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Arts and Culture
Tribeca Film Institute Announces Guidelines for Documentary Fund
Grants of at least $10,000 are available to fund exceptional filmmakers with
character-driven nonfiction works-in-progress that sit outside the social issue
landscape....
http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/tfi_documentary/rules
Posted on September 9, 2012
Deadline: November 5, 2012
Athletics/Sports
Responsible Sports Program Opens Fall 2012 Community Grants Program
Fifteen grants of $2,500 will be awarded to youth sports organizations whose
coaches, parents, administrators, and supporters participate in the Responsible
Sports program....
http://www.responsiblesports.com/community_grants/community_grant_details.aspx
Posted on September 6, 2012
Deadline: November 30, 2012
Education
NEA Foundation-Nickelodeon Big Help Grants Available to K-8 Public School
Educators
Grants of up to $5,000 are available to educators at K-8 public schools for
the development and implementation of projects related to environmentalism,
health and wellness, students' rights to a quality education, and community
involvement....
http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/nea-foundation-green-grants/
Posted on September 10, 2012
Deadline: October 15, 2012
Florida Power & Light Offers Teacher Grants for Energy-Related Classroom
Projects
A total of $50,000 in grants of $500 to $2,500 is available to public,
private, and charter school teachers in FPL's service territory for classroom
projects focused on any form of energy education....
http://www.fpl.com/community/learning
Posted on September 4, 2012
Deadline: November 15, 2012
Medical Research
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grants for Preterm Birth Research by
Interdisciplinary Teams
Grants of up to $600,000 over a four-year period will be awarded to diverse
interdisciplinary groups of investigators researching the biological mechanisms
underlying parturition and spontaneous preterm birth.....
http://www.bwfund.org/pages/363/Preterm-Birth-Initiative
Posted on September 7, 2012
Deadline: December 3, 2012
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Invites Applications for Pathogenesis of Infectious
Disease Research Awards
The five-year awards provide $500,000 to support accomplished investigators
in the United States and Canada at the assistant professor level studying
infectious disease pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and
pathogen biology....
http://www.bwfund.org/pages/105/Investigators-in-the-Pathogenesis-of-Infectious-Disease
Posted on September 5, 2012
Deadline: November 1, 2012
Religion
Louisville Institute Invites Academic and Pastoral Researchers to Apply for
Sabbatical Grants Program
Grants of up to $40,000 are available to academics and pastors for year-long
research projects designed to advance religious and theological scholarship and
address practical issues concerning Christian faith and life.....
http://www.louisville-institute.org/Grants/programs/sgfrdetail.aspx
Posted on September 8, 2012
Deadline: November 1, 2012
Expiring This Month
America’s Great Outdoors: Connecting Youth to the Outdoors
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is launching a grant
program to increase the number of youth who build a connection with public lands
as places for recreating, learning and volunteering. Proposals for America’s
Great Outdoors: Connecting Youth to the Outdoors 2012 grants should maximize
hands-on outdoor engagement opportunities on public lands, focusing on
education, recreation and environmental stewardship. Prospective applicants must
be a Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management unit or a nonprofit
organization, academic institution, tribal group, or local or state government
entity that partners with the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management.
Grants will range from $2,500 to $20,000.
http://www.neefusa.org/grants/connecting_youth
The deadline to apply is September 19, 2012.
Drive to End Hunger: Sustainable Solutions Challenge; and Drive to End
Hunger: Elimination of Food Deserts Challenge
AARP Foundation, AARP’s charitable affiliate, is working with InnoCentive
to bring to life the AARP Foundation-InnoCentive Challenge Series. The purpose
of this Challenge Series is to help advance AARP Foundation’s cause for
improving the lives of millions of older Americans who struggle to meet their
basic needs for nutritious food, safe and affordable housing, adequate income,
and much-needed personal connections. Through these Challenges, AARP Foundation
and InnoCentive are inviting InnoCentive’s global network of over 260,000
Solvers and the rest of the world to help millions of struggling adults 50 and
older to win back opportunity, move from a state of vulnerability to stability,
recover confidence and get back on track. The Sustainable Solutions Challenge
seeks ideas to prevent food insecurity from happening in the first place or to
reduce its occurrence. The Elimination of Food Deserts Challenge seeks ideas for
reducing or eliminating "food deserts." A food desert is defined as a low-income
census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to
a supermarket or large grocery store. A minimum of two $10,000 grants will be
awarded.
https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/browse?pavilionName=AARP%20Foundation&pavilionId=AARP%20Foundation&source=pavilion
September 20, 2012 is the deadline.
Healthy Tomorrow’s Partnership for Children Program (HTCP)
The purpose of the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPC)
is to increase the number of innovative community initiated programs that
promote access to health care for children, youth and their families nationwide,
and employ preventive health strategies. This program most closely supports
HRSA's goals to improve access to quality health care and services, to build
healthy communities, and to improve health equity. HTPC funding supports direct
service projects, not research projects. Projects should: be family-centered,
community-based initiatives that use innovation to come up with cost-effective
approaches to providing preventive child health and developmental objectives for
vulnerable children and their families, especially those with limited access to
quality health services; foster/promote collaboration among community
organizations, individuals, agencies, businesses, and families; involve
pediatricians and other pediatric health professionals in community-based
service programs; and build community and statewide partnerships among
professionals in health, education, social services, government, and business to
achieve self-sustaining programs. When possible, projects should use health
information technology to help promote collaboration among health care and other
social services providers. A total of $377,000 is available to fund 8
projects.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=194533
September 21, 2012 is the application deadline.
Go Orange for No Kid Hungry
Go Orange for No Kid Hungry is a national effort to raise awareness about the
1 in 5 kids who face hunger every day. Share Our Strength is asking their young
supporters to get involved by asking their friends, family and classmates to
rock the color orange and to help spread the word by posting photos of their
group on Facebook. In addition kids under the age of 21 are invited to
participate in the Go Orange for No Kid Hungry essay contest. Participants can
win $500 just by answering one simple question: Why is ending childhood hunger
in America important to you? Prizes will be awarded to the top three essays in
two age categories: under the age of 15 and ages of 15-21. First place will
win a $500 cash prize; second place is a $250 cash prize; and third place wins
$125 cash prize.
http://nokidhungry2.org/goorange
The contest opens September 9th at 12:01a.m. EST and closes September 24th at
11:59 p.m. EST.
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting applications for
the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The program invests in the
nation's information infrastructure by funding projects designed to address the
education and training needs of the professionals who help build, maintain, and
provide public access to information systems and sources. In 2013, the Laura
Bush 21st Century Librarian Program will support projects to develop faculty and
library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians and
archivists, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and
information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians
and archivists. The program is especially interested in developing information
professionals who can help manage the burgeoning data generated by the nation's
researchers, serve as stewards of the nation's cultural legacy, and meet the
information needs of the underserved. The program also seeks to help librarians
develop the information and digital literacy of their communities, as well as
other critical skills users will need to be successful in the twenty-first
century. Grants will be awarded in the categories of doctoral programs, master's
programs, early career development, programs to build institutional capacity,
and continuing education. To be eligible, applicants must be either a unit of
state or local government or a private nonprofit organization and be located in
one of the fifty states of the United States of America, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau.
In addition, applicants must be a library or a parent organization, an academic
or administrative unit, a digital library, a library agency, a library
consortium, or a library association. Grant amounts will range from $50,000 to
$500,000. In order to receive a grant, applicants must provide funds from
non-federal sources in an amount that is equal to or greater than the amount of
the grant after subtraction of student support costs.
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/lb21_guidelines_2013.aspx
The application deadline is September 24, 2012.
Emergency Medical Services for Children EMCS State Partnership Grant
Program
This announcement solicits applications for the Emergency Medical Services
for Children State Partnership Grant Program in one of three categories,
Planning, Implementation and Partnership. The overall mission of the Emergency
Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program is to reduce the prevalence of
pediatric morbidity and mortality that may occur as a result of acute illness
and severe injury. To accomplish this mission, the EMSC Program works to
institutionalize pediatric-centered healthcare programs within States, and
promotes the value and importance of Integration. Integrating the pediatric
population's emergency healthcare needs and resources will improve the process,
access, and delivery of the emergency medical services system to respond,
provide intervention, and transport to the most appropriate healthcare facility;
and the pediatric-readiness of health institutions to medically manage and
adequately treat children in emergency situations all across the country. The
purpose of the EMSC State Partnership Program is to assist States in expanding
and improving their capacity to reduce and ameliorate pediatric emergencies,
taking special care to include children with special health needs, culturally
distinct populations and historically underrepresented groups, including the
U.S. Territories, the Freely Associated States, and American Indian/Native
Americans. This will be accomplished using existing research-based knowledge,
state-of-the-art systems development approaches, and the experience and products
of previous EMSC grantees. State Partnership grants are intended to solidify the
integration of a pediatric focus within state EMS systems. States are guided by
Standards of Achievement through Program-defined Performance Measures. The
Performance Measures are the primary goals, objectives and priorities of the
EMSC State Partnership Program. $7.4 million is available to fund an estimated
59 projects.
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=B1722368-00D4-48C4-9C67-538779141F0E&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=
Applications must be received by September 26, 2012.
Demonstration Fund for Oral health
The DentaQuest Foundation envisions specific longer-term objectives as a
result of its investments within the systems that they work to impact. Through
the Demonstration Fund for Oral Health, the Foundation identifies and supports
new programs that can impact systems outcomes. Organizations across the United
States that have promising, innovative solutions to improve the systems that
impact oral health are invited to submit a proposal. Grants made through the
Demonstration Fund will be for one year, and recipients will be eligible to
submit renewal requests for up to two additional years of funding, contingent on
successful implementation of proposed activities. Applicants must be based in
the United States or its territories and may be either public entities or
nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue code. Demonstration grants support programs that engage key
stakeholders, work to remove barriers to care, improve infrastructure, and
bridge the divide between medical and dental health. Programs selected for
funding through the Demonstration Fund will have a community, regional, or
statewide focus, with a goal of establishing a successful model that can be
spread to other communities, regions, or states. Grants are typically awarded in
a range of $50,000 - $250,000.
http://www.dentaquestfoundation.org/programs/overview
September 30, 2012 is the deadline.
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Norfolk Southern Foundation offers grants in four principal areas:
educational programs, primarily at the post-secondary level; community
enrichment focusing on cultural and artistic organizations; environmental
programs; and health and human services (primarily food banks, homeless programs
and free clinics). Grants are awarded only to eligible organizations located
within Norfolk Southern Corporation territory that are described under either
Section 170 (c)(1) or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Grants may
be awarded for specific projects, including capital projects or for general
operating support. There is no formal application.
http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Community/NS%20Foundation/
Under the Foundation's program of discretionary funding, grant requests are
accepted only between July 15 and September 30 for funding in the following
calendar year.
Project Learning Tree Green Works! grant
Do you have an idea for a school/community native plant garden, a forest
improvement project, a streamside restoration plan, a recycling program, or
energy conservation project for your students? Need funds to implement it? Apply
for a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! grant! Project Learning Tree is pleased
to announce that grants are available in two award levels: 1) the popular and
traditional GreenWorks! grants up to a maximum of $1,000 and 2) GreenWorks!
grants up to $3,000 for registered PLT GreenSchools!
http://www.plt.org/applyforagrant
The deadline is September 30, 2012.
Kids in Need Teacher Grants
Kids In Need Teacher Grants provide K-12 educators with funding to provide
innovative learning opportunities for their students. Teacher Grant awards range
from $100 to $500 each and are used to finance creative classroom projects.
Typically, 300-600 grants are awarded each year. All certified K-12 teachers in
the U.S. are eligible.
http://www.kinf.org/grants
September 30, 2012 is the application deadline.
Captain Planet Foundation
The Captain Planet Foundation primarily makes grants to U.S.-based schools
and organizations with an annual operating budget of less than $3 million.
Grants are made for activities that conform to the mission of the Captain Planet
Foundation which is to: promote and support high-quality educational programs
that enable children and youth to understand and appreciate our world through
learning experiences that engage them in active, hands-on projects to improve
the environment in their schools and communities. Grants from the Captain Planet
Foundation are intended to: serve as a catalyst to getting environment-based
education in schools, and inspire youth and communities to participate in
community service through environmental stewardship activities. Preferential
consideration is given to requests seeking seed funding of $500 or less and to
applicants who have secured at least 50% matching or in-kind funding for their
projects. (Projects with matching funds or in-kind support are given priority
because external funding is a good indicator of the potential for long-term
sustainability of the activities.) Captain Planet Foundation will on occasion
consider grants up to $2,500. In the event a request exceeds $500 Captain Planet
Foundation may choose to fund a portion of the project budget that best fits
within the foundation guidelines or contact an applicant for further
discussion.
http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants
Applications are accepted several times per year: January 15, May 31, and
September 30, annually.
