February 2022 U.S. Federal Funding Opportunities

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U.S. Federal Funding Opportunities (FFO) is a monthly resource that summarizes awards, grants, and fellowship opportunities issued by the U.S. government related to research, evaluation and dissemination. These funding opportunities are relevant to the field of child development and, more broadly, behavioral and social science research.
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The February 2022 FFO lists over 100 funding opportunities for research, evaluation, and dissemination, including multiple highlighted funding opportunities.

(1) Grant to Analyze National Incidence of Child Maltreatment in the U.S.: An Administration for Children and Families (ACF) funding opportunity to support researchers conducting secondary analyses of data to inform the ongoing and accurate national surveillance of child abuse and neglect. Applications are due by April 4, 2022. 

(2) Grant to Evaluate Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Youth Violence: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding opportunity to expand the evidence base for the prevention of community violence involving youth ages 10-34 years through funding National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (Youth Violence Prevention Centers or YVPCs). Applications are due by April 18, 2022. 

(3) Grant to Evaluate the Health Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Food and Housing Policies and Programs: A National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunity to identify and evaluate the ongoing and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing specifically on governmental (local, state, tribal, federal) policy and programmatic actions that address two specific social determinants of health: food/nutrition security and housing security. Applications are due by April 7, 2022.

(4) Grant to Conduct Pressing COVID-19 Mental Health Research: A National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funding opportunity to address urgent, time-sensitive mental health research questions related to COVID-19, including broader secondary impacts of the pandemic as well as research on the intersection of mental health, COVID-19, and HIV. Applications are due by April 25, 2022.