Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2021 ACF OPRE PD 1917
The Behavioral Interventions Scholars grant opportunity is a discretionary funding program run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through its Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE). Its main purpose is to fund dissertation research conducted by advanced graduate students whose work uses behavioral science or behavioral economics approaches to answer practical research questions tied directly to social services programs and policies. In other words, the program is designed for doctoral students who are at the dissertation stage and who are applying behavioral insights (how people actually make decisions, follow through on plans, respond to program rules, forms, reminders, incentives, defaults, complexity, and so on) to topics that matter for public programs serving families with low incomes and other vulnerable populations.
A central goal of the program is field-building. OPRE is not only looking to support individual dissertation projects, but also to expand the capacity of the broader research and policy community to use behavioral frameworks in social service settings. The opportunity explicitly aims to strengthen the pipeline of scholars who can bring a behavioral lens to real-world issues affecting poor and vulnerable families in the United States. Alongside that, the program places emphasis on mentorship, encouraging strong working relationships between faculty mentors and high-quality doctoral students so that the student receives guidance while producing research that is both rigorous and relevant to practice.
To be competitive, applicants are expected to make two things very clear. First, the dissertation research must be genuinely grounded in behavioral economics or behavioral science, not just loosely related. That typically means the project should be built around behavioral concepts and mechanisms (for example, limited attention, present bias, scarcity and cognitive bandwidth, hassle factors, framing effects, social norms, loss aversion, choice architecture, defaults, and simplification), and should use methods appropriate for testing or applying those ideas (which could include experiments, quasi-experimental designs, mixed-methods work, or implementation-focused evaluations, depending on what the project is trying to learn). Second, applicants must show how their work connects to policy or practice in programs serving low-income children, adults, and families, with a particular emphasis on research that could plausibly inform improvements in well-being. OPRE also notes that specific priority topics may be spelled out in the full funding opportunity announcement, meaning applicants should be prepared to align their dissertation question with any topical areas OPRE highlights for that funding cycle.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a grant (not a contract) under the funding activity area of Income Security and Social Services, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.647. The opportunity number is HHS-2021-ACF-OPRE-PD-1917. The posted award ceiling is $25,000 per award, and OPRE anticipated making around four awards. The original application deadline listed was June 1, 2021, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. While that deadline is historical for this posting, the structure and intent described here reflect what OPRE was seeking for that solicitation.
Eligibility is broad at the organizational level, which is common for federal research grants even when the practical target is student dissertation work. Eligible applicants include public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations (including small businesses), and a wide range of government entities such as state, county, and local governments, independent school districts, special district governments, public housing authorities, and federally recognized tribal governments as well as other tribal organizations. In practice, dissertation-focused submissions are often routed through a university or research organization that can serve as the applicant organization and manage the grant, with the doctoral student’s dissertation work as the core project under faculty supervision.
OPRE also situates this opportunity within its broader behavioral research efforts, pointing applicants to OPRE’s website and to the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) research portfolio as related work. That connection signals the kind of applied behavioral research OPRE values: studies that do not just describe problems, but test actionable ways to improve program design, engagement, take-up, follow-through, and outcomes for people navigating social services.Apply for HHS 2021 ACF OPRE PD 1917
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - OPRE in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Behavioral Interventions Scholars" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.647.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 30, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 01, 2021 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.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.
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