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Texas Instruments Multi-Curricular Pilot Project Grant
Accepting Applications
Deadline: May 31, 2001
In an effort to broaden its support of academic disciplines
beyond mathematics and science, Texas Instruments
is sponsoring pilot projects in secondary subject areas
such as history, geography, English/literature, economics,
and language arts.
TI is looking for five schools to pilot the use of the
TI-83 Plus and associated software applications in
classrooms. The ideal grant application will be received
from a teacher, or group of teachers, who is teaching
history, geography, English/literature, economics, or
language arts at the secondary level (program excludes
math and science teachers); teaching at a school where
TI-83 Pluses are already used in math and/or science
classes; actively participating in their respective
teaching community; willing to host classroom visits to
see how the technology is being implemented; willing to
share ideas and application developments with the TI
project director, other pilot project schools, and the
educational community in general; and willing to
participate in pilot projects for future technologies
from TI.
The Texas Instruments Cross Curricular Pilot Project Grant
includes one TI-83 Plus Viewscreen unit; thirty TI-83 Plus
student units; one TI ViewScreen or TI-Presenter and
necessary accessories; a $5,000 reimbursable travel stipend
for attendance at conferences or other venues where the
recipient will have the opportunity to present information
on the project; and other services and equipment.
For complete application guidelines, visit the Texas
Instruments Web site.
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-- New York State Council on the Arts Funds Support of New
York Media Artists' Work
-- Jerome Foundation Accepting Applications for 2001
Minnesota Media Arts Grant Program
-- Tides Foundation Accepting Funding Inquiries Online
-- Verizon Foundation to Award Work Force Development and
Literacy Grants for Nonprofits Serving New Yorkers
-- Open Society Institute's Center on Crime, Communities &
Culture Announces 2001 Fellowship Application
Guidelines
-- Toshiba America Foundation Invites Applications for
Small Grants Program for K-6 Science and Math
Education
-- Texas Instruments Multi-Curricular Pilot Project Grant
Accepting Applications
-- Fulbright Scholar Program Announces New Senior
Specialist Program
-- New Clinical Program Development Fund Accepting
Applications for Clinical Research Grants
New York State Council on the Arts Funds Support of New
York Media Artists' Work
Deadline: August 15, 2001
The New York State Council on the Arts' Electronic Media &
Film Program announces the availability of funding toward
the distribution of recently completed independent media
arts projects by New York artists. With management
assistance from National Video Resources, awards of up to
$5,000 will be made on a competitive basis for
audio/radio, film, video, computer-based work, and
installation art incorporating these media.
Awards can be used for distribution expenses such as
marketing, dubs/prints, transfers, closed captioning,
subtitling, or CD-ROM release costs. Funding decisions
will be based on the artistic quality of the work and the
relevance of the distribution plan.
To receive the guidelines and an application form, contact
NYSCA's Electronic Media and Film Program.
Contact:
NYSCA-EMF Program
915 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 387-7058
Fax: (212) 387-7168
E-mail: khelmerson@nysca.org or cmeyer@nysca.org
Jerome Foundation Accepting Applications for 2001
Minnesota Media Arts Grant Program
Deadline: May 18, 2001
The Jerome Foundation's Minnesota Media Arts Grant Program
provides production grants for individual media artists in
Minnesota. Although the program primarily serves film and
video artists producing work in all genres, it welcomes
other forms such as film/video installations, online
projects, and interactive media. Approximately $90,000 is
available for grants in 2001.
The program will award production grants to emerging
artists whose work shows promise of excellence. Preference
is given to personal work in which the artist exercises
complete creative control over all aspects of production,
although collaborative projects in which creative control
is shared are also eligible.
The foundation will consider requests for projects with
total budgets of $175,000 or less; the level of support
offered by the foundation ranges from $8,000 to $20,000.
The foundation places emphasis on funding projects in their
early stages. Requests for productions that are more than
half completed are eligible but represent a lower priority.
Applicants must be residents of Minnesota, and students are
not eligible to apply.
Visit the Jerome Foundation Web site for complete appli-
cation information.
Contact:
Robert Byrd Jerome Foundation
Tel: (651) 224-9431 or (800) 995-3766
Tides Foundation Accepting Funding Inquiries Online
Deadline: July 10, 2001
The San Francisco-based Tides Foundation
(http://www.tides.org/) is now accepting Letters of
Inquiry for its innovative grantmaking program.
based at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is being
The foundation, which works to strengthen community-based
nonprofit organizations and the progressive movement,
provides grants in the following areas: arts, culture,
and alternative media; civic participation; economic
development; economic and racial justice; environment;
environmental justice; gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-
gender issues; HIV/AIDS; native communities; women's
empowerment and reproductive health; youth development and
organizing; and violence prevention. The foundation
generally makes grants to nonprofit organizations with
budgets under $2 million.
The Tides Foundation only accepts requests for funding in
the form of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) and prefers that
LOIs be submitted online. Unsolicited proposals are not
accepted. The foundation does not accept LOIs from
universities, schools, individuals, or corporations; or
for capital campaigns, endowments, or film production.
Visit the Tides Foundation Web site for complete eligibility
requirements.
Verizon Foundation to Award Work Force Development and
Literacy Grants for Nonprofits Serving New
Yorkers
Deadline: June 15, 2001
Nonprofit organizations engaged in work force development
and literacy initiatives for New Yorkers are invited to
compete for $500,000 in grants to be distributed this year
by Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Verizon
Communications.
The foundation seeks applications from nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organizations and eligible educational institutions
serving people within Verizon New York's service area, as
well as the Greenwich and Byram, Connecticut, area.
The foundation will award one-year grants ranging from
$25,000 to $100,000 each. Preference will be given to
projects and programs that involve partnerships among
nonprofit organizations.
Visit the Verizon Foundation for complete guidelines.
Open Society Institute's Center on Crime, Communities &
Culture Announces 2001 Fellowship Application
Guidelines
Deadline: Various
The Open Society Institute's Center on Crime, Communities
& Culture (http://www.soros.org/crime/) works to increase
the effectiveness and fairness of America's criminal
justice system by reducing over-reliance on policies of
punishment and incarceration. The Center is currently
accepting applications for the following fellowship
programs related to this goal:
Crime & Communities Media Fellowships of up to one year to
improve the quality and depth of media coverage of issues
related to incarceration in the U.S. Four to five awards
of up to $45,000 will be made in the fields of print,
photography, and/or radio. In addition, one award of up to
$30,000 may be made to a local television reporter to devote
up to one year to produce a series of stories on local or
regional issues related to incarceration or community re-
entry by former inmates. (Deadline: September 21, 2001)
Soros Justice Postgraduate Fellowships fund recent
graduates in law, public health, and other disciplines
related to criminal justice in order to initiate projects
that will have a measurable impact on issues relevant to
the Center's mission. The Postgraduate Fellowship com-
prises a two-year project implemented in partnership with
leading nonprofit and government agencies. The Center
expects to make eight to ten awards in 2001. Fellows
receive a stipend of $37,500 per year as well as other
forms of funding. (Deadline: September 28, 2001)
Soros Justice Senior Fellowships of up to one year enable
experts in the criminal justice, public health, and legal
fields to research, write, or initiate projects related to
the Center's work. The Center expects to award up to five
Senior Fellowships in 2001. Support for Senior Fellows
will range from $40,000 to $70,000, according to the scope
of the project. The Center seeks applicants who are
authors, lawyers, practitioners, or other professionals
who have significant and demonstrated skills, expertise,
and experience in criminal justice or a related field.
(Deadline: September 28, 2001)
For complete program guidelines, visit the Center on Crime,
Communities & Culture Web site.
Contact:
Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tel: (212) 548-0146 or (212) 548-0170
Toshiba America Foundation Invites Applications for Small
Grants Program for K-6 Science and Math
Education
Deadline: October 1, 2001
The Toshiba America Foundation has announced that it will
award 75 grants of up to $1,000 each for the purpose of
encouraging hands-on teaching of science and mathematics.
Any K-6 teacher in a public or private school is eligible
to apply. Grants will be awarded to the teacher's school
and will be restricted for use by the teacher in his/her
classroom. Not more than one application per teacher is
allowed. Projects must be in addition to the teacher's
science and math teaching units in grades K-6 and must
occur during the school day. (Before-school, after-school,
or take-home projects are not eligible.) Projects should
take place over at least three class sessions.
Funds may be requested for the purchase of project
materials for students use only. Computer hardware and
field trip expenses may not be included in the budget.
Please ask for only as much as is needed.
Visit the Toshiba America Foundation's Web site for
complete guidelines and/or to download an application.
Contact:
Toshiba America Foundation
Tel: (212) 588-0820
E-mail: foundation@tai.toshiba.com
In Best Practices of Effective Nonprofit Organizations:
A Practitioner's Guide, author Philip Bernstein explains
the procedures that foster social achievement in all
nonprofit fields. Find tips on how to define purposes and
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services and operations in response to change; and much
more.
Texas Instruments Multi-Curricular Pilot Project Grant
Accepting Applications
Deadline: May 31, 2001
In an effort to broaden its support of academic disciplines
beyond mathematics and science, Texas Instruments
is sponsoring pilot projects in secondary subject areas
such as history, geography, English/literature, economics,
and language arts.
TI is looking for five schools to pilot the use of the
TI-83 Plus and associated software applications in
classrooms. The ideal grant application will be received
from a teacher, or group of teachers, who is teaching
history, geography, English/literature, economics, or
language arts at the secondary level (program excludes
math and science teachers); teaching at a school where
TI-83 Pluses are already used in math and/or science
classes; actively participating in their respective
teaching community; willing to host classroom visits to
see how the technology is being implemented; willing to
share ideas and application developments with the TI
project director, other pilot project schools, and the
educational community in general; and willing to
participate in pilot projects for future technologies
from TI.
The Texas Instruments Cross Curricular Pilot Project Grant
includes one TI-83 Plus Viewscreen unit; thirty TI-83 Plus
student units; one TI ViewScreen or TI-Presenter and
necessary accessories; a $5,000 reimbursable travel stipend
for attendance at conferences or other venues where the
recipient will have the opportunity to present information
on the project; and other services and equipment.
For complete application guidelines, visit the Texas
Instruments Web site.
Fulbright Scholar Program Announces New Senior Specialist
Program
Deadline: Rolling
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright
Scholar Program sends leading U.S. faculty and profes-
sionals around the world to teach and do research for terms
ranging from three months to an academic year. The program
has recently added the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program
in order to increase the number of leading U.S. scholars
in Fulbright academic exchanges, encourage new activities
that go beyond the traditional Fulbright activities of
lecturing and research, and promote increased connections
between U.S. and overseas academic institutions in the
Fulbright context.
The Senior Specialist Program will provide short-term
opportunities of from two to six weeks for U.S. faculty
and professionals to work and do research abroad. Funds
may be used to support a variety of activities, including
conducting teacher training, developing and/or assessing
curricula or educational materials, leading or participat-
ing in seminars or workshops, taking part in specialized
academic programs or conferences, conducting needs assess-
ments/surveys/research, and/or providing other assistance
an overseas host institution might identify.
During the first year of the program (2001), applications
will be accepted for Fulbright Senior Specialists in the
following fields: anthropology and archaeology, business
administration, communications and journalism, economics,
education, environmental science, information technology,
law, library science, political science and public
administration, sociology and social work, U.S. studies
(i.e., art, art history, dance, history, literature,
music, popular culture, and theater), and urban planning.
For complete program guidelines and eligibility
information, visit the Council for International Exchange
of Scholars Web site.
Contact:
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street NW, Suite 5L
Washington DC 20008-3009
Tel: (202) 686-4000
Fax: (202) 362-3442
New Clinical Program Development Fund Accepting
Applications for Clinical Research Grants
Deadline: Open
The New Clinical Program Development Fund is a joint
initiative created by the Yale-New Haven Health System,
Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Yale University School of
Medicine to support the development and implementation of
new clinical programs in the Medical Center (i.e., Yale
University, Yale School of Medicine, and Yale-New Haven
Hospital working in cooperation).
In 2001, $11.5 million is available for funding support in
the following clinical priority areas: cancer research,
brain disorders, cardiovascular disease, developmental
disorders, and organ transplantation.
The application process begins with the submission of a
two-page letter of intent that will be reviewed by the
Fund's planning and development committees and the
Strategic Development Committee of the Yale Medical Group.
The Strategic Development Committee will help coordinate
clinical initiatives between the Yale Medical Group and
the Fund and ensure consistency with the school's clinical
strategic plan.
