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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Agriculture
Conservation Innovation Grant-Iowa
Conservation Innovative Grant-New Mexico
Conservation Innovation Grants-Kentucky
Arts/Culture
Fellowships in the Visual Arts, Film and Architecture and Urban Design
NEA International Literary Exchange
Humanities Collections and Resources
Children/Youth
Colin Higgins Foundation Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth
Education
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program
Motorola Foundation New Innovation Generation Grants
Emergency Preparedness
Implementation Plan for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats
Employment/Training
National Farmworker Jobs Program for Program Year 2007
National Farmworker Jobs Program, Housing Assistance for Program Year 2007
Environment
Availability of NOAA Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2007
Idaho Communities at Risk Assistance Program
Coastal Impact Assistance Program Allocations, Fiscal Years 2007-2008
Oregon Endangered Species Recovery Projects
Health
RWJF Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions
Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010
Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Grants
Homeland Security
FY 2007 Competitive Training Grants Program
Housing
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing
Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants
Public Housing Operating Fund Program
Justice
Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program
Law Enforcement
Operations Research Applied to Law Enforcement Operations
Libraries/Literacy
Web Wise Conference Cooperative Agreement
Refugees
Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities
Rural Development/Services
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program
Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program
Disclaimer
Agriculture
Conservation Innovation Grant-Iowa — Deadline: May 31, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public and Indian housing authorities, individuals, institutions of higher education and tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production while leveraging the federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection. Contact: Sindra Jensen, 515-284-4506. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13561&mode=VIEW.
Conservation Innovative Grant-New Mexico — Deadline: June 1, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, individuals and for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging the federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection, in conjunction with agricultural production. Contact: Joseph Grainey, 505-761-4412;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13578&mode=VIEW.
Conservation Innovation Grants-Kentucky — Deadline: May 25, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, individuals and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies while leveraging federal investment in environmental enhancement and protection in conjunction with agricultural production. Contact: Connie McKinney, 859-224-7395;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13556&mode=VIEW.
Arts/Culture
Fellowships in the Visual Arts, Film and Architecture and Urban Design — Deadline: May 29, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support programs for short residency and training programs in the United States for emerging and mid-career visual artists, film artists, and architects and urban design professionals from selected countries. Contact: Hans Posey, 202-203-7466;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13593&mode=VIEW.
NEA International Literary Exchange — Deadline: May 21, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, established literary and university publishers and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund innovative approaches that expand cross-cultural literary exchange. Contact: Nicki Jacobs, 202-682-5403. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13555&mode=VIEW.
Humanities Collections and Resources — Deadline: July 17, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and tribal and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support projects that preserve and create intellectual access to such collections as books, journals, newspapers, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, art and objects of material culture, as well as to encourage digital projects that codify, unite, integrate or aggregate humanities collections and resources. Contact: Division of Preservation and Access,
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13543&mode=VIEW.
Children/Youth
Colin Higgins Foundation Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth — Deadline: June 29, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support organizations that build the power and leadership of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth (age 13-24) through: grassroots organizing and comprehensive leadership development; working with historically underprivileged constituencies; striving to bring about institutional change in the legal, political, economic or cultural structures that impact LGBT youth, and; working to link LGBT youth to other organizations and social justice movements. Contact: Diana Chavez, 415-561-6346. More information: http://www.colinhiggins.org/grantmaking/guidelines.cfm.
Education
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program — Action: Announced its intention to use the grant slate developed for the Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program - Recruitment Grants for States and Partnerships in fiscal year 2005 to make new grant awards in FY 2007 because a significant number of high-quality applications remain. Contact: Luretha Kelley, 202-502-7645;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7684.pdf.
Motorola Foundation New Innovation Generation Grants — Deadline: June 15, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and local educational agencies. Fund uses: To inspire young people, particularly girls and underserved minorities, to embrace science, technology, engineering and math. Contact: Motorola Foundation,
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More information: http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8153.
Emergency Preparedness
Implementation Plan for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats — Effective: April 16, 2007. Action: Took a holistic, end-to-end approach, considering multiple aspects of the medical countermeasures mission, to develop effective strategies to prevent, mitigate and treat the consequences of weapons of mass destruction and chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear threats as an integral component of America's national security strategy. Contact: Susan Coller, 202-260-1200. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1983.pdf.
Employment/Training
National Farmworker Jobs Program for Program Year 2007 — Deadline: May 29, 2007. Eligibility: State agencies, local workforce investment boards, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education and other entities. Fund uses: To help eligible migrants and seasonal farmworkers and their families prepare for jobs likely to provide stable, year-round employment both within and outside agriculture. Contact: Mamie Williams, 202-693-3341. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7497.pdf.
National Farmworker Jobs Program, Housing Assistance for Program Year 2007 — Deadline: May 29, 2007. Eligibility: State workforce agencies, state workforce investment boards, local workforce investment boards, and faith-based and community organizations. Fund uses: To operate the housing assistance portion of the National Farmworker Jobs Program and to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers retain employment or enter into and complete training. Contact: Mamie Williams, 202-693-3341. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7496.pdf.
Environment
Availability of NOAA Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2007 — Action: Announced a change in the funding amounts, year of funds, approximate range of awards that will be made and earliest start dates of awards for the 2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development grant program. Contact: James Free, 843-740-1185;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1997.pdf.
Idaho Communities at Risk Assistance Program — Deadline: May 4, 2007. Eligibility: Local governments. Fund uses: To fund the treatment and control of noxious and invasive weeds. Contact: Chris Shaver, 208-373-3817. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13586&mode=VIEW.
Coastal Impact Assistance Program Allocations, Fiscal Years 2007-2008 — Action: Advised the public of the availability of the individual allocation amounts available to each of the 73 eligible recipients of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, which should be used by the states and coastal political subdivisions in the completion of their grant applications. Contact: Colleen Benner, 703-787-1710. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7221.pdf.
Oregon Endangered Species Recovery Projects — Deadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: State and local governments, individuals, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To take the measures necessary to prevent extinction of species by implementing actions to reverse the decline of listed species and expedite full recovery. Contact: Jillanne Royce, 503-231-6179. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13549&mode=VIEW.
Health
RWJF Advancing Public Health Practice and Policy Solutions — Deadline: June 6, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, colleges and universities, and nonprofit and community organizations. Fund uses: To discover, implement, evaluate or disseminate practical and replicable solutions related to public health laws, regulations or policies; public health advocacy or communications; or engaging hard-to-reach and/or high-risk populations. Contact: Tim Crowley,
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More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19849&c=EMC-FA141.
Advancing System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People 2010 — Deadline: June 18, 2007. Eligibility: State and local health departments, tribes, medical groups and practices, hospitals, institutions of higher education and tribal, community-based and faith-based organizations. Fund uses: To use a public health system approach to improve performance on two or more Healthy People 2010 objectives that target women and men in certain focus areas. Contact: WilDon Solutions, 888-203-6161;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7371.pdf.
Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Grants — Deadline: July 17, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit and community-based oral health promotion programs. Fund uses: To improve and maintain children's oral health through community education programs. Contact: ADA Foundation, 312-440-2547;
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More information: http://www.ada.org/ada/prod/adaf/prog_access_harris.asp.
Homeland Security
FY 2007 Competitive Training Grants Program — Deadline: May 4, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and tribal, for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To fund national preparedness training initiatives that further the Department of Homeland Security's mission of preparing the nation to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from incidents of terrorism or catastrophic events. Contact: Jan Carey, 202-786-9481. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13548&mode=VIEW.
Housing
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act — Effective: May 21, 2007. C.F.R.: 24 CFR Part 1000. Action: Made several revisions to the regulations for the Indian Housing Block Grant program allocation formula. Contact: Rodger Boyd, 202-401-7914. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7470.pdf.
Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing — Deadline: June 18, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public housing authorities and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To construct new off-farm housing units and related facilities for domestic farm laborers to increase the number of available housing units for these laborers. Contact: Henry Searcy, 202-720-1604;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7444.pdf.
Section 533 Housing Preservation Grants — Deadline: June 18, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit corporations and consortia of eligible entities. Fund uses: To help low- and very low-income homeowners repair and rehabilitate their homes in rural areas, and to help rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes repair and rehabilitate their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. Contact: Bonnie Edwards-Jackson, 202-690-0759;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7455.pdf.
Public Housing Operating Fund Program — Action: Announced guidance on the implementation of asset management which requires public housing agencies with 250 or more units to convert to asset management. Contact: Elizabeth Hanson, 202-475-7949. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7218.pdf.
Justice
Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program — Deadline: May 29, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To develop and/or deliver knowledge-based forensic science curricula at the state or local level to help increase the number of trained forensic scientists in public crime laboratories. Contact: Charles Heurich, 202-616-9264. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13540&mode=VIEW.
Law Enforcement
Operations Research Applied to Law Enforcement Operations — Deadline: May 21, 2007. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To research, develop and demonstrate operations research models and methods that enable law enforcement and corrections agencies to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and safety of their operations and to improve the judicial process. Contact: Stanley Erickson, 202-305-4686. More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13585&mode=VIEW.
Libraries/Literacy
Web Wise Conference Cooperative Agreement — Deadline: June 18, 2007. Eligibility: Libraries, museums, professional associations serving the museum or library field, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To develop and host the 2008 and 2009 WebWise Conferences on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, which highlights exemplary projects to improve library and museum programs using technology and brings together library and museum professionals and national technology experts from a variety of disciplines to discuss issues of mutual concern. Contact: Susan Malbin, 202-653-4768;
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More information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13542&mode=VIEW.
Refugees
Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities — Deadline: July 13, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health. Contact: Wendy Yallowitz,
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More information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480&c=EMC-FA144.
Rural Development/Services
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program — Comments: June 19, 2007. C.F.R.: 7 CFR Parts 1942 and 4284. Action: Proposed implementing all-inclusive processing and servicing regulations to provide a more user-friendly regulation that will be a better resource for public understanding and improvement in program administration. Contact: Cindy Mason, 202-690-1433. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1922.pdf.
Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program — Deadline: June 8, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education and nonprofit corporations. Fund uses: To improve the economic condition of rural areas through cooperative development by establishing and operating centers that have the expertise to assist individuals or entities in the start-up, expansion or operational improvement of cooperative businesses. Contact: USDA Rural Development State Office, 202-720-4323; USDA Rural Development National Office, 202-720-7558;
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More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7370.pdf.
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