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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Current listings include funding in the following areas: Adolescent/Children's
Health, Advocacy
/ Policy, Assessment, Cardiovascular
Health, Community
Health, Fitness/Nutrition/Food
Security, Geriatric
Health, Health
Disparities, Substance
Use Prevention, Vision Health, Women's
Health, Workforce Development, and Scholarships
/ Fellowships / Dissertation Funding. Opportunities
are listed in order of topic and application deadline with
ongoing opportunities listed last. We also recommend
checking out our list of other organizations that
announce funding opportunities (click
here).
News and Announcements
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Adolescent & Children's
Health
Champ A Champion Fur Kids
Grants
Build a Bear Workshop
Amounts: Varies
Deadline: Rolling
Build-A-Bear Workshop® desire to provide direct
support for children in the areas of health and wellness
such as
childhood disease research foundations, child safety organizations
and organizations that serve children with special needs.
DETAILS: Please click
here to go tot he Build-a-Bear website.
Children's Bereavement Services
The Hospice Foundation of America
Amounts: $5000
Deadline: None
Hospice Foundation of America is now accepting applications
for its new funding program in support of children’s
grief camps and other bereavement services.
Applicants must be non-profit hospices or other
bereavement
organizations whose programs are available
to the entire community
in which
they are located. DETAILS: http://www.hospicefoundation.org/newsroom/releases/080917.asp
Underserved Children Grants
The Eisner Foundation
(Los Angeles, Orange County, CA)
Deadline: Rolling
The Eisner Foundation is accepting applications for its Underserved
Children Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support
organizations in
innovative and concrete programs that enrich the lives of underserved
children, or who have learning or other disabilities. Grants are available
to support
existing programs, new or expanded programs,
capacity building, capital campaigns, and general operating grants.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations that serve Los
Angeles and Orange
County, CA. DETAILS: http://www.eisnerfoundation.org/
Improving the Lives of Children
Herbalife Family Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
The Herbalife Family Foundation provides financial assistance
to nonprofit organizations around the world dedicated
to improving the lives of children. The Foundation funds
programs
that aim to: improve nutrition; support children and
families; provide early intervention; correct problem
behavior and
enhance self-esteem; prevent substance abuse; and promote
physical and emotional health. Eligible applicants include
nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status. DETAILS: http://www.herbalifefamily.org/our_guidelines.html
Advocacy
& Policy Efforts
Aetna Foundation 2010 Grant
Program
Amounts (Regional): Two years maximum @ $150,000
per year
Amounts (Sponsorship): One year maximum @ $5,00 - $50,000
Deadline: Quarterly
In 2010, the foundation will focus on issues
that improve health and the healthcare system in three areas:
obesity (addressing the rising rate of obesity among U.S.
adults and children); racial and ethnic healthcare equity
(promoting equity in health and health care for common chronic
conditions and infant mortality); and integrated health care. Within
the three program areas, the foundation will award the following
types of grants: research grants to generate new knowledge,
making use of either quantitative or qualitative techniques;
project grants to test, apply, or disseminate new practices
designed to improve health and health care; and policy grants
to analyze and promote policies to ensure that programs and
practices to improve health and health care can be replicated
and disseminated broadly. DETAILS: http://www.aetna.com/about-aetna-insurance/aetna-foundation/aetna-grants/grants-for-2010-and-beyond.html
Citizen Engagement
Program
Amount: $1,000.00 to $7,500.00
Deadline:
Rolling
The Common Sense California
Citizen Engagement Grant Program supports municipalities,
school
districts,
and
non-profit
organizations throughout the state that are attempting
to engage citizens in the policy-making process. Common
Sense
California (CSC) understands that at both the city/region
and K-12 school district levels public officials are
looking for more effective ways to involve their publics
in significant
policy decisions. DETAILS: http://www.commonsenseca.org/grantprogram.asp
Cardiovascular
Health
Connections for Cardiovascular Health
AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation
Amount: $150,000 and greater annually
Deadline: July 31, 2010
The program will award grants of at least $150,000 to U.S.-based
nonprofit organizations that are doing innovative work in
the field of cardiovascular health.
Applicant organizations should be engaged in work that addresses
patient cardiovascular health issues, seeks to address an
unmet need related to cardiovascular health in the community,
responds to the urgency around addressing cardiovascular
disease or conditions contributing to cardiovascular disease,
and improves the quality of patients' and caregivers' lives
in connection with the services provided and work done. DETAILS:
http://www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation
Community
Health / Assessment
Responsive Grants Program
Sierra Health Foundation
Amount: $25,000
Deadlines: August 9, 2010
The Sacramento-based Sierra Health Foundation, which works
to improve health and the quality of life in Northern California,
has announced the continuation of its Responsive Grants Program.
The program will award grants of up to $25,000 each to nonprofit
organizations and public agencies in the foundation's 26-county
funding region for projects designed to improve health and
quality of life. DETAILS: Please click
here to visit the
Foundation website.
Health Impact Assessment
(HIA) Grants
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and Pew Charitable Trusts
Amount: $25,000 to $150,000
Deadline: None
The Health Impact
Project encourages the use of
health impact assessment (HIA) to help
decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects
and programs with respect to their
impact on health, in order that they may avoid adverse
health consequences and costs and
improve health. DETAILS: Please click
here to visit the RWJF website.
Fitness/Nutrition/Food
Security
Wellness Promotion Grants
Cigna Foundation
Amounts: $5000 Average for first-time grants
Deadlines: None
The Cigna Foundation provides funding for programs
that enhance the health of individuals and families and the
well-being
of
communities. In the health arena, the Foundation is interested
in projects that build awareness, help people manage
their health challenges and make health services available
and affordable for all. Organizations must have 501(c)(3)
status. DETAILS: Please click
here to visit the Cigna Foundation
website.
Aetna Foundation 2010 Grant
Program
Amounts (Regional): Two years maximum @ $150,000
per year
Amounts (Sponsorship): One year maximum @ $5,00 - $50,000
Deadline: Quarterly
In 2010, the foundation will focus on issues that improve health
and the healthcare system in three areas: obesity (addressing the rising rate
of obesity among U.S. adults and children); racial and ethnic healthcare equity
(promoting equity in health and health care for common chronic conditions and
infant mortality); and integrated health care. Within
the three program areas, the foundation will award the following types of grants:
research grants to generate new knowledge, making use of either quantitative
or qualitative techniques; project grants to test, apply, or disseminate new
practices designed to improve health and health care; and policy grants to analyze
and promote policies to ensure that programs and practices to improve health
and health care can be replicated and disseminated broadly. DETAILS: http://www.aetna.com/about-aetna-insurance/aetna-foundation/aetna-grants/grants-for-2010-and-beyond.html
Healthy and Active Lifestyles
Coca-Cola Foundation
Amounts: Not available
Deadline: None
Through its global foundation, funded by The Coca-Cola
Company, the foundation supports initiatives focused
on increasing access to exercise, physical activity and
nutritional education programs, programs that motivate
behavior modification, and programs that encourage lifestyle/behavioral
changes. DETAILS: Please click
here to visit the foundation
website.
Geriatric
Health
Archstone
Foundation
Health Prevention among the Elderly
Deadline: Rolling, reviewed quarterly
The Archstone Foundation gives grants to programs that maintain independence
and improving health through the aging process, including programs that prevent
injury, promote physical activity, emphasize good nutrition and encourage
social engagement-all aspects of healthy aging. While they give primarily
to private non-profits, they will consider requests from government organizations.
For more information and grant guidelines, visit: http://www.archstone.org/info-url_nocat2293/info-url_nocat.htm
Health
Disparities
Office of Minority Health
Minority Community HIV/AIDS Partnership: Preventing Risky Behaviors Among Minority
College Students
Amounts: $1,000,000 for 3-4 projects
Deadline: August 2, 2010
The purpose of these grants is to improve the health status, relative to HIV/AIDS,
of young adults, particularly racial and ethnic minorities by eliminating disparities
through local partnerships. Partners will increase awareness of risk factors
for HIV/AIDS, increase counseling and testing services, influence behavior change,
improve access and coordinate services amongst partners. Applicants must be an
established, nonprofit national minority-serving organization with minimum of
five years experience in conducting HIV/AIDS programs for minority populations.
DETAILS: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8494&lvl=2&lvlID=1
Office of Minority Health
Partnerships Active in Communities to Achieve Health Equity
Awards: $4,000,000 for 8-10 partnerships
Deadline: August 2, 2010
The purpose of this initiative is to address
social determinants and environmental barriers to healthcare
access; and increase
access to and
utilization
of preventive health care, medical treatment, and supportive
services through integrated community-based networks. The
program will address at least one (but no more than three)
of the following health areas: asthma, behavioral health,
cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, infant
mortality, obesity, substance abuse, and unintentional injuries/violence.
The applicant must be a private nonprofit, community-based,
minority-serving
organization with a minimum of 5 years experience. DETAILS:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8493&lvl=2&lvlID=1
Office
of Minority Health
Health Disparities Umbrella Cooperative Agreements
Amounts: $2,275,000 for up to 9 projects
Deadline: August 2, 2010
Funding is available to support projects, strategies,
and interventions which efficiently and effectively address
one
of the following
areas:
1) improve access to care for targeted racial and ethnic minority populations;
2)address social determinants of health to achieve health
equity for targeted minority
populations through projects of national significance; 3) reduce youth violence
(including gang violence) among targeted minority populations; 4) increase
the diversity of the health related work force; and 5) increase the knowledge
base and enhance data availability for health disparities
and health equity activities. DETAILS: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8492&lvl=2&lvlID=1
National Institutes of Health
Reducing Health Disparities among Minority and Underserved
Children
Amounts: $250,000 annually or less
Number: (R01) (PA-07-392)
Deadlines: September 25, 2010
This initiative is designed to stimulate research that targets the reduction
of health disparities among children. Specific targeted areas of research include
biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child
health disparities
such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems), lifestyle factors,
environmental (physical and family environments) social (e.g. peer influences),
economic, institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target
the specific health promotion needs of children with a known illness and/or disability;
and studies that test and evaluate the cost effectiveness of health promotion
interventions conducted in nontraditional settings. DETAILS: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-392.html
Aetna Foundation 2010 Grant
Program
Amounts (Regional): Two years maximum @ $150,000 per year
Amounts (Sponsorship): One year maximum @ $5,00 - $50,000
Deadline: Quarterly
In 2010, the foundation will focus on issues that improve health
and the healthcare system in three areas: obesity (addressing the rising rate
of obesity among U.S. adults and children); racial and ethnic healthcare equity
(promoting equity in health and health care for common chronic conditions and
infant mortality); and integrated health care. Within
the three program areas, the foundation will award the following types of grants:
research grants to generate new knowledge, making use of either quantitative
or qualitative techniques; project grants to test, apply, or disseminate new
practices designed to improve health and health care; and policy grants to analyze
and promote policies to ensure that programs and practices to improve health
and health care can be replicated and disseminated broadly. DETAILS: http://www.aetna.com/about-aetna-insurance/aetna-foundation/aetna-grants/grants-for-2010-and-beyond.html
Challenge Grants Program in Health
Kresge Foundation
Amounts: Not available
Deadlines: None
The Kresge Foundation's Health Team seeks to work with
a variety of partners: community-based organizations; state
and regional advocacy groups; academic institutions focused
on solving community health problems; community and economic
development organizations; health and other social service
agencies; intermediaries; and others, including groups
involved in environmental justice, housing and land conservation.
They use various methods to further this work – convene
and support networks, employ strategic communications,
commission research, fund intermediaries, and invest directly
in projects
and nonprofit partners using grants or below-market-rate
loans, as appropriate. DETAILS: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=151
Health & Healthcare
Education
Healthcare and Healthcare Education Grants
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
The Tenet Healthcare Foundation is accepting applications
for its Healthcare and Healthcare Education grants program.
The purpose of this program is to support organizations in
the area of healthcare and healthcare education, particularly
those that have working relationships with Tenet facilities.
Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, schools
and units of government in areas where Tenet owns and operates
businesses. For complete program information and application
guidelines, please visit
http://www.tenethealth.com/TenetHealth/TenetFoundation/HowToApply
Healthcare Grant Program
Walgreens
Deadline: Rolling
The purpose of Walgreen's Healthcare Grant Program is to
support organizations in non-hospital based health. Programs
should be located in an area Walgreens serves and should
reflect
the demographics of the local community. Within all categories
of interest health education is a priority. For complete
program info and application guidelines, visit:
http://www.walgreens.com/about/community/guidelines.jsp#Funding
HIV PREVENTION
Office of Minority Health
Minority Community HIV/AIDS Partnership:
Preventing Risky Behaviors Among Minority College Students
Amounts: $1,000,000 for 3-4 projects
Deadline: August 2, 2010
The purpose of these grants is to improve the health
status, relative to HIV/AIDS, of young adults, particularly
racial
and ethnic
minorities
by eliminating disparities through local partnerships.
Partners will increase awareness of risk factors for HIV/AIDS,
increase counseling and testing services, influence behavior
change, improve access and coordinate services amongst
partners. Applicants must be an established, nonprofit
national minority-serving organization with minimum of
five years experience in conducting HIV/AIDS programs for
minority populations. DETAILS: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=8494&lvl=2&lvlID=1
Substance
Abuse / Alcohol / Tobacco Prevention
Small Research
Grant: Prevention of Drug and Alcohol
Abuse (R03)
National Institutes of Health
Amount: Up to $50,000 per year, project
duration of up to two years
Deadline: Ongoing
Funding for health services research on the
prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol
abuse. Proposed research might emphasize any
of the following subjects: 1) Factors that
affect the delivery of drug and alcohol abuse
intervention and related
services, such as social factors, personal
behaviors and attributes, financing, organization,
management, and health technologies; 2) Dimensions
of drug and alcohol abuse intervention and
related services, such as accessibility,
utilization, quality, effectiveness, and costs; 3)
Processes of blending science-based practices
into community-based provision of drug and
alcohol abuse prevention services; and 4)
Research tools to facilitate higher quality
health services research on drug and alcohol
abuse. DETAILS: Please click
here to visit
the NIH website.
The National
Institute on Drug Abuse
Deadline: Ongoing
NIDA announces the availability of small grants (R03)
to support drug abuse doctoral dissertation research
in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services
and women
and gender differences where there is a significant need for new investigators.
DETAILS: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-055.html
Vision Health
2011 Healthy Vision Community Awards Program
National Institutes of Health
Amounts: $10,000 per year
Deadline: August 30, 2010
Provides funding for the implementation of health education
activities that support the Healthy Vision 2010 objectives and the Healthy People
2010 goals
to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life.
Projects must focus on eye health education, be innovative, have the
potential for sustainability post-funding, and address one or more of the
following: 1) Age-Related Macular Degeneration; 2) Diabetic Eye Disease;
3) Glaucoma; 4) Occupational Eye Safety; 5) Vision Rehabilitation. DETAILS:
http://www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/resources/hvca/index.asp
Women's
Health
Breast Cancer Education - Community Based
Grants
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Amounts: Not available
Deadline: Rolling
In more than 18,000 communities across the U.S.,
more than 75,000 Susan G. Komen for the Cure
volunteers work to help fund breast cancer education,
screening and treatment projects for those who
need it most. Over the past five years, Komen
for the Cure Affiliates—working in concert
with local organizations—have awarded more
than $160 million in needs-based community grants.
That's in addition to the many millions Komen
invests each year in promising research. DETAILS: Click
here to visit the Foundation web site.
Workforce Grants
Health Profession Opportunity Grants for Tribes, Tribal
Organizations or Tribal College or University
Administration for Children and Families
Amounts: $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Deadline: August 5, 2010
Demonstration projects will support the establishment and maintenance
of training, education, and career advancement programs to address health care
professions workforce needs.
Projects should be designed to provide eligible individuals
with the opportunity to obtain education and training for occupations in the
health care field that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages
or be in high demand. Eligible applicants are Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations,
defined by Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). DETAILS: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2010-ACF-OFA-FY-0124
Health Profession Opportunity Grants to Serve TANF Recipients
and Other Low-Income Individuals
Administration for Children and Families
Amounts: $1,000,000 - $5,000,000
Deadline: August 5, 2010
Demonstration projects will support the establishment and maintenance of training,
education, and career advancement programs to address health care professions
workforce needs. Projects should provide eligible individuals
with the opportunity to obtain education and training for occupations in the
health care field that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages
or be in high demand. Individuals who are eligible to participate
in funded programs are those receiving assistance under a State TANF (Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families) program and other low-income individuals. DETAILS:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2010-ACF-OFA-FX-0126
Scholarships,
Fellowship Opportunites and Dissertation Funding
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars
Deadline: October 1, 2010
The Health & Society
Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral
scholars
at all stages of their careers to build the nation’s
capacity for research and leadership to address the multiple
determinants of population health and contribute to policy
change. The program is based on the principle that progress
in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary
collaboration and exchange. Details: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21001
The AMA Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
The foundation provides nearly $300,000 annually in scholarships and various
educational awards and approximately $1,000,000 in tuition assistance every
year to help young men and women achieve their dreams of becoming doctors. For
more info: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7621.html
NIH Financial Aid for Minority
Students
Deadline: Ongoing
The National Institutes of Health is eager to provide suppplemental support
to minority students for their doctoral training. The supplements require
a formal application. Anyone with an active
grant ( so long as it has two more years of funding left) can apply for supplemental
funds to support a minority student. Visit: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-01-079.html.
Other valuable options to consider include the F31
grant mechanism, an individual training grant for underrepresented
minority students. Grants last up to five years and provide up to 70% of
tuition costs, a stipend and training related expenses. Visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-068.html
Additional
Listings
DHHS
FBO & CBO
Grants Guide
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/fbci/guide/
This guide provides information on HHS grant opportunities for faith-based
(FBO) and community-based (CBO) organizations. Each program has been rated
according to the type of opportunity it presents to these small grassroots
organizations.
DHHS
Funding Web Site
HTTP://WWW.GRANTS.GOV
The Department of Health and Human Services has created a new web site
designed to simplify and streamline the process for learning about and
applying for
various types of federal grants. The site includes powerful search capabilities
that make it possible to search by topic, key words, and agencies. You
can also register to receive email updates as new grant opportunities are
added
and download software for submitting grant applications online.
CCLDHE Web Site
Our Resources and Links
Section includes sections which list foundations,
single-issue organizations and government agencies,
all of which provide grant funding.
The Office of Minority Health
The OMH
maintains an online database
of public and private funders interested in minority
health issues at http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/fundingdb.htm
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