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For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; (617) 635-3817 or e-mail: michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/08/01/01 Page 1FUNDING $ UPDATEMayor's Office of Intergovernmental Relations

_________________________________________________________________________________________________July 23, 2001 through July 27, 2001

INDEX

EconomicDevelopment

· Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families, Second Request for Applications under the Office of Community Services' Fiscal Year 2001 Assets for Independence

Demonstration Program (IDA Program)Page 2

Education· Coca-Cola Foundation, Grants for Education · Council for Aid to Education, The 2001 Leaders for Change Award · American Council of Learned Societies, Charles A. Ryskamp Research

Fellowships

· American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS Fellowships, including ACLS/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships for Junior Faculty, ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Residential Fellowships.Pages 3-4 Elderly· Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Community Partnerships for Older

Adults ProgramPages 4-5

Health· Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Antiretroviral Drug Sentinel Surveillance To Examine Trends in Prevalence of Drug Resistant Strains of HIV · Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration, Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program · Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust, Grants for Research · The Center for Studying Health Systems Change, Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

· Cure For Lymphoma Foundation, New Clinical Investigator Career

Development Grant OpportunityPages 5-6

HistoricPreservation

· Quinque Foundation, Fellows Program in ConservationPage 7 Housing· Department of Housing and Urban Development/Fair Housing Initiatives Program, Education and Outreach - National Program: Model Codes

Partnership ComponentPages 7-8

Hunger· Bonner Foundation, The Crisis Ministry ProgramPage 8 Justice· Massachusetts Department of Social Services, Alternative Lock-Up

Program (ALP-1 )

· Department of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Program Announcement for Missing and Exploited Children Nonprofit Organizations and Family Support ProgramPages 8-9 Miscellaneous· United States Institute Of Peace, Unsolicited Grant Competition Grant

Program

· AT&T Foundation, AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowships

ProgramPages 9-10

Technology· Verizon Foundation, E-Grants for NonprofitsPage 10 Women & Girls· American Association of University Women Educational Foundation,

2002-2003 Fellowship and Grant ProgramsPages 10-12

For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 2· The National Alliance of Breast Cancer,Grants to Help Improve Women's

Ability to be Screened for Breast CancerECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families Second Request for Applications under the Office of Community Services' Fiscal Year 2001 Assets for Independence Demonstration Program (IDA Program) Program:The purpose of the program is to provide for the establishment of demonstration projects designed to determine: ü The social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their earned income; ü The extent to which an asset-based policy that promotes saving for postsecondary education, homeownership, and microenterprise development may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self- sufficiency; and ü the extent to which an asset-based policy stabilizes and improves families and the community in which the families live. There are some 300 IDA programs of various designs operating today in different communities across the country. Most are quite new and all are in the process of learning what design features work best with a variety of circumstances and target populations. Funds:$6 million to be available under Priority Area 1.0 for funding commitments for up to 20 new projects, not to exceed $1,000,000 each for the five-year project and budget periods.

Deadline:August 23, 2001.

Eligible:One or more not-for-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations, or a State or local government agency or a tribal government submitting an application jointly with such a not-for-profit organization, or an entity that meets the following criteria: (a) a credit union designated as a low-income credit union by the National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA); or

(b) an organization designated as a community development financial institution by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund); and (II) can demonstrate a collaborative relationship with a local community-based organization whose activities are designed to address poverty in the community and the needs of community members for economic independence and stability.

Info:Sheldon Shalit, Phone: (202) 401-4807, Email: sshalit@acf.dhhs.gov, or Richard Saul,Phone: (202) 401-9341, Email: rsaul@acf.dhhs.gov, Department of Health and HumanServices, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, 370

L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Washington, DC, 20447. Link:

FR:7/23 38457-38492

For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 3EDUCATION

Coca-Cola Foundation

Grants for Education

Program:The Coca-Cola Foundation aims to provide youth with the educational opportunities and support systems they need to become knowledgeable and productive citizens. Education is a fundamental means to help individuals reach their full potential. The Foundation, by committing its resources to education, can help to address society's greatest educational challenges and to provide quality learning opportunities.

Funds:15.7 millions given in 2000.

Deadline:September 1, 2001, December 1, 2001 and June 1, 2002. Eligible:Public and private colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, teacher- training programs, educational programs for minority students, and global educational programs. Info:The Coca-Cola Foundation, Grants Administration P.O. Box 1734, Atlanta, Georgia

30301, Link: http://www2.coca-cola.com/business/community/foundation_coke.htmlCouncil for Aid to Education

The 2001 Leaders for Change Award

Program:Applications for the 2001 Leaders for Change Award presented by the Council for Aid to Education. The award recognizes corporate commitment to improving learning at any educational level through the company's systemic efforts in a program that has been operating for at least three years and has received at least $250,000 in support. Programs can be administered by or be in partnership with a nonprofit organization, or be administered independently by a corporation. Previous winners have included programs for teachers' professional development and for improving the technological capabilities of schools and students' families.

Deadline:September 25, 2001.

Eligible:Businesses or their nonprofit partners in an educational program. Info:Amy de Cillia, CAE, 215 Lexington Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY. 10016, Phone:

(212) 661-5800, Fax: (212) 661-9766, Email: amy@cae.org, Link: http://www.cae.orgAmerican Council of Learned Societies

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships

Program:Fellowships support advanced assistant professors in the humanities and related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research. Fellowships seek to provide time and resources to enable faculty members to conduct research under optimal conditions. Funds:$60,000, plus $2,500 for research and travel.

Deadline:October 10, 2001.

Eligible:The Ryskamp Fellowship Program is open to tenure-track Assistant Professors who have successfully completed their institution's review for reappointment (or equivalent), but have not yet been reviewed for tenure. Applicants must also be employed at institutions in the US, and must remain so for the duration of the fellowship. Info:Office of Fellowships and Grants, American Council of Learned Societies, 228 East 45th For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 4Street, New York, NY 10017-3398, Link: http://www.acls.org/ex-felcomp.htmAmerican Council of Learned Societies

ACLS Fellowships, including ACLS/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships for Junior Faculty, ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public

Library Residential Fellowships.

Program:In response to increasingly rigorous expectations for tenure, funding will be available for an additional 22 fellowships for Assistant Professors or the equivalent with at least 2 years' teaching experience.

Funds:$50,000 for Full Professor and equivalent.

$40,000 for Associate Professor and equivalent. $30,000 for Assistant Professor and equivalent.

Deadline:October 1, 2001.

Eligible:The ACLS Fellowship Program welcomes applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, geography, history, languages and literatures, law, linguistics, musicology, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political philosophy). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. Info:Office of Fellowships and Grants, American Council of Learned Societies, 228 East 45th Street, New York, NY 10017-3398, Link: http://www.acls.org/ex-felcomp.htmELDERLY

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Community Partnerships for Older Adults Program

Program:The Community Partnerships for Older Adults Program helps communities develop and sustain comprehensive long-term care and systems of support services to meet the needs of elderly people. The program focuses on two groups: vulnerable individuals at least 60 years old who are at increased risk of disability because of advanced age, chronic illness, ethnicity, poverty, or race, and elderly people with cognitive or physical impairments who require long-term care and supportive services. Participating communities must have a partnership of key groups that may include individuals, government officials, local leaders, nonprofit groups, private businesses, public agencies, and social-service and health organizations. Funds:Average grants size: $150,000 for an 18-month period.

Deadline:Letters of intent: September 14, 2001.

Eligible:Health providers, federal agencies, foundations, and nonprofit groups may apply. Projects must affect a specific geographic area with at least 10,000 residents age 60 or older, and applicants must demonstrate that at least a partial community wide infrastructure for long- term care and supportive services already exists Info:Laura Lowenthal, Community Partnerships for Older Adults, Muskie School of Public For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 5Service, U. of Southern Maine 15 Baxter Boulevard, P.O. Box 9300, Portland, Me. 04101,

Phone: (207) 228-8374, Link: http://www.muskie.usm.maine.edu/communitypartnershipsHEALTH Department of Health and Human Services/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Antiretroviral Drug Sentinel Surveillance To Examine Trends in Prevalence of Drug Resistant

Strains of HIV

Program Announcement 01194

Program:The purpose of the program is to estimate trends in the prevalence of drug resistant strains of HIV in adults by testing HIV positive sera submitted to state or metropolitan area public health laboratories for HIV testing.

Funds:Total funds available: $1,000,000.

Number of awards: 3.

Average award size: $330,000.

Deadline:August 31, 2001.

Eligible:Health departments of States, or their bona fide agents.

Info:Link: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-18756-filed

To receive additional written information and to request an application kit, call 1-888-472-

6874. You will be asked to leave your name and address and will be instructed to identify

the Announcement number of interest.

FR:7/27 39172-39174

Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources and Services Administration

Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program

Program:The Act provides for compassionate payments to certain individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who were treated with antihemophilic factor within a specified time period and contracted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as to certain persons who contracted HIV from these individuals. In the event individuals eligible for payment are deceased, the Act also provides for payments to certain survivors of these individuals.

Deadline:November 13, 2001.

Info:Ricky Ray Program Office, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 8A-54, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, Link: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-18834-filed

FR:7/27 39180-39181

Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust

Grants for Research

Program:Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust, supports studies on the causes of alcoholism and addiction. To apply, send a brief summary proposal, proposed budget, proof of nonprofit status, and investigator's bio-sketch. The trust may request additional information after initial review. For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 6Funds:The trust, which expects to award about $200,000 this year, will consider basic, clinical

and social-environmental proposals. Grant requests can be for up to $50,000.

Deadline:August 31, 2001.

Eligible:Non-profits

Info:Send applications to Katharine G. Lidz, P.O. Box 751, Norristown, PA 19404; 610-279- 3370.

The Center for Studying Health Systems Change

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Program:The Change in health Care Financing and Organization Program (HCFO) is requesting proposals to conduct research and analyses using data sets from the Center for Studying Health Care Change's (HSC) Community tracking Study and from the Urban Institute's National Survey of America's Families.The primary aim of this call for proposal is to stimulate projects using these data sources that could; inform public and private health policy leaders about key issues in health care policy and market developments; encourage the use of the rich survey data to answer new and innovative questions; or, for a small proportion of projects, advance methodological underpinnings of research using survey data especially in combination with data sources other than those in this solicitation.

Funds:Varies.

Deadline:August 31, 2001.

Eligible:Research from any discipline are eligible apply. Preference will be given to applicants that

are public agencies or are tax exempt. Info:Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, Attn: HCFO, 1801 K Street,NW, Suite 701-L, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: 202-292-6700, Fax 202-292-

6800, e-mail: HCFO@ahsrhp.org, Link: http://www.hcfo.net/specifieddata.htmCure For Lymphoma Foundation

New Clinical Investigator Career Development Grant Opportunity Program:The Cure For Lymphoma Foundation is a nationwide, not-for-profit organization dedicated to funding research and providing support and education for those whose lives have been affected by Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The purpose of the organization's new three-year Clinical Investigator Career Development Grant is to train clinicians to serve as Clinical Investigators in the development of future diagnostic interventions and treatments for lymphoma, with a focus on the design and administration of lymphoma clinical research. The grant is designed to provide clinicians with support to spend at least half their time implementing clinical studies in lymphoma. Funds:CFL will award three to five grants annually, with the $225,000 award providing salary and educational support in the amount of $75,000 per year for three years.

Deadline:October 12, 2001.

Eligible:Clinicians.

Info:Fran Morris, Director of Medical & Scientific Outreach, Cure For Lymphoma Foundation

215 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016, Phone: (212) 213-9595 or 1-800-235-6848,

Fax: (212) 213-1987, Email: fmorris@cfl.org, Link: http://www.cfl.org/research.cfm For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 7HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Quinque Foundation

Fellows Program in Conservation

Program:The Quinque Foundation, a private US-based charitable trust, has announced a partnership with Historic Scotland, an agency within the Scottish Executive charged with safeguarding Scotland's built heritage, and invites applications for the Quinque Fellows Program. Through the program, tradespeople, professionals, scholars, architects, and historians in the conservation and preservation field will travel from the US to Scotland or from Scotland to the US to participate in educational course work and hands-on training and field projects at historic sites. The program's objective is to create practitioners who can contribute to the repair of buildings in the US and Scotland by marrying the practical hands-on skills of traditional crafts with a sound scientific conservation training that includes materials science and conservation ethics. Funds:Fellowships range from $5,000 to $15,000 and run for 6 to 12 weeks throughout the year.

Deadline:September 24, 2001.

Eligible:The foundation is currently accepting applications from both US-based and Scottish-based preservation and conservation professionals. Applicants must be sponsored by a nonprofit organization as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All fellowship grants will be made to the nonprofit organization serving as the grantee organization, not to the individual fellow. Info:Hilary Joy, Program Officer, Philanthropic Advisors, 400 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA

02110-3333, Phone: (617) 574-3553, Fax: (617) 574-4112, Email:

hjoy@goulstonstorrs.comHOUSING

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing Initiatives Program

Education and Outreach - National Program: Model Codes Partnership Component Program:The purpose of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) is to increase compliance with the Fair Housing Act (the FHAct) and with substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. The activities funded under the Education and Outreach - National Program: Model Codes Partnership Component will seek to promote a collaborative partnership among builders and other housing industry providers and associations and disability advocacy or fair housing groups to encourage the adoption of model building codes at the State and local level that are consistent with the accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Act, its regulations and the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines.

Funds:Total funds available: $1,000,000.

Deadline:August 24, 2001.

Eligible:A partnership of a minimum of two entities, at least one of which is a disability advocacy or fair housing group or organization. Info:Ms. Dorca Gomez, Chairperson, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Room 601, 1 Ashburton Place, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, Phone: 617-727-3990, Link: For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 818568-filedFR:7/25 38845-38881HUNGER

Bonner Foundation

The Crisis Ministry Program

Program:Over the last seven years, the Bonner Foundation's Crisis Ministry Program has provided $10 million in grants to thousands of religious, community-based hunger relief programs across the country. The mission of the program is to provide food for the hungry while encouraging congregations to build community relationships and strengthen their outreach programs. The program's focus is on funding the purchase of food for anti-hunger initiatives that are supported by congregations with the involvement of their clergy; are actively involved in addressing the underlying causes of their clients' hunger; and are located in economically and socially disadvantaged communities of the United States.

Funds:Range of grant size: $2,000 to $10,000.

Deadline:September 1, 2001 and December 1, 2001

Eligible:Community-based crisis ministry programs that are sponsored by a congregation or a coalition of congregations, which show a strong initiative in leadership in the fight against hunger and related issues in their community. Info:The Bonner Foundation, 10 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08852, Phone: 609-924-6663, Fax: 609-683-4626, Link: http://www.bonner.org/faithbased/crisisministry.htmJUSTICE

Massachusetts Department of Social Services

Alternative Lock-Up Program (ALP-1 )

Program:The Department of Social Services is seeking proposals from qualified human service agencies to provide services for the Alternative Lock-Up Program (ALP). The purpose of this service is to aid Commonwealth of Massachusetts State and local police in their efforts to comply with federal and state regulation regarding the placement of juveniles in their custody for either status or non-violent delinquent offenses. ALP is capable of providing short term, alternative placement to lockup for these juveniles until they can be brought to court for arraignment on their charges.

Funds:Total funds available: $778,589.

Deadline:August 29, 2001.

Eligible:See RFR.

Info:Fran Carbone , Residential Services, 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210, Phone:

(617) 748-2000, Link: http://www.comm-pass.com/Comm-PASS/Scripts/xdoc_view.idc?doc_id=011576&dept_code=&cp_xx=

A bidder's conference will be held on August 1 from 10 am until noon ast the DSS Central Office at 24 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210 in Conference Room B. For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 9Department of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Program Announcement for Missing and Exploited Children Nonprofit Organizations and Family

Support Program

Program:To provide ongoing oversight, support, and assistance to missing and exploited children nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to improve the quality of services for missing and exploited children and their families and to provide ongoing support and one-on-one assistance to families of children who have been exploited or abducted or who are otherwise missing.

Funds:Total funds available: up to $375,000.

Deadline:August 24, 2001

Eligible:Public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals. Joint applications from two or more eligible applicants are welcome; however, one applicant must be clearly indicated as the primary applicant (for correspondence, award, and management purposes) and the others indicated as co-applicants. Info:Ronald C. Laney, Director, Child Protection Division, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Phone: 202-616-3637, Link: http://www.tgci.com/fedrgtxt/01-18584.txt To obtain a copy of the application kit, call the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-

8736 or send an e-mail request to puborder@ncjrs.org. The kit is also available online atwww.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/grants/2000_app_kit/index.html.FR:7/25 38742-38746MISCELLANEOUS

United States Institute Of Peace

Unsolicited Grant Competition Grant Program

Program:The Agency announces its Upcoming Fall Unsolicited Grant Program, which offers support for research, education and training, and the dissemination of information on international peace and conflict resolution.

Deadline:October 1, 2001.

Info:United States Institute of Peace, Grant Program Unsolicited Grants, 1200 17th Street, NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-3011, Phone: (202) 429-3842 (phone), Email:

grant_program@usip.org, Links: www.usip.org and http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-18455-filed

FR:7/26 39084

AT&T Foundation

AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowships Program Program:The following are the overarching objectives of the program: ü To produce university faculty and students who can contribute to solving global and regional environmental problems and help shape environmentally and economically efficient strategies that have a firm scientific and engineering basis; and ü To advance the theoretical basis for the field of industrial ecology and its application

in service sectors, industrial activity, and regulatory arenas.Among the activities that might be considered by faculty who wish to submit proposals are:

For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 10ü Developing models and systems for understanding and quantifying the impacts of

services and service infrastructures, such as the internet, on the environment; ü Understanding how, and developing ways by which, information can be substituted for other inputs into the economy; ü Designing and piloting of innovative and interdisciplinary courses and curricula which raise the awareness of engineers and scientists about the environmental problems and the contribution which informed technology can make to their solutions; ü Supporting activities, such as modeling, which bring scientific and engineering realities to the regulatory table; and, ü Developing guidelines and practical economic and environmental tools for rational decision making.

Funds:Award size: $25,000.

Deadline:September 17, 2001.

Info:AT&T Foundation Industrial Ecology Program, Attention: Program Director Room 5C106C, 900 Route 202/206, North Bedminster, NJ 07921, Link:

Verizon Foundation

E-Grants for Nonprofits

Program:Non-profits without Internet access are eligible to apply for EGrants from the Verizon Foundation. Verizon Foundation is announcing the availability of eGrants for dialup Internet access or high-speed Internet access, from the ISP (Internet Service Provider) of their choice.

Funds:$240.

Deadline:Rolling.

Eligible:Nonprofits with annual budgets under $500,000 are eligible to apply.

Info:To request an application form, send an E-mail to verizon.foundation@verizon.com orsend a fax requesting an application form to 212-398-4362 or call 1-800-360-7955, option

5. Link:

WOMEN & GIRLS

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation

2002-2003 Fellowship and Grant Programs

Program:The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation, the largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women in the world, provides funds to advance education, research, and self-development for women, and to foster equity and positive societal change. The foundation provides support to the following: ü Scholars pursuing a wide range of academic research; ü Public school teachers encouraging girls' achievement in math, science, and For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's

webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 11technology; Community activists helping to improve the lives of women and girls

through education; ü Women at critical stages of their careers, as well as those preparing for professions underrepresented by women and women of color. In addition, special funding is available for a college/university scholar-in-residence to research issues of gender and equity. Ø Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Funds are available for tuition, fees, books, supplies, local transportation, and dependent care. Funds are not available for distance learning. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents whose last degree was received before June 30,

1997. Those qualifying for Selected Professions Fellowships are not eligible to

receive Career Development Grants. Ø Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches, AAUW state organizations, and local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or nondegree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.Applicants must be women who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Grant projects must have direct public impact, be nonpartisan, and take place within the United States or its territories. Ø Professional Development Fellowships of up to $5,000 will fund K-12 women public school teachers to attend the five-day Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Institute held at the end of July 2002 in Washington, D.C. The fellowship also covers additional professional development workshops or conferences and provides seed money for planning a gender-equity, school-based program. Additional support is available for a colleague to attend the Teacher Institute. Up to 25 Professional

Development Fellowships will be awarded.

Ø Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low (see list below). Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.Candidates in all programs except the master's in engineering and medicine are eligible to apply for support for the final year of study only and are expected to receive their degrees at the end of the fellowship year. Women pursuing master's in engineering programs are eligible to apply for either the first or final year of study. Women in medical programs may apply for either their third or final year of study. Doctoral candidates in engineering must be entering the final stages of writing their dissertations. Special consideration is given to applicants who show professional promise in innovative or neglected areas of research or practice in areas of public interest. Info:American Association of University Women, 1111 Sixteenth St. NW Washington, DC

20036, Phone: (800) 326-AAUW, Email: info@aauw.org, Link:http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra.html

For more information about the Funding Update, contact Michelle Kweder; 635-3817 or e-mail:michelle.kweder@ci.boston.ma.us. Also access the Funding Update on the City of Boston's webpage: http://www.cityofboston.com/intergovernmental/Page 12The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Grants to Help Improve Women's Ability to be Screened for Breast Cancer Program:Within Our Reach (WOR) is a grantmaking and technical assistance program established by the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), the leading national non-profit information and education resource on breast cancer and a national force in patient advocacy. The program's mission is to increase the number of medically underserved women in the United States who receive breast cancer education and screening services. Evidence suggests that more widespread use of regular screening mammography has been a major contributor to recent improvements in breast cancer survival rates.

Funds:Maximum grant size: $50,000.

Deadline:Letters of inquiry: August 10, 2001.

Eligible:Public and private Non-profits helping to provide medically underserved women with cancer education and screening services. Info:Nicole Bockner, Outreach Programs, 9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY Phone: (212) 889-0606, Link: http://www.nabco.org/whatsnew/fund/within2.htmlquotesdbs_dbs17.pdfusesText_23