Grant Links: Friday, May 13, 2011

Dane County:   Distinctly Dane Special Grant Opportunity - Cultural Affairs Commission

WI: Wisconsin Laboratory Association!  2011 Scholarships

WI:  Wisconsin Humanities Council Mini and Major Grants

WI:  Office of Rural Health Funding Opportunities

WI:  Tourist Information Center (TIC) Grant Program

WI:  WHEDA Foundation Housing Grants Materials

4th Annual Public Health in Education Symposium

Healthy Classrooms Symposium 2011

On April 27, 2011, the Healthy Classrooms Foundation will be hosting their 4th annual Healthy Classrooms Symposium. The Healthy Classrooms Foundation is a statewide nonprofit organization that works to bring the ideals and practices of public health to the classroom and community through creative, sustainable initiatives and education.  Again, student initiated and led, it is an inspiring example of how next generation nonprofit leaders are making an impact.

Please consider registering to attend this free Symposium, which draws an audience of over 300 participants.  Below you will find this year’s Keynote Speaker and Program Topics, which will provide you with information that will directly relate to your environment, classroom and student body.

When:  5:00 - 8:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 27st, 2011
Where:  Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705
 
Click HERE to register free online!

Keynote Address:
New Math: Rethinking the Teacher’s Role in the Health Care Equation

Martha “Meg” Gaines, JD
UW Law Professor
Founder and Director of The Center For Patient Partnership

Program Topics Include:

• Diabetes & Exercise – My Triumphant Story
• Bullying and Victimization: What Adults Can Do
• Healthy Spaces, Healthy Children
• Wisconsin’s Obesity Prevention Movement- Get Involved
• Talking the Talk: How to Address Sexual Health in Middle Schools
• Working with Parents: How to Sustain a Positive Relationship
• Ideas into Action: HCF 2010-2011 Grantee Panel
• Physical Education: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Click HERE to register free online!

UW-Madison Population Health Dissertation Grants

2009-2010

UW-Madison Population Health
Dissertation Grants

Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program at UW-Madison is sponsoring a campus-wide competition for Population Health Dissertation Grants for the academic year 2009-2010. Eligible students must be enrolled in any UW-Madison Ph.D. program and be working on a topic in the study of health and society. One of our primary goals is to expand population health research across campus. Our aim is to encourage dissertations that include components of population health broadly defined, such as addressing the multiple determinants of health (e.g., biological, medical, behavioral, social, economic and environmental) and their important interactions over the life course; examining the measurement, distribution, or experiences of health; or evaluating interventions (at individual, community, or policy levels) for their impact on population health outcomes. For a good example of population health discourse, see: Kindig, Milbank Quarterly 85(1) 139-161, 2007 or visit the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program web site at: http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/rwjscholars/

The grant to the student is to be used toward dissertation research, such as for a pilot study, data collection expenses, or other research activities related to the student’s work in health and society. The proposal should clearly state a plan of action, how this award will improve current or planned research, and an explanation of how the money will be used. Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposal, the relevance of the work to expanding knowledge on health and society, and the project’s contribution to expanding research on health and society or population health across campus. Funds must be spent by April 30, 2011, and a final report is due to the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program by July 1, 2011. In addition, a brief oral presentation will be required at a campus-wide symposium in the late Spring of 2011.

Award: $5,000 to the student, plus $1,000 to a faculty advisor *
(We anticipate approximately 8 awards.)

Due: February 25, 2010 (Notification: March 5, 2010)

* The funds to the faculty advisor go into a research account. These funds need not be spent on the doctoral student project. They are provided as incentive to participate in the dissertation research of students doing work on health and society.

Application Process: The proposal should include an abstract section (250 words max), project description, budget and budget rationale, and references. Please email the proposal (5 pages max, double-spaced, Arial 11 pt font or equivalent), a CV, and a brief letter from your advisor to Jane Lambert at jflamber@wisc.edu.

Grant Links: October 8, 2009

UW-Madison: WUN Research Development Funds & Graduate Student International Field Research Awards

UW-System: $5,800 waste-disposal-research grants for students

Marathon County, WI: Health grants available

Wausau, WI: Beauty school to offer scholarships for attending open house

Grant of the Week: Marijuana Policy Project

This program gives grants up to $60,000, for projects which "foster measurable changes in U.S. public policy that will lead to marijuana's being regulated similarly to alcohol and to marijuana's availability for medical use" (http://www.mpp.org/grants/).



The next deadline for applications is January 1, 2009. "Potential grant applicants are strongly encouraged to send concise letters of inquiry up to seven days prior to a grant application deadline."



For more information regarding the MPP and its grant program, see http://www.mpp.org/grants/.

Grant Links: May 30, 2008

UW-Madison: Humanities Exposed

UW-Madison: Dickie Family Sauk County Educational Fellowship

WI: State Fair Livestock Auction Scholarship Apps Available

United States: ScanGrants - Health Science Grants

Grant of the Week: Humana - Healthier lives and communities

The Humana Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Humana Inc., a large health insurer with local offices in Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay. Between November 1, 2007 and June 15, 2008, the foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations in these communities for grants related to improving the health of those communities.

Funding Priorities: "Serving needs of children, families, and seniors in their quest to build healthier lives and communities."

"Special consideration is giving to projects that focus on health and fitness efforts leading to better lifestyles; literacy activities leading to improved health experiences; and the development of technology, tools, and resources that lead to healthy communities."

Grants range from $10,000 to $75,000. Applications should be submitted to the respective market office. Please see below for Wisconsin offices.

Green Bay
300 N Madison Street
Suite 100
Green Bay, WI 54301

Local: 920-617-1705
800: 888-450-7355
Fax: 920-617-1744

Milwaukee (Waukesha)
N19 W24133 Riverwood Drive
Suite 300
Waukesha, WI 53188-1174

Local: 262-951-2560
800: 800-825-9900
Fax: 262-951-2561

Madison (Middleton)
1600 Aspen Commons, #600
PO Box 620981
Middleton, WI 53562-0981

Local: 608-231-6536
800: 800-833-6910
Fax: 800-833-6913

Large Business:
1600 Aspen Commons, #600
PO Box 620981
Middleton, WI 53562-0981

800: 800-833-6910

For more information on how to apply, as well as additional market locations in the U.S., visit: http://www.humanafoundation.org/grant_application.asp.

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.