Applicants must be the son or daughter of a career or volunteer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic, or Firefighter (active, formerly active, retired or deceased) who is interested in a career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Eligible applicants must plan to attend a State approved EMT Basic certification program or increase their level of certification through an EMT Intermediate or Paramedic program. [Funding]
Funding Opportunities
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05/18/2012
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05/18/2012
The purpose of this program is to enhance statewide consumer-run organizations to promote service system capacity and infrastructure development that is recovery-focused and resiliency-oriented. For the purposes of this funding opportunity, this program seeks to address the needs of underserved and under-represented consumers, such as veterans; those with histories of trauma; those from ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups; and those who have been involved in the criminal justice system. [Funding]
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05/18/2012
The purpose of this program is to enhance State capacity and infrastructure to be more oriented to the needs of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families by providing information, referrals, and support to families who have a child with a serious emotional disturbance, and to create a mechanism for families to participate in State and local mental health services planning and policy development. [Funding]
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05/18/2012
This announcement solicits applications for the Advanced Nursing Education (ANE) program from eligible entities that provide advanced nursing education specialty programs that educate registered nurses to become nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, nurse educators, nurse administrators, public health nurses and other advanced nurse specialists. [Funding]
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05/18/2012
This award honors top healthcare executives for their work through their organizations and corporations they run or individually to improve the health and well being of people, patients, communities or community members. A nominee must be a CEO, president, administrator or top executive of a healthcare organization or corporation from any sector of the industry. Additionally, the volunteer work must have occurred within the past 24 months. [Award]
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05/21/2012
Funding is designed to promote the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding direct producer-to-consumer marketing opportunities. [Funding]
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05/21/2012
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications aimed at strengthening the nation’s capacity to carry out public health activities in the areas of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and disability and health. The objectives are to: (1) Establish a coordinating center for conducting and coordinating research; (2) Promote the health and well being of children and adults with disabilities and their families; (3) Conduct research in support of NCBDDD priorities; (4) Train health and public health professionals; (5) Communicate and disseminate information with and for stakeholders and other audiences; and (6) Evaluate and report on findings. [Funding]
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05/22/2012
NLM solicits resource grant applications for projects that will bring useful, usable health information to health disparity populations and the health care providers who care for those populations. Access to useful, usable, understandable health information is an important factor during health decisions. Proposed projects should exploit the capabilities of computer and information technology and health sciences libraries to bring health-related information to consumers and their health care providers. Preference will be given to applications that show strong involvement of health science libraries. [Funding]
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05/24/2012
For the past year, the White House Rural Council has focused on expanding access to health information technology (HIT) in rural communities. Expanding the HIT workforce is an important part of those activities. This funding supports training at the community college level, and applicant organizations can use this funding to potentially develop programs focusing on health information technology workforce development. DOL will fund grants of $2.5 to $3.0 million to one individual applicant from each state, as well as grants of $5 million to $15 million to consortium applicants. [Funding]
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05/24/2012
The Administration is making another $500 million available to create and expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train workers with the skills employers need. Applicant organizations can use this funding to potentially develop programs focusing on health information technology workforce development. [Funding]
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05/24/2012
As part of the overall effort to reduce the burden of chronic diseases and chronic disease risk factors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) announces the opportunity to apply for funds to ensure and support state quitline capacity, in order to respond to upcoming federal initiatives such as the National Tobacco Education Campaign. [Funding]
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05/24/2012
The sweepstakes will give students across the globe an exciting opportunity to Skype with a celebrity face-to-face via video call, further demonstrating Skype's commitment to connecting students with educators, professionals and experts across the globe. To be eligible to enter, you must: Be a Kindergarten through 12-grade teacher or an educator of students aged three years of age to 18 years of age; and Be a member of Skype in the classroom, their free online community that already helps over 28,000 registered teachers use Skype to enrich experiences for their students. [Funding]
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05/25/2012
The AFI program provides five-year grants to nonprofit organizations and government agencies that empower low-income families to become economically self-sufficient for the long-term. Grantees provide financial education training on money management issues, and they assist participants with saving earned income in special matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). A webinar series for prospective grantees is offered. (2012: Summer Cycle - due May 25, 2012; 2013: Winter Cycle – due January 25, 2013; Spring Cycle – due March 25, 2013; Summer Cycle – due May 24, 2013) [Funding]
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05/25/2012
The purpose of this RFA is to select an institution/organization (i.e. accredited university) that can serve as a center for WIC nutrition education innovations and develop and administer a series of researcher-initiated grants pertinent to the research area, coordinate activities among researchers and widely disseminate findings. The up to approximately $2.0 million grant is to enable the selected institution/organization to establish the “USDA Center for WIC Nutrition Education Innovations.” [Funding]
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05/25/2012
Funding is directed towards programs that demonstrate the potential for measurable improvement in the availability, access and quality of health care in the communities that we serve and that support the Foundation's mission and giving guidelines. Cycle 2: Primary Care and Preventive Health Services for People with Disabilities; Early Childhood Health; and Organizational Core Mission Support. [Funding]
