Higher Education Programs (HEP): Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) Purpose: The Strengthening Institutions Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help them become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen the institution’s academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $550,000 Projected Number of Awards: 38 Deadline: Tuesday,July 13, 2021
Racial Equity in STEM Education Purpose: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support bold, ground-breaking, and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM. Proposals should advance racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research (both fundamental and applied) and practice. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Unrestricted Amount: Ranges $250,000 to $5,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 45 Deadline: Tuesday,July 13, 2021
New! Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Purpose: The Proprietary Institution Grant Funds for Students program may only be used to provide emergency financial aid grants to students (including students exclusively enrolled in distance education), which may be used for any component of the student’s cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due to coronavirus, such as tuition, food, housing, health care (including mental health care), or childcare. Funder: U.S. Department of Education Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Total funding available $396 million Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Wednesday,August 11, 20221
New! GERMINATION: Germination of Research Questions for Addressing Critical Societal Challenges Purpose: To foster the development of pedagogical frameworks, platforms and/or environments to enable participants to formulate research questions and ideas with potentially transformative outcomes. The extraordinary response of the STEM research community to the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplified by the record-breaking speed of novel vaccine development, highlights the outstanding capabilities at all levels of the research enterprise. The GERMINATION program seeks to harness the immense capacities of academic researchers to similarly address other critical global challenges through supporting the development of new pedagogical approaches that train researchers to formulate and develop key research questions. Funder: National Science Foundation Applicant: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher educations Amount: Varies Projected Number of Awards: 10 Deadline: Friday, October 29, 2021
Upcoming Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) Grant Purpose: Specialized Secondary Programs (SSP) provides start-up funds for the establishment of new specialized programs in grades 9-12 in California high schools. The programs are expected to develop new standards-based model curriculum that promote an in-depth study of a targeted content area. The Legislature intends for SSP to benefit the state economy by having schools located in close proximity to related industries. Funding is available for planning and implementing new programs. Funder: California Department of Education Applicant: Local education agencies Amount: Up to $100,000 in first phase Projected Number of Awards: Varies Projected Release Date: Friday, July 30, 2021
Health, Social Services, Housing and Transportation
Bullying and Violence In School Advocacy (XB) Program Purpose: To provide advocacy and counseling services to children/teenagers who have been victimized by bullying and/or school violence. VOCA funds must not be used for preventive services. Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Applicant: Businesses, nonprofits, public agencies, and tribal governments Amount: Up to $115,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Wednesday,July 14, 2021
New! National Technical Assistance Center on Kinship and Grandfamilies Purpose: To establish and operate a new National Technical Assistance Center on Kinship and Grandfamilies (NTAC). The project will consist of tasks associated with identifying existing evidence-based, evidence informed, and exemplary practices or programs; developing new evidence-based, evidence informed, and exemplary practices or programs; and supporting the implementation of the evidence-based, evidence-informed, and exemplary practices or programs. Funder: U.S Department of Health and Human Services Applicant: Unrestricted Amount: Range $1,925,000 to $1,990,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Monday, July 26, 2021
New! Unserved/Underserved Child and Youth Advocacy (XY) Program RFP Purpose: To provide advocacy and support services to unserved/underserved child and youth victims of crime. This can be accomplished by maintaining and/or enhancing the existing efforts to commit staff time to specifically address the needs of the identified child and youth victim population, hiring staff that reflects that population, training staff on the cultural norms of the population, and/or increasing outreach efforts. Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Applicant: Non-governmental organizations Amount: Up to $194,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Thursday,August 12, 2021
New! NEA American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations #1 Purpose: The Rescue Plan’s Grants to Organizations program will be carried out through one-time grants to eligible organizations including, but not limited to, nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and a wide range of other organizations that can help advance the goals of this program. Funder: National Endowment for the Arts Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments Amount: Range $50,000 to $150,000 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Thursday, August 12, 2021
New! SNAP Online Purchasing Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers Markets Purpose: The primary goal of the grant is to provide greater participant access to SNAP-authorized FMs and DMFs by providing assistance to FMs and DMFs that wish to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions. The grantee will use resources from this grant to assist FMs and DMFs in becoming SNAP authorized Internet Retailers and supporting the participation of and processing of online transactions by these FMs and DMFs. Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture Applicant: Nonprofit organizations Amount: Up to $4 million Projected Number of Awards: 4 Deadline: Monday, August 23, 2021
New! Sexual Assault Law Enforcement Specialized Units (ST) Program Purpose: To support and enhance specialized units to provide a coordinated response to adolescent (age 11 and older) and adult victims of sexual assault through compassionate investigative interviewing, immediate victim advocacy, training for patrol officers/first responders, and the development/updating of effective protocols and practices. Funder: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Applicant: Public agencies Amount: Up to $189,895 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Wednesday,August 25, 2021
New! Humanities Connections Purpose: To expand the role of the humanities in undergraduate education at two- and four-year institutions. Awards support innovative curricular approaches that foster partnerships among humanities faculty and their counterparts in the social and natural sciences and in pre-service or professional programs (such as business, engineering, health sciences, law, computer science, and other technology-driven fields), in order to encourage and develop new integrative learning opportunities for students. Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Applicant: Institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $150,000 Projected Number of Awards: 21 Deadline: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
New! Investment in Mental Health Wellness Grant Program for Children and Youth (3rd Round) Purpose: To improve access to mental health crisis services in California for children and youth, ages 21 and under by funding a statewide expansion of mobile crisis support teams (MCSTs), crisis stabilization and Children’s Crisis Residential Program beds, and family respite care via grants available to counties. Funder: California State Treasurer’s Office Applicant: Counties and counties applying jointly are eligible applicants. Counties and counties applying jointly may also designate a private nonprofit corporation or public agency to receive grant funding Amount: Total available $23,723,189 Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Wednesday,October 29, 2021
Justice
New! Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – Local Solicitation Purpose: Entities awarded may use funds to hire additional personnel and/or purchase equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following program areas: Law enforcement programs; Prosecution and court programs; Prevention and education programs; Corrections and community corrections programs; Drug treatment and enforcement programs; Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation); and Mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. Funder: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Applicant: Units of local government, Native American tribal governments Amount: Up to $4,095,916 Projected Number of Awards: 1185 Deadline: Monday,July 26, 2021Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program Purpose: To improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a positive school climate. Funder: U.S. Department of Justice Applicant: Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education Amount: Up to $2,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 150 Deadline: Monday, August 02, 2021New! Proud Parenting Grant Program Purpose: To support young parents who are or were involved in the juvenile systems and/or who are considered crossover youth within the child welfare system. Participants must be 25 years old or younger at time of enrollment. This grant program assists participants and their children by supporting approaches that increase parenting knowledge, supports positive parent-child interactions, and improves co-parenting relationships. In addition, the grant helps to provide community linkages and encourages family centered activities to strengthen generational bonding. Funder: California Board of State and Community Corrections Applicant: California county office of education, California county probation department, federally recognized Indian tribe in California, or nonprofit organizations in California Amount: Up to $100,000 per year Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Friday, August 6, 2021
Economic & Workforce Development
New! California Apprenticeship Initiative High Road Training Partnership Grant Purpose: To create new and innovative apprenticeship opportunities in priority and emerging industry sectors or areas in which apprenticeship training is not fully established or does not exist. Funder: California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office Applicant: Community college districts Amount: Up to $125,000 in first phase Projected Number of Awards: Varies Deadline: Monday, August 16, 20221Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs including CARES Act Funding Purpose: Under this NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA program Funder: U.S. Department of Commerce Applicant: Nonprofits, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, city, state and county governments Amount: $100,000 to $30,000,000 Projected Number of Awards: 3,000 Deadline: Rolling Basis
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