June 17, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Arts/Culture Guitar Center Music Foundation Grants Humanities Grants Picturing America School Collaboration Projects NEA American Masterpieces: Dance, FY 2009 NEA American Masterpieces: Presenting, FY 2008 NEA American Masterpieces: Chamber Music, FY 2009 NEA American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring, FY 2008 Education Seeds for Education Grants Charter School Program: Grants to Non-State Educational Agencies for Planning Environment Stewardship and Targeted Watershed Grants Health Faith-Based Advocacy Program to End Childhood Obesity Development of Models to Forecast Medicare Expenditures Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Housing Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program: Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program FY 2008 SuperNOFA for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs; Correction Job Training/Employment Head Start Career Advancement Partnership Program Senior Citizens Senior Medical Patrol Integration Projects Welfare Women, Infants and Children Electronic Benefits Transfer Pre-Planning Grant FY 2008 Women, Infants and Children Electronic Benefits Transfer Grant Program Disclaimer Arts/Culture Guitar Center Music Foundation Grants — Deadline: Rolling. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. Fund uses: To support nonprofit music instruction programs for people of all ages. Contact: Guitar Center Music Foundation, 818-735-8800 ext. 2112; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/grants/index.cfm?sec=info. Humanities Grants — Deadline: July 1, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and federal government agencies, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations working in Pennsylvania. Fund uses: To support life-long learning in the arts and humanities in Pennsylvania. Contact: Virginia Fahey, 800-462-0442 ext. 114; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.pahumanities.org/resources/grants08.php. Picturing America School Collaboration Projects — Deadline: October 1, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America's story. Contact: NEH's Division of Education Programs, 202-606-8380; 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=41997&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. NEA American Masterpieces: Dance, FY 2009 — Deadline: October 24, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. Contact: Juliana Mascelli, 202-682-5656; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41972&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. NEA American Masterpieces: Presenting, FY 2008 — Deadline: September 26, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states. Contact: Mario Garcia Durham, 202-682-5469; 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=41971&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. NEA American Masterpieces: Chamber Music, FY 2009 — Deadline: October 10, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support a range of projects that reflect the breadth of chamber music. Contact: Court Burns, 202-682-5590; 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=41973&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. NEA American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring, FY 2008 — Deadline: September 19, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Contact: David Bancroft, 202-682-5576; 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=41970&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Education Seeds for Education Grants — Deadline: November 15, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To foster environmental education through programs that grow and protect native plant species. Contact: Steve Maassen, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.for-wild.org/sfecvr.html. Charter School Program: Grants to Non-State Educational Agencies for Planning — Deadline: July 31, 2008. Eligibility: Charter schools and nonstate educational agencies in states with a statute specifically authorizing the establishment of charter schools in which the SEA elects not to participate in the CSP. Fund uses: To provide financial assistance for the planning, program design and initial implementation of charter schools, and to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their effects on students, student academic achievement, staff and parents. Contact: Erin Pfeltz, 202-205-3525; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13470.pdf. Environment Stewardship and Targeted Watershed Grants — Deadline: July 11, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and federal agencies, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To reduce and mitigate pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, and to increase public awareness of and involvement in efforts to protect the Bay and its rivers. Contact: Dr. Jana Davis, 410-974-2941 ext. 5; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Kacey Barrett, 410-974-2941 ext. 106; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.cbtrust.org/site/c.enJIKQNoFiG/b.2020181/. Health Faith-Based Advocacy Program to End Childhood Obesity — Deadline: July 25, 2008. Eligibility: Faith-based public charities with at least two years of experience in policy advocacy to promote social change. Fund uses: To combat childhood obesity by supporting faith-based organizations that work to provide access to healthy foods and/or opportunities for children to participate in physical activities. Contact: Nancy Cox, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20381. Development of Models to Forecast Medicare Expenditures — Deadline: October 29, 2008. Eligibility: State and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofit and for-profit entities and tribal organizations. Fund uses: To develop models that forecast Medicare expenditures or provide insight into key aspects of the forecasting of Medicare expenditures. Contact: Robin Laney, 301-496-1473; 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=17876&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program — Deadline: September 28, 2010. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries in the fields related to cancer, cerebrovascular disease including stroke, lung disease including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and environmental factors including indoor air pollution, obesity and lifestyle factors related to these conditions, and the genetics of non-communicable diseases. Contact: Elizabeth Cleveland, 301-451-6830; 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=17859&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training — Deadline: August 19, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To support programs that offer international research training opportunities to qualified undergraduate, graduate and health professions students who are from health disparities populations or are underrepresented in basic science, biomedical, clinical or behavioral health research career fields. Contact: Priscilla Grant, 301-402-1366; 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=17860&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Housing Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program: Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program — Comments: August 1, 2008. Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2009. Contact: HUD USER information line, 800-245-2691. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13005.pdf. FY 2008 SuperNOFA for HUD Discretionary Grant Programs; Correction — Action: The Department of Housing and Urban Development made corrections or clarifications to Appendix A of the Introduction to the SuperNOFA and changed the application deadline dates for the Housing Choice Voucher Program the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program. Contact: NOFA Information Center, 800-HUD-2209. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13285.pdf. Job Training/Employment Head Start Career Advancement Partnership Program — Deadline: August 27, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and faith-based organizations. Fund uses: To increase the number of Head Start teaching staff with associate and baccalaureate degrees in early childhood education to improve the quality and long-term effectiveness of program services to Head Start children and their families. Contact: Michele Plutro, 202-205-8912; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42017&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Senior Citizens Senior Medical Patrol Integration Projects — Deadline: July 14, 2008. Eligibility: State units on aging. Fund uses: To further expand and integrate the Senior Medical Patrol Project fraud awareness message throughout rural areas via collaborative efforts led by state aging organizations. Contact: Barbara Lewis, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42000&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Welfare Women, Infants and Children Electronic Benefits Transfer Pre-Planning Grant — Deadline: July 7, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To support WIC Electronic Benefits Transfer planning activities. Contact: Veronica Ferrell, 703-305-2760. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=41993&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. FY 2008 Women, Infants and Children Electronic Benefits Transfer Grant Program — Deadline: July 7, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To award Electronic Benefits Transfer grant funds to qualified state agencies in order to assist with implementation of EBT. Contact: Veronica Ferrell, 703-305-2760; 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=41989&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.   This newsletter contains links to external sites that are not owned or controlled by Thompson. 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