IFP April Grant Newsletter
Top Grant Picks
SAMHSA Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
(Application Deadline: April 19, 2021)
The purpose of this program is to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment services for children, adolescents, and/or adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred-provider organizations (PPOs), Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) systems, behavioral health centers, pediatric health care providers, Children’s Hospitals, etc.) with a focus on screening for underage drinking, opioid use, and other substance use. For the purposes of this FOA, pediatric health care providers are a provider of primary health care to individuals under the age of 21 years. This program is designed to expand/enhance the continuum of care for substance use disorder (SUD) services and reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) consumption and its negative health impact, increase abstinence, reduce costly health care utilization, and promote sustainability and the integration of behavioral health and primary care services through policy changes that increase treatment access in generalist and specialist practice. These grants support clinically appropriate services for persons at risk (asymptomatic) for SUD, as well as those diagnosed with SUD. LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Provider’s Clinical Support System – Universities
(Application Deadline: April 20, 2021)
The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT through ensuring the education and training of students in the medical, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner fields. This program’s focus is to ensure students fulfill the training requirements needed to obtain a DATA waiver to prescribe MAT in office-based settings. The desired outcomes include: 1) an increase in the number of individuals completing the training requirements for the DATA waiver; 2) an increase the number of individuals with a DATA waiver; and 3) an ultimate increase in those prescribing. LEARN MORE
SAMHSA Medication Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction
(Application Deadline: April 27, 2021)
The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT. The desired outcomes for this program are: 1) an increase in the number of individuals with OUD receiving MAT; and 2) a decrease in illicit opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at six-month follow-up. LEARN MORE
CDC Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program
(Application Deadline: May 10, 2021)
The purpose of this program is to fund applicants who have never received DFC funding to carry out the two goals of the DFC program. By statute, the DFC Support Program has two goals:1) Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger).2) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse. LEARN MORE
CDC Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR)
(Application Deadline: May 24, 2021)
The CARES Act of 2020 allocated funds to the CDC to states, localities, territories, tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health service providers to tribes. CDC announces the availability of funds to achieve the goal of the CARES Act in protecting the American people from the public health impacts of COVID-19. This NOFO supports this work through training and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) and by building and strengthening community resilience to fight COVID-19 through addressing existing health disparities in the population. Goals of this NOFO will be accomplished in three key areas: Component A: CAPACITY BUILDING, Component B: IMPLEMENTATION READY, and Component C: INNOVATION [demonstration projects]. The program strategies include integrating CHWs, also known as promotores de salud, coaches, lay health advisors, community health representatives, peer mentors, or peer navigators, into organizations and care teams and strengthening relevant knowledge, roles, and skills by CHWs so they are prepared to successfully engage with existing state and/or local public health-led actions to manage COVID-19 among priority populations within communities. LEARN MORE
Federal Healthcare Grants
CDC Core State Injury Prevention Program (Core SIPP)
(Application Deadline: April 19, 2021)
This NOFO supports health department infrastructure, data and partnerships to identify and respond to existing and emerging injury threats with data-driven public health actions. These actions are intended to increase protective factors and reduce risk factors using the best available evidence for injuries and death. Such an approach includes engaging in robust data and surveillance, strengthening strategic collaborations and partnerships, and conducting assessment and evaluation. The overall goal of this approach is to inform public health action for injury prevention. An enhanced funding component is available for recipients to implement and evaluate prevention strategies while incorporating novel surveillance activities, with the goal of contributing practice-based evidence to strengthen the overall evidence base for injury prevention. While all recipients will focus their strategic efforts on prevention of traumatic brain injury (TBI), transportation-related injury, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), recipients are also encouraged to examine their data and flex up to 25% of their award to address identified priority injury topics of local concern (i.e. drowning, older adult falls, or suicide). LEARN MORE
CDC Promoting Population Health through Increased Capacity in Alcohol Epidemiology & the Prevention of Excessive Alcohol Use
(Application Deadline: April 26, 2021)
The purpose of this NOFO is to build state capacity in alcohol epidemiology and provide the tools and information needed to perform core public health functions related to excessive alcohol use prevention in states. This increased epidemiologic capacity will help build the public health infrastructure that is needed to reduce excessive alcohol use – a leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. The NOFO includes an additional component for the delivery of expert technical assistance and training on population-level evidence-based strategies for preventing excessive alcohol use and related harms in states and communities, such as those recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force. The period of performance is 5 years with a 12-month budget period and an anticipated award date of 9/30/2021. LEARN MORE
ACL Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative - Grants to States and Communities
(Application Deadline: April 26, 2021)
Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative (ADPI) cooperative agreements are dedicated to the development and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based service (HCBS) systems in States and Communities. There will be two application options through this opportunity, one for States (Option A) and the other for Communities (Option B). No entity would be eligible to apply for both State and Community options. The systems resulting from program activities under both program options will provide quality, person-centered services that help individuals remain independent and safe in their communities. LEARN MORE
HRSA Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Follow-up Program
(Application Deadline: April 29, 2021)
The purpose of the Follow-Up Program is to facilitate access to quality sickle cell disease (SCD) care by: 1) conducting outreach and working with individuals and families with SCD from the time a newborn screen identifies a child with possible SCD, through diagnosis, treatment and follow-up; 2) providing education to families and providers; 3) disseminating resources; 4) collaborating with state newborn screening programs; and 5) linking individuals and families to community resources, evidence-based SCD care, and care coordination within the communities where they reside to the fullest extent possible. LEARN MORE
HRSA Long-term Follow-up for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Other Newborn Screening Conditions
(Application Deadline: May 3, 2021)
The goal of this program is to ensure that newborns and children identified through newborn screening (NBS) achieve the best possible outcomes by expanding the ability of state public health agencies to provide screening, counseling and services to these newborns and children and to collaborate with clinicians, public health agencies and families to create a system of care that can assess and coordinate follow-up and treatment of newborn screening conditions. The purpose of this program is to support comprehensive models of long-term follow-up that demonstrate collaborations between clinicians, public health agencies, and families. LEARN MORE
HRSA Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program
(Application Deadline: May 3, 2021)
The purpose of the TDP is to increase access to quality, coordinated, comprehensive care for individuals with sickle cell disease by: 1) increasing the number of clinicians or health professionals knowledgeable about the care of SCD, 2) improving the quality of care provided to individuals with sickle cell disease, and 3) improving care coordination with other providers. LEARN MORE
NIH Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25)
(LOI Deadline: May 4, 2021)
(Application Deadline: June 4, 2021)
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Courses for Skills Development. LEARN MORE
HRSA State Newborn Screening Interoperability Implementation Program
(Application Deadline: May 10, 2021)
The purpose of this program is to support state newborn screening programs in the implementation of comprehensive data interoperability plans to ensure infants with a condition identifiable through newborn screening are screened, diagnosed, and treated in a timely manner. LEARN MORE
NIH Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50)
(Application Deadline: May 17, 2021)
This FOA invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States. Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers will support the rapid development, testing, and refinement of novel and integrative approaches for (1) optimizing the effectiveness of therapeutic or preventive interventions for mental disorders within well-defined target populations; (2) organizing and delivering optimized mental health services within real-world treatment settings; and (3) continuously improving the quality, impact, and durability of optimized interventions and service delivery within diverse care systems. The ALACRITY Centers program is intended to support research that maximizes synergies across various components of the mental health research ecosystem, including new discoveries in clinical research, transformative health care technologies, advances in information science, and new federal and state mechanisms for organizing mental health care. The Centers are intended for transdisciplinary projects that could not be achieved using standard research project grant mechanisms. The ALACRITY Centers program is also expected to facilitate widespread sharing of relevant data, methods, and resources that will accelerate clinical research and practice and to provide opportunities for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career investigators to participate in transdisciplinary, T2 translational mental health research. LEARN MORE
NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (T32)
(Application Deadline: May 25, 2021)
The goal of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of highly trained clinician-scientist leaders available to meet the Nation’s biomedical research needs. Specifically, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both clinical degrees, e.g., M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm.D., and research doctorate degrees (Ph.D.). With the dual qualification of rigorous scientific research and clinical practice, graduates will be equipped with the skills to develop research programs that accelerate the translation of research advances to the understanding, detection, treatment and prevention of human disease, and to lead the advancement of biomedical research. Areas of particular importance to NIGMS are the iterative optimization of MSTP training efficacy and efficiency, fostering the persistence of MSTP alumni in research careers, and enhancing the diversity of the clinician-scientist workforce. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, mentoring and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This FOA does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. LEARN MORE
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Predoctoral Institutional Research Training Grant (T32)
(Application Deadline: May 25, 2021)
The goal of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Institutional Research Training Grant (T32) program is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained scientists available to address the Nation’s biomedical research agenda. Specifically, this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical graduate training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise. NIGMS expects that the proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This FOA does not allow appointed Trainees to lead an independent clinical trial but does allow them to obtain research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor. LEARN MORE
HRSA COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement for Uninsured Patients
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
HRSA provides an electronic reimbursement portal for healthcare providers who have conducted COVID-19 testing or provided treatment for uninsured individuals on or after February 4, 2020. Reimbursement will be made for qualifying testing and treatment services, which include: Specimen collection, diagnostic, and antibody testing; Testing-related visits in the office, urgent care, emergency room, or telehealth; Treatment including office visits, telehealth, emergency room, inpatient, outpatient/observation, skilled nursing facility, long-term acute care, acute inpatient rehab, home health, emergency ground ambulance transportation, non-emergent patient transfers via ground ambulance, and FDA approved drugs as they become available for COVID-19 treatment and administered as part of an inpatient stay; When an FDA-approved vaccine becomes available, it will also be covered. LEARN MORE
Foundation Healthcare Grants
RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC) Grants
(LOI Deadlines: April 23, 2021; July 19, 2021; October 22, 2021)
(Application Deadlines: May 14, 2021; August 13, 2021; November 12, 2021)
To further support communities across the nation who are confronting COVID-19, the RADx-UP CDCC is soliciting applications for two kinds of awards. 1) The RADx-UP CDCC Community Collaboration Mini-Grant Program is open to community-serving organizations, faith-based organizations, and tribal nations and organizations to help advance capacity, training, support, and community experience with COVID-19 testing initiatives. 2) The RADx-UP CDCC Rapid Research Pilot Program is also open to universities and non-profits both within and outside of the RADx-UP network and will support the implementation of novel or emerging testing technologies in communities. LEARN MORE
Donaghue Foundation’s Greater Value Portfolio
(LOI Deadline: April 26, 2021)
(Application Deadline: July 30, 2021)
In 2021, the Donaghue Foundation’s Greater Value Portfolio grant program will fund research projects for two years with a maximum amount of $400,000 per award for the purpose of advancing promising approaches to achieve a higher value healthcare system. The goal of this program is to test approaches and tools that organizations can readily use to improve the value of the healthcare they provide to their patients and communities. Investigators conducting research to develop actionable solutions to one or more of these symptoms of low-value healthcare are encouraged to apply to the Greater Value Portfolio program: 1) High and rising healthcare costs; 2) Unwarranted variation in prices; 3) Racial and ethnic disparities in access, prices and outcomes; 4) Unaffordable cost of care burden on patients and families; 5) Unacceptable variation in quality; and 6) Lack of transparency in both price and outcomes. LEARN MORE
Foundation for Women's Wellness Research Awards
(Application Deadline: April 26, 2021)
FWW Research Awards target small, short-term studies with promise for improving medical care in leading women’s health concerns including cardiovascular disease, female cancers, the role of hormones in disease and stage-of-life health issues like pregnancy and menopause and diseases disproportionately affecting women. We also fund studies on sex differences where gender or sex has been under-examined. LEARN MORE
RWJF Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health
(LOI Deadline: April 30, 2021)
(Application Deadline: June 9, 2021)
Achieving racial equity and health equity in American communities requires effective solutions to the "wrong-pocket problem": we invest in systems that are designed to improve social and economic conditions—such as housing, transportation, education, income, and employment assistance; child and family supports; and legal and criminal justice services—but the financial benefits of these often flow elsewhere, in reduced costs for medical care from diseases and injuries prevented. This creates imbalances in power, information, and financial resources that exist across medical, social, and public health systems—a fundamental problem that confronts many attempts at meaningful cross-sector collaboration. Such solutions must allow collaborating organizations to equitably share in the costs and the benefits of multisector collaborative initiatives, and to share in the power and influence that govern these initiatives. This call for proposals (CFP) will provide funding for new research to rigorously test and evaluate innovative solutions to the wrong-pocket problem that persists across health and social service systems. Each study funded under the S4A program will undertake the following activities: 1) Design and implement the proposed study that evaluates the impact of an innovative solution to a wrong-pocket problem involving social service systems, medical systems, and/or public health systems; 2) Engage local, state, and/or national stakeholders in the design, implementation, and translation of the research project; 3) Work collaboratively with the S4A national coordinating center and other S4A research investigators to identify and leverage potential synergies across research projects and to disseminate results broadly; 4) Participate actively both in research dissemination and translation mechanisms organized by the national coordinating center and RWJF, including research-in-progress webinars, blogs, podcasts, research meetings, and policy briefings; 5) Identify and pursue opportunities for research expansion, replication, and follow-on studies from RWJF and other research funding agencies; and 6) Attend RWJF’s Annual Sharing Knowledge Conference and 4Action Conference each year the grant is active. LEARN MORE
William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
(LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021)
The Foundation seeks studies that identify, build, and test strategies to enhance the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. We are particularly interested in research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. Some investigators will focus on the strategies, relationships, and other supports needed for policy and practice organizations to use research more routinely and constructively. Others may investigate structures and incentives within the research community to encourage deep engagement with decision-makers. Still other researchers may examine activities that help findings inform policy ideas, shape practice responses, and improve systems. Studying ways to improve the use of research evidence will require new and innovative ideas, and we welcome creative studies that have potential to advance the field. Proposals for studies are evaluated on the basis of their fit with our interests; the strength and feasibility of their designs, methods, and analyses; their potential to inform improvements to research use; and their contribution to theory and empirical evidence. The Foundation does not have a preference for a particular research design or method. We begin application reviews by looking at the research questions or hypotheses. Then we evaluate whether the proposed research designs and methods will provide strong empirical evidence on those questions. We support studies from a range of disciplines, fields, and methods, and we encourage investigations into various systems, including justice, housing, child welfare, mental health, and education. The strongest proposals incorporate data from multiple sources and often involve multi-disciplinary teams. LEARN MORE
RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
(Application Deadline: May 5, 2021)
Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL) is a three-year national leadership development program that aims to foster and support new interdisciplinary, action-oriented research collaborations. Achieving health equity—especially for communities of color, those in low socioeconomic positions, and Native populations—is a core value of the program. The aim for the 2021 IRL program is to generate high-quality, community-engaged research useful for dismantling structural racism and improving health and health equity. Structural racism is manifested in policies, practices, and programs in ways that segregate populations based on race and ethnicity, and create barriers to social opportunity and upward mobility. There is an urgent need to identify solutions for eliminating and reversing the devastating effects of structural racism. For the 2021 cohort, we will select up to 15 teams of three midcareer individuals each (two researchers and a community partner) from diverse disciplinary backgrounds or scientific perspectives. The applicant organization will receive up to $125,000 for each team’s specific research project, including $25,000 per year per fellow. After the fellowship begins, funds up to $15,000 per year will be available from the national program center to the community partner’s employer, sponsoring institution, or another community organization directly involved in the research project (generally limited to Section 501(c)(3) public charities and government entities). Training, collaborative opportunities, and travel expenses are also provided independent of this award. LEARN MORE
PCORI Engagement Award Special Cycle: Building Capacity for PCOR/CER for Topics Related to COVID-19
(Application Deadline: May 24, 2021)
This announcement is a research support – not research—special funding opportunity for projects up to 18 months in duration and up to $200,000 in total costs. The length of the project period and budget amount must be justified by the level of activity that will occur during the project and all projects must be at least 12 months in duration. This special funding opportunity will support projects that enable organizations and communities to build their capacity and skills to participate across all phases of the PCOR/CER process on topics that address health outcomes related to COVID-19. Projects will also provide an understanding of the impact of stakeholder engagement strategies within different settings and stakeholder groups focused on this special area of interest. In the context of the Engagement Awards program, capacity building to support research refers to the following types of projects: 1) Projects that focus on building the knowledge, competencies, and abilities of patients and other stakeholders to be meaningful partners in PCOR/CER with researchers throughout the research process, from topic selection through design and conduct of research to dissemination or implementation of results; 2) Projects that strengthen the skills of researchers to be better partners with patients and other stakeholders involved in PCOR/CER; and 3) Projects that support the expansion of use or adoption of existing engagement tools and resources to build capacity for PCOR/CER in a new population or geographic area. This is an opportunity to explore and address the urgent and unique needs to build capacity for stakeholder engagement in PCOR/CER specifically related to: 1) Long-term effects of post-acute COVID-19; 2) Impact of COVID-19 on disproportionately affected populations; 3) Impact of COVID-19 on social isolation and loneliness (mental health and well-being); and 4) Engaging, educating, and promoting informed decision making around COVID-19 vaccines. Other relevant topics related to COVID-19 health outcomes with appropriate justification will also be considered. LEARN MORE
PCORI Engagement Award Special Cycle: Building Capacity for PCOR/CER in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
(Application Deadline: May 24, 2021)
This announcement is a research support—not research—special funding opportunity for projects up to two years in duration and up to $250,000 in total costs. The length of the project period and budget amount must be justified by the level of activity that will occur during the project and all projects must be at least 18 months in duration. This special funding opportunity will support projects that enable organizations and communities to build their capacity and skills to participate across all phases of the PCOR/CER process on topics that address health outcomes related to intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Projects will also provide an understanding of the impact of stakeholder engagement strategies within different settings and stakeholder groups focused on this special area of interest. In the context of the Engagement Awards program, capacity building to support research refers to the following types of projects: 1) Projects that focus on building the knowledge, competencies, and abilities of patients and other stakeholders to be meaningful partners in PCOR/CER with researchers throughout the research process, from topic selection through design and conduct of research to dissemination or implementation of results; 2) Projects that strengthen the skills of researchers to be better partners with patients and other stakeholders involved in PCOR/CER; and 3) Projects that support the expansion of use or adoption of existing engagement tools and resources to build capacity for PCOR/CER in a new population or geographic area. This is an opportunity to build capacity for stakeholder engagement with PCOR/CER in IDD on topics such as: 1) Addressing health equity and advancing IDD health outcomes for vulnerable populations; 2) Leveraging community-based and patient-centered models of care delivery; 3) Challenges related to clinical care delivery and access; 4) Telehealth solutions; 5) Transition to adulthood; 6) Caregiver needs and access to wraparound support; and 7) Patient needs and preferences. Other relevant topics related to IDD health outcomes with appropriate justification are welcomed. LEARN MORE
The Commonwealth Fund
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. In its more than 100 years, the Fund has worked by: (1) Demonstrating pioneering approaches and evaluating their results (2) Convening experts across backgrounds and disciplines (3) Publishing the results of our research and disseminating evidence. To apply for a grant from the Commonwealth Fund, please submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) using the online portal. We acknowledge LOIs upon receipt and will contact you to request additional information if needed. Applicants are typically advised of the results of their inquiries within a month and often sooner. LOIs are accepted on a rolling basis. Current funding priorities include vulnerable populations, tracking health system performance, health care coverage and access, international health policy and practice, controlling health care costs, advancing Medicare, Federal and State health policy. health care delivery system reform. LEARN MORE
American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
The Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation’s two basic purposes: 1) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and 2) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society. LEARN MORE
Anthem Foundation Program Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Anthem Foundation Program Grants support ongoing community health programs with proven and measurable outcomes. Generally, our grant terms are one year, with a few exceptions (mostly for national grants). The Anthem Foundation funds specific public health-related initiatives that address disparities and social determinants that can positively affect conditions identified through our signature Healthy Generations program. LEARN MORE
RWJF Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health. A Culture of Health is broadly defined as one in which good health and well-being flourish across geographic, demographic, and social sectors; public and private decision-making is guided by the goal of fostering equitable communities; and everyone has the opportunity to make choices that lead to healthy lifestyles. RWJF’s Culture of Health Action Framework, which was developed to catalyze a national movement toward improved health, well-being, and equity, guides E4A’s program strategy. LEARN MORE
Hearst Foundations Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
The Hearst Foundations support well-established nonprofit organizations that address significant issues within their major areas of interests – culture, education, health and social service – and that primarily serve large demographic and/or geographic constituencies. In each area of funding, the Foundations seek to identify those organizations achieving truly differentiated results relative to other organizations making similar efforts for similar populations. The Foundations also look for evidence of sustainability beyond their support. LEARN MORE
RWJF Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health, and improve health equity and well-being for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization or sector. LEARN MORE
Forecasted Grants
SAMHSA Community Mental Health Centers Grant Program
(Estimated Application Due Date: TBD)
The purpose of this SAMHSA program is to enable community mental health centers to support and restore the delivery of clinical services that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively address the needs of individuals with serious emotional disturbance (SED), serious mental illness (SMI), and individuals with SMI or SED and substance use disorders, referred to as co-occurring disorder (COD). LEARN MORE
HRSA Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies
(Estimated Application Due Date: TBD)
The purpose of the RMOMS program is to improve access to and continuity of maternal and obstetrics care in rural communities. The goals of the RMOMS program are to: (i) improve maternal and neonatal outcomes within a rural region; (ii) develop a sustainable network approach to increase the delivery and access of preconception, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum services; (iii) develop a safe delivery environment with the support and access to specialty care for perinatal women and infants; and (iv) develop sustainable financing models for the provision of maternal and obstetrics care in rural hospitals and communities. Applicants are encouraged to propose innovative ways to achieve these goals through an established or formal regional network structure. LEARN MORE
Other Grant Opportunities
CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (YVPCs): Rigorous Evaluation of Prevention Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Community Rates of Youth Violence
(Application Deadline: April 21, 2021)
The purpose of this announcement is to fund the National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (Youth Violence Prevention Centers or YVPCs) to continue to build the evidence-base for violence prevention strategies and approaches that reduce community rates of youth violence within one or more geographically defined communities with high rates of youth violence. Applications for YVPCs supported under this announcement must describe 5 core elements: (1) an administrative infrastructure to support implementation, evaluation, and dissemination activities; to foster necessary local collaborations to achieve the YVPC's goals; and to work with other funded YVPCs as part of the YVPC Network; (2) the selected community or set of communities with high rates of youth violence as the focus of all proposed YVPC activities; (3) a rigorous evaluation of at least two distinct prevention strategies related to at least two of the four research areas outlined in this NOFO that are designed to reduce community rates of youth violence in the selected community or set of communities; (4) a youth advisory council to provide input on the selection, implementation, and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies; and (5) integrated training activities for early career and junior researchers in youth violence prevention to complement the implementation, rigorous evaluation, and scholarship activities of the YVPC. LEARN MORE
Fisher House Foundation: Newman's Own Awards for Service Members and Families
(Application Deadline: April 22, 2021)
Every day, service members, veterans, and their families rise to the challenge of maintaining a healthy lifestyle while facing the unique trials that come with having dedicated their lives in service to our nation. These families often face long deployments and separation, and many must cope with the long-term effects associated with service. Newman's Own, Fisher House Foundation, and Military Times join in presenting $200,000 in grants to the most creative military quality of life improvement plans. Complete the online application and tell us about your innovative idea. Your organization could be awarded up to $50,000. LEARN MORE
Solidaire Network: Movement Infrastructure Fund
(Application Deadline: April 23, 2021)
The Movement Infrastructure Fund invests in bold visions that are often overlooked and underfunded. Supporting work that is led by those most impacted by injustice, the Movement Infrastructure Fund invests in movements that work to dismantle and disrupt extractive, exploitative, and oppressive systems. In 2021, Solidaire is interested in movement infrastructure proposals that support resistance through systems and tools, as well as proposals that build transformative futures through agency and scale. Examples include: 1) starting or expanding a community-owned broadband initiative; 2) building out communications tools or staff to advance narrative or culture change; 3) intervening on cases against corporations or the government with progressive legal assistance; 4) expanding organizers in rural places; 5) security training and equipment purchases; or 6) campaigns for local housing solutions. We seek imaginative, creative solutions that lift human dignity and agency. We believe there is no shortage of grassroots genius, innovation and agency. What is missing is the right investment in the long-term infrastructure that movements need to win. LEARN MORE
J.M. Kaplan Fund: J.M.K. Innovation Prize
(Application Deadline: April 30, 2021)
In recent years, America has been reshaped by seismic social and environmental forces. A worldwide pandemic has laid bare deeply-rooted inequities. Communities from coast to coast have been upended by growing climate impacts. And efforts to dismantle democratic institutions have struck at the bedrock values of our nation. These compounding crises —affecting communities both rural and urban, from historically underrepresented voters to undocumented immigrant farmworkers—have forced social-impact organizations to reimagine how they respond to systemic societal challenges. In short, we need social innovators like we never have before. The J.M.K. Innovation Prize was made for moments like this. Since 2015, over three biennial Prize cycles, we’ve reached across the country to support thirty wildly creative social and environmental initiatives, ranging from neighborhood-led youth justice councils to researchers using wastewater to pinpoint COVID-19 hot spots. Leveraging a legacy of catalytic grant-making at The J.M. Kaplan Fund, the Prize seeks out visionary non-profit and mission-driven for-profit organizations that work within, across, or in a manner related to one or more of the Fund’s three program areas, listed to the right. In 2021, we will award up to ten Prizes, each including a cash award of $150,000 over three years, plus $25,000 in technical assistance funds, for a total award of $175,000. Awardees also receive guidance through the Fund and its resource network, providing tools and training that can help turn innovative ideas into life-changing social impacts. LEARN MORE
Expensify.org: Campaigns Fighting Injustice
(Application Deadline: April 30, 2021)
Expensify.org is looking to fund people fighting injustice. The goal is to partner with the best ideas, make them a reality, and bring more justice to the world. Anyone can propose an idea by identifying a problem caused by injustice and suggesting a solution below. A key requirement for solutions is that they harness the Expensify app. That is how Expensify.org will directly fund the people taking action as part of a campaign. Campaigns should inspire people to complete tasks or use their own money to help solve the problem. Expensify.org will pay volunteers for every campaign task completed or up to 50% of campaign expenses paid for by volunteers. It is also required that campaigns address injustice related to at least one of five themes: homes, hunger, reentry, climate, youth. Two winning campaigns from each theme will be chosen in a public vote and receive a minimum funding commitment from Expensify.org. There will be five $25,000 winners, four $50,000 winners, one $100,000 winner. LEARN MORE
OVW Research and Evaluation Initiative
(LOI Deadline: April 30, 2021)
(Grants.gov Application Deadline: May 10, 2021)
(JustGrants Application Deadline: May 14, 2021)
The purpose of the Research and Evaluation (R&E) Initiative is to research and evaluate approaches to combatting domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (hereafter referred to as “VAWA crimes”). By generating more knowledge about strategies for serving victims and holding offenders accountable, communities that benefit from VAWA funding will be better equipped to align their work with practices that are known to be effective, and they will be more capable of generating empirical knowledge on the efficacy of new and promising ways of doing things. The initiative is designed to support researcher-practitioner partnerships and a broad range of research and evaluation methods, including qualitative, mixed-method, and quasiexperimental, and experimental designs. Because OVW has very limited funds to support research and evaluation, this initiative prioritizes topics for which a stronger evidence base would help OVW grantees use federal funds most effectively. LEARN MORE
Russell Sage Foundation: Social Science Research
(LOI Deadline: May 4, 2021)
RSF will accept LOIs under these core programs and special initiatives: 1) Behavioral Economics; 2) Decision Making & Human Behavior in Context; 3) Future of Work; and 4) Social, Political and Economic Inequality. In addition, RSF will also accept LOIs relevant to any of its core programs that address at least one of the following issues: 1) Research on the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting recession in the U.S. Specifically, research that assesses the social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences of the pandemic, especially its effects on marginalized individuals and groups and on trust in government and other institutions. Our priorities do not include analyses of health outcomes or health behaviors. RSF seldom supports studies focused on outcomes such as educational processes or curricular issues, but does prioritize analyses of inequities in educational attainment or student performance. 2) Research focused on systemic racial inequality and/or the recent mass protests in the U.S. Specifically, research that investigates the prevalence of racial disparities in policing and criminal justice and their social, political, economic, and psychological causes and consequences; the effects of the current social protest movement and mass mobilization against systemic discrimination; the nature of public attitudes and public policies regarding policing, criminal justice, and social welfare; and the effects of those attitudes in the current political environment. LEARN MORE
HUD Older Adult Homes Modification Program
(Application Deadline: May 4, 2021)
The overall purpose of the Older Adult Home Modification Program (OAHMP) is to assist experienced nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and public housing authorities in undertaking comprehensive programs that make safety and functional home modifications and limited repairs to meet the needs of low-income elderly homeowners. The goal of the home modification program is to enable low-income elderly persons to remain in their homes through low-cost, low barrier, high impact home modifications to reduce older adults’ risk of falling, improve general safety, increase accessibility, and to improve their functional abilities in their home. This will enable older adults to remain in their homes, that is, to “age in place,” rather than move to nursing homes or other assisted care facilities. HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes is making available grant funds and training resources to non-federal entities. Under this NOFA, experienced nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and public housing authorities will deliver home modification services to qualified beneficiaries. As required by the appropriation laws that fund the grants under this NOFA, at least 50 percent of funding under this NOFA will be made available to grantees that serve communities with substantial rural populations. LEARN MORE
RWJF Sports Award
(Application Deadline: May 5, 2021)
The RWJF Sports Award recognizes professional sports teams, athletes, coaches and community-based organizations that use sports to catalyze and sustain changes to make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. Through this Award we lift up community-based organizations that bring a deep understanding of community needs and acknowledge the power of sports to connect us and make us healthier, no matter our race, gender, abilities, or economic background. LEARN MORE
William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
(LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021)
Our focus on reducing inequality grew out of our view that research can do more than help us understand the problem of inequality—it can generate effective responses. We believe that it is time to build stronger bodies of knowledge on how to reduce inequality in the United States and to move beyond the mounting research evidence about the scope, causes, and consequences of inequality. Toward this end, we seek studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people. We prioritize studies about reducing inequality on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. LEARN MORE
Department of Veterans Affairs: Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program - Special Need Grant
(Application Deadline: May 5, 2021)
VA announces the availability of approximately $5 million per year for 3 years in new special need grants to eligible entities for per diem payments to facilitate housing stabilization for Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who are in one of the special need populations (i.e., chronically mentally ill, frail elderly, individuals who care for minor dependents, terminally ill or women). This funding will provide assistance to cover operational costs including costs that would not otherwise be incurred, but for the fact that the recipient is providing supportive housing beds in private rooms with private bathrooms for a homeless Veteran population with special needs. VA expects to award per diem for approximately 135 beds across approximately 10-15 grants with this NOFO. LEARN MORE
CDC Rigorously Evaluating Programs and Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
(Application Deadline: May 10, 2021)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research proposals to rigorously evaluate approaches (programs, policies, or practices) for their impact on primary prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by youth or adults. Research funded under this announcement will strengthen the evidence base for primary prevention of youth- or adult-perpetrated CSA. Applicants must propose rigorous evaluation designs, which for the purposes of this funding opportunity can include those that utilize experimental designs (i.e., randomized controlled trials) or quasi-experimental designs (e.g., comparative interrupted time series design, difference-in- differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, regression point displacement, stepped wedge, propensity-score matching, comparison groups). LEARN MORE
HUD Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
(Application Deadline: May 26, 2021)
The Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program provides Capital Advance funding for the development of supportive rental housing for Very-Low-Income persons aged 62 years or older and project rental subsidies in the form of a Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC) to maintain ongoing affordability. This program provides elderly persons with the opportunity to live independently, but with important voluntary support services such as nutritional, transportation, continuing education, and/or health-related services. HUD seeks to fund Section 202 properties that advance housing for the elderly as a platform for living independently and aging in community even as residents may require more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Through this NOFA, HUD seeks sponsors that: 1) will produce housing that is physically designed to promote the long-term wellness of Elderly Persons and allow them to age in place; 2) can provide a robust package of services that support the health and social well-being of Elderly Persons; and 3) leverage Capital Advance funds with other financing sources to maximize the number of units created per dollar of HUD funding. LEARN MORE
USDA Rural Community Development Initiative Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
RCDI grants are awarded to help non-profit housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities and federally recognized tribes support housing, community facilities and community and economic development projects in rural areas. Rural Community Development Initiative grants may be used for, but are not limited to: Training sub-grantees to conduct: (1) Home-ownership education (2) Minority business entrepreneur education and to
providing technical assistance to sub-grantees on: (1) Strategic plan development (2) Accessing alternative funding sources (3) Board training (4) Developing successful child
care facilities (5) Creating training tools, such as videos, workbooks, and reference guides
(6) Effective fundraising techniques. LEARN MORE
EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs Including CARES Act Funding
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in rural and urban areas to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works and EAA programs. Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA provides strategic investments on a competitive- merit-basis to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States. Past projects have included funding for water and wastewater projects in hospitals and healthcare facilities and road infrastructure projects that would support the expansion of healthcare facilities. Funding is available for: Public Works Projects (Water and sewer system improvements, Industrial parks, Shipping and logistics facilities, Workforce training facilities, Brownfield development, Telecommunications infrastructure and development facilities.) LEARN MORE
USDA Economic Impact Initiative Grants
(Application Deadline: Rolling)
Economic Impact Initiative Grants provide funding to assist in the development of essential community facilities in rural communities that have extreme unemployment and severe economic depression. An essential community facility is one that provides an essential service to the local community, is needed for the orderly development of the community, serves a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial, or business undertakings. Examples of essential community facilities include: Healthcare: hospitals, medical clinics, dental clinics, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities Public Facilities: city/town/village halls, courthouses, airport hangers, street improvements Community Support Services: child care centers, community centers, fairgrounds, transitional housing Public Safety: fire halls, police stations, prisons, jails, police vehicles, fire trucks, public works vehicles and equipment Educational: museums, libraries, private schools Utility: telemedicine, distance learning Local Food Systems: community gardens, food pantries, community kitchens, food banks, food hubs, greenhouses, kitchen appliances. LEARN MORE
Funding News & Resources
FCC Issues Guidelines for New Round of a $250 Million COVID-19 Telehealth Program
(Healthcare Finance - March 19, 2021)
The proposal establishes a system for rating applications and equitable funding distribution. READ MORE
Site-Neutral Payments Could Reduce Healthcare Spending By At Least $350 Billion Over 10 Years, Report Finds
(Healthcare Financial Management Association - March 22, 2021)
If site-neutral payments were implemented throughout healthcare, the decrease in expenditures could total as much as $672 billion over a decade. READ MORE
American Rescue Plan Will Be Credit Positive for Nonprofit Hospitals, Says Fitch
(Healthcare Finance - March 26, 2021)
The ARP will help support hospital patient revenues by reducing the number of those who are uninsured. READ MORE