Funding Opportunities

1. The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy has released a funding opportunity in support of the rural Access to External Devices Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators; (2) provide defibrillator and basic life support training in automated defibrillator usage; and (3) place automated external defibrillators in rural communities.

All applications are due June 17, 2013. It is expected that 7 programs will be funded up to $200,000 per year for a three-year project period.

More on this funding opportunity can be found at: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=qSgKRVxNMv5yppTP1PTsDjnLP2421WpVSWS7VqqnLrtQ2SRPDBRp!222120898?oppId=234958&mode=VIEW

2. Grant funding will soon be available through the USDA for distance learning and telemedicine efforts aimed and serving rural America. The Notice of Funding Availability for the USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program will be released in the coming days. The DLT grant program is designed to assist community facilities serving rural areas acquire distance learning and telemedical technologies to link with other professionals to improve the services delivered to rural Americans.

• $17 million in grant funding is expected to be available and each award will be between $50,000 and $500,000.

• Applicants must be 1) a legally incorporated organization operating a rural community facility directly or serving an organization that operates a rural community facility and 2) must currently deliver or propose to deliver distance learning or telemedicine services through and beyond the three-year grant period.

For more information on the DLT Grant Program as well as an application toolkit, please go here. Prospective applicants are encouraged to begin preparing applications today and to reach out to their State USDA Rural Development Office for support. If you do plan to apply, please e-mail Sam Morgan at sam.morgan@wdc.usda.gov  so USDA staff can know how many applications to expect. You can e-mail dltinfo@wdc.usda.gov  with questions about the program.

2013 Grief Reach Request for Proposals

About Grief Reach

Grief Reach is a partnership between the National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation. The goal of this partnership is to provide funds to Children's Bereavement Programs to expand the reach of their programs to include underserved youth populations (18 years and younger). The funds for these grants are generously provided by New York Life Foundation and the oversight and RFP process is managed by the National Alliance for Grieving Children. Final decisions on grants are made by a review committee consisting of representatives from both the National Alliance for Grieving Children and the New York Life Foundation.

Amount and Range of Grants

This year the Grief Reach project will again provide $750,000 in grants with the following number of grants and grant amounts:

• 5 - $10,000
• 5 - $15,000
• 5 - $25,000
• 5 - $100,000 ($50,000 a year for two years)

To Learn More Click Here:  http://www.childrengrieve.org/2013-grief-reach-request-proposals

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

Federal and Non Federal Grants

Federal Grants

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

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: HIV/AIDS, Drug Use, and Vulnerable Populations in the US (R21) Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or more . . .  

• USDOJ/Office of Justice Programs/Office of Violence Against Women: FY 2012 Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative Technical Assistance Program Grant View Full Announcement

$500k or less . . .  

• HHS/National Institutes of Health: AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03) Grant View Full Announcement
• HHS/Office of Rural Health Policy: Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: DELTA FOCUS (Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances, Focusing on Outcomes for Communities United with States) Grant. View Full Announcement
• HHS/Health Resources & Services Administration: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP). View Full Announcement

Non Federal Grants

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

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise Innovation Grants: Promoting Opportunities for the Health and Success of Young Men of Color. View Full Announcement

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