Funding Opportunities

Knowledge to Practice Grant

Deadline: 2010-Mar-22

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is sponsoring a Knowledge to Practice grant, which focus on increasing the leadership of MCH professionals by facilitating the timely transfer of new information, research findings and technology related to MCH, and updating and improving the knowledge and skills of health professionals in programs serving mothers and children. Deadline for application is March 22, 2010.

Added: 16 Feb, 2010

Autism Society of America

Deadline: 2010-Mar-31

Among the various awards and scholarships the Autism Society of America (ASA) offers is the CVS/All Kids Can Scholars Program. This program provides a $1,000 scholarship to a qualified individual with autism to be applied toward the completion of an accredited, postsecondary educational or vocational program of study. All applications must be postmarked by March 31, 2010.

Added: 02 Mar, 2010

World of Children Health Award

Deadline: 2010-May-01

World of Children, Inc. sponsors the World of Children Awards Program, which supports leaders throughout the country who create programs that make a difference in the lives of children. The 2010 Health Award offers a maximum grant of $50,000 and recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution in the fields of health, medicine, or science. Deadline for nominations is May 1, 2010.

Added: 02 Mar, 2010

Proyecto Vision

Deadline: 2010-Dec-01

Proyecto Visión, a website that provides technical assistance for Latinos with disabilities, has a comprehensive list of scholarship opportunities and internship opportunities for Latino youth and/or adults seeking to further their education or employment status. The list is long, so be sure to check it out to find out if something is a good fit for you or someone you know.

Added: 01 Dec, 2009

United Healthcare Children’s Foundation

Deadline: None given

The United Healthcare Children's Foundation (UHCCF) is accepting grant applications for families who have children with critical healthcare treatment, services, or equipment not covered or not fully covered by their parents' health benefit plans. Deadline for application is open.

Added: 17 Nov, 2009

Hearst Foundation

Deadline: None given

The Hearst Foundations offer funding to direct medical services that promote wellness, prevention, and rehabilitation. Specific areas of interest include cancer, geriatrics, neonatology, perinatology, pediatrics, women's health, and the disabled. Deadline is ongoing.

Added: 17 Nov, 2009

Adolf Coors Foundation

Deadline: None given

The Adolf Coors Foundation is currently offering support to organizations that promote self-sufficiency, leadership, and independence while being well-managed and effective. Grants are considered in the areas of human services, youth, and education. Deadlines are March 1, July 1, and November 1.

Added: 03 Nov, 2009

National Institutes of Health

Deadline: None given

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering support to encourage research that applies methods and approaches from biobehavioral sciences to develop new and more useful definitions of and measures for functioning across multiple domains relevant to people with disabilities associated with mental disorders.

Added: 01 Sep, 2009

United Healthcare Children’s Foundation

Deadline: None given

The United Healthcare Children's Foundation (UHCCF) is accepting grant applications for families who need help paying for their child’s healthcare services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy sessions, prescriptions, and medical equipment such as wheel chairs, orthotics, and eyeglasses. Deadline to apply is open.

Added: 21 Jul, 2009

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

Deadline: None given

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research/NIH/DHHS is providing two different grants for research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities. Health disparities between racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, rural residents, and the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Deadlines are available in program announcement.
Program announcement PAR-07-379
Program announcement PAR-07-380

Added: 02 Jun, 2009

AAHD Scholarship Program

Deadline: None given

The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) Scholarship Program is offering support to students with disabilities who are pursuing higher education. Preference will be given to students who plan to pursue undergraduate/graduate studies in the field of public health, health promotion, disability studies, to include disability policy and disability research. The program accepts applications year-round.

Added: 19 May, 2009

SAMHSA Consumer Network Grant Program

Deadline: None given

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is soliciting applications to help statewide consumer-run organizations build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective mental health services.

Added: 07 Apr, 2009

AAP Lists Funding Opportunities

Deadline: None given

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has highlighted a variety of funding announcements for the month of April on their Funding Opportunities webpage. The list includes opportunities from the Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Program, and the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP), among others.

Added: 07 Apr, 2009

Tuition Scholarships Available for Medical Home Summit

Deadline: None given

The National Medical Home Summit, scheduled March 2-3 in Philadelphia, PA, is offering a limited number of scholarships to practicing primary care physicians and students, and qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer advocate organizations, safety net providers and health services research organizations. The scholarships will be used to cover expenses associated with conference attendance

Added: 17 Feb, 2009

Jostens Offers Community Grants

Deadline: None given

The Jostens Foundation continually provides support to organizations that enhance the lives of youth and promote educational opportunities. These opportunities must significantly and positively impact children from birth through college. Visit the Jostens Foundation website for more information about how to apply and the next upcoming deadline.

Added: 03 Feb, 2009

Technical Assistance to support Community-Level Screening

Deadline: None given

The Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC), with support from the Commonwealth Fund, has announced an exciting technical assistance opportunity for two selected states or regions. This opportunity, called the Linking at-risk Children to Developmental/Behavioral Programs: National Replication of Connecticut's Help Me Grow Program, hopes to implement changes at the state level in order to coordinate early screening and referral of children at the community level.

Added: 16 Dec, 2008

Grant Looks to Reduce Stigmas and Discrimination

Deadline: None given

The sponsors of this grant offer support for applicants who are determined to assess the effectiveness of existing stigma and discrimination reduction programs and approaches, develop innovative new programs and approaches, and examine the role of media in the stigma and discrimination.  To learn more, visit the announcement on grants.gov.

Added: 16 Dec, 2008

Medical Assistance Granted to Individual Families

Deadline: None given

Grants from the United Healthcare Children’s Foundation hope to assist families who have children with critical healthcare treatment, services, or equipment not covered or not fully covered by their parents' health benefit plans. These grants can help pay for child healthcare services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, prescriptions, and medical equipment. Parents and legal guardians may apply.

Added: 18 Nov, 2008

“Pay It Forward” Mini Grants

Deadline: None given

The Pay It Forward Foundation is offering Mini-Grants to projects that contain a "pay it forward" focus - that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially. These mini-grants are designed to fund service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community.

Added: 03 Sep, 2008

Xerox Foundation Provides a Range of Funding

Deadline: None given

The Xerox Foundation provides support to a variety of organizations that provide programs and services in cities where Xerox employees work and live. Xerox also provides grants to colleges and universities that prepare students for careers in business, science, government, and education and that enhance learning opportunities for minorities and the disadvantaged. Funding varies from proposal to proposal.

Added: 05 Aug, 2008

Knight Initiative Addresses Local Information Needs

Deadline: None given

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched an exciting new initiative that challenges community foundations to find creative uses of media and technology to help keep communities informed and their citizens engaged. Recent information suggests that local information is not readily available in the United States. The Knight initiative hopes to make that information a priority by partnering with organizations within communities. This initiative is also seen as an opportunity for community foundations to provide civic leadership. To learn more about the steps to take to apply for this challenge, visit the Knight Foundation website.

Added: 01 Jul, 2008

Foundation Striving to Enrich Lives

Deadline: None given

The Charles Lafitte Foundation supports a variety of causes such as education, children’s advocacy, medical research and issues, and the arts. The foundation believes that providing for and supporting inventive and effective ways of helping people help themselves and others around them will ultimately lead to lead healthy, satisfying, and enriched lives.

To learn more, contact Jennifer Vertetis at jennifer@charleslafitte.org or visit the Charles Lafitte Foundation website.

Added: 15 Apr, 2008

Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization

Deadline: None given

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is calling for proposals and hopes to stimulate projects that examine significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality, and access; and the exploration or testing of major new ways to finance and organize health care.
Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; proposals may be submitted at any time.

Learn more at: http://www.hcfo.net/cfp.pdf

Added: 01 Apr, 2008

McDonald House Looks for Organizations That Improve Wellbeing of Children

Deadline: None given

Ronald McDonald House Charities is providing support to national and/or international organizations that have a specific program that directly improves children’s health and wellbeing. They must also have a significant funding gap and opportunity for long-term impact. Eligible applicants are non-profit, tax-exempt organizations.

To learn more, visit:
http://www.rmhc.org/rmhc/...

Added: 28 Jan, 2008

Providing Accessibility and Affordability to All Children

Deadline: None given

Many families have children with difficult medical and financial challenges. The United Healthcare Children's Foundation provides financial assistance to families whose insurance doesn't completely cover all of their child's healthcare costs. For additional information and to view video clips of children who have received a grant, go to:

http://www.uhccf.org/

Added: 11 Dec, 2007