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Women Helping Others Grants this program funds critical health programs, social services and education projects that provide women and children with knowledge and tools needed to improve their lives. After school programs and positive programs for young girls are examples of what may be funded. AMOUNT: $1000 to $40,000 DEADLINE: September 17, 2010 MORE INFO
United Health Heroes Service Learning Grants This is a health literacy initiative to help youth create and implement programs to fight childhood obesity—open to schools and non-profits AMOUNT: $1,000 DEADLINE: Oct 22, 2010 MORE INFO
2010 eInstruction® Global Classroom Makeover Video Contest You and your students create a music video for a chance to win within 3 categories: grades K-5 (4-10 yrs old), grades 6-8 (10-14 yrs old), and grades 9-12 (14-18 yrs old) AMOUNT: $75,000 Interactive Classroom Makeover DEADLINE: November 2, 2010 MORE INFO http://2010classroommakeover.shycast.com/
The Pennsylvania Study: Research into Optimal Conditions for Paper-Based Collections•Learn firsthand how environmental conditions and paper degradation affect rare collections •Interact with experts behind this landmark analysis •Learn how to protect your rare and special collections •Tour the new Rare Collections Library facility! LOCATION: State Library in Harrisburg, PA. Space is limited; register soon! Registration Form [...]
I Love My Librarian Award (sponored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times) The program invites library users across the United States to recognize librarians for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the American [...]
Family Place Grant Grants are available to establish family place community centers for early childhood information, parent education, socialization, emergent literacy and family support. The application deadline is November 5, 2010 MORE INFO Information and Guidelines Application Internet Safety Certification and Guidelines
GRANTS and CONTESTS Digital Humanities Start Up Grants (National Endowment for the Humanities) Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities. Grants may involve research that brings new approaches or documents best practices in the study of the digital humanities; planning and developing prototypes of [...]
FREE or ALMOST FREE APS Online Journals American Physical Society (APS) Announces Free Access for Public Libraries to All Content MORE INFO
FORUMS/WORKSHOPS Meeting of the Minds: How to Use Brain Science to Market Your Cause (sponsored by Nonprofit 911) Listen to the recording of the August 11th webinar. ‘Show Me the Money’ Grant Workshop DATE: Monday September 20 to Friday, September 24, 2010 COST: $535 (early bird); $585 (after September 3, 2010) MORE INFO: For more [...]