August 5, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Agriculture General Grant Administrative Provisions and Program-Specific Administrative Provisions for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Arts/Culture Fund for National Projects Grants Education Verizon Foundation: Grants for South Carolina Nonprofits and Educational Institutions Environment Forecasting Ecosystem Services from Wetland Condition Analyses Water Conservation Field Services Program - Nebraska-Kansas Area Office Save Energy Now: State, Regional and Local Delivery National Wetland Program Development Grants Health Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Women's Health Demonstration Cooperative Agreement Program Justice Social Justice Fund Northwest: Cultural Grants Inmate Behavior Management: Keeping Inmates Productively Occupied Mental Health Campus Suicide Prevention Grants Refugees Wilson/Fish Alternative Program Substance Abuse Marijuana Policy Project: Coalition Grants Transportation Rail Capacity Improvement Study Communications Based Train Control Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study Veterans Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program: Stand Down Grant Award Disclaimer Agriculture General Grant Administrative Provisions and Program-Specific Administrative Provisions for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative — Comments: September 30, 2008. C.F.R.: 7 C.F.R. Part 3430. Action: The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service published as an interim rule a set of administrative requirements that contain elements common to all of the competitive and noncompetitive non-formula grant programs the agency administers. Contact: Erin Daly, 202-401-3319; 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/E8-17594.pdf. Specialty Crop Block Grant Program — Deadline: September 8, 2008. Eligibility: State departments of agriculture. Fund uses: To enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Contact: Trista Etzig, 202-690-4942; 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/E8-17477.pdf. Arts/Culture Fund for National Projects Grants — Deadline: November 1, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and nonprofit consortia. Fund uses: To support artistic projects across the nation in dance, jazz, presenting or theater that will engage a broad national constituency. Contact: DDCF Headquarters & Grantmaking Programs, 212-974-7000. More information: http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=700. Education Verizon Foundation: Grants for South Carolina Nonprofits and Educational Institutions — Deadline: August 29, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education operating in South Carolina. Fund uses: To support computer and Internet literacy training programs that benefit children, families and adults. Contact: Verizon Foundation, 800-360-7955; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://foundation.verizon.com/cybergrants/plsql/vznadmin.vz_www.news_story?x_news_id=1934. Environment Forecasting Ecosystem Services from Wetland Condition Analyses — Deadline: November 3, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To develop relationships between wetland ecological condition indicators and ecosystem services delivery. Contact: Anne Sergeant, 202-343-9661; 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=42538&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Water Conservation Field Services Program - Nebraska-Kansas Area Office — Deadline: August 15, 2008. Eligibility: Irrigation and water districts, state or local water agencies, local governments, reclamation water contractors and water-related nonprofit organizations with a defined relationship to one or more reclamation projects. Fund uses: To fund projects for activities in support of the Nebraska-Kansas Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation's Water Conservation Field Services Program, in federal fiscal year 2008. Contact: Kimball Banks, 406-247-7710; 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=42510&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Save Energy Now: State, Regional and Local Delivery — Deadline: October 16, 2008. Eligibility: State energy offices. Fund uses: To improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance through a coordinated program of research and development, validation, and dissemination of energy efficiency technologies and operating best practices. Contact: Margo Gorin, 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=18162&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. National Wetland Program Development Grants — Deadline: September 8, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, interstate agencies and intertribal consortia. Fund uses: To carry out projects to develop and refine comprehensive wetland programs. Contact: Myra Price, 202-556-1225; 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=42483&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Health Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change — Deadline: September 18, 2008. Eligibility: Health care provider organizations, health plans and employers, and other organizations directly involved in health care provision or administration. Fund uses: To improve health care for ethnic or racial minorities who are subject to health care quality disparities. Contact: Disparities Research for Change, 866-344-9800; 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=20401. Women's Health Demonstration Cooperative Agreement Program — Deadline: August 27, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal organizations. Fund uses: To address health facilities' capacity to improve access to behavioral health care for American Indian and Alaska Native women and female adolescents who are at risk of experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault and associated trauma. Contact: Tammy Bagley, 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=42536&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Justice Social Justice Fund Northwest: Cultural Grants — Deadline: September 8, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and Indian tribal governments operating primarily in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho or Wyoming. Fund uses: To support grassroots efforts seeking to use cultural projects as a vehicle for addressing social injustice. Contact: Sarah Studer, 206-624-4081. More information: http://www.socialjusticefund.org/apply-grant. Inmate Behavior Management: Keeping Inmates Productively Occupied — Deadline: August 15, 2008. Eligibility: State and local governments, private agencies, educational institutions, or individuals and organizations with expertise in inmate behavior management. Fund uses: To provide jail practitioners with a guide on developing and implementing programs and activities for jail inmates as part of an overall strategy to manage inmate behavior. Contact: Rita Rippetoe, 202-514-4222; 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=42527&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Mental Health Campus Suicide Prevention Grants — Deadline: November 25, 2008. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education; assist colleges and universities in their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions; and enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression and substance abuse, which put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts. Contact: Gwendolyn Simpson, 240-276-1408; 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=42482&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Refugees Wilson/Fish Alternative Program — Deadline: April 30, 2009. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit agencies. Fund uses: To provide integrated services and cash assistance to refugees; establish or maintain a refugee program in a state where the state is not participating in the refugee program or is withdrawing from the refugee program or a portion of the program; or provide an alternative to the existing system of assistance and services to refugees. Contact: Carl Rubenstein, 202-205-5933; 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=42486&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Substance Abuse Marijuana Policy Project: Coalition Grants — Deadline: September 1, 2008. Eligibility: Community and political advocacy organizations located in Delaware, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Tennessee. Fund uses: To build a coalition of organizations working to pass medical marijuana legislation. Contact: Nydia Swaby, 202-462-5747 ext. 104; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.mpp.org/about/grants/request-for-proposals/organizers-to-build.html. Transportation Rail Capacity Improvement Study — Deadline: August 31, 2008. Eligibility: State, county, city, township and special district governments; public and state controlled institutions of higher learning; and nonprofit organizations with or without 501 (c)(3) status. Fund uses: To evaluate the cost and effectiveness of various infrastructure investments to increase rail system capacity and the time it would take to implement them. Contact: Terrell Williams, 202-366-0232; 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=42528&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Communications Based Train Control Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study — Deadline: August 31, 2008. Eligibility: State, county, city, township, and special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To evaluate the effectiveness of implementing Communication Based Train Control systems on light rail or heavy rail systems in the U.S. Contact: Terrell Williams, 202-366-0232; 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=42529&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Veterans Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program: Stand Down Grant Award — Deadline: September 1, 2008. 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