Research and Evaluation, Demonstrations and Data Analysis and Utilization Program (HUDRD) | FR 6200 N 29

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The Research and Evaluation, Demonstrations and Data Analysis and Utilization Program (HUDRD), Funding Opportunity Number FR 6200 N 29, is a discretionary grant opportunity from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that uses cooperative agreements to support applied research tied to disaster prevention and relief. The program is structured around three project types. Two of the project types focus on flood resilience research meant to help HUD and communities understand what works, what it costs, and how to implement resilience strategies effectively, especially in ways that benefit people and neighborhoods that are most vulnerable to flood impacts. The third project type supports pre-competitive research in homebuilding technologies aimed at improving affordability, efficiency, durability, and occupant health.

Projects 1 and 2 are rooted in Congressional funding intended to let HUD evaluate the effectiveness of its resilience spending. Project 1 calls for a cost-effectiveness evaluation of flood resilience expenditures, looking at both short-term and long-term benefits and costs of investments designed to reduce risk to people and property from flood hazards and to improve resilience to flooding. A central feature is the explicit focus on impacts to vulnerable populations, meaning the study is expected to do more than tally aggregate costs and benefits; it should pay attention to distributional outcomes and whether resilience investments are reducing harm (or potentially creating tradeoffs) for communities that face higher exposure, fewer resources, or greater barriers to recovery.

Project 2 is an implementation-focused study that examines how flood resilience strategies are carried out in practice. The purpose is to identify which implementation practices are most likely to succeed across different types of communities, recognizing that approaches that work in one place may not translate cleanly to another because of differences in governance, capacity, funding conditions, community trust, local development pressures, and hazard profiles. This project is about learning from real-world rollouts, identifying recurring bottlenecks, and clarifying what implementation choices and sequencing steps tend to improve the odds of success.

A major deliverable expectation for both Project 1 and Project 2 is that the selected research organization(s) will produce practical guidance tools for communities. For the cost-effectiveness work, the guidance is meant to translate research into usable methods for assessing resilience projects, with an emphasis on tools that can be applied by local governments and states that have very different levels of staffing, data access, and analytic capacity. For the implementation study, the guidance is expected to address common implementation challenges and workable solutions, and to lay out best practices for conceiving, planning, funding, and implementing flood resilience strategies. A specific priority is improving community participation and support, signaling that HUD wants guidance that takes public engagement, legitimacy, and buy-in seriously as core components of successful resilience efforts rather than afterthoughts.

Project 3 shifts from flood program evaluation to innovation in housing construction. Under this track, HUD funds cooperative agreements for pre-competitive research in homebuilding technologies, meaning work that advances the broader industry rather than proprietary product development for a single firm. The goal is to generate or validate innovative construction products or practices that can lead to housing that is more affordable and energy efficient, while also being more resilient in a broad sense: durable, disaster resistant, adaptable to future requirements, maintainable over time, and healthier for occupants. This track aligns building technology innovation with public goals like cost containment, reduced energy burden, improved performance under hazards, and better indoor environmental quality.

In terms of basic logistics and scale, the opportunity was created April 9, 2019, with an original application deadline of May 24, 2019, and required electronic submission by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. HUD anticipated making about 8 awards, with an award ceiling of $950,000. The CFDA number listed is 14.536. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and local governments; special districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); small businesses; and other entities as allowed by the additional eligibility guidance in the notice.

Overall, HUDRD (as described here) is designed to produce actionable evidence and tools: it pairs rigorous evaluation of flood resilience investments with on-the-ground implementation learning, and it complements that work with forward-looking housing technology research aimed at making homes cheaper to build and operate, more robust to disasters, and better for human health.

• The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the disaster prevention and relief sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research and Evaluation, Demonstrations and Data Analysis and Utilization Program (HUDRD)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.536.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 09, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 24, 2019 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $950,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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