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Impact grant opportunity for an innovative project that applies or advances technology to a pressing water (e.g. water, wastewater, storm water) issue.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Application Deadline: June 30, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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projects. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline: August 30, 2019</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">The 2nd Edition of the International Student Challenge “</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782"><a href="https://site.unibo.it/urban-farm/en">UrbanFarm</a></span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">”</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">will
take place in the coming months. Students join forces to design Urban Food Projects in three target locations. During the last week, we received several requests of information and for late application. We decided to reopen the call for cities to
<b>7/15/2019</b>. The call is open to city administrations, private companies, no-profit bodies and representatives of the civil society that want to redevelop an urban vacant space and are committed to sustainable food systems. To propose a location, please
fill in the registration form at the <a href="https://site.unibo.it/urban-farm/en/call-to-cities">
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</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">USDA Rural Development offers this </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.govdelivery.com%3A80%2Ftrack%3Ftype%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzExNDgxOCZlbWFpbGlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdXNlcmlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26111%26%26%26https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rd.usda.gov%2Fprograms-services%2Fhousing-preservation-grants&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7Cdff7a9ab2efb44f000df08d6ea9de712%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636954361248492618&sdata=SpP8Em2lHPWSjvN3cIhCUgii6EhYsrxfJYBYDI75r%2F0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">grant
program</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> to eligible entities that work to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for rural low and very low-income homeowners and qualified renters.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: July 8, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Training, Collaboration, and Hiring (MaTCH) Pilot Competition</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> <br>
The SBA challenges organizations or teams to use existing makerspaces to create or expand skills training programs, including industry or trade certification when feasible, with a goal to immediately place all program graduates in positions with previously-identified
employers that are in need of skilled labor </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.govdelivery.com%3A80%2Ftrack%3Ftype%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzExNDgxOCZlbWFpbGlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdXNlcmlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26113%26%26%26https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sba.gov%2Fmatch%2Fmatch-competition-faq&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7Cdff7a9ab2efb44f000df08d6ea9de712%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636954361248502611&sdata=xDKWDuLXyvqZSX4GPulNtSHA5XNa1%2BtZhz7OJRsYqjc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">FAQs</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">.<u> </u><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
Deadline: July 8, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation Grants</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
The US Department of Transportation opens competition for BUILD Grants to support surface transportation infrastructure projects that will have a significant local or regional impact. </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.govdelivery.com%3A80%2Ftrack%3Ftype%3Dclick%26enid%3DZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNjA2LjY3MDQ1NTEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzExNDgxOCZlbWFpbGlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdXNlcmlkPWRhdmUuc2hpZGVsZXJAb2tzdGF0ZS5lZHUmdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY%3D%26%26%26118%26%26%26https%3A%2F%2Fwww.transportation.gov%2FBUILDgrants%2Foutreach&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7Cdff7a9ab2efb44f000df08d6ea9de712%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636954361248532595&sdata=usWhkyQO68GbGFwpxgM0J9E5oaM4JNPnPgOUUUt%2Fr%2BQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">Webinar
Series</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: July 15, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Institute on Rural Design</span></b></a></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> <br>
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">National Endowment for the Arts’ Housing Assistance Council offers opportunities that connect rural communities to design resources,
enabling communities to act on ideas for improvements to a community’s streets, buildings, public spaces, or landscapes to address the specific physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges facing rural areas. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
Deadline: July 22, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">Rural LISC</span></strong><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"> (Local
Initiatives Support Corporation) created the Community Facilities Fund to provide capital to help develop and improve essential community facilities in rural areas. Rural LISC utilizes this fund to provide permanent and construction-to-permanent financing
for rural community facilities, including health care centers, hospitals, educational facilities, and other nonprofit and public facilities in rural communities with populations under 20,000. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323">Deadline</span></strong><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323">:
ongoing. Click </span></span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frurallisc.cmail20.com%2Ft%2Fr-l-jiyksuy-jyhjmudc-r%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C8b5936034ced4d20336808d6e81b1136%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636951600295871235&sdata=gauDNgcX3RfNoXZGoVT4Gw4%2FP3HaaGd%2FXo5T9EEW8yY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2EB1D1;text-decoration:none">here</span></strong></a><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"> for
more information.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">USDA</span></strong><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"> is
offering grants to organizations that work to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for rural, low-income homeowners and renters. Priority will be given to projects designed to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with Substance Use Disorder
(including opioid misuse) in high-risk rural communities. </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323">Deadline: 7/8/2019</span></strong><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323">.
Click </span></span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frurallisc.cmail20.com%2Ft%2Fr-l-jiyksuy-jyhjmudc-t%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C8b5936034ced4d20336808d6e81b1136%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636951600295881230&sdata=nhYhkj1tiR8AdEHU0vWT3xL0c5dt2KOrda1XocRYu%2F0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2EB1D1;text-decoration:none">here</span></a><span class="m-1745518316881627579font-avenir"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323">
to review funding guidelines.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"> is offering
secured, direct loans and loan guarantees for eligible water infrastructure projects, with 15 percent of funds set aside for small, rural, and tribal communities. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline to apply: 7/5/2019</span></strong>.
Click </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frurallisc.cmail20.com%2Ft%2Fr-l-jiyksuy-jyhjmudc-k%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C8b5936034ced4d20336808d6e81b1136%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636951600295901217&sdata=rrMYlwBMh6YRpBGVcUmqCVIUCA6f27%2BGV%2BoDLAMniII%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2EB1D1;text-decoration:none">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323"> for
program guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Housing Units Are Changing</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
The Census publishes key housing changes as the nation’s housing stock increased by 6.8 million units since April 1, 2010, showing North Dakota as the fastest-growing state, in terms of housing units.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Research Service</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">’s new Publication describes trends in economic, structural, resource, and environmental indicators in the agriculture sector which provide assessments
of important changes in U.S. agriculture industry development and implications for economic, social, and environmental sustainability. <u> </u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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database</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> of 50 federal broadband programs, spanning a dozen federal agencies with billions of dollars for broadband grants,
loans and other resources. The database, created with help of participating federal agencies, fulfills a goal set out in the American Broadband Initiative announced in February to make it easier for community leaders to find federal funding and permitting
information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design, a Program of the National Endowment for the Arts</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">has
issued a Request for Host Applicants. This is an opportunity to host a leadership initiative and/or participate in a learning cohort that connects rural communities to design resources, enabling communities to act on ideas for improvements to a community’s
streets, buildings, public spaces, or landscapes to address the specific physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges facing rural areas. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Deadline to apply: 7/22/2019</span></strong>. Click </span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frurallisc.cmail20.com%2Ft%2Fr-l-jiyksuy-jyhjmudc-n%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C8b5936034ced4d20336808d6e81b1136%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636951600295921207&sdata=wRXmNir%2BMxrbjcJFMLf0DAQsyucuv%2FMsPKsaI%2FBl2a0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2EB1D1;text-decoration:none">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#011323;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> to
review application guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Health and Wellness in Indian Country</span></b></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> <br>
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">CDC offers funding to support long-term goals of reducing rates of death and disability from tobacco use, diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and reducing the prevalence
of obesity through a coordinated, holistic approach to healthy living and chronic disease prevention using community-chosen, culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental improvements to achieve these goals. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
Deadline: June 12, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Child Welfare Capacity Building Center for Tribes</span></b></a><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"> <br>
</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">DHS offers support to establish a center for Tribes to serve as the technical assistance focal point for coordinated and culturally competent capacity building technical
assistance American Indian and Alaska Native Nations. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application Deadline: June 18, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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American Indian and Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations operating an Indian health care facility may receive up to $2 million dollars for the construction, expansion or modernization of small ambulatory health care facilities. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
Deadline: June 28, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Development Feasibility Study Funding - Native American Business Development Institute </span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development is soliciting proposals for technical assistance
to hire consultants to perform feasibility studies of economic development opportunities with selection priority given to applicants whose proposals focus on businesses and projects located in Opportunity Zones. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application
Deadline: July 1, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Competitive Program</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">HUD announces the availability of $198 million for competitive grants to Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities eligible to receive IHBG funding under the
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applications Deadline: August 8, 2019.</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;text-decoration:none">Save Your Town</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
Every two years we send out a rural survey to our readers. We ask them what challenges they are facing in their communities. Their answers help us decide what programming we will do in the upcoming months. You can also take the survey!
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaveyour.town%2Fsurveypartner%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C8e8a44fbdb004418c93e08d6f31f3cd6%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636963712820899827&sdata=cYGUSbeLcvbvQ4Im55iNr7VnNdZJpYBME3HjIgWpZqs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://saveyour.town/surveypartner/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
- July 16th webinar - 3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT - sponsored by the <a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/racial-equity-workgroup/events">
Racial Equity in the Food System</a> workgroup. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;text-decoration:none">New Oklahoma Arts
<a href="https://arts.ok.gov/News/2019/May/Oklahoma_Arts_Disaster_Resource_Page.htm">
Disaster Resource Page</a>-</span></b></span><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Oklahoma Arts Council has launched a new
<a href="https://arts.ok.gov/News/2019/May/Oklahoma_Arts_Disaster_Resource_Page.htm">
webpage</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">with helpful information for artists and arts organizations affected by this spring's inclement weather. The page links to
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), Oklahoma Museums Association's Disaster Response Network, the National Coalition for Arts' Preparedness & Emergency Response, MusiCares, and other resources offering grants, toolkits, and more.
<a href="mailto:joel.gavin@arts.ok.gov?subject=Oklahoma%20Arts%20Disaster%20Resource%20Page" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Contact the Oklahoma Arts Council</span></a> about your disaster-related need.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;text-decoration:none">Leadership Arts Alumni Survey-
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Graduates of the Oklahoma Arts Council's
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2F5c1d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375405283&sdata=iiEiJdMwvNgOHk%2F2W9bVdaxA0BoOXuufnGVeMu2hXIM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Leadership
Arts</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> program are urged to complete a survey that will help our agency prepare for the future of the program. Regardless of current job or residency status,
alumni from all ten Leadership Arts classes are encouraged to take the survey. The survey is a comprehensive evaluation of participants' experience in Leadership Arts. Feedback from Leadership Arts alumni will be used to ensure that the program is relevant,
accessible, and sustainable as we move forward. </span><u><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KXB9X2J" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Take the Leadership Arts Alumni Survey</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">Oklahoma Organizations Awarded NEA Grants-
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The latest round of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant investments in Oklahoma will total $783,650. </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2F1x2d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375415277&sdata=Sgobm7F473k3E3lEXgL%2FO4S2OACNvNW04moUcDbbmcI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Announced</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> May
15, the funding will benefit four organizations, including the Oklahoma Arts Council as the state NEA partner. Grants include:<b> Cherokee Nation</b> ($10,000) - an Art Works grant will support weekly art sessions for Cherokee Nation foster children. The program
aims to use traditional Native arts to strengthen sense of identity. (</span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Fhq3d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375425272&sdata=L06qlR2ZLm8Y93rlT2r8ZxpFm%2FG2dWpTkPAZVQvEBzc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Read
the NEA blog</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> about the program).
<b>Oklahoma Arts Council</b> ($753,650) - the state partnership grant supports arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the agency's NEA-approved strategic plan.<b> Oklahoma State University Museum of Art</b> ($10,000) - an Art Works
grant will support the exhibition "The State We're In: Water." <b>Tulsa Opera</b> ($10,000) - an Art Works grant will support Tulsa Opera's "Raise Your Voice!" youth education program.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">New Grant Program for Jazz Artist Tours-</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Emerging and mid-career Oklahoma jazz artists can apply for a new grant program that will bring live jazz to areas underserved by the genre. Through </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Ft35d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375435264&sdata=2FA9kGxxaBR%2F7GM4e0JrjfR%2FWw%2BX7rKKHBRhYCdnlXo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Jazz
Road Tours</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">, funding will support tours of three to six sites. Solo and ensembles of up to 10 members are eligible. Grant awards will range from $5,000 to $15,000. Eligible expenses will include performance
fees, travel, lodging, and meals, among other items. The first deadline for applications is August 1. Rolling deadlines will be offered through June 2022. Jazz Road is a new initiative led by South Arts in collaboration with the six U.S. regional arts organizations.
The goal is to improve work opportunities for jazz artists and strengthen relationships between jazz musicians, presenters, and communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">CIRD Can Aid Rural Oklahoma Place making Efforts-</span></b></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#444444;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design (</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Fpo7d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375445260&sdata=x4kCg2jbJm5X6hxdqzc95VLzJTvZPx1w7BDfHcOaM5s%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">CIRD</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">)
is currently accepting applications for its 2019 program. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), CIRD provides funding, training, and design workshops for towns with populations of 50,000 or less. Bringing together local residents and
community leaders, CIRD empowers citizens to build on their rural assets, using creative pace making to enhance local economies and quality of life. It provides $1,000 travel stipends and access to online education and coaching. Read about </span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2F5g8d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375445260&sdata=oTFEIFrQ2Qfvupo%2FwB%2FTu%2BQuyCPzniMh70g%2FdT9Z94I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">past
CIRD projects</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"> in Greenville, Mississippi; Las Vegas, New Mexico; and Valentine, Nebraska.
</span><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Fl98d9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375455252&sdata=rJH%2FZsSDH%2FfO5fFQmPYTlJWDXsVi9c19QpUmnirLB38%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Apply
for CIRD through July 22</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">. Applications may be submitted by local and tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, Main Street organizations, university
community design centers, and other eligible entities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">Nominate an Oklahoman for a National Heritage Fellowship-
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Through July 30, the National Endowment for the Arts is accepting nominations for its </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Fhuae9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375465246&sdata=DdUVK7eYdFPxCz5xgb4YKrbQfUDXP2DEKzkMjBKFTYk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">National
Heritage Fellowships</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> program. Honoring master folk and traditional artists who reflect our nation's living cultural heritage, fellowships recognize artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions
to America's traditional arts. The program supports ethnic and cultural diversity as a strength of our national character.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">Sand Springs Art Teacher Earns Fulbright Award-
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Oklahoma arts educator Leland Leslie of Sand Springs is one of 25 U.S. teachers who will travel overseas through a Fulbright grant program during 2019-2020. Selected for academic and professional
achievement and leadership potential, recipients of </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2F9zde9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375475241&sdata=FwQUfYUGJTAcrcUGNyPixsitIjVwmmIi3j1z69F6%2Boo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">Fulbright
Distinguished Awards in Teaching Semester Research</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> grants travel to one of 12 countries for up to six months of independent study and professional development.
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Fulbright Program</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. It is designed to build relationships between the U.S. and other countries to address global
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="m293118562999447258e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1D5782">Chenven Foundation Grants for Individual Artists-
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Individual artists who are planning a new craft or visual art project may be eligible to apply for a </span><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fpg56fc%2Ft3tssp%2Fldge9k&data=02%7C01%7Cdave.shideler%40okstate.edu%7C032ff7e54c144735c6b508d6e9d5b29a%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C0%7C636953501375495228&sdata=s67AZruz6vn0s%2Bgm3odeZWZ%2BWJrUOT2mhBc2NMT2olk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;text-decoration:none">$1,500
grant</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> from the Ruth and H</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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