January 2009
Grant announcements
As we move directly from the holiday season to the height of the federal grant season we share with you these grants which are due in the next few months.
Grant to Promote Economic Self-Sufficiency in Disadvantaged Youth
YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today's global economy.
Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations
Deadline for Applications: January 15, 2009
Amount: (Estimated funds available) $47,000,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 90
Estimated Grant Range: $700,000 - $1,100,000,
Contact: Donna Kelly, 202-693-3934 Kelly.Donna@dol.gov
Link to Full Announcement:
http://www.doleta.gov/grants/pdf/SGA-DFA-PY-08-07_YouthBuild.pdf
Grant in Support of Children and Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbances
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Servicesis accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2009 for Cooperative Agreements for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families (CMHI).
The purpose of this programis tosupport States, Native American Tribes and tribal organizations, in developing integrated home and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and enduring systems of care.
Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments
Deadline for Applications: January 15, 2009
Amount: (Estimated funds available) $17,000,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 17
Estimated Grant Range: Up to $1,000,000
Contact: Diane L. Sondheimer, 240-276-1980 diane.sondheimer@samhsa.hhs.gov
Link to website: http://samhsa.gov/Grants/2009/sm_09_002.aspx
National Endowment for the Humanities: America’s Media Makers: Production Grants
Grants for America’s Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities in creative and new ways. America’s Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities.
NEH urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage audiences to engage with the humanities, promote dialogue and discussion, and foster learning among people of all ages.
NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, Development Grants and Production Grants.
Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production.
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Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship about the subject.
Eligibility: Any U.S. nonprofit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies.
Deadline for Applications: January 28, 2009
Estimated Grant Range: $100,000 - $800,000 (in rare instances $1,000,000)
Contact: Staff of NEH’s Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269 publicpgms@neh.gov
Link to Full Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html#eligibility
National Endowment for the Humanities: America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants
America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions.
Planning grants can be used to plan, refine, and develop the content and interpretive approach of a project. Applicants should have already begun consulting with scholars to help shape the humanities content of the project, and with other programming advisers appropriate to the project’s format.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; institutions of higher education; school districts; museums and libraries; and local, state and tribal governments
Deadline for Applications: January 28, 2009
Estimated Grant Range: $40,000 to $75,000
Contact: Staff of NEH’s Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269 publicpgms@neh.gov.
Link to Full Announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html
Charter School Programs
The purpose of the Charter School Program (CSP) is to increase national understanding of the charter school model and to expand the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the Nation by providing financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools, and to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their effects on students, student academic achievement, staff, and parents.
Eligibility: State governments
Deadline for Applications: January 29, 2009
Amount: $95,838,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Grant Rage: $500,00 - $10,000,000
Contact: Leslie Hankerson (202) 205-8524
Hankerson@ed.gov
Link to announcement: Charter School Programs (CSP); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (TCRGP)
Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline(s) of the food and agricultural sciences. Examples of initiatives that TCRGP might support include, but are not limited to:
Research on human nutrition ( including health and obesity), sustainable agriculture, sustainable forestry, biotechnology, agribusiness management and marketing, or aquaculture;
- Conducting plant and animal breeding programs to develop better crops, forests, or livestock (e.g., improved yields, more disease resistant, improve human health, more productive, yielding higher quality products);
- Other high priority areas such as analyzing social, economic, and physiological aspects of nutrition; rural housing and lifestyle choices; or rural community strategies for meeting the changing needs of different population groups.
Applicants are encouraged to submit joint project applications that will result in building linkages with other institutions that have significant, ongoing commitments to research on the food and agricultural sciences generally, and to the specific subject area(s) targeted by the proposed project.
The goals of the joint project initiatives should include: (1) maximizing the use of limited resources by generating a critical mass of expertise and activity focused on a targeted area(s); (2) increasing cost-effectiveness through achieving economies of scale; (3) strengthening the scope and quality of a project’s impact; and, (4) promoting coalition-building that is likely to transcend the project and lead to future ventures.
Eligibility:Applications may be submitted by any of the thirty-four 1994 Land‑Grant Institutions, including Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
See the full RFP (link listed below) for the other 33 Land-Grant institutions.
Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply directly, provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. An applicant’s failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the time of an application deadline will result in CSREES returning the application without review or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude CSREES from making an award.
Deadline for Applications: January 30, 2009
Amount: (Estimated funds available) $1,760,000
Estimated Grant Range: $75,00-$95,00 for regular application; $150,000 - $175,000 for joint application
Contact: (202) 720-1793 serdegrants@csrees.usda.gov
Link to Website: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/tribal_research.html
Grants that Elevate Museum and Library Practice
National Leadership Grants (NLG) support projects that have the potential to elevate museum and library practice. The Institute seeks to advance the ability of museums and libraries to preserve culture, heritage and knowledge while enhancing learning.
Successful proposals will have national impact and generate results—new tools, research, models, services, practices, or alliances—that can be widely adapted or replicated to extend the benefit of federal investment.
Eligibility: Archives, Federally recognized Native American tribe, Historical Society, Library, Museum, Nonprofits that serve Native Hawaiians, Professional Association, Regional Organization, State Library Administrative Agency, State or Local Government, Public or Private Non-profit Institutions of Higher Education
Deadline for Applications: February 1, 2009
Amount: (Estimated funds available)
Match Requirement: 1:1 for requests over $250,000, except research projects. Cost sharing of at least one-third is encouraged for requests under $250,000 and for research projects.
Grant Period: Up to three years
Estimated Grant Range: $50,000 - $1,000,000
Contact: Multiple contacts available on website listed below
Link to Full Announcement: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm
Public Health Conference Support Program
The purpose of this program is to provide partial support for conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention, educational programs, and applied research.
This program addresses the “Healthy People 2010” focus area(s) of Access to Quality Health Services; Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Chronic Back Conditions; Cancer; Diabetes; Disability and Secondary Conditions; Educational and Community-Based Programs; Environmental Health; Food Safety; Health Communication; Heart Disease and Stroke; Injury and Violence Prevention; Maternal, Infant and Child Health; Mental Health and Mental Disorders; Nutrition and Overweight; Physical Activity and Fitness; Public Health Infrastructure; Respiratory Diseases; Tobacco Use (among youth); and Vision and Hearing.
Eligibility: Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status small, minority, and women-owned businesses, and many others (see full funding opportunity announcement)
Letter of Intent deadline: February 2
Deadline for Applications: March 2
Amount: $2.6 million
Estimated Number of Awards: 70 - 100
Estimated Grant Range: $20,000 to $75,000 for Center for Disease Control funds and $8,000 for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry funds
Contact: Kaleema O. Muhammad 770-488-2742 fya3@cdc.gov
Link to website: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/HM09-901.htm
