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| J. Pat Cummings ACUVUE Scholarship The J. Pat Cummings ACUVUE® Scholarship Until recently this scholarship was known as the ACUVUE® Eye Health Advisor Student Citizenship Scholarship. Following the tragic death of Dr Cummings, Vistakon and the American Optometric Foundation decided that the scholarship should be renamed in his honor. This J. Pat Cummings ACUVUE® Scholarship is conferred annually to a second or third year optometry student at each of the U.S. and Canadian schools and colleges of optometry who best demonstrates the ideal eye care standards of practice. To qualify, the recipient must demonstrate achievement in both academic performance and extra-curricular activities, along with other professional pursuits such as involvement with patients through internships, community service, and other volunteer activities. |
| VISTAKON® Award of Excellence VISTAKON® Award of Excellence Purpose To recognize outstanding student clinicians who have demonstrated excellence in contact lens patient care during their optometric education. Award One $1,000 award and personalized plaque is awarded to a graduating fourth year student at each of the schools and colleges of Optometry in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Criteria Outstanding clinical patient care as demonstrated by the student’s: (a) overall knowledge in the contact lens field, and (b) skillful, considerate and professional care of his/her contact lens patients. Application and Review Procedures The appropriate award selection committee at each of the schools/colleges of optometry will select the one student who meets the eligibility requirements and best demonstrates the qualities detailed in the above criteria. The American Optometric Foundation will not accept applications directly from students. Notification and Conferment Each school or college will contact its award winners. The AOF will send the award to the school or college or directly to the student. Likewise, depending on the prevailing policy of the school or college, checks may be made out directly to the student or to institution for application to the student’s financial aid. In either case, a W9 form (or W-8BEN if non-U.S. resident) must be submitted or be on file. Awards are generally mailed by the end of May. If permissible, the award presentation will be made by a Vistakon representative, assigned to each specific school or college of optometry, at the institution’s awards ceremony. Nomination The nomination form will be released to institution contacts via email prior to the opening of the submission window. Completed nomination forms must emailed to Email AOF Awards with the subject line: Vistakon AOE plus institution name. Deadline is April 16, 2010 Please direct any questions to Tracy Kitts, Foundation Coordinator, at: (301) 984-4734. |
| Essilor Optical Technology Grants Essilor Optical Technology Grants Application Procedures Review Procedures Recognition of Awardees |
| VISTAKON Research Grants VISTAKON Research Grants Purpose Awards Eligibility Application Deadline Application and Review Procedures Application Submission Costs Award Conditions |
| William C. Ezell Fellowships Call for 2010 Applications William C. Ezell Fellowships Call for 2010 Applications Eligibility Award Levels and Duration |
| Call for Housing Research Proposals 2010 Competition: How Housing Matters to Families & Communities Call for Housing Research Proposals 2010 Competition: How Housing Matters to Families & Communities 2010 Call for Research Abstracts Technical Information 2. Research abstracts should also state the desired terms of the grant. 1. Abstracts must be attached to the email, in Microsoft Word. 5. Applicants will be notified whether they have been selected to submit a full proposal no later than May 17, 2010. Applicants will be notified of the Foundation’s decision via the email address provided from the research abstract submission. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
| got breakfast? Foundation Silent Hero Grant Program got breakfast? Foundation Silent Hero Grant Program The got breakfast? Silent Hero Grant program was launched to encourage schools and non-profit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs. P.O. Box 981 |
| World of Children Annual Awards Program World of Children Annual Awards Program The World of Children honors these leaders, and grants them funds to support the proven, high-impact programs they have created. These awards assure that more children's lives will be touched, and changed, forever. Contact Us |
| American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Visiting Professorship Awards Program American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Visiting Professorship Awards Program The American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee (ASCB MAC) announces the ASCB MAC Visiting Professorship Awards Program. The purpose of the awards program, provided through a grant from the Minorities Access to Research Careers (MARC) program of the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, is to support research at primarily teaching institutions that serve minority students and scientists. This program will provide research support (stipend) for professors at minority-serving institutions to work in the laboratories of members of the ASCB for an eight- to ten-week period during the summer of 2010. The goals of the program are as follows: pplications will be judged utilizing the following criteria: Upon the submission of a progress report related to the summer research activities, the second half of the salary award will be sent in August. Financial Disbursement Program Requirements and Awardee Responsibilities Host and visiting professors must complete evaluations and the visiting professor must also submit a progress report related to the summer research activities. All awardees are required to attend a development workshop sponsored by the MAC, usually held in June, in addition to the ASCB Annual Meeting, where they are encouraged to submit an abstract representing the research conducted during the time of the award. Failure to comply with any of the requirements of the program can result in forfeiture of the award. Visiting professors may qualify for a second year of support based on their timely submission of evaluations and reports, in addition to their observance of the guidelines of the program. The returning visiting professor is required to complete a second form that seeks information as to the institutional impact of the initial award, student involvement in the project, career development outcomes, publications and presentations, and future plans for the collaboration. In the event that the second-year support is for work with a different host scientist, a detailed justification is required. Minority professors and professors in colleges and universities with a high minority enrollment are especially encouraged to apply for this award. The host scientist must be a member of the ASCB or have submitted a membership application before the end of summer 2010. American Society for Cell Biology 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 | Bethesda, MD 20814-2762, USA | Phone: (301) 347-9300 | Fax: (301) 347-9310 |
| American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Linkage Fellows Program American Society for Cell Biology Minorities Affairs Committee Linkage Fellows Program Under a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Science (NIH/NIGMS), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) is pleased to provide funding opportunities for faculty from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to participate in a variety of professional and student development activities with the ASCB MAC. Called the “ASCB MAC Linkage Fellows Program,” funding is provided for Fellows to support outreach and activities that promote cell biology at their home institutions. Program Requirements and Awardee Responsibilities American Society for Cell Biology 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 | Bethesda, MD 20814-2762, USA | Phone: (301) 347-9300 | Fax: (301) 347-9310 |
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| Problems Posting to Grants.gov Blog It has come to the attention of the Grants.gov PMO that people were having problems posting comments to the Grants.gov Blog. In response to this report the administrator reviewed all settings and believes the blog is working properly. Please note that moderation of comments has been activated so it may take up to 1 business day for comments to be available. The PMO is sorry for any inconvenience and encourages the use of the blog. |
| Program Manager message To: Grants.gov Users From: Philip W. Clark, Grants.gov Program Manager Subject: Grants.gov Update on the "Boost" This is the first in an irregular series of updates that I plan to provide to the Grants.gov community on topics of general interest. I encourage your replies regarding specific topics addressed, suggestions for future topics, and whether you find this mode of communication useful to you. While Grants.gov has been operating very quickly and smoothly over the last several months as a result of improvements made in the April/May 2009 time period, we still needed to do a "boost", consisting of additional server capacity, improved networks, etc. to increase the reliability and sustainability of the system during peak workloads. The boost is being implemented in two phases. The first phase, which went into production on schedule Feb 10 (despite the snowstorm), was focused on the production environment. The second phase, which is expected to go live in late April, will improve our test and training environments. Since the 10th, the system has run smoothly and we have seen significant increases in speed for a number of processes . Behind the scenes, the system integrator has been working diligently to monitor internal system operations and to make ?fine-tuning? adjustments as needed to either achieve optimal performance, or to reset warning thresholds, file sizes and other aspects of the system in response to the higher speed and greater volume experienced in our new environment. Literally hundreds of those adjustments have been made, and they can only be made as we monitor production processing. Unfortunately, one such adjustment was overlooked. As a result, on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, the Find functions and agency functions such as posting opportunities and downloading applications were affected. We were able to receive applications throughout the outage period, but were unable to process them. All applications submitted to us were received and placed in queues that were cleared by 5 pm the same day. We are on the equivalent of a system ?shakedown? cruise and are continuing the fine-tuning activity to prevent outages like the one we experienced yesterday. While this major system upgrade has gone remarkably smoothly as such upgrades go, there is still some chance, despite our best efforts to avoid it, for another minor glitch to cause an interruption over the next week or two as the system settles in. Should another outage occur, we will make every effort to communicate with you quickly after confirming the outage and will share what we know with you as soon as possible as we work to resolution, focusing on providing you with the information you need to take appropriate action on your end, whether it is to hold tight, retry, reopen browsers, etc. We are making additional efforts to keep the Contact Center updated as well so they can provide more helpful information to callers. Work is proceeding on the next and final phase of the boost and will be the subject of a future message. Sincerely, Philip W. ClarkProgram Manager, Grants.govHHS Division of Grants |
| System status The Grants.gov website went offline at approximately 10:00AM and came back online at approximately 10:30am. There was a connectivity problem into the system; however the servers were not down. Applications continued to process. We apologize for the inconvenience. |
| Grants.gov Offline. The Grants.gov website went offline at approximately 10:00AM and can not be accessed; the PMO is looking into the cause and will send an update as soon as more information is available. |
| Grants.gov Experienced System Difficulties on 2/23/2010 Grants.gov experienced system difficulties on Tuesday, 2/23/10 from 12:00 AM - 12:00 PM which affected the following: - Searching and downloading grant opportunities - Accessing the system as a grantor and associated grantor functions - Accessing the system as an applicant and associated applicant functions - Accessing applications for download by agencies Applications submitted during this period by applicants are being reprocessed. All system issues have been resolved. Should you continue to experience any problems with the above, please try the following: 1. Clear the Cookies from your browser, 2. Clear the Cache from your browser, 3. Exit and restart your browser, or 4. Reboot your computer and try again. Instructions for #1 & 2 can be found here: http://www07.grants.gov/help/trouble_tips.jsp We apologize for any inconvenience. |
| Alert-Grant.Gov-Back on Line February 10, 2010 The major upgrade to the Grants.gov system (referred to as the ?boost?) was completed and the system put back into production on 12:01 AM ET on February 10, 2010. The Grants.gov system is available for all users. The upgrade increased the capacity of Grants.gov, along with the system?s reliability and its ability to sustain continuous high volume activity. The PMO worked closely with agencies that previously posted closing deadlines during the outage period to minimize any impact on the agencies or their applicants. Agencies with previously posted closing deadlines on February 6 ? 9, 2010 took appropriate steps to ensure applicants are able to apply for these posted opportunities. Please note the outage period, and any agency instructions for particular grant opportunities, and plan accordingly when applying for grants in the early February time period. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage period may cause. Regards, Grants.gov PMO |
| ALERT: Grants.gov February 6 ? 9, 2010 Maintenance Outage In order to bring a major upgrade to the Grants.gov system (referred to as the ?boost?) into production, it is necessary to bring Grants.gov off-line from 00:01 AM ET on February 6, 2010 until 11:59 PM on February 9, 2010. The entire Grants.gov system will be unavailable during that time. The upgrade will further increase the capacity of Grants.gov, along with the system?s reliability and its ability to sustain continuous high volume activity. We have done our best to minimize the length of the maintenance outage necessary to bring these improvements into production. We are working closely with agencies that previously posted closing deadlines during the outage period to minimize any impact on the agencies or their applicants. Agencies with previously posted closing deadlines on February 6 ? 9, 2010 are taking appropriate steps to ensure applicants are able to apply for these posted opportunities. Please note the outage period, and any agency instructions for particular grant opportunities, and plan accordingly when applying for grants in the early February time period. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage period may cause. Regards, Grants.gov PMO |
| ALERT: Grants.gov January 9, 2010 Maintenance Outage It is necessary to bring Grants.gov off-line for fifty nine minutes January 9, 2010 from 00:01 until 1:00 AM ET to implement the forms production build. The entire Grants.gov system will be unavailable during this time. This build will implement fourteen new forms and update thirty-nine forms that are associated with SF 424 Family. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Grants.gov PMO staff. Regards, Grants.gov PMO |
| Implementing a Maintenance process for the Testing Environment (AT07) We are implementing a maintenance process for the Testing Environment (AT07) where we will be taking AT07 offline weekly on Monday and Thursday evenings from midnight through 2:00 AM EST. This regular maintenance will ensure AT07 (our testing environment only)has sufficient memory to meet the needs of our customer base. No enhancements will occur in this process. Regards, Grants.gov PMO |
| Grants.gov Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Report Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 was a year of great growth for Grants.gov. In FY 2009 Grants.gov processed 309,771 applications which was a 53% increase over the 202,133 applications processed in FY 2008. There were 64,409 applications processed for Recovery Act specific opportunities posted on the site. This represents 21% of the total applications processed in FY 2009. For more detailed information on FY 2009 please see the Grants.gov FY2009 Annual Report: -- http://www.grants.gov/assets/AnnualReport2009.pdf Regards, Grants.gov PMO |
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