From lmason at osrhe.edu Thu Jul 3 13:40:54 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:40:54 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education 7-3-08 Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A10AF5F@postman1.osrhe.edu> Grant Opportunities for Oklahoma Higher Education 7/3/08 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. Add your email address to the listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/okhigheredgrants if you wish to be added to the direct mailing list. 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 at osrhe.edu TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Webinar Technology Based Learning (TBL) Grants-Prospective Applicant Orientation The Employment and Training Administration's Office of Policy Development and Research staff, in conjunction with other ETA key personnel, will conduct an orientation for prospective applicants of the Technology-Based Learning Initiative grant to provide guidelines and other essential reference tools needed for successful application. The use of Technology Based Learning (TBL) and/or E-learning is an emerging strategy to help address the talent development needs in regional economies across the country. ETA recently announced the availability of approximately $10 million in grant funds under the TBL Initiative. This competitive grant opportunity has been designed to help workers quickly acquire the training and skills they need to be successful in today's global economy, particularly in high-growth/high-demand occupations. This Webinar will provide background information on the grant opportunity, describe the application submission requirements, outline the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this solicitation, and details how grantees will be selected. Date: 7-29-08 Time: 1-2:30 pm Central The use of Technology Based Learning (TBL) and/or E-learning is an emerging strategy to help address the talent development needs in regional economies across the country. ETA recently announced the availability of approximately $10 million in grant funds under the TBL Initiative. This competitive grant opportunity has been designed to help workers quickly acquire the training and skills they need to be successful in today's global economy, particularly in high-growth/high-demand occupations. This Webinar will provide background information on the grant opportunity, describe the application submission requirements, outline the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this solicitation, and details how grantees will be selected. To register, go to http://www.workforce3one.org/public/webinars/details.cfm?id=352 AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE Deadline Date - November 7, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Category - Limiting Underage Drinking Phase II Description - The NIAAA invites applications for a limited competition for Cooperative Agreements. These applications are Phase II of a two-part FOA that was conceived and designed to enable rural and small urban health care systems to become platforms for conducting research on underage drinking. In Phase I, Underage Drinking: Building Health Care System Responses, participants were to: (1) assess the extent of underage drinking in the areas they serve and (2) develop capacity for intervening with underage drinking. In Phase II, NIAAA seeks applications from the institutions that participated in Phase I. The Phase II applications will build upon successful Phase I activities in order to implement and evaluate interventions designed to address underage alcohol consumption. Size of Grant - 4 awards of $750,000/yr for 5 yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-09-001.html ARTS AND CULTURE Deadline Date - July 3, 2008; September 12, 2008 Grant Resource - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Category - Cultural Exchange Tours Description - The Association of Performing Arts Presenters' Cultural Exchange Fund is an international travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will assist professionals within the presenting field to build partnerships and collaborations. The program is designed to help expand presenting and touring opportunities in the U.S. for deserving international work, and support long-term development projects, residencies, or commissions. Size of Grant - $2,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.artspresenters.org/ Deadline Date - August 1, 2008 Grant Resource - Mr. Holland's Opus Category - K-12 School Music Programs at Least 3 Years Old Deadline: Aug. 1, 2008. Funds: $500-$8,000 worth of musical instruments The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation donates new or repaired instruments for schools and students to use for music programs. The foundation currently offers two types of grant programs: The Melody Program, which supports K-12 school music programs that take place during the school day, and the Special Projects Program, which supports afterschool music programs. The Melody Program helps support K-12 school music programs for applicants who have no other source of funding for musical instruments and other necessary materials. Schools must have a music program that has been in existence for at least three years. The Special Projects Program provides instruments for afterschool music programs. Programs must be at least three years old or work within a music-related umbrella organization that has been in existence for at least three years. Size of Grant - Musical Instruments Cost Sharing or Match - Web - http://www.mhopus.org/index.asp Deadline Date - August 27, 2008 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Humanities Category - Historic Places and Areas Planning Grant Description - America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Planning grants can be used to plan, refine, and develop the content and interpretive approach of a project. Applicants should have already conducted preliminary consultation with scholars to help shape the humanities content of the project and with other programming advisers appropriate to the project's format. Applications for panel exhibitions are accepted only from organizations other than museums, such as libraries or library systems. Panel exhibitions must travel beyond a single site and must also incorporate at least one other program format. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects should do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Applications may, for example, include plans to create Web sites, PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats or others that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, video on demand, streaming video, games, or other digital components. Digital components should rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project's humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the chosen technology. Support is also available to expand previously funded NEH projects through the addition of new, complementary formats, for example, developing a series of reading and discussion programs around an exhibition or film or using digital formats to add new interpretive dimensions to a project. The new formats should complement and expand the project's original humanities content in unique ways and should reach audiences that were not served by the original project. Size of Grant - $75,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html Deadline Date - August 27, 2008 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Humanities Category - Historical Places Implementation Grant Description - America's Historical and Cultural Organizations implementation grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Applications for panel exhibitions are accepted only from organizations other than museums, such as libraries or library systems. Panel exhibitions must travel beyond a single site and must also incorporate at least one other program format. Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects should do more than simply provide a digital archive of material. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engages public audiences interactively in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Applications may, for example, include plans to create Web sites, PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats or others that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, video on demand, streaming video, games, or other digital components. Digital components should rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project's humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed format. Support is also available to expand previously funded NEH projects through the addition of new, complementary formats, for example, developing a series of reading and discussion programs around an exhibition or film or using digital formats to add new interpretive dimensions to a project. The new formats should complement and expand the project's original humanities content in unique ways and should reach audiences that were not served by the original project. Size of Grant - $1,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_ImplementationGuidelines.html Deadline Date - October 1, 2008 Grant Resource - Grammy Foundation Category - Music Scientific Research and Historical Preservation Description - The Grammy Foundation Grant Program funds the following areas: 1) Scientific Research Projects: The foundation awards grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the research and/or broad-reaching implementations of original scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition, including the links between music study and early childhood development, the effects of music therapy, and the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals. 2) Archiving and Preservation Projects: The foundation awards grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: Preservation Implementation and Planning, Assessment, and/or Consultation. Size of Grant - Scientific Research $40,000; Preservation Implementation $40,000; Preservation Assessment $10,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Foundation/Grants/ See COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - National Trust for Historic Preservation CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - July 14, 2008 Grant Resource - National Trust for Historic Preservation and Environmental Protection Agency Category - Preservation of Schools in Community Centers Description - The National Trust for Historic Preservation in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and with support from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund is offering grants for organizations to research and support the preservation of schools in community centers. The grant is intended to help organizations: 1) research state policies and practices; 2) convene a policy summit to develop recommendations; 3) develop educational materials; and 4) hold a press event to announce policy findings. Organizations that participate will help communities within their state site schools so that they achieve their educational objectives and also anchor the local neighborhood, support public health, further economic development, foster a cleaner environment, and offer additional benefits to the community. http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/historic?schools. Size of Grant - $6,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/historic?schools. Deadline Date - July 15, 2008 Grant Resource - Mattel Children's Foundation Category - Underserved Children, Literacy, Health Programs, Girl Empowerment Description - Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation offer grants to organizations that directly serve children in the United States. Eligible applicants for a grant must be nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status that serve children and make a direct impact on an identified need. Preference goes to organizations with an operating budget that is less than $1 million. The foundation is particularly interested in projects addressing the following priority areas: Learning-making education accessible for underserved children and providing creative strategies to promote and address literacy; Health-programs that support the health and wellbeing of children, promoting healthy, active lifestyles; and/or Girl empowerment-programs that further self-esteem in young girls up to age 12. Grants can be used for specific programs or core operating support. Size of Grant - $25,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.mattel.com/about_us/philanthropy/ci_mcf_philanthropy_grantmak ing.asp Deadline Date - August 4, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Runaway Youth in Rural Settings Description - The Family and Youth Services Bureau at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is inviting proposals for innovative projects to provide services in rural areas to runaway and homeless youth. The purpose of these grants is to establish newly proposed--or strengthen existing--community-based Basic Center Programs that use a host home model to give temporary emergency shelter and care to runaway and homeless youth in rural settings. Size of Grant - $100,000/yr for 3 yr Cost Sharing or Match - Yes Web - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CY-0129.html CONFERENCES CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA FELLOWSHIPS GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY See MATH AND ENGINEERING, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation, Geomechanics and Geotechnical Systems. GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES Deadline Date - September 12, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Gerontology Open Solicitation Description - Applications may be submitted in response to this Open Solicitation for funding of projects that further the purposes of Title IV of the Older Americans Act, the AoA strategic plan, and the AoA mission (provided in the AoA Strategic Plan. Title IV projects must: test new and innovative approaches to the design and delivery of programs and services for older persons; expand knowledge and understanding of the older population and the aging process; help meet the needs for trained personnel in the field of aging; and/or increase awareness of the need for individuals to assume responsibility for their own longevity. An applicant should strongly consider its data, measurement, collection, cost analysis, reporting, and evaluation methodologies. AoA is particularly interested in funding innovative performance models that can demonstrate successful outcomes and that may be replicated by other organizations. Program demonstrations that are based on evidence-based models that have been supported by research (preferably randomized control trials that are published in peer reviewed journals) are preferred. Proposals should reflect an understanding of the aging services network and detail the role that their proposal could play in the service systems of the network. Size of Grant - 1 award of $750,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - C:\Documents and Settings\linda\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\K5EVWL6V\HHS-2008-AOA-OP-0817-Full Announcement-1[1].zip GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - July 10, 2008 Letter of Intent, October 20, 2008 Invited Proposal Grant Resource - American Health Assistance Foundation Category - Macular Degeneration Description - The American Health Assistance Foundation is accepting applications from independent researchers at nonprofit research institutions and who hold an equivalent to the academic rank of Assistant Professor or higher for the Macular Degeneration Research Program. This funding initiative supports basic research into the causes and potential treatments of macular degeneration. Size of Grant - $50,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ahaf.org/macular/research/maresrch.htm Deadline Date - July 24, 2008 Grant Resource - Michael J. Fox Foundation Category - Parkinson's Disease Research Description - The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has yet another funding opportunity to offer. The Critical Challenges in Parkinson's Disease grant program is open to academic and industry researchers. The Michael J. Fox Foundation is providing up to $2 million to support the development and testing of non-invasive imaging technologies that would allow scientists to visualize "pathological clumping" of the Parkinson's Disease implicated protein section of the brain. Size of Grant - total of $2 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.michaeljfox.org/newsEvents_mjffInTheNews_article.cfm?ID=253 Deadline Date - July 25, 2008 Grant Resource - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Category - Faith Based Organizations and Childhood Obesity Description - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for the Faith-based Advocacy: Galvanizing Communities to End Childhood Obesity grant program. The deadline to apply is July 25, 2008. The foundation will support faith-based coalitions to advance community policies or environmental changes that improve access to healthy foods and/or opportunities for physical education. Size of Grant - 25 awards of $225,000 for 2 yr Cost Sharing or Match - Web - http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20381 Deadline Date - July 30, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Maternal and Child Health Description - The National Institutes of Health is accepting applications for the Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research grant program. Open to public, state-controlled, and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits; city or township governments; public housing authorities; and Native American tribal governments and organizations. Through a cooperative program of maternal and child health and human development research, the Republic of India and the United States seek collaborative research projects involving U.S. and Indian investigators to enhance maternal and child health, disease prevention, product development, and technology transfer. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-163.html Deadline Date - August 4, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Community Based Health Care Public Health Nursing Description - The Indian Health Service Division of Nursing, Office of Public Health Nursing (PHN) announces a new competitive grant application for community based model of PHN case management services. The purpose of the program is to improve health outcomes of high risk patients through a community case management model that utilizes the PHN as case manager utilizing services of assessment, planning, coordinating services, communication and monitoring. The goals and outcomes of the PHN Case Management model are early detection, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation in the home with the patient and family that will improve health outcomes in a cost effective manner. Size of Grant - 8 awards of $150,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/index.cfm?module=gogp_funding Deadline Date - August 8, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Nursing Programs for Native Americans Description - The Indian Health Service Division of Nursing Services, announces a competitive grant application for existing and new grantees under the Nursing Education Program for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). The purpose of the Nursing Program Schools of Nursing is to increase the number of nurses, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners who deliver health care services to AI/ANs. The primary objectives of this grant award are to 1) recruit and train AI/AN individuals to be nurses (Graduate and Undergraduate), 2) provide scholarships to AI/AN individuals enrolled in schools of nursing to pay tuition, books, fees, and stipends for living expenses; 3) provide a program that encourages AI/AN nurses (Graduate and Undergraduate), to provide or continue to provide, health care services in AI/AN health care programs, and 4) provide a program that increases the skills of, and provides continuing education to AI/AN nurses (Graduate and Undergraduate). Each proposal must respond to all of the above four objectives. At least one project will be awarded to a public or private college or university school of nursing, which provides for a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), degree in nurse midwifery, nurse practitioner, nurse anesthesia, or nursing-healthcare administration. At least one project to a public, private, college or university program of nursing, which provides for an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). At least one project to a Tribally controlled community college or university that has a formal bridge program agreement to a college or university at which AI/AN students can complete an ADN, BSN, or MSN/DNP degree. Size of Grant - $300,000-$350,000/yr for 5 years Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/index.cfm?module=HHS-2008-IHS -NU-0001 Deadline Date - August 15, 2008 Grant Resource - American Hiking Society Category - Hiking Trails Description - The American Hiking Society is accepting applications for the 2009 National Trails Fund. This grant program has goals of building and protecting hiking trails. Through the National Trails Fund, the American Hiking Society is awarding two types of grants. The American Hiking Society Trail Grants and the Nature Valley Trail Grants. Some examples of projects that may be funded include projects that have hikers as the primary constituency, projects that secure trail lands, and projects that will result in visible and substantial ease of access, improved hiker safety, and avoidance of environmental damage. Size of Grant - $5,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.americanhiking.org/NTFApp.aspx See RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services. LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT LIBRARIES MATH; ENGINEERING Deadline Date - September 30, 2008 Preliminary Proposal; April 30, 2009 Invited Proposal Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Geomechanics and Geotechnical Systems Description - The GEOMM program supports fundamental research on the mechanics and engineering properties of geologic materials including the mechanical properties of soil and rock, mechanically stabilized and biologically modified soil, and on natural processes, such as hydraulic, biological and thermal, that affect the behavior of these materials. Research on soil-structure interaction and liquefaction are also funded by the program. Support is provided for theoretical studies, constitutive and numerical modeling, and laboratory, centrifuge, and field testing. Size of Grant - 7 awards of $5,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13350 See TECHNOLOGY, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Information and Intelligent Systems, Core Computer Systems, Cross Cutting Programs, Science and Technology Centers. MINORITY STUDENTS NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - September 15, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Rural Health Network Development Description - To provide support to entities that need assistance to plan, organize and develop a health care network because they do not have a significant history of collaboration and are not sufficiently evolved to apply for a three year Rural Health Network Development Grant. This support may be sufficient to jumpstart a network into becoming operational and developing strategies for becoming sustainable. The grant program supports one year of planning to develop and operationalize health care networks, consisting of at least three health care providers in rural areas. Identify potential collaborating network partners in the community/region. Convene potential collaborating network partners, conduct planning activities, which could include undertaking a community assessment identifying the most critical need of potential network partners to ensure their viability. Size of Grant - 20 awards totaling $1,700,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=6C638A6F-AD5B-495F-B12A-9 DE799C3F8F2 See COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, Runaway Youth in Rural Settings. SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY See TECHNOLOGY, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Information and Intelligent Systems, Core Computer Systems, Cross Cutting Programs, Science and Technology Centers. SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA Deadline Date - September 30, 2008 Preliminary Proposal, April 30, 2009 Full Proposal Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Science and Technology Centers Integrative Partnerships Description - The Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake important investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches within disciplines. STC investments support the NSF vision of advancing discovery, innovation and education beyond the frontiers of current knowledge, and empowering future generations in science and engineering. Centers provide a rich environment for encouraging future scientists, engineers, and educators to take risks in pursuing discoveries and new knowledge. STCs foster excellence in education by integrating education and research, and by creating bonds between learning and inquiry so that discovery and creativity fully support the learning process. NSF expects STCs to demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering at all levels within the Center. To achieve their diversity objectives, STCs are expected to involve individuals from underrepresented groups as members of the Center faculty, and as students actively engaged in Center activities. STCs are strongly encouraged to form meaningful, substantive and long-term partnerships with minority-serving institutions, women's colleges and institutions serving students with disabilities, thereby providing formal connections with institutions that serve large populations of underrepresented students interested in STEM. Centers undertake activities that will facilitate knowledge transfer, i.e., the mutual exchange of scientific and technical information among the Center partners and others with the objective of disseminating and utilizing knowledge broadly in multiple sectors. To date, five competitions have been held to establish 42 NSF Science and Technology Centers. Size of Grant - 7 awards of $5,000,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08580 Deadline Date - Oct 31, 2008 Medium Projects; Large Projects Nov 28, 2008; Small Projects Dec 17, 2008 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Cross Cutting Programs and Computing Description - This solicitation seeks proposals in cross-cutting areas that are scientifically timely, and that benefit from the intellectual contributions of researchers with expertise in a number of computing fields and/or sub-fields. The cross-cutting programs for FY 2009 and 2010 are: Data-intensive Computing; Network Science and Engineering; and Trustworthy Computing. CISE expects that over time, these cross-cutting programs will evolve or be absorbed into the core programs, and that new cross-cutting programs will be introduced. The directorate anticipates receiving proposals in the Data-intensive Computing, Network Science and Engineering, and Trustworthy Computing programs at least through the FY 2010 competition (i.e. receiving proposals through December 2009). Proposers are invited to submit proposals in three project classes, Small Projects, Medium Projects, and Large Projects. Size of Grant - 110 awards of Small $500,000 3 yr; Med $1,200,000 4 yr; Large $3,000,000 5 yr. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08578 Deadline Date - Medium Projects Oct 31, 2008; Large Projects Nov 28, 2008; Small Projects Dec 17, 2008, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Computer Core Systems Description - The Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs: The Computer Systems Research (CSR) program; and The Networking Technology and Systems program. Proposers are invited to submit proposals in three project classes, Small Projects with durations up to three years; Medium Projects with durations up to four years; and Large Projects with durations up to five years. A more complete description of the three project classes can be found in section II Program Description of this document. CISE investments in Small, Medium and Large projects complement the directorate investments in the Expeditions in Computing program, http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503169&org=CISE& from=home. Size of Grant - 120 awards of Small $500,000 3 yr, Med $1,200,000 4 yr, Large $3,000,000 5 yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08576 Deadline Date - October 31, 2008 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Information and Intelligent Systems Description - The Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Human-Centered Computing program; The Information Integration and Informatics program; and The Robust Intelligence 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. A more complete description of the three project classes can be found in section II Program Description of this document. CISE investments in Small, Medium and Large projects complement the directorate investments in the Expeditions in Computing program, http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08568&org=NS F. Size of Grant - 200 awards of Small $500,000 3 yr, Med $1,200,000 4 yr, and Large $3,000,000 5 yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08575 Deadline Date - Med Oct 31, 2008; Large Nov 28, 2008; Small Projects Dec 17, 2008 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Core Computer Programs Description - CISE Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Algorithmic Foundations program; The Communications and Information Foundations program; and The Software and Hardware Foundations program. Proposers are invited to submit proposals in three project classes, small, medium and large. A more complete description of the three project classes can be found in section II. Program Description of this document. CISE investments in Small, Medium and Large projects complement the directorate’s investments in the Expeditions in Computing program, http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503169&org=CISE& from=home. Size of Grant - 160 awards of $500,000 Small 3 yr, $1,200,000 Med 4 yr, $3,000,000 Large 5 yr Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08577 See MATH AND ENGINEERING, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation, Geomechanics and Geotechnical Systems. TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; DISABILITIES Deadline Date - August 15, 2008 Grant Resource - Open Society Institute, Sigrid Rausing Trust, United Kingdom Department for International Development Category - Disability Rights Description - Three organizations have teamed up to support the Disability Rights Fund: The Open Society Institute, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. The Fund supports the human rights for people with disabilities through focus on increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in their communities through trainings and networking opportunities; developing awareness of the Convention of on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities among stakeholders; and supporting advocacy projects that promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.disabilityrightsfund.org/grant.html Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20080703/bc4509c0/attachment-0001.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Fri Jul 11 10:07:57 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:07:57 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] OSRHE Summer Academy Program Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A10B00F@postman1.osrhe.edu> Colleagues and Friends of the OSRHE Summer Academies for Science, Mathematics and Multidisciplinary Studies, As you know this has been a difficult year relative to state funding. This fact plays out at every level of education in Oklahoma and every level of state government. The OSRHE Summer Academy Program did not lose money but neither did we gain any funds. We run a 3 year grant cycle in which each grant runs for three consecutive years. We have 16 2nd year grants and 6 1st year grants running this summer with no grants in their 3rd year and final year. For these reasons, we will not have an RFP (Request for Proposals) for 2008. If all goes as expected, we will be releasing an RFP in 2009 at this time so keep the great ideas hot and be ready to share your wonderful work with the students of Oklahoma. Thanks for all you do, Cindy Cynthia Brown, Ed.D. Director of Student Preparation Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 405-225-9156 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Add your email address to the listserve at http://lists.onenet.net/mailman/listinfo/okhigheredgrants if you wish to be added to the direct mailing list. 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 405-225-9486800-858-1840 405-225-9230 Fax lmason at osrhe.edu CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY NCURA Region V Awards Committee offers Quinten S. Mathews Travel Scholarship Award for the 2008 NCURA National meeting in Washington, DC November 2-5, 2008 $1,000 to offset travel expenses -- The nomination form can be found at our website (www.ncuraregionv.com ) Administration. Send to Scott Erwin at we10 at txstate.edu by July 18, 2008. TRAINING OPPORTUNITY The Grant Institute's Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop University of Phoenix - Kansas City Campus, September 15 - 17, 2008 Fee: $597 For more information call (888) 824 - 4424 or visit The Grant Institute at www.thegrantinstitute.com . TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Free Grant Writing Training August 12 - 14, 2008 - 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League, 240 East Apache, Tulsa Space limited to 70; visit www.hud.gov/oklahoma to register. TRAINING OPPORTUNITY THE FOUNDATION CENTER'S GRANT SEEKERS INSTITUTE August 18-August 22 - San Francisco September 15-19, Washington DC Fee: $795 - foundationcenter.org/marketplace/catalog/subcategory_training.jhtml?id=c at360001 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBINARS - Overview of the Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies Program August 1, 2008, 10:30-12:00 Washington, DC Time August 7, 2008, 2:00-3:30 Washington, DC Time (1-2:30 CST) - Overview of IES Education Research Training Grants July 31, 2008, 2:00-3:30 Washington, DC Time (1-2:30 CST) - Grant Writing Workshop for Development Projects (Goal 2) August 4, 2008, 2:00-3:30 Washington, DC Time (1-2:30 CST) - Grant Writing Workshop for Young Investigators August 6, 2008, 3:00-4:30 Washington, DC Time To register for the webinars, please visit the website http://www.regonline.com/63351_638793J . (August 4 and August 6 will be received by Linda Mason at OSRHE. If you wish to watch at OSRHE, just email lmason at osrhe.edu.) AGRICULTURE Deadline Date - July 30, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, FDA Category - Innovative Food Defense Description - Food defense is a term used to describe activities associated with protecting the nation's food supply from intentional contamination. FDA (agency) has adopted 3 broad strategies that encompass its food defense activities: (1) Awareness: Prevention/Preparedness: Increase awareness among Federal, state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector to better 2 understand where the greatest vulnerabilities lie and develop effective protection/mitigation strategies to shield the food supply from intentional contamination; (2) Response: Develop the capacity for a rapid coordinated response to a foodborne terrorist attack; and (3) Recovery: Develop the capacity for a rapid coordinated recovery from a foodborne terrorist attack. In the aftermath of 9/11, the agency utilized an approach known as Operational Risk Management (ORM). ORM involves a determination of which combinations of foods and agents, and where on the farm-to-table continuum, constitute the highest risks of being targeted for attack that may result in a large number of causalities. The specific goal of this program is to generate products that complement, develop, or improve State and local food defense programs and that these could be applied to food defense programs nationwide. Size of Grant - 6 awards of $40,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E8-14876.pdf ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARTS AND CULTURE CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - August 11, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Category - Mentoring Children of Prisoners Training and Technical Assistance Description: The funding for this national effort is designed to enhance and promote the continuous quality improvement of the services available to agencies that provide mentors to children with an incarcerated parent. The cooperative agreement will enhance the programmatic and administrative capacities of public and private agencies that provide services to youth and families impacted by incarceration. Size of Grant - 1 award of $1,200,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CV-0127.html Deadline Date - August 31, 2008 Letter of Inquiry; Applications Invited Grant Resource - National Foundation for Grieving Children, Teens, and Families Category - A Little Hope - Bereavement Services to Children and Teens Description - A Little HOPE is a not-for-profit public charity, which grants funds to organizations that provide bereavement support services and grief counseling to children and teens who have experienced the loss of a parent or loved one, regardless of the circumstances of the death. This organization funds bereavement programs and camps that offer grieving children and teens many opportunities for sharing and self-expression in healthy and positive ways. Inquiries from organizations by email or fax only (no phone calls) are welcomed. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.alittlehope.org/show.aspx?page=3 See CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Grant Resource - US Department of Justice, Tribal Youth Violence. CONFERENCES Deadline Date - October 15, 2008; January 15, 2009; April 15, 2009; July 15, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration Category - Small Scientific Conferences Description - FDA recognizes the value of partially supporting scientific meetings and conferences designed to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information when the objectives are clearly within the scope of the agency's mission. FDA's policy is to participate with other organizations to support meetings where practicable, rather than provide sole support. Size of Grant - $1,000 to $25,000 direct costs only Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=13 31 CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE Deadline Date - August 4, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Justice Category - Juvenile Justice Tribal Youth Description - The Tribal Youth Program supports and enhances tribal efforts to prevent and control delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system for American Indian/Alaska Native youth. While violent crime arrest rates have declined throughout the United States, they continue to rise in Indian country. In general violent crime among Indians is at a rate twice that of the general population. Of particular concern is the disproportionate number of violent crimes committed by and against juveniles in Indian country. These grants to tribes throughout the nation are to develop and implement efficient and effective delinquency prevention programs, interventions for court involved youth, improvements to the juvenile justice system, alcohol and substance abuse prevention programs, and emotional behavioral program services. Applicants are encouraged to collaborate with community- and faith-based organizations to promote greater sustainability of resources, long-term partnership, and additional assets to benefit tribal youth. This effort seeks to enhance and expand tribal resources to implement innovative, effective and efficient strategies and programs to support tribal youth. Size of Grant - $500,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/TYP.pdf ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA See MINORITY STUDENTS, Grant Resource - US Department of Justice, Tribal At-Risk Youth Mentoring. FELLOWSHIPS Deadline Date - October 8, 2008 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Astronomy and Astrophysics Post Doc Research Grants Description - NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) are available for the support of highly qualified, recent doctoral scientists to carry out an integrated program of research and education at the institution of their choice. Fellows are expected to carry out a strong, coherent research program in any area of astronomy and/or astrophysics, including areas of observation, instrumentation, theory, archival data studies or laboratory astrophysics. Candidates are encouraged to approach the fellowships as opportunities to broaden their experience with research that moves beyond their previous research focus and that takes a broad view of integrating disciplines, extending technical approaches to problems, or expanding collaborations. Research that highlights the creative use of or is clearly related to NSF-funded facilities, institutes, or projects is particularly encouraged but not required. Size of Grant - 9 awards of $83,000/yr for 3 years Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08581/nsf08581.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 See HEALTH, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, Critical Care Scientist Development. GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES Deadline Date - October 3, 2008 Letter of Intent; November 3, 2008 Proposal Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Category - Age Related Cognitive Decline Intervention Description - The purpose of this funding is to identify new candidate interventions for age-related cognitive decline that would be appropriate for future testing in a randomized clinical trial. In order to compare and evaluate the likelihood of success of these pilots, it is important that subject populations be relatively comparable between studies and that similar outcomes be measured. Applications are free to add additional measures. Outcomes measures of daily function, auditory memory, visual memory, and reasoning or executive functioning must be included and administered pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at least one follow-up point. If only one follow-up data point is collected, it should be one year following the onset of the intervention. Size of Grant - 4 awards of $175,000/yr for 3 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-009.html Deadline Date - August 22, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Education Category - Aging With Physical Disabilities Description - The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of services through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. Such activities are designed to benefit rehabilitation service providers, individuals with disabilities, and the family members or other authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities. Size of Grant - $850,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15506.pdf GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - August 22, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Education Category - Living in Communities With Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities Description - The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of services through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. Such activities are designed to benefit rehabilitation service providers, individuals with disabilities, and the family members or other authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities. Size of Grant - $850,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15506.pdf Deadline Date - August 29, 2008 Grant Resource - National Eye Institute Category - 2009 Healthy Vision Community Awards Description - Projects must focus on eye health education and promotion activities. Only those expenses deemed appropriate for use of government funds will be considered for support. Funding is available for, but not limited to, consultant fees, project-specific supplies, project staff salaries, local travel, and community-based education and promotion activities. Size of Grant - $10,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.healthyvision2010.org/news/hvca/faq.asp Deadline Date - September 7, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Category - Geographic and Contextual Influences on Energy Balance-Related Health Behaviors Description - This resource encourages the submission of grant applications that propose hypothesis-driven projects exploring associations between the built environment, other contextual features of where people of all ages live and work and health behaviors related to energy balance. These projects should use population level data from health surveys and other large health studies. It is expected that the proposed projects will be designed to add/include contextual variables at diverse levels of geographic aggregation to such studies on behaviors that affect individual energy balance and thereby health. Subsequent analyses should be aimed at understanding the relative importance of the contextual variables (including home, work, school, and/or other environments) as determinants of energy balance-related health behaviors. Grant applications will be expected to use population level data from diverse sources for: 1) generation and addition of new geographic information system data layers for analysis of contextual variables such as measures of the built and natural environments, to existing studies; 2) analyses of existing confidential geographic-based data either on site, at survey data centers, or other protected sites; and/or 3) merging multiple health-related data resources to allow new analyses of associations between contextual variables and energy balance-related health behaviors. Size of Grant - 5 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-192.html Deadline Date - September 23, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIMH Category - Translational Research in Mental Health Description - The National Institute of Mental Health invites applications for Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research. The institute seeks teams of researchers working at different levels of analysis and engaging in integrative, novel, and creative experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact questions with the primary objective of: (a) advancing the state of the science in brain and behavior research relevant to mental health; (b) supporting the integration and translation of basic and clinical neuroscience research on severe mental illnesses; and/or (c) advancing our understanding of the neurobehavioral developmental mechanisms responsible for psychopathology [or mental disorders] in childhood and adolescence. The Conte Centers program is intended to support research demonstrating an extraordinary level of synergy, integration, and potential for advancing the state of the field; this program is intended only for projects that could not be achieved by using other, more standard grant mechanisms. Size of Grant - $2 million/year for 5 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-194.html Deadline Date - October 20, 2008 Letter of Intent; November 19, 2008 Proposal Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Critical Care Scientist Development Description - The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by NICHD is to solicit applications to support a national program of mentored advanced career development and training in research for junior faculty in pediatric critical care medicine at research-intensive institutions. Size of Grant - 1 award of $800,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-022.html Deadline Date - November 24, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Category - Smokeless Tobacco Description - This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), encourages the submission of research grant applications from scientists who propose to study the factors that mediate initiation, use, and cessation of smokeless tobacco, to understand the relationship of smokeless tobacco with other tobacco products, and to develop methods for studying smokeless tobacco products and related behaviors in humans. The overall goal is to develop an evidence base to inform smokeless tobacco control efforts, and to develop effective ways to limit the spread and promote cessation of smokeless tobacco use. Size of Grant - 10 awards of $500,000 over 5 year projects Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-024.html See GERONTOLOGY, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services. LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT LIBRARIES MATH; ENGINEERING Deadline Date - October 1, 2008 Grant Resource - College Board and Siemens Foundation Category - High School Student STEM Research Projects Description - In partnership with the College Board, the Siemens Foundation established the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology and the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. The Foundation is dedicated to providing scholarships and increasing access to higher education for talented mathematics, science, engineering, and technology students in the United States. Students are encouraged to undertake individual or team research projects. Size of Grant - $1,000 to $100,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.collegeboard.com/siemens/index.html MINORITY STUDENTS Deadline Date - August 4, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Justice Category - Tribal At-Risk Youth Mentoring Description - This program is seeking applications for funding under its Mentoring Programs for At-Risk Tribal Youth. This solicitation invites applicants to propose the continuation, expansion or enhancement of initiatives that will assist in the development and maturity of community programs to provide mentoring services to populations that are underserved due to locations, shortage of mentors, or emotional behavioral challenges of the targeted population, or other such situations identified by the community in need of mentoring services. Size of Grant - $2 million for 2 year programs Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2008/TribalMentoring.pdf See CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Grant Resource - US Department of Justice, Tribal Youth Violence. NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY See MATH, Grant Resource - College Board and Siemens Foundation, High School STEM. SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM See AGRICULTURE, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services, FDA. TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION Deadline Date - August 22, 2008 Grant Resource - US Department of Education Category - Rehabilitative Services Description - The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of services through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. Such activities are designed to benefit rehabilitation service providers, individuals with disabilities, and the family members or other authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities. Size of Grant - $850,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15506.pdf Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okhigheredgrants/attachments/20080717/f69a3e0f/attachment-0001.html From lmason at osrhe.edu Mon Jul 28 15:14:29 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:14:29 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] McCain and Obama on Education Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A10B150@postman1.osrhe.edu> McCain, Obama float education plans Candidates' proposals reveal very different ideas about public schooling By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor, eSchool News Primary Topic Channel: Federal Policy Both presidential candidates address educational technology, but in very different ways. Presumptive presidential nominees Barack Obama (D) and John McCain (R) have released more details about their education platforms in recent days, with both candidates making technology a focal point of their plans. However, there are stark differences in their proposals that reflect deeply different philosophies about the government's role in education. McCain favors federal funding for virtual schools and online courses as part of a larger focus on school-choice initiatives-including private school vouchers for low-income families. Obama, on the other hand, wants to invest more federal money into research and education for science, math, and technology. McCain revealed details of his education plan in a speech before the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, on July 16. He said his plan focuses on strengthening the country's schools through empowering parents and teachers and providing equality of school choice. "For all the best efforts of teachers and administrators, the worst problems of our public school system are often found in black communities," he told the NAACP. McCain added that he supports the Opportunity Scholarship that is offered in Washington, D.C., and uses public money to give private school vouchers to low-income families. Obama opposes private school vouchers. "Too many of our children are trapped by geography and by economics in failing schools," states the McCain campaign's web site. Details of the Arizona senator's education plan appeared on his campaign web site in conjunction with his July 16 speech. According to the site, McCain plans to target $500 million in existing federal funds to build new virtual schools and support the development of online course offerings for students. The plan allots $250 million for states to build virtual math and science academies and another $250 million for digital-passport scholarships. "Low-income students will be eligible to receive up to $4,000 to enroll in an online course, SAT/ACT prep course, credit recovery, or tutoring services offered by a virtual provider," the plan states. Obama also recently posted more details about his education policies on his campaign web site, outlining his plan to invest in the research and development of science, math, and technology education. "We currently make inadequate investments into researching and developing better educational tools and methods," the plan states, noting that less then seven-tenths of one percent of the $400 billion spent on education annually is spent on research and development. "As president, Barack Obama will double our investment in early education and educational [research and development] by the end of his first term in office. Part of this investment will involve [a research and development] program for improving science education." The plan also notes that while jobs in science, math, engineering, and technology fields have increased, the number of students receiving higher-education degrees in those fields has declined. "In the 21st century, everyone needs to know science and math, not only to find employment, but also to be healthy and well-informed citizens," Obama's plan states. "Moreover, over 80 percent of the fastest growing occupations are dependent upon a knowledge base in science and math." At the Association of Educational Publishers' Great American Education Forum held June 6, Obama's education advisor, Jeanne Century, said Obama also intends to push for broadband internet access in all K-12 schools and classrooms. But no mention of this idea appeared in the plan that was posted to Obama's web site as of press time. According to the plan, Obama also intends to focus on recruiting high-quality math and science teachers through a scholarship program. "Barack Obama's Teaching Service Scholarship program will prioritize recruiting math, science, and technology degree graduates. Additionally, Obama's Teacher Residency Program can also supply teachers in these high-needs subject areas," the plan states. Obama expanded on his teacher service scholarship plan during a July 5 speech to delegates from the National Education Association (NEA), the country's largest teacher union. "My plan includes service scholarships to recruit top teachers and residency programs to prepare them to serve in high-need schools," he said to the group via satellite, in accepting its endorsement. "And because too often undergraduate debt discourages our young people from choosing education as a profession, I will make this pledge to all who sign up-if you commit your life to teaching, America will commit to paying for your education." Obama's plan also focuses on ensuring that all children have access to high-quality early childhood education programs and child care, closing the achievement gap, and rewarding expert, accomplished teachers for taking on challenging assignments and helping students succeed. "When our educators succeed, I will not just talk about how great they are, I will reward them for their greatness with better pay across the board and more support," he told the NEA representatives. Supporting higher pay for exemplary performance is one area where the two candidates appear to share common ground, as McCain also called for merit pay for teachers in his speech to the NAACP. It's time to use vouchers and other tools such as merit pay for teachers to break from conventional thinking on educational policy, McCain told the civil-rights group. Noting that Obama has dismissed support for private school vouchers for low-income Americans, McCain added: "All of that went over well with the teachers union, but where does it leave families and their children who are stuck in failing schools? No entrenched bureaucracy or union should deny parents that choice and children that opportunity." Obama has spoken in favor of performance-based merit pay for individual public school teachers before, even telling the NEA the idea should be considered in a speech last year. However, in his July 5 speech to the organization, Obama said he doesn't support merit pay as it is commonly understood-where teachers are rewarded based on how their students perform on standardized tests. "Under my plan, districts will be able to design programs to give educators who serve them as mentors to new teachers the salary increases they've earned. [Districts will] be able to reward those who teach in underserved areas or take on added responsibility. And if teachers learn new skills or serve their students better, or if they consistently excel in the classroom, that work can be valued and rewarded as well," he said. "Now in some places, we've already seen that it's possible to find new ways to increase teacher pay that are developed with teachers, not imposed on teachers," Obama continued, to boos from the audience. "I know this wasn't necessarily the most popular part of my speech last year, but I said it then and I say it again today-because it's what I believe." Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Links: John McCain's education policy - http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/b9a7c28f-141c-400 8-b724-debd2df51642.htm Barack Obama's education policy - http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/education/ John McCain's NAACP speech - http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/Speeches/611f71e5-0d16-49da-914 a-d741646fa1e2.htm Barack Obama's NEA speech - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQRGpAPnfjE eSN TechWatch newscast with Obama/McCain education advisors - http://www.eschoolnews.tv/Esntv.aspx?Filename=TechWatch708entire_e37fbc7 6-0544-4a90-8366-3880be83a5ab.flv Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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