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 behavioral science approaches to examine specific
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research questions of relevance to social service programs and policies.
These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to apply a behavioral 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 are required to demonstrate 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 will be 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 http://go.usa.gov/xke9g.