Last year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) established partnership programs with Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to enhance TCU capacity to train students in fields critical to the NRC’s mission. Limited funds are available for FY06 for mentoring and leadership programs, research and development opportunities, training and technical assistance, recruitment and retention initiatives, student tuition assistance, scholarships, and housing (however, funds must support education programs in NRC mission-critical fields.)  Submit applications for financial assistance to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Office of Administration, MS: T7-I2, Washington, DC 20555.  Awards are subject to the availability of program funds. The official notice on this grant is not out yet. More information will be available in weeks to come. Applications not funded for FY06 will be considered for FY07.

Marva Gary, 301-415-7382 or EEOPrograms@nrc.gov.

Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2007, the Corporation for National and Community Service announces the anticipated availability of approximately $88,000,000 to award to new and re-competing AmeriCorps State and National grants. Tribal Colleges are qualified to apply for several of the AmeriCorps Grants listed. Tribal colleges are also eligible to receive monies from both a state education and a national education award grant at the same time.

Amy Borgstrom, 202-606-6930 or aborgstrom@cns.gov

Agency: USDA
Description: Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will:
(1) address a state, regional, national, or international educational need;
(2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.

Gregory Smith, 202-720-2067 or HEC@csrees.usda.gov.

State Education Award Program Deadline: January 25, 2007, National Education Award Program: February 15, 2007, Indian Tribes Program: February 15, 2007. Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2007, the Corporation for National and Community Service announces the anticipated availability of approximately $88,000,000 to award to new and re-competing AmeriCorps State and National grants. Tribal Colleges are qualified to apply for several of the AmeriCorps Grants listed. Tribal colleges are also eligible to receive monies from both a state education and a national education award grant at the same time.

 

Amy Borgstrom,202-606-6930 or aborgstrom@cns.gov

Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2007, the Corporation for National and Community Service announces the anticipated availability of approximately $88,000,000 to award to new and re-competing AmeriCorps State and National grants. Tribal Colleges are qualified to apply for several of the AmeriCorps Grants listed. Tribal colleges are also eligible to receive monies from both a state education and a national education award grant at the same time.

Amy Borgstrom, 202-606-6930 or aborgstrom@cns.gov

NILRC, the Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges, has received a grant through the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians program which will support the education of twenty students at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science to become community college librarians. The grant, titled "Librarians Serving Community-based Higher Education," partners NILRC with eleven community colleges in Illinois and Missouri in an effort "to build a diverse professional workforce that understands community-based library staffing and service strategies as well as the challenges of serving a non-traditional, diverse, commuter-based student population."  Students in the grant cohort will receive tuition awards to pursue the MS degree on campus or online from GSLIS and will have complementary coursework with the UIUC’s Community College Teaching and Learning (CCTL) program in the College of Education.  The partner community college libraries will offer the students mentoring throughout the graduate program and a paid internship position for six months following degree completion.  Candidates must meet admission requirements for UI GSLIS and will apply to NILRC for consideration for inclusion in the grant cohort.  More information is available from Sally Duchow, NILRC IMLS Grant Project Manager, sduchow@uiuc.edu or John W. Berry, NILRC Executive Director, jberry@nilrc.org. 

Sally Duchow, NILRC IMLS Grant Project Manager, at sduchow@uiuc.edu or John W. Berry, NILRC Executive Director, jberry@nilrc.org

Awards under the 2007 program are for the acquisition of instrumentation and/or equipment. The program aims to enhance science, mathematics, and/or engineering education programs and/or research capabilities through the acquisition of instrumentation that will augment existing facilities, enhance curricula, or develop new laboratories, programs and capabilities in these areas. This includes basic items for laboratory and classroom use as well as sophisticated instrumentation and computers (including software) for advanced studies and research important to the DoD mission.

Evelyn Kent, 703-588-1378 or Evelyn.Kent@osd.mil

CSREES requests applications for the Integrated Organic Program to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities in two program areas: (1) Organic Transitions Program (ORG); and the (2) Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI). ORG funds the development and implementation of research, extension and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of organic producers. OREI funds research and extension programs that enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic food, feed, and fiber.

Kathy Kimble-Day, 202-401-4420

Agency: United States Department of Agriculture 

Description:  Grants shall support investigative and analytical studies in the food and agricultural sciences. Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline(s) of the food and agricultural sciences. There are no limits on the specific subject matter/emphasis areas to be supported.

Saleia Afele-Faamuli, 202-690-6011