Grant & Award Resources
Carnegie Classification on Community EngagementBeginning February 1st, the Carnegie Foundation will accept applications from higher education institutions for the Community Engagement elective classification.
February 1 - March 31, 2010
More Information
The Corporation for National and Community Service $7.3 MillionThe Corporation anticipates that grants will be awarded to an estimated seven to nine individual institutions ranging from approximately $85,000 to $200,000 annually for a project period of up to three years, and an estimated seven to eleven consortia ranging from approximately $200,000 to $500,000 for a project period of up to three years
Application Deadline: 5pm EST March 9,2010
Contact: Kirsten Breckinridge lsahighered@cns.gov
David Hoch Memorial Award
Designed to recognize and honor outstanding work in service-learning and/or civic engagement done by a faculty or staff member at an Ohio Campus Compact member institution.
Candidates should meet the following criteria:
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Relationships built in local community should be long-term and strong
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Work done with students should show life transforming quality
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Nominee should have occasion to assist peers at other institutions
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Any written work highlighting civic engagement activities that have been accepted for publication should be included.
The President of the college must nominate the candidate. The nomination package should include letters from:
- President
- Faculty/Staff
- Student
- Community Partner
- Photo of nominee
These should be sent via email to occinfo@alink.com and one copy should be mailed to: Ohio Campus Compact 631 N. Pearl St. Granville, OH 43023 ATTN: David Hoch Award by March 19, 2010.
Charles J. Ping Student Community Service Award
Undergraduate students are recognized and honored for their leadership and contributions to community service or service learning with a $500 mini-grant, to be given to the community partner of the Ping nominee.
Application Deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010. All materials must be submitted electronically to occinfo@alink.com, ATTN: "Charles J. Ping Award Application"
Participant Qualifications:
- Undergraduate student with outstanding leadership and contributions to community service OR service-learning on their campus and within their community
- identification of a real community need
- Creation of a sustainable organization or process to meet community need for an extended period of time. (If the project is a one-time event, then it must be demonstrated to be fully meeting the need.)
True Hero Award
Award: $2000 each to five schools
How to Participate: Post student service projects assisting Haiti on the website. The five schools with the most votes win the awards.
For more information: truehero.org
Learn and Serve America
National Youth Speakers Bureau
Participant Qualifications
- Must be a current or alumni s-l participant at a L&S America-funded site.
- Age 13-25 (or 8th grade - senior in college)
- At least one year of s-l experience
- Able to articulate what he or she has learned about self, community, school subjects, current affairs, etc. through s-l
- Preferred: current participant of a local or statewide s-l youth leadership program
For more information: http://www.servicelearning.org/lsa/ysb/index.php
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
The NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research (RC4), RFA-OD-09-010 has just been published in the NIH Guide.
Description:NIH has designated up to $30million in 2009-2010 to fund 30 or more grants, contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications.
Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Parnership Foundation
CASE Grant
Amount: $1,000
Description: Each month JRCPF offers a $1000 CASE grant through our ServiceBook Monthly award. Students wishing to be considered for this award can apply via www.ServiceBook.org. As with our other CASE awards, students must register, log in, then follow the links: Students>Submit Your Project. Within the application, students must be sure to select "ServiceBook Monthly" under the "CASE Competition" drop-down list. For more information: http://www.ServiceBook.org
Do Something Offers Grants for Community Action Projects
Ohio Campus Compact | 631 North Pearl Street | Granville, OH 43023
Phone: (740) 587-8568 | VISTA Phone: (740) 587-8571
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