State Advocacy Grant on Healthy Mental Development

Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants (HHS-2026-ACF-OFVPS-EV-0036) is sponsored by Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The purpose of the Culturally Specific Services for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault program is to provide culturally specific services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, addressing emergent needs from public health concerns. Optional activities include legal advocacy, job training, employment services, and identifying secure and safe affordable temporary or permanent housing.

The AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellowship is FAS's route for turning technical and domain expertise into frontier AI safety policy that actually moves. It is a part-time hybrid programme running 30 September 2026 to 28 February 2027, with applications due 7 September 2026, and it pays a USD 5,000 stipend plus up to USD 1,000 as a merit award. Fellows commit roughly five hours a week to developing a policy memo on a specific AI safety challenge, attend training sessions, join an in-person retreat in California from 4 to 7 November 2026, and present at a capstone event in Washington DC during the week of 22 February 2027. The design target is explicit and unusual: it recruits early- to mid-career professionals who have limited direct public policy experience but deep expertise elsewhere - technical AI research, academia, think tanks, civil society, industry, law, cybersecurity and national security - and teaches them the mechanics of getting an idea adopted. Selection weighs clear understanding of AI governance challenges, concrete implementation-oriented solutions rather than broad principles, awareness of which stakeholders must be moved, and a credible commitment to translating expertise into policy outcomes. Because the stipend is modest and the time commitment part-time, this is designed to sit alongside an existing job rather than replace one.

STOP Violence Against Women (VAWA STOP) Grant Program is sponsored by Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. This formula grant program, administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and managed at the state level by the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, supports the development and strengthening of effective law enforcement, prosecution, judicial strategies, and victim services in cases of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and/or dating violence. Funding priority is given to victim advocacy services, prosecution, law enforcement, courts, and discretionary programs. These funds should be used for projects that serve or focus on adults and youth (age 11-24) who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and may also support complementary new initiatives and emergency services for victims and their families, including children 10 and under.