March 3, 2025

Funding Opportunities

If you're considering applying for grants, whether it's research, community-focused, technology-related, or something else, below you will find Funding Opportunity information to help guide you.

NIH

RFA-DK-26-009 - New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

PAR-25-342 - Interventions on Health and Healthcare Disparities on Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trial Required)

PAR-25-312 - Time-Sensitive Evaluation of Policies Affecting Health Behaviors and Chronic Disease Risk (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

RFA-AT-25-002 - Limited Competition: Advancing the Science of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes (R01 Clinical Trial Required)

PA-25-249 - NIAID, NIDDK, NIDA, and NIAAA Research Opportunities for New and "At-Risk" Investigators (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

This NOFO seeks to support either (a) a New Investigator (NI), who has not previously competed successfully for substantial, independent funding from NIH, or (b) an 'At-Risk' investigator, who had prior support as a PD/PI on a substantial independent research award and unless successful in securing a substantial research grant award in the current fiscal year, will have no substantial research grant funding in the following fiscal year.

PAR-25-283 - Innovative Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R01 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

Cal Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant

The CalVIP Grant is available to community-based organizations, city and county agencies, and tribal governments who are working on initiatives to provide violence intervention services to communities disproportionately impacted by gun violence. BSCC plans to award approximately $103 million in funding for this grant cycle.

  • Grant period: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2028
  • Application deadline: August 18, 2025
  • Virtual grant information session: March 11, 2025, 9–11 AM (Information available here).

More information, including the list of eligible communities and application materials, is available here. Note that new legislative changes to this program eliminate previous grant matching requirements and other administrative barriers identified by grantees.

Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) Grant

The Byrne SCIP Grant is open to city and county agencies to fund programs focused on gun violence prevention, crisis intervention, and firearm relinquishment. BSCC has allocated approximately $11 million for this grant cycle.

Eligible activities include:

  • Enhancing court protection and firearm access restriction processes
  • Connecting at-risk individuals with mental health or community services
  • Supporting law enforcement efforts related to firearm relinquishment and crisis intervention
  • Grant period: August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2027
  • Application deadline: April 7, 2025

More information, including the application process, is available here.

HRSA

HRSA-25-044 - Telehealth Rapid Response Center

American Heart Association

Pilot Grants to Explore the Use of the American Heart Association Protein Binding Atlas to Discover Novel Protein Interactions

to solicit applications for innovative pilot projects aimed at predicting and understanding protein-protein and protein-small molecule interactions involved in key biological processes associated with cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases, including obesity.

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