HUD Rural Housing and Economic Development Program CFDA 14.250

The purpose of the Rural Housing and Economic Development program is to provide support for innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. The funds made available under this program will be awarded competitively through a selection process conducted by HUD in accordance with the HUD Reform Act. Funding Award Amount. HUD will award up to approximately $26,000,000 on a competitive basis in the following categories: Category (1) Support for Innovative Housing and Economic Development Activities; Category (2) Economic Development and Entrepreneurship for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes; and Category (3) Technical Assistance to Increase Capacity through Training and Outreach Activities for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. Applications are due by May 29, 2009.


HUD will accept only one application from any given organization. (Note that if the organization is a federally recognized Indian tribe, it must specify in the abstract (see IV.B.1.b. Application Items), which funding category, (1) or (2) for which the tribe is applying.

Category 1 Support for Innovative Housing and Economic Development Activities. HUD will award up to approximately $17 million to federally recognized Indian tribes, state housing finance agencies (HFAs), state community and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofit organizations, and community development corporations to support innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. The maximum amount awarded to a successful applicant will be $300,000. (See Section V for the Rating Factors for this category.)

Category 2 Economic Development and Entrepreneurship for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. HUD will award up to approximately $8 million to federally recognized Indian tribes to promote economic development and entrepreneurship through activities including the capitalization of revolving loan programs and business planning and development. The maximum amount awarded to successful applicant will be $300,000. (See Section V for the Rating Factors for this category.)

Category 3 Technical Assistance to Increase Capacity through Training and Outreach Activities for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. HUD will award up to approximately $1 million to a technical assistance provider to increase the capacity of Federally Recognized Indian tribes through training and outreach activities. (See Section VIII for the Rating Factors for this category.)

Eligible Grantees
Eligible applicants are local rural non-profits, community development corporations (CDCs), federally recognized Indian tribes, state housing finance agencies (HFAs), and state community and/or economic development agencies.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5300-N-04
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 29, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 29, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 29, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 29, 2009
Archive Date: May 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Housing
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Support for innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $26,000,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 14.250 -- Rural Housing and Economic Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Rural Housing and Economic Development website

List of 2008 Grant Recipients
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NPS/DOT The Park Roads and Parkways Program CFDA 20.205

The principal purpose of this project is to establish an agreement with a non-profit organization to cooperatively support NPS efforts to move towards a multi-modal approach to transportation, closely coordinated and in cooperation with state and local governments and other Federal land management agencies. This activity is authorized by federal surface transportation laws enabling the Park Service’s Federal Lands Highway Park Roads and Parkways (FLHP PRP) program. Applications are due by June 30, 2009, 5:00 pm, MST.


The Park Roads and Parkways Program, which is jointly administered by the Federal Highway Administration, USDOT, to create and maintain park roads, parkways and bridges that provide visitor access and protection of natural, historic, and cultural resources, must maintain and likely increase its capacity and expand its outreach efforts. • The NPS wishes to assist the various units of the agency to effectively and efficiently take part in the opportunities provided by the Federal transportation legislation, as well as fulfilling the requirements of this legislation related to coordination and outreach, planning, and safety.

To accomplish this purpose the NPS units need to understand the processes and tools which allow them to work cooperatively with state and local transportation and planning agencies, and the associated stakeholder groups, on a wide range of ongoing and complex transportation issues and projects. • The primary purpose of the FLHP is to provide funding for a coordinated program of public roads that serve public safety needs, design and planning of transportation facilities and services in the National Parks. The FLHP PRP is administered through partnerships and interagency agreements between the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration Office of Federal Lands Highway. The program continually improves public transportation access and safety to and through the parks by providing balanced, safe, and innovative roadways that blend into or enhance the existing environment; and by providing services to outside communities.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• To substantially collaborate with the Federal Lands Highway Park Roads and Parkways program in the provision of public safety activities outside the park mission with other agencies including States and local communities.
• To be substantially involved with the Park Roads and Parkways program in developing a program involving cooperative efforts in national planning, design and implementation of programs related to transportation policy, reauthorization of surface transportation laws and expanding opportunities for multi-modal (including non-motorized modes) transportation within and connecting to the national parks.
• To provide the NPS with information on details related to national policy, guidance and effectuation of various transportation programs including guidance on transportation policy and planning processes mandated and coordinated by outside agencies.
• To provide the NPS with guidance on the development and implementation of education and training for NPS and Federal Highway staff such as program handbooks and assist the NPS in the development of approaches to cooperative activities with State and local agencies and outreach with local communities.

• Joint (NPS and Partner Organization) Program Objectives • To substantially cooperate to the fullest extent possible to assure that the efforts of each party are coordinated and result in the fulfillment of the principal purpose of this agreement. • To substantially participate and collaborate in the management and performance of the scope of work by reviewing and approving one stage before approving the next stage of work and to be substantially involved in the direction of work as related to other projects. • To consider jointly a range of program activities designed to identify, expand and enhance public transportation opportunities and safety related activities of the NPS. • To develop specific task agreements and plans for program development, educational and outreach activities relating to preserving and protecting resources of the NPS while providing safe and enjoyable transportation access by using sustainable, appropriate, and integrated solutions.

Applicants are held responsible for their proposals being submitted to the National Park Service. Applications must be received by close of business, Tuesday 06/30/2009, by 5:00 PM (MST). You are encouraged to submit your application well before the deadline. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OR CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. If it is determined that a proposal will not be considered due to lateness, the applicant will be notified. Application preparation time may take several weeks. Please start the application process as soon as possible. •

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BY THE DUE DATE, BY MAIL, FEDEX, UPS, ETC., TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: • National Park Service • Washington Contracting Office • 7333 W. Jefferson Avenue • Suite 100 • Denver, CO 80235 • Attn: Elizabeth Walden - Funding Opportunity Announcement – NPS-09WASO-00002

APPLICATION PACKAGE • The APPLICATION PACKAGE for this announcement is contained in Appendix C of the full announcement. The required forms for this Funding Opportunity Announcement include: • SF 424 (Application for Financial Assistance), • SF 424 A (Budget Information), and • DI 2010 (Assurances). • Please note: The application package page count does not count against the 10 page limit of your proposal.

• ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
Non-Profit Organizations Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code exempts payment of federal income taxes for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational organizations. It is the most commonly used section in the IRS code granting tax exemption. Unless a non-profit corporation files a 501(c) (3) application with the IRS, it will not be exempt from paying federal income taxes. • AGENCY NAME • National Park Service – WASO (Washington Contracting Office)

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-09WASO-00002
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 28, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 28, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Highway Planning and Construction
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 20.205 -- Highway Planning and Construction
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Full Announcement NPS-09WASO-00002
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Grants.gov -- Alternate Systems to Process Grant Applications

Due to the expected increase in system activity resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has authorized steps to alleviate system strain and quickly increase system capacity. As part of this strategy, select programs may choose to use alternate systems to process grant applications during this heightened period of demand. As a result, once you have identified your grant opportunity, be sure to carefully read the instructions to ensure you are following proper submission procedures for that program, even if you have applied before.


Note that Grants.gov will still be the one place to find all available Federal grant opportunities. All opportunities posted on Grants.gov will include specific application instructions, including as appropriate, instructions for submitting applications outside of Grants.gov.

The following agencies will be accepting some or all applications outside of Grants.gov – National Park Service (NPS) SAT Grants, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Education (D0ED) Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Air and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF.) Please place close attention to the grant announcements and application instructions for these agencies. Applicants for grant announcements offered by agencies using alternate systems should note that the Grants.gov Contact Center can not address questions or issues relating to an alternate processing system. For assistance, applicants for these announcements should contact the designated official specified in the grant announcement and application instructions for the agency issuing the opportunity.
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USDA Community Connect Broadband Program Grant CFDA 10.863

The Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program is designed to provide financial assistance to furnish broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where such service does not currently exist. Grant funds may be utilized to deploy broadband transmission service to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses and to construct, acquire, or expand, equip, and operate a community center that provides free access to broadband services to community residents for at least two years. Grants will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to entities serving communities of up to 20,000 inhabitants to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of telecommunications service as are available in urban and suburban communities. Applications are due by June 19, 2009.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: RDRUS-09-01-CC
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 20, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 20, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 19, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 19, 2009
Archive Date: Jun 20, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding: $13,406,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number(s): 10.863 -- Community Connect Grant Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Eligible Applicants
State governments County governments City or township governments Special district governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Small businesses

http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm

GRANT AWARDS BY YEAR - Grant Summaries

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U.S. Forest Service: Urban and Community Forestry National Grant Program - 2009 Special Focus Grant: Outreach CFDA 10.675

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (Council) serves to advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the status of the nation’s urban and community forests. The Council seeks to establish sustainable urban and community forests, by encouraging communities of all sizes to manage and protect their natural resources. Well managed urban forests provide critical environmental services that can improve the public’s health, and well being; economic viability and restore functioning environmental systems for people today and future generations. Through the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry competitive Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program, the Council only supports urban and community forestry projects that have national or multi-state, significance in their impact or application. Applications are due by June 5, 2009.


A listing of the previously funded projects can be viewed at http://www.treelink.org/nucfac/ OR www.fs.fed.us/ucf/nucfac Definition of Urban and Community Forestry: The art, science, and technology of managing trees, forests, and natural systems in and around cities, suburbs, and towns for the health and well-being of all people. Outreach Grant Category: This special focus grant will focus on funding up to $100,000 for projects that provide scholarships to non traditional / underserved participants.

Goal: Support and encourage the expansion of partnerships with non-traditional partners by providing broad, sustained educational opportunities with urban and community forestry issues.

Priority: Increase and strengthen urban forestry collaboration and partnerships by engaging non-traditional partners, individuals and organizations that have an important stake in urban forestry, but may not be involved in day-to-day community forest management. This is to be a sustained educational experience that will broaden their investment and participation in urban and community forestry beyond the scholarship sponsored event.

Description: NUCFAC recognizes the importance of engaging a broader, larger and more diverse group of constituencies in urban and community forestry programs and education. For the purposes of this Request for Proposals (RFP), the Council is interpreting non-traditional partners as minority and underserved populations, representatives of professional perspectives whose work impacts urban and community forestry, but may not be consistently represented in urban and community forestry educational opportunities and policy discussions.

Eligible Applicant Examples Include But Are Not Limited To: Educators, green industry professionals outside of arboriculture and forestry, public health professionals, public works professionals, local government representatives and other professions that have an impact on urban and community forestry. Conference hosts organizations may apply for scholarships for non-traditional partners to attend urban forestry conferences or other appropriate training opportunities. Organizations are also encouraged to apply for funding to engage non-traditional partners in educational opportunities presented by other organizations.

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: Any non-Federal organization, operating within the United States or its territories, may apply for the Challenge Cost-Share grant. Collaboration with Federal agencies is encouraged; however, a Federal agency may not receive funding through this grant program. (Conflict of interest issues will be addressed appropriately.) Individuals are not eligible. Note: Projects that have only a local impact and applicability will not be considered for funding. Urban and community forestry projects with a local scope of work should contact their State Urban and Community Forestry Coordinator for assistance in identifying funding alternatives at the local level. The list of State Coordinators may be found at the following website: http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/Related_Links/UCF_State_coordinators.htm.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-FS-UCF-01-2009
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 25, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 25, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 05, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 05, 2009
Archive Date: Jul 05, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Environment
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 5
Estimated Total Program Funding: $100,000
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Award Floor: $1
CFDA Number(s): 10.675 -- Urban and Community Forestry Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

National Urban and Community Forestry Website
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Partners in Preservation: The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express

Well these aren't federal funds but you can help give $1 million away! The National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express are giving away $1 million in preservation grants to historic places. Following our successful programs in San Francisco, Chicago and New Orleans, Greater Boston is the chosen locale for 2009, with 25 historic places reflecting the region’s rich and diverse cultural heritage competing for grants. Online voting lasts from April 14 through May 17, 2009. To see and vote for the 25 historic places competing this year visit http://www.partnersinpreservation.com/boston. >>Read more >>

USDA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Rural Business Enterprise Grants CFDA 10.783

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Bill) provides $20 million for the Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program (RBEG), subject to the availability of funds. The purpose of the RBEG program is to finance and facilitate development of small and emerging rural businesses, provide financial assistance for rural distance learning networks, and fund adult education programs--particularly those projects providing job advancement or potential employment opportunities. To access the full Recovery Fund announcement, use the USDA website: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/arra/recovery-program.htm Applications submitted for ARRA funding may be submitted to the USDA Rural Development State Office until funds are depleted or until a date to be published in Fiscal Year 2010, whichever occurs earlier.

To request application materials under this authority, please contact your local Rural Development Office for assistance. Grant award decisions are initially made at the State level. Projects not able to obtain funding through Rural Development State Offices may be submitted for national competition. RD Office Locater

Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:
CFDA #10.783 - RBE grants may be made to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations serving rural areas. Public bodies include States, counties, cities, townships, and incorporated town and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts, and Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations and other Federally recognized Indian Tribal groups in rural areas.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 02-2009
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 11, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 11, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 19, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 19, 2009
Archive Date: Apr 18, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 300
Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/arra/recovery-program.htm

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/RBEG%20Notice.doc

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NEH Summer Stipends CFDA 45.160

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Applications are due by October 1, 2009.


Summer Stipends may not be used for: research for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program; specific policy studies or educational or technical impact assessments; the preparation or publication of textbooks; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; inventories of collections; works in the creative or performing arts (e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.); projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or projects that advocate a particular program of social action.

NEH Summer Stipends Full Announcement

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20091001-FT
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 15, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 15, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 01, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 01, 2009
Archive Date: Oct 31, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 75
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $6,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.160 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Fellowships and Stipends
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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HHS Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) CFDA 93.593

The Office of Community Services' (OCS) Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program supports business development and expansion opportunities, including micro-enterprise and self-employment opportunities, in an effort to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. Grantees may provide technical and financial assistance to private employers in low-income communities in order to create sustainable employment and business opportunities. Funded projects should focus on one of the following three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects. A minimum of 20 percent of the JOLI funds must be allotted to direct financial assistance to program participants for creating or expanding a business. Applications are due by May 8, 2009, no later than 4:30 pm, eastern time.


Grantees must ensure that TANF recipients and other low-income individuals are recruited to participate in business development and expansion activities, and to fill positions created under the program. The program must help TANF recipients and other low-income individuals overcome personal or community barriers, and ensure that the businesses and jobs remain viable for at least six months after the end of the grant. For JOLI grants, low-income individuals are defined as those living in households with incomes at or below poverty, as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Guidelines on Poverty, found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/index.shtml. In addition to a well-planned and viable strategy for business creation or expansion, applicants must have in place: (1) needed management, staff, and other resources, (2) written commitments from third-party partners, (3) evidence of site control, and (4) referral sources to identify low-income individuals to fill the positions.

JOLI projects must focus on one of three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects. While proposed projects may involve more than one of these program strategies, the most successful projects typically focus on only one. In all cases, the end result of the JOLI-funded activity must be the creation of new, full-time, full-year jobs for TANF recipients or other low-income individuals.

Program Strategy 1: New Business Ventures involves, developing a new business that will train and employ TANF recipients or other low-income individuals to work within that business.

Program Strategy 2: Business Expansion, involves providing technical and financial assistance to businesses already in existence. The assistance should allow the businesses to expand, for example by helping them obtain better marketing services, contracts, or access to funds needed to help the business grow.

Program Strategy 3: Self-employment/Micro-enterprise projects, involves projects that create self-employment/micro-enterprise opportunities for eligible participants in industries that are expected to thrive in the target area, and will help participants become economically self-sufficient. Self-employment involves the creation of a sustainable business that is designed to employ a single individual such as home-based day care, graphic design, medical billings, sewing services, or secretarial services. Micro-enterprise involves the creation of a sustainable business that is designed to hire one to four or more individuals, such as a cleaning business that will create more than one job. Under this strategy, OCS does not consider a job to be created or sustainable until enough contracts and subcontracts have been committed to provide sufficient cash flow to support one or more full-time jobs, including the self-employed person or the Micro-enterprise owner, for a minimum of 12 months.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2009-ACF-OCS-EO-0011
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 09, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 09, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 08, 2009 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
Archive Date: Jun 07, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social Services
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 11
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,838,000
Award Ceiling: $475,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 93.593 -- Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2009-ACF-OCS-EO-0011.html
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NEA Access to Artistic Excellence FY2010, Deadline 2 CFDA 45.024

An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY2010 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants, Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth.The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after June 1, 2010. Under these guidelines, funding is available for projects only. A project may consist of one or more specific events or activities; it may be a part of an applicant's regular season or activities. Applications are due by August 13, 2009.


Organizations that undertake a single short-term project in a year --a ten-day jazz festival, for example -- could apply for that event, or they could identify certain components (such as the presentation of a key artist and the associated activities) as their project. Describe the activities for which Arts Endowment support is requested, and provide specific information on the artists, productions, venues, distribution plans, etc., that will be involved. Organizations may apply for any or all phases of a project, from its planning through its implementation. A project does not have to be new. Excellent existing projects can be just as competitive as new activities. Projects do not need to be large. The Arts Endowment welcomes small projects that can make a difference in a community or field.

Support is available to organizations for projects that do one or more of the following:
- Provide opportunities for artists to create, refine, perform, and exhibit their work. Present artistic works of all cultures and periods.
- Preserve significant works of art and cultural traditions. Enable arts organizations and artists to expand and diversify their audiences.
- Provide opportunities for individuals to experience and participate in a wide range of art forms and activities.
- Enhance the effectiveness of arts organizations and artists.
- Employ the arts in strengthening communities.

The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that extend the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. This is achieved in part through the use of Challenge America: Reaching Every Community funds.

Please note: Congress has prohibited the Arts Endowment from making direct grants to individuals except for Literature Fellowships, NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships, NEA National Heritage Fellowships in the Folk & Traditional Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors.

Stewardship
August 13, 2009, Application Deadline
June 1, 2010, Earliest Beginning Date for Arts Endowment Period of Support

Stewardship refers to projects that protect, share, or celebrate our collective design heritage. These include, among others:

-Historic preservation activities.
-The exhibition and publication of the design of the past.
-Education and outreach that bring established design practices to American communities.
-Conferences, symposia, and other gatherings that promote the heritage and conservation of design.
-Two panels meet each year, one in Innovation and one in Stewardship. Each area has its own application deadline as noted above. Given the possibility of overlap between the two areas, some applications may qualify for either deadline and panel.


Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2009NEA01AAE2
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 14, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 14, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 13, 2009 August 13, 2009, Application Deadline June 1, 2010, Earliest Beginning Date for Arts Endowment Period of Support
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 13, 2009 August 13, 2009, Application Deadline June 1, 2010, Earliest Beginning Date for Arts Endowment Period of Support
Archive Date: Sep 12, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $5,000
CFDA Number(s): 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes


NEA Web Site Posting Announcement
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USDA 2009 Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG) CFDA 10.773 (mod 3)

The Rural Development State Offices administer the RBOG program on behalf of USDA Rural Development at the State level. The primary objective of the program is to improve the economic conditions of rural areas. Assistance provided to rural areas under this program may include technical assistance for business development and economic development planning. To ensure that a broad range of communities have the opportunity to benefit from the program, no grant will exceed $50,000, unless it is a multi-State project where funds may not exceed $150,000. There is no match requirement. As indicated in the summary, these limits do not apply to specified funding for Native American, Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, and Rural Economic Area Partnerships. Applications are due by April 30, 2009 - this deadline was extended from Mar 30.


Who is eligible?
Rural public bodies, rural nonprofit corporations, rural Indian tribes, and cooperatives with primarily rural members that conduct activities for the mutual benefit of the membership are eligible provided they have sufficient financial strength and expertise to carry out the activity to be funded.

What types of projects are eligible?
The RBOG program is primarily a training and technical assistance program. Funds may be provided for development of export markets; feasibility studies; development of long term trade strategies; community economic development planning; business training and business based technical assistance for rural entrepreneurs and business managers; establishment of rural business incubators; and assistance with technology based economic development. The types of projects that may be funded might include identification/ analysis of business opportunities that will utilize local material and human resources; provision of leadership development training to existing or prospective rural entrepreneurs and managers; business support centers; centers for training, technology and export trade; and, economic development planning.

How to Apply
To apply for funding for the RBOG program, please contact your Rural Development State Office.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: RDBCP-2009-RBOG
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 18, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 31, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 30, 2009 The deadline for the receipt of applications in the Rural Development State Office is March 31, 2009. The RBOG appropriation for fiscal year 2009 provides specific funding for Native American, Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities and Rural Economic Area Partnership, and these applications must also be received in the Rural Development State Office by March 31, 2009. The Agency reserves the right to extend this application deadline. Any applications received after this date will not be considered for FY 2009 funding.
Archive Date: Apr 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Agriculture
Business and Commerce
Community Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 49
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,483,000
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number(s): 10.773 -- Rural Business Opportunity Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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BLM-UT-Monticello "More Kids in the Woods" CFDA 15.225

This opportunity is to promote and stimulate public purposes such as education, job training, productive community involvement, and furthering the understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources through the involvement of local youth and young adults in the care and enhancement of public resources. Reconnecting young people with the natural world is one of the key outcomes. Developing an environmental ethic and ethic of service are goals. Environmental values, based on Native traditions will be introduced and discussed. Participants in the program will be encouraged to share their traditional knowledge. Problem solving conversations will be initiated to gain an understanding of how much the participants know, what their experience with the natural world has been. Applications are due by April 30, 2009, 4:59 pm, Mountain Standard Time.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BLM-UT-NOI-09-0939
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 07, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 07, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 30, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 30, 2009
Archive Date: Apr 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $18,000
Award Ceiling: $18,000
Award Floor: $500
CFDA Number(s): 15.225 -- Recreation Resource Management
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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NEH Humanities Collections and Resources CFDA 45.149

The Humanities Collections and Reference Resources program supports projects that provide an essential foundation 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, electronic records, 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. Applications are due by July 15, 2009.


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 segment of humanists. Small and mid-sized institutions that have never received an NEH grant are especially encouraged to apply. Applications may be submitted for projects that include or combine the following activities: arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture; implementing preservation measures, such as basic rehousing, reformatting, deacidification, or conservation treatment; digitizing collections, or preserving and improving access to born-digital resources; developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject field or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials; creating encyclopedias; preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars (separate funding is available for endangered language projects in partnership with the National Science Foundation); developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographical information systems (GIS); and designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources. Applications may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or may involve collaboration. In all cases, projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products.

Awards range from $100,000 to a maximum of $350,000 for a two-year period. As part of this request, a maximum of $50,000 may be included to develop a plan for the long-term sustainability of the project. Applicants for Research and Development projects that focus on integrated access as noted above may request up to $500,000. Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright funds, federal matching funds, or a combination of the two, depending on the applicant's preference and the availability of NEH funds.

Cost Sharing
Cost sharing is not required. NEH, however, is rarely able to support the full costs of projects approved for funding. In most cases, NEH Humanities Collections and Resources grants cover no more than 50 to 67% of project costs. A 50% level is most likely to pertain in the case of projects that deal exclusively with the applicant’s own holdings.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20090715-PW
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 07, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 07, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 15, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 15, 2009
Archive Date: Aug 14, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 20
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $350,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.149 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html
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BLM UT Challenge Cost Share Program (NEW) FY 2009 CFDA 15.238

The Utah Challenge Cost Share (CCS) program is locally based and funds a variety of activities including the following: - Research, monitoring and inventory of resources (e.g., wildlife, fish, and plant populations and habitat, cultural or historical sites, recreation use or facilities such as trails); - Implementation of habitat improvement projects; - Protection or documentation of cultural or historic resources; - Providing for enhanced recreational experiences; - Development and implementation of species conservation and recovery plans; - Environmental education; - Conservation planning and implementation; - Conservation projects for native plant communities; and - Eradication projects for noxious and other weeds in areas of special concern. Applications are due by May 15, 2009, 4:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.


In Utah, the program is managed to maintain a variety of partnerships for wildlife, recreation, cultural resources, native plant community conservation including rare plants, fisheries and riparian habitat at the local level. In recent years Utah BLM has received $700,000 - $850,000 annually to fund 50-70 projects. Partnership contributions are required with a 50:50 overall cost share with non-federal dollars. Utah BLM cost share will not exceed $100,000 per project annually. Multiple year projects up to but not exceeding 5 years are acceptable.

In 2009, we will manage the Utah program to implement a variety of important projects that include resource inventory, monitoring and research, conservation planning and implementation, environmental education, habitat and plant community restoration, cultural site protection, recreation and OHV management. We are anticipating that Utah BLM will receive approximately $950,000 in CCS funding in 2009. Funding opportunities may change depending on budget allocations for the CCS Program by Congress in 2009.

Project Objective:

The objective of the Utah CCS program is to have a cost effective, local-level cost share program with non-federal partners to implement conservation or other public land management projects for the good of the general public and public resources, including but not limited to, recreation, fish, wildlife, special status plants, water quality, cultural sites and historical trails.

Statement of Joint Objectives/Project Management Plan:

The Utah CCS program is locally based and funds a variety of activities including the following:
- Research, monitoring and inventory of resources (e.g., wildlife, fish, and plant populations and habitat, cultural or historical sites, recreation use or facilities such as trails);
- Implementation of habitat improvement projects;
- Protection or documentation of cultural or historic resources;
- Providing for enhanced recreational experiences;
- Development and implementation of species conservation and recovery plans;
- Environmental education;
- Conservation planning and implementation;
- Conservation projects for native plant communities; and
- Eradication projects for noxious and other weeds in areas of special concern.

Cost-share projects submitted under this program will be developed in coordination with local BLM office staff. For example, potential partners interested in a wildlife habitat project should contact the wildlife biologist in the appropriate field office or district. If a potential partner is interested in protecting a local cultural site then the appropriate field office or district archeologist should be contacted. If a potential partner is interested in a project with state-wide implications than the appropriate program leaders at the Utah State Office should be contacted.

Cost share applicants should reference the Utah BLM website at: (http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/info/directory.2.html) for the staff directory of BLM State, District and Field offices. Assistance in locating the appropriate BLM contact will also be provided by writing to Ron Bolander, Partnership Coordinator at the Utah State Office at ron_bolander@blm.gov.

Partners can match BLM funds in a variety of ways:
- The non-federal match may include cash; in-kind goods, services or labor; or project materials.
- If volunteers are used then labor contributions should be calculated using www.independentsector.org.
- Applicants should use local rates for other in-kind valuation of contributions (equipment operators, equipment use, professor salaries).
- The match will be explained in the project proposal and listed on the budget attachment.

A. Period of Project (1 -5 years): CCS projects covered under this program will vary in length from 1 year to 5 years.

B. Funding Period: April 15, 2009 through September 30, 2009

AWARD INFORMATION

A. Expected Number of Awards: 50-70

B. Estimated Total Program Funding: The cost share overall goal is a 50:50 match. Funding amounts for partners may range from $500 up to $100,000 annually depending on the scope of the project and the cost share funding responsibilities of the partners and BLM. Utah BLM will reimburse CCS partners up to but not exceeding $100,000 annually, not to exceed five years.

C. Award Ceiling: $100,000

D. Assistance Instrument: Cooperative Agreement

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

A. Eligible Applicants: Restricted to non-federal partners with existing cooperative agreements.

B. Cost Sharing or Matching:

Non-federal partners are expected to match Utah BLM CCS funds at or near 1:1 for their respective projects. Only non-federal funds can be used to match BLM CCS funds. If there is more than one non-federal partner for a project than their total contribution can be combined to meet the 1:1 cost share goal. If more than one project is funded with the same partner than the 1:1 match would apply to the total for all of the cooperative projects that fiscal year.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BLM-UT-RFA-09-0898
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 03, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 03, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 15, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 15, 2009; 4:59 MST
Archive Date: Jul 01, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 60
Estimated Total Program Funding: $850,000
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Award Floor: $500
CFDA Number(s): 15.238 -- Challenge Cost Share
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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