Award and Funding Opportunities
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Annual Award
The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities. The award highlights the power and potential of community-campus partnerships as a strategy for social justice. The 2010 award will be announced and recognized during a ceremony at CCPH’s next conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.Partnerships nominate themselves and need not be members of CCPH. Nominations are due no later than Feb 1, 2010.For the nomination guidelines, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/Award10guidelinesf.pdf [CBPR listserv]
Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety II (R18)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-022.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity (FOA) is to support Research Demonstration and Dissemination (R18) grant applications from organizations that will implement safe practice interventions that demonstrate evidence of reducing or eliminating medical errors, risks, hazards, and harms associated with the process of health care. These 24 month implementation projects will inform AHRQ, providers, patients, payers, policy makers, and the public about how safe practice interventions can be successfully implemented in diverse health care settings and lead to safer and better health care for all Americans. [AHRQ Grant Announcements Update]
From The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
http://www.healthinschools.org
Grant Alerts – October 28, 2009:
Better World Books – Readers Choice Literacy Grants
http://tinyurl.com/ykht3c2
Better World Books sells used and new books online to fund meaningful literacy programs and projects around the world. The purpose of this grant is to provide funding for any organization devoted to promoting literacy.
US Anti-Doping Agency – True Sport Awards
http://tinyurl.com/yhdak2l
The True Sport Awards program provides the opportunity for entrants to receive funding to implement an idea that will empower youth to lead safe and healthy lifestyles, using sport as the vehicle for learning life lessons.
Dairy MAX – Expanding Breakfast Grants
http://tinyurl.com/yhqqzws
Expanding Breakfast Grants are available to schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program. The grants will help schools implement their wellness policies through the establishment of an alternative breakfast service method designed to increase breakfast participation.
