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Here are the grant notices and rules GrantsWire editors have zeroed in on this week:
Arts/Culture
Abraham Lincoln Traveling Exhibitions

Children/Youth
Head Start Historically Black College and University Partnerships

Economic Development
National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation: Regional Training Curriculum Implementation

Education
Improvement of Public Knowledge of and Support for Democracy Program
Best Buy Teach Award
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Development Program
Improvement of Public Knowledge of and Support for Democracy Program
Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous Schools

Environment
Educational Campaign on Policy Barriers to Redevelopment of Vacant Properties
FY 07 Multi-Media Grant Program
Wildfire Threat Reduction/Education Activities
Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms

Health
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Program
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Scholarship Program
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States Program
Public Health Conference Support Program
Health Care Costs Special Topic Solicitation
2007 American Indian/Alaska Native Health Disparities Program

Historic Preservation
Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield Land

HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Initiative

Justice
FY 2007 Internet Crimes Against Children Expansion-Urban (Phase III)
FY 2007 Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Program Development and Capacity Building

Native Americans/Alaska Natives
Planning Correctional Facilities on Tribal Lands
4-in-1 Title V Grant Supplements

Rural Development/Services
Training and Technical Assistance for Small or Rural Public Water Systems

Social Services
SSA Protection and Advocacy Program

Technology
Request for Proposals in New Media

Disclaimer


Arts/Culture

Abraham Lincoln Traveling ExhibitionsDeadline: August 31, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education, independent school districts, nonprofit organizations and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To develop and tour nationally a panel exhibition on the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln, and to develop and publish supplementary educational materials to be distributed to each of the exhibition's host sites. Contact: We the People Lincoln Exhibition, 202-606-8337; 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=14742&mode=VIEW.

Children/Youth

Head Start Historically Black College and University PartnershipsDeadline: August 6, 2007. Eligibility: Historically black colleges and universities and faith-based and community organizations. Fund uses: To increase the number of Head Start teaching staff with associate and baccalaureate degrees in early childhood education to improve the quality and long-term effectiveness of program services to Head Start children and their families. Contact: Amanda Bryans, 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=14731&mode=VIEW.

Economic Development

National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation: Regional Training Curriculum ImplementationDeadline: August 13, 2007. Eligibility: For-profit and nonprofit organizations, individuals, institutions of higher education and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To fund nationwide delivery of a practitioner-oriented curriculum to acquaint local economic development practitioners with the benefits, process, and practice of economic regionalism. Contact: Maureen Klovers, 202-482-2785; 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=14777&mode=VIEW.

Education

Improvement of Public Knowledge of and Support for Democracy ProgramDeadline: August 10, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities, state, local and tribal governments, tribal organizations, independent school districts, institutions of higher education and for-profit organizations. Fund uses: To improve the quality of civic education through the implementation of comprehensive programs to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the United States Congress and the state legislatures. Contact: Julius Cotton, 202-245-6140; 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=14766&mode=VIEW.

Best Buy Teach AwardDeadline: September 30, 2007. Eligibility: K-12 public, private, magnet, charter and parochial schools that are located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store location. Fund uses: To reward schools that have created interactive, electronic programs that improve students' access to educational materials. Contact: Best Buy Teach, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://communications.bestbuy.com/communityrelations/teach.asp.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Development ProgramDeadline: August 10, 2007. Eligibility: Institutions of higher education that qualify as eligible Hispanic-serving institutions. Fund uses: To expand educational opportunities for and improve the academic attainment of Hispanic students. Contact: J. Alexander Hamilton, 202-502-7583; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-13473.pdf.

Improvement of Public Knowledge of and Support for Democracy ProgramDeadline: August 10, 2007. Eligibility: State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions, or a combination of such entities. Fund uses: To improve the quality of civic education through the implementation of comprehensive programs to improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of the United States Congress and the State legislatures. Contact: Rita Foy Moss, 202-205-8061; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-13472.pdf.

Youth Violence and Related Issues in Persistently Dangerous SchoolsDeadline: August 8, 2007. Eligibility: Local educational agencies in which at least one school was identified as persistently dangerous in the school year 2006-2007 and certified by the state, as part of the state educational agency's annual consolidated state performance report, as a persistently dangerous school under section 9532 of the ESEA by March 31, 2007. Fund uses: To support the implementation of programs, activities, and strategies that address youth violence and related issues in local educational agencies with schools that have been identified as persistently dangerous. Contact: Julius Cotton, 202-245-6140; 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=14741&mode=VIEW.

Environment

Educational Campaign on Policy Barriers to Redevelopment of Vacant PropertiesDeadline: August 27, 2007. Eligibility: Individuals, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations and state and tribal governments. Fund uses: To create the basis of, and begin a national educational campaign for state-level decision-makers on the costs of abandoned gas stations and other vacant properties and on the opportunities for supporting their redevelopment. Contact: Carlton Eley, 202-566-2841; 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=14765&mode=VIEW.

FY 07 Multi-Media Grant ProgramDeadline: August 23, 2007. Eligibility: State and tribal governments. Fund uses: To address environmental and public health threats while furthering the art and science of environmental compliance. Contact: Ginger Gotliffe, 202-564-7072; 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=14761&mode=VIEW.

Wildfire Threat Reduction/Education ActivitiesDeadline: July 30, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, public institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To conduct an educational campaign informing the public how to reduce the risk and impact of wildfire on Nevada communities through wildfire protection planning and by maintaining defensible space surrounding homes and structures through homeowner-initiated hazardous fuels reduction. Contact: Susan Kaller, 775-861-6559; 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=14743&mode=VIEW.

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal BloomsDeadline: October 4, 2007. Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Fund uses: To fund studies of the causes of algal blooms, their detection, effects, mitigation, and control in U.S. coastal waters including estuaries and the Great Lakes. Contact: Thomas O'Farrell, 202-343-9639; o' 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=14735&mode=VIEW.

Health

Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States ProgramDeadline: August 28, 2007. Eligibility: Agencies of state governments. Fund uses: To demonstrate how existing evidence-based service delivery research programs targeting persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias or their caregivers can be translated into useful programs that can be administered at a reasonable cost at the community level through the Aging Services Network. Contact: Administration on Aging, 202-357-3452. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-3433.pdf.

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Scholarship ProgramDeadline: August 13, 2007. Eligibility: Professional nonprofit organizations, associations and institutions of higher learning. Fund uses: To provide disease prevention and health promotion educational and training opportunities for medical and public health students, preventive medicine and primary care residents, and practicing physicians and public health professionals. Contact: Cecilia Penn, 240-453-8251. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-13701.pdf.

Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States ProgramDeadline: August 28, 2007. Eligibility: State governments. Fund uses: To demonstrate how existing evidence-based service delivery research programs targeting persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias or their caregivers can be translated into useful programs that can be administered at a reasonable cost at the community level through the Aging Services Network. Contact: Lori Stalbaum, 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=14768&mode=VIEW.

Public Health Conference Support ProgramDeadline: December 10, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, small, minority women-owned businesses, institutions of higher education, research institutions, state, local and tribal governments, tribal organizations and hospitals. Fund uses: To provide partial support for specific non-federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention, education programs and applied research. Contact: CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 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=14775&mode=VIEW.

Health Care Costs Special Topic SolicitationDeadline: August 6, 2007. Eligibility: Researchers with a demonstrated track record in health services research, economics, financing or public policy. Fund uses: To conduct research and analyses on the complex causes and potential solutions to rising health care costs. Contact: Sharon Arnold, 202-292-6700; 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=19880.

2007 American Indian/Alaska Native Health Disparities ProgramDeadline: August 6, 2007. Eligibility: Tribal epidemiologic centers currently supported by the Indian Health Service. Fund uses: To strengthen the capacity of tribal epidemiology centers to collect and manage data more effectively and to better understand and develop the link between public health problems and behavior, socioeconomic conditions and geography. Contact: Sonsiere Cobb-Souza, 240-453-8444; 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=14736&mode=VIEW.

Historic Preservation

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield LandDeadline: Ongoing. Eligibility: State and local governments or qualified nonprofit historic preservation organizations acting through an agency of state or local government. Fund uses: To assist states and local communities in acquiring for permanent protection lands or interests in lands at significant Civil War battlefield sites. Contact: Paul Hawke, 202-354-2023. More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-13527.pdf.

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS InitiativeDeadline: August 13, 2007. Eligibility: Urban Indian organizations. Fund uses: To increase awareness among American Indian and Alaska Natives of their HIV status through routine and/or rapid HIV screening, prevention, pre- and post-test counseling, case management and data collection. Contact: Denise Clark, 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=14785&mode=VIEW.

Justice

FY 2007 Internet Crimes Against Children Expansion-Urban (Phase III)Deadline: August 9, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To help state and local law enforcement agencies develop an effective response to technology-facilitated exploitation of children such as online enticement and child pornography. Contact: Christopher Holloway, 202-305-9838; 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=14753&mode=VIEW.

FY 2007 Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Program Development and Capacity BuildingDeadline: August 9, 2007. Eligibility: Private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations and state, local and tribal governments. Fund uses: To develop or build capacity of residential treatment programs for juvenile sex offenders, in particular regarding re-entry programming. Contact: Janet Chiancone, 202-353-9258; 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=14752&mode=VIEW.

Native Americans/Alaska Natives

Planning Correctional Facilities on Tribal LandsDeadline: September 13, 2007. Eligibility: Tribal governments. Fund uses: To plan correctional facilities on tribal lands. Contact: Stefanie Harris, 202-353-9272; 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=14771&mode=VIEW.

4-in-1 Title V Grant SupplementsDeadline: August 13, 2007. Eligibility: Urban Indian organizations. Fund uses: To expand the Office of Urban Indian Health Programs' existing Title V grants to increase awareness among American Indians and Alaska Natives of their HIV status. Contact: Phyllis S. Wolfe, 301-443-4680; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it More information: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-3359.pdf.

Rural Development/Services

Training and Technical Assistance for Small or Rural Public Water SystemsDeadline: August 22, 2007. Eligibility: State and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To provide training and technical assistance to small or rural public water systems to develop and expand the capabilities of those systems to meet the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Contact: Debra Gutenson, 202-564-3882; 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=14740&mode=VIEW.

Social Services

SSA Protection and Advocacy ProgramDeadline: August 31, 2007. Eligibility: Current Protection and Advocacy Program grantees with a current budget period end date of Nov. 30, 2007. Fund uses: To provide information and advice about obtaining vocational rehabilitation and employment services to individuals with disabilities who receive Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Contact: Gary Stammer, 410-965-9501; 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=14783&mode=VIEW.

Technology

Request for Proposals in New MediaDeadline: October 1, 2007. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To pursue the Foundation's mission of supporting public policy research on a wide range of U.S. domestic issues via new media outlets such as blogs and Web-based videos. Contact: Searle Freedom Trust, 202-375-7820. More information: www.searlefreedomtrust.org/newmediarfp.html.

 

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