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FEBRUARY 2015
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In an effort to not only reduce publishing costs, but also to reduce paper usage
and waste, the Legislative Research Unit
has decided to discontinue printing and
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Grant Alerts. We will, however, continue
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only edition. This change will take effect
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Federal Grant Notices for State & Local Governments & Community Agencies
Funding: $2 million.
Deadline: 4/20/15.
Contact: Tel. (202) 305-4419;
E-mail: rpp@ojp.usdoj.gov.
Capacity Building Program for Traditionally Underserved Populations Vocational Rehabilitation
Training Institute for the Preparation of Personnel in American Indian Voc Rehab (CFDA No.
84.315C)
Purpose: To provide outreach and technical assistance to minority entities and American Indian tribes
to promote their participation in activities, including
assistance to enhance their capacity to carry out such
activities.
Eligibility: Public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education.
Funding: $500,000.
Deadline: 3/3/15.
Contact: Joyce Mays, Tel. (202) 245-6122;
E-mail: joyce.mays@ed.gov.
Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for
Individuals with Disabilities: Television Access
(CFDA No. 84.327C)
Purpose: To improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; support educational
media activities designed to be of educational value
in the classroom for students with disabilities; provide support for captioning and video description that
is appropriate for use in the classroom; and provide
accessible educational materials to students with disabilities in a timely manner.
Eligibility: State, county, city, township, or special
district governments; independent school districts;
private, public, and state controlled institutions of
higher education; public housing authorities/Indian
housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations; nonprofits; for-profit organizations other than
small businesses; and small businesses.
Funding: $2 million.
Deadline: 3/16/15.
Contact: Julius Cotton, Tel. (202) 245-6140;
E-mail: julius.cotton@ed.gov.
FY 15 Postdoctoral Fellowship on Violence
Against Women: Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, Teen Dating Violence, and Stalking
(CFDA No. 16.560)
Purpose: To support the scholarship of up to three
promising postdoctoral researchers to conduct original data collection and/or secondary data analyses on
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munity colleges.
Funding: $9 million.
Deadline: 3/16/15.
Contact: E-mail: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships: Prose, FY 2016 (CFDA No. 45.024)
Purpose: To provide grants in prose (fiction and
creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative
writers that enable recipients to set aside time for
writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Eligibility: Individuals.
Funding: $25,000.
Deadline: 3/11/15.
Contact: E-mail: webmgr@arts.gov.
National Institute of Justice FY15 Research into
the Use of Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Strategies by Law Enforcement Agencies (CFDA
No. 16.560)
Purpose: To identify and characterize the suicide
prevention and intervention strategies currently being
used by law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and,
potentially, elsewhere as well as to encourage and
support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice.
Eligibility: Unrestricted.
Funding: $500,000.
Deadline: 4/2/15.
Contact: Tel. (800) 518-4726;
E-mail: st-research@ojp.usdoj.gov.
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program
Vocational Rehab Counseling (CFDA No.
84.129B)
Purpose: To provide financial assistance for projects that provides basic or advanced training leading
to an academic degree in areas of personnel shortages
in rehabilitation.
Eligibility: Public, private, and state controlled institutions of higher education.
Funding: $4 million.
Deadline: 3/9/15.
Contact: Tel. (202) 245-6122;
E-mail: roseann.ashby@ed.gov.
Replicating Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs to Scale in Communities with
the Greatest Need (Tier 1B) (CFDA No. 93.297)
Purpose: To mobilize the community to develop
and implement a plan to prevent teen pregnancy and
promote positive youth development.
Eligibility: State, county, city, township, or special
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