Federal government

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2010 Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship Program
Senior fire executives will be awarded fellowships to attend Harvard's annual Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 12, 2010
    Sponsor: U.S. Fire Administration

Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT)
Grants to eligible institutions to provide financial support through traineeships for registered nurses.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 7, 2009
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Health Information Technology Extension Program: Regional Centers
Grants to establish Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers to offer technical assistance, guidance and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care providers’ efforts to become users of Electronic Health Records.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Sep 28, 2010
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Funding to reduce risk factors, prevent/delay chronic disease, promote wellness in children and adults, and provide positive, sustainable health change in communities.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 6, 2009
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

AmeriCorp Indian Tribes Planning Grants
Grants directly to Tribes and Tribal organizations to assist them in developing an AmeriCorps program.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 26, 2010
    Sponsor: Corporation for National and Community Service: For Faith-Based and Other Community Organizations

AmeriCorps State and National Grants
Funding is available to support multi-state programs addressing critical community needs through service of professionals, paraprofessionals, and pre-professionals in communities with shortages of these professionals.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 26, 2010
    Sponsor: Corporation for National and Community Service: For Faith-Based and Other Community Organizations

BPHC Loan Guarantee Program
Loan program to Section 330 health centers to obtain a loan guarantee for the financing of a medical facility construction, renovation and modernization.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Bureau of Primary Health Care

Community Development Transportation Lending Services (CTAA)
Provides loan funding to support transit services in rural areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Community Transportation Association of America

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program
Grants to develop integrated home and community-based services and supports for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging the development and expansion of effective and enduring systems of care.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 8, 2009
    Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)
Funding to support short-term preparatory, pilot or feasibility studies that will inform larger scale real world health IT implementation and use or the conduct of more comprehensive health IT implementation research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 16, 2011
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Family Planning Services Grants
Grants to provide family planning services.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Office of Population Affairs

Healthy Homes Demonstration Program
Develops, demonstrates, and promotes cost-effective, preventive measures to correct multiple safety and health hazards in the home environment that produce serious diseases and injuries in children of low income.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 24, 2009
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Grant Program
Funding to grassroots, nonprofit, community-and faith-based victim organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to victims of crime.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice

Indian Health Service Dental Externships
Externships to dental students interested in a career with the Indian Health Service Division of Oral Health or a Tribal site.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2010
    Sponsor: Indian Health Service

National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment funding to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals to provide primary health services in selected health professional shortage areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Sep 30, 2010
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI)
PHLI is a one-year tuition-free leadership development program for high-potential leaders with a commitment to leading in their own organizations and communities, but also leading system change on the national scene.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 15, 2010
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program
A loan repayment program to attract health professionals to careers in clinical research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
This program provides an incentive for health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to conduct clinical research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

NIH Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program
A loan repayment program for health professionals who commit to do research related to health disparities.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program
A loan repayment program to attract health professionals to careers in pediatric research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2009
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2010
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships (NATP)
Grants to eligible institutions for projects that support traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a Master's nurse anesthesia program.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 7, 2009
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR)
Grants to strengthen the capacity for basic nurse education and practice and address the shortage of nurses in the health care workforce.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 22, 2009
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

Oral Health of Special Needs and Older Populations
Financial awards for clinical research focused on oral health of special needs populations.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Jan 8, 2010
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Public Health Conference Support Grant Program
Grants to provide partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention information and education programs, and applied research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 11, 2009
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on their eligible federal student loans after they have made 120 payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed full time by certain public service employers.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research (RC4)
Funding to support the development, expansion, or reconfiguration of infrastructures needed to facilitate collaboration between academic health centers and community-based organizations for health science research.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Letter of Intent (Optional): Nov 12, 2009
    Application Deadline: Dec 11, 2009
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Research on Rural Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders (R01)
Grants to stimulate research on mental health, HIV/AIDS and/or drug abuse problems in rural and frontier communities.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: National Institutes of Health

Rural Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program - Long Term Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance program to provide transit planning assistance for facility and service development and expansion.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 23, 2009
    Sponsor: Community Transportation Association of America

Rural Transit Assistance Programs (RTAP)
Funding for training, technical assistance, and other support services for rural transit operators.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Federal Transit Administration

Safety-net Facility Improvements
Facilities-capital challenge grant in community-based health centers through a variety of funding methods, including program-related investments or below market rate loans.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Kresge Foundation

SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Mar 30, 2010
    Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Service Area Competition Funding for Health Center Program (Areas Served Through Grants with a Project Period Start Date of September 1, 2010)
Funding to provide comprehensive primary health care services to an underserved area or population.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Dec 21, 2009
    Sponsor: Bureau of Primary Health Care

Tribal Passenger Transportation Technical Assistance Program - Long Term Technical Assistance
Technical assistance program to help Native American tribes enhance economic growth and development by improving transportation services.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Nov 23, 2009
    Sponsor: Community Transportation Association of America

USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: USDA Rural Development

Utilizing Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality (R18)
Funding to support health information technology (IT) demonstration projects that evaluate factors associated with successful implementation and utilization of health IT in order to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness & efficiency of health care.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Sep 25, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality