The purpose of this grant is to invite proposals for funding from public or private Institutions interested in obtaining administrative funding to further build their capacity to market and promote their existing EBV Program to post 9/11 service-disabled veterans and to expand their existing consortium of world-class, 4-year colleges and universities that offer entrepreneurship training to service-disabled veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

 

The deadline to submit applications is November 22, 2012. For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://1.usa.gov/OZ8B2w.

Community Foods Projects Competitive Grant Program

 

The Community Food Projects competitive grants program supports projects designed to meet the food needs of low-income people; increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs; promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm, and nutrition issues; and meet specific state, local, or neighborhood food and agriculture needs.

 

The deadline to submit applications is November 28, 2012. For more information on this opportunity, visit:  http://1.usa.gov/TMJEo2.


Annual Technology Educator Awards

 

The Streisand Foundation primarily provides support to U.S.-based nonprofit organizations that are working on a national level. The Foundation's current national grantmaking interests include the preservation of the environment; women's issues, including reproductive choice and health-related concerns; civil liberties and democratic values; civil rights and race relations; and civic engagement. Grants generally range from $5,000 to $15,000.

 

The deadline to submit applications is December 3, 2012. For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://bit.ly/Rp7zge .

Environmental Education Regional Grants

 

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking grant proposals from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques, and that will serve as models that can be replicated in a variety of settings.

 

 

The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act (GLFWRA) provides assistance to states, Indian tribes, and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration, and management of the fish and wildlife resources, as well as their habitats, in the Great Lakes Basin. Regional projects are authorized activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that are related to fish and wildlife resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement impacting the resources of multiple states or Indian tribes with fish and wildlife management authority in the Great Lakes Basin. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be responsible for accomplishing regional projects on behalf of the state and/or tribal agencies submitting the regional project proposal.

 

The deadline to submit applications is December 17, 2012. For more information on this opportunity, visit:  http://1.usa.gov/Rp8f5p.

 

 

National Science Foundation-Cyber Learning Transforming Education

 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to integrate advances in technology with how people learn to better understand how people learn with technology and how technology can be used productively to help people learn. It is expected that Cyberlearning research will shed light on how technology can enable new forms of educational practice and that broad implementation of its findings will result in a more actively-engaged and productive citizenry and workforce. Cyberlearning awards will be made in three research categories.

 

The deadline to submit applications is December 17, 2012. For more information on this opportunity, visit:  http://1.usa.gov/ooqEjt.

Environmental Justice Activities Small Grants Program

 

The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program supports and empowers communities working on solutions to local environmental and public health issues. The program assists recipients in building collaborative partnerships to help them understand and address environmental and public health issues in their communities. Successful collaborative partnerships involve not only well-designed strategic plans to build, maintain and sustain the partnerships, but also working towards addressing the local environmental and public health issues.

 

The deadline to submit applications is January 3, 2013. For more information on this opportunity, visit:  http://1.usa.gov/Wh0jWL.

 

 

Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants

 

Youth Service America (YSA) and the Sodexo Foundation invite young people to "take hunger personally" and join the fight to end childhood hunger for the 16 million children in food insecure homes. Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants of $500 are available for youth-led service projects that bring together young people, families, Sodexo employees, and other community members to address childhood hunger in the U.S. Young people, ages 5-25, are eligible to apply. Projects must take place on or around Global Youth Service Day, April 26-28, 2013.

 

 

 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Joint Venture Habitat Restoration and Protection

 

The goal of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is to target the most significant environmental problems in the Great Lakes ecosystem by funding and implementing federal projects that address these problems. As part of this initiative, the two bird habitat joint ventures that are in the Great Lakes watershed: the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture and the Atlantic Coast Joint Venture will be working with the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration programs in the Midwest and Northeast Regions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to competitively fund state and other partner projects for long-term habitat restoration, enhancement, or protection, for the conservation of native Great Lakes fish and wildlife populations, particularly migratory birds.

 

 

 

National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town" Grant

 

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) works to improve the lives of America's citizens in many ways. Communities across the nation are leveraging the arts and engaging design to make their communities more livable with enhanced quality of life, increased creative activity, a distinct sense of place, and vibrant local economies that together capitalize on their existing assets. Through the Our Town Grant, the NEA will provide a limited number of grants, ranging from $25,000 to $200,000, for creative placemaking projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core. Our Town will invest in creative and innovative projects in which communities, together with their arts and design organizations and artists, seek to improve their quality of life, encourage greater creative activity, foster stronger community identity and a sense of place, and revitalize economic development.

 

The deadline to submit applications is February 1, 2013. For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://1.usa.gov/UMktIK.

 

 

VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program  

 

Veteran Affairs (VA) has been authorized to offer community-based grants through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. These grants will provide supportive services to very low-income Veteran families in or transitioning to permanent housing. Under the SSVF program, VA awards grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who can provide supportive services to very low-income Veteran families living in or transitioning to permanent housing. Grantees provide eligible Veteran families with outreach, case management, and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include: health care services, daily living services, personal financial planning services, transportation services, fiduciary and payee services, legal services, child care services, and housing counseling services.

 

The deadline to submit applications is February 1, 2013. For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://1.usa.gov/hGwudz.

 

  

KaBOOM! Spruce Project Grants

 

The Dr. Pepper Snapple Group will be distributing $750 grants to 100 different playground spruce-up projects. Organize your friends, clean up a playground, and you can become eligible for a $750 grant. Don't think you can organize in time? The grant is part of the Let's Play initiative to get kids and families active nationwide.

 

The deadline to submit applications is rolling. For more information on this opportunity, visit: http://bit.ly/IIzZfN.