August 14, 2007

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Community Development CVS Caremark Community Grants Hamburger Helper: My Hometown Helper Community Service AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition Education Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant Program Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01) U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education Employment/Training Community Based Job-Training Program Grants Environment Restore New Mexico Healthy Lands Initiative Partnership Health 2007 Healthcare Facilities Emergency Care Partnership Program Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies Collaborative Research to Explore New Uses for Existing Radioligands Individuals With Disabilities Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers Justice Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program Mental Health Basic and Transitional Research Opportunities in the Social Neuroscience of Mental Health (R01) Rural Development/Services Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation Revolving Loan Fund Demonstration Program Social Services Own Your Future Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign Transportation Availability of Environmental Management Systems Training and Assistance for State and Local Transit Agencies Disclaimer Community Development CVS Caremark Community Grants — Deadline: October 31, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations and public schools. Fund uses: To support programs that provide services to children with disabilities and to support programs that promote greater access to medical care for people without health insurance. Contact: CVS Caremark Corporation, 401-770-3364. More information: http://www.cvs.com/corpInfo/community/community_grants.html. Hamburger Helper: My Hometown Helper — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations and schools. Fund uses: To help community-based organizations and schools to improve their communities by awarding grants to meet local needs. Contact: General Mills, Inc., This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.myhometownhelper.com/LearnMore.aspx. Community Service AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition — Deadline: January 8, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and nonprofit and tribal organizations. Fund uses: To recruit, train and manage AmeriCorps members who address unmet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security and other critical areas. Contact: State grant program, 202-606-7509; national grant program, 202-606-7508. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15106&mode=VIEW. Education Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant Program — Deadline: October 12, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit public K-12 schools and parent groups associated with a nonprofit public K-12 school. Fund uses: To encourage parent involvement and build stronger community spirit, preferably through projects that will have a permanent impact on the school. Contact: Lowe's Companies, Inc., This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/index.html. Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01) — Deadline: March 28, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To increase understanding of the types of integrative programmatic approaches that promote child learning and development across multiple domains of early childhood competence, as well as those that address teacher and parent behaviors that promote children's development in these areas. Contact: Bryan Clark, 301-435-6975; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15138&mode=VIEW. U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education — Deadline: September 7, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education or combinations of IHEs and other nonprofit public or private institutions and agencies. Fund uses: To provide grants that demonstrate partnerships between Russian and American institutions of higher education. Contact: Sylvia W. Crowder, 202-502-7514. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-15454.pdf. Employment/Training Community Based Job-Training Program Grants — Deadline: October 10, 2007. Eligibility: Individual community or technical colleges, community college districts, state community college systems and one-stop career centers in partnership with local workforce investment boards. Fund uses: To support workforce training for high-growth and high-demand industries through the national system of community and technical colleges. Contact: Melissa Abdullah, 202-693-3346. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-15362.pdf. Environment Restore New Mexico Healthy Lands Initiative Partnership — Deadline: August 23, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To reclaim and restore wildlife habitat and impaired watersheds in New Mexico and develop range improvement projects on public, private and state lands in New Mexico. Contact: Janet Huff, 505-438-7487; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15145&mode=VIEW. Health 2007 Healthcare Facilities Emergency Care Partnership Program — Deadline: September 7, 2007. Eligibility: Partnerships consisting of one or more hospitals, local health care facilities or states. Fund uses: To improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies. Contact: Robert S. Dugas, 202-205-8652; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15099&mode=VIEW. Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers — Deadline: November 20, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To support a network of existing centers to translate new scientific findings and technological developments into novel treatments for the muscular dystrophies. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15108&mode=VIEW. Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies — Deadline: October 16, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, tribal organizations, for-profit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, state, local and tribal governments, independent school districts and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To conduct research on the effects of alcohol-related public policies on health-related behaviors and outcomes. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15114&mode=VIEW. Collaborative Research to Explore New Uses for Existing Radioligands — Deadline: January 29, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal organizations, state, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, independent school districts and public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To encourage broader uses of established PET/SPECT radioligands by reducing barriers to their wider distribution and expanding their utility. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15110&mode=VIEW. Individuals With Disabilities Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers — Deadline: December 22, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, state governments, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To advance the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and amelioration of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Contact: Bryan Clark, 301-435-6975; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15151&mode=VIEW. Justice Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives — Deadline: Rolling. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations, government entities, associations of elected officials, institutions of higher education and nonprofit business associations or initiatives. Fund uses: To reduce the scale of incarceration in the United States. Contact: Christina Voight, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus_areas/sentencing/guidelines. Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program — Deadline: August 31, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support new and ongoing rigorous, scientific research and evaluation studies that inform the discipline of juvenile justice, including the prevention, intervention and treatment of juvenile delinquency and child victimization. Contact: Janet Chiancone, 202-353-9258; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15157&mode=VIEW. Mental Health Basic and Transitional Research Opportunities in the Social Neuroscience of Mental Health (R01) — Deadline: October 28, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit, for-profit and tribal organizations, school districts, institutions of higher education, and public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To stimulate research with the goal that findings will provide greater insight into mechanisms of psychiatric disorders with known deficits in social behavior. Contact: Richard Proper, 301-402-7735; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15135&mode=VIEW. Rural Development/Services Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation Revolving Loan Fund Demonstration Program — Deadline: September 6, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations or such nonprofit organizations' affiliate loan funds, and state and local housing finance agencies. Fund uses: To establish and operate revolving loan funds for the preservation of low income multi-family housing within the agency's section 515 multi-family housing portfolio. Contact: Henry Searcy, 202-720-1753; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-3841.pdf. Social Services Own Your Future Long-Term Care Awareness Campaign — Deadline: October 5, 2007. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To increase awareness among the American public about the importance of planning for future long-term care needs. Contact: Louise Amburgey, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15123&mode=VIEW. Transportation Availability of Environmental Management Systems Training and Assistance for State and Local Transit Agencies — Deadline: September 7, 2007. Eligibility: State and local transit agencies. Fund uses: To sponsor training and assistance in environmental management systems for up to 10 state and local transit agencies. Contact: Jim Barr, 202-366-1568. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-15754.pdf.   This newsletter contains links to external sites that are not owned or controlled by Thompson. 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