Grants and Funding

Funding Opportunities

• ACF Grant Opportunities - Funding opportunities for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.

• AHRQ Funding Opportunities - AHRQ supports a broad base of scientific research to promote improvements in clinical and health system practices, including the prevention of diseases and other health conditions.

• Grants On-Line Database - Searchable database of grants funded by AHRQ.

• Funding and Fellowships Sponsored by ASTMH - Research awards and fellowships to promote world health by the prevention and control of tropical diseases.

• AAMC Grants and Awards

• ASPH Friday Letter - New funding opportunities are listed each week in the "Funding Opportunities" section of the Friday Letter.

• ASPH Funding Opportunities - Funding opportunities from Federal Agencies and other partners.

• ASPH Internship & Fellowship Programs - Opportunities for graduate students and early career public health professionals.

• Vaccine Communications Funding Opportunity - The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will fund and support up to four state or territorial health agencies to utilize ASTHO's Communicating Effectively About Vaccines toolkit as a method to promote the benefits of vaccines in ways that resonate with the public and family decision makers. Applications are due November 2, 2012.

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to reduce inequities and improve lives around the world. Grant programs include the Global Development Program to reduce hunger and poverty in the developing world, the Global Health Program to encourage the development of lifesaving medical advances, and the United States Program to reduce inequities by improving access to educational and other opportunities.

• Health and Health Care in Schools Grant Alerts - Funding opportunities to assist in promoting the health of children through school-connected programs.

• CDC Cooperative Agreement Funding Opportunities - Funding opportunities from CDC that are available to members of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). AAMC, ASPH and APTR each have a cooperative agreement with CDC that supports extramural projects including research and non-research activities. Members of their respective associations are eligible to participate in the cooperative agreement funding cycle.

• CDC Funding Opportunities Announcements - CDC Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs), application forms, and information on CDC's grants process.

• CDC Genomics Funding - In 2008, CDC's Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG) started funding five new projects in state health departments and academic and research institutions and to translate human-genome information and applications into education, surveillance, and policy interventions.

• CDC's Procurement and Grants Office - Information on grants and business opportunities with the CDC.

• COS Funding Opportunities - Database of research funding opportunities.

• Roadmaps to Health Community Grants - The Roadmaps to Health Community Grants support two-year state and local efforts among policymakers, business, education, health care, public health, and community organizations.

• HHS Grants and Funding - Information on HHS grant programs, grant application processes, and grant management.

• HITECH Funding Opportunities - Health Information Technology (HITECH) grants provide assistance and technical support to providers to enable coordination and alignment within and among states, establish connectivity to the public health community in case of emergencies, and assure the workforce is properly trained and equipped to be meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

• Grants and Debarment - Information on the Environmental Protection Agency's funding opportunities and grant application procedures.

• Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences - A comprehensive compilation of international funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research published by the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health.

• Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Grants - FNS discretionary grant opportunities.

• Foundation Center - The Center provides information for grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) - Government-wide compendium of all federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. Users can contact the office that administers a program for application instructions.

• Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund - Funding for medical and health care librarians and information specialists. The fund focuses in two major areas, learning partnerships with health science organizations and stipends to attend national professional meetings.

• Grants.gov - Searchable information from all Federal grant-making agencies.

• HRSA Div of Facilities Compliance/Recovery - Administers the Health Care and Other Facilities grant program that provides construction assistance to health facilities across the nation. The Division also manages the Hill-Burton program to assure that obligated health facilities provide free or reduced cost medical services to those persons who are uninsured and underinsured and meet eligibility criteria

• HRSA Division of Health Careers Diversity and Development, Student Assistance Programs - Education-related financial assistance.

• HRSA Funding Opportunities - Provides a searchable database of all Health Resources and Services Administration grant opportunities by key program area e.g., health professions training and services for people living with HIV/AIDS.

• HRSA Grants - Open HRSA grant opportunities.

• HRSA State Health Access Program - The State Health Access Program provides one-year grants to States to develop plans for providing access to affordable health insurance coverage to all their citizens.

• Public Health Training Centers - Provides funding to support schools of public health and other programs that provide graduate or specialized training in public health to expand and enhance training opportunities that focus on technical, scientific, managerial and leadership competencies and capabilities of the public health workforce.

• Chronic Disease Funding Opportunities

• Funding opportunities from NACCHO

• National Institutes of Health (NIH), Grants and Funding Opportunities

• NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics - Support for rigorous scientific research in biomedical informatics and bioinformatics.

• NLM Extramural Programs: Career Development and Training Support - Links to NLM extramural grant programs, including career development and training support.

• Outreach Funding Opportunities - Funding opportunities on AIDS Community Information Outreach and other funding opportunities from the National Library of Medicine.

• NN/LM Funding - Regional funding opportunities for health information outreach projects and other awards.

• Public Health Funded Projects - A list of public health projects funded through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

• Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR) Funding Opportunities - Awards for projects involving public health systems and services research (PHSSR).

• Public Health Fellowships and Internships - Links to selected public health fellowship and internship opportunities from government agencies and professional and research organizations.

• Medical and Academic Partnerships (MAP) Grants - Grant and award programs which provide financial support for fellows, scholars, and host institutions in a wide range of therapeutic areas, health literacy topics, and public health issues.

• Grants - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides grants for projects that advance their mission to improve the health and health care of all Americans.

• Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research - Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research supports researchers whose crosscutting and innovative ideas promise to contribute meaningfully to improving health and health care policy. The program provides one of the few funding opportunities in the United States for investigator-initiated projects that are broad in scope, innovative in approach, and have national policy relevance.

• Local Initiative Funding Partners - Local Initiative Funding Partners (LIFP) is a partnership program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers that supports creative, collaborative, community-based projects to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations.

• Rural Funding Opportunities - Summaries of funding programs provided by RAC.

• Funding Resources - Links to funding opportunities compiled by the National Agricultural Library.

• SAMHSA Grants - Grants that focus on building resilience and facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders.

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grants Database - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

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Resources Related to Proposal-Writing

• Tips On Writing a Grant Proposal - Instructional material from the Environmental Protection Agency to help communities and non-profit organizations identify financial assistance opportunities for their environmentally oriented programs.

• Learn About Proposal Writing - Training courses, both online and in the classroom at various levels, to learn how to write grant proposals.

• Proposal Writing Support - Grant proposal writing tips, tutorials, resources, and classes.

• NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration - Semiannual NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants. These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern.