Job Opening: 09/24/10 Deadline
Reference Librarian, Part-Time (20 Hrs Per Week) – $23,000. Benefitted, San Juan College, Farmington,
The Reference Librarian reports directly to the Director of Library Services and is responsible for reference service, circulation and administrative support. The successful candidate will provide enthusiastic and creative reference services including instruction and assistance to library users, reference service, collection [...]
Grant Announcement: Deadline 10/01/10
The Spirit of Conservation Migratory Bird Program is a partnership between ConocoPhillips and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants for bird habitat conservation projects in areas where ConocoPhillips has an operating presence.
To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit migratory birds and their habitats. The program supports projects that protect, [...]
Grant Announcement: Deadline 11/01/10
The National Gardening Association awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations across the United States with child-centered garden programs.
In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of the following: educational focus or curricular/program integration; nutrition or plant-to-food connections; environmental awareness/education; [...]
Fellowship Announcement: Deadline 11/03/10
The Foundation for Child Development provides fellowship support through its Changing Faces of America’s Children – Young Scholars Program to stimulate both basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health, and well-being of immigrant children from birth to age 10, particularly those who are living in low-income families; and to [...]
View PostGrant Announcement: Deadline 11/12/10
Better World Books and the National Center for Family Literacy are teaming up again this year to provide Libraries and Families Award grants for libraries with exceptional family programming.
Through this opportunity, NCFL and Better World Books will reward and enhance existing family programming and expand literacy-building practices of families in library settings. [...]
Grant Announcement: Deadline 09/30/10
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has announced that it is accepting applications for its waiting list reduction grant, a new program.
Responding to increased demand for adult literacy services, the new grant program is designed to help nonprofit adult literacy organizations remedy their waiting list issues and get more students involved in educational [...]
Fellowship Announcement: Deadline 10/27/10
Approximately twenty Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education are awarded each year by the Spencer Foundation to support doctoral candidates in a variety of fields whose dissertations promise to contribute fresh perspectives to the history, theory, and practice of education.
The fellowship provides $25,000 to candidates for the doctoral degree at [...]
Grant: Deadline 10/22/10
Youth Service America and UnitedHealth Group are encouraging youth to create and implement programs addressing childhood obesity in their local communities through the Heroes program.
The Heroes program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people to partner with schools and nonprofits to create and implement local hands-on programs to [...]
Grant: Deadline 09/20/10
Nominations are now open for the 2010 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.
The award program invites library users across the United States to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college, and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people [...]
Grant Opportunity: Deadline 10/28/10
National Endowment for the Humanities and National Autonomous University of Mexico Announce Scholarly Conference Grant Opportunity
The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Humanities Department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Coordinación de Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México — (UNAM) are cooperating to foster the exchange of information [...]
