“Colleges serving minority students may receive federal money for computer hardware, software, and network upgrades under a provision in legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The bill cleared Congress Thursday and is expected to be signed by President Bush.” Read the full story at http://tinyurl.com/6jwqzl [posted on the American Indian Library Association listserv]

Literacy Partners of Manitoba has put together a website that includes a Guide, Resources, and Links to other websites on plain language. http://www.plainlanguage.mb.literacy.ca/index.htm

The Oregon Diabetes Program partnered with the Oregon Diabetes Coalition to create the Oregon Diabetes Resource Bank website. This resource inlcudes educational materials in an easy to read format and content. The handouts are available at no cost for use to health care professionals. http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/diabetes/resourcebank/index.shtml

Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence to Honor Innovative Programs in Health and Aging
Deadline: April 1, 2008
The Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association ( http://www.apha.org/ ) is accepting nominations for the 2008 Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation. The award is designed to identify best practice models in the field of health and aging, and to provide recognition and an opportunity to highlight the work at the annual meetings of the American Public Health Association. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010971/archstone

Tony Hawk Foundation Accepting Skatepark Proposals for Spring Grant Season
Deadline: March 1, 2008
The primary mission of the Tony Hawk Foundation ( http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org/ ) is to promote high-quality public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010976/tonyhawkfound

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Seeks Applicants for Congressional Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships
Deadline: Various
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ( http://www.chci.org/ ), an educational and youth leadership development organization, has launched a national campaign to recruit Hispanic students — undergraduate and graduate — for its nationally recognized youth development leadership programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010979/chci

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 25, 2008)

Join WebJunction on January 24, 12:00 noon MT/ 1:00 pm CT for their next FREE, one-hour Rural In Focus webinar, “Collaborating with Your Community”.

Wouldn’t it be great to collaborate in 2008? Join Bonnie McKewon, Director of Northwest Iowa Library Service, as she presents a “Top 10″ list of ideas to reinvigorate cooperation among libraries. Ideas like shared programming, shared staffing, board and staff development days, countywide wikis, and more will be discussed. For more information, see http://webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=1349

The January issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research, is now online at http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/. In this issue:
Watch Your Cholesterol:Why You Should Keep Your Blood Level in Check
The Cause of Achy Jaws?: It May Be a TMJ Disorder
Health Capsules: Heart Attack Symptoms in Women ;and Fit Seniors May Live Longer
Featured Web Site: Tips for Teens with Diabetes http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/youth/youthtips/youthtips_eat.htm
You can also click here to download a PDF version for printing. http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/pdf/NIHNiH%20January08.pdf

“Negotiating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities: A Guide for Researchers,” published by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Nunavut Research Institute, is available online at http://www.itk.ca/publications/ResearchRelationships.pdf. The guide was written as a follow-up, and complement, to the 1998 joint Nunavut Research Institute/Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami booklet entitled “Negotiating Research Relationships: A Guide for Communities” that was written to help Inuit community members understand their rights and responsibilities in negotiating research relationships. The booklet is online at http://www.itk.ca/publications/env-negotitiating-research-relationships.pdf [posted on CBPR]

Lance Armstrong Foundation Releases Request for Proposals for Cancer Research and Community Grants Programs
Deadline: Various
The Lance Armstrong Foundation ( http://www.livestrong.org/ ) offers community and research grants to empower the cancer community to address the unmet needs of cancer survivors. Through its community program, the foundation awards grants to community-based nonprofit organizations to serve the needs of people living with cancer as identified by the National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies. Through its research grants program, the foundation seeks to facilitate the development of significant improvements in cancer survivors’ quality of life. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010431/livestrong

Paso del Norte Health Foundation Issues Request for Proposals on Tobacco Control Programs
Deadline: February 11, 2008
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation ( http://www.pdnhf.org/ ) is inviting all eligible agencies to submit proposals for funding of tobacco-control programs through A Smoke Free Paso del Norte Initiative. The purpose of A Smoke Free Paso del Norte is to effect long-term improvements in the health status of the population in the Paso del Norte region by preventing the initiation of cigarette smoking among young people, promoting quitting among young people and adults, and eliminating non-smokers’ exposure to secondhand smoke. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010433/pdnhf

Copyright (c) 2000-2007, 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 28, 2007)

A new project, Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now, from the Centers from Disease Control and the Department of Health and Human Services asks community leaders to start preparing for pandemic flu. The Take the Lead kit is designed to provide key information and tools to help your organization or practice understand the threat of a pandemic and prepare for it now. Materials are available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese. http://takethelead.pandemicflu.gov/takethelead/index.html
[posted on the Staying Well. Connection blog http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/connected/]

Hispanics believe the U.S. should make a higher commitment to health and science research and are willing to pay additional taxes to subsidize additional medical research, according to a national opinion poll released today by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) and Research!America…Armed with the new data, the Alliance today also released the �Student and Parent Scholarship Resource Guide� identifying scholarship and education opportunities for students interested in the sciences. Typical awards range from $1,000 to $5,000, with some programs offering awards between $20,000 and $300,000.

In addition, the Alliance released the first in its �Pioneers in Science� video series profiling the extraordinary contributions of Hispanics in health and the sciences. The inaugural video is a profile of the nation�s first Hispanic Surgeon General and NY Commissioner of Health during 9/11, Dr. Antonia Coello Novello. The series seeks to inspire the next generation of Hispanic scientists with role models that have shaped today�s health and science base.

The Guide to Scholarships is available to the public online at http://www.hispanichealth.org [left hand column of the home page] and by calling the Alliance�s Su Familia National Hispanic Family Health Helpline at 1-866-783-2645. You can read the complete news release on the homepage as well.