Bridging the Word Gap Research Network

Post Date

April 30th 2014

Application Due Date

July 7th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-14-131

CFDA Number(s)

93.110

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=4d90dead-0a05-46ac-a651-fc96d2bbf664

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3(b), only public or nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health care needs are eligible.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $300000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $300000

Grant Description

This announcement solicits applications for the Bridging the Word Gap Research Network. Support for this cooperative agreement is available from the Division of Research, Office of Epidemiology and Research (OER), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).Ф Please read the entire funding opportunity announcement carefully before completing and submitting an application.Ф Ф The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support the creation of an interdisciplinary research network designed to reduce the кword gap,к the gap in exposure to language among children from low-income families, as compared to children from higher-income families. ФThe research network will foster scientific collaboration, with a focus on research designed to develop and test interventions to improve early language exposure, vocabulary acquisition, and language development for children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. ФThe Network should include researchers across a range of disciplines reflecting attention to the health and development of the child and family.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Grants Application Center, 910 Clopper Road, Suite 155 South, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878
  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772 or email CallCenter@HRSA.GOV

• Agency Email Address:

  CallCenter@HRSA.GOV