Youth-Led Projects Supported

Peace Child International: Be the Change! Small Grants for Youth-Led Projects
Peace Child International seeks to empower young people, whatever their background, to take responsibility for peace, human rights, and the environment through education, leadership development, and direct participation in the events that shape our world community. Be the Change! is a youth-led (under 25 years old) sustainable development program, related to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, that aims to empower young people around the world to “be the change they want to see in the world.” Peace Child offers support and advice to young people to create and complete a variety of different projects serving the needs of their community. Previous projects have included building a paper recycling plant, renovating a home for the elderly, restoring a park, and conducting an inoculation campaign. Grants range up to US $1,000. The application deadline is March 31, 2008.

Support Provided for Community Service Initiatives

State Street Global Philanthropy Program
State Street Corporation is the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. The State Street Global Philanthropy Program, with funding from the State Street Foundation, supports nonprofit organizations that provide targeted community service initiatives in low- and moderate-income communities around the world where the company has a significant presence. Areas of interest consist of human services, including healthcare access, family services, and hunger and homelessness; education, including job skills training, literacy, and financial literacy; and community development and improvement, including affordable housing, small business development, and neighborhood beautification. The company places special emphasis on initiatives that seek to bring about systemic changes that address core problems affecting local communities. State Street has a presence in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Applications are accepted throughout the year.

Foundation Supports Social Ventures in Australia

Bennelong Foundation
The Bennelong Foundation seeks to enhance community well-being and provide opportunities for positive and lasting change by partnering pro-active social ventures throughout Australia. The Foundation's priority areas include medical research, community health, migrant community welfare, youth, and crisis support. The Foundation has supported a broad spectrum of communities and charities, including rural groups, indigenous Australians, children, and migrant families and groups. The Foundation has no formal deadlines; the Board meets twice a year.

Awards Highlight Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Media

WASH Media Awards
The WASH Media Awards, a joint initiative between the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and Stockholm International Water Institute, aim to increase media coverage about water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) issues in developing countries. The awards are open to journalists from developing countries who write or broadcast original investigative reports on WASH issues in their country or locality. Submitted work may include articles from traditional print or recognized online newspapers, magazines, or journals; radio broadcasts; or television documentaries or reports. Prizes will be awarded in each of three competition languages: English, French, and Spanish. The deadline for entry is May 15, 2008. The awards are part of the International Year of Sanitation 2008 activities; the award ceremony will take place at the Stockholm World Water Week, August 17-23, 2008.

Travel Grants Available to Broaden Artists’ Horizons

European Cultural Foundation: STEP beyond
The European Cultural Foundation encourages individuals in the cultural sector to look beyond national and European Union borders in order to give their work or organization a truly European dimension. The Foundation offers an opportunity for individuals to expand their intercultural experience, travel in Europe to learn about others in their fields, and find new partners for their organizations. Because economic circumstances often limit mobility, the Foundation offers STEP beyond grants to help artists and other cultural operators cover basic travel costs, such as visas and train or flight tickets. To date, STEP beyondgrantees have visited over 35 countries and covered more than 400,000 kilometers. There are no deadlines; however, applications must be sent eight weeks prior to the intended date of travel.

Ministry and Study Grants Available for Catholic Women in the Americas

Mary’s Pence
Mary’s Pence is a progressive Catholic community committed to social justice through the efforts of women. Grants are available to Catholic women working with projects aimed at self-empowerment among economically poor women and children throughout the Americas. Mary’s Pence also funds small ministries that emerge as women respond urgently to the needs in their own communities, and establishes revolving funds for networks of women’s groups and cooperatives. The organization provides funding for general operating expenses, including salaries, and the education and training needed for project success. Grants are in the range of US $5,000 and are awarded annually in September. Inquiries are accepted at any time.

Internet Assistance Offered

SEED Connectivity Grant Program
SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development) is a global education program that serves students aged 10-18. SEED’s Connectivity Grant Program provides disadvantaged schools located in developing countries with the financial and technical assistance needed to connect to the Internet. Supported organizations must be willing to share their resources within their community and participate in collaborative projects. Schools that meet the program’s eligibility requirements may contact SEED for application information.

U.S. Federal Deadlines

Excerpts from GrantStation’s Listings of Federal Notices

USAID: Financial Services Implementation Grant Program
Deadline: March 25, 2008
This program seeks to improve housing through financial services targeted to the poor and very poor in the developing world, and seeks, through participation in a learning network, to generate replicable processes, tools, and methodologies for scaling-up the housing microfinance sector.

USAID: MEASURE Phase III Monitoring and Assessment for Results
Deadline: March 25, 2008
MEASURE (Monitoring and Evaluation to Assess and Use Results) seeks to improve collection, analysis, and presentation of data to promote better use in planning, policymaking, managing, monitoring, and evaluating population, health, and nutrition programs. Program elements include HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Avian Influenza, Other Public Health Threats, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, and Water Supply and Sanitation. The program operates in approximately fifty countries in Africa, Europe and Eurasia, Asia and the Near East, and Latin America.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Strengthening Safe Hospitals and Clinics in HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities, Services, and Practices in the Republic of Mozambique under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Deadline: March 31, 2008
This program seeks to further develop activities that began under the University Technical Assistance Program cooperative agreement to support a broad expansion of prevention, care, and treatment services and practices in hospitals and clinics in the Republic of Mozambique. Areas of interest include counseling and testing, infection prevention and control, male circumcision, cervical cancer prevention, gender issues, human capacity development, malaria, tuberculosis, laboratory biosafety, and anti-retroviral treatment sites.

USAID: Transforming Sierra Leone: Linking Democratic Governance, Economic Growth and Natural Resource Management, while Empowering Women and Youth and Building Institutional Capacities
Deadline: March 31, 2008
This program seeks to enhance democratic governance, foster economic growth, and improve natural resource management to benefit the people of Sierra Leone. Program areas consist of good governance, including local government and decentralization, representative and responsive local governance, and delivery of local goods and services; agriculture, including sector productivity, rural and agriculture finance, and agribusiness and producer organizations; and environment, including natural resources and biodiversity, sustainable natural resources management and production, and international cooperation.

USAID: Inter-Agency Annual Program Statement in Support of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in South Africa
Deadline: Concept Papers: January 22 and May 5, 2008; Full Proposals: March 31 and June 9, 2008
The goal of PEPFAR in South Africa is to expand access to HIV-related services to large numbers of South Africans. The program's objectives are to prevent HIV transmission by promoting safe and healthy sexual behavior in HIV-infected and uninfected individuals, reducing mother to child HIV transmission, addressing unsafe medical practices and blood safety, providing appropriate post-exposure services, and improving access to counseling and HIV testing; to provide quality comprehensive evidence-based HIV disease management services for South Africans through private or public sector providers; to improve the quality of life of HIV-infected individuals and their families through the prevention and relief of suffering, pain, and other physical, psycho-social, and spiritual problems associated with life-threatening illness; and to provide quality comprehensive and compassionate care for AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children to help assure they grow up to be healthy, educated, and socially well-adjusted adults. Additional important program objectives address United States Government priorities of sustainability, capacity building, institutional strengthening, and improving equitable access in the public and private health sectors in South Africa.

USAID: Support of the South African Department of Education
Deadline: Concept Papers: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 30, 2008
This program seeks to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS within the South African education sector and to strengthen the capacity of students, teachers, and education officials to deliver quality education and training. The program seeks to increase the number of schools and students that benefit from peer education programs; extend support to life orientation educators; support orphans and vulnerable children in target high schools and their feeder primary schools; support local universities working on HIV and AIDS with students on their campuses and supporting their feeder high schools; and offer technical assistance services to the Department of Education to strengthen its internal systems to address HIV and AIDS and other health issues.

Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration: Programs Assisting Refugee Populations in Thailand
Deadline: Umpiem Mai, Nu Po, and Ban Don Yang: April 1, 2008
This program offers support to provide health, water/sanitation support, gender-based violence prevention and response, income generation, and vocational training programs to Burmese refugee populations in specific refugee camps in Thailand.

Fish and Wildlife Service: African Elephant Conservation Fund, Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, Great Ape Conservation Program, and Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Program
Deadline: April 1, 2008
These programs seek to assist in the conservation of animals by enhancing protection of at-risk animal populations; transfrontier animal conservation; habitat/ecosystem conservation and management; applied research on animal populations and their habitat, including surveys and monitoring; conservation education; protected area/reserve management in important animal ranges; development and execution of animal conservation management plans; strengthening of local capacity to implement conservation programs; wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills; and efforts to decrease human-animal conflict.

Fish and Wildlife Service: Marine Turtle Conservation Fund
Deadline: April 1, 2008
This program supports projects that promote the conservation of marine turtles by focusing on academic and technical training in the conservation and management of marine turtles; applied research on marine turtle populations and their habitats, including surveys and monitoring; conservation education and community outreach for the protection of nesting and near shore foraging populations; development and execution of marine turtle conservation management plans; habitat conservation and management; information exchange to promote international collaboration; projects to protect nesting females and eggs on important nesting beaches; promotion of networks, partnerships, and coalitions that assist in the implementation of conventions, treaties, protocols, and other international activities for the conservation and management of marine turtles; protected area/reserve management of important nesting beaches; strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs on nesting beaches; and strengthening law enforcement capacity and forensics skills through training and equipment.

Migratory Bird Joint Ventures: Sonoran Joint Venture: Bi-National Bird Conservation
Deadline: April 1, 2008
This program supports the investigation and conservation of birds and their habitats, including support for habitat management, research, monitoring, education, community involvement, outreach, ecotourism, and training. The program's ecological regions in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico consist of the arid borderlands, including the Mojave, Sonoran, and Vizcaino Desertscrub; Mexican highlands; California coasts and mountains; and Pacific lowlands.

USAID: U.S.-China Global Climate Change Partnership Program
Deadline: April 1, 2008
This program supports partnerships between U.S. and Chinese organizations to provide technical assistance activities to be implemented in China relating to global climate change.

Department of Education: European Union-United States Atlantis Program
Deadline: April 2, 2008
This program supports the formation of educational consortia of American and European institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the United States and the European Union. The program seeks to develop and implement undergraduate joint or dual degree programs, or short-term exchange programs.

Department of State: Community College Initiative for Egypt
Deadline: April 7, 2008
This program supports study by Egyptian undergraduate students at accredited U.S. community colleges. The initiative will provide quality educational programs, professional development, employment skills, and a deeper understanding of American society to underserved, non-elite Egyptian students, particularly women and students in their early and mid-twenties who already have some work experience.

USAID: Social Marketing Program for Child, Maternal, and Reproductive Health Products and Services
Deadline: April 14, 2008
This program seeks to expand and build upon the achievements of USAID's previous Social Marketing and Behavior Change program in Madagascar. The program seeks to contribute to the improvement of the health status of the Malagasy people, especially women and children, through a social marketing project designed to improve health among key target groups by ensuring widespread access to affordable, high-quality family planning, reproductive health, HIV prevention, malaria prevention and treatment, diarrheal disease prevention and treatment, sexually transmitted infection treatment, and safe water treatment products. Special focus will be given to social marketing activities designed to expand the reach of essential health products and services further into rural and underserved areas. The program also seeks to assist youth, ages 15-24, in delaying the onset of sexual activity, delaying pregnancy, and protecting themselves from unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Fish and Wildlife Service: Latin America and the Caribbean Program
Deadline: April 15, 2008
This program supports projects designed to strengthen the ability of Latin American and Caribbean institutions to manage and conserve species, habitats, and ecological processes for the benefit of the people of the Americas and the world. Of particular interest are projects that build the human and institutional capacity to effectively conserve and manage natural protected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. Program objectives are to advance, through capacity building, the transition of protected areas from legally established but under-implemented “paper parks” to effectively managed landscapes, benefiting species of regional concern; and to develop, strengthen, and replicate high-quality conservation training programs that reach the priority audiences associated with protected areas.

Department of Education: US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
Deadline: April 17, 2008
This program supports the formation of educational consortia of United States and Brazilian institutions to promote cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the U.S. and Brazil.

Department of State: Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration: Programs Assisting Refugee Populations in Pakistan and Recent Returned Refugees in Afghanistan
Deadline: April 18, 2008
This program seeks to address the long-term needs of Afghan refugees and returnees as well as their host communities. In Afghanistan, the program seeks to help anchor returnees and enable communities to support those who have returned home while building capacity to support additional returnees. Within communities of return, the program also seeks to address the needs of extremely vulnerable persons, such as widows and female-headed households. In Pakistan, the program seeks to provide maintenance support and access to essential services for Afghan refugees. Whenever possible, programs should have a cross-border component where refugees in Pakistan are linked to available services in potential areas of return. Programs should include a phased transition of those Afghans remaining in Pakistan to locally available services wherever possible. All projects should seek to address the particular needs of women and girls.

USAID: Annual Program Statement: Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities (with Possible Multiple Awards)
Deadline: May 6 and August 12, 2008
This program supports conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs and activities that bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious, or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and violence in the following countries: Africa: Angola, Burundi, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana (restricted to Northern Ghana), Guinea, Kenya, Mali (restricted to Northern Mali: regions of Timbuktu, Gao, and Kidal), Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan (restricted to Blue Nile State, Southern Kordofan, and Abyei), and Uganda; Asia and the Near East: Bangladesh, East Timor, Israel, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and West Bank/Gaza; Europe and Eurasia: Bosnia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, and Tajikistan; and Latin America and the Caribbean: Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

USAID: Annual Program Statement: Governance: Democracy and Governance (DG) and Good Governance in Education (GoodGIE)
Deadline: Concept Papers: May 30, 2008
These programs support governance-related efforts in Egypt. The Democracy and Governance program seeks to promote and support credible political processes, strengthen democratic political parties, strengthen civil society, promote citizenship and tolerance, establish and ensure media freedom and freedom of information, support democratic local government and decentralization, strengthen the justice sector, promote and protect human rights, promote and support public accountability, and strengthen legislative bodies. The Good Governance in Education program seeks to facilitate collaborative efforts among civil society groups to establish public sector standards of transparency, explore current inefficiencies in the education sector and advocate for appropriate solutions, develop innovative solutions to disparities in education completion, support civic initiatives in furthering efforts of the Ministry of Education to identify the major points of resource leakage, encourage the development of civil society partnerships and independent think-tanks for the purposes of policy advocacy and service delivery related to education reform, conduct policy research analysis and advocacy on issues related to improving educational efficiency and reform, and provide greater citizen participation in the design and oversight of schools, including education reform advocacy groups.

USAID: Care Services for HIV-Infected Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ethiopia
Deadline: Concept Papers: May 30 and August 29, 2008
This program supports orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) activities related to HIV prevention and care in high prevalence, underserved areas of Ethiopia. Program areas include provision of quality, comprehensive, multi-sector coordinated community care for HIV-affected or infected OVC; provision of technical assistance to local OVC programs to create or improve referral systems to and from health facilities, government services, and other community child services; and support for community data collection to monitor progress in OVC well-being and to inform activity implementation and modifications.

USAID: Support to Civil Society Organizations/Faith-Based Organizations Network to Provide HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Services
Deadline: Ongoing. Expires January 31, 2009.
This program supports activities in Nigeria for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, or treatment, including strengthening capacity of indigenous organizations to respond to HIV/AIDS in their communities; providing quality comprehensive and compassionate care for AIDS orphans and vulnerable children; improving the quality of life of HIV-infected individuals and their families through services such as home-based care; preventing HIV transmissions among youth, couples, and most at-risk populations; improving the lives of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through strategic wrap-around programs such as food and nutrition; and strengthening the legal policy and institutional framework for orphans and vulnerable children care and protection at national and sub-national levels.