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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Arts/Culture
Museums for America

Children/Youth
Jewish Women's Foundation of New York: 2009-2010 Grant Cycle

Education
Discretionary Grant Program

Environment
Brownfields Job Training Grants
Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants
Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants
Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants

Health
Fishbein Family IC Research Foundation Grant Program
Ensuring Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices
Family Planning Services Region 5 - Ohio
Family Planning Services Region 5
Family Planning Services Region 3
Family Planning Services Region 6
Family Planning Services Region 8

HIV/AIDS
Basic HIV Vaccine Discovery Research
Using Proven Factors in Risk Prevention to Promote Protection from HIV Transmission

Libraries/Literacy
Youth Literacy Grants

Substance Abuse
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant Program

Transportation
Annual Materials Report on New Bridge Construction and Bridge Rehabilitation
Energy Storage Demonstration for Rail Transit Vehicle Operation
Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs
Advance Construction of Federal-Aid Projects

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Arts/Culture

Museums for AmericaDeadline: November 1, 2008. Eligibility: Museums. Fund uses: To fund ongoing museum work, research and other behind-the-scenes activities, planning, new programs, purchase of equipment or services, and activities that will support the efforts of museums to upgrade and integrate new technologies. Contact: Sandra Narva, 202-653-4634; 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=42696&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Children/Youth

Jewish Women's Foundation of New York: 2009-2010 Grant CycleDeadline: September 15, 2008. Eligibility: Private nonprofit organizations located in the New York City metropolitan area. Fund uses: To remove social barriers and increase opportunities for Jewish girls in the New York area to reach their full potential. Contact: Rebecca Garrison, 212-836-1478 ext. 3; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://jwfny.org/index.php?section=article&album_id=39&id=17&PHPSESSID=1c0bb57c13335c11379da9f337ee5deb.

Education

Discretionary Grant ProgramComments: September 26, 2008. Action: The Department of Education proposed to continue the use in fiscal year 2009 of priorities that it previously established for use in all discretionary grant program competitions in FYs 2007 and 2008. Contact: Margo Anderson, 202-205-3010; 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/E8-19893.pdf.

Environment

Brownfields Job Training GrantsDeadline: October 15, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and governments and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To serve a community that currently receives, or has received, federal, state or tribal financial assistance for brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund, cleanup, site-specific response program work and/or EPA-funded targeted brownfields assessments. Contact: Chris Lombard, 617-918-1305; 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=42712&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment GrantsDeadline: November 14, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To empower states, communities, tribes and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up and reuse brownfield sites. Contact: Becky Brooks, 202-566-2762; 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=42694&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund GrantsDeadline: November 14, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To empower states, communities, tribes and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up and reuse brownfield sites. Contact: Becky Brooks, 202-566-2762; 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=42697&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup GrantsDeadline: November 14, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To empower states, communities, tribes and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up and reuse brownfield sites. Contact: Becky Brooks, 202-566-2762; 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=42695&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Health

Fishbein Family IC Research Foundation Grant ProgramDeadline: September 15, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit academic institutions and for-profit biotechnology companies. Fund uses: To support research on the genetics, immunology and treatment of interstitial cystitis. Contact: Interstitial Cystitis Association, 301-610-5300; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.ichelp.org/ResearchCenter/FishbeinFamilyICResearchFoundation/GrantApplication/tabid/150/Default.aspx.

Ensuring that Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal LawComments: September 25, 2008. C.F.R.: 45 C.F.R. Part 88. Action: The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule to ensure that its funds do not support morally coercive or discriminatory practices or policies in violation of federal law. Contact: Brenda Dastro, 202-401-2305. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-19744.pdf.

Family Planning Services Region 5 - OhioDeadline: November 1, 2008. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which shall provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Contact: Eleanor Walker, 240-453-8822; 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=18306&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Family Planning Services Region 5Deadline: March 1, 2009. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which shall provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Contact: Eleanor Walker, 240-453-8822; 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=18307&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Family Planning Services Region 3Deadline: March 1, 2009. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which shall provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Contact: Renee Scales, 240-453-8822; 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=18308&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Family Planning Services Region 6Deadline: December 1, 2008. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which shall provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Contact: Renee Scales, 240-453-8822; 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=18305&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Family Planning Services Region 8Deadline: March 1, 2009. Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities. Fund uses: To establish and operate voluntary family planning services projects, which shall provide family planning services to all persons desiring such services, with priority for services to persons from low-income families. Contact: Renee Scales, 240-453-8822; 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=18309&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

HIV/AIDS

Basic HIV Vaccine Discovery ResearchDeadline: January 5, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, school districts and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To stimulate the discovery of an effective prophylactic HIV vaccine by soliciting Research Project Grant applications for hypothesis-driven basic research in HIV/AIDS, and general virology and immunology that is focused on directly achieving that aim. Contact: Victoria Connors, 301-420-5065; 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=18313&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Using Proven Factors in Risk Prevention to Promote Protection from HIV TransmissionDeadline: December 11, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, school districts and public housing authorities. Fund uses: To develop, implement and evaluate new or improved HIV prevention programs that incorporate proven factors from social and sexual development, positive youth development, sexual risk behavior and drug prevention programs for use in high-risk, urban American minority preadolescents or early adolescents. Contact: Bryan Clark, 301-435-6995; 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=18311&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW.

Libraries/Literacy

Youth Literacy GrantsDeadline: September 24, 2008. Eligibility: Schools, public libraries and nonprofit organizations located within 20 miles of a Dollar General store. Fund uses: To support existing literacy programs that serve students who are reading below grade level, or to create new programs for such students. Contact: Dollar General Community Initiatives Department, 615-855-4000. More information: http://www.dollargeneral.com/Community/Pages/GrantPrograms.aspx#youthliteracy.

Substance Abuse

Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant ProgramDeadline: November 7, 2008. Eligibility: State, tribal and territorial governments. Fund uses: To prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance abuse, including childhood and underage drinking; reduce substance abuse-related problems; and build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state, tribal, territorial and community levels. Contact: Edna Frazier, 240-276-1405; 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=42702&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Transportation

Annual Materials Report on New Bridge Construction and Bridge RehabilitationEffective: August 10, 2008. Action: The Federal Highway Administration issued a report describing construction materials used in new federal-aid bridge construction and bridge rehabilitation projects. Contact: Ann Shemaka, Office of Bridge Technology, 202-366-1575. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-20160.pdf.

Energy Storage Demonstration for Rail Transit Vehicle OperationDeadline: October 3, 2008. Eligibility: Unrestricted. Fund uses: To demonstrate regenerative braking and energy storage technologies for rail transit propulsion systems. Contact: Roy Chen, 202-366-0462; 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=42711&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW.

Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing ProgramsEffective: November 1, 2008. Comments: September 25, 2008. Action: The Department of Transportation is changing the effective date of the drug testing procedural rule that requires employers to ensure that all follow-up and return-to-duty drug tests are directly observed. Contact: Jim Swart, 202-366-3784; 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/E8-19816.pdf.

Advance Construction of Federal-Aid ProjectsEffective: September 25, 2008. C.F.R.: 23 C.F.R. Part 630. Action: The Federal Highway Administration revised its regulation for advance construction of federal-aid projects. Contact: Dale Gray, 202-366-0978. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-19636.pdf.

 

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