Current Highlighted Grants:

I) Educational Grants:

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance- Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants
  
  Objectives: The objective of this program is to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. These programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force.
  
  Deadline: Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
  
  Website: www.CFDA.gov

• CODE2040 - Non-Profit for Tech Diversity
  
  Objectives: Laura Weidman Powers, the group's co-founder and chief executive, said minorities are often at a disadvantage when seeking out and interviewing for jobs because they lack instruction on how to prepare. One of Google's grants will help CODE2040 create a program aimed at training black and Latino students how to apply for an interview for a technical job or internship. 

  Deadline: Contact the organization for application deadlines.
  
  Website: www.code2040.org
  
  
   

II) Health Grants:

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  Expansion of the Certified Pathways Community HUB (Infant Mortality) Model Grant
  
  Objectives: This request for proposal, including grant requirements and technical assistance information, will be available at the Ohio Commission on Minority Health's website starting on Monday, August 10th, 2015. You may call the office for more information (614) 466-4000.

  Deadline: 5PM on Monday, September 28th, 2015
  
  Website: www.mih.ohio.gov
  
  
   

   

III) Business Development Grants:

• USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service - Rural Business Programs
  
  Objectives: Business Programs provide financial backing and technical assistance to stimulate business creation and
  growth. The programs work through partnerships with public and private community based organizations and
  financial institutions to provide financial assistance, business development, and technical assistance to rural
  businesses. These programs help to provide capital, equipment, space, job training, and entrepreneurial skills
  that can help to start and/or grow a business. Business Programs also support the creation and preservation
  of quality jobs in rural areas.
  
  Deadline: Differ depending on program, please visit USDA.gov to learn more. 
  
  Website: www.rd.usda.gov

IV) Arts Grants:

• National Endowment for the Arts - NEA Research: Art Works

  
  Objectives: Project may start on May 1, 2016, or any time thereafter. Grants generally may cover a period of performance
  of up to two years, with an exception for projects that include primary data collection as part of the proposed
  activity. Projects that include primary data collection may request up to three years. Research areas include the
  system's core components of Arts Participation and Arts Creation; the system's inputs (Arts Infrastructure and
  Education & Training); and the system's main outcomes, e.g., cognitive or emotional benefits to individuals, or
  civic or economic benefits to communities.
  
  Deadline: October 20th, 2015
  
  Website: arts.gov/grants-organizations/research-art-works