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2026 Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0 

J. Parlin (Pima County Extension)

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The HFFI FARE Fund will only accept one Funding Inquiry per entity per RFA.

Program Description
This Request for Applications (RFA) is for the 2026 HFFI Food Access and Retail Expansion Fund (HFFI FARE Fund) Grant and Technical Assistance funding for the predevelopment, planning, and implementation of eligible projects aiming to increase food access, and strengthen, expand, and innovate within the food retail supply chain. For the 2026 funding cycle, at least $5,250,000 is available for planning and implementation Grants and at least $1,000,000 is available for Technical Assistance. 

The HFFI FARE Fund supports innovative fresh Food Retail and Food Enterprise business models that seek to improve consumer access to healthy food in underserved areas through food retail. Funding can be used for project development, renovation, and/or expansion. Funding is designed to be one-time investments of capital into projects creating a food retail or food supply chain enterprise business model in order to address higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved rural and urban areas. Planning and implementation Grants should unlock additional sources of capital, catalyze project sustainability, meet financing gaps, and/or enable deeper impact or project reach. Grants are available for both early-stage planning and predevelopment projects and implementation shovel-ready projects that have a site identified and/or established site control, have completed feasibility tasks, and present a reasonable timeline for opening.  Technical Assistance (TA) will be available to support specific contractual soft costs for early-stage planning, predevelopment, and business assistance needs where resources would help build local capacity to develop a Food Retail Outlet or Food Enterprise and would clarify or advance an eligible project.

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/31/2026 (Funding Inquiry Form); 10/30/2026 (Application)

Supply Chain Acceleration and Logistics Enablement (SCALE) Program

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Y. Wang (Systems and Industrial Engineering)

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An Applicant may submit only one proposal in response to this Announcement. Any additional applications from the same organization will automatically be rejected without being evaluated. 

Purpose
The SCALE Program supports organizations that help small businesses overcome operational, technical, workforce, and market access barriers that limit their ability to participate and grow as suppliers within strategically important industries.

Through technical assistance, industry engagement, and other implementation focused activities, SCALE helps small businesses address identified supply chain constraints, strengthen supplier readiness, improve production capability, and expand participation in strategically important supply chains.

Through this program, SBA seeks to:

Accelerate Small Business Supplier Development: Improve the readiness, production capability, market access, and growth of small businesses participating in strategically important supply chains.

Address Supply Chain Constraints: Support efforts that address demonstrated supply chain bottlenecks, vulnerabilities, supplier gaps, and barriers to supplier participation and growth.

Expand Small Business Participation: Expand participation of small businesses within strategically important supply chains.

Deliver Measurable Results: Generate measurable improvements in small business supplier readiness, supply chain participation, and small business growth.

Improve Industrial Coordination: Strengthen coordination among industry, workforce, technical assistance, and other partners supporting supplier growth and supply chain participation.

Funding Type
External Deadline
8/7/2026

The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0 

R. Tronstad (Agricultural and Applied Economics)

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Limit one submission per eligible entity. An entity is an autonomous organization. Organizations with a hierarchical structure of multiple locations/offices grouped under the authority of a larger system/main office may submit one application from the autonomous system/main office. For academic institutions, this is defined as the Higher Education Directory System Office, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc., 6400 Arlington Boulevard, Suite 648, Falls Church, Virginia 22042 (703-532-2300).  

Executive Summary
This notice identifies the objectives for GusNIP - Produce Prescription Program (PPR) projects, deadline dates, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a GusNIP - Produce Prescription Program grant. The amount available for grants in FY 2026 is approximately $5,280,800.  

The GusNIP-PPR supports projects that aim to demonstrate and evaluate the impact of prescribing freshfruits and vegetables on (1) the improvement of dietary health through increased consumption of fruits and vegetables; (2) the reduction of individual and household food insecurity; and (3) the reduction in healthcare use and associated costs. 

The GusNIP - Nutrition Incentive Program National Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center’s (NTAE) Nutrition Incentive Hub provides free group sessions, one-onone support, as well as templates, checklists, webinars, and other resources, to all applicants.  These resources are available at https://www.nutritionincentivehub.org/resources and the GusNIP NTAE technical assistance team may be reached at ta@nutritionincentivehub.org.  

AACN Jonas Scholars Program

Limit: 2 (College of Nursing students only) // Tickets Available: 0

K. Fauvell (Nursing)
R. Knight (Nursing) 

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Institutions are allowed to submit up to two students for consideration.

Program Overview
The goal of the Jonas Scholars program is to improve health care by expanding the pool of PhD and DNP-prepared nurses needed to educate the next generation of nurse leaders. The Jonas Scholars program provides financial assistance, a curriculum of leadership and learning opportunities, and networking support to expand the pipeline of nurse educators. Launched in 2008, the Jonas Scholars program is the signature initiative of Jonas Nursing, whose mission is to enhance the nursing profession by developing nurse leaders who will address the nursing shortage by educating the future nursing workforce.
 

Nursing Workforce Development

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

J. Young (Nursing)

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission. 

Summary
The purpose of the Nursing Workforce Development (NWD) program is to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Staffing Analysis Implementation Program

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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Only one (1) application will be accepted from a submitting organization.

Purpose
Through this cooperative agreement, NIC seeks to provide jails with opportunities to participate in the Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) version of staffing analysis training. This program will enhance and expand staffing analysis training and technical assistance for federal, state, local, and tribal corrections agencies.

Research Category
Funding Type
External Deadline
6/30/2026

Maternal Health Emergency Management Training (MHEMT)

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission

Summary
The Maternal Health Emergency Management Training (MHEMT) program increases capacity and helps clinicians and first responders provide better care to pregnant and postpartum women, especially in places without delivery services or with limited health care resources. 

The program addresses a persistent gap in workforce training in these settings where maternal health emergencies are encountered infrequently but require rapid recognition, stabilization, and coordination of care. 

Challenges in care delivery are also worsened by the growing number of counties with no hospital-based obstetric services in the United States. 

The program is designed around two distinct initiatives.

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/20/2026

Maternal Produce Prescription Program (MP3)

Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 0

Co-PIs M. Walsh, K. Lutrick and M. Hingle (CALES)

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You may not submit more than one application. If you submit more than one application, we will only accept the last on-time submission.

Summary
The purpose of the Maternal Produce Prescription Program (MP3) is to support community- based organizations to develop produce prescription intervention programs that promote access to healthy foods for pregnant and post-partum women and their families in low-income and underserved areas. The program will: 
• Create community-based produce prescription programs. 
• Provide nutrition education to maternal populations. 
• Build and strengthen community partnerships to increase access to healthy foods. 
• Demonstrate improvements in fruit and vegetable intake, household food security, and health outcomes. 
Projects are expected to provide produce prescription programs (which may use vouchers or physical prescriptions) as well as nutrition education for eligible participants. 

Projects are expected to partner with at least one healthcare provider and at least one community- based organization.

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/17/2026

Preventing global health threats by strengthening surveillance systems to accelerate outbreak detection, notification, and response

No Applicants // Limit: 1 // Tickets Available: 1

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Under this NOFO, you may submit only one application under your organization’s UEI.

Summary
This NOFO focuses on protecting Americans from global health threats across three strategic areas: • Strengthening Early Warning Surveillance. 
• Developing or enhancing electronic tools and interoperable surveillance systems. 
• Improving how surveillance data is used for action. 

This NOFO will support global health security partners to implement surveillance activities that speed up outbreak detection and response, enhance regional and national health system capacities, and strengthen and expand global health partnerships.

Required Delivery Location
 You must conduct the project in these focused regions and countries: 
• Central and South America: Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. 
• East Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. • Eastern Europe/Central Asia: Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine. 
• Middle East: Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt. 
• South and Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam. 
• Central and Southern Africa: Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia. 
• West Africa: Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone. 
You may propose additional related strategies and activities to achieve the expected outcomes. You may also submit an application supporting activities in any country but are encouraged to submit a proposal that covers at least three of the stated regions and/or countries.

 

Funding Type
External Deadline
7/15/2026