Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at
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The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects can be for professional education curriculum development; for basic and advanced institutes; or research seminars. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible. This program does not support requests from individuals for their own training, education, or professional advancement. strongApplication deadline is October 5, 2009./strongbr /span class=”fullpost”br /br /There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline.br /br /First competition:br /br /Draft (optional): April 1, 2009br /Final Deadline: June 5, 2009br /NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010.br /br /Second competition:br /br /Draft (optional): August 1, 2009br /Final Deadline: October 5, 2009br /NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.br /br /Optional draft applications should be emailed to Lucy Barber at a href=”mailto:lucy.barber@nara.gov”lucy.barber@nara.gov/a. Grants.gov should only be used to submit the final application.br /br /Award Information: A grant normally is for one to three years and up to $150,000. The Commission expects to make up to 4 grants in this category, for a total of up to $300,000 during the two competitions. Cost Sharing: Cost sharing is required. It is the financial contribution the applicant pledges to the cost of a project. Cost sharing can include both direct and indirect expenses, in-kind contributions, non-Federal third-party contributions, and any income earned directly by the project. The NHPRC ordinarily provides no more than 50 percent of the total project costs for Professional Development projects. Before beginning the process, applicants should review full grant announcement (linked below) and the rules and regulations governing NHPRC grants under the Administering an NHPRC Grant section.br /br /Document Type: Grants Noticebr /Funding Opportunity Number: PRODEV-10br /Opportunity Category: Discretionarybr /Posted Date: Dec 12, 2008br /Creation Date: Dec 12, 2008br /Original Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009br /Current Closing Date for Applications: Oct 05, 2009 There are two competitions each year in this category. Applicants may apply against either deadline. First competition: Draft (optional): April 1, 2009. Final Deadline: June 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than January 1, 2010. Second competition: Draft (optional): August 1, 2009. Final Deadline: October 5, 2009. NHPRC support begins no earlier than July 1, 2010.br /Archive Date: Nov 04, 2009br /Funding Instrument Type: Grantbr /Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see “Cultural Affairs” in CFDA)br /Category Explanation:br /Expected Number of Awards:br /Estimated Total Program Funding:br /Award Ceiling: $150,000br /Award Floor: $0br /CFDA Number(s): 89.003 — National Historical Publications and Records Grantsbr /Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yesbr /br /Full grant announcement for Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishingbr //spana href=”http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/development.html”/adiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5076203316942198080-7706182476519774138?l=nthpgrants.blogspot.com’//divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nthpgrants/~4/yWJzmFYuyfI” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at
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The purpose of the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural (URR) Program is to help preserve the Underground Railroad’s legacy and to help demonstrate how the Underground Railroad’s widespread operations network transformed our Nation. In addition, the URR also promotes the formation of public- private partnerships to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad throughout the United States, including lessons to be drawn from the history of the Underground Railroad. strongApplications are due by July 30, 2009./strongbr /span class=”fullpost”br /br /strongEligible Applicants/strong: Nonprofit educational organizations that are established to research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. strongOther/strong: Each nonprofit educational organization awarded a grant under this competition must create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the costs of the on-going operations of the facility.br /br /Grantees must establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad. These satellite centers must raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and private sources. In addition, grantees must establish the capability to electronically link the facility with other local and regional facilities that have collections and programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad.br /br /Applications for grants under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program–CFDA number 84.345A–must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department’s e-Grants Web site at: a href=”http://e-grants.ed.gov/”http://e-grants.ed.gov//a. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.br /br /As part of the application process, applicants will be required to document their ability to create an endowment, establish satellite centers, and establish the electronic capability described above. For specific requirements on reporting, please go to a href=”http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html” target=”_blank”Reporting Forms/abr /br /Document Type: Grants Noticebr /Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-061509-001br /Opportunity Category: Discretionarybr /Posted Date: Jun 15, 2009br /Creation Date: Jun 15, 2009br /Original Closing Date for Applications: Jul 30, 2009br /Current Closing Date for Applications: Jul 30, 2009 Applications Available: June 15, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2009.br /Archive Date: Aug 29, 2009br /Funding Instrument Type: Grantbr /Category of Funding Activity: Educationbr /Category Explanation:br /Expected Number of Awards: 2br /Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,945,000br /Award Ceiling:br /Award Floor:br /CFDA Number(s): 84.345 — Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Programbr /Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yesbr /br /a href=”http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-13881.pdf”Full Annoucementbr //abr /br //spandiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5076203316942198080-1426301749565869525?l=nthpgrants.blogspot.com’//divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/nthpgrants/~4/yVmRraIoxCs” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at
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As a celebration of Norwegian-Polish solidarity, the Norwegian folk music group Streif performed between 7 and 13 June at Polish cultural heritage sites renovated by the EEA and Norway Grants.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at
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The baroque Chroustovice Castle in the Czech Republic, housing a school for pupils with behavioural and learning difficulties, is renovating its premises with support from the EEA Grants.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at
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The EEA and Norway Grants have partnered with SOS Children`s Villages to help orphaned and abandoned children find a new family and home in southern Estonia. On 15 June, construction works began on 3 new family homes in Potilde;ltsamaa.
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