November 4, 2008

Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week: Arts/Culture Multi-Arts Production Fund Children/Youth Child Welfare Services State Grants Community Development Washington Women's Foundation: Annual Grants Disaster Preparedness Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging and Title VI Tribal Organizations Economic Development National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation Program: Economic Development Research Project: Regional Innovation Systems Regional Innovation Systems Research Project Education Title I -- Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged Teaching American History Grant Program Employment/Training Apprenticeship Programs Environment Water for America: Expand, Protect, and Conserve Our Nation's Water Resources - System Optimization Reviews Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 Definition of Solid Waste Electronic Report on the Environment Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook Sustainable Skylines Initiative Water Conservation Field Services Program, Pacific Northwest Region Health Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative Microbiome of the Lung and Respiratory Tract in HIV-Infected Individuals and HIV-Uninfected Controls Cardiac Translational Research Implementation Program Five-Year Affiliated Pacific Island Collaborative Performance Agreement for Tobacco Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Medical Management of Older Patients With HIV/AIDS (R01) Justice Haymarket Sustaining Grant Native Americans/Alaska Natives American Indian and Alaska Native Policy Statement Substance Abuse International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R01) Transportation CDL Program Improvement Grant List of Certifications and Assurances Deadline for Notification of Intent to Use Airport Improvement Program Sponsor, Cargo and Nonprimary Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2009 Disclaimer Arts/Culture Multi-Arts Production Fund — Deadline: January 20, 2009. Eligibility: Nonprofit arts organizations with live-performance components that will not premier in the U.S. before Sept. 1, 2009. Fund uses: To support new performing arts projects, particularly projects in the early stages of development. Contact: Moira Brennan, 212-226-1677; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.mapfund.org/apply.html. Children/Youth Child Welfare Services State Grants — Action: The ACF published the allotment percentage for each state under the Child Welfare Services Grant Program. Contact: Deborah Bell, 202-401-4611. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25843.pdf. Community Development Washington Women's Foundation: Annual Grants — Deadline: November 28, 2008. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status that serve communities in the state of Washington. Fund uses: To provide one grant in each of the categories of arts and culture, education, the environment, health, and human services to address urgent community needs or support innovative new approaches to solving social problems. Contact: Marion DeForest, 206-407-2171; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.wawomensfoundation.org/our-impact/submit-letter-of-inquiry.php. Disaster Preparedness Disaster Assistance for State Units on Aging and Title VI Tribal Organizations — Deadline: September 18, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments. Fund uses: To provide disaster reimbursement and assistance funds to those state units on aging and tribal organizations who are currently receiving a grant under Title VI of the Older Americans Act, as amended. Contact: Rodd Clay, 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=43238&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Economic Development National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation Program: Economic Development Research Project: Regional Innovation Systems — Deadline: November 17, 2008. Action: The Economic Development Administration is re-soliciting applications for a regional innovation systems research project under fiscal year 2009 National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation program funding. Contact: Kerstin Millius, 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/E8-26029.pdf. Regional Innovation Systems Research Project — Deadline: November 17, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To begin a research program that will unearth the critical elements that comprise a highly effective regional innovation system that are currently not well understood. Contact: Jamie Lipsey, 202-482-3467; 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=43262&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Education Title I -- Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged — Effective: November 28, 2008. C.F.R.: 34 C.F.R. Part 200. Action: The Department of Education amended the regulations governing programs administered under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to clarify and strengthen current Title I regulations in the areas of reassessment, accountability, public school choice and supplemental educational services. Contact: Zollie Stevenson, Jr., 202-260-1824. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25270.pdf. Teaching American History Grant Program — Comments: November 28, 2008. Action: The Department of Education proposed to amend the final selection criteria governing the Teaching American History Grant Program. Contact: Mia Howerton, 202-205-0147; 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/E8-25811.pdf. Employment/Training Apprenticeship Programs — Effective: December 29, 2008. C.F.R.: 29 C.F.R. Part 29. Action: The ETA updated regulations on registration, cancellations and agreements in the National Apprenticeship Program. Contact: John Ladd, 202-693-2796; 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/E8-24917.pdf. Environment Water for America: Expand, Protect, and Conserve Our Nation's Water Resources - System Optimization Reviews — Deadline: January 28, 2009. Eligibility: State and tribal governments. Fund uses: To focus on water challenges, including decreasing water supplies caused by climate change and population growth, and to secure water resources for future generations. Contact: Randale Jackson, 303-445-2432; 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=43263&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319 — Deadline: December 15, 2008. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To control non-point source pollution through implementation of management measures and practices to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each category or subcategory of non-point sources. Contact: Andrea Matzke, 202-566-1150; 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=43258&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Definition of Solid Waste — Effective: December 29, 2008. C.F.R.: 40 C.F.R. Parts 260, 261 and 270. Action: The EPA revised the definition of solid waste to exclude certain hazardous and secondary materials from its regulations to encourage safe, environmentally sound recycling and resource conservation and to respond to several court decisions concerning the definition of solid waste. Contact: Marilyn Goode, 703-308-8800; 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/E8-24399.pdf. Electronic Report on the Environment — Action: The EPA made available its Report on the Environment, and an online site that provides access to the environmental and human health information contained in the 2008 Report on the Environment. Contact: Information Management Team, 703-347-8561; 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/E8-25907.pdf. Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook — Action: The EPA published its "Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook," which provides updated information on various physiological and behavioral factors used in assessing children's exposure to environmental contaminants. Contact: Information Management Team, 703-347-8561; 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/E8-25908.pdf. Sustainable Skylines Initiative — Deadline: December 17, 2008. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To integrate transportation, energy, land use and air quality planning programs into projects that yield measurable air quality benefits over a three-year period, as well as longer-lasting benefits. Contact: Yvonne W. Johnson, 919-541-3921; 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=43229&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Water Conservation Field Services Program, Pacific Northwest Region — Deadline: December 15, 2008. Eligibility: Irrigation and water districts, tribal water authorities, state governmental entities with water management authority and other entities with water delivery authority with a defined relationship to one or more reclamation projects within the Snake River area administrative boundaries. Fund uses: To promote the preparation of written water management and conservation plans that will lead to subsequent implementation of conveyance, measurement or operational improvements that will conserve water, increase water use efficiency or enhance operational efficiency. Contact: Lisa Strong, 208-383-2204; 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=43240&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Health Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative — Deadline: December 4, 2008. Eligibility: Interdisciplinary teams of scholars from nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To improve the quality of nursing by addressing the relationship between health care quality and the nursing field. Contact: INQRI Helpdesk, 800-978-8309; 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=20508. Microbiome of the Lung and Respiratory Tract in HIV-Infected Individuals and HIV-Uninfected Controls — Deadline: March 25, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, independent school districts, public housing authorities and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To characterize the microbiome of the lung alone or in combination with the nasal and/or oropharyngeal cavities in HIV-infected individuals and matched HIV-uninfected controls, including normal healthy controls, using molecular techniques to identify bacteria and if possible other organisms. Contact: Ryan Lombardi, 301-435-0144; 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=18502&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Cardiac Translational Research Implementation Program — Deadline: May 28, 2009. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and private universities. Fund uses: To accelerate translation of promising new therapeutic interventions derived from fundamental research discoveries for the treatment and prevention of heart failure or arrhythmias through the planning and execution of well-designed clinical trials. Contact: Anthony J. Agresti, 301-435-0166l; 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=18498&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW. Five-Year Affiliated Pacific Island Collaborative Performance Agreement for Tobacco Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System — Deadline: December 29, 2008. Eligibility: The health departments or ministries of health of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. Fund uses: To support tobacco control, diabetes prevention and control in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. Contact: CDC Technical Information Management, 770-488-2700; 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=43239&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Medical Management of Older Patients With HIV/AIDS (R01) — Deadline: January 7, 2012. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, public housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education and small businesses. Fund uses: To address clinical and translational medical issues in the diagnosis and/or management of HIV infection and its consequences for older persons. Contact: Linda Whipp, 301-496-1472; 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=43230&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Justice Haymarket Sustaining Grant — Deadline: December 1, 2008. Eligibility: Private organizations in the six New England states whose work falls primarily into the category described by the IRS as charitable or educational tax-exempt activities. Fund uses: To provide new and established organizations with funds to support grassroots activities designed to promote change and social justice. Contact: Haymarket People's Fund, 617-522-7676; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://www.haymarket.org/grants.html. Native Americans/Alaska Natives American Indian and Alaska Native Policy Statement — Effective: December 1, 2008. Action: In preparation of the 2010 Census, the Bureau of the Census outlined the principles it will follow in interactions with formally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments. Contact: Dee Alexander, 301-763-9335. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-25848.pdf. Substance Abuse International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R01) — Deadline: January 7, 2012. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, public housing authorities, small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To bring the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction through support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines, and ensure rapid and effective dissemination and use of results to improve prevention, treatment and policy. Contact: Diana Haikalis, 301-443-6710; 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=43235&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. Transportation CDL Program Improvement Grant — Deadline: February 1, 2009. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To bring states into compliance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Parts 383 and 384 and to generally improve the Commercial Driver's License program across the nation. Contact: Brandon Poarch, 202-366-3030; 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=43259&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW. List of Certifications and Assurances — Effective: October 1, 2008. Action: The FTA published a list of certifications and assurances for fiscal year 2009 grants and cooperative agreements. Contact: FTA Office of Administration, 202-366-4022. More information: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-26030.pdf. Deadline for Notification of Intent to Use Airport Improvement Program Sponsor, Cargo and Nonprimary Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2009 — Deadline: February 2, 2009. 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