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The sponsor provides an award to recognize the outstanding young computer professional of the year.

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This award is presented biennially.

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The sponsor provides an award to recognize an individual or a group who have made a significant contribution through the use of computing technology.

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The sponsor provides an award to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines.

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The Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management is an annual award presented to a Washington, D.C. metropolitan area nonprofit organization for outstanding achievement in nonprofit management.

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Three prizes of one million US dollars each are granted annually in the fields chosen for the three time dimensions. The prizes are granted to individuals or institutions with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity.

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The sponsor rewards educators who have conceived and implemented an innovative course, program or project which develops, among students, a deeper understanding and appreciation of the American private enterprise system. Up to 20 awards of $7,500 each, and one special award of $15,000 (maximum) for an unusually meritorious entry, will be made.

Deadline Note

Concept papers are due by November 30, 2009. Full proposals, if invited, will be due in March 2010.

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The sponsor is requesting concept papers for single or multi-year cutting edge, groundbreaking programs that address important, demonstrable needs in the Los Angeles Jewish community. The sponsor seeks to enhance the community-wide impact of its grants by encouraging creative thinkers, social entrepreneurs and innovative organizations to propose significant and transformative projects of high visibility and impact.

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The deadline for receipt of applications for Visiting Professorships at both Technicon and Hebrew University is 30 November 2009.

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Professorships provide support for full or associate professors to teach or conduct research for two to four months at the Hebrew University of Israel or three to nine months at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

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Under this program, grants are made to be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide.

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The sponsor supports accomplished, motivated individuals who are eager to prepare themselves for greater leadership opportunities and to create positive change in their communities. Applicants are invited to propose academic or self-designed learning experiences that will help them attain goals that they set for themselves. The program encourages applications that will expand fellows' experiences beyond the familiar to learning environments that might be inaccessible without a fellowship.

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Support of $6,000 is provided for full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty members at U.S. universities to develop or update courses with substantial Canadian content that will be offered as part of their regular teaching load.

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The sponsor provides funds for a one-year cultural exchange, involving work and study, to give participants an understanding for and knowledge of the everyday life, education, and professional training in Germany. The program is directed to young adults in business, technical, vocational, and agricultural fields.

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The sponsor offers the program for business professionals in the U.S. who would like to live and work in Russia and develop a genuine professional expertise in the New Russia. The expectation is that as the program develops, a new generation of American opinion leaders and professionals will be exposed to the professional life and society in post-Soviet Russia.

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The sponsor provides an award to recognize a grantmaker who has demonstrated outstanding creativity. It honors grantmakers who, with a combination of vision, principle and personal commitment, are making a critical difference in a creative way.

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The sponsor provides a grant program to support research in shared medical decision making for post-doctorates and clinical fellows.

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The sponsor will continue to review letters of inquiry throughout the year, but prospective grantees should be aware that the reviewing of proposals and grantmaking will be by issue area. The deadline for letters of inquiry and/or renewal applications for Environmental Justice is December 1, 2009.

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The sponsor supports efforts that strengthen the ability of communities to determine their own economic, environmental and social well-being, and that help people control those forces that affect their lives.

Deadline Note

The deadline for letters of intent is December 1, 2009. The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2010.

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This program offer arts organizations the opportunity to apply for one-year grants of up to $75,000 for the design and implementation of programs that build on the findings of the Alliance’s Research into Action: Pathways to New Opportunities report and advance us toward the long-term goal of doubling Greater Philadelphia’s cultural participation by the Year 2020.

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The sponsor provides support for non-profit organization leaders to undertake a sabbatical of three to six months, engaged in activities which offer personal renewal and professional growth. Support of $25,000 is provided. The program is restricted to organization leaders in the state of North Carolina.

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The sponsor offers two-year, full-time Fellowships to emerging, innovative social entrepreneurs with innovative ideas for creating new models for tackling seemingly unsolvable social challenges. These fellowships offer them the opportunity to develop and test their ideas.

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The award honors outstanding library public relations, whether a summer reading program, a year-long centennial celebration, fundraising for a new college library, an awareness campaign or an innovative partnership in the community. Entries can be for calendar year 2009 (January-December), school year 2008-2009 (Fall-Spring) or any long-term project completed in 2010.

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The ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is a graduate-level annual competition that is intended to provide an interdisciplinary learning experience for real estate and design students in the United States and Canada. Self-formed student teams are asked to provide an urban design and a financial feasibility strategy for a large-scale real life site that ULI has identified somewhere in the United States. Through the formation of multidisciplinary teams, the program encourages cooperation and teamwork among future real estate professionals and the many allied professions, such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, real estate development, finance, psychology, law, and others.

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The sponsor recommends that applicants submit a letter of inquiry prior to submitting a formal proposal. Letters of inquiry are accepted at any time during the year. Formal proposals are due by the above deadlines.

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< Support is provided for organizations in the U.S. Midwest for policy analysis and development, research, and advocacy that helps low-wage, low-skilled individuals connect to the labor market, stay employed, and advance to higher-paying jobs.

Deadline Note

The sponsor recommends that applicants submit a letter of inquiry prior to submitting a formal proposal. Letters of inquiry are accepted at any time during the year. Formal proposals are due by the above deadlines.

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The sponsor provides support for federal and state-level initiatives that combine policy research and advocacy, public and policy maker education, coalition-building, news media outreach, and participation in official proceedings, including litigation. Eligible applicants are tax-exempt, public organizations in the Midwest.

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The sponsor's program is intended to support Midwest states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) working to strengthen policies to enable low-wage and low-skilled workers to advance in education and training systems.

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The sponsor has issued a request for proposals for research projects to provide guidance on the use of alternative quality management systems for highway construction projects.

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The sponsor provides a fellowship for competitively selected professors from U.S. and international universities to key elements and the business realities of industry by enabling them to "look over the shoulder" of working professionals at several levels of the technical, business, and management career paths.

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Grants distributed from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation are designed to fill important voids in current pediatric cancer research. These grants are designed as seed funding designed for mid-career investigators with a novel approach to pediatric cancer scientific investigation.

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The sponsor provides one-year fellowships which focus the Fellows experience to support improved programs, policies, planning risk analysis, regulation, monitoring and evaluation for a broad range of initiatives in Preventive and community health, disease identification and response, and medical research; Individual, family and community social services, systems and support; Food, processing and distribution safety; and Science education, research, and innovation.

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An award of $3,000 is given to an individual who has made a significant contribution to business librarianship.

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The sponsor provides a $2,000 award to recognize one librarian who, or library that has created an innovative service for a minority business community, or has been recognized by that community as an outstanding service provider.

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The sponsor provides an award which recognizes a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States.

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The sponsor offers support to individuals seeking support to conduct research in business librarianship. Two $5,000 awards will be presented.

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The sponsors have established the AMA Scholarship Program to assist the social sector nonprofit organizations in developing the strong leaders today who will lead the organizations of the future.

Deadline Note

Proposals are accepted at any time throughout the year and are reviewed four times per year: proposals received between March 18 and June 17 will receive notice by October 14; June 18 and August 15 will receive notice by December 14; August 16 and December 17 will receive notice by April 14; and proposals received between December 18 and March 17 will receive notice by June 14.

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The sponsor makes grants to organizations making a difference in Broward County. Preference is given to proposals that: use a collaborative approach to produce stronger results; pursue strategies that address new or emerging needs or approach existing ones more effectively; address multiple areas under each initiative; and demonstrate effective programs with clearly defined compelling outcomes.