FBCI Funding Opportunities

Healthy Aging through Behavioral Economic Analyses of Situations (R01)

SUMMARY: The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to translate basic findings from Behavioral Economics into behavior change interventions targeting health behaviors associated with chronic health conditions of mid-life and older age. Applications should propose small pilot clinical trials or demonstration projects, ideally based on collaborations between individuals with expertise in behavioral economics and psychologists, psychiatrists, clinicians, or others with expertise in aging or implementing behavioral interventions.

ELIGIBILITY: State, local, and city governments, nonprofits with or without 501(c)3, public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education and others.

AWARD: Up to $175,000 per award

DEADLINE: November 2, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49137

National Institutes of Health
The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (U10)

SUMMARY: The purpose of this announcement is to announce a competition for new cooperative agreement applications and cooperative agreement renewal applications from established clinical investigators to participate in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN).

ELIGIBILITY: State, County and City governments, Independent school districts, Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, For profit organizations, Small businesses, Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government, Faith-based or Community-based Organizations, Regional Organizations.

AWARD: Up to $13,500,000

DEADLINE: November 2, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-10-009.html

Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities--Paraprofessional Preservice Program Improvement Grants CFDA 84.325N

SUMMARY: Help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel--in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work with infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities; and ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children

ELIGIBILITY: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education

AWARD: 10 awards up to 150,000 each

DEADLINE: November 3, 2009
 
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-21436.pdf

Federal HOPWA Program
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program

SUMMARY: The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program provides eligible nonprofit organizations and units of local government with funds to devise long-term, comprehensive strategies for meeting the housing and supportive service needs for persons with AIDS or HIV-related diseases.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations incorporated with Ohio's Secretary of State and granted 501 (c) 3 status by the Internal Revenue Service; and units of local government.

AWARD: Approximately $1.1 million for FY 2009

DEADLINE: November 3, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://development.ohio.gov/cdd/ohcp/hssp.htm

National Institutes of Health
Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV (HIT-IT) (R01)

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Research Project Grant applications from institutions/organizations that aim to stimulate the discovery, design and early preclinical evaluation of highly innovative, risky but rational approaches that could provide long-term protection from acquiring HIV infection.

ELIGIBILITY: State, County, City/township or Special district governments, Independent school districts, Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government, Faith-based or Community-based Organizations and Regional Organizations

AWARD: Up to $4,000,000

DEADLINE: November 3, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-09-037.html

 

State and Regional Primary Care Association (PCA) Cooperative Agreements

SUMMARY: The purpose of this grant is to fund training and assistance in fiscal and program management (program requirements); operational and administrative support (performance improvement); and the provision of information regarding resources for new and current health centers.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits, and for-profit entities that can provide T/TA on a state-wide or regional basis to community and faith-based organizations

AWARD: 3 Awards, with total funding set at $1,800,000

DEADLINE: November 9, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=075BA079-23E1-430B-B42D-DE11C48BE2D4&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

Department of Health and Human Services
Nutrition Obesity Research Centers

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Centers program is to bring together, on a cooperative basis, basic science and clinical investigators to enhance the effectiveness of their research related to nutrition and/or obesity.

ELIGIBILITY: Public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) and others.

AWARD: $750,000

DEADLINE: November 18, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-09-006.html

 

Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Transforming Primary Care Practice (R18) Grant

SUMMARY: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) solicits grant applications from organizations that propose systematic studies of on-going, successful efforts to transform the delivery of primary care in the U.S. The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has been proposed by a broad coalition of providers, employers, insurers and others as a model for improving primary care in the U.S., and numerous health care systems and medical groups are currently attempting to transform their primary care practices into PCMHs. These attempts go beyond incremental quality improvement activities and aim toward whole practice redesign.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, city or township governments; public and state controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and faith-based or community-based organizations.

DEADLINE: November 18, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-002.html

Statewide Consumer Network Grant

SUMMARY: The purpose of this program is to enhance statewide consumer run organizations to promote service system capacity and infrastructure development to be consumer-centered and targeted toward recovery and resiliency, and consumer-driven by promoting the use of consumers as agents of transformation. For the purposes of this funding opportunity, this program seeks to address the needs of underserved and under-represented consumers; of consumers with histories of trauma, veterans, or those who have been involved in the criminal justice system; and/or to promote activities related to partnership development, coalition building, legacy planning, and economic empowerment as part of the recovery process for consumers.

ELIGIBILITY: See full announcement for eligibility details.

AWARD: 19 awards, with a minimum of $70,000. Total funding for the grant is $1,300,000.

DEADLINE: November 25, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://samhsa.gov/grants/2010/SM-10-004.aspx

National Institutes of Health
Specialized Alcohol Research Centers (P50)

SUMMARY: The overall purpose of the NIAAA Alcohol Research Center program is to provide leadership in conducting and fostering interdisciplinary, collaborative research on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Institutes mission. These topics include, but are not limited to: the nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use disorders and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across the lifespan. Centers also are regional or national resources that contribute to the development of new research methods, technologies and approaches that sustain innovative goal-directed research.

ELIGIBILITY: State, Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, for profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses and Faith-based or Community-based Organizations.

AWARD: Up to $1,800,000

DEADLINE: December 2, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-10-003.html


National Institutes of Health
Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60)

SUMMARY: The overall purpose of the NIAAA Alcohol Research Center program is to provide leadership in conducting and fostering interdisciplinary, collaborative research on a wide variety of topics relevant to the Institutes mission. These topics include, but are not limited to: the nature, etiology, genetics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol use disorders and their biomedical, psychosocial, and economic consequences across the lifespan.

ELIGIBILITY: State, Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, for profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses and Faith-based or Community-based Organizations.

AWARD: Up to $2,000,000

DEADLINE: December 2, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-10-004.html

 

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research (RC4)

SUMMARY: Using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this grant is designed to support organizations/institutions proposing to support the development, expansion, or reconfiguration of infrastructures needed to facilitate collaboration between academic health centers and community-based organizations for health science research. The research conducted should change the way that health research is done in communities. Applications that build upon extant collaborative infrastructures supported by other Federal agencies are strongly encouraged.

ELIGIBILITY: Non-profits with or without 501(c)(3) status, faith based organizations, community organizations,

AWARD: Total funding for this grant is $30,000,000

DEADLINE: December 11, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-010.html

 

Public Health Conference Support Program

SUMMARY: The purpose of this FOA is to provide partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion, disease prevention, and educational programs.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, small businesses, other for-profit organizations

AWARD: 12 Awards, $100,000

DEADLINE: December 11, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=50011  

National Institutes of Health
Substance Use and Abuse among U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by NIDA, NIAAA, NCI, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance and accelerate research on the epidemiology/etiology, identification, and prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse (including illicit and prescription drugs) and associated mental health problems among active-duty or recently separated (e.g., Iraq and Afghanistan) military troops and their families. VA has specific interest in supporting research directed towards advancing prevention and treatment of mental health and comorbid substance use/abuse problems in veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan deployments (including National Guard and Reservists) and their families.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, and city governments, Public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) and others.

AWARD:$500,000

DEADLINE: December 22, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: (R01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-10-001.html

 

National Institutes of Health
Substance Use and Abuse among U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by NIDA, NIAAA, NCI, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enhance and accelerate research on the epidemiology/etiology, identification, and prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse (including illicit and prescription drugs) and associated mental health problems among active-duty or recently separated (e.g., Iraq and Afghanistan) military troops and their families. VA has specific interest in supporting research directed towards advancing prevention and treatment of mental health and comorbid substance use/abuse problems in veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan deployments (including National Guard and Reservists) and their families.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, and city governments, Public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) and others.

AWARD:$200,000

DEADLINE: December 22, 2009

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: (R21) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-10-002.html 

  

Allen Foundation

SUMMARY: The Allen Foundation supports projects throughout the world that promote human nutrition in the areas of health, education, training, and research. The Foundation's grant making priorities include: nutritional education for mothers during pregnancy and after the birth of their children, training for educators and demonstrators of good nutritional practices, and the dissemination of healthful nutritional information. Relevant nutritional research projects are also supported.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits with 501(c) (3),

DEADLINE: December 31 annually.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH),
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer
Education Grants Program

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) uses the NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism to support the following types of programs: innovative educational programs intended to motivate biomedical and other health science students to pursue cancer related careers; short courses to update cancer research scientists in new scientific methods, technologies and findings; training of cancer care clinicians and community health care providers in evidence-based cancer prevention and control approaches; development of effective innovative education (dissemination) approaches to translate knowledge gained from science (discovery) into public health and community
applications (delivery).

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: up to $300,000

DEADLINE: rolling



RGK foundation

SUMMARY: RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Medicine/Health. The foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: varies

DEADLINE: no deadline



Charles Lafitte Foundation

SUMMARY: CLF's mission is to provide for and support inventive and effective ways of
helping people help themselves and others around them to lead healthy, satisfying, and
enriched lives. To fulfill this mission, the foundation acts as grant maker, innovator, and
volunteer for four main programs: education, children's advocacy, medical research and issues,
and the arts.

ELIGIBILITY: nonprofits with 501(c)(3)

DEADLINE:

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

SUMMARY: Grants will be awarded to organizations that wish to develop or enhance programs or services that improve the lives of people with dementia and their families. Grants are also awarded for family respite care.

ELIGIBILITY: AFA member organizations

DEADLINE: See link for grant cycles.



Walgreens Community Giving

SUMMARY: Most Walgreen grants are made to eligible nonprofits working in local Walgreen communities. A portion of the budget is reserved for select national organizations. Walgreens awards grants in the following program areas: non-hospital based health agencies, Walgreens One-on-One tutorial programs in inner city neighborhoods where we operate, and a small share is reserved for eligible community and social service agencies that serve areas where Walgreens has a significant presence. Health is our major area of focus, and the largest share of our annual contributions budget is allocated to programs that address the health needs of our patients.

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Emergency Support for AIDS Service Organizations

SUMMARY: Through the Family Assistance Program Emergency Fund, the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation provides grants to nonprofit HIV/AIDS service organizations throughout the United States in order to meet the pressing, unanticipated needs of HIV-impacted children and their families.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits with 501(c)(3)

AWARD: $100-$2,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing


Commonwealth Fund

SUMMARY: The Commonwealth Fund’s mission is to promote a high performing health-care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable members. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health –care issues and making grants to improve health-care practice and policy.

ELIGIBILTY: The fund makes grants only to tax-exempt organizations and public agencies.

DEADLINE: Letters of inquiry to initiate the grant applications process are accepted on a rolling basis.



Department of Health and Human Services
Translational Research on the Relationship of Anxiety and Depression (R21) Grant

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate translational research on the nature of the association between anxiety and depression.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and Community-based organizations may apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $250,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing


GE Healthcare– Grants for Youth Education, Healthy Lives, and Diversity And Service

SUMMARY: Grant fund programs focused on youth education, healthy lives, and diversity and service. In the area of youth education, GE Healthcare is interested in proposals that address underserved communities with low graduation rates, support core competences, (such as math, science, reading, and writing, ), focus on arts in education, and support early childhood development programs. Healthy lives proposals should address childhood obesity, cardiac care, oncology, ( such as general and specific cancers), neurology, (such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease), women’s health care, diabetes, or other health-related issues that address a need for increase awareness and /or community outreach. In the area of diversity and service, GE supports programs that impact minority populations or address local community issues, such as poverty, homelessness, the disadvantaged, food programs, and training.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits under IRS tax code 501c(3) that are nondiscriminatory in their policies and practices and that demonstrate program sustainability and measurable results.

AWARD: $1,000 to $25,000

DEADLINE: Applications are reviewed quarterly. Deadlines are November 1 for review in December, February 1 for review in March, May 1 for review in June, and August 1 for review in September.



McGregor Foundation

SUMMARY: The McGregor Foundation primarily funds requests that meet the needs of the economically disadvantaged and frail elderly in the following priority areas: home and community based care, workforce development, and total quality of life programming for seniors in all settings.

ELIGIBILITY: Grant applications are accepted only from tax-exempt nonprofit organizations located within Cuyahoga County, Ohio with preference given to communities served by the AM McGregor Home. No applications from outside Cuyahoga County will be accepted.

DEADLINE: Application deadlines are February 1 and September 1.



McKenzie Foundation Community Development Grants

SUMMARY: The purpose of the McKenzie Foundation is to encourage and support nonprofit programs, primarily in the areas of education, health, human services and cultural and environmental concerns. Faced with the task of translating these broad-reaching goals into a more focused set of grant guidelines, the board has selected four initiatives that will shape its grant making for the next few years: early childhood development, education, the environment and arts and culture.

ELIGIBILITY: The foundation makes grants only to tax exempt organizations with 501(c)(3) classification. It does not support for-profit organizations or candidates for political office.

AWARD: Varies

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health
Community-Based Participatory Research at NIMH (R21) Grant

SUMMARY: The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research partnerships between community-based, clinical/services settings and research institutions to reduce the burden of mental illness behavioral disorders and HIV/AIDS through research on mind, brain, and behavior.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based or community-based organizations can apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: Varies

DEADLINE: May, 2010



Statewide Food Program-Angel Ministries-Angel Food Ministries

SUMMARY: Is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing grocery relief to communities.

ELIGIBILITY: Angel Food works through churches and community organizations all over Ohio.

AWARD: One person gets $60.00 worth of food for only $25.00.
There are no applications to fill out.



Health Services Research on Practice Improvement Utilizing Community Treatment Programs within the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN) (R21) Grant

SUMMARY: The CTN is a research partnership between more than 150 community treatment programs (CTPs) and drug abuse researchers in multiple sites across the country. With its extensive network of providers serving diverse populations of drug users, the CTN provides an infrastructure for the investigation of (a) systems-level factors that facilitate practice improvement in community treatment programs, and (b) new research tools to facilitate higher quality health services research on practice improvement in drug abuse treatment.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based or community-based organizations can apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $ 200,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



The Starr Foundation

SUMMARY: The foundation currently has assets of approximately $3.5 billion, making it one of the largest private foundations in the United States. It makes grants in a number of areas, including education, medicine and health care, human needs, public policy, culture, and the environment.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations with 501(c)(3) status may apply.

AWARD: Up to $2,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing
CONTACT INFORMATION: The Starr Foundation, 70 Pine Street, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10270.



Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health.
Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R03) Grant

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits health services research on the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based or community-based organizations are eligible. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

DEADLINE: Ongoing

AWARD: $50,000



Department of Health and Human Services
Economics of Prevention and Treatment Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R03) Grant

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits research projects on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community based-organizations may apply. See specifics.

AWARD: $50,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Department of Health and Human Services
NEI Research Grant for Secondary Data Analysis (R21) Grant

SUMMARY: The NEI Research Grant for Secondary Data Analysis (R21) program is designed to provide investigators with the support necessary to conduct secondary data analyses utilizing existing database resources. Applications may be related to, but must be distinct from, the specific aims of the original data collection. -The purpose of this mechanism is to provide limited support for meritorious research projects that involve secondary data analyses using existing database resources

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations may apply. 501(c)(3) status with the IRS is not required. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $200,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Department of Health and Human Services
Prescription Drug Abuse (R03) Grant

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse is to encourage research aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse while supporting appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents with abuse liability. A range of research is needed to combat prescription drug abuse--from specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including health and social consequences) and identifying their determinants, to discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations may apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $50,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Department of Health and Human Services
Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences (R03) Grant

SUMMARY: The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage research that will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected in the behavioral and social sciences, relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.-The participating Institutes and Centers invite qualified researchers to submit research grant applications aimed at improving and developing methodology and measurement in the behavioral and social sciences through innovations in research design, data collection techniques, measurement, and data analysis techniques.-Research that addresses methodology and measurement issues in diverse populations, issues in studying sensitive behaviors, issues of ethics in research, issues related to confidential data and the protection of research subjects, and issues in developing interdisciplinary, multi-method, and multilevel approaches to behavioral and social science research is particularly encouraged, as are approaches that integrate behavioral and social science research with biological, physical, or computational science research or engineering.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations may apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $50,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Rapid Assessment Post-Impact of Disaster

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to provide a rapid funding mechanism for research on the post-impact of disasters, in order to permit access to a disaster area in the immediate aftermath of the event. -This funding opportunity will utilize the R03 mechanism, and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope that solicits applications under the Exploratory/Developmental Grant Mechanism (R21) (PAR-06-253). -Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIMH Program Staff before submitting a RAPID application to determine whether the proposed work meets the guidelines of this program, whether requested RAPID funding is likely to be available, and whether the idea should be considered for initial submission as a fully developed application.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations may apply. 501(c)(3) status with the IRS is not required. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: $50,000

DEADLINE: Ongoing



Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health
Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy(R21) Grant

SUMMARY: The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory and interventions as these relate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services public health priorities that are outlined in its Healthier US and Healthy People 2010 initiatives. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community-based organizations may apply. Additional Eligibility.

AWARD: Varies

DEADLINE: Ongoing



National Institutes of Health
Early Identification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents (R01) Grant

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for studies focused on the early identification and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Specific examples include studies focused on: the validation of early diagnosis of mental disorders in youth, especially in young children; the development of new interventions to treat mental disorders and prevent the exacerbation of associated functional impairment; the efficacy and safety of new and existing treatments; the identification and evaluation of predictors of treatment response and underlying mechanisms of action for new and existing treatments; the long-term effectiveness and impact of early intervention on later course; and the factors that promote or impede access to services and impact the effectiveness of services for these patients in community and practice settings. Assessment methods may include behavioral, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, and other physiological measures or markers. Intervention strategies to be studied may include pharmacological, psychosocial, and rehabilitative interventions, separately or in combination.

ELIGIBILITY: Qualified faith-based and community organizations may apply. See full announcement for additional eligibility.

AWARD: Varies

DEADLINE: Ongoing

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) are accepting applications for SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants (also referred to as SAMHSA Conference Grants). The purpose of the Conference Grant program is to disseminate knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and to integrate that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, city, or special district governments, Public, private, or state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), and others.

AWARD: $50,000

DEADLINE: January 31 and October 31 each year.

CVS Caremark

SUMMARY: The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations for programs targeting children with disabilities; programs focusing on health and rehabilitation services; and public schools promoting a greater level of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular programs, and initiatives that give greater access to physical movement and play.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits in states where a CVS store is located. Grant Applications mmust be submitted online.

AWARD: Up to $5,000

DEADLINE: The grant application process runs from January 1 through October 31.

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://info.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants

 

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Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R21)

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research, issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is to inform the scientific community of the pain research interests of the various Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain as they relate to the missions of these ICs. -New advances are needed in every area of pain research, from the micro perspective of molecular sciences to the macro perspective of behavioral and social sciences. Although great strides have been made in some areas, such as the identification of neural pathways of pain, the experience of pain and the challenge of treatment have remained uniquely individual and unsolved.

ELIGIBILITY: State, city, and county governments, Independent school districts, Public and Private Institutes of higher education, Public housing authorities, Non-Profit Organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, For profit organizations, small businesses.

AWARD: Up to $200,000

DEADLINE: January 07, 2010

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-542.html

NIAAA Career Transition Award

SUMMARY: The purpose of the NIAAA Career Transition Award (K22) program is to enable outstanding new investigators to establish an independent research program in basic or clinical research related to the health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, or the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems. This is achieved by providing salary and core research support for up to three years after candidates receive faculty appointments at academic research institutions.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, city, or special district governments Public, private, or state controlled institutions
of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), and others.

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

AHRQ Health Services Research Projects

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Large Research (R01) Projects, and expresses HRQ portfolio priority areas of interest for ongoing extramural health services research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation grants.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, city, or special district governments, Public, private, or state controlled institutions
of higher education, others.

AWARD: up to $500,000

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention & Control

SUMMARY: The NCI Established Investigator award provides qualified cancer prevention, control, behavioral, and/or population scientists with protected time to devote to research and to mentoring new investigators.

ELIGIBILITY: State, county, city, or special district governments, Public, private, or state controlled institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3), and others.

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Program (U01)

SUMMARY: The objective of this solicitation is to stimulate research in the pre-clinical development and testing of novel therapeutic compounds aimed at slowing, halting, or reversing the progressive decline in cognitive function and modifying the behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD); or delaying the onset of or preventing AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or age-related cognitive decline. This initiative is intended to stimulate activities focused on providing sufficient data to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the Food and Drug Administration to begin human clinical testing of potential new therapies. For this program neither mechanistic/basic studies nor clinical trials will be supported; only applications to develop a therapy will be accepted. -Mechanism of Support.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, and others.

AWARD: $2,500,000

DEADLINE: January 7, 2012

Medical Management of Older Patients with HIV/AIDS

SUMMARY: This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that address clinical and translational medical issues in the diagnosis and/or management of HIV infection and its consequences in older persons.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: $500,000

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012



Health Services and Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

SUMMARY: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages Research Project Grant applications on health services research to improve the quality of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse.

ELIGIBILITY: All governments, all institutions of higher education, nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3), small business for profit,
and faith based or community based organizations.

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

  
Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Services Research in Cooperation with the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Consortium

SUMMARY: Purpose. Through this program announcement with set aside (PAS), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applicants to develop innovative drug abuse epidemiology or health services research in cooperation with academic centers supported through the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium. A major NIH initiative, the CTSA consortium is transforming how clinical and translational research is conducted, building an infrastructure for multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians to perform research and develop new treatments more efficiently. As a part of this infrastructure, CTSA sites have established partnerships with a range of clinical settings and have access to large, multi-generational population cohorts. These features of the CTSA sites offer a unique opportunity for researchers to integrate drug abuse epidemiology and health services research in these settings.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012 

Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need - Local Recovery Oriented Systems of Care

SUMMARY:This program is designed to foster the development and utilization of local recovery-oriented systems of care to address gaps in treatment capacity by supporting person-centered and self-directed approaches for substance abuse (including alcohol and drug) treatment and recovery services in communities with serious drug problems. The purpose of this program is to expand the community's ability to provide integrated and comprehensive community-based responses to a targeted, well-documented substance abuse treatment capacity problem and/or improve the quality and intensity of services. This program serves to develop local recovery-oriented systems of care that will expand and/or enhance substance abuse services and promote recovery.

ELIGIBILITY: Domestic public or private Nonprofit organizations

AWARD: 12 Awards, range from $400,000-$4,800,000

DEADLINE: January 14th, 2010

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://samhsa.gov/grants/2010/TI-10-007.aspx  

 

Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Planning Grants and Demonstration Projects

SUMMARY: These 2 Funding Opportunities solicit applications for planning grants from States and health care systems for patient safety and medical liability innovations that put patient safety first and work to reduce preventable injuries; foster better communication between doctors and their patients; ensure that patients are compensated in a fair and timely manner for medical injuries, while also reducing the incidence of frivolous lawsuits; and reduce liability premiums.

ELIGIBILITY: Established health care systems, which can include nonprofit and and faith-based health care systems.

AWARD: (R21) Up to $300,000.
               (R18) Up to $3,000,000

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:(R21) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-022.html  
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: (R18) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-10-021.html  

DEADLINE: January 20, 2010

 

Unique Interactions Between Tobacco Use and HIV/AIDS

SUMMARY: The purpose for this FOA issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Fogarty International Center encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to stimulate research related to the unique, interactive health effects of cigarette smoking and HIV/AIDS.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: $25,000 to $250,000

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Services Research in Cooperation with the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Consortium

SUMMARY: Purpose. Through this program announcement with set aside (PAS), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites applicants to develop innovative drug abuse epidemiology or health services research in cooperation with academic centers supported through the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium. A major NIH initiative, the CTSA consortium is transforming how clinical and translational research is conducted, building an infrastructure for multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians to perform research and develop new treatments more efficiently. As a part of this infrastructure, CTSA sites have established partnerships with a range of clinical settings and have access to large, multi-generational population cohorts. These features of the CTSA sites offer a unique opportunity for researchers to integrate drug abuse epidemiology and health services research in these settings.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

DEADLINE: January 07, 2012

 

Alzheimer's Disease Drug Development Program (U01)

SUMMARY: The objective of this solicitation is to stimulate research in the pre-clinical development and testing of novel therapeutic compounds aimed at slowing, halting, or reversing the progressive decline in cognitive function and modifying the behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD); or delaying the onset of or preventing AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or age-related cognitive decline. This initiative is intended to stimulate activities focused on providing sufficient data to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the Food and Drug Administration to begin human clinical testing of potential new therapies. For this program neither mechanistic/basic studies nor clinical trials will be supported; only applications to develop a therapy will be accepted. -Mechanism of Support.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, and others.

AWARD: $2,500,000

DEADLINE: January 7, 2012

 

Utilizing Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality

SUMMARY: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support health information technology (IT) demonstration projects that evaluate factors associated with successful implementation and utilization of health IT in order to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of health care in ambulatory settings and in the transitions between care settings. The use of health IT has been demonstrated to improve health care in various large health care delivery systems. Yet, there has been limited diffusion and evaluation of the implementation and utility of health IT in ambulatory care settings and in transitions between care settings. This FOA supports real world demonstration projects that evaluate factors (facilitators and barriers) associated with successful health IT implementation and use and ultimately improve health care outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

DEADLINE: May 07, 2011

Mechanisms of Adverse Drug Effects in Children

SUMMARY: This FOA encourages projects that enhance the state-of-the-science on the molecular and cellular, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms involved in the production of adverse drug reactions in children. -

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: $25,000 to $250,000

DEADLINE: May 20, 2010

 

Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R01)

Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (R03)

SUMMARY: This purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) and (R03) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to enhance our understanding of effective positive youth development programs and the mechanisms responsible for positive health and developmental outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), for profit organizations, state, city, and county governments, independent school districts, private institutions of higher education, and others.

DEADLINE: September 7, 2011

Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug & Alcohol Abuse
R01, R03, R21 (click on one of these three links for more information)

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) encourages Research Project Grant (R03) applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) financing and purchasing of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services, including studies of health insurance and payment mechanisms; (2) economic incentives used to improve the quality and economic efficiency of treatment and prevention services (3) alternative delivery systems and managed care; (4) cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analyses; (5) service costs, production, and economic efficiency; and (6) research to develop or improve methods to be used in the economic study of drug and alcohol services The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community organizations, for profit and not for profit organizations, institutions of higher education, city, county and state governments and small businesses may apply.

DEADLINE: September 7, 2011

Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children

SUMMARY: This multi-agency program Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to improve the quality and quantity of research related to emergency medical services for children (EMSC), with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery. This FOA invites the submission of applications dealing with the following areas of research included under the term EMSC: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; health systems research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department, to in-patient care and return to the community; models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care; and methodological studies to improve the quality of research conducted

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3), small businesses, state, county, city, or special district, independent school districts, and others.

AWARD: $25,000 to $250,000

DEADLINE: September 15, 2010

Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health is intended to provide support for either new investigators in cancer-related behavioral research, or investigators who want to refocus their research interests toward behavioral research in cancer control.

ELIGIBILITY: State governments, public and private institutions of higher education, small businesses, and nonprofits with 501(c)(3)

DEADLINE: December 20, 2011

 

Promote National Economic Education Programs
The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation

SUMMARY: The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation is dedicated to the goal of increasing economic literacy throughout the United States. The Foundation gives priority to programs with national impact that address the following issues: raising the public's participation in economic education and creating a demand for greater economic literacy; encouraging measurement of economic understanding; the application of new strategies for teaching economics, including web-based instruction; and helping disenfranchised youth or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system.

ELIGIBILITY: 501(c)(3) organizations

DEADLINE: February 15 or September 15 annually
 

Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug & Alcohol Abuse
R01, R03, R21 (click on one of these three links for more information)

SUMMARY: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) encourages Research Project Grant (R03) applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) financing and purchasing of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services, including studies of health insurance and payment mechanisms; (2) economic incentives used to improve the quality and economic efficiency of treatment and prevention services (3) alternative delivery systems and managed care; (4) cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analyses; (5) service costs, production, and economic efficiency; and (6) research to develop or improve methods to be used in the economic study of drug and alcohol services The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community organizations, for profit and not for profit organizations, institutions of higher education, city, county and state governments and small businesses may apply.

DEADLINE: September 7, 2011

National Institutes of Health
Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R01)

SUMMARY: The aim of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to promote clinical and preclinical research to determine how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements, impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification, noncoding RNA, and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention and development.

ELIGIBILITY: State, County, City or township, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Private, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses

AWARD: See announcement.

DEADLINE: September 7, 2012

FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-234.html

Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (D43)

SUMMARY: This research training program is designed to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the fields related to cancer, cerebrovascular disease including stroke, lung disease including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and environmental factors including indoor air pollution, and obesity and lifestyle factors related to these conditions as well as genetics of non-communicable diseases. The institutions applying can be domestic or foreign, but have to exhibit the ability to do such training, and must exhibit that they have existing research programs in these fields.

ELIGIBILITY: Faith-based and community organizations, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education may apply.

AWARD: $1,500,000

DEADLINE: September 28, 2010