Archive for October, 2007

American Indian ethnic studies grant

Posted in Health and Science on October 31, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Institute of American Cultures Postdoctoral/Visiting Scholar Fellowship in Ethnic Studies–American Indian Studies                                                                                                                                           

Sponsor:          University of California, Los Angeles

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides support for strengthening and coordinating
interdisciplinary research and instruction in ethnic studies,
specifically American Indian studies.  Eligible applicants are
individuals who are citizens or permanent residents of the United
States, and who have received a Ph.D. or terminal degree.  Stipends
range from $33,000 to $35,000.

Deadline(s):      01/11/2008

Program URL: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/postdoc.pdf

For assistance with this opportunity please contact us at information@landd.net.

Affordable Housing Built Responsibly and Community Trees

Posted in Health and Science on October 31, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Sponsor:          Home Depot Foundation

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor makes grants to 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charities
in the United States and to charitable organizations in Canada
according to the following priorities: Affordable Housing Built
Responsibly and Community Trees.

Deadline(s):      03/01/2008
                  07/01/2008

Program URL: http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/support.html

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

National Forest Foundation

Posted in Health and Science on October 30, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Matching Awards Program

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides funding in the areas of: community-based
forestry, watershed health & restoration, wildlife habitat improvement
and recreation.  All grants must have a 1:1 match.

Deadline(s):      12/15/2007
                  06/06/2008

Program URL: http://www.natlforests.org/pdf/2008_MAP_PP_RFP.pdf

For assistance please contact us at information@landd.net.

Federal grant announcements

Posted in Health and Science on October 30, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

DOI
Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining
Regulation of Surface Coal Mining and Surface Effects of Underground Coal Mining Modification 16
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=2542

USDOJ
United States Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program Modification 4
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15683

DOI
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Fire in Pacific Northwest Ecosystem:  Exploring New Models for Packaging, Deliverying, and Implementing Agency Conservation Education Curricula Modification 1
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15796

USDOJ
United States Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Developing and Enhancing Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Programs Modification 5
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15799

USDOJ
United States Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Capital Case Litigation Initiative
Modification 4
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15801

For assistance with these or any grant application contact us at information@landd.net.

Enhancing the lives of children

Posted in Health and Science on October 29, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

Sponsor:          Sheltering Arms Foundation

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor’s mission is to enhance the lives of children and help
them reach their full potential, especially those experiencing
barriers to success.  As a grantmaking organization, the sponsor
supports programs benefiting children and their families in Minnesota
who are most vulnerable, have least access to resources, and are least
likely to have a wide array of choices about their future.

Deadline(s):      01/18/2008

Program URL: http://www.sheltering-arms.org/GrantGuidelines-2008.pdf

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

Art show opening on November 4.

Posted in Health and Science on October 28, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

Lou Lafrado will be participating in a Rio Rancho Art Association Show at the Art Gallery 66 in Bernalillo, New Mexico.

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION AT ART GALLERY 66
373 Camino del Pueblo (Old Rte 66)
Bernalillo, NM 87107
(505) 867-8666

The reception is Sunday November 4, 2007 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Directions:  (from 528 take 550 east…turn left (north) on Camino del Pueblo. The gallery will be a little way down the road on your left. You can’t miss the iron sculpture on display) 66 Gallery

Stop by, enjoy the Art Gallery 55 eclectic art collection and refreshments.

For more information contact us at lafrado@landd.net.

Select grant announcements

Posted in Health and Science on October 28, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

Improve Law Enforcement Officer Safety!
Personal Protective Equipment
POSTED: 10/16/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: DOJ
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit and public agencies, including states
$ AVAILABLE: N.A.
GRANTS AVAILABLE: N.A.
MAX GRANT SIZE: $500,000
DEADLINE: 11/14/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000811.pdf

DESCRIPTION: Funding to research, develop, and demonstrate technologies that will enhance the safety of law enforcement officers and other criminal justice practitioners.
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Improve Native American Schools!
Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program
POSTED: 10/24/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: Department of Education
ELIGIBILITY: LEAs that operate schools primarily for Native Americans
$ AVAILABLE: $1,600,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: 8
MAX GRANT SIZE: $225,000
DEADLINE: 12/6/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: Trini Torres, 202-245-7134
DESCRIPTION: Grants to improve language acquisition and develop high levels of academic attainment among Native American children.
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Improve Women’s Perinatal Behavior!
Healthy Behaviors in Women
POSTED: 10/24/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: HRSA
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit and public agencies
$ AVAILABLE: $575,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: 4
MAX GRANT SIZE: $150,000
DEADLINE: 12/7/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: Lisa R. King, 301-443-9739

DESCRIPTION: Grants to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate novel approaches that concurrently address the relationship between women’s healthy eating and mental health during the perinatal period.
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Improve Education in America!
Discovery Research K – 12
POSTED: 10/24/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: NSF
ELIGIBILITY: IHEs, nonprofits, for-profits and public agencies
$ AVAILABLE: $50,000,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: 66
MAX GRANT SIZE: N.A.
DEADLINE: 01/28/2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: 703-292-8620
DESCRIPTION: Funding to enable significant advances in K-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through research about, and development and implementation of, innovative resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policy makers.
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Hazardous Material Cleanup Worker Training!
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program
POSTED: 10/19/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: DHHS
ELIGIBILITY: IHEs
$ AVAILABLE: $8,000,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: 4
MAX GRANT SIZE: $2,100,000
DEADLINE: 2/15/08
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-006.html

DESCRIPTION: Funds for coordinated, multi-project, multi- and interdisciplinary research programs to address the need for research, methodology, training, evaluation, and other issues related to hazardous substance cleanup.
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Improve HIV/AIDS Research!
Centers Program for Research on HIV/AIDS and Mental Health
POSTED: 10/17/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: DHHS
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit and public agencies
$ AVAILABLE: $2,250,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: N.A.
MAX GRANT SIZE: N.A.
DEADLINE: 12/7/07 (LOI): 1/7/08 (final)
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-009.html

DESCRIPTION: Grants to improve and expand HIV/AIDS research by supporting infrastructure for administrative coordination; subject recruitment, tracking, and retention; quality control and assurance procedures; performing laboratory testing; performing statistical analyses; database management; sponsoring training and education; and scientific and organizational capacity, in order to provide leadership in the integration of multidisciplinary approaches to HIV/AIDS and mental health research, and to expand and develop information-sharing, expertise, technology, and technology transfer in the institutional and clinical communities.
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Improve Perinatal Health!
Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
POSTED: 10/19/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: HRSA
ELIGIBILITY: Nonprofit and public agencies
$ AVAILABLE: $3,425,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: 5
MAX GRANT SIZE: $685,000
DEADLINE: 12/6/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: Beverly Wright, 301-443-5691
DESCRIPTION: Funds to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators, especially among non-majority populations.
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Grants for Fire Departments!
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
POSTED: 10/17/2007
FUNDING SOURCE: Department of Homeland Security
ELIGIBILITY: Fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations
$ AVAILABLE: $2,750,000
GRANTS AVAILABLE: N.A.
MAX GRANT SIZE: N.A.
DEADLINE: 11/30/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2007FPSguidance.pdf

DESCRIPTION: Grants to enhance fire departments’ and nonaffiliated EMS organizations’ firefighting and emergency response needs by funding additional tools and resources necessary to more effectively protect the health and safety of the public.
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For assistance with these applications contact us at information@landd.net.

Latest federal grant announcements

Posted in Health and Science on October 28, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) Modification 2
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=11139

NEH
National Endowment for the Humanities
Interpreting America’s Historic Places Planning Grants Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15790

NEH
National Endowment for the Humanities
Interpreting America’s Historic Places Implementation Grants Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15791

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R01) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15793

HHS
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
NIDCD Research Grants for Translating Basic Research into Clinical Tools for Human Health (R21) Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15794

DOI
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Fire in Pacific Northwest Ecosystem:  Exploring New Models for Packaging, Deliverying, and Implementing Agency Conservation Education Curricula Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15796

For assistance contact us at information@landd.net.

Photography on display at Art Gallery 66

Posted in Health and Science on October 27, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Lou Lafrado will be participating in a Rio Rancho Art Association Show at the Art Gallery 66 in Bernalillo, New Mexico.

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION AT ART GALLERY 66
373 Camino del Pueblo (Old Rte 66)
Bernalillo, NM 87107
(505) 867-8666

The reception is Sunday November 4, 2007 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Directions:  (from 528 take 550 east…turn left (north) on Camino del Pueblo. The gallery will be a little way down the road on your left. You can’t miss the iron sculpture on display)

66 Gallery

Stop by, enjoy the Art Gallery 55 eclectic collection and refreshments.

For more information contact us at lafrado@landd.net.

National Library of Medicine wildfire resource

Posted in Health and Science on October 27, 2007 by landdgrantblog

The National Library of Medicine has released a new resource focused on the health effects from wildfires (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/californiafires.html).
The California Wildfires web page includes information on the health effects from fires and exposure to smoke; links to air quality resources, environmental clean-up following fires, and animals in disasters.

In addition, resources for emergency responders and information in Spanish are alsoincluded.  Searches of NLM databases, such as MedlinePlus, PubMed,TOXLINE, Tox Town, and Haz-Map (occupational health) are provided for additional health information.  It also provides the locations of facilities reporting to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund sites in and around San Diego ( TOXMAP ).

This web page is designed to help emergency responders, health care providers, public health workers, and the general public find authoritative and timely information about key health concerns from wildfires.  Links to other federal government web sites, includingUSA.gov, FEMA, and the Department of Health and Human Services are included.

Request for Information (RFI)

Posted in Health and Science on October 27, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input and Ideas on Priorities in Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
(NOT-OD-08-008)
Office of the Director, NIH
Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-008.html

For assistance contact us at information@landd.net.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Posted in Health and Science on October 27, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Annual Awards

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides an award designed to recognize exemplary
partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions
that build on each other’s strengths to improve higher education,
civic engagement, and the overall health of communities.

Deadline(s):      02/12/2008
Program URL: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/Award08guidelinesf.pdf

For assistance contact us at information@landd.net.

Short list of federal grants

Posted in Health and Science on October 26, 2007 by landdgrantblog

DOI
Department of the Interior
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Region 5
Northeast Region Challenge Cost Share
Modification 1
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=11872

ED
U.S. Department of Education
Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program CFDA 84.365C Grant
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15754

DOI
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Dalton Highway Corridor Partnership Plan, Alaska Modification 1
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15756

For assistance please contact us at information@landd.net.

Office of English Language Acquisition/Department of Education

Posted in Health and Science on October 25, 2007 by landdgrantblog

Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program

SYNOPSIS:
 Support is provided for language instruction educational programs
for limited English proficient children from Native American, Alaska
Native, Native Hawaiian and Native American Pacific Islander
backgrounds.  Eligible applicants are entities which operate
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools primarily for Native
American children.  The project period is for up to sixty months.

Deadline(s):      12/06/2007

Program URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-20957.htm

For assistance contact us at information@landd.net.

Administration on Aging/DHHS

Posted in Health and Science on October 25, 2007 by landdgrantblog

 

Title VI Parts A and C Grants for Native Americans and Native American Caregiver Support

SYNOPSIS:
 The sponsor provides funding to promote the delivery of supportive
and nutritional services for Indian elders, and to assist families in
caring for an older relative with a chronic illness or disability and
grandparents caring for grandchildren.

Deadline(s):      01/22/2008

Program URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-20837.htm

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