Grant opportunities for the week of October 21, 2013

Grant opportunities for the week of October 21, 2013

If you are interested in pursuing any of the below grant opportunities, please contact Nilu Choudhury, Grants Specialist, at (305) 899-3173 or nchoudhury@barry.edu.

PRIVATE GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Funding Agency:
Federal Express (FedEx)

Title:
Grants

Deadline:
Rolling Deadline

Synopsis:
FedEx grants support communities it serves through financial contributions, in-kind shipping services and volunteer services of employees. FedEx has three core focus areas where it focuses funding: Emergency and Disaster Relief, Child Pedestrian Safety, and Environmental Sustainability.

Funding:
Award ceiling varies.

Link:
Federal Express (FedEx) Grants


Funding Agency:
Open Society Foundations (OSF)

Title:
Open Society Fellowship

Deadline:
February 1, 2014

Synopsis:
This fellowship was founded to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship program seeks to fund work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.

Funding:
Award Ceiling is 100,000.

Link:
Open Society Foundations (OSF) Open Society Fellowship


Funding Agency:
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation

Title:
Education RFP February 2014 to January 2015

Deadline:
December 3, 2013.

Synopsis:
The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation is currently offering education grants in the form of "Lunch and Learns" training for health care professionals on how to better understand and incorporate patient navigation and treatment services in providing the following for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families: culturally sensitive breast health education, psychosocial education, survivorship, prevention, screening, treatment and diagnosis.

Funding:
Award ceiling is 1,500 in the form of “lunch and learns."

Link:
Florida Breast Cancer Foundation Education RFP