Grant Links: April 16, 2009

UW-Madison: Contest: What does a new student need to know?

WI: Arts grants available thanks to federal economic stimulus

WI: Fuels for Schools & Communities Program

WI: WTA Scholarship Program for 2009 (.doc)

US: Apply for the Jan Stauber Grant (Introducing Young People to Sherlock Holmes)

US: Travel Grants for Young Professionals and Graduate Students

Grant of the Week: Young Men at Risk

This world-wide competition "presented by Ashoka's Changemakers in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation," is aimed at "identifying the most innovative approaches to helping a generation of young people around the world fulfill their potential and become healthy, successful adults."

"...A major focus of this competition is reducing health disparities, and improving the health of disadvantaged populations."

Changemakers invites you "to participate in this unique competition by sharing your innovative approach to working with young men at risk between the ages of 15 and 25."

Examples can be found at: Ashoka's Changemakers Mosaic of Solutions.

Timeline:
Deadline is January 23, 2008; voting begins on February 26, 2008; and winners will be announced on March 11, 2008.

For more information - or to enter - visit http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/men.