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GrantProse, Inc. Newsletter
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Vol. 4, No. 9
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Dear Colleagues,
We hope this finds you well as we head into the summer grant season. In this issue's feature article, Dr. Lori Brown, a grant writer for Buncombe County (NC) Schools and frequent guest contributor to our newsletter, shares her notes from a recent NSF workshop on securing funding for STEM education. (Yes, folks, there IS grant money available from NSF!)
We're providing a new Resources section in this issue, with news items pertinent to your work in proposal development and grants management. Also, our Grant Alerts notify you of the latest grant opportunities. Please visit our website for more resources from the world of grants, and join us on social media, including Twitter. Thanks for reading!
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ResourcesNews you can use
Food Deserts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service provides a Food Desert Locator that allows users to view census tract-level statistics on population groups with low access to healthy food. Mapping the entire United States, the locator offers a spatial view of low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people who are far from a grocery store.
The Condition of Education 2012
The National Center for Education Statistics has released The Condition of Education 2012, which summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 49 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a closer look at high schools in the United States over the past 20 years. SAM to Replace CCRTo streamline the process of doing business with the government, the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system is being discontinued. CCR and seven other federal procurement systems, as well as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, are migrating into the new System for Award Management, or SAM. Vendors will log into one system to manage a single record, and federal agencies will use SAM as a sole source for pre-award information. Phase I of the move will be occur by the end of July (instead of May 29 as originally planned). Further information is available through SAM, as well as CCR.
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Winning NSF STEM Funding - Part I
Insights for you and your organization
By Dr. Lori Brown
Despite ongoing cuts to federal discretionary grant programs, the National Science Foundation (NSF) maintains adequate funding for research-based grant programs that promote transformative learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. In an April workshop at the American Educational Research Association's annual meeting, NSF program officers offered numerous tips on securing agency funding for STEM education. NSF comprises seven directorates that support science and engineering research and education. Each directorate supervises divisions offering 5-15 grant programs each. The Education and Human Resources (EHR) directorate offers grant programs most applicable to public/private schooling or community-based STEM efforts -- its mission ... [Read the entire article on our website.]
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Grant Alerts
Now Updated on the GrantProse Website
The sooner you know about a new grant, the more time you have to craft a winning proposal. Visit our Grant Alerts webpage to view all the latest funding opportunities, including the two below. We post a PDF of current Grant Alerts twice a month, and new Alerts daily on Twitter.
NEW
Deadline: 09/21/12
Program: Biotechnology Research Grant
Agency: NC Biotechnology Center
Description: Support for novel research projects that have the potential to strengthen biotechnology research and development... [read more]
Award Amount: Up to $75,000
Website: NC Biotechnology Center
Eligibility: NC academic or nonprofits research institutions
NEW
Deadline: 08/03/12
Program: Long Term Care Enhancement Grant; Long Term Care Enhancement Grant - Technological Opportunities
Agency: NC Department of Health and Human Services
Description: These programs partner with dually certified (Medicare/Medicaid) nursing home facilities to achieve cultural change... [read more]
Award Amount: $15,000 - $300,000 and $10,000 - $500,000
Website: NC DHHS
Eligibility: Dually certified nursing homes
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GrantProse, Inc., assists institutions, agencies and organizations to expand fiscal resources and program operations, helping clients locate and secure grant funds matched to their interests and needs. Please forward this email to colleagues using the link at the top right, and join us in social media to help us spread this valuable information. We look forward to working with you as we move toward a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Bill Carruthers
GrantProse, Inc.
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