Behavioral Interventions Scholars

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-PD-1824
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$20,000 to $25,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Income Security and Social Services
Eligible applicants
  • Public or Indian Housing Auth.
  • County Governments
  • Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • For Profit Organizations
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • State Governments
  • City/Township Governments
  • Special District Governments
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • Small Businesses
  • Independent School Districts
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

Synopsis

2 versions

Update #2 · Latest ·

This FOA is modified. See the Executive Summary section in the modified FOA for details. - This FOA has been modified since the initial posting. The due date for optional letters of intent identified in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times has been modified from May 1, 2020 to May 29, 2020. The due date for applications identified in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times has been modified from June 1, 2020 to June 29, 2020. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to apply a behavioral science or behavioral economics lens to issues facing poor and vulnerable families in the United States, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how their research is grounded in behavioral economics/behavioral science and the applicability of their research to practice or policy serving low-income children, adults, and families, especially those that seek to improve their well-being. Specific topics of interest are delineated in the full funding opportunity announcement. For information about OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about related work ongoing within OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency-bias-research-portfolio.

Update #1 ·

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to apply a behavioral science or behavioral economics lens to issues facing poor and vulnerable families in the United States, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how their research is grounded in behavioral economics/behavioral science and the applicability of their research to practice or policy serving low-income children, adults, and families, especially those that seek to improve their well-being. Specific topics of interest may be delineated in the full funding opportunity announcement. For information about OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about related work ongoing within OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency-bias-research-portfolio.

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