#FundingFriday Twitter Edition: Grants from NEH, HHS, Commerce and USDA

For this week’s edition of #FundingFriday, we are highlighting grant opportunities that either @grantsdotgov or federal government offices and agencies have shared on Twitter in recent days.

And if you haven’t yet followed Grants.gov on Twitter, there isn’t a better time to do so than now!

5 Grants to Support National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month #FundingFriday

“Suicide is a serious public health problem that causes immeasurable pain, suffering, and loss to individuals, families, and communities nationwide” (Suicide Prevention, SAMHSA.gov). With nearly 40,000 people in the U.S. who die annually from suicide, it takes a collective effort of community members, professionals, families, and institutions to help prevent suicide.

Here are federal grant opportunities from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) that support this important work.

5 Grant Applications Due in September #FundingFriday

Summer is coming to a close, which means the Labor Day Holiday is coming as well. Before we get into holiday mode, though, these 5 federal grants are due September 1^st through 5^th, so get your applications in soon. Areas include criminal justice, occupational safety, journalism, defense, and animal care research.

#FundingFriday: 5 Federal Grants Closing Next Week

These federal grant opportunities close next week, so it is time to get those grant applications submitted soon! Opportunities in the areas of health, food, transportation, and energy.

Close Date: June 18, 2018

Opportunity: Family-to-Family Health Information Centers – Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada

Agency: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration

Purpose: To provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them.

8 Training and Technical Assistance Grants Due in June & July #FundingFriday

Do you work for a nonprofit, state agency, or other eligible entity that implements training centers or provides technical assistance programs? Here are 8 federal grants for different types of training and technical assistance to support the fields of criminal justice, pipeline safety, forest conservation, hydropower, drug courts, and defense procurement.

#FundingFriday: Federal Grant Opportunities Open to Native American Tribal Governments

This week, we highlight recently posted federal grant opportunities for which Native American tribal governments are eligible. These grant programs include the Department of Justice Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative and the Department of Health and Human Services Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program.

FY 18 Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative

Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Closing Date: June 28, 2018

This multi-category solicitation supports youth mentoring services (1:1, group or peer) provided by National and Multi-State mentoring organizations; and mentoring for specific populations. The specific category titles are: National Mentoring, Multi-State Mentoring, and Supportive Mentoring Services for Youth on Probation.

Learn more: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=305143

#FundingFriday: Recent Research Grants Posted to Grants.gov

With federal agencies posting funding opportunities to Grants.gov, there are a range of research grants for you to consider applying for.

Federal Grant Forecasts from the Departments of Defense, State, and Health and Human Services

The following funding opportunities are among those that have been forecasted by federal grant-making agencies in recent weeks on Grants.gov.

You can browse current grant forecasts by checking the box next to “Forecasted” on the Grants.gov Search page.

Forecast: Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) Pilot Program

Department of Defense, Dept of the Army — Materiel Command

The BARI program supports basic research in science and engineering stemming from interactive collaborative efforts between U.S. institutions of higher education and U.K. institutions of higher education that is of potential interests to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.K Ministry of Defense (MOD).

 

#FundingFriday: Diverse Grants for Public Purposes

Federal grants are the transfer of anything of value from the Federal government to a non-federal entity to carry out a public purpose authorized by U.S. law. This makes for a wide array of public-serving programs to be found on Grants.gov—find grants for national parks, small businesses, international work, agricultural education, and newborn screening below.

#FundingFriday: April Closings for Grants from the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, and Other Agencies

Among these opportunities with close dates in April are grants promoting environmental literacy, distance education, and Native American language preservation.

Close Date: Apr 06, 2018

Agency: Department of Commerce

Opportunity: Environmental Literacy Grants: Supporting the education of K-12 students and the public for community resilience

Purpose: The goal of this Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) is to support the education of K-12 students and the public so they are knowledgeable of the ways in which their community can become more resilient to extreme weather events and/or other environmental hazards, and become involved in achieving that resilience.