Children’s Trust to host Grant Opportunities Input Summit
The Children’s Trust will host a Grant Opportunities Input Summit on July 24 to gather feedback from Miami-Dade County service providers before we release our next portfolio of solicitations. Join us to contribute your thoughts and ideas on the following topics: early childhood services; youth development services (inclusive of youth enrichment, and after-school and summer camp programs); parenting services; and health services. We strongly encourage and welcome all relevant direct service providers in Miami-Dade County (Trust-funded or not) to attend and share your thoughts. When: Monday, July 24, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where: New Location! Miami Springs Senior High 751 Dove Ave. Miami Springs, FL 33166
Deadline: 7-24-2017
Volunteer Florida 2017-2018 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Request For Proposals US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange (SEE) Independent Professionals Project Competition, Round 6 National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program A Blade of Grass 2018 ABOG Fellowship Simons Foundation Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowships U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Susan Harwood Training Grant, FY 2017, (Targeted Topics)
This initiative focuses investment on volunteer management practices that increase volunteer recruitment and retention. The program will help to increase the capacity of your organization to recruit, manage, support and retain skills-based volunteers to serve in high-value volunteer assignments. Through this innovative approach, skills-based volunteering, will capture the skills, experience, talents and education of volunteers and matches them with the needs of your nonprofit. VGF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida. The applicant must be an organization that mobilizes people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems.
Deadline: 8-4-2017
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded in support independent social initiatives that seek to establish or strengthen collaboration between Russians and Americans across SEE’s socially-oriented thematic areas. Thematic areas for 2017 include social support and protection of citizens; protection of flora/fauna and the promotion of animal welfare; promotion of philanthropy and volunteerism; youth development, extracurricular activities, and alternative education; public health and the promotion of healthy lifestyles; preservation of national identities, cultures, languages, and tradition of indigenous peoples; social and cultural adaptation and immigration of migrants; medical and social rehabilitation and/or social and economic reintegration of persons engaged in the illicit use of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances; and the promotion of economic and labor mobility. Candidates must be a citizen or permanent residents of either the United States or the Russian Federation, have at least professional proficiency in both English and Russian, and possess significant professional experience in one or more of SEE’s thematic areas.
Deadline: 7-24-2017
This fellowship program is designed to enable democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. The program offers five-month fellowships to focus on strategies and best practices for developing democracy in their country of interest, and to scholars to conduct original research for publication. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research arm in Washington, D.C. A working knowledge of English is required. Applicants on the practitioner track are typically mid-career professionals with several years of professional experience in the field of democracy and human rights. There are no specific degree requirements. Applicants interested in the scholarly track are expected to possess a doctorate (a Ph.D. or academic equivalent) at the time of application, to have a proven record of publications in their field, and to have developed a detailed research outline for their fellowship project. Award ceiling not specified; fellows receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, plus health insurance and reimbursement for travel to and from Washington, D.C. Fellows also receive a fully equipped office and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Research Associates Program.
Deadline: 10-15-2017
The $20,000 ABOG fellowship supports socially engaged projects that promote art as a catalyst for social change; projects that feature artists in leadership roles; dialogue-based projects that emphasize active and sustainable partnerships with communities; and projects in which artists engage community members as equal partners on locally relevant issues, or globally relevant issues as they apply to the local context. Projects in which co-creation with non-artists is part of the process are highly encouraged. Fellowship projects become the focus of a short, engaging documentary film directed and produced by RAVA Films; field research that utilizes action research methodology; Web content and public programs; a biennial publication; curriculum and advocacy that advance the field of socially engaged art; and two dedicated opportunities to engage a cohort of peer artists. Eligible applicants include individual artists or artists collectives with projects that engage directly with a specific community or communities. To be eligible, artists may not currently be enrolled as students, must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States, and be at least 25 years of age.
Deadline: 9-18-2017
The program will award grants of up to $165,000 over three years, plus $30,000 for health insurance and research expenses, in support of independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. Simons Investigators will be expected to participate fully in SCOL events both online and in person (e.g., webinars, workshops, quarterly meetings, and annual symposia). These opportunities are designed both to strengthen the collaboration and provide the most fruitful mechanism for bringing a growing origins-of-life community together. Applications from all origins-related disciplines are encouraged. All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or other research facility. Applications may be submitted by scientists in domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions such as a college, university, hospital, laboratory, or unit of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government.
Deadline: 9-7-2017
Grants provide training and education programs for workers and employers on the recognition, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act. $3.5 million is available under this program. Two types of grants are being announced in this funding opportunity: Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot grants. Nonprofit organizations, including qualifying labor unions, community- based and faith-based organizations, and employer associations, that are not an agency of a state or local government are eligible to apply. Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply in accordance with Executive Order 13175. Additionally, state or local government supported institutions of higher education are eligible to apply in accordance with OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions in 2 CFR 2900.
Deadline: 8-28-2017
US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange (SEE) Independent Professionals Project Competition, Round 6 Wyeth Foundation for American Art CAA Publishing Grants Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Lotte Lenya Competition U.S. Department of State Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs FY 2018 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD Program) A Blade of Grass 2018 ABOG Fellowship Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and NEA USArtists International Program Japan Foundation 2018-2019 Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) Grants Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University Levitt Foundation 2018 Outdoor Music Concert Program U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): American History and Civics Education: National Activities Grants CFDA Number 84.422B
Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded in support independent social initiatives that seek to establish or strengthen collaboration between Russians and Americans across SEE’s socially-oriented thematic areas. Thematic areas for 2017 include social support and protection of citizens; protection of flora/fauna and the promotion of animal welfare; promotion of philanthropy and volunteerism; youth development, extracurricular activities, and alternative education; public health and the promotion of healthy lifestyles; preservation of national identities, cultures, languages, and tradition of indigenous peoples; social and cultural adaptation and immigration of migrants; medical and social rehabilitation and/or social and economic reintegration of persons engaged in the illicit use of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances; and the promotion of economic and labor mobility. Candidates must be a citizen or permanent residents of either the United States or the Russian Federation, have at least professional proficiency in both English and Russian, and possess significant professional experience in one or more of SEE’s thematic areas.
Deadline: 7-24-2017
The program supports the publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art, visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. For the purposes of this program, “American art” is defined as art created in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The program will not consider excavation or other technical reports, articles, previously published works (including collections of previously published essays), or congress proceedings. Museum exhibition or collection catalogues containing substantial scholarship are eligible. To be considered, applications must submitted by the publisher.
Deadline: 9-15-2017
This unique international contest bridges the worlds of opera/operetta and Broadway musical theater. More than a vocal competition, the contest emphasizes wide-ranging repertoire and the acting of songs and arias within a dramatic context. The competition seeks exceptionally talented young singer/actors who excel in a wide range of musical theater styles to compete for top prizes of $20,000, $15,000, and $10,000. The competition is open to singer/actors of all nationalities between the ages of 19 and 32 (born after December 31, 1985 and before January 1, 1999).
Deadline: 1-22-2018
The program selects outstanding underserved students from East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere to receive scholarships for one semester of non-degree study at U.S. institutions of higher education. Some students may also participate in one additional semester of pre-academic English language training. Funding should support a minimum of 245 participants, pending the availability of FY 2018 funds. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) (3) may submit proposals to cooperate with the Bureau in the administration and implementation of the Global UGRAD Program. Organizations with less than four years of experience in conducting international exchange programs are not eligible for this competition.
Deadline: 9-5-2017
The $20,000 ABOG fellowship supports socially engaged projects that promote art as a catalyst for social change; projects that feature artists in leadership roles; dialogue-based projects that emphasize active and sustainable partnerships with communities; and projects in which artists engage community members as equal partners on locally relevant issues, or globally relevant issues as they apply to the local context. Projects in which co-creation with non-artists is part of the process are highly encouraged. Fellowship projects become the focus of a short, engaging documentary film directed and produced by RAVA Films; field research that utilizes action research methodology; Web content and public programs; a biennial publication; curriculum and advocacy that advance the field of socially engaged art; and two dedicated opportunities to engage a cohort of peer artists. Eligible applicants include individual artists or artists collectives with projects that engage directly with a specific community or communities. To be eligible, artists may not currently be enrolled as students, must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States, and be at least 25 years of age.
Deadline: 9-18-2017
Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to American dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals and/or for performance engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside the United States. Applicants must be a professional dance, music, or theater ensemble or a solo artist (including practitioners of folk and traditional forms), or be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. If an ensemble, the majority of its members must a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. (whether a U.S.-based ensemble or a collaborative project with artists in the host country); if a solo performer, he/she must be invited to perform as a soloist without accompaniment and be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. To be eligible, festivals must be sponsored or organized primarily by a non-U.S.-based organization; be international in scope, with representation from at least two countries outside the host country, or have a U.S. theme with representation from at least three U.S. ensembles and/or solo artists; reach a wide audience and be open and marketed to the general public; provide some support in the form of cash remuneration or paid or in-kind contributions toward eligible project expenses; and provide the applicant with a signed letter of invitation or signed contract to perform at the festival. Additionally, the NEA (a program funder) is providing increased support for the first time to artists invited to perform at festivals in Cuba.
Deadline: 9-7-2017
The foundation is accepting proposals for touring and collaborative projects through its Performing Arts Japan program, an annual program designed to increase access to Japanese performing arts in the U.S. and Canada, especially outside major metropolitan areas; foster an understanding of the these arts by providing educational programs for audiences in each touring location apart from public performances; and support collaborative projects between Japanese and U.S./Canadian performing artists. Eligible applicants are U.S. or Canada-based nonprofit organizations. To be eligible, projects must present Japanese performing arts and/or facilitate performing arts collaborations between Japanese and American/Canadian artists and include an educational and/or community outreach component.
Deadline: 10-31-2017
Fellowships are awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early-career poets, novelists, choreographers, playwrights, designers, performers, directors, filmmakers, composers, and performance artists who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton, and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course a semester, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. An $80,000-a-year stipend is provided through the program. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.
Deadline: 9-19-2017
Grants of up to $25,000 in matching funding will be awarded to a minimum of ten U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, or municipalities partnering with a nonprofit, to present the Levitt AMP [Your City] Music Series, a minimum of ten free outdoor concerts presented over ten consecutive weeks between May 1 and November 15. To be eligible, all proposed Levitt AMP [Your City] Music Series must take place within the United States, in small to midsized towns and cities with populations of up to 400,000 people, or within a metro area with a population of no more than one million. For towns or cities located within a metro area with a population that exceeds one million, the town or city must be at least twenty-five miles from the anchor city of the metro area.
Deadline: 10-2-2017
Program promotes innovative instruction, learning strategies, and professional development in American history, civics and government, and geography, with an emphasis on activities and programs that benefit low-income students and underserved populations. This competition provides funding to support the development, implementation, expansion, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based instructional approaches and professional development activities and programs in American history, civics and government, and geography in elementary and secondary schools. It includes an absolute priority for projects that: serve high-need students to help these students improve learning outcomes for these students; show potential to improve student achievement in, and teaching of, these subjects; and demonstrate innovation, scalability, accountability, and a focus on underserved populations. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education or other nonprofit or for-profit organizations with demonstrated expertise in the development of evidence-based approaches with the potential to improve the quality of American history, civics and government, or geography learning and teaching.
Deadline: 8-21-2017
Build it with KaBOOM! Grant Opportunity: Play is essential to physical, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development. So, in partnership with nonprofits across the country, KaBOOM! is making it as easy as possible for kids to play, so that they can learn, explore, grow, and just be kids. Together, KaBOOM! and our community partners have been knocking down barriers to play for the kids who need it most by creating PLAYces just for them. We have a grant available to build a new playground in the larger Fort Lauderdale and Miami area in November of this year and wanted to be sure to share the information with Florida Association of Nonprofits members! If you know of a community or organization that is in need of a new playground, please feel free to call me, Sianna Simmons, KaBOOM! the Outreach Team member, at 202-464-6188 or through email at ssimmons@kaboom.org! National Alliance for Grieving Children Child Bereavement Program Grants Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines Children’s Trust to host Grant Opportunities Input Summit
This organization is accepting applications from local child bereavement organizations for programs that bring grief support services to youth from ethnically diverse or low-income communities not served by existing bereavement programs. Five grants will be awarded to organizations working to deliver programs that have a direct impact on children. Fifty percent of the children served must be from low-income families and/or minority communities. To be eligible, organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Award Ceiling: $100,000 over two years.
Deadline: 8-7-2017
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
The Children’s Trust will host a Grant Opportunities Input Summit on July 24 to gather feedback from Miami-Dade County service providers before we release our next portfolio of solicitations. Join us to contribute your thoughts and ideas on the following topics: early childhood services; youth development services (inclusive of youth enrichment, and after-school and summer camp programs); parenting services; and health services. We strongly encourage and welcome all relevant direct service providers in Miami-Dade County (Trust-funded or not) to attend and share your thoughts. When: Monday, July 24, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where: New Location! Miami Springs Senior High 751 Dove Ave. Miami Springs, FL 33166
Deadline: 7-24-2017
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Market Transparency Project for Health IT Interoperability Services U.S. Department of Labor Disability Employment Initiative Grants U.S. Department of Energy Development of Transformational Separation and Extraction Processes for Production of Rare Earth Element Materials from Domestic U.S.Coal and Coal By-Products USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program – Phase I A Blade of Grass 2018 ABOG Fellowship Veterans Florida Veterans Florida Strategic Planning Request for Proposals
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to improve transparency in the current market by funding the development of an independent, open, online resource (e.g., an interactive website containing crowdsourced and voluntarily submitted data), whose design features and functionality is to be guided by market research to be performed by the recipient on costs frequently associated with health IT interoperability services. The online resource should make it easy for health IT consumers, third-party app developers, and health IT developers to voluntarily contribute cost data and other information about their health IT products and services and list them on the online resource. Eligible applicants are private and public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and private or for profit organizations with proven knowledge of and familiarity working with either Health IT interoperability services, developing online tools for crowd sourced reporting, or a combination of the two. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 7-31-2017
The purpose of this program is to provide funding to expand the capacity of American Job Centers (AJCs), also known as One-Stop Centers, to promote the use of existing career pathways to serve two populations: 1) adults (ages 18 and older) with visible, non-visible, and significant disabilities, including those who have acquired disabilities in adulthood; and 2) youth (ages 14-24) with visible, non-visible, and significant disabilities, including those who have chronic health conditions. Under this round of DEI funding, grantees will focus on improvements needed to make their existing “career pathways” systems fully inclusive of and accessible to individuals with disabilities. The lead applicant must be the state workforce agency (SWA) that is eligible for funding under Title I of WIOA or for funding under the W-P Act. Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Deadline: 7-31-2017
The program is focused on developing technologies for the recovery of REEs from coal and coal by-products. The program offers a pathway to improve the economics and reduce the environmental impact of a domestic coal-based REE value chain. The Department of Energy is looking to develop new technologies or technology advancements that result in improvements in technical, environmental, and economic performance of existing technologies to recover rare earth elements from domestic U.S. coal and coal by-products. Eligibility is unrestricted. Award Ceiling: $1,600,000
Deadline: 7-18-2017
Proposed Phase I projects should prove the scientific or technical feasibility of the approach or concept. Projects dealing with agriculturally related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all SBIR topic areas. USDA SBIR’s flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA’s vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with the land, air, and water. USDA SBIR Program has awarded over 2000 research and development projects since 1983, allowing hundreds of small businesses to explore their technological potential, and providing an incentive to profit from the commercialization of innovative ideas. Eligible applicants are small businesses and small proprietorships that are in business for profit.
Deadline: 10-5-2017
The $20,000 ABOG fellowship supports socially engaged projects that promote art as a catalyst for social change; projects that feature artists in leadership roles; dialogue-based projects that emphasize active and sustainable partnerships with communities; and projects in which artists engage community members as equal partners on locally relevant issues, or globally relevant issues as they apply to the local context. Projects in which co-creation with non-artists is part of the process are highly encouraged. Fellowship projects become the focus of a short, engaging documentary film directed and produced by RAVA Films; field research that utilizes action research methodology; Web content and public programs; a biennial publication; curriculum and advocacy that advance the field of socially engaged art; and two dedicated opportunities to engage a cohort of peer artists. Eligible applicants include individual artists or artists collectives with projects that engage directly with a specific community or communities. To be eligible, artists may not currently be enrolled as students, must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States, and be at least 25 years of age.
Deadline: 9-18-2017
Veterans Florida seeks a qualified, experienced, professional consultant or consultant firm to coordinate, compile data, and help facilitate a comprehensive agency strategic planning effort resulting in a updated three-year Strategic Plan addressing both sustainability of organizational efforts and opportunities for engagement in new initiatives consistent with the Veterans Florida mission and identified legislative goals. Veterans Florida is a non-profit corporation created by the State of Florida to help veterans fully transition to civilian life in the Sunshine State. They connect veterans to employers, grant funds to employers to hire and train veterans, and educate veterans on how to open their own businesses in Florida. Submissions must be delivered via emailed to the Executive Director, Bobby Carbonell at email: carbonell@veteransflorida.org.
Deadline: 7-21-2017
Medical Toxicology Foundation 2018 Research and Teaching Awards National Science Foundation (NSF) Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs Volunteer Florida 2017-2018 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Request For Proposals Society for Conservation Biology David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program American Psychological Foundation Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Refugee Career Pathways Program National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation 2017 Quality of Life Grants Program ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Robert M. Scarborough Award for Graduate/PostGraduate Excellence National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) U.S. Department of State Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs FY 2018 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD Program) National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Amyloidosis Foundation 2018 Research Grants U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Susan Harwood Training Grant, FY 2017, (Targeted Topics) National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience Japan Foundation 2018-2019 Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) Grants Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): American History and Civics Education: National Activities Grants CFDA Number 84.422B Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Kids Run the Nation Fund
The foundation will award grants of up to $20,000 to innovative projects that support the foundation’s current research and education priorities, which include support for early-career investigators (fellows and young faculty) as well as for the development of innovative methods of delivering medical toxicology education to healthcare providers and the general public. To be eligible, applicants must be ACMT members in good standing.
Deadline: 2-15-2018
CISE’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Algorithmic Foundations (AF)program; The Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program; and The Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program. Proposers are invited to submit proposals intwo project classes, which are defined as follows: Small Projects – up to $500,000 total budget with durations up to three years; and Medium Projects – $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget with durations up to four years. CCF proposals must be in the Small or Medium classes only. Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Non-profit, non-academic organizations; and Universities and Colleges. Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline: 9-27-2017
This initiative focuses investment on volunteer management practices that increase volunteer recruitment and retention. The program will help to increase the capacity of your organization to recruit, manage, support and retain skills-based volunteers to serve in high-value volunteer assignments. Through this innovative approach, skills-based volunteering, will capture the skills, experience, talents and education of volunteers and matches them with the needs of your nonprofit. VGF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida. The applicant must be an organization that mobilizes people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems.
Deadline: 8-4-2017
The purpose is to create opportunities for leading conservation scientists to strengthen their skills through two years of applied postdoctoral research, supplemented by training programs, peer networking, and field-learning experiences that help them build productive partnerships with conservation practitioners and contribute to and communicate scientific knowledge of critical importance in conservation. The focus of research and activities should be characterized by cutting-edge research in conservation biology; defining frontiers and leading the future of conservation biology; building coalitions of organizations and partnerships to support conservation biology; and supporting and encouraging high-potential individuals to accept risk as a component of change and leadership and thus make significant change in the world. Fellowship benefits include a two-year annual salary of $55,000; research funds totaling $32,000 and an $8,000 travel budget; targeted professional development workshops and training events; and lifetime membership in the Society for Conservation Biology, including subscriptions to Conservation Biology and Conservation Letters. To be eligible individuals must have completed their doctorate within the past five years.
Deadline: 9-8-2017
The program supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology. Program goals are to: Nurture excellent young scholars for careers in areas of psychology, such as child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational and developmental psychopathology; and Support scholarly work contributing to the advancement of knowledge in these areas. Eligible applicants are: Completed doctoral candidacy; Demonstrated research competence and area commitment; and IRB approval must be received from host institution before funding can be awarded if human participants are involved. Support is provided for one year only. Only one application accepted from any one institution in any given year. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 11-15-2017
Grants support implementation of projects assisting refugees to qualify for licenses and certifications necessary to attain employment and improve self-sufficiency. Allowable activities will include case management, training and technical assistance, specialized English language training, and mentoring. Grantees may also provide refugee participants with financial assistance for costs related to the establishment or re-establishment of credentials, such as obtaining educational credits or enrollment in required certification programs. Grantees are encouraged to collaborate with professional associations, universities, and others with expertise in this area to facilitate career opportunities in ways that supplement, rather than supplant, existing services. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and public housing authorities. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 8-29-2017
This fellowship program is designed to enable democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. The program offers five-month fellowships to focus on strategies and best practices for developing democracy in their country of interest, and to scholars to conduct original research for publication. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research arm in Washington, D.C. A working knowledge of English is required. Applicants on the practitioner track are typically mid-career professionals with several years of professional experience in the field of democracy and human rights. There are no specific degree requirements. Applicants interested in the scholarly track are expected to possess a doctorate (a Ph.D. or academic equivalent) at the time of application, to have a proven record of publications in their field, and to have developed a detailed research outline for their fellowship project. Award ceiling not specified; fellows receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, plus health insurance and reimbursement for travel to and from Washington, D.C. Fellows also receive a fully equipped office and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Research Associates Program.
Deadline: 10-15-2017
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
These grants are awarded to programs or projects designed to improve the daily lives of people with paralysis and related mobility impairments and their families. The program supports a wide array of programs that are organized in three key thematic areas: Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, or Caring and Coping (ABC’s). To be eligible, nonprofit organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and serve individuals with physical disabilities, particularly paralysis, and their families. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 8-31-2017
The annual award is intended to recognize two current graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers who have had a primary, leading role in significant scientific discoveries that enhance the field of medicinal chemistry. The awardees will present an award address at the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society as a part of Division of Medicinal Chemistry programming, receive a commemorative plaque and honorarium, and receive $500 to partially offset travel expenses to attend the meeting. To be eligible, candidates must be a current graduate student or postdoctoral researcher at an academic institution, private, or government research foundation and must have demonstrated a key role in and contribution to a research project with direct medicinal chemistry applications and relevance. Nominees are expected to have demonstrated creativity and insight in medicinal chemistry and/or biology and possess pragmatic, empirical problem solving skills.
Deadline: 2-28-2018
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; and advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments. The AISL program supports seven types of projects: (1) Collaborative Planning, (2) Exploratory Pathways, (3) Research in Service to Practice, (4) Innovations in Development, (5) Broad Implementation, and (6) Conferences. Award ceiling: $3 million
Deadline: 11-6-2017
The program selects outstanding underserved students from East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere to receive scholarships for one semester of non-degree study at U.S. institutions of higher education. Some students may also participate in one additional semester of pre-academic English language training. Funding should support a minimum of 245 participants, pending the availability of FY 2018 funds. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c) (3) may submit proposals to cooperate with the Bureau in the administration and implementation of the Global UGRAD Program. Organizations with less than four years of experience in conducting international exchange programs are not eligible for this competition.
Deadline: 9-5-2017
This program supports active long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Mathematics (STEM) in-service and pre-service teachers, full-time community college faculty, and university faculty and students to enhance the scientific disciplinary knowledge and capacity of the STEM teachers and/or community college faculty through participation inauthentic summer research experiences with engineering and computer science faculty researchers. The research projects and experiences all revolve around a focused research area related to engineering and/or computer science that will provide a common cohort experience to the participating educators. The K-12 STEM teachers and/or full-time community college faculty also translate their research experiences and new scientific knowledge into their classroom activities and curricula. The university team will include faculty, graduate and undergraduate students as well as industrial advisers. This announcement features two mechanisms for support of in-service and pre-service K-12 STEM teachers and full-time community college faculty: (1) RET supplements to ongoing ENG and CISE awards and (2) new RET Site awards.
Deadline: 10-10-2017
Amyloidosis Foundation is focused on raising awareness of the need for an earlier diagnosis for amyloidosis, a group of diseases in which abnormal protein, known as amyloid fibrils, builds up in tissue; educating medical professionals through its Grand Rounds program and attendance at medical conferences; prioritizing a research agenda through grants and partnership with the Amyloidosis Research Consortium; and empowering patients through our comprehensive range of services, including accurate up-to-date information. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in support of basic biomedical and clinical research related to systemic amyloidosis. To be eligible, applicants must be within ten years of completion of their postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowship and have a mentor.
Deadline: 9-15-2017
Grants provide training and education programs for workers and employers on the recognition, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act. $3.5 million is available under this program. Two types of grants are being announced in this funding opportunity: Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot grants. Nonprofit organizations, including qualifying labor unions, community- based and faith-based organizations, and employer associations, that are not an agency of a state or local government are eligible to apply. Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply in accordance with Executive Order 13175. Additionally, state or local government supported institutions of higher education are eligible to apply in accordance with OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions in 2 CFR 2900.
Deadline: 8-28-2017
The program invites proposals that address immediate challenges and opportunities that are facing undergraduate STEM education, as well as those that anticipate new structures (e.g. organizational changes, new methods for certification or credentialing, course re-conception, cyberlearning, etc.) and new functions of the undergraduate learning and teaching enterprise. The program recognizes and respects the variety of discipline-specific challenges and opportunities facing STEM faculty as they strive to incorporate results from educational research into classroom practice and work with education research colleagues and social science learning scholars to advance our understanding of effective teaching and learning. The program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Two tiers of projects exist within each track: (i) Exploration and Design and (ii) Development and Implementation. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: 10-10-2017
The foundation is accepting proposals for touring and collaborative projects through its Performing Arts Japan program, an annual program designed to increase access to Japanese performing arts in the U.S. and Canada, especially outside major metropolitan areas; foster an understanding of the these arts by providing educational programs for audiences in each touring location apart from public performances; and support collaborative projects between Japanese and U.S./Canadian performing artists. Eligible applicants are U.S. or Canada-based nonprofit organizations. To be eligible, projects must present Japanese performing arts and/or facilitate performing arts collaborations between Japanese and American/Canadian artists and include an educational and/or community outreach component.
Deadline: 10-31-2017
Fellowships are awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early-career poets, novelists, choreographers, playwrights, designers, performers, directors, filmmakers, composers, and performance artists who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton, and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course a semester, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. An $80,000-a-year stipend is provided through the program. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.
Deadline: 9-19-2017
Program promotes innovative instruction, learning strategies, and professional development in American history, civics and government, and geography, with an emphasis on activities and programs that benefit low-income students and underserved populations. This competition provides funding to support the development, implementation, expansion, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based instructional approaches and professional development activities and programs in American history, civics and government, and geography in elementary and secondary schools. It includes an absolute priority for projects that: serve high-need students to help these students improve learning outcomes for these students; show potential to improve student achievement in, and teaching of, these subjects; and demonstrate innovation, scalability, accountability, and a focus on underserved populations. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education or other nonprofit or for-profit organizations with demonstrated expertise in the development of evidence-based approaches with the potential to improve the quality of American history, civics and government, or geography learning and teaching.
Deadline: 8-21-2017
This program promotes the sport of running through the development and growth of running clubs and running events throughout the country. The Fund assists running clubs and schools that are interested in implementing or currently have a youth running program. The goal of the grant program is to have kids running at least once a week for multiple weeks; funded youth running programs should be more than just a one-time event. Running clubs or other organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) designation are eligible to apply. Elementary and middle schools that provide an organized after-school running programs are eligible as well. All applicants must be an official 501(c)(3), school, parent booster club, PTA, or a similar entity. Award Ceiling: $1,000.
Deadline: 10-1-2017
Medical Toxicology Foundation 2018 Research and Teaching Awards U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Market Transparency Project for Health IT Interoperability Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Refugee Career Pathways Program Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation 2017 Quality of Life Grants Program Amyloidosis Foundation 2018 Research Grants U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Service Area Competition (SAC) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Susan Harwood Training Grant, FY 2017, (Targeted Topics) Research Foundation of the ASCRS Career Development Award
The foundation will award grants of up to $20,000 to innovative projects that support the foundation’s current research and education priorities, which include support for early-career investigators (fellows and young faculty) as well as for the development of innovative methods of delivering medical toxicology education to healthcare providers and the general public. To be eligible, applicants must be ACMT members in good standing.
Deadline: 2-15-2018
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to improve transparency in the current market by funding the development of an independent, open, online resource (e.g., an interactive website containing crowdsourced and voluntarily submitted data), whose design features and functionality is to be guided by market research to be performed by the recipient on costs frequently associated with health IT interoperability services. The online resource should make it easy for health IT consumers, third-party app developers, and health IT developers to voluntarily contribute cost data and other information about their health IT products and services and list them on the online resource. Eligible applicants are private and public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and private or for profit organizations with proven knowledge of and familiarity working with either Health IT interoperability services, developing online tools for crowd sourced reporting, or a combination of the two. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 7-31-2017
Grants support implementation of projects assisting refugees to qualify for licenses and certifications necessary to attain employment and improve self-sufficiency. Allowable activities will include case management, training and technical assistance, specialized English language training, and mentoring. Grantees may also provide refugee participants with financial assistance for costs related to the establishment or re-establishment of credentials, such as obtaining educational credits or enrollment in required certification programs. Grantees are encouraged to collaborate with professional associations, universities, and others with expertise in this area to facilitate career opportunities in ways that supplement, rather than supplant, existing services. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and public housing authorities. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 8-29-2017
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
These grants are awarded to programs or projects designed to improve the daily lives of people with paralysis and related mobility impairments and their families. The program supports a wide array of programs that are organized in three key thematic areas: Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, or Caring and Coping (ABC’s). To be eligible, nonprofit organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and serve individuals with physical disabilities, particularly paralysis, and their families. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 8-31-2017
Amyloidosis Foundation is focused on raising awareness of the need for an earlier diagnosis for amyloidosis, a group of diseases in which abnormal protein, known as amyloid fibrils, builds up in tissue; educating medical professionals through its Grand Rounds program and attendance at medical conferences; prioritizing a research agenda through grants and partnership with the Amyloidosis Research Consortium; and empowering patients through our comprehensive range of services, including accurate up-to-date information. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in support of basic biomedical and clinical research related to systemic amyloidosis. To be eligible, applicants must be within ten years of completion of their postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowship and have a mentor.
Deadline: 9-15-2017
The Health Center Program supports patient-directed public and private nonprofit organizations that provide primary and preventive health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved. The purpose of the SAC funding opportunity is to ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable populations served by the Health Center Program. Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entity, as demonstrated through the submission of the Evidence of Non-profit/Public Center Status. $337 million is available to make 73 awards.
Deadline: 8-21-2017
Grants provide training and education programs for workers and employers on the recognition, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act. $3.5 million is available under this program. Two types of grants are being announced in this funding opportunity: Capacity Building Developmental and Capacity Building Pilot grants. Nonprofit organizations, including qualifying labor unions, community- based and faith-based organizations, and employer associations, that are not an agency of a state or local government are eligible to apply. Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native Hawaiian organizations are eligible to apply in accordance with Executive Order 13175. Additionally, state or local government supported institutions of higher education are eligible to apply in accordance with OMB 2 CFR 200 and DOL exceptions in 2 CFR 2900.
Deadline: 8-28-2017
The goal is to provide young surgeons with the support necessary for the initiation and development of an academic career in colorectal surgery. The CDA focuses on career development and mentorship of the individual rather than solely on the research proposal. The award is intended for the academic investigator demonstrating significant creativity in research relevant to the pathophysiology or management of diseases of the small bowel, colon, rectum, or anus. To be eligible, applicants must be within five years of their first full-time faculty appointment in the United States or a Canadian government agency or public or private nonprofit medical institution; be a U.S. or Canadian citizen who has completed an approved colorectal surgery training program; and be a member of ASCRS. In addition, applicants must not currently have or have previously received a career development award from another external funding source. Award Ceiling: $75,000 per year for two years
Deadline: 10-1-2017
U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Department of Homeland Security FEMA FY17 Pre-Disaster Mitigation
The program makes available federal funds to State, Local and Tribal Governments to implement and sustain cost-effective measures that reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). FEMA will fund planning up to $100,000 per applicant with a maximum of $50,000 for state plans and $25,000 for local plans. FEMA will fund technical assistance up to $50,000 for states who were awarded FMA Grant Program funds totaling at least $1 million in FY 2015. The remaining FMA funds will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects that will reduce or eliminate claims under the NFIP with a focus on mitigation of severe repetitive loss and repetitive loss properties as well as projects that will reduce the risk profile in communities through mitigation of the largest number of NFIP-insured properties on a neighborhood level.
Deadline: 11-14-2017
The PDM program provides funding for projects that aim to reduce overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events, while also reducing reliance on Federal funding from future disasters. Eligible applicants include: county governments; city or township governments; federally-recognized Native American tribal governments; state governments; and, territories. Award Ceiling: $15,000,000
Deadline: 11-14-2017
Volunteer Florida 2017-2018 Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Request For Proposals U.S. Department of Labor Disability Employment Initiative Grants National Alliance for Grieving Children Child Bereavement Program Grants American Psychological Foundation Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Refugee Career Pathways Program Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation 2017 Quality of Life Grants Program A Blade of Grass 2018 ABOG Fellowship U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Service Area Competition (SAC) Veterans Florida Veterans Florida Strategic Planning Request for Proposals Children’s Trust to host Grant Opportunities Input Summit U.S. Department of Agriculture FY17 WIC Special Project Grants Full Mini National Alliance for Accessible Golf Accessible Golf Program Grants
This initiative focuses investment on volunteer management practices that increase volunteer recruitment and retention. The program will help to increase the capacity of your organization to recruit, manage, support and retain skills-based volunteers to serve in high-value volunteer assignments. Through this innovative approach, skills-based volunteering, will capture the skills, experience, talents and education of volunteers and matches them with the needs of your nonprofit. VGF is open to any community or faith-based organization that maintains 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, or a government entity in Florida. The applicant must be an organization that mobilizes people and resources to deliver creative solutions to community problems.
Deadline: 8-4-2017
The purpose of this program is to provide funding to expand the capacity of American Job Centers (AJCs), also known as One-Stop Centers, to promote the use of existing career pathways to serve two populations: 1) adults (ages 18 and older) with visible, non-visible, and significant disabilities, including those who have acquired disabilities in adulthood; and 2) youth (ages 14-24) with visible, non-visible, and significant disabilities, including those who have chronic health conditions. Under this round of DEI funding, grantees will focus on improvements needed to make their existing “career pathways” systems fully inclusive of and accessible to individuals with disabilities. The lead applicant must be the state workforce agency (SWA) that is eligible for funding under Title I of WIOA or for funding under the W-P Act. Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Deadline: 7-31-2017
This organization is accepting applications from local child bereavement organizations for programs that bring grief support services to youth from ethnically diverse or low-income communities not served by existing bereavement programs. Five grants will be awarded to organizations working to deliver programs that have a direct impact on children. Fifty percent of the children served must be from low-income families and/or minority communities. To be eligible, organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Award Ceiling: $100,000 over two years.
Deadline: 8-7-2017
The program supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology. Program goals are to: Nurture excellent young scholars for careers in areas of psychology, such as child-clinical, pediatric, school, educational and developmental psychopathology; and Support scholarly work contributing to the advancement of knowledge in these areas. Eligible applicants are: Completed doctoral candidacy; Demonstrated research competence and area commitment; and IRB approval must be received from host institution before funding can be awarded if human participants are involved. Support is provided for one year only. Only one application accepted from any one institution in any given year. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 11-15-2017
Grants support implementation of projects assisting refugees to qualify for licenses and certifications necessary to attain employment and improve self-sufficiency. Allowable activities will include case management, training and technical assistance, specialized English language training, and mentoring. Grantees may also provide refugee participants with financial assistance for costs related to the establishment or re-establishment of credentials, such as obtaining educational credits or enrollment in required certification programs. Grantees are encouraged to collaborate with professional associations, universities, and others with expertise in this area to facilitate career opportunities in ways that supplement, rather than supplant, existing services. Eligible Applicants: private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS; For profit organizations and small businesses; state, county, city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations and governments; special district governments; Independent school districts; and public housing authorities. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 8-29-2017
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
These grants are awarded to programs or projects designed to improve the daily lives of people with paralysis and related mobility impairments and their families. The program supports a wide array of programs that are organized in three key thematic areas: Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, or Caring and Coping (ABC’s). To be eligible, nonprofit organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and serve individuals with physical disabilities, particularly paralysis, and their families. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 8-31-2017
The $20,000 ABOG fellowship supports socially engaged projects that promote art as a catalyst for social change; projects that feature artists in leadership roles; dialogue-based projects that emphasize active and sustainable partnerships with communities; and projects in which artists engage community members as equal partners on locally relevant issues, or globally relevant issues as they apply to the local context. Projects in which co-creation with non-artists is part of the process are highly encouraged. Fellowship projects become the focus of a short, engaging documentary film directed and produced by RAVA Films; field research that utilizes action research methodology; Web content and public programs; a biennial publication; curriculum and advocacy that advance the field of socially engaged art; and two dedicated opportunities to engage a cohort of peer artists. Eligible applicants include individual artists or artists collectives with projects that engage directly with a specific community or communities. To be eligible, artists may not currently be enrolled as students, must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States, and be at least 25 years of age.
Deadline: 9-18-2017
The Health Center Program supports patient-directed public and private nonprofit organizations that provide primary and preventive health care services to the Nation’s medically underserved. The purpose of the SAC funding opportunity is to ensure continued access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary health care services for communities and vulnerable populations served by the Health Center Program. Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit private entity, as demonstrated through the submission of the Evidence of Non-profit/Public Center Status. $337 million is available to make 73 awards.
Deadline: 8-21-2017
Veterans Florida seeks a qualified, experienced, professional consultant or consultant firm to coordinate, compile data, and help facilitate a comprehensive agency strategic planning effort resulting in a updated three-year Strategic Plan addressing both sustainability of organizational efforts and opportunities for engagement in new initiatives consistent with the Veterans Florida mission and identified legislative goals. Veterans Florida is a non-profit corporation created by the State of Florida to help veterans fully transition to civilian life in the Sunshine State. They connect veterans to employers, grant funds to employers to hire and train veterans, and educate veterans on how to open their own businesses in Florida. Submissions must be delivered via emailed to the Executive Director, Bobby Carbonell at email: carbonell@veteransflorida.org.
Deadline: 7-21-2017
The Children’s Trust will host a Grant Opportunities Input Summit on July 24 to gather feedback from Miami-Dade County service providers before we release our next portfolio of solicitations. Join us to contribute your thoughts and ideas on the following topics: early childhood services; youth development services (inclusive of youth enrichment, and after-school and summer camp programs); parenting services; and health services. We strongly encourage and welcome all relevant direct service providers in Miami-Dade County (Trust-funded or not) to attend and share your thoughts. When: Monday, July 24, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Where: New Location! Miami Springs Senior High 751 Dove Ave. Miami Springs, FL 33166
Deadline: 7-24-2017
These grant awards are contingent upon the availability of funding and will be awarded as cooperative agreements to allow the Food and Nutrition Service more active participation with the grantee during both project development and project execution. only the 90 WIC State agencies responsible for administering WIC in the States, Territories, and Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) may apply as a lead agency. Successful grants depend on partnerships between the lead State agency and local WIC agencies, local colleges or universities, public health organizations (government or nongovernment), Head Start programs or other similar programs serving low income families with children under 5 years of age. Strong collaborations within States and local agencies enhance the delivery of WIC services and therefore, it is strongly recommended that State agencies reach out to their local WIC agencies for collaborative inputs in the proposal development process. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: 9-11-2017
These grants demonstrate an expansion of efforts to provide financial assistance and resources to help make the game of golf more accessible to people with disabilities. Grants support organizations that provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to learn and enjoy the game of golf and its inherent values. The alliance is particularly interested in applications that demonstrate focus on inclusion of people with disabilities in programs that involve those without disabilities, with the ultimate goal of enhancing their inclusion into the fabric of the community. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. All grant recipients must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations or government entities such as public schools or municipalities that provide golf programs for individuals with disabilities. Award Ceiling: $20,000.
Deadline: 7-12-2027
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University
This fellowship program is designed to enable democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. The program offers five-month fellowships to focus on strategies and best practices for developing democracy in their country of interest, and to scholars to conduct original research for publication. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED’s research arm in Washington, D.C. A working knowledge of English is required. Applicants on the practitioner track are typically mid-career professionals with several years of professional experience in the field of democracy and human rights. There are no specific degree requirements. Applicants interested in the scholarly track are expected to possess a doctorate (a Ph.D. or academic equivalent) at the time of application, to have a proven record of publications in their field, and to have developed a detailed research outline for their fellowship project. Award ceiling not specified; fellows receive a monthly stipend for living expenses, plus health insurance and reimbursement for travel to and from Washington, D.C. Fellows also receive a fully equipped office and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Research Associates Program.
Deadline: 10-15-2017
Fellowships are awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early-career poets, novelists, choreographers, playwrights, designers, performers, directors, filmmakers, composers, and performance artists who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton, and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course a semester, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. An $80,000-a-year stipend is provided through the program. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.
Deadline: 9-19-2017
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Coastal Program U.S. Department of Energy Innovative Technology Development to Enhance Fossil Power System Efficiency Society for Conservation Biology David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program U.S. Department of Energy Development of Transformational Separation and Extraction Processes for Production of Rare Earth Element Materials from Domestic U.S.Coal and Coal By-Products USDA Small Business Innovation Research Program – Phase I National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Ocean Exploration FY 2018 Funding Opportunity National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience U.S. Department of Agriculture FY17 WIC Special Project Grants Full Mini Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Endangered and Threatened Native Flora Grants Program
This Program is a voluntary, incentive-based program that provides direct technical assistance and financial assistance in the form of cooperative agreements to coastal communities and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. Program staff coordinate with project partners, stakeholders and other service programs to identify geographic focus areas and develop habitat conservation priorities within these focus areas. Geographic focus areas are where the Coastal Program directs resources to conserve habitat for federal trust species. Applicants seeking funding under this program should review the program strategic plan and also contact the regional Coastal Program office prior to submitting an application for funding. Award ceiling: $500,000.
Deadline: 9-30-2017
To view the changes associated with this amendment, please refer to the highlighted areas in the Amendment 000001 document. The program serves as a bridge between basic and applied research by targeting concepts that offer the potential for transformational breakthroughs and step-change benefits in the way energy systems are designed, constructed, and operated. DOE is seeking financial assistance applications that propose concepts and technologies that will make significant and cost-effective progress toward achieving these step-change benefits for electric generating units and industrial plants that use fossil fuel. Eligibility is unrestricted. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Deadline: 7-24-2017
The purpose is to create opportunities for leading conservation scientists to strengthen their skills through two years of applied postdoctoral research, supplemented by training programs, peer networking, and field-learning experiences that help them build productive partnerships with conservation practitioners and contribute to and communicate scientific knowledge of critical importance in conservation. The focus of research and activities should be characterized by cutting-edge research in conservation biology; defining frontiers and leading the future of conservation biology; building coalitions of organizations and partnerships to support conservation biology; and supporting and encouraging high-potential individuals to accept risk as a component of change and leadership and thus make significant change in the world. Fellowship benefits include a two-year annual salary of $55,000; research funds totaling $32,000 and an $8,000 travel budget; targeted professional development workshops and training events; and lifetime membership in the Society for Conservation Biology, including subscriptions to Conservation Biology and Conservation Letters. To be eligible individuals must have completed their doctorate within the past five years.
Deadline: 9-8-2017
The program is focused on developing technologies for the recovery of REEs from coal and coal by-products. The program offers a pathway to improve the economics and reduce the environmental impact of a domestic coal-based REE value chain. The Department of Energy is looking to develop new technologies or technology advancements that result in improvements in technical, environmental, and economic performance of existing technologies to recover rare earth elements from domestic U.S. coal and coal by-products. Eligibility is unrestricted. Award Ceiling: $1,600,000
Deadline: 7-18-2017
Proposed Phase I projects should prove the scientific or technical feasibility of the approach or concept. Projects dealing with agriculturally related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all SBIR topic areas. USDA SBIR’s flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA’s vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with the land, air, and water. USDA SBIR Program has awarded over 2000 research and development projects since 1983, allowing hundreds of small businesses to explore their technological potential, and providing an incentive to profit from the commercialization of innovative ideas. Eligible applicants are small businesses and small proprietorships that are in business for profit.
Deadline: 10-5-2017
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; and advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments. The AISL program supports seven types of projects: (1) Collaborative Planning, (2) Exploratory Pathways, (3) Research in Service to Practice, (4) Innovations in Development, (5) Broad Implementation, and (6) Conferences. Award ceiling: $3 million
Deadline: 11-6-2017
NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration & Research (OER) seeks to enhance ocean exploration and scientific knowledge of the unknown or poorly known areas of the ocean. This entails identifying, describing and creating baseline characterizations of new ocean habitats, marine resources and/or processes. In this Announcement, OER is seeking proposals focused on three topics including: 1. Exploration of the deep marine environments in the US EEZ and US Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) of the Gulf of Mexico; 2. Discovery and exploration of prehistorically and historically significant submerged marine heritage sites in the Gulf of Mexico within the US EEZ and the US Extended Continental Shelf(ECS); and 3. Novel or innovative technologies and methodologies that could increase the pace and scope of ocean exploration, especially exploration of deep environments including the water column and archaeological sites. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education; non-profit institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; for-profit organizations; and U.S. territories that possess the statutory authority to accept funding for this type of work.
Deadline: 12-8-2017
The program invites proposals that address immediate challenges and opportunities that are facing undergraduate STEM education, as well as those that anticipate new structures (e.g. organizational changes, new methods for certification or credentialing, course re-conception, cyberlearning, etc.) and new functions of the undergraduate learning and teaching enterprise. The program recognizes and respects the variety of discipline-specific challenges and opportunities facing STEM faculty as they strive to incorporate results from educational research into classroom practice and work with education research colleagues and social science learning scholars to advance our understanding of effective teaching and learning. The program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Two tiers of projects exist within each track: (i) Exploration and Design and (ii) Development and Implementation. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: 10-10-2017
These grant awards are contingent upon the availability of funding and will be awarded as cooperative agreements to allow the Food and Nutrition Service more active participation with the grantee during both project development and project execution. only the 90 WIC State agencies responsible for administering WIC in the States, Territories, and Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) may apply as a lead agency. Successful grants depend on partnerships between the lead State agency and local WIC agencies, local colleges or universities, public health organizations (government or nongovernment), Head Start programs or other similar programs serving low income families with children under 5 years of age. Strong collaborations within States and local agencies enhance the delivery of WIC services and therefore, it is strongly recommended that State agencies reach out to their local WIC agencies for collaborative inputs in the proposal development process. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: 9-11-2017
Grants under this program may be awarded for activities which provide recognition of those native flora to the state that are endangered and threatened; and activities that encourage, within a controlled program, the protection, curation, propagation, reintroduction and monitoring of native flora that are identified as endangered or threatened. Eligible applicants are not-for-profit corporations who can demonstrate, based on program criteria, the ability to protect, conserve, propagate, reintroduce and monitor endangered and threatened native flora. A 25% match is required.
Deadline: 7-31-2017
Build it with KaBOOM! Grant Opportunity: Play is essential to physical, cognitive, creative, social, and emotional development. So, in partnership with nonprofits across the country, KaBOOM! is making it as easy as possible for kids to play, so that they can learn, explore, grow, and just be kids. Together, KaBOOM! and our community partners have been knocking down barriers to play for the kids who need it most by creating PLAYces just for them. We have a grant available to build a new playground in the larger Fort Lauderdale and Miami area in November of this year and wanted to be sure to share the information with Florida Association of Nonprofits members! If you know of a community or organization that is in need of a new playground, please feel free to call me, Sianna Simmons, KaBOOM! the Outreach Team member, at 202-464-6188 or through email at ssimmons@kaboom.org! Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation 2017 Quality of Life Grants Program National Alliance for Accessible Golf Accessible Golf Program Grants Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Kids Run the Nation Fund
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
These grants are awarded to programs or projects designed to improve the daily lives of people with paralysis and related mobility impairments and their families. The program supports a wide array of programs that are organized in three key thematic areas: Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, or Caring and Coping (ABC’s). To be eligible, nonprofit organizations must be considered tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and serve individuals with physical disabilities, particularly paralysis, and their families. Award Ceiling: $25,000
Deadline: 8-31-2017
These grants demonstrate an expansion of efforts to provide financial assistance and resources to help make the game of golf more accessible to people with disabilities. Grants support organizations that provide opportunities for individuals with disabilities to learn and enjoy the game of golf and its inherent values. The alliance is particularly interested in applications that demonstrate focus on inclusion of people with disabilities in programs that involve those without disabilities, with the ultimate goal of enhancing their inclusion into the fabric of the community. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. All grant recipients must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations or government entities such as public schools or municipalities that provide golf programs for individuals with disabilities. Award Ceiling: $20,000.
Deadline: 7-12-2027
This program promotes the sport of running through the development and growth of running clubs and running events throughout the country. The Fund assists running clubs and schools that are interested in implementing or currently have a youth running program. The goal of the grant program is to have kids running at least once a week for multiple weeks; funded youth running programs should be more than just a one-time event. Running clubs or other organizations with IRS 501(c)(3) designation are eligible to apply. Elementary and middle schools that provide an organized after-school running programs are eligible as well. All applicants must be an official 501(c)(3), school, parent booster club, PTA, or a similar entity. Award Ceiling: $1,000.
Deadline: 10-1-2017
National Science Foundation (NSF) Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Market Transparency Project for Health IT Interoperability Services U.S. Department of Energy Innovative Technology Development to Enhance Fossil Power System Efficiency Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism 2017 Grant Guidelines ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Robert M. Scarborough Award for Graduate/PostGraduate Excellence National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Simons Foundation Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life 2018 Postdoctoral Fellowships National Science Foundation (NSF) Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience
CISE’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Algorithmic Foundations (AF)program; The Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) program; and The Software and Hardware Foundations (SHF) program. Proposers are invited to submit proposals intwo project classes, which are defined as follows: Small Projects – up to $500,000 total budget with durations up to three years; and Medium Projects – $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget with durations up to four years. CCF proposals must be in the Small or Medium classes only. Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Non-profit, non-academic organizations; and Universities and Colleges. Award Ceiling: $3,000,000
Deadline: 9-27-2017
Program supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs: Computer Systems Research (CSR) program; and Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program. Proposers are invited to submit proposals in three project classes, which are defined as follows: Small Projects – up to $500,000 total budget with durations up to three years; Medium Projects – $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget with durations up to four years; and Large Projects – $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total budget with durations up to five years. Deadlines: November 28, annually (large) and December 19, annually (small).
Deadline: 9-27-2017
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to improve transparency in the current market by funding the development of an independent, open, online resource (e.g., an interactive website containing crowdsourced and voluntarily submitted data), whose design features and functionality is to be guided by market research to be performed by the recipient on costs frequently associated with health IT interoperability services. The online resource should make it easy for health IT consumers, third-party app developers, and health IT developers to voluntarily contribute cost data and other information about their health IT products and services and list them on the online resource. Eligible applicants are private and public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and private or for profit organizations with proven knowledge of and familiarity working with either Health IT interoperability services, developing online tools for crowd sourced reporting, or a combination of the two. Award Ceiling: $250,000
Deadline: 7-31-2017
To view the changes associated with this amendment, please refer to the highlighted areas in the Amendment 000001 document. The program serves as a bridge between basic and applied research by targeting concepts that offer the potential for transformational breakthroughs and step-change benefits in the way energy systems are designed, constructed, and operated. DOE is seeking financial assistance applications that propose concepts and technologies that will make significant and cost-effective progress toward achieving these step-change benefits for electric generating units and industrial plants that use fossil fuel. Eligibility is unrestricted. Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Deadline: 7-24-2017
The foundation is accepting applications from organizations and schools for grants of up to $20,000 for programs designed to meet families’ needs by ensuring access to services, active lifestyles, and adult independence. 1) Access to Services grants support community organizations and schools that are providing vital resources and actively assisting children with autism spectrum disorder and their families through education and technology, advocacy programs, diagnostic and clinical services, direct family support, safety equipment, emergency care, respite services, and other opportunities. 2) Active Lifestyle grants support recreational and sports programs, aquatic programs, social skills training, family events, and summer camps for all individuals on the autism spectrum. 3) Adult Community-Based Services: The foundation supports opportunities for job training, vocational skills programs, employment, housing, transportation, and healthcare delivery for adults on the autism spectrum. To be eligible, applicants must be recognized as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and provide services in one or more of the following geographic regions: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Southern California (San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County), central Florida (Marion, Volusia, Sumter, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Brevard counties), and select Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver). The foundation will also consider national educational and advocacy programs.
Deadline: 9-29-2017
The annual award is intended to recognize two current graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers who have had a primary, leading role in significant scientific discoveries that enhance the field of medicinal chemistry. The awardees will present an award address at the fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society as a part of Division of Medicinal Chemistry programming, receive a commemorative plaque and honorarium, and receive $500 to partially offset travel expenses to attend the meeting. To be eligible, candidates must be a current graduate student or postdoctoral researcher at an academic institution, private, or government research foundation and must have demonstrated a key role in and contribution to a research project with direct medicinal chemistry applications and relevance. Nominees are expected to have demonstrated creativity and insight in medicinal chemistry and/or biology and possess pragmatic, empirical problem solving skills.
Deadline: 2-28-2018
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; and advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments. The AISL program supports seven types of projects: (1) Collaborative Planning, (2) Exploratory Pathways, (3) Research in Service to Practice, (4) Innovations in Development, (5) Broad Implementation, and (6) Conferences. Award ceiling: $3 million
Deadline: 11-6-2017
This program supports active long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Mathematics (STEM) in-service and pre-service teachers, full-time community college faculty, and university faculty and students to enhance the scientific disciplinary knowledge and capacity of the STEM teachers and/or community college faculty through participation inauthentic summer research experiences with engineering and computer science faculty researchers. The research projects and experiences all revolve around a focused research area related to engineering and/or computer science that will provide a common cohort experience to the participating educators. The K-12 STEM teachers and/or full-time community college faculty also translate their research experiences and new scientific knowledge into their classroom activities and curricula. The university team will include faculty, graduate and undergraduate students as well as industrial advisers. This announcement features two mechanisms for support of in-service and pre-service K-12 STEM teachers and full-time community college faculty: (1) RET supplements to ongoing ENG and CISE awards and (2) new RET Site awards.
Deadline: 10-10-2017
The program will award grants of up to $165,000 over three years, plus $30,000 for health insurance and research expenses, in support of independent research on topics related to the origins of life at one or more laboratories or research institutions in any country. Simons Investigators will be expected to participate fully in SCOL events both online and in person (e.g., webinars, workshops, quarterly meetings, and annual symposia). These opportunities are designed both to strengthen the collaboration and provide the most fruitful mechanism for bringing a growing origins-of-life community together. Applications from all origins-related disciplines are encouraged. All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or other research facility. Applications may be submitted by scientists in domestic and foreign nonprofit organizations; public and private institutions such as a college, university, hospital, laboratory, or unit of state and local government; and eligible agencies of the federal government.
Deadline: 9-7-2017
The program invites proposals that address immediate challenges and opportunities that are facing undergraduate STEM education, as well as those that anticipate new structures (e.g. organizational changes, new methods for certification or credentialing, course re-conception, cyberlearning, etc.) and new functions of the undergraduate learning and teaching enterprise. The program recognizes and respects the variety of discipline-specific challenges and opportunities facing STEM faculty as they strive to incorporate results from educational research into classroom practice and work with education research colleagues and social science learning scholars to advance our understanding of effective teaching and learning. The program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Two tiers of projects exist within each track: (i) Exploration and Design and (ii) Development and Implementation. Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: 10-10-2017
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Fiscal Year 2018 – Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) U.S. Department of Transportation FY 2017 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Program
The program is a Federal formula grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of crashes, injuries, and fatalities and hazardous material incidents involving commercial motor vehicles. Eligible applicants are State Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety agency (lead agency), as designated by the State?s governor, including the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with approved State Plans. Award Ceiling: $30,000,000
Deadline: 8-16-2017
FTA announces the availability of approximately $226.5 million of Fiscal Year 2017 funds for buses, bus facilities, and bus equipment. The purpose is to assist in the financing of buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing or leasing bus-related facilities. Eligible applicants include designated recipients that allocate funds to fixed route bus operators, states or local governmental entities that operate fixed route bus service, and Indian tribes. Except for projects proposed by Indian tribes, proposals for projects in rural (non-urbanized) areas must be submitted as part of a consolidated State proposal. Under 49 U.S.C. § 5339(b)(3), states and other eligible applicants may also submit consolidated proposals for projects in urbanized areas.
Deadline: 8-25-2017