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O. Leal-Neto (Global Health Institute) 

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An organization is allowed to submit up to two applications in the same or different focus areas. Joint projects with multiple organizations count as a single application under the lead applicant.

Overview
Nearly half of the world’s population lives in cities. Public services shape those residents’ everyday lives. They affect whether they can get health care, find meaningful work, live safely, and have a voice in local decisions. City governments and their partners are on the front lines of delivering these public services. 

Artificial intelligence now offers new ways to meet these needs. AI can help residents access services, anticipate problems before they become crises, and respond to resident needs more effectively. Putting these capabilities to work requires solutions built around residents’ needs and developed in partnership with city governments. 

In 2023, we convened over 40 civic leaders to explore how AI could improve city services. City data and AI leads across six continents, along with academic, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners, shared their use cases and discussed how to best optimize AI’s promise while mitigating the potential risks. Throughout the two- day convening, the partners expressed a clear and consistent theme: cities want to have the talent, tools, and resources to improve city services and resident wellbeing with cutting-edge technologies. In response, The Rockefeller Foundation supported partnerships for three cities to test how AI could improve livelihoods. Building on this experience, we are pleased to deepen our collaboration and expand our ambition to improve the wellbeing of city residents. 

There is growing demand, and growing potential, to strengthen public services on a global scale. Philanthropy is well-positioned to support the innovation and partnerships necessary to meet this potential. 

The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation are committing $50 million to Cities Deliver to support this work. The initiative will provide grants of $500,000 to $2 million to organizations working with city governments to improve public services through AI, especially for underserved communities. Together, these projects will aim to reach up to 100 million city residents worldwide. 

Building on the lessons from this cohort and others, we aspire to grow our reach and impact through new funding partnerships, supporting the actors, sectors, and conditions necessary for safe AI solutions to benefit humanity. As societies work to shape the future of AI, we aim to spark imagination and make possible a future in which a mix of AI innovation and human ingenuity improves opportunities and wellbeing for the world’s most vulnerable communities.

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You may submit only one application to only one category of the NOFO. If you submit multiple applications, only the most recent systemvalidated version will be reviewed.

Purpose
The  Office  of  Justice  Programs (OJP) is committed  to  advancing  work that  furthers the  U.S.  Department  of  Justice’s (DOJ) mission  to  keep  our country safe  and  secure and  uphold  the  rule  of  law  and  protect  the  rights of  American  citizens.  OJP  provides federal leadership,  funding,  and  other critical  resources to  directly support  law enforcement,  combat  violent  crime,  protect  American  children,  provide  services to American  crime  victims,  and  address public safety challenges,  including  human  trafficking  and  the  opioid  crisis.  

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children On-Line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS). This opportunity supports maintenance of and enhancements to the Internet Crimes Against Children On-line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS) investigative tools. ICACCOPS is a system that provides a common information technology infrastructure for child exploitation and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) investigative tools and services. ICACCOPS supports investigative applications and data by providing data services, system services, network services, security and authentication services, and management tools to support users and the delivery of investigative data and services. Ultimately, this work supports the work of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program, a national network of 61 multi-agency, multijurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation.

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A maximum of three RGP applications will be accepted from one institution in any one grant cycle; it is the responsibility of the Lead Applicant and the host institution to coordinate the number of applications submitted. Institutions are encouraged to contact us to discuss the prioritisation of their applications, if needed. The INSPIRE Research Challenge is delivered as a separate grant call, so you are welcome to make another three applications as an institution to this.

Research Priority Areas
To focus this expanded programme where it can have the greatest impact, our 2026-27 grant calls will include six priority areas, identified through evidence gaps highlighted by the Global Cancer Update Programme, our strategic objectives and consultation with our scientific stakeholders.

For the 2026-27 grant call, applications must focus on at least one of the six priority areas. Applications may span more than one priority area where this is scientifically justified; applicants should identify all relevant areas and make the main alignment of the proposed research clear.  Alignment with a priority area does not replace the usual requirements for scientific quality, relevance to WCRF International’s remit, feasibility and potential impact. For this year’s grant call, sleep will be included as a primary exposure alongside diet, nutrition, physical activity and body composition.

1. Integrative Oncology
2. Lifestyle and weight-loss medications
3. Early-onset cancers
4. Early-life exposures
5. Ingested contaminants
6. Ultra-processed foods

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A maximum of three applications will be accepted from one institution in any one grant cycle; it is the responsibility of the Lead Applicant and the lead institution to coordinate the number of applications submitted. Institutions are encouraged to contact us to discuss the prioritisation of their applications, if needed. The Regular Grant Programme has a separate limit of three applications per institution per grant cycle.

Priority Research Areas
To focus this expanded programme where it can have the greatest impact, our 2026-27 grant calls will include six priority areas, identified through evidence gaps highlighted by the Global Cancer Update Programme, our strategic objectives and consultation with our scientific stakeholders.

For the 2026-27 grant call, applications must focus on at least one of the six priority areas. Applications may span more than one priority area where this is scientifically justified; applicants should identify all relevant areas and make the main alignment of the proposed research clear.  Alignment with a priority area does not replace the usual requirements for scientific quality, relevance to WCRF International’s remit, feasibility and potential impact. 

1. Integrative Oncology
2. Lifestyle and weight-loss medications
3. Early-onset cancers
4. Early-life exposures
5. Ingested contaminants
6. Ultra-processed foods

Eligibility
The programme is open to early career researchers – defined as individuals who are within 2–7 years full-time equivalent working in research since the award date of their PhD or equivalent higher research degree.

Eligible applicants must be employed on a research contract within a department at a university-affiliated research institution or a medical school conducting research.

Proposed projects must have direct relevance to cancer prevention, treatment or survivorship and may address any or all stages of the cancer journey.

Proposals should address modifiable factors including diet, nutrition, body composition, physical activity, sleep, psychological stress, immune function, ingested contaminants and pathogens.

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M. Fain (Center on Aging - COM-T)

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Only one LOI may be submitted per organization unless they come from separate divisions and are addressing distinct topics with non-overlapping implementation sites.

Overview
The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) is entering a new chapter that builds on its work to improve care for older adults and support family caregivers while bringing new organizations, leaders and ideas into its community of grantees and partners.

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Total submissions allowed per institution:one submission in each program category, plus one additional submission under the funding interest submission, if eligible. 

St. Baldrick’s Foundation has identified the areas below as funding interests and has donors interested in supporting meritorious projects in these areas. To encourage submissions in these priority areas, institutions may submit one additional LOI beyond the standard limited submissions. Only one additional submission is permitted per institution for the entire cycle; this does not allow one additional submission in each program or funding category. 

• Rhabdomyosarcoma 
• Brain tumors –especially atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)/diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and glioblastoma (GBM) 
• Burkitt lymphoma – all types, especially sporadic 
• Rhabdoid tumors - Extrarenal 

Program Descriptions

Full sponsor guidelines are linked here. 

St. Baldrick's Scholars

• The three (3) year Scholar (Career Development) Award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is meant to help develop the independent research of highly qualified individuals still early in their careers. Recipients are called St. Baldrick's Scholars. Up to $110,000/year, three-year minimum.
• Scholar (Career Development) Award LOI instructions
• Scholar (Career Development) Award Guidelines

St. Baldrick's International Scholars

• This three (3) year award, with an option for two (2) additional years based on progress, is to train researchers from low-and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank) to prepare them to fill specific stated needs in an area of childhood cancer research upon returning to their country of origin. Recipients are called St. Baldrick's International Scholars. Up to $110,000/year, three-year minimum.
• International Scholar LOI instructions
• International Scholar Award Guidelines

Survivorship and Supportive Care Research Grant

• These grants are for specific one-year research projects which are hypothesis-driven and focus on areas related to survivorship and supportive care of children and adolescents with cancer. Examples include but are not limited to: studies related to the burden of morbidity, cause-specific mortality, understanding the pathogenesis of treatment-related complications, patient-reported outcomes or quality of life, health communication, health promotion, and psychosocial support across the trajectory from diagnosis to survivorship or end-of-life care.
• Survivorship and Supportive Care Research Grant LOI instructions
• Survivorship and Supportive Care Research Grant Guidelines

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Limit on Number of Applications: An applicant may submit only one application in response to this NOFO. If  a  project  will  be carried  out  by two  or more  entities (project  partners),  only one  entity may submit  the  application.  The  other entities (project  partners) must  be  proposed  as subrecipients rather than  co-applicants.  An  entity may be  proposed  as a  subrecipient  in  more  than  one  application.  For additional  information  regarding  subawards,  see  the  Application  Resource Guide. 

Purpose of Funding
The  Office  of  Justice  Programs (OJP)  is committed  to  advancing  work that  furthers the  U.S.  Department  of  Justice’s (DOJ)  mission  to  keep  our country safe  and  secure  and uphold  the  rule  of  law  and  protect  the  rights of  American  citizens.  OJP  provides federal  leadership,  funding,  and  other critical  resources to  directly support  law  enforcement,  combat  violent  crime,  protect  American  children,  provide  services to  American  crime  victims,  and  address public safety challenges,  including  human  trafficking  and  the  opioid  crisis.  

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support. This opportunity supports a national network of 61 multiagency, multijurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. This is accomplished through the provision of services and support to OJJDP, the ICAC task forces, ICAC National Training providers, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies partnering with the ICAC Task Force program. Funds will support activities that enhance training access, expand prevention and outreach capabilities, advance the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, and improve collaboration among ICAC task forces.

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J. Schwartz (Pharmacology)

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Submissions will be evaluated to ensure they align with our mission and funding criteria. A limit of two proposals may be submitted from the same institution, researcher, or foundation.

Program Overview
SebastianStrong Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of childhood cancer and accelerating the development of more targeted, less toxic treatments by funding bold, early-stage research. Since 2017, we have awarded over $4 million to cutting-edge, peer-reviewed pediatric cancer research. Through strategic partnerships, matched contributions, and follow-on funding secured by investigators, our overall impact now exceeds $6 million.
 

We exist because kids deserve better. Too many promising ideas in pediatric cancer research go unfunded due to limited institutional support, lack of commercial incentive, and minimal government investment, especially for rare and relapsed cancers. At SebastianStrong, we focus exclusively on childhood cancers, where small patient populations often mean traditional funders and pharmaceutical companies overlook research.

ABOUT THE DISCOVERY SCIENCE AWARD

The Discovery Science Award typically provides up to $500,000 in funding for groundbreaking research that aligns with our mission. In select cases, proposals demonstrating exceptional potential for impact and scalability may be considered for higher levels of support.

Our Scientific Advisory Board, composed of leading pediatric oncologists and researchers, conducts a two-stage review process. First, Letters of Intent (LOIs) are evaluated to identify projects that best align with our mission and funding priorities. Selected applicants are then invited to submit a full proposal, which is reviewed in detail to determine final award decisions. Funding recommendations are made by the Scientific Advisory Board and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

To be considered for funding, proposals must meet the following criteria:

1. Are focused on pediatric cancer
2. Will lead to less toxic, more targeted treatments
3. Are clearly communicated in lay terms (accessible to our Board and donor community)
4. Demonstrate strong potential to progress toward a clinical trial in 1-3 years

We welcome new, ongoing, and updated peer-reviewed research. However, we do not accept in-progress or ongoing clinical trials. Any author or researcher conflict of interest must be disclosed at the time of submission. All submissions are treated as CONFIDENTIAL and are accessible only to members of SebastianStrong’s Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board until the time of award. We are happy to execute NDAs upon request.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

SebastianStrong funds one or more proposals each year that advance meaningful change in pediatric cancer treatment. We are especially interested in research that:

• Focuses on pediatric cancers with low survival rates or high relapse rates
• Has transitional potential within 36 months
• Pursues underfunded or unconventional approaches that could change the status quo

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An applicant may submit only one application in response to this NOFO.  

If a project will be carried out by two or more entities (project partners), only one entity may submit the application. The other entities (project partners) must be proposed as subrecipients rather than co-applicants. An entity may be proposed as a subrecipient in more than one application. For additional information regarding subawards, see the Application Resource Guide. 

Purpose of the Funding 
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. 

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance program. This opportunity will build the capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of missing and exploited children. The program provides assistance to multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary responses to cases of missing and exploited children and improve the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators. This program will also support National Missing Children’s Day activities as identified and requested by OJJDP.  

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You may submit only one application to only one category of the NOFO. If you submit multiple applications, only the most recent systemvalidated version will be reviewed.  

If a project will be carried out by two or more entities (project partners), only one entity may submit the application. The other entities (project partners) must be proposed as subrecipients rather than co-applicants. An entity may be proposed as a subrecipient in more than one application. For additional information regarding subawards, see the Application Resource Guide.

Purpose of the Funding 
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. 

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs. This opportunity supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and going into the juvenile justice system. Mentoring services can be one-onone, group, peer, or a combination of these types.  

Funding will support: 

• Mentoring services to youth who are 17 years old or younger at the time of admission to the program. Mentors must be an adult (age 18 or older), or in cases where peer mentoring models are being implemented, an older peer under adult supervision.  
• Mentoring services to youth who demonstrate need but have not participated in mentoring services due to limited or lack of mentoring programs in their community or a shortage of trained and screened mentors, new mentoring matches, as well as existing mentoring matches through program completion.  

For this NOFO, youth who are at risk or high risk of delinquency are defined as youth who are in or most likely to be in the juvenile justice system because they possess certain risk factors in key life domain areas (i.e., individual, family, school, community), are already in the juvenile justice system, and/or reside in environments that have high rates of parental incarceration, community violence, drug markets, and gang concentration. 

OJJDP supports the National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to all OJJDP-funded grantees, including implementation of the National Quality Mentoring System. OJJDP expects funded mentoring organizations to work with the NMRC in identifying and receiving TTA. Lead grantee organizations are expected to monitor subgrantee implementation of the specific mentoring program model funded in the application to ensure subgrantee adherence to the model/curriculum and specifications. Lead grantee organizations may use a limited amount of funds to train subgrantee staff on administering the specific mentoring program model. 

This NOFO funds three separate categories for which organizations can apply based on their eligibility: 
Category 1: Mentoring Organizations (1 state) (C-OJJDP-2026-00007-PROD) The maximum amount of funding applicants can apply for is $1,000,000. Funding should be used to expand existing mentoring services to an additional state or an additional jurisdiction within the state (i.e., a new municipal area such as city, county, or region of the state) where mentoring services are already provided. The new mentoring site must implement the same mentoring program or established curriculum as the primary applicant. While funding can support existing matches, the majority of funding should be used for expansion efforts. 

Category 2: Mentoring Organizations (2 to 10 states) (C-OJJDP-2026-00008-PROD) The minimum amount of funding applicants can apply for is $1,000,000. Applicants who can demonstrate their program has the “broadest reach” across their affiliates may apply for up to $4,000,000 to support program activities. To demonstrate the “broadest reach,” applicants should address how the proposed existing mentoring approach will reach a broad population of youth. Factors that will be considered in making this determination include:  

• Number of states where the applicant organization can show a history of providing mentoring services through subawards and the number of states where the applicant organization proposes to provide mentoring services through subawards with awarded grant funds.  
• Number of program sites where the applicant organization can demonstrate a history of providing mentoring services through subawards and the number of program sites where the applicant organization proposes to provide mentoring services through subawards with awarded grant funds.  
• If applicable, a description of how the applicant organization intends to expand existing mentoring services to an additional state or jurisdiction within the state where they are already providing mentoring services. The new mentoring site must implement the same mentoring program (i.e., “program x”) or established curriculum as the primary applicant.  
• Number of youth served.  
• Number of mentors recruited.  

Category 3: Mentoring Organizations (11 to 44 states) (C-OJJDP-2026-00009-PROD) The minimum amount of funding applicants can apply for is $2,000,000. Applicants who can demonstrate their program has the “broadest reach” across their affiliates may apply for up to $4,000,000 to support program activities. See the description listed above for guidance on how to demonstrate “broadest reach.”