October 2, 2007

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Agriculture Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program Arts/Culture Arts Connect All Shubert Foundation -- Theatre Companies Grants Children/Youth NFL Grassroots Field Grant Program Community Service Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners Employment/Training Amendment to Solicitation for Community-Based Job Training Grants Applications Environment Award of United States-Mexico Border Program and Alaska Rural and Native Villages Program Grants Authorized by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 West Coast Estuaries Initiative for the California Coast 6th Edition of Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings Health Genetic Services Project New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 Family Professional Partnerships/CSHCN-Family Opportunity Act Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program George M. O'Brien Urology Research Centers (P50) HIV/AIDS John M. Lloyd Foundation -- HIV/AIDS Grants Housing Final Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2008 Housing Counseling Program Rural Development/Services Servicing Water Program Loans and Grants Transportation Capital Investment Program Grant Management Requirements Metropolitan Planning Program Third Party Contracting Guidance Disclaimer Agriculture Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases — Deadline: September 30, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To address specific aspects of the following issues: Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder and Uganda (Ug99) Strain of Wheat Stem Rust. Contact: CSREES Help Desk, 202-401-5048; 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=15582&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program — Deadline: January 11, 2008. Eligibility: Eligible public secondary schools, and public and private nonprofit junior and community colleges. Fund uses: To promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness. Contact: CSREES Help Desk, 202-401-5048; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15580&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Arts/Culture Arts Connect All — Deadline: December 7, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit performing and/or exhibiting arts organizations in select cities, including museums, theaters, and multidisciplinary arts presenters that are creating or have an established educational program. Fund uses: To incorporate inclusive teaching practices, provide access for students with all types of disabilities, develop social, cognitive, and artistic skills, involve people with disabilities in planning and implementation, build staff, teacher, and/or artist knowledge of inclusive practices, and collaborate with public schools by actively engaging students, parents and school administrators. Contact: Arts Connect All, 1-800-933-8721; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.vsarts.org/x273.xml. Shubert Foundation -- Theatre Companies Grants — Deadline: December 3, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit resident theaters in the United States. Fund uses: To support not-for-profit, professional resident theaters via unrestricted grants for general operating support. Contact: The Shubert Foundation, 212-944-3777. More information: http://www.shubertfoundation.org/grantprograms/theatre.asp. Children/Youth NFL Grassroots Field Grant Program — Deadline: November 30, 2007. Eligibility: Neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To improve the quality and safety of local football fields in schools and parks. Contact: Beverly Smith, 212-455-9800. More information: http://www.nflhs.com/NFLPrograms/YouthFund/HowWeHelp_01182002_sim.asp. Community Service Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners — Deadline: March 21, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, academic institutions, independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities.. Fund uses: To create a set of exemplar national and global data research infrastructure organizations (to be called DataNet Partners) that provide unique opportunities to communities of researchers to advance science and/or engineering research and learning. Contact: Chris Greer, 703-292-8970; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15599&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Employment/Training Amendment to Solicitation for Community-Based Job Training Grants Applications — Action: The Employment and Training Administration issued an amendment that will make changes to the August 8, 2007, Federal Register document announcing funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants. Contact: Melissa Abdullah, 202-693-3346. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-18826.pdf. Environment Award of United States-Mexico Border Program and Alaska Rural and Native Villages Program Grants Authorized by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 — C.F.R.: 40 C.F.R. Parts 30 and 31. Action: The Environmental Protection Agency provided guidelines on the award of United States-Mexico Border Program and Alaska Rural and Native Villages Program grants authorized by the 2007 revised continuing appropriations resolution.. Contact: Benjamin Hamm, 202-564-0648; 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/E7-18960.pdf. West Coast Estuaries Initiative for the California Coast — Deadline: November 19, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support projects that conserve, restore and protect the water quality, habitat and environment of California coastal waters, estuaries, bays and near-shore waters through comprehensive approaches to water quality management. Contact: Dan Pingaro, 415-947-4275; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15588&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. 6th Edition of Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings — Deadline: November 5, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, individuals and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To update and expand the 5th edition of Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, the manual for diagnosing and treating pesticide related illnesses and injuries. Contact: Elizabeth Evans, 703-305-7891; 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=15585&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Health Genetic Services Project — Deadline: December 4, 2007. Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribal governments, tribal organizations and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support comprehensive care for newborns diagnosed with sickle cell disease or as carriers and their families, relying on partnerships among the state Title V and newborn screening programs, disease treatment centers and community-based primary care professionals. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15603&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996 — Deadline: December 18, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit agencies. Fund uses: To support the establishment of new service delivery sites for medically underserved populations to receive comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. Contact: HRSA Call Center, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15595&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Family Professional Partnerships/CSHCN-Family Opportunity Act — Deadline: December 18, 2007. Eligibility: Any public or private entity with documented previous experience in addressing and fulfilling review criteria in guidance. Fund uses: To address the president's New Freedom Initiative to reduce barriers to community living for people with disabilities and to address families' lack of access to the services, advocacy and assistance they need as mandated in the Family Opportunity Act of 2005. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15602&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program — Deadline: November 16, 2007. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide an alternative to public assistance designed to enable refugees to become self-sufficient within four to six months from date of arrival in the United States. Contact: Ron Munia, 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=15587&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. George M. O'Brien Urology Research Centers (P50) — Deadline: March 14, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, state, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, independent school districts, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and tribal organizations. Fund uses: To establish George M. O'Brien Urology Research Centers to create a research community for major urologic diseases and syndromes. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15578&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. HIV/AIDS John M. Lloyd Foundation -- HIV/AIDS Grants — Deadline: December 15, 2007. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations with projects that focus specifically on California, the United States as a whole or on the global level. Fund uses: To increase funding from public and private sectors to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both globally and domestically. Contact: John M. Lloyd Foundation, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.johnmlloyd.org/jml_guidelines.html. Housing Final Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2008 — Effective: October 1, 2007. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the fair market rents for fiscal year 2008 that affect the Housing Choice Voucher and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy programs. Contact: HUD user information line, 1-800-245-2691. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-4801.pdf. Housing Counseling Program — Effective: October 29, 2007. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Part 214. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development made a final rule establishing regulations for the Housing Counseling Program. Contact: Ruth Roman, 202-708-0317. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-19166.pdf. Rural Development/Services Servicing Water Program Loans and Grants — Effective: October 29, 2007. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R. Part 1782. Action: Rural Utilities Service amended regulations for service water and waste loan and grant programs. Contact: Anita O'Brien, 202-690-3789; 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/07-4756.pdf. Transportation Capital Investment Program — Comments: November 7, 2007. Action: Federal Transit Administration proposed guidance in a circular to assist grantees in implementing the Capital Investment Program. Contact: Kimberly Sledge, 202-366-2053; 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/E7-19111.pdf. Grant Management Requirements — Comments: November 27, 2007. Action: Federal Transit Administration proposed guidance in a circular on the agency's grant management requirements. Contact: Jamie Pfister, 404-865-5632; 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/E7-19115.pdf. Metropolitan Planning Program — Comments: October 29, 2007. Action: Federal Transit Administration proposed guidance in a revised circular for its Metropolitan Planning Program and Statewide Planning and Research Program. Contact: Victor Austin, 202-366-2996; 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/E7-19113.pdf. Third Party Contracting Guidance — Comments: November 27, 2007. Action: Federal Transit Administration proposed guidance pertaining to third party procurements financed through grants or cooperative agreements. 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