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| STATE FARM YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD |
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Service-Learning Project Grants |
- The State Farm Youth Advisory Board grants funds for student-led service-learning projects to address the issues of environmental responsibility, natural and societal disaster, preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap.
- Eligibility: The primary applicant should be either an educator who currently teaches in a public K-12, public charter, or higher education institution, or a school-based learning coordinator whose primary role is to coordinate service-learning projects in a public, charter, or higher education institution. Nonprofit organizations are also eligible to apply if they can demonstrate how they plan to actively interact with students in public K-12 schools.
- Funding: Grants range from $25,000 to $100,000.
- Web:
http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply.php
- Deadline: October 2, 2009
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| THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Ethnic Community Self-Help Grants |
- The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is seeking applications to connect newcomer refugees and their communities with community resources. Additionally, ORR looks to support initiatives that ensure ongoing support to services to refugees after initial resettlement.
- Eligibility: Eligible applicants include public or private nonprofit agencies and faith-based or community organizations.
- Funding: Between three and eight applicants will be awarded on average $125,000 per budget period. The floor amount on individual awards is $50,000 per budget period while the ceiling is $200,000 per budget period.
- Web: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RE-0117.html
- Deadline: February 24, 2010
Region 3: 2010 Family Planning Services
- The Health and Human Services Department's Office of Public Health and Science seeks applications to establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which will provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Activities will include: family planning services include clinical family planning and related preventative health services; information, education, and counseling related to family planning; and referral services.
- Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations in Region 3: Washington, D.C., Virginia, and central Pennsylvania.
- Funding: $4.7 million for up to three awards.
- Web: https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=10457
- Deadline: December 1, 2009
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| THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EXCHANGES BOARD |
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Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program |
- The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) program seeks to attract, select, and support in-depth field research by US students, scholars and experts in policy-relevant subject areas related to Eastern Europe and Eurasia, as well as to disseminate knowledge about these regions to a wide network of constituents in the United States and abroad. Sponsored by the US Department of State's Title VIII Program, IARO provides fellows with the means and support necessary to conduct in-country research on contemporary political, economic, historical, or cultural developments relevant to US foreign policy. The IARO program plays a vital role in supporting the emergence of a dedicated and knowledgeable cadre of US scholars and experts who can enrich the US understanding of developments in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
- Funding: Awards consist of: (1) International coach-class roundtrip transportation; (2) A monthly allowance for housing and living expenses; (3) Travel visa; (4) Emergency evacuation insurance.
- Web: http://www.irex.org/programs/us_scholars/programs/uss_iaro.asp
- Deadline: November 17, 2009
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| THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
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Education and Interdisciplinary Research (EIR) |
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The National Science Foundation seeks applications to its Education and Interdisciplinary Research (EIR) program. This program supports activities in conjunction with NSF-wide programs such as Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and programs aimed at women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Further information about all of these programs and activities is available in the Crosscutting Investment Strategies section of the NSF Guide to Programs. The program also supports activities that seek to improve the education and training of physics students (both undergraduate and graduate), such as curriculum development for upper-level physics courses, and activities that are not included in specific programs elsewhere within NSF. The program supports research at the interface between physics and other disciplines and extending to emerging areas. Broadening activities related to research at the interface with other fields, possibly not normally associated with physics, also may be considered.
- Web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5610&org=NSF&more=Y#more
- Deadline: September 30, 2009 -It is recommended that proposals come in near the general Physics Division target date, the last Wednesday in September of each year. Last Wednesday in September, Annually Thereafter
Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12)
- The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through development, study, and implementation of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Projects funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or a hypothesis about how to improve preK-12 STEM learning and teaching. Projects create or adapt and study innovative resources, models, or technologies and determine how and why implementation affects STEM learning. DR K-12 invites proposals that meet a variety of educational needs, from those that address immediate and pressing challenges facing preK-12 STEM education to those that anticipate opportunities for the future. DR K-12 especially encourages proposals that challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10-15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to educate students and teachers. Project goals, designs, and working strategies should be informed by prior research and practical experience drawn from all relevant disciplines, while focusing on concepts and skills that are central to STEM education. The DR K-12 program is primarily concerned with improving education of students and teachers in formal settings. As appropriate, the program encourages projects also to draw from knowledge and practice of learning in informal settings. While many projects supported under this solicitation will focus on exploratory development and testing of innovative ideas for some specific facet of STEM education, all proposals must explain how the work can lead ultimately to successful adoption of findings or products in the K-12 enterprise on a national scale. The DR K-12 program accepts proposals for exploratory projects, full research and development projects, and synthesis projects, as well as for conferences and workshops related to the mission of the program.
- Web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
- Deadline: Preliminary Proposal Due: October 5, 2009; Full Proposal Due: January 7, 2010
ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
- The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and women from underrepresented minority groups are particularly encouraged. In 2009-2010, this program will support the following types of ADVANCE Projects: Institutional Transformation (IT): Institutional Transformation awards are expected to include innovative systemic organizational approaches to transform institutions of higher education in ways that will increase the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. These awards support comprehensive programs for institution-wide change. IT projects must include a research component designed to study the effectiveness of the proposed innovations in order to contribute to the knowledge base informing academic institutional transformation (see additional ADVANCE merit review criteria); Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst): IT-Catalyst awards are designed to support institutional self-assessment activities, such as basic data collection and analysis and policy review, in order to identify specific issues in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty in STEM academics within their institution of higher education. This type of work is fundamental for institutions that plan to undertake institutional transformation. The institution's need for external resources to undertake institutional self assessment and policy review will specifically be evaluated using an additional ADVANCE merit review criterion; and Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID): Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination awards may focus on one institution or organization, or they may be a partnership between several institutions and/or organizations. PAID projects can focus on all STEM disciplines, several disciplines, or only one discipline, including the social and behavioral sciences. Projects may have an international, national, state or local scope. Previous or current funding from ADVANCE is not a prerequisite for submitting a PAID proposal (see additional ADVANCE merit review criteria). PAID awards support activities such as: Adaptation and implementation of materials, tools, research, and practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers; Dissemination and diffusion of materials, tools, research, and practices, to the appropriate audiences, that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. Please note that simply making materials, tools, research, and practices available to others is not effective diffusion and dissemination. Rather, an effort to teach and/or train individuals and groups how to adopt or adapt the information is expected as well; and Scientific research designed to advance understanding of gender in the STEM academic workforce (PAID-Research).
- Eligibility: Proposals from primarily undergraduate institutions, teaching intensive colleges, community colleges, minority-serving institutions (e.g. Tribal Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions), women's colleges, and institutions primarily serving persons with disabilities are encouraged.
- Web: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
- Deadline: November 12, 2009
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| THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR |
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State Energy Sector Partnership and Training Grants |
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The Department of Labor (DOL) announces the availability of approximately $190 million in grant funds to State Workforce Investment Boards of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. In order to highlight the important role States play in building a national green economy, the Department is investing in workforce sector strategies that target energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. DOL encourages a strategic planning process that aligns the Governor’s overall workforce vision, State energy policies, and local and regional training activities that lead to employment in targeted industry sectors. This strategic planning process is an opportunity to develop a statewide energy sector strategy through a comprehensive partnership and development of a Sector Plan. If an energy sector strategy is currently in place, that strategy should be reviewed and evaluated to address the requirements of this funding opportunity. As a result of this Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA), the Department is fostering the development of a national workforce that is ready to meet the demands of the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.
- Eligibility: A portion of the funds under this SGA will be reserved for communities or regions undergoing auto industry related restructurings. The eligible applicants for this SGA are State Workforce Investment Boards in partnership with their State Workforce Agency, local Workforce Investment Boards or regional consortia of Boards, and One Stop Career Center delivery systems.
- Funding: ETA intends to fund grants ranging from approximately $2 to $6 million.
- Web: http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm
- Deadline: October 20, 2009
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| THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS |
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American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius - Chamber Music
- The National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. The NEA seeks applications to support performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces celebrates the evolution of chamber music in the United States. Grants are available for chamber music performances in conjunction with educational activities that will highlight specific repertoire by American composers, and enable ensembles to engage with communities in a variety of settings. NEA is particularly interested in projects that have at least one performance and two educational activities.
- Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations; state, local, special district and Native American tribal governments; and independent school districts.
- Funding: Grants range from $5,000 to $75,000 and require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1.
- Web: http://www.arts.gov:80/grants/apply/AMChamber.html
- Deadline: October 8, 2009
American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius - Dance
- The National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. The NEA seeks applications to support performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of dance and choreography in the United States. Grants will be awarded in two areas: Dance companies, presenters, and festivals - the reconstruction or restaging of significant American dance works and their performance at home and on tour; and college and university dance programs - the restaging, performance, and documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the legacy of American dance history.
- Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit organizations; state, local, special district and Native American tribal governments; and independent school districts.
- Funding: For dance companies, presenters, and festivals, grants will range from $15,000 to $150,000; for college and university dance programs, all grants will be for $15,000. All grants require a 1 to1 nonfederal match.
- Web: http://www.arts.gov:80/grants/apply/AMDance.html
- Deadline: October 8, 2009
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