Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2014 ACF ACYF CA 0803
Apply for HHS 2014 ACF ACYF CA 0803
- The Administration for Children and Families ACYF/CB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fellowships for University Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Research in Child Maltreatment" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.670 Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 8, 2014 and posted on Apr 8, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 9, 2014 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $800,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility is limited to ACCREDITED public, state controlled, and private institutions of higher education acting on behalf of the faculty mentor and doctoral level graduate students. Additionally, research foundations that are affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning are eligible. Eligible U.S. institutions may apply on behalf of their own university faculty who will serve as a mentor and Principal Investigator for an international non U.S. citizen who is an advanced graduate student enrolled in their program. To be eligible to administer the grant on behalf of the student, the institution must be fully accredited by one of the regional accrediting commissions recognized by the Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ACCREDITATION with their application (e.g., letter from the Higher Learning Commission or the Office of Post Secondary Education ID (OPE ID) number, which can be found at http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx.). Research institutions must submit this information for the institution of higher learning to which they are affiliated. Justification for limiting the competition to accredited public, private, and state controlled universities and institutions of higher education and to faculty mentors with aforementioned academic credentials is based on the rationale that accredited universities and institutions of higher education provide the infrastructure to support doctoral level student researchers. Applications from individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship for profit organizations are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Fellowships for University Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Research in Child Maltreatment (Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CA-0803) is a discretionary grant program from the Administration for Children and Families, specifically the Childrenrsquos Bureau (ACYF/CB), intended to strengthen university-based research capacity in child abuse and neglect. The program is structured as a 24-month fellowship designed to build a pipeline of researchers who can generate new knowledge on child maltreatment and who are likely to continue into long-term careers focused on child abuse and neglect research, evaluation, prevention, and treatment. Rather than funding individuals directly, the program funds institutions in order to support both emerging scholars and the faculty mentorship and infrastructure that helps sustain a productive research environment.
A central feature of the program is the "block" fellowship model. Applicants propose fellowship blocks that must include one faculty member who serves as mentor and Principal Investigator, along with up to two doctoral-level graduate students. The intent is to pair hands-on faculty leadership with doctoral training so that students develop strong research skills and a clear professional trajectory in child maltreatment scholarship, while faculty advance research on priority issues and provide structured mentorship. By funding these blocks through universities, the Childrenrsquos Bureau aims to cultivate durable academic infrastructure, not just discrete projects, and to expand the number of institutions able to conduct high-quality child maltreatment research and evaluation.
The research priorities emphasize rigorous designs and policy-relevant questions that can improve outcomes for children and families involved with, or at risk of entering, the child welfare system. Funded proposals are expected to use multi-method research designs and may focus on economic evaluations of interventions, including analyses of costs and benefits or cost-effectiveness in relation to child and family outcomes. The FOA also highlights studies examining the relationship between neglect and poverty, reflecting interest in the structural and economic drivers that may contribute to maltreatment risk and system involvement. Another priority area is research on resiliency and protective factors for children experiencing, or at risk of, child maltreatment, which can inform prevention strategies and targeted supports. In addition, the program explicitly encourages secondary research using existing datasets, signaling that strong analytic work leveraging prior data collections is viewed as valuable and fundable when it addresses the stated priorities.
The target trainee population is doctoral candidates who are deeply focused on child maltreatment topics, particularly in disciplines that commonly contribute to child welfare research and practice: social work, social sciences, public health, medicine, and economics. The inclusion of economics aligns with the FOArsquos interest in economic evaluation, while the breadth of fields reflects the multidisciplinary nature of child maltreatment research. The expectation is that funded doctoral candidates will be actively developing into independent scholars, and that faculty mentors will provide substantive guidance in research design, ethics, measurement, analysis, dissemination, and career development within child abuse and neglect research and evaluation.
Eligibility is limited to accredited U.S. public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education applying on behalf of their faculty mentor and doctoral students. Research foundations affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning are also eligible, but they must provide accreditation information for the institution they are affiliated with. A key compliance requirement is proof of accreditation from a recognized regional accrediting commission, and the application must include that documentation (for example, a letter from a recognized accreditor or an OPE ID number). While the grants are administered by U.S. institutions, the FOA allows an eligible U.S. institution to apply on behalf of a faculty mentor who will serve as PI and an advanced graduate student in their program who is an international non-U.S. citizen, as long as the student is enrolled in that U.S. program. Individuals, foreign entities, and for-profit sole proprietorships are explicitly not eligible and will be disqualified.
From a funding standpoint, the announcement anticipated making about 8 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $800,000. Individual awards were expected to range from $50,000 to $100,000, and there was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The program falls under CFDA 93.670 (Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities) and is categorized within the broader activity area of Income Security and Social Services. For this particular posting cycle, the FOA was posted April 8, 2014, with an application deadline of June 9, 2014 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for electronic submissions, and it was archived July 9, 2014.
For applicants needing assistance accessing the full announcement or dealing with submission issues, the provided support contact was the ACF Applications Help Desk (appsupport@acf.hhs.gov). The additional information link referenced the ACF grants portal entry for the FOA.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity?
The Fellowships for University Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Research in Child Maltreatment is a discretionary grant program from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Childrenrsquos Bureau (ACYF/CB). Its purpose is to strengthen university-based research capacity focused on child abuse and neglect.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is HHS-2014-ACF-ACYF-CA-0803.
What is the overall goal of the program?
The program is designed to build a pipeline of researchers who generate new knowledge on child maltreatment and are likely to continue into long-term careers in child abuse and neglect research, evaluation, prevention, and treatment. It emphasizes building durable academic infrastructure through universities rather than funding isolated, one-off projects.
How long is the fellowship period?
The program is structured as a 24-month fellowship.
Who is funded: individuals or institutions?
The program does not fund individuals directly. It funds eligible institutions so they can support emerging scholars, faculty mentorship, and the research infrastructure needed to sustain a productive child maltreatment research environment.
What is the "block" fellowship model?
Applicants propose fellowship "blocks" that include one faculty member who serves as mentor and Principal Investigator (PI), plus up to two doctoral-level graduate students. The model is meant to pair hands-on faculty leadership with doctoral training within the same supported unit of work.
How many doctoral students can be included in a fellowship block?
Each proposed block must include up to two doctoral-level graduate students.
What role does the faculty member play in the block?
The faculty member serves as the mentor and Principal Investigator (PI). The expectation is that the faculty mentor provides substantive guidance across research design, ethics, measurement, analysis, dissemination, and career development within child abuse and neglect research and evaluation.
What kinds of research approaches are encouraged?
Funded proposals are expected to use rigorous designs and policy-relevant questions. The FOA emphasizes multi-method research designs and welcomes work that can improve outcomes for children and families involved with, or at risk of entering, the child welfare system.
What research priority areas are highlighted in the FOA?
The FOA highlights several priority areas, including: economic evaluations of interventions (such as cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analyses tied to child and family outcomes), studies on the relationship between neglect and poverty, and research on resiliency and protective factors for children experiencing or at risk of child maltreatment.
Are secondary data analyses allowed?
Yes. The FOA explicitly encourages secondary research using existing datasets, indicating that strong analytic work using prior data collections is considered valuable and fundable when it addresses the stated priorities.
Which doctoral candidates are the intended trainees?
The target trainee population is doctoral candidates who are deeply focused on child maltreatment topics, particularly in disciplines commonly contributing to child welfare research and practice: social work, social sciences, public health, medicine, and economics.
Why is economics specifically mentioned as a relevant discipline?
Economics aligns with the FOArsquos emphasis on economic evaluations of interventions, including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses related to child and family outcomes.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to accredited U.S. public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education applying on behalf of their faculty mentor and doctoral students. Research foundations affiliated with an accredited institution of higher learning are also eligible (with required accreditation information for the affiliated institution).
Are individuals eligible to apply directly?
No. Individuals are explicitly not eligible and will be disqualified.
Are foreign entities eligible?
No. Foreign entities are explicitly not eligible and will be disqualified.
Are for-profit sole proprietorships eligible?
No. For-profit sole proprietorships are explicitly not eligible and will be disqualified.
Can an eligible U.S. institution apply on behalf of an international (non-U.S. citizen) doctoral student?
Yes. The FOA allows an eligible U.S. institution to apply on behalf of a faculty mentor (as PI) and an advanced graduate student who is an international non-U.S. citizen, as long as the student is enrolled in that U.S. program.
What accreditation documentation is required?
A key compliance requirement is proof of accreditation from a recognized regional accrediting commission. The application must include documentation such as a letter from a recognized accreditor or an OPE ID number.
How many awards were anticipated?
The announcement anticipated making about 8 awards.
What was the estimated total funding level?
The estimated total funding level was $800,000.
What was the expected award size per grant?
Individual awards were expected to range from $50,000 to $100,000.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What is the CFDA number for this program?
The program falls under CFDA 93.670 (Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary Activities).
What broader activity area is this opportunity categorized under?
It is categorized within the broader activity area of Income Security and Social Services.
When was the FOA posted?
The FOA was posted on April 8, 2014.
What was the application deadline?
The application deadline was June 9, 2014 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for electronic submissions.
Is this opportunity still open?
No. For this posting cycle, the FOA was archived on July 9, 2014.
Who should applicants contact for help with the application or submission issues?
Applicants needing assistance accessing the full announcement or dealing with submission issues were directed to the ACF Applications Help Desk at appsupport@acf.hhs.gov.
Where was the additional information link pointing?
The additional information link referenced the ACF grants portal entry for the FOA.
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