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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
Food Quality Protection Act Grant Program
Arts/Culture
Summer Seminars and Institutes
Children/Youth
Basic Center Program
Community Development
Media Justice Grant Opportunity
Education
Academia in the Public Sphere: Islam and Muslims in World Contexts
Charter School Program State Education Agencies
Environmental Literacy Grants
Environment
International Sea Turtle Conservation Fund
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Governors' Action Plan Implementation
National Height Modernization Program
Bay Watershed Education and Training Program, Adult and Community
Family Services
Open Meadows Foundation - Grants for Projects that Benefit Women and Girls
Health
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
Job Training/Employment
Indian and Native American Employment and Training Programs
Justice
International Fund for Sexual Minorities
Tribal Criminal History Improvement Program
Senior Citizens
Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging and Tribal Organizations in National Disasters Declared by the President
Substance Abuse
Grants To Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Disclaimer
Agriculture
Food Quality Protection Act Grant Program — Deadline: March 14, 2008. Eligibility: State and tribal governments, individuals, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support efforts by the agricultural community to transition away from high-risk pesticides to lower-risk pesticides and sustainable practices in food production. Contact: Cindy Wire, 415-947-4242;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16400&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Arts/Culture
Summer Seminars and Institutes — Deadline: March 3, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Indian tribal organizations and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers. Contact: Division of Education Programs, 202-606-8463;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40392&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Children/Youth
Basic Center Program — Deadline: February 19, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public institutions of higher educations, public and Indian housing authorities, and nonprofit and tribal organizations. Fund uses: To provide an alternative for runaway and homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the child welfare, mental health or juvenile justice systems. Contact: Kelli Matson-Geist,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40375&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Community Development
Media Justice Grant Opportunity — Deadline: February 29, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit grassroots social change organizations working in Georgia, North Carolina or South Carolina. Fund uses: To address media policy, infrastructure or accountability within the context of a social justice issue or campaign and to promote media awareness and/or media activism. Contact: Program officer, 404-371-8404. More information: http://www.fundforsouth.org/apply_grant.htm.
Education
Academia in the Public Sphere: Islam and Muslims in World Contexts — Deadline: January 22, 2008. Eligibility: Current Title VI-funded National Resource Centers. Fund uses: To enhance the capacity of National Resource Centers to disseminate academic research on Muslim societies and communities to media, business, policy institutions and the general public. Contact: Thomas Asher,
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More information: http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/public_scholarship/.
Charter School Program State Education Agencies — Deadline: February 3, 2008. Eligibility: State educational agencies. Fund uses: To increase national understanding of the charter school model and to expand the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the nation by providing financial assistance for the planning, program design and initial implementation of charter schools, and to evaluate the effects of charter schools. Contact: Dean Kern, 202-260-1882;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16120&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Environmental Literacy Grants — Deadline: June 25, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, and public and independent school districts. Fund uses: To increase the environmental literacy of K-12 teachers and their students by increasing the amount of earth system science taught in grades K-12. Contact: Steve Drescher, 301-713-0926;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16380&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Environment
International Sea Turtle Conservation Fund — Deadline: February 4, 2008. Eligibility: International sea turtle conservation projects in the Western Hemisphere. Fund uses: To conserve and protect the sea turtle population in the Western Hemisphere, particularly along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central and South America and in the wider Caribbean (including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico) and Canada. Contact: Tom Barry, 202-857-0166;
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; Michelle Pico, 262-567-0601. More information: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=7639.
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Governors' Action Plan Implementation — Deadline: February 8, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, regional and watershed authorities, nonprofit organizations, and state and tribal governments from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Fund uses: To implement "action blueprint steps" identified in the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Governors' Action Plan. Contact: Steve Drescher,
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16375&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
National Height Modernization Program — Deadline: February 11, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To enhance the vertical component of the National Spatial Reference System. Contact: Steve Drescher, 301-713-0926;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16377&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Bay Watershed Education and Training Program, Adult and Community — Deadline: February 14, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support existing environmental education programs, foster the growth of new programs and encourage the development of partnerships among environmental education programs throughout the Monterey Bay watershed. Contact: Steve Drescher, 301-713-0926;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16376&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Family Services
Open Meadows Foundation - Grants for Projects that Benefit Women and Girls — Deadline: February 15, 2008. Eligibility: Organizations with tax-exempt status that have an annual budget of less than $150,000 and are led by and benefit women and girls. Fund uses: To support projects led by and designed to benefit women and girls that promote building community power and that foster racial, social, economic and environmental justice. Contact: Open Meadows Foundation, 718-885-0969;
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More information: http://www.openmeadows.org/.
Health
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program — Deadline: March 20, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit health care organizations located in one of the following high-impact states: Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington or Wyoming. Fund uses: To encourage and support appropriate health care organizations to improve the knowledge base and health status of persons adversely affected by the mining, milling or transporting of uranium and the testing of nuclear weapons for the nation's weapons arsenal. Contact: HRSA Call Center, 877-464-4772;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16406&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Job Training/Employment
Indian and Native American Employment and Training Programs — Deadline: February 4, 2008. Eligibility: Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native-controlled organizations representing Alaska Native villages or regions, and Native Hawaiian-controlled organizations. Fund uses: To support employment and training activities in Indian country. Contact: Serena Boyd, 202-693-3338;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E7-25608.pdf.
Justice
International Fund for Sexual Minorities — Deadline: February 1, 2008. Eligibility: International nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations working towards social change on issues that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities. Fund uses: To support progressive social change efforts being led by LGBTI organizations and combat oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. Contact: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice,
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More information: http://www.astraeafoundation.org/Pdf/2007/0809IFSMC2.pdf.
Tribal Criminal History Improvement Program — Deadline: February 28, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and consortia with demonstrated organization and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Fund uses: To promote participation in and improve data sharing between tribal, state and national criminal records systems. Contact: Lisa Price-Grear, 202-616-3561;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40343&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Senior Citizens
Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging and Tribal Organizations in National Disasters Declared by the President — Deadline: September 19, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To provide disaster reimbursement and assistance funds to those state units on aging and tribal organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act when the president declares a national disaster. Contact: Irma Tetzloff, 202-357-3525;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=40393&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Substance Abuse
Grants To Reduce Alcohol Abuse — Deadline: February 19, 2008. Eligibility: Local educational agencies. Fund uses: To develop and implement innovative and effective programs to reduce alcohol abuse in secondary schools. Contact: Amalia Cuervo, 202-205-2855;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16403&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
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