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2026-07-07
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Housing Policy Research Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity

PDR-2600-DC-029M · Department of Housing and Urban Development

housing community social services economic development public health Science & Technology R&D

Closes
2026-07-20 · 13 d
Award ceiling
$1,500,000
Award floor
$100,000
Program funding
$8,000,000
Expected awards
10
Cost sharing
No
Posted
2026-04-30
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Characterization · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-07

Competitive cooperative agreements fund housing policy research projects that produce actionable evidence for U.S. policymakers and communities.

Funds
applied research
University
direct
social behavioral
central
engineering
minor
computational data
substantial
humanities arts
minor

⚑ Foreign entities, individuals, and sole proprietorships are ineligible. · HSIs, HBCUs, TCCUs, and ANNH-serving institutions are explicitly eligible; the NOFO also says institutions of higher education, nonprofits, and for-profits may apply. · Cooperative agreement instrument; award ceiling $1,500,000.

Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules

IPPRA 92 strong portfolio topic: public_health; social/behavioral work is central; funds applied research
Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) 70 strong technical depth: substantial; funds applied research
Tom Love Innovation Hub 25 weak funds applied research; deep-tech content

Description

The Housing Policy Research Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity provides competitive awards to eligible applicants, including institutions of higher education, nonprofit, and for-profit institutions. Awards made through this NOFO will fund quality research projects that: (1) contribute to knowledge about housing policy in the United States; and (2) generate actionable insights and evidence that can applied by policymakers and communities in the short-term.

Eligibility

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs); Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH) are eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Apply

View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Department of Housing and Urban Development <researchpartnerships@hud.gov>

Proposal brief

ONE LLM CALL (~1¢) · CACHED · REQUIRES STAFF KEY

Proposal shell · Federal (generic) conventions

ONE LLM CALL (~2-3¢) · CACHED · SCAFFOLDING, NOT GHOSTWRITING