Upcoming NM Small Business Supplier Forum

On behalf of Kevin Chalmers, Acquisition Services Management Division Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, you are cordially invited to attend our New Mexico Small Business Supplier Forum to be held on August 10, 2007 at the Lodge at Santa Fe. As an attendee, you will have an opportunity to meet the buyers and attend well designed and relevant workshops. One of the highlights of the event is the keynotes address by the Honorable Congressman Tom Udall.  

For more information regarding the forum, please see the attached flyer. Registration will be limited to the first 200 participants; therefore, we highly encourage you to register today.The agenda for the event can be found at:  https://www.regonline.com/eventinfo.asp?eventid=141740#agenda

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact me at 505-665-5793 or anmx@lanl.gov.

Thanks.

Andrea Martinez-Lucero
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Small Business Program Office
MS P222
Phone: (505) 665-5793
Fax: (505) 667-9819

J & J Rural Health Grant Opportunity

OBJECTIVES:
 The main objective of the Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program is to enhance access to health care among medically underserved patients by supporting the nations safety-net of community-based health centers and providers by:  providing grants to community-based, non-profit organizations that propose creative and effective ways of improving access to health care services; considering the special health concerns of individuals at high risk for medical underservice, particularly women and children, and also includes people with diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease; and assisting organizations to develop a broad-based public and private support network.

Geographic areas of focus
ARIZONA
MISSISSIPPI
NEW MEXICO
SOUTH CAROLINA

Program URL: http://www.jhsph.edu/johnsonandjohnson

For assistance in pursuing this grant opportunity contact L&D Associates at information@landd.net.

Improve technology grant opportunity

Improve Technology Education!

Title: Advanced Technological Education

Posted: 12/5/2006 12:00:00 AM

Funding Source: NSF

Total $ Available: $46,000,000

Description: Grants for a wide array of activities that will educate technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation’s economy.

Eligibility: IHEs, especially two-year colleges

# of Grants: 75

Max Grant $:N.A.

Deadline: 4/26/07 (preliminary); 10/11/07 (final)

Contact Information: Elizabeth Teles, 703-292-8670

For assistance securing this grant funding contact us at information@landd.net.

 

Grant Writing Tips (Part I)

Health Demographics

Demonstration of an up-to-date knowledge of your state.s health statistics is essential in the development of any public health oriented grant.  States provide their citizens with databases of health and disease statistics to provide an analysis of the states. overall health. These health databases are typically posted on state web sites and are easily accessible to the general public and public health researchers. Examples of these web sites include Ohio (http://www.odh.state.oh.us/) and New York (http://www.health.state.ny.us/). In addition, the Kaiser Family Foundation collates data from throughout the US and presents these data on their web site (http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi).  Assessment and proper citation of such data can add credibility to your public health grant application.

For assistance in grant writing and to schedule a grant writing training session please contact us at information@landd.net.

 

Help L&D Associates Serve its Clients Better

L&D Associates is continuously upgrading its service and capabilities to better serve you, the client.

You can assist us in providing better service by telling us a bit about you and your grant writing and program evaluation needs. 

To accomplish this we have drafted a brief survey instrument to gauge your needs and how we can best address those needs.

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 We appreciate your time in completing this survey and look forward to serving you in the future.

US Dept of Education College Prep Grant

ED
U.S. Department of Education
Ready for College: Adult Education Transitions Program CFDA 84.191A
Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=14981

 For assistance in pursuing this grant award contact us at information@landd.net

 

US DoD Caps Overhead Rates

From The Chronicle of Higher Education

Research Universities Are Dismayed by Defense Spending Bill That Would Cap Overhead Reimbursements at 20%

By JEFFREY SELINGO

A provision stuck in an appropriations bill this week for the Defense Department would place a 20-percent cap on overhead costs for competitively awarded grants from the agency.

The language, approved as part of the broader spending bill by the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, took university officials by surprise. It would affect only the $1.55-billion the Defense Department spends on fundamental or basic research. Typically, about 60 percent of that money goes to universities.

The bill’s restrictions come at a time when research universities are already feeling the pinch from more than a decade of government caps on the overhead rate, which is the portion of a grant that helps reimburse colleges for costs of facilities and administration used in carrying out sponsored research. A 2005 study by the Council on Governmental Relations found that research institutions are losing about $5-million annually, on average, because of limits on such reimbursements.

“If this bill were to become law, it would present a very serious problem,” said Robert M. Berdahl, president of the Association of American Universities. “There are real costs to research, and they have to come from somewhere.”

The 20-percent cap proposed in the Defense Department bill would be a sharp departure from current rates. A 2005 review of overhead rates by The Chronicle found that the average rate at the top 100 research institutions was 51.8 percent. A rate of 52 percent means that for every dollar that a university receives for the direct costs of a research project, it can charge the federal government as much as 52 cents more for the overhead costs associated with that research.

Tribal Wildlife Grant

DOI
Department of the Interior
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Div of Contracting & Facilities Mgt
Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG)
Modification 4
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11005

For assistance in seeking this grant funding please contact us at information@landd.net.

California Support Grants

Project Support Grants                           

Blue Shield of California Foundation

SYNOPSIS:
The sponsor provides funding to eligible organizations for specific projects that address issues relevant to its three program areas of funding: Health Care and Coverage; Health and Technology; and Blue Shield Against Violence. 

For assistance in pursuing this funding source please contact us at information@landd.net 

Small Grant Program in New Mexico

CON ALMA HEALTH FOUNDATION

ANNOUNCES 2007 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SMALL GRANT CYCLE

Con Alma Health Foundation, New Mexico’s largest health foundation, is accepting applications for the Foundation’s Small Grant Program. The deadline is Friday, August 17, 2007.

For the small grant program, Con Alma seeks proposals for non-continuing grants of $15,000 or less.

The Foundation awards grants to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in New Mexico. Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded more than $5 million in grants to health related nonprofit organizations. “Now more than ever, funding for systemic change is needed,” said Dolores E. Roybal, Executive Director, Con Alma Health Foundation. “Toward this end, the Foundation encourages requests for funding throughout the state.”

Con Alma Health Foundation focuses broadly in the areas of health and human services with special emphasis on culturally diverse, rural and tribal communities.

For more information on grant guidelines, visit www.conalma.org, email grants@conalma.org, or phone 505-438-0776 Ext 2.

For assistance in competing for these funds please contact us at information@landd.net.

 

Searching Pubmed for literature

PubMed.gov: For many researchers, public
health issues are a major concern for healthcare
professionals and community leaders.
Addressing these needs through grant
applications requires researchers to compare their
local environment with that of others. The search
for evidence based medical literature (EBM) is
best performed using the National Library of
Medicine’s www.pubmed.gov web search tool.
Searching the medical literature for evidence
based medicine citations provides the researcher
with a tool to make public health decisions which
are based on sound data developed from
preplanned, comparative studies. EBM literature
does not replace expert judgment or clinical
experience, but can enhance judgment and
experience.
Two features which distinguish EBM literature
from other reported medical literature are:
• the COMPARATIVE nature of research
and the
• PLANNING/EXECUTION which go into
the studies.
EBM literature reports on research which uses
human subjects and follows good methodology.
Comparative research uses two groups: a control
group and an experimental group. Well-planned
research assigns subjects randomly and uses
“blinding” to mask results from subjects, test
administrators and laboratory technicians. In the
ophthalmology literature, the practice of “blinding”
results is referred to as “masking.”

For assistance in grant writing and searching for evidence-based literature contact us at information@landd.net.

 

Grants to improve pursuit of doctoral degrees by underrepresented populations

Title:            Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Sponsor:          National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides support for Research Education grant
applications to facilitate the transfer and graduation of students of diverse backgrounds from masters to doctoral degree-granting institutions. The program promotes inter-institutional partnerships to improve the quality and quantity of students from underrepresented groups and or health disparities populations being trained as the next generation of biomedical and behavioral research scientists. This program will use the NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism.

For assistance in pursuing this grant program contact us at information@landd.net

L&D Associates Co-Hosts Caring for the Mind NN/LM Class

INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES

On July 25th at Santo Domingo Pueblo we are hosting a National Network of Libraries of Medicine seminar Entitled: Caring for the Mind: Providing Reference Services for Mental Health Information.

This is a 2-Hour class to be presented at the Santo Domingo Clinic.  We have room for approximately 25 attendees.  The class starts at 1:30 PM. 

The Course objectives include:

Objectives

Gain awareness of mental health issues.

Learn to respond to challenging reference questions for mental health information.

Be informed of tools for collection development and mental health research including the latest web sites and databases.

This is a joint effort between the Santa Fe Service Unit’s Public Health Nursing Department and L&D Associates Consulting Group (www.landd.net).  With so much consumer health information (eHealth) available over the Internet, the ability to search for and find relevant eHealth data for professionals and clients is fast becoming a necessary tool.

To register for the class send an email to information@landd.net and request space in the class.

 

NIH Grant News and Announcements

Grant Administration News
Announcing 2008 NIH Regional Seminars in Program Funding and Grants Administration
(NOT-OD-07-076)
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-076.html

Grant Announcements from NIH
Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R01)
(PA-07-406)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-406.html

Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R21)
(PA-07-407)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-407.html

Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (R03)
(PA-07-408)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-408.html

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For assistance applying for these grant opportunities contact L&D Associates at information@landd.net

Or visit our web site by clicking here
 

Indian Health Service – HIV Awareness Grants

Title:            4-in-l Title V Supplements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Sponsor:          Indian Health Service/DHHS

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides funding to expand their existing Title V
grants to increase the number of American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) with the awareness of his/her HIV status.  This will provide routine and/or rapid HIV screening, prevention, pre- and post-test counseling, case management (if available) and data collection.  Enhancement of Urban Indian health program HIV/AIDS activities is necessary to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the urban Indian communities.

Contact L&D Associates for assistance in writing this proposal at information@landd.net