Behavioral Interventions Scholars
Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OPRE
Assistance Listings
- 93.647 -- Social Services Research and Demonstration
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
This FOA has been modified since the initial posting. The due date for optional letters of intent identified in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times has been modified from May 1, 2020 to May 29, 2020. The due date for applications identified in Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times has been modified from June 1, 2020 to June 29, 2020.
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to 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. Applicants will be required to demonstrate how their research is grounded in behavioral economics/behavioral science and the applicability of their research to practice or policy serving low-income children, adults, and families, especially those that seek to improve their well-being. Specific topics of interest are delineated in the full funding opportunity announcement. For information about OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about related work ongoing within OPRE, please go to https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency-bias-research-portfolio.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Government
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- County governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- State governments
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Business
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
Additional information
Under section 1110(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, eligibility is open to “...States and public and other organizations and agencies for paying part of the cost of research or demonstration projects such as those...which will help improve the administration and effectiveness of programs carried on or assisted under the Social Security Act and programs related thereto...”
Applicants will be required to submit a letter of support from the graduate student's mentor, acting as the project's Principal Investigator, that approves the application and provides a description of how the mentor will regularly monitor the student's work. Applications that do not include this letter will be disqualified from review and funding. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
ACF Applications Help Desk
app_support@acf.hhs.gov
ACF Applications Help Desk
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Archived: July 29, 2020
Award
$100,000
Program Funding
4
Expected awards
$20,000
Award Minimum
$25,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2020-ACF-OPRE-PD-1824
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
March 17, 2020
Archive date:
July 29, 2020
