Closed · HHS-2017-ACF-OPRE-YE-1208 · CFDA 93.575 · Discretionary
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OPRE, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $20K-$25K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 9, 2019
- Close date
- 6
- Expected awards
The verdict
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OPRE that offered $20,000 -- $25,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 89 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - OPRE.
- $20K-$25K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 6
- expected awards
- 93.575
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: C… is closed (last close May 9, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 93.575 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Administration for Children and Families - OPRE still indexes 89 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 9, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$150,000
Expected Awards
6
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is soliciting applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. For further information about prior awards made to Child Care Research Scholars, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/child-care-research-scholars. For further information about OPRE, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre. For information about the Office of Child Care (OCC) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/about/what-we-do. Child Care Research Scholars projects address issues of significance related to CCDF, inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved / understudied populations, and utilize the most rigorous research methodology for the selected research question. Applicants must consult with a CCDF administrator in the development of the proposal. For CCDF State agency contact information and links to State CCDF administration web sites, please visit https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/resource/ccdf-grantee-state-and-territory-contacts. Funding is dependent on availability of funds and government interest.
Wide-open applicant board · 14 Grants.gov doors
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: C… prints 14 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +10 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). 25 other Administration for Children and Families - OPRE listings share this eligibility-code string (28% of 90).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 08
- Public / Indian housing authorities
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- Code 22
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Code 23
- Small businesses
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Child Care and Development Block Grant
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Contact
ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov
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What to do next
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: C… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 93.575 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Child Care and Development Block Grant indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Administration for Children and Families - OPRE lists 89 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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