NEH Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions

Grants for Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) support fellowships at institutions devoted to advanced study and research in the humanities. NEH fellowships provide scholars with research time and access to resources that might not be available at their home institutions. Fellowship programs may be administered by independent centers for advanced study, libraries, and museums in the United States; American overseas research centers; or organizations that have expertise in promoting research on foreign cultures. Applications are due by August 19, 2008.


Individual scholars must apply directly to the institutions themselves. A list of currently funded institutions is available. In evaluating applications from programs at institutions located in the United States, priority is given to those with library holdings, archives, or other special collections—either on-site or nearby—that are available as resources for NEH fellows. American overseas research centers should demonstrate a particular benefit to NEH fellows by virtue of their location and other resources. FPIRI gramts provide funding to programs for humanities fellowships of four to twelve months. Fellowship tenure must be continuous. FPIRI grants support fellowship stipends and standard allowances, as well as a portion of the costs for both publicizing the availability of the fellowships and selecting the fellows. The stipends and allowances for NEH fellows are determined in accordance with an institution's usual practices. However, the maximum amount of NEH funding is $50,400 for a six- to twelve-month fellowship and $25,200 for a four- to five-month fellowship. A grantee institution may supplement the stipends of NEH fellows from its own funds, and fellows may receive additional funds from other sources. NEH fellows must be granted the same benefits, services, and accommodations normally accorded other fellows.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080819-RA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: May 29, 2008
Creation Date: May 29, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Aug 19, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Aug 19, 2008
Archive Date: Sep 18, 2008
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: $500,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.161 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No


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Institute of Museum and Library Services American Heritage Preservation Grants

Bank of America is partnering with the Institute to provide grants to small museums, libraries, and archives. The grants will raise awareness and fund preservation of treasures held in small museums, libraries and archives. Grants will help to preserve specific items, including works of art, artifacts and historical documents that are in need of conservation. Applicants will build on completed conservation assessments of their collections, to ensure that the Bank of America/IMLS grants are used in accordance with best practices in the field, and underscore the importance of assessment planning.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: AHPG-FY09
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jul 09, 2008
Creation Date: Jul 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 15, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 15, 2008
Archive Date: Oct 15, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000
Award Ceiling: $3,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.303 -- Conservation Project Support
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Youth-serving Organization Capacity Building

The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $3,500,000 for the first year of a three-year grant award to national nonprofit organizations that support youth development through planning, collaboration, and alliance building for youth-serving organizations at the local and regional level, as well as direct programming to help children and youth succeed in school. Activities supported through this competition will advance the Corporation’s strategic goals around supporting youth from disadvantaged circumstances in achieving better outcomes. The Corporation plans to make two awards under this Notice of Funds Availability (Notice). The first award will go to a nonprofit organization that can best advance a national agenda for helping America’s children and youth through mobilization of volunteers and identification of resources to support other youth serving organizations, as outlined in Part 1 of section I.A. of this Notice. The second award will be made to a national nonprofit that can implement a high-quality, innovative, direct service program that brings volunteers and other community resources into local schools on a national scale, as outlined in Part 2 section I.A. of this Notice. The Corporation reserves the right to make more than two awards under this Notice depending on the number and quality of applications received. Applications are due by July 29, 2008.

Eligible Applicants:
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are national nonprofit organizations (e.g. national intermediaries, associations, alliances, consortia, and networks) and national public charities, faith-based and other community organizations, and national private foundations. For the purposes of this competition, the Corporation defines a national nonprofit organization as an organization that has on-going, demonstrable relationships with youth serving organizations or public school systems in at least two states in each of the five clusters of the country used by the Corporation to organize its field operations. The clusters are: 1) Pacific (AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY); 2) Atlantic (NJ, MD, DE, CT, DC, RI, MA, PA, PR/VI, NY, NH, VT, ME); 3) North Central (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NB, OH, SD, ND, WI); 4) Southern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); and, 5) Southwest (AZ, AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX).

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANT-062608-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 26, 2008
Creation Date: Jun 26, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 29, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 29, 2008 Please submit an e-mail stating your intent to apply to Youth@cns.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time July 8, 2008. This notice of intent to apply is not required, but helps us better plan the review of the applications. The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 29, 2008. Applications submitted by hardcopy or fax will not be accepted (see exception to this policy below). Applications must be submitted using e-Grants, the Corporation’s integrated, secure, web-based system for grant application and management. To create and submit an application, access e-Grants at http://www.nationalservice.gov/egrants/ .
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development, Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Regional Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 2
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,500,000
Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 94.007 -- Planning and Program Development Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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NEA American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring, FY2008

American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.

This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich evolution of the visual arts in the United States. Through the creation and touring of major exhibitions, art of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. Exhibitions may focus on schools, movements, traditions, subject areas, and themes that include but are not limited to: The Hudson River School American Impressionism Native American Art American Masterworks from Unique Collections including private collections Aspects of American Art Post-1945 to the Present Art of the W.P.A. Latino Art The Portrait in America American Naïve Art African American Art American Photographers and Photography American Decorative Arts The Art of the American West Industrial Design Architecture Costume and Textiles Folk Arts The tour of an existing exhibition is eligible. Applications are due by September 19, 2008.

Exhibitions must be: Scaled so they can be shown in small and mid-sized exhibiting institutions. Shown for a period of 8-12 weeks at 2-5 venues which may include the organizing institution. The number of venues should be appropriate to the nature of the works on view. Accompanied by related educational and interpretive components including brochures and catalogues. Educational material for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards. Substantial efforts should be made to reach underserved communities.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008NEA01AMVAT
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 09, 2008
Creation Date: Jun 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 19, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 19, 2008 Application Deadline: Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 19, 2008.
Archive Date: Oct 19, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Award Floor: $30,000
CFDA Number: 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Complete grant announcement for NEA American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring
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NEA American Masterpieces: Presenting, FY2008

American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.

This component of American Masterpieces will celebrate the extraordinary and rich contribution that presenters make in American communities. Through American Masterpieces: Presenting, presentations of the performing, visual, media, design, and literary arts of the highest quality will be experienced by Americans in communities across the nation. This category is for projects that embrace multiple arts disciplines. Projects must consist of either a single multidisciplinary presentation or a multidisciplinary series comprised of several different single-discipline presentations. Projects with components that primarily feature or support a single discipline (e.g., dance, music, musical theater, opera, visual arts) will not be considered. Applications are due by September 26, 2008.

If you have questions as to whether your project qualifies as multidisciplinary, consult with the Presenting staff before preparing an application. Presenting organizations of all sizes, genres, and aesthetics are encouraged to apply. Projects may be initiated by: Networks of presenters. College or university presenters. Local, regional, or national presenters. National service organizations and their networks. The Arts Endowment plans to support a variety of multidisciplinary presentations that are artistically, historically, and culturally significant and that reflect the full breadth of genres. Presenters may define master artists or masterworks within their own context, community vision, or goals. Projects or series may focus on but are not limited to: Masterpieces from the American classical canon. Revivals, reconstructions, or restagings of collaborations of master artists. Revivals, reconstructions, or restagings of works by master artists. Masterworks of historical or cultural significance. Masterworks representing newer works or art forms. Lesser known masterworks or works by master artists unique to the nation, region, or community. Commissions and new works are not eligible. Projects must be accompanied by related educational, interpretive, or contextual components. These may include discussions, master classes, seminars, exhibitions, program material, or cooperative learning projects with educational or community institutions. Curriculum-based educational components for children and youth must ensure the application of national or state arts education standards.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008NEA01AMP2
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 09, 2008
Creation Date: Jun 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2008 Application Deadline: Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 26, 2008.
Archive Date: Oct 26, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Award Floor: $10,000
CFDA Number: 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Complete grant announcement for NEA American Masterpieces: Presenting
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General Services Administration’s (GSA) Planning Grant for Federal Offices in the Washington, DC Region

The General Services Administration’s (GSA), Public Building Service (PBS) seeks to cultivate innovative regional coordination, design, and planning practices for accommodating federal offices in the Washington region over the next half-century. Decisions about the form, nature, and location of federal work will have a tremendous influence on the long-term social, economic, environmental, and cultural health of the region. Developing an urban planning vision for how to locate and develop federal work places will require close collaboration with both public and private stakeholders. The federal government seeks to encourage this effective regional coordination and plan intelligently, guided by mutual regional concerns such as sustainability, energy consumption, transportation infrastructure, security, new technologies, including those that facilitate telework opportunities, as well as the changing regional economics of land, housing, and workforce issues. Proposals are due by June 20, 2008.

In order to promote a guiding vision for the future of federal work in the Washington region, GSA's PBS will award competitive grants in the range of $50,000 to $500,000 for coordination, planning, and research efforts that explore fundamental questions related to the form, location, and design of federal offices over the next 10 to 50 years in the National Capital Region. The maximum aggregate value of the grants is $500,000.

This grant opportunity is derived from Public Law 110-161, which gives GSA the authority to make these competitive grants to institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial organizations, and state or local governments as well as to qualified individuals.

Grant proposals will be evaluated by a panel consisting of GSA officials and GSA Design Excellence Peers, who are nationally recognized private sector experts in the field of urban planning and design. Successful grantees will be notified in July 2008.

GSA Final Grant Language - May 13, 2008 >>Read more >>

Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Small Research Projects to Advance Public Participation Related to Public Transportation Planning

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals for applied research in the area of public participation as it relates to the planning of public transportation projects and programs. The purpose of the Public Transportation Participation (PTP) Program, as called for under Section 3046 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), is to support the research and development of innovative approaches to enhance the quality and level of public participation in public transportation planning.

Public Transportation Participation Pilot Program

FTA has budgeted approximately $1,028,000 for conducting research under this third phase of the PTP Program. Funding for future years of the Program will be based on availability of funds. In keeping with that concept, FTA anticipates awarding 6-10 proposals for work to be completed within 12-18 months of receipt of the funding award. FTA also may choose to fund only a part of a proposed project. FTA will consider projects of longer duration, but the work activities and product delivery must be phased in such a way as to produce a viable first-phase product. After the first phase of a project, funding for subsequent phases will be contingent on availability of funds and satisfactory progress against planned work to that point. FTA also reserves the right to not fund proposed projects. FTA also may withdraw its obligation to provide Federal assistance if the recipient does not submit the formal application (to be completed after selection) within 90 days following the date of the offer.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008-DOT-FTA-PTPP
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 12, 2008
Archive Date: Jun 11, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity: Transportation

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,028,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 20.514 -- Public Transportation Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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NEH Fellowships - Modification to Previous Grants Notice

Due to technical difficulties at Grants.gov, NEH will accept applications for Fellowships, Challenge Grants, Faculty Research Awards, and Japan Fellowships through 11:59 PM ET on Monday, May 5th, 2008. The regular deadline for these programs is May 1.

NEH Fellowships 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. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. NEH Fellowships may not be used for: curricular or pedagogical methods, theories, or surveys; preparation or revision of textbooks; projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; projects that advocate a particular program of social action; works in the creative and performing arts, e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.; or doctoral dissertations or theses.

NEH Fellowships Modification Full Announcement


Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080501-FA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Feb 29, 2008
Creation Date: May 01, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 05, 2008
Archive Date: May 31, 2008
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: $50,400
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 45.160 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Fellowships and Stipends
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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Community Economic Development Program Operational Projects

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, contingent upon available funding, the Office of Community Services (OCS) will award Community Economic Development (CED) discretionary grant funds for well-planned, financially viable, and innovative projects. OCS will award funds to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) that are experienced in implementing economic development projects. OCS intends that grant funds awarded under this announcement will provide resources to eligible CDCs for their job creation and business projects, as a strategy to address broader objectives such as arresting tendencies toward financial dependency, chronic unemployment, and community deterioration in both urban and rural areas. Eligible CDCs must submit a business plan that demonstrates the economic viability of the venture.

OCS Full Announcement


An applicant must be a private, non-profit CDC experienced in developing and managing economic development projects. For purposes of this grant program, the CDC must be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of residents of the community and business and civic leaders. The CDC must have as a principal purpose: planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development activities. An applicant must document its eligibility as a CDC for the purposes of this grant program. The application must include a list of governing board members that provides a designations as one of the three types: a community resident, business, or civic leader. In addition, the application must include documentation that the organization has as a primary purpose: planning, developing, or community development or managing low-income housing activites. This documentation may include incorporation documents or other CDC organizational documents (e.g., article of incorporation papers, by-laws, official documents that identify the organization). Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. Foreign entities are not eligible under this announcement.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EE-0024
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 23, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 23, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 25, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 25, 2008
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: Jul 25, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social Services

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 45
Estimated Total Program Funding: $29,000,000
Award Ceiling: $700,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 93.570 -- Community Services Block Grant_Discretionary Awards
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Program

The Office of Community Services' (OCS) Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program helps low-income individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. The purpose of the JOLI program is to create jobs to be filled by low-income individuals. JOLI applicants provide technical and/or financial assistance to private employers in the community to assist them in creating employment and business opportunities for individuals receiving TANF and other low-income individuals. In order to create these sustainable employment and other opportunities, funded projects should focus on the following three program strategies: (1) new business ventures, (2) business expansion, and (3) self-employment/micro-enterprise projects.

OCS Full Announcement


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2008-ACF-OCS-EO-0054
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 23, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 23, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 02, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 02, 2008
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: Jul 02, 2008
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: 93.593 -- Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Applicants must state clearly both in the abstract and at the beginning of the project, which one of these three program strategies they will be using. While OCS will accept applications that propose projects containing more than one of these program strategies, OCS encourages applicants to focus on one. Applicants are required to allot a minimum of 20 percent of the JOLI funds received for the provision of financial assistance to program participants for the purpose of creation or expansion of a business created by the applicant's project.
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EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.

This BAA is open from December 10, 2007 through December 9, 2008. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008; June 5, 2008; and December 9, 2008 depending upon the cycle (as identified in Section II of this BAA) for which the applicant is requesting funding.

Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-C2008-BAA-C3
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 16, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 16, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 09, 2008 See Sections I and IV for additional information on submission dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 09, 2008 See Sections I and IV for additional information on submission dates.
Archive Date: Jan 08, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Environment

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 66.510 -- Surveys, Studies, Investigations and Special Purpose Grants within the Office of Research and Development
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program

The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG) is designed to provide funding for eligible applicants working on, or planning to work on, a project that addresses a local environmental and public health issue within an affected community. The EJSG Program is a multi-statute program designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks. Applications are due June 30, 2008.

Link to Environmental Justice Small Grants Program annoucement



Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OECA-OEJ-08-01
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 08, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding: $800,000
Award Ceiling: $20,000
Award Floor:
CFDA Number: 66.604 -- Environmental Justice Small Grant Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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NEH Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants

These grants support national or regional (multi-state) education and training programs on the care and management of, and the creation of intellectual access to, library, archival, and material culture collections. Eligible projects include: the development and presentation of courses or programs on the care and management of collections for staff in cultural organizations who are responsible for the day-to-day care of collections; the development and presentation of courses or programs that focus on the skills and knowledge required to provide or enhance intellectual access to humanities collections; graduate programs in preservation and conservation; and preservation field services that serve a multi-state region and provide surveys, consultations, workshops, reference services, and informational materials to the staff of institutions responsible for the care of humanities collections. Applications are due July 1, 2008.

NEH link to full annoucement



Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20080701-PE
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 09, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 09, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 01, 2008
Archive Date: Jul 31, 2008
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: $0
CFDA Number: 45.149 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
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Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) - Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service FY 2009

The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) provides grants to organizations to plan and carry out projects that bring Americans together to serve in their communities in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Subject to availability of appropriations, a total of approximately $500,000 will be awarded to support 2009 King Day activities, ranging in amounts from approximately $50,000 to $300,000, to support the first year of these grants. These funds are subject to the availability of FY 2009 appropriations authorizing the Corporation to make grants to share the cost of planning and carrying out service opportunities in conjunction with the federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grantees will be eligible for continuation funding in the second and third years contingent upon the availability of appropriations, compliance with requirements, and satisfactory performance. The purpose of these grants is to mobilize more Americans to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday as a day of service in communities, to encourage those who serve on this holiday to make a long-term commitment to community service, and to bring people together to focus on service to others. The Corporation is interested in multi-state, national (10 or more states) or comprehensive regional initiatives (multi-state regions – for example, the Corporation’s clusters). Activities must include projects that improve the lives of disadvantaged youth and engage them in providing service to others. Grantees must competitively subgrant a portion of the federal funds to eligible local organizations, and may also directly support local projects, to plan and carry out direct service activities on the 2009, 2010, and 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekends. Applications are due by April 15, 2008.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANTS-032008-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 20, 2008
Creation Date: Mar 20, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 15, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 15, 2008 The deadline for eGrants application submissions is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 15, 2008. Applications submitted by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
Archive Date: Apr 16, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development, Disaster Prevention and Relief
Education, Employment, Labor and Training, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health
Housing, Law, Justice and Legal Services, Regional Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number: 94.007 -- Planning and Program Development Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Please click on this link to see the complete notice. >>Read more >>

EPA Request for Initial Proposals, Solid Waste Management Assistance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 is soliciting proposals to fund projects that address solid waste reduction and management. Funds will be awarded pursuant to Section 8001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. §6981 or Section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C §2609, as appropriate. Funding will be in the form of cooperative agreements and/or grants. Funds will be awarded to applicants carrying out projects that serve the following states: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and the lands in Indian Country which fall under EPA Region 10's geographic area. One of the priorities sought for this proposal includes reducing the environmental impact of new construction through green building techniques, including: (1) Construction and demolition debris – fostering the increased reuse or recycling of salvaged materials; and (2) Market development – promoting the increased use of recycled content material in building construction. Proposals are due by May 19, 2008.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R10-RCC-2008
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 02, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 02, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 19, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 19, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: Jun 18, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 6
Estimated Total Program Funding: $120,000
Award Ceiling: $40,000
Award Floor: $10,000
CFDA Number: 66.808 -- Solid Waste Management Assistance Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Request for Initial Proposals, Solid Waste Management Assistance

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NEA Creativity and Aging in America

Creativity and Aging in America is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to actively engage older Americans in quality arts programs. Through this initiative, the Arts Endowment will support exemplary projects in the disciplines of literature and music. Projects must be conducted by professional artists and engage older adults as students, artists, and/or teachers. For the purposes of these guidelines, older adults are age 65 and above. Recent research supported by the National Institutes of Health, AARP, International Foundation for Music Research, and the National Endowment for the Arts found that older adults who actively participated in ongoing, community-based arts programs, conducted by professional artists, experienced more physical and mental benefits than participants in non-arts activities. The research showed that active participation in the arts correlated positively with older adults' health outcomes and their sense of independence, potentially reducing risk factors that drive the need for long-term care. Creativity and Aging in America will focus on the disciplines of literature and music. Activities may take place in a variety of settings such as senior centers, community centers, retirement centers, museums, literary centers, performing arts centers, libraries, schools, and healthcare facilities. Projects must be planned in cooperation with the target population including local organizations that address aging-related issues. Organizations are limited to one Creativity and Aging application per year.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2008NEA01CA
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 01, 2008
Creation Date: Apr 02, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 23, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 23, 2008 Application Deadline: Organizations are required to submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government’s online application system. The Grants.gov system will accept applications through 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 23, 2008.
Archive Date: Jun 22, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $25,000
Award Floor: $15,000
CFDA Number: 45.024 -- Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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EPA Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities and non-profit organizations to provide training, research, and technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges. EPA is particularly interested in funding brownfields training, research and technical assistance projects in the subject areas of protection of human health and the environment, sustainable development, and equitable development. This annoucement has been modified: the floor amount has been removed.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-02
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 18, 2008
Creation Date: Mar 18, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 01, 2008 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.
Archive Date: May 31, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,500,000
Award Floor: $0.00 (formerly $300,000)
CFDA Number: 66.814 -- Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

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HOPE VI Revitalization Grant

Note that eligible applicants for this grant are public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities. Please feel free to pass this information on to any organizatonal partners or groups that may be interested.

Hope VI Revitalization Grant works to improve the living environment for public housing residents of severely distressed public housing projects through demolition and rehabilitation.

In accordance with Section 24(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937(42 U.S.C. 1437v) (1937 Act), the purpose of HOPE VI Revitalization grants is to assist PHAs to:

1. Improve the living environment for public housing residents of severely distressed public housing projects through the demolition, rehabilitation, reconfiguration, or replacement of obsolete public housing projects (or portions thereof);

2. Revitalize sites (including remaining public housing dwelling units) on which such public housing projects are located and contribute to the improvement of the surrounding neighborhood;

3. Provide housing that will avoid or decrease the concentration of very low income
families; and

4. Build sustainable communities.

If you are interested in this program, please email Joan Flintoft for further information or questions.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5198-N-01
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 28, 2008
Creation Date: Mar 28, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 20, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 20, 2008
Archive Date: Jun 21, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Housing

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 5
Estimated Total Program Funding: $97,000,000
Award Ceiling: $20,000,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 14.866 -- Demolition and Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes



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Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) - Learn and Serve America 2008 Higher Education College Student Social Media Initiative

The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $2.3 million of grant funding to support the facilitation of better engagement of college students in service through social media. Some examples of social media include: social networking (i.e. Facebook, MySpace, Ning, or integrating social networking capacity into existing sites), wikis, podcasts, blogs, RSS feeds, mashups, social bookmarking, widgets, etc. Successful applicants must demonstrate how their program can use these tools to engage increased numbers of college students, especially in partnership with other nonprofit or for-profit entities. The following Notice provides a description of the competition. One time awards of approximately $100,000 to $750,000 will be made to an estimated twelve eligible applicants for a project period of up to three years. While all applicants can build in funds for subgrants as part of their program model, the Corporation expects to fund at least one partnership dedicated primarily to disbursing small subgrants (under $10,000) to seed student-driven projects. This awardee must promote, review, and award subgrants using social media. Under this model, it is expected that the grantee will allocate at least 80% of funding for subgrants. Eligible applicants include (a) consortia of institutions of higher education and (b) higher education partnerships, defined as one or more public or private nonprofit organizations, or public agencies, including States, and one or more institutions of higher education. Examples of such partnerships include: a national service-focused organization and college campuses where it has affiliated chapters; a national non-profit partnering with a university to run a national subgranting competition; a regional group of student organizations with a campus advisor serving as a legal applicant. Applicants should have demonstrable experience in planning and implementing significant service and technology programs. The purpose of this competition is to facilitate better engagement of college students in service through the use of social media. Successful applicants must demonstrate how their program design can significantly increase the number of college students volunteering.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CNCS-GRANTS-032608-001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 26, 2008
Creation Date: Mar 26, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 07, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 07, 2008 The deadline for submission of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 7, 2008.
Archive Date: May 08, 2008
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Community Development Education Employment, Labor and Training Environment Food and Nutrition Health Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Regional Development
Category Explanation: Service-learning and Community service
Expected Number of Awards: 12
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,300,000
Award Ceiling: $750,000
Award Floor: $100,000
CFDA Number: 94.005 -- Learn and Serve America_Higher Education
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

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BLM “Stay The Trail” Responsible Recreation Campaign

The purpose of this ongoing and continuing program is to reinforce and highlight responsible Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV), use and to modify and mitigate irresponsible use in an effort to minimize resource damage on public land.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: CO-NOI08-0004
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Mar 21, 2008
Creation Date: Mar 21, 2008
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 18, 2008
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 18, 2008
Archive Date: Apr 25, 2008
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: Recreation Resource Management
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,000
Award Ceiling: $25,000
Award Floor: $2,500
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

If you are interested in this program, please email Joan Flintoft for application instructions.

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