2026 Multicultural Outreach Mini-Grant Opportunity

This Grant Opportunity is now Closed!

Epilepsy Foundation Multicultural Outreach Program Announces Funds for Social Determinants of Health Mini Grants

The Epilepsy Foundation Multicultural Outreach Program announces the availability of funds to award up to 10 Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) mini grants during fiscal year 2025-2026. These grants help to address education related determinants of health that impact people living with epilepsy.

Grant funds of $10,000 per applicant will be awarded to Epilepsy Foundation affiliates and epilepsy-related community-based organizations that are in collaboration with multi-sector agencies, such as colleges and universities, school districts, health departments, rural health agencies, health coalitions and associations.

The following national partners are considered multi-sector organizations and have state level entities that may be linked to epilepsy agencies for this funding opportunity: American Public Health Association, Society for Public Health Education, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators, Brain Injury Alliances, Stroke Associations, and National Rural Health Association. 

Local chapters or affiliates of these national organizations are also suitable partners for this funding opportunity: American Bar Association, National Disability Rights Networks, NAACP, Urban League, Consortium of African American Public Health Programs, National Association of School Nurses, Association of Higher Education and Disability and Transition Orgs, such as Got Transition. Colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions, such as Historically Black Universities and Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges are also suitable partners for this funding opportunity. 

This is a limited competition application process that is funded through the cooperative agreement between the Epilepsy Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Multi-sector organizations are eligible to apply but must be affiliated with Epilepsy Foundation affiliate, epilepsy-related agency or regional staff of the Epilepsy Foundation. If you need assistance with establishing a partnership with an epilepsy agency, please contact programs@efa.org. 

Grant Purpose

Applicants will be required to propose training, marketing, awareness, linkage/referral and/or outreach activities with multi-sector organizations to achieve the following intended outcomes:

• Sustained relationships between EF network and local social, education and public health services
• Increased number of PWEs from diverse communities connected to EF network and local services
• Increased number of social services, education and public health/ health education providers trained in SFA and knowledgeable of epilepsy disparities
• Increased number of law enforcement officers, behavioral health workers, community health workers, and teachers and professors, trained through existing EFA courses
• Increased linkages and referrals of diverse PWEs to social and local services
• Decreased unmet social needs of people with epilepsy
• Increase efficacy and capacity of EF network to address social determinants of epilepsy

Letters Of Interest Submission States January 20, 2026

Based on the 2026 SDOH Mini Grant Guidelines, Letters of Interest (LOI) should be submitted to outline the proposed activities of the grant project, explain the capacity of the organization, and state the required collaboration/partnership.

Our team will start reviewing submitted LOIs on a rolling basis starting on January 20, 2026. Please send the completed LOI to Multicultural Outreach Senior Director Thometta Cozart MS, MPH, CHES, CPH via email: tcozart@efa.org. 

Here is a sample LOI for review and consideration.
Here is the scoring rubric used by reviewers to score letters. 

Please also email Thometta with any questions you may have before January 20, 2026.

GRANT INFO SESSION on January 7, 2026

The informational session took place at 2 pm EST on Wednesday, January 7th via Zoom. This webinar outlined the grant details, letter of interest, requirements, and provided an opportunity to address questions.