--------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16081 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: NewsBank/Readex Catharine J. Reynolds Research Grant Contact: Andrea Sevetson Tel: 541-992-5461 Email: asevetson@hotmail.com Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/newsbankreadex-catharine-j-reynolds-award SYNOPSIS: The Award provides funding for research in the field of documents librarianship, or in a related area that would benefit the individual's performance as a documents librarian or make a contribution to the field. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21807 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: ProQuest/GODORT/ALA Documents to the People Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/435/winners SYNOPSIS: The Award is a tribute to an individual, library, institution, or other noncommercial group that has most effectively encouraged the use of government documents in support of library service. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 70058 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: James Bennett Childs Award Contact: Andrea Sevetson Tel: 541-992-5461 Email: asevetson@hotmail.com Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/158/detail SYNOPSIS: The Award is a tribute to an individual who has made a lifetime and significant contribution to the field of documents librarianship. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 70060 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Bernadine Abbott Hoduski Founders Award Contact: Andrea Sevetson Tel: 541-992-5461 Full Program:          http://www.ala.org SYNOPSIS: The Award recognizes documents librarians who may not be known at the national level but who have made significant contributions to the field of state, international, local, or federal documents. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 00843 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: American Philosophical Society Title: Franklin Research Grants Contact: Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships Tel: 215-440-3429 Email: LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org Website:          http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants Full Program:          http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin Deadline Note: The deadline is October 1, 2012, for a January 2013 decision for work in February through December. The deadline is December 3, 2012, for a March 2013 decision for work in April through December. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides support to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 09373 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/3/2012 Sponsor: Hyams Foundation, Inc. Title: Grants Contact: Tel: 617-426-5600 x307 Email: nfo@hyamsfoundation.org Website:          http://www.hyamsfoundation.org/deadlines.html Full Program:          http://www.hyamsfoundation.org/2011%20Addition%20to%20Website/2011%20New%20Grantmaking%20Guidelines%20&%20Chart%20%2001.2011.pdf SYNOPSIS: The sponsor will make grants to increase economic and social justice and power within low-income communities in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 01820 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/4/2012 Sponsor: Joyce Foundation Title: Employment Grants Contact: Tel: 312-782-2464 Email: info@joycefdn.org Website:          http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/guidelines-2 Full Program:          http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/deadlines Deadline Note: Applicants must submit a letter of inquiry to the appropriate program officer six to eight weeks before the proposal deadline. Full proposals, if invited, will be due one the following deadlines: April 9, 2012; August 15, 2012, and December 4, 2012. SYNOPSIS: The Joyce Foundation provides funding to establish the Midwest as the leader of the most innovative and effective employment education and training strategies in the country. Grant making specifically supports efforts to increase skill and credential attainment by low-income adult workers in three primary program areas: Basic Foundational Skills; Industry Training Partnerships; and Innovation Fund. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10617 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/4/2012 Sponsor: Joyce Foundation Title: President's Discretionary Fund Contact: Tel: 312-782-2464 Email: info@joycefdn.org Website:          http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/guidelines Full Program:          http://www.joycefdn.org/content.cfm/deadlines SYNOPSIS: The Joyce Foundation's President’s Discretionary Fund is used to make small, expeditious grants that advance the Foundation’s priorities, and to support other activities of interest to the Foundation. Competition for discretionary funds is very high. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 30749 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/4/2012 Sponsor: Transportation Research Board Title: NCHRP Request for Proposal - Assessing, Coding, and Marking of Highway Structures in Emergency Situations Contact: Amir N. Hanna Tel: 202-334-1432 Email: ahanna@nas.edu Website:          http://www.trb.org/Projects/RequestsforProposals.aspx Full Program:          http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3411 Deadline Note: Proposals (20 single-bound copies) are due not later than 4:30 p.m. on 12/4/2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor has issued a request for proposals for research to develop: a process for assessing highway structures in emergency situations; guidelines for coding and marking, and; selected training and implementation material. These materials shall be prepared in a format that facilitates acceptance and adoption by AASHTO and organizations generally responding to emergency situations affecting highway structures. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 03673 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/clsproquest SYNOPSIS: This award recognizes a librarian who has demonstrated a capacity for innovation in working with or serving undergraduates or instructors in the areas of programs, services, and operations; or creating innovations for library colleagues that facilitate their ability to better serve the library’s community. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 10331 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Learning Resources and Library Achievement Awards Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/ebscoawards SYNOPSIS: These two annual awards recognize significant achievement in the areas of programs and leadership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16074 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: EBSCO Community College Learning Resources and Library Achievement Awards Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/ebscoawards SYNOPSIS: These two annual awards recognize significant achievement in the areas of programs and leadership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 16077 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: WESS De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/researchawards/nijhoffstudy SYNOPSIS: The grant supports research in European studies with an emphasis on librarianship, the book trade, resource documentation and similar information-science related topics. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21766 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Contact: Casey Kinson Tel: Email: ckinson@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/atkinsonmemorial SYNOPSIS: This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of an academic librarian who has worked in the areas of library automation or library management and has made contributions (including risk taking) toward the improvement of library services or to library development or research. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21771 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/acrllibrarian SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides an award to recognize a member of the library profession who is making a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21772 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Marta Lange/CQ Press Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/martalangecq SYNOPSIS: This annual award recognizes an academic or law librarian who, through research, service to the profession, or other creative activity, makes distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 21775 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/miriamdudley SYNOPSIS: An award is provided to recognize an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the advancement of instruction in a college or research library environment. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22152 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: W. David Rozkuszka Scholarship Contact: Andrea Sevetson Tel: 541-992-5461 Email: asevetson@hotmail.com Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/265/apply SYNOPSIS: The Scholarship provides financial assistance to an individual who is currently working with government documents in a library and is trying to complete a masters degree in library science. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 62814 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/acrlebssaward SYNOPSIS: This award honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 62815 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: WGSS Award for Career Achievement in Women's Studies Librarianship Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/wssachievement SYNOPSIS: The award is given to honor a distinguished academic librarian who has made outstanding contributions to women's studies through accomplishments and service to the profession. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 62817 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Instruction Section Innovation Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/innovationaward SYNOPSIS: This annual award recognizes a project that demonstrates creative, innovative, or unique approaches to information literacy instruction or programming. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 69363 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides funding to recognize an outstanding community college, college, and university library each year. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94332 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Routledge Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/dlsaward SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides an award to honor any individual ACRL member working in the field of, or contributing to the success of distance learning librarianship or related library service in higher education. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 94334 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Ilene F. Rockman Instruction Publication of the Year Award Contact: Erin Ellis Tel: 785-864-5589 Email: eellis@ku.edu Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/publicationawards/publicationyear SYNOPSIS: This annual award recognizes an outstanding publication related to instruction in a library environment published in the preceding two years. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 00209 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/7/2012 Sponsor: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Title: Visiting Scholar Fellowships Contact: Tel: 203-432-2956 Email: Beinecke.Fellowships@yale.edu Website:          http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke Full Program:          http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brbleduc/brblapplyvisiting.html SYNOPSIS: The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library offers short-term fellowships to support visiting scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research in its collections. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 13643 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/10/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Shirley Olofson Memorial Award Contact: Easter DiGangi Tel: Email: easter.digangi@uwalumni.com Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/nmrt/initiatives/applyforfunds/shirleyolofson SYNOPSIS: The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually and is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04027 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/14/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Loleta D. Fryan Grant (ORS) Contact: Kathy Rosa Tel: 312-280-4273 Email: krosa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/offices/ors/orsawards/fyanloletad/fyanloletad SYNOPSIS: Under this program, grants are made to be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 04053 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/14/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant Contact: Cathleen Bourdon Tel: 312-280-3217 Email: cbourdon@ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/orsawards/baberresearchgrant/babercarroll.cfm SYNOPSIS: The ALA awards the Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant annually to one or more librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to an improvement in services to any specified group(s) of people. The project should aim to answer a question that is of vital importance to the library community and the researchers should plan to provide documentation of the results of their work. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05072 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Margaret E. Monroe Library Adult Services Award Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/monroe SYNOPSIS: This award honors a librarian who has made significant contributions to library adult services. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 05076 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award Contact: Tel: 800-545-2433 x4398 Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/publibsupport Full Program:          http://rusa.ala.org/blog/category/awards/ SYNOPSIS: The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of ALA, provides an annual award of $1,000 to support the attendance at the ALA Annual Conference of a public librarian who has performed outstanding business reference service and who requires financial assistance to attend the conference. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 08683 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: RUSA BRASS Morningstar Public Librarian Support Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/publibsupport SYNOPSIS: This annual award provides travel funds for the sponsor's Annual Conference to a public librarian who has performed outstanding business reference service and who requires financial assistance to attend the conference. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22083 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Virginia Boucher-OCLC Distinguished ILL Librarian Award Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/boucher SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides a $2,000 award to recognize a librarian for outstanding professional achievement, leadership, and contributions to interlibrary loan and document delivery through recent publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional associations, and/or innovative approaches to practice in individual libraries. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22109 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Genealogical Publishing Company Award Contact: Tel: 8 Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/genealogicalpublishing SYNOPSIS: The sponsor presents an award to a librarian or library in recognition of their professional achievement in historical or genealogical reference, service or research. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22110 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Louis Shores Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/shores SYNOPSIS: An award is given to recognize an individual reviewer, group, editor, review medium or organization for excellence in book reviewing and other media for libraries. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22111 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/mudge SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides an award to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference librarianship. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22113 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/referenceadultservices SYNOPSIS: An award of $3,000 is presented to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique resource to meet patrons' reference needs. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 22114 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/businesslib SYNOPSIS: The sponsor presents an award to an individual who has made a significant contribution to business librarianship. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 69404 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: John Sessions Memorial Award Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/sessions SYNOPSIS: 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. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 70068 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Francis Joseph Campbell Award Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/ascla/asclaawards/francisjoseph SYNOPSIS: This award is presented to a person or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of library service for the blind and physically handicapped. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 89626 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: Emerald Research Grant Awards Contact: Tel: Email: rusa@ala.org Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/emeraldgrant SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support to individuals seeking support to conduct research in business librarianship. Two $5,000 awards will be presented. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 89632 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: American Library Association Title: ABC-CLIO Online History Award (RUSA) Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.ala.org Full Program:          http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/163/apply Deadline Note: This award is given out on a Biennial basis beginning in 2005. SYNOPSIS: This award, offered every other years beginning in 2005, recognizes the accomplishments of a person or a group of people producing a freely available online historical collection, or an online tool tailored for the purpose of finding historical materials, or an online teaching aid stimulating creative historical scholarship. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 02144 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: Bibliographical Society of America Title: Fellowship Program Contact: Tel: Website:          http://www.bibsocamer.org/ Full Program:          http://www.bibsocamer.org/fellows.htm SYNOPSIS: The BSA invites applications for its sixth annual Katharine Pantzer Senior Fellowship in Bibliography and the British Book Trades as well as its annual short-term fellowship program, all of which support bibliographical inquiry and research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history. Eligible topics may concentrate on books and documents in any field, but should focus on the book or manuscript (the physical object) as historical evidence. Such topics may include establishing a text or studying the history of book production, publication, distribution, collecting, or reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 00194 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation Title: Grants for Independent Research on Venetian History and Culture Contact: Tel: 212-687-0011 Email: info@delmas.org Website:          http://www.delmas.org Full Program:          http://www.delmas.org/guidelines/v_ir_a_inst.html SYNOPSIS: The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation announces its 2013-2014 program of grants (predoctoral and postdoctoral) for travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. Grants will be awarded for historical research specifically on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible areas of study, including (but not limited to) archaeology, architecture, art, bibliography, economics, history, history of science, law, literature, music, political science, religion, and theater. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 25797 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/15/2012 Sponsor: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Title: Adult Student Aid Program Contact: Tel: 603-225-6641 x1226 Email: nd@nhcf.org Full Program:          http://www.nhcf.org/page.aspx?pid=473 Deadline Note: There is a modest application fee of $15 to help us cover the cost of processing applications. SYNOPSIS: The program is designed to help students who are returning to school to upgrade skills for employment or for career advancement, to qualify for a degree program, or to make a career change. The sponsor is particularly interested in helping applicants achieve economic independence and in supporting students whose education and training will lead directly to better employment opportunities. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 24309 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/18/2012 Sponsor: Texas Library Association Title: Escue Annual Conference Stipend Contact: Tel: 512-328-1518 Email: tla@txla.org Full Program:          http://www.txla.org/grants SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for paraprofessionals living or working in Texas to defray the costs of attending the Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 30954 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/21/2012 Sponsor: Transportation Research Board Title: Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) - Evaluating the Airport Emergency Response Operations Simulation (AEROS) Tool Contact: Marci A. Greenberger Tel: 202-334-1371 Email: mgreenberger@nas.edu Website:          http://www.trb.org/Projects/RequestsforProposals.aspx Full Program:          http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=3379 Deadline Note: Proposals (20 single-bound copies) are due not later than 4:30 p.m. on 12/21/2012. SYNOPSIS: The sponsor will support research to; assess the overall usefulness of the AEROS simulation tool and its scenarios, and, provide recommendations, as applicable, to ensure its effectiveness as a training tool for the airport industry. The research should include: 1. An evaluation of the AEROS simulation software compared to other simulation software tools from other industries (Special Note- The industries that could be considered for comparisons of simulation software include nuclear power, military, hospital, public safety, and other transportation modes) to determine best practices that are effective in training novice through expert-level responders in their roles and responsibilities in emergency response. 2. Field evaluations and usability reviews of the AEROS tool and its scenarios to determine usefulness to airports. Evaluations of all scenarios should be conducted, be geographically diverse, include responders from each anticipated EOC role, represent Index A-E airports, and allow all participants an opportunity to provide feedback. 3. Definition of the audience(s) where the tool will provide the most value to the airport industry, including the best way to familiarize the user community(s) with the use of the tool. --------------------------------------------------------------- Program Number: 14653 --------------------------------------------------------------- ***Deadlines: 12/28/2012 Sponsor: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Title: REALTORS Housing Opportunities Fund Contact: Tasha Tucker Tel: 843-760-9400 Email: Tasha@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org Website:          http://www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org/nonprofits/grants.html Full Program:          http://www.coastalcommunityfoundation.org/pdf/realtors_application.doc SYNOPSIS: REALTORS® Housing Opportunities Fund was established in 2003 as an endowment at the Coastal Community Foundation to distribute grants to Lowcountry non-profit organizations that assist in the development, maintenance or repair of housing for those whose dreams of homeownership are challenged by our region’s increasing sales prices.