ACL Innovation Lab
Administration for Community Living · Department of Health and Human Services
At a glance
ACL Innovation Lab is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Administration for Community Living (Department of Health and Human Services). The application deadline was July 5, 2023. Individual awards are listed as $4.79M, with about 1 award expected and $4.79M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts and 6 more. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.048 (Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV, and Title II, Discretionary Projects).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- May 5, 2023Posted
- Jul 5, 2023Application deadline
- Aug 25, 2023 (est.)Est. award date
- Posted
- May 5, 2023
- Close date
- Jul 5, 2023
- Est. award date
- Aug 25, 2023
- Award floor
- $4,790,000
- Award ceiling
- $4,790,000
- Est. total funding
- $4,790,000
- Original deadline (extended)
- Jul 4, 2023
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public colleges & universities
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Public & Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Private colleges & universities
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The purpose of this funding announcement is to create an ACL Innovation Lab (“the Lab”) that facilitates the development and scaling of effective practices that promote health and reduce injury among older adults and older adults with disabilities.The achieve this purpose, the Lab, with ACL’s direction and in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, will:Develop a taxonomy for falls prevention research through an in-depth review of falls prevention literature that allows for a structured approach to data collection.Develop relevant research questions and methods, based on that taxonomy, for conducting research using two approaches: core components and community-driven/community-based participatory research on falls prevention and related risk factors.Develop a secure, dynamic system to house the data collected and evidence developed by sub-awardees, complying with ACL’s public access plan and policy in regards to scientific or research data collected as a result of this funding.Fund a cohort of community-based aging and disability service sub-awardees to pilot these approaches, in order to understand and measure the extent to which existing interventions reduce falls and related risk factors for falls.Provide technical assistance to sub-awardees on core components, participatory research designs to measure outcomes, and structured data collection.Conduct both predictive and data analysis on research findings, and disseminate findings.Promote the scaling and sustainability of effective practices that promote health and reduce injury specific to falls prevention and related risk factors.
Full announcement & documents
The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.
- Foa_Content_of_HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-ACIL-0061.pdfFull Announcement · HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-ACIL-0061.pdfPDF · 729 KB
- FAQs_Innovation_Lab_2023.docxOther Supporting Documents · FAQs_Innovation_Lab_2023.docxVND. · 43 KB
- Information_Call_Transcript.pdfOther Supporting Documents · Information_Call_Transcript.pdfPDF · 133 KB
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 93.048
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
Administration for Community Living
Shannon.skowronski@acl.hhs.gov
202-795-7407
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “ACL Innovation Lab”?
The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments, Public & Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations, 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Private colleges & universities. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through “ACL Innovation Lab”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $4.79m, total estimated program funding is $4,790,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.
How do I apply for “ACL Innovation Lab”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-ACIL-0061), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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