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>2) Association for Library Service to Children Offers Underserved
> Populations Outreach Grant
>
> Deadline: December 3, 2007
>
> The Association for Library Service to Children
> ( http://www.ala.org/alsc/ ), a division of the American Library
> Association ( http://www.ala.org/ ), and Candlewick Press
> ( http://www.candlewick.com/ ) have announced "Light the Way:
> Outreach to the Underserved," a one-time grant of $5,000 for a
> library conducting exemplary outreach to underserved populations.
>
> The ALSC Library Service to Special Population Children and Their
> Caregivers Committee will select the winner and may name up to
> three Honorable Mentions. Special-population children may include
> those who have learning or physical differences, speak English as
> a second language, are in a non-traditional school environment or
> a non-traditional family setting (such as teen parents, foster
> children, children in the juvenile justice system, and children
> in gay and lesbian families), and those who need accommodation
> service to meet their needs.
>
> Criteria and an application for the grant are available at the
> ALSC Web site.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008656/candlewick
>
> For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml

>4) Queer Youth Fund Accepting Letters of Intent
>
> Deadline: October 2, 2007 (Letters of Intent)
>
> The Queer Youth Fund is a donor-initiated grantmaking program
> housed at the Liberty Hill Foundation ( http://libertyhill.org/ ).
> A group of committed donors developed the fund to provide large
> multiyear grants to groups that address the multitude of issues
> queer youth face as they acknowledge and celebrate their sexual-
> ity and identity, and seek to become empowered leaders in their
> communities.
>
> The Queer Youth Fund makes multiyear grants to grassroots, local,
> state, and national nonprofit organizations working to improve
> the quality of life among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender,
> queer, and questioning youth. The fund awards grants to inno-
> vative and effective leadership development programs or organ-
> izing projects that empower GLBTQQ youth to improve societal
> conditions affecting GLBTQQ youth and that make a long-term
> difference to their movement. For purposes of the program, youth
> are defined as 25 years old or younger.
>
> Up to four grants of up to $100,000 each, payable over three to
> five years, will be made to different 501(c)(3) organizations (or
> groups with fiscal sponsors) with specific work that matches the
> fund's guidelines. To be eligible, applicant organizations must
> have a total budget for their youth work of $750,000 or less.
>
> The Queer Youth Fund is now accepting Letters of Intent for its
> 2007-08 grant cycle. Guidelines and information on previous
> grantees are available at the Liberty Hill Foundation Web site.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008658/libertyhill
>
> For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml
>
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>
> 5) Youth Service America Youth Venture Program to Support
> Community Service Programs
>
> Deadline: October 1, 2007
>
> The Youth Service America Youth Venture Program, a partnership
> between Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org/ ) and Youth
> Venture ( http://www.genv.net/ ), is designed to help build the
> movement of young social entrepreneurs by investing in and
> encouraging the ideas of young people.
>
> The YSA Youth Venture Program provides funding and support to
> young people (ages 12-20) in the United States who want to create
> new, sustainable, civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses
> (called "ventures").
>
> To be eligible for the program, ventures must be youth-led and
> designed to be a lasting asset to the community. In addition, YSA
> Youth venture teams are required to plan a Global Youth Service
> Day ( http://www.gysd.org/ ) project every year that their venture
> is operational.
>
> The YSA Youth Venture Program provides a variety of resources,
> including a national network of like-minded young people, media
> opportunities, technical support, helpful toolkits and workshops,
> as well as seed funding of up to $1,000 for start-up expenses.
>
> For application tools and more information about the YSA Youth
> Venture Partnership Program, visit the Youth Venture Web site.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008659/ysa
>
> For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml
>8) Applications Invited for National Wildlife Refuge System
> Preserve America Grant Program
>
> Deadline: November 1, 2007
>
> The Fish and Wildlife Service ( http://www.fws.gov/ ) and the
> National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ( http://www.nfwf.org/ )
> are requesting proposals to help foster interpretive, education,
> and visitor initiatives that incorporate history and historic
> sites into the National Wildlife Refuge System's
> ( http://www.fws.gov/refuges/ ) mission. The National Wildlife
> Refuge System Preserve America Grant program seeks to protect
> historic sites, integrate history into refuge interpretive and
> education programs, and build partnerships with communities and
> organizations interested in supporting refuge programs.
>
> The program provides competitive grants of $10,000 to $15,000
> each to help fund national wildlife refuge interpretive and
> education projects focused on history and historic sites and
> how they contribute to conservation and understanding of natural
> resources. Grant proposals must demonstrate national, state, or
> local partnerships to qualify.
>
> Eligible applicants must be nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3)
> organizations or organizations that have applied for nonprofit
> status, including Refuge "Friends" organizations, cooperative
> and interpretive associations, local historical societies,
> academic institutions, or other citizen-support organizations
> interested in assisting a Refuge or group of Refuges and the
> Refuge System as a whole. State, county, and local government
> agencies are not eligible.
>
> For complete program information and application procedures,
> visit the NFWF Web site.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008662/nfwf
>
> For additional RFPs in Environment, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_environment.jhtml
>13) MacArthur Foundation Announces New Digital Media and Learning
> Competition
>
> Deadline: October 15, 2007
>
> The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
> ( http://www.macfound.org/ ) has announced a public competition
> that will award a total of $2 million in funding to emerging
> leaders, communicators, and innovators shaping the field of
> digital media and learning. The competition is part of the
> foundation's $50 million Digital Media and Learning initiative
> ( http://www.digitallearning.macfound.org/ ), which aims to help
> determine how digital technologies are changing the way young
> people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life.
>
> Awards will be given in two categories: 1) Innovation Awards of
> $250,000 or $100,000 each will support learning entrepreneurs
> and builders of new digital environments for informal learning;
> and 2) Knowledge Networking Awards of up to $75,000 will support
> communicators in connecting, mobilizing, circulating, or trans-
> lating new ideas around digital media and learning.
>
> As part of their prize, awardees will receive special consulta-
> tion support on everything from technology development to manage-
> ment training. Winners will be invited to showcase their work at
> a conference that will include venture capitalists, entrepreneurs,
> educators, and policy makers seeking the best ideas about digital
> learning.
>
> The open competition will be administered by HASTAC, the Humani-
> ties, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory,
> ( http://www.hastac.org/ ), a consortium of humanists, artists,
> scientists, social scientists, and engineers committed to new
> forms of collaboration for thinking, teaching, and research
> across communities and disciplines fostered by creative uses of
> technology.
>
> Detailed information on the competition is available online at
> the program's Web site.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008667/dmlcompetition
>
> For additional RFPs in Science/Technology, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_science_technology.jhtml
>
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>
> 14) National Endowment for the Humanities Invites Applications
> for Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
>
> Deadline: October 16, 2007; and April 2, 2008
>
> The National Endowment for the Humanities ( http://www.neh.gov/ )
> and the Institute of Museum and Library Services ( http://imls.gov/ )
> invite applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
> program. By awarding relatively low-dollar grants during the
> planning stages, the program, which is designed to encourage
> innovations in the digital humanities, hopes to identify pro-
> jects that are particularly innovative and have the potential
> to make a positive impact on the humanities.
>
> Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digi-
> tal initiatives in any area of the humanities. All applicants
> must propose an innovative approach, method, tool, or idea that
> has not been used before in the humanities. Digital Humanities
> Start-Up Grants should result in plans, prototypes, or proofs
> of concept for long-term digital humanities projects prior to
> implementation.
>
> Two levels of awards will be made. Level I awards ranging be-
> tween $5,000 and $25,000 each are designed to fund brainstorming
> sessions, workshops, early alpha-level prototypes, and initial
> planning. Larger ($25,001 to $50,000 each) Level II awards can
> be used for more fully-formed projects that are ready for the
> first stage of implementation or the creation of working proto-
> types.
>
> Any U.S.-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization or institution,
> state or local governmental agency or Native American tribal
> organization, or U.S. citizen or foreign national who has been
> living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least
> the three years immediately prior to the application deadline
> is eligible to apply. Individuals affiliated with an eligible
> institution must apply through an institution (ordinarily their
> own).
>
> There will be two application deadlines: October 16, 2007, and
> April 2, 2008.
>
> Visit the NEH Web site for complete program information.
>
> RFP Link:
> http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008668/neh/gov
>
> For additional RFPs in Science/Technology, visit:
> http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_science_technology.jhtml