Funding Opportunities

Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Communities Research Grant FULL Application
Deadline: June 24, 2011
The purpose of the Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Communities Research Grant Program (SCRGP) is to fill key data and information gaps, and to begin to develop and evaluate policy alternatives that communities can adopt to facilitate decision making about various community investments. Additionally, HUD believes that the results from the program will enable it to develop a broader sustainability agenda beyond current departmental priorities, as well as any future efforts or initiatives that may be considered based on the results of the research. Interest will be published requesting applications for grants to support the research obtained from these demonstrations. Click here for more information.

Family Connection Grants: Using Family Group Decision-making to Build Protective Factors for Children and Families
(From HandsNet Human Services Digest)
Deadline: July 27, 2011
The purpose of this FOA is to support demonstration projects that test the effectiveness of family group decision-making as a service approach that prevents children from entering foster care, thereby reducing the time that these children and families are involved with the child welfare system. Projects will engage families in building protective factors and reducing risk factors for children and families, and will address related domestic violence, mental health, and substance abuse issues. Click here for more information.

Integrating Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Focused Practice in Child Protective Service (CPS) Delivery
Deadline: July 25, 2011
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects that will:
1. Support public child welfare systems in their efforts to provide effective mental and behavioral health services for children and families and to further develop trauma-informed systems that promote safety, permanency, and well-being;
2. Assist child welfare systems to target and divert existing resources to the implementation and/or expansion of effective clinical, trauma-focused treatments;
3. Support the implementation of trauma-focused treatment models with high fidelity in child welfare systems;
4. Identify factors and strategies associated with successful installation and implementation of trauma treatments in child welfare systems;
5. Improve the social and emotional well-being of targeted children in child welfare systems who experience trauma and are exhibiting trauma symptoms;
6. Evaluate the impact of trauma treatment on safety, permanency, well-being and adoption outcomes and
7. Complement ongoing Federal efforts to improve the standard of care for children who have experienced trauma, including the work of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.
Click here for more information.

HHS RESEARCH FUNDS: PARENTING FOR EARLY HEAD START
Deadline: July 18, 2011
Funding for research activities to implement promising parenting interventions which augment Early Head Start services to improve the outcomes for the most vulnerable infants and toddlers has been made available by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families.  According to the funding announcement, support for up to four cooperative agreements will be awarded in the amount of $400,000 each per year over a five-year period for the project.  Applications are due by July 18, 2011, with letters of intent to apply requested by June 20, 2011. Click here for more information.

Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth In Africa and Asia (R01)
Deadline: November 17, 2011
This FOA issued by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites grant applications from institutions/organizations for studies to evaluate the impact of HIV infection and its treatment on perinatally HIV-infected youth now surviving into adolescence and young adulthood in Africa and Asia. Click here for more information.

Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action

Deadline: January 3, 2012

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is coordinating a unique, multi-funder initiative to identify, generate, synthesize and disseminate evidence essential to informing efforts to implement the recommendations outlined in the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" and to contribute to Campaign for Action's goal of advancing comprehensive change in health care for patients and the country. The purpose of this activity is to increase and focus national attention on a common research agenda related to the IOM recommendations and to facilitate and coordinate funding activity across a range of funders of nursing research. More details and how to apply are here.

American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation, ASWB
Deadline: July 31, 2011
The American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education in Social Work Regulation has announced that it is now accepting proposals for funded research exploring the ways in which professional social work regulation impacts the profession and the public it serves. A total of $50,000 will be made available in four different grant award areas. Two $10,000 grants and one $25,000 grant will be awarded to three successful applicants. In addition, the Foundation is introducing a $5,000 grant award designated for currently-enrolled MSW or social work doctoral students. Application information can be found on the website of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB).

Projects of National Significance: Data Collection for Supporting Families
Deadline: August 8, 2011
The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 funds to award one cooperative agreement to plan, develop and implement one longitudinal data collection and analysis project relating to supports and services provided to families of individuals with developmental disabilities, including individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID/DD). The data project shall develop key definitions related to supports and services; collect state level baseline data; create a standard set of key State indicators that can be used to benchmark progress; develop a profile of such supports and services that can be updated and used to track trends; and develop an online data dashboard that could be utilized to track, compare and contrast progress made on achieving outcomes at the National and State levels. The project will include a rigorous evaluation plan to demonstrate that the stated outcomes have been achieved. Click here for more information.

Autism Centers of Excellence: Networks (R01)
Deadline: November 16, 2011
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invite new (type 1) and renewal (type 2) applications for the Autism Centers of Excellence: Networks Program, hereafter termed ACE Networks. Each ACE Network will consist of a multi-site project focusing on a specific topic of research for R01 support through this FOA. The ACE Networks will focus on supporting the broad research goals of the Interagency Coordinating Committee Strategic Plan for ASD Research. Click here for more information.

Establish a Poverty Research Center Program
Deadline: July 20, 2011
ASPE plans to fund up to three (3) Poverty Research Centers. The Poverty Research Center grants are for qualified institutions to provide a focused national and regional and/or state agenda expanding our understanding of the causes, consequences and effects of inequality and poverty and policies and programs to remediate and alleviate poverty, inequality and their affects. It is anticipated that investigators supported under the Poverty Research Center will benefit from the opportunity to conduct independent research; that the grantee institution will benefit from participation in the diverse extramural programs of HHS and other federal agencies; and that students will benefit from exposure to and participation in research and be encouraged to pursue graduate studies and careers in the social and behavioral sciences with a focus on poverty and inequality. Click here for more information.

Notice of Availability of Administrative Supplements Funding for Planning Research in Support of the Global Health Initiative and Other Critical Health Interventions focused on Women and Girls Health and/or Gender Equity
Deadline: contact for details
Given the increasing recognition of women as fundamental to the health of populations, the Fogarty International Center (FIC), with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is soliciting applications for one-year administrative supplements to active NIH international research or research training grants for the purpose of developing research applications for implementation science intended to accelerate progress towards improved health for women and girls and/or the role of women and girls in the improvement of health. These supplements are intended to be used for planning for future grant applications either to other NIH institutes, to other U.S. Government (USG) agencies, particularly those engaged in the Global Health Initiative (GHI), or to outside international research funding entities. Click here for more information.

Peer Relations Post Doctoral Position, University of Turku, Finland
Deadline: August 31, 2011
A Postdoctoral research position for 2 years (with possible renewal for another 2 years) is available in the Peer Relations Research Group at the University of Turku, Finland (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy, Division of Psychology). The postdoctoral researcher will be working in the project "Bullying Networks across Classrooms" which is part of the European Collaborative Research Project (ECRP) entitled "Social Influence in Dynamic Networks". Click here for more information.

Post Doc Openings at Johns Hopkins for Addiction Research
Deadline: contact for details
This Post Doc offers a wide variety of experience working with faculty on different projects as well as the opportunity to develop projects on your own. There are opportunities for lab and community based projects. This center has been around for over 30 years and has many alumni in different careers in areas such as private industry, government, and university settings. The Post Doc program is the largest in the country for Addictions, with 8 Post Doc positions supported by the Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Service Award. Post Doc positions may last up to 3 years. Post Docs have included a Social Worker, Psychologists (clinical & experimental), Pharmacologists, MD's, and PhD's in Public Health. To apply, send your CV and letter of interest to Dr. George Bigelow, at bigelow@jhmi.edu.  

New Research Released Concerning Foster Care Environments

(From the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)

New research from the National Runaway Switchboard suggests that youth who have had multiple foster care placements are more likely to run away from their homes than youth who have been placed once in a foster care setting. The report is free and available online.

New additions to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Below is a selected list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:
*22640 Participatory Evaluation of the Sisseton Wahepton Oyate Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program Demonstration Project in the United States, 2006-2007
*24612 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA): Loan Application Register (LAR) and Transmittal Sheet (TS) Raw Data, 2007
*30784 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants in Federal Criminal Cases in District Court -- Terminated, 2009
*30793 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Suspects in Federal Criminal Matters, 2009
*30794 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Arrests and Bookings for Federal Offenses, 2009
*30795 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 2009
*30796 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Guideline Computations for Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 2009
*31142 Chicago Community Adult Health Study, 2001-2003
Click here for more information and a complete list of new and updated data resources.

New HCUP Statistical Briefs Available on the HCUP-US Website
(From the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project)
HCUP Statistical Briefs are short, focused reports on topics related to specific conditions, procedures, or populations. Recently-released Statistical Briefs include:
#107: The National Hospital Bill: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2008
#108: Uninsured Hospital Stays, 2008
#109: Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008
#110: Hospitalizations Related to Childbirth, 2008
#113: Complicating Conditions of Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2008
#115: All-Cause Readmissions by Payer and Age, 2008
These and other HCUP Statistical Briefs can be found on the HCUP-US Website.

Easing Distress in Caregivers of Dying Patients
(From Health Behavior News service)
Interventions can buffer caregivers of terminally ill patients from the significant stresses they face in providing care to a loved one, a new Cochrane review finds. Click here for the full report.

New APHA book explores many health challenges of megacities
(From APHA The Nation's Health, Teddi Dineley Johnson)
Around the globe, so-called "megacities" - urban centers with populations greater than 10 million - are increasing in number. Currently, 25 megacities dot the globe, but more will emerge, and with them will come unique public health challenges. To help public health workers prepare for the health challenges created by these super-sized cities, APHA Press in July released "Megacities & Global Health." The book's 14 chapters take readers on a walk around the globe, introducing them to the unique set of health problems that arise when cities reach a certain size, and the global significance of those challenges to public health. Click here for more information.