January 2, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Agriculture Integrated Pest Management: Crops at Risk and Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Competitive Grants Program Arts/Culture The French American Fund for Contemporary Music Grants for Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships at L.A.-Area Museums and Visual Arts Organizations Children/Youth Latino Youth Initiative Special Improvement Project Economic Development New Markets Tax Credit Program Education Early Reading First Program Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Grants Program Environment Coral Reef Conservation Fund Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2008 Rural Development/Services Single Family Housing Loans Payment Assistance Social Services U.S. Human Rights Fund June 2008 Grant Docket Disclaimer Agriculture Integrated Pest Management: Crops at Risk and Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Competitive Grants Program — Deadline: February 29, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support the development of new integrated pest management approaches or the improvement of existing systems. Contact: Rick Meyer, 202-401-4891; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Robert Nowierski, 202-401-4900; 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=16365&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Arts/Culture The French American Fund for Contemporary Music — Deadline: March 1, 2008. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and France that are producing or presenting a musical work written within the last 50 years by a composer from the U.S. (in the case of French applicants) or France (in the case of American applicants). Fund uses: To support contemporary music projects - commissions, residencies, performances, tours and master classes - that foster cultural exchange between France and the U.S. Contact: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, 212-439-1448; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.facecouncil.org/music/music.html. Grants for Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships at L.A.-Area Museums and Visual Arts Organizations — Deadline: February 1, 2008. Eligibility: Museums and nonprofit visual arts organizations located in Los Angeles County. Fund uses: To allow museums and visual arts organizations to offer paid summer internships to young people from ethnic minorities that are currently underrepresented in museum professions. Contact: The Getty Foundation, 310-440-7320; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/multicultural_la.html. Children/Youth Latino Youth Initiative — Deadline: January 11, 2008. Eligibility: Latino-based nonprofit organizations serving Latino communities in one or more of the following San Francisco Bay-area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara or San Mateo. Fund uses: To engage Latino-led organizations, corporations, foundations, other private organizations and government institutions in a collaborative effort to address the critical issues facing young Latino families with children ages 0 to 5. Contact: Latino Community Foundation, 415-733-8591; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.latinocf.org/about/youth.html. Special Improvement Project — Deadline: March 4, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To support projects that further the national child support mission to ensure that all children receive financial and medical support from their parents and strengthen the ability of the nation's child support programs to collect support on behalf of children and families. Contact: Susan Greenblatt, 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=40314&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Economic Development New Markets Tax Credit Program — Deadline: March 5, 2008. Eligibility: Certified Community Development Entities. Fund uses: To offer an incentive to investors in the form of tax credits over seven years, which is expected to stimulate the provision of private investment capital that, in turn, will facilitate economic and community development in low-income communities. Contact: NMTC program manager, 202-622-6355; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; NMTC grants manager, 202-622-8226; 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/E7-25145.pdf. Education Early Reading First Program — Deadline: February 1, 2008. Eligibility: Local educational agencies and public and private organizations. Fund uses: To support local efforts to enhance the oral language, cognitive and early reading skills of preschool-aged children, especially those from low-income families, through strategies, materials and professional development that are grounded in scientifically based reading research. Contact: Rebecca Marek, 202-260-0968; 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=16372&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Grants Program — Deadline: March 17, 2008. Eligibility: Alaska Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. Fund uses: To promote and strengthen the ability of Alaska Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions to carry out education, applied research and related community development programs. Contact: Saleia Afele-Faamuli, 202-720-0384; 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=16363&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Environment Coral Reef Conservation Fund — Deadline: February 20, 2008. Eligibility: U.S. and international nonprofit organizations, nonfederal government entities, academic institutions and private for-profit companies. Fund uses: To build public-private partnerships to reduce and prevent degradation of coral reefs. Contact: Susie Holst, 202-857-0166; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Michelle Pico, 262-567-0601; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Browse_All_Programs&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=32&ContentID=7907. Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2008 — Action: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced 11 additional programs that are soliciting applications for FY 08 funding. Contact: Listed separately under each program. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-6224.pdf. Rural Development/Services Single Family Housing Loans Payment Assistance — Effective: April 1, 2008. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R. Part 3550. Action: The Rural Housing Service changed the regulations for the Section 502 Direct Single Family Housing Loans program by amending the formula that calculates payment assistance. Contact: Michael Feinberg, 202-720-1474. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-25107.pdf. Social Services U.S. Human Rights Fund June 2008 Grant Docket — Deadline: February 8, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with tax-exempt status. Fund uses: To support strategic thinking and advocacy projects that focus specifically on one of three priorities: immigrant rights and human rights; access to health care as a human right; or the elimination of life without parole prison sentences for children. Contact: Justin Restauri, 212-764-1508 ext. 236. More information: http://www.ushumanrightsfund.org/news/77.   This newsletter contains links to external sites that are not owned or controlled by Thompson. While we have attempted to ensure that the information in this newsletter is obtained from reliable sources, no representation as to the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, fitness for purpose or accuracy of any information presented on any linked web site is made or should be implied. 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