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AGRICULTURE

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Childhood Obesity Prevention
This Challenge Area Focuses on the societal challenge to end obesity among children, the number one nutrition-related problem in the US. Food is an integral part of the process that leads to obesity and USDA has a unique responsibility for the food system in the United States. This program is designed to achieve the long-term outcome of reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents 2-19 years. The Childhood Obesity Program supports Multi-function Integrated Research, Education, and/or Extension Projects and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants.
Deadline: June 5, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Link: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri.html 

 

ANIMAL-RELATED

Innovation Grants Help Fund Creative Programs Aimed at Increasing Dog Adoptions
The Pedigree Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by Pedigree Brand, is accepting applications from nonprofit animal shelters and dog rescue groups in the United States for its 2012 Innovation Grants program. The grant application process requires applicants to provide a detailed plan of action that includes the program objective, a detailed strategy, a projected budget, and methods for measuring impact. The foundation encourages animal shelters and rescue organizations to look to staff, supporters, and local community for inspiration, and to consider events that have proven successful for other nonprofit organizations. Special attention will be given to proposals that can demonstrate proof of organizational stability for the program, improved adoption rate, and collaborative partnerships within the community that promote, educate, and/or increase awareness of issues that contribute to dog homelessness. To be eligible, applicants must be a shelter or rescue group with nonprofit 501(c)(3) status.
Deadline: June 29, 2012
Maximum Grant: $25,000
Grant Link: http://www.pedigreefoundation.org/ 

Recovery Implementation Fund
The FWS Endangered Species Program provides Federal financial assistance on a competitive basis to States, other Federal agencies, landowners, educators, non-profit organizations, researchers, and other partners to secure information about endangered, threatened or candidate species, to aid in the recovery of these species, to avert listing of species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, and to help conserve the ecosystems upon which these species depend. The FWS and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which is part of the Department of Commerce’s NOAA Fisheries office, share Endangered Species Act responsibilities for several species such as sea turtles. We have responsibility for sea turtles when they are on land, and NMFS has responsibility for sea turtles when they are in the water. Projects for NMFS-managed species are not included in this funding opportunity. This Recovery Implementation funding opportunity is intended for projects that will contribute to the recovery of FWS-managed endangered and threatened species in the United States, and is limited to projects carrying out actions described in a species¿ approved recovery plan, in the implementation schedule of a species¿ approved recovery plan, actions recommended in a completed 5-year status review of the species or in a spotlight species action plan, or projects documenting species’ response to climate change.
Deadline: July 31, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Yby2P2vD2bllVLzTGbTCyY5c1WTtzkG3sw4qynnCqwZTfSQqYLP1!488296553?oppId=143673&mode=VIEW

Animal Welfare Trust
Animal Welfare Trust’s grant program seeks to assist organizations whose work can help alleviate animal suffering and/or raise public consciousness toward giving animals the respect they so need and deserve. Although general organizational funding will be considered, preference will be given to well-defined projects with clear goals and objectives. Capital projects will not be considered. Areas of priority include farm animal welfare, vegetarianism and humane education.
Deadline: Open
Maximum Grant: $20,000
Grant Link: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/awt/prog.html

 

ARTS AND CULTURE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants
Preservation and Access Research and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials. Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings. Project results must serve the needs of a significant number of humanists.
Deadline: May 16, 2012
Maximum Grant: $350,000
Grant Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html

Challenge Grants
NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Through these awards, many organizations and institutions have been able to increase their humanities capacity and secure the permanent support of an endowment. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Challenge grants may also provide capital directly supporting the procurement of long-lasting objects, such as acquisitions for archives and collections, the purchase of equipment, and the construction or renovation of facilities needed for humanities activities. Funds spent directly must be shown to bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Grantee institutions may also expend up to 10 percent of grant funds to defray costs of fundraising to meet the NEH challenge. Because of the matching requirement, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve collaboration among multiple institutions are eligible as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record.
Deadline: May 2, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

Digitizing Historical Records
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online. Projects must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and consist of entire collections or series. The materials should already be available to the public at the archives and described so that projects can re-use existing information to serve as metadata for the digitized collection. To make these projects as widely useful as possible for archives, historical repositories, and researchers, the applications must demonstrate: 1. The national significance of the collections or records series to be digitized; 2. An effective work flow that repurposes existing descriptive material, rather than creating new metadata about the records; 3. Reasonable costs and standards for the project as well as sustainable preservation plans for the resulting digital records; 4. Well-designed plans that evaluate the use of the digitized materials and the effectiveness of the methods employed in digitizing and displaying the materials. Projects may not use grant funds to create * descriptive metadata or * edited transcriptions of the digitized materials or * develop websites where people will have to pay a fee to view the images.                                     

Deadline: June 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $700,000
Grant Link: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/digitizing.html

Publishing Historical Records
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. Because of the focus on documentary sources, grants do not support preparation of critical editions of published works unless such works are just a small portion of the larger project. All applicants should be aware that the application process is highly competitive. A top priority of the Commission is to support projects with plans to provide free online access to the editions they are preparing. A publishing project that has received NHPRC support can apply for a grant for a new or subsequent stage of that project. Such projects may plan editions on print, microfilm, or other media. In any case, they must present plans for online publication of their editions, including methods of providing free access. These plans need not include provision for the retrospective conversion of material already published. Applicants that have received NHPRC grants in the past must demonstrate that their ongoing projects have successfully achieved the performance objectives associated with previous NHPRC awards. Proposals must be substantially updated, including a description of the new activities, progress towards preparing online editions, and a justification of the new budget. Applicants not previously funded may apply for a grant to begin a historical documents publishing project. These applications are considered with other proposals. Although they may publish in other media, the initial focus of these projects must be on the preparation of online editions.
Deadline: June 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $250,000
Grant Link: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/publishing.html

Bridging Cultures Through Film
The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. The Division of Public Programs encourages the exploration of innovative nonfiction storytelling that presents multiple points of view in creative formats. The proposed film should range in length from a standard broadcast length of thirty minutes to a feature-length documentary.
Deadline: June 27, 2012
Maximum Grant: $800,000
Grant Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/bridging-cultures-through-film-international-topics

Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
The Preservation and Access Education and Training program is central to NEH’s efforts to preserve and establish access to cultural heritage collections. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture collections, electronic records, and digital objects. The challenge of preserving and making accessible such large and diverse holdings is enormous and the need for knowledgeable staff is significant and ongoing. Preservation and Access Education and Training grants support national or regional (multistate) education and training programs. Grants aim to help the staff of cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Grants also support educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that introduce the staff of cultural institutions to new information and advances in preservation and access practices.
Deadline: June 28, 2012
Maximum Grant: $350,000
Grant Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) program supports projects that provide an essential underpinning for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects. Funding from this program strengthens efforts to extend the life of such materials and make their intellectual content widely accessible, often through the use of digital technology. Awards are also made to create various reference resources that facilitate use of cultural materials, from works that provide basic information quickly to tools that synthesize and codify knowledge of a subject for in-depth investigation.
Deadline: July 19, 2012
Maximum Grant: $350,000
Grant Link: http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources

Investments in Youth Development, Literacy, and Community Service
Comcast and The Comcast Foundation invest in organizations that assist our communities with digital literacy, youth leadership development, and community service/volunteerism programs. Their goal is to maximize the impact of our investments so they yield tangible, measurable benefits to our neighborhoods and the people who live there. Comcast and the Comcast Foundation do not accept unsolicited sponsorship requests or grant proposals. If your organization is interested in sending Comcast information, please verify that you operate within a Comcast service area and use the local address for all related correspondence.
Deadline: January 1, 2014
Maximum Grant: $250,000
Grant Link: http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/About/InTheCommunity/Foundation/FAQ.html

Union Bank Foundation Grants
The Union Bank Foundation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, serves as an agent for charitable contributions made by Union Bank. Established in 1953, the Foundation has, throughout its history, supported the bank's commitment to help meet the needs of the communities it serves. We strive to build a charitable contributions program that positions the Union Bank Foundation as an innovator of partnerships and a grant-maker intent on helping to create and sustain healthy communities. We proactively invest in the communities in which the Bank and its businesses operate, targeting resources to benefit low- to moderate-income populations. We believe that the Union Bank Foundation can achieve the greatest impact on the health of communities by targeting the following strategic funding categories: 1) Affordable housing; 2) Community economic development; 3) Education; 4) Environment.
Deadline: Open
Grant Link: https://www.unionbank.com/global/about/corporate-social-responsibility/foundation/foundation-grants.jsp

Planning and Local Technical Assistance Programs Opportunity
Pursuant to PWEDA, EDA announces general policies and application procedures for grant-based investments under the Planning and Local Technical Assistance Programs. These programs will help communities develop the planning and technical expertise to support communities and regions in their comprehensive, entrepreneurial, and innovation-based economic development efforts. Resulting in increased private investment and higher-skill, higher-wage jobs in areas experiencing substantial and persistent economic distress, these programs are designed to enhance the competitiveness of regions.
Deadline: Open
Grant Link: http://www.eda.gov/PDF/EDAP-FFO-Planning_Tech%20Assistance-FINAL.pdf

VH1 Save The Music Foundation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The VH1 Save The Music Foundation helps develop long-term, sustainable instrumental music programs that provide children with equal access to music education regardless of their financial situation. Through strategic partnerships with school districts, the Foundation provides brand-new musical instruments to public elementary and middle schools, jump-starting dormant music programs across the country. The school districts commit to funding certified music teachers’ salaries, providing maintenance and supplies, and scheduling instrumental music classes during the school day.  The Foundation maintains a partnership with the district until instrumental music is in place in every school. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is dedicated to restoring instrumental music programs to ensure that all children have access to a complete education. In the communities with which we grant, we work at the district level, from the top down. If a need for instrumental music education exists, we look to the superintendent and school board for a commitment to restore music in every school within a district. With a common goal of fully rebuilding, community partnerships are created and instrumental music education is brought back to life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Deadline: Open (LOI)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Grant Link: http://www.vh1savethemusic.com/node/39

Traditional Arts Development Program Contracts
Recognized for its culturally competent leadership, intellectual capital, and excellence in program administration, ACTA is the California Arts Council's official partner in serving the state's folk and traditional arts field. Dedicated to sustaining and fostering the growth of cultural traditions found within the California's diverse communities, ACTA ensures that its core values of respect, cultural pluralism, and cultural democracy permeate every aspect of its activity and programming. The Traditional Arts Development Program offers contracts of up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster new levels of artistic and/or organizational growth for California-based traditional artists, organizations, and unincorporated community groups. Requests may be submitted to ACTA at any time. ACTA staff will generally respond to requests within 30 days, to notify applicants of acceptance or decline. If accepted, ACTA will contract directly with the requested mentor or consultant to provide the service requested by the applicant. Fees will be paid directly to the mentor or consultant by ACTA after the service is completed and invoices and reports are received.
Deadline: Open
Grant Link: http://www.actaonline.org/content/traditional-arts-development-program 

 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Child Welfare - Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects that will build infrastructure capacity to ensure that youth in care are afforded the ability to succeed and thrive in educational settings to facilitate permanency, including adoption, and other post-permanency educational supports.
Deadline: May 29, 2012
Maximum Grant: $250,000
Grant Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ACYF-CO-0270

Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children with Child Welfare Involvement                                                                                                                              The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for projects to improve the socio-emotional and behavioral well-being of infants and young children, ages birth to5 years old, and their families, through collaborative service delivery. These projects will build infrastructure capacity between State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies and early childhood systems to ensure that infants and young children who are in or at-risk of entering into foster care have access to comprehensive, high-quality early care and education services. Applicants will be required to demonstrate commitment of the appropriate State, local, or tribal child welfare agency and an appropriate early care and education agency(ies) to undertake the proposed work under this funding opportunity. Projects will promote and utilize multi-disciplinary interventions that build on protective factors and mediate the effects of adverse experiences. These projects may develop new models or replicate existing models of collaborative policies, procedures, and/or practices for identifying and addressing the early educational needs of this population.
Deadline: June 11, 2012
Maximum Grant: $250,000
Grant Link: http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031767 

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites eligible entities to submit grant applications for projects to establish and manage Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for low-income refugee participants. Grantee organizations may use ORR funds to provide matches for the savings in the IDAs of up to $2,000 per individual refugee and $4,000 per refugee household. Eligible refugee participants who enroll in these projects will open and contribute systematically to IDAs for specified Savings Goals, including home ownership, business capitalization, vehicles for educational or work purposes, and postsecondary education. Applications will be screened and evaluated as indicated in the published funding opportunity announcement. Selection of awards will be contingent on the outcome of the competition, outcome of the Federal staff review, and the availability of funds. Successful grantees will be expected to coordinate their policies and procedures for developing and administering refugee IDA projects with ORR and with the existing refugee IDA network. To ensure an exchange of technical and training information among programs, all grantees are encouraged to attend up to two ORR training meetings during each year of their participation in this program area. Grant funds may be used to support travel and per diem for attendance of training meetings. Applicants must also provide documentation of participation of a qualified financial institution(s) in the project. This documentation must be in writing, on letterhead of the financial institution, and signed by a 2 person authorized to make the commitment on behalf of the financial institution. The documentation must include a commitment by the financial institution to establish Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for the refugee participants, to establish a parallel account (or accounts) for the matching funds, and to provide the grantee with account activity data on the IDAs and the parallel account(s) in a timely manner. Public or private nonprofit agencies are eligible for awards under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible for awards made under this announcement.
Deadline: June 18, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ORR-ZI-0288

Social and Economic Development Strategies - Tribal Governance
The SEDS-TG program supports the principles that the well-being of Native American children and families is essential to tribal sovereignty and that tribal governments have a primary role in creating collaborations and culturally appropriate approaches that will ensure the future of the Tribe through the well-being, health, and education of their children. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) emphasizes projects that strengthen the internal capacity and infrastructure of tribal governments to increase services provided to children and families. The FOA also emphasizes increasing tribal government's ability to exercise local control and decision-making over their resources.
Deadline: June 18, 2012
Maximum Grant: $375,000
Grant Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-ANA-NG-0278

American Legion Child Welfare Foundation Offers Support for Programs to Help Children
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation seeks to provide other nonprofit organizations with the means to educate the public about the special needs of children across the United States. To help advance its mission, the foundation annually provides funding to nonprofit organizations that contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or programs designed to benefit youth; and/or contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be used more adequately by society. Applications are invited from nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for programs that have the potential to help American children in a large geographic area (more than one state). Grants may not be used for the normal day-to-day operating expenses of the grantee or for special operating expenses connected with the grant.
Deadline: July 15, 2012
Grant Link: http://cwf-inc.org/grantseekers/overview

 

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Enterprise Community Partners Announces New Affordable Housing Pre-Development Design Grant Pilot Program
With the goal of bringing innovative design to the affordable housing sector, Enterprise Community Partners' National Design Initiatives is launching a Pre-Development Design Grant Pilot Program to help fund exploration of design during the early stages of affordable housing development projects. The new program is intended to precede and complement Enterprise's Green Communities Charrette Grant. The Pre-Development Design Grant supports the mission of Enterprise's National Design Initiatives s to help developers and architects provide quality affordable housing that strengthens the social and physical fabric of low- to mid-income communities and neighborhoods. The pilot program is designed to carry projects from inception to the beginning of schematic design by helping developers define project goals, identify challenges, explore multiple design solutions, and increase collaboration. By engaging a broader network of architects as well as a more robust development team, the grant program seeks to encourage lasting changes in the pre-development design process of affordable housing. Grantees will be required to provide a match of 3:1 in private dollars no later than the beginning of the grant period.
Deadline: May 25, 2012
Maximum Grant: $20,000
Grant Link: http://www.enterprisecommunity.com/designgrant/ 

Assets for Independence Demonstration Program
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting applications for grants to administer projects for the national Assets for Independence (AFI) demonstration of the use and impact of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and related services. Grantees will provide an array of supports and services to enable individuals and families with low incomes to become more economically self-sufficient for the long-term. A primary feature of each AFI project is that project participants are given access to special matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDA). Participants open an IDA and save earned income in the account regularly with the goal of accumulating savings to acquire an economic asset that will appreciate over time -- specifically, to purchase a home, capitalize or expand a business for self-employment, or attend higher education or training. Grantees also ensure that participants have access to financial literacy education and coaching such as training on money management and consumer issues. Grant recipients must finance the projects with a combination of the Federal AFI grant and non-Federal cash. The non-Federal cash amount must be at least equal to the Federal AFI grant amount. Applications will be screened and evaluated according to requirements and criteria stated in this announcement. Unsuccessful applicants may submit new applications in any succeeding application cycle. This is a standing announcement, which will be effective until cancelled or changed by the Director of the Office of Community Services (OCS).
Deadline: May 25, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2011-ACF-OCS-EI-0137

Bank of America Charitable Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is inviting nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations throughout the United States to submit funding proposals for programs that address the nation's ongoing housing challenges. The company will invest $15 million to support impactful local and national programs and services addressing housing issues, including foreclosure counseling and mitigation, neighborhood stabilization, and affordable housing. This support builds on the bank's more than $50 million in grants and program-related investments since 2010 to assist nonprofits providing homeowner retention programs, transitional services, and revitalization efforts in low- and moderate-income communities across the country.
Deadline: May 25, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_grantapp

Community Economic Development (CED) Projects
The Department of Health and Human Services, Community and Economic Development program, administered by the Office of Community Services (OCS) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), will provide approximately $27 million in grants to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) for projects designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families through the creation of employment and business opportunities.CED funding may be used to provide technical and financial assistance in order to create sustainable new employment and business opportunities for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and other low-income individuals whose income level does not exceed 125 percent of the Federal poverty level (http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty). This year, in coordination with the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI), the CED program will provide up to $10 million of this funding to CDCs for CED projects located in food deserts and
designed to improve access to healthy, affordable foods. HFFI is the first time the Federal government has coordinated its efforts to eliminate food deserts around the country. Together, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) and HHS have created the Healthy Food Financing Working Group (Working Group) To be eligible for the CED program, an applicant must meet three conditions: 1) Applicant must be a private, non-profit CDC with 501(c)(3) or non-501(c)(3) status; 2) Applicant must have articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other official documents demonstrating that the CDC has as a principal purpose the planning, developing, or managing of low-income housing or community development activities; and 3) The Board of Directors must have representation from each of the following: community residents, business leaders, and civic leaders.
Deadline: June 5, 2012
Maximum Grant: $800,000
Grant Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-OCS-EE-0274

California School Garden Program
The program’s goal is to increase the understanding and awareness of agriculture in California’s youth through school gardens. In so doing, classroom curriculum can be enhanced with firsthand experiences. The Foundations purpose is to provide funding to California’s public and private elementary, middle and high schools for continuation and/or implementation of in- and after-school garden programs.
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,200
Grant Link: http://www.calfertilizer.org/

Home Depot Foundation Community Impact Grants Program
The Home Depot Foundation, a philanthropic vehicle of Home Depot, has announced that it is accepting applications for its Community Impact Grants Program from nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public schools, and public service agencies in the United States that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their communities. Given the realities of the current housing market, the foundation is prioritizing projects that help military veterans stay in their homes comfortably. More competitive grant proposals will specifically identify projects for veterans and will include housing repairs, modifications, and weatherization work. Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered: repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional veteran's housing, or community facilities (schools, community centers, senior centers, etc.); weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional veterans' housing, or community facilities; and planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities that serve veterans. Grants must support work completed by community volunteers in the U.S.
Deadline: August 13, 2012
Maximum Grant: $5,000
Grant Link: http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/how-we-help/grants.html

EDUCATION 

Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants
Enhancement Grant projects may enhance existing library services or implement new library services, particularly as they relate to the following goals in the updated IMLS statute: (1) Expanding services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages in order to support such individuals’ needs for education, lifelong learning, workforce development, and digital literacy skills (2) Establishing or enhancing electronic and other linkages and improved coordination among and between libraries and entities for the purpose of improving the quality of and access to library and information services (3) (A) Providing training and professional development, including continuing education, to enhance the skills of the current library workforce and leadership, and advance the delivery of library and information services, and (B) Enhancing efforts to recruit future professionals to the field of library and information services (4) Developing public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations (5) Targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills (6) Targeting library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 9902(2) of title 42) applicable to a family of the size involved (7) Developing library services that provide all users access to information through local, state, regional, national, and international collaborations and networks (8) Carrying out other activities consistent with the purposes of the Library Services and Technology subchapter of the IMLS statute (20 U.S.C. §9121).                                                                       Deadline: May 1, 2012
Maximum Grant: $150,000
Grant Link: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=16

Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel
The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children. Open to Institutions of Higher Education.
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-22/pdf/2012-6945.pdf

Training for Realtime Writers Program
The objective of this program is to provide grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that meet certain qualifications, to promote training and placement of individuals, including individuals who have completed a court reporting training program, as realtime writers in order to meet the requirements for closed captioning of video programming set forth in section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) and the regulations prescribed thereunder. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that offers a court reporting program that: (1) Has a curriculum capable of training realtime writers qualified to provide captioning services; (2) is accredited by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary; and (3) is participating in student aid programs under Title IV of the HEA.
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-23/pdf/2012-7068.pdf

Investing in Innovation Fund Scale-Up Grants
The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth (as defined in this notice), closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates. These grants will (1) allow eligible entities to expand and develop innovative practices that can serve as models of best practices, (2) support partnerships between eligible entities and the private sector and philanthropic community, and (3) support eligible entities in identifying and documenting best practices that can be shared and taken to scale based on demonstrated success. Under this program, the Department awards three types of grants: ``Scale-up'' grants, ``Validation'' grants, and ``Development'' grants.                                  Deadline: May 29, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-27/pdf/2012-7362.pdf

Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students with Disabilities Research Initiative
The central purpose of the Institute's research grant programs is to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students. In carrying out its grant programs, the Institute provides support for programs of research in areas of demonstrated national need. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.305A. Eligible Applicants: Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, non-profit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions, such as colleges and universities.
Deadline: September 20, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-06/pdf/2012-5412.pdf

 

EMPLOYMENT

Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge
The Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge offers a combination of $15 million in funding from 4 agencies. Funding will be awarded in approximately 20 regions through a competitive inter-agency grant process. In addition, the Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge leverages existing technical assistance resources from 9 federal agencies and bureaus to promote economic growth in rural regions and accelerate innovation-fueled job creation and global competitiveness. This opportunity will support customized solutions targeted to address the gaps and opportunities specific for individual regions by strengthening linkages to self-identified, high-potential industry clusters such as renewable energy, natural resources, food production, rural tourism, and advanced manufacturing.
Deadline: May 9, 2012
Maximum Grant: $715,000
Grant Link: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/RuralJobsAcceleratorFFO_Final.pdf

 

ENVIRONMENT

Pollution Prevention Grant Program
The Pollution Prevention Grant Program supports State and Tribal technical assistance programs which help businesses identify better environmental strategies and solutions for reducing or eliminating waste at the source. EPA anticipates it will award approximately $4.1 million in total program funding during Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. Grants will be awarded and managed by each of EPA's ten Regional Pollution Prevention Program Offices. Grant awards are dependent on Congressional appropriation and the quality of proposals received.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $180,000
Grant Link: http://epa.gov/p2/pubs/grants/ppis/2012rfpp2grant.pdf

Conservation Innovation Grant
NRCS in California requests applications for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. For fiscal year 2012, up to $375,000 is available for the California statewide CIG competition.
Grants to eligible entities and individuals may not exceed a maximum of $75,000. Funds will be awarded through a statewide competitive grants process.
Deadline: May 18, 2012
Grant Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=ZpJfP14W1bTg2jypfPRdB7Zf3jqvC882TLk3y5vpLMCqvP4BD8yv!755456391?oppId=142833&mode=VIEW

Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE)
Bridging Research Interactions through Collaborative Development Grants in Energy (BRIDGE) is a new program that intends to support the SunShot Initiative by increasing the depth and breadth of expertise being applied to PV and CSP technology challenges. The BRIDGE program will employ a two-part linking approach to effectively develop U.S. capability in PV and
2 CSP device and system design. First, BRIDGE will support the development of new Collaborative Research Teams (CRTs) of researchers who share coherent scientific goals and diverse but complementary theoretical, computational and/or experimental approaches. In addition, BRIDGE will encourage CRTs to explore opportunities to leverage existing DOE assets and expertise housed within the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Scientific User Facilities, the DOE Biological and Environmental Sciences (BER)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) and Advanced Scientific Computing Research facilities (ASCR).
Deadline: May 21, 2012
Grant Link: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/

Native Plant Conservation Initiative
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is soliciting proposals for 2012 Native Plant Conservation Initiative grants, which are awarded in cooperation with the Plant Conservation Alliance, a partnership between the foundation, ten federal agencies, and more than two hundred and seventy nongovernmental organizations. PCA provides a framework and strategy for linking resources and expertise in developing a coordinated national approach to the conservation of native plants. The NPCI program funds multi-stakeholder projects that focus on the conservation of native plants and pollinators under any of the following six focal areas: conservation, education, restoration, research, sustainability, and data linkages. There is a strong preference for "on-the-ground" projects that provide plant conservation benefits according to the priorities established by one or more of the funding federal agencies and according to the PCA strategies for plant conservation. Eligible applicants include 501(c) nonprofit organizations and local, state, and federal government agencies. For-profit businesses and individuals are not eligible to apply directly to the program but are encouraged to work with eligible applicants to develop and submit proposals. Organizations and projects that have received funding and concluded their work successfully under this program are eligible and encouraged to re-apply.
Deadline: May 25, 2012 (Pre-Proposal)
Grant Link: http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Charter_Programs_List&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=24817

Multistate Conservation Grant Program
The Multistate Conservation Grant Program may have up to $6,000,000 available each year for the purpose of funding multistate conservation project grants. The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Division of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration cooperatively administer the program. The Service ultimately awards and manages the grants; however, the Association administers the grant application process, provides oversight, coordination and guidance. The mission of the Multistate Conservation Grant Program is to strengthen the ability of State and Territorial fish and wildlife agencies to meet effectively the consumptive needs and non-consumptive needs of the public for fish and wildlife resources.
Deadline: August 6, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.fishwildlife.org/files/2013MSCGP-FundingOpportunity_LOIs.pdf

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
As an agency with responsibilities for maintaining and improving the viability of marine and coastal ecosystems, for delivering valuable weather, climate, and water information and services, for understanding the science and consequences of climate change, and for supporting the global commerce and transportation upon which we all depend, NOAA must remain current and responsive in an ever-changing world. We do this in concert with our partners and stakeholders in federal, state, and local governments and private organizations, applying a systematic approach that links our strategic goals through multi-year plans to the daily activities of our employees. Every year we are committed to re-evaluate our progress and priorities, look for efficiencies, and take advantage of new opportunities to improve our information, products, and services. In furtherance of this objective, NOAA issues this BAA for extramural research, innovative projects, and sponsorships (e.g., conferences, newsletters etc.) that address one or more of the following four mission goal descriptions contained in the NOAA Strategic Plan: Climate Adaptation and Mitigation; Weather-Ready Nation; Healthy Oceans; Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies.
Deadline: September 30, 2013
Grant Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=by8LTYgYGPrhnTWKs6CxYphgyptq961NvW6RZdQFply7psChvVMD!347337819?oppId=132454&mode=VIEW 

 

HEALTH – RELATED

Telehealth Network Grant Program
This announcement solicits applications for the Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP). The primary objective of the TNGP is to demonstrate how telehealth programs and networks can improve access to quality health care services in rural and underserved communities. Grants made under this authority will demonstrate how telehealth networks improve healthcare services for medically underserved populations in urban, rural, and frontier communities. TNGP networks are used to: (a) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of health care services; (b) improve and expand the training of health care providers; and/or (c) expand and improve the quality of health information available to health care providers, and patients and their families, for decision-making. However, as noted below, because of legislative restrictions, grants will be limited to programs that serve rural communities, although grantees may be located in urban or rural areas.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Grant Link: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000985.pdf

Roadmaps to Health Community Grants program (Community Grants)
The Roadmaps to Health Community Grants program (Community Grants) will support communities to implement policy or system changes to address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community. These include: education; employment and income; family and social support; and community safety. Grantees will be organizations that participate in established coalitions or networks that span multiple sectors and perspectives and may include representatives from business; education; public health; health care; community organizations; community members; policy advocates; foundations; and policy-makers. Applicants must engage community members in the planning and implementation of projects, and must collaborate with organizations having expertise in improving the health of the public. Applicants must secure 100 percent matching support, including a cash match of at least 50 percent with the balance as in-kind support.
Deadline: May 2, 2012 (Brief Proposal)
Maximum Grant: $200,000
Grant Link: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21390

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Roadmaps to Health: Community Grants 2012 Call for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Roadmaps to Health Community Grants program will support communities working to implement policy or system changes to address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health Rankings, most strongly influence health outcomes in their community. These include education, employment and income, family and social support, and community safety. Grantees will be organizations that participate in established coalitions or networks spanning multiple sectors and perspectives and may include representatives from business, education, public health, healthcare, community organizations, community members, policy advocates, foundations, and policymakers. Applicants must engage community members in the planning and implementation of projects, and must collaborate with organizations having expertise in improving the health of the public. Applicants also must secure 100 percent matching support, including a cash match of at least 50 percent, with the balance as in-kind support. Up to twenty grants will be awarded in this solicitation. Grantees will receive awards of up to $200,000 each for up to twenty-four months to implement their proposed policy or system change strategy. To be eligible, an applicant organization must be located in the United States or its territories. Applicants must be a 4 nonprofit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a tribal group recognized by the U.S. federal government, or a state or local government agency. Applicant Web conference calls will be held on March 20 and April 20, 2012. Registration is required.
Deadline: May 2, 2012
Maximum Grant: $200,000
Grant Link: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21390

Research Dissemination and Implementation Grants
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support dissemination and implementation studies to 1) develop innovative approaches to translating efficacious treatments and effective prevention modalities for heart, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders to the clinic, community, and/or other real-world settings; 2) test the effectiveness, sustainability, determinants, and cost-effectiveness of these approaches in real-world settings; and 3) examine the effectiveness of interventions as they are disseminated and implemented in real-world settings to reduce risk factors for and enhance prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and sleep disorders.
Deadline: May 7, 2013
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-063.html

Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV positive Homeless Populations – Demonstration Sites
This funding opportunity announcement solicits applications for a new Special Project of National Significance (SPNS) multi-site initiative entitled Building a Medical Home for Multiply Diagnosed HIV positive Homeless Populations - Demonstration Sites. This initiative will award funds for up to five years to support organizations that will design, implement and evaluate innovative interventions to improve timely entry, engagement and retention in HIV care and supportive services for HIV positive homeless populations. The interventions are expected to implement models of care that build and maintain sustainable linkages to mental health, substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS primary care services to HIV positive individuals who are homeless or unstably housed. Funding for an evaluation and technical assistance center to coordinate the initiative will be made available under a separate announcement (HRSA-12-104).
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=6F984149-9271-4FFA-A975-4B910E02C9CB

Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from institutions to coordinate a NIDDK Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) that targets high school students. STEP-UP is a national program designed to provide eight to twelve weeks of summer research education and training for students underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis, including individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with disabilities. STEP-UP aims to expose students to and increase interest in NIDDK mission areas including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive, liver, urologic, kidney, and hematologic diseases.
Deadline: May 9, 2012
Maximum Grant: $158,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-12-005.html

Centers of Excellence in Symptom Science: Building Research Teams for the Future
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) invites applications to establish Centers of Excellence for Symptom Science: Building Research Teams for the Future (P20). This FOA supports applications to develop interdisciplinary biobehavioral nursing research capacity in Symptom Science Research.
Deadline: May 16, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-12-009.html

Partnerships for Sustainable Research and Dissemination of Evidence-based Medicine
This AHRQ funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Resource-Related Research Project (R24) applications from applicant organizations that propose to build new and/or 5
enhance existing capacity in research and dissemination infrastructure that will bridge the gap between clinical and health services research and everyday practice by building a knowledge base about how to improve the translation and dissemination of evidence-based health information, interventions, and clinical practices to populations not traditionally reached by such information or practice. In addition, AHRQ is aiming through this FOA to seed a sustainable infrastructure that would continue to disseminate appropriate evidence-based health information to such a population independent of research grant support. Applicants are invited to use collaborative expertise to propose innovative approaches to customizations of content and delivery mechanisms of existing evidence-based health information and/or tools for their use in the target audience(s) (as defined in this FOA under Part II Section I.1, Research Objectives section) so as to increase their use, implementation, and impact. Innovations should aim to increase the impact and effective use of evidence-based health information and/or tools by developing, implementing, and evaluating customizations that target important audiences, stakeholders, systems, or settings; these customizations should engage multiple user-stakeholders, including the target audience, and be grounded by the original evidence-based information/tools contents.
Deadline: May 22, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-12-005.html

Roadmaps to Health Prize to Honor Communities for Population Health Improvements
The Roadmaps to Health Prize, part of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute that aims to show what communities can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play, seeks to recognize and honor the efforts and accomplishments of United States communities working at the forefront of population health improvement. The program is open to all communities in the U.S., large and small, urban and rural. The prize is rooted in the idea that every community is on a unique journey toward better health and that communities' stories of success are as diverse as their populations. Judges will assess each community individually, looking for tangible signs of improvement relative to current health status and available resources. The award is a place-based prize that will honor whole communities. Only one prize will be given per community, so collaboration on applications within communities is strongly encouraged. For the purposes of the prize, "community" is defined as one of the following: town, city, county, region (such as contiguous towns, cities, or counties), and tribe or tribal community. Applicant communities will select a local entity to submit the application and serve as the primary contact application on their behalf. These "community-designated contact organizations" may be formal or informal entities within a community; examples include but are not limited to businesses, coalitions, government agencies, hospitals or healthcare organizations, local foundations, public health departments, schools, or social service agencies. Each applicant community also will be asked to designate a local governmental or tax-exempt charitable nonprofit entity to accept the $25,000 cash award that comes with the prize, should it win, on its behalf. The community-designated contact organization may serve this role, if eligible.
Deadline: May 31, 2012 (Letter of Intent)
Maximum Grant: $25,000
Grant Link: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/prize

Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative social, behavioral, health services, and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Projects may involve primary data collection or secondary analysis of existing datasets. Projects that examine understudied health conditions; examine the effectiveness of interventions, services, or policies for multiple health disparity populations; and/or directly measure the impact of project activities on levels of health disparities are particularly encouraged.
Deadline: June 4, 2012
Maximum Grant: $250,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-12-003.html

National Environmental Education Foundation Offers Funding for Volunteer Groups Serving Public Lands
The National Environmental Education Foundation, with funding from Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., offers Every Day Grants to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations (referred to as "friends groups") working to improve and promote responsible use of public land sites in the United States. To be eligible, applicant organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or be working through an eligible fiscal agent; have been in existence for at least two years; be a community-based nonprofit whose mission is focused on serving a public land site in the U.S. and the improvement and responsible use of that site (this includes groups that serve more than one site, such as a regional group of parks); and have an established collaborative relationship with a local public land site (including federal, state, regional, county, city, or other local public land areas) for at least one year. Successful applications will describe a needed and well-planned project that can be carried out by the applicant and is replicable; demonstrate that the project will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the organization; and demonstrate that the project will strengthen the organization's ability to serve the public land site.
Deadline: June 11, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=14334

Harnessing Advanced Health Technologies to Drive Mental Health Improvement
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to test the innovative use of existing technologies to significantly improve access to and quality of mental health care, and to propose the collection and use of actionable mental health information to improve outcomes of people with mental disorders.
Deadline: June 22, 2012
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-13-060.html

Minor Use Minor Species Development Drugs
Grants will be awarded up to $75,000 or up to $125,000 in total (direct plus indirect) costs per year for up to three (3) years. Please note the dollar limitation will apply to total costs, not direct costs. Applications for the smaller grants ($75,000) may be for any safety or effectiveness study supportive of new animal drug approval or conditional approval of the designated product for a designated intended use. Study proposals for the larger grants ($125,000) must be for studies that are of necessity of unusual complexity, duration, or size. FDA grants policies as described in the HHS Grants Policy Statement http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/adminis/gpd/index.htm will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA. Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs requested by consortium participants are not included in the direct cost limitation.
Deadline: July 20, 2012
Grant Link: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_results.htm?text_curr=RFA-FD-12-003&scope=pa-rfa&year=active&sort=&Search_Guide.x=20&Search_Guide.y=8

Phased Services Research Studies of Drug Use Prevention, Addiction Treatment, and HIV in an Era of Health Care Reform
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits applications for Phased Innovation (R21/R33) research projects to conduct rigorous, objective services research to monitor and examine changes in drug use prevention, addiction treatment, and associated HIV and viral hepatitis services, that may occur as a result of healthcare reform. This FOA provides support for up to two years (R21 phase) for research planning activities and feasibility studies, followed by possible transition of up to four years of expanded research support (R33 phase). The total project period for an application submitted in response to this FOA may not exceed five years.
Deadline: August 22, 2012 
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-13-001.html

Development and Translation of Medical Technologies to Reduce Health Disparities
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop and translate medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. Appropriate medical technologies should be effective, affordable, culturally acceptable, and deliverable to those who need them. Responsive grant applications must involve a formal collaboration with a healthcare provider or other healthcare organization serving a health disparity population during Phase I and Phase II.
Deadline: January 7, 2013
Maximum Grant: $200,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-12-001.html

Behavioral Interventions to Address Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to use a common conceptual model to develop behavioral interventions to modify health behaviors and improve health outcomes in patients with comorbid chronic diseases and health conditions. Specifically, this FOA will support research in primary care that uses a multi-disease care management approach to behavioral interventions with high potential impact to improve patient-level health outcomes for individuals with three or more chronic health conditions. The proposed approach must modify behaviors using a common approach rather than administering a distinct intervention for each targeted behavior and/or condition. Diseases and health conditions can include, but are not limited to: mental health disorders (e.g.,
depression), diabetes, smoking, obesity, chronic pain, alcohol and substance abuse and dependence, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, cancer and hypertension.
Deadline: January 7, 2014.
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-024.html

Development of Measures to Determine Successful Hearing Health Care Outcomes
The goal of this FOA is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications that seek to identify the variables contributing to successful hearing health care outcomes in adults with hearing loss, and to develop and evaluate clinical measures of those variables.
Deadline: February 3, 2014
Grant Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-29/pdf/2011-16391.pdf

Targeting Persistent HIV Reservoirs
The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate the development of innovative tools and strategies for curing HIV infection. HIV establishes latent infection in long-lived cells that form a reservoir of virus that persists in infected individuals even after years of treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Curing HIV infection requires innovative strategies to identify and eliminate these reservoir cells. The task is especially difficult given the lack of HIV protein expression during latency and the low frequency of latently infected cells during treatment. Novel approaches are therefore sought to efficiently monitor and specifically target reservoirs of latently infected cells to facilitate the testing of strategies to cure HIV infection in vivo.
Deadline: April 25, 2014
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-109.html

Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities, and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Thus, it is expected these partnerships will lead to grant applications for the support of CBPR projects designed to meet identified community needs. The areas of focus for these partnerships may include one or more of the following community-health issues: infant mortality; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; health literacy; techniques for outreach and information dissemination; pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS prevention; and violence prevention.
Deadline: October 17, 2014
Maximum Grant: $30,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-102.html

AHRQ Mentored Career Enhancement Award in Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) for Mid-Career and Senior Investigators
Section 6301(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Public Law 111-148 (the Affordable Care Act), enacted Section 937(e) of the Public Health Services Act authorizing AHRQ to establish a grant program that provides for the training of researchers in comparative effectiveness methods and states that, at a minimum, such training shall be in methods that meet the methodological standards adopted [by PCORI] under 1181(d)(9) of the Social Security Act. AHRQ is also authorized to sponsor health services research career development programs under section 902(b) of the Public Health Service Act. This FOA addresses the Affordable Care Acts provision authorizing AHRQ to support the training of researchers in comparative clinical effectiveness research. AHRQ encourages submission of applications from minority serving institutions.
Deadline: December 18, 2014
Maximum Grant: $275,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-115.html

Alcohol impairment of immune function, host defense and tissue homeostasis
Susceptibility to infection and organ damage are the two most common causes of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. These consequences of alcohol abuse are closely associated with profound impairment of the host innate and adaptive immune systems. The mechanisms of these immune alterations and their link with alcohol-related medical problems are, in most cases, poorly understood. The goal of this FOA is to attract applications on basic and translational research: 1) to identify how alcohol alters immune function; 2) to establish functional links between immune alterations and alcohol related infections and organ damage; and 3) to develop means for mitigating immune impairment with the goal of alleviating alcohol-induced pathology.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-025.html

Cancer Education Grants Program
The purpose of this FOA is to support innovative educational efforts that would help to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality, and that would improve the quality of life of cancer patients.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-049.html
Effects of adolescent binge drinking on brain development
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies on the effects of adolescent binge alcohol consumption on synaptic maturation and myelin formation in the developing brain.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-027.html

Effects of adolescent binge drinking on brain development
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications proposing to conduct mechanistic studies on the effects of adolescent binge alcohol consumption on synaptic maturation and myelin formation in the developing brain.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-027.html

International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (PA) encourages collaborative research applications on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States. Special opportunities include access to unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that will speed scientific discovery. Projects should have relevance to the mission of NIDA and where feasible should address NIDAs scientific priority areas. While the priorities will change from year to year, in FY12 priority areas include: linkages between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, and prevention, initiation, and treatment of nicotine
and tobacco use (especially among vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, and those with co-morbid disorders).
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-040.html

Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
This Funding Opportunity is intended to support innovative investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases. Of particular interest are the detection of primary immunodeficiency diseases, the identification of the molecular basis of these diseases, and the design and pre-clinical development of innovative therapies for these diseases. Clinical trials will not be supported by this FOA. Studies using samples obtained from humans and studies on animal models are encouraged. Investigators who have not received independent NIH funding in this field are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-036.html

Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children                                                                                                                                                                                    This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research encourages R01 applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-061.html

Mechanisms Mediating Osteoarthritis in Aging
The National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases invite applications intended to encourage and accelerate the characterization of new or underutilized models and the testing of hypotheses that will lead to an improved understanding of the mechanisms mediating osteoarthritic progression.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Maximum Grant: $275,000
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-018.html

NIDDK Education Program Grants
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages Research Education (R25) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to create educational opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in areas of biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK, while fostering the career development of these students and fellows. The structure of the educational opportunity can include an intensive summer research program, a curriculum-based program or a combination of both experiences. The NIDDK is especially interested in attracting students and postdoctoral fellows from scientific disciplines underrepresented in disease-oriented biomedical research, such as engineering, informatics, computer science, and computational sciences, to encourage them to apply their expertise to research relevant to diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive and liver diseases; nutrition; obesity research and prevention; and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Maximum Grant: $100,000
Grant Link: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=4BBA99D6-B739-4365-8FA1-67506149E7D2

Research to Advance Vaccine Safety
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research that will contribute to the overall understanding of vaccine safety. This research opportunity invites studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4)
creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies to improve knowledge of vaccine safety.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=by8LTYgYGPrhnTWKs6CxYphgyptq961NvW6RZdQFply7psChvVMD!347337819?oppId=132013&mode=VIEW

Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to encourage research grant applications on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and its adverse consequences. This FOA is designed to stimulate a developmentally grounded program of research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce underage drinking and hazardous young adult drinking.
Deadline: January 7, 2015
Grant Link:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-029.html

Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of various population groups and improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups. High priority is placed on research on populations that appear to have distinctive health risk profiles but have received insufficient attention from investigators. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) highlights a particular community: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 4
intersex, and related populations (designated here as LGBTI populations). Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed.
Deadline: May 7, 2015
Grant Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-111.html

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) supports research, policy analysis and evaluation projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy, financing and organization issues. Supported projects include: 1) examining significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and 2) exploring or testing major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services. Projects may be initiated from within many disciplines, including health services research, economics, sociology, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, and law and business administration.
Deadline: Open
Grant Link: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274&cid=XEM_205591

HOUSING 

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and in Education and Human Resources
As part of NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) activity, the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure seek to enable research communities to develop visions, teams, and capabilities dedicated to creating new, large-scale, next-generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research for the SBE and EHR sciences. Successful proposals will outline activities that will have significant impacts across multiple fields by enabling new types of data-intensive research. Investigators should think broadly and create a vision that extends intellectually across multiple disciplines and that includes--but is not limited to--the SBE or EHR sciences.
Deadline: May 22, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12538

NONPROFITS

2012 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has announced a call for applications for the 2012 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The annual Drucker Award is granted to a social-sector organization that demonstrates Peter Drucker's definition of innovation — "change that creates a new dimension of performance." In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective and that have made a difference in the lives of the people they serve. Applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations. Funded by a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation, the first-place prize is $100,000. The second-place award is $7,500, and the third-place prize is $5,000.
Deadline: July 1, 2012
Maximum Grant: $100,000
Grant Link: http://www.druckerinstitute.com/link/2012-call-for-drucker-award-applications/

SAFETY 

Replication Research on Sexual Violence Case Attrition
NIJ is interested in funding one research grant to replicate the NIJ-funded study, “Police Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crimes Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, 2006–2008,” in 6 to 8 other sites. Sites should cover urban, suburban, and rural areas. Proposals should, to the extent possible, replicate the mixed-methods design and analytic approach found in the final technical report and data documentation files of the aforementioned study. Applicants should refer to the following key sources of information regarding the study, “Police Decision-Making in Sexual Assault Cases: An Analysis of Crimes Reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, 2006–2008”
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Grant Link: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000985.pdf

Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Grant Program
The purpose of the SASP Culturally Specific Grant Program is to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by culturally specific organizations.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $300,000
Grant Link: http://www.bja.gov/grant/12SCAdultReentrySol.pdf

Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Program for Planning and Demonstration Projects
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. There are currently over 2.3 million individuals serving time in our federal and state prisons, and millions of people cycling through local jails every year. Ninety-five percent of all offenders incarcerated today will eventually be released and will return to communities. The Second Chance Act Programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction. “Reentry” is not a specific program, but rather an evidence-based process that starts when an offender is initially incarcerated and ends when the offender has been successfully reintegrated in his or her community as a law-abiding citizen. The reentry process includes the delivery of a variety of 5
evidence-based program services for every program participant in both a pre- and post-release setting.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $750,000
Grant Link: http://www.bja.gov/grant/12SCAdultReentrySol.pdf

Second Chance Act Reentry Program for Adult Offenders with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. There are currently over 2.3 million individuals serving time in our federal and state prisons, and millions of people cycling through local jails every year. Ninety-five percent of all offenders incarcerated today will eventually be released and will return to communities. The Second Chance Act helps to ensure that the transition individuals make from prison, jail, or juvenile residential facilities to the community is successful and promotes public safety. The Second Chance Act Programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction. “Reentry” is not a specific program, but rather an evidence-based process that starts when an offender is initially incarcerated and ends when the offender has been successfully reintegrated in his or her community as a law-abiding citizen. The reentry process includes the delivery of a variety of evidence-based program services for every program participant in both a pre- and post-release setting designed to ensure that the transition from prison or jail to the community is safe and successful.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $600,000
Grant Link: http://www.bja.gov/grant/12SCACoOccurringDisordersSol.pdf

Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Program
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities. There are currently over 2.3 million individuals serving time in our federal and state prisons, and millions of people cycling through local jails every year. Ninety-five percent of all offenders incarcerated today will eventually be released and will return to communities. The Second Chance Act will help ensure that the transition individuals make from prison, jail, or juvenile residential facilities to the community is successful and promotes public safety. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that in 2004, 53 percent of state inmates were abusing or dependent on drugs in the year before their admission to prison, and 32 percent of state inmates said they had committed their current offense while under the influence of drugs. In 2007, parents held in the state prisons—52 percent of state inmates—reported having an estimated 1.7 million children under the age of 18, an increase of 80 percent from 2001. Since 1991, the number of children with a mother in prison has more than doubled, up 131 percent, and the number of children with a father in prison has grown by 77 percent. Among state prisoners, 59 percent of males and 63 percent of females being held for drug-related offenses were parents.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.bja.gov/grant/12SCAFamilyBasedSol.pdf

Mentoring Best Practices Research 
This program seeks to enhance what is understood about mentoring as a prevention strategy for youth who are at risk of involvement or already involved in the juvenile justice system. While mentoring appears to be a promising intervention for youth, more evaluation work is needed to further highlight the components of a mentoring program that are most effective. Research is also needed to demonstrate the specific components of mentoring programs that have a significant impact in reducing juvenile delinquency and offending. This solicitation seeks to fund research studies that will inform the design and delivery of mentoring programs. OJJDP expects that the results of this effort will encourage a more effective utilization of resources as well as enhance the implementation of evidence-based best practices for juvenile mentoring. This program is authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law 112-55.
Deadline: April 30, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=PVh7PRGYGv6WyclGlD1LG2dJQ8Jvbn7v4HbMg1VBYJCzpyJzQQKN!-677433669?oppId=147634&mode=VIEW

Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program
OJJDP’s Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation (FIRE) program supports methodologically rigorous research and evaluation studies that inform policy and practice consistent with the Department of Justice’s mission. OJJDP is focusing this year’s FIRE program solicitation on funding studies of school-based practices, environment, and achievement that relate to reducing student victimization and the risk of delinquency. The goal of this year’s FIRE program is to foster new and ongoing rigorous, scientific research and evaluation that has practical applications for the development of effective school programs, policies, and strategies that will foster positive youth development and reduce the risk of victimization and delinquency.
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/FIRE.pdf

National Juvenile Court Data Archive
The National Juvenile Court Data Archive (the Archive) houses the automated records of cases that courts with juvenile jurisdiction have handled. This solicitation will fund the annual collection, verification, and analysis of data that documents the activities of the juvenile justice court system and its response to law-violating and at-risk youth. The Archive will disseminate information on juvenile court case processing through Juvenile Court Statistics reports and fact sheets and make national and state-level data publicly accessible online. The Archive will also provide technical assistance to state and local data collection agencies to help them expand and improve their information systems and information sharing capabilities. Finally, the Archive will conduct a feasibility study to assess the level of effort required to expand the scope of the Archive to include data collection from juvenile dependency (child abuse and neglect) courts. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. OJJDP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.
Deadline: May 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $600,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/NatlCtDataArchive.pdf

Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program
This demonstration program will support collaborations of qualified, established mentoring program sites that enhance (1) the matching of youth and mentors based on needs, skills, experiences, and interests; (2) initial and ongoing training for mentors, and (3) ongoing mentor support. The program aims to improve the effectiveness of mentoring through the systematic implementation of advocacy or teaching functions into mentors’ roles.
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,200,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/MentoringEnhancementDemonstrationProgram.pdf

Second Chance Act Juvenile Offender Reentry Program for Demonstration Projects
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from jails, prisons, and juvenile residential facilities and are returning to communities. Approximately 71,000 youth are confined in juvenile residential facilities on any given day, and approximately 100,000 juvenile offenders are released from confinement each year. This program helps ensure that the transition the youth make from a secure juvenile residential facility to the community is successful and promotes public safety. A secure juvenile residential facility may include a juvenile detention center, juvenile correctional facility, or staff-secure facility. Juveniles must have been confined under juvenile court jurisdiction to be eligible under this initiative.
Deadline: May 14, 2012
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/SecondChanceActDemo.pdf

Juvenile Drug Courts/Reclaiming Futures
OJJDP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are collaborating to enhance the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and establish juvenile drug courts conjointly with the Reclaiming Futures program model to serve substance abusing juvenile offenders. This solicitation invites communities to propose the implementation of a juvenile drug court program, using best practices in substance abuse treatment, along with the Reclaiming Futures program model.
Deadline: May 16, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,325,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/JuvDrugCtrf.pdf

Multi-State Mentoring Initiative
This solicitation invites eligible applicants to propose the enhancement or expansion of initiatives that will help communities develop or improve mentoring programs for at-risk or high-risk populations that are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges of the targeted population, or other analogous situations that the community identifies.
Deadline: May 16, 2012
Maximum Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/Multistatementoring.pdf

Data Resources Program 2012: Funding for Analysis of Existing Data
In partnership with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals under the Data Resources Program (DRP) solicitation for original research using existing data available from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) and other public sources. NACJD houses quantitative and qualitative data from research funded by these agencies, and data are made available online as downloadable, machine-readable files along with necessary documentation. NACJD is maintained by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan and is supported by NIJ, BJS, and OJJDP.
Deadline: May 17, 2012
Grant Link: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000979.pdf

Research on Illegal Prescription Drug Market Interventions
NIJ seeks proposals for research on illegal prescription drug markets to examine the utility of policies, practices, and resources available to law enforcement for major crime deterrence, prosecution, and other market intervention measures. This solicitation has two objectives: policy analysis of criminal diversion of prescription medication laws, and Prescription Drug Monitoring program optimization for law enforcement.
Deadline: May 17, 2012
Grant Link: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000987.pdf

Second Chance Act Adult Offender Comprehensive Statewide Recidivism Reduction Demonstration Program
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-199) provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults who are released from prisons and jails returning to communities. There are currently over 2.3 million individuals serving time in our federal and state prisons, and millions of people cycling through local jails every year. Ninety-five percent of all offenders incarcerated today will eventually be released and will return to communities. The Second Chance Act Programs are designed to help communities develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by offender reentry and recidivism reduction. “Reentry” is not a specific program, but rather a process that starts when an offender is initially incarcerated and ends when the offender has been successfully reintegrated in his or her community as a law-abiding citizen. Proposals under this solicitation should be systemic in nature and reflect a phased approach in the planning, capacity building, and specific programmatic interventions comprising a comprehensive strategy to achieve a reduction in a historical baseline recidivism rate. In December 2011, the Council of State Governments Justice Center—with the support of BJA, the Pew Center on the States, and the Public Welfare Foundation—convened a State Leaders’ National Forum on Reentry and Recidivism in Washington, DC.
Deadline: May 21, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Link: https://www.bja.gov/Funding/12SCARecidivismReductionSol.pdf

Smart Probation: Reducing Prison Populations, Saving Money, and Creating Safer Communities
At yearend 2010, there were an estimated 4,887,900 adults under supervision in the community either on probation or parole—the equivalent of about 1 out of every 48 adults. Many people on supervision do not successfully complete their community supervision.1 According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 16 percent of probationers were incarcerated as the result of a new sentence or revocation of their current probation. These failure rates are a key reason prison populations continue to swell nationally. State-level data from BJA’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative indicate that in some states probation and parole revocations account for up to 65 percent of prison and jail admissions annually. The purpose of this program is to improve probation success rates, which would in turn improve public safety, reduce returns to prisons and jails, and save taxpayer dollars. Funds can be used to implement evidence-based supervision strategies to improve outcomes for probationers. FY 2012 appropriations under the Second Chance Act made funding available for Smart Probation projects, in addition to providing federal awards to state and local governments and federally recognized Indian tribes for demonstration reentry projects.
Deadline: May 21, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: https://www.bja.gov/Funding/12SmartProbationSol.pdf

Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
The Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program (Tribal Coalition Program) assists nonprofit organizations and individuals or groups of individuals to build Indian women’s leadership and capacity in tribal communities to advocate for systemic change that will enhance the safety of women in an Indian Tribe. Tribal Coalition nonprofit organizations have accomplished this through technical assistance, expanding the capacity of the tribal coalitions, developing or enhancing appropriate standards for tribal governments, tribal nonprofits organizations, tribal organizations, victim services and victim service providers to increase the understanding of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Deadline: May 22, 2012
Maximum Grant: $314,000
Grant Link: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/final-tc-solicitation-4-12-12.pdf

Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) Research and Development
This notice highlights the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate efforts of the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program as referenced in the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA), including research areas of strategic interest, submission requirements and processes, and evaluation criteria. The DHS S&T is looking for research in the following areas. Public Response (FRG.03): Research to better understand how the public will respond to alert and warning messages on mobile devices o Diverse Populations (FRG.04): Research to better understand how to ensure the same timely and effective access to alerts and warnings for diverse populations including persons with functional and access needs, transients/tourists, elderly/older, isolated/rural populations, institutional populations and non-English speaking people Geo-Targeting (FRG.05): Research to better determine when more granular geo-targeting is appropriate and how broadly targeting should be extended from the point of incident as well as Identification, testing, and evaluation of technologies that provide the capability of more granular geo-targeting.
Deadline: May 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $100,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=mkxXP1wcThnpm3

Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) Research and Development
This notice highlights the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate efforts of the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Program as referenced in the Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA), including research areas of strategic interest, submission requirements and processes, and evaluation criteria. The DHS S&T is looking for research in the following areas. Public Response (FRG.03): Research to better understand how the public will respond to alert and warning messages on mobile devices o Diverse Populations (FRG.04): Research to better understand how to ensure the same timely and effective access to alerts and warnings for diverse populations including persons with functional and access needs, transients/tourists, elderly/older, isolated/rural populations, institutional populations and non-English speaking people Geo-Targeting (FRG.05): Research to better determine when more granular geo-targeting is appropriate and how broadly targeting should be extended from the point of incident as well as Identification, testing, and evaluation of technologies that provide the capability of more granular geo-targeting.
Deadline: May 24, 2012
Maximum Grant: $100,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=mkxXP1wcThnpm3kF5clhLx7ZZJYhBnxQWyMG2Q5JmNkr2hvPv7gG!-

Evaluation of the Office for Victims of Crime Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Demonstration Project The OVC Wraparound Victim Legal Assistance Network Project will fund up to six demonstration sites to develop holistic models for wraparound pro bono legal assistance networks that offer the wide range of legal assistance that victims need in the wake of their victimization.
Deadline: May 29, 2012
Grant Link: https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001019.pdf

Research on Domestic Radicalization
NIJ seeks proposals for funding research to support Federal, State, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies in meeting the challenges posed by domestic radicalization to violence. Proposals should develop and analyze information and data that have clear implications for criminal justice in the following focus areas: (1) Empirical Evaluation of Theories of Domestic Radicalization; (2) Examination of Radicalization Processes for Individuals; (3) Comparative Analysis of Violent Extremists, Organized Criminals, Gangs, Hate Groups and/or Cults; and (4) Influence of Community and Other Policing Strategies on Domestic Radicalization to Violence.
Deadline: May 29, 2012
Grant Link: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001009.pdf

Promoting Evidence Integration in Sex Offender Management 
The purpose of this project is two-fold: 1) to replicate the 2008 study, and 2) to document how use of this model may inform and enhance sex offender supervision practices. NIJ will manage the evaluation of this project. Sites will be selected for SMART Office funding based upon their responses to the Selection Criteria listed on page 15 and their commitment to: • Build knowledge and new evidence. • Implement SOTIPS with fidelity. • Adhere to all requirements of the evaluation, including measuring sex offender risk at three time intervals. • Collect program data. • Work collaboratively with the SMART Office, the NIJ funded evaluation team, and the SOTIPS training and technical assistance provider. • Cooperate fully with the evaluation. Jurisdictions may apply at the state or local level and are encouraged to review the 2008 SOTIPS study. Interested applicants should have the following in place:1) Uniform jurisdiction-wide sex offender supervision (i.e., probation, parole, community corrections) practices with an established risk assessment process that uses the Static 99-R. In the program narrative, applicants should provide a description of sex offender supervision practices in their jurisdiction. 2) Uniform jurisdiction-wide sex offender treatment programming (preferably certified) that uses evidence-based methods, such as cognitive-behavioral group therapy, and has demonstrated quality through positive treatment outcome findings. In the program narrative, applicants should provide a description of the jurisdiction’s sex offender treatment programming and an indication of how many offenders are served on a monthly and/or annual basis.3) Statewide or urban population that represents a diversity of socioeconomic and racial groups.4) A minimum of 300-500 adult sex offenders who have (a) committed at least one sexual offense, (b) are currently in treatment, and (c) are under supervision in the community. In the program narrative, sites will need to provide evidence of their ability to enroll the minimum number of offenders in the study.
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Maximum Grant: $225,000
Grant Link: http://smart.gov/pdfs/SMARTFY12SOTIPS.pdf

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation Program
OJJDP’s Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Field-Initiated Research and Evaluation (FIRE) Program will support methodologically rigorous research and evaluation studies that inform policy and practice consistent with the Department of Justice’s mission. OJJDP will fund field-initiated studies to understand the factors that influence the prevention of underage drinking, the enforcement of underage drinking laws, and individuals’ and communities’ attitudes and behaviors about underage drinking. Eligible applicants are limited to states (including territories), units of local government (including federally recognized tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. OJJDP welcomes joint applications from two or more eligible applicants; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants.
Deadline: June 4, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/EUDLFIRE.pdf

Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program
Healthy, vibrant communities are places that provide the opportunities, resources, and an environment that children, youth, and adults need to maximize their life outcomes, including
high-quality schools and cradle-to-career educational programs; high-quality and affordable housing; thriving commercial establishments; access to quality health care and health services; art and cultural amenities; parks and other recreational spaces; and the safety to take advantage of these opportunities. Unfortunately, millions of Americans live in distressed neighborhoods2 where a combination of crime, poverty, unemployment, poor health, struggling schools, inadequate housing, and disinvestment keep many residents from reaching their full potential. The complexity of these issues has led to the emergence of comprehensive place-based and community-oriented initiatives that involve service providers from multiple sectors and disciplines, as well as community representatives from all types of organizations, to work together to reduce and prevent crime and to revitalize communities.
Deadline: June 7, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,00,000
Grant Link: http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2012/LocalMentoringCoordination.pdf

“Good Practices” Manual Providing Guidance for Reducing the Risk of Floods Using Natural-Resource Based Techniques
The purpose of the manual will be to introduce the practice and the science of using natural methods of flood mitigation on a community or municipality level. It is hoped that these methods can be scaled-up amongst neighboring communities for a multiplicative benefit to the watershed in an integrated manner. Several documents exist online and in print discussing some of the concepts OFDA envisions being incorporated, but no specific guidance exists to assist communities and practitioners in understanding what natural flood management is, how to implement mitigation measures at a local level, and how to address any pitfalls/conflicts associated with such interventions.
Deadline: August 22, 2012
Maximum Grant: $500,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=PVh7PRGYGv6WyclGlD1LG2dJQ8Jvbn7v4HbMg1VBYJCzpyJzQQKN!-677433669?oppId=145633&mode=VIEW

 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

SPORTS

TRANSPORTATION 

VETERANS 

U.S. Olympic Committee Paralympic Division 2012 Olympic
The U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Paralympic Division is pleased to announce the availability of $1,600,000 in grant funds to be competitively awarded through the Olympic Opportunity Fund (OOF) in 2012 to support the U.S. Paralympic Integrated Adaptive Sports Program. The USOC is now seeking applications under the Olympic Opportunity Fund for grant projects to promote lifelong health and to motivate, encourage and sustain participation and competition in adaptive sports from the local level through elite levels among disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces through partnerships with VA clinical personnel as well as national and community-based adaptive sports programs. Funding for this opportunity is from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of National Veterans Sports Programs and Special Events (VA).
Deadline: May 11, 2012
Maximum Grant: $25,000
Grant Link: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=mkxXP1wcThnpm3kF5clhLx7ZZJYhBnxQWyMG2Q5JmNkr2hvPv7gG!-2099600874?oppId=161893&mode=VIEW

VA Grant and Per Diem Program Notice of Fund Availability
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds for applications for assistance under the Per Diem Only component of VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. This Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) includes funding priorities for those applicants who will serve specific homeless veteran populations that are identified in this NOFA, or implement a new ``transition in place'' housing model to facilitate housing stabilization. The NOFA published in the Federal Register contains information concerning the program, funding priorities, application process, and amount of funding available. DATES: Applications must be received in accordance with the NOFA no later than 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Submit an original, completed, and collated grant application (plus three completed collated copies) to the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program Office, 10770 North 46th Street, Suite C-200, Tampa, Florida, 33617. Applications may not be sent by facsimile (FAX). In the interest of fairness to all competing applicants, this deadline is firm as to date and hour, and VA will not consider any application that is received after the deadline. Applicants should consider submitting early to avoid any risk of loss of eligibility brought about by unanticipated delays, computer service outages (in the case of Grants.gov), or other delivery-related problems.
Deadline: May 30, 2012
Maximum Grant: $1,200,000
Grant Link: http://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/GPD.asp

 

YOUTH

Nominations of Young Volunteers Invited for Gloria Barron Prize
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors outstanding young leaders in the United States who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet.
Each year, the Barron Prize honors twenty-five young people nationwide. Half the winners have focused on helping their communities and fellow beings; half have focused on protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. Nominees, who may range in age from 8 to 18 years old, must have been the prime mover of the service activity for which they are nominated and must have demonstrated positive spirit and high moral purpose in accomplishing their goals. Nominations are invited from adults who have solid knowledge of the nominee and his or her work but who are not related to the nominee. This could include teachers, librarians, and civic or religious leaders, among others.
Deadline: April 30, 2012
Maximum Grant: $16,000
Grant Link: http://www.barronprize.org/

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