Grant Links: June 25, 2009

Madison, WI: Science/tech camp scholarships available

US: Ayn Rand Institute, Anthem Essay Contest

US: EPSRC Announces Nanotechnology Grand Challenges Call - Solutions for the Environment

US: $1,000 Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

US: Good Husbandry Grants for Farmers 2009

US: National Association of Elementary School Principals’ Sharing the Dream Grant (pdf)

US: Scholarships for Students Denied Federal Financial Aid Because of Drug Convictions

Grant Links: June19, 2009

Fond du Lac, WI: Fond du Lac Area United Way schedules grant training sessions

Fox Valley, WI: Community Foundation creates new 'bridge grant' program

Fox Valley, WI: SCA Tissue offers grants to schools

US: Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Graduate Research Grants

US: Parapsychology Scholarship

US: Percussive Arts Society Grants for presentations directed to underserved youth (pdf )

US, Canada, Mexico: BioQuip Undergraduate Scholarship (Entomology)

New Books on Benchmarking and More!

Benchmarking in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors: Best Practices for Achieving Performance Breakthroughs by Patricia Keehley and Neil Abercrombie

GIC Call #: JK468 T67 B45 2008










Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant

GIC Call #: HD62.6 C78 2008






ROI for Nonprofits: The New Key to Sustainability by Tom Ralser

GIC Call #: HG4028 C4 R35 2007

Coming Soon: Recovery Act Grants for Medical Informatics

From the Blog post by Houston Neal:

...Who is Eligible?

There are two different grant programs described in the stimulus bill. The grants are for universities that wish to:

• Carry out a demonstration project to develop academic curricula integrating certified EHR technology in the clinical education of health professionals (section 3015), or;
• Establish or expand medical health informatics education programs (section 3016)...

Source: ERM SoftwareAdvice.com

Grant Links: June 4, 2009

UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls: Midwest Food Processors Association Scholarships

MSOE, Milwaukee, WI: Currently Available Annual and Endowed Scholarships

WI: Grants to help manufacturers

WI: WBCA (Baseball) Scholarship Application Form

WI: Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative 2009 Scholarship Application Form (pdf)

US: Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants Scholarship

US: The Home Depot Trade Scholarship Program

Rural Housing Service, Housing Preservation Grant Applications Due July 10th

v009 Notice of Funds Availability(NOFA) for the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program has recently been released.

From the NOFA:
"The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private non-profit organizations, which may include, but not be limited to, faith-based and community organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas."