FY 2018 Community Conversations

Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service

94.026 -- National Service and Civic Engagement Research Competition

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

"The Corporation for National and Community Service has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of up to $500,000 for the 2018 Community Conversations Research competition. The broad focus of the competition is to engage communities in conversations about their civic health using participatory research approaches to facilitate civic engagement and strengthen community capacity to address local issues, both of which are central to CNCS’s mission.This research competition will award funds to institutions of higher education to support academics and applied researchers who work with and in...

local communities to use a participatory research approach. CNCS seeks to support participatory research in three types of communities, with equal priority: communities that are already working collaboratively to tackle a locally identified issue; communities that have experienced a disaster; and communities in social crisis. The deadline for applications will be on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Successful applicants will receive awards of between $50,000 and $100,000 per year for up to 2 years. "

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Education

Private institutions of higher education
Public and state institutions of higher education

Additional information

Grantor contact information

Description

NationalServiceResearch@cns.gov

Email

NationalServiceResearch@cns.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

Full competition information and resources

Archived: May 10, 2018

Application process

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Award

$500,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$100,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

CNCS-03-08-18

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Community development

Employment labor and training

Food and nutrition

Education

Disaster prevention and relief

Health

Other

Environment

Category Explanation:

Civic engagement, volunteering, national service

History

Version:

Posted date:

March 9, 2018

Archive date:

May 10, 2018