Secondary Analyses of Head Start Data Grants
HHS Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)
Funds researchers to analyse existing survey, program evaluation, or administrative data on Head Start, Early Head Start, American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, to inform policy and program administration.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)The ACF project page publishes no award amount or ceiling.
- Timing
- Periodic callsNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.A recurring OPRE grant mechanism competed in cohorts (a 2022 cohort is documented on ACF's site). No application due date is published on ACF's own pages; OPRE directs applicants to Grants.gov forecasts.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- Research organisations and institutions; OPRE does not award grants to individuals or for direct services. Projects must use existing data rather than new primary collection, and address questions relevant to Head Start program goals.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- secondary data analysis · head start · administrative data · workforce
- Apply at
- https://acf.gov/opre/project/secondary-analyses-head-start-data-grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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