Digest of Federal Grants with Faith-Based and Community
Organization Eligibility
The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare
Policy
First published: July 22, 2008
The grant opportunities this week for community and faith-based organizations are through programs administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the United States Agency for
International Development.
Potential applicants should be aware that some grant programs require specific technical expertise, or experience in particular foreign countries.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Cooperative Agreement for Improving the Legal Preparedness of the Public Health System. The grant will support improving the legal preparedness of the public health system nationally and, specifically, for assisting public health-related professions focused on strengthening their capacity to apply law as a tool for improving the health of the public through prevention and health promotion. Initial high priorities include preparedness for, and response to, public health emergencies such as those associated with terrorism, influenza and other infectious disease epidemics, and natural disasters, as well as prevention of chronic diseases and infectious diseases, injuries, and environmentally-induced disease.
The successful applicant will develop and implement systematic methods to identify opportunities to improve public health legal preparedness, to formulate plans to address those opportunities, and to disseminate information about such plans and about related, potential action steps to the focal public health-related professions nationally.
The application deadline is August 29, 2008. Approximately $500,000 will be made available to fund one award over a project period of five years. The full program announcement can be found at
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PR08-801.htm.
Health Resources and Services Administration
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the HIV Emergency Relief Project Grants Part A: Eligible Metropolitan Areas/Transitional Grant Areas Competing Continuation Awards. The grants are direct financial assistance for outpatient and ambulatory health and support services to Part A Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMA) and Transitional Grant Areas (TGA) that have been severely affected by the HIV epidemic.
These services are intended primarily for low income/under insured people living with HIV/AIDS. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS care beyond core services may include supportive services that meet the criteria of enabling individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS to access and remain in primary medical care and improve their medical outcomes.
Applications are due September 29, 2008. A total of approximately $619,424,000 is expected to be available annually to fund 56 grantees. Complete details are in the program announcement at
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/DisplayAttachment.asp?ID=65D5BAB6-C1DF-40C1-
A855-E865941DFF7D.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Rural Healthcare Services Outreach Grant Program. The purpose of the grant is to encourage the development of new and innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that lack essential health care services. The emphasis of this grant program is on service delivery through collaboration, requiring the lead applicant organization to form a consortium with at least two additional partners. The community being served must be involved in the development and ongoing operations of the program, to appropriately address the needs of the population.
The program supports projects that demonstrate creative or effective models of outreach and service delivery in rural communities. Applicants may propose projects to address the needs of a wide range of population groups including, but not limited to, low-income populations, the elderly, pregnant women, infants, adolescents, rural minority populations and rural populations with special health care needs. Applicants may propose to deliver many different types of health services. These include primary health care, dental care, mental health services, home health care, emergency care, health promotion and education programs, outpatient day care, and other services not requiring in-patient care. These may be new services being offered in the community or an expansion of existing services.
The application due date is October 16, 2008. Approximately $13,500,000 is expected to be available to make approximately 90 awards. The full program announcement can be found here
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/DisplayAttachment.asp?ID=CF82F19B-B37D-
4B05-A2EE-825F5FDE8D11.
Qualified faith-based and other organizations may apply for the Service Area Competition—Additional Service Areas grants. Proposals are sought for Community Health Centers (CHC) in the following areas: Clarendon, Arkansas; Portland, Arkansas; Page, Arizona; Arverne, New York; Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Enterprise, Utah; Mann, West Virginia; and for Community Health Center (CHC) and Migrant Health Center (MHC) services in Prineville, Oregon and in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Community Health Centers provide comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services and improve the health status of underserved and vulnerable populations in the area to be served. Migrant Health Centers provide comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services and improve the health status of underserved migratory and seasonal farmworker populations in the area to be served.
Approximately $9.5 million will be awarded for nine grants. Applications for
Prineville, Oregon are due August 21, 2008, and applications for the other service areas are due September 2, 2008. The full announcement is at
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/DisplayAttachment.asp?ID=EE086F79-1AA9-402D-
BD1B-5D9A3B8199C9.
National Institutes of Health
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Epigenomics of Human Health and Disease grant. The National Institutes of Health invites applications that propose research to transform our understanding of the epigenetic contributions to human disease.
Studies will characterize global (epigenome-wide) marks or features, and their possible interactions, in cells and tissues that are representative of various human disease states, conditions, or processes. Studies using mammalian animal models will be allowed with appropriate justification addressing reasons why human tissues cannot be examined for the disease/condition of interest. These discovery-based approaches to reveal epigenome-wide characteristics may also be followed up by epigenetic approaches that aim to reveal function or significance of target gene regions or loci identified during the initial mapping activities.
A letter of intent should be received no later than September 28, 2008 and the full application is due October 28, 2008. A total of $8 million will be awarded to 12-16 grants. The full announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-017.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV (HIT-IT) grant. The grant will support exceptionally innovative, high risk, original and/or unconventional research that, if successful, will have an unusually high impact on HIV/AIDS prevention. Applicants to this funding opportunity must articulate how their proposed new idea, approach and rationale: will offer a potential solution to interrupt HIV transmission and prevent acquisition; could be unequivocally tested and potentially implemented; differ from current or previous failed approaches; and will contribute, inform, or provide incremental knowledge to the field regardless of the outcome of the proposed work.
The goals of this grant are to target the technical and scientific hurdles facing the field as described above, and provide focused support for approaches that may benefit from newly gained knowledge of HIV pathogenesis and biology of HIV transmission and human genetics to promote the development of new strategies and targets aimed at interruption of HIV transmission. The proposed project can be one that opens a new direction in HIV prevention research, or that uniquely complements existing programs.
A letter of intent should be received by October 10, 2008 and the full application is due November 10, 2008. A total of $4.5 million will be awarded to 5-10 grants for project periods of four years. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-007.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for both the Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases grant and the Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications grant. The first grant will support projects that propose to plan for multicenter research on the following: educational and communication initiatives for health care providers and consumers regarding interpretation of and findings from genetic studies of common diseases and the results of their dissemination; and behavioral or psychosocial aspects of clinical application of genetic findings. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: research on patient or provider education regarding genetic findings or clinical outcomes of genetic testing; research on patient or provider perceptions of environmental or other risk factors that may have specific interactions with gene variants; and assessments of responses to use of personal genetic information in clinical care and disease prevention. The proposed research must focus on using findings from genetic studies of common diseases with complex genetic etiology in clinical settings.
The second funding opportunity, Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications, will support projects that propose the following: clinical studies using information from genome wide association or other genetic studies in common diseases; development and assessment of diagnostic, clinical trial, epidemiologic and risk analytic tools for use in clinical research or practice; and cost-effectiveness studies of clinical applications of genetic information. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: development of diagnostic or other risk factor algorithms that incorporate genetic data; pilot interventional studies using findings from genetic studies of common diseases or outcomes related to genetic testing for variants identified in common diseases; pilot research on clinical modification of environmental factors known to interact with specific genes variants identified in common diseases; and cost effectiveness studies.
Letters of intent for both grants should be received no later than October 24, 2008 and full applications are due November 25, 2008. A total of $9.6 million will be awarded for 4-8 grants with two-year project periods. The full announcement for the Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications is at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-004.html
and the Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases program announcement is at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-003.html.
Qualified faith-based and other applicants may apply for the Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases grant. The grant will support applications from institutions/organizations that propose innovative investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases with a focus on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with existing or new animal models. This program announcement will also support novel clinical strategies, not including clinical trials, to detect primary immunodeficiency diseases, to identify the molecular basis of these diseases, and to develop innovative therapies for primary immunodeficiency diseases.
Research areas may include, but are not limited to: identifying the clinical, immunological, and molecular characteristics of genetically determined primary immunodeficiency diseases; identifying the molecular basis of primary immunodeficiency diseases; advancing our understanding of how a genetic variant results in immunodeficiency; discovering/developing improved diagnostic/newborn screening tools for primary immunodeficiency diseases; and discovering/developing new animal models for primary immunodeficiency diseases.
Letters of intent are due September 5, 2008 and applications are due October 5, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The full program announcement can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-206.html.
Qualified faith-based and other applicants may apply for a grant to support Meetings, Conferences and Networks for Research Partnerships to Improve Functional Outcomes. The successful applicant will conduct meetings and organize networks that will facilitate interdisciplinary research partnerships into the difficult problems of chronic disease and rehabilitation. The goal is to create opportunities for forming strong and effective multi-disciplinary scientific teams to address basic, translational, or clinical research problems in rehabilitation or management of chronic disease, including mental disorders.
Proposed workshops and conferences should especially address issues in research methodology, including (but not limited to) selection of appropriate subjects, sample size, subject recruitment, measurement, trial design, and analytic strategies. It is anticipated that these workshops and conferences will help investigators become successful in submitting competitive applications for investigator-initiated research projects in the future. Examples of scientific meetings or networks for addressing research problems can be found in the program announcement.
The deadline for applications is December 12, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-207.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders’ NIDCD Clinical Trial Planning Grant. The funds will be used to complete the development of a comprehensive research protocol for the ultimate goal of a large-scale, multicenter Phase III Definitive Clinical Trial (DCT). The planning grant is designed to permit early peer review of the proposed clinical trial in terms of its rationale, general design, organizational structure and implementation plan. The planning grant will provide support to establish the research team, develop tools for data management and oversight of the research, define recruitment strategies, and develop and finalize the Manual of Procedures (MOP).
Basic elements in the MOP should include identification of the patient population; inclusion and exclusion criteria; adequate plans for recruitment and retention of participants; experimental design and protocols; clear definition of the research hypothesis and outcome measures; quality control/assurance procedures; analytical techniques; sample size estimates with justification; administrative procedures (including regulatory approvals if necessary); collaborative arrangements; duties and responsibilities of study chairperson, clinical sites, coordinating center, and other central resource centers such as a central laboratory or radiographic center; and monitoring plans to assure patient protection and data integrity
Letters of intent are due September 16, 2008 and applications are due October 16, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-203.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the NIDCD Phase I/II Definitive Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders grant. Proposed research will provide the preliminary data that are necessary to address core scientific, design, and clinical issues prior to the conduct of the Phase III Definitive Clinical Trial (DCT).
Relevant research topics include, but are not limited to the following: studies to optimize the intervention strategy (e.g. dose, duration, frequency of dosing, or treatment); studies to assess the appropriate delivery system or parameter settings of an electronic device or surgical technique or behavioral intervention; studies to assess the safety and tolerability at various doses or concentrations of a biologic intervention; studies to evaluate whether there is sufficient evidence of short-term improvement in humans to justify an efficacy trial; studies designed to select the best of two or more potential behavioral interventions or dosing regimens; and studies to identify inclusion and exclusion criteria to be applied in a Phase III clinical trial.
Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. Letters of intent are due September 16, 2008 and applications are due October 16, 2008. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-204.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the NIDCD Phase III Definitive Clinical Trials in Communication Disorders grant. Successful applicants will conduct Phase III Definitive Clinical Trials (DCT) that will result in new or better interventions for the treatment or prevention of communication disorders. These are the later stage, full-scale, multicenter, well-designed clinical trials that are adequately powered to provide the definite answers to significant questions of treatment or disease prevention.
Letters of intent are due September 5, 2008 and applications are due October 5, 2008. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-205.html.
Qualified faith-based and other applicants may apply for the Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers grant. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research that will test explicitly identified assumptions and hypotheses that undergird existing or potential interventions intended to increase interest, motivation and preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular interest in those interventions specifically designed to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups entering careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The proposed research need not be restricted to underrepresented minority students. Comparative research that analyzes the experience of all groups in order to place that of underrepresented students in context and to learn whether and how interventions should be tailored to make more underrepresented students successful in biomedical careers may well be particularly illuminating and is, therefore, encouraged.
A letter of intent should be received no later than September 30, 2008 and the full application is due October 30, 2008. A total of $2.4 million will be awarded for 6-8 grants. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-011.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for a grant to establish Sexually Transmitted Infections Cooperative Research Centers. Projects will be multidisciplinary, collaborative research that is focused on control and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), associated syndromes and other reproductive tract infections. Research topics include, but are not limited to, basic and translational projects on STI prevention such as vaccines, microbicides and behavioral interventions.
Centers will carry out research projects organized around a central theme, foster interaction among established STI investigators, and support the development of investigators new to the field. Each center must encompass and include all of the following: a center director(s) who will coordinate the projects and cores; a minimum of three interrelated research projects organized around a central theme; a project leader for each research project; and an administrative core, headed by the center director(s).
A letter of intent should be received no later than September 30, 2008 while the full application is due October 30, 2008. A total of $10.2 million will be awarded for 4-6 grants. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-004.html.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications grant. The grant will support projects that propose: clinical studies using information from genome wide association or other genetic studies in common diseases; development and assessment of diagnostic, clinical trial, epidemiologic and risk analytic tools for use in clinical research or practice; and cost-effectiveness studies of clinical applications of genetic information.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: development of diagnostic or other risk factor algorithms that incorporate genetic data; pilot interventional studies using findings from genetic studies of common diseases or outcomes related to genetic testing for variants identified in common diseases; pilot research on clinical modification of environmental factors known to interact with specific genes variants identified in common diseases; and cost effectiveness studies. The proposed research must focus on using findings from genetic studies of common diseases with complex genetic etiology in clinical or public health settings.
A letter of intent should be received no later than October 24, 2008 and the full application is due November 25, 2008. A total of $9.6 million will be awarded for 4-8 grants with two-year project periods. The full program announcement can be found at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-004.html.
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for a grant under the Building Responsibility for the Delivery of Government Services (BRIDGE) Program. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on January 9th, 2005 by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan brought an end to Africa’s longest running conflict. USAID/Sudan is mandated to support the implementation of and reduce the threats to the CPA. Despite the ending of the conflict and the signing of the CPA, Sudan continues in a fragile a vulnerable state due to the proliferation of weapons, the presence of rival military forces, the absence of virtually any infrastructure and the weakness of institutions of governance.
The objective of the BRIDGE Program is to support the CPA by delivering tangible peace dividends through building the capacity of state and county governments to engage with communities to meet their needs and increase their incomes. Toward this end, proposed program activities should build on areas of prior United States government investment and help to transition from existing relief programs to more sustainable methods of government managed service provision. While emergency programs are primarily focused on beneficiaries, central to this effort is strengthening local government capacity to deliver services in response to expressed priorities of the communities they serve.
Project needs should be identified by local governments through consultative planning processes, who should then—with the assistance of implementing partners—work with stakeholders (e.g. community leaders and members, civil society, NGOs, and other levels of government) to develop and implement solutions. Applicant organizations should support government institutions at the state, county/locality and/or district level, as appropriate, ensuring that all activities are led by the relevant authorities. The approach shall include community-based planning led by local governments and incorporate and emphasize the use of internationally recognized best practices and lessons learned in each sector, adjusted as appropriate for the current environment in these locations.
The closing date for submission of concept papers is August 8, 2008 and full applications are due September 21, 2008. Approximately $34.5 million will be made available to fund one award over a period of three years. For more specific program details please view the full announcement at
http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=LGhL1WzhKhKgpQfSJBrNMvTF25Vhmg3Mjc
GPy2jmXty3g2DB7Q7n!1128170970.
Qualified faith-based and other eligible applicants may apply for the Post Cyclone Sidr Livelihoods Reconstruction grant. The purpose of this announcement is to request innovative proposals to provide increased and sustainable livelihood opportunities for the cyclone-affected population in certain areas of Bangladesh. The program goal is to restore livelihoods and provide increased and sustained livelihood opportunities for the population in southern Bangladesh affected by cyclone Sidr.
USAID/Bangladesh is interested in funding proposals that support economic recovery by assisting in livelihood development in any or all of the following ways: restoring productive assets (seeds, technologies for composting and improved soil fertility, tools, nets, boats, poultry, plant nurseries, homestead gardening, etc.); increasing the purchasing power of affected populations (cash for work activities, small grants, etc); providing alternate income generating activities to communities; and, supporting the resumption of widespread market activity (rehabilitation of market access roads, market infrastructure, small grants to small and medium enterprises, etc.).
The first deadline for submission of applications is August 19, 2008 and the second submission is January 20, 2009. Approximately $14 million will be awarded for one or more grants for project periods of up to two years. The full program announcement can be found at
http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=LGhL1WzhKhKgpQfSJBrNMvTF25Vhmg3MjcG
Py2jmXty3g2DB7Q7n!1128170970.
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