NEH America's Media Makers Production Grants CFDA 45.164

Grants for America’s Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Applications are due by August 26, 2009.

NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, Development Grants and Production Grants. Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of a project’s humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects, or a prototype for a digital media project together with a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations. See application guidelines for Development Grants.

Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship related to a subject. The script for a radio or television program, or prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, must also show how the narrative elements, visual approach, and interactive design combine to present the project’s humanities ideas. Applicants must have consulted with appropriate scholars about the project and obtained their commitment as advisers. Finally, applicants must have recruited the media team, including at a minimum the producer, director, writer, and, for a digital media project, the interactive designer. Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. An applicant must choose whether to apply for development or production of a particular project. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted.

NEH encourages radio, television, and digital media projects that combine radio or television programs with complementary projects using emerging technologies, museum exhibitions, reading and discussion programs, and other formats that expand and enhance programs’ humanities content, deepen the audiences’ experience of the content, engage audiences in new ways, and expand the distribution of programs; advance the role of cultural repositories in online teaching, learning, and research for public audiences, teachers, students, and scholars; culminate in products such as DVDs, Web sites, games, virtual environments, streaming, video on demand, and podcasts, as well as user-generated content; simultaneously produce a broadcast program and interactive companion content in order to extend the educational experience of the program’s audience, use resources efficiently, and keep the humanities ideas at the center of the project as the broadcast program and the interactivity are designed; engage public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions by using new ways to contextualize, interpret, and distribute content; result in large-scale, collaborative programs featuring multiple formats; and build new programs around previously funded NEH projects using complementary formats that will add new dimensions to the original project and take advantage of new formats and technologies to reach audiences that were not served by the original project.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20090826-TR
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 23, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 23, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Archive Date: Sep 25, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html

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NEH America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants CFDA 45.154

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Applications are due by August 26, 2009.

Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Planning grants are available for projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project’s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars in order to strengthen the humanities content, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research at archives or sites whose resources might be used, or the drafting of interpretive materials.

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects that are presented in these formats: traveling exhibitions that are presented at multiple venues; long-term exhibitions at one institution; interpretive Web sites or other digital formats; interpretation of historic places or areas; reading and discussion programs; panel exhibitions that travel widely, reach a broad audience, and take advantage of complementary programming formats (e.g., reading and discussion series, radio, or other media) to enhance the visitor experience; or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in humanities ideas. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged.

Projects must do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively. Applications may, for example, include plans to create PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats, other formats that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, streaming video, games, or other digital formats. When it is relevant, applications must explain how user-generated postings to public cyberspace will be vetted by qualified scholars or project staff for accuracy and public educational value. Digital components must rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project’s humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed formats.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20090826-GE
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 22, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 22, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Archive Date: Sep 25, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s):45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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NEH America's Media Makers Development Grants CFDA 45.164

Grants for America’s Media Makers support media projects that explore significant events, figures, or developments in the humanities in creative and new ways. America’s Media Makers projects promote active exploration and engagement for broad public audiences in history, literature, archaeology, art history, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities. NEH supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excites, informs, and stirs thoughtful reflection. To that end, NEH urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage audiences to engage with the humanities, promote dialogue and discussion, and foster learning among people of all ages. Applications are due by August 26, 2009.


Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. These grants cover a wide range of activities that include, but are not limited to, meetings and individual consultations with scholars, location and archival research, preliminary interviews, preparation of program scripts, designs for interactivity and digital distribution, and the creation of partnerships for outreach activities and public engagement with the humanities. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of the humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects. Development grants may also result in a detailed plan for outreach and public engagement in collaboration with partner organizations. Before applying, applicants must have a solid command of the major humanities scholarship on the subject, have clarified the ideas that the project will consider, and have consulted with a team of scholarly advisers to work out the intellectual issues that the program will explore. Applicants must also have made preliminary decisions about the format and storyline and located essential materials for the program(s). Finally, they must have recruited the appropriate media professionals, especially the producer, writer, or interactive designer. Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship about the subject. See application guidelines for Production Grants. Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project.

NEH offers two categories of grants for media projects, Development Grants and Production Grants. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. An applicant must choose whether to apply for development or production of a particular project. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted.


Document Type:
Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20090826-TD
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 23, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 23, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 26, 2009
Archive Date: Sep 25, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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NEH Picturing America School Collaboration Projects CFDA 45.163

Building on the national distribution of Picturing America, the National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for local and regional projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America’s story. The Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grant opportunity is designed to help teachers and librarians whose schools display the Picturing America images form connections with courses in the core curriculum. These projects will be grounded in the great works of art included in Picturing America, which is part of the Endowment’s We the People program. Applications are due by October 7, 2009.


Information about Picturing America, including the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book, can be found by visiting the Picturing America Web site. The images in Picturing America reflect a variety of media spanning several centuries, ranging from the work of early American Indian artists to painters such as Mary Cassatt and Jacob Lawrence, from photographers such as Dorothea Lange to architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright.

These images will help students better understand America’s diverse people and places and connect them to our nation’s travails and triumphs. This history is reflected in the themes of Picturing America: Leadership, Freedom and Equality, Democracy, Courage, Landscape, and Creativity and Ingenuity. Goals of the Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants are:

• to strengthen understanding of the connections between great works of American art and significant events, themes, and topics in the American experience; to encourage local and regional collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities experts who can bring appropriate knowledge to the integration of American artworks in core subjects;
• to foster discussion of how to use the Picturing America images among K-12 educators within a locality or region;
• and to provide access to rich scholarly resources and primary materials that support teaching.

In order to provide a forum for exploring and deepening students’ understanding of art, American history, government, social studies, literature, language arts, civics, and other core subjects, funded projects should:

• support one or more conferences of one or two days each;
• accommodate at each conference twenty-four to one hundred (or more) participants, all of whom would have access to the Picturing America portfolio; and
• provide opportunities for participants to engage with scholars, museum and library professionals, and other experts.

Successful proposals will present a conference schedule of plenary and concurrent sessions in engaging formats that provide opportunities for participants to:

• observe or demonstrate models for teaching American art, history, and culture with the Picturing America portfolio and accompanying Teachers Resource Book;
• explore the curricular value of visual literacy for core subjects (for example, using images in the teaching of history or literature as a powerful investigative tool, a stimulus to Socratic inquiry, or a catalyst to improve student writing); and
• develop individual or team plans with mentoring resources, as available.

Successful applicants will also provide plans for post-conference support for participants as well as for Picturing America portfolio recipients unable to attend the onsite activities. Post-conference activities will include:

• use of listservs or e-newsletters to connect participants to an array of resources, including each other, and to assist with exchange and discussion around experiences using new materials and approaches;
• dissemination of the resources of the conference on a public Web site that could include online audio and video and transcribed conference presentations; and
• publication of the results of instructional initiatives in digital or print form and presentations or other in-service activities.
  

Conference organizers will invite applications from Picturing America recipients and make selections according to criteria they establish to determine the quality of proposed school initiatives and the appropriateness of follow-up plans, both for the grade level(s) and any relevant learning frameworks.

Proposals to provide opportunities for teachers with limited access to professional development in the humanities are encouraged. These conferences may include public school teachers, teachers at charter schools, members of home school consortia, and faculty of private license schools. Host institutions should arrange adequate housing for the participants, who will pay for it from the stipends.

Projects must have a plan for evaluation that will provide firm evidence of each participant’s success in accomplishing proposed instructional goals. Projects must require a product as evidence of each participant’s or team’s new knowledge or increased skills, such as new lesson plans, course materials, library enhancements, or a research paper. Master teachers may be involved to assist participants in carrying out school projects or the construction of new learning resources.

Funds may be used to pay for consulting scholars, books and other materials, logistical support, and appropriate released time for project staff.

Types of projects not supported
Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants do not support:

• empirical social scientific research;
• specific policy studies;
• educational or technical impact assessments;
• work undertaken in the pursuit of an academic degree;
• the preparation or publication of textbooks;
• projects that focus on pedagogical theory, research on educational methods, tests, or measurements;
• cognitive psychology; or
• projects devoted to advocacy.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20091007-AP
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: May 26, 2009
Creation Date: May 26, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 07, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 07, 2009
Archive Date: Nov 06, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.163 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pascp.html

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NARA Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects can be for professional education curriculum development; for basic and advanced institutes; or research seminars. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible. This program does not support requests from individuals for their own training, education, or professional advancement. Application deadline is October 5, 2009.


There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline.

First competition:

Draft (optional): April 1, 2009
Final Deadline: June 5, 2009
NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010.

Second competition:

Draft (optional): August 1, 2009
Final Deadline: October 5, 2009
NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.

Optional draft applications should be emailed to Lucy Barber at lucy.barber@nara.gov. Grants.gov should only be used to submit the final application.

Award Information: A grant normally is for one to three years and up to $150,000. The Commission expects to make up to 4 grants in this category, for a total of up to $300,000 during the two competitions. Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is required. It is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The NHPRC ordinarily provides no more than 50 percent of the total project costs for Professional Development projects. Before beginning the process, applicants should review full grant announcement (linked below) and the rules and regulations governing NHPRC grants under the Administering an NHPRC Grant section.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: PRODEV-10
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 12, 2008
Creation Date: Dec 12, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009 There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline. First competition: Draft (optional): April 1, 2009. Final Deadline: June 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010. Second competition: Draft (optional): August 1, 2009. Final Deadline: October 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.
Archive Date: Nov 04, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Full grant announcement for Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing
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Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program CFDA 84.345A

The purpose of the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) Program is to help preserve the Underground Railroad's legacy and to help demonstrate how the Underground Railroad's widespread operations network transformed our Nation. In addition, the URR also promotes the formation of public- private partnerships to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad throughout the United States, including lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad. Applications are due by July 30, 2009.


Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that are established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. Other: Each nonprofit educational organization awarded a grant under this competition must create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the costs of the on-going operations of the facility.

Grantees must establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad. These satellite centers must raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and private sources. In addition, grantees must establish the capability to electronically link the facility with other local and regional facilities that have collections and programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad.

Applications for grants under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program--CFDA number 84.345A--must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov/. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.

As part of the application process, applicants will be required to document their ability to create an endowment, establish satellite centers, and establish the electronic capability described above. For specific requirements on reporting, please go to Reporting Forms

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-061509-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 15, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 15, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 30, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 30, 2009 Applications Available: June 15, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2009.
Archive Date: Aug 29, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 2
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,945,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 84.345 -- Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Full Annoucement


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NARA Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to develop new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. Projects may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records, such as archivists, documentary editors, and records managers. Projects concerning records may focus on methods of working with any format including born-digital records. Publishing of historical records must focus on methods of presenting archival records as primary sources. The Commission does not fund projects focused on artifacts or books. For applicants who wish to work with particular historical records or publications or who have professional development projects, please review the relevant grant announcements and then contact the Commission staff with questions about which category is most appropriate for your proposed project. Applications are due by 10/5/2009.


There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline.

Second competition:

Draft (optional): August 1, 2009
Final Deadline: October 5, 2009
NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.

Optional draft applications should be emailed to Lucy Barber at lucy.barber@nara.gov. Grants.gov should only be used to submit the final application.

Award Information: A grant normally is for one to three years. The Commission expects to make one to three grants of between $50,000 and $150,000. The total amount allocated to this category is up to $350,000 during the fiscal year.

Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is required. It is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. Because these grants encourage the development of methods that will benefit many institutions, the NHPRC ordinarily will provide up to 75% of the total project costs. Before beginning the process, applicants should review full grant announcement (linked below) and the rules and regulations governing NHPRC grants under the Administering an NHPRC Grant section.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: STRATEGIES-10
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 12, 2008
Creation Date: Dec 12, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009 There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline. First competition: Draft (optional): April 1, 2009. Final Deadline: June 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010. Second competition: Draft (optional): August 1, 2009. Final Deadline: October 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.
Archive Date: Nov 04, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Full grant announcement for Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects

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NARA Publishing Historical Records CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, reform movements, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. Applications are due by 10/5/2009.


New Republic through the Modern Era (projects preparing publications whose documents fall predominantly after 1820):

Draft (optional): August 1, 2009
Final Deadline: October 5, 2009
NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.

Optional draft applications should be emailed to Timothy Connelly at timothy.connelly@nara.gov. Grants.gov should only be used to submit the final application.

The NHPRC does not fund proposals to purchase historical records; it also does not fund proposals to publish the papers of anyone who has been deceased for fewer than ten years.

Eligible Activities Include:
*Scholarly documentary editions in printed and bound volumes.
*Scholarly documentary editions in online, compact disc, and other formats.
*Image editions in online, compact disc, microfilm, and other formats.
*Conversion of existing print and microfilm editions to electronic publications. *Combinations of the above.

A publishing project that has received NHPRC support can apply for a grant for a new or subsequent stage of that project. These proposals must demonstrate that they have successfully completed the performance objectives associated with previous NHPRC grant awards. Proposals must be substantially updated, including a description of the new activities and a justification of the new budget. The applicant must describe the extent to which the project met its performance objectives under its most recent grant. Applicants not previously funded may apply for a grant to begin a historical documents publishing project. These applications are considered with other proposals and will be judged by the same criteria as others in that competition. All applicants should be aware that the application process is highly competitive. Award Information: Applicants may apply for funding up to three years. Applicants should be aware that the Commission normally awards grants on an annual basis; subsequent funding is conditioned on previous years' project performance/accomplishments.

Award amounts ordinarily range from $20,000 to $250,000 annually. The Commission expects to make as many as 35-40 grants in this category. In accordance with Federal regulations, the Commission reserves, for Federal Government purposes, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work and authorize others to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work that results from each grant. The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications and other products that result from grant support.

Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is required. Cost sharing is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The Commission ordinarily provides no more than 50 per cent of total project costs for Publishing Historical Records projects. Before beginning the process, applicants should review full grant announcement (linked below) and the rules and regulations governing NHPRC grants under the Administering an NHPRC Grant section.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: PUBLISHING-10
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 12, 2008
Creation Date: Dec 12, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009 This funding category has two application deadlines: Colonial and Early National Period (projects preparing publications whose documents fall predominantly prior to 1820): Draft (optional): April 1, 2009. Final Deadline: June 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010. New Republic through the Modern Era (projects preparing publications whose documents fall predominantly after 1820): Draft (optional): August 1, 2009. Final Deadline: October 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.
Archive Date: Nov 04, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Award Floor: $20,000
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Full Grant Annoucement for Publishing Historical Records

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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archives- Detailed Processing Projects CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for detailed processing and preservation of collections of national significance. The collections also should have high research demand or substantial preservation challenges. Applicants must have virtually all of their collections processed sufficiently so that researchers can find them, and they must have procedures in place to prevent the creation of new backlogs. If archives have not achieved these goals, they should review the Archives - Basic Projects grant announcement. In general, proposals should describe how the repository will process and create detailed descriptions at the series or file level. In the course of such processing, some selective refoldering and basic cleaning may be needed, and applicants must explain whether any item level treatment will be necessary, including removing fasteners, opening envelopes, and flattening, copying, encapsulating, de-acidifying, and mending documents. Projects should revise corresponding collection-level records and submit them to national library catalogs.
Applications are due by October 6, 2009.


In general, they should also create or revise detailed finding aids using Encoded Archival Description (EAD) and provide them to a national archival database and appropriate regional and institutional databases. If other search mechanisms, descriptive methods, or name indexes are necessary for parts of collections, applicants should explain the reasons for creating these tools. For collections of fragile textual materials, applicants may apply for grants in support of preservation microfilming or other media. If parts of collections deserve item-level processing, proposals must justify this detailed work and provide estimates of the percentage of collections to be processed to the item level. When appropriate, applicants should consider hybrid microfilm/digitization (using dual head cameras, or microfilm-to-digital or digital-to-microfilm techniques). Applicants may propose limited digitization of series or items that have the most potential to benefit a broad public, or that provide illustrations of the type of records and documents found in the series and collection. Applications should detail the standards to be used in this process, itemize anticipated expenses, and estimate the percentage of the collections to be digitized. Applicants who wish only to engage in digitization should see the Digitizing Historical Records announcement. For collections of unstable audio, film, or video materials, applicants may propose preservation reformatting or migration. Applicants should also outline their publicity and outreach plans for promoting use of collections.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DETAILED-200910
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 05, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 05, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 06, 2009
Archive Date: Nov 05, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 7
Estimated Total Program Funding: $700,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: $40,000
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes


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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archives - Basic Projects CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals for fundamental archival activities that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage. Proposals must demonstrate how the applicant employs the best and most cost-effective archival methods. Activities included under Basic Projects may be any one or combination of the following: *Basic Processing; *Preservation Planning; *Collections Development; and *Establishing Archives. Although projects focused exclusively on professional development are not eligible in this grant category, we strongly encourage each application to include professional development components necessary for the success of the project. Applications are due by Oct 6, 2009.

1. Basic Processing
For projects that process and reveal "hidden" collections that researchers otherwise cannot easily discover.
In general, proposals should demonstrate how repositories will catalog personal papers and manuscript collections at the collection level, and catalog institutional records at the series level. Basic processing usually includes identifying collections of manuscripts and records, and describing them at the appropriate component level. Basic processing proposals should not include the creation of file or folder listings. (For such projects, organizations should consult Archives - Detailed Processing Projects.) Applicants will need to create collection- or series-level MARC catalog records in a national bibliographic utility. If finding aids are created, they should generally meet current Encoded Archival Description standards, and be made available to appropriate regional and national archival databases.

Institutions must develop or implement processing techniques to eliminate unprocessed backlogs of holdings at a level consistent with appropriate standards and at a reasonable rate. In addition, applicants must develop and establish adequate accessioning and processing techniques that will prevent future backlogs. Basic processing proposals should also include reappraisal of collections and include a process for deaccessioning entire collections where appropriate.
Applicants must also include plans to promote the use of their collections after completing this processing.

2. Preservation Planning
For projects that focus on the preservation of collections as a whole. This approach of "phased preservation" often involves surveys of collections, assessment of environmental controls, and risk assessment. Although the NHPRC does not fund construction projects, applicants may include planning for necessary improvements to physical facilities. Collection-level preservation assessments may also be carried out as part of a basic processing project.
Detailed preservation activities-such as comprehensive reboxing and refoldering; preservation copying, reformatting, or microfilming; removing staples and paper clips; and item-level repair and conservation-are not permitted. (For such projects, organizations should consult Archives - Detailed Processing Projects.)

3. Collections Development
For projects to improve collections development including the following activities: documentation strategies, surveys, appraisal projects, records management projects with archival components, reappraisal and deaccessioning, and fieldwork and other collecting activities. The NHPRC does not support projects to create new documentation, except for oral history projects conducted by American Indian tribes and other indigenous peoples that rely on oral traditions to document their history and culture.
All projects that include collecting activities must show that the institution has developed, or will develop as a part of the project, initial processing techniques to gain basic physical and intellectual control over new accessions. If the repository has a large unprocessed backlog of holdings, collections development activities may only occur alongside basic processing activities.

4. Establishing Archives
For projects to establish new archives programs.
A proposal may include the cost of a consultant to assess the need for an archives program. The assessment should identify the resources necessary for sustaining such a program and include a collection development plan, a plan for basic processing of unprocessed collections and new accessions in a timely manner, and a phased preservation plan. Applications for start-up projects must provide convincing evidence for ongoing support from the parent institution. Applicants must also demonstrate their commitment to creating equitable and timely access to their holdings. If the organization already has a detailed assessment, it may submit a proposal for costs associated with starting its archives program.

Award Information
A grant normally is for one or two years and for up to $200,000. The Commission expects to make up to 23 grants in this category for a total of up to $1,750,000. NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: BASIC-200910
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 05, 2009
Creation Date: Jun 05, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 06, 2009
Archive Date: Nov 05, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 23
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,750,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes


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USDA Rural Housing Preservation Grants CFDA 10.433

The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is soliciting applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, which may include but not be limited to Faith-Based and Community Organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. Applications are due by July 10, 2009.

In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if they agree to make such units available to low- and very low-income persons. This action is taken to comply with Agency regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944, subpart N, which require the Agency to announce the opening and closing dates for receipt of preapplications for HPG funds from eligible applicants. The intended effect of this Notice is to provide eligible organizations notice of these dates.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: USDA-RD-HCFP-HPG-2009
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: May 15, 2009
Creation Date: May 15, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 10, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 10, 2009
Archive Date: Aug 09, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Housing
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 160
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,088,166
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 10.433 -- Rural Housing Preservation Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

NOFA for Housing Preservation Grant Program

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EPA RCRA State Implementation Support Grant CFDA 66.808

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from State (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands), local, Tribal, interstate, and intrastate government agencies and instrumentalities; and nonprofit organizations that are not 501(c)(4) organizations that lobby, including nonprofit educational institutions and nonprofit hospitals. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible. The purpose of the assistance agreement is to promote and stimulate information exchange among State hazardous and solid waste officials, other State officials actively involved in the management of these wastes, and EPA officials to jointly resolve Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) implementation issues, and identify emerging issues that are at both State and Federal levels. Applications are due by June 11, 2009.


FUNDING/AWARDS: The estimated funding available under this competitive opportunity is $7,000,000, subject to the availability of funds and quality of proposals received. EPA anticipates award of one assistance agreement resulting from this competitive opportunity.

The grant will be funded incrementally. In FY09, the maximum value shall not exceed $1,400,000.

EPA awards funds to one eligible applicant as the “recipient” even if other eligible applicants are named as “partners” or “co-applicants” or members of a “coalition” or “consortium.” The recipient is accountable to EPA for the proper expenditure of funds.

The estimated start date for projects resulting from this solicitation is October 1, 2009. All project activities must be completed within the negotiated project performance period of five years.
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OSWER-ORCR-09-03
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: May 08, 2009
Creation Date: May 08, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 11, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 11, 2009 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Jul 11, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,400,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s): 66.808 -- Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

“RCRA State Implementation Support Grant”
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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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