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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education
Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions
Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States
Arts/Culture
Faith and Community: A Dialogue
Children/Youth
Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grants
Education
Magnet Schools Assistance Program Regulations
Magnet Schools Assistance Program
Magnet Schools Assistance Program Funding Priority
School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs
Smaller Learning Communities Program
Early Reading First Program
Broadening Participation in Computing
Environment
Draft National Coastal Condition Report III
Nonattainment New Source Review
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review
Region 1 Wetland Program Development Grants
Shell Marine Habitat Program - Gulf of Mexico
Health
Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective
NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the United States
Continuation of Existing Alzheimer's Projects
Occupational Safety and Health Research
Homeland Security
Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies
Housing
Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code
Additional Waivers Granted to Louisiana
Additional Waivers Granted to Mississippi
Individuals With Disabilities
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Program
Centers for Independent Living Program-Training and Technical Assistance
Community Rehabilitation Programs
Libraries/Literacy
Conservation Bookshelf
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Idaho Environmental Summit in 2007
Recreation
Bikes Belong Coalition Facility Grants
Social Services
Open Meadows Foundation General Grants
Telecommunications
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program
Transportation
Airport Improvement Program
Victim Assistance
FY 07 State Victim Assistance Academy Initiative
Welfare
UPS Foundation Human Welfare Program
Disclaimer
Agriculture
Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education — Deadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: State departments of agriculture, universities, nonprofit agricultural organizations and other public or private organizations. Fund uses: To deliver training and information to U.S. agricultural producers in how to manage production, marketing and financial risk. Contact: Lon Burke, 202-720-5265;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4080.pdf.
Commodity Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk Management Education Sessions — Deadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: State departments of agriculture, universities, nonprofit agricultural organizations and other public or private organizations. Fund uses: To deliver training and information to U.S. agricultural producers in how to manage production, marketing and financial risk. Contact: Lon Burke, 202-720-5265;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4092.pdf.
Crop Insurance Education in Targeted States — Deadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: State departments of agriculture, universities, nonprofit agricultural organizations and other public or private organizations. Fund uses: To deliver crop insurance education and information to U.S. agricultural producers in certain states that have been designated as historically underserved with respect to crop insurance. Contact: Lon Burke, 202-720-5265;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4079.pdf.
Arts/Culture
Faith and Community: A Dialogue — Deadline: May 8, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support international exchange projects by developing and implementing multi-phased exchanges involving clerics, scholars and community leaders/activists from countries with significant Muslim populations to the U.S. and of reciprocal visits by American clerics, scholars and community leaders/activists. Contact: Thomas Johnston, 202-453-8162;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3869.pdf.
Children/Youth
Pay It Forward Foundation Mini-Grants — Deadline: April 15, 2007. Eligibility: Schools, churches and community youth groups. Fund uses: To support service activities that benefit a school, a neighborhood or the greater community, and that include learning goals for the youth participants. Contact: Pay It Forward Foundation,
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More information: http://payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html.
Education
Magnet Schools Assistance Program Regulations — Effective: April 9, 2007. C.F.R.: 34 CFR Part 280. Action: Amended regulations governing the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, giving the program the flexibility to use selection criteria from its program regulations, and general selection criteria in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations. Contact: Steven Brockhouse, 202-260-2476;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4270.pdf.
Magnet Schools Assistance Program — Deadline: April 27, 2007. Eligibility: Local educational agencies or consortia of LEAs. Fund uses: To support magnet schools that are part of an approved desegregation plan. Contact: Steven Brockhouse, 202-260-2476;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4271.pdf.
Magnet Schools Assistance Program Funding Priority — Effective: April 9, 2007. Action: Announced a priority under the Magnet Schools Assistance Program to encourage eligible applicants to focus on expanding public school choice by using magnet schools to provide public school choice options to parents whose children attend schools that have been identified for school improvement, corrective action or restructuring. Contact: Steven Brockhouse, 202-260-2476;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4272.pdf.
School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs — Deadline: May 8, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education, tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, local educational agencies and public and private entities. Fund uses: To develop and implement, or expand, school-based drug-testing programs for students. Contact: Sigrid Melus or Kandice Kostic, 202-260-3954;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4273.pdf.
Smaller Learning Communities Program — Comments: April 9, 2007. Action: Proposed a priority, requirements and selection criteria under the Smaller Learning Communities program, which is intended to enhance the effectiveness of SLC projects in improving academic achievement and preparing students for postsecondary education and careers. Contact: Gregory Dennis, 202-205-3784;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4228.pdf.
Early Reading First Program — Deadline: March 23, 2007. Action: The Department of Education reopened the pre-application phase of the fiscal year 2007 Early Reading First Program competition, extending the deadline to March 23, 2007. Contact: Pilla Parker, 202-260-3710;
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; Rebecca Marek, 202-260-0968;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4050.pdf.
Broadening Participation in Computing — Deadline: June 4, 2007. Eligibility: Partnerships including at least one institution of higher education. Fund uses: To increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in computing, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing such as women, persons with disabilities and minorities. Contact: NSF Grant Support,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12876&mode=VIEW.
Environment
Draft National Coastal Condition Report III — Comments: May 8, 2007. Action: Announced a 60-day public comment period on the draft National Coastal Condition Report III describing the condition of the nation's coastal waters. Contact: Barry Burgan, 202-566-1242;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4294.pdf.
Nonattainment New Source Review — Effective: May 7, 2007. C.F.R.: 40 CFR Part 51. Action: Amended regulations governing the nonattainment new source review program mandated by the Clean Air Act. Contact: Lisa Sutton, 919-541-3450;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3888.pdf.
Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review — Comments: May 7, 2007. C.F.R.: 40 CFR Parts 51 and 52. Action: Proposed revisions to regulations governing the major new source review programs mandated by the Clean Air Act to clarify the "reasonable possibility" recordkeeping and reporting standard of the 2002 NSR reform rules. Contact: Lisa Sutton, 919-541-3450;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3897.pdf.
Region 1 Wetland Program Development Grants — Deadline: April 23, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments in Environmental Protection Agency Region 1. Fund uses: To increase the quantity and quality of wetlands in the United States by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland condition. Contact: Jeanne Voorhees, 617-918-1686. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12901&mode=VIEW.
Shell Marine Habitat Program - Gulf of Mexico — Deadline: April 1, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments, insitutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund projects that benefit marine habitat in and around the Gulf of Mexico, including wetland conservation and restoration and projects to restore estuarine habitat, provide opportunities for hands-on participation of volunteers, and are located in communities where Shell Oil has facilities. Contact: Suzanne Sessine,
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; 202-857-0166. More information: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/shell/index.cfm.
Health
Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective — Deadline: May 18, 2007. Eligibility: Entities currently funded via the CDC's Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective program. Fund uses: To provide the impetus to further develop program capacity to address asthma from a public health perspective. Contact: PGOTIMS, 770-488-2700. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12928&mode=VIEW.
NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program — Deadline: May 23, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education and tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate highly innovative research and support promising new investigators. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12913&mode=VIEW.
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the United States — Deadline: May 7, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, Alaska Native and urban Indian health organizations, tribal epidemiology centers and hospitals, institutions of higher education and tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To advance evidence- and practice-based programs and culturally based community practices to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities through implementation, evaluation and dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge. Contact: Technical Information Management Section, 770-488-2700. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12909&mode=VIEW.
Continuation of Existing Alzheimer's Projects — Deadline: May 4, 2007. Eligibility: State governments that are existing grantees. Fund uses: To support the continuation of existing projects for Alzheimer's Disease and Demonstration Grants to states. Contact: Stephen Daniels, 202-357-3464. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12902&mode=VIEW.
Occupational Safety and Health Research — Deadline: June 5, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education and tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop an understanding of the risks and conditions associated with occupational diseases and injuries, explore methods to reduce risks and prevent or minimize exposure to hazardous conditions in the workplace. Contact: NIH OER Webmaster,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12880&mode=VIEW.
Homeland Security
Minimum Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards Acceptable by Federal Agencies — Comments: May 8, 2007. C.F.R.: 6 CFR Part 37. Action: Proposed establishing minimum standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards that federal agencies would accept for official purposes after May 11, 2008, in accordance with the REAL ID Act of 2005. Contact: Darrell Williams, 202-282-9829. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1009.pdf.
Housing
Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code — Action: Revised the definition of "effective date" in a Sept. 28, 2006, notice regarding "difficult development areas" and "qualified census tracts" for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. Contact: Michael Hollar, 202-402-5878;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3894.pdf.
Additional Waivers Granted to Louisiana — Effective: March 12, 2007. Action: Announced additional waivers for the disaster recovery grants made to Louisiana appropriations acts. Contact: Clifford Taffet, 202-708-2684. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3830.pdf.
Additional Waivers Granted to Mississippi — Effective: March 12, 2007. Action: Announced additional waivers for the disaster recovery grants made to Mississippi under appropriations acts. Contact: Clifford Taffet, 202-708-2684. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3831.pdf.
Individuals With Disabilities
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Program — Deadline: April 11, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, institutions of higher education and tribal and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support seminars, institutes, workshops and other short-term courses relating to vocational, medical, social and psychological rehabilitation programs, independent living services and client assistance programs. Contact: Julius Cotton, 202-245-6140;
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; Christine Marschall, 202-245-7429. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12937&mode=VIEW.
Centers for Independent Living Program-Training and Technical Assistance — Comments: April 5, 2007. Action: Proposed two priorities under the Centers for Independent Living Program-Training and Technical Assistance. Contact: Sean Barrett, 202-245-7604;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3886.pdf.
Community Rehabilitation Programs — Deadline: April 5, 2007. Eligibility: State and tribal governments, public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support training centers that serve a federal region or geographical area and provide a broad, integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common training needs of employed community rehabilitation program personnel throughout a multi-state geographical area. Contact: Christine Marschall, 202-245-7429;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3889.pdf.
Libraries/Literacy
Conservation Bookshelf — Deadline: April 12, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide a set of up to 15 core texts for most kinds of collections with up to five additional texts devoted to the care of living collections. Contact: Barbara Smith, 202-653-4688;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12930&mode=VIEW.
Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Idaho Environmental Summit in 2007 — Deadline: April 9, 2007. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To provide an opportunity for tribes to attend the 2007 Idaho Environmental Summit to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the use, protection and development of tribal water resources. Contact: Lisa Strong, 208-383-2204. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12873&mode=VIEW.
Recreation
Bikes Belong Coalition Facility Grants — Deadline: May 30, 2007. Eligibility: State and local public agencies and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To connect existing facilities or create new facility opportunities, such as bike paths, trails, lanes, mountain bike facilities and BMX facilities. Contact: Elizabeth Train, 303-449-4893;
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More information: http://bikesbelong.org/page.cfm?PageID=21.
Social Services
Open Meadows Foundation General Grants — Deadline: August 15, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support small projects that are led by and benefit women and girls and that promote racial, social, economic and environmental justice. Contact: Open Meadows Foundation, 718-885-0969;
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More information: http://www.openmeadows.org.
Telecommunications
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program — Deadline: April 6, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and tribal and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To assist in planning and building public telecommunications in order to extend service delivery by the most cost-effective means, increase services and facilities available to, operated by and controlled by minorities and women and strengthen the capability of existing public TV and radio stations to provide services. Contact: Larry Dyer, 202-482-1762. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12821&mode=VIEW.
Transportation
Airport Improvement Program — Deadline: May 1, 2007. Action: The Federal Aviation Administration announced May 1, 2007, as the deadline for each airport sponsor to notify the agency that it will use its fiscal year 2007 entitlement funds to accomplish projects identified in the Airports Capital Improvement Plan that was formulated in the spring of 2006. Contact: Barry Molar, 202-267-3831. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1017.pdf.
Victim Assistance
FY 07 State Victim Assistance Academy Initiative — Deadline: April 9, 2007. Eligibility: State governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To establish State Victim Assistance Academies that will provide education and training for victim assistance providers, victim advocates, criminal justice personnel and allied professionals who routinely deal with crime victims. Contact: Laura Ivkovich, 202-616-3576. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12927&mode=VIEW.
Welfare
UPS Foundation Human Welfare Program — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support programs for families and children in crisis, the economically or culturally disadvantaged, the physically or mentally challenged and community development programs. Contact: UPS Foundation,
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More information: http://www.community.ups.com/philanthropy/grant.html.
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