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Grant Program - USDA: Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Programs

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Gants will be made to establish the Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Programs carried out by the eligible organizations in rural areas. The assistance provided by these programs, to the extent practicable, shall be coordinated with and delivered in cooperation with similar services or assistance by other Federal Agencies or programs for rural residents.

There is no commitment by USDA to fund any particular application or to make a specific number of awards. Approximately $1.4 million is available to fund applications in FY 2012.  Funds will be allocated as follows:  A. 60% of available funds will be allocated to fund successful applications submitted by 1862 Land-Grant institutions.  Proposed project budgets in this group must not exceed $200,000, including indirect costs, for project periods of one (1) year; and
B. 40% of available funds will be allocated to fund successful applications submitted by 1890 and 1994 Land-Grant institutions.  Proposed project budgets in this group must not exceed $150,000, including indirect costs, for project periods of one (1) year. 

Given the focus of this grant opportunity -- program development and implementation – in the proposed project budgets, no more than 20% of allocated funds may be allocated to staff salaries and no less than 80% should be allocated to program implementation/outreach activities.   

Awards issued as a result of this RFA will have designated the Automated Standard Applications for Payment System (ASAP), operated by the Department of Treasury’s Financial Management Service, as the payment  system for funds. 

The Rural Health and Safety Education Programs will focus on issues related to one or more of the following areas:

1) Individual and Family Nutrition and Health Education Programs that provide individuals and families with:
·         Information as to the value of good health at any age;
·         Information to increase individual or family’s motivation to take more responsibility for their own health;
·         Information about and access to nutrition and health promotion and educational activities; and
·         Training for volunteers and health services providers concerning nutrition and health promotion and health care services for individuals and families in cooperation with state, local and community partners. 

2) Farm Safety Education Programs that provide information and training to farm worker and farm families concerning safety in the work place, including information and training concerning, but not limited to: 

·         The prevention of occupational injury and death rates;

·         The prevention of exposure to farm chemicals; and

·         The prevention of agricultural respiratory diseases and dermatitis.


3) Rural Health Leadership Development Education Programs that assist rural communities in developing nutrition and health care services and facilities that will provide the maximum benefit for the resources invested and assist community leaders and public officials in understanding their roles and responsibilities relative to rural health services and facilities, including but not limited to:

·         Community decisions regarding funding for and retention of rural hospitals;

·         Rural physicians and allied health professionals recruitment and retention;

·         The aging rural population and senior services required to care for the population;

·         The establishment and maintenance of rural emergency medical services systems; and

·         The application of computer-assisted capital budgeting decision aids for rural health services and facilities.


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Call For Application - CEPR and DFID: For a major research initiavie on private enterprise development in low-income countries

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Closing Date: April 16,2012.

You can now apply for a Major Grant under the CEPR – DFID research initiative on private enterprise development in low-income countries.
Over the next five years, Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) will pursue a research agenda that aims to better understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in Low-Income Countries (LICs). Existing research suggests that the private sector in LICs faces a multitude of constraints that act upon each other. What is needed is research that allows us to understand how these constraints interact.
PEDL will support approaches that promise to produce credible research results that will be useful for policy-making. It will promote research related to firms of all sizes. PEDL focuses on four research themes:
§  Modelling market frictions in LICs using newly available data
§  Understanding how constraints interact using micro-founded macro models
§  The dynamics of SMEs: Informality and entrepreneurship
§  The role of export-oriented industries in driving growth
PEDL will encourage proposals that address cross-cutting issues such as:
§  Fragile and conflict affected states
§  Gender
§  Climate, environment and social compliance
These grants will be awarded primarily to allow researchers to:
§  fund teaching buyouts (or relevant remuneration) for the principal investigator
§  research assistance
§  data collection and new surveys in low-income countries
In this round we plan to award at least 6 Major Grant awards, with an average grant size of £300,000.  Note however that whilst there is a lower limit of £100,000 for each Major Grant, there is no upper limit.  Cost effectiveness and value for money will also be important evaluation criteria. The grants are designed to provide financial support for the individuals undertaking the research and to cover reasonable associated costs that are directly related to the proposed research project.

Source and More Information:
http://pedl.cepr.org/content/1st-call-major-research-grants-now-open


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Call For Applications 2013 - United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund

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Closing Date: May 31,2012.

The United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery will accept requests for funding for grants that will be used between 1 January and 31 December 2013.

Pursuant to resolution 46/122 of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery allocates grants (as a rule, for a maximum of US$15,000), for projects aiming to provide humanitarian, legal and financial assistance to individuals whose human rights have been severely violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery.

Contemporary forms of slavery include, inter alia, chattel slavery, serfdom, forced labour, debt bondage, the worst forms of child labour including children in armed conflict, forced and early marriage, sale of wives, widow inheritance, trafficking in persons, sexual slavery, sale of children.  

Grants will be awarded to organizations providing direct assistance to victims of contemporary forms of slavery, including medical, psychological, legal, educational, social and economic assistance.
Applications from all regions will be accepted. All applications must be submitted in English, French or Spanish. As a rule, organisations that have received a grant from the Fund in the last five years are not required to submit all the documents listed in the Fund’s Guidelines (paragraph 29), as long as they certify that the information contained in the documents provided with the previous application(s) is still valid. If it is not the case, they should submit updated documents.

Please note that the Board of Trustees only considers those applications which strictly comply with the Guidelines of the Fund. Before submitting an application, applicants are strongly invited to read these Guidelines, which are available on the webpage of the Fund.
Please note that the Board will not consider a request for funding from an organization that has overdue narrative and financial reports in relation to grants received in previous years  from the Fund.


The application form in English is available on the following web link:
http://www2.ohchr.org/SPdocs/Slavery/AppSH-EN2012.doc  

With reference to annex III of the Fund’s Guidelines, application forms duly completed and all supporting documents should be submitted in their electronic format by email:slaveryfund@ohchr.org by 31 May 2012. The last page of the application form, duly signed and dated, should be scanned and sent separately by email.
Exceptionally, and upon justification, you may submit these documents by post.  

You can also contact us by email at:  slaveryfund@ohchr.org.


Source and More Information:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/Pages/SlaveryFundMain.aspx
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