Funding Opportunities April 15, 2004

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Funding OpportunitiesApril 15, 2004

• Karen Martin, MIA
• Senior Program Officer
• kmartin_at_americanlegacy.org
• 202-454-5555

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Topics to Be Covered

• Current funding situation
• Funding opportunities
• Small Innovative Grants Program
• Circle of Friends Small Grants Program
• Research and evaluation

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Financial Reality
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Master Settlement Payments Compared w/ Operating
Expenses
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Small Innovative Grants Program

• One-year award with option for second year upon
  invitation
  
• 100,000 or less for first year
• Eligible for up to 50 of first year award for
  second year (11 cash match required)
  

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Small Innovative Grants Program

• No deadline
• Response time is four to five months from date of
  submission
  
• Funding rate 18-23
• Concept paper option

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Changes to Guidelines

• Dissertation support to be added
• Non-dissertation research, such as applied
  research, to be eliminated or funded in a limited
  capacity
  
• Innovation is critical.
• Current guidelines on website are valid but do
  not yet include dissertation support.
  
• New guidelines available by end of June 2004

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Small Innovative Grants Program

• Mini-RFAs to be announced throughout next year
• Possible topics include
• Youth cessation
• Cessation and the mature smoker
• Smoking and co-morbidities
• Smokeless tobacco in the rural setting

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Circle of Friends Small Grants Program

• Circle of Friends is a national, grassroots
  social movement from Legacy to show support for
  women struggling to quit smoking and to highlight
  the toll of tobacco-related disease on women,
  their families and communities in the U.S.
• www.join-the-circle.org

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Circle of Friends Small Grants Program

• Grants will help organizations implement programs
  to support women who are trying to quit smoking.
  
  
• Programs must include a strong social support
  component.
  
• Organizations must be willing to incorporate
  Legacy materials and activities into the program.

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Circle of Friends Small Grants Program

• Organizations may request up to 75,000 per year
  for up to two years.
  
• A 23 cash match is required for second-year
  funding (for every 3 granted by the foundation,
  the grant recipient must supply 2).

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Circle of Friends Small Grants Program

• Planning grants are also available.
• Planning grants provide funds up to 25,000 for
  one year for an organization to develop a
  project.

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Circle of Friends Small Grants Program

• Deadline for Circle of Friends Small Grants
  Program June 30, 2004

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Application

• Guidelines and on-line application for both grant
  initiatives available at
  
• www.americanlegacy.org

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Research and Evaluation Department

• Continued commitment to research and evaluation
  in cooperation with colleges and universities
  
• LERN
• Bringing more projects in-house
• Greater number of staff
• Outside contracts to be smaller and more specific

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• Thank you.
• www.americanlegacy.org