December 4, 2007

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Agriculture Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program Arts/Culture Music Education Grants California Story Fund Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership Disaster Preparedness Community Assistance Program State Support Services Education Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge Combined Personnel Preparation Special Education Preservice Training Improvement Preparation of Leadership Personnel Environment Region 10 Dedicated Water Quality Program Health State Offices of Rural Health State Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury Program Behavioral Mechanisms in the Transition to Habitual Alcohol Seeking and Drinking Behavioral Mechanisms in the Transition to Habitual Alcohol Seeking and Drinking (R01 award mechanism) National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements Targeting Ryan White Part D Grantees Cooperative Agreements for Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment HIV/AIDS Ryan White Part B Supplemental Grants Program Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services Waiver Application Requirements Housing Revisions to the Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program Rural Development/Services Rural Business Enterprise Program Technology Computational Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies Request for Information and Notice of Pre-Solicitation Workshop for a Planned Fuel Cell Funding Opportunity Announcement Transportation Pilot Program To Demonstrate The Benefits Of Vehicle Assist And Automation Applications For Full-Size Public Transit Buses Disclaimer Agriculture Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program — Deadline: February 19, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal organizations. Fund uses: To conduct agricultural research that addresses high-priority concerns of tribal, national or multistate significance. 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=16041&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Arts/Culture Music Education Grants — Deadline: February 1, 2008. Eligibility: Public schools and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund projects that encourage and foster creative expression in any musical form, including composition, instrumentation, vocalization, or improvisation, but also recognize broader and more basic needs within conventional instruction. Contact: Kristen Godard, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/guidelines.html. California Story Fund — Deadline: February 4, 2008. Eligibility: California-based nonprofit organizations and municipal and state government agencies. Fund uses: To bring to light compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. Contact: John Lightfoot, 415-391-1474 ext. 314; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Raeshma Razvi, 415-391-1474 ext. 316; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Felicia Kelley, 213-623-5993; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Amy Rouillard, 619-232-4020; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.calhum.org/guidelines/guidelines_csf_overview.htm. Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership — Deadline: March 18, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund projects that explore new ways to share, examine and interpret humanities collections in a digital environment, that develop new uses and audiences for existing digital resources, or that result in extensible and transferable methodologies or tools. Contact: Division of Preservation and Access, 202-606-8570; 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=40102&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Disaster Preparedness Community Assistance Program State Support Services — Eligibility: States. Fund uses: To provide technical assistance to communities in the National Flood Insurance Program and to evaluate community performance in implementing NFIP floodplain management activities. Contact: Bianca Costa, 202-786-9503; 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=40112&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Education Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge — Deadline: Rolling. Eligibility: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organizations and public, private and parochial K-12 schools. Fund uses: To support programs that: improve child and adolescent nutrition and self-esteem; promote physical activity; assist grieving children and adolescents; and prevent bullying. Contact: Highmark Foundation, 412-544-4362. More information: http://www.highmarkhealthyhigh5.org/about/overview.shtml. Combined Personnel Preparation — Deadline: January 11, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To help address state-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention and regular education to work with infants, toddlers and children with disabilities, and to ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. Contact: Maryann McDermott, 202-245-7439; 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=16059&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Special Education Preservice Training Improvement — Deadline: January 18, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To help address state-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention and regular education to work with infants, toddlers and children with disabilities, and to ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. Contact: Bonnie Jones, 202-245-7395; 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=16064&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Preparation of Leadership Personnel — Deadline: January 4, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To help address state-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention and regular education to work with infants, toddlers and children with disabilities, and to ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. Contact: Bob Gilmore, 202-245-7357; 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=16056&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Environment Region 10 Dedicated Water Quality Program — Deadline: January 25, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, individuals and tribal governments. Fund uses: To coordinate and accelerate research, studies, experiments, investigations and demonstration projects to improve the capacity of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington states and tribes to effectively and efficiently develop total maximum daily loads for impaired waters. Contact: Jayne Carlin, 206-553-8512; 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=16086&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Health State Offices of Rural Health — Deadline: February 1, 2008. Eligibility: State Offices of Rural Health currently receiving funding under this grant program. Fund uses: To help individual rural communities build health care delivery systems. 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=16076&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. State Protection and Advocacy for Traumatic Brain Injury Program — Deadline: January 28, 2008. Eligibility: State P&A systems, as defined in Section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000. Fund uses: To plan and develop outreach strategies and carry out services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries. Contact: David Heppel, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; 877-464-4772. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16082&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Behavioral Mechanisms in the Transition to Habitual Alcohol Seeking and Drinking — Deadline: March 20, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, for-profit organizations, tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, and public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To investigate alcohol's effects upon neural substrates of learning and memory as they contribute to behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence, and the role of implicit cognitive factors and their underlying neural substrates in the transition to impulsive or compulsive drinking and to relapse. 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=16063&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Behavioral Mechanisms in the Transition to Habitual Alcohol Seeking and Drinking (R01 award mechanism) — Deadline: March 20, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, for-profit organizations, tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, and public and Indian housing authorities. Fund uses: To investigate alcohol's effects upon neural substrates of learning and memory as they contribute to behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence, and the role of implicit cognitive factors and their underlying neural substrates in the transition to impulsive or compulsive drinking and to relapse. 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=16061&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements — Deadline: January 14, 2008. Eligibility: Public, nonprofit and for-profit entities. Fund uses: To provide training and technical assistance to potential and existing health centers and social services organizations to strengthen the consolidated health center program. 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=16075&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements Targeting Ryan White Part D Grantees — Deadline: February 29, 2008. Eligibility: Public and nonprofit private entities and schools and academic health science centers. Fund uses: To assist in providing training and technical assistance to Ryan White program Part D grantees and other programs with an interest in improving access to primary medical care, research and support services for HIV-infected women, infants, children, youth and their affected families. 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=16073&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Cooperative Agreements for Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment — Deadline: January 31, 2008. Eligibility: Chief executive officers of the states, territories and the District of Columbia, or the highest ranking official or the duly authorized official of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization. Fund uses: To expand and enhance state and tribal substance abuse treatment service systems. Contact: Kathleen Sample, 240-276-1407; 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=16065&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. HIV/AIDS Ryan White Part B Supplemental Grants Program — Deadline: January 30, 2008. Eligibility: State and territorial governments. Fund uses: To support program activities including increases in medical treatment, life-saving medications and increased access to care in the hardest-hit states. Contact: Douglas Morgan, 301-443-3726; 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=16096&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Core Medical Services Waiver Application Requirements — Effective: December 27, 2007. Action: The Health Resources and Services Administration published a notice soliciting comments on the proposed uniform waiver standards for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees requesting a core medical services waiver for fiscal year 2008 and beyond. Contact: Gettie A. Butts, 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/E7-22982.pdf. Housing Revisions to the Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program — Effective: January 28, 2008. C.F.R.: 24 C.F.R. Parts 200 and 242. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development revised the regulations governing its mortgage insurance program for hospitals. Contact: Roger Miller, 202-708-0599. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22406.pdf. Rural Development/Services Rural Business Enterprise Program — Deadline: January 31, 2008. Eligibility: Public bodies and private nonprofit corporations serving rural areas. Fund uses: To improve the economic conditions of rural areas through two grants, one from the passenger transportation funds appropriated for the Rural Business Enterprise Grant program and another for federally recognized Native American tribes from funds appropriated for the RBEG program. Contact: Cindy Mason, 202-690-1433. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-22986.pdf. Technology Computational Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies — Deadline: January 21, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit research institutions. Fund uses: To accelerate the rate of discovery of common genetic factors that influence health and disease. Contact: Microsoft Research, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/rfps/GWAS_RFP.aspx. Request for Information and Notice of Pre-Solicitation Workshop for a Planned Fuel Cell Funding Opportunity Announcement — Comments: December 21, 2007. Action: The Department of Energy's Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies is requesting information regarding potential topic areas for research, development and demonstration that will improve fuel cell technology. Contact: David Peterson, 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/E7-23358.pdf. Transportation Pilot Program To Demonstrate The Benefits Of Vehicle Assist And Automation Applications For Full-Size Public Transit Buses — Deadline: December 28, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments and public institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To demonstrate, in revenue service, one or more vehicle assist and automation applications for bus-based, full-size public transit vehicles. Contact: Michael R. Baltes, 202-366-2182; 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=40098&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.   This newsletter contains links to external sites that are not owned or controlled by Thompson. 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