From lmason at osrhe.edu Wed Sep 16 09:08:09 2009 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:08:09 -0500 Subject: [Okhigheredgrants] REMINDER: Entrepreneur Workshop Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A1CF6FB@postman1.osrhe.edu> Oklahoma EPSCoR & i2E, Inc. Present WHO WANTS TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR? Friday, October 30, 2009 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Reed Center * 5800 Will Rogers * Midwest City, OK Registration Deadline: October 21, 2009 What is Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? Oklahoma EPSCoR and i2E, Inc., are partnering together to present a free entrepreneurial workshop specifically designed for Oklahoma's college students and faculty advisors. Passion, talent, and bright ideas are important, but they are not the only things required to start your own company. Join commercialization and investment experts, along with local successful entrepreneurs for this all-day event, where you will learn business planning strategies that include market opportunity, financials, and valuation. * Learn the planning path using a nationally recognized model * The do's and don'ts of writing a business plan * How to successfully pitch your plan to investors * Detailed session on financials and valuation * Panel discussion on raising critical capital Who Should Attend? Early level entrepreneurs, college students, and faculty interested in learning the key elements to becoming a successful entrepreneur. This is a must-attend workshop for anyone starting their own business, involved with an entrepreneurial class, or competing in the Governor's Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. Why Participate? Attendees will gain a better understanding of the critical steps involved in starting a business. This workshop is taught by experienced commercialization experts using a nationally recognized model. Attendees also have an opportunity to network and dine with other like-minded individuals and entrepreneurial business professionals. Participants will walk away with a detailed notebook of tools needed to research, write, present, and pitch their business plans. How Do I Register? * Go to the EVENTS page at www.okepscor.org & click on Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur * No cost to attend, but registration is required to ensure seating & inclusion in printed materials * Registration deadline: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 More Information? Program information: Sarah Seagraves at sseagraves at i2e.org or Gina Miller at gmiller at okepscor.org Registration questions: Pat Greer at pgreer at okepscor.org or 405.744.9964 -------------- 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 405-225-9486 800-858-1840 405-225-9230 Fax lmason at osrhe.edu WHAT'S HAPPENING? Live Webinar Training Online training that will focus on proposed rules related to changes to the regulations governing the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work-Study, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant (TEACH Grant) programs Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 1:30 pm (ET), 12:30 pm CT There is no fee. To register, go to http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=161299&s=1&k=381EAFF82952B5BC82E737CFAE026 4EF AGRICULTURE See RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ARTS AND CULTURE CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING CHILD CARE COMMUNITY COLLEGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - October 23, 2009 Grant Resource - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Category - Children, Youth and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects Description - CSREES requests applications for the Children, Youth and Families at Risk, Sustainable Community Projects for fiscal year 2010 to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems so that, in collaboration with other organizations, they can develop and deliver educational programs that equip youth who are at risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives. Size of Grant - $800,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/10_cyfar_scp.pdf CONFERENCES Deadline Date - October 20, 2009; December 21, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services - AHRQ Category - Health Care Conferences Description - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, announces its continued interest in supporting conferences through its Small Grant Program for Conference Support. AHRQ seeks to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The types of conferences eligible for support include: 1) Research development - conferences where issues or challenges in the practice and delivery of health care are defined and a research agenda or strategy for studying them is developed; 2) Research design and methodology - conferences where methodological and technical issues of major importance in the field of health services research are addressed or new designs and methodologies are developed; 3) Dissemination and implementation conferences - where research findings and evidence-based information and tools are summarized, communicated and used by organizations and individuals that have the capability to use the information to improve the outcomes, quality, access to, and cost and utilization of health care services; and/or, 4) Research training, infrastructure and career development-conferences where faculty, trainees and students are brought together with stakeholders to develop, share or disseminate research products, experiences, curricula, syllabi, training competencies. Size of Grant - $50,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-231.html CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS Deadline Date - December 3, 2009 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Small Business Innovation Research Description - The Small Business Innovation Research Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. Size of Grant - 300 awards of $150,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09609/nsf09609.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179 Deadline Date - November 5, 2009 Grant Resource - FINRA Investor Education Foundation Category - FINRA Investor Education Foundation Offers Funding for Research and Education Projects Description - Of particular interest to the foundation are projects that expand the body of knowledge and/or provide practical materials that will have a positive impact on investor education or protection; that study methods to improve disclosure to investors about investments and financial services; that encourage investors to check the background of financial professionals prior to doing business with them; that empower young people that are about to enter the workforce to meet their financial goals; that better prepare older Americans for handling their finances during retirement; that encourage women and minority populations to take control of their financial future through investor education; and that advance practice, policy, and thought in the fields of investor education and protection. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.finrafoundation.org/grants/general/guidelines/index.htm Deadline Date - December 3, 2009 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Small Business Innovation Description - The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. Size of Grant - 300 awards of $150,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09609 See RURAL DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture. EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA Deadline Date - November 7, 2009 Grant Resource - Hidden Valley Category - Elementary Schools Invited to Apply for Love Your Veggies Nutrition Grant Program Description - The makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings created the Love Your Veggies campaign and grant program as a way to help parents and educators get children eating and enjoying their vegetables. Size of Grant - 10 Awards, $10,000 each Web - http://www.loveyourveggies.com/ Deadline Date - January 18, 2010 Grant Resource - Toyota Motor Sales, USA Category - The Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers Description - Individual science teachers or a team of up to five teachers can submit proposals in one of three categories: physical science application; environmental science education; and integrating literacy and science. A judging panel convened by the NSTA will select the award-winning projects based on several criteria, including their innovative approach in teaching science and ability to create a stimulating and hands-on learning environment. Size of Grant - Fifty large grants and a minimum of 20 mini-grants totaling $550,000 Web - http://www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/ See ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - FINRA Investor Education Foundation. FELLOWSHIPS Deadline Date - October 5, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Education Category - Graduate Fellowship Description - The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program is to award fellowships to eligible students of superior ability, selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise, to undertake graduate study in specific fields in the arts, humanities, and social sciences leading to a doctoral degree or to a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded to the selected field of study at accredited institutions of higher education. The selected fields in the arts are: creative writing, music performance, music theory, music composition, music literature, studio arts (including photography), television, film, cinematography, theater arts, playwriting, screenwriting, acting, and dance. The selected fields in the humanities are: art history (including architectural history), archeology, area studies, classics, comparative literature, English language and literature, folklore, folk life, foreign languages and literature, history, linguistics, philosophy, religion (excluding study of religious vocation), speech, rhetoric, and debate. Size of Grant - 27 awards of $43,755/year Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=QbpQKxnTWHdxmLM8DS 660M8WR5yhdShT0DLYZG1n2GCZvDdkym1p!-1795806398 Deadline Date - October 21, 2009 Grant Resource - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Category - Health Policy Research Description - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research program helps to develop a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. Each year the program selects up to nine highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three nationally prominent universities with the expectation that they will make important research contributions to future health policy in the United States. Size of Grant - 9 fellowships for $89,000/year Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20841 GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Deadline Date - October 6, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Education Category - Group Study Abroad Description - The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (PA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects are short-term and include seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. Size of Grant - 29 awards of $90,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =49263 Deadline Date - October 29, 2009 Grant Resource - National Endowment for the Humanities Category - German US Digital Symposia Collaborations Description - The National Endowment for the Humanities in the United States and the German Research Foundation in Germany are working together to offer support for digital humanities projects. These grants provide funding for up to two bilateral symposia or workshops in the area of digital humanities. Collaboration between U.S. and German partners is a key requirement for this grant category. The goal of this request for proposals is to promote stronger bilateral cooperation and increased competencies in the digital humanities communities in the two countries by initiating or intensifying contact between distinguished scholars, junior researchers, scientists, librarians, information professionals, and others working on humanities projects. Each application must be sponsored by one eligible institution and one individual, and there must be a project director from each country. Size of Grant - $100,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/DFG_BSW.html HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - October 5, 2009, February 5, 2010 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services NIH Category - Nutrition and Activity Research Description - This FOA encourages applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-243.html Deadline Date - October 21, 2009 Grant Resource - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Category - Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education Description - In support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's commitment to address the nursing shortage, Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education will fund evaluations of interventions that expand teaching capacity or promote faculty recruitment and retention in nursing schools. An important activity of the program will be disseminating successful strategies so they can be replicated in other nursing education settings. Size of Grant - 10 awards of $300,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20742 Deadline Date - October 27, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - NIH Innovators Award Description - The NIH Directors New Innovator Award program was created in 2007 to support a small number of early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early stage investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for early stage. The NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program is a High-Risk Research initiative of Research Teams of the Future. Size of Grant - 33 awards of $300,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-011.html Deadline Date - November 18, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Category - Research Centers in Minority Institutions Description - The Purpose of this initiative is to support the development of infrastructure required for the conduct of clinical and translational research in institutions funded via the Research Centers in Minority Institutions program. The RCMI Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research represents a re-organization of the existing RCMI programmatic activities in support of clinical and translational research. This re-organization is developed to improve collaboration and coordination of clinical and translational research programs within RCMI institutions, foster collaborations and partnerships with other institutions, and improve efficiency in the management of awards while reducing costs of administrative activities. This re-organization also presents an opportunity to enhance research training and career development efforts across the institutions and enhance synergy with the Clinical Research Education and Career Development awards and/or other institutional training programs. Size of Grant - 2 awards of $4.2 million/year Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-261.html Deadline Date - December 18, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Defense Category - Medical Care Research Description - These awards are intended to provide support for research that is designed to advance state-of-the-art solutions for world class medical care with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder, TBI, prosthetics, restoration of eye sight and advancing eye care, and other conditions directly relevant to the injuries our service members are currently receiving on the battlefield, as well as other capability needs. Size of Grant - 100 awards totaling $97 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=8FL1KxlYJQY2hrLtkT bJ0LHx6H94xTLXyX7s4n3h2zjnn5msTx70!-1795806398 See CONFERENCES, Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services. See FELLOWSHIPS, Grant Resource - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT LIBRARIES Deadline Date - November 2, 2009 Grant Resource - Institute for Museums and Library Services Category - Museums for America Description - Museums for America is the Institute's largest grant program for museums, supporting projects and ongoing activities that build museums' capacity to serve their communities. Museums for America grants strengthen a museum's ability to serve the public more effectively by supporting high-priority activities that advance the institution's mission and strategic goals. Museums for America grants are designed to be flexible: funds can be used for a wide variety of projects, including: ongoing museum work, research and other behind-the-scenes activities, planning, new programs, purchase of equipment or services, and activities that will support the efforts of museums to upgrade and integrate new technologies. Grants are awarded in the following categories: Engaging Communities (Education, Exhibitions, and Interpretation); Building Institutional Capacity (Management, Policy, and Training); and Collections Stewardship. Size of Grant - $150,000 Cost Sharing or Match - $1 to $1 Web - http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/forAmerica.shtm MATH; ENGINEERING MINORITY STUDENTS NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - November 30, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture Category - Agriculture Production and Marketing Description - The primary objective of this grant program is to help eligible independent producers of agricultural commodities, agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures develop strategies to create marketing opportunities and to help develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities. Size of Grant - 130 awards of $100,000 for planning grants and $300,000 for capital grants Cost Sharing or Match - Yes Web - http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY Deadline Date - January 29, 2010 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad Description - The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between U.S. and foreign investigators. It is envisioned that the program will be expanded to include additional partnering foreign agencies in the coming years. The program seeks new and highly innovative 3-year collaborative projects that break new ground and demonstrate a high level of synergy between the collaborating investigators. Formation of new collaborations is strongly encouraged. Size of Grant - 40 awards of $700,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09608 See ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research. SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - December 1, 2009 Grant Resource - Barbara Lotze Category - Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers Description - The AAPT Executive Board offers scholarships for future high school physics teachers. These scholarships, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools.Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible. Successful applicants receive a stipend of up to $2,000. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years. Size of Grant - Up to $2,000 Cost Sharing or Match - Web - http://www.aapt.org/Grants/lotze.cfm TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 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/20090917/a6efcbe4/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 Proposal Writing Seminar Wednesday, October 21 Fayetteville, Ark Fayetteville Public Library 401 W. Mountain St. Provided by the Foundation Center Fee: $195 To register: http://foundationcenter.org/ TRAINING OPPORTUNITY GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS SWOSU - Weatherford Monday, Oct. 5 or repeat on Tuesday, Oct. 6 8:30 to 4:30 each day Fee: $147 The deadline for registering is Friday, Oct. 2. The instructor, Robert Bradley, has conducted workshops for state and national conferences, government agencies, non-profit organizations and universities. He was the Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning, the acting director of Pre-College Programs, and the coordinator of the Faculty Distance/e-Learning Program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. For more information and registration: 580-559-5859 or jlong at ecok.edu or 580-559-5632. TRAINING OPPORTUNITY Grantsmanship Training Program Lubbock, Texas, December 7-11, 2009 Lubbock Christian University Fee: $895 To register and more information: http://www.tgci.com AGRICULTURE See EDUCATION, Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE Deadline Date - November 25, 2009 Grant Resource - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Category - Drug and Alcohol Recovery Description - The purpose of this program is to enhance statewide consumer run organizations to promote service system capacity and infrastructure development to be consumer-centered and targeted toward recovery and resiliency, and consumer-driven by promoting the use of consumers as agents of transformation. Size of Grant - $70,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://samhsa.gov/grants/2010/SM-10-004.aspx ARTS AND CULTURE Deadline Date - October 15, 2009 Grant Resource - Kress Foundation Category - Digital Conservation Description - The Samuel H. Kress Foundation is dedicated to advancing the history, conservation, and enjoyment of the vast heritage of European art, architecture, and archaeology from antiquity to the 19th century. The Foundation offers the following grant programs: The History of Art program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, including scholarly publications, art museum exhibitions and catalogues, and international conferences. The Conservation program supports the professional practice of art conservation, including conservation research, publications, and conferences. The Digital Resources program supports the creation of important online resources in art history, with an emphasis on efforts to integrate new technologies into the practice of art history, including classroom applications and online publishing. Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.kressfoundation.org/ Deadline Date - October 16, 2009 Grant Resource - Do Something and VH1 Save the Music Category - Save Our Music Grants Description - Do Something and VH1 Save the Music are inviting young people to help advocate for music education in their schools. Student-led music education advocacy efforts could include the posting of promotional and educational materials around schools, starting petitions or running letter-writing campaigns to save music programs, running instrument drives, organizing concerts, or starting a Web site or blog. Do Something and a panel of expert judges will evaluate efforts and decide which students created the most effective efforts to advocate for music education. Size of Grant - $2,500 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.dosomething.org/saveourmusic/home CAMPUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE LEARNING CHILD CARE COMMUNITY COLLEGES See EDUCATION, Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA Deadline Date - October 15, 2009, February 1, 2010 Grant Resource - National Education Association Category - Green Grants for PreK-16 Description - Public school educators PreK-16 are invited to apply for our popular Student Achievement and our Learning & Leadership grants. This year, we will emphasize "green" grants, because some of our most innovative and impactful projects involve students learning about and engaging in environmental preservation and protection. From publishing books on ecological restoration to designing lessons on renewable energy, NEA Foundation grantees are getting results. Size of Grant - $5,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - www.neafoundation.org/grants Deadline Date - January 19, 2010 Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture Category - Secondary, Community College Agriculture Education Challenge Grant Description - This program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences. Size of Grant - $50,000 Cost Sharing or Match - $1 to $1 Web - http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/2010_Secondary_education.pd f FELLOWSHIPS GEOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY GERONTOLOGY; SENIOR ISSUES GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Deadline Date - October 27, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Category - Food and Nutrition Programs Description - This grant opportunity is seeking applications from eligible institutions for a program titled "Technical and Operational Performance Support" through the award of one Leader with Associates Cooperative Agreement. With this RFA, USAID's objective is to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Title II food aid programs by improving the technical knowledge and operations and promoting food aid commodity program best practices through coordination and delivery of institutional strengthening and capacity building support for current Title II awardees and prospective awardees worldwide. Size of Grant - 1 award of $20 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=tspLKyhJh6RS7pVGQS Y23ZLd99p9J1TfTcg7QS61jCLzKhsDp0r8!-1017983794 HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY Deadline Date - October 20, 2009 Grant Resource - US Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Category - Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Community-Directed Grant Program Description - The SDPI seeks to support diabetes treatment and prevention activities for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Grantees will implement programs based on identified diabetes-related community needs. Activities will be targeted to reduce the risk of diabetes in at-risk individuals, provide services that target those with new onset diabetes, provide high quality care to those with diagnosed diabetes, and/or reduce the complications of diabetes. Size of Grant - $20,000 to $6 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/gogp/index.cfm?module=HHS-2010-IHS -SDPI-0001 LABORATORIES; EQUIPMENT LIBRARIES Deadline Date - October 16, 2009 Grant Resource - American Library Association Category - 2010 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant Description - The Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, administered by the American Library Association (ALA), will be presented to a single library to support outreach efforts during National Library Week (April 11-17, 2010). The proposed public awareness campaign should focus on the National Library Week 2010 theme, "Communities thrive @ your library(r)." Proposed campaigns must involve at least one other type of library and/or community organization. All libraries and library organizations throughout the United States are welcome to apply Size of Grant - $3,000 Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/pio/natlibraryweek/nlwgrant.cfm Deadline Date - December 15, 2009 Grant Resource - Laura Bush Category - Librarian for 21st Century Description - This program supports projects to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, to conduct research on the library profession, and to support early career research on any area of library and information science by tenure-track, untenured faculty in graduate schools of library and information science. It also supports projects to attract high school and college students to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff. Size of Grant - up to $1 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/21centuryLibrarian.shtm MATH; ENGINEERING MINORITY STUDENTS NANOSCIENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY PUBLISHING RURAL DEVELOPMENT Deadline Date - January 20, 2010 Grant Resource - US Department of Agriculture Category - Disaster Resiliency for Rural Communities Description - These funds are to initiate new research to understand the factors and conditions which result in resiliency in communities and families. Size of Grant - Total program $3 million Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =49626 SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY Deadline Date - January 26, 2010 Grant Resource - National Science Foundation Category - Plant Genome Research Description - The goal of the NPGI is to develop a basic knowledge of the structures and functions of plant genomes and translate this knowledge to a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of economically important plants and plant processes of potential economic value. By bridging basic research and plant performance in the field, the NPGI will accelerate basic discovery and innovation in economically important plants and enable enhanced management of agriculture, natural resources, and the environment to meet societal needs. Size of Grant - 25 awards totaling $20 m Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09611/nsf09611.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25 SOCIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA TERRORISM; BIOTERRORISM Deadline Date - February 28, 2010 Grant Resource - Homeland Security Category - Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation and Demonstration of Technologies Description - S&T is soliciting individuals or teams to research, create, develop, deploy and evaluate innovative educational tools, approaches and resources to educate and inspire the next generation homeland security workforce. It covers elementary school to post doctoral programs, and includes ongoing professional development of the National Homeland Security workforce. Size of Grant - 40 awards Cost Sharing or Match - No Web - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =49251 TRANSPORTATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 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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Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Amount: $373,000,000 Letter of Intent: October 30, 2009 Application: December 1, 2009 Contact: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=49571 Description: Approximately $373 million will be available in fiscal year 2009 to fund thirty to forty awards. The purpose of this funding is to create healthier communities through sustainable, proven, population-based approaches such as broad-based policy, systems, organizational and environmental changes in communities and schools 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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