks, and travel costs to conferences.  Eligible candidates must be employed by an educational, medical, corporate, or research institution/organization and hold an MD, PhD, DSc, or equivalent degree. In addition, proposed trials and studies must be FDA-approved (if appropriate) and approved through an institutional review board. The foundation requests that interested candidates contact the appropriate scientific portfolio director prior to applying. Letters of Intent are due April 1, 2019.
Deadline Date: 04-01-2019

Orphan Disease Center 2019 CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant Program
Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded in support of research focused on treatments for  CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.  Those with CDD suffer from treatment-resistant seizures, severe cognitive and motor disability, as well as sensory problems. Because there are many knowledge gaps in CDKL5 research, the foundation is interested in any basic research with the potential to contribute to future treatment options. Priority areas established by the foundation include innovative therapeutic approaches for CDD, systems biology and computational modeling approaches, novel applications of functional techniques, and discovery and validation of CDKL5 biomarkers. A one-page LOI is due by March 8, 2019.
Deadline Date: 04-05-2019

American Psychological Association John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)
The association currently is accepting applications from early-career psychologists who are researching serious emotional disturbance in children. In partnership with the John and Polly Sparks Foundation, the program seeks to advance science-based research in this area with the potential for broad-scale applicability nationwide. Through the program, APA will support research focused on early interventions as well as treatment. Eligible candidates must have a degree from an accredited university and be no more than ten years postdoctoral. APF will be awarding three grants of up to $20,000 and one grant of up to $19,000.
Deadline Date: 03-15-2019

Grant Opportunities/Transportation

Grant Opportunities/Veterans

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