November 2, 2007
Contents:
State Grants
Federal Grants
Awards & Scholarships
Foundation/Organization Grants
State Grants:
(none)
Federal Grants:
Solar America Initiative Market Transformation: Solar America
Cities 2008
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Funding Amount: Awards: 12; Estimated Total Funding: $2,400,000;
Award Ceiling: $200,000, Award Floor: $50,000, Cost Sharing:
Yes
Eligibility: City or township governments. Eligibility is restricted
to the 243 incorporated places with populations of 100,000
or more as determined by the U.S. Census Bureau (2000 census)
as defined at http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t5/tab02.pdf Eligible Cities may form teaming arrangements with other cities
in close geographical proximity including unincorporated places
that are not eligible to apply on their own and other cities
with populations of less than 100,000. The eligible City, however,
must apply as the prime recipient, and DOE will provide its
assistance only through that prime eligible
Description: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) is to form strategic partnerships with U.S. cities as
part of the Solar America Initiative (SAI). These Federal-city
partnerships are intended to accelerate the adoption of solar
technology across the nation by engaging city governments as
significant users of electricity, key intermediaries to other
end users within their jurisdiction, and regulatory entities.
As the load centers of energy use across the nation, cities
play a strategic role in the SAI and present unique challenges
and opportunities for solar market transformation. Cities can
be champions of progressive energy efficiency and renewable
energy efforts. DOE wishes to support their bold and innovative
approaches to accelerate solar technology adoption at the local
level. DOE expects award Recipient cities to develop a fully-scoped
city-wide solar implementation plan as a deliverable under
this project. Through the Solar America Cities 2008 Funding
Opportunity Announcement, DOE will provide funding as well
as tailored Technical Assistance to the recipient cities to
support their efforts in developing a comprehensive, systemic,
city-wide approach to solar technology that facilitates mainstream
adoption and provides a model for other cities. Under this
Solar America Cities 2008 effort, DOE is looking for cities
to commit to achieving a sustainable solar infrastructure,
not simply a year or two of experimental solar projects.
Application Information: FON: DE-PS36-08G098003; CFDA: 81.117.
Applications for this announcement must be accessed, completed,
and submitted through http://www.grants.gov to be considered
for award. Questions regarding the content of the announcement
should be submitted through the “Submit Question” feature
of the DOE Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at
http://e-center.doe.gov. Link to announcement: https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/00849B6B3BA2DDE385257380005F0936?OpenDocument
Deadline: January 10, 2008
Brownfield Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)(Repeat)
Funding Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Funding Amount: The maximum amount of a BEDI award under this
competition is $2
million per project. An application in excess of $2 million
will be reduced to the extent HUD determines that such a reduction
is appropriate and the project remains feasible.
Eligibility: Any public entity eligible to apply for Section
108 loan guarantee assistance in accordance with 24 CFR 570.702,
including Guam, the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and
the Virgin Islands for FY 2007, may apply for BEDI grant assistance
under Section 108(q). Eligible applicants are CDBG entitlement
units of general local government and non-entitlement units
of general local government eligible to receive loan guarantees
under 24 CFR part 570, subpart M. Urban Counties, as defined
at 24 CFR 570.3 and 570.307, are eligible applicants for BEDI
funds; units of general local government that participate in
an Urban County program are not independently eligible applicants.
Non-entitlement public entities in 49 states and Puerto Rico
are eligible to participate in the Section 108 and BEDI programs,
with assistance of the state’s or commonwealth’s
pledge of CDBG allocations.
Description: BEDI is designed to help local governments redevelop
brownsfields, defined as abandoned, idled, or underutilized
real property, including industrial and commercial facilities,
where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by the presence
or potential presence of environmental contamination. BEDI
funds must be used as the stimulus for local governments and/or
private sector parties to commence redevelopment or continue
phased redevelopment efforts of brownfields sites where contamination
is present or potentially present and a redevelopment plan
exists. HUD desires to see BEDI and Section 108 funds used
to finance projects and activities that involve investment
in the brownfields site by an identified private sector party
that will provide near-term results and measurable economic
benefits, such as job creation and increases in the local tax
base.
Application Information: FON: FR-5142-N-01; CFDA 14.246 http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp Full announcement can be viewed on Grants.gov website by using
CFDA or FON numbers above: http://www07.grants.gov/search/basic.do For assistance with program related
questions, please contact David Kaminsky, Office of Economic
Development; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 7140;
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402–4612 (this
is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech challenged persons
may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877–8339
(this is a toll-free number)
Deadline: December 24, 2007
Family Professional Partnerships/CSHCN-Family Opportunity
Act "Family To Family Health Care Information and Education
Centers for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs" (Repeat)
Funding Source: Health Resources & Services Administration
Funding Amount: Expected Number of Awards:11; Estimated Total
Program Funding:$1,000,000 ; Award Floor:$95,700
Eligibility: Any public or private entity, including an Indian
tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at
25 U.S.C. 450b), faith based and community based organization
are eligible to apply for this federal funding opportunity
that can document previous experience to address and fulfill
review criteria in guidance. As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3
(a), any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe
or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C.
450b), faith based and community based organization are eligible
to apply for this federal funding opportunity that can document
previous experience to address and fulfill review criteria
in guidance.
Description: The purpose of this initiative is to reduce barriers
to community living for people with disabilities and to address
families' lack of access to the services, advocacy and assistance
they need as mandated in The Family Opportunity Act of 2005.
This initiative ultimately will assist families so that: "Families
of children with special health care needs will partner in
decision-making at all levels". Grants will fund state-wide,
family-run centers providing information, education, technical
assistance and peer support to families of CYSHCN. They will
be responsible for developing partnerships with those organizations
serving these children and their families and monitor the progress
of programs with responsibility for payment and direct services
of this population through a statewide data collection system.
Specifically, Congress has required that these centers will:
1) Assist families of CSHCN make informed choices about health
care in order to promote good treatment decisions, cost effectiveness
and improved health outcomes; 2) Provide information regarding
the health care needs of and resources available for CSHCN;
3) Identify successful health delivery models; 4) Develop with
representatives of health care providers, managed care organization,
health car purchasers, and appropriate State agencies, a model
for collaboration between families of CSHCN and health professionals;
5) Provide training and guidance regarding the care of CSHCN;
6) Conduct outreach activities to families, health professionals,
schools and other appropriate entities; and 7) Be staffed by
such families who have expertise in Federal and State public
and private health care systems and health providers. Core
values across all MCHB programs include family-centered care,
family/professional partnerships and cultural and linguistic
competence. These MUST be adequately integrated throughout
project policies and activities. MCHB will also require additional
data and technical assistance. Review criteria for all of these
issues will be described in the guidance.
Application Information: Funding Opportunity Number:HRSA-08-048
CFDA Number:93.110 Although a Letter/Email of Intent is not
required, it is to all applicants' advantage to send one so
that MCHB can send notification of technical assistance calls.
Link to Full Announcement https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=7276E71F-B1C6-4BFA-A18C-4C4C0F276AE3 Contact: Diana Denboba at DDenboba@hrsa.gov: 301-443-9332/
2372
Deadline: December 18, 2007
Solid Waste Management Grant Program (Repeat)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Funding Amount: Expected Number of Awards:70 Estimated Total
Program Funding:
$3,500,000
Eligibility: An organization is eligible to receive a SWM grant
if it is a private, non-profit organization that has tax-exempt
status from the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS);
a Public body; a federally acknowledged or State-recognized
Native American tribe or group; an Academic institution; legally
established and located within one of the following: • a
state within the United States • the District of Columbia • the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico • a United States territory
;has the legal capacity and authority to carry out the grant
purpose; has a proven record of successfully providing technical
assistance and/or training to rural areas; has capitalization
acceptable to the Agency, and is composed of at least 51 percent
of the outstanding interest or membership being citizens of
the United States or individuals who reside in the United States
after being legally admitted for permanent residence; has no
delinquent debt to the Federal Government or no outstanding
judgments to repay a Federal debt; demonstrates that it possesses
the financial, technical, and managerial capability to comply
with Federal and State laws and requirements; contracts with
a nonaffiliated organization for not more than 49 percent of
the grant to provide the proposed assistance.
Description: Qualified organizations will receive SWM grant
funds to reduce or eliminate pollution of water resources in
rural areas, and improve planning and management of solid waste
sites in rural areas. Funds may be used to: Evaluate current
landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources
in rural areas; provide technical assistance and/or training
to enhance operator skills in the maintenance and operation
of active landfills in rural areas; provide technical assistance
and/or training to help associations reduce the solid waste
stream; and provide technical assistance and/or training for
operators of landfills in rural areas which are closed or will
be closed in the near future with the development/implementation
of closure plans, future land use plans, safety and maintenance
planning, and closure scheduling within permit requirements.
Grant funds may not be used to: Recruit preapplications/applications
for any loan and/or grant program including RUS Water and Waste
Disposal Loan and/or Grant Program; duplication of current
services, replacement or substitution of support previously
provided such as those performed by an association's consultant
in developing a project; fund political activities; pay for
capital assets, the purchase of real estate or vehicles, improve
and renovate office space, or repair and maintain privately-owned
property; pay for construction or operation and maintenance
costs of water and waste facilities; and pay costs incurred
prior to the effective date of grants made under this subpart.
Application Information: FON: RDUP-SWMGRANT-100207; CFDA: 10.762
Link to Full Announcement http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm
Deadline: December 31, 2007
Technical Assistance and Training Grant For Water and Waste
Disposal (Repeat)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Funding Amount: Expected Number of Awards: 17 ;Estimated Total
Program Funding:
$17,000,000
Eligibility: Eligibility criteria for TAT grants is as follows:
(a) Entities eligible for grants must be private nonprofit
organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal
Revenue Service. A nonprofit organization is defined as any
corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization
that: (1) Is operated primarily for scientific, education,
service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest.
(2) Is not organized primarily for profit. (3) Uses its net
proceeds to maintain, improve, and/or expand its operations.
(b) Entities must be legally established and located within
a state as defined in § 1775.2. (c) Organizations must
be incorporated by December 31 of the year the application
period occurs to be eligible for funds. (d) Private businesses,
Federal agencies, public bodies, and individuals are ineligible
for these grants. (e) Applicants must also have the proven
ability, background, experience (as evidenced by the organization’s
satisfactory completion of project(s)similar to those proposed),
legal authority, and actual capacity to provide technical assistance
and/or training on a regional basis to associations as provided
in § 1775.33. To meet the requirement of actual capacity,
an applicant must either: (1) Have the necessary resources
to provide technical assistance and/or training to associations
in rural areas through its staff, or (2) Be assisted by an
affiliate or member organization which has such background
and experience and which agrees, in writing, that it will provide
the assistance, or (3) Contract with a nonaffiliated organization
for not more than 49 percent of the grant to provide the proposed
assistance.
Description: The objectives of the Technical Assistance and
Training Grants are to: - Identify and evaluate solutions to
water and waste disposal problems in rural areas. - Assist
applicants in preparing applications for water and waste grants
made at the State level offices. - Improve operation and maintenance
of existing water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing
technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to identify and
evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage,
treatment, and distribution, and to waste disposal problems
relating to collection, treatment, and disposal; assist applicants
that have filed a preapplication with RUS in the preparation
of water and/or waste disposal loan and/or grant applications;
and to provide training that will improve the management, operation
and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant
funds may not be used to recruit applications, duplicate current
services such as those performed by a consultant in developing
a project, fund political activities, pay for capital assets,
purchase real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office
space or repair and maintain privately owned property, pay
construction or O&M costs, and pay costs incurred prior
to the effective date of grants made. (Note? Rural areas are
defined as any area not in a city or town with a population
in excess of 10,000, according to the latest decennial census
of the United States.)
Application Information: Funding Opportunity Number:RDUP-TAT-GRANT-100307-FY08;
CFDA Number:10.761 Link to announcement: http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/tatg.htm
Deadline: December 31, 2007
Health Careers Opportunity Program (Repeat)
Funding Source: Health Resources & Services Administration
Funding Amount: Awards: 4; Estimated Total Program Funding:
$3,728,065
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include schools of medicine,
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic,
podiatric medicine, public or non-profit private schools that
offer graduate programs in behavioral and mental health, programs
for the training of physician assistants, and other public
or private nonprofit health or educational entities, including
faith-based organizations and community-based organizations.
Eligible applicants include schools of medicine, osteopathic
medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry,
pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatric medicine,
public or non-profit private schools that offer graduate programs
in behavioral and mental health, programs for the training
of physician assistants, and other public or private nonprofit
health or educational entities, including faith-based organizations
and community-based organizations
Description: The goal of the Health Careers Opportunity Program
(HCOP) is to assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds
to undertake education to enter a health profession. The HCOP
program works to build diversity in the health fields by providing
students from disadvantaged backgrounds an opportunity to develop
the skills needed to successfully compete, enter and graduate
from health professions schools. The legislative purposes,
from which HCOP funds maybe awarded are: 1)identifying, recruiting
and selecting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for
education and training in a health profession; 2)facilitating
the entry of such individuals into such a school; 3)providing
counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist
such individuals to complete successfully their education at
such a school; 4) providing, for a period prior to the entry
of such individuals into the regular course of education at
such a school, preliminary education and health research training
designed to assist them to complete successfully such regular
course education at such a school, or referring such individuals
to institutions providing such preliminary education; 5)publicizing
existing sources of financial aid available to students in
the education program of such a school or who are undertaking
training necessary to qualify them to enroll in such a program;
6)paying scholarships, such as the Secretary may determine,
for such individuals for any period of health professions education
at a health professions school; 7)paying stipends for such
individuals for any period of education in student-enhancement
programs (other than regular courses), except that such a stipend
may not be provided to an individual for more than 12 months;
8)carrying out programs under which such individuals gain experience
regarding a career in a field of primary health care through
working at facilities of public or private nonprofit community-based
providers of primary health services; 9)conducting activities
to develop a larger and more competitive applicant pool through
partnerships with institutions of higher education, school
districts and other community-based entities
Application Information: FON: HRSA-08-057; CFDA: 93.822; Link
to announcement: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=0F10D7A7-5157-48BC-867B-F6B935D1E330
Deadline: February 22, 2008
New Access Points (NCP) for Delivery of Primary Health Care
Services (Repeat)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Bureau
of Primary Health Care
Funding Amount: 75 awards totaling $46,000,000; The HRSA has established an annual
cap of $650,000 for section 330 support of new access points. Applicants may
request Federal section 330 grant support up to $150,000 in Year 1 only for one-time
minor capital costs for equipment and/or alterations/renovations however, the
total request for section 330 support MUST NOT exceed the established annual
cap of $650,000 in Year 1, Year 2 or Year 3. Cost Sharing: Yes
Eligibility: Organizations eligible to compete include public or nonprofit private
entities, including tribal, faith-based and community-based organizations. All
applicants are expected to demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements
of section 330 of the PHS Act, the implementing regulations, and HRSA Program
Expectations. Applications may be submitted for consideration from new organizations
or organizations currently receiving funding under section 330. Faith-based and
community organizations are eligible to apply
Description: An important element of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s
commitment to improving and expanding access to needed primary health care services
is the support of new access points for the delivery of primary health care services
for the underserved through operational support under the Health Center Program
(i.e., Community Health Center (CHC), Migrant Health Center (MHC), Health Care
for the Homeless (HCH), and Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) Programs) authorized
under section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended This activity
is a key factor in the President's Health Centers Initiative, a multi-year plan
to strengthen the health care safety net by establishing or expanding health
centers in 1,200 of the Nation's neediest communities through Health Centers
funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. The purpose of this
activity is to support the establishment of new service delivery sites for medically
underserved populations to receive comprehensive primary and preventive health
care services. Through the Health Center Program, funded organizations will offer
access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and social services
(including mental health, substance abuse, and oral health care services) to
populations currently with limited or no access to such services. Federally funded
health centers may offer services to the general community; migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their families; homeless people, including children and families;
and/or public housing residents. All services must be provided to all persons
without regard to an individual's ability to pay. Each application for support
to establish a new access point must identify a population in need of primary
health care services and propose a specific plan to increase access to care and
reduce disparities identified in the population or community to be served.:
Application Information: FON: HRSA-08-077:NAP ;Link to announcement: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=2FABCACB-0300-46D3-958F-1BB9D021CA11
Guidance and Programmatic Contact: Preeti Kanodia, Public Health Analyst, Office
of Policy and Program Development, Telephone: 301/594-4300
Fax: 301/594-4997, preeti.kanodia@hrsa.hhs.gov. HRSA is requiring applicants
for this funding opportunity to apply electronically through Grants.gov, http://www.grants.gov/.
All applicants must submit in this manner unless the applicant is granted a written
exemption from this requirement in advance by the Director of HRSA’s Division
of Grants Policy. Applicants must request an exemption in writing from DGPWaivers@hrsa.gov,
and provide details as to why they are technologically unable to submit electronically
though the Grants.gov portal
Deadline: December 18, 2007
Advanced Education Nursing Grants (Repeat)
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;
Health Resources & Services Administration
Funding Amount: Awards: 48; Total Program Funding: $12,012,680
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are collegiate schools of
nursing, academic health centers, and other private or public
nonprofit entities accredited by a recognized body or bodies
or State agency, approved for the purpose of nursing education
by the Secretary of Education. A new program of nursing that
is not accredited at the time of submission of a grant application,
by reason of an insufficient period of operation, but eligible
for accreditation by a recognized body or bodies or State agency,
is eligible to apply for funding if the Secretary of Education
finds, after consultation with the appropriate accrediting
body or bodies, that there is reasonable assurance that the
program will meet the accreditation standards of such body
or bodies prior to the beginning of the academic year following
the normal graduation date of students of the first entering
class. Applicants that are “new programs” just
beginning the accreditation process and wish to establish eligibility
based on the provisions above should contact the Department
of Education, Accreditation and State Liaison Unit at 202-219-7011
for further guidance on securing the required determination
from the Secretary of Education.
Description: Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for
projects that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education
and practice. For the purpose of this section, advanced education
nurses means individuals trained in advanced degree programs
including individuals in combined RN to Master's degree programs,
post-nursing Master's certificate programs, or in the case
of nurse-midwives, in certificate programs in existence on
November 12, 1998, to serve as nurse practitioners, clinical
nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse
educators, nurse administrators or public health nurses.
Application Information: FON: HRSA-08-020; CFDA: 93.247 Link
to announcement: https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=630251B8-C169-4C2F-B427-AF544B2101B8
Deadline: December 14, 2007
Awards & Scholarships
Theodore E. Small Workforce Partnership Award
Funding Source: National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)
Funding Award: Awards will be presented at NAWB's Forum 2008
in Washington, D.C. Winners will be recognized at the Forum's
Award Luncheon on Monday, February 25, 2008. Awardees also
will be invited to special events during the Forum and will
be further recognized for their achievement through selected
NAWB publications and a variety of media.
Eligibility: Workforce Investment Boards that are current NAWB
members and engaged in innovative, demand-driven, strategic
partnerships in their communities are eligible to submit nominations.
Description: The Theodore E. Small Workforce Partnership Award
honors innovative business-led community partnerships developed
by Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs). Sample functioning partnerships
convened by the WIB are
Business Services - Partnerships that have created more effective
business services, including employer-based training, human
resource solutions, and sector strategies.
WIBs Taking the Lead - Partnerships that engage and leverage
the resources of community colleges, economic development agencies,
and other partners to create real solutions for a community’s
workforce issues.
Untapped Labor Pools - Partnerships that create, strengthen,
and connect untapped labor pipelines, such as youth, mature
workers, veterans, individuals with disabilities, migrant workers,
etc., to the mainstream labor market.
Entrepreneurial Endeavors - Partnerships that innovatively
combine partner workforce services and industry that generate
revenue and/or position the WIB as the community leader for
workforce solutions.
Application Information: Application will address• An
overview of the nominated partnership - who are the partners,
what are the objectives of the partnership, how have the partners
contributed? • Services offered to both employers and
job seekers as a result of the partnership.• Accomplishments
and positive impacts on the community. Visit the Forum Awards
web page at www.nawb.org/forum/awards.html for full details
and to submit your nomination. Nominations are due via our
online application. View brochure for additional information:
http://www.nawb.org/forum/forum2008cfnawardbrochure.pdf
For questions contact: Patrick Cassidy, Email: cassidyp@nawb.org,
Phone: 703-778-7900 ext. 116
Deadline: December 7, 2007
2007 One-Stop Center Workforce Development Awards for Excellence
Funding Source: National Workforce Association
Funding Award:
Eligibility: Any entity designed to perform services as a local
area One-Stop Center in the nation’s workforce development
system; or any leader of a local area One-Stop System in the
nation’s workforce development system, may participate.
All nominating applications must have the signature of both
the local elected official and the Workforce Investment Board
chair.
Description: The National Workforce Association (NWA) will
present its awards for excellence in workforce development
this year in four categories:
•
To an exemplary urban One-Stop System that is responsible for
developing and
achieving the nation’s workforce goals within a local
area.• To an exemplary rural One-Stop System that is
responsible for developing and achieving the nation’s
workforce goals within a local area. • To an Executive
Director that is responsible for developing and achieving the
nation’s workforce goals within a local area. • To
a region employing innovative strategies in the delivery of
business services to the employer customer.
Application Information: Link to website at http://www.nwaonline.org/Events.asp or announcement at: http://www.nwaonline.org/siteassets/documents/AwardNom07JDS.pdf The completed Application and supporting statement should be
mailed to: National Workforce Association, 810 First Street,
N.E., Suite 525, Washington, DC 20002, Attn: Orrin Bailey,
Award Committee Chairman. Please also send your completed application
to the NWA staff at info@nwaonline.org
Deadline: November 9, 2007
Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award
Funding Source: Presented by the National Center for Family
Literacy and Toyota
Funding Award: The educator selected as the 2008 Toyota Family
Literacy Teacher of the Year will receive a $5,000 award for
his/her program, courtesy of Toyota. He/she also will receive
a trip to the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy
in Louisville, Kentucky, March 30-April 1, 2008. Several finalists
will be selected for the 2008 Award. Each will receive a $500
scholarship.
Eligibility: Toyota Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award
is given to educators who demonstrate exemplary efforts to
help parents and children achieve their academic and non-academic
goals. Nominations must be submitted by the program director
or coordinator — someone who is familiar with the nominated
educator's work with children, adult learners, and the community.
Description: Programs may nominate educators who strive to
help families improve their literacy skills through children's
education, adult education, ESL services, parenting education,
and/or other educational services provided to families. Nominations
should emphasize how the nominated educator supports intergenerational
learning. Nominating programs may be publicly or privately
funded (or a combination) and may serve families through community-based
sites, school-based sites, libraries, or other service settings.
Application Information: Submit application online. Link to
website to view application guidelines and access nomination
form: http://www.famlit.org/site/c.gtJWJdMQIsE/b.2014417/k.CBF7/
Toyota_Family_Literacy_Teacher_of_the_Year_Award.htm . Additional information on Toyota’s commitment to improving
education nationwide is available at www.toyota.com/about/community/education/
Deadline: December 5, 2007
2008 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's Tylenol National Child
Care Teacher Awards
Funding Source: The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation
Funding Award: Award recipients will receive $1000 -- $500
as a stipend to acknowledge each child care teacher’s
special dedication and $500 to fund the classroom enhancement
project they each designed. The award recipients will be honored
at a special ceremony on April 9, 2008 in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania. Transportation and housing are provided at no
cost to the recipients
Eligibility: Child care teachers from all 50 states and the
District of Columbia are invited to apply. Fifty teachers are
selected for their commitment and dedication to the children
they serve. Of the top ten recipients, one is selected to receive
the Helene Marks Award. Applicants must be teachers of infant,
toddler, or preschool age children, and must be employed in
a home, group, or center-based program that is fully compliant
with local and state regulations for operating child care programs.
For more on eligibility requirements view 2008 application
guidelines on website.
Description: To acknowledge the critical role of child care
teachers in providing quality early care and education. As
part of the application process, each applicant is asked to
design an enhancement project for the children in their classroom
illustrating the educational, social, and emotional benefits
from the project.
Application Information: Visit website for more information
and download 2008 application http://www.tllccf.org/pr_nccta.php or view application PDF file: http://www.tllccf.org/documents/2008WEBDownloadApplication.pdf
Deadline: December 7, 2007
Recycling Awards
Funding Source: American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
Funding Award: AF&PA Recycling Award winners will be flown
to New York City to receive a monetary prize and a piece of
original paper art during AF&PA’s 131st Annual Paper
Week. In addition, winners will be featured in national and
local media outlets and on www.paperrecycles.org.
Eligibility: 2008 AF&PA will recognize a business, a community,
a school (K-12), and a college or university.
Description: The AF&PA Recycling Awards are part of the
industry’s efforts to increase paper recovery. The Award
is to encourage and recognize outstanding programs that promote
the recovery of high quality paper for recycling.
Application Information: To submit an entry, access the online
entry form for the appropriate category at https://paperrecyclingawards.org/ . Questions regarding the entry process, please contact rashida_holmes@afandpa.org.
Deadline: January 31, 2008
2007 Photoshop User Awards
Funding Source: The National Association of Photoshop Professionals
(NAPP)
Funding Award: The winner in each category will receive
a special prize package valued at $2,500, and the winning
image in each
category will appear in a special issue of Photoshop User
magazine. The Best of Show Grand Prize winner will be sent
by Photoshop
User magazine on a dream assignment to Maui, Hawaii. Photoshop
User will provide roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations,
hotel transfers and daily expenses for the Grand Prize winner,
whose work will appear on a future cover of Photoshop User
magazine. Grand Prize winner will be sent to Maui, Hawaii
on an all-expense paid, five-day trip courtesy of Photoshop
User
magazine.
Eligibility: The competition is open to any and all Adobe
Photoshop users, at any skill level,
Description: Contestants may submit a maximum of three pieces
for consideration in any of the following categories (may
not exceed three image submission total). General Photography,
Illustration, Artistic, Photo Restoration, Wedding and Portrait,
Landscape and Travel, Photo Retouching, Advertising Design,
Composites and Collages, Student Work, General Photoshop
Design.
The Entry Fee is $35.00 (U.S. Dollars) per piece, and you
may enter a total of up to three pieces. NAPP members may
enter
up to three pieces at $25.00 per piece.
Application Information: Images submitted for judging must
have been created between January 1, 2007 and December 31,
2007. Third party plug-ins and other applications may be
used to create your artwork, but the primary tool for the
creation
of your entry must be Adobe Photoshop. For more contest rules
and the official entry form, visit http://www.photoshopuserawards.com/
Deadline: December 31, 2007
Foundation/Organization
Grants:
Veteran Entrepreneur Support Grants (Repeat)
Funding Source: The Veterans Corporation
Funding Amount: Up to $50,000
Eligibility: Applicants for funding must be United States
501(c)(3) organizations or other organizations identified
as tax-exempt
by the IRS
Description: This initiative will support educational projects
and organizations that address the entrepreneurial needs
of Veterans, including Service-Disabled Veterans and members
of
the National Guard and reserve forces, who are starting or
growing small businesses or preparing a business for deployment.
Organizations may apply for general program grants in two
program categories (education and outreach). Visit http://www.veteranscorp.org/developmentgrants/main_programs.html for more information.
Application Information: Visit http://www.veteranscorp.org/developmentgrants/guidelines_submission.html for application guidelines, forms and submission information.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Patrick Bowers
at (202) 449-4687. or by email at pbowers@veteranscorp.org.
Deadline: Open
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