National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, (NUCFAC) will be filling four positions that will be expiring at the end of December 2009 and one interim position expiring the end of 2010. Interested applicants may download a copy of the application from the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry website: www.fs.fed.us/ucf/. Nomination applications are to be received by: January 29, 2010.


As a National Federal Advisory Council, the membership must be balanced geographically and demographically across the country. Those geographical areas that are needed to meet this requirement are the western and southern parts of the country. For those interested, please review the position criteria to see if you are eligible. Applicants may nominate themselves.
Please note that the due date has been extended to January 29, 2010.
Questions may be sent to Nancy Stremple, Susan Mockenhaupt or Jill Johnson.

NPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program CFDA 15.933

Japanese American Confinement Sites grant applications are now available for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Grants are awarded to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and state, local, and tribal governments, and other public entities. Applications are due by March 4, 2010.

Grants will be awarded through a competitive process and require a non-Federal match in at least a 2:1 ratio (2 Federal to 1 non-Federal match). The minimum grant request is $5,000.

Use and Use Restriction: Japanese American Confinement Sites grant funds may be used for identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II as authorized by the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-441, 120 STAT 3288, 16 USC 461).

These historic confinement sites are defined as the ten War Relocation Authority internment camps (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. These sites are specifically identified in "Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites", published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, in 1999. Public Law 109-441 (16 USC 461) prohibits land acquisition at sites other than: Heart Mountain (WY), Honouliuli (HI), Jerome (AR), Rohwer (AR), and Topaz (UT).

Match requirement: Each grant requires a 2:1 Federal to non-Federal match; that is, to receive two dollars of Federal funds at least a one dollar non-Federal match is required. The match may be composed of cash or in-kind contributions. The non-Federal match may be raised and spent during the grant period; it does not have to be “in the bank” at the time of the application. Projects must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites.

Project categories include: •Capital projects- including construction of new interpretive centers, restrooms, and interpretive trails. •Documentation- including identification, research, and evaluation of historic confinement sites; projects may include archeological surveys, National Register of Historic Places nominations, and National Historic Landmark nominations. •Oral history interviews- including recording, transcribing, digitally processing and sharing the interviews. •Interpretation and education related to historic confinement sites- projects may include wayside exhibits, creative arts and educational curricula. •Preservation of confinement sites and related historic resources- projects may include stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, acquisition, relocation of historic buildings and structures to their original locations, reconstruction of key structures, and collections conservation. •Planning projects- such as interpretive plans for new exhibits and programs, land use plans, and resource management plans. •Non-Federal real property acquisition- allowed only with the owner’s written permission at only Jerome, Rohwer, Topaz, and Honouliuli, per stipulations of Public Law 109-441.

Grant applications are available via the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant website: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/HPG/JACS/index.html. The website includes the application, forms, instructions and guidelines available for downloading at no cost.

DO NOT SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION.
Submit applications to: (For Postal Service Delivery) National Park Service ATTN: Kara Miyagishima P.O. Box 25287 Denver, CO 80225-0287 (For Express Delivery) National Park Service ATTN: Kara Miyagishima 12795 West Alameda Pkwy. Lakewood, CO 80228-2838 Applications must be received by THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-IMRO-JACS2010
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jan 04, 2010
Creation Date: Dec 29, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 04, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 04, 2010
Archive Date: Apr 03, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: This grant provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic Japanese American confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law.
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor: $5,000
CFDA Number(s): 15.933 -- Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program website

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant

The purpose of this pre-baccalaureate research training program is to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s mental health research agenda. Diverse populations refer to: individuals from a particular ethnic or racial group that has been determined by the grantee institution to be underrepresented in biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral, or clinical research; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences workforce. The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups; to improve the quality of the educational and training environment; to balance and broaden the perspective in setting research priorities; to improve the ability to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols; and to improve the Nation’s capacity to address and eliminate health disparities.

Amount: Varies

Date due: May 12, 2010

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Ford Foundation Research on Sexuality and Youth

The Ford Foundation has announced a new Request for Proposals entitled "Sexuality, Health, and Rights Among Youth in the United States: Transforming Public Policy and Public Understanding Through Social Research" designed to support and prepare researchers to take on the challenges of social science sexuality research in the 21st century. The overall goal of the program is to strengthen the capacity of social science researchers to inform public policy and public understanding of sexuality-related issues from a human rights perspective.

Amount: $500,000 (across 2 - 3 years)

Date due: February 1, 2010

Through this RFP the foundation will support research projects that combine three areas of activity: social science research; training of graduate students; and strategic communications to inform public policy or public conversations. Each project must include plans for all three areas of activity. Proposals that explore the role of structural inequalities, stigma and discrimination, and mechanisms of social exclusion related to gender, sexual orientation, class, race and ethnicity, and their intersections are of particular interest, as are proposals exploring how youth and adults in local communities seek to understand and address sexuality, health, and human rights through a range of individual and collective actions. All proposals must demonstrate how they would inform public policy or public dialogue on targeted sexuality or reproductive health and rights issues.

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DOE Recovery Act - Weatherization Assistance Program Training Centers And Programs CFDA 81.042

The objective of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop new or expand existing weatherization training centers and training programs. The Department of Energy (DOE) will work with the selected entities to develop low-income weatherization training centers or programs that provide accelerated, standardized, and multi-tiered weatherization training. Applications are due by January 21, 2009.


Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0000220
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 10, 2009
Creation Date: Dec 10, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 21, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 21, 2010
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Energy
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Estimated Total Program Funding: $30,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $100,000
CFDA Number(s): 81.042 -- Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Full Opportunity Annoucement

NEH Landmarks Workshops for School 2010 Teachers CFDA 45.163

The Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports series of one-week residence-based workshops for a national audience of K-12 educators. NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshops use historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature, art, music, and other related subjects in the humanities. Applications are due by March 16, 2010.

The goals of the workshops are to increase knowledge and appreciation of subjects, ideas, and places significant to American history and culture; provide teachers with expertise in the use and interpretation of historical sites and of material and archival resources; and encourage historical and cultural sites to develop greater capacity and scale for professional development programs. NEH Landmarks workshops should be held at or near sites important to American history and culture (e.g., presidential residences or libraries; colonial-era settlements; major battlefields; historic districts; parks and preserves; sites of key economic, social, political, and constitutional developments; and places associated with major writers, artists, and musicians). Applicants should make a compelling case for the historical significance of the site(s), the material resources available for use, and the ways in which the site(s) will enhance the workshop.

Document Type: Grants Notice Funding
Opportunity Number: 20100316-BH
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 15, 2009
Creation Date: Dec 15, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 16, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 16, 2010
Archive Date: Apr 15, 2010 Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Estimated Total Program Funding: Award Ceiling: $180,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.163 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Professional Development Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Landmarks.html

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Landmarks of American History and Culture:
Workshops for School Teachers
Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 302
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20506
202-606-8463 landmarks@neh.gov

NARA Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects 2010 CFDA 89.003

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. The Commission seeks proposals to develop new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. First round applications are due by June 3, 2010.


There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline.

First competition:

Funding Opportunity Number: STRATEGIES-201006
•Draft (optional): April 1, 2010
•Final Deadline: June 3, 2010
NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2011.

Second competition:

Funding Opportunity Number: STRATEGIES-201010
•Draft (optional) Deadline: August 2, 2010
•Final Deadline: October 7, 2010
NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2011.

Projects may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records, such as archivists, documentary editors, and records managers. Projects must anticipate results that will affect more than a single institution or a single state. If your project is focused on a single state, the proposal narrative must explain why the State Historical Records Advisory Board in your state cannot manage the proposed project. If staff review cannot confirm that the project includes the information, the application will be ineligible. Projects concerning records may focus on methods of working with any format including born-digital records. Publishing of historical records must focus on methods of presenting archival records as primary sources.

The Commission does not fund projects focused on artifacts or books. A grant normally is for one to three years. The Commission expects to make one to three grants of between $50,000 and $150,000. The total amount allocated to this category is up to $350,000.

The Commission requires that grant recipients acknowledge NHPRC grant assistance in all publications and other products that result from its support. Cost sharing is required. Cost sharing is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The Commission provides no more than 75% of total project costs.

Agency Contact
Applicants are encouraged to contact Lucy Barber, Deputy Executive Director, 202-357-5306, or lucy.barber@nara.gov who may:

•Advise the applicant about the review process;
•Answer questions about what activities are eligible for support;
•Supply samples of successful applications;
•Read and comment on a preliminary draft. Applicants should submit a draft at least 2 months before the deadline.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: STRATEGIES-201006
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Dec 08, 2009
Creation Date: Dec 08, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 03, 2010
Archive Date: Jul 03, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number(s): 89.003 -- National Historical Publications and Records Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/strategies.html