Grants for Unrestricted - Federal

NHTSA is responsible for reducing vehicle-related fatalities and injuries on our nations highways. Over the years, NHTSA has developed a significant body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of certain traffic safety laws, regulations and policies that can reduce traffic crashes. State legislatures effectuate traffic safety policy through enacting laws that aim to reduce fatalities and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes. In addition to other salient information, State legislators benefit from learning about the implementation and effectiveness of other jurisdictions traffic safety laws to provide a foundation to make informed decisions on effective traffic safety policy. Therefore, the tracking of laws, sharing of information regarding effectiveness and outcomes, legislative staff, and transportation stakeholders is critical to the publics safety. Since it is vital that information regarding effective traffic safety laws and legislative trends be available to the groups mentioned above, NHTSA seeks to engage an organization that serves legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states and territories (hereafter, the term State will include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories) to educate members of state legislatures to canvass and review the various state laws addressing traffic safety issues that can form the basis for new or improvements to existing state traffic safety laws. In addition, NHTSA seeks to identify best practices for members of state legislatures to communicate and cooperate both at the intrastate and interstate level to develop effective traffic safety laws. The information gathered, research conducted, and materials created would also be available to stakeholders and the public to benefit a larger understanding of the ways laws at the State level influence overall safety.

This program provides $30 million in funding to U.S.-based educational institutions, nonprofits, and for-profit companies to develop innovative technologies that improve the stability and reliability of electrical grids as more renewable energy sources are integrated.

The United States Agency for International Developments (USAID) Mission to the Pacific Islands is developing a new program entitled Pacific Economic Growth Activity (PEG). The Regional Office of Acquisition and Assistance (ROAA)/USAID Pacific Islands has drafted preliminary technical requirements for the purpose of market research and also to provide industry implementers and stakeholders an opportunity to review, comment, suggest and enhance areas of the draft document. It also provides an advance opportunity for interested parties to establish teaming arrangements and identify key personnel in the event a solicitation is issued. It is anticipated that this technical requirements draft will result in a final Statement of Objectives or Program Description that may lead to a formal solicitation issued for response. It is anticipated that this requirement will result in two separate awards with an expected period of performance of five years within an award range of $15-$18 million for Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands/Vanuatu (PNG/SI/VAN) and $18-$22 million for Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu. Responses (comments, suggestions, and enhancements) to this RFI are due to the procurement office by July 24, 2024. Please email responses to [email protected]. Please include the subject title Response to PEG RFI in the e-mail subject line to ensure the response is directed appropriately.

The Afghanistan Integrated Activity (AIYA) aims to empower Afghan youth, particularly girls and young women, by equipping them with market-relevant technical and soft skills. This initiative seeks to enhance income, food security, and economic resilience among participants. The overarching goal of AIYA is to improve learning outcomes and livelihood opportunities for young women and men. Expected outcomes include: 1) Improved post-secondary technical and vocational education or learning opportunities for youth, with a focus on market-relevant, skills-based learning within the agricultural sector and its related value chains. 2) Youth, particularly girls and young women, acquire market-relevant skills to improve livelihood opportunities and engage in climate resilient agricultural value chains in their home, community, or other settings. See Attachment 1_AIYA Program Descriptions.

The "Request for Information (RFI) Plant Genetic Engineering for Energy Applications" grant by the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E is seeking feedback from stakeholders to develop a program aimed at improving plant genetic modifications to enhance biofuel production, carbon sequestration, and mineral extraction, with a focus on advancing genetic engineering technologies and overcoming technical challenges.

This initiative seeks input from organizations and experts to help USAID improve global medical product quality assurance and production systems, focusing on innovative solutions and partnerships.

This grant provides funding to U.S. and eligible foreign entities for developing software solutions that improve wireless supply chains and integration automation, particularly using Open RAN technology in various industries.

This grant provides $14 million to the national anti-doping agency in the U.S. to enhance efforts in preventing drug use in amateur athletics through education, testing, and legal enforcement.

Issue Date: February 10, 2023 Amendment Date: February 14, 2023 Response Close Date: March 10, 2023 @ 5pm EST Pre-NOFO Conference Date: March 14-15, 2023 Subject: Request for Information and Pre-Notification of Funding Opportunity Conference Program Title: Ending Neglected Diseases Through Operational Research (ENDOR) Dear Interested Parties: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invites organizations with experience and interest in neglected tropical diseases (NTD) operational research to attend a pre-notification of funding opportunity (NOFO) virtual conference to take place March 14-15, 2023. USAID is seeking information regarding recipient(s) or coalition to support operational research implementation and management worldwide. The activity under design is intended to provide technical assistance, capacity building, global technical leadership, research management and support for development and evaluation of new diagnostics and surveillance platforms and address operational and social challenges of NTD implementation while leveraging the private sector and national health systems where appropriate. There is no eligibility restrictions, so U.S. and non-U.S. organizations may participate in the pre-NOFO conference. Interested organizations MUST pre-register and are limited to registering a maximum of two people per organization to attend the pre-NOFO conference which will be highly technical in content. Please pre-register by sending the organizations name, name(s) of attendees, and email address(es) to [email protected]. Please include RSVP PRE-NOFO ENDOR CONFERENCE in the Subject Line. Attachment 1 to this announcement is a draft Program Description (PD) for the anticipated award, for which USAID is seeking input and feedback. If possible, please provide emailed responses specific to the questions in Attachment 2 as well as any questions and/or comments to the PD. All questions/responses must be sent to [email protected] by Friday, March 10, 2023 at 5pm EST. Please include ENDOR PD COMMENT in the Subject Line. Responses from questions posed to USAID will be posted publicly after the pre-NOFO conference in March 2023 on Grants.gov. Meeting details and virtual connection information will be emailed to those who pre-register. If individuals need to call-in by phone rather than connect by virtual platform, please note this on your pre-registration RSVP email so that additional information can be provided when meeting details are sent. Attachment 3 to this announcement is also a draft agenda for the pre-NOFO conference, a final agenda will be provided when final meeting details are sent. For any other questions, contact [email protected] by indicating QUESTION: ENDOR PRE-NOFO CONFERENCE in the Subject Line. This RFI and pre-NOFO conference is solely for information, research, and planning purposes and does not constitute a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Responding to this RFI and/or attending the pre-NOFO conference does not give any advantage to or preclude any organization or individual in any subsequently issued NOFO. Any future development activities related to this activity will be announced separately on Grants.gov. This RFI and the subsequent pre-NOFO conference does not represent any award commitment on the part of the U.S. Government, nor does it obligate the U.S. Government to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any responses. Information received as part of this RFI shall become the property of USAID. Therefore, proprietary information that cannot be shared should not be sent. While verbatim responses will not be shared publicly, any submitted information may be included in a publicly available high-level summary of the RFI results, or in other public presentations or documents. Thank you for your interest in USAID programs.

This grant seeks input from stakeholders to design a project that will enhance agricultural growth and food security in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh, addressing local challenges such as poverty, malnutrition, and climate change.

This grant provides $9 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for projects that improve environmental resilience and conserve threatened species in the Mojave Desert around the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California.

This funding opportunity is designed to support organizations working to improve health services and outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations in the Philippines, focusing on areas like tuberculosis, family planning, and HIV/AIDS.

This funding opportunity provides up to $15 million to local organizations and community groups in high-risk malaria areas of Burma and along the Burma-Thailand border to improve healthcare services and reduce malaria-related illness and death.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for projects that develop sustainable bio-based chemicals and renewable propane from biomass, as well as improve algal cultivation systems for biofuels, targeting researchers and companies in the bioenergy sector.

This grant provides financial support to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for projects aimed at improving and maintaining the Northeast Corridor rail services.

The objective of the STEP-UP activity is to empower local organizations, businesses, and communities to participate in and guide their own development in conflict affected areas of Mozambique. USAID/Mozambique seeks to provide funding and capacity support to local businesses and CSOs through a partner managed grant-making mechanism. By providing businesses and CSOs with funds to implement economic, peace, and social development initiatives, the Activity will foster increased engagement and empowerment in terms of communities driving their own local development.

The FY24 ALSRP Therapeutic Idea Award (TIA) supports new, innovative, high-risk, high-gain ideas aimed at Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug or therapy discovery. The studies supported by this award mechanism are expected to be hypothesis-driven and generate preliminary data for future avenues of therapeutic investigation. Projects that focus primarily on pathophysiology of ALS without development of a therapy are outside the scope of this funding opportunity.Applications may demonstrate the ability to achieve interpretable results in the absence of preliminary data supporting the hypothesis. While the inclusion of preliminary data is not prohibited, the strength of the application should rely on the approach.The key elements of this award mechanism are:Innovation: Research deemed innovative may introduce a new paradigm, challenge current paradigms, introduce novel concepts or technologies, or exhibit other uniquely creative qualities that may lead to potential therapeutics for ALS.Impact: The FY24 TIA can be for a specific ALS subtype and does not have to broadly apply to all patients. Research should be non-incremental and pioneer transformative results that could lay the foundation for a new direction in the field of ALS therapy development. Incremental research does not meet the intent of this funding opportunity.Strong Scientific Rationale: Projects that address in the intent of the mechanism should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale that holds translational potential to improve ALS treatment and/or advance a novel treatment modality.Biomarkers: Applicants are required to include consideration to biomarker(s) development in parallel with their proposed Therapeutic Idea Award research for eventual clinical trials. Efforts should be mechanism-specific and may include development of target engagement biomarkers, objective pharmacodynamic biomarkers to measure the biological effect of an investigational therapeutic, or predictive/cohort-selective biomarkers that indicate whether a specific therapy will be effective in an individual patient or patient subgroup, including pre-symptomatic gene carriers. Development of markers for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis, or measurement of disease progression apart from consideration of the therapeutic development process will not be supported and instead investigators should consider the Clinical Outcomes and Biomarkers Award (HT942524ALSRPCOBA).

Through this Addendum to the Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS) APS No: APS-OAA-21-00001 (the GDA APS), the U.S. Agency for International Developments Mission in Mali is making a special call for the submission of Concept Papers focused on catalyzing private sector investment for Malis economic recovery through inclusive and sustainable development. The specific objectives of this Addendum are to: Foster inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led growth Catalyze agricultural investments that strengthen resilience among people and systems Improve productivity of agricultural market systems to promote a well-nourished population, especially among women and children Expand job opportunities and job skills training among priority populations in targeted geographies. (NB: this objective must be paired with at least one of the three above). Subject to funding availability, USAID/Mali may allocate up to USD $3,000,000 to fund two or more GDAs with the private sector. Funding for individual applications is anticipated to be in the range of USD $250,000 to $1,500,000 to be provided over a period of 2-5 years, depending on the approach of each individual application. The resulting GDAs will complement the Mali Country plan under the U.S. Governments Global Food Security Strategy, also known as Feed The Future (FTF). If applicants prefer to read the Mali Country Plan in French, please find it here. Priority will be placed on supporting the most promising and effective GDAs, as described in Section III Evaluation Criteria of this Addendum. Effective GDAs are partnerships that result in the sustainable and ongoing generation of valuable and enduring results over time and well beyond the duration of the GDA. Unless otherwise stated herein, all terms and conditions of the GDA APS No: APS-OAA-21-00001 apply.

This funding opportunity supports ongoing training programs for organizations already involved in a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Corrections, focusing on staffing analysis in correctional facilities.

This funding provides financial support to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to enhance juvenile justice programs in response to compliance improvements related to the treatment of status offenders.