Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education           5/19/05
 
	This announcement is a provided by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Grant Writing and External Funding Assistance once or twice weekly. Grant opportunities are screened for higher education eligibility, listed by deadline date and grouped alphabetically by topic. Call or email if you have received this message indirectly and wish to be added to the direct list. If you want to add topics to the list, or if you do not want to continue to receive this announcement, let us know.
 
	Check out the Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Colleges and Universities web site at http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/. 

Thank you!

Linda Mason, Ed.D.
Coordinator for Grants and 
External Funding Assistance
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
655 Research Parkway, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
405-225-9486
800-858-1840
405-225-9230 Fax
lmason@osrhe.edu

WHAT’S HAPPENING? 

Information about the President’s Proposed Budget for COMMUNITY COLLEGES:

Two new programs in the budget would provide more than $400-million for short-term job-training initiatives and for community colleges. Both programs were part of the President's platform during his re-election campaign, and they remain components of his effort to bolster community colleges and the for-profit sector during his second term. 

1. For the job-training program, the president requested $284-million in the 2006 fiscal year to finance loans for about 377,000 students, including dislocated, unemployed, or older workers. The federal program would be run jointly by the Education Department and the Labor Department, which would determine whether specific training programs at colleges were eligible to participate. The departments would rely on local employment boards and community colleges to determine what skills and training programs were necessary. 

2. The second proposal, the Community College Access Grants Fund, would provide $125-million for community colleges to create dual-enrollment programs that let high-school students earn college credit. The proposal would also finance state efforts to improve policies for granting credit to students who transfer from one college to another. Improving the nation's credit-transfer system has been the subject of recent Congressional hearings as lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives consider legislation encouraging or requiring states and colleges to overhaul their policies. 

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

Council for Resource Development (CRD)
Region VI Conference
June 1 – 3, 2005 
DoubleTree Hotel at Warren Place
Tulsa, OK 
Region VI:  Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
To register, go to: http://www.crdnet.org/pubs/Region_6.cfm

Don’t miss Jep Enck's fabulously motivating sessions on balancing work and personal life; incorporating humor into our work for the sake of our mental, emotional and physical health; and communications and leadership workshops that are far and away above the usual. Check out Jep's web site for more information and comments from folks who've attended his sessions, http://www.enckresources.com/.

AGRICULTURE

See SCIENCE, Grant Resource – National Science Foundation, Earth Sciences.

ARTS AND CULTURE

Deadline Date – June 14, 2005
Grant Resource – US Department of Education
Category – Underground Railroad Culture Exchange
Description – To provide grants to establish a facility to house, display, and interpret artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree.
Size of Grant – $750,000
Cost Sharing or Match – 80%
Web - http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-9617.pdf

COMMUNITY SERVICES

See HEALTH FIELDS, Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services, Compassion Capitol Demonstration Projects.

GLOBAL ISSUES, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Deadline Date – June 6, 2005
Grant Resource – Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Category – Afghanistan School Administrator Training
Description – The goal of the project is to enhance the educational and professional skills of the participants, including their leadership potential. While in the U.S. the participants will gain knowledge about the United States through daily interactions with Americans as well as improve their skills in school administration. The project will bring three different groups of 10-12 participants to the U.S. for a six-to-eight week program between late winter 2006 and spring 2007. The participants will be women who serve as school principals or assistant principals in Afghan schools. The administrators will receive an overview of U.S. education and education philosophy, have a series of workshops on school administration, visit U.S. schools, receive basic English instruction, and receive a computer laptop with training as needed.
Size of Grant – $700,000
Cost Sharing or Match - Yes 
Web – http://www.exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/joon6rfgp.htm

Deadline Date – June 9, 2005
Grant Resource – Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Category – Teacher Training for South Asia
Description – The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Branch, Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for an assistance award program to support the development of a regional teacher-training institute for South Asia.
Size of Grant - $300,000
Cost Sharing or Match - Yes
Web - http://www.exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/jun9rfgp.htm

Deadline Date – June 24, 2005
Grant Resource – US Agency for International Development
Category – Cambodia USAID-Phnom Penh
Description – The Recipient will be responsible for ensuring achievement of the program objectives that support democratic local governance and decentralization in Cambodia.  Please refer to the Program Description (RFA section C) for a complete statement of goals and expected results. 
Size of Grant - $14,000,000
Cost Sharing or Match - Yes
Web – http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OM/CAM/RFA%26%23032%3B442-05-002/Grant.html

Deadline Date – June 30, 2005
Grant Resource – US Agency for International Development 
Category – Civic Advocacy Partnership Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description – The focus of this program will be to support concrete civic advocacy actions, to enhance the public image and influence of local nongovernmental organizations and to promote public-private partnerships in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Size of Grant – $3,300,000
Cost Sharing or Match - No
Web - http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OM/BUD/RFA%26%23032%3B168-05-018/Grant.html

Deadline Date – July 8, 2005
Grant Resource – Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Category –East Asia and Pacific
Description – The Office of Global Educational Programs (ECA/A/S) announces an open competition for Educational Advising Centers and Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (REAC) Services in the East Asia/Pacific region
Size of Grant - $258,000
Cost Sharing or Match - Yes
Web – http://www.exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/jul8rfgp.htm

HEALTH FIELDS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION 

Deadline Date – May 25, 2005 Letter of Intent, June 24, 2005 Proposal
Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services
Category – Youth Diabetes History
Description – The purpose of this RFA is to support research that will expand the preliminary findings of a five year research project, SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth, and enhance our understanding of the natural history, complications, and risk factors of diabetes mellitus with onset in childhood and adolescence.  This program addresses the “Healthy People 2010” focus area of Diabetes.
Size of Grant – 6 awards of $400,000-$600,000
Cost Sharing or Match – No
Web - http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/CDC/PGO/CDC-RFA-DP05069/Grant.html

Deadline Date – June 3, 2005 Letter of Intent, June 17, 2005 Application
Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services
Category – Centers of Excellence in Public Health Informatics
Description – This funding opportunity will use the P01 award mechanism to support Centers of Excellence in Public Health Informatics to advance the study and practice of public health informatics through collaborative efforts among academic public health experts, local and/or state public health departments, developing Regional Health Information Organizations, and other health and informatics professionals.
Cost Sharing or Match - No
Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CD-05-109.html

Deadline Date – June 13, 2005
Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services
Category – Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Demonstration Program
Description – ACF will award funds to experienced organizations to deliver capacity-building services to faith-based and community organizations through the provision of training, technical assistance, and sub-awards. Intermediary organizations will assist faith-based and community organizations with capacity-building activities in five critical areas: (1) Leadership development, (2) organizational development, (3) 
programs and services, (4) funding, and (5) community engagement. Capacity-building activities are designed to increase an organization's sustainability and effectiveness, enhance its ability to provide social services, diversify its funding sources, and create collaborations to better serve those most in need.
Size of Grant – 17 awards of $1,000,000 each for 17 month projects
Cost Sharing or Match - No 
Web - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2005-ACF-OCS-EJ-0035.html 

Deadline Date – August 12, 2005
Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services
Category – Indian Health Service - Health Management Development Program
Description – The Tribal Management Grant (TMG) Program is a national competitive discretionary grant program established to assist Federally-recognized Tribes and Tribally-sanctioned Tribal organizations in assuming all or part of existing Indian Health Service (IHS) programs, services, functions, and activities (PSFA) through a Title I contract and to assist established Title I contractors and Title V compactors to further develop and improve their management capability.
Size of Grant – $300,000
Cost Sharing or Match - No 
Web - http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/index.cfm?module=TM_HHS_2006_IHS_TMP_0001

LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT

Deadline Date – August 8, 2005 for upgrade of equipment; February 8, 2005 for cyberinfracture.
Grant Resource – National Science Foundation
Category - Proposals may ONLY be submitted for: Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment; Development of New Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques or Software; Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities; and Support of Research Technicians OR Proposals may ONLY be submitted for: Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities; Support of Research Technicians; and Development of Cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics)
Description – The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests within and across Earth science disciplines. EAR/IF will consider proposals for: Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment that will advance laboratory and field investigations, and student training opportunities in the Earth sciences; Development of New Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques or Software that will extend current research and research training capabilities in the Earth sciences; Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities that will make complex and expensive instruments or systems of instruments broadly available to the Earth sciences research and student communities; Support of Research Technicians who will provide for optimal and efficient operation of advanced instrumentation, analytical protocol development, and user training for Earth science research instrumentation; Development of Cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics) that will enable transformative advances in Earth science research and education through novel application, development or adaptation of information technologies. Planned research uses of requested instruments must include basic research on solid-Earth and surface-Earth processes.
Size of Grant – 50-60 awards totaling $7,000,000
Cost Sharing or Match - No
Web – http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05587/nsf05587.htm
RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – July 1, 2005
Grant Resource – US Department of Agriculture
Category – 10.771 -- Rural Cooperative Development Grants
Description – Provides grant funds for rural cooperative development.
Size of Grant - $300,000
Cost Sharing or Match – 25% 
Web - http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rcdg/rcdg.htm

SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY

Deadline Date – August 8, 2005
Grant Resource – National Science Foundation	
Category – Earth Sciences
Description – The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests within and across Earth science disciplines. 
Cost Sharing or Match – No
Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05587

See LABORATORIES, Grant Resource – National Science Foundation, geosciences equipment and cyberinfrastructure.

TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM

Deadline Date – June 3, 2005
Grant Resource – Homeland Security
Category – 97.005 -- State and Local Domestic Preparedness Training Program
Description – The purpose of the 2005 Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP), is to support the accomplishment of the National Preparedness Goal by providing tailored, specialized training to enhance the capacity of emergency responders to prevent, protect, respond to or recover from incidents of national significance, including terrorist incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Size of Grant – 9 awards of $1,000,000 to $9,000,000
Cost Sharing or Match - No
Web - http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DHS/DHSWIDE/DHSLOC/DHS-GRANTS-050905-001/Grant.html