Grants Alert

• Published date: 21 January 2016
• Date: 21 January 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30058

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$1M available for CMV

training grant program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s

(DOT’s) Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration recently released a federal funding

opportunity for the FY2016 Commercial Motor

Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST)

Grant Program to reduce the severity and number

of crashes on U.S. roads involving commercial

motor vehicles by training operators and future

operators in the safe use of such vehicles.

This year, the department said its CMVOST

national priority is to train current and former

members of the United States Armed Forces,

including National Guard members and reservists.

spouses and children of service members are

also eligible for such training, DOT said, with or

without the service member.

Eligible organizations include entities that

provide CMV operator training, such as accredited

public or private colleges, universities, vocational-

technical schools, postsecondary educational

institutions, truck driver training schools,

associations, and state and local governments,

including Native American tribal governments, the

department said.

DOT expects to make up to $1 million

available for up to 10 awards, according to the

announcement, for projects of up to 24 months

in length. A 20 percent match or cost share is

required from successful applicants.

The deadline for proposals is April 5, 2016.

To learn more, visit www.grants.gov and search

FON# FM-DTG-16-001. Then click the “Package”

link to see the full announcement. ■

Grants alert

Creative Writing Fellowships (NEA)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Arts seeks

applications for Creative Writing Fellowships to support

creative writers of prose (fiction and creative nonfiction)

and poetry, enabling recipients to set aside time for

writing, research, travel and general career advancement.

Deadline: March 9, 2016.

Funds: Grants of up to $25,000.

Eligibility: Qualified individuals.

Areas: NEA said in FY2017, fellowships in poetry are

available.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 2016NEA03LFCW

Challenge America Grant Program (NEA)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Arts seeks

applications for the FY2017 Challenge America Grant

Program to support small and midsized organizations for

projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved

populations—those whose opportunities to experience

the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics or

disability.

Deadline: April 14, 2016.

Funds: Awards of up to $10,000.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities; nonprofit

organizations; state, local, special district and Native

American tribal governments; and independent school

districts.

Areas: NEA said grants are available for professional

arts programming and for projects that emphasize the

potential of the arts in community development.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# 2016NEA01CA

Programming Grants to Accompany NEH

on the Road Exhibitions (NEH)

Scope: The National Endowment for the Humanities

seeks applications for Programming Grants to

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