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In this section we will be listing grants of interest to a wide variety of non profit agencies.  Feel free to contact us if you have questions, or if you require assistance in applying for one of these grants.

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(NOTE: records are alphabetized by agency, and then by deadline date within each agency)

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Administration for Children and Families: Community-Based Abstinence Education Program
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $40,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 90. Estimated grant range: $250,000-$600,000. Estimated average award: $425,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; independent school district; public and Indian housing authorities; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to educate young people (ages 12 to 18) and create an environment within communities that supports teen decisions to postpone sexual activity until marriage.
Contact: Scott Riggins, 866-796-1591; email: fysb@dixongroup.com
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Administration for Children and Families: Child Welfare Training: National Child Welfare Workforce Initiatives
Deadline: June 5, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $5,300,000. Estimated number of awards: 5. Estimated grant range: up to $3,300,000.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education
Description: This program seeks to establish two National Child Welfare Workforce Initiatives: one National Child Welfare Workforce Institute and four Child Welfare Comprehensive Workforce Grants. These initiatives are intended to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children by building the capacity of child welfare professionals and improving the systems that recruit, train, supervise, manage, and retain them.
Contact: Donna Hornsby, 202-205-8405; email: donna.hornsby@acf.hhs.gov
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Administration for Children and Families: Head Start Innovation and Improvement Projects
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 19, 2008; Full Proposals: June 9, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $11,400,000. Estimated number of awards: 57. Estimated grant range: up to $3,000,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; independent school districts; public and Indian housing authorities; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports the promotion of promising practices in the Head Start program and other priorities that meet needs related to the comprehensive nature of Head Start. The program focuses on developing new concepts, products, practices, and projects relating to the important priorities and needs in the following areas: National Head Start Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play, Grandparents Raising Head Start Grandchildren, Healthcare Literacy, Mental Health Intervention for Children and Families, Inclusion of Children with Disabilities, Infant and Toddler Online Degree, and an Open Category. The "Open Category" will be available for programs to apply for funding to promote or expand promising practices in non-specified areas.
Contact: Jamie K. Sheehan, 202-205-7369; email: jamie.sheehan@acf.hhs.gov
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Administration for Children and Families: Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 25, 2008; Full Proposals: June 25, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $29,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 45. Estimated grant range: up to $700,000. Estimated average award: $635,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations (community development corporations)
Description: This program seeks to provide resources to community development corporations for their job creation and business projects as a strategy to address broader objectives such as arresting tendencies toward financial dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in both urban and rural areas. The program’s support should result in new employment and business development opportunities for low-income individuals, including the unemployed, public assistance recipients, at-risk youth, custodial and non-custodial parents, residents of public housing, persons with disabilities, persons who are homeless, or individuals transitioning from incarceration back into the community.
Contact: Rafael J. Elizalde, 800-281-9519; email: OCSGRANTS@acf.hhs.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Using Traditional Foods and Sustainable Ecological Approaches for Health Promotion and Diabetes Prevention in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 22, 2008; Full Proposals: June 6, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $800,000. Estimated number of awards: 8. Estimated grant range: $75,000-$100,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments and organizations and Alaska Native villages and corporations
Description: This program seeks to support community use of traditional foods and sustainable ecological approaches for diabetes prevention and health promotion in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and engage communities in identifying and sharing the stories of healthy traditional ways of eating, being active, and communicating health information and support for diabetes prevention and wellness.
Contact: Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700; email: pgotim@cdc.gov; or Lemyra M. DeBruyn, 505-232-9906 or 505-240-0466; email: ldd5@cdc.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Organization Activities for Cancer Control in Underserved Populations
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 22, 2008; Full Proposals: June 23, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $2,200,000. Estimated number of awards: 6. Estimated grant range: $100,000-$350,000. Estimated average award: $250,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations
Description: This program provides support to national organizations to develop, enhance, and coordinate cancer prevention and control activities for individuals who may be underserved, uninsured or underinsured, at risk, or of racial/ethnic minorities.
Contact: Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700; email: pgotim@cdc.gov; or Phyllis Rochester, 770-488-3096; email: Pfr5@cdc.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Building a Healthy Nation: Strategic Alliance for Health
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 23, 2008; Full Proposals: June 24, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $2,600,000. Estimated number of awards: 9.
Eligibility: Urban Indian health departments, county and city health departments, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to create healthier communities through sustainable, innovative evidence- and practice-based community health promotion and chronic disease prevention programs that promote policy, systems, and environmental change. The program seeks to promote physical activity and nutrition; reduce tobacco use and exposure; build capacity for communities to be able to institute systems, environmental, organizational, and policy changes related to these health risk factors; foster improved and increased access to quality care; help eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities; and reduce complications from and incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity.
Contact: Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700; email: pgotim@cdc.gov; or Nancy Williams, 770-488-5358; email: StepsInfo@cdc.gov
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Department of Agriculture: Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)
Deadline: May 5, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $6,256,000. Estimated grant range: $50,000-$300,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations
Description: This program seeks to develop the capacity and ability of nonprofit organizations, low-income rural communities, or federally recognized tribes to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development in rural areas.
Contact: Susan L. Woolard, 202-720-1506; fax: 202-690-0471; email: susan.woolard@wdc.usda.gov; see announcement for specific state contacts
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Department of Agriculture: Food and Nutrition Service: Food Stamp Participation Program
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $5,000,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; public health or educational entities; agencies providing health or welfare services; food banks or other emergency feeding organizations; and state and local governments
Description: This program supports efforts to develop and implement simple food stamp applications and eligibility determination systems, or measures to improve access to food stamp benefits by eligible applicants.
Contact: Lisa Johnson, 703-305-2848; email: lisa.johnson@fns.usda.gov
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Department of Education: Vocational Rehabilitation Services Project for American Indians with Disabilities
Deadline: May 5, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $11,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 22. Estimated grant range: $350,000-$1,000,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to provide vocational rehabilitation services to American Indians with disabilities who reside on or near federal or state reservations, consistent with their individual strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, and informed choice, so that they may prepare for and engage in gainful employment, including self-employment, telecommuting, or business ownership.
Contact: August Martin, 202-245-7410; email: August.Martin@ed.gov
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Department of Education: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program
Deadline: May 20, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $338,000. Estimated number of awards: 2. Estimated grant range: $145,000-$195,000. Estimated average award: $169,000.
Eligibility: State designated agencies, and nonprofit agencies and local agencies working in collaboration with a state designated agency
Description: This program supports vocational rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities who are migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and to family members who are residing with such individuals.
Contact: Sonja T. Turner, 202-245-7557; email: Sonja.Turner@ed.gov
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Department of Education: Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
Deadline: June 26 and October 2, 2008 (varies by program area)
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students. The program offers several program areas. Education Research topics include Reading and Writing; Mathematics and Science Education; Cognition and Student Learning; Teacher Quality—Reading and Writing; Teacher Quality—Mathematics and Science Education; Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning; Education Leadership; Education Policy, Finance, and Systems; Early Childhood Programs and Policies; Middle and High School Reform; Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers; Postsecondary Education; and Education Technology. Education Research Training topics include Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Research Training. Education Research and Developments Centers topics include Teacher Effectiveness, Rural Education, and Turning around Chronically Low-Achieving Schools. The program supports Research on Statistical and Research Methodology in Education and Evaluation of State and District Education Programs and Policies. The program supports Special Education Research Training and Special Education Research, including Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education; Reading, Writing, and Language Development; Mathematics and Science Education; Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning; Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students; Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education; Teacher Quality; Related Services; Systemic Interventions and Policies for Special Education; and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Contact: Katina Stapleton; email: Katina.Stapleton@ed.gov; see announcement for specific program contacts
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Department of Energy: Weatherization Formula Grants
Deadline: May 1, and August 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $242,600,000.
Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety. The priority population for the program is persons who are particularly vulnerable, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, families with children, high residential energy users, and households with high energy burden.
Contact: Jacqulyn Wilson, 304-285-4135; fax: 304-285-4683; email: Jacqulyn.Wilson@netl.doe.gov; see announcement for specific state contacts
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Department of Health and Human Services: Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects
Deadline: June 11, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $2,500,000. Estimated number of awards: 5. Estimated grant range: $600,000-$800,000.
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Description: This program supports projects to develop, implement, and evaluate a multi-site primary abstinence education program targeting youth ages 12-18, as compared with a multi-site “enriched” program model. The program defines a primary abstinence education program as 15-25 hours of abstinence education and supportive services and activities conducted within one year with the same participants.
Contact: Office of Populations Affairs, 240-453-2828; email: oapp@hhs.gov
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Department of Homeland Security: Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $15,000,000. Estimated grant range: up to $75,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations
Description: This program supports target hardening activities for nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of international terrorist attack. While this funding is provided specifically to high-risk nonprofit organizations, the program seeks to integrate nonprofit preparedness activities with broader state and local preparedness efforts. It is also designed to promote coordination and collaboration in emergency preparedness activities among public and private community representatives, state and local government agencies, and Citizen Corps Councils.
Contact: Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk (CSID), 800-368-6498; email: askcsid@dhs.gov
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Department of Housing and Urban Development: HOPE VI Revitalization Grant
Deadline: June 20, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $97,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 5. Estimated grant range: up to $20,000,000.
Eligibility: Public and Indian housing authorities
Description: This program seeks to improve the living environment for public housing residents of severely distressed public housing projects through demolition and rehabilitation.
Contact: Leigh Van Rij, 202-402-5788; email: Leigh.E.VanRij@hud.gov
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Department of Justice: Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Deadline: May 6, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $250,000.
Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to increase public safety through innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illness who come into contact with the criminal or juvenile justice systems. The program encourages early intervention for system-involved individuals with mental illness; provides new and existing mental health courts with various treatment options; maximizes diversion opportunities for nonviolent offenders with mental illness and co-occurring disorders; promotes training for justice and treatment professionals on criminal justice processes and mental health and substance abuse issues; and facilitates communication, collaboration, and the delivery of support services among justice professionals, treatment and related service providers, and governmental partners.
Contact: Rebecca Rose, 202-514-0726; email: rebecca.rose@usdoj.gov
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Department of Transportation: Small Community Air Service Development Program Grants
Deadline: June 6, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $10,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 40.
Eligibility: Communities that are served by an airport that was not larger than a small hub airport for calendar year 1997 and have insufficient air service or unreasonably high airfares
Description: This program seeks to address air service and airfare problems in communities. Ways that communities might enhance current air service or attract new service include promoting awareness among residents of locally available service; attracting a new carrier through revenue guarantees or operating cost offsets; attracting new forms of service, such as on-demand air taxi service; offering an incumbent carrier financial or other incentives to lower its fares, increase its frequencies, add new routes, or deploy more suitable aircraft, including upgrading its equipment from turboprops to regional jets; combining traffic support from surrounding communities with regionalized service through one airport; or providing local ground transportation service to improve access to air service to the community and the surrounding area.
Contact: Brooke J. Chapman; 202-366-0577; email: brooke.chapman@dot.gov
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Department of Veterans Affairs: Construction of State Home Facilities: State Veterans Home Construction
Deadline: July 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $165,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 40.
Eligibility: State governments
Description: This program supports construction or renovation of state veteran homes.
Contact: Stephanie A. Robinson, 202 461-6767; email: Stephanie.Robinson@va.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency: Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
Deadline: May 8, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $4,500,000. Estimated number of awards: 7. Estimated grant range: up to $800,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals, and state, local, and tribal governments; and individuals (Early Career Awards)
Description: This program, part of the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, supports research to better understand the effect of global change on U.S. water quality. In addition to regular awards, the program supports early career projects for new, creative investigators with outstanding promise at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level.
Contact: Darrell Winner, 202-343-9748; email: winner.darrell@epa.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency: Tribal Solid Waste Management Assistance Project
Deadline: June 9, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $2,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 20. Estimated grant range: $10,000-$500,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments and intertribal consortia
Description: This program seeks to help tribes close or cleanup open dumps, develop alternative disposal options, and establish integrated solid waste management programs. Program categories include proposals to characterize/assess open dumps, proposals to develop integrated solid waste management plans and tribal codes and regulations, proposals to develop and implement alternative solid waste management activities/facilities (including equipment acquisition), and proposals to develop and implement cleanup, closure, and post-closure programs for open dumps in Indian Country.
Contact: Tonya Hawkins, 703-308-8278; email: hawkins.tonya@epa.gov
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Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $800,000. Estimated number of awards: 40. Estimated grant range: up to $20,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and local and tribal governments
Description: This program supports projects that address local environmental and public health issue within affected communities. The program seeks to assist recipients in building collaborative partnerships that will help them understand and address the environmental or public health issues in their communities. Successful collaborative partnerships with other stakeholders should involve well-designed strategic plans to build, maintain, and sustain the partnerships, and should work towards addressing the local environmental or public health issues.
Contact: Sheila Lewis, 202-564-0152; email: lewis.sheila@epa.gov; see announcement for specific regional contacts
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Indian Health Service: Elder Care Initiative Long-Term Care Grant Program
Deadline: June 20, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $600,000. Estimated number of awards: 10. Estimated grant range: $50,000-$75,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments
Description: This program supports planning and implementation of sustainable long-term care services for American Indians and Alaska Native elders. Long-term care is best understood as an array of social and healthcare services that support an individual who has needs for assistance in activities of daily living over a prolonged period. Long-term care supports elders and their families with medical, personal, and social services delivered in a variety of settings to support quality of life, maximum function, and dignity.
Contact: Bruce Finke, 413-584-0790; email: bruce.finke@ihs.gov
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Institute of Museum and Library Services: Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $150,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments and Alaska Native villages and corporations
Description: This program supports projects to enhance existing library services or implement new library services, particularly as they relate to the goals of the Library Services and Technology Act.
Contact: Alison Freese, 202-653-4665; email: afreese@imls.gov
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National Archives and Records Administration: Digitizing Historical Records
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $150,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, individuals, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports cost-effective methods to digitize nationally-significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available on the Internet. Project must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and be made up of entire collections or series.
Contact: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 202-357-5010; fax: 202-357-5914; email: nhprc@nara.gov
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National Archives and Records Administration: Electronic Records Projects
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Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: $50,000-$400,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, archives and other repositories, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports projects that will lead to sustainable electronic records archives that preserve digital records with enduring historical value. The program seeks to develop institutional capacity through program evaluation and planning, create institutional capacity with program start-up support, expand the scope of existing programs, and develop electronic records service providers that can offer reliable preservation services to archives.
Contact: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 202-357-5010; fax: 202-357-5914; email: nhprc@nara.gov
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National Archives and Records Administration: Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $200,000. Estimated number of awards: 5. Estimated grant range: up to $100,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, individuals, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects can be for professional education curriculum development, basic and advanced institutes, or research seminars. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible.
Contact: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 202-357-5010; fax: 202-357-5914; email: nhprc@nara.gov
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National Archives and Records Administration: Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $150,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, individuals, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to develop new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. Project may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records, such as archivists, documentary editors, and records managers.
Contact: National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 202-357-5010; fax: 202-357-5914; email: nhprc@nara.gov
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National Endowment for the Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence
Deadline: August 11, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: $5,000-$100,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. The program supports projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth as well as intergenerational education projects. Categories include dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, local arts agencies, media arts: film/radio/television, museums, music, musical theater, opera, presenting, theater, and visual arts.
Contact: Web Manager, 202-682-5400; email: webmgr@arts.endow.gov
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National Endowment for the Arts: Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Amount: Estimated average award: $10,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations
Description: This program supports projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations: those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The program supports local projects that can have significant effects within communities, including professional arts programming and projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development.
Contact: Program specialists, 202-682-5700; email: fasttrack@arts.gov

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National Endowment for the Arts: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth
Deadline: June 9, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: $5,000-$100,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations
Description: This program supports projects that help children and youth acquire knowledge and understanding of the arts and skills in the arts. Projects must provide participatory learning and engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art.
Contact: Web Manager, 202-682-5400; email: webmgr@arts.endow.gov; see announcement for specific program area contacts
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National Endowment for the Humanities: Faculty Research Award
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $50,000.
Eligibility: Individuals (faculty members at historically Black and tribal colleges and universities and institutions with high Hispanic enrollment)
Description: This program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Faculty Research Awards support research in the humanities by faculty members at Historically Black and Tribal Colleges and Universities and Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment. The awards support the equivalent of six to twelve months of full-time work.
Contact: Division of Research, 202-606-8200; email: FacultyResearch@neh.gov
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National Endowment for the Humanities: Fellowships
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $50,000.
Eligibility: Individuals
Description: This program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months.
Contact: Division of Research, 202-606-8200; email: fellowships@neh.gov
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National Endowment for the Humanities: Challenge Grants
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: $30,000-$1,000,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and tribal governments
Description: This program helps institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. The program supports humanities activities in education, public programming, scholarly research, and preservation. Funds support humanities-related costs, such as faculty and staff positions, fellowships, lecture or exhibition series, visiting scholars or consultants, publishing subventions, maintenance of facilities, faculty and staff development, acquisitions, and preservation or conservation programs.
Contact: Office of Challenge Grants, 202-606-8309; email: challenge@neh.gov
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National Endowment for the Humanities: Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $6,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, arts and cultural organizations, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program helps small and mid-sized institutions improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine arts, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, and historical objects.
Contact: Division of Preservation and Access, 202-606-8570; email: preservation@neh.gov
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National Institutes of Health: Innovative Approaches to Personalizing the Treatment of Depression
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 20, 2008; Full Proposals: June 20, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $2,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 7.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; independent school districts; public and Indian housing authorities; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; foreign organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports research to develop innovative approaches to personalizing treatment for patients suffering from depression. The program seeks to individualize the treatment of depression by developing models and testing new approaches that, by accounting for patient characteristics, aim to be more specific and thus potentially leading to more effective and efficient treatment interventions. Support is provided through the research project grant (R01) and Exploratory Grants for Mental Health Interventions and Services grants (R34) mechanisms.
Contact: Joy R. Knipple, 301-443-8811; fax: 301443-6885; email: knipplej@mail.nih.gov
Websites: R01 and R34

National Institutes of Health: Advanced Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 21, annually; Full Proposals: June 24, annually. Expires June 25, 2010.
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $2,000,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports core infrastructure for conducting intervention or services research directly addressing the mission of the National Institutes of Mental Health, which is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. In particular, this initiative supports two main areas of research: intervention research to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacologic, psychosocial, somatic, rehabilitative, and combination treatment or preventive interventions on mental and behavior disorders, and mental health services research that consists of interdisciplinary investigations of the predictors, processes, and outcomes of mental health services, including availability, access, and acceptability; organization; decision-making; service delivery, utilization, and quality of care; costs, cost-effectiveness, and financing of mental health care; and the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions into service systems.
Contact: Joy R. Knipple, 301-443-8811; fax: 301-443-6885; email: knipplej@mail.nih.gov
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National Institutes of Health: Developing Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 21, annually; Full Proposals: June 24, annually. Expires June 25, 2010.
Amount: Estimated grant range: up to $1,000,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program supports core infrastructure for conducting intervention or services research directly addressing the mission of the National Institutes of Mental Health, which is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. In particular, this initiative supports two main areas of research: intervention research to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacologic, psychosocial, somatic, rehabilitative, and combination treatment or preventive interventions on mental and behavior disorders, and mental health services research that consists of interdisciplinary investigations of the predictors, processes, and outcomes of mental health services, including availability, access, and acceptability; organization; decision-making; service delivery, utilization, and quality of care; costs, cost-effectiveness, and financing of mental health care; and the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions into service systems.
Contact: Joy R. Knipple, 301-443-8811; fax: 301-443-6885; email: knipplej@mail.nih.gov
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National Institutes of Health: Partnerships for Point of Care (POC) Diagnostic Technologies for Nontraditional Health Care Settings
Deadline: Letters of Intent: May 30, 2008; Full Proposals: June 30, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $4,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 6.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and community organizations; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; institutions of higher education; independent school districts; public and Indian housing authorities; Alaska Native-, Native Hawaiian-, and Hispanic-serving institutions; regional organizations; foreign organizations; and federal, state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to advance the development of point of care diagnostic technologies for infectious disease-causing pathogens and toxins—with a focus on those causing sexually transmitted infections, urinary tract infections, and respiratory infections—to be utilized in nontraditional healthcare settings.
Contact: Kathryn Ellis, 301-451-2687; fax: 301-493-0597; email: kellis@niaid.nih.gov
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education
Deadline: Full Proposals: June 25, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $4,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 7. Estimated grant range: $200,000-$750,000.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, k-12 public and independent schools and school systems, science centers, museums, and state, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program promotes changes in K-12 education to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in the classroom and improve student learning of that subject. Successful projects will catalyze change in K-12 education through development of new programs and materials or revision of existing programs and materials by supporting transformative methods.
Contact: Sarah Schoedinger, 704-370-3528; email: Sarah.Schoedinger@noaa.gov; or Stacey Rudolph, 202-482-3739; email: Stacey.Rudolph@noaa.gov
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National Park Service: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grants
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $1,900,000. Estimated number of awards: 40. Estimated grant range: $5,000-$75,000.
Eligibility: Tribal governments and organizations, Alaska Native villages and corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and museums
Description: NAGPRA is a Federal law passed in 1990 that provides a process for museums and federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items—human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony —to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. This program offers two types of grants to support projects associated with NAGPRA compliance. Consultation/Documentation grants may fund activities such as travel to museums to view collections and consult on NAGPRA items; training for tribal representatives in the fundamentals of NAGPRA; and inter-tribal collaboration to determine policies for treatment and disposition of NAGPRA items. Repatriation grants may include expenses such as transportation costs associated with transferring possession of NAGPRA items from a museum or agency to a tribe, and costs associated with reburial of Native American human remains and cultural items.
Contact: Michelle Wilkinson, 202-354-2203; email: Michelle_J_Wilkinson@nps.gov
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National Science Foundation: Energy for Sustainability
Deadline: September 15, 2008
Amount: Estimated average award: $100,000.
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Description: This program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable.
Contact: Trung Nguyen, 703-292-8320; email: tnguyen@nsf.gov
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National Science Foundation: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Deadline: Letters of Intent: July 10, 2008; Full Proposals: August 12, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $70,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 130. Estimated grant range: $100,000-$600,000.
Eligibility: Institutions of higher education
Description: This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution.
Contact: Duncan E. McBride, 703-292-4630; email: dmcbride@nsf.gov
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National Science Foundation: Biological Research Collections
Deadline: July 25, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $6,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 25. Estimated grant range: up to $500,000.
Eligibility: U.S. organizations, including institutions of higher education that maintain research collections, natural history museums including herbaria, and other collections administered by independent organizations or by state, county, or local governments; non-federal and nonprofit research organizations that maintain collections; and field stations, marine laboratories, botanical gardens, zoological parks, and aquaria that maintain research collections that document biological diversity
Description: This program supports biological collection enhancement, computerization of specimen-related data, research to develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management, and activities such as symposia and workshops to investigate support and management of biological collections. Biological collections supported include those housing natural history specimens and jointly curated collections such as frozen tissues and other physical samples, e.g. DNA libraries and digital images. Such collections provide the materials necessary for research in a broad area of biological sciences.
Contact: Richard McCourt, 703-292-8470; fax: 703-292-9063; email: dbibrc@nsf.gov
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National Science Foundation: Engineering Education Programs
Deadline: August 15, 2008
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Description: This program supports research that contributes to the basic understanding of how students learn engineering. The program seeks significant breakthroughs in understanding so that undergraduate and graduate engineering education can be transformed to meet the needs of the changing economy and society. Interests include research that addresses the aims and objectives of engineering education, the content and organization of the curriculum, how students learn problem solving, creativity and design, new methods for assessment and evaluation of how students learn engineering, and research that helps the understanding of how to attract a more talented and diverse student body to all levels of engineering study.
Contact: Stephanie Adams; email: sadams@nsf.gov
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National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Deadline: August 18, 2008; Antarctic Program: June 6, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $57,000,000. Estimated number of awards: 1800. Estimated grant range: $5,000-$400,000.
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Description: This program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Projects should involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This program features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department, or on interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. (2) REU Supplements may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects or may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements.
Contact: See announcement for specific research area contacts.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Cooperative Agreements for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health (LAUNCH)
Deadline: June 12, 2008
Amount: Estimated funds available: $5,500,000. Estimated number of awards: 6. Estimated grant range: up to $916,000.
Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments
Description: This program seeks to promote the wellness of young children, birth to 8 years of age, by integrating behavioral and physical health services.
Contact: David de Voursney, 240-276-1882; email: david.devoursney@samhsa.hhs.gov
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