Rural Funding Opportunities

• Social and Economic Development Strategies Program (SEDS)
  Application deadline: Jun 6, 2013
  Grants for tribal community-based organizations, tribes, and village governments for social and economic infrastructure development.
• Cooperative Agreements for State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention
  Application deadline: Jun 13, 2013
  Funding for state and tribal sponsored programs for preventing youth suicide.
• Homeless Female Veterans' and Veterans with Families Reintegration Program
  Application deadline: Jun 14, 2013
  Awards grants to organizations that provide services to homeless female veterans and veterans with families, and assist them with finding and retaining meaningful employment.
• Native Hawaiian and American Indian Nonprofit Organization Child Care Grants
  Letter of Intent (Optional): May 10, 2013
  Application deadline: Jun 24, 2013
  Awards grants to nonprofit organizations to provide child care to underserved Native Hawaiian AI/AN youth and families.
• Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG)
  Application deadline: Jun 28, 2013
  Grants to improve the economic conditions of rural areas. Assistance provided to rural areas under this program may include technical assistance for business development and economic development planning.
• Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program; Tribal Transit Program
  Application deadline: Jul 8, 2013
  Funding to support planning, capital, and operating assistance for Tribal public transit services.
• Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG)
  Application deadline: Jul 15, 2013
  Grants to improve the economic condition of rural areas by assisting individuals or entities in the startup, expansion or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other business entities.
• HOPE VI Main Street Program
  Application deadline: Jul 22, 2013
  Awards grants to small communities to assist in the in the renovation of an historic or traditional central business district or Main Street area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units.
• Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP)
  Application deadline: Dec 31, 2013
  Provides credit enhancements to encourage private and public lenders to make new loans for affordable rental properties.
• Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans
  Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
  Loans to improve, develop, or finance business, industry, and employment and improve the economic and environmental climate in rural communities.

State and Regional Approaches to Improving Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy

State and Regional Approaches to Improving Access to Services for Children and Youths with Epilepsy grants will award funding to support state and local governments in their efforts to improve access to health and other services for children and youths with epilepsy (CYE) residing in rural and/or medically underserved areas.

Projects will be conducted on a statewide or regional basis and must deliver all of the following components:

•Patient/family-centered care evidenced by partnerships between professionals and CYE and their families
•Access to a culturally competent patient/family-centered medical home which coordinates comprehensive care

•Access to adequate health insurance and financing of services

•Early and continuous screening for epilepsy and associated co-morbid conditions

•Community services organized for easy use

•Successful transition to adult system of care  

• Geographic coverage Nationwide
• Amount of funding Total Funding Available: $2,733,548
• Award Ceiling: $390,536 per year
• Number of Awards: 7

Click below to find out more:

https://grants3.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?&fCycleID=0733d8f0-95e7-44ee-8478-5f460102d1fa&txtAction=View+Details&submitAction=Go&ViewMode=EU

Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program

The Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program supports pediatric residents in the planning and/or implementation of innovative, community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to medical homes or specific health services not otherwise available.

These projects should lead to programs that can be replicated in other communities. Resident CATCH projects must include planning activities or demonstrate completed planning activities, and may include implementation activities.

Priority will be given to projects serving communities with the greatest demonstrated health care access needs and health disparities. Strong collaborative community partnerships and future sustainability of the project are encouraged.

Grants are available for programs that offer:

•Community-based initiatives that increase children's access to medical homes or health services not otherwise available and connecting uninsured/underinsured populations with available programs
•Connecting uninsured/underinsured populations with available programs
•Secondhand smoke exposure reduction
•Initiatives to address community barriers to immunizations

•Native American child health

 

To find out eligbility, to apply, or for more information go to http://www2.aap.org/catch/funding.htm

New Minority Population Maps are Available

The Rural Assistance Center (RAC is pleased to announce the addition of two new maps featuring data on 1) American Indian and Alaska Native Population and 2) Black or African American Population.

American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Printable map that shows the percent of the U.S. population by county who are American Indian or Alaska Native. Data source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010. 2010 Census Summary File 1.

Black or African American Population
Printable map that shows the percent of the U.S. population by county who are Black or African American. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010. 

RAC maps can be customized for use in grant proposals and other publications. Maps can be adapted to show county, region or state-specific information. The Interactive Mapping System also allows for customization of labels, boundaries and other features. RUPRI’s Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) has worked with the Rural Assistance Center to provide a collection of 37 maps on rural topics.

·         Funding Directory: Includes summaries of up-to-date funding opportunities searchable by state, type, topic and sponsor.

·         Topic Guides:  Provide a full range of resources including documents, tools, organizations, news, events, success stories and more!  

Ø  Tribal Health and Human Services

Ø  Minority Health

·         RAC Updates: Be in the know! Get all the updates on the latest rural health or human service news, funding opportunities, upcoming events, etc. 

To learn more or customize your own map Click Here.

Funding

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or less . . .  

• DOJ/Office on Violence Against Women (OVW): Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program Grant. View Full Announcement [PDF | 374KB]

$500k or more . . .  

• DOJ/Office on Violence Against Women (OVW): Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Assistance Program Grant. View Full Announcement [PDF | 1MB]

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Workforce Program Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Office of Adolescent Health (OAH): Pregnancy Assistance Fund Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Rapid Hepatitis C Virus Screening and Referral Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Offender Reentry Program Grant. View Full Announcement
• DOJ/Office on Violence Against Women (OVW): Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Grant. View Full Announcement [PDF | 377KB]
• HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH): Revision Applications for Research on Assessing the Role of Stigma in HIV Prevention and Care (R34) Grant. Grant View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

Scholarships/Fellowships

• The National Minority AIDS Council's (NMAC): Men's Institute of Leadership Excellence and Service Training. View Full Announcement

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities

The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest:

Request for Applications (RFAs):

• RFA-HL-13-027: Functional Assays to Screen Genomic Hits (R21/R33)

Program Announcement (PA):

•  PAR-13-002: NHLBI Clinical Trial Pilot Studies (R34)

Funding and Opportunities

Rosemary McKenzie Legacy Award
Application deadline: Oct 15, 2012
Provides free registration and travel assistance to attend the 2012 NRHA Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Health Conference.

RCHN Community Health Foundation Workforce Initiative
Application deadline: Oct 31, 2012
Provides grants to Federally Qualified Health Centers or their look-alikes to support the development and implementation of programs focused on recruitment, training, and retention of entry-level staff.

NBCC Foundation Rural and Military Scholarship Programs
Application deadline: Nov 1, 2012
Scholarships to increase the availability of counselors in underserved areas, with the current priority areas of rural and military communities.

Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
Application deadline: Nov 14, 2012
A fellowship program designed to develop the capacity of midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health to participate in health policy processes at the federal level.

Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care
Application deadline: Nov 15, 2012
Incentive grants offer pharmacists seed money to implement or support an existing patient care service within their pharmacy practice.

Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Grant
Application deadline: Nov 19, 2012
Grants to plan, develop, operate, or participate in an accredited residency internship program in preventative medicine or public health.

E. Bud Tarrson Access to Oral Health Care Award
Application deadline: Nov 26, 2012
Award that highlights significant dental student outreach to vulnerable communities.

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program
Application deadline: Dec 31, 2012
Loans to foster the creation of new consumer-governed, private, nonprofit health insurance issuers, known as CO-OPs.

NAEMT Scholarship Program
Application deadline: Jun 15, 2013
Scholarships to help the advancement of EMS personnel. 

Funding

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Limited Competition for Continuation of the Prospective Study of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (U01) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: NIMH Research Education Mentoring Programs for HIV/AIDS Researchers (R25). Grant View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . . 

• New York Community Trust: 2012 NYC AIDS Fund. View Full Announcement

Resources

• Grant Professionals Association: Annual Conference. Raising Your Game: Scoring Big in the Grant Profession. October 17-20, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN. Learn More

Scholarships/Fellowships

• Harvard University: The Mongan Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy. View Full Announcement

Available Federal and Non Federal Grants

Federal Grants

Minority Population Specific: $500k or more . . .  

• Agency for International Development: Sustainable, Community Action and Leadership Enhancement towards Universal Health Care (UHC) through Clinical and Organizational Capacity-Strengthening of Midwives for Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN SCALE-UP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• Agency for International Development: Advancing Partners Community-based Family Planning Project Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Advancing Exceptional Research on HIV/AIDS (R01) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01). View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42) Grant. View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Integrative Medicine Program (IMP) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: National coordinating center for Integrative Medicine Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Establish Sharing of Human Brain Image Data Relevant to Drug Addiction (Admin Supp) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/National Institutes of Health: Renal Function and Chronic Kidney Disease in Aging (R21) Grant. View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

$500k or less . . . 

• Greater Rochester Health Foundation: 2013 Opportunity Grants to support projects with maximum potential to positively impact the community's health in the areas of prevention and health care delivery. Learn More

Kendal Charitable Funds: Promising Innovations Grant supports improvements in serving older adults. View Full Announcement

Call For Grant Proposals

The U.S. Department of Justice is soliciting grant proposals for funding to support improvements to public safety, victim services and crime prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. All materials are now accessible for review. Electronic grant applications must be submitted to Community Partnerships Grants Management System by 9:00 p.m. EST on April 18, 2012. Find more information on this grant proposal.

Let's Play Community Construction Grants

Application deadline: March 16, 2012

Dr Pepper Snapple & KaBOOM! are soliciting applications for $15,000 Let's Play Playground Construction Grants. The grants provide funding for new playground development and are available to municipalities, neighborhood associations, schools, day care centers, and non-profit organizations without a playground or with existing equipment that is unsafe for children. Grantees will be required plan their project, and share best practices and challenges through the KaBOOM! website. You can find more information about the program and application by visiting: www.kaboom.org/grants

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity: The ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity: The ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
St. Michael's Hospital - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website: http://bit.ly/ztcglB

“…..We are motivated by the CIHR’s goal to produce the next generation of “creative agents for change,” and by the Institute of Population and Public Health’s call for interventions research, defined as “the use of scientific methods to produce knowledge about policy and program interventions that operate within or outside of the health sector and have the potential to impact health at the population level.”

ACHIEVE will be explicit in promoting a community of practice and a philosophy of engaged scholarship, which the Big Ten universities has recently endorsed as the partnership of university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching, and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.

ACHIEVE will offer an intensive 24 month, collaborative curriculum for new researchers to develop the following competencies that are typically unavailable through traditional graduate training, yet necessary for closing the gap between *measuring *urban health disparities and *reducing*them….“ From Carles Muntaner

Program Information:
- Two-year term: September 2012 – August 2014
- Stipend: Based on CIHR guidelines for qualified candidates
- Fellows are required to complete all training program components within the two years.
- 3-5 Fellows may be accepted for the 2012-2014 term
- Fellows are required to work onsite in Toronto, Canada
- Deadline to apply: February 13, 2012
- Decision announcements: May 2012

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program

2011-2012 Call for Applications

Deadline: February 29, 2012, 5:00 PM EST

Program Area: Human Capital

Purpose:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) collaborate to foster the development of physicians who will lead the transformation of Americans’ health and health care through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars program. These future leaders will conduct innovative research and work with communities, organizations, practitioners and policy-makers to address issues essential to the health and well-being of all Americans.

To apply and learn more click here http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21381

Student Scholarship for Single Parents

We’re proud to introduce The Online Colleges.org Support a Student Scholarship for Single Parents: the first scholarship of its kind!

A $10,000 scholarship will be awarded starting January 1st, 2012 to a single parent who is enrolled in an accredited online post-secondary institution. The scholarship will help pay for non-tuition related living expenses for the 2012 academic year that are not covered by the recipient’s current financial aid such as:

•Rent
•Childcare
•Books and School Supplies
•Utilities – Gas/Electric
•Utilities – Internet Connection
•Groceries

Important Dates:
•Application Deadline: Postmarked/emailed by November 1st, 2011
•Scholarship Recipient Selected: December 1st, 2011
•Scholarship Funds Awarded: January 1st, 2012 Click here to learn more (http://www.onlinecolleges.org/scholarship/#canIApply )

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities

The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest:

Request for Applications (RFAs):
• RFA-RM-11-004: 2012 NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program (DP1)
• RFA-RM-11-005: 2012 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
Please note that most links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps. Links to RFPs will not work past their proposal receipt date.

Support for Anti-Poverty Programs

Catholic Campaign for Human Development: Community Development Grants

The mission of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is to address the root causes of poverty in the United States through the support of community-controlled, self-help organizations and through transformative education. CCHD's Community Development Grants support organizations that bring poor and vulnerable people together to change structures and policies that perpetuate the cycle of poverty. Priority is given to organizations that work with persons directly experiencing economic or social injustice, such as racial discrimination, long-term joblessness, or economic dislocation. Grants range from $25,000 to $75,000. The Pre-application Eligibility Quiz may be submitted between September 1 and November 1, 2011. (Organizations are strongly encouraged to submit their quiz prior to the November 1 deadline.) Online applications for new applicants are due December 31, 2011. Visit the CCHD website for more information about the Community Development Grants program.

13th Tobacco Use Prevention & Cessation Programs for Youth

The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth announces its 13th Tobacco Use Prevention & Cessation Programs for Youth Request for Proposals (RFP) funding opportunity. Virginia organizations (schools, faith centers, community service boards, clubs, etc) are eligible to submit proposals. You are receiving this email because you requested to be added to our mailing list or have attended a VFHY sponsored conference or training in the past few years.

In addition to providing tobacco prevention and/or cessation programming, organizations may choose to include supplemental obesity prevention programs in their application as well.
Individual grant awards will not exceed $60,000 per year ($180,000 total for all three years) to implement tobacco prevention/cessation programs in Virginia communities. This is an online process and organizations may register to apply and read additional details and information by going to the VFHY website (www.vfhy.org) and selecting the Funding tab.

MANDATORY OFFEROR'S WEBINARS
Informational webinars will be held August 31, 2011, 10:00 a.m. - Noon OR September 8, 2011, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Attendance is required at only one webinar. To register for a webinar, go to the VFHY website (www.vfhy.org) and select the Funding tab for more information.

Click here to register for one of the webinars: http://www.cvent.com/d/JkEw-8TkVESZL5Vp_4xHpA/m7v5/P1/1Q

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities

The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest:

NIH Guide Notice:
• NOT-HL-11-158: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for RFA-HL-11-032, "Utilization of a Human Lung Tissue Resource for Vascular Research (R03)"
Request for Applications (RFAs):
• RFA-HL-12-029: Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)
Program Announcement (PA):
• PAR-11-307: Discovery of Genetic Basis of Mendelian or Monogenic Heart, Lung, and Blood Disorders (X01)

NHLBI Funding and Research Opportunities

The following funding opportunities from the NHLBI or other components of the National Institutes of Health, might be of interest
:
NIH Guide Notice:
• NOT-EB-11-007: Notice of Correction for PA-11-148 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01)
• NOT-HL-11-155: Frequently Asked Questions for RFA-HL-12-027, Reducing the Impact of Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries (U01)
Program Announcement (PA):
• PAR-11-284: Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R21)
• PAR-11-288: Health Promotion for Children With Physical Disabilities Through Physical Activity and Diet: Developing An Evidence Base (R01)

Please note that most links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps. Links to RFPs will not work past their proposal receipt date. Archived versions of RFPs posted on FedBizOpps can be found on the FedBizOpps site using the FedBizOpps search function. Under “Document to Search,” select Archived Documents.

Health Disparities Research LRP

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH IS HELPING TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL PEOPLE

Program Purpose

The purpose of the Health Disparities Research LRP is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals to research careers that focus on minority health or other health disparity issues. Funding for this LRP is provided through the NIH's National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), which ensures that at least 50 percent of the awards are made to health professionals who are members of identified health disparity populations.

Learn more at http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about_the_programs/health_disparities.aspx