TO: Faculty and Staff
FROM: The Research Office and the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs
SUBJECT: Funding Opportunities 9 May 2016
All applications developed in response to a funding announcement are to be routed through the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP) for university approval before being released to the external agency. Please inform us of your intent to submit as soon as you know you plan to apply and at least 30 days prior to the due date.
When there is a limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted for a solicitation, to ensure that the university submits the most competitive proposal, an internal review and selection process will be implemented. Please inform us of your intent to submit as soon as you know you plan to apply and at least 6 weeks prior to the due date or you may miss the internal selection deadline.
Please send notifications to sdudley@uncfsu.edu and information will be provided on the submission procedures and timelines.
Dr. Daryush Ila, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Tech Transfer Officer & RSO dila@uncfsu.edu x 2417
Dr. Leslie Evelyn, Director of Sponsored Research and Programs, aevelyn@uncfsu.edu x 1644
Shenetta Dudley, Pre-Award Administrator sdudley@uncfsu.edu x1570
Carolyn Harris, Post Award Administrator charri35@uncfsu.edu x 2612
Dwane Hodges, Budget Officer dhodges1@uncfsu.edu x 1645
Carla Raineri Padilla, Compliance & Export Control Officer, cpadilla@uncfsu.edu x 1569
Our Town Grant- National Endowment for the Arts
2016NEA014OT
Synopsis:
Organizations may apply for creative placemaking projects that contribute to the livability of communities and place the arts at their core.
Our Town offers support for projects in two areas:
Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects that represent the distinct character and quality of their communities. These projects require a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government entity, with one of the partners being a cultural organization. Matching grants range from $25,000 to $200,000.
Projects that Build Knowledge About Creative Placemaking. These projects are available to arts and design service organizations, and industry, policy, or university organizations that provide technical assistance to those doing place-based work. Matching grants range from $25,000 to $100,000.
Eligible Institutions: Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Closing Date: 12 Sept. 2016
Program Funding: discretionary
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: $25,000
Instrument Type: Grant
Cost Sharing/Matching: YES
Link to the Solicitation:
https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/our-town/introduction
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Strengthening Law Enforcement’s Partnerships with Women’s Justice Centers
INL-16CA0036-WHIPMEXICO-05062016
Synopsis:
This project is intended for professionals in the criminal justice field, including judges, prosecutors, and police managers working on women’s access to justice, including personnel assigned to the various Women’s Justice Centers throughout Mexico. This Cooperative Agreement is intended to assist decision makers in the Mexican Criminal Justice and Social Services Sector to observe best practices in providing comprehensive criminal justice support to victims of gender based violence. The objective is to provide the GOM with additional tools to protect women and children from violence in Mexico. INL will identify and work with the Mexican National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women (Conavim) to send a letter to include the official invitation to the State Police and Women Justice Centers.
Eligible Institutions: Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Closing Date: 6 July 2016
Program Funding: $250,000
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Award Floor: $100,000
Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing/Matching: NO
Agency: Department of State
The Price of Justice: Rethinking the Consequences of Justice Fines and Fees
BJA-2016-9144
Synopsis:
Those who commit crimes should be accountable to victims and their communities. The role of the justice system is to determine a fair and impartial resolution on behalf of society. However, legal financial obligations resulting from criminal justice involvement including fines, fees, and costs may undermine these very goals. The current landscape of legal financial obligations has come under heightened scrutiny in recent months and years, particularly in light of the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation of the Ferguson Police Department. These findings and other sources report justice agencies focused on maximizing revenue, rather than public safety and rehabilitation; people being incarcerated for failing to pay despite inability to do so; and racial and ethnic disparity in the impacts of criminal justice debt. Currently, little is known about the extent to which government agencies rely on fines and fees, whether it is cost beneficial to fund efforts to collect fines and fees; and the extent and effects of fines and fees on justice-involved individuals. This program will make available site-based grants and technical assistance available for state and local government agencies to implement innovative approaches to addressing the common barriers to equitable systems of legal financial obligations.
Eligible Institutions: Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Closing Date: 12 May 2016
Program Funding: $2,500,000
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Award Floor: none listed
Instrument Type: Grant
Cost Sharing/Matching: NO
Link to Solicitation:
https://www.bja.gov/funding/JRIpriceofjustice.pdf
Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Partnership on Women’TMs Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER)
OES-OCC-16-005
Synopsis:
This is a solicitation for applications for projects to expand the and deepen the the Partnership on Womens Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER). wPOWER seeks to empower women clean energy entrepreneurs and expand clean energy access for poor and rural communities. Working at the grassroots level in East Africa, Nigeria, and India, wPOWER promotes entrepreneurship of small-scale clean technologies such as solar products and clean cookstoves to drive green growth and directly integrate women into the energy access value chain. This NOFO will focus on expanding activities under these wPOWER program goals by empowering and supporting women clean energy entrepreneurs, conducting research to advance women clean energy entrepreneurship, addressing financial barriers, and growing the wPOWER Partnership.
Eligible Institutions: Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Closing Date: 10 June 2016
Program Funding: discretionary
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Award Floor: none listed
Instrument Type: Grant
Cost Sharing/Matching: NO
Link to Solicitation:
https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=56101
Agency: Ocean and International Environmental Scientific