Deadline: 06-Dec-21
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is offering grants for Reducing the Burden of Disaster-Related Mental Health to prioritize the needs and challenges of at-risk communities who are disproportionately impacted by disasters.
This funding opportunity will support efforts that reduce the burden of disaster-related mental health (DRMH) with a focus on the mental health consequences of acute disasters. Specifically, the outcomes of this opportunity will fill knowledge gaps on culturally appropriate interventions that address (e.g., treat, reduce, prevent) adverse DRMH for at-risk communities that are disproportionately affected by acute disasters.
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research that:
- adapts and implements existing evidenced-based interventions (EBIs) that address adverse DRMH for subgroups of the population who:
- are an at-risk community,
- have a history of being disproportionately affected by acute disasters, and
- are located in the GRP’s geographic focus area; and
- explore, examine, or evaluate the implementation of these adapted EBIs for cultural appropriateness.
Funding Information
- Total Amount Available: Up to $4 million
- Award per grantee: Up to $1 million
- Period of Performance: Up to 36 months
- Estimated Number of Awards: 4
Eligibility Criteria
- The GRP is accepting proposals from U.S. academic institutions or nonprofit organizations. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- The GRP requires applicants to adhere to the following:
- This funding opportunity is for new, distinct activities only. Proposed activities that augment a broader, existing effort or project may be eligible if the proposal clearly demonstrates that the funding request is for new, distinct activities that would not otherwise occur.
- Proposed activities currently under consideration for funding from other sources are not eligible.
- Proposed activities involving advocacy or lobbying are not eligible.
- All applicants must have a valid U.S. federal tax ID number.
- Nonprofit applicants must have a 501(c)(3) status.
- U.S. federal agencies are not eligible to receive GRP funding as applicants or sub-awardees, although their employees may be non-funded collaborators.
- Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and University Affiliated Research centers (UCARCs) can be named as sub-awardees, however, they must have the authority to obtain funding for work outside of their federal sponsor contact and not be proposing to do work they are otherwise doing under their federal sponsor contract.
- BP Exploration and Production, Inc. (BP), Transocean Deepwater, Inc. (Transocean), their affiliates, and employees are not eligible to receive grant funding or to participate in any grant.
- The GRP requires the project director and key personnel in an application to adhere to the following:
- An individual may be named as Project Director in only one application.
- An individual, including a Project Director, may be named as Key Personnel in any number of other applications.
- If an individual appears on multiple proposals, a clear description should be included to explain how the proposed work is complementary and not duplicative of other proposed efforts and how the participant will budget his or her time.
- Should an individual appear on two or more proposals as Project Director, ALL proposals listing that individual as Project Director will be disqualified and eliminated from the review process.
For more information, visit https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/funding-opportunity-reducing-the-burden-of-disaster-related-mental-health