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(ARTS) Chamber Music America

Private Funder: Chamber Music America; Opportunity: Presenting Jazz; Funding Focus: Music; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Ensembles and performers; Funding: Grants of $5,000 to $12,000 are available to presenters throughout the country; Deadline: Oct. 15. Summary: The Chamber Music Americ...

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(EDUCATION) DoEd Wants Feedback on $100B Recovery Act Spending

Anyone who questioned the efficacy of last year's $100 billion in Recovery Act education spending will now get a chance to shell out their two cents because the Education Dept. (DoEd) is seeking feedback on how well the money was spent. According to a Sept. 14 Federal Register notice, DoEd is seeki...

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(EDUCATION) Guidance Sought on $10B Teacher Jobs Package

Wasting no time, the Education Dept. (DoEd) is seeking emergency clearance for applications that states would use to get a share of the $26 billion jobs aid package just signed by President Obama this week. DoEd wants streamlined clearance for the applications so that states can receive the money a...

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(DISABILITIES) $1M Offered for Special Ed. Tech Assistance Center

 Agency: Education Dept. (Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services-OSEP); Program: Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities--Video Description Research and Development Center (CFDA Number: 84. 327J); Eligibility: State educational agencies (SEAs), local e...

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(HEALTHCARE) First-Time Mothers Program Funds Available

Agency: Health & Human Services Dept. (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Program: Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs/the Community Based Doula Program (CFDA Number: 93.110) (Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-036); Eligibility: Faith-based and com...

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(EDUCATION FUNDING) 35 States, DC Apply for Phase II Race to the Top Grants

The Education Dept. (DoEd) closes the second phase of its $3.4 billion Race to the Top grants competition, drawing applications from 35 states and the District of Columbia. The 36 applicants which applied is slightly down from the 41 which applied for the first round of grants, won by Delaware and...

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(HEALTH) Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

Deadline: Rolling.             The mission of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is to help reduce health disparities by strengthening community-based health care worker capacity, integrating medical care and community-based supportive service...

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(REGULATIONS) ACF Seeks Comment on $140M Foster Care Program

Health & Human Services Dept.'s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing to use the National Youth in Transition Database and Youth Outcome Survey to evaluate whether states are doing a good job in placing foster youth. Public Comment Deadline: Nov. 26. ACF wants to evaluate...

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(ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT) $4.2 M Goes to SC, KS

Dorchester County, SC, has been awarded a $2.5 million Economic Development Admin. (EDA) grant to help build infrastructure to support business development needs in the biotechnology sector. The project, made possible because of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), is expecte...

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(FUNDING TIPS) ARRA Applications Overwhelming Grants.Gov

As we have noted before, the federal government's funding clearinghouse, Grants.gov, doesn't have the capacity to fulfill all of the demands placed on it by the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). \r\nAccording to a recent notice, Grants.Gov said that due to the expected incr...

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