Grants

Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program helps develop a new generation of creative thinkers in health policy research within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. The program enables up to 12 individuals to participate in two-year fellowships.

GoGirlGo! Grant and Educational Program
The Women's Sports Foundation's GoGirlGo! program is dedicated to the development and funding of girls' sports/physical activity program that combine athletic instruction and programming with the delivery of educational information aimed at reducing risk behaviors that threaten the health and social advancement of girls in the third to eighth grade.

Ben & Jerry's Foundation -- Grant for Social Change
The Ben & Jerry's Foundation supports nonprofit, grassroots organizations which facilitate progressive social change by addressing underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. Full awards range between $1,000 and $15,000. The Foundation may also fund a small number of material grants for up to $1,000 for innovative programs.

William T. Grant Foundation -- Intervention Research to Improve Youth-Serving Organizations
The goal of the program is to build greater capacity for the field of intervention research focused on youth-serving organizations such as schools and community-based organizations. A total of $3,000,000 is available. Awards range between $250,000 and $1,500,000. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations with 501©(3) status.

The Grant Institute--Grants 101:  Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The Grant Institute's Grants 101 Course is an intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional proposal writing. This course is characterized by its ability to act as a thorough overview, introduction, and refresher at the same time. 
All participants will receive certification in professional grant writing
from the Institute. For more information call (888) 824 - 4424 or visit The
Grant Institute website at http://www.thegrantinstitute.com.

The Lawrence Foundation
The Lawrence Foundation is a private charitable foundation focused on making charitable contributions and grants to support educational, environmental, health and other causes.  The Lawrence Foundation was founded in mid-2000 by Jeff Lawrence and Diane Troth.  Non-profit organizations that qualify for public charity status under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or other similar organizations are eligible for contributions or grants from the Lawrence Foundation.

Prevention Fellowship Program

SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and the State have a critically important opportunity to share in cultivating a new work force for prevention throughout the United States.  A fellowship program specific to substance abuse prevention, with an annual award up to 35,000 per State, is being made available to each State, the District of Columbia, the Coalition Institute, and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, and will become the SAMHSA/CSAP Prevention Fellowship Program.  Applicatiions must be received no later than January 4, 2006. Click here for more information.

Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
FY 2006 Competitive Grant Announcement
The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program (42 U.S.C. 13921) is a school-based, law enforcement officer-instructed classroom curriculum administered by BJA (The Bureau of Justice Assistance) in cooperation with DOJ's (Department of Justice Office)Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).  The program's primary objective is prevention and is intended as an immunization against delinquency, youth violence, and gang membership.  G.R.E.A.T. lessons focus on providing life skills to students to help them avoid engaging in delinquent behavior and violence to solve problems.  All applications are due by 8:00 p.m. eastern time on February 2, 2006.  Click here for more information.

SAMHSA's Grant Programs
Important information for applicants to SAMHSA's Grant Programs.  SAMHSA accepts electronic applications through www.grants.gov for all discretionary grants.  The Grants gov site allows applicants to search for grant opportunities, download grant application packages and submit applications.  For more information about Grants.gov, visit the site at www.grants.gov.  At the site, click on customer support to view an on-line training demonstration.

Department of Health & Human Services
Administration for Children and Families

Based on the encouraging response to previous announcements for family violence prevention in grants for community awareness, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will again make these grants available in Fiscal Year (FY) 2006.

Previous Community Awareness grant awards have generated effective education and information activities at the local level.  These grants have assisted community organizations to focus on and emphasize prevention through the provision of public service announcements, descriptive program brochures in a variety of languages, and educational material designed to address elementary, middle and high school students. These grants have supported the development of materials and activities that directly affected their specific communities.

This priority area requires the development and implementation of effective outreach and community awareness campaigns that may be replicated by public and private agencies, schools,  religious institutions, boys and girls clubs, community organizations and individuals.  Accurate information is critical to any outreach/community awareness strategy and activity.  How information is communicated must be modified where communication barriers may exist because of differences in language and culture.  The products of this priority area should provide victims, their dependents and the perpetrators with knowledge of the remedial and service options for their particular circumstances.  Shortcut to: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-ACYF-EV-0126.html