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If you have questions on these or any other grant opportunities, please call Congresswoman Chellie Pingree's office at (207) 774-5019. Go here for a list of federal grant resources. To request a letter of support for your application, please download and email this form. Fire Prevention and Safety (FPS) Grant Program--deadline January 18, 2013The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Fire Prevention and Safety (FPS) Grant Program Guidance. The application period for the FY 2012 FPS Program will open on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. EDT and will close on January 18, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The FY 2012 DHS Appropriations Act provides $337,500,000 for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. Pursuant to the Federal Fire Protection and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. § 2229 et seq.), no less than five percent of the funds appropriated for the AFG Program must support fire prevention and safety activities. Therefore, no less than $16.875 million of the FY 2012 appropriation must be awarded for fire prevention and safety activities. This, however, is the minimum required under the statute. Recognizing the importance of fire prevention and safety projects, FEMA has reserved $35 million for the FPS grant initiative. The appropriation authorizes the Department to fund fire departments, national, regional, state, and local organizations, Native American tribal organizations, private and nonprofit organizations and Housing Authorities to develop and implement Fire Prevention and Safety Activities which are designed to reach high-risk target groups and mitigate incidences of deaths and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards. Additionally authorized is the funding of national, regional, state, local, or community organizations such as academic institutions, private and public nonprofit organizations, and non-Federal and non-governmental organizations in order to improve firefighter health and safety through Firefighter Research and Development Activities. • Grant guidance for this program will be available at www.grants.gov, and at http://www.fema.gov/fire-prevention-safety-grants. Also the "Get ready Guide"--available here--may also be useful for potential applicants and is provided to answer questions and to help prepare grant applications. For additional information, please visit www.fema.gov/firegrants or contact Chris Rizzuto at 202-786-9450, or Jay Harper at 202-447-0458, or Laura Cirillo at 202-447-5380. National Leadership Grants-Libraries--deadline February 1, 2013The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting applications in the following grant program--National Leadership Grants-Libraries--with a deadline of February 1, 2013 The guidelines for National Leadership Grants-Libraries have changed this year. Because the program is no longer aligned with National Leadership Grants for Museums, it no longer includes a category for Library-Museum Collaboration. Museum applicants should see the National Leadership Grants for Museums guidelines on the IMLS website. Collaboration is still an important characteristic of successful grant applications, and partnerships with museums and other libraries and community organizations are encouraged, but not required. Collaborative partnerships can help demonstrate a broad need, field-wide buy-in and input, access to appropriate expertise, and sharing of resources. In addition to the types of proposals normally encouraged under the NLG-Libraries program, IMLS will continue its commitment to early learning in FY 2013 by encouraging proposals that address learners from ages 0-8 along with their parents and caregivers. NLG-Libraries applicants are encouraged to partner with community organizations to address at least one of the challenges identified by the Campaign for Grade Level Reading including school readiness, summer reading loss, and chronic school absences. Click here to learn more about IMLS's role in this initiative. The web conference schedule for the FY 2013 National Leadership Grants for Libraries program is as follows:
Click here for more information about this funding opportunity, including program guidelines, contacts, and web conference access information. You may also use the IMLS grants search tool to view our archive of awarded grants. National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program--Deadline February 5, 2013The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, provides matching grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 to support organizations in developing community reading programs to encourage reading and participation by diverse audiences. Programs include activities such as author readings, book discussions, art exhibits, lectures, film series, music or dance events, theatrical performances, panel discussions, and other events related to the community’s chosen book or poet. How to Apply: http://neabigread.org/application_process.php Application Deadline: February 5, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. CST Applicant organizations for The Big Read must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; a division of state, local, or tribal government; or a tax-exempt public library. Eligible applicants include such organizations as literary centers, libraries, museums, colleges and universities, art centers, historical societies, arts councils, tribal governments, humanities councils, literary festivals, and arts organizations. Activities focus on one book or poet from The Big Read Library. Three new novels have been added to The Big Read Library, joining such classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Soon communities across the country will experience the conflicts of first-generation Americans in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake; embark on a quest to vanquish a father's murder in Charles Portis’s True Grit; and join a mission to protect a town from the bandidos in Luis Alberto Urrea’s Into the Beautiful North. AmeriCorps State and National Grants FY 2013--Deadline January 23, 2013The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced funding opportunities for FY2013. This current round of funding will focus on these six focus areas identified by the Serve America Act (SAA):
For more information, go to www.nationalservice.gov, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call (202) 606-7508. National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town grants--Deadline January 14, 2013The National Endowment for the Arts has just posted guidelines and application materials for Our Town, the agency's program that supports communities that are using the arts to revitalize neighborhoods and reignite local economies. Key information: · Pending availability of funding, grants will range from $25,000 to $200,000. · Application deadline is January 14, 2013 at 11:59 pm. This deadline is earlier than last year. · Projects may include arts engagement, cultural planning, and design activities. · Applications must involve two primary partners: a nonprofit organization and a local government entity. · Applications are encouraged from communities of all sizes across the country. In FY 2012, 41 of the 80 grants supported projects in communities with populations under 50,000. Resources: · Complete Our Town application guidelines are available at http://arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/index.html. · We strongly encourage applicants to contact us with questions. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to schedule a call with an NEA design program specialist. · To view previous Our Town projects, visit the Our Town section of the NEA website. · Webinars to learn more about this funding opportunity will be held on November 6th and 13th, 2012 at 3:00 pm EST at arts.gov. · Our Town FAQs are available at arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/FAQ.html. Now in its third year, Our Town has provided $11.57 million to fund 131 projects in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Those projects are diverse in geographic distribution, community partnerships, artistic disciplines, and types of projects. |
