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Philanthropy News Digest publishes RFPs and notices of awards as a free service for grant-making organizations and nonprofits. To have your RFP considered for publication, please email pndrfp@foundationcenter.org with a Word document, text-only file, or link to a Web site explaining the program scope, grantee qualifications, application instructions, and deadlines. We require notice of funding opportunities five weeks in advance of their deadlines.

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Aging

Ellison Medical Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Senior Scholar Award in Aging
Four-year awards of up to $600,000 will be given to academic investigators in the United States conducting research in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities....


Posted on December 3, 2010
Deadline: March 4, 2011 (Letters of Intent)

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Accepting Applications for Sandell Grant Program
Grants of $45,000 will be awarded to junior and senior scholars researching retirement income and disability insurance issues....


Posted on December 1, 2010
Deadline: January 28, 2011

Arts and Culture

Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Program Invites Submissions for Native Lab Fellowship
A workshop and networking opportunities at the Sundance Film Festival will be provided to emerging Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native film artists working in the United States....


Posted on December 2, 2010
Deadline: February 1, 2011

Civil and Human Rights

New Awards Program to Recognize Unsung Heroes for Work on Behalf of Immigrants and Refugees
Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to ordinary individuals who have committed extraordinary acts of courage on behalf of immigrants and refugees and whose stories have moved others to action or awareness....


Posted on November 30, 2010
Deadline: February 28, 2011

Fund for Global Human Rights Seeks Proposals From Organizations in Pakistan
One-year renewable grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to nongovernmental, nonprofit organizations based in Pakistan that are working to promote respect for human rights....


Posted on November 29, 2010
Deadline: December 29, 2010

Disabilities

VSA Playwright Discovery Program Announces Call for Scripts From Middle and High School Students
A high school playwright who has written a comedy, drama, or musical about how disability affects their lives and the lives of others will win $2,000 plus a trip to Washington, D.C., to view his or her work performed on stage....


Posted on December 4, 2010
Deadline: April 15, 2011

Education

Bank of America Charitable Foundation Invites Applications for Student Leaders Program
High school juniors and seniors (and their equivalent in the United Kingdom) who are committed to improving their communities will participate in a paid eight-week internship with a local nonprofit...


Posted on December 2, 2010
Deadline: January 12, 2011

Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute Seeks Applications From High School Juniors and Educators
Seven-day, all-expenses-paid scholarships to attend the Aspen Ideas Festival June 26 to July 2, 2011, in Aspen, Colorado will be awarded to twelve public high school student/educator teams....


Posted on December 2, 2010
Deadline: February 11, 2011

Environment

Entries Invited for Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition
Law students who have written a paper on recent trends in U.S. environmental law will win the opportunity to have the piece published in Environmental Law Reporter; one applicant will also win $2,000 and a one-year ELI membership....


Posted on December 5, 2010
Deadline: April 11, 2011

Health

Families USA Invites Applications for Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice and Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
One person will be selected for each fellowship, which involves working at Families USA's Washington, D.C. , office from August 2011 through July 2012....


Posted on November 30, 2010
Deadline: Various

International Affairs/Development

Open Society Institute Invites Applications for Latin American Security, Drugs, and Democracy Fellowship
The competition is open to dissertation-level graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients worldwide conducting research on organized crime, drug policy, and related issues in Latin America; support will be provided for twelve months of research....


Posted on November 29, 2010
Deadline: January 20, 2011

Journalism/Media

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma Invites Entries for Dart Awards
Awards of $5,000 will be given to North American newspaper, magazine, online, radio, television, video, and multimedia journalism teams that have gone beyond the ordinary in reporting on trauma....


Posted on December 2, 2010
Deadline: January 25, 2011

Medical Research

Kenneth Rainin Foundation Announces Innovator Awards Program for Transformative IBD Research
Grants will be awarded to professors from any scientific discipline and nonprofits worldwide working to uncover the cause of and develop novel treatments for inflammatory bowel disease....


Posted on December 3, 2010
Deadline: February 15, 2011(Letters of Inquiry)

Philanthropy and Voluntarism

Corporation for National and Community Services Invites Applications for AmeriCorps Grants
If the President's 2011 budget is fully funded, approximately $312 million will be available to provide Americorps workers for efforts focusing on education, environment, health, economic opportunity, veterans' issues, and disaster services....


Posted on December 1, 2010
Deadline: January 25, 2011

Impact100 Philadelphia Announces 2011 Grant Cycle
One project grant of $100,000 and two operating grants totaling $39,000 will be awarded to deserving but lesser-known nonprofits in the greater Philadelphia area working in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, family, and health....


Posted on December 1, 2010
Deadline: January 10, 2011 (Letters of Inquiry)

Science/Technology

Young Researchers Invited to Apply for Society in Science: The Branco Weiss Fellowship
Support over five years will be given to five young academic researchers anywhere in the world working on a courageous and scientifically rigorous project with a clear and distinct social component....


Posted on December 3, 2010
Deadline: March 1, 2011

Substance Abuse

Paso del Norte Health Foundation Invites Applications for Smoke Free Initiative
Grants will be awarded to domestic and foreign nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, and associations proposing programs to reduce tobacco use in the Paso del Norte region....


Posted on December 1, 2010
Deadline: January 27, 2011

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