Aetna Foundation Awards

[From Philanthropy News Digest]

Aetna and the Aetna Foundation have announced that they awarded grants totaling $15.6 million to 661 nonprofit organizations in 2010.

Grants were awarded to nonprofits across the country working to address various healthcare issues, including racial and ethnic equity, obesity among adults and children, and the insufficient integration and coordination of health services. The company and its foundation also supported the arts, human services, education, and faith-based initiatives.

In addition, Aetna employees, retirees, and directors donated $6.9 million in 2010 through the company's matching gift program, bringing the total amount awarded by the foundation, Aetna, and its employees to $22.5 million. Employees of the health insurance provider also logged nearly 335,000 volunteer hours in their communities.

"During 2010, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation were pleased to provide grants to 661 nonprofit organizations and to match the generosity of our employees to another 9,492 organizations within our communities," said Aetna Foundation president Anne Beal. "We also made significant progress toward our goals of concentrating our grants on specific health issues of national concern, giving nearly $2.35 million to the fight against obesity, $1.24 million to improve racial and ethnic equity in health and health care, and more than $1 million to support better integrated health care in America."

“Aetna, the Aetna Foundation, and Employees Contributed More Than $22 Million to Nonprofits in 2011.” Aetna Press Release 3/21/11.

Institutional Research Training Grants

Purpose: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions as the primary means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research agenda. The primary objective of the T32 program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program supports predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs (including those with short term research training) at domestic institutions of higher education with the T32 funding mechanism. Note that programs solely for short-term research training should not apply to this announcement, but rather the separate (T35) NRSA Short-Term Institutional program exclusively reserved for predoctoral and/or postdoctoral level short-term research training programs (see PA-10-037). Mechanism of Support: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will utilize the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32). Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: Because the nature and scope of the proposed research training will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the number, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

Minority Undergraduate Student Program: A Public Health Workplace Experience to Increase Minority Student Interest in Public Health

The primary purpose of this funding opportunity is to create a national program for the exposure of minority undergraduate students to public health and biomedical sciences. CDC is soliciting applications to organizations and institutions to serve as component sites for a ten (10)-week national minority undergraduate student summer program. Each site will demonstrate expertise in serving the five (5) targeted populations that are the focus of this program (African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders).

Expected Number of Awards:	6
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$16,000,000
Award Ceiling:	$2,850,000

Letter of Intent due April 4, 2011. Full submissions, May 24, 2011

Full announcement here.

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Request for Proposal

[41 Pa.B. 1599]
[Saturday, March 19, 2011]

 The Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council), an independent State agency that collects, analyzes and disseminates health care cost and quality-related information, seeks to obtain legal services on a retainer basis. Interested parties may access the Request for Proposal at www.phc4.org, or by contacting Reneé Greenawalt at (717) 232-6787 or rgreenawalt@phc4.org. Proposals are due to the Council office no later than 5 p.m. on April 20, 2011. The Council will make the award at the public Council meeting on May 5, 2011, at 10 a.m. at the Council office.

JOE MARTIN, 
Executive Director

Affordable Care Act (ACA): Capacity Building Assistance to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure and Performance

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants for Parts I, II, and III under the Non-Competitive 12-month Cost-Extension Supplement are limited the following grantees funded under CDC-RFA- HM08-8030301SUPP10: PART I 1. American Public Health Association (APHA) 2. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) 3. National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) 4. National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) 5. Public Health Foundation (PHF) PART II 1. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) 2. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) 3. Public Health Foundation (PHF) PART III 1. Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) 2. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) 3. National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) 4. National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) 5. National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) 6. Public Health Foundation (PHF)

Agency Name

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Description

The overall goal of this expansion is to support the provision of capacity building assistance (CBA) to state, tribal, local and territorial (STLT) health departments that ensures performance improvement and successful adoption of best or promising practices to address key areas of public health infrastructure investments. These investments are in accordance with Health Care Reform legislation, Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148).

Full announcement available at Grants.gov

NIH Summer Research Experience Programs

The goals of NIH-supported research training, education, and career development programs are to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in adequate numbers and in appropriate scientific areas to address the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. The goals of this NIH-supported summer research experience is to provide a high quality research experience for high school and college students and for science teachers during the summer break.

Grant applications submitted in response to this funding opportunity announcement should be characterized by innovation, scholarship and/or the needs of participating ICs in meeting its objectives. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the relevant IC program staff for current information about targeted priorities and policies before preparing an application (see Section VII).

Full announcement available here.