Grants for County governments - Federal

The National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) has announced the FY24 American Lobster Research Program to support projects that advance the scientific understanding of the American Lobster fishery and aid the resilience of fishing communities against environmental changes and economic uncertainties. Approximately $2 million in federal funds is expected to be available in FY2024, with individual awards capped at $600,000 for projects lasting one to two years. Applicants are required to provide a 50% non-federal match. Eligible projects must occur within the U.S. or its territories and waterways. This opportunity encourages projects involving partnerships across industry, state agencies, academia, and community members to address the fishery's complexities, including its ecological and economic aspects. Grant renewed every year.

This Notice informs that NIA intends to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) inviting applications from mid-career investigators for mentored career enhancement awards focused on cross-disciplinary training to broaden and strengthen the investigator's capability to lead future comparative studies of the factors contributing to differences in life spans between human and nonhuman primate species. The NOFO is intended to provide support for experienced investigators with expertise in human and/or nonhuman primate (NHP) studies to do the following: 1) Augment or redirect their research program by acquiring expertise in other fields related to comparative primate research and aging 2) Develop collaborations with research fields with which they do not commonly interact This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to identify potential mentors and prepare well-developed career enhancement plans. The NOFO is expected to be published in June 2024 with an anticipated application due date in November 2024. These are estimated time frames, and they may change. The NOFO is expected to utilize the K18 Career Enhancement Award activity code. It is expected that the NOFO will not allow clinical trials. Additional details of the planned NOFO are provided below.

This program provides funding and technical assistance to organizations that train behavioral health professionals and paraprofessionals, particularly in underserved areas, to improve mental health and substance use disorder services nationwide.

This funding opportunity is designed to support innovative research aimed at protecting military personnel from diseases transmitted by insects, focusing on new insecticides, personal protection technologies, and improved pest management strategies.

This NOFO invites applications for the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in Basic Biology of Aging (NSC). These Center grants will provide funding for leadership, training, research, and outreach activities that will increase and disseminate scientific knowledge in areas supported by the NIA's Division of Aging Biology. The NSC were created in 1995 in honor of Nathan Shock, founding head of the NIH Gerontology Research Center. The NSC provide, both within and beyond their institutions, intellectual leadership and innovation; training; pertinent service cores focused on the needs of the field; and opportunities for research career development. They each collaborate substantially with other NSC and other NIA-funded Centers through the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN). The NSC awards are intended for institutions committed to research on the basic biology of aging, The awards will facilitate further sustained progress on basic research on aging biology, either overall or on a key area within the field. Research Objectives To achieve the objectives above, applicants may propose a sustained research program focused on aging biology as a general term, or by identifying a well-defined and focused area within the field. If a focused research area is selected, service core activities (see below) should be consistent with that selection. Reviewers will be instructed to accept either approach (general or focused) as responsive to this NOFO. It is crucial to the design of each NSC that applicants specify the goals to be achieved within the five-year award period, to provide a plan to reach these goals, and to outline a method to evaluate progress toward these goals. The selection of core activities (see below) should follow from these considerations. Applications in response to this NOFO must include the following: Provide intellectual leadership in biology of aging research, serving as a resource for experimental design and guidance on the appropriate uses and limitations of aging metrics. Support multidisciplinary and translational research. Provide access to technologies through the cores. Develop technology (in the cores) for emerging areas of research in biology of aging. Leverage local institutional resources. Collaborate with other NSC and The Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center (NSC3) on multi-center research education, mentorship, and outreach programs. Interface with other NSC, the NSC3, and other NIH funded centers directly (as appropriate) or through the NIA-supported RCCN. To support these goals, each application must include the following: A core to support administrative functions. This core will manage outreach activities including courses, lectures and symposia – if such activities are proposed. This core will also be responsible for advertising the activities of the NSC, through development of a functional website, and participation in a common Data Coordination Center (see below). The leader of this core must be a PD/PI. A research development core to support pilot/feasibility projects, as well as provide support for investigators entering the field of biology of aging research. At least two research core activities uniquely focused on issues of interest to the biology of aging. These are further discussed below. Support for Research Each NSC may select an area of research focus from a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following examples: Drivers of aging (often considered hallmarks); Metrics of aging, including biomarkers, clocks, computer-based modeling, imaging, etc.; Life course approaches to aging biology; Species-differences and similarities in aging; Medicinal chemistry for development of gerotherapeutics and geroprotective pharmacological interventions; Development and dissemination of new technologies to retain age-of-donor traits for in vitro systems; Facilitation of translation to clinical research; and Support for biology of aging research in IDeA states. Support for Outreach and Education Each NSC should place special emphasis on career development, engaging the public and providing education around the topic of aging biology, including, but not limited to the following examples: Mini-sabbaticals for mid-career and senior investigators (emphasizing new-to-aging research); Community engagement – inform about biology of aging and opportunities for citizen science; Webinars; and Symposia. Applicants must provide plans for the following elements: Leadership succession; Fostering an inclusive and accessible research training environment; and Evaluation: Applications must include a clear description of their objectives and a plan for evaluating the NSC, including all activities supported by the NSC, in line with the broader NSC program goals. The application must specify baseline metrics of NSC activities (e.g., numbers and characteristics of workshop participants, scientific dissemination, databases, networking opportunities with other funders, users of resources, etc.), as well as clearly defined milestones with metrics to gauge the short- or long-term success of the NSC in achieving its objectives. Wherever appropriate, applicants are encouraged to obtain feedback from participants to help identify weaknesses and to provide suggestions for improvements. The NSC evaluation plan should focus on the activities of the NSC, not the entire NSC program. NIH will evaluate the entire NSC program and NSC in five years, including the role of the NSC in fostering the success of the program. Based on the review, NIA will evaluate the effectiveness of the program, and determine whether to (a) continue the program as currently configured, (b) continue the program with modifications, or (c) discontinue the program after sunset and review period. Pre-Application Webinar A webinar is planned to provide prospective applicants the opportunity to understand and ask questions on the scientific scope of this NOFO and technical details for applying. The webinar will be open to all prospective applicants. Participation in the webinar is not a prerequisite to applying to this NOFO, but prospective applicants will need to register in order to participate. Prospective applicants are also encouraged to submit their questions in advance of the webinar; further details on where to submit the questions will be provided once the webinar has been scheduled. Please refer to the registration page for further details on the pre-application webinar, including the time and date and registration information.

This funding opportunity supports not-for-profit organizations, educational institutions, and individuals in Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and Nauru to develop programs that strengthen ties with the United States through cultural exchange, economic development, and educational initiatives.

This grant provides funding for research and projects that develop climate change predictions and analyses to help industries adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate-related challenges through 2050.

The "Addressing Barriers to Healthcare Transitions for Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers" grant aims to fund research for developing and testing interventions that improve the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare for childhood and adolescent cancer survivors, with the goal of establishing best practices for their long-term care.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for small clinical trials focused on preventing and treating diseases related to diabetes, digestive, kidney, and urologic health, particularly targeting underserved populations to improve health outcomes.

This funding opportunity supports partnerships that include domestic academic institutions to develop innovative technologies for extracting and refining rare earth elements from unconventional sources, enhancing the U.S. supply chain and reducing environmental impact.

Public Diplomacy Section in Windhoek invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Namibia through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.Directly support U.S. treaty or bilateral agreement obligations.Directly support U.S. policies, strategies, and objectives in a country as stated in the Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) (ICS is the four-year strategy that articulates the U.S. priorities in a given country and is led by the Chief of Mission.) These priorities are Empowering an Inclusive, Rules-Based Democracy, Catalyzing a Resilient, Sustainable Economy and Cultivating Equitable Access to Service to help Unleash Namibias Human Resources.Support disaster risk reduction for cultural heritage in disaster-prone areas, or post-disaster cultural heritage recovery.Complement the Cultural Heritage Center in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) or Public Diplomacy programs.

Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) solicits applications for identification of small molecules that function to elucidate the biology of disease as chemical probes or function as agonists or antagonists of disease target(s) for therapy or immunotherapy. The NOFO is intended to support discovery research for the identification of validated hits relevant to health-related outcomes of participating NIH Institutes. Stages of discovery research covered by this NOFO include: 1) assay development for specific biological targets and disease mechanisms relevant to the mission of participating NIH Institutes with the intent to screen for small molecule compounds that show potential as probes for use in advancing knowledge about the known targets, identifying new targets, or as pre-therapeutic leads; 2) screen implementation high throughput target-focused approaches or moderate throughput phenotypic- and fragment-based approaches to identify initial screening hits; 3) hit validation, including implementation of secondary assays that are orthogonal to the primary assay, advanced cheminformatics analysis and initial medicinal chemistry inspection to prioritize the hit set, and follow-up assays to characterize mode and mechanism of action of the validated hits; 4) hit-to-lead optimization, including SAR to optimize target engagement, selectivity and to minimize chemical liabilities, ADME, PK and PD studies, and, if appropriate, in vivo modeling to test efficacy or biological effects.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for researchers to analyze existing data on late talking children, particularly focusing on underrepresented populations, to better understand their developmental trajectories and improve language outcomes.

This funding opportunity supports research projects that explore the link between social isolation and suicide risk in older adults, encouraging innovative interventions and service delivery models to enhance social connections and mental health.

This grant provides funding for research teams to study how early-life social and environmental factors influence brain development and addiction risk using animal models and advanced neuroscience techniques.

This cooperative agreement establishes the Hepatitis C Training and Implementation Center (HC-TIC) Network, which aims to accelerate the integration of hepatitis C prevention, testing, care coordination, and treatment interventions (program implementation) in priority high-impact settings through training and implementation TA. This cooperative agreement will improve and sustain the quality, availability, and reach of hepatitis C prevention and care activities in priority high-impact settings. Protection of public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the U.S. and worldwide with attention to infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational activities.

This funding opportunity provides financial and technical assistance to partners for projects that restore aquatic connectivity and improve fish passage in rivers, floodplains, and coastal habitats, benefiting ecosystems and local communities.

This funding opportunity supports early career scientists in the U.S. who are working on planetary science research, helping them advance their projects and professional development through financial support.

This funding opportunity supports researchers and organizations developing innovative therapeutic leads for diseases related to diabetes, digestive, and kidney health, focusing on early-stage preclinical validation to advance potential treatments not currently pursued by major pharmaceutical companies.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to non-profit organizations and governmental institutions in Uruguay and the U.S. to implement projects that strengthen economic development, democracy, and security, fostering collaboration between American and Uruguayan entities.