Funding Opportunities

Below is a listing of announcements for funding opportunities that we believe would be of interest to our members and other stakeholders. Announcements are listed by deadline and are updated every two weeks. Recent announcements are indicated with a .

Medical School, Palliative Care Education Project - Deadline: August 15, 2008 -Building on the success of the original grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to recruit and mentor six U.S. medical schools interested in improving palliative care education for 3rd/4th year medical students, the Medical College of Wisconsin's End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC) announces a call for applications to participate in the second cycle of this project funded by the Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation. Six schools will again be selected through a competitive application process. Two of the six schools awarded will be from the Mid-Atlantic region consistent with the priorities of the funder, specifically defined as schools in New York City; Long Island; Westchester County, New York; the states of New Jersey and Connecticut; and the city of Philadelphia, PA. Visit http://www.eperc.mcw.edu for more details.

Open Meadows Foundation Offering Funding for Projects for Women and Girls- Deadline: August 15, 2008 - The Open Meadows Foundation is a grantmaking organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls. Open Meadows funds projects that do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, or ability. The foundation offers grants of up to $2,000 each to projects that are designed and implemented by women and girls; reflect the diversity of the community served by the project; promote community power, as well as racial, social, economic, and environmental justice; and have limited access to financial resources or have encountered obstacles in their search for funding. Organizational budgets should not exceed $150,000. Small and start-up organizations are strongly encouraged to apply. Proposals from organizations not previously funded will be given priority. See the foundation's Web site for complete program information and examples of funded projects: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013510/openmeadows.

Packaging Proven HIV Behavioral Interventions for Use With High Risk Populations of Acquiring HIV Grant - Deadline: August 15, 2008 - Secretary's Forecast Summary CDC-RFA-PS08-861 CDC's Procurement and Grants Office has published a program announcement entitled, "Packaging Proven HIV Behavioral Interventions for Use with High Risk Populations of Acquiring HIV (REP 10)." Approximately $225,982 will be available in fiscal year 2008 to fund one award. The purpose of the program is to enhance the capacity of local HIV prevention organizations to implement and sustain effective and feasible behavioral interventions by making intervention materials and training more widely available. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm. The estimated funding date is prior to September 1, 2008.

Northwest Health Foundation Seeks to Reduce Chronic Disease- Deadline: September 8, 2008-Northwest Health Foundation invites proposals that seek to reduce the burden of chronic diseases using CBPR approaches. The Foundation is particularly interested in prevention, health promotion, and disparities research that address social, environmental, and behavioral factors through policy and systems changes. This program will award three types of grants: partnership building, CBPR implementation and policy advocacy dissemination. Award amounts will range from $10,000 to $180,000 for the total project, depending on the scale and duration of the project. Grant periods are 12-36 months. Applications must be submitted by the community partner. RFP: http://www.nwhf.org/apply/CBPR.php.

Women Helping Others Offers Support for Grassroots Charities Serving Women and Children - Deadline: September 9, 2008 - The World Health Organization Foundation: Women Helping Others nationally supports grassroots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and children. Grants are provided to organizations serving women and/or children in the United States and Puerto Rico. The foundation's priority is funding specific projects and programs addressing health and social service needs. The foundation recognizes the value of new programs created to respond to changing needs and will consider funding projects of an original or pioneering nature within an existing organization. RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10011115/whofoundation

CarEth Foundation Offers Funding for Human Rights Work - Deadline: September 11, 2008 -The CarEth Foundation works "to promote a compassionate world of enduring and just peace with social, economic, and political equality for all." The foundation's Global Justice Program seeks to establish human rights (as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) as a global standard by which to assess government and corporate action domestically and abroad through: 1) the promotion of progressive activism that aims to rekindle a public dialogue about conscience, integrity, consumerism, and the responsibility of all to ensure that human rights and human dignity are honored in the global system; and 2) supporting the evolution of truly transparent, representational multilateral systems such as those that include enforcement and compliance mechanisms around human rights standards, repair the damages of the neo-liberal system, and/or halt implementation of harmful trade regulations. Visit http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013500/proteusfund for more information.

Prevent Cancer Foundation Grants for Research and Education - Deadline: September 14, 2008 - The Prevent Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit health foundation whose mission is the prevention of cancer through scientific research and education. The foundation defines cancer prevention as the "reduction of cancer incidence through research, education, and early detection." Eligible applicants are researchers at the instructor or assistant professor level and more senior researchers who have shifted their area of interest toward primary and secondary cancer prevention. Funding is available for researchers at any academic level who need seed funding to test an innovative hypothesis. Researchers from nonprofit institutions (including academic institutions) are eligible to apply. Researchers from for-profit institutions will not be considered. Researchers need not be U.S. citizens. However, research must be conducted in the United States primarily. Proposals will be considered in the following categories: basic, clinical, translational, and population-based research projects; education programs in cancer prevention; early detection projects; and behavioral intervention projects. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013505/preventcancer

Canadian Knowledge to Action Grant Opportunity-Deadline: October 1, 2008-The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange Branch in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and The Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine Initiative have announced funding for Knowledge to Action (2008-2009).CIHR's mandate is "to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system." This funding opportunity was designed to meet the needs of decision-maker(s)/knowledge users by promoting and sustaining linkages between them and researchers in order to move knowledge into action. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build and strengthen teams engaged in knowledge translation (KT) at the community, regional, provincial or federal level by funding KT and implementation activities of researchers and decision makers/knowledge users. The general objective of this funding opportunity is to facilitate and accelerate the translation of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the healthcare system. RFP: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?pr

The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants - Deadline: October 1, 2008 -The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University is pleased to announce a Preliminary Call for Proposals for The Kinsey Institute Student Research Grants 2008-2009. This program confers sexuality research grants to emerging scholars and seeks to fund significant and innovative research, from a wide array of disciplines and perspectives that deal with human sexuality. The program is supported by donations from Friends of The Kinsey Institute. Electronic submission of proposals will be accepted beginning September 1, 2008. For more information, please visit The Kinsey Institute's website at: http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/student_grants.html.

Herb Block Foundation's Defending Basic Freedoms Program - Deadline: October 6, 2008 - The Herb Block Foundation's Defending Basic Freedoms grant program seeks proposals to safe-guard the basic freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Bill of Rights, to help eliminate all forms of prejudice and discrimination, and to assist government agencies to be more accountable to the public. Anti-discrimination projects that involve joint efforts of two or more organizations are encouraged. The foundation will also consider contemporary societal issues that may arise. For complete program information, visit the foundation's Website. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013501/herbblockfoundation

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Funding Opportunity For Weight Control-Deadline: October 10, 2008-The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for cooperative agreements (U01) 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. The first phase will consist of formative research to refine the proposed intervention, recruitment, retention, and adherence strategies targeted to young adults. The second phase will consist of a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of the intervention. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, young adults are defined as 18-35 years of age. RFP: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-007.html.

Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging - Deadline: October 31, 2008 - The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to invite applications using the NIH Research and Development Core Center Grant (P30) award mechanism to support Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translation Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging. The Roybal Centers are intended to improve the health, well being, and productivity of older people, through the translation of basic behavioral and social sciences research. Translation is defined in this announcement as research that moves basic research findings towards the development of programs or tools to be used at the individual and population levels to improve the health, well being, or productivity of older people. NIA expects to make 8-12 awards totaling $3.6 million total costs in the first year, and $18 million total costs over the 5 year project period. For more information visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-008.html.

The National Gardening Association's (NGA) Youth Garden Grants Sponsored by Home Depot - Deadline: November 1, 2008 - NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of the following elements: educational focus or curricular/program integration; nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; entrepreneurship; and social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning. Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups in the United States are eligible to apply. Visit the NGA's Kidsgardening Web site for complete program information: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013187/kidsgardening

Clinical Centers for the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet)- Deadline: January 30, 2009 -The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by NHLBI, NIH, is to invite applications to participate in the NHLBI Asthma Network (AsthmaNet), a clinical research network that will develop and conduct multiple clinical trials to address the most important asthma management questions and new treatment approaches in pediatric and adult populations. AsthmaNet is designed to promote cooperation and coordination, facilitate scientific exchange, provides training opportunities, and leverage resources. AsthmaNet will include multiple Clinical Centers and one Data Coordinating Center. The protocols will include clinical trials to evaluate and/or compare existing or new therapeutic approaches to asthma management as well as a limited number of proof-of-concept studies to advance the development of novel therapies and studies that investigate the mechanistic bases for interventions examined in AsthmaNet. The total amount to be awarded for AsthmaNet (the Clinical Centers and the Data Coordinating Center) will be a maximum $104.8 million total costs for the project period. It is anticipated that up to 9 Clinical Centers under this FOA, and 1 Data Coordinating Center under the related FOA (see RFA-HL-08-011) will be awarded. As an optional program, and included in the total amount designated for AsthmaNet, up to 3 Clinical Research Skills Development Cores may be awarded to Clinical Centers participating in AsthmaNet if they apply for a CRSD core. For more information visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-010.html.

American Academy of Dermatology's Shade Structure Program Grants - Deadline: April 10, 2009 - The American Academy of Dermatology Shade Structure Program provides grant awards for the purchase of permanent shade structures designed to provide shade and ultraviolet ray protection for outdoor areas. The academy also provides a permanent sign to be displayed near the shade structure promoting the importance of sun safety. The program is open to 501(c)(3) organizations that serve children and teenagers, age 18 and younger. To be considered, applicants must be sponsored by an academy member dermatologist and demonstrate a commitment to sun safety within their organization. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013188/aadpublicgrants

The Economic and Social Research Council and the Office of Behavoral and Social Sciences Research Joint Grant Proposal- Deadline: Multiple -The Economic and Social Research Council and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research intend to foster and support collaborative research on health disparities/inequalities in the United Kingdom and/or in the United States. They have issued a joint call for research grant proposals to support teams of UK and USA investigators. The purposes of these guidelines to applicants are (a) to specify how applications should be prepared and submitted, (b) to describe the evaluation of applications, and (c) to describe how subsequent awards may be made and administered. Applicants should conform to the substantive content and procedural instructions provided in PAR-07-379, Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-379.html. For US-based inquiries, contact Ronald Abeles at abeles@nih.gov. For UK-based inquiries contact Joy Todd at Joy.Todd@esrc.ac.uk.

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases- Deadline: Multiple -The purpose of the Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science Program described in this announcement is to provide support to enable strong investigative teams to do inter- and/or trans-disciplinary research on a complex problem in biomedical science relevant to Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases. It is anticipated that 1-3 projects will be funded per year, but because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received, as well as on the availability of funds. For the full announcement visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-182.html.

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research Program's Rapid Response Grants Program - Deadline: Rolling - Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research are national programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that support research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, promoting healthy eating, and preventing obesity. The programs have issued a Call for Proposals to support time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, between the ages of 3 and 18 who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity. Research studies may focus on one or both sides of the energy balance equation -- i.e., on physical activity (including sedentary behavior), healthy eating, or both. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time. Deadlines for receipt of invited full proposals are August 15 or October 15, 2008. RFP Link: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013496/rwjffdn

United Healthcare Children's Foundation Grants - Deadline: Open - New grants are available to help children who need critical health care treatment, services, or equipment not covered or not fully covered by their parents' health benefit plans. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15013057/uhccf

NIH Issues 2 Program Announcements for Research on Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-421 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-421.html -
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-422 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Research Project (R01) grant applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-422.html

Improving Care and Quality of Life at the End of Life - Deadline: none given - The Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consortium is looking for hospitals interested in learning how to create or improve their own palliative care centers. The program enables hospitals to visit exemplary palliative care learning centers in different regions of the United States. Managed by HRET, the program is funded by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The program is free to participating hospitals (with the exception of travel and lodging) and administered through three phases. If you are interested in participating, please contact Deb Bohr at dbohr@aha.org or (646) 678-4280, or visit http://www.hret.org/hret/programs/paloverview.html

Wachovia Foundation Grants Support Educational Improvement - Deadline: n/a- The Wachovia Foundation is interested in working with non-profit organizations that are implementing and/or developing tailored approaches to improving education in their communities. Programs must support pre-K - 12 public education and address the systemic issues related to teachers and teaching, such as professional development, school support, recruitment or retention. Maximum Award: $500,000. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) organizations with a mission to improve public education in AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, NY, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, or Washington, D.C. http://www.wachovia.com/inside/page/0,,139_414_430_6336,00.html

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Offers Funding for Education Projects in U.S. South and Midwest – Deadline: Rolling – The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership has announced funding opportunities for small-scale education initiatives in the southern and midwestern United States. CGP's Education Program seeks to increase awareness and understanding of Japan in these regions through support of teacher training and related programs that address the needs of the K-12 student and teacher community. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10007173/cgp

Council on Foundations Announces Creation of Critical Impact Awards – Deadline: Various – The council invites nominations of grant-funded projects that have had a demonstrated impact on the common good -- locally, nationally, and/or globally -- and that can serve as models for others in philanthropy. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10004577/cof

Funding for Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations – Deadline: Rolling – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for its Fresh Ideas: Community-Based Approaches to Improve Care for Vulnerable Populations grant program. The purpose of this program is to promote community-based approaches to health and health care problems that interact with social problems. http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19480

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health – Deadline: various – This National Institutes of Health funding opportunity announcement issued by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research solicits Small Research Grant applications from organizations/institutions that propose to develop empirical research on social work practice, concepts, and theory as these relate to the NIH public health goal of improving health outcomes for persons with medical and behavioral disorders and conditions. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-233.html

From Intervention Development to Services: Exploratory Research Grants – Deadline: various – The purpose of these grants is to encourage research on 1) the development and/or pilot testing of new or adapted interventions 2) pilot testing interventions with demonstrated efficacy in broader scale effectiveness trials, or 3) innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-248.html

Green Communities Announces Charrette Grants Program – Deadline: open – Created by Enterprise Community Partners in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million initiative to build more than 8,500 environmentally healthy homes for low-income families in the United States. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002303/enterprisefoundation

Interventions and Practice Research Infrastructure Program – Deadline: multiple – The National Institute of Mental Health seeks research partnerships between community-based, clinical/services settings and research institutions to enhance the national capacity to conduct research that will inform mental health services research science, service delivery, program dissemination and implementation, and mental health policy. For more information, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-441.html

Early Identification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents – Deadline: multiple – This National Institute of Mental Health funding announcement invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for studies focused on the early identification and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents. For more information, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-442.html

Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents (R21) Grant – Deadline: varies – This National Institutes of Health program announcement invites research grant applications that will enhance our understanding of the factors and mechanisms that determine changes in health risk behaviors during childhood and adolescence. This funding opportunity will utilize the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) award mechanism, but will run in parallel with a program announcement of identical scientific scope (PA-04-121) that will utilize the Traditional Research Project Grant (R01), available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-121.html.

Grassroots Exchange Fund – Deadline: Open – The Common Counsel Foundation’s Grassroots Exchange Fund provides discretionary small grants to build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States. Current criteria for grants include the urgency of the action, strategy session, or conference to the overall work of the applicant organization; the extent to which a small grant would make a significant impact, and the extent to which the applicant meets core Common Counsel criteria – membership-led groups organizing for social, economic or environmental change. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10000435/commoncounsel

Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Small Grants Program - Deadline: ongoing - Thanks to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, PRRAC is once again able to make small grants available for research on the intersection of race and poverty that in turn is designed to support a planned advocacy strategy (community organizing, litigation, legislation, public education, etc.).
http://www.prrac.org/grants.php

Gold Foundation offers Grants for Hurricane Assistance Service Projects - Deadline: Rolling through 2006 - The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has formed a Katrina Assistance Fund "to support the wellspring of compassion, creativity and inclination to serve that exists in the medical education community." The Foundation is now requesting proposals for grants of up to $5,000 for service projects in any location where there is a substantial need for assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Such projects may include direct medical aid to evacuees or non-medical assistance to both victims and those adversely affected by this disaster. http://humanism-in-medicine.org

Developing Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research (DCISIR) - Deadline: Multiple dates through 2008 - The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to establish support for groups of researchers to develop intervention and services research studies that will directly address the missions of National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and to prepare these research groups to develop advanced centers. http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/NIH/NIH/PAR-05-144/Grant.html

Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-05-065 - Educational and research dissemination activities are essential components of the National Cancer Institute's efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality due to cancer. The PHS 398 application instructions are available in an interactive forma at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov, Telephone (301) 435-0714. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-065.html

Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health - Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number: PA-05-029 - The ultimate goal of this National Institutes of Health program announcement is to encourage the development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. The PHS 398 application instructions are available online at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Link to full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-029.htm.

Reproductive and Child Health Grants - Deadline: Open - Reproductive health care is the primary health need of women, yet limited resources in developing countries combined with women's economic and social position often deprive women of access to the care they need and want. Increasing access to voluntary family planning services, providing emergency obstetrical care to enable women to safely carry and deliver babies, providing a trained midwife at delivery, and preventing cervical cancer are examples of the kinds of work supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Grant making is guided by the principle that in order to achieve lasting, large-scale change, philanthropic efforts must incorporate strategies to encourage effective public investment and to leverage private sector market potential. Priority is given to investments that serve as a catalyst to quicken the pace of progress, and to efforts whose net effect is to augment, not supplant, government funding streams. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/ReproductiveChildHealth/

Green Foundation Seeks Grant Proposals - Deadline: Open - Established in 1994, the Green Foundation is a private, non-operating foundation that awards grants for both operating and program support. The foundation's mission is to uncover new opportunities, encourage growth, and ultimately effect positive change within those institutions that best reflect the foundation's core focus areas and the communities they serve. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5000582/ligf

Allen Foundation Grants for Nutrition Education - Deadline: Open - The Foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development. Maximum Award: Past grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million. Eligibility: Schools and school districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education programs. http://www.allenfoundation.org/

The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - Deadline: Open - Principal investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants (listed in the full announcement) are eligible for available funds for administrative supplements to improve the diversity of the research workforce by supporting and recruiting students, postdoctorates, and eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented. For details visit, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-015.html.

Common Counsel's Grantee Exchange Fund (GXF) - Deadline: Open - GXF provides discretionary small grants to build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States to encourage social change organizations to seek technical assistance from one another, and to help build regional and national networks among organizations. http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/gxf_application_procedure.html