All right, I think the big group is here. They're still coming in. We are gonna get started right on time because we have a lot of information to share with you today. So good afternoon. My name is Meg Natter. I'm the Director of Community Colleges and Foundations for CASE. My colleague Anne Snyder is here. She's the Senior Director of Communities Engagement. And I also wanna thank Christy Grimm, who is our Director of Online Education. She's in the background making sure all the magic happens. Just a few housekeeping notes from me. First of all, big thank you, big thank you to everybody on the FFTF. We had quite a week. It was October 22nd through 25th. And these debriefs are a direct result of all of their work. So many thanks to everyone who joined us here in Washington, DC, especially Michelle Alexander and Rachel Johnson. They are the co-chairs. So again, this is day one of three. Thank you for joining us. We have a ton of information that will be recorded. This Zoom is being recorded. And once it's done a little later on tonight, maybe tomorrow morning, it's gonna be housed in the CASE Learning Portal where you had to go into that to get to this. So you should be able to find the recording there. The PDF of the slides today, don't panic. There are a lot of them, but the slides can be found. You could see Christy just posted them where they'll be. They'll also be, again, if you go into My Courses, then the FFTF debriefs, you'll see them there under the course tab. I think I got all that right. But anyhow, if you just surf around, you will find them. I think that's everything I had to cover. I'm talking fast because as Michelle and Rachel have told me we are down to the minute. Everything is gonna go just great. So I'm gonna pass this over to Rachel and I think it's all yours. Let's go team. Excellent, thank you Meg. Yes, I'm gonna keep this brief as well. Michelle keeps a tight clock as we all know. My name is Rachel Johnson. I am one of the 2023 FFTF co-chairs. And we are so excited to be presenting these debriefs to y'all. This is the first of three sessions. So the way these are gonna work, you're gonna hear from a number of our team captains and presenters from a number of agencies that you can see on this first slide. Each presentation is gonna be about five minutes each per meeting. And then there will be time at the end of each presentation for some questions. You can also feel free to drop questions in the chat box as we go. And myself and Michelle and other team captains as they're able can actually answer some of those in real time in the chat box. And then if we have time at the end, we'll hold space for extra questions, additional questions at the end of our session today. So we're gonna be switching presenters. So if you're presenting, please let Michelle know when you're ready to advance to the next slide. And in terms of everyone else on the meeting, if you want to just select speaker view, you'll be sure to see the team captain that's speaking to each of the slides as we go through them, each of the meetings. You can also feel free to turn your video off or minimize the video in terms of bandwidth because we're really just gonna be looking at the slides and hearing from one presenter at a time. And with that, I'm gonna pass it over to Michelle, my fellow co-chair for the task force. Thank you, Rachel. Good afternoon, everyone. We wanted to give you a little overview of the Federal Funding Task Force. And we're over 30 years old. We have more than 1,700 grant professionals who have served on the task force and members learn about current and upcoming grant programs, anticipated funding levels, program priorities, agency contacts, and we also advocate for institutions of higher education. The after each visit, the task force teams do debrief slides, those of which you will see today. And also they will draft the assigned parts of the case annual federal funding report for education, which is published on the case website. This year, 61 members, approximately 32 agency meetings across 17 federal departments and agencies, 13 amazing team captains, thank you for stepping up, and approximately five to seven task force members and one team captain per team. We also wanna thank case for their support and of course us, your amazing co-chairs. We begin in February, we finish next January. And you can see from this slide, everything that goes into that timeframe to get ready to come to Washington, to meet with our federal program officers, do the slides, do the report, and have that information available for y'all. This was this year's group. And it was a very good group of people. This was this year's group. And it was a very good group. And we wanna thank each and every one of them for their time, their talent, and their treasure. And now I'm gonna turn it over to Matt Swenson, who is our team captain for HRSA. Matt. Hi. Hi, everyone. My name is Matt Swenson, and I was lucky to be the team captain for the visit to HRSA, the Health Resources and Services Administration. So I'm gonna walk through the slides and just hit some of the high points or things that particularly stood out from our visit to HRSA. HRSA staff were very welcoming as ever, and they're strongly interested in seeing more community colleges participate as grantees, both as lead applicants for HRSA funding and as partners in projects that have other entities, universities, for example, as lead applicants. I was lucky to be joined by Rachel Alvarez, Archie Arnold, Kristin Kinjo, and Carolyn Sexton, all colleagues and fellow task force members. And we visited the HRSA offices, which were in Rockville, Maryland. It was a nice trip. Next slide. So these are just some high points, takeaways that we want to make sure to share with people. HRSA applicants are typically expected to enlist partners. Most of their grant programs expect collaboration. So this creates a natural opportunity for community colleges. And the current HRSA director has instructed staff to make it clear when opportunities are open to community colleges, either as leads or as partners. Don't hesitate to consider being a partner in a proposal, particularly if you're new to HRSA, because this can be a great opportunity to kind of dip your toe in the water and learn something about how HRSA works and what it expects of grantees before you have to take on the full responsibility of being a lead applicant. HRSA is always in need of reviewers. So like many federal agencies, people are encouraged to sign up. It's a great way to get experience. And there are some interesting opportunities to consider, or I guess points to keep in mind when you're looking at potential HRSA funding. One is that they do try to maintain some geographical distribution. So if there aren't HRSA grantees in your area, that may mean that you're a more competitive applicant in some ways. Also, HRSA is going to be presenting and sharing a technical assistance opportunity specifically for minority-serving institutions and community colleges. So if you have no prior experience with HRSA, this is gonna be a good chance, and there'll be more information forthcoming to be able to learn about how HRSA works and maybe even get some expert advice on how to craft a competitive application before you apply. Next slide. Great. So HRSA staff are interested in learning more about community colleges, as I've said. One thing that I think is really helpful to keep in mind is that their notices of funding opportunity, or NOFOs, are very detailed, and they often do research to try and make it simpler for community colleges and other applicants by including references to pertinent literature. They'll hold applicant webinars and provide many other resources. So take advantage of this, both because it'll increase your chance of success and because HRSA staff spent a lot of time preparing these resources and understandably tease them off if they see applicants submit proposals that don't appear to recognize or take full advantage of these resources. HRSA proposals and programs are typically scheduled on a regular calendar. So even if you might've missed a particular grant competition for a program that interests you, you can usually tell when the next one will be held, and that gives you plenty of time to prepare. So don't wait until the next application window opens. By then, there probably won't be time to craft a competitive application. Instead, look at the calendar, see when this has been offered in the past, and then plan forward so that you can have a year or more to make sure that the proposal you submit is one that has a strong chance of being funded. I'm going to skim through a few of the specific programs in the next few slides. The AHEC program is one that some community colleges host directly and others participate with as a partner. So those options are both available, and it's a good idea to see if there are AHECs that are funded in your area before you decide to apply for one. The NEPQR program has many different categories, and some of them, like simulation education training or SET, are highly relevant community colleges, so it's worth keeping an eye on these and understanding that sometimes this might seem like multiple grant programs all bundled into one, but they're all under this heading. The NEPQR program is a multi-primary grant program that is funded by the NEPQR grant fund. So it's a good idea to keep an eye out for that. HRSA has several opportunities for healthcare professionals, both those who are going into practice and those who might be becoming, for example, nursing faculty at a community college to have some of their tuition deferred or obtain low-interest loans, enter your programs, if you have relevant programs at your college, or join your faculty. Sometimes it can be difficult to find faculty in fields like nursing that are highly competitive. Next slide. HRSA also has a very broad category of programs designed to help individuals who are economically or educationally disadvantaged to join the healthcare workforce. For example, scholarships for disadvantaged students and the Health Careers Opportunity Program. There are community colleges that have received this funding so don't count yourself out and take advantage of all the resources offered by HRSA if these seem like pertinent opportunities for you. Next slide. These are simply more examples of programs like nursing workforce diversity that are obviously relevant to community colleges. And there are community colleges that have received this funding. Next slide. HRSA also introduces new programs or tweaks existing programs from time to time to fit current governmental priorities. For example, behavioral health, addressing substance abuse disorders, opioid addiction, and mental health. So look for these emphases as programs move from one funding cycle to the next because you will see shifts over time depending on the current administration and what HRSA perceives as the greatest public health needs. Next slide. These are two particular programs that are expected to have competitions this year. So just wanted to call those out in particular. One to train sexual assault nurse examiners and another to fund training for peer support specialists who are working with families impacted by opioid abuse. Next slide. And that is a HRSA presentation. Happy to entertain any questions. All right. Thank you, Matthew, very much. Next, we'll hear from Gabrielle McGraw, who is team captain for NIST NICE IMLS. And I forget the third one. Gabrielle. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Gabrielle McGraw. Can you see me? Yes. Okay. I still see you, Michelle, sorry. As Michelle said, I captained the NIST NICE team IMLS and strengthening institutions. So today I'll be presenting on NIST NICE and strengthening institutions with the Department of Ed. So starting with NIST, this was a web update. We were unable to get on the calendar with NIST. So my team, which was a great team, Archie Arnold, Ellen Burt, Anissa Castro, Casey Clayton, Lisa Shiveller, and Eric Smith all worked with me to update the report and gather as much information as we could for you guys based on what we were able to find online. So next slide. Our primary agency updates surrounded shifts in strategic plans and internal processes with NIST. So NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science standards and technology in ways to enhance the economic security and quality of life here in the U.S. They have a three-year strategic plan and they typically publish these on their website, although the most recent one was in 2019. Based on the documents that they've published online, the biggest focus for them right now is updating their internal processes and making sure that they have the capacity to support their existing programs. They're trying to rebrand, they're trying to make sure that they're effectively communicating with stakeholders. So if you're interested in any NIST programs, definitely be on the lookout for changes in that regard in any communications they are sending out. We also covered the NIST framework, which is a partnership with industry, government, academia that focuses on strengthening cybersecurity in the country and within organizations. They have a strategic plan as well and they are on their 2021 to 2025 cycle. Next slide. Some big takeaways that we got from our research is that there are a number of ways to get involved with NIST and it's not only through grants. They offer the use of their research facilities and they reimburse you for expenses. This is on a first-come, first-served basis, so make sure if you're interested, you go ahead and look into how to do that. They also offer formal and informal collaborations in order to conduct research and they convene stakeholders regularly in order to collaborate, in order to address challenges in the field and again, make available their facilities to those interested. They also offer an entire suite of tools, plans, materials in order to make sure that organizations engaged in this kind of work are aligned to international standards. Next slide. I'm just gonna touch on a few programs that NIST has. They don't offer a lot of regularly set and regularly recurring grant programs, so these are just a few that we thought we may get some interested parties. NIST offers a summer institute for middle school science teachers. It's a two-week workshop and you get to workshop with NIST scientists, learn about their labs and how to generate interest in STEM, in science, in relevant topics. So they offer a stipend for housing and travel to participants. They also have a precision measurement grant program and that is for those looking to conduct research in determining fundamental constants and they fund kind of a wide array of research in this area. There's a lot of latitude in what topics you may be able to pursue. Next slide, please. NIST has what they call their manufacturing extension partnership and that works with small and mid-sized manufacturers to help them retain jobs, increase their profits, improve their efficiency and they offer multiple funding opportunities that vary. So if you are interested in partnering with someone who is working in that partnership or if you're interested in applying, then make sure that you're familiar with their general offerings and reach out on an as-needed basis to learn more. It's a similar story with their measurement science and engineering research grants. They do not have a lot of regular programs. They fund a host of programs that they roll out kind of in alignment with their priorities and with their perceived need. So again, they don't even have a program page. You should try and keep up with on grants.gov things that they've supported in the past and with NIST priorities and you can contact the program officer if you wanna discuss your funding needs. Next slide. NIST, as I've already said, they offer a lot of ways for people to get engaged. This includes their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which offers undergraduate students the opportunity to come and work in their labs, work on their own research projects and really see what that kind of environment is like. We did note that about a third of students who apply are offered a fellowship. So this could be a really great opportunity if you have faculty who are interested in getting those opportunities for their students. I already kind of touched on this, but the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, NICE, they publish a framework that is a great reference source if you're working in cybersecurity grants. It establishes roles, functions and building blocks for describing the skills and the knowledge that you need in order to conduct that kind of work. And there are a number of grant programs that require that your proposal is aligned with the NICE framework. So it's definitely something to keep an eye on. They regularly update it if you're interested in applying for cybersecurity grants, not just with NIST, but with other funders as well. Next slide, please. Thank you, Gabrielle. Thank you. Your next report now will be on SIPP, Strengthening Institutions. Thank you. Okay, so my team was forced to meet without me with Department of Ed to discuss strengthening institutions and they did a beautiful job. I just want to thank Kevin Bellamy, Julie Blaszczak, Casey Clayton, Beth Hadfield, Ralph Hogan and Pauline Moros. They were great peers on this team, so thank you. The Department of Ed is currently waiting for their 2024 funding levels. That being said, SIPP will not have a competition in 2024. They plan to fund down the slate. There may be a competition for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving institutions and for the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander serving institutions. Big takeaways for us were to review the Secretary of Education's priorities in order to determine the new direction of programs. Really focus on your proposals, formatting, and organization. They really emphasized having concise, clear proposals with easy-to-find information. Focus on your outcomes and what you will achieve with this program. Don't focus too much on your need. Just be concise with that. And make sure that if you are awarded, you submit your audits on time because they'll do a risk assessment before funding new awards, and that will play an impact. Next slide. I'm just going to breeze through these. I think you guys are probably familiar. SIPP is designed to help IAGs become more self-sufficient and serve low-income and underserved students. Again, they are not expecting to have a competition in 2024, but they are in 2025. The American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities is a similar program designed to increase those institutions' capacity to serve specifically those students. They really want you to focus on improving the academic quality and your stability and capacity, but in this case, they will allow you to conduct and fund outreach programs to K-12 students, encouraging those American Indian students to get a post-secondary education. Next slide. These next two programs focus on Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander institutions. These are the ones that may have programs this year, competitions, so definitely be on the lookout for those if you qualify and if you're interested. Next slide. Last one. We've got our Native American-serving non-tribal institutions. So again, looking to expand the capacity to serve those students, you can fund a variety of activities through this program. Thank you, Michelle. Thank you. Your last one is IMLS. I think Adam Lovell is here. Yep. Go for it. Yeah, so the Institute of Museum and Library Services team, Gabrielle was our chair. Unfortunately, she couldn't be present, so we met with the department without her. Also on the team was Archie Arnold, Ellen Burt, and Charity Horanek. Great team. Got a lot accomplished. Next slide. Thank you. So the Institute of Museum and Library Services, also IMLS for short, they're going to be getting a new agency director sometime after January. They do flip-flop between someone with a museum background and a library background every four years, so their next director will come from the museum field. They are introducing a lot of new programs in conjunction with the anticipated opening of the new National Museum of the American Latino, such as the American Latino Mentorship and Fellowship Program, which I'll talk about later. They did similar type of initiative with the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian and also the National Museum of African American History and Culture. So following that trend in 15 to 20 years, we will see some programs around Asian Pacific and Pacific Islanders come down the pipe. They've just started the process of opening that museum. Also applicants that have an America 250 component are getting a lot of extra attention. The peer reviewers have reported to the agency that they want to see more proposals that are easy to read, so avoid acronyms, avoid buzzwords, jargon, fanciful writing, any of that stuff. Just make your applications clear and easy to understand. The agency's main focus is creating a citizenry that knows how and where to find good information. Next slide. The program officers are waiting to hear from you. They repeatedly emphasize that they want to hear from applicants, contact the program officers during the application process. The museum side of the house has a link on their website that you can schedule a phone call with them. The library side has this option. They're going to hopefully be implementing that soon, but they could not emphasize enough, please reach out to the program officers. That's what they're there for. Most programs have both webinars and sample applications on their website for you to use. Use those sample applications. Those are sort of their gold standard, so if your application doesn't look like those, then you're doing it wrong. They would like to see more proposals from community colleges, but they realize that they are an institution that funds museums and libraries, so consider partnering with local museums and libraries to leverage your impact. Next slide, please. A few of the individual grants that we have, their inspire grant, which is for small museums, up to $75,000 funding. The applicant gets to define what a quote small museum is to them. It could be the size of your staff, the size of your budget, the size of your collection size, the amount of programming that you do. This is based on the museum component. If you have a museum as part of your college, it's the museum component, not your overall college budget. If you only have two part-time employees and a $20,000 budget for the museum entity or department, that definitely qualifies as small. It wouldn't be the whole college staff and budget. The Laura Bush librarians grant, this is funding for training professionals, so it has professional development, recruiting, education, and retaining librarian library professionals. Great opportunity if you have a campus library and you need to kind of upscale some of their professionals. They also want you to use good data when you apply for these grants, and you will need a needs assessment, because that is a key to making a strong application. Next slide, please. The museum assessment program, this isn't really a grant. There's no direct funding involved, but if you apply and get accepted, then you will be given a self-assessment to do for your museum, and then a professional team of professionals will actually come out and evaluate the operations and make recommendations and provide you with an implementation plan around your museum, and this is often the first step to getting additional grant funding, so a great first step that you can go through. Museum grants for African-American history and culture, up to half a million dollars to support projects at African-American museums and HBCUs. Next slide. Museums Empowered, this is up to $250,000 for professional development and training that will generate a systemic change in the museum industry, and the Museums for America, this is sort of the bread and butter of the museum side of the house, up to $250,000. It is a one-to-one match to support museums of all sizes and types for things like exhibits, they'll do educational programs, digital resources, professional development, community engagement, collections management, any of that kind of stuff. They do emphasize that you will need the needs assessment to put into your application. The National Leadership Grants, there's one for libraries and one for museums. You do not have to be a museum or a library to apply for these programs. Any project that will advance the career field for either museums or libraries will be an eligible applicant, so something to keep in mind. Next slide. ILS has several grants specific to American Indian and Native Hawaiian serving institutions. Not all the funding gets used for these programs, so if you are an eligible applicant, I do highly encourage you to apply. Again, this is a great opportunity to partner with a museum or library that might be an eligible applicant to see how your cause can be involved. Next slide. There's more of those programs that I talked about in our last slide. This is their new program, the American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative. Again, you don't have to be a museum to be an applicant. This is a great opportunity if you have a Latino studies program on your campus or if you have a lot of students that might be interested in doing some sort of American Latino internship or fellowship. It's between $100,000 to $750,000, and projects can range from one to three years. This would be a good fit for a lot of community colleges. Then last but not least is the Collections Assessment for Preservation Program or CAP. Very similar to the MAP program, only this is specific only to the collection side of the house. No direct funding, but you get the assessment and you get a final report that you'll need for additional grant funding. Thank you, Adam. Next up is Lisa Smith, and she is going to talk about transportation and SAMHSA. Hi. So we met with the Department of Transportation. We had Tomoko Olsen and Pauline Morose, and we met with Francisco Soto in person, and everyone else was actually via Zoom that day. Just the nature of the industry these days. Next. Agency updates plus two years was added for the last year of the CMVOST. So basically, you have to spend your money in one. They've added plus two now, so you have a little bit longer to spend your money. They said they tend to add other priorities, but not to remove. For instance, they added underserved minorities or areas underprivileged to the priorities last year, but check the NOFO, and it'll explain or have any new ones for this coming year. They're in the process of updating the technical assistance webinars. The recordings of the funding conference after the NOFO is posted. The CMVETS started in FY 2022, and there was one award awarded to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Alliance, and the local competition fellowship will be released in February or March of 2024. Next, please. Agency takeaways. Do not let the match deter you. In the last year, I think possibly two, they have waived the match, the 15%. The ANI is constantly updated, and they're going to share the PowerPoint with us, so that will be posted with the agency report. Of course, subscribe on grants.gov for updates for any of the FMCA programs, and the staff will schedule meetings with you to discuss your applications as long as the NOFO is not out. So, if you know of a program that you want to apply for, and the NOFO is not out, you can go ahead and reach out to the agency contact. So, the CMVOST, this is the Commercial Vehicle Operator Safety Training. This is to increase the number of CDL holders. It should be coming out in January, and the maximum award is $200,000. Next. The High Priority Grant Program. This is a discretionary competitive program designed to provide federal assistance to enhance the MCSAP Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan, maintain innovative technology, and or new projects, and include it in the CVSP that will have a positive impact on CMV safety. It has not come out yet, but there has been an increase in funding by $233.4 million, so keep an eye out for that one. Next. The Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation. The goal of this program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes in the United States by ensuring that only qualified drivers are eligible to receive and retain a CDL. Again, this one has not been released yet, but there has been an increase in funding of the amount of $135.6 million, and the match may be waived. It would be in the NOFO if they're going to waive it. The University Transportation Centers. This one, the last one was awarded, I believe, I can't see the screen there, in May, and they award up to $3 million depending on your type of program. For this one, they do like some type of collaboration or consortium, not to say that they won't fund a single agency, but they're looking for advanced transportation expertise and technology, and then education and workforce development and technology transfer. Next. And then the National Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups. This one is a summer transportation internship where they actually award students a stipend to become part of this program, so keep an eye out for that NOFO. Next. The Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program. This is a competition to stimulate interest among students attending an IHE, that is an MSI, or community college. This one covers tuition fees, program-related expenses. For community college students, it's anywhere from $1,500 to $5,000. This one, only community colleges that are MSIs are eligible, and you must attend the annual meeting for networking, and they have networking and job opportunities available. Next. The Rebuilding America, this is the RAISE Program. This one, again, most of these are to be announced, just so I'll say, because they said they're still waiting on their budget for next year, so nothing has really come out from the Department of Transportation or will come out until then. They also have the Federal Transit Administration Competitive Programs. This is the low emission or the low emission component assessment program. Again, keep an eye out for these NOFOs to be released. And the CMV ETS, this was a program that was new for 2022, and this was the one that they awarded one award, but that does not mean that you cannot work with any of your local agencies, so it supports training and education of non-federal personnel who conduct CMV safety activities, and they should have another announcement soon. So, on to SAMHSA. We visited with Anne Heron in person. The team was Georgia Cavallo, Kelly Miola, Casey Clayton, Eric Smith, and Autherine Blass. The agency updates, they have a new strategic plan for 23 to 26 is available on their website. The five strategic goals over the next four years are listed here, preventing substance use and abuse, enhancing access to suicide prevention and mental health services, promoting resilience and emotional health for children, youth, and families, integrating behavioral and physical health care, and strengthening the behavioral health workforce. There are toolkits available on the SAMHSA website as well as stats and data. They actually pull all the stats and data for you, so they make it pretty easy if you're writing a grant to SAMHSA. They've created an office of recovery and implemented the 988 hotline. The grants forecast was released in August on the SAMHSA website, and the link is there, and you can also opt into the newsletter. And SAMHSA offers two types of grants, discretionary and formula grants. The formula grants are for state authorities, and they're the only eligible entities. Next. Agency takeaways. Agency has taken a hard look at the NOFOs. They're removing some of the limitations, opening opportunities to broader groups. For workforce, they realize that we need to train additional workforce, including students, faculty, and staff. There's a focus on destigmatizing mental health issues and treatment. If you want to take a look at a program that they have funded, take a look at the Tarzana Treatment Center College as a reference or a model for what they're doing there. They encourage all applicants to read the NOFO before calling for assistance. Peer certification and the train-the-trainer model is an emerging need to help fulfill the workforce issues. And there's a how to apply section at the SAMHSA.gov slash grant slash how to apply that will walk you through step-by-step on how to apply for a SAMHSA grant. So, here's some of the SAMHSA grants. The Sobering Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Acts grant. The expected release is in February, and they have a total amount of funding available of around $4.5 million. Next. The Drug-Free Community Support Program. This has an expected release date of January 2024, up to $125,000 per applicant. And it's to establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public, and private nonprofit agencies, as well as your federal, state, local, and tribal communities, but to support efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among the youth. Next. The Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Health Professional Student Training. This has a forecast release date of February 2024. There's approximately $10 million available. And this is a comprehensive integrated public health approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for people with substance abuse disorders. Next. The recovery community services program, the purpose of this program is to provide peer recovery support services. This one just closed in May of 2023, it offers 300,000 for up to five years, so if you keep an eye out beginning of this year, there should be another opportunity. Next, the minority fellowship program. There's nothing forecasted for this one, but it aims to increase the number of culturally competent professionals in the workforce, and it also seeks to encourage more racial and ethnic minorities to join the behavioral health workforce, so just keep an eye out for our NOFO hopefully soon. Preventing navigator programs for racial and ethnic minorities, the purpose of this is to provide substance abuse and misuse and HIV prevention services to racial and ethnic minority males for risk for HIV and AIDS. Nothing forecasted for that one. Garrett Lee Smith's campus suicide prevention, expect to release date February of 2024, 3.5 million for a total of four awards. This one does, you do have to provide a one-on-one match, so if you're interested, just know that you do have to provide a match, but it provides support and development of a comprehensive, collaborative, and well-coordinated and evidence-based approach, approaches for, and it provides, I don't want to read through all these, but it enhances services for college students, provides mental health and substance abuse, promotes help-seeking behavior, and reduces stigma, and it's expected that this program will reduce the adverse consequences of serious mental health and substance abuse disorder. Thank you. I'm sure. Thank you. Melinda Bryan-Smith. Okay. Thank you, Michelle. We met with Dr. Alan Ruby in the Department of Ed Institute of Education Sciences Education Research Area. I want to thank my team members, Beth and Cherise, for participating and helping out with this report in our meeting with Dr. Ruby. Next slide, please. Some of the things he shared with us, and we met with him virtually, is that they have a new Institute for Education Sciences Director. They've had, they're anticipating naming an interim soon in the spring of 2024. They're reconstituting their advisory board, which has been defunct for a while. They're very interested in community colleges and have some resources later that I'll share with you in the slides, and they'll have some new requests for applications coming out in 2024. Next slide, please. Dr. Ruby shared that it's really very difficult, in fact, the community college would not be able to lead one of these grants, but you can participate with a four-year research institution and be a part of one of their grants that way. They also highly recommended that if you have the type of background to have your community college faculty or staff serve on a review panel, and I provided the link to reviewer recruitment there. They're also really, if you partner with a four-year institution on anything like this, please have them, before they even start doing any research, talk to the program officer. Again, we've heard that several times today, but these folks are very approachable and want to visit with you. And then he provided three research initiatives that would be very helpful to community colleges in the research area, and I've provided those there for you, as well as the links. Next slide, please. There are really two grant areas, again, that a community college can be involved in. The first is the education research grants. This funding is pretty stable every year. It doesn't fluctuate much, and it has a pretty consistent release date. The second grant, the special education research grants, Dr. Ruby shared that it fluctuates a bit more. Each of these grants have different research topics every year, so again, if you've identified a research topic that interests you, please reach out to the program officer to talk to them first, before you do anything. Next slide, please. Next, I'll move on to the National Science Foundation, other than the Department of Undergraduate Education. Now, think of this as kind of a catch-all for some of these NSF grants that float around within NSF. We've kind of lumped them all here, so we don't really have any program officers, because it would be too numerous to list, but thank you to my team, Amy, Carolyn, Dory, Kim, and Tomoko, for their help pulling this together. This was a web update. There's two grants that I want to make you aware of, the EPIC grant, Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity for Non-R1 and Non-R2 Institutes of Higher Education. We'll go into detail in a minute with that one, and then the other one is the grant of the Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity, and I want to thank my team for bringing—let's see, it was EPIC, I believe, that Carolyn wanted to look into, and then Michelle, I think, brought up, and Rachel brought up the fact that somebody within FFTF during the meetings had heard about the granted program, so we quickly pulled some information on that, too, for you. Next slide. Some key takeaways. You might already know this, but the NSF updated their PPAPG, the Policy and Procedures Award—excuse me, Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide in January of this year, and then, again, as we've heard before, reach out to your program officers with questions any time after you've reviewed the guidelines. Next slide, please. Okay. So, the first one, CFDA 47.070, is Campus Cyber Infrastructure. They have 30 to 53 awards estimated. They have deadlines twice throughout the year, and I've listed the specific NSF guidelines that you can access under the expected release date. The second grant is the Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER. You see several CFDAs listed there because several different directorates within NSF participate in this. And I think I forgot to mention earlier in the slides, I listed the NSF's org chart because it's so confusing to kind of know where everybody, all of these lie, so take a look at that, and you'll see where the different directorates and how they apply to these different CFDAs. But the CAREER grant is, again, for community college faculty, it would be difficult to participate because you have to be engaged in research. However, you might be approached by a four-year institution to write a letter of support, for example, on things like this, and you'll see the release dates on that and the guidelines there. Next, we have the INCLUDES grant, or Inclusion Across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science. Again, you see several CFDAs because many of the different directorates within NSF participate in this particular grant, and so you can, there are many different types of research you can do with these different grants, so that's why there's different directorates. There's a very outlined way that you're supposed to apply for this, including, well, actually, they're not asking for letters of intents anymore, but again, they do want you to submit a one-page description to the NSF INCLUDES email, and I've also got, again, the guidelines there for you, and the next, the last deadline was October 22nd, or the next deadline will be October 22nd of 2024. Next slide. Okay, so this is real interesting. This is called the Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity or GRANTED. So this is something that NSF has never done. They're wanting to help institutions build up their post-awards side of the house within their institutions. I'd highly recommend that you listen to the webinar that I've provided the link on, and then within that webinar, they mentioned that grants professionals from community colleges and higher education institutions should volunteer to be a reviewer for these. I think we'd be well-positioned to help review some of these things, so some of these proposals. So really, if you're interested in this, if you're needing to build up your post-awards side, this is kind of a once, this has never happened before, and it probably will only last for so long, so definitely look into it. You can see the deadlines there in the column, last column there. Next slide, please. The Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity or EPIC grant, this is to broaden participation in innovative ecosystems that advance emerging technologies. Again, several directorates within the NSF are involved in this, so that's why you see so many CFDAs there. But again, it's focusing on helping with advanced emerging technologies. I've got the guidelines over there in the right. You see the deadlines coming up this December and in June for the preliminary proposals and then the full proposals. Next slide. Thank you. Thank you, Melinda. Anthony. Thank you, Michelle. Again, I had the pleasure of leading a team to the National Institutes of Food and Agriculture, and on that team were Elizabeth Schaaf, Julie Balzac, Kathy McClendon, and Toro Wright. We met with Drs. Carlos Ortiz and Peter Mottavalli. Next slide, please. Thank you. Just some quick agency updates. They are going to be receiving a new director, or they have received a new director whose appointment started on May 8th and is a six-year appointment. The USDA published the new strategic plan for 2325 with five goals with emphasis on science and research strategies. You can see four of the goals here, addressing climate change, advancing racial justice, equity, and opportunity, creating more and better market opportunities, and tackling food and nutrition insecurity and food safety. Since moving to KC, the USDA is now fully staffed and is able to continue outreach efforts. They define agriculture very broadly and in a multidisciplinary way, so it will include STEM and economics, among other topics. They are currently requesting increases for four major areas in their FY24 budget. Next slide, please. Just some key agency takeaways. They're always encouraging staff and faculty to serve as peer reviewers on grant panels. This is a great way to understand a little bit more about the grant process. They encourage you to reach out to the program officers to have a five-minute conversation, and they were very adamant about this. Do not send them white papers. They do not really have that much time to read them all, and they think they can really understand your project with a quick 15-minute conversation. Their major focus is on MSIs and workforce development right now. They say very much tailor your project narratives to specific institutions and communities and the community being served. Do not do general letters of support. Please make sure that you individualize your letters, or they said possibly use a combined letter of support. RFAs sometimes include multiple funding opportunities with different due dates, so please pay attention to those when reading them. They do not get enough proposals to use all the funding for their major workforce development, the AFRI Agricultural Workforce Training Grant, so please consider that. Next slide, please. All right. I'm just going to highlight just a few of their many different funding opportunities. This one is the Agriculture, Food, and Research Initiative, the Education and Workforce Development. This focuses very much on addressing projected shortfalls in qualified graduates in the agriculture, food, and renewable natural resources sector in the U.S. economy. A really important, excuse me, tip for this program is that you need to tie any project to ensuring that students in your program are receiving industry-recognized credentials. As you can see, there's multiple release dates and multiple deadlines. Next slide. They have their Higher Education Challenge Grant. Again, this is to address a state, regional, or national, or international educational need. Kind of see some of the program tips right here. So we can go on to the next slide. And finally, you have the Secondary Education, Two-Year Post-Secondary Education and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grant, or the SPICA grant. Again, this is to promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year post-secondary education in food, agriculture, and natural resources, and human development. Excuse me. This is an excellent grant to go for for any curriculum development needs or equipment needs for existing agricultural programs. And as you can see, previous announcement was on February 1st, 2023, with a deadline of April 5th, 2023, and they do expect to keep to that same calendar this year. Next slide. Thank you. I think, Anthony, we left off one of your programs, which was IFEL, that should have been there and it got eaten. Is there another day you can come back to talk about IFEL? I will check my calendar. All right. Please let me know. If not, we'll present it on your behalf, but I do apologize. Sometimes those gremlins just get a little cranky. Does anyone have any questions for any of our presenters? Rachel? You can just go ahead and unmute yourselves, by the way, if you do have a question or put it in the chat, if you're shy. How could you possibly go through? I was at 77 slides in under an hour. That was amazing. Michelle, you and Rachel and your team is just, I'm floored. So, wow. Well, and I did miss about five slides, and I, like I said, I do apologize and apologize profusely to Anthony to bring those back. Practice. You really, years and years. Rachel, anything you want to add? No. Thank you all. Keeping an eye on the chat, but I think the one question, it looks like Pat popped in there. Gabrielle already answered. So, oh, wait, there is one that just came in. Department of Education funding related to SIP, will there still be a requirement to apply for Title III eligibility this year? Who did SIP? Was that Gabrielle? Gabrielle, are you still there? Yes. Sorry. I'm looking at it now. I don't know the answer to that, I'm afraid. Okay. Anyone else happen to know that answer? We are a collective in our knowledge. Yes. They mentioned it at the meeting. Someone who was there may be able to jump in. Probably the best thing to do is, right after the first of the new year, check their website This year's eligibility application was released on the 17th of January and had to be filed, I believe, by the 24th. I was on their website yesterday looking around for a couple of other things and did not see any indication that there wouldn't be an eligibility application requirement. As far as I know, Michelle, we've always had to apply for Title III before we could even apply for the SIP. This is Tanya from Santa Fe. I would say then 99% 9, yes, there will be. But start looking at the website right after the first of the year. Thank you, Tanya. And thank you also, Pat. In the chat, Pat Maloney has offered to speak with anyone who's interested in things like EPIC and the excellent grants. This is a great time to sort of shout out the case community. So the task force has a community, but there's also a community for grant professionals generally. And that's where we get to continue conversations like this with each other throughout the year. So if you're a case member, you can talk with Meg about making sure you're part of the communities and places where we can share this information. Oh, and it looks like we're getting lots of questions. Okay. Conversations. This one is probably Gabrielle as well. Adrian asked about ANAPISI Part F. We had information Part A was released this year. Folks are waiting to hear for Part F. I can't remember if that was on one of the slides. So unhelpful. They did not give us any dates. Okay. Yeah, and this is probably a good time to let people know. There definitely are some things that the program officers aren't allowed to tell us when we meet with them if they haven't actually announced them officially elsewhere. So as much as we get really great tips and kind of insider information, it actually does need to be public information. So if they're not ready to tell us, divulge those deadlines. We don't always have the answer to that. I'm just going to say one more time, if you're looking for the slides, I just commented to Chris that you can scroll up the chat. And Christy Grimm posted a link to where they are. And she posted a screenshot. But basically you're going to go right into how you signed into this, where you went into our learning portal. And then it's learn.case.org. And then you're going to go into today's debrief. And there are three tabs there. It says overview, event detail, or course. And if you click on course, the PDF will be in there. I think it's already there right now, actually. I saw it before we came on. But again, just feel free to e-mail me if you have any trouble. Or you can give me a call and we can work it out. But I think if you just surf around, it will be pretty obvious. Any more questions? Just going to post my number. All right. I'm going to move the chat open a little bit. If folks want to grab Meg's number there or Patricia Maloney's e-mail address that she dropped in. Yeah. And you see our e-mail addresses, Rachel and Michelle's up there. That's us, your co-chairs. We're more than happy to field questions via e-mail as well. Not really quiet. We're getting thank yous and kudos in the chat. I'm sorry, can you tell us again? I'm on the learn, case.learn, or whatever it is, the website. Can you just tell me where to click one more time? So have you logged in? So case, so you need to log in, just like you did to get to this debrief. And then you go into My Courses, and you'll see this debrief as one of the courses that you've signed up for. And then once you get into the course, there are three tabs there. What did I say? It's Overview. Hold on, I wrote it down. Overview, Event Detail, and Course. And it's under Courses. I see it. Thank you so much. Oh, good. I'm afraid to stop the screen share. Everything's gone so well. I was thinking Michelle could go off screen share, but I think I'll do better at that tomorrow. I'll get it all synced up so I can screen share and show you how to get there. I do want to share with everybody the fact that we are a team school here at Vernon College. And I have learned everything about Zoom from the weekly meetings Rachel and I have had over the past, what, four or five years since she became chair. So I am still pretty dangerous when it comes to manipulating Zoom. So I thank you a lot for your patience. I really want to thank all of our presenters, our team captains. You have seen just a little snapshot of what they have done over this year. And a little snapshot of what it's like to be in Washington. Go out and meet with your program officers. Come back and then do these slides, particularly those that had Wednesday meetings, say, 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon when the debrief was about to start at 430 for the team. And we can't thank them enough. We just can't thank them enough. Those that facilitated remote meetings, again, they're still doing the same amount of work, the same amount of finite time for slides. We do hope to have the entire report edited and out. It's always out, but it's under construction starting now through the end of January. All right. Should we wrap this up then? Thank you, everyone, very much. Day two, same time tomorrow, 4 o'clock Eastern. So you'll log back in, only you'll go to debrief number two tomorrow. Rachel, Michelle, anything else? No, thank you all. All right. I'm going to stop recording. Everybody have a great night. And thank you again for joining us and for the leadership of Michelle and Rachel, especially. Thank you, everybody. Have a good night. You too. Thanks. Bye.

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