May 2019 Federal Funding Opportunities

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This month’s FFO highlights two Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) funding opportunities. The Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants 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. Completed applications are due by July 2, 2019. The Family Strengthening Research Scholars grants support dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students.