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November 18, 2009

In this issue of Health Funding Watch, the Foundation Center's newsletter devoted to health-related topics, you'll read about a new foundation-funded initiative that aims to explore the complex connection between health and education. You'll also find links to other health-related news, resources, funding opportunities for individuals and organizations, and job listings. Health Funding Watch is available exclusively to visitors who register at the Foundation Center's Web site.

Consortium of Foundations Addresses the Role of Health in Education Policy Reform

The California Endowment has released the first in a series of reports as part of a multiyear, multi-foundation initiative designed to help ensure that student health is factored into California's education reform agenda. Funded by the endowment and the James Irvine and William and Flora Hewlett foundations, the California Education Supports Project will work to explore the complex connection between health and education in order to develop policy recommendations that foster healthy and supportive school and community environments. "An education agenda that focuses exclusively on curriculum-based reform fails to consider the multitude of health factors that contribute to a student's ability to focus and engage in learning," said Dr. Gregory Austin, director of the WestEd Health and Human Development Program. "Even the best teacher armed with the most interesting curriculum cannot reach a student who is absent due to asthma, distracted by a toothache, or preoccupied with fears of violence." Read the article»

Recent Health News from Philanthropy News Digest

Kellogg Announces $32.5 Million to Improve Access to Healthy Food, Physical Activity
Nine communities that participated in the foundation's Food & Fitness initiative in 2007 will receive funding of almost $11 million over the next three year....
Posted: 11/18/09

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Receives $30 Million From Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation
The largest portion of the grant, some $25 million, will go toward construction of a pediatric research facility at Emory University, while the remaining $5 million will support research efforts at the Marcus Autism Center....
Posted: 11/16/09

RWJF Awards $1.85 Million to Study How Video Games Can Improve Players' Health
Nine research teams have been awarded up to $300,000 each to lead one- to two-year studies that explore how digital games can be used to engage players in physical activity and motivate them to improve their health....
Posted: 11/14/09

UC Berkeley Receives $10.9 Million to Test Impact of Sanitation on Diseases
The grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund researchers trying to determine how sanitation interventions, including drinking water improvements and hand-washing solutions, affect child health and well-being in developing countries....
Posted: 11/10/09

Kaiser Permanente Awards $5.2 Million to Endow UCLA Center for Health Equity
The grant will enable the newly renamed center to partner with Los Angeles-area nonprofits that conduct innovative research, develop effective programs to eliminate health disparities, and expand its training and technical assistance services....
Posted: 11/04/09

More health news»

Funding Opportunities

Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Invites Proposals for Addiction Treatment Programs
Four-year grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to four cohorts at a public or private nonprofit working to provide treatment for substance use disorders....
Deadline: 12/17/09 (RSVP for Mandatory Proposal Workshop)

American Brain Tumor Association Announces 2010 Fellowship and Translational Research Funding Opportunities
One- to two-year grants of up to $80,000 will be awarded to early-career brain tumor researchers who have a commitment to neuro-oncology and to established scientists who are ready to move from the laboratory into patient testing....
Deadline: 1/08/10

Samuel Harris Fund for Children's Dental Health Grants Program Invites Applications
Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to organizations working to improve the oral health of children through prenatal and postnatal oral health instruction for mothers/caregivers....
Deadline: 11/08/10

NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association Accepting Applications for Young Investigator Award Program
One- and two-year awards of up to $30,000 will be given to investigators who have achieved a doctoral-level degree and are employed in research training or in a faculty or independent research position and conducting neurobiological research....
Deadline: 1/25/10

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts Announce Health Impact Project
Up to fifteen projects that demonstrate the effectiveness of health impact assessments and that are led by state, tribal or local agencies, educational institutions or nonprofits will be awarded grants of up to $150,000....
Deadline: Open

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Grand Challenges
in Public Health

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced grants of $100,000 to 76 researchers working to transform public health in developing countries. Awarded through the foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, the five-year grants are designed to encourage scientists to pursue bold ideas that lead to public health breakthroughs, with a focus on the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. For a complete list of grantees, visit the Grand Challenges Web site.

New Report

Aiming Higher: Results From a State Scorecard on Health System Performance, 2009 (110 pages, PDF), a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, argues that the number of uninsured Americans could climb to 61 million by 2020, with millions more underinsured — an outcome that would exacerbate financial stress for families, overwhelm safety-net providers, and undermine the financial foundation of community health systems. To avoid such problems, the report calls on states and the federal government to work together to ensure affordable access for all Americans and to improve healthcare quality, health outcomes, and efficiency within the system.

Turning Economic Crisis into Opportunity — How Nonprofits Can Survive and Emerge Stronger

The economic downturn
has forced nonprofits across the nation to cut programs, expenses, and staff — and the outlook for 2010 doesn't look much brighter. But a series of four new webinars from the Foundation Center can help you see beyond the recession to a more sustainable future. The webinars — on Dec. 1,
Dec. 3, Dec. 8, and Dec. 10 — start at 1:00 and end at 2:30 EST. Register for the complete series and pay only $135. Learn more
and register»

Job Opportunities

Director, Finance
American Lung Association
New York, New York
Posted: 11/15/09

Chief Financial Officer
HealthCare Chaplaincy
New York, New York
Posted: 11/13/09

Program Manager, Health Information Exchange
MCHC Service Organization
Chicago, Illinois
Posted: 11/12/09

Chief Executive Officer
World Federation for
Mental Health
Woodbridge, Virginia
Posted: 11/10/09

Executive Director
Alliance of AIDS
Services, Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Posted:11/10/09

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