Brookdale Foundation Group Seeks Proposals for Alzheimer’s Disease Respite Program
Deadline: July 2, 2008
The Brookdale Foundation ( http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/ ) Group Respite Program supports community-based efforts to develop and sustain social model respiteprograms for elders with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012095/brookdale
Project Ignition Invites Students to Create Innovative Safe Driving Awareness Projects
Deadline: May 16, 2008
Sponsored by State Farm (http://www.statefarm.com/about/csr/csr.asp ) and coordinated by the National Youth Leadership Council ( http://www.nylc.org/ ), Project Ignition provides students in grades 9 through 12 and their teachers with the opportunity to work together to address the issue of teen driver safety. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012098/prjctignit
Young Social Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for YouthActionNet Global Fellowship Program
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Young People working to bring about positive societal change in their communities are invited to apply for the YouthActionNet Global Fellows Program. Each year, twenty exceptional young social entrepreneurs are selected as YouthActionNet Global Fellows. The program is open to all young people between the ages of 18 and 29. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012099/youthaction
Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award to Honor Teacher and Media Specialist Collaborations
Deadline: April 28, 2008
The Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning and increase student achievement. All K-12 public and private schools in the United States and
Canada are eligible to enter. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012100/galeschools
Library of Congress’ Teaching With Primary Sources Program Accepting Proposals
Deadline: May 30, 2008
The Library of Congress’ ( http://www.loc.gov/ ) educational outreach program, Teaching with Primary Sources, is expanding across the United States. The mission of the Teaching with Primary Sources program is to build a consortium that fosters collaborations between the Library of Congress and the educational community to increase instructional use of Library of Congress digital primary sources within K-12 classrooms. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012101/waynesburgedu
Target Stores Accepting Applications for Local Store Grants Program
Deadline: May 31, 2008
Target Corporation’s ( http://www.target.com/ ) Local Store Grants provide funding support to “Target” communities in the areas of arts, reading programs, and family violence prevention. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012103/target
Michael J. Fox Foundation Initiative to Support Development of Web-Based Tools to Increase Patient Participation in Parkinson’s Clinical Trials
Deadline: May 14, 2008 (Pre-proposals)
As part of its ongoing efforts to develop research tools that can speed the availability of life-transforming treatments for Parkinson’s disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation ( http://www.michaeljfox.org/ ) has announced the launch of its Web-based Clinical Assessment Program. Under this initiative, the foundation seeks to drive the creation and testing of Web-based tools that would allow any patient with a personal computer and an Internet connection to participate in clinical research from the comfort of their own home. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012109/michaeljfoxfdn
Reader’s Digest Foundation to Donate $1 Million Based on Inspiring Stories from the Public
Deadline: Rolling
The Reader’s Digest Foundation ( http://www.rd.com/foundation/ ) has announced that it will donate a total of $1 million to non- profit organizations through a new initiative called “Make it Matter.” Grants will be inspired by individuals who are taking action and giving back to their communities in significant ways. Every month, the foundation will select one individual’s story of good deeds done and grant $100,000 to a nonprofit organization in honor of that individual. Reader’s Digest magazine will then feature that person in its new column, “Make it Matter.” http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012110/readersdigest
Syringe Access Fund Offers Technical Assistance Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2008
The Syringe Access Fund is a collaborative grantmaking initiative working to reduce the risk of HIV infection and other blood-borne pathogens among injection drug users, their sexual partners, and children through expanded access to sterile syringes. The Syringe Access Fund is a collaboration between the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Irene Diamond Fund, the National AIDS Fund, the Public Welfare Foundation, and the Tides Foundation. The Syringe Access Fund is offering a small grants program for needle exchange programs throughout the United States (including tribal land/reservations) and Puerto Rico for organizations that have not received a grant in the past from the fund. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15012111/tidesfdn
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