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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu [mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>GIFT Center News<br><b>Sent:</b> November 03, 2010 3:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> giftcenternews@al.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 11.03.10 [66]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=981 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB7CF3.466C7040" alt=Alert><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After reviewing specific grant opportunity guidelines, contact the GIFT Center with any further questions, <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. If a good fit is determined and you are interested in submitting a charitable grant request, please also contact your unit’s development office. Note that appropriate routing for some opportunities may be UA Sponsored Projects Services and/or the VP for Research and Graduate Studies. If routing is most appropriate through the GIFT Center please remember that the GIFT Center requires three days prior to the mailing deadline to review a charitable grant proposal; electronic proposals and those with signature requirements require a week. To initiate review before your submission, send a draft proposal and funder guidelines to your GIFT Center contact (if applicable) and to <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Internal<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Faculty Seed Grants and the Community Connection Grants Programs<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Deadline: January 7, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The University of Arizona Foundation and the Office of the Vice President for Research, Graduate Studies, and Economic Development (OVPR) continue to support innovative work, and are happy to announce this request for proposals to both the Faculty Seed Grants and the Community Connection Grants Programs. We urge faculty and staff to review the details of both programs at <a href="http://www.vpr.arizona.edu/resources">www.vpr.arizona.edu/resources</a> before applying. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Faculty Seed Grants, as in years past, consist of awards of up to $10,000 made on a competitive basis for projects involving research or other creative scholarly activity. The Program is intended to provide short-term, one-time support that will "jump start" worthwhile projects and result in data or work products that can be used in developing major proposals for submission to extramural funding agencies or private contributors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Individuals holding faculty rank, who have an appointment in the research scientist series of titles, or who have continuing or continuing-eligible status are eligible to apply; however, the Faculty Seed Grants Program gives highest priority to junior-level individuals in those categories. The University of Arizona Foundation is pleased to sponsor these awards.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Community Connection Grants consist of awards up to $10,000 made on a competitive basis for exemplary, innovative projects that connect the University to the community. Projects can be new or existing and any faculty or staff member is eligible to apply. Emphasis will be on outreach efforts that benefit the community. These awards are made possible by the generosity of donors who have funded endowments held by the University of Arizona Foundation. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Further details about both programs, instructions, and online application forms are posted at <a href="http://www.vpr.arizona.edu/resources">www.vpr.arizona.edu/resources</a>. Proposals must be submitted by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2011. Two preparation workshops will be offered, one to provide details and guidance for Faculty Seed Grant applicants and the other for Community Connection Grant applicants. See the website for details and registration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For additional information on either the Faculty Seed Grants Program or the Community Connection Grants Program, contact Linda Nultemeier at 621-3512 or <a href="mailto:lindan@email.arizona.edu">lindan@email.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Jewish New Media Innovation Fund Invites Proposals for Pilot Year of Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: November 22, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Jewish New Media Innovation Fund, a collaboration of the Jim Joseph Foundation, Righteous Persons Foundation , and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, is offering an opportunity to explore how new media can help preserve Jewish history, renew Jewish traditions, and revitalize Jewish institutions. The Innovation Fund invites proposals for one-time funding for projects that use new media tools — digital communication tools, viral video, social networking, online gaming, and more — to make Judaism more meaningful and relevant for the 21st century; create new ways to engage people in Jewish culture, learning, discussion, and values-based action; empower more people to participate in the Jewish community and reach new audiences, with a focus on reaching the next generation (Jews age 40 and under). Projects must be digitally interactive and focus on Jewish life in the United States. In its pilot year, the fund is offering a total of $500,000 in grant money to be awarded in two categories: Seed to Alpha, and Beta & Beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seed to Alpha grants are intended to fund projects that are preparing to launch and/or are still in the proof-of-concept stage. Ideal applicants have an idea, a budget, and a plan to quickly launch once the grant is received. Funds would be used primarily for design, prototyping, and alpha testing (testing with a select group of people). Projects may rely on existing technologies or work on developing new ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beta & Beyond grants are designed for recently launched or existing projects that might need funds to address human capital or marketing needs in order to meet goals; move into the next phase or scale of development; or adapt or re-imagine an existing idea. Ideal projects will be past the proof-of-concept stage and in need of growth capital. Projects may rely on existing technologies or work on developing new ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The fund anticipates that the majority of grants will be in the $15,000 to $50,000 range. However, a few larger grants (up to $100,000 each) may also be made.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a href="http://www.jewishnewmedia.org/funding/">http://www.jewishnewmedia.org/funding/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Knight News Challenge Invites Submission of Media Innovations<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The fifth year of the Knight News Challenge for the first time will feature four experimental categories — Mobile, Authenticity, Sustainability, and Community. The News Challenge seeks innovative techniques and technologies that advance the Knight Foundation's goal of informing and engaging communities. Through the Mobile category, the 2011 News Challenge seeks innovative ideas for news and information on all types of mobile communication devices. In the Authenticity category, the contest offers funding for projects that help people better understand the reliability of news and information sources. The Sustainability category is for consideration of new economic models supporting news and information that helps citizens run their communities and their lives. The Community category seeks groundbreaking technologies that support news and information specifically within defined geographic areas. In the Mobile, Authenticity, and Sustainability categories, the foundation prefers media innovation entries with a community focus. In the Community category a place-based focus is an absolute requirement. Entries have to detail in what specific geographic community the media innovation will be tested. Software produced by the contest winners must be open-source.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.newschallenge.org/">http://www.newschallenge.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Social Science Research Council Invites Applications for Public Engagement Programs on Muslim Societies<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 3, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Social Science Research Council has announced the availability of grants to support public engagement by academic experts on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies. The program is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in order to promote better public understanding of Muslim societies. The program seeks to encourage projects permitting the dissemination of academic research on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies to targeted constituencies, with particular emphasis on media and policy makers. With this program the SSRC looks to nurture the public relevancy of area studies research by promoting strategic partnerships that will break down barriers and build connections between academic researchers, journalists, policy makers, and practitioners. The SSRC also seeks to assist faculty in developing the necessary skills they require to be able to engage specialized non-academic audiences on the topic of Islam in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Funds are available to innovative projects that will effect change by creating robust and sustainable capacities for public and policy engagement on university campuses. Projects that include strong faculty participation and leadership will be given funding priority, as will projects that disseminate expert knowledge born of context specific research. While there are no geographical restrictions to the regions that can be addressed by projects, it is anticipated that approximately 40 percent of the awards will be directed toward projects that bring scholarly expertise to bear on political and social issues surrounding Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and/or Yemen. Grants are available to interdisciplinary research centers on U.S. university campuses, including but not limited to Title VI National Resource Centers. Research centers are eligible to apply individually for grants of up to $50,000 each, to be used over a period of fifteen months. Extraordinary projects involving multiple collaborating centers or universities may be considered for grants of up to $100,000 each. The program anticipates giving out approximately $1.1 million in total awards in this grant cycle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/islam-and-muslims-in-world-contexts/">http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/islam-and-muslims-in-world-contexts/</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Applications Open for General Mills Foundation 2011 Champions for Healthy Kids Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President's Council on Physical Fitness, is accepting applications for the 2011 Champions for Healthy Kids grant program. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This national program annually awards fifty grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. The target audience must be youth between the ages of 2 and 18. Proposals must have at least one nutrition objective and at least one physical activity objective. A registered dietitian or dietetic technician must either be directly involved or serve as an advisor to the program. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.generalmills.com/Responsibility/Community_Engagement/Grants/Champions_for_healthy_kids.aspx">http://www.generalmills.com/Responsibility/Community_Engagement/Grants/Champions_for_healthy_kids.aspx</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy Invites Entries for E Pluribus Unum Prizes<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy has opened the application period for the 2011 E Pluribus Unum Prizes. Every year, the E Pluribus Unum Prizes awards program provides four prizes of $50,000 each to exceptionally successful immigrant integration initiatives. The program highlights and rewards outstanding efforts that help immigrants and their children join the mainstream of U.S. society or that bring immigrants and native-born Americans together to build stronger, more cohesive communities. Winners are recognized each May at an event in Washington, D.C. The J.M. Kaplan Fund is providing support for these awards in order to focus attention on successful integration initiatives, and to inspire and provide program models to others around the United States who might also undertake such efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.migrationinformation.org/integrationawards/">http://www.migrationinformation.org/integrationawards/</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt;background:white'><span class=insider11><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Grants Promote Wilderness Conservation</span></i></span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Temper of the Times Foundation promotes the use of standard marketing concepts to increase environmental awareness. Recognizing that organizations working to protect the environment often have limited access to paid media, the Foundation provides funds to underwrite advertising designed to promote wildland ecosystem conservation and restoration in the United States. Grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 may be used to fund the production of print, radio, or television ads; to pay for advertising space or airtime; or to produce or distribute pamphlets, books, videos, or press packets. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information: <a href="http://www.temperfund.org/">http://www.temperfund.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>World Bank Opens First Global Apps for Development Competition<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: January 10, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The World Bank Group has announced the "Apps for Development" competition, a new global contest designed to challenge the public to create innovative software applications that advance solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems. The competition invites developers to create software applications, tools, data visualizations, or "mash-ups" — whether Web-based, mobile, through SMS, smart phone, desktop, or tablet. There are only two requirements: entries must use the World Bank Data Catalog and address one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs express a vision of a world in which extreme poverty and hunger have been eliminated and the economic and human welfare of poor people worldwide has been tangibly improved. The MDGs articulate specific targets to be reached by 2015 related to poverty and hunger, universal education, child health, and other crucial dimensions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Entries should address at least one of the following objectives: 1) Raise awareness of at least one of the MDGs; or 2) Contribute to progress toward meeting one of the MDGs by 2015. Entries must also include data from at least one of the datasets available in the World Bank Data Catalog (including the World Development Indicators, Africa Development Indicators, and Millennium Development Goal Indicators). The challenge is open to all individuals from member countries of the World Bank who have attained the age of majority in their individual nations at the time of their entries, as well as companies with fewer than fifty employees. (Organizations employing fifty or more employees are eligible for the Large Organization Recognition award.) Entries will compete for a total of $45,000 in prizes and financial support. Winning entries will be featured on the World Bank Group's Web site. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/">http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple;font-weight:normal'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>VSA Invites Applications for International Young Soloists Awards<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: November 15, 2010 for US Musicians<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A program of <a href="http://www.vsaarts.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>VSA</span></a>, the VSA International Young Soloists Program is designed to identify talented musicians with a disability. The award is given annually to four outstanding musicians, two from the United States and two from the international arena. The award provides an opportunity for these emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000 award and perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Any individual musician (instrumental or vocal) from the U.S., age 25 and under, who has a disability is eligible to apply. Any individual musician (instrumental or vocal) from outside the U.S., age 30 and under, who has a disability is also eligible. Applications from musical ensembles (two to eight members) will be accepted. This includes any type of ensemble, from a rock band to a chamber ensemble to a drum corps. In order to be eligible, at least one member of the ensemble must have a disability. (All members of the ensemble must fulfill the relevant age requirements.) All types of musical performance will be accepted, including but not limited to rock/alt rock, pop, indie, classical, country/folk, jazz, R&B/blues, hip hop/rap, Latin, and world. As defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. (An impairment is a physiological disorder affecting one or more of a number of body systems, or a mental or psychological disorder.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.vsaarts.org/x22.xml">http://www.vsaarts.org/x22.xml</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Interdisciplinary Residential Fellowships (University of Minnesota) <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>Deadline: November 19, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>As part of their joint initiative, Quadrant, the University of Minnesota Press and the Institute for Advanced Study invite faculty pursuing interdisciplinary work to apply for a semester-long fellowship at the University of Minnesota, to be held in academic year 2011-2012. Quadrant fellows will receive a stipend of up to $30,000, depending on rank and experience, and medical and dental coverage. At the IAS, fellows will interact with a lively interdisciplinary community that includes University of Minnesota fellows and other Quadrant fellows. They will also be involved in at least one of Quadrant's research and publishing collaboratives: Design, Architecture, and Culture; Environment, Culture, and Sustainability; Global Cultures; and Health and Society. Fellows will give a public lecture and will present a work-in-progress in a workshop setting with their Quadrant collaborative group or groups. In addition, they will work directly with an editor from the University of Minnesota Press to develop their manuscripts for submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>For more information: </span><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.ias.umn.edu/quadrantapply.php">http://www.ias.umn.edu/quadrantapply.php</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Rockefeller Foundation Announces Call for Proposals for Residencies at the Bellagio Center<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Through conferences and residencies, the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in northern Italy brings together people of diverse expertise and backgrounds in a thought-provoking, collegial environment that helps to promote impact on a wide range of world issues. The center's residency program allows for one month of disciplined work, uninterrupted by the professional and personal demands of daily life, in a diverse and stimulating community of fellow residents. Residents include an international cohort of scholars, scientists, journalists, writers, artists, non-governmental organization practitioners, and policy makers. In addition to time for writing, creativity, and reflection during the day, building new connections and collegial interaction with other residents is an integral dimension of the Bellagio experience. Meals and informal presentations of residents' work afford an opportunity for dynamic discussion and engagement with each other. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Residencies typically last four weeks, and spouses/life partners may accompany residents. Team residencies for small groups of two to four are also available; practitioners (i.e., not artists or scholars based at universities) may opt for two two-week residency periods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center">http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (AAAS) <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>Deadline: December 5, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>The American Association for the Advancement of Science offers 1-year fellowships with Congressional and Executive Branch offices in Washington D. C. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and hold a doctoral or equivalent degree and can be at any career stage, from across the sciences, social sciences and engineering. Stipends range from $74,872 to $99,420. These prestigious awards enable scientists and engineers to apply their expertise to national and international issues involving Federal policy, while gaining first-hand experience in crafting and implementing policy in the U.S. Congress and Federal agencies. Shay Stautz, the UA's Associate VP for Federal Relations, </span><span style='color:blue'><a href="mailto:stautzs@email.arizona.edu">stautzs@email.arizona.edu</a></span><span style='color:windowtext'> or 621-3108, would be pleased to meet with potential applicants to assist as necessary, and especially to help them prepare for the interview process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://fellowships.aaas.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://fellowships.aaas.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>University of Southern California Annenberg Announces Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: December 17, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism has announced that applications are being accepted for the Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion. The fellowship, sponsored by the Knight Chair in Media and Religion and funded by a grant from the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs, offers stipends for American journalists to report and write stories that illuminate how religion crosses geographic, temporal, and ideological borders, as well as how it establishes real and virtual boundaries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Within the six-month period of their fellowship, fellows will travel outside the U.S. to report stories that explore how religion, religious institutions, and religious people effect change in on-the-ground social, political, and economic conditions. They might examine how ideas and ideologies circulate in home and diaspora communities or how religious and political coexistence and cooperation are promoted or inhibited. These stories will be developed for delivery on multiple platforms -- print, radio, TV, and online. At the completion of their projects, several fellows will be invited to spend three days in residence at USC to present their work, hold master classes for journalism students, and give public lectures for the USC community. Staff reporters, affiliated freelancers, and self-employed Web journalists working in the United States or abroad who cover politics and social and cultural issues are encouraged to apply, as are religion specialists and generalists. Successful applicants will be awarded stipends ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to subsidize their travel, living, and miscellaneous costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://annenberg.usc.edu/knight-luce.aspx">http://annenberg.usc.edu/knight-luce.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Cooley's Anemia Foundation Invites Applications for Thalassemia Research Grants and Fellowship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: February 7, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Cooley's Anemia Foundation is accepting applications for three research programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Support for Ongoing Clinical Research in Thalassemia — The Cooley's Anemia Foundation invites national and international applications for 2011-12 grants to support ongoing clinical research projects in thalassemia. The goal of the initiative is to support investigators from all disciplines and backgrounds (M.D., R.N., Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.W., or other disciplines) with clinical projects that address one or more of the following areas impacting patients with thalassemia, including but not limited to fertility, pregnancy, and family planning; quality of life/psychosocial; burden of disease; cardiac issues; and iron overload. The stipend will be $40,000 annually, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. The level of funding is appropriate for innovative small-scale pilot studies, observational trials, or ancillary support for ongoing interventional studies (e.g., support of a trainee joining an existing trial, or new biological endpoint analyses for an existing trial). In the case of ancillary studies, investigators should clearly document the support for the parent trial in their "other support" declarations. Junior and senior faculty are eligible; fellows and trainees are not eligible. Investigators must interact directly with patients or patient-related data. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gene Research in Thalassemia Translational Grant Award — The purpose of this initiative is to speed the application of recent translational advances in gene therapy to clinical trials. The foundation recognizes that there are many key areas worthy of support in the search for a cure for thalassemia with cell therapy and gene therapy. While several funding mechanisms are available for a range of studies on vector development, proof of concept studies in animal models, and transplantation, there remains a funding gap for launching human trials. Both phase I (safety) and phase II (efficacy) trials are eligible for support. Total funding of up to $60,000 per year will be available (including indirect costs of 8 percent). With satisfactory evidence of progress the grant may be renewed for a second year. The research may not be conducted at a for-profit laboratory. Because the purpose of the support is to facilitate launch of clinical trials, eligible studies proposed for this RFA must be accompanied by a realistic timeline of progress to human trials. Applicants should state explicitly the status of their proposed trials (e.g., whether the trial has been approved by the recombinant DNA Advisory Committee or Food and Drug Administration, or whether review meetings at regulatory agencies have been scheduled). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research Fellowships — The foundation invites national and international applications for 2011-12 research fellowships. Postdoctoral and junior faculty members investigating clinical or basic research related to thalassemia are eligible. Applications studying iron overload, iron chelation, methods of non-invasive iron measurement, quality of life, hepatitis C, osteoporosis, fertility, bone marrow transplantation, and gene therapy are encouraged. Postdoctoral fellows should hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degrees and require sponsorship by a faculty mentor. Junior faculty applicants should not have held the rank of assistant professor for more than five years and must not have already received R-01 level support. Stipends will be $32,500 annually, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. Successful postdoctoral fellows are expected to use the funds for salary support, whereas junior faculty applicants may use funds for salary or non-salary research support. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>For more information: <a href="http://www.cooleysanemia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:caf-accepting-2011-2012-research-grant-applications&catid=1:latest-news">http://www.cooleysanemia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=354:caf-accepting-2011-2012-research-grant-applications&catid=1:latest-news</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></b></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=228 height=44 id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB7CF3.466C7040" alt="UAF word mark"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit the GIFT Center <a href="http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/">online</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You received this message because you opted in to the GIFT Center News listserv. 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