Florida Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools



Florida Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools

Grant Alert – April, 2011

|Grant Name/Source |Scope |Eligibility |Award |Deadline |Website |

|Domestic Violence Poster Contest / Florida |“We want you to show us what it looks like to|Florida youth (K-12) |Selected posters will be |4/22/11 |

|Coalition Against Domestic Violence |have peace in your relationships. This is an | |included in a Healthy and | |outh-summit-and-poster-contest |

| |opportunity to empower your peers to have | |Peaceful Relationships | | |

| |healthy relationships!” | |Calendar that will be | |Contact: |

| | | |distributed statewide for the | |Carrie Speiser |

| | | |2012 calendar year! There will| |Speiser_Carrie@ |

| | | |also be a prize awarded to | | |

| | | |winners. | | |

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|Community Grants Program: Food and |Supports organizations working to address the|Must have 501(c)(3) status |Up to $50,000 |5/6/11 | |

|Nutrition Component / M·A·C AIDS Fund |link between poverty and AIDS through grants | | | | |

| |for programs that provide food and nutrition | | | | |

| |or housing services to people living with HIV| | | | |

| |and AIDS. | | | | |

|Health Impact Assessments Project / Robert |Intended to enable awardees to develop an |Government agencies, educational |From $25,000 to $125,000 |6/1/11 | |

|Wood Johnson Foundation and the Pew |HIA, which is a study that can help policy |institutions, and nonprofit organizations| | | |

|Charitable Trusts |makers and community members identify and | | | | |

| |address the potential, and often overlooked, | | | | |

| |health implications of policy proposals in a | | | | |

| |broad range of sectors, including | | | | |

| |agriculture, transportation, and development.| | | | |

|Programs to Assist Women and Children / WHO|Supports grassroots charities that serve the |Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations that |From $1,000 to $40,000. |9/6/11 |

|(Women Helping Others) Foundation |overlooked needs of women and children. |have been incorporated for at least three| | |Who_funding.asp |

| | |years and that have total organizational | | | |

| | |budgets of $3 million or less. | | | |

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|Chronic Illness Self-management in Children|To encourage research to improve |Higher Education Institutions; |$50,000 - $100,000 |Varies |

|and Adolescents / National Institutes of |self-management and quality of life in |nonprofits; for profit organizations; | | |-files/PA-11-071.html#_Section_II._Aw|

|Health |children and adolescents with chronic |state, county and municipal governments; | | |ard_1 |

| |illnesses. |independent school districts; faith and | | | |

| | |community-based organizations; and | | | |

| | |regional organizations. | | | |

|American Honda Foundation |Helps meet the needs of American society in |Very broad, includes K-12 educational |$10,000 - $100,000. |Open - |

| |the areas of youth and scientific education |institutions. | |Accepts proposal |ilanthropy.aspx?id=ahf |

| |by awarding grants to nonprofits, while | | |quarterly (Feb, May| |

| |strategically assisting communities in | | |Aug, Nov) | |

| |deriving long-term benefits. | | | | |

|School Nutrition and Physical Activity |Encourages Research Project Grant (R03) |Institutions/organizations listed in |$50,000 - $100,000 |1/7/13 |

|Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight |Epplications that propose to: (1) foster |Section III, 1.A. are eligible to apply. | | |-files/PA-10-054.html |

|Outcomes / National Institutes of Health |multidisciplinary research that will evaluate| | | | |

| |how policies (federal, state and school | | | | |

| |district levels) can influence school | | | | |

| |physical activity and nutrition environments,| | | | |

| |youths obesogenic behaviors (e.g., nutrition | | | | |

| |and physical activity behaviors), and weight | | | | |

| |outcomes; (2) understand how schools are | | | | |

| |implementing these policies and examine | | | | |

| |multi-level influences on adoption and | | | | |

| |implementation at various levels (e.g. | | | | |

| |federal, state, school district, and school);| | | | |

| |and (3) understand the synergistic or | | | | |

| |counteractive effect of school nutrition and | | | | |

| |physical activity polices on the home and | | | | |

| |community environment and body weight. | | | | |

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Please be sure to check below for additional links to grants.

Links to Other Grant Resources

Florida Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools, Grants and Funding webpage:

Florida Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools, School Gardens Program funding webpage:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education –

This site contains information on all U.S. Department of Education grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) –

This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services site lists current grant funding opportunities in the areas of substance abuse and mental health services.

The SPARK Grant-Finder Tool –

A resource for locating national and state-specific grants for Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, or Coordinated School Health Programs.

Teachers Network –

Teacher’s Network is a professional development organization for teachers. This site includes information about events, grants, and fellowships for professional development.

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