July 8, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Arts/Culture Grants in Nonfiction Publishing Children/Youth Child Care Center Enhancement Grants Mentoring Children of Prisoners Training and Technical Assistance Community Development Pride Foundation: Northwest Grants Education College-Community Connections Program Environment Region 5 Wetland Program Development Grants Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Grants Health Measures and Determinants of Smokeless Tobacco Use, Prevention and Cessation Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program Public Health Nursing Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project Senior Citizens Pension Counseling & Information Projects Social Services Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Grant Technology Computing and Communication Foundations: Core Programs Veterans State Cemetery Grants Disclaimer Arts/Culture Grants in Nonfiction Publishing — Deadline: September 15, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. Fund uses: To support the publishing of nonprofit books on a range of current public issues. Contact: Ann Birckmayer, 518-828-8900; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.furthermore.org/. Children/Youth Child Care Center Enhancement Grants — Deadline: December 31, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit, nonsectarian child-care programs licensed in Pennsylvania. Fund uses: To improve the quality of child care in Pennsylvania. Contact: Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation, 610-992-1140. More information: http://www.tllccf.org/pr_ccceg.php. Mentoring Children of Prisoners Training and Technical Assistance — Deadline: August 11, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education and independent school districts. Fund uses: To enhance and promote the continuous quality improvement of the services available to agencies that provide mentors to children with an incarcerated parent. Contact: Victoria Marquez, 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=42186&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Community Development Pride Foundation: Northwest Grants — Deadline: August 29, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations based in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Washington. Fund uses: To support small, grassroots organizations that provide services to the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender communities. Contact: Jeff Hedgepeth, 206-323-3318; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.pridefoundation.org/programs_grants_main.php. Education College-Community Connections Program — Deadline: July 15, 2008. Eligibility: Community-based organizations in New York City and institutions of higher education located in New York or within reasonable driving distance of New York. Fund uses: To support partnerships between community-based organizations and academic institutions that seek to prepare underserved high school students for higher education. Contact: Cheryl Ching, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.teaglefoundation.org/grantmaking/community.aspx. Environment Region 5 Wetland Program Development Grants — Deadline: August 15, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To build the capacity of all levels of government to develop and refine effective, comprehensive programs for wetland protection and management. Contact: Kristen Faulhaber, 312-353-4378. More information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=42222&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease — Deadline: October 2, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To propose research on the impact of global change on the development and severity of allergic airway disease from exposure to pollen, mold and other plant-derived allergens. Contact: Barbara Glen, 202-343-9721; 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=42215&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Grants — Deadline: October 31, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and tribal governments. Fund uses: To defray each Alaska native regional partner's travel and communication expenses enabling them to participate in the co-management process. Contact: Richard Primmer, 907-786-3611; 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=42200&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Health Measures and Determinants of Smokeless Tobacco Use, Prevention and Cessation — Deadline: November 24, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To study the factors that mediate initiation, use and cessation of smokeless tobacco; to understand the relationship of smokeless tobacco with other tobacco products; and to develop methods for studying smokeless tobacco products and related behaviors in humans. Contact: Crystal Wolfrey, 301-496-8634; 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=18015&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research — Deadline: September 23, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To address high-risk, high-impact questions with the primary objective of advancing the state of the science in brain and behavior research relevant to mental health, supporting the integration and translation of basic and clinical neuroscience research on severe mental illnesses, and/or advancing understanding of the neurobehavioral developmental mechanisms responsible for psychopathology in childhood and adolescence. Contact: Chiiko Asanuma, Ph.D., 301-443-5288; 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=18017&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program — Deadline: September 15, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide support to entities that need assistance to plan, organize and develop a health-care network because they do not have a significant history of collaboration and are not sufficiently evolved to apply for a three-year Rural Health Network Development Grant. Contact: Eileen Holloran, 301-443-7529; 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=18007&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Public Health Nursing — Deadline: August 4, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To improve health outcomes of high-risk patients through a community case-management model that utilizes the PHN as case manager. Contact: Norma Jean Dunne, 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=42221&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Prototype Project — Deadline: August 15, 2008. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To provide funding to state agency food protection regulatory programs. Contact: Marc Milton Pitts, 301-827-7162; 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=18012&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Senior Citizens Pension Counseling & Information Projects — Deadline: July 28, 2008. Eligibility: Elder Law of Michigan, Inc., Legal Services for the Elderly (New York), Legal Services of Northern California, Minnesota Senior Federation, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Fund uses: To enhance pension counseling services currently being provided by grantees under the Administration on Aging's Pension Counseling & Information Program. Contact: Valerie Soroka, 202-357-3531; 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=42187&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Social Services Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Grant — Deadline: September 2, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To enable the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to extend services to underserved populations in hard-to-reach areas, both urban and nonurban. Contact: Grant Program Office, 404-338-7894; 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=42181&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Technology Computing and Communication Foundations: Core Programs — Deadline: December 17, 2011. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop new knowledge in the Algorithmic Foundations program, the Communications and Information Foundations program and the Software and Hardware Foundations program. Contact: Richard Beigel, 703-292-8910; 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=17998&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Veterans State Cemetery Grants — Deadline: July 1, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments. Fund uses: To assist state governments and federally recognized Indian tribal organizations for funding up to 100 percent of projects to establish, expand or improve state-owned and operated veterans cemeteries. 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