Grant Alerts

VOLUME 20, NO. 9

ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH UNIT

SEPTEMBER 2012

Environmental Education Regional Grants (CFDA No. 66.951) Purpose: To support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. Eligibility: Any local education agency, college or university; state education or environmental agency; nonprofit organization; and noncommercial educational broadcasting entity. Funding: $2.1 million. Deadline: 11/21/12. Contact: E-mail: eegrants@epa.gov. National Science Foundation Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellows (CFDA Nos. 47.041, 47.049, 47.050, 47.070, 47.074, 47.075, 47.076, 47.078, 47.079, 47.080, and 47.081) Purpose: To advance science, engineering, and education to inform the societal actions needed for environmental and economic sustainability and human well-being while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges; and to facilitate investigations that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and address issues of sustainability through a systems approach, building bridges between academic inquiry, economic growth, and societal needs. Eligibility: Nonprofit, non-academic organizations such as independent museums; observatories; research labs; professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities; universities and colleges; two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges); individuals who are unaffiliated or who are affiliated with forprofit organizations; state or local governments or federal agencies. Funding: $7 million. Deadline: 11/26/12. Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.

Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) FY 2012 Training and Technical Assistance to Support Grantee Reporting (CFDA No. 16.526) Purpose: To review, clean, and analyze data collected from the progress reports, maintain a database of information from the progress reports, and develop and implement innovative processes so that this information is more accessible and useful to OVW and its grantees as well as provide ongoing training and technical assistance to OVW grantees on collecting data to assess their own performance and meeting the progress reporting form requirements. Eligibility: Public and state controlled institutions of higher education, and nonprofits. Funding: $2.5 million. Deadline: 10/15/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 307-0344; E-mail: Christina.murray@usdoj.gov. Office of Violence Against Women FY 2012 Consolidated Grant and Technical Assistance Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA No. 16.888) Purpose: To increase collaboration among non-profit victim service providers; violence prevention and child- and youth-serving organizations; organizations and programs that support mens role in combating violence against women and girls; schools; and tribal and local government agencies.

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Eligibility: County, city, or township governments; Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofits. Funding: $10 million. Deadline: 10/24/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 353-9167; E-mail: latinisha.lewis@usdoj.gov. Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program (CFDA No. 93.912) Purpose: To promote the development of integrated healthcare networks in order to achieve efficiencies; expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential health care services; and strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. Eligibility: Rural, nonprofit or public entity that represents a consortium/network of three or more health care providers.

Funding: $1.27 million. Deadline: 10/15/12. Contact: Tel. (877) 464-4772; E-mail: callcenter@hrsa.gov. Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (CFDA No. 45.149) Purpose: To help cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Eligibility: State, county, city, township, or special district governments; private, public, and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal organizations; and nonprofits. Funding: $350,000.

Deadline: 12/4/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 606-8570; E-mail: preservation@neh.gov. Value Added Producer Grant Program (CFDA No. 10.352) Purpose: To help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and/or marketing of bio-based value-added products; generate new products; create and expand marketing opportunities; and increase producer income. Eligibility: Independent producer, agricultural producer group, farmer or rancher cooperative, or a majority controlled produced-based business. Funding: $14 million. Deadline: 10/15/12. Contact: Tel. (202) 720-8460; E-mail: cpgrants@wdc.usda.gov.