http://aianp.uchsc.edu/cnatt/cnatt_index.htm
Application Materials are on online at this website. The deadline is February 28, 2009.

The Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program (NTOTAP) is a 12- to 18-month program designed to impart technological skills to Native community members. Community members gain these skills while developing multimedia projects to address health issues in their communities.

Native community members with an interest in technology and local health issues are encouraged to apply. Applicants accepted into the program are referred to as Community Health Advocates (or advocates for short). Advocates receive training in research skills, project development, and technology related to their projects (for example, use of video cameras, video editing software, Web site development, etc.).

Advocates share their draft projects with community members for evaluation and feedback. They then finalize their projects based on the feedback and disseminate them to their communities.

Advocates can check out electronic equipment (such as laptop computers, video cameras, and digital voice recorders) for the duration of the program. Travel is paid for, and advocates receive a small stipend while participating in the program.

AHRQ Small Grant Program for Conference Support
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=940
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

Public Welfare Foundation
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=240
Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Grants to provide services to disadvantaged populations in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice, health reform, and workers’ rights.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Resource Center for Health IT
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2052
Letter of Intent (Optional): Jan 21, 2009
Application deadline: Feb 19, 2009
Funding for Health Information Technology Program Management, Guidance, Assessment and Planning, Technical Assistance, Dissemination and Portal Infrastructure Management and Website Design and Usability Support.

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity (Round 4)
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1784
Application deadline: Feb 24, 2009
The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity.

Nurse I Am Scholarship
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2045
Application deadline: Feb 28, 2009
Scholarships to nursing students.

Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Grants
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=394
Letter of Intent (Optional): Mar 15, 2008
Application deadline: May 14, 2009
Grant to develop opportunities for conducting research and research training to meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native communities.

[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]

Institute of Museum and Library Services Calls for 21st Century Museum Professionals Grant Applications
Deadline: March 16, 2009
The Institute of Museum and Library Services ( http://www.imls.gov/ )  is calling for proposals from museums, museum service organiza-  tions, and universities for projects designed to enhance the  professional development of museum staff. The 21st Century Museum  Professionals grants are intended to have an impact on multiple  institutions by reaching broad groups of museum professionals  throughout the nation’s cities, counties, states, and regions. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016380/imls

Nike and Changemakers Invite Women’s Sports Projects for GameChangers Competition
Deadline: February 11, 2009
Nike ( http://www.nikebiz.com/responsibility/ ) and Ashoka’s  Changemakers ( http://changemakers.net/ ) have partnered to launch “GameChangers: Change the Game for Women in Sport,” an online  competition designed to focus attention on the challenges facing  women in sport today and identify the most innovative solutions  to them. The competition invites entries of ideas that leverage  sport for positive social change in the lives of girls and women. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016373/sportforchange

Saucony Run For Good Foundation Offers Funding for Children’s Running Programs
Deadline: June 13, 2009
Established to help end childhood obesity by providing financial  support to nonprofits across the United States that support  children’s running and fitness programs, the Saucony Run For  Good Foundation ( http://www.sauconyrunforgood.com/ ) is accepting applications for its grant program.  http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016381/sauconyrun

Do Something Offers Young People Grants for Disaster Preparedness Projects
Deadline: Rolling
Do Something ( http://www.dosomething.org/ ) and the Dunkin Brands  Community Foundation ( http://www.dunkinbrands.com/foundation )  have partnered to offer $500 Disaster Grants to young people  across the United States and Canada. The weekly grant program will help support young people with ideas  for community service projects around the themes of disaster pre-  paredness and emergency response. Possible project ideas include  rebuilding homes in New Orleans, planning an emergency coat drive  for families in crisis during the winter months, or collecting toys  for kids who have been through a natural disaster. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016382/dosomething

Petra Foundation Invites Nominations of Human Rights Heroes
Deadline: February 12, 2009
Since 1988, the Petra Foundation ( http://www.petrafoundation.org/ )  has worked to identify and honor “unsung heroes” who deserve  recognition for their distinctive contributions to the rights,  autonomy, and dignity of others. In addition to awarding fellows a modest financial stipend, the  foundation publicizes their innovative models for change, fosters  their collaborations, and welcomes them to a network of emerging  and experienced leaders working together to build a more just society. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016375/petrafdn

Vodafone Americas Foundation Launches Wireless Innovation Challenge
Deadline: February 2, 2009
The Vodafone Americas Foundation ,  part of the mobile telecommunications company’s global family  of foundations, has launched the Wireless Innovation Challenge  to promote innovation and increase implementation of advanced  wireless related technology for a better world. To that end,  the Wireless Innovation Challenge will provide up to $600,000  in total awards to support projects of exceptional promise using  wireless-related technology to address critical social issues  around the world. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016384/vodafone

Copyright (c) 2000-2008, the Foundation Center. All rights  reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this  document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes  without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and  appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all  copies.RFP Bulletin (January 9, 2009)

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS)
Grant Alerts – January 8, 2009

Bayer Advanced and The National Gardening Association — School Garden Awards:
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/School-Garden-Awards.aspx
The Bayer Advanced “Grow Together with Roses” School Garden Award, will help establish rose gardens designed to nurture peaceful relations and instill a strong sense of community. Garden programs will be selected based on plans to integrate these goals and involve members of the community.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  –  Adolescent and Young Adult Health Grants:
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Adolescent-and-Young-Adult-Health-Grants.aspx
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is offering grants through the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Centers Cooperative Agreement Program, which is part of the ongoing National Initiative to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health.  Goals of the program include increasing access to care, improving health and safety outcomes, and eliminating health disparities for adolescents and young adults

MetLife Foundation — Community-Police Partnership Awards Program:
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Community-Police-Partnership-Awards-Program.aspx
The MetLife Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) have partnered to recognize, sustain and share the work of innovative partnerships between community groups and police to promote neighborhood safety and revitalization.

See this listing of undergraduate and graduate scholarships, internships and fellowships in science and math. The list was compiled by the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)  http://www.sacnas.org/enouncementIssue.cfm?eissue_id=93#5 [posted in Sacnas Enouncements - January 7, 2009]

http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PS09-007.htm
Application Submission Receipt Date(s): March 3, 2009
A conference call with all potential applicants will be held on January 13, 2009 at 1:00pm, E.T., phone number 866-620-0420 pass code 8943360.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced the publication of a new research funding opportunity announcement (FOA)  –RFA-PS-09-007 entitled “Evaluating Locally-Developed (Homegrown) HIV Prevention Interventions for African-American and Hispanic/Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) (U01).
This funding opportunity will support applicants in the United States that partner with a local community-based organization (CBO), including but not limited to AIDS service organizations or faith-based organizations, to implement and rigorously evaluate potentially effective but insufficiently evaluated HIV prevention interventions for
(A) high risk African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) or
(B) high-risk Hispanic/Latino MSM.

The intervention must have been developed by the CBO with substantial input from the served community, and may be referred to as a locally-developed or homegrown intervention.
[posted on CBPR listserv]

Public Welfare Foundation
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=240
The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need. We look for carefully defined points where our funds can make a difference in bringing about systemic changes that can improve the lives of countless people. Grants are made in the following program areas:

• Criminal and Juvenile Justice
• Health Reform
• Workers’ Rights

FY09 Public Awareness and Outreach for Victims in Underserved Communities
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2043
The overall goal of this program is to raise the awareness of traditionally underserved populations about victims’ rights as well as improve their knowledge about accessing local services available to crime victims. The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will support the planning and development of victimization-focused public awareness campaigns targeted at underserved and socially isolated populations including, but not limited to victims who: are immigrants with limited English proficiency, are American Indian, have disabilities, are Deaf or Hard-of-hearing, or members of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) populations. Successful applicants will establish an advisory group and collaborative partnerships with other local service providers, businesses, community-based organizations, faith-based service providers, media and individuals within the target population to be served to inform and participate in the development of a well-researched, culturally and linguistically appropriate, victimization-focused public awareness campaign.

Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2030
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) whose primary goal is to implement healthy eating and active living initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States. The program places special emphasis on reaching children who are at highest risk for obesity on the basis of race/ethnicity, income and/or geographic location.

Ronald McDonald House Charities National Scholarship Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1551
Local Chapters of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), with support from RMHC Global offer scholarships to students from communities who face limited access to educational and career opportunities.

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=225
Provides scholarships to students able to demonstrate financial need. USA Funds® targets its scholarships to students from families with household incomes of $35,000 or less because national studies have shown significantly lower college-going rates for these students than for students from higher-income families.

Family Preservation - Improving the Well-Being of Children Project Planning
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2035
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funds for projects that plan for approaches to improve child well-being by removing barriers associated with strengthening families (including fatherhood, parenting, foster parenting, grandparents raising grandchildren and absentee parent activities), forming and preserving healthy families, relationships and marriages (including Traditional Native American and Pacific Basin marriages) and sustaining healthy families, relationships and marriages in Native American and Pacific Basin communities.

Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1923
Applications are now being accepted for The Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to reduce tobacco use among what the American Legacy Foundation calls “Priority Populations.” Priority populations are those populations who are disproportionately targeted by the tobacco industry, or who often lack the tools and resources to combat smoking in their communities. Identified priority populations are Native Americans/Alaska Natives, Hispanics, African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Low SES, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Grant Program
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1348
Grants to organizations that help children read, provide nutritious after-school meals, offer life-changing surgeries, or help prevent life-threatening disease.

[posted on Rural Assistance Center Human Services Update]

The grant opportunities with the U.S. Department of Education for funding High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) projects have been published. You can download the new application package and instructions from http://grants.gov. The Funding Opportunity Number for the HEP application is:  ED-GRANTS-122308-003. The Funding Opportunity Number for the CAMP application is:  ED-GRANTS-123008-002.

The High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/hep/index.html
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently, to gain employment or begin postsecondary education or training. The program serves more than 7,000 students annually. Competitive awards are made for up to five years of funding.

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
http://www.ed.gov/programs/camp/index.html

The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists students who are migratory or seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) enrolled in their first year of undergraduate studies at an IHE. The funding supports completion of the first year of studies. Competitive five-year grants for CAMP projects are made to IHEs or to nonprofit private agencies that cooperate with such institutions. The program serves approximately 2,000 CAMP participants annually.

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20506
Salud America! is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that supports research on environmental and policy solutions to the epidemic of obesity among Latino children. The program also aims to develop a network of researchers whose findings will help identify the most promising obesity-prevention strategies specifically tailored for Latino communities. Findings will advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.

If anyone is participating in this research could you please contact Medical Librarian and blog reader Annabelle Nunez at anunez@ahsl.arizona.edu

Nomination Period Opens for Purpose Prize
Deadline: March 5, 2009
The Purpose Prize ( http://www.purposeprize.org/ ) provides five  awards of $100,000 each to people over the age of 60 who are working to address society’s biggest challenges. To be eligible for the prize, nominees must be at least 60 years  old (by the deadline of March 5, 2009) and be a legal resident of  the United States (including its territories). Nominees should  have initiated important innovations as part of an encore career  and should be currently working in a leadership capacity in an  organization or institution (public, private, nonprofit, or for-profit) to address a major social problem in the U.S. or abroad. Nominees should have demonstrated recent creativity and leadership, with the promise of more to come. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016227/purposeprize

Former Talk Show Host Jenny Jones Announces Continuation of Community Grant Program
Deadline: Open
Talk show host and philanthropist Jenny Jones has announced that  she will donate an additional $1 million to continue her Jenny’s  Heroes ( http://www.jennysheroes.com/ ) community grant program. The Jenny’s Heroes program awards grants to individuals who  submit the best ideas for tangible, lasting community projects. Jenny’s Heroes provides grants of up to $25,000 each to fund  projects that promise long-term community benefits. Through the  fifty grant recipients so far, funds have been used to provide  items and services such as library books, school computers,  firefighting gear, nursing home upgrades, sports equipment,  free dental services, wheelchairs, coats for children in  domestic violence shelters, and a running track at a women’s  prison. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016232/jennysheroes

Kaiser Family Foundation Offers Media Fellowships in Health
Deadline: March 3, 2009
A program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Kaiser Media  Fellowships in Health program is a flexible opportunity for  print, broadcast, and online journalists to pursue an area of  interest in U.S. health policy issues. Any journalist, editor, or producer specializing in health  reporting — or wanting to do so — is eligible.  http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15016236/kffmediafellows

Copyright (c) 2000-2008, the Foundation Center. All rights  reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this  document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes  without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and  appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all  copies. RFP Bulletin (December 19, 2008)