2008
GRANT & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

Deadline: August 29, 2008

The National Eye Institute recognizes the importance of strengthening
the capabilities of community-based organizations to develop innovative
eye health education and promotion projects. The Healthy Vision
Community Awards Program is intended to stimulate collaborative
initiatives that support the vision objectives in Healthy People 2010.
The objectives address examinations and prevention, eye diseases, injury
and safety, and vision rehabilitation.

Awards of up to $10,000 are available. Nonprofit organizations
including, but not limited to, community-based organizations and groups,
minority-based organizations, schools, faith-based organizations, civic
and fraternal groups, and local health departments and agencies may
apply.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://www.healthyvision2010.org/news/hvca/

Deadline: September 10, 2008

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Targeted Approaches to
Weight Control for Young Adults program provides funding for cooperative
agreements to conduct two-phase clinical research studies to develop,
refine, and test innovative behavioral and/or environmental approaches
for weight control in young adults at high risk for weight gain. Weight
control interventions can address weight loss, prevention of weight
gain, or prevention of excessive weight gain during pregnancy.

A total of $3.6 million is available to fund three to four programs.
Eligible applicants include public/state controlled institutions of
higher education, nonprofits, and community based organizations. For
additional eligible institutions and individuals, please visit the link
below.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-007.html

Deadline: September 30th, 2008

Have a great idea for a community improvement project? Citizens
Committee for New York City offers grants of $500 to $3,000 to resident-led groups in economically under-resourced neighborhoods to work on community improvement projects that bring neighbors together. Some of our grants are specifically for beautification projects carried out by public school-based student groups.

In addition to grants, we offer one-on-one project implementation
assistance, skills-building workshops, and an equipment loan library.

For a grant application please
visit our website http://www.citizensnyc.org/grants.html  or contact
Lixian Hantover or Arif Ullah at 212.989.0909/ grants@citizensnyc.org 

We will be holding a grant application workshop in the Bronx in
September:

Tuesday, Sept 9th (6pm) - Library:
Mott Haven Branch
321 East 140th Street, Bronx

Deadline: October 06, 2008

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting
proposals from qualified organizations to improve the quality of Home
and Community Based Services (HCBS) programs through the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Project. The grant supports States' efforts to improve quality in a "rebalanced" long-term support system by offering $3.9 Million over 4.5 years in a competitive grant to a qualified organization. The grant supports States to adopt a strategic approach to improving quality across home and community-based services programs as they design and implement their rebalancing initiatives.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DeficitReductionAct/20_MFP.asp#TopOfPage

Deadline: October 10, 2008

The Staples Foundation for Learning aims to help local groups with
programs and services that will positively impact their communities
every day. The educational support grants fund programs that support or
provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special
emphasis on disadvantaged youth.

Award amounts vary. Eligible organizations must have a nonprofit
tax-exempt classification under 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://www.staplesfoundation.org/foundapplication.html

Deadline: October 12, 2008

The Best Buy http://www.bestbuy.com/CommunityRelations  Teach Award
program recognizes and rewards creative uses of interactive technology
in K-12 classrooms. In 2008, the program will award a total of $2
million to accredited K-12 public, private, parochial, magnet, and
charter schools in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Winning programs focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based curriculum rather than on teaching students to use technology or
educators using technology that children aren't able to use hands-on.

Awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each will be granted to programs
that engage students at any grade level by creatively integrating
interactive technology into the curriculum. All awards are in the form
of Best Buy Gift Cards.

Best Buy Teach Awards of $10,000 each will be granted to up to fifteen
schools serving ninth-grade students that display the greatest
creativity in their programs/projects and the clearest vision of how to
increase the school's use of interactive technology. The emphasis on
ninth-grade classrooms aligns with Best Buy's new @15 philanthropic
focus http://www.bestbuyinc.com/community_relations/our_focus.htm .

Accredited nonprofit K-12 public, private, parochial, magnet, and
charter schools are eligible to apply. All applicant schools must be
nonprofit and located in the United States or Puerto Rico. Eligible
educators are certified teachers, specialists, and/or principals. The
program or project must have been in existence in the applying school
for at least one full school year.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
https://bestbuyteach.scholarshipamerica.org/

Up to $5,000 per school is available. In order to apply, the requested
grant amount must be between $2,000 and $5,000. Lowe's will donate $5
million to schools and school parent teacher groups at more than 1,000
different schools during the school year.

The Fall 2008 deadline for submitting applications is October 17, 2008.
However, if 1,500 applications are received before the application
deadline, the application process will close.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/

Deadline: September 1, 2008

The Heineman Foundation is accepting applications for its seed money for start-up projects. The purpose of the seed money is to support the development of programs related to the Foundation's areas of interest: workforce support for economically challenged women; environmental research to improve water quality; music appreciation in education and culture; research into prevention, education, and treatment of childhood illnesses; and programs that enable youth to think, create, and communicate effectively.

Award amounts are about $20,000-$50,000 per year for 3-5 years. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.

For complete program information and program guidelines, visit:
http://www.heinemanfoundation.org/guidelines

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be employed at a
nonprofit 501(c)(3) institution, either in the United States or abroad;
submit a project that is consistent with the foundation's current
research interests; address issues that have compelling relevance for
theory, policies, and/or practices affecting the settings of youth
between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States or a vulnerable
sub-population of those youth; reflect high standards of evidence and
rigorous methods, commensurate with the proposal's goals.

The deadlines for Letters of Inquiry are September 3, 2008; January 8,
2009; April 1, 2009; and September 9, 2009.

For complete program information and application guidelines, go to:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url5243/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=646398