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Child Welfare

The child welfare service system: prevention, foster care, permanency, and system reform.

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Research and evaluation grantsFederal grantOffice of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and FamiliesFederal research on child care, child welfare, Head Start, TANF and family self-sufficiency, including the Child Care Research Scholars awards that fund dissertations with a state agency partner.Amount not published · Periodic calls
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and on Improving the Use of Research EvidenceFoundation grantWilliam T. Grant FoundationTwo standing programmes: studies that build knowledge on reducing inequality in youth outcomes, and studies of how research evidence actually gets used by the systems that serve young people.$100k–$1M · Several times a year · Jan, May, Aug
Fund for Research and ExperimentationDissertation awardFahs-Beck Fund for Research and ExperimentationSmall grants for practice-relevant research and for doctoral dissertations, aimed squarely at social work and allied practice fields. One of the few funders whose scope is the profession itself.$5k–$20k · Annual cycle · May, Nov
Young Scholars ProgramEarly-career awardFoundation for Child DevelopmentEarly-career research on the development and wellbeing of children in immigrant and low-income families, with a standing emphasis on the early childhood workforce.$100k–$250k · Annual cycle
Grants and research partnershipsFoundation grantThe Annie E. Casey FoundationChild welfare, juvenile justice, and family economic security, with a strong applied bent: the foundation funds work that changes what public systems do, and publishes the data behind it.Amount not published · By invitation
Grants.gov — the federal opportunity indexIn-kind resourceU.S. federal governmentEvery federal discretionary funding notice, searchable and subscribable by keyword and agency. Not a funder — the index you set standing alerts on, so notices reach you rather than the reverse.Not a cash award · Rolling / open
Open Competition: Implementation of Findings From PCORI's Research Investments PCORI Funding Announcement — Cycle 3 2026Foundation grantPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)Funds multicomponent implementation projects that move specific named PCORI-funded findings into practice, with a rigorous evaluation plan. Cycle 3 2026 evidence areas include pediatric OCD treatment, direct hospital admission for children, early palliative care in advanced cancer, and school-based caries prevention.up to $1.8M · Several times a year · Jan, May, Sep
U.S. Department of Justice FY 2026 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)Training & capacityBureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice (with COPS Office, OJJDP and OVC)A single application covering eight DOJ purpose areas for tribes. Purpose Area 2 (BJA/COPS/OJJDP/OVC) funds justice-system strategic planning with a comprehensive needs assessment and data gathering; other areas fund tribal youth justice, healing to wellness courts, and children's justice act partnerships.$100k–$900k · Annual cycle · Aug, Sep, Oct
Angelman Syndrome Foundation Call for Research ProposalsFoundation grantAngelman Syndrome FoundationAn open annual call funding one- and two-year Angelman syndrome projects at up to $100,000 a year. The published roadmap centres on UBE3A biology, therapeutic development, biomarkers and endpoints, and clinical care and innovation. That fourth cornerstone, covering symptom management, standardized protocols and care delivery, is the realistic entry point for a social work investigator, and the Foundation names seizures, sleep and motor challenges as priority problem areas. Be candid with yourself about fit: the Foundation does not advertise a dedicated behavioural, family or caregiver track.up to $100k per year · Annual cycle · Sep
IRSF Rett Syndrome Bridge AwardsPilot / seed fundingInternational Rett Syndrome FoundationA rescue mechanism rather than a standing programme: up to $75,000 for one year to keep Rett syndrome research alive when its existing funding has been disrupted. Eligibility is written broadly, with no stated restriction excluding caregiver, family, quality-of-life or psychosocial projects, which makes it unusually open among rare-disease foundation awards. The same page lists the Rett Syndrome Innovation Awards for seed-stage therapeutic work, a rolling compound-testing Scout Program, and rolling clinical research awards restricted to IRSF Centers of Excellence.up to $75k · Several times a year · May, Aug
Institutional Challenge GrantFoundation grantWilliam T. Grant FoundationFunds university-based research institutes, schools or centers to build a sustained research-practice partnership with a public agency or nonprofit, including child welfare agencies, on reducing inequality in outcomes for youth ages 5-25. Covers joint planning, a mid-career fellowship, partnership research and institutional change.$650k · Annual cycle · May, Sep
Institutional Challenge GrantTraining & capacityWilliam T. Grant FoundationFunds a university research institute, school or center to build a long-term research-practice partnership with a public agency or nonprofit serving youth, including salary for mid-career fellows who lead the partnership research.$650k · Annual cycle · Sep
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation FellowshipFellowshipKlingenstein Third Generation FoundationTwo-year, $100,000 fellowship for postdoctoral or junior-faculty researchers studying the causes, prevention and treatment of ADHD or depression in children and adolescents, with emphasis on low-income and under-resourced communities.$100k · Annual cycle · Aug, Nov
NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (L30 Clinical, L40 Pediatric, L70 FOCUS)Training & capacityNational Institutes of HealthRepays qualified educational debt for researchers outside NIH who commit to at least 20 hours a week of qualifying research over a two-year period. Renewable. Not a project grant: it pays down the researcher's own student loans.up to $50k per year · Annual cycle · Sep, Oct, Nov
Nuffield Foundation Main Grants (Research, Development and Analysis Fund)Foundation grantNuffield FoundationFunds research, development and analysis projects addressing the Foundation's five priority questions on a prosperous, fair and inclusive UK society, including social welfare, justice and institutions.up to $635k · Several times a year · Oct
Prevention and Intervention Approaches for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)Pilot / seed fundingNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), NIHPlanning grant for pilot or feasibility work on preventing prenatal alcohol exposure and on interventions for people living with FASD across the lifespan. Pilot data are not required to apply.up to $450k · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
Horizon Europe Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive SocietyFederal grantEuropean Commission – European Research Executive Agency (REA)The social science pillar of the EU's research programme, and by budget the largest single source of European funding for welfare and inequality research. Three destinations structure it: democracy and governance, cultural heritage and the creative industries, and social and economic transformations — the last carrying 2026 topics on strengthening Europe's social model, tackling child poverty and rethinking long-term care policy, all directly commissioning social work evidence. Funding is by multi-country consortium, which makes it a route for a social work faculty to join or lead a cross-natiAmount not published · Annual cycle · Sep, Oct
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 — Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)Early-career awardNational Institutes of Health — Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD, participating IC)Three-to-five years of salary and research support with protected time and a mentor, aimed at reaching research independence. NICHD accepts K01 applications in only three areas: rehabilitation research, child abuse and neglect, and population research — the last two being direct social work research fields.Amount not published · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
Child & Family Well-Being GrantsFoundation grantThe Duke EndowmentGrants to Carolinas nonprofits serving children and families who have experienced or are at risk of abuse and neglect, in three streams: implementing tested programs, advocating for system improvement, and innovation where proven models do not yet exist.Amount not published · Several times a year · Jun, Dec
FY 2026 Youth Homelessness NOFO (YHDP and YHSI Grants)Federal grantU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and DevelopmentFunds new Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program communities and Youth Homelessness System Improvement grants. Selected communities must assess youth needs, build a coordinated community plan, and may test new approaches.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Aug
Building Strong Family Relationships: Prevention and Intervention in Child WelfareFoundation grantSauer Family FoundationMinnesota-focused funding for prevention and intervention in child welfare. The foundation explicitly funds direct service, research, field building and systems change, and lists research organizations among eligible applicants.Amount not published · Several times a year · Feb, Sep
Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)Federal grantNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (with NINR, NCI, NIAAA, THRO)Funds basic, clinical, social and behavioural research on family health, well-being and resilience in populations experiencing health disparities, including family-level interventions. NINR and NCI both participate.Not a cash award · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
SRCD SOGIE Caucus Dissertation Funding AwardDissertation awardSociety for Research in Child DevelopmentA dissertation funding award from SRCD's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Caucus for doctoral research on the development, health, and well-being of SOGIE populations, communities, and families. Recipients present their work at SOGIE caucus meetings and acknowledge the award in resulting publications. Directly relevant to social work doctoral students studying LGBTQ+ youth and families.$1k · Annual cycle · Dec
FY26 Autism Research Program (ARP) Career Development AwardEarly-career awardU.S. Department of Defense — Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Defense Health AgencySupports early-career independent investigators, or established investigators transitioning into autism research, to pursue high-impact ideas or early-phase proof-of-principle trials addressing critical needs of the autism community. Preliminary data are required.$750k · Annual cycle · May, Jul, Oct
SVRI Research GrantFoundation grantSexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)An annual research grant for work on violence against women and violence against children in low- and middle-income countries, requiring feminist, intersectional and rights-based approaches and safe, ethical engagement of affected communities.$40k–$100k · Annual cycle · Jul, Aug
Research Grants on Reducing InequalityFoundation grantWilliam T. Grant FoundationSupports descriptive and intervention studies of programs, policies or practices that reduce inequality in academic, social, behavioral or economic outcomes for US youth ages 5-25 — a frame that covers child welfare and foster care system research.$25k–$600k · Several times a year
Small Grants Program for Early Career ScholarsEarly-career awardSociety for Research in Child Development (SRCD)Non-renewable grants of up to $7,500 for early career scholars conducting child development research. Covers equipment, software, participant incentives and data-collection travel; salary, conference travel and indirect costs are not allowed.up to $8k · Annual cycle · Jan
Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children's Mental Health ResearchEarly-career awardSociety for Research in Child Development (SRCD)Up to $25,000 to buy an early career researcher release time to write and submit a major NIH application on early childhood mental health, plus travel to NIH meetings and a pre-review of the application by a senior scientist.up to $25k · Annual cycle · Jan
Prevention and Intervention Approaches for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)Federal grantNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), NIHTwo-phase award: an R61 pilot or secondary-data phase to establish feasibility, then a milestone-gated R33 phase to test FASD prevention or intervention approaches at scale.up to $500k per year · Several times a year · Feb, Jun, Oct
SECC Dissertation Research Funding AwardsDissertation awardSociety for Research in Child Development (SRCD) — Student and Early Career CouncilAwards of up to $2,000 for doctoral students' dissertation research on populations under age 18. Funds participant incentives, standardized measures, equipment, consultant fees and methodological training.up to $2k · Annual cycle · May
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative — Category II Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) CentersFederal grantSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Funds centres that provide national expertise on specific childhood trauma types, populations or service systems, and that adapt, refine and support implementation of evidence-based trauma treatments. Includes a SAMHSA-directed evaluation.up to $600k per year · Periodic calls · Jul
ESRC Responsive Mode: Secondary Data Analysis (Round Two)Federal grantUK Research and Innovation – Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Short grants to deliver high-quality social science research through analysis of existing datasets. Useful for social work and social policy researchers working with administrative, cohort or survey data.up to $381k · Rolling / open
Developmental Sciences (DS)Federal grantU.S. National Science Foundation, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic SciencesSupports research on the cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural and biological processes involved in human development across the life span — relevant to child, adolescent and family research.$100k–$200k per year · Varies by programme
Maternal and Child Health Secondary Data Analysis Research (MCH SDAR) ProgramFederal grantHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal & Child Health BureauFunds applied maternal and child health research using secondary analysis of existing national data sets and administrative records. Findings must strengthen the evidence base behind Title V National Performance Measures and address health disparities; recipients must submit a dissemination plan and report sample diversity.Amount not published · Periodic calls · Jan
Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program (OIFSP)Training & capacityHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health WorkforceFunds training programmes that expand the knowledge and expertise of behavioural health paraprofessionals, including peer support specialists and social services aides, who work on interprofessional teams serving families affected by opioid and other substance use disorder, with a focus on children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.Amount not published · Periodic calls · May
ANROWS Research GrantsEvaluation contractAustralia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)Competitive research grants commissioned against Australia's National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children 2023-2028, funded by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments and, for some streams, by philanthropic funds. Rounds are announced periodically against identified evidence gaps, with recent rounds focused on people who use domestic, family and sexual violence. Unusually open in who may lead: any Australian organisation capable of conducting research, not only universities.Amount not published · Periodic calls
Prevention Services Evaluation Partnerships: Supporting Adoptive FamiliesFederal grantHHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)Funds a summative randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental evaluation of programs supporting adoptive families at risk of adoption disruption or dissolution. The design must meet Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse standards for moderate or high causal evidence.Not a cash award · Periodic calls
Core State Injury Prevention Program (Core SIPP)Federal grantCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlCooperative agreement building health department injury surveillance, partnership and evaluation capacity, focused on adverse childhood experiences, traumatic brain injury and transportation injury, with an enhanced strand for implementing and evaluating prevention strategies.Amount not published · Periodic calls
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) Grants - FORGE Fatherhood, HEART, READY4LifeFederal grantHHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family AssistanceDiscretionary grants plus research and evaluation activities on responsible fatherhood, healthy relationships for adults, and relationship education for youth. Awards carry evaluation and performance-measurement requirements that researchers commonly partner on.Not a cash award · Periodic calls

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