Closed · HHS-2019-ACF-OPRE-PR-1563 · CFDA 93.086 · Discretionary

Family Strengthening Scholars

Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - OPRE, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$10K-$25K
Award range
Closed
Status
July 8, 2019
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

Family Strengthening Scholars is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - OPRE that offered $10,000 -- $25,000 across 3 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.

$10K-$25K
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
93.086
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Family Strengthening Scholars is closed (last close July 8, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 July 8, 2019

Posted May 9 Closes Jul 8

Est. Total Funding

$75,000

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), will solicit applications for Family Strengthening Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. These grants are intended to address issues of significance to inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved/understudied populations (e.g., low-income families, minority populations), utilize rigorous research methodology (including primary data collection and/or secondary data analysis), and help inform the development of future intervention research. For further information about OPRE, see http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/. For information about previous Family Strengthening grantees, see https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/family-strengthening-scholars.

Wide-open applicant board · 14 Grants.gov doors

Family Strengthening Scholars 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.

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Agency Contact

ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov

What to do next

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