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2008
GRANT & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
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1. Captain Planet Foundation
Deadline: March 31, 2008
Committed to supporting hands-on environmental projects for
young people, the foundation provides grants from $250 to $2,500
to school and community groups.
For guidelines and a proposal
form, visit the foundation’s Web site at
www.captainplanetfdn.org/grants.html
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2.
Innovative Small Grants Program - Child Health Foundation
Deadline: April 30, 2008
(Letter of Intent)
The Child Health Foundation is accepting applications for its
Innovative Small Grants Program to improve the health of infants
and young children through development, adaptation, and/or
implementation of biomedical or social technologies with local
and potentially widespread applications. Award amounts are up to
$5,000. Eligible applicants include health workers,
investigators, and community organizations.
For complete program information and application guidelines,
visit:
http://www.childhealthfoundation.org/guidelines.html
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3. World of Children Awards -
World of Children, Inc.
Deadline: April 30, 2008
(Nominations)
The World of Children Inc. is accepting nominations for its
World of Children Awards Program to support projects improving
children’s ability to be safe, learn, and grow (Humanitarian
Award), promoting children’s health (Health Award), or enabling
youth to help other children (Founder’s Award for Youth).
Award amounts are up to $100,000 for each of the adult award
categories (one Humanitarian Award and one Health Award), and up
to $25,000 for each of the youth awards (two Founder’s Awards
for Youth). Eligible nominees have an existing nonprofit
organization in good standing who can receive the award. Adult
nominees are individuals age 21 years or older who have been
conducting their service work for at least 10 years in the
social services, education, or humanitarian fields (Humanitarian
Award) or health, medicine, or science fields (Health award).
Youth nominees are individuals under 21 years.
For complete program information and application guidelines,
visit:
http://www.worldofchildren.org/Awards.htm
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4. Elimination of Health
Disparities through Translation Research (R18) – Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: May 2, 2008
This funding opportunity
announcement (FOA) encourages applicants to submit research
grant applications that accelerate the translation of research
findings into public health practice through implementation,
dissemination, and diffusion research within health disparity
populations. This FOA will use the Research Demonstration and
Dissemination Projects (R18) award mechanism.
Proposed health disparity translation research studies should
identify one or more of the following: 1) factors that inhibit
or facilitate the translation of evidence-based public health
interventions, policies, recommendations, etc.; 2) methods and
tools for the successful translation of evidence-based programs,
practices, or policies that retain fidelity, and achieve
positive outcomes for target populations; and 3) optimal
strategies to enhance the widespread adoption and
institutionalization of effective public health intervention
programs, including the adaptability of interventions to other
and larger health disparity populations. Applicants should focus
on the translation of existing evidenced-based programs,
practices, policies, recommendations, tools, and/or strategies
and are encouraged to use existing resources of proven effective
interventions such as “The Guide
to Community Preventive Services
(The Community Guide)” and the “Guide to Clinical Preventive
Services”. Wherever possible, studies that are interdisciplinary
and include collaborations with traditional and non-traditional
stakeholders that serve health disparity populations as a
primary component of their mission are encouraged.
The CDC intends to commit approximately $4.5 million in total
cost dollars in FY2008 to fund approximately 9 applications. The
average award amount will be approximately $350,000-$450,000
including direct and indirect costs per 12 month budget period
(e.g., direct and indirect costs). An applicant may request a
project period of up to 3 years. An applicant may request up to
$450,000 including direct and indirect costs for each budget
year. The approximate range for total project period (3 years)
is $1,050,000 to $1,350,000 including direct and indirect costs.
The anticipated start date for new awards is September 2008. All
estimated funding amounts are subject to availability of funds.
For application and information, visit
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CD-08-001.html
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5. Microsoft Launches
HealthVault Be Well Fund to Enable Patient-Centric Health
Solutions
Deadline: May 9, 2008
Microsoft Corp. has announced the Microsoft HealthVault Be Well
Fund and Request for Proposals. The $3 million initiative is
designed to empower providers with targeted funding to stimulate
the research and development of online tools that improve
health.
The fund is aimed at stimulating solution development across a
broad range of health disciplines that have the potential to
improve health outcomes for both patients and health-conscious
consumers. Proposals will be evaluated on their potential to
significantly advance the state of health in one or more areas
of focus and demonstrate the potential for expansion into a
large-scale program.
Eligible organizations must be either an accredited
degree-granting college or university with nonprofit status and
awarding degrees at the baccalaureate level or above, or a
research or health institution with nonprofit status.
Private-sector organizations may partner with these institutions
and qualify for the grant. All qualifying organizations must be
based in the United States.
Proposals must make use of the Microsoft HealthVault platform, a
free Web-based platform designed to put people in control of
their health data, and leverage HealthVault Search to reinforce
the project's value through contextual information and
education. Use of non-Microsoft applications on Windows,
cross-platform development, and interoperability with other
operating systems and applications are all encouraged.
Award amounts will range up to a maximum of $500,000 for any
individual proposal.
The complete RFP is available at the HealthVault Web site:
http://healthvault.com/fund/
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6. Regional Community Health
Grants (AZ, CA, IL, KS, NV, NJ, NY, OR, UT, WA) - Aetna
Foundation
Deadline: May 15, 2008
The Aetna Foundation is accepting applications for its Regional
Community Health Grants program to support community-based
initiatives improving access to quality health care and overall
wellness for early diagnosis, treatment, and management of
depression and/or diabetes through at least one of the
following: expansion of the primary caregiver role; community
care delivery; school-based implementation; integrated care
delivery, enhancing access to health information; delivery of
culturally sensitive care; and/or increasing racial and ethnic
health equality.
Award amounts are $25,000-$50,000 for up to one year. Eligible
applicants are IRS 501(c)(3) and de facto tax-exempt nonprofit
organizations.
For complete program information and application guidelines,
visit:
http://www.aetna.com/foundation/grants_reg/apply.html |
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7.
Family Violence Prevention Grants - Target Corporation
Deadline: May 31, 2008
Target Corporation is accepting applications for its Family
Violence Prevention Grants to support healthy family
relationships and environments. Award amounts are $1,000-$3,000.
Eligible applicants include 501(C)(3) organizations, schools,
libraries, and public agencies.
For complete program information and application guidelines,
visit:
http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-003409 |
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8. Innovative Approaches to
Personalizing the Treatment of Depression (R01) - National
Institute of Mental Health
Deadline: June 20, 2008
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) solicits grant
applications for research to develop innovative approaches to
personalizing treatment for patients suffering from depression.
While effective treatments of depression are available, there is
considerable individual variation in treatment response.
Progress has been made in identifying potential predictors and
moderators of treatment effects, but no specific model for
individualizing care has been developed or tested for efficacy.
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to
advance research on individualizing the treatment of depression
by developing models and testing new approaches that, by
accounting for patient characteristics, aim to be more specific
and thus potentially leading to more effective and efficient
treatment interventions. Consistent with the current
state-of-the-science in this relatively new area of research,
this FOA is meant to support relatively small projects or
preliminary investigations, rather than large studies that
definitively test intervention effectiveness. This FOA is
therefore an initial step toward advancing research on
personalization of care in mental health.
Link to Full Announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-010.html
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9. Neighborhood Builders
Grants - Bank of America
Deadline: June 27, 2008
The Bank of America is accepting applications for its
Neighborhood Builders grants program to support leadership
training for organizations focusing on local neighborhood
priorities.
Award amounts are $100,000 per year for 2 years. Eligible
applicants are 501(c)(3) public nonprofit organizations based in
one of the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative Markets (see grant
program website below – includes NYC).
For complete program information and application guidelines,
visit:
http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_neighborbuilders
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10. Proposals for Local Funding
Partnerships - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Deadline: July 8, 2008
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships
program is designed to forge relationships between the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers to fund promising,
original projects that can significantly improve the health of
vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must be new,
innovative, collaborative, and community-based. Significant
program expansions — into new regions or to new populations —
may also be considered. Please note that this program does not
fund existing projects.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested in
participating as one of the funding partners. Local funding
partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain
sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant
period. These funders may include independent and private
foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and
other philanthropies. Matching funds must represent new funding
specifically designated to support the proposed project. In-kind
services may not be used to match foundation funds.
Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit
organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. Private foundations as defined under
Section 509(a) are not eligible to apply. Up to $6 million in
total funding is available for the 2009 grant cycle. Up to 14
matching grants of between $200,000 and $500,000 each per
project will be awarded.
Important details about eligible projects, matching funds and
selection criteria are available on the Local Funding
Partnerships Web site.
Contact:
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20203
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