FUNDING RESOURCES

Local Initiative Funding Partners Program to Provide Support for Community-Based Health Projects

Local Initiative Funding Partners, a partnership program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grantmakers, supports innovative, community-based projects designed to improve the health and healthcare for society's most vulnerable people.

To be eligible for this program, projects must offer collaborative, community-based services that are new and innovative. Significant program expansions — such as a major expansion into new regions or to new populations — may also be considered. LIFP matching grants may not be used for the operation of existing programs.

Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not classified as a private foundation under Section 509(a).

Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested in participating as one of the funding partners. Local funders must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. Funders may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project.

Up to $6 million is available for the 2006 grant cycle, in which up to eighteen matching grants of $100,000 to $500,000 (per project) will be awarded.

Visit the LIFP Web site for complete program information, application procedures, and details on conference calls for applicants interested in submitting brief proposals.

Click here for contact information.

Scholarships Available for Bilingual Students Pursuing Careers in Health Care

Seventy $2,000 scholarships are available for Spanish- speaking, bicultural high school students who want to pursue careers in the healthcare industry.

The scholarships, funded by the PacifiCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. are offered on behalf of PacifiCare's Latino Health Scholars program, which is designed to educate and encourage Hispanic and Latino students to pursue career opportunities in health care.

High school seniors with a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 who are fluent in Spanish and English are eligible to apply. Applicants must show proof of acceptance into a university, community college, or an accredited technical college, and must be enrolled in an approved healthcare program at the time they receive the scholarship.

For 2005, PacifiCare has expanded the program to include two PacifiCare Freedom Awards in the amount of $25,000 each for the two most deserving and qualified applicants. Guidelines and applications are available at the PacifiCare Health Systems Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/1338/pcar

Mattel Launches New Domestic Grants Program

Mattel and the Mattel Children's Foundation have announced the launch of a new Domestic Grants Program.

The program will accept grant applications from charitable organizations throughout the United States that directly serve children in need. Grant awards will range between $5,000 and $25,000, depending on program, organization, and individual community need.

Applicant organizations must have 501(c)(3) public charity status. Funding priority is given to organizations or programs that creatively address a locally defined need directly impacting children in need and that align with Mattel's philanthropic priorities, which include health, education, and girls empowerment. Pilot projects and new organizations may be considered as long as all eligibility criteria are met; however, preference will be given to organizations that have at least two years' experience. Preference is given to organizations that have an annual operating budget of less than $500,000 and are not affiliated with a national organization.

Two types of grants will be considered: 1) program-specific grants (i.e., funding for the launch of new programs or the expansion of existing programs); and 2) core operating support (i.e., support for organizations to sustain their programs).

Grant applications will be accepted online during two funding cycles: Cycle I, January 1 - April 8, 2005 ; and Cycle II, July 1 - September 30, 2005 .

Applications must be submitted online through the Mattel Web site. See the Web site for complete program information, funding priorities and restrictions, and access to the online eligibility quiz. (From: The Foundation Center, accessed online Jan. 10, 2005)

Contact: Click here for Link to RFP

Hasbro Children's Foundation Announces Funding Guidelines

A philanthropic program of toy and game manufacturer Hasbro, the Hasbro Children's Foundation is committed to improving the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of children from birth through age twelve and their families through the support of innovative direct service programs in the areas of health, education, and social services.

In making funding decisions, the foundation is guided by three values: Caring, programs that work to ensure that all children have safe and caring environments where they can grow and thrive; Opportunity , programs that provide healthcare, education, and social services that give young children the help they need to join their peers in learning and achieving; and Joy, opportunities for the most vulnerable children to experience joyful moments as part of their everyday life.

The foundation provides three types of direct-service funding support:

Innovative Programs With Local Impact: Small grants to direct-service programs that meet a need of disadvantaged children in a local community in an innovative way. Funding can be sought to seed a new program component, or help make an existing program more efficient or effective.

National Replication/Adaptation/Expansion of Innovations: Larger and sometimes multiyear grants for direct-service programs that have the ability to bring their successful programs to other communities. Funding can be sought for the process of growing a program that benefits disadvantaged children and families to multiple sites.

Innovative Programs With National Impact: Seed grants for programs that propose to meet the needs of vulnerable children and their families in a new way and have the potential for improving the quality of life for these children in every community across the nation. Grant size in this category ranges widely.

Funding request amounts should relate to the scope and reach of the project. The foundation is rarely the sole supporter of a program. Local community projects should be able to show local support, while larger, multi-city expansions should show partnerships and support in all proposed sites. Local grants for model community programs typically range from $500 to $35,000. For multi-site expansions, awards are from $35,000 up, and are granted over a period of one to three years. The largest grants are awarded to programs that are national in potential impact and scope.

The foundation funds not-for-profit organizations only. The foundation places the highest value on ensuring caring and consistent person-to-person services for the most vulnerable children and their families.

Requests for funding are reviewed on a rolling basis. See the foundation's Web site for complete funding guidelines, application procedures, and examples of funded programs. (From: The Foundation Center, accessed online Jan. 10, 2005)

Contact: Click here for Link to RFP

Applications Invited for General Mills Champions Youth Nutrition and Fitness Grants

The American Dietetic Association Foundation , the President's Challenge, and the General Mills Foundation are partnering to improve youth nutrition and fitness through the General Mills Champions program. The initiative consists of grants to community-based groups as well as three additional components: sponsorship of the President's Active Lifestyle Awards, developing nutrition and fitness mentoring models, and sharing best practices.

The goal of the program is to encourage communities in the United States to improve the eating and physical activity patterns of young people, ages 2-20.

The General Mills Foundation will award fifty $10,000 grants to not-for-profit organizations with innovative programs that help youth develop good nutrition and fitness habits. Grants will be awarded to 501(c)(3) and 509(a) not-for-profit organizations and agencies working with communities that demonstrate the greatest need and likelihood of sustainable impact on young people's nutrition and activity levels.

See the General Mills Web site for complete program information and application guidelines.

(From: The Foundation Center, accessed online Jan. 10, 2005

Contact: Click here for Link to RFP

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Infrastructure Grants

http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2005

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces its intent to solicit applications for Infrastructure Grants. This program announcement must be considered in conjunction with a full Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), which specifies the grant program's purpose, target population, and other requirements of the program. These grants will increase the capacity of mental health and/or substance abuse service systems to support effective programs and services. Applicants who seek Federal support to develop or enhance their service system infrastructure in order to support effective substance abuse and/or mental health services should apply for awards under this announcement.

SAMHSA also funds grants under three other standard grant announcements:

Services Grants provide funding to implement substance abuse and mental health services.
Best Practices Planning and Implementation Grants help communities and providers identify practices to effectively meet local needs, develop strategic plans for implementing/adapting those practices and pilot-test practices prior to full-scale implementation.
Service to Science Grants document and evaluate innovative practices that address critical substance abuse and mental health service gaps but that have not yet been formally evaluated.

Deadlines for submission of applications for specific funding opportunities will be published in the NOFAs in the Federal Register and posted on the Federal grants web site ( www.grants.gov ).

Cancer Prevention and Treatment Grants

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced an opportunity to apply for cooperative agreements to implement cancer prevention and treatment demonstration projects for ethnic and racial minorities.

At least nine cooperative agreement demonstration projects will be funded that will identify methods to reduce disparities in early cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment for Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian (including Alaskan Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts) Medicare beneficiary populations.

Potentially qualified applicants include, but are not care services providers; provider-sponsored organizations; academic medical centers; comprehensive cancer centers; special population networks; community clinical oncology programs; community-based health organizations; community health centers; federally qualified health centers; minority institutions such as, among others, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Hispanic health organizations and associations; tribal organizations; a consortium of the above entities; or any other legal entity that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Establishment of collaborative consortia for this demonstration is strongly encouraged.

Applications will be considered timely if received on or before March 23, 2005.

Grantmakers in Health

Grantmakers in Health's mission is to help foundations and corporate giving programs improve the nation's health, to foster communication and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness.

Click here to read the complete organization profile (From: The Foundation Center)

Bioterrorism Curriculum Grants: HRSA-05-080

SOURCE: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4/5/05

$ AVAILABLE: $25 million for 35 awards (Approximately 25-30 cooperative agreement awards for Continuing Education and approximately 5 cooperative agreement awards for Curriculum Development)

ELIGIBILITY: Eligible Applicants For Continuing Education: The entities eligible to apply for this program are academic health centers; other public or private nonprofit accredited or licensed health professions schools; other educational entities such as professional organizations and societies; private accrediting organizations; other nonprofit institutions or entities including faith-based organizations and community-based organizations; and multi-state or multi-institutional consortia of various combinations of these eligible entities. Eligible Applicants for Curricular Enhancement or Curriculum Development: The entities eligible to apply for this program are public or private nonprofit accredited or licensed health professions schools; other educational entities such as professional organizations and societies; and other nonprofit institutions or entities including faith-based organizations and community-based organizations.To apply for funding for Curriculum Development, an entity that is not a health professions school must provide a written agreement with a health professions school demonstrating that the health professions school will participate in carrying out the project and will implement the newly developed or the modified/enhanced curriculum.

PURPOSE: The goal of this program is the development of a health care workforce with the knowledge, skills, abilities and core competencies to: (1) recognize indications of a terrorist event; (2) meet the acute care needs of patients, including pediatric and other vulnerable populations, in a safe and appropriate manner; (3) participate in a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to terrorist events and other public health emergencies, and include consideration of surge capacity issues; and (4) rapidly and effectively alert the public health system of such an event at the community, State, and national level. Emergency preparedness and response issues include other forms of terrorism (such as the use of chemical, explosive, incendiary or nuclear agents against civilian populations), natural disasters and catastrophic accidents. Effective responses to public health emergencies require close collaboration among all types of health professionals involved in patient care including allied health professionals, medical and dental specialists, nurses, pharmacists, mental health and other professionals, the public health system, and the emergency response system. To achieve such a collaborative environment, it will be necessary to implement new and enhanced models of undergraduate/graduate curricula and continuing education and training for health professionals.

CFDA: 93.996

CONTACT: Lynn Wegman, director, DSCPH, BHPr, HRSA, (301) 443-1648, lwegman@hrsa.gov or the Texas contact: David Hanny, dhanny@hrsa.gov. More information can be found at: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/professions.htm#hrsa05080

From HRSA Preview - http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/professions.htm

CDC Foundation Offers Price Fellowships for HIV Prevention Leadership

SOURCE: CDC Foundation

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4/22/05

$ AVAILABLE: The foundation will also provide per diem, housing, and travel-related expenses for the one-month fellowship in Atlanta. In addition, the foundation will provide travel and registration expenses for fellows to attend one national HIV/AIDS prevention-related conference in 2005 or 2006. Fellows will remain employees of the applicant agency throughout the duration of the fellowship. The CDC Foundation will reimburse each fellow's respective agency up to $4,000 for the month of the fellowship.

ELIGIBILITY: Persons who are paid employees currently working for a community-based organization, a not-for-profit organization, or a non-governmental organization in the United States or its territories are eligible to apply for a Price Fellowship. Applicants must have a minimum of two years' experience working in HIV prevention and have an understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention at the local, state, and national level.

PURPOSE: Each year the Price Fellowships for HIV Prevention Leadership provide three non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders with the opportunity to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and, through interaction with CDC scientists and health professionals, learn about HIV prevention at the national level. Fellowships will be for a four-week period (August 8 to September 2, 2005) at the CDC, in Atlanta, Georgia. During the fellowship period, fellows gain an understanding of HIV prevention efforts at the national level, while CDC staff learns about current efforts and concerns regarding HIV prevention at the community level.

CFDA: N/A

CONTACT: Complete program information and application guidelines are available at the CDC Foundation Web site:

From RFP Bulletin, 12/10/04

Cross-Disciplinary Drug Abuse Research at NIH: PA-04-109

SOURCE: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Cancer Institute (NCI)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10/1, 2/1, 6/1

EXPIRATION DATE: May 31, 2007 unless reissued.

$ AVAILABLE: Usually $250,000 or less per award

ELIGIBILITY: Domestic or foreign, public and private, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, governments and their agencies such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories, as well as state and local governments and faith-based or community-based organizations. PURPOSE:The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is committed to translating research findings into practice. As part of its mission, NIDA facilitates the translation of basic or clinical research discoveries in the field of drug abuse research into new clinical and research tools, medications, and behavioral therapies. The purpose of this PA is to foster research that will have a practical impact on the treatment and prevention of drug abuse through the development of new research technologies that are based on existing basic and/or clinical research knowledge, and technology transfer knowledge.

CFDA: 93.279, 93.399

CONTACT: Direct your questions about scientific/research issues to:

Dr. Allison L. Chausmer
Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIH, DHHS
(301) 402-5088
Fax: (301) 594-6043
E-mail: achausme@nida.nih.gov
For more information, see: <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-109.html>

Reducing Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination: PAR-04-112

SOURCE: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10/1, 2/1, 6/1

EXPIRATION DATE: November 2, 2007, unless reissued.

$ AVAILABLE: Usually up to $250,000 per year per award

ELIGIBILITY: Public or private, nonprofit or for-profit organizations, governments and their agencies such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories, as well as State and local governments and faith-based or community-based organizations. Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. PURPOSE:To provide funding for partnerships between (1) consumer and/or advocate organizations, communities, or state and local agencies with hands-on expertise in developing and implementing stigma reduction programs and strategies, and (2) social, behavioral, and/or communication scientists with expertise in stigma research design and methodology. These partnerships would undertake studies that will: assess the effectiveness of existing stigma and discrimination reduction programs and approaches, including media-oriented approaches such as public service announcements; examine how, why, and for whom existing programs or approaches work; develop innovative new programs and approaches; and provide a better understanding of the impact of varied media (e.g., television, newspapers, magazines, cinema, direct-to-consumer advertising, internet), both positive and negative, on attitudes and beliefs about mental illness, and in perpetuating and changing mental illness stigma and discrimination.

CFDA: 93.242

CONTACT: Brian Albertini
Grants Management Branch
NIH
(301) 443-0004
Fax: (301) 443-6885
E-mail: albertib2@mail.nih.gov
For more information, see: <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-112.html>

Translational Research Centers in Behavioral Science (TRCBS): PAR-04-151

SOURCE: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 9/22/04, 9/22/05, 9/22/06; Application: 11/15/04, 10/19/05, 10/22/06

$ AVAILABLE: Varies depending on award mechanism

ELIGIBILITY: Domestic,public and private, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, governments and their agencies such as universities, colleges, hospitals and laboratories, as well as state and local governments.

PURPOSE: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites research grant applications for Translational Research Centers in Behavioral Science (TRCBS). The purpose of these centers is to support the translation of work from basic behavioral science research, and relevant integrative neuroscience research, to pressing issues regarding all aspects of mental disorders. Such clinical issues include an understanding of the etiology and assessment of disorders; the assessment of functioning; development of innovative and culturally appropriate preventive, treatment, and rehabilitation interventions; and improvement of methods for the effective delivery of mental health services. The centers are also intended to encourage basic behavioral scientists to seek a further understanding of behavioral processes through an exploration of how those processes are altered by mental and behavioral disorders.

CFDA: 93.242

CONTACT: Bruce N. Cuthbert, Ph.D., Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS, National Institute of Mental Health, (301) 443-3728, Fax: (301) 443-4611, E-mail: bcuthber@mail.nih.gov. For more information, see the full announcement at: <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-151.html>

Design, Measurement and Statistics in Community MH Research: PA-04-150

SOURCE: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10/1, 2/1, 6/1; EXPIRATION DATE: August 2007, unless reissued.

$ AVAILABLE: Varies depending on award mechanism

PURPOSE: To encourage research grant applications for work on the design, measurement, and statistical challenges inherent in conducting mental health services research in community settings. The goal of this initiative is to build and diversify the methodological infrastructure of community-based mental health services prevention and intervention research. To encourage methodologists from diverse academic backgrounds, including mathematical and educational statistics, biostatistics, software engineering, behavioral and social science, and business, to focus on the challenges inherent in this type of research.

CFDA: 93.242

CONTACT: Ann A. Hohmann, Ph.D., MPH Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, (301) 443-4235, E-mail: ahohmann@nih.gov. For more information, see the full announcement at: <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-150.html>

Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Women: PA-04-153

SOURCE: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10/1, 2/1, 6/1; EXPIRATION DATE: August 2007

$ AVAILABLE: Varies depending on award mechanism

PURPOSE: To stimulate research aimed at reducing health disparities among racial/ethnic minority and underserved women. More specifically, this initiative seeks applications for: (1) research related to health promotion or risk reduction among minority and underserved women age 21 and older; and, (2) intervention studies that show promise for improving the health profile of minority and underserved women. Investigators responding to this announcement should focus on enhancing the body of knowledge of a variety of factors (e.g., social, economic, demographic, community, societal, personal, cultural) influencing the health promoting and health compromising behaviors of racial and ethnic minority women and underserved women and their subpopulations. The focus of this program announcement is on women age 21 and older, but investigators may also focus on the childhood antecedents of adult health disparities.
CFDA: 93.361, 93.864, 93.279, 93.847

CONTACT: Yvonne Bryan, PhD, RN, Program Director, National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Programs, National Institute of Nursing Research, (301) 594-6908, Fax: (301) 480-8260, E-mail: bryany@mail.nih.gov. For more information, see the full announcement at: <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-153.html>

Aging Through the Life Span: Longitudinal Data Analysis: RFA-AG-05-004

SOURCE: National Institute on Aging (NIA)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Letter of Intent: 12/13/04; Application: 1/11/05

$ AVAILABLE: $2.5 million in FY 2005 to fund approximately 7 to 10 new proposals submitted in response to this RFA. An applicant may request a project period of up to 4 years and a budget for direct costs up to $275,000 per year.

PURPOSE: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites research grant (R01) applications that will utilize existing human longitudinal data and specimens, and/or conduct ancillary studies to longitudinal studies, to gain information and answers to important research questions regarding the progression and determinants of changes across all segments of the life span that affect health in old age; effects of age, disease stage, and comorbidity on the effects of risk factors; variability among and within individuals in rates of change with age in physiologic, pathologic, behavioral, social and functional characteristics; determinants of exceptionally healthy aging; and the health and physiologic effects in human aging of factors that influence aging in other species.

CFDA: 93.866

CONTACT: Chhanda Dutta, PhD, Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Program, NIA, (301) 435-3048, E-mail: cd232z@nih.gov. For more information, see the full announcement at: <http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-05-004.html>

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Offers Grants to Expand Faith in Action Volunteer Healthcare Program

Deadline: Open

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is offering grants to expand Faith in Action, an interfaith volunteer caregiving program that helps to better the lives of people with long-term health needs.

Faith in Action coalitions bring together religious congregations of many faiths and other community organizations such as hospices, clinics, and hospitals in a common mission to provide volunteer care to their neighbors in need. These interfaith programs provide volunteer services, care, and companionship to people of all ages and faiths who are homebound because of long-term health problems, as well as a respite to family caregivers.

The program provides start-up grants of $35,000 for a thirty-month period to help communities organize new coalitions for volunteer caregiving; technical assist- ance on coalition building, board development, program management, strategic planning, volunteer recruitment and training, communications, and fundraising; and the support of a nationwide network of Faith in Action coalitions.

Grants are made to coalitions established by faith congregations (including churches, temples, synagogues, mosques, and other groups with religious missions), as well as by other volunteer organizations or social or health service provider agencies that can demonstrate the participation of faith denominations in the proposed program. Applications are welcome from those who wish to create a new coalition, as well as from existing inter-faith coalitions that wish to develop a Faith in Action program. Applicant organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and not classified as a private foundation under Section 509(a).

See the RWJF Web site for complete program informationand application instructions.

RFP Link: <http://www.rwjf.org/applying/cfpDetail.jsp?cfpCode=FIA&type=open>

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