Poverty Research Center

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Poverty Research Center: The goal of this solicitation is to: Improve the effectiveness of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality and their consequences by advancing knowledge of their causes and the impact of approaches to their reduction. To that end, the National Poverty Center will: 1) provide policy-relevant research to improve our understanding of poverty and inequality, and strategies to reduce poverty and inequality; 2) expand cutting edge research methods and access to unique data to permit a fuller understanding of poverty and antipoverty strategies; 3) provide a core of multi-disciplinary researchers, as well as a network of scholars and partnerships, with a research focus on poverty and inequality analysis and policy solutions; 4) develop and train a diverse group of future poverty researchers across the country; and 5) actively disseminate findings to the policy and research communities.
Federal Grant Title: Poverty Research Center
Federal Agency Name: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Grant Categories: Income Security and Social Services
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: HS-16-004
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 322534
CFDA Descriptions: Policy Research and Evaluation Grants
Current Application Deadline: Jul 15, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jul 15, 2016
Posted Date: May 17, 2016
Creation Date: May 18, 2016
Archive Date: Aug 14, 2016
Total Program Funding: $1,900,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $1,900,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Grant Announcement Contact
Don Oellerich Deputy to the Chief Economist Phone 202-690-8410
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 202-260-1654