FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: National Center for Marriage Research

[Smartmarriages]

Tue 7/3/2007 5:02 PM
Subject: ASPE Funding Opportunity: National Center for Marriage Research

Grants Notice 
Funding Opportunity Number:  HS-07-030

Eligible Applicants
 Private institutions of higher education
 Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Agency Name 
 Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Description 
 The U.S. has undergone massive shifts in patterns of marriage and
childbearing and continues to experience social changes relating to family
structure, demographics, income, and the social and behavioral functioning
of individuals and families. The role and strategies of government and other
organizations in addressing these issues is also adapting and evolving.

In order to successfully promote the health and welfare of the American
people, HHS NEEDS TO HAVE TIMELY ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, RELEVANT RESEARCH
ON MARRIAGE, including analyses of the causes and consequences of changes in
marriage and childbearing patterns over the past decades; the impact of
marriage and family structure on the health and well-being of individuals,
families, children and communities; and the policy and program interventions
designed to support development of healthy marriages.

To further these efforts and inform the public, HHS is soliciting
applications from university-based institutions for a cooperative agreement.

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) expects to fund
the National Center for Marriage Research for a period of five (5) years.
The first year of funding for a National Center for Marriage Research will
be approximately $900,000 (combined direct and indirect funding). Subject to
the availability of future funds we expect to fund a second year at
$900,000; a third year at $900,000; a fourth year at $850,000 and a fifth
and final year at $800,000 for total federal funding of $4.35 million over
the five year period for the Center with increasing matching requirements
from non-federal sources over the term of the agreement.

No federal funding is anticipated beyond the fifth year. In addition to
conducting and disseminating high-quality, policy-relevant research,
building research capacity and networks-supporting faculty research and
faculty training; enhancing campus-wide awareness of issues related to
marriage and family structure; and supporting and mentoring students in
careers related to marriage and family research and policy-is a central
purpose of the National Center for Marriage Research.

The goals of the National Center for Marriage Research are to 1) improve our
understanding of both the effects of marriage on the health and well-being
of children, adults, families and communities; and the effects of
programmatic interventions; 2) provide a core of multi-disciplinary
researchers, as well as a network of scholars who focus their research on
marriage and family structure, 3) develop and train future social science
researchers whose work focuses on marriage and family structure, 4) improve
research methods and data to permit a fuller understanding of the effects of
family structure in various domains across the life span; and 5) establish
and maintain a network for the active dissemination of findings to the
policy and research communities as well as program practitioners through
newsletters, working papers, special reports, conferences, and briefings.

See web link:  http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/news/07MarriageCenter.htm
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Jennifer C. Burnszynski
 Social Science Analyst
 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 200 Independence Ave SW, Room 404E
 Washington, DC 20201
 voice:  (202) 690-8651
 fax:  (202) 690-6562
http://aspe.hhs.gov <http://aspe.hhs.gov/>



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