ELSEVIER FOUNDATION INNOVATIVE LIBRARIES AND NEW SCHOLARS PROGRAMS

Deadline: June 24 (First-Round Applications). Grants between $5K and $50K to institutions around the world working to support libraries and early-to mid-career women scientists in the developing world. The program provides grants to libraries in the developing world to improve access to scientific, technical, and medical information. Priorities include professional librarian training and projects that demonstrate the link between research access, training, usage, and health impact. Info and app:

http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate-social-responsibility/the-elsevier-foundation-calls-for-2013-new-scholars-and-innovative-libraries-projects

KNIGHT FOUNDATION COMMUNITY INFORMATION CHALLENGE

Deadline: June 1. Up to $50K in seed funding to help community and place-based organizations launch news and information projects that have an impact on issues they care about and ensure that residents are informed and engaged. Priority will be given to Open Government projects that improve the way people and their governments interact. Knight’s definition of Open Government is broad and includes data transparency to technology to increase citizen participation. Info and app: 

http://www.knightfoundation.org/kcic/

NOW AVAILABLE!!

The A to Z Grantwriting Newsletter MAY 2013 at

http://www.atozgrantwriting.com/

A TO Z GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP RECEIVES — ANOTHER — POSITIVE EVALUATION

from Otis College of Art and Design “Public Practice MFA Program directed by Suzanne Lacy GO TO

http://www.atozgrantwriting.com/evaluations.php

A TO Z GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP RECEIVES POSITIVE EVALUATIONS

from Cal State University Long Beach Professional Practices Program presented for thirty-two BFA and MFA students GO TO

http://www.atozgrantwriting.com/evaluations.php

“FUEL UP TO PLAY 60” K-12 NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GRANTS

Deadline: June 4. Grants up to $4K will be awarded to K-12 schools to help students and adults select and implement a series of activities that result in long-term changes in student nutrition and physical activity. Info and app:

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/funds/funds_for_futp60.php

BUSH FOUNDATION 2013 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Deadline: May 24 (References Due May 20). Two-year fellowships between $30K and $80K to qualified individuals who care deeply about their communities and have a vision for how it can be a better place for everyone who lives there. Info and app:

http://www.bushfoundation.org/solutions/building-leadership-capacity/bush_fellowship

PIONEER DRAMA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA PROGRAMS FOR “THE SHOW MUST GO ON” VIDEO CONTEST

Deadline: June 30.  Up to $10K in scripts and royalties to middle and high schools for three-minute videos created by students and staff that demonstrate why “the show must go on” on at their school. Info and app:  http://www.pioneerdrama.com/Video_Contest_Home.asp

STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS FOUNDATION 2013-14 OBSERVERS PROGRAM

Deadline: June 1 & July 31. Twenty-five emerging directors and choreographers will receive paid opportunities to observe the work of master directors and choreographers as they create productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and at leading regional theaters across the country. Info and app:

http://www.sdcweb.org/

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ‘UNTRADITIONAL’ ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Grants totaling $1.4M will support partnerships between artists and organizations working to create and pilot methods for reaching the public and developing interest in and access to jazz, theater, and contemporary dance. Full Press Release: “The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Awards $1.475 Million in Grants to Artists and Organizations Working Together to Build Demand for the Performing Arts.” 4/09/13.

http://www.ddcf.org/Global/Arts/Building%20Demand%20for%20the%20Arts/2013%20DD%20Artist%20Residencies%20Press%20Release.pdf