Funding Opportunities

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD)

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, intends to promote a new initiative by publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications from current awardees and new applicants to continue the previously funded "Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" (CIFASD). The CIFASD is a multidisciplinary consortium of clinical, basic, and translational research projects established to address the prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), the diagnosis of the full range of birth defects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure, and ameliorative interventions for affected individuals.

HHS announces Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program funding opportunity

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced up to $99 million in competitive funding under the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. Funding for the MIECHV program is provided by the Affordable Care Act.

This competitive grant funding, in addition to the formula-based funding, will be awarded to eligible states and jurisdictions to support effective implementation of home visiting programs. Successful applicants will receive grants to expand services, as well as promote innovation and infrastructure development within their comprehensive, early childhood state systems.