Food & Agriculture

**NEW** IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development Results-Based Management for Rural Transformation

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) seeks results-based management approaches to enhance project management for rural transformation. The selected grant recipient (or consortium) will receive a three-year grant for a total amount of up to US$2 million (cash and in-kind co-financing is required). Eligibility to receive cash grants extends to non-profit organizations, universities, vocational training providers, private sector companies and research institutes.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: March 1, 2020



**NEW** USDA: Scientific and Cooperative Research Program

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) announces the availability of funding through cost reimbursable agreements for the Scientific Cooperation Research Program (SCRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2020.

SCRP supports strategic goals and utilizes the scientific communities’ accumulated knowledge and technologies to help aid in developing practical solutions to address issues including agricultural trade and market access, animal and plant health, biotechnology, food safety and security, and sustainable natural resource management. All applications must include foreign collaborations, and projects should not exceed two years. Funding may be allocated to foreign collaborators through sub-awards.

SCRP will support applied research, extension, and education projects — lasting up to two years between U.S. researchers and researchers from selected emerging market economies - that create practical solutions to challenges faced by small farmers and build regional or global trade capacities in FAS countries. In general, applications should support one or more of the following strategies of the Global Food Security Act:

1. Accelerate inclusive, agricultural-led economic growth that reduces global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, particularly among women and children.
2. Increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods of small-scale producers, especially women, by working across agricultural value chains, enhancing local capacity to manage agricultural resources effectively, and expanding producer access to local and international markets.
3. Build resilience to food shocks among vulnerable populations and households while reducing reliance upon emergency food assistance.
4. Create an enabling environment for agricultural growth and investment, including through the promotion of secure and transparent property rights.
5. Improve the nutritional status of women and children, with a focus on reducing child stunting, including through the promotion of highly nutritious foods, diet diversification, and nutritional behaviors that improve maternal and child health;
6. Align with and leverage broader United States strategies and investments in trade, economic growth, science and technology, agricultural research and extension, maternal and child health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Global Programs (GP) seeks the provision of technical assistance to improve its understanding of market system resilience. Specifically, USDA/FAS and USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) seek to support exploratory research to develop, field test, refine hypotheses, and draft indicators and tools for measuring critical factors that enable market systems to adapt and transform in the face of shocks and stresses. As such, it will support the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future aim of improving agricultural market system resilience leading to more secure economic opportunities for vulnerable populations facing shocks and stresses in northern Kenya.

Field level data collection should take place in one county in Northern Kenya and one county in Eastern Kenya, to be selected by USDA based on ongoing U.S. government programming. USDA will ensure that there are no security concerns with the county to be selected, and will consider recommendations from the applicant. Data collection should involve mixed methods (e.g. focus groups, individual interviews and/or mini surveys) with approximately 70-100 market players and 20-30 experts/key informants. Applicants should plan for approximately 50 percent of the effort to be primary data collection and approximately 50 percent of the effort to be desk reviews, analysis, and writing.

Outcomes of Research

Following the hypothesis that resilient market systems have capacities that enable the systems to adapt and transform over time in the face of shocks and stresses, the outcomes of this research will be to:

• To improve USG’s body of knowledge on the effects of shocks and stresses on market systems (e.g., their magnitude, interactions, frequency, whether their impacts are permanent or temporary);
• To improve USG’s body of knowledge on the effects of shocks and stresses on market systems (e.g., their magnitude, interactions, frequency, whether their impacts are permanent or temporary);
• Further develop operational definitions of proactive characteristics1 of agricultural, livestock and dairy market systems in Kenya;
• Refine/validate indicators and protocols for measuring proactive characteristics of market systems;
• Develop sub hypotheses based on existing hypotheses to guide future research on market systems resilience in Kenya, and develop market systems resilience measurement tools based on the research findings; and
• Identify innovative but practical ways to apply the tools in program design, implementation and evaluation.

FFAR: Seeding Solutions Request for Proposal

FFAR’s Seeding Solutions Grants are an open call for applicants to submit innovative and transformative research proposals that furthers any of our Challenge Areas, and foster unique partnerships. Every year, FFAR funds at least one proposal in each of our Challenge Areas:

Challenge Area Priorities:

• Health-Agriculture Nexus The Health-Agriculture Nexus Challenge Area will use innovative, systems level approaches aimed at reducing food and nutritional insecurity and improving human health in the United States and around the globe through sustainable food production practices.
• Advanced Animal Systems The Advanced Animal Systems Challenge Area will use innovative technologies and environmentally-sound practices to enhance animal production systems. 
• Sustainable Water Systems The Sustainable Water Management Challenge Area aims to sustainably increase water availability for agricultural use, increase the efficiency of water use in agriculture, reduce agricultural water pollution and develop water reuse technologies using a coordinated landscape approach.
• Next Generation Crops FFAR supports the advancement of novel, nutritious, profitable and resilient on-farm crops. There is a strong emphasis on increasing crop diversity and use of new technologies to benefit consumers, producers and the environment.
• Soil Health The Healthy Soils, Thriving Farms Challenge Area aims to increase soil health by building knowledge, fueling innovation, and enabling adoption of innovative practices. FFAR is expanding and exploring transdisciplinary approaches that draw linkages between soil health and farm productivity, economics, human health, management practices and other areas. 
• Urban Food Systems The Urban Food Systems Challenge Area explores areas of innovation with the potential to transform urban food systems to improve food and nutritional security, human health outcomes, economic opportunities, and food system resiliency. 

Award Size: $300,000 up to $1M
Letters of intent are due: February 26, 2020 



ICASA: Addressing Antibiotic Stewardship in Animal Agriculture

The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) - Technologies Working Group is issuing a call for Letters of Intent (LOI) to solicit research concepts for potential funding and collaboration. ICASA is one of the largest public-private partnerships focusing on antibiotic stewardship in animal agriculture and has committed to investing in research to accelerate innovation and antibiotic stewardship across the livestock supply chain. ICASA members work collaboratively to improve the health and welfare of beef cattle, pigs, and poultry through the development of practical solutions, including advanced tools and management practices, to address the underlying drivers of antibiotic use in livestock.
 
ICASA Participants are seeking novel and potentially high-impact projects related to antibiotic stewardship and animal health, that can be conducted in collaboration with commercial livestock producers and processors. There is strong interest in early-stage technologies that may yield new types of data beyond what is currently available via existing technologies, as well as technologies closer to market that would benefit from research in commercial livestock production settings.
 
Specifically, the Technologies Working Group seeks LOIs that seek to develop, improve and/or validate:

• Animal health monitoring technologies
• Rapid in-field, pen-side or animal-side diagnostic tools

Concepts must be relevant to beef cattle, pigs and/or poultry. Projects with potential for cross-species application are highly encouraged. Applicants should describe how their work will improve antimicrobial stewardship in animal production, reduce the potential for resistance and/or provide actionable information to antimicrobial-prescribers.

Award Size: Up to $250,000
Letters of Intent are due: February 26, 2020

100,000 Strong in the Americas: Higher Education for Agricultural Sustainability in Mexico

The US-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition is designed to create and foster partnerships between higher education (HEIs) in Mexico and the United States that provide new student exchange and training programs in the academic themes of Agricultural Sustainability and Financial/Economic Inclusion. 

100,000 Strong in the Americas uses the principle of leveraged innovation with higher education institutions (HEIs) that demonstrate the greatest commitment and innovation toward increasing study abroad opportunities between the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere. In applying for the Innovation Fund grants, HEIs will be asked to demonstrate how they will assert leadership in implementing the innovations proposed, how they will address on-campus barriers to student mobility, how they will maintain student engagement, and how they will commit to making concrete changes to expand access to study abroad as sending and/or hosting institutions.

The purpose of the 2019 U.S.-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition for Economic and Financial Inclusion and Agricultural Sustainability for Inequality Reduction is to provide more opportunities for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United States and Mexico to work together to provide new student exchange and training programs in the following academic themes. Proposed programs must focus on addressing inequality reduction. Topics include:

• Agricultural Sustainability
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Soil/Plant Sciences
  • Agricultural Engineering
• Agricultural Economics 
• Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem Science/Management o
• Sustainable Cropping/Food Systems
• Indigenous Agricultural Practices
• Financial/Economic Inclusion
  • Business Administration/Management
  • International Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Public Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Financial Education/Literacy
• Social Infrastructure 

UNDP: Ocean Innovation Challenge

The Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) is a unique new mechanism that has been designed to accelerate progress on SDG14 by the identifying, financing, advising and mentoring of truly innovative, entrepreneurial and creative approaches to ocean and coastal restoration and protection that sustains livelihoods and advances the ’blue economy’. The OIC seeks innovations that are transferable, replicable and scalable in order to achieve maximum catalytic impact.

The first 'Ocean Challenge', launched on 8 January 2020, seeks innovative solutions to counter the scourge of ocean pollution. Nutrient pollution loads to the oceans have tripled since pre-industrial times, now approaching around 13 million metric tons (mt) per year, leading to exponential growth in eutrophication and the occurrence of hypoxic (low oxygen) areas, now numbering over 500 and causing hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage annually. Globally, there are only a handful of examples (such as the Danube/Black Sea basin) where nutrient loads have been reduced sufficiently to reverse and eliminate hypoxic areas, hence much work remains to be done on this SDG target.

While by no means exhaustive, some general examples of the types of innovations that could be considered include:

• Innovations in fertilizer design, manufacture and/or application that minimize fertilizer nitrogen loss from fields and maximize uptake by crops;
• Introduction of market-based instruments that promote more efficient fertilizer use in watersheds/coastal areas facing nutrient pollution (tradeable emission permits, pollution taxes, etc.)
• Testing policy, regulatory and/or economic incentives that promote safe collection, recovery and re-use of nutrients from municipal and/or agricultural wastewater.
• Piloting of scalable 'non-traditional' wastewater collection and/or treatment approaches such as local wastewater source separation for safe collection and re-use of nutrients, etc.

Award Size: $50,000 up to $250,000
Concept notes due: March 5, 2020


 

NSF: International Research and education Network Connections

he International Research and education Network Connections (IRNC) Base program supports high-performance network connectivity required by international science and engineering research and education collaborations involving the NSF research community. High-performance network connections and infrastructure funded by this program are intended to support science and engineering research and education applications, and preference will be given to solutions that provide the best economy of scale and demonstrate the ability to support the largest communities of interest with the broadest services.

Funded projects will assist the U.S. research and education community by enabling state-of-the-art international network services and access to increased collaboration and data services. NSF expects to make 3 to 10 awards in production R&E network infrastructure; 1 to 3 awards in international testbeds; and 1 award in Engagement.

Award Size: $2M up to $7M
Deadline: April 1, 2020



EF: Ekhagastiftelsen Grants for Ecological Agriculture and Biological Medicine

The Ekhaga Foundation (Ekhagastiftelsen) makes grants for research in ecological agriculture and biological medicine. The purpose of Ekhagastiftelsen is to promote human health by supporting the development of better food, natural medicines and healing practices, and to support research for a healthier way of life, which in itself may have a disease preventive effect.

A central idea is to focus more on preventive active care than reactive care to combat symptoms. The same applies to the agricultural and food areas where the focus should be to find methods that can prevent various problems instead of focusing on their manifestations. The focus should not be on tackling problems, but rather finding ways to prevent their occurrence. Universities, research institutes, etc., from all over the world are invited to apply. For applications that do not come from Europe or North America, the Foundation requires cooperation with a Swedish institution. 

Award Size: Up to $160,000 over two years
Deadline: May 20, 2020



World Food Prize Foundation — Borlaug Field Award 2020

The Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, is presented every October in Des Moines, Iowa, by the World Food Prize Foundation. 

This $10,000 award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40 who has clearly emulated the same intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty as was demonstrated by Dr. Norman Borlaug as a young scientist working in Mexico in the 1940s and '50s. 

The individuals chosen to be recipients of the Borlaug Field award are selected by an anonymous international jury, chaired by Dr. W. Ronnie Coffmann of Cornell University. Dr. Coffmann, who was Dr. Borlaug's only graduate student, serves as a member of the World Food Prize Council of Advisors.

• Nominees must be under the age of 40 (40th birthday not reached before World Food Day, October 16, of the year in which the award is presented).
   
• Nominees must be actively working in the discipline, research area, position, or on the project(s) for which they are being recognized. They may be associated with a public or private educational, research or development organization or related entity.
   
• Nominees remain eligible for consideration beyond the year of their nomination, at the discretion of the Award Jury, as long as the award criteria and age requirement are met.
   
• The award is intended to be presented to one person. In unusual and rare circumstances, another person may share the award for pronounced collaborative efforts and achievement.

USAID: The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH)

Through this Addendum to the Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS) No. APS-OAA-16-000001 (the GDA APS), the Office of Forestry and Biodiversity in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (USAID/E3/FAB) is seeking transformational solutions to cross-sectoral development challenges in biodiverse landscapes. The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH) Addendum aims to provide USAID Missions and the private sector a flexible opportunity to partner in the co-creation and delivery of high impact activities that conserve biodiverse ecosystems and improve the well-being and prosperity of communities that depend on them. 

Depending on local needs, sectors that may comprise HEARTH concepts include: biodiversity conservation, health, food security (agriculture and nutrition), governance, economic development and livelihoods, water supply and sanitation, education, modern energy solutions, forest management and restoration, and climate resilience. Concepts should integrate activities and outcomes in sectors prioritized by the USAID Mission(s) in the country or countries where activities are proposed to be implemented. Concepts should be complemented by strategic private-sector investments that fill gaps in funding or action in these same sectors or other sectors to meet both development priorities and business goals.

Concept papers should be based on a robust and logical theory of change that:

1. integrates and monitors development efforts to meet individual sector goals;
2. demonstrates close collaboration with the private sector to efficiently leverage USAID and partner resources and expertise to facilitate sustainable prosperity for communities living with or benefiting from biodiversity;
3. demonstrates positive synergistic effects and/or co-benefits from cross-sectoral programming; and
4. recognizes that recipient communities will actively participate in the design and implementation of the intervention. 

Award Size: $1M up to $10M
Deadline for concept papers: June 15, 2020

• New technologies;
• New ways of delivering or financing goods and services;
• More cost-effective adaptations to existing solutions;
• New ways of increasing uptake of existing proven solutions;
• Policy changes, shifts, or nudges based on insights from behavioral economics;
• Social or behavioral innovations

Environment, Energy, & Water

Health & Nutrition

**NEW** IASP: International Association for the Study of Pain Collaborative Research Grants

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) brings together scientists, clinicians, health-care providers, and policymakers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide. The purpose of the IASP Collaborative Research Grants is to provide support for international interdisciplinary pain research collaborations between at least two countries with an emphasis on collaborations among basic, translational, and clinical scientists.

Award Size: Up to $15,000 for travel and accommodations
Deadline: April 7, 2020



**NEW** CDC: Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Countries (R21/R33 - Clinical Trial Optional)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage exploratory/developmental research applications that propose to study the development, validation, feasibility, and effectiveness of innovative mobile health (mHealth) interventions or tools specifically suited for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that utilize new or emerging technology, platforms, systems, or analytics.

The overall goal of the program is to catalyze innovation through multidisciplinary research that addresses global health problems, develop an evidence base for the use of mHealth technology to improve clinical and public health outcomes, and strengthen mHealth research capacity in LMICs. Applicants are required to propose partnerships between at least one U.S. institution and one LMIC institution.

This FOA provides support for up to two years (R21 phase) for technology development and feasibility studies, followed by a possible transition to expanded research support (R33 phase) for validation, larger-scale feasibility, and effectiveness studies. Transition to the R33 depends on the completion of applicant-defined milestones, as well as program priorities and the availability of funds. All applicants must address both the R21 and R33 phases.

Award Size: Up to $125,000/yr (R21 phase); up to $200,000/yr (R33 phase)
Letters of intent are due: August 24, 2020

CDC: Scaling Up High-Impact HIV Prevention, Testing and Treatment Models in Central America under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO will support Ministries of Health and other stakeholders in Central America to introduce and/or scale-up high-impact, WHO-recommended site-level HIV interventions. Key HIV prevention and diagnosis activities include index testing, differentiated service modalities at key population testing facilities, self-testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), rapid recency testing and response to clusters of recent transmission, and linkage to treatment for newly diagnosed individuals. Key HIV treatment activities include linkage to care registries, early treatment initiation, differentiated service delivery models, opportunistic infection diagnosis and treatment, lost-to-follow-up reengagement, quality assurance in viral load networks, and drug resistance monitoring.

Expected outcomes related to the First 95 (Reach-Diagnose-Link) of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals include increased access to HIV testing and yield among key populations and index case partners, improved public health response to active transmission clusters, and consistently high (>95%) linkage to treatment. Expected outcomes for the Second and Third 95 (Treat-Retain-Virally Suppress) include increased early treatment initiation, retention and adherence, improved access to viral load testing and HIV drug resistance monitoring, and sustained viral suppression. The NOFO also includes above-site technical assistance to advance the integration of PEPFAR-supported strategies into national guidelines, manuals, and systems.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: February 19, 2020



CDC: Strategic Use of Surveillance and Epidemiology to Support HIV Epidemic Control in Kenya under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The aim of this NOFO is to foster collaboration with the Government of Kenya (GOK) Ministry of Health (MOH), county health departments, and US PEPFAR program partners in the development, refinement, and implementation of HIV surveillance and epidemiology efforts, with the goal of contributing to program effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability. The activities under this NOFO will be aligned with the surveillance and epidemiology direction of the Kenya National AIDS Strategic Framework, Kenya National HIV Surveillance Strategy, and PEPFAR Kenya Country Operational Plans with an emphasis on case based surveillance (CBS) and recency surveillance.

Successful applicants will demonstrate understanding of the Kenyan HIV epidemiological context and evidence of a history of surveillance-relevant fieldwork. The recipient(s) will support the GOK and its partners in strengthening capacity to design, implement, analyze, disseminate, and use data from epidemiologic studies and surveillance to focus on sustained HIV epidemiologic control including accurately measuring outcomes and impact, while informing decision making and policy in the national and sub-national HIV response. The NOFO will emphasize analytical and epidemiological skills, geospatial analyses, costing studies, and strategies for capacity-building at national and sub-national levels.

Award Size: Up to $4M
Deadline: February 19, 2020



CDC: Human Resources for Health (HRH) to Achieve and Sustain HIV/TB Epidemic Control in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Malawi continues to have a shortage of highly skilled health care personnel to support national efforts to reach and sustain HIV epidemic control. This NOFO will provide highly skilled technical assistance to the Government of Malawi (GOM), in support of PEPFAR’s goals of achieving and maintaining epidemic control. Under this NOFO, Technical Advisors (TAs) will be recruited by the recipient and seconded primarily to the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as a few other key government and local institutions and paired with MOH staff.

The TAs’ scope will transition to government counterparts over the life of the award. The TAs will support the national program to monitor HIV epidemic control, ensure HIV service quality, and respond to HIV outbreaks following the achievement of epidemic control; monitor the tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant-TB epidemic to achieve TB epidemic control; provide evidence-based guidance and technical input on guidelines, standard operating procedures, and innovations to the HIV/TB program to sustain epidemic control, share experiences, and introduce efficiencies to the program; and ensure HIV/TB commodity availability to maintain epidemic control. TAs seconded to the Public Health Institute of Malawi (PHIM) will support the training of health care workers in field epidemiology. In addition, this award will monitor other CDC/PEPFAR HRH investments at the site level to demonstrate and disseminate impact on improved HIV/TB services.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: February 19, 2020



CDC: Strengthening Community-Based HIV Prevention and Response and Supporting Scale Up of Index Testing and Tracing of Patients Lost to Follow Up and Mother-Infant Pairs in Zambia under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Zambia Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (ZAMPHIA) conducted in 2016 indicated that only 67% of adults aged 15-59 years infected with HIV know their status, and of these, 85% are linked to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 89% among those on ART are virally suppressed. Although HIV incidence has fallen by 24% since 2010, certain groups have been left behind, including men, adolescent girls and boys, and key populations. Zambia’s HIV epidemic remains generalized, with each district having an adult prevalence of greater than 5%. In Zambia, HIV disproportionately affects those living in urban areas and women; while only 42% of the population lives in urban areas, urban residents have an HIV prevalence of 18.2% compared to 9.1% prevalence in rural areas.

To reach epidemic control, PEPFAR Zambia is focusing on the clinical treatment cascade and core combination prevention interventions specifically in priority locations with elevated HIV burden, treatment gaps, and sub-populations with the greatest unmet need. This NOFO will support the scale up of evidence-based HIV case finding within communities in high burdened areas to facilitate the identification and linkage of people living with HIV (PLHIV) to care and treatment, and enhance adherence support to help Zambia close the remaining gap to epidemic control. The NOFO will support improved linkage of newly diagnosed PLHIV into care and treatment. The recipient(s) will develop and implement strategies to bring defaulter/LTFU clients back into care in the CDC-supported provinces. Activities under this NOFO will ultimately contribute to the reduction in the number of new HIV infections in targeted geographical locations of high HIV burden to achieve epidemic control in Zambia and increase retention in care and continued growth of current population on HIV treatment.

The recipient(s) will be required to implement evidence-based HIV case finding within communities in high burdened areas to facilitate the identification and linkage of PLHIV to care and treatment; reduce HIV transmission risk; and improve quality of HIV clinical care. The recipient(s) will ensure continuum of care through linkages between community and facility services with documentation of HIV clinical outcomes. The recipient(s) will work in close collaboration with treatment partners and access a list of patients who miss appointments and track them in the community before they are LTFU. In addition, the scope will also include tracking of LTFU, defined for the purpose of this NOFO as a client who has missed appointment for more than 30 days.

This NOFO will contribute to increased coverage of evidence-based HIV case finding services for those at risk, improved timeliness of linkage into care and treatment services at health facilities, and decreased LTFU rates. Additionally, the recipient(s) will provide capacity building to MOH, provincial and district systems in the necessary skills in order to ensure successful management of this continuum of care over time. This will ultimately contribute to sustained reduced HIV incidence, increased adherence and

Award Size: Up to $8M
Deadline: February 19, 2020



CDC: Comprehensive Approaches to Sustaining the Health System and HIV Response in the Republic of Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Mozambique has a generalized HIV epidemic, predominantly based on heterosexual transmission. Although the number of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) receiving antiretroviral (ARV) has significantly increased in the past five years, the epidemic has taxed a fragile health system that has a limited health infrastructure.

This NOFO will support key interventions for comprehensive HIV response throughout Mozambique, including voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), HIV testing and counseling (HTC), infection prevention and control, Tuberculosis/HIV (TB/HIV) integration, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, and care and support for PLHIV. Activities supported through this NOFO will contribute toward the implementation of the national HIV response strategic plan by strengthening the capacity of Ministry of Health (MOH) and other host country organizations to deliver services in a sustained manner through clinical mentoring, retention strategies, training, and information systems at a national level. Funded activities will support the expansion of high-quality HIV prevention, care and tr

Award Size: Up to $30M
Deadline: February 21, 2020



CDC: Technical Assistance to the Provincial Health Offices in Zambia to Support Optimized HIV Case Finding, Treatment, Viral Suppression, Retention and HIV Epidemic Control under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO intends to provide technical assistance (TA) for all aspects of HIV service delivery in CDC-supported Provinces in Zambia. The NOFO will support the attainment of National 95-95-95 targets and other HIV related targets. The recipient(s) of this award will provide TA through training, mentorship, advice, and direct support to staff at the provincial, district, facility, and community levels to enable them to undertake and implement evidence-based activities.

This will be done in collaboration with other partners in the implementation of HIV/AIDS/TB programs. The recipient(s) will provide technical support to existing and potentially new HIV service delivery points to ensure quality patient care for optimal patient level outcomes in an effort to meet National and PEPFAR goals and targets. The scope of work will include HIV prevention, treat.

Award Size: up to $16M
Deadline: February 27, 2020



CDC: Enhancing Strategic Information Capacity for HIV/AIDS Programs towards Sustaining Epidemic Control in Kenya through Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Data Science under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO will enhance evidence-based decision making to attain the 95-95-95 goals (identifying positives, treatment coverage, and viral suppression). NOFO objectives are to: 1) enhance the development, implementation, and capacity building needed to build and sustain strategic information (SI) activities within the realm of M&E and the emerging field of data science to produce data of high quality; 2) Enhance comprehensive and evidence-based action for robust health information systems for targeted interventions, policy formulation, program planning, and global reporting; 3) Complement existing mechanisms to support HIV/TB service delivery and health information systems; 4) Enhance increased understanding of the HIV program in Kenya through rigorous evaluations of programs and interventions; and 5) Build national capacity around applying data science principles to public health programs, and improved coordination between all stakeholders.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: February 27, 2020



CDC: Achieving Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Saturation in Malawi under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Evidence from three randomized control trials in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in 2007 to recommend the adoption of male circumcision as part of a comprehensive package of HIV prevention in countries with high HIV prevalence and low circumcision prevalence. The rate of male circumcision in Malawi is still low at 28% (DHS 2015/16) with HIV prevalence at 10.6%. Malawi launched the VMMC policy in 2012, and the VMMC program continues to gain momentum.

Since 2012, CDC Malawi has supported the Malawi Ministry of Health (MOH) to scale up the VMMC program through provision of direct service delivery and demand creation activities in selected districts, including Lilongwe, which is one of the districts with the highest unmet need for VMMC in the country. This NOFO is aligned to PEPFAR goals for accelerating epidemic control through implementation of the VMMC program as a component of HIV prevention. The recipient will continue to implement VMMC service delivery in Lilongwe district and other VMMC priority districts utilizing evidence-based demand creation strategies prioritizing men aged 15 years and above to reach 80% saturation and maximize the immediate benefit for HIV prevention.

Award Size: Up to $8.5M
Deadline: February 27, 2020



CDC: Quality Facility and Community-Based HIV Prevention, Case Finding, Care and Treatment, and Viral Suppression to Reach Epidemic Control in Cameroon under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO builds on previous activities for HIV case finding and clinical services in Cameroon. Activities funded under this NOFO will support technical assistance (TA) and service implementation around key strategies for improving HIV case-identification, linkage and same day antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, ART adherence and retention in care, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and early infant diagnosis (EID) uptake. Activities supporting health systems strengthening for HIV services in Cameroon will also be supported.

Recipient(s) will be expected to implement high quality, well-targeted, innovative strategies to achieve epidemic control in five regions of Cameroon. The recipient(s) will be expected to provide TA, capacity building, and service implementation across the HIV clinical cascade. The recipient(s) will also be expected to provide differentiated models for HIV case identification, care, and treatment to key and priority population (KP/PP) groups, including (but not limited to) infants, children, adolescents, men, pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Award Size: Up to $60M
Deadline: February 27, 2020



USAID: American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program Worldwide (ASHA)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for cooperative agreements and grants from qualified entities to implement the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program. ASHA contributes to United States foreign policy interests by funding institutions that foster a positive image of the United States around the world. ASHA’s mandate, which is distinct from other development programs within USAID, is to focus on public diplomacy and fostering American values, ideas and practices. ASHA’s program is a critical component of the U.S. Government’s public diplomacy efforts, which aim to further U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world.

ASHA provides assistance to overseas schools, libraries, hospital centers, and centers of excellence to highlight American ideas and practices, to provide concrete illustrations of the generosity of the American people, to further U.S. Government public diplomacy, and to catalyze collaboration between U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries. For purposes of this RFA, the Middle East includes the following countries and territories: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank & Gaza, Israel and Yemen.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: February 29, 2020


 

BF: Brocher Foundation Research for Human being and Society

The Brocher Foundation offers visiting Researchers the opportunity to come at the Brocher Centre in a peaceful park on the shores of Lake Geneva, to write a book, articles, an essay or a Ph.D. thesis. The visiting positions are an occasion to meet other researchers from different disciplines and countries as well as experts from numerous International Organizations & Non Governmental Organizations based in Geneva, such as WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR, ILO, WMA, ICRC, and others.

They give Researchers (Ph.D. students to Professors) the opportunity to work at the Brocher Centre on projects on the ethical, legal and social implications for humankind of recent medical research and new technologies.  Researchers can also apply with one or two other Researchers to work on a collaborative project. “Junior” visiting Researchers can apply for an additional scholarship in order to cover their travel and local expenses in Geneva. To be eligible to this “Additional scholarship for Junior Researchers”, the applicant should be a Ph.D. student or should have obtained his PhD degree within a maximum of five years and should not perceive any other income during the time spent at the Foundation.

Subjects of interest include:

Bioethics, Medical Anthropology, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Law, Philosophy of Medicine and Health, Medical Humanities, Social Science Perspectives on Health, Medical Ethics, History of medicine. Equitable access to medical care, Biobanks, Biosecurity and Dual-Use Dilemmas, Clinical Trials and Research on Human Subjects, Genetic testing and screening, Health Care Reform, Nanotechnology, Neglected diseases, Pandemic planning, Reproductive technology, Stem Cells and Cell Therapy, Organ transplantation, Telemedicine, Neurosciences, Synthetic Biology.

Award Size: see website
Deadline: March 1, 2020

CDC: Malaria Operations Research to Improve Malaria Control and Reduce Morbidity and Mortality in Western Kenya

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is: to assist with the implementation of malaria focused operations research, surveillance, and monitoring and evaluation activities, in Kenya. Through this funding announcement, the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria seeks to fund critical operations research and evaluation activities with the potential to yield high impact public health findings and to improve strategies that will decrease the overall burden of malaria and increase the health and well-being of affected populations in Kenya.

Award Size: $100,000 up to $2M
Deadline: March 2, 2020

Wellcome Trust International Exchange Programmes in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics, 2020-21

You can apply for this award if you want to run an international exchange program specializing in health-related humanities, social sciences or bioethics. The exchange program you propose must: 1) help program participants to transform their careers by experiencing academic life abroad; and 2) enable you and the other program leaders to shape the direction of your future work through global partnerships.

Your program must have one leader based at an eligible UK organization who is the lead applicant. There must be at least one other program leader (co-applicant) based at an eligible organization anywhere in the world outside the UK. You can also have further partner organizations located in the same country or different countries (one of which could be in the UK).

Each applicant must have a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, or the guarantee of one. Your salary must be paid by your host organization. If you, or any co-applicants, hold a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract but have to get your salary from external grant funding, you can ask us for this in your application. If this applies to you, or any co-applicants on your grant, you must commit at least 10% of your working hours to the program. Program leaders can be at different career stages. The lead applicant does not need to be the most experienced member of the group.

Award Size: Up to $1.9M
Deadline: March 3, 2020


 

HHS: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)

The purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-income," "lower-middle-income," and "upper-middle-income" countries) leading to an independently-funded research career focused on global health.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from postdoctoral research scientists and junior faculty from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of the LMIC under the mentorship of LMIC and U.S. mentors.        

Award Size: Up to $75,000 (salary); Up to $30,000 (research support)
Deadline: March 6, 2020

 

CDC: Support to the Government of Botswana to Ensure Quality HIV-Related Strategic Information Services under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Data use for decision-making is an extremely high priority of the PEPFAR program. Incomplete and delayed programs and survey data have created significant challenges in understanding the epidemiology and HIV program coverage in Botswana. Botswana has a complex health information system (HIS) with multiple electronic medical record (EMR) systems and incomplete electronic data capture. In the absence of complete and quality data, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities and data use are limited.

The recipient(s) will provide support to the government of Botswana to ensure comprehensive, quality HIV-related strategic information programs are functioning at the site, district, and national level through the following activities:

• Support infrastructure and inter-operability of current health data systems;
• Provide support to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) to strengthen M&E activities at the national, district, site, program, and laboratory levels;
• Support the development and use of HIV surveillance systems and surveys;
• Ensure high-quality data are available in all health data systems; and
• Support the utilization of data at the site, district, and national levels through the development of data dashboards and other tools.

Award size: Up to $3M
Deadline: March 6, 2020



CDC: Technical Assistance for Accelerating the Coverage and Quality of Effective HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care Activities Among Key Populations and People Living with HIV in Thailand under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Thailand has a concentrated HIV epidemic with an estimated 440,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV) and 15,000 deaths in 2018. About 50% of new infections were driven by unprotected sex in men who have sex with men (MSM). Despite the national AIDS program efforts, HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression coverage among MSM/transgender women (TG) lag behind the 95-95-95 targets and coverage of the HIV clinical cascade is lowest in Bangkok where the HIV epidemic is highest.

The recipient(s) of this NOFO will provide direct support and technical assistance (TA) to public and other health facilities in priority provinces with service gaps to accelerate the coverage and quality of effective HIV prevention, treatment and care activities among key populations (KP) and PLHIV in Thailand. Key strategies include promoting active case finding using rapid recency and index testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), improving HIV service delivery (same-day antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation, retention to care, viral load (VL) testing), promote multi-month scripting (MMS), tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir (TLD) transition, TB preventive therapy (TPT), and improving data quality.

The recipient(s) will coordinate with multiple partners to share Thailand and other regional TA and best practices through regional workshops, study tours, TA visits, and online platforms in related technical areas to accomplish the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goals in Thailand and regional countries.

Award size: Up to $1M
Deadline: March 6, 2020



CDC: Supporting Implementation of National HIV Policies and the Provision of HIV Testing Services, Care, Treatment, PMTCT, TB, PrEP and the Quality of HIV-Related Testing Across the Clinical Cascade in Public Health Facilities in Botswana under PEPFAR

This NOFO aims to close coverage gaps across the clinical cascades for HIV and TB in all age-sex groups. Botswana has high levels of antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage and viral suppression among women; however, coverage in men and children are far from the 95-95-95 UNAIDS goals. If these gaps are not closed, men and children will suffer unnecessary morbidity and mortality, while adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) acquire preventable HIV infections.

The recipient(s) will provide tailored, integrated site-specific support to Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) programs to close HIV and TB prevention, treatment, diagnostic, and data gaps in the following areas:

• Targeted, high-yield HIV diagnosis, immediate ART initiation, and viral load (VL)/early infant diagnosis (EID) monitoring, with a focus on adult males, children, and pregnant/breastfeeding women;
• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for eligible clients at health facilities (youth-friendly clinics)
• TB symptom screening, diagnostic evaluation routine TB preventive therapy [TPT] and cryptococcal disease prevention (reflex cryptococcal antigen [CrAg] screening) and treatment; and
• Availability and use of quality diagnostic tests, including point-of-care (POC), laboratory-based examinations.

The recipient(s) will prioritize the quality of service provision, implement with fidelity, and will collect, analyze, and utilize data for decision-making and program improvement.

Award Size: Up to $12M
Deadline: March 7, 2020



CDC: Supporting the Provision of Quality Cervical Cancer Screening and Pre-Cancer Treatment Services for Women Living with HIV in Botswana under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The recipient will support Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) National Cervical Cancer Prevention Programme (NCCPP) efforts at the national, district, site, and community levels to ensure that all women living with HIV (WLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) receive the cervical cancer screening and precancer treatment services to prevent cervical cancer-related morbidity and mortality. This will be accomplished by routinizing every other year screening for HIV-positive WLHIV on ART in a subset of MOHW high volume ART sites.

The recipient will support cervical cancer screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions in alignment with the World Health Organization (WHO) and PEPFAR guidelines. The recipient will continue to build the capacity of national and district level leadership to improve the quality of cervical cancer prevention services and ensure monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and data use for program monitoring and improvement. The recipient will also support MOHW to create a sustainability strategy for national scale-up of secondary cervical cancer prevention services and the development of the national cervical cancer control strategy and guidelines. At the community level, the recipient will help ensure awareness among the population of the importance of biannual cervical cancer screening among WLHIV.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: March 7, 2020



CDC: Strengthening of the Kingdom of Eswatini's Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Program under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The Kingdom of Eswatini is a small country in Southern Africa situated between Mozambique and South Africa. Eswatini has a high HIV prevalence (27%) and incidence (1.4%). TB and HIV have been declared national disasters resulting in the formation of national bodies National Emergency Response Council on HIV and AIDS (NERCHA), Eswatini National AIDS Program (ENAP), and National TB Control Programme (NTCP) to coordinate the response to these epidemics. A coordinated response to HIV effectively started in 2003 when PEPFAR and Global Fund support became available.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has called for immediate, comprehensive and evidence-based action to turn the tide of global HIV/AIDS. The overarching purpose of this NOFO is to fund activities to prevent or control disease or injury and improve health, or to improve a public health program or service. The recipient will support the relevant Ministries of the Kingdom of Eswatini to strengthen and coordinate the VMMC program at the National and subnational levels. The recipient will work with relevant government departments and implementing partners to transfer skills and build capacity to improve the policy environment, demand creation, VMMC numbers and performance, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and monitoring of adverse events.

Award Size: Up to $3M
Deadline: March 7, 2020



CDC: Support Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (GKoE) to Provide Comprehensive, Quality Assured Care, Treatment and Prevention HIV/TB Services to Achieve and Sustain Epidemic Control under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The recipient(s) will support the Ministry of Health (MOH) in two administrative regions (Manzini and Lubombo) of the GKoE to deliver quality assured HIV testing; linkages to treatment; treatment; retention in care and patient tracking; cervical cancer screening for HIV positive women; laboratory services viral load (VL) testing and other HIV related laboratory tests, TB prevention; TB diagnosis and treatment services for HIV positive patients; HIV prevention; diagnosis and treatment services for patients with TB; pediatric and adolescent HIV/TB services; Prevention for Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and follow up of HIV exposed infants (HEI); voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC); and Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

These services will be delivered through site-level support to MOH health facilities with complementary activities in the surrounding communities to reach populations with communication, prevention, and treatment messages and services to sustain epidemic control. The recipient(s) will develop the capacity of facility managers to implement Eswatini national HIV guidelines and programs with fidelity. The recipient(s) will also support Human Resources (especially those not in the government establishment) as required to support service delivery to reach epidemic control. The recipient(s) will also support Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) processes as well as data use at the supported MOH health facilities.

Award Size: Up to $15M
Deadline: March 7, 2020



CDC: Strengthening National Epidemiologic and Research Capacity to Track the HIV/TB Epidemic and Improve Health Outcomes in the Kingdom of Eswatini under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The NOFO will strengthen national epidemiologic and research capacity to track the HIV/TB epidemic and improve health outcomes in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The NOFO will support the implementation of 3 strategies through the Ministry of Health (MOH), Central Statistics Office (CSO), and Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA).

The first strategy focuses on strengthening HIV/TB surveillance systems, including HIV case-based surveillance, through capacity strengthening activities of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit (EDCU). The second focuses on strengthening health research and population-based HIV impact assessments (PHIA) through building capacity of the Health Research Unit (HRU). Support will also be provided to strengthen health research protocol review and monitoring through the National Health Research Review Board (NHRRB). The NOFO will not fund research activities. The third strategy focuses on strengthening reporting and the use of vital statistics through interoperable data systems.

Strategies are expected to:

• increase capacity to implement HIV/TB surveillance systems; increase rapid HIV recent testing and identification of recently infected people living with HIV (PLHIV) for targeted HIV testing and prevention efforts geographically and among subpopulations;
• increase capacity to implement population-based HIV surveys; improve access to and use of HIV/TB data to inform program interventions; and
• improve the capacity to collect and manage civil registration data.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: March 7, 2020



CDC: Strengthening the Delivery of Quality HIV/TB Laboratory Services at all Levels Including Quality Management Systems, Equipment, and Laboratory Network Optimization for Efficient Patient Management in the Kingdom of Eswatini under PEPFAR

The Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Kingdom of Eswatini is committed to accomplishing the United Nations and PEPFAR 95-95-95 targets. While access to higher quality laboratory services in Eswatini has improved dramatically over the last few years through a reorganization of the laboratory system and efforts to introduce accreditation standards, the Eswatini Health Laboratory Service (EHLS) is still not meeting the challenges of the HIV and TB epidemics. Laboratory services are particularly challenged by the absence of approved key policies and strategic plans, lack of laboratory management to provide strategic direction of the EHLS, lack of equipment and laboratory network optimization and absorption of donor-supported activities.

This NOFO seeks to assist the MOH of Eswatini to address the identified challenges through the following objectives:

• Assist the EHLS to develop policies on the delivery of quality HIV/TB laboratory services;
• Facilitate an active role for EHLS leadership in monitoring and evaluating (M&E) implementation of the Laboratory Strategic plan;
• Provide technical assistance (TA) to support increased access and coverage for quality HIV/TB laboratory services;
• Strengthen laboratory information system (LIS) and Client Management Information System (CMIS) interoperability; and
• Develop a transition plan for the MOH to absorb donor-supported human resources (HR) and other recurring costs for selected HIV/TB activities.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: March 7, 2020




CDC: Achieving Undetectable=Untransmittable in India through Quality Laboratory Testing, Workforce Development, Improved Result Utilization, and Strong Laboratory Epidemiology Platforms for Informed Public Health Response under PEPFAR

The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Government of India (GOI), has implemented a series of improvements in laboratory service strengthening and clinical monitoring in people living with HIV (PLHIV). PEPFAR India’s overarching goal is to build on the five-year project on laboratory system strengthening and harmonize NACO’s efforts for a coordinated laboratory readiness and response using the UNAIDS 95-95-95 strategic framework.

This NOFO will build on the achievements of viral load (VL) scale-up through further strengthening of laboratory capacities, quality assurance, addressing the HIV testing gaps that will require novel approaches to accelerate and achieve sustained viral suppression. In addition, it will strengthen testing capacities for index testing, recency testing, and molecular epidemiology tests to understand transmission networks, drug resistance patterns, and inform public health action.

This NOFO will expand the use of rapid molecular cartridge-based nucleic acid tests (CBNAAT); rapid urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) assay to expedite TB/HIV diagnosis among hospitalized and/or severely-ill PLHIV and reduce mortality. It will also improve TB/HIV diagnostic integration within the national tiered laboratory network thereby improving the timeliness and accuracy of TB/HIV diagnoses. Specific outcomes will include demonstrated sustained epidemic control by increased access to VL test and VL suppression to 95% in PEPFAR districts.

Award Size: Up to $2.5M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Namibia Project for Information System Strengthening, Continuous Quality Improvement and Enhanced Surveillance to Sustain Epidemic Control under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Namibia is approaching HIV epidemic control and is estimated to have achieved 94-96-95 at the end of 2018. This means that 94% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) know their status as HIV positive. Among those who know their positive status, 96% are actively on anti-retroviral treatment (ART), and among those on ART, 95% are virally suppressed.

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is designed to strengthen the Namibian HIV program to achieve sustained epidemic control. This mechanism provides high-quality technical assistance (TA) to strengthen health information systems (HIS); support surveys, surveillance, and routine program monitoring; and strengthen case-based surveillance (CBS) through strategies including improved interoperability of data systems and the establishment and implementation of unique patient identifiers in Namibia to facilitate data integration in strengthening public health programs for sustained epidemic control.

The strategy is grounded in setting the stage for the long-term transition to full Namibia domestic leadership and, in the short term, continuing to strengthen the broader health system interventions. The result of this work will be a stronger and more flexible, data-driven response that will allow Namibia to reach epidemic control in a sustainable manner.

Award Size: Up to $2.5M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Enhancing the Government of India's Capacity through Technical Assistance to India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) to Strengthen the Prevention to Treatment Cascade for People Living with HIV, Including Key Populations, under PEPFAR

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in India is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement to support the NACO, including both the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and the Revised National Tuberculosis Program (RNTCP), to accelerate and achieve HIV and TB epidemic control in priority geographic areas by implementing activities to support and strengthen the treatment cascade as described in CDC’s Regional Operational Plan (ROP) 2019.

The applicants should propose activities to improve HIV and TB prevention, case finding, and linkage and retention to care among unreached key populations (KP) and their partners, which will promote viral suppression among all people living with HIV (PLHIV) and particularly KP. Applications should include strategies supporting effective TB case-finding among PLHIV and integration of TB and HIV case-finding efforts to find, treat, and prevent TB. The recipient(s) will support activities to enhance and promote community engagement and strengthen the technical monitoring and organizational capacity of local partners.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Namibia Mechanism for Public Health Assistance, Capacity, and Technical Support II (NAM-PHACTS II) under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Namibia achieved 94-96-95 of the 95-95-95 goals by the end of 2018. This NOFO will strengthen the Namibian HIV program to achieve sustained epidemic control. Namibia has a shortage of qualified health workers and health system managers, posing a major challenge for the attainment of sustainable epidemic control.

This NOFO provides technical and service delivery assistance to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and other Namibian public health institutions to increase the capacity for a locally-led response to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control. This will be achieved by:

• providing technical support and capacity building for scaling up targeted case-finding strategies (index testing, refined provider-initiated testing, recency testing);
• improving linkage and same-day antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among newly diagnosed clients;
• expanding services for retention, adherence to ART, and viral load (VL) suppression (community adherence groups/ART, multi-month scripting, patient tracing, optimizing antiretroviral medicine (ARV) regimens);
• preventing new infections through targeted outreach and medical interventions for those most at risk;
• expanding Tuberculosis (TB) preventive therapy (TPT) and expanding TB diagnostics and treatment;
• providing cervical cancer screening (CCS), treatment, and referral for women living with HIV (WLHIV);
• increasing indigenous partner capacity and expertise; and
• providing systems investments to achieve sustained epidemic control.

Award Size: Up to $16M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Accelerating and Sustaining HIV Epidemic Control and Related Diseases in Western and West-Nile Regions in the Republic of Uganda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO will support the implementation, acceleration, and sustainability of comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs for HIV/AIDS epidemic control in the Western and West Nile regions of Uganda. The recipient(s) will implement efficient and high-yielding strategies to enhance case identification, linkage, enrollment, retention, and ultimately, viral load suppression (VLS) targeting the most underserved age and sex bands while preventing HIV transmission among the most vulnerable populations.

The NOFO will focus on TB control and treatment; elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (eMTCT); Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC); select services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC); and supportive laboratory and strategic information (SI) services through health systems strengthening approach. The recipient(s) will work closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen the capacity of Regional Referral Hospitals (RRHs), District Health Teams (DHTs), and health care providers for a sustainable decentralized HIV response.

Coordination with and leveraging of activities supported by other key stakeholders will be critical components of a sustained and multisectoral approach. Expected outcomes include improved access, coverage, and quality of HIV services to ensure 95% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) know their status; 95% of people diagnosed with HIV receive antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 95% of those on treatment are virally suppressed.

Award Size: Up to $17M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Accelerating Lesotho's Progress to Epidemic Control Through Health System Strengthening and Delivery of Comprehensive HIV/TB Care, Treatment and Prevention Services under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Lesotho has a generalized HIV epidemic with a prevalence of 25.6% among persons aged 15-59. The annual HIV incidence is among the highest in the world at 1.1% among adults 15-59. Lesotho has a high TB burden with an estimated incidence of 15,000 TB cases per annum. This NOFO aims to maximize impact through continued scale-up of comprehensive HIV and TB prevention, care, and treatment services in Lesotho, focusing on preventing new HIV infections, reducing HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and strengthening systems for sustainable HIV and TB control service delivery for all populations in Lesotho.

The NOFO is aligned with the national HIV and TB implementation plans. The overall aim is to assist the Government of Lesotho (GOL) in reaching and sustaining HIV epidemic control. This NOFO will support the provision of scalable, high quality, comprehensive, evidence-based HIV prevention, care, and treatment services including expanded HIV case identification and same-day linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART), prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), and TB prevention, diagnosis, and management. A major strategy of the NOFO is strengthening the Ministry of Health (MOH) capacity to implement and manage HIV/TB programs in supported facilities. It is expected that this approach will help to identify system barriers and bottlenecks affecting efforts to reach the 95-95-95 goals.

Award Size: Up to $16M
Deadline: March 8, 2020



CDC: Expanding Access to Quality Laboratory Service (EQUALS) in the Kingdom of Lesotho under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Lesotho has a generalized HIV epidemic with an estimated 319,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV). Adult prevalence aged 15-59 is 25.6% and incidence among adults is 1.1%. PEPFAR has provided technical support to Lesotho to scale up HIV prevention, care, and treatment services and strengthen strategic information and laboratory services to achieve epidemic control. Continuous laboratory support has led to notable progress in diagnostic and monitoring services, yet gaps remain in providing quality laboratory services to meet national demands.

This NOFO will expand access and improve the quality of laboratory services that directly contribute to achieving HIV epidemic control in Lesotho. Strategies include strengthening laboratory services by supporting the implementation of policies and strategic plans and quality management systems towards accreditation. This NOFO will strengthen laboratories that are equipped with the infrastructure, appropriate diagnostic technologies, trained and skilled staff, and information systems that have the capability to provide accurate, reliable, and timely testing services.

This NOFO will contribute to achieve the 95-95-95 targets and maintain epidemic control in Lesotho. The recipient will work in collaboration with PEPFAR partners, Ministry of Health (MOH), and other stakeholders to achieve the goals. All activities implemented under this NOFO will follow national policies, strategic plans, and guidelines and priorities of PEPFAR support in Lesotho.

Award Size: Up to $1.5M
Deadline: March 8, 2020


 

CDC: Conducting Public Health Research in South America

The purpose of this NOFO is to: Conduct and monitor epidemiologic and laboratory-based projects, surveillance, and research of important diseases in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and Ecuador) including, but not limited to:

• activities to address acute febrile illness;
• antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections;
• respiratory infections and influenza, enteric illnesses, and other public health threats of local importance; and
• Incorporation of the results of these public health activities into operational disease detection, prevention, and response or control programs in South America, strengthen public health capacity as outlined in the Global Health Security Agenda, and disseminate findings across the region, with partners, and globally.

Award Size: $5M up to $25M
Deadline: March 9, 2020



CDC: Innovative, Comprehensive, Cost-effective and Locally Sustainable Community and Facility HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Services for Epidemic Control in the Republic of Zimbabwe under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Zimbabwe has made considerable progress toward achieving HIV epidemic control and PEPFAR 95-95-95 targets, estimated at 74-87-86 in 2016. An estimated 1.33 million people in Zimbabwe are living with HIV (PLHIV) with an overall prevalence of 14% in the 15-49 age group. However, gaps remain in diagnosing and treating men <35 years, HIV prevention services for women <25 years, prevention of vertical HIV transmission, tuberculosis (TB) prevention, cervical cancer screening (CCS) and treatment of women 25-49 years on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in PEPFAR sites, viral load (VL) suppression among children and adolescents, and retention of patients in care across all age groups.

The objective of this NOFO is for the recipient to support the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) in addressing program gaps, providing a comprehensive HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care and support program to reach and sustain epidemic control. The support includes:

• targeted and innovative case finding strategies; 
• implementation of “treat all” with optimized ART, prioritization of children and adolescents for VL monitoring;
• TB preventive therapy (TPT) expansion, roll-out of CCS;
• and implementation of differentiated ART to strengthen adherence and retention.

The recipient will support efforts towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV. The recipient will work in CDC-supported provinces and districts, subject to change based upon disease burden and programming gaps.

Award Size: Up to $7M
Deadline: March 9, 2020



CDC: Strengthening Civil Society Organizations' Capacity and Coordination for Accelerated HIV Epidemic Control in Uganda through Supporting Implementation of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment for Key Populations (KP) under PEPFAR

Ensuring human rights and leaving no one behind are among PEPFAR’s key priorities. In Uganda, key populations (KP) including, female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), transgender, and prison populations, collectively contribute to more than 7% of the new HIV infections. However, interventions and programs targeting KP remain suboptimal. Supporting Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who provide KP targeted services can accelerate HIV prevention, HIV case identification, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, adherence, and viral load suppression among KP in Uganda.

The activities outlined in this NOFO support increasing the capacity of CSOs to effectively collaborate with CDC-funded Implementing Partners (IPs), Ministry of Health (MOH) and other relevant government ministries to promote provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to KP while improving referral pathways with community based partners. Building on lessons learned from the PEPFAR-funded Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) and the Key Population Investment Fund (KPIF) activities, these activities will improve access to comprehensive services for KP and legal, policy, and structural barriers that impede access to services will be reduced. Recipient(s) will collaborate with relevant PEPFAR agencies, The Global Fund to Fight TB HIV and Malaria (GF), MOH, CDC IPs, and other stakeholders to spearhead effective KP CSOs engagement.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: March 9, 2020



CDC: Engagement of FBOs and CBOs/PNFPs to Support and Sustain HIV Epidemic Control in the Republic of Uganda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The national prevalence is 6.2%; 7.6% and 4.7% among females and males, respectively. The country has a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic, and is working to attain epidemic control by 2020 and sustain gains well beyond. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including organizations like those in the private not-for-profit (PNFP) sector and faith-based organizations (FBOs), are key players in provision of comprehensive HIV services in Uganda because they serve hard to reach communities. They have been important stakeholders in the HIV response even before the commencement of PEPFAR and are key to the PEPFAR Uganda program and its sustainability strategy.

This NOFO aims to engage and build technical, financial, and organizational capacity of organizations with access to these hard-to-reach communities, including faith communities, and facilities with access to these communities to address identified gaps in the HIV and TB service delivery. The recipient(s) will work with line Ministries and U.S. Government (USG) recipients to set up systems to support and provide technical assistance to selected high-volume service delivery facilities with access to these communities who have been otherwise difficult to reach; to work with these communities; and to implement continuous quality improvement (CQI) and innovative interventions to address other priority activities highlighted in this NOFO.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: March 9, 2020



CDC: Strengthening the Government of Uganda's Capacity for Regionally Centered and District Implemented HIV and TB Programming through Health Information Systems, Case Based Surveillance, Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement Support under PEPFAR

As Uganda moves towards HIV and TB epidemic control, data quality, precision, and use will be a top priority. This NOFO will build affordable Health Information Systems (HIS) and a capable workforce through national and regional support for district led programming using a technical assistance model. These HIS and data use activities will ensure quality clinical services are linked to laboratory, case reporting for epidemic control of HIV and TB, and routine data use for monitoring priority programs, evaluating public health impact, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for health services. Sustainability of these systems requires supporting the Government of Uganda (GoU) to own and maintain a national network of systems and supporting workforce.

Recipient(s) of this NOFO will partner with GoU to plan and implement these activities through HIS development and implementation within a national HIS enterprise architecture (EA). Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and quality improvement (QI) through routine reporting and dashboards monitoring priority activities will continue and transition into more robust systems of data use for supporting epidemic control and evolving health systems priorities. Initially focused on HIV and TB epidemic control, these systems will be built in partnership with the GoU with a vision to support the capture and use of quality data for priority infectious and non-communicable disease epidemic intelligence and control.

Award Size: Up to $10M
Deadline: March 9, 2020


 

CDC: Health Information System Development, Project Management and Coordinated Deployment for National HIV and Health Sector Systems in the Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO seeks to assist the Government of Tanzania (GOT) in the management, coordination, scale-up, and continuous modernization of Tanzania’s health information systems (HIS). The recipient(s) will increase the ability of information systems to support high quality patient centered services, data quality and subsequent use at all levels to achieve current and emerging health sector objectives.

The recipient(s) will:

• work closely with GOT and health system stakeholders to organize the building, implementation, and scale up of Tanzania’s HIS and manage vendors/sub-partners to support the evolution and integration of the national HIS;
• increase ability of systems to support use of data from linked systems, support patient centered clinical services and use of data for monitoring and programmatic decision making; and
• collaborate with GOT and other implementing partners (IPs) to meet objectives and ensure system sustainability by the GOT. Finally, the recipient(s) will use process and outcome evaluation checks to monitor progress towards meeting the outcomes.

Award Size: Up to $4.5M
Deadline: March 15, 2020

CDC: Implementation of Programs for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) will build on previous PEPFAR support under the HHS/CDC HIV treatment program to ensure continuity of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to an existing pool of clients receiving HIV/AIDS care, support, and/or treatment. The program will also continue expanding access to HIV/AIDS services while enhancing the technical capacity of national structures to ensure sustainable service delivery within the health sector in Côte d’Ivoire.

Specifically, it serves to increase capacity and sustainability of the response toward controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Côte d’Ivoire by initially providing support for HIV service delivery aligning with PEPFAR geographic and programmatic pivots and ultimately providing technical assistance to indigenous Ivorian organizations and the national Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene (MSHP) to sustain and expand comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs. Successful recipients will combine a facility and community-based strategy to support HIV/AIDS services. At the end of the 5-year project period, the recipients should be able to collect and evaluate program data that demonstrate improved quality of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services in Côte d’Ivoire and to transition activities to MSHP and/or local organizations to sustain a basic HIV service package.

Award Size: Up to $8M
Deadline: March 16, 2020

 

CDRF: U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Collaborative Awards, 2020

CRDF Global is accepting proposals from joint U.S., Japan, and other Regional Asia-Pacific (APac) based investigators working in the field of infectious disease and immunology research for the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) Collaborative Awards, 2020. This initiative is jointly conducted by CRDF Global utilizing funds provided by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). USJCMSP Collaborative Awards, 2020 represents the fourth round of a collaborative award program that was initiated in 2016, following the 50th-anniversary celebration of the USJCMSP.  The awards program aims to promote the inclusion of early-career and female scientists in collaborative research.

The purpose of the USJCMSP collaborative awards is to foster new or expanded infectious disease and immunology focused biomedical research collaborations between researchers in Japan, the APac region, and U.S. investigators and institutions.  It is expected that proposals will focus on questions of direct relevance to the APac region that will add to global knowledge about infectious diseases and immunology.  The USJCMSP continues to promote collaborations, especially to include early-stage and female scientists from around the region.

The USJCMSP, one of the oldest bilateral programs in the history of NIH, was established in 1965 (under a U.S. Presidential-Japan Prime Ministerial level agreement) to strengthen Japanese research capacity and address issues of public health importance in the APac region. The program continues to maintain its value as a unique tool to foster U.S., Japan, and APac Region research collaboration.

Award Size: up to $60,000
Deadline: March 16, 2020



CDC: Scaling Capacity in Strategic and Health Information Systems in Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

PEPFAR 3.0 focuses on achieving sustainable control of the global HIV epidemic through a focus on transparency, accountability, and impact aligned with the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in Mozambique. The strategy emphasizes accelerating testing and treatment strategies, expanding prevention, using quality data, supporting and strengthening country ownership, and leveraging partnerships with the public and private sectors. eHealth is foundational to achieving PEPFAR and National targets.

As a result, health informatics is essential to manage the volume of patient data through a number of interrelated activities:

• Design, develop, implement, maintain, evaluate, and use secure, standards-based, interoperable patient and aggregate level health information systems (HIS) for data-driven decision-making for program improvement;
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and/or adopt country eHealth/Digital Health strategies, governance, and policies;
• Develop indigenous health informatics;
• Monitor and evaluate HIS implementation; and
• Transition ownership of systems to the country.

Ongoing support for systems governance, interoperability, and workforce capacity are most necessary especially as countries need to optimize HIS systems and human resources for health (HRH) staffing allocation based on site-level programmatic data, link disparate HIS to enable 95-95-95 tracking, and sustain PEPFAR’s strategic investments in HIS.

Award Size: $5M
Deadline: March 17, 2020


 

HFSP: Human Frontier Science Research Grants Program

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries (see guidelines).

Projects are expected to be at the frontiers of knowledge and therefore entail risk. Participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics is recommended because their contributions have made biological research increasingly quantitative and because such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolution and interactions.

Research grants are provided for teams of scientists from different countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories. Preliminary results are not required and applicants are expected to develop new lines of research through the research collaboration. Applied applications, including medical research typically funded by national medical research bodies, will be deemed ineligible. Two types of Research Grant are available: Young Investigators' Grants and Program Grants.

Young Investigators' Grants  Awarded to teams of researchers, all of whom are within the first five years after obtaining an independent laboratory (e.g. Assistant Professor, Lecturer or equivalent). Applications for Young Investigators' Grants will be reviewed in competition with each other independently of applications for Program Grants.

Program Grants  Awarded to teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers. The research team is expected to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Up to $450,000 per grant per year may be applied for. Applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged

Award Size: Awards are dependent upon team size (up to $450,000/yr for teams of 4 or more)
Letters of intent are due: March 19, 2020



CDC: Achieving and Maintaining Epidemic Control through Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Services in the Haut Katanga Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The goal of this NOFO is to increase population access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in order to decrease HIV/AIDS associated morbidity and mortality. The NOFO aims to contribute towards successful epidemic control in the Haut Katanga Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to the declaration of priority from Ministry of Health (MOH) and PEPFAR in terms of the burden of disease. The NOFO has potential for expansion based on future geographic prioritization.

Activities include continued expansion of existing prevention interventions, including prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and HIV prevention among key populations (KP); care and treatment (C&T), including TB/HIV and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services; HIV laboratory and related diagnostic services; and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and quality improvement (QI) activities. Activities will also involve improvement of family-centered and community-based HIV services, as well as orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) services. This NOFO will contribute in closing the gap for MOH HIV/AIDS key priorities. Other outcomes include improved data use for decision-making and policy development. The program activities will result in achieving and maintaining HIV epidemic control in DRC.

Award Size: Up to $7M
Deadline: March 20, 2020



CDC: Support for Laboratory Diagnosis and Monitoring to Scale Up and Improve HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Services, and Strengthen Global Health Security for Caribbean Countries Supported under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Access to high quality laboratory diagnostic services has a critical effect on the success of HIV treatment programs and is key to global health security. CDC has been providing targeted technical assistance (TA) to strengthen laboratory systems and services, with notable progress, including the accreditation of 6 public health laboratories in the Caribbean region. However, there is still a gap in having efficient and sustainable laboratory systems operating in a cost effective manner. Additional TA is needed to build strong, sustainable laboratory capacity and improve the provision of diagnostic and monitoring services for HIV, TB, STIs, and other emerging diseases of public health importance.

This support will enhance the capacity for disease monitoring to assist with the scale up of HIV care and treatment programs and other diseases. This NOFO will focus on building and sustaining laboratory systems to support: access to quality-assured diagnostics, a competent workforce, laboratories with robust Quality Management Systems (QMS), implementation of the strengthening laboratory management toward accreditation (SLMTA) program, improvement of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC), timely access to quality testing services and results, disease surveillance and optimized and efficient national HIV and related testing laboratory networks.

Award Size: Up to $1M
Deadline: March 20, 2020



CDC: Technical Assistance to Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Public Health Institutions (PHIs) toward Sustained Health Systems Strengthening in Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

This NOFO will provide technical assistance (TA) to PHIs in the United Republic of Tanzania, including the mainland Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), the mainland President's Office Regional and Local Government (PORALG), and the mainland Departments and Agencies, to fulfill their role to lead and manage the continued HIV response and to build and sustain health systems. As the GOT and PEPFAR work together to expand services, PHI systems must continuously improve to achieve and maintain epidemic control.

The agencies and departments monitor and guide implementation of the HIV/AIDS response, and secure and manage other inputs. Other departments of the MoHCDGEC, including the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Human Resources Development and Management, Quality Improvement (QI) including Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), Diagnostic Services, and Information Communication Technology (ICT), all have specific mandates for outcomes related to the HIV/AIDS response.

The TA will support capacity building to PHIs to accelerate provision of comprehensive and high quality HIV/AIDS services in order to ensure continuity of services, minimize new infections, and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. Recipient(s) will make available and transition to PHIs a range of TA skills and modalities that are responsive to the needs jointly identified and prioritized by stakeholders.

Award Size: $4M
Deadline: March 21, 2020


 

JSPS: Research Extramural Fellowships in Japan

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) conducts fellowship programs for foreign (non-Japanese) researchers to promote international cooperation in and mutual understanding through scientific research in Japan. The program provides opportunities for U.S. citizen and permanent resident researchers to conduct cooperative research under Japanese host researchers in Japan.

Research applications are accepted at Fogarty, which acts as a nominating authority for JSPS programs. Eligibility requirements and application procedures are different for each fellowship. All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program. NIH initially reviews applications for scientific merit. NIH will forward applications of sufficient scientific merit to JSPS for additional review and funding consideration. JSPS will directly notify applicants of their awards.

JSPS conducts short-term (one to 12 months) and long-term (12 to 24 months) fellowships for postdoctoral students. These fellowships were established to assist promising and highly-qualified young researchers wishing to conduct research in Japan. The program aims to provide opportunities for such researchers, under the guidance of their Japanese hosts, to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions, permitting them to advance their own research while stimulating Japanese academic circles, particularly young Japanese researchers, through close collaboration in scientific activities. The program also intends the collaboration to serve to advance scientific research in the counterpart countries.

Award Size: Airfare, stipend, insurance
Deadline: March 31, 2020
 

Davis Phinney Foundation: Quality of Life Research Projects

The Davis Phinney Foundation is committed to funding the most promising research aimed at therapeutics and lifestyle choices that promote living well with Parkinson’s disease today and every day. The Foundation has historically funded smaller, innovative studies designed to demonstrate proof of concept, paving the way for larger studies or clinical trials.

Research investments tend to fall into two areas:

• Science-based programs that can have an immediate impact on the lives of people with Parkinson’s today; and research that explores a range of factors that affect the quality of life.
• Past funding has included topics such as community cycling classes, deep brain stimulation, speech, and telemedicine. 

Award Size: Up to $150,000
Deadline: Letters of Intent due April 1, 2020

LF: Laerdal Foundation Grants: Saving Lives at Birth in Low-Resource Settings

The Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine was established in 1980 to provide financial support to practically oriented research and development in acute medicine. In recent years there has also been an added focus on projects related to saving lives at birth in low-resource settings.

The Foundation Board particularly welcomes applications relating to:

• Innovative approaches to more efficient education and implementation
• Collaborative initiatives, such as the Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive and Survive & Thrive Global Development Alliances
• Projects in selected focus countries; Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Bangladesh, India, Nepal

Award Size: Up to $50,000
Deadline: April 1, 2020


 

NSF: International Research and Education Network Connections

he International Research and education Network Connections (IRNC) Base program supports high-performance network connectivity required by international science and engineering research and education collaborations involving the NSF research community. High-performance network connections and infrastructure funded by this program are intended to support science and engineering research and education applications, and preference will be given to solutions that provide the best economy of scale and demonstrate the ability to support the largest communities of interest with the broadest services.

Funded projects will assist the U.S. research and education community by enabling state-of-the-art international network services and access to increased collaboration and data services. NSF expects to make 3 to 10 awards in production R&E network infrastructure; 1 to 3 awards in international testbeds; and 1 award in Engagement.

Award Size: $2M up to $7M
Deadline: April 1, 2020


 

IASP Collaborative Research Grants

The International Association for the Study of Pain is providing grants for international interdisciplinary pain research collaborations between at least two countries with an emphasis on collaborations among basic, translational, and clinical scientists.

IASP support will be in the form of a grant to an institution on behalf of the principal investigator of the project. The principal investigator will be responsible for managing these funds and must submit detailed financial and scientific reports within two years.

The principal investigator in charge of the overall project must submit a final scientific report after one year that includes information on activities and products generated with the help of the collaborative research award. These include publications and presentations at conferences, colloquia, or symposia, as well as the generation of additional external support.

• The principal investigator in charge of the overall project must have been a member of IASP for the past year from the date of application.
• The principal investigator should be at a professional level of independence (i.e., a faculty-level academic appointment).
• The collaborators must be located in at least 2 different countries

Publications and other products arising from the work these grants support must acknowledge IASP as a source of funding.

Award Size: Up to $15,000
Deadline: April 7, 2020


 

APA-IUPSYS: Global Mental Health Fellowship

The APA-IUPsyS Global Mental Health Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a psychologist to contribute to the work of World Health Organization (WHO), in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) for a period of one year. The fellow will focus on one or more issues related to the WHO Mental Health Action Plan.

The fellowship intends to:

• Provide psychologists with exposure to and involvement with international global mental health policy and implementation
• Contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge and research in global mental health policy and implementation

The overall goal of the WHO Mental Health Action Plan is “to promote mental well-being, prevent mental disorders, provide care, enhance recovery, promote human rights and reduce the mortality, morbidity and disability for persons with mental disorders. In this context, the focus of the fellow’s activities will be on supporting research and program activities that address one or more of the following WHO MSD program priorities, such as:

• Mental health Gap Action Programme tools and their implementation
• Scalable psychological interventions
• Psychosocial responses to conflict and other emergencies
• E-mental health
• Public health response to dementia
• Early childhood development
• Maternal mental health
• Suicide prevention

Award Size: $22,000 stipend; $8,000 travel expenses
Deadline: April 30, 2020


 

HHS: International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of the ethics of international biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. This initiative will strengthen research ethics capacity in LMICs through increasing the number of LMIC research intensive institutions that can provide advanced education in research ethics. Programs supported by this initiative will equip scientists, health professionals and academics in these countries with in-depth knowledge of the ethical principles, processes and policies related to international clinical and public health research. Programs will also strengthen the critical competencies needed to provide research ethics education, ethical review leadership and expert consultation to researchers, their institutions, governments and international research organizations.

To accomplish this over-arching goal, this FOA will support LMIC, U.S. and other high income country (HIC) bioethics experts to collaborate in the development of innovative, comprehensive, masters level, socio-culturally relevant ethics education programs at research intensive institutions in LMICs which must include all of the following integrated components:

• Curriculum Development of a series of master's level cohesive, didactic fundamental ethics courses covering the ethical principles and theories relevant to international research ethics; socio-culturally relevant LMIC based research ethics case studies; the concepts of informed consent, risk and benefits, vulnerability, and privacy and confidentiality; international ethical issues in research; and responsible conduct of research.
   
• Courses for Skills Development for participants to develop the necessary competencies to provide leadership in bioethics teaching, ethical review of research, research ethics consultation, scholarship and empirical research, in areas such as mediation, negotiation and communication; adult pedagogy; research design and statistics; case study, manuscript and grant writing; ethics literature, regulation and policy analysis, and English as a second language, if needed. Opportunities for practicum experiences such as participation in ethical review committees, development of research ethics education/training courses for researchers and ethical review committee members, analysis of ethical review guidelines or processes, and research on ethical practices in biomedical or behavioral research in the participants' countries must be included.
    
• Mentoring Activities to support participants to develop and sustain research ethics activities at their home institutions. Innovative approaches for continuing research ethics education and networking for graduates of the program that will enhance their development as research ethics leaders are encouraged.

Applications may be submitted by U.S., HIC or LMIC research intensive institutions, however, all applications from U.S. or other HIC institutions must include a collaborating institution from a LMIC. The sponsoring institution must assure support for the proposed program. Appropriate institutional commitment to the program includes the provision of adequate staff, facilities, and educational resources that can contribute to the planned program.

Award Size: Up to $230,000 per year for up to five years
Letters of intent are due: May 4, 2020
 

HHS: International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)

The overall goal of this initiative is to support the development of a sustainable critical mass of bioethics scholars in low and middle-income country (LMIC) research intensive institutions with the capabilities to conduct original empirical or conceptual ethics research that addresses challenging issues in health research and research policy in these countries as well as provide research ethics leadership to their institutions, governments and international research organizations. FIC will support LMIC-U.S. collaborative institutional bioethics doctoral and postdoctoral research training programs that incorporate didactic, mentored research and training components to prepare multiple individuals with ethics expertise for positions of scholarship and leadership in health research institutions in the LMIC.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows support of trainees as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or a separate ancillary study to an existing trial; or to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.   

Award Size: Up to $230,000 per year
Letters of intent are due: May 4, 2020



EF: Ekhagastiftelsen Grants for Ecological Agriculture and Biological Medicine

The Ekhaga Foundation (Ekhagastiftelsen) makes grants for research in ecological agriculture and biological medicine. The purpose of Ekhagastiftelsen is to promote human health by supporting the development of better food, natural medicines, and healing practices, and to support research for a healthier way of life, which in itself may have a disease preventive effect.

A central idea is to focus more on preventive active care than reactive care to combat symptoms. The same applies to the agricultural and food areas where the focus should be to find methods that can prevent various problems instead of focusing on their manifestations. The focus should not be on tackling problems, but rather finding ways to prevent their occurrence. Universities, research institutes, etc., from all over the world are invited to apply. For applications that do not come from Europe or North America, the Foundation requires cooperation with a Swedish institution. 

Award Size: Up to $160,000 over two years
Deadline: May 20, 2020


 

HHS: International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)

The overall goal of this initiative is to support the development of a sustainable critical mass of bioethics scholars in low and middle-income country (LMIC) research intensive institutions with the capabilities to conduct original empirical or conceptual ethics research that addresses challenging issues in health research and research policy in these countries as well as provide research ethics leadership to their institutions, governments and international research organizations. FIC will support LMIC-U.S. collaborative institutional bioethics doctoral and postdoctoral research training programs that incorporate didactic, mentored research and training components to prepare multiple individuals with ethics expertise for positions of scholarship and leadership in health research institutions in the LMIC.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows support of trainees as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or a separate ancillary study to an existing trial; or to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.  

Award Size: Up to $230,000 direct costs for up to 5 years
Deadline: June 4, 2020


 

HHS: Infrastructure Development Training Programs for Critical HIV Research at Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

The overall goal of the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program (HIVRT) is to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct HIV research on the evolving HIV epidemic in their countries.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages collaborative applications from U.S. and LMIC institutions to develop training programs to achieve technical, administrative and financial management expertise required for one of several research infrastructure support functions considered critical to a successful high-quality research environment. These are: a) research administration and management, b) research integrity oversight, c) ethical review of research for the protection of human subjects, d) laboratory animal welfare oversight, e) health sciences library and information services, f) information and communications technology systems (ICT) for research, g) biostatistics and data analysis, h) technology transfer and intellectual property protection, and i) any area not mentioned above that justifiably will contribute to enhancing Institutional services that can support research activities.

Research infrastructure support training programs will maximize previous investments, further strengthen the LMIC institution's research capabilities, and provide more accessible research infrastructure training opportunities to others in their own country and in other LMICs.

Award Size: $94,000 per year
Letters of intent are due: July 20, 2020


 

NIH: Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D43 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-18-901)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications for the Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) D43 program for institutional research training programs in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs, as defined by the World Bank classification system). Applications may be for collaborations between institutions in the U.S and an eligible LMIC or may involve just LMIC institutions if there is a previous track record of externally funded research and/or research training programs by the lead LMIC institution.

The proposed institutional research training program is expected to sustainably strengthen the NCD research capacity of the LMIC institutions, and to train in-country experts to develop and conduct research on NCDs across the lifespan, with the long-range goal of developing and implementing evidence-based interventions relevant to their countries. The main focus of research training covered in the application must be relevant to the interests of at least one of the participating NIH ICs as stated by each in this FOA. Other NCD topics may be included as secondary and complementary focus areas. 

Award Size: Up to $230,000 per year
Letters of intent are due: October 13, 2020


 

• New technologies;
• New ways of delivering or financing goods and services;
• More cost-effective adaptations to existing solutions;
• New ways of increasing uptake of existing proven solutions;
• Policy changes, shifts, or nudges based on insights from behavioral economics;
• Social or behavioral innovations.

AMGEN: US Healthcare Donations

• The support of science, technology, medicine, healthcare or education; or
• Education of the public on disease states, medical conditions, science or technology; or
• In furtherance of other genuine philanthropic and charitable purposes that are consistent with Amgen's scientific and disease-state interests.

• Endowed Professorships
• Fellowships
• Patient Education
• Awards/Scholarships
• Non-Accredited Medical or Scientific Meetings/Conferences

Education & Engagement

**NEW** EF: U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program (P2P)

Through this Request for Applications (RFA) and with the support of the U.S. Embassy Moscow, the Eurasia Foundation (EF) invites project applications from nonprofit organizations and institutions seeking to expand U.S.-Russian communication and cooperation. EF will fund innovative projects promoting peer-to-peer collaboration and long-term engagement between Russians and Americans on topics of mutual interest. 

While universities and other research institutions are eligible to apply to the P2P program, funded projects must expand beyond pure research. Specifically, all P2P projects should include or culminate in concrete deliverable or deliverables, including but not limited to offering newly-developed training sessions, lectures, conferences, video/music productions, art exhibits, performances, etc. 

Projects should emphasize U.S.-Russian collaboration and knowledge exchange in their design. While conducting the funded project, implementers should have varied and plentiful opportunities to substantively engage with their international partners. Engagement can be achieved through co-hosted webinars, joint events in the U.S. and Russia, bilateral presentations, international volunteer engagement, collaborative performances, or through other creative activities. 

Projects should result in collaborative outcomes and deliverables that address one or more of the following areas:

1. American business values of innovation, entrepreneurship, and fair legal and labor practices,
2. U.S.-Russian collaboration in space exploration and science,  
3. U.S.-Russian collaboration in the arts, and
4. grassroots expression of ideas through writing, art, and new media.

EF will not fund projects that engage in political activism or lobbying, support public policy reform movements, or seek to sway public opinion about policy. Rather, competitive projects will seek out project topics that can lead to productive international partnership and have potential to spark long-term peer-to-peer relationships. 

Award Size: Up to $55,000
Deadline: March 5, 2020



**NEW** DoS: U.S. Government Public Diplomacy Grants Program – Support for Academic Integrity Programming in Ukraine

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv announces a funding opportunity to support projects promoting academic integrity at higher education institutions in Ukraine. This grant program is designed to support innovative and impactful projects that encourage improved standards and enforcement measures for academic integrity which could strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian higher education institutions. The project must be tailored towards Ukrainian higher education and government institutions and all project activities supported by the U.S. Embassy grant should take place in Ukraine. The Embassy envisions a single award for this grant competition and a period of performance not to exceed 36 months.

Eligible proposals will include, at a minimum, the following elements:

• The development of authentic learning in the context of strengthening the competitiveness and improving the efficiency of higher education institutions across Ukraine;
• Promoting the research and development of innovative technological systems that, together with institutional and classroom-based measures, could consistently, affordably and independently be used to counter plagiarism and improper collusion and other forms of cheating;
• Strengthening the enforcement of academic integrity standards and accountability for administrators, faculty and students, by developing institutions which will implement concrete mechanisms to adjudicate and impose consequences for violations of academic integrity while simultaneously messaging positively on the values and benefits of authentic learning;
• Close coordination with the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance to promote the instrumentalization of academic integrity in the accreditation process of higher education institutions; and
• Empowering universities to communicate decisively to secondary school administrators, teachers, students, and parents (e.g. through the admissions process, high school counselors, web and social media, etc.) the primacy of authentic learning in high school and beyond for future success in their career building.

Projects should address integrity in STEM fields as well as Humanities/Liberal Arts. Participation of U.S. educational experts is encouraged, as are projects that utilize U.S. research, educational approaches, and practical experience. Proposals must include measurable indicators and clear, outcome-based benchmarks for success. Preference will be given to programs which will support academic integrity efforts throughout Ukraine, not just at one institution.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Global Programs (GP) seeks the provision of technical assistance to improve its understanding of market system resilience. Specifically, USDA/FAS and USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) seek to support exploratory research to develop, field test, refine hypotheses, and draft indicators and tools for measuring critical factors that enable market systems to adapt and transform in the face of shocks and stresses. As such, it will support the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future aim of improving agricultural market system resilience leading to more secure economic opportunities for vulnerable populations facing shocks and stresses in northern Kenya.

Field level data collection should take place in one county in Northern Kenya and one county in Eastern Kenya, to be selected by USDA based on ongoing U.S. government programming. USDA will ensure that there are no security concerns with the county to be selected, and will consider recommendations from the applicant. Data collection should involve mixed methods (e.g. focus groups, individual interviews and/or mini surveys) with approximately 70-100 market players and 20-30 experts/key informants. Applicants should plan for approximately 50 percent of the effort to be primary data collection and approximately 50 percent of the effort to be desk reviews, analysis, and writing.

Outcomes of Research

Following the hypothesis that resilient market systems have capacities that enable the systems to adapt and transform over time in the face of shocks and stresses, the outcomes of this research will be to:

• To improve USG’s body of knowledge on the effects of shocks and stresses on market systems (e.g., their magnitude, interactions, frequency, whether their impacts are permanent or temporary);
• To improve USG’s body of knowledge on the effects of shocks and stresses on market systems (e.g., their magnitude, interactions, frequency, whether their impacts are permanent or temporary);
• Further develop operational definitions of proactive characteristics1 of agricultural, livestock and dairy market systems in Kenya;
• Refine/validate indicators and protocols for measuring proactive characteristics of market systems;
• Develop sub hypotheses based on existing hypotheses to guide future research on market systems resilience in Kenya, and develop market systems resilience measurement tools based on the research findings; and
• Identify innovative but practical ways to apply the tools in program design, implementation, and evaluation.

• Supports efforts to integrate new technologies into the practice of art history and the creation of important online resources in art history, including both textual and visual resources
• This grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections
• The first step in the application process is the submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) describing your proposed project

Jacobs Research Fund: For Fieldwork with Living Peoples of North, Central and South America

The Jacobs Research Funds (JRF) supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest (the Pacific Coast from Northern California to Alaska and the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho). The JRF does not support research on non-aboriginal peoples, nor on peoples outside the Americas. 

Projects that produce new data are the highest priority, including proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise become lost or inaccessible. Projects that only process, analyze, present, or publish previously gathered data, whether in an archive or personal collection, are of lower priority.  

Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and world view) or anthropology (including social-cultural anthropology, social organization, political organization, and folk taxonomy). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other arts are also eligible. 

There are three categories of Jacobs Research Funds grants: 

• Individual Grants support research projects administered by a single investigator on a focused problem.
• Group Grants support work by two or more researchers who will be cooperating on the same or similar projects. The researchers should be sharing field expenses working with the same language, with the same speakers, and/or in the same geographical area. One person in the group should be designated as the Principal Investigator. The PI will serve as the contact person for the Jacobs Research Funds and will be responsible for the use of funds, filing reports, and archiving materials. Normally, the PI will be the most senior scholar in the group, such as a faculty member or advanced graduate student. Projects involving collaboration between academics and non-academics are encouraged. 
• The Kinkade Grants honor the memory of the late Dale Kinkade, a linguist known for his work on Salishan languages. Kinkade Grants support projects requiring an intense period of fieldwork, such as research leading to a major work such as a dictionary, collection of texts, etc. They are intended for experienced researchers, such as Ph.D. students working on dissertations, faculty with sabbatical or another period of course release, or retired professors seeking to complete major research.

Award Size: Individual grants ($3,000); Group grants ($6,000), Kinkade grants ($9,000)
Deadline: February 15, 2020



DoS: Comprehensive in School Democracy and Human Rights Education Program 

We welcome proposals for implementation of a country-wide, in-school civic education program as part of the official school curriculum throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in all 10 Cantons in the Federation of BiH, in Republika Srpska and Brcko District. This year-long program will help educate young BiH students in kindergartens, elementary schools and secondary schools, and some universities about the basic concepts of democratic society, justice, human rights, tolerance, the BiH constitution, and the various levels of government in the country. The budget of project proposals should not exceed $450,000, and the timeframe for this program is June 2020-May 2021. 

Proposals should include a plan to implement the following mandatory components:

• Interdisciplinary civic education curriculum for grades K-4, with a sample curriculum, student workbooks, and teacher guides in the three official languages of the country.
• Kindergarten Democracy Project: Implemented in partnership with local schools and communities, to provide early education to vulnerable populations (e.g., Roma, returnees) who otherwise lack access. Proposal should include a sample curriculum, student workbooks, and teacher guides in the three official languages of the country.
• Civic education curriculum for elementary schools, with a sample curriculum and student textbooks, and teacher guides in the three official languages of the country, in accordance with the official BiH Common Core Curriculum.
• Civic education curriculum for secondary schools, with a sample curriculum, student textbooks, and teacher guides in the three official languages of the country, in accordance with the official BiH Common Core Curriculum.
• Country-Wide Student Competition: A civic education exercise involving classes and teams from across the country, to teach students to identify issues in their community and to advocate for solutions. The competition should include teams of students and be organized at school, municipality, district/regional/ cantonal, and state levels.
• Civic Education Teacher Certification Institute: Supports interdisciplinary teacher training based on educational standards, university syllabus development, and the inclusion of civics and human rights curricula (including specially developed textbooks on the subject) in kindergartens, schools and universities
  across the country, including madrasas and Catholic school centers.
• Summer Democracy Camp: A five-day large-scale camp on interethnic tolerance and peace building, which gathers together winners of the Country-Wide Student Competition (including students and teachers) representing all cantons/regions/districts/entities. 
• Annual Strategic Planning Conference: Will bring together all major stakeholders (representatives of ministries of education, pedagogical institutes, education agencies, teachers, school principals, students and alumni from all parts of the country) to discuss priorities and plans for the next fiscal year.
• Night in the Museum: Proposals should include a series of events, activities at three or more major museums in the country, and overnight stays for youth at those museums. Applicants should include in the program at a minimum the National Museum of BiH, the Fojnica Franciscan Monastery Museum, and one of the major museums in Republika Srpska, for no less than 400 students from different ethnic groups across the country.
• Alumni Teacher and Student Networks: Applicant demonstrates viable and active engagement of alumni teachers and students, has accurate databases of civic education teachers from kindergarten to university level, as well as that of students who participated in the Project Citizen Finals, the Brcko camp, the internship program and other direct contact programs.
• Social Media Dissemination Plan: Applicant will develop a firm social media expansion plan to reach student and teacher audiences in and out of the classroom and improving on areas where the curriculum is not correctly or effectively applied.

In addition to the core components listed above, applicants are encouraged to include creative and innovative additional activities in support of the advancement and sustainability of civic education in BiH and community service projects.

Award Size: $200,000 up to $450,000
Deadline: February 21, 2020



DoS: Tomorrow's Leaders College-to-Work Pipeline Pilot

In seeking to address the high unemployment and high levels of emigration of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) youth, MEPI seeks to partner with private, public, and nongovernmental sector organizations to increase employment opportunities and preparedness for youth leadership in the MENA region and to annually place 40 TL graduates in jobs.

Award Size: $1M up to $3M
Deadline: February 21, 2020


 

DoS: U.S. Embassy Budapest, PAS

The U.S. Embassy Budapest announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2020 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2020). They seek proposals from teams of at least two alumni that meet all program eligibility requirements below. 

AEIF provides alumni of U.S. sponsored and facilitated exchange programs with funding to expand on skills gained during their exchange experience to design and implement innovative solutions to global challenges facing their community. Since its inception in 2011, AEIF has funded nearly 500 alumni-led projects around the world through a competitive global competition. This year, AEIF 2020 will support the United States’ commitment to working with our partners around the world to advance the essential role of women in peace, security, and governance.

The U.S. Embassy Budapest will accept public service projects proposed and managed by teams of at least two (2) alumni that support themes such as:

• Strengthen the role of women in peace, security, and governance;
• Engage women as partners in preventing terrorism and countering radicalization and recruitment;
• Promote the protection of women and girls from violence, abuse, and exploitation; or
• Support women’s political and civic participation

Not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions are not eligible to apply in the name of the organization but can serve as partners for implementing project activities.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: February 24, 2020


 

DoS: FY 2020 International Sports Programming Initiative

The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Sports Diplomacy Division, of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2020 International Sports Programming Initiative (ISPI). U.S. public and private non-profit organizations may submit proposals to manage sports exchange projects designed to reach under-served youth and/or their coaches/sports administrators who manage youth sports programs. These exchanges between the United States and select countries will be reciprocal exchanges that employ sports to address the Sport for Social Change theme outlined below.

The International Sports Programming Initiative uses sports to help under-served youth around the world develop important leadership skills, achieve academic success, promote tolerance and respect for diversity, and positively contribute to their home and host communities. Sports Diplomacy programs are an important tool for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals through interaction with hard-to-reach groups such as at-risk youth, women, minorities, people with disabilities, and non-English speakers. The focus of all programs must be on both male and female youth and/or their coaches/sports administrators. Programs designed to train elite athletes or coaches are ineligible.

Project goals include:

• Demonstrate how organized sports, through the principles of leadership, responsibility, teamwork, healthy living, and self-discipline, can encourage youth to stay in school, prevent substance abuse and violence, and mitigate extremist voices.
• Demonstrate the use of sport as a tool to promote tolerance and understanding through organized activities that appeal to youth and youth influencers and that focus on conflict prevention/resolution.
• Demonstrate how sports can improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities by providing affordable, inclusive sports experiences that build self-esteem and confidence, enhance active participation in community life, and make a significant contribution to the physical and psychological health of people with disabilities.
• Enable local youth sports organizations in the United States and their counterparts overseas to share best practices, emphasizing the importance of grassroots community-based sports programs in a community’s development and sustainability.
• Share local community-based practices globally while learning from counterparts in another community outside of the United States.
• Emphasize the responsibility of the broader community to support healthy behaviors and teach young people how to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases through sports programs.

Award Size: Up to $550,000
Deadline: February 27, 2020


 

 DRL: Fostering Safety and Resiliency for CSOs in the Middle East and North Africa

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) for programs that support and encourage the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms through creating an enabling environment for civil society. The submission of a Statements of Interest (SOI) is the first step in a two-part process.  Applicants must first submit a SOI, which is a concise, 3-page concept note designed to clearly communicate a program idea and its objectives before the development of a full proposal application. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants the opportunity to submit program ideas for DRL to evaluate prior to requiring the development of full proposal applications. Upon review of eligible SOIs, DRL will invite selected applicants to expand their ideas into full proposal applications.
 
SOIs should propose programs designed to foster the holistic security and resilience of DRL partner organizations and other civil society organizations operating in closed and closing spaces across the MENA region. Program activities should include the following:

• Targeted digital, physical, and psycho-social safety training and capacity-building for civil society organizations in the MENA region, to be selected in close consultation with DRL;
• Small grants for trained organizations to implement recommendations from the broader program;
• Ongoing support, guidance, and/or mentoring to beneficiary organizations as needed.

Activities should take a tailored approach to ensure in-depth and comprehensive support to each beneficiary organization and specific context. This may include direct training and/or training-of-trainer programs, peer learning, mentoring, and security auditing. Applicants should view security holistically, considering physical and digital aspects as well as psycho-social wellbeing, i.e., in order to prevent burn-out.

Award Size: $1M up to $2.5M
Deadline: February 28, 2020

DoS: Support for Independent Media in Syria

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to advance the following U.S. Government policy objectives in Syria: a) Ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS and counter violent extremism, including other extremist groups in Syria; b) Achieve a political solution to the Syrian conflict under the auspices of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2254; c) and, End the presence of Iranian forces and proxies in Syria.

Award Size: $5M up to $35M
Deadline: February 28, 2020

 

DoS:  U.S. University Partnership Initiative in South Africa

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program focused on strengthening existing ties and fostering new collaboration between U.S. and African universities. Project activities must take place in South Africa and the United States, and be directed at South African audiences/participants.

Program Objectives: The goal of the University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) is to strengthen existing ties and foster new collaboration between U.S. and South African universities. Focus areas include promoting faculty and student exchanges, facilitating joint research, building administrative capacity, and creating public-private partnerships. Program proposals should address how relationships between institutions will be sustained after U.S. government funded efforts are concluded.

Specific Program Objectives:

• Promote U.S.-South Africa faculty and student exchanges, particularly the development of dual degree programs that have South Africans complete their studies in their home country and address South Africa’s shortage of qualified academic staff. 
• Facilitate joint research, especially in agriculture, food security, and STEM.
• Provide training and transfer skills in all aspects of university administration through subject-matter exchange programs.
• Explore public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation. 

Participants and Audiences: The intended audience is a community college and university students, university administrators, corporations, the NGO sector, and USG alumni. Proposals that address linkages between South African technical universities and their American counterparts are strongly encouraged. Programs that create or grow linkages between academia and commerce are also encouraged.  

Award Size: $150,000 up to $500,000
Deadline: February 28, 2020



DoS: 2020 U.S. Elections Programming

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Singapore announces an open competition for proposals to design, plan, and implement a multi-event public diplomacy initiative to foster greater understanding of U.S. elections among Singaporeans. Themes should be educational in nature and may focus on a range of topics, including presidential campaigns, debates, grassroots advocacy, civil society participation, primaries and caucuses, political parties, the electoral college, political polling, elections reporting, media literacy, combating disinformation, voting processes, and peaceful transitions of power.

Programs should focus on promoting mutual understanding between Americans and Singaporeans through a dynamic cultural and informational exchange. Activities may not be partisan in nature.

Award Size: $10,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: February 28, 2020



DoS: 2020 Olympics Programming

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Singapore announces an open competition for proposals to design, plan, and implement a multi-event, multi-platform Olympics-themed public diplomacy initiative in Singapore around the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Programs will leverage a mutual passion for sports, international competition, and shared values like sportsmanship; teamwork; fairness and transparency; and diversity and inclusion to build mutual understanding between Singaporeans and Americans.

Award Size: $10,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: February 28, 2020



USAID: American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program Worldwide (ASHA)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for cooperative agreements and grants from qualified entities to implement the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program. ASHA contributes to United States foreign policy interests by funding institutions that foster a positive image of the United States around the world. ASHA’s mandate, which is distinct from other development programs within USAID, is to focus on public diplomacy and fostering American values, ideas and practices. ASHA’s program is a critical component of the U.S. Government’s public diplomacy efforts, which aim to further U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world.

ASHA provides assistance to overseas schools, libraries, hospital centers, and centers of excellence to highlight American ideas and practices, to provide concrete illustrations of the generosity of the American people, to further U.S. Government public diplomacy, and to catalyze collaboration between U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries. For purposes of this RFA, the Middle East includes the following countries and territories: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank & Gaza, Israel and Yemen.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: February 29, 2020

 

DoS: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada accepting Proposals for Public Diplomacy Grants Program

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada, U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program.  This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. PAS Canada invites proposals for programs that promote bilateral cooperation and highlight shared values.  All programs must include an American perspective, societal or 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 viewpoints.  Additionally, programs must include a public outreach component(s), such as livestreaming, masterclasses, traditional media, digital outreach, or events open to the general public.

Examples of Public Diplomacy Grant programs include, but are not limited to:

• Academic and professional lectures, and seminars;
• Professional and academic exchanges and programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions;

Participants and Audiences:

• Youth and underserved communities;
• New Canadian and immigrant populations;
• Arctic communities;
• Civil society and non-government organizations;
• Academic and cultural institutions;
• Entrepreneurs;
• Law enforcement and first responders.

Award Size: $7,500 up to $100,000
Deadline: February 29, 2020



DoS: Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program in Portugal

The U.S. Embassy Lisbon Office of Public Affairs (OPA) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. OPA invites proposals from individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions for projects that strengthen the bilateral ties between the U.S. and Portugal.  OPA will only consider grants that have an American component or aspect in their proposal.

Examples of PAS Small Grants Program projects include, but are not limited to:

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation projects;
• Professional and academic exchanges and projects;
• Professional development workshops and training;

Priority Program Areas: The Azores; African Diaspora; Media Literacy and Countering Misinformation; Technology and Innovation; and Trade and Investment

Award Size: $3,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: March 1, 2020


 

100,000 Strong in the Americas: Higher Education for Agricultural Sustainability in Mexico

The US-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition is designed to create and foster partnerships between higher education (HEIs) in Mexico and the United States that provide new student exchange and training programs in the academic themes of Agricultural Sustainability and Financial/Economic Inclusion. 

100,000 Strong in the Americas uses the principle of leveraged innovation with higher education institutions (HEIs) that demonstrate the greatest commitment and innovation toward increasing study abroad opportunities between the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere. In applying for the Innovation Fund grants, HEIs will be asked to demonstrate how they will assert leadership in implementing the innovations proposed, how they will address on-campus barriers to student mobility, how they will maintain student engagement, and how they will commit to making concrete changes to expand access to study abroad as sending and/or hosting institutions.

The purpose of the 2019 U.S.-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition for Economic and Financial Inclusion and Agricultural Sustainability for Inequality Reduction is to provide more opportunities for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United States and Mexico to work together to provide new student exchange and training programs in the following academic themes. Proposed programs must focus on addressing inequality reduction. Topics include:

• Agricultural Sustainability
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Soil/Plant Sciences
  • Agricultural Engineering
• Agricultural Economics 
• Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem Science/Management o
• Sustainable Cropping/Food Systems
• Indigenous Agricultural Practices
• Financial/Economic Inclusion
  • Business Administration/Management
  • International Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Public Finance
  • Financial Services
  • Financial Education/Literacy
• Social Infrastructure 

Award Size: Up to $25,000
Deadline: March 2, 2020



DoS: DRL FY19 IRF NEA and/or SCA IRF Roundtable Dialogue Mechanism 

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support Religious Freedom globally.
 
“Religious freedom” refers to the right set out in Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the freedom to adopt a religion or beliefs, change your beliefs, practice and teach your beliefs (which may include through publications, public and private speech, and the display of religious attire or symbols), gather in community with others to worship and observe your beliefs, and teach your beliefs to your children. Proposed programming must be responsive to restrictions on religious freedom, and must be in line with the U.S. Government’s religious freedom, democracy, governance, and human rights goals. 

For all programs, projects should aim to have impact that leads to reforms and should have the potential for sustainability beyond DRL resources.  DRL’s preference is to avoid duplicating past efforts by supporting new and creative approaches.  This does not exclude from consideration projects that improve upon or expand existing successful projects in a new and complementary way.  Programs should seek to include groups that can bring perspectives based on their religion, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, and/or sexual orientation and gender identity.  Programs should demand-driven and locally led to the extent possible.  DRL also requires all of its programming to be non-discriminatory and expects implementers to include strategies for integration of individuals/organizations regardless of religion, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, and/or sexual orientation and gender identity. 

Award Size: $600,000
Deadline: March 3, 2020


 

DoS: FY 2020 DRL Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest (SOI) for programs that support Internet Freedom.  In support of the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace, DRL’s goal is to protect the open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet by promoting fundamental freedoms, human rights, and the free flow of information online through integrated support to civil society for technology, digital safety, policy and advocacy, and applied research programs.  DRL invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit SOI applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal. 

The following list of program considerations is provided as a guide to help applicants develop responsive, robust program proposals.  This list of considerations will not be used as criteria to evaluate SOI applications.

• Preference will be given to open source technologies with practical deployment and sustainability plans.  These technologies are inherently more transparent and re-usable.  At the same time, DRL recognizes that anti-censorship tools may at times rely on non-publicly disclosed information or code for a small portion of their code base.
• Consistent with DRL’s venture-capital style approach to Internet freedom, projects should have a model for long-term sustainability beyond the life of the grant.
• DRL encourages applicants to foster collaborative partnerships, especially with local organization(s) in target countries and/or regions, where applicable.  Where appropriate, applicants are invited to form consortia for submitting a combined proposal, but the primary organization that is developing and deploying the anti-censorship technology must be the lead (“prime”) applicant.
• DRL strives to ensure its programs advance the rights and uphold the dignity of the most at-risk and vulnerable populations.

Award Size: $500,000 up to $3M
Deadline: March 6, 2020

CDC: Strengthening Civil Society Organizations' Capacity and Coordination for Accelerated HIV Epidemic Control in Uganda through Supporting Implementation of Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment for Key Populations (KP) under PEPFAR

Ensuring human rights and leaving no one behind are among PEPFAR’s key priorities. In Uganda, key populations (KP) including, female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), transgender, and prison populations, collectively contribute to more than 7% of the new HIV infections. However, interventions and programs targeting KP remain suboptimal. Supporting Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) who provide KP targeted services can accelerate HIV prevention, HIV case identification, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, adherence, and viral load suppression among KP in Uganda.

The activities outlined in this NOFO support increasing the capacity of CSOs to effectively collaborate with CDC-funded Implementing Partners (IPs), Ministry of Health (MOH) and other relevant government ministries to promote provision of comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to KP while improving referral pathways with community based partners. Building on lessons learned from the PEPFAR-funded Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) and the Key Population Investment Fund (KPIF) activities, these activities will improve access to comprehensive services for KP and legal, policy, and structural barriers that impede access to services will be reduced. Recipient(s) will collaborate with relevant PEPFAR agencies, The Global Fund to Fight TB HIV and Malaria (GF), MOH, CDC IPs, and other stakeholders to spearhead effective KP CSOs engagement.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: March 9, 2020


 

USAID: Strategic Alliances for Mexico - B (SAM-B) for U. S. Partners Only

Through this solicitation (72052319APS00001), the United States Agency for International Development in Mexico (USAID/Mexico) is interested in exploring potential partnership opportunities with U. S. non and for-profit organizations to participate in USAID/Mexico’s Strategic Alliances for Mexico - B (SAM-B) for U. S. Partners Annual Program Statement.

Through SAM-B, USAID/Mexico announces its desire to forge strategic alliances with U. S. organizations and with the private sector in priority areas, as defined by the Government of Mexico (GOM) and the United States Government (USG). SAM-B is designed to increase the sustainability and impact of our development investments in Mexico in the following areas:

• Crime and Violence
• Rule of Law
• Human Rights
• Integrity and Transparency
• Sustainable Landscapes
• Other priority areas of the Government of Mexico (GOM)

Award Size: $250,000 up to $15M
Deadline: March 10, 2020


 

DoS: Buenos Aires English for Journalists and Disinformation

Creation of a curriculum for English language students of intermediate and advanced ability to study both English and journalism,  based on the UNESCO publication Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (“Curriculum”).

The Curriculum includes these topics:

1. Truth, Trust and Journalism: Why it Matters
2. Thinking about "Information Disorder": Formats of Misinformation, Disinformation and Mal-information 
3. News Industry Transformation: Digital Technology, Social Platforms and the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation 
4. Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation Through Media and Information Literacy (MIL)
5. Fact-Checking 101
6. Social Media Verification: Assessing Sources and Visual Content
7. Combatting Online Abuse: When Journalists and Their Sources are Targeted

The applicant shall convert the UNESCO materials to a curriculum for English language students, for the benefit of primary Spanish speaking journalists, academics and editors, Spanish speakers, with intermediate and advanced proficiency in English who seek to improve their language skills and their general understanding of the risks of disinformation, and the need for news organizations to counter it collaboratively with its readership, based on U.S. models of journalism experience, to explore how traditional and digital media outlets can take proactive roles in combatting disinformation.

Award Size: $35,000
Deadline: March 13, 2020


 

DoS: Justice Academy Distance Learning Curriculum Development in Armenia

The Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement (INL) is currently seeking an organization with the requisite capability and experience to support the Armenian Justice Academy to adapt existing curricula into an electronic format that allows for distance learning and examination. The curricula will be based on nine modules provided by INL focused on anti-corruption and human rights issues for the continuing education of Armenian investigators, prosecutors, and judges. Note that special consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate results-oriented activities, sustainability, ability to identify qualified experts, and strong program evaluation mechanisms.

Award Size: $80,000 up to $120,000
Deadline: March 13, 2020


 

DoS: DRL Advancing Democratic Culture in Armenia

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that advance democratic culture in Armenia. DRL’s goal is to advance democratic culture by supporting Armenia’s civil society’s efforts to strengthen the population’s resilience to malign influences.  This project seeks to develop Armenian civil society capacity to identify disinformation, stop its proliferation, and mitigate its impact.

Program activities may include:

• assessment of Armenians' vulnerabilities to disinformation and capacity of local actors to use counter-measures;
• media monitoring to track disinformation, including its sources and how it is spread;
• basic digital safety education for civil society organizations and their representatives to protect themselves from online harassment and attacks;
• and raising awareness among the Armenian public of disinformation and available tools to combat it. 

Proposals drawing on international best practices and/or lessons learned will be considered particularly competitive. All programs should aim to have impact that leads to reforms and should have the potential for sustainability beyond DRL resources.  DRL’s preference is to avoid duplicating past efforts by supporting new and creative approaches.  This does not exclude from consideration projects that improve upon or expand existing successful projects in a new and complementary way.

Award Size: $641,975
Deadline: March 13, 2020



Ploughshares Fund: Grants Aimed at Preventing Conflicts that Could Lead to Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Ploughshares Fund partners with the most promising efforts to realize the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons. 

Ploughshares Fund gives grants that:

• Promote the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Building a consensus among the world’s leaders creates a global norm against nuclear weapons and increases the momentum toward zero. Along the way, concrete steps to limit and reduce current arsenals must be realized as well. 

• Prevent the Emergence of New Nuclear States. Focus is placed on the two most significant threats to the global nonproliferation regime – Iran and North Korea. Though difficult, solutions are possible through effective diplomacy and engagement grounded in well-informed and strategic analysis. Ploughshares Fund is investing significant resources over the next year on a special Iran Campaign that will promote non-military solutions to the Iran case. 

• Build Regional Peace and Security. South Asia represents perhaps the most dangerous region on earth given the long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan and the fact that both nations possess substantial nuclear arsenals. Investments support fact-finding missions, on-the-ground analysis, high-level dialogue, confidence-building measures, policy advocacy, and media outreach to advance the transformation of conflicts in South and Southwest Asia.

Award Size: $25,000 
Deadline: March 16, 2020


 

USAID: Inter-Community Activity (Cairo, Egypt)

The objective of this activity is to engage young women and girls from different social and cultural backgrounds in cross-community dialogue and to develop a shared community vision for girls’ empowerment. This program will enhance women and girls’ leadership skills in diverse communities. Through pairing participants from different backgrounds and communities in a mutually beneficial relationship, USAID/Egypt seeks to support emerging leaders to identify and mediate the underlying causes of disputes within their communities. The program will also focus on building the self-esteem, leadership, and consensus-building skills of participants and the broader community.

The Inter-Community Activity will promote cooperation between girls from different communities, including those with diverse traditional values. The program will support the ability of young participants to continue their education, increase confidence and expand influence within their communities. The development hypothesis of the proposed activity posits that if girls in communities can engage in cross-cultural and inter-community dialogue to develop a common vision, then consensus can be built to promote a stronger community that empowers both women and girls and provides them with equal opportunities that will lead to inclusive economic growth.

To this end, the proposed program will provide a safe and secure venue for continuing education and discussion on vital issues for young women and girls that promote opportunities and inclusion. Concurrently, the activity will engage individuals from different communities and demographic groups to participate in exercises to identify, prioritize, and address community needs through community initiatives, participation in cultural events, or the establishment of joint micro-enterprises when and where specific opportunities are identified.

Award Size: $3M
Deadline: March 17, 2020


 

DoS: DRL Advancing Democracy and Inclusive Respect for Human Rights in Burma

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support the policy objective to strengthen Burma’s transition to a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous state.This NOFO is institutionally limited. DRL invites organizations to submit proposals for programs under the following categories:

Strengthen and Support Civil Society
DRL’s objective is to strengthen and support the expansion of civil society to advance human rights and good governance in support of Burma’s democratic transition. Programs will strengthen the effectiveness, resilience, and security of grassroots civil society organizations and human rights advocates to collaborate and pursue political and legal reform and advocacy advancing the protection of human rights and democratic, civilian-led government.

Program activities may include, but are not limited to:

• capacity building for grassroots civil society organizations on strategic planning, advocacy, and nonviolent activism, including the provision of appropriate resources and support to enhance digital and physical security practices;
• developing effective and sustainable strategies for community engagement and mobilization in support of policy and legal reforms, including the development of awareness-raising and outreach campaigns;
• fostering locally-led advocacy efforts for legal reforms that repeal, amend, and/or decriminalize laws used to limit free speech, expression, association, and assembly;
• strengthening civil society policy research and analysis skills to more effectively engage with policymakers and influence the development of public policy and political decision-making processes;
• improving civil society watchdog and oversight functions to advance transparent and accountable government, security sector actors, and business enterprises;
• supporting existing civil society networks focused on civic engagement and promotion of human rights and democratic principles or development of new networks;
• encouraging coalition building and collaboration among human rights advocates, independent media, and other civil society stakeholders to advance human rights and democratic principles.

Promote Respect for Religious Freedom and Full Inclusion of Minorities
DRL’s goal is to promote religious freedom and support the development of a diverse, multi-religious and multi-ethnic society in Burma that respects the rights of all people. Programs will address factors that contribute to religious intolerance and intercommunal conflict through a focus on advancing pluralism and respect for religious freedom and the importance of a diverse and inclusive society. Programs should foster an environment of greater inter-communal and intra-communal respect and peaceful coexistence in Burma, allowing individuals to live free from discrimination, abuse, and violence on account of their religious identity or beliefs.

Program activities may include, but are not limited to:

• developing a cohort of faith and civil society leaders with conflict resolution and dialogue skills to promote mutual respect, tolerance, and societal inclusion for all, and to mitigate inter- or intrareligious tensions;
• engaging with community influencers, leaders, and policymakers to advocate for mutual respect and full societal inclusion for individuals from all religious and ethnic backgrounds;
• supporting existing networks of inter- and intrafaith-based organizations or development of new ones aimed at advocacy efforts or collective actions to advance respect for religious freedom and related human rights;
• engaging community members and youth in interfaith action or community projects to promote respectful coexistence, rights protections, and societal inclusion of all people regardless of religion;
• forging connections between and among faith leaders, policymakers, community leaders, and civil society actors to promote religious and ethnic coexistence and inclusion for all people regardless of religion;
• engaging government and political parties to amend for laws restricting freedom of religion and encourage consistent and fair enforcement of existing protections, including at the sub-national level.

Award Size: $750,000 up to $1M
Deadline: March 20, 2020


 

DoS: Legal Socialization and Juvenile Crime Prevention in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The purpose of this project is to prevent crimes committed by juveniles and develop a positive relationship between juveniles and law enforcement authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Republika Srpska (RS). This project would complement existing programs operating in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Project proposals should target select cities within the RS, can include cities outside of the RS but within the country, and be closely coordinated with ongoing similar efforts.

A successful proposal should seek to institutionalize the program so it can be replicated within the official curriculum and supported by local institutions. The goal of this project is to improve students’ understanding and trust in the justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina through an experiential learning process. This experience should help students understand their rights within the justice system, strengthening their confidence from an early age in governing institutions and the rule of law. Empowered by an improved understanding of the justice system, students can take a more active role in civic life and help transform Bosnia and Herzegovina into a modern European democracy. 

This project will develop a program with curricula and other related material that will allow the involved educators to replicate in proceeding years. All curricula, documents, training aids, and all other related material will become the property of INL for the purpose of allowing involved educators to replicate efforts in the coming years. 

Award Size: $200,000 up to $630,000
Deadline: March 23, 2020


 

DoE: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program CFDA Number 84.016A

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2020 for the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.016A. The UISFL program provides grants for planning, developing, and carrying out projects to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages in the United States. This notice contains two competitive preference priorities and one invitational priority.

Competitive Preference Priority 1
Applications from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) (as defined in this notice) or community colleges (as defined in this notice), whether as individual applicants or as part of a consortium of institutions of higher education (IHEs) (consortium) or a partnership between nonprofit educational organizations and IHEs (partnership).

Competitive Preference Priority 2
Applications from IHEs or consortia of these institutions that require entering students to have successfully completed at least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction or that require each graduating student to earn two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language (or have demonstrated equivalent competence in the foreign language); or, in the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language.

Invitational Priority:
Training in Less Commonly Taught Languages or Thematic Focus on Area Studies or International Studies Programs. Applications that propose programs or activities focused on language training or the development of area or international studies programs focused on contemporary topics or themes in conjunction with training in any modern foreign languages, except French, German, or Spanish.

Award Size: Up to $120,000
Deadline: March 24, 2020



DoS: DRL Strengthening Media Reporting in Morocco

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that promote media capacity and freedom in Morocco. Applicants must have existing, or the capacity to develop, active partnerships with thematic or in-country partners, entities, and relevant stakeholders, including private sector partners and NGOs, and have demonstrable experience in administering successful, and preferably similar, projects.  Applicants may form consortia in order to bring together organizations with varied expertise to propose a comprehensive program in one proposal.  However, one organization should be designated as the lead applicant with the other members as sub-award partners. 

Award Size: $500,000 up to $1M
Deadline: March 27, 2020



USAID: Greater Internet Freedom (GIF)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Greater Internet Freedom (GIF) program. Eligibility for this award is not restricted. In the years since USAID began its engagement on Internet freedom programming, it has seen citizen groups and independent media innovating in their use of the online space to advance their goals, achieving breakthroughs in enhancing civil society capacity and building a digital society, and advancing freedom of expression and association online. At the same time, the Internet has increasingly become a more volatile space and the challenges to activists, human rights defenders, dissidents, and journalists have become more nuanced and complicated.

Award Size: Up to $15.5M
Deadline: March 30, 2020

DoS: Funding to boost People-to-people Ties between the United States and Tunisia

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis offers limited funding for proposals that advance Embassy goals related to democratic consolidation, security capacity, and the economic development of Tunisia. In addition to promoting Embassy goals, all PAS projects must boost people-to-people ties between the United States and Tunisia and/or contribute to Tunisians’ understanding of the United States (policies, society, government, culture, history, etc.). This can be accomplished in many ways including, but not limited to, the participation of American citizens, organizations, and institutions in the proposed project, and the use of American texts, films, art, research, curriculums, or methodologies in the proposed project.

Democratic Consolidation: Potential projects include media initiatives related to the development of investigative journalism, media ethics, and media literacy; proposals that provide public affairs training for civil society and the public sector; projects that raise awareness among Tunisians of new constitutionally guaranteed rights; and projects that foster more inclusive participation in Tunisian democracy.

Security Capacity: Potential projects include initiatives that seek to counter violent extremism among youth through the arts, sports, community service, debate/dialogue, and/or the development of practical skills.

Economic Development: Potential projects include initiatives that promote innovation and STEAM entrepreneurship, especially among youth and women; entrepreneurship education, training, networking, mentorship, strategic planning, and marketing; projects that address youth unemployment through the cultivation of marketable skills, including soft skills; proposals focused on community revitalization through the arts and cultural heritage preservation; and projects that foster the business development skills of artists and creative entrepreneurs.

Award Size: Up to $15,000
Deadline: March 30, 2020


 

DoS: U.S. Embassy Lebanon PAS Grants Annual Program Statement

The U.S. Embassy Lebanon Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.  

Purpose of Grants: PAS Lebanon invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Lebanon through cultural and exchange programming that highlights engaging youth and empowering women. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/sin a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.

Priority Program Areas: The U.S. Embassy Beirut seeks proposals that address the following priority program areas:

• Enhance the role of women in society through programs focused on civic participation (such as social entrepreneurship, volunteerism, and community engagement); economic empowerment; and increased access to education
• Foster youth empowerment through various programs [examples of which include but are not limited to: science, technology, engineering, architecture, and math (STEAM); entrepreneurship; and inclusive citizenship]
• Develop media literacy and promote freedom of speech

Participants and Audiences: U.S. Embassy Beirut puts special emphasis on programs that are able to engage individuals outside of the capital.  For youth-focused proposals, audiences are generally between the ages of 14 and 30.  Women audiences have no specific age range, and may include youth or community members.  Priority will be given to proposals that target a large number of beneficiaries.

Examples of PAS Grants Program opportunities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars, and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; and
• Professional and academic exchanges and programs.

Award Size: $100,000 up to $400,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020


 

SRF: Samuel Rubin Foundation Grant Program

The Samuel Rubin Foundation is inviting applications for its grant programs to carry on the vision of its founder, Samuel Rubin, whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of peace and justice and the search for an equitable reallocation of the world’s resources. The Foundation believes that these objectives can be achieved only through the fullest implementation of social, economic, political, civil and cultural rights for all the world’s people. The foundation has an open application process because they are interested in learning about organizations they are not familiar with that are working for peace, social justice, and human rights. 

Award Size: Up to $5,000
Deadline: April 20, 2020


 

The enormous process of urbanization, which has defined world history for thousands of years in different economic situations and with regional variations, and which is now developing a particular dynamism, has another side to it that initially appears paradoxical – namely the shrinking and entirely abandoned cities, the so-called Lost Cities. Current transformation processes in various parts of the world mean that many of these Lost Citiesare emerging. Nevertheless, the phenomenon is not a new one, but has been a widespread hallmark of urban history since the emergence of urban culture in the fourth century B.C. It has therefore been perceived, reflected on and interpreted in very different ways in the cultural history of urban life. With this finding as a starting point and a goal of placing current problem situations in a greater historical context, the Gerda Henkel Foundation has established a new funding program for the theme "Lost Cities" the perception of, and living with abandoned cities in the cultures of the world.

The funding program is designed to be interdisciplinary and to facilitate projects in which there are varied dimensions to the examination of abandoned cities. At the same time, there should be a focus on causal correlations, both with regard to specific individual cultures and spanning all cultures, and on specifics of place and time. Thus far, such places have emerged for very different reasons, including military destruction, natural disasters, epidemics, environmental pollution, economic collapse, financial speculation, mobility, migration, centralization, deindustrialization, or post-colonial change, to name but a few.

The aim of the program is to describe the tangible cultures of interpretation, knowledge, and perception within these different contexts. Lost Cities are part of a distinct culture of memory, for example, which serves for the negotiation of identities, the preservation of knowledge cultures, the formulation of criticism of progress, or the construction of mythical or sacral topographies as part of a veritable “ruin cult”. On this basis, the focus here should not be on the question of which factors led to the city’s abandonment. Rather, it is the abandoned cities themselves that are of particular interest, as well as the different forms of their interpretation, instrumentalization, and coding in various cultures and time frames.

Award Size: $1766 a month to $3421 a month, varies with proposal
Deadline June 2, 2020

DoS: Ukraine: U.S. Government Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program – Academic and Educational Programs

• Projects that support Ukraine’s ongoing educational reform process, drawing on some substantive component of the U.S. educational system, to include the professional enhancement opportunities for teachers of secondary and post-secondary institutions.
• Projects that create or develop collaboration between educational institutions and civil society organizations, local administrations, and businesses to support regional development and decentralization.
• Projects designed to create or enhance career counseling services at Ukrainian secondary and post-secondary educational levels.
• Projects focused on developing youth leadership in the fields of entrepreneurship, finance, innovation, and civic education.
• Projects that utilize U.S. experience to develop and reinforce values of tolerance, diversity, and inclusive education among secondary school and/or post-secondary institutions. This competition does not support proposals focused on kindergarten and primary education

DoS: U.S. Embassy Antananarivo PAS Annual Program Statement

The U.S. Embassy Antananarivo Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Please carefully follow all instructions below.

PAS Antananarivo awards a limited number of grants to individuals, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions to support exchange between the U.S. and Madagascar or the Comoros with the aim of improving mutual respect and understanding. PAS will only consider programs that have 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.

The PAS Small Grants Program supports projects that: 

1. Improve and expand English language learning through curriculum development, teacher training, developing partnerships with U.S. education institutions, promoting U.S. culture and values;
2. Advancing good governance, democratic institutions including accountability and human rights in Madagascar/Comoros through the promotion of enhanced and educated civic participation, particularly of youth and women, the promotion of voters’ education, the promotion of a free and responsible press, the advocacy for women’s rights, etc.;
3. Increase public support for U.S.-Malagasy/U.S.-Comorian cooperation in women and girls’ education, in youth empowerment, and in business, entrepreneurship, and sustainable economic and commercial growth; 
4. Deepen cultural ties and understanding between the United States and Madagascar/the Comoros; and 
5. Improve sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation through environmental awareness programs.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: August 15, 2020

1. Counterterrorism and Security
2. Promoting Business and Free Markets
3. Promoting Democracy and Stability

U.S. Embassy Australia FY20 Annual Program 

The U.S. Embassy in Australia announces an open competition for organizations and individuals to submit applications to carry out programs that strengthen support for the unbreakable U.S.-Australia alliance, raise awareness about joint economic partnerships, and promote shared interests in a free and open Indo-Pacific region.  Applications should include an American element or connection with an American expert, organization, or institution.  

Priority Program Areas:

• Shared Values: Activities that promote the values that underpin the U.S.-Australia alliance, including but not limited to democracy, human rights, rule of law, freedom of speech, and gender equality.
• Economic Partnership: Activities that support U.S.-Australia partnerships in areas including space exploration, critical minerals, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility.
• Indo-Pacific Vision: Activities that advance the U.S. and Australian efforts to increase security, prosperity, good governance, and cooperation in the South Pacific sub-region, and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Audiences:

Young Australians tend to be skeptical of the importance of the U.S.-Australia bilateral relationship; only 38 percent of Australians under the age of 45 said that the alliance is “very important,” according to a recent Lowy Institute poll.  To address these trends, the U.S. Embassy in Australia seeks to fund programs that primarily, though not necessarily exclusively, engage with next-generation leaders and Australians under the age of 40.  All applications must identify the target audience of the program and estimate audience reach through direct contact, and if possible, through indirect contact via social or traditional media.

Award Size: $3,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: September 1, 2020

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; and
• Professional and academic exchanges and programs.

DoS: 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam

Twenty-five years after establishing diplomatic relations, the United States and Vietnam are trusted partners with a friendship grounded in mutual respect. In trade, development, education, health care, energy, and security, the United States and a strong and independent Vietnam are working together with a shared commitment to peace and prosperity. As we share a quarter century of partnership in 2020, this request for proposals seeks to fund projects that further the U.S. Mission’s public diplomacy goals of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam, and renews our commitment to work together to ensure a bright future full of peace and prosperity for the American and Vietnamese people.

Proposals must explicitly address one or more of objectives listed below, and create or extend the communities engaged in those areas:

• Economic Prosperity: improved opportunities for U.S. businesses, labor standards, developing soft skills to work with U.S. businesses, reducing the bilateral trade deficit, intellectual property rights, promotion of U.S. products, or U.S. business values.
• Security: rule of law, combating transnational crime, combating trafficking in persons, improving relations with the Vietnamese diaspora community.
• Education: English teaching, improving teaching methods, curriculum development, modernizing education systems, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
• Inclusiveness: women’s rights and empowerment, access and legal reform for disabled persons, LGBT rights, ethnic/religious minorities’ rights, civil society development, freedom of expression, press, association, religion.
• Awareness: Raising awareness of U.S.-Vietnam relations and the importance of our bilateral partnership.

Award Size: $1,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until funding is exhausted.
 

Other Opportunities

**NEW** DoS: U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, PAS SMALL GRANTS Request for Statements of Interest

The U.S. Embassy Nouakchott Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in applying for funding for program proposals that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Mauritania through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. PAS invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit Statement of Interest (SOI) applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal. Please carefully follow all instructions below.

The submission of a SOI is the first step in a two-part process. Applicants must first submit a SOI, which is a concise, 2-3-page concept note designed to clearly communicate a program idea and its objectives before the development of a full proposal application. The purpose of the SOI process is to allow applicants the opportunity to submit program ideas for PAS to evaluate prior to requiring the development of full proposal applications. Upon review of eligible SOIs, PAS will invite selected applicants to expand their ideas into full proposal applications.

Purpose: PAS Nouakchott invites SOIs for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Mauritania through cultural 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.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $15,000
Deadline: March 13, 2020



**NEW** DoS: Pristina Small Grants: Making Kosovo “My Home” through Education, Inclusion and Anti-Corruption Actions

The goal of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit proposals that address and implement programs in any of the following themes:

• Education and skills building;
• STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics);
• Inclusion; and
• Anti-corruption

Proposals should clearly connect any of the themes above with the overall Public Affairs Office’s Strategic Message: “Kosovo is your home”. The “Kosovo is your home” concept encourages Kosovo citizens’ positive attachment to Kosovo at the individual, family, local, and national level. Proposals should include appropriate funds for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of program successes and challenges, and a detailed description of how M&E will be carried out and program success will be determined. Proposals should detail a robust media plan, and winning applicants should plan to share their online activities/posts with the Embassy’s Public Affairs Section (PAS).

Award Size: $10,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: March 16, 2020



**NEW** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Social Innovation

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an exchange program showcasing the technological advances that are being implemented to address pressing social issues common to the U.S. and Japan in order to deepen the economic, scientific, and technological cooperation, promote sustainable economic growth, and strengthen people-to-people ties between both countries.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Preserving the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy through the Arts

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an artistic program that will deepen U.S.-Japan relations by preserving the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Legacy of diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and peace and prosperity. 

Award Size: $5,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**New** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Advancing Entrepreneurship

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program that aims to advance women’s and youth entrepreneurship in Japan to promote sustainable economic growth and foster U.S – Japan economic partnership.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Trilateral Sports Diplomacy

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a sports diplomacy program that aims to improve and encourage stronger Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) relations and U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** DoS: Promoting Social Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an artistic program that will deepen U.S.-Japan relations by preserving the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Legacy of diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and peace and prosperity. The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an artistic program that will deepen U.S.-Japan relations by preserving the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Legacy of diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and peace and prosperity. 

Award Size: $5,000 up to $75,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: U.S.-Japan-Korea Trilateral English Language Student Exchange

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an exchange program focusing on the English language for Japanese and Korea high school to improve English language capacity for participants and to encourage stronger Japan-Republic of Korea (ROK) relations and U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation. 

Award Size: $5,000 up to $40,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** DoS: FY2020 U.S. Embassy English Language Teacher Training

The U.S. Embassy Tokyo announces an open competition for organizations to submit proposals for an English teacher training project to improve the communicative English language teaching skills of Japanese elementary and secondary school teachers and carry out a micro-grant program for alumni of U.S. Embassy-sponsored English teacher training programs.

Award Size: $5,000 up to $150,000
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** Kress Foundation: Digital Art History

The Digital Resources program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. 
 

• Supports efforts to integrate new technologies into the practice of art history and the creation of important online resources in art history, including both textual and visual resources
• This grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections
• The first step in the application process is the submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) describing your proposed project

Award Size: $4,500 up to $70,000
Deadline: April 1, 2020



**NEW** JUSFC: Japan-United States Friendship Commission Institutional Grants

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC/The Commission) is a grant-making agency that supports research, education, public affairs and exchange with Japan. Its mission is to support reciprocal people-to-people understanding, and promote partnerships that advance common interests between Japan and the United States. The Commission also serves to maintain expertise on Japan Studies throughout U.S. academic and professional institutions. It generally does not operate its own programs. It supports academic and non-profit organizations that conceptualize and execute U.S.-Japan training, research and exchange programs.

JUSFC operates its grant-making activities in the following four areas: 

• Arts and Culture; 
• Education and Public Affairs;
• Exchanges and Scholarship; and
• Global Challenges.

Award Size: varies with proposal
Deadline: July 1, 2020



**NEW** DoS: U.S. Embassy Australia FY20 Annual Program Statement

Priority Program Areas:

• Shared Values: Activities that promote the values that underpin the U.S.-Australia alliance, including but not limited to democracy, human rights, rule of law, freedom of speech, and gender equality.
• Economic Partnership: Activities that support U.S.-Australia partnerships in areas including space exploration, critical minerals, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility.
• Indo-Pacific Vision: Activities that advance U.S. and Australian efforts to increase security, prosperity, good governance, and cooperation in the South Pacific sub-region, and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Scholarships & Fellowships

**NEW** SI: Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellows

The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships, established in 2000 through generous funding from Lord Sainsbury of Turville, are designed to strengthen academic ties with Japanese studies programmes in Asia, Europe, Oceania and North America. The Fellowships provide recipients with an opportunity to work in a scholarly environment conducive to completing a publication project.

The Institute is offering several Fellowships to scholars who have received a PhD in any area of Japanese culture. Preference will be given to applicants working in the fields of visual studies, including but not limited to history of art, cultural heritage, archaeology, architecture, film studies, and digital humanities. Preference will be given to Early Career Researchers, defined by the AHRC as “within eight years of the award of their PhD or equivalent professional training, or an individual who is within six years of their first academic appointment”.

The one-year Fellowship will commence in September 2020 and carries a value of £24,000. For the six-month Fellowship, please state the preferred start date in your application. This may be subject to negotiation. The six-month Fellowship carries a value of £12,000. One-year Fellowships are preferred.

Fellows are required to have a good level of spoken and written English. The appointed fellows will be given shared office space in Norwich and are expected to live in Norwich during their appointment.

Award Size: $ 2,640 monthly stipend
Deadline: February 29, 2020



**NEW** IIAS: International Institute for Asian Studies Fellowships (Paris)

The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is an institute that actively promotes innovative research and seeks the interconnection between academic disciplines. In doing so, we invite outstanding scholars to apply for a fellowship. We are particularly looking for researchers focusing on the three IIAS clusters 'Asian Cities', 'Asian Heritages' and 'Global Asia'. 

Applications that link to more than one field are also welcome. The position of affiliated fellow is intended for outstanding researchers from around the world, to work on an important aspect of Asian studies research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are encouraged. We also welcome researchers who would like to work on a collaborative grant proposal or develop their PhD thesis into a book publication.

Award Size: Monthly stipend ($2,200); travel expenses
Deadline: March 1, 2020



**NEW** NIAS: Individual Fellowships

NIAS - one of the institutes of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) – has made it its mission to provide a physical and intellectual space for advanced research in the humanities and social sciences that is driven by curiosity and cross-discipline collaboration. NIAS is committed to supporting independent research and knowledge exchange in a setting that is both collaborative and multi-disciplinary – breaking down cross-discipline barriers and facilitating innovative advances in the process.

NIAS’ goal is to enable independent curiosity-driven advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. Moreover, NIAS aims to bridge the gap between the research practices of the humanities and social sciences on the one hand and the natural sciences and life sciences on the other hand. In addition, the academic community is enriched by the presence of writers, journalists and artists producing a serendipitous and collaborative work environment, which unlocks imagination and curiosity.

Each year, NIAS awards around 30 fellows, both scholars with a Dutch affiliation and scholars from abroad, with a NIAS Individual Fellowship. NIAS offers individual fellowships to scholars who wish to carry out advanced research in the humanities and the social sciences. For five or ten months, scholars are offered the time and space to work on a topic of their own choice.

Award Size: Stipend, subsidized accommodations in Amsterdam
Deadline: March 16, 2020



**NEW** ITS: The Institute of Turkish Studies

Since 1983, the Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS) has sponsored an annual grant program that offers a variety of awards to scholars, colleges and universities in the United States. The principal purpose of the grant program is to support and encourage the development of research, scholarship, and learning in the field of Turkish Studies in the U.S.

The Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS) is pleased to announce its 2020-2021 grant competition in the field of Turkish Studies. The following grant opportunities are available only for United States citizens (or those who have acquired permanent resident status in the U.S.) who are currently affiliated with a university in the U.S. The institutional grants are available only for educational institutions located in the United States.

The Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS) will offer grants and fellowships in the field of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies to graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, universities, and other educational institutions through its Grants Program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Award Size: Varies per program
Deadline: March 31, 2020



**NEW** SFE: The Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship

The Society for Ethnomusicology announces the Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship which was created to help support research on a dance-related subject and its subsequent publication. Established scholars, recent Ph.D.s or Ph.D. candidates who have completed all degree program requirements except dissertation research are eligible for this award. Preference will be given to applicants planning to enhance their research findings with movement notations such as Labanotation and/or with digital media such as photographs, video, or web-based formats.

Award Size: $4,000 (fellowship); $1,000 (publication expenses)
Deadline: April 1, 2020



**NEW** NEH: Fellowships for Advance Social Science Research on Japan

The Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program aims to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support the next generation of Japan scholars in the U.S. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States.

Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Awards usually result in articles, monographs, books, e-books, digital materials, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

The fellowships are designed for researchers with advanced Japanese language skills whose research will require use of data, sources, and documents, onsite interviews, or other direct contact in Japanese. Fellows may undertake their projects in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. Projects may be at any stage of development.

Award Size: Up to $5,000/month (for 6-12 months)
Applications are open from February 22 through April 22, 2020



**NEW** JTF: Academic Cross-Training Fellowship

The John Templeton Foundation invites applications for its Academic Cross-Training (ACT) Fellowship program with fellowships to begin Fall 2021. The ACT Fellowship program is intended to equip recently tenured (after September 2009) philosophers and theologians with the skills and knowledge needed to study Big Questions that require substantive and high-level engagement with empirical science.

Each ACT Fellowship will provide up to $220,000 (US dollars) for up to 33 months of contiguous support for a systematic and sustained course of study in an empirical science such as physics, psychology, biology, genetics, cognitive science, neuroscience, or sociology. Acceptable courses of study might include a plan to audit undergraduate and graduate-level courses, a plan to spend time in residence at a research lab, or a plan to earn a degree in empirical science. This iteration of the program will also permit applicants to request that up to one year of the ACT Fellowship be used to support a small-scale pilot scientific research project that improves or enhances the capacity, skill, and talent of the fellow to investigate the above-described Big Questions. Fellows may undertake their study at their home institution or another institution. All fellows must have a faculty mentor in their cross-training discipline.

Award Size: Up to $220,000
Deadline: May 1, 2020

MSU: S.C. Lee Scholarship and Paper Awards

The Asian Studies Center at MSU announces the Shao Chang Lee Scholarship and Paper competition. The S.C. Lee Scholarship fund was established by friends and colleagues of the late Professor Lee to provide scholarship awards for undergraduate students enrolled at MSU who have made outstanding accomplishments in Asian studies and are pursuing or planning to pursue a program that includes Asian studies. The S.C. Lee Best Paper competition makes awards for undergraduate and graduate students for research papers focusing on Asian topics. 

Award Size: Up to $5,000 (scholarship); Up to $1,000 (research papers)
Deadline: February 14, 2020 (this deadline is an extension from the original)



MSU/DoE: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

STRI: Short-term Fellowships at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The Short-Term Fellowship Program allows selected candidates to come to STRI at any time of the year for up to three months and is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research. Although focused primarily on graduate students, awards are occasionally given to undergraduate and postdoctoral candidates. These fellowships enable selected candidates to work in the tropics and explore research possibilities at STRI.

Award Size: Stipend ($1,000/month), airfare, research allowance (up to $2,000)
Deadline: February 15, 2020

The Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowships

The Society for French Historical Studies offers two research fellowships for maintenance during research in France for a period of at least one month.  Candidates should be working on Ph.D. dissertations, or they should have received the Ph.D. no longer than three years before the application deadline.  These awards are not for travel to or from France.  The proposed fields for research can include all areas of French historical and cultural studies.  These research fellowships are supported by "The Institut Français d’Amérique Fund" of the SFHS.

The two awards will be named in alternating years the Gilbert Chinard Fellowship or the Harmon Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship, for the first award, and the Edouard Morot-Sir Fellowship or the Catherine Maley Fellowship, for the second award.  The Chinard/Rorison Fellowship will support research in all areas of French historical and cultural studies.  The Morot-Sir/Maley Fellowship will give preference to young scholars working in a broadly defined field of cultural history, art history, or literary studies.

The winners will be announced at the annual meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies. The award may not be shared. Please, direct inquiries to the chair of the committee.

Award Size: $1,500
Deadline: February 15, 2020


 

ACMS: The American Center for Mongolian Studies Fellowships and Programs

Field Research Fellowship The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) invites applicants to apply for the ACMS Field Research Fellowship Program, which is funded by the US State Department Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.The ACMS Field Research Fellowship supports short-term student, post-doctoral, or faculty field research in Mongolia in the Summer or Fall 2020.

        Award Size: Up to $4,000
        Deadline: February 15, 2020

Library Fellowship  ACMS offers Library Fellowships to help support US graduate students, faculty members, or professionals in library and information sciences from colleges and universities to conduct short-term library development projects and/or research in Mongolia for a period of up to 12 weeks between May and October. The fellowship is supported with funding from the US State Department Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau through a grant by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.

        Award Size: Up to $4,000
        Deadline: February 15, 2020

Textile Conservation Directed Fellowship  ACMS is accepting applications for Textile Conservation Directed Fellowship to help support a U.S. textile conservation specialist work on a joint US-Mongolia project at the National Museum of Mongolia. The project is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar’s U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant titled, “Conserving and Preserving Mongolia’s Endangered Textile Traditions and Collections.”

        Award Size: Up to $4,000
        Deadline: February 15, 2020

Intensive Summer Language Program  The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) invites students and scholars to enroll in an eight week Intensive Mongolian Language Program from June 8 to August 7, 2020 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The purpose of this summer language program is to provide Intermediate-level students of the Mongolian language with an opportunity to enhance their communicative competence through systematic improvement of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, in an authentic environment. 

        Award Size: Up to $2,000
        Deadline: March 1, 2020


 

The Global Professorships program provides mid-career to senior scholars in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences, who are currently employed outside the United Kingdom, with the opportunity to be based for four years in the UK and make a contribution to UK research and higher education.

Each appointment is intended to be a complete project in itself and is expected to involve a specific research focus, although the British Academy does not have a preferred model for the balance of time to be spent between research and teaching (which may vary over the course of the award and will depend on the UK host institution’s needs).

The Global Professorships are expected to add significant value to the UK host institutions and vice versa, and thus the projects must be significant, leading to novel and innovative collaborations. With the Global Professorships, the Academy is looking to support academics that are proposing ambitious, beyond the state-of-the-art applications that break new ground. The Academy views the Global Professorships as an opportunity to apply to undertake high-risk, curiosity-driven research in the humanities and social sciences that enables the award-holders and their UK host institutions to achieve a step change in their respective research programmes.

Award Size: Up to $225,000 per year for four years
Deadline: February 19, 2020




NEH: Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan

The Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program aims to promote Japan studies in the United States, to encourage U.S.-Japanese scholarly exchange, and to support the next generation of Japan scholars in the U.S. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations.

The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Awards usually result in articles, monographs, books, e-books, digital materials, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

The fellowships are designed for researchers with advanced Japanese language skills whose research will require use of data, sources, and documents, onsite interviews, or other direct contact in Japanese. Fellows may undertake their projects in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. Projects may be at any stage of development.

Award Size: Up to $5,000 per month (for 6 to 12 months)
Applications open: February 22 through April 22, 2020


 

Rainforest Alliance: Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Community Forestry

The Rainforest Alliance has a long history of working with forest communities that have established their own locally managed enterprises, providing them with training and technical assistance on sustainable forestry practices, value-added processing, business administration, market access and more. Recognizing that sound scientific inquiry can help to guide technical assistance for local development, our Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that seeks solutions to the challenges faced by the community forestry model.

The fellowship provides funds for research that is oriented toward solving real-world problems as defined by CFEs. Moreover, the planning, implementation, and dissemination of research results will be carried out in a participatory manner to ensure that it has practical value for communities and helps to inform their action plans. Research must be conducted in Latin America. The Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that addresses one of the following topics:

1. Markets for lesser-known species and non-timber forest products (NTFPs).  The fellowship supports research that systematically documents and analyzes the creation and maintenance of domestic markets for diversified forest products, helps determine what drives success and recommends future actions.
2. Biodiversity management practices. The Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that explores the feasibility of implementing such practices at the community level and their effects on the economic viability of CFEs.
3. Social organization and governance. The fellowship supports research that investigates modes of social organization and highlights both problems and innovative, replicable solutions for CFE governance. 
4. Multi-community enterprises. The fellowship supports research that examines multi-community enterprises, documents and analyzes their successes and failures, and makes recommendations for future investment in the development of such ventures.

Award Size: $20,000 per year 
Deadline: February 28, 2020

ZI: James Loeb Fellowships

The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI) will award two James Loeb Fellowships for the Classical Tradition in Art and Architecture. The fellowship commemorates James Loeb (1867 New York – 1933 München), a graduate of Harvard University, initiator of the Loeb Classical Library project and art collector. The fellowship is intended to support research that reflects Loeb’s central interests.

The fellowship is intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years and who are working on a project related to the classical tradition in art and architecture, from the Middle Ages to the present. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowship lasts three months, starting either on June 1, 2020 or on September 1, 2020.

Award Size: Monthly stipend ($1;600); lodging; travel expenses
Deadline: February 29, 2020



ZI: Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowship in Modern and Contemporary Art

The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI) will award two Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowships in Modern and Contemporary Art (19^th-21^st century) at the Studienzentrum zur Kunst der Moderne und Gegenwart at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.

The fellowships are intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years who are working on a project related to modern or contemporary art. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowships last three months and can commence between April and October 2020.

Award Size: Monthly stipend ($2,200); lodging; travel expenses
Deadline: February 29, 2020


 

HBF: Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships for Undergraduates, Graduates and PhD Students

The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1,200 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students of all subjects and nationalities per year, who are pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’), or universities of the arts (‘Kunst-/Musikhochschulen’).

We expect our scholarship recipients to have excellent academic records, to be socially and politically engaged, and to have an active interest in the basic values of the foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self determination and justice. Written proof of German language proficiency is required.

Award Size: see website
Deadline: March 1, 2020



ASTMH: Robert E. Shope International Fellowship

The Fellowship provides $25,000 in support for international training opportunities in arbovirology and emerging diseases for those with an MD, DVM, PhD or the equivalent. Recipients inspired by Dr. Shope will involve themselves in studies of arbovirology and/ or emerging diseases from clinical to field to laboratory studies.This award provides support for a short-term research experience in the tropics in the area of arbovirology and/or emerging diseases

Award Size: $25,000
Applications open: March 1, 2020


 

BF: Brocher Foundation Research for Human being and Society

The Brocher Foundation offers visiting Researchers the opportunity to come at the Brocher Centre in a peaceful park on the shores of Lake Geneva, to write a book, articles, an essay or a Ph.D. thesis. The visiting positions are an occasion to meet other researchers from different disciplines and countries as well as experts from numerous International Organizations & Non Governmental Organizations based in Geneva, such as WHO, WTO, WIPO, UNHCR, ILO, WMA, ICRC, and others.

They give Researchers (Ph.D. students to Professors) the opportunity to work at the Brocher Centre on projects on the ethical, legal and social implications for humankind of recent medical research and new technologies.  Researchers can also apply with one or two other Researchers to work on a collaborative project. “Junior” visiting Researchers can apply for an additional scholarship in order to cover their travel and local expenses in Geneva. To be eligible to this “Additional scholarship for Junior Researchers”, the applicant should be a Ph.D. student or should have obtained his PhD degree within a maximum of five years and should not perceive any other income during the time spent at the Foundation.

Subjects of interest include:

Bioethics, Medical Anthropology, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Law, Philosophy of Medicine and Health, Medical Humanities, Social Science Perspectives on Health, Medical Ethics, History of medicine. Equitable access to medical care, Biobanks, Biosecurity and Dual-Use Dilemmas, Clinical Trials and Research on Human Subjects, Genetic testing and screening, Health Care Reform, Nanotechnology, Neglected diseases, Pandemic planning, Reproductive technology, Stem Cells and Cell Therapy, Organ transplantation, Telemedicine, Neurosciences, Synthetic Biology.

Award Size: see website
Deadline: March 1, 2020


 

IIAS: IIAS & IIAS/CEM-FMSH Fellowships

The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), in the Netherlands, invites outstanding scholars to apply for a fellowship at IIAS. The position of affiliated fellow is intended for outstanding researchers from around the world, to work on an important aspect of Asian studies research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are also encouraged. We also welcome researchers who would like to work on a collaborative grant proposal or develop their PhD thesis into a book publication.

Award Size: monthly stipend $2,230; $1100 airfare; office facilities
Deadline: March 1, 2020



MSU: Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship

The Dr. Charles and Marjorie Gliozzo Dissertation Research Scholarship is available to MSU doctoral students with dissertation research objectives who have defended, or are in the process of defending, a dissertation proposal. The scholarship supports field research abroad in support of the student's dissertation. The application deadline for this scholarship is March 1st.

Award Size: varies with proposal
Deadline: March 1, 2020



MSU: Claffey and Meyer International Travel Grant

This award provides financial assistance to domestic students who intend to travel to developing countries for the purpose of providing technical assistance, participate in research, or engage in service. The intent is for students to work towards discovering and implementing solutions in response to urgent human needs (for example: food security, environmental quality, health and nutrition, education, and other areas) and, thereby, to encourage careers in international development teaching, research and practice. 

Grants are intended to support travel, related living expenses, and projects costs, not to be used as a tuition scholarship.  Proposals that do not take place in a developing country or do not include a minimum of eight weeks of in-country work by the awardee will not be eligible for review.  Preference will be given to applications that include ten weeks or more of in-country work. 

Award Size: varies with proposal
Deadline: March 1, 2020



MSU: Walker Hill International Award 

The Walker Hill International Award is an award that can be used for pre-dissertation visits to a doctoral research site in a country outside the United States. International students who undertake research in the country of their origin are not eligible. 

Award Size: varies with proposal
Deadline: March 1, 2020



CAORC: INYA Short Term Fellowships for U.S. Graduate Students Conducting Field-Based Research in Myanmar

The Inya Institute announces the 2020 CAORC-INYA Short Term Fellowships competition for research that will contribute to studies on Myanmar in any aspect of its wide linguistic, cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity and to a better understanding of the country’s past or present political and socio-economic situation. Applicants must be U.S. Graduate Students currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master’s or Doctoral level) at an institution of higher education in the U.S. or elsewhere.

Award Size: $2,400 up to $4,400
Deadline: March 2, 2020

 

HHS: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)

The purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-income," "lower-middle-income," and "upper-middle-income" countries) leading to an independently-funded research career focused on global health.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from postdoctoral research scientists and junior faculty from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of the LMIC under the mentorship of LMIC and U.S. mentors.        

Award Size: Up to $75,000 (salary); Up to $30,000 (research support)
Deadline: March 6, 2020


 

Dan David Scholarship

The Dan David Prize awards scholarships to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, carrying out research in one of the selected fields for the current year. Registered doctoral and post-doctoral researchers who study at recognized universities throughout the world, and whose research has been approved, are eligible to apply. The Dan David Prize laureates annually donate twenty scholarships to outstanding doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers of exceptional promise in the selected fields for the current year. Ten scholarships are awarded to students at universities throughout the world and ten scholarships to students at Tel Aviv University. The Dan David Prize scholarships are granted according to merit, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, nationality, or political affiliation. This year's fields are:

     Cultural Preservation and Revival

Culture constitutes a foundational cornerstone of every society. It includes traditions, beliefs, rituals, artistic expressions, philosophies, mythologies, languages and more. It is dynamic, vibrant and in constant dialogue with society. This fragile and impermanent heritage can sometimes fade or even disappear. Indeed, some cultures have ceased to exist due to social or political upheavals that brought about their extinction. Many groups and institutions since the dawn of civilization have engaged in the preservation and revival of their cultures.

Reviving cultures has become common as a means to promote social ideas and weigh in on debates, from protecting minorities and promoting social justice to building nations and preserving traditional power structures.  With the accelerated pace of change in the global arena over recent decades – expediting the emergence of new cultures and the disappearance of old ones – the practice of cultural preservation and revival has become even more important for humanity. 

     Gender Equality

The struggle for gender equality in the last two centuries has led to one of the most astonishing and effective societal transformations humanity has seen. Early feminists and their supporters struggled for women’s right to vote, to own property and engage in market transactions, to seek divorce and child custody, to receive equal pay – in other words, to be treated as full human beings in all spheres of life. What seemed unimaginable then is formally the reality for most women around the world today.

Yet the struggle is far from complete. Some campaigns benefited certain groups while leaving other women behind, calling attention to intersectionality and class dynamics. Moreover, the male-female binary that motivates feminist thought has come into question, drawing attention to the differences between groups of women, and to the impact on other gender minorities. At the same time, a glaring disparity between the formal equality of women and their lived realities remains.

Women still disproportionately endure sexual and domestic violence, workplace and pay discrimination and a greater burden of household care work. They are unequally represented in leadership positions and overly represented under the poverty line. And in communities following traditional orthodoxies, women are still subject to extreme forms of discrimination, subjugation, and mutilation. Feminists are thus called upon to develop new tools, methods, theories, and strategies to respond to the different challenges.

     Artificial Intelligence

The field of Artificial Intelligence has the ambitious goal of building machines that can mimic aspects of human behavior such as learning, reasoning, perception, and movement. Achieving this goal can dramatically change modern society, for example by reducing risk to humans via autonomous vehicles, improving healthcare via automated diagnostics, and making new scientific discoveries by applying AI to large amounts of data.

In recent years we have witnessed dramatic progress in this field, with machines matching or outperforming humans in several tasks. Extensive research efforts are ongoing to reduce the large gap that remains between what humans and computers can achieve. The development of AI heralds a new era for humanity, one that brings with it a promise of extraordinary advancements, but also serious challenges from the ethical, social and economic point of view.

Award Size: $15,000
Deadline: March 10, 2020


 

ZKS: Doctoral Exchange Program

These grants are to support collaborative inter-university cutting-edge research for students with top academic credentials studying towards an engineering degree (with engineering understood as the use of scientific principles for the design, construction or production of physical or virtual structures or systems which excludes biology, chemistry, physics and all life science), or towards a degree in all medieval disciplines, as well as towards a degree in digital humanities at the intersection of medieval disciplines and computer or data science.

The grant aims to encourage research collaboration between two universities, namely the home university of the candidate and a hosting university or research institute, one of the two being preferably situated in Switzerland. The grant will contribute to cover local living costs of the candidate while visiting the hosting university or research institute exclusively and travel costs with a flat rate economy-class return airfare/train ticket from the home university to the hosting university.

Award Size: Travel expenses, stipend ($2500/month)
Deadline: March 15, 2020


 

Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

The Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program attracts high-achieving postdoctoral scholars from premier universities in the United States to do research at one of seven Israeli universities. Once they complete their research, many Zuckerman postdocs are expected to accept faculty positions at top North American universities, weaving a network of academic collaboration and goodwill that will greatly benefit US-Israeli scientific cooperation.

Zuckerman Scholars enjoy unique programming and activities specially organized for them by the host universities, such as touring, educational experiences, and social programs. These programs are aimed at strengthening the scholars’ knowledge of and connection to Israel, and at cultivating an esprit de corps within the program, enabling them to exchange ideas and foster new relationships. Candidates for the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program are assessed based on their academic and research achievements, as well as on personal merit and leadership qualities, without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or age.

Five postdoctoral scholarships will be given out per participating university for the 2020-2021 academic year. Participating universities are Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, and Weizmann Institute of Science.

Award Size: See website
Deadline: March 30, 2020


 

JSPS: Research Extramural Fellowships in Japan

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) conducts fellowship programs for foreign (non-Japanese) researchers to promote international cooperation in and mutual understanding through scientific research in Japan. The program provides opportunities for U.S. citizen and permanent resident researchers to conduct cooperative research under Japanese host researchers in Japan.

Research applications are accepted at Fogarty, which acts as a nominating authority for JSPS programs. Eligibility requirements and application procedures are different for each fellowship. All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program. NIH initially reviews applications for scientific merit. NIH will forward applications of sufficient scientific merit to JSPS for additional review and funding consideration. JSPS will directly notify applicants of their awards.

JSPS conducts short-term (one to 12 months) and long-term (12 to 24 months) fellowships for postdoctoral students. These fellowships were established to assist promising and highly-qualified young researchers wishing to conduct research in Japan. The program aims to provide opportunities for such researchers, under the guidance of their Japanese hosts, to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions, permitting them to advance their own research while stimulating Japanese academic circles, particularly young Japanese researchers, through close collaboration in scientific activities. The program also intends the collaboration to serve to advance scientific research in the counterpart countries.

Award Size: Airfare, stipend, insurance
Deadline: March 31, 2020



Lemmermann Foundation Research Fellowships in Rome, Italy

The Lemmermann Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships to master's students and doctoral candidates in order to support their cost of research in the classical studies and humanities. Topic of research must be related to Rome and the Roman culture of any period, from the Pre-Roman period to the present day time.
Applicants must provide evidence for their need to study and carry out research in Rome, Italy.

Applicants must:

1. be enrolled in a recognized University program
2. have a basic knowledge of the Italian language
3. be 35 years of age or younger at the application deadline

Award Size: Monthly stipend of $836/month for the duration of study
Deadline: March 31, 2020

Future Food Postdoc Fellowships for Young Researchers

ETH Zurich and EPFL have launched Future Food – A Swiss Research Initiative together with Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé (the first partners on board) to further expand research and education in the area of food and nutrition sciences. The Future Food Fellowship is a major pillar within this framework. It aims to bring together competences from academic and industrial research in the fields covered by the initiative. The overarching goal is to develop solutions that address grand challenges such as affordable nutrition and sustainable packaging.

A successful fellow must demonstrate the willingness to engage in scientific or economic issues across the frontiers of food and nutrition sciences. The program supports research projects at the postdoctoral level and is structured around annual calls for applications. The Fellowship provides personal research funds for three years to enable fellows to work on their projects in a research laboratory. The program is co-managed by the World Food System Center at ETH Zurich and the Integrative Food Science and Nutrition Center at EPFL.

The call for 2020 is open to any outstanding proposal that fits the criteria. Special preference will initially be given to projects that address the following areas:

• Plant-based proteins
  • Eligible examples: Dairy analogs, meat analogs, sustainable proteins, etc.
• Digital technologies for food design
  • Eligible examples: Development of food structures, modeling of flavor profiles, modeling of stability, formulation of new food products, etc.
  • Not eligible: Consumer apps, dietary recommendations, manufacturing technologies or optimization
• Sustainable packaging
  • Eligible examples: New or transformed materials, bio-sources, re-use or recycling, bio-degradation, new packaging formats, etc.
• Microbiome
  • Eligible examples: Concrete applications
  • Not eligible: Longer-term, fundamental research

SWS: The Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green Scholarship

We invite applications for the Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green Scholarship, formerly known as the Women of Color Dissertation Scholarship. Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) has worked hard to build a coalition of women scholars who share concerns about the status of women both domestically and internationally. In keeping with that mission, SWS established a Women of Color Scholarship at its annual meeting in February 2007. The primary purposes of the scholarship are:

1.  To offer support to women of color scholars who are from underrepresented groups and are studying concerns that women of color face domestically and/or internationally.
2. To increase the network and participation of students and professionals of color in SWS and beyond.

Award Size: $18,000 scholarship; $500 travel grant
Deadline: April 1, 2020

Scholarships for Americans to Study in Norway 

The purpose of the scholarships is to provide financial support for Americans to study in Norway. By supporting post-graduate study or research in areas of mutual importance to Norway and the United States, NORAM hopes to bring the two countries closer. By awarding scholarships to American students and researchers, they invest in the growth of knowledge and understanding and it will strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries.

Every year, NORAM offers up to ten scholarships to American students, based on merit and need. The size of the individual grants will depend on the research subject, purpose and the intended length of stay in Norway.

• Must be an American citizen, planning to study/or currently studying in Norway.
• Scholarships are only for full-time graduate-level studies, both exchange and a whole degree in Norway. Online courses are not approved.
• The project description must be of academic merit, and the project must be feasible within the framework proposed.
• Students can apply without being accepted to an institution before the application deadline but must submit documentation of admission/invitation if awarded a scholarship.
• The project/academic field must be of mutual benefit to the two countries.
• The scholarships are given within the academic year (August 1^st – May 31^st) and are awarded one year at a time. Keep in mind that one can only be awarded two times.
• The program period has to be a minimum of three months.
• Applicants who are awarded/have applied for funding from other sources for the same application period applied must notify NORAM about this.

Award Size: $1,000 up to $4,210
Deadline: April 1, 2020


 

FBF: Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries.

          Award Size: Up to $5,000
          Deadline: April 1, 2020

Faculty/Post-Doctoral Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Fellows)

Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries.

          Award Size: Up to $20,000
          Deadline: April 1, 2020
 

ARENET: Transnationalism Fellowship Program

The Americas Research Network announces its fellowship program to support innovative research on U.S.-Mexican Transnationalism and on U.S.-Mexican Transnational Communities in order to foster collaboration among U.S. and Mexican scholars. Research projects on any aspect of U.S.-Mexican Transnationalism and Transnational Communities will be considered, but the projects must focus on topics that have not been thoroughly explored and must contribute significantly to the advancement of relevant scholarship.

Fellowships will be awarded to U.S. graduate students and scholars with doctorates to conduct up to eight weeks of research in Mexico. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through a grant to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Award Size: Stipend ($4,000); research-related expenses ($500); travel expenses
Deadline: April 1, 2020



Carter Center Graduate Assistantship Programs

The Carter Center Graduate Assistantship Program offers a limited number of funded opportunities for currently enrolled master's degree and doctoral students. Graduate assistants must make a 9-12 month, 20-hours-per-week commitment and will receive compensation of $14/hour.

In order to be eligible for an assistantship, applicants must be enrolled in a graduate or doctoral program throughout the duration of the assistantship. At the start of the assistantship, qualified applicants must have completed a minimum of two semesters of their academic coursework in a master's or post-master's level program. Candidates who will graduate from their master's, post-master's, or doctoral-level program before the program ends are not eligible.

Award Size: $14/hr compensation
Deadline: April 1, 2020


 

Dr. Delia Koo Endowment Awards

The Asian Studies Center is entrusted with the management of the Dr. Delia Koo Endowment. Center-affiliated faculty are eligible to submit applications quarterly for teaching, research, or outreach. Conference funding is also available for faculty. These applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The goals of the Koo Endowment are:

• To facilitate the incorporation of international and global studies, especially of Asia, in the areas of teaching, research, or outreach at Michigan State University.
• To develop the capability of Michigan State University faculty members to conduct activities related to goal one.
• To enhance the standing of the colleges, departments, and the Asian Studies Center and affiliated units at Michigan State University in the area of Asian Studies.

Award Size: Conference travel funding: $1,000
                    Teaching/research/outreach funding: $5,000
Deadlines: Conference travel applications accepted on a rolling basis
                   Teaching/research deadlines: April 15, 2020

 

TARII: Fellowship Opportunities for U.S. Scholars to Conduct Research on Iraq

The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) invites proposals from U.S. scholars for feasible research on Iraq-related topics to be conducted outside of Iraq. Joint projects with Iraqi citizens in Iraq will also be considered.  TARII is a consortium of American universities, museums, and other scholarly institutions dedicated to the furtherance of research in and on Iraq and to fostering mutual understanding and respect between American and Iraqi peoples. It is actively working to open the TARII Research Center and Library in Baghdad, which will become a fundamental part of the annual TARII fellowships.

A major part of our operations will always be the fellowship program for American and Iraqi scholars to conduct research focused on subjects in any legitimate academic field from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Iraq, giving priority to collaborative projects undertaken jointly by U.S. and Iraqi scholars.

The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII) invites proposals from U.S. scholars every year for feasible research on Iraq-related topics to be conducted outside of Iraq and the United States. For example, projects could include:

• Research in archives in Europe, Turkey, or India
• Interviews with Iraqis living abroad
• Remote sensing of ancient Iraqi landscapes
• Collaboration between a U.S. scholar and an Iraqi living in Iraq

Award Size: Up to $7,000
Deadline: April 30, 2020

APA-IUPSYS: Global Mental Health Fellowship

The APA-IUPsyS Global Mental Health Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for a psychologist to contribute to the work of World Health Organization (WHO), in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MSD) for a period of one year. The fellow will focus on one or more issues related to the WHO Mental Health Action Plan.

The fellowship intends to:

• Provide psychologists with exposure to and involvement with international global mental health policy and implementation
• Contribute to the more effective use of psychological knowledge and research in global mental health policy and implementation

The overall goal of the WHO Mental Health Action Plan is “to promote mental well-being, prevent mental disorders, provide care, enhance recovery, promote human rights and reduce the mortality, morbidity and disability for persons with mental disorders. In this context, the focus of the fellow’s activities will be on supporting research and program activities that address one or more of the following WHO MSD program priorities, such as:

• Mental health Gap Action Programme tools and their implementation
• Scalable psychological interventions
• Psycho-social responses to conflict and other emergencies
• E-mental health
• Public health response to dementia
• Early childhood development
• Maternal mental health
• Suicide prevention

Award Size: $22,000 stipend; $8,000 travel expenses
Deadline: April 30, 2020



RF: Rotary International Peace Fellowships

Each year, Rotary International awards up to 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at one of our peace centers. Through academic training, practice, and global networking opportunities, the Rotary Peace Centers program develops the capacity of peace and development professionals or practitioners to become experienced and effective catalysts for peace. The Rotary Peace Fellowship is designed for leaders with work experience in peace and development who are committed to community and international service and the pursuit of peace. 

Master’s degree programs  Accepted candidates study peace and development issues with research-informed teaching and a diverse student body. The programs last 15 to 24 months and include a two- to three-month field study, which participants design themselves.

Professional development certificate program  During the one-year program, experienced peace and development professionals with diverse backgrounds gain practical skills to promote peace within their communities and across the globe. Fellows complete field studies, and they also design and carry out a social change initiative.

Award Size: Tuition, room and board, travel expenses
Deadline: May 31, 2020
 

LII: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries — Fellowship Program in Freshwater Science

The Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in Germany invites scientists from all countries and at different career stages to apply for a research visit. The program offers fellowships for PhD students, postdocs (up to 12 months), and senior scientists (3 to 12 months). 

Senior Fellows are well-established scientists leading a research group at their home institution in one of the research areas pursued at IGB. Before submitting an application, please contact your potential host and develop a concept for your stay that ensures good integration into research activities within the host group and other scientists at IGB. We also invite excellent postdoctoral scientists to apply as Postdoctoral Fellows. At the time of application, successful candidates can be based at institutions in any country worldwide except Germany. 

Research conducted at IGB include the following subjects:

• Ecohydrology
• Ecosystem Research
• Experimental Limnology
• Biology and Ecology of Fishes
• Ecophysiology and Aquaculture
• Chemical Analytics and Biogeochemistry

Award Size: Stipend of $2000 (postdoc) up to $2900 (senior researcher); travel expenses; accommodations
Deadline: June 1, 2020


 

CCF:  Research Grant program of the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs

The Centennial Center offers thirteen grants to assist APSA members with the costs of research. Each grant fund has a unique set of aims, including supporting international scholarship, electoral scholarship, and scholarship on race and gender. 

• Research, including travel, interviews, access to archives, or costs for a research assistant.
• Auxiliary devices or services uniquely necessary for scholars with disabilities to conduct their research.
• Assisting scholars in publishing their research, including holding manuscript workshops.
• Workshops, events, or projects that support or advance the discipline. These can include mini-conferences, methods training workshops, mentoring and professional development opportunities, programming related to teaching or public engagement, and more

Award Size: varies with opportunity ($1,000 up to $10,000)
Deadline: June 15, 2020


 

Institute of Current World Affairs: Fellowship Program 2020

A proposed fellowship must hold the promise of enriching public life in the United States by enhancing the understanding of foreign countries, cultures, and trends. Public service, social activism or contribution to wider understanding in the United States is our ultimate purpose, from a belief that the public can benefit from the knowledge and wisdom fellows acquire.

This is a writing fellowship. Fellows are required to produce monthly dispatches made available on our website and email to institute supporters and other interested parties, including family, friends and professional associates of the fellows. Fellows work closely with the executive director, who serves as a writing coach, editor, and mentor.

While many fellows go on to pursue political or social causes at home and abroad, the purpose of a fellowship is to learn about other societies, not to change them. Fellows are not permitted to engage in overtly political activities during their fellowships. The institute does not accept any government funds. Fellows must preserve that independence in letter and in spirit.

Fellows should not expect to return to the United States during the two years of their fellowships. ICWA fellowships are immersive; a vital component of the fellowship experience is remaining, without interruption, in the area of study for the duration of a fellowship.

Award Size: Varies per program
Deadline: June 15, 2020



ARENET: Betty J. Meggers Grant Program

In 2001, The Americas Research Network (ARENET) created a Fellowship Program focused on transnationalism in Mexico and the United States. This initiative examines the dynamic processes that are multiplying and diversifying the interconnections between Mexico and the United States and explores the new kinds of social, economic, and political relationships as well as the innovative cultural expressions that are emerging as a result. To date ARENET has awarded over 100 fellowships to undergraduate, graduate students and established scholars. The Betty J. Meggers Grant Program will complement and enhance the area of study to South America. The Betty J. Meggers Grant Program will award 8 grants to scholars of any nationality to conduct research on the Indigenous societies of South America, “both past and present”. 

The principal objectives of this initiative are:

1. to promote cooperation among scholars, institutions, and other organizations in planning and implementing collaborative research on South America;
2. to create a network within which researchers, policy makers, members of indigenous communities, and practitioners in South America, United States and Mexico can exchange perspectives;
3. to contribute to a more profound understanding of the complex linkages of the region among scholars and non-scholars alike by making the results of this research and exchange available through a variety of media; and
4. to create research, educational, and training opportunities for South American, U.S. and Mexican students, professional scholars, and other individuals whose scholarly interests focus on this broad geographical region.

Award Size: Stipend ($7,000); research allowance ($500); travel expenses (up to $1,800)
Deadline: June 30, 2020


 

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds awards travel grants to European citizens working in Europe and overseas, and to non-European citizens who perform their MD, PhD or postdoctoral project in Europe, or will use the travel grant to work in Europe. Applicants must pursue an experimental project in basic biomedical research and belong to one of the following groups of junior scientists:

• PhD students or medical students pursuing an experimental doctoral thesis;
• postdocs who are pursuing a particular research project;
• graduates from abroad who have applied for a PhD project, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisor.

Travel grants are awarded only for practical training in laboratories or courses of up to 3 months. They cannot be used for longer research stays.

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