What is this grant opportunity?

This is a federal funding opportunity titled "FY 2018 Community Conversations", offered by Corporation for National and Community Service. It is associated with CFDA program 94.026. "The Corporation for National and Community Service has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of up to $500,000 for the 2018 Community Conversations Research competition. The broad focus of ...

Is this opportunity still open?

No, this opportunity is closed. It closed on April 10, 2018. Check the parent program page for future funding cycles.

How much funding is available?

The award range for this opportunity is Up to $100,000. Total estimated funding: $500,000. Expected number of awards: 5.

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Closed · CNCS-03-08-18 · CFDA 94.026 · Discretionary

FY 2018 Community Conversations

Federal grant opportunity posted by Corporation for National and Community Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $100K
Award range: Closed
Status: April 10, 2018
Close date: 5
Expected awards

Compiled by PlainGrants · August 10, 2026

The verdict

FY 2018 Community Conversations is a closed discretionary listing from Corporation for National and Community Service that offered Up to $100,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 102 other opportunities from Corporation for National and Community Service.

up to $100K
award range: Closed
application status: 5
expected awards: 94.026
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2018 Community Conversations is closed (last close April 10, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Corporation for National and Community Service still indexes 102 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 April 10, 2018

Posted Mar 9 Closes Apr 10

Est. Total Funding

$500,000

Expected Awards

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

"The Corporation for National and Community Service has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of up to $500,000 for the 2018 Community Conversations Research competition. The broad focus of the competition is to engage communities in conversations about their civic health using participatory research approaches to facilitate civic engagement and strengthen community capacity to address local issues, both of which are central to CNCS’s mission.This research competition will award funds to institutions of higher education to support academics and applied researchers who work with and in local communities to use a participatory research approach. CNCS seeks to support participatory research in three types of communities, with equal priority: communities that are already working collaboratively to tackle a locally identified issue; communities that have experienced a disaster; and communities in social crisis. The deadline for applications will be on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Successful applicants will receive awards of between $50,000 and $100,000 per year for up to 2 years. "

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for FY 2018 Community Conversations (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Community Development · Disaster Prevention and Relief · Education · Employment, Labor and Training · Environment · Food and Nutrition · Health · Other (CD;DPR;ED;ELT;ENV;FN;HL;O). Only 2 other Corporation for National and Community Service listings share this exact eligibility-code string (2% of 103).

Code 06: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 20: Private institutions of higher education

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.

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Agency Contact

NationalServiceResearch@cns.gov

What to do next

FY 2018 Community Conversations is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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