>>> Natalia Lopez 11/8/2004 11:20:48 AM >>>

Call for Grant Applications
 
AED Announces Next Competition for 15 Grant Awards to Support Nonprofits and Promising New Leaders Committed to Social Justice.
 
Sponsored fields of work include:
 
*International Human Rights
*HIV/AIDS
*Migrant and Refugee Rights
*Racial Justice
*Reproductive Rights
*Women's Rights
 
Worth, on average, about $100,000, the two-year grants offer support for salary, fringe benefits, financial assistance, leadership training, mentoring, and a professional development account for a promising new leader.  The host nonprofit organizations receives a computer to support the work of the Fellow.  A defining feature of the program is that the applying nonprofit and its prospective Fellow prepare the application together as a team.

This competition we also hope to receive more applications from candidates who are men of color.  And we are interested in applications from nonprofit organizations in cities not previously funded by New Voices (e.g. Detroit, St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville, Birmingham, Chicago, Memphis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Jackson, Minneapolis, Richmond).  This list is not exclusive or exhaustive.
 
Grant applications and eligibility criteria are now available from the New Voices web site at www.aed.org/newvoices  The deadline is January 10, 2005.  A copy of the 2005 application in Microsoft Word is attached to this announcement.
 
For additional information or to join the program mailing list, please contact us by e-mail at newvoice@..., by phone at 202-884-8051, by fax at (202) 884-8407, or by mail at:
 
New Voices/AED
1825 Connecticut Ave, N.W.
Suite 744
Washington, DC 20009

Natalia M. López
Program Associate
Academy for Educational Development
New Voices National Fellowship Program
1825 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 884-8607 (ph)
(202) 884-8407 (fx)
nlopez@...
www.aed.org/newvoices

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