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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program
Arts/Culture
NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Small Grants to Libraries: Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project-Library Outreach Programs
Sparkplug Foundation Grants for Music, Education/Teaching and Grassroots Organizing
Children/Youth
Baltimore Direct Services Grant Program
Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program
Community Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service FY 2009
Learn and Serve America Indian Tribes Drug Abuse Prevention
Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM
Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Comprehensive Program
General Provisions for the Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Work-Study Program, etc.
Community Parent Resource Centers
Technical Assistance for the Parent Centers
Training and Information for Parents of Children With Disabilities
Environment
Revisions to FY 2009 Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grants
Region 5 Tribal Radon Grants
Northeast Diesel Collaborative Emissions Reduction Program
Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants
Health
Interdisciplinary Research on Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Vulnerable Populations
Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties
Housing
Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD's FY2008 SuperNOFA
Libraries/Literacy
The Maine Family Literacy Initiative
National Book Scholarship Fund
Nutrition
Emergency Food Assistance Program; Availability of Commodities for FY 2008
Rural Development/Services
Rural Development Voucher Program
Technology
PEACESAT
Transportation
Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Small Research Projects to Advance Public Participation Related to Public Transportation Planning
Disclaimer
Agriculture
Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program — Deadline: May 1, 2008. Eligibility: 1862 Land-Grant Institutions and 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. Fund uses: To deliver timely, pertinent and appropriate training to youth seeking employment or already employed in agricultural production. Contact: Karen Hunter, 202-401-0151;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17250&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Arts/Culture
NYC Cultural Innovation Fund — Deadline: April 4, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations located in New York City. Fund uses: To recognize and support programmatic innovation and new opportunities in the cultural arena that will strengthen and advance the role the creative sector and the arts will play in the future of New York City. Contact: The Rockefeller Foundation, 212-869-8500. More information: http://www.rockfound.org/efforts/nycof/arts_nyc.shtml.
Small Grants to Libraries: Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project-Library Outreach Programs — Deadline: July 11, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, school districts and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To bring humanities public programming to libraries across the country. Contact: Division of Public Programs, 202-606-8269;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41078&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Sparkplug Foundation Grants for Music, Education/Teaching and Grassroots Organizing — Deadline: May 23, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and individuals. Fund uses: To build lasting infrastructure for carrying out the goals of music, education and community-organizing work. Contact: Sparkplug Foundation, 877-866-8285;
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More information: http://www.sparkplugfoundation.org/.
Children/Youth
Baltimore Direct Services Grant Program — Deadline: April 14, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit, community-based organizations either located in Baltimore or providing services primarily to Baltimore residents. Fund uses: To support a wide range of nonprofit, community-based or community-serving organizations that work directly with disadvantaged children, youth and families, primarily in Baltimore City. Contact: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 410-547-6600. More information: http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/CivicSites/Baltimore/DirectServicesGrants.aspx.
Youth Exchange and Study Abroad Program — Deadline: May 15, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support exchange programs and relationship-building between American high school students and those who have just graduated, and host communities in selected countries with significant Muslim populations. Contact: Hans Posey,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41056&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Community Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service FY 2009 — Deadline: April 15, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, school districts and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To plan and carry out projects that bring Americans together to serve in their communities in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Contact: Rochelle Barry, 404-331-4646 ext. 2. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41039&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Learn and Serve America Indian Tribes Drug Abuse Prevention — Deadline: April 30, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To implement service-learning programs focusing on drug abuse prevention, especially methamphetamine. Contact: Meredith Hatch, 202-606-7513. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41033&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM — Deadline: April 30, 2008. Eligibility: State and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide financial resources, training and other assistance to local education agencies to implement service-learning projects as part of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics curriculum in grades 6-12. Contact: Meredith Hatch, 202-606-7513. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41030&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Education
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education - Comprehensive Program — Deadline: May 5, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations and combinations of these institutions and agencies. Fund uses: To support reforms, innovations and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. Contact: Levenia Ishmell, 202-502-7668;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5782.pdf.
General Provisions for the Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Work-Study Program, etc. — Comments: April 21, 2008. Action: The Department of Education proposed to amend Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations to establish regulations for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program. Contact: Michelle Belton, 202-502-7821;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5196.pdf.
Community Parent Resource Centers — Deadline: April 18, 2008. Eligibility: Local parent organizations. Fund uses: To ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children. Contact: Carmen Sanchez, 202-245-6595;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17242&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Technical Assistance for the Parent Centers — Deadline: April 18, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children. Contact: Lisa Gorove, 202-245-7357;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17241&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Training and Information for Parents of Children With Disabilities — Deadline: April 18, 2008. Eligibility: Local parent organizations and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve educational results for their children. Contact: Carmen Sanchez, 202-245-6595. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5497.pdf.
Environment
Revisions to FY 2009 Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Grants — Comments: April 7, 2008. Action: The Environmental Protection Agency revised the Brownfields grant proposal guidelines and is soliciting comments on those revisions. Contact: Megan Quinn, 202-566-2773;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5880.pdf.
Region 5 Tribal Radon Grants — Deadline: May 12, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To provide education and outreach, and to encourage testing and mitigation for indoor radon exposures to eventually reduce indoor radon exposure levels to that of outdoor exposures. Contact: Michael Murphy, 312-886-0617. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41041&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Northeast Diesel Collaborative Emissions Reduction Program — Deadline: June 12, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To reduce diesel emissions in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Contact: Halida Hatic, 617-918-1680. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41016&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grants — Deadline: May 1, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide training, research and technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges. Contact: Sven-Erik Kaiser, 202-566-2753. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41017&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
Health
Interdisciplinary Research on Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Vulnerable Populations — Deadline: August 13, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To drive interdisciplinary research to study the oral manifestations and complications associated with HIV/AIDS-related immunosuppression in vulnerable populations, including children and adolescents. Contact: Mary Daley, 301-594-4808. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17257&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Planning Grants in High Poverty Counties — Deadline: April 21, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations. Fund uses: To support grants for the planning and development of new service delivery sites in high-poverty counties funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Contact: Tiffani Redding, 301-594-4300. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17223&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD's FY2008 SuperNOFA — Action: HUD announced its plan to publish its annual SuperNOFA in spring 2008. Contact: Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight, 202-708-0667. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5626.pdf.
Libraries/Literacy
The Maine Family Literacy Initiative — Deadline: April 11, 2008. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit agencies, local educational agencies, community-based organizations and correctional agencies. Fund uses: To support the development or improvement of family literacy throughout the state of Maine. Contact: Maine Family Literacy Initiative,
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More information: http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/sli.html.
National Book Scholarship Fund — Deadline: April 14, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and other entities providing no-cost literacy services. Fund uses: To support programs providing direct services in the areas of basic literacy, adult basic education, English-as-a-second-language and family literacy. Contact: Michele Diecuch, 315-422-9121, ext. 321;
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More information: http://www.nbsf.org/apply.asp.
Nutrition
Emergency Food Assistance Program; Availability of Commodities for FY 2008 — Effective: October 1, 2008. Action: The Food and Nutrition Service announced the surplus and purchased commodities that the department expects to make available for donation to states for use in providing nutrition assistance to the needy under the Emergency Food Assistance Program in fiscal year 2008. Contact: Lillie Ragan, 703-350-2662. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5760.pdf.
Rural Development/Services
Rural Development Voucher Program — Effective: March 24, 2008. Action: The United States Department of Agriculture announced it will make $4.97 million available for a rural development voucher program and set forth the general policies and procedures for use of these vouchers. Contact: Stephanie B.M. White, 202-720-1615. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5817.pdf.
Technology
PEACESAT — Deadline: April 18, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To support the acquisition of satellite communications services to meet the educational, medical and cultural needs of Pacific Basin communities and to manage the operations of this network. Contact: Larry Dyer, 202-482-1762. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=17244&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.
Transportation
Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Small Research Projects to Advance Public Participation Related to Public Transportation Planning — Deadline: May 1, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To support the research and development of innovative approaches to enhance the quality and level of public participation in public transportation planning. Contact: Effie Stallsmith, 202-366-5653;
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More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41020&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.
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