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and success in seeking and administering grants.
Welcome back! As we embark on a new academic year, I would like to remind you to take advantage of the resources available to you in your pursuit of external funding. We have renewed our subscription to the funding search engine Community of Science (COS), an extensive database that includes funding opportunities from private and public sources. COS is a wonderful resource for faculty seeking funding in the areas of education, science, the humanities, arts, and more. In addition to this resource, our office will be preparing pre- and post-award workshops for new and seasoned faculty to ensure your confidence
This issue also contains a detailed listing of some key external funding opportunities. We encourage you to review these opportunities, and we hope that you find these requests for proposals both challenging and interesting. As always, we look forward to assisting you in the preparation and submission of your proposal(s) as well as all phases of the external funding process. Best wishes for a successful academic year!
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SOEHHS A WARDED NSF N OYCE S CHOLARSHIP G RANT The School of Education, Health and Human Services (SOEHHS) in collaboration with Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (HCLAS) welcomed in the new academic year with some spectacular news, as it has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program award. This $898,976 grant was written by Dr. Blidi S. Stemn (principal investigator) of the Curriculum and Teaching Department and Dr. Behailu Mammo (co-principal investigator) of the Mathematics Department. The grant will provide for the recruitment, preparation, and retention of 16 undergraduate mathematics students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, to embark upon teaching secondary school mathematics in high needs schools. Each of these accomplished students will be awarded a $20,000 annual scholarship (for two years) upon their enrollment in the secondary mathematics education program offered through the SOEHHS Department of Curriculum and Teaching. This program is in partnership with the Westbury, Hempstead, Uniondale, Roosevelt, and Brentwood school districts.
financial strength to do so. This grant will offer them the opportunity to achieve their dream.”
“My colleague and I are thrilled and excited about this award from the National Science Foundation,” said Dr. Stemn. “We will recruit bright undergraduate students within Hofstra University and the neighboring community colleges, particularly those from underrepresented populations, who would like to pursue a career in mathematics education at Hofstra University, but do not have the
The School of Education, Health and Human Services continues its mission to create an environment that nurtures communication, collaboration, and leadership coupled with the pursuit of ambitious sponsored research incentives. We congratulate our colleagues Dr. Stemn and Dr. Mammo, and wish them good luck and continued success.
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is designed to encourage exceptional science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers, and provides funding to institutions of higher education to accommodate for scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support. Hofstra will join the ranks of other notable Noyce award recipients, including the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Towson University. The program itself is named in honor of the visionary entrepreneur and inventor Robert T. Noyce (1927-1990). Nicknamed the “Mayor of Silicon Valley,” Noyce co-devised a version of the integrated circuit that ultimately became the foundation of the microchip industry and serves as the heart of every modern computer, automobile, cell phone, and video game.
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Sybil DelGaudio (Dean’s Office, SOC) Agency: Rosenthal Charitable Trust Foundation Award Amount: $100,000 Title: Documenting Diversity 2009-2010 Period: 1/1/2009-12/31/2010 Andrea Garcia (Literacy Studies/SOEHHS) Agency: Planned Parenthood of NYC Award Amount: $3,900 Title: Young Women’s Writing Project Period: 1/1/2009-12/31/2009 Donald Lubowich (Physics/HCLAS) Agency: NASA Award Amount: $307,994 Title: Music and Astronomy Under the Stars Period: 1/1/2009-12/31/2011
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Xiang Fu (Computer Science/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $30,056 Title: Collaborative Research: A Trial & Failure Project Tutoring System Period: 3/15/2009-2/28/2011
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Jin Shin (Psychology/HCLAS) Agency: National Institutes of Health Award Amount: $141,046 Title: A Home-Based Intervention for Children With Intellectual Disabilities in Vietnam Period: 5/15/2009-4/30/2010
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Margaret Hunter (Engineering/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $243,821 Title: Project ESTEEM Period: 6/1/2009-5/31/2010
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David Weissman (Engineering/HCLAS) Agency: NASA Award Amount: $110,000 Title: Corrections to Scatterometer Wind Vectors:
Habib Ammari (Computer Science/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $400,000 Title: RUI: NETS: Small: A Collaborative and Secure k-Cover-Sense-Inform Framework (k-CSI) for Heterogeneous Deployment of Mission-Oriented Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Period: 8/1/2009-7/31/2012 Simona Doboli (Computer Science/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $87,320 Title: CreativeIT: Understanding the Creative Design Process Period: 8/15/2009-7/31/2012
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The Role of Rain Induced Stress in Air-Sealed Interaction 7/1/2009-6/30/2010
M. David Burghardt (Engineering/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $2,097,819 Title: Math Infusion into Science Project (MiSP) Phase II Period: 9/1/2009-8/31/2012 Sara Hinkle (Student & Community Development) Agency: The Jenzabar Foundation Award Amount: $10,000 Title: Pre-College Discovery Program Period: Fall 2009 Beth Levinthal (Hofstra University Museum) Agency: National Endowment for the Arts Award Amount: $10,000 Title: Children’s Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood Exhibition/Catalog Period: 9/1/2009-8/31/2010
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John Bryant (English/HCLAS) Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities Award Amount: $175,000 Title: The Melville Electronic Library Period: 11/1/2009-10/31/2011
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Russell Burke (Biology/HCLAS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $322,834 Title: Testing Alternative Hypotheses for Gradients in Lyme Disease in the Eastern U.S. Period: 1/1/2010-12/31/2013 Blidi Stemn (Curriculum & Teaching/SOEHHS) Agency: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $898,976 Title: Hofstra Noyce Scholars Program Period: 1/1/2010-12/31/2013
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TIPS: COMMON PROPOSAL EDITING TECHNIQUES Experienced grant seekers follow a four-step editing process, which looks at content, clarity, mechanics, and design. Content. Have you included all the information in the order requested in the application guidelines and on the reviewer’s evaluation form? Be sure you have all the essential “meat on the bones.” Clarity. Is all of the necessary content clear and persuasive? Be sure you prune unnecessary words, shorten sentences, define terms, and use transitions. Mechanics. Is your proposal structurally unblemished? Be sure you have run your proposal through the grammatical “vacuum cleaner.” Design. Does your proposal look inviting to read? Be sure you have used adequate white space, distinctive headings, bolding and other techniques to invite skim reading. Don’t try to edit your proposal for everything at once. Make four separate passes through your proposal following these four steps, and you will reduce your editing labor pains. SPACED OUT Another common error made when drafting proposals is to use inconsistent spacing between words, e.g. (notice the lack of italics), some words may have one space between them and other words may have two or three spaces. If you have an eagle eye, you can read the proposal once, paying attention to variable spacing between words. Many people lack
that capability and resort to other options. One technique is to turn a page of text upside down. When you read the words you are not influenced by the text or context and spacing errors show up more easily. Another option is to let your “Find and Replace” command on your computer do the work for you. Block select a paragraph, hit the space bar twice in the “Find” box and move the cursor to the “Replace” box and hit the space bar once. When you click on “Replace All” your computer will find all occurrences when two spaces exist between words and replace them with one space. Repeat the process once with three spaces in the “Find” box, just to be sure triple spacing didn’t slip in between a few words. THE LAST LAFF Here are some technical writing tips. *Remember to never split an infinitive. *The passive voice should never be used. *Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. *Don’t use no double negatives. *No sentence fragments. *Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. *Don’t overuse exclamation points!!!!!! *Be more or less specific. *Always avoid alliteration. *Who needs rhetorical questions?
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The Office for Research and Sponsored Programs is pleased to host pre- and post -award workshops. For updates and details, please visit hofstra.edu/grants.
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Pre-Award Workshops Title: Grant seeking Basics Date: Friday, October 9, 3-5 p.m. Presenter: JuWon Choi, Vice President for Educational Services, Foundation Center, NY, NY Location: Boardroom, Hofstra University Club
Post-Award Workshop Title: Hofstra Award Management Date: Friday, November 13, 3-5 p.m. Facilitators: Bill McGuinness, Grants Manager at Hofstra; and Alice DiazBonhomme, Assistant Provost, ORSP Location: Boardroom, Hofstra University Club
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The grant scene changes regularly. With diminished assets, we’ve seen foundations retrench the size of their awards and the geographic areas they serve. The Gerber Foundation is a good example of this. It recently added the following sentence to its guidelines: “Due to the economic crisis, the foundation announced that it will focus its local giving on basic and emergency needs, and education.” Previously, its giving area extended well beyond the local level and included support for multiple pediatric health issues. NIH: Government agencies are also changing their application guidelines. NIH is a case in point. With increased funding, it expects to support new investigators at success rates equivalent to those of established investigators submitting new applications; the majority of the new investigators are expected to be early stage investigators. The NIH scoring system will change, effective immediately. Reviewers will provide a separate score in each of the following categories: Significance, Investigator(s), Innovation, Approach, and Environment. Applications will receive an overall score from each panel member from 1 to 9; scores will be averaged and multiplied by 10. Thus, priority scores will range between 10 and 90. Further, summary statements will be shorter and more focused due to standardized organization and reporting of strengths and weaknesses. All applications, including streamlined applications, will receive feedback. Only one resubmission will be allowed. The new salary cap at NIH is $196,700. NIH hopes to reduce its page limits on their standard grant applications from 25 to 12 pages. A state-level Blue Cross/Blue Shield grant program recently reduced its page limit from 15 to 10 pages. The reduction in page limits poses some interesting challenges for grant writers and reviewers alike. Grant reviewers generally like the idea of shorter proposals. One consequence, of course, is that fewer proposal details can be presented by proposal writers. We fear that many proposals will be criticized for “insufficient details,” when guidelines don’t permit them. As we watch this trend toward shorter
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F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES – L ATE O CTOBER D EADLINES NEH Collaborative Research Grants - Deadline: October 29, 2009. Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars. Awards are made for one to three years and typically range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year. Web site: neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ collaborative.html NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations - Deadline: October 29, 2009. Scholarly Editions and Translations grants support the preparation of editions and translations of pre-existing texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Awards are made for one to three years and
range from $50,000 to $100,000 per year. Web site: neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html The Lawrence Foundation - Deadline: October 31, 2009. The Lawrence Foundation is a private family foundation focused on making grants to support environmental, education, human services and other causes. The foundation has funded organizations that address the following areas of interest: educational, environment, human services, disaster relief, and others. Web site: thelawrencefoundation.org/grants/ guidelines.php
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F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES – L ATE O CTOBER /N OVEMBER D EADLINES The Ambrose Monell Foundation – Deadline: October 31, 2009. Mission: Voluntarily aiding and contributing to religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational uses and purposes in New York, elsewhere in the United States and throughout the world. Web site: monellvetlesen.org/monell/default.htm The Verizon Foundation – Deadline: October 31, 2009. Verizon is in the business of improving lives in literacy, knowledge and a readiness for the 21st century. The Verizon Foundation reviews unsolicited proposals on a continuous calendar year basis from January 1 through October 31. Web site: foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml NIH/NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30) Deadlines: Letter of Intent – October 22, 2009; Application – November 18, 2009. Solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish core centers that are part of an integrated program of nutrition and/or obesity-research. The purpose of this Centers program is to bring together, on a cooperative basis, basic science and clinical investigators to enhance the effectiveness of their research related to nutrition and/or obesity. Web site: grants.nih.gov/grants/ guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-09-006.html NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) (R15) - Deadline: Standard Dates Apply - Next Opportunity to Submit: October 25, 2009. The purpose of the AREA program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the nation’s research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. Web site: grants.nih.gov/ grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-042.html NSF’s Division of Chemistry Announces Multiple Opportunities - Target Windows: November 1-30, 2009; July 1 - August 2, 2010. The Division of Chemistry has undergone a realignment and offers some new programs for unsolicited proposals. The realignment has established eight new programs, which will accept proposals starting in the July 2009 submission window. The new programs are: 1. Chemical Catalysis 2. Chemical Measurement and Imaging 3. Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms 4. Chemical Synthesis 5. Chemistry of Life Processes 6. Environmental Chemical Sciences 7. Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry 8. Theory, Models and Computational Methods Web site: nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=CHE
NSF Informal Science Education – Deadline: November 19, 2009. The ISE program invests in projects that promote lifelong learning of STEM in a wide variety of informal settings. Funding is provided for projects that advance understanding of informal STEM learning, that develop and implement innovative strategies and resources for informal STEM education, and that build the national professional capacity for research, development, and practice in the field. There are five categories of ISE program grants: Research; Pathways; Full-Scale Development; Broad Implementation; and Communicating Research to Public Audiences. Web site: nsf.gov/funding/ pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5361&org=NSF&sel_org =NSF&from=fund NSF Information and Intelligent Systems Core Programs - Proposal Windows: Large: November 128, 2009; Small: December 1-17, 2009. Division of Information and Intelligent Systems supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: Human-Centered Computing; The Information Integration and Informatics program; and The Robust Intelligence program. Web site: nsf.gov/ pubs/2009/nsf09557/nsf09557.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 NSF Computing and Communication Foundations Core Programs - Proposal Windows: Large: November 1-28, 2009; Small: December 1-17, 2009. Division of Computing and Communications Foundations supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Algorithmic Foundations program; The Communications and Information Foundations program; and The Software and Hardware Foundations program. Web site: nsf.gov/ pubs/2009/nsf09555/nsf09555.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 NSF Computer and Network Systems Core Programs - Proposal Windows: Large: November 128, 2009; Small: December 1-17, 2009. CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs: the Computer Systems Research program; and The Networking Technology and Systems program. Web site: nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09556/nsf09556.htm? govDel=USNSF_25 NSF Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Cross-Cutting Programs Proposal Windows: Large: November 1-28, 2009; Small: December 1-17, 2009. This solicitation seeks proposals in cross-cutting areas that are scientifically timely, and that benefit from the intellectual contributions of
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F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES — N OVEMBER /D ECEMBER D EADLINES researchers with expertise in a number of computing fields and/or sub-fields. The cross-cutting programs for FY 2010 are: Dataintensive Computing; Network Science and Engineering; and Trustworthy Computing. Web site: nsf.gov/pubs/2009/ nsf09558.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 National Italian American Foundation – Culture and Heritage Grant Awards - Deadline: November 27, 2009. Funding for projects to promote, research, educate, or preserve Italian American culture, history, or heritage. Examples include: documentaries, doctoral research, exhibits, conferences, books, media stereotyping/anti-defamation surveys, campaigns, plays, and course syllabi. Web site: naïf.org/grants/2008/2008-user/ about.asp
FINRA Investor Education Foundation – General Grants - Deadline: Project Concept Forms – November 5, 2009. The FINRA Investor Education Foundation supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools and information needed to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing. Web site: finrafoundation.org/grants/general/guidelines/index.htm Charles Edison Fund - Grant recipients are selected during board meetings in March, June and December. Funding goes to three subject areas: research, education, and arts and culture. The foundation provides seed money for new organizations and initiatives. Web site: charlesedisonfund.org
F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES — J ANUARY D EADLINES NSF Discovery Research K-12 – Deadline: January 7, 2010. Submission of a preliminary proposal is optional and due Oct. 5, 2009. This program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through development, study, and implementation of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Projects funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or hypothesis about how to improve preK-12 STEM learning and teaching. Projects create or adapt and study innovative resources, models, or technologies, and determine how and why implementation affects STEM learning. Web site: nsf.gov/funding Ronald McDonald House Charities – Deadline: January 16, 2010. Try to improve the health and well being of children directly through RMHC programs, and work with nonprofit organizations around the world that are making an immediate, positive impact on children who need it most. Grants to these organizations extend the reach and impact of RMHC and move donation dollars quickly to areas in their time of need. Web site: rmhc.org/what-we-do/grants/how-to-apply/ NSF Civil Infrastructure System – Deadline Period: January 15, 2010 – February 15, 2010. The CIS program supports research leading to the intelligent engineering of distributed infrastructure systems. Areas of interest include intra- and inter-dependencies in infrastructure design and operation for resilience and sustainability, infrastructure protection, and advanced information technologies for health monitoring, condition assessment, deterioration and asset management. Special emphasis is on risk analysis, life-cycle frameworks, cyber-enabled simulation, and technologies for
design, construction and operation of resilient and sustainable infrastructure networks. Web site: nsf.gov/ funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13352 NIH – Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25) – Deadline: January 20, 2010. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase the number of students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of the nation and/or populations disproportionately affected by health disparities who successfully complete the baccalaureate degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences. This initiative promotes inter-institutional partnerships between community colleges or other two-year postsecondary educational institutions granting the associate degree and colleges or universities that offer the baccalaureate degree with the goal of developing wellintegrated developmental activities that will increase students preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit of the baccalaureate degree and subsequently more advanced degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Web site: grants1.nih.gov/grants/ guide/pa-files/PAR-07-411.html NSF – Sociology Program – Target Dates: Regular Research – January 15, 2010 The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization – societies, institutions, groups and demography – and processes of individual and institutional change. Web site: nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp? pims_id=5369
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F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES — J ANUARY D EADLINES NSF Developmental and Learning Sciences - Target Date: January 15, 2010. Supports fundamental research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children’s and adolescents’ development and learning. Web site: nsf.gov/ funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671
NSF Economics Program - Target Date: January 18, 2010. The Economics Program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. Web site: nsf.gov/funding/ pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=SES&from=home
NSF Law and Social Science Program - Target Date: January 15, 2010. The Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. Web site: nsf.gov/funding/ pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5422&org
NSF Geobiology & Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program - Deadline: January 16, 2010. The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program provides funding for the conduct of research in most areas of the solid -earth and surface-terrestrial sciences. Web site: nsf.gov/ pubs/2009/nsf09552/nsf09552.htm
NSF Political Science Program - Target Date: January 15, 2010. The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Web site: nsf.gov/ funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418
Bank of America Charitable Foundation - Deadline: January 1, 2010. Bank of America Merrill Lynch puts a premium on identifying and responding to local needs. BOA offers grant programs locally and nationally. Its national programs and partners help BOA identify opportunities and provide services and resources to our neighborhoods. Anchor institutions are economic catalysts such as local arts institutions, universities and hospitals that support the health and vibrancy of our neighborhoods. Web site: bankofamerica.com/foundation/indes.cfm? template=fd_grantprograms
NSF Social Psychology Program - Target Date: January 15, 2010. The Social Psychology Program supports basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences and development over the life span. Web site: nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5712
F UNDING O PPORTUNITIES — R OLLING D EADLINES ExxonMobil Corp - ExxonMobil supports programs in education, health, community development, the environment, and safety as well as giving throughout the world. Web site: exxonmobil.com/Corporate/community.aspx
funding guidelines. The foundation will implement their refocused lines of work in October 2009, the beginning of the foundation’s 2010 fiscal year. Web site: fordfound.org/grants/inquiry/1
Lannan Foundation - Various Programs - This funder considers multi-year requests for project costs, operating expenses, technical assistance and collaborative activities that build organizational strength and community capacity. Grants are not available for documentary films or video projects, performing arts, theaters, or crafts. Initial contact is through a letter of inquiry. Lannan supports:
New York Council for the Humanities - The Council awards major grants (up to $20,000-March 15 and Sept. 15 annually) and mini grants (up to $2,500-Rolling deadline). Council grants are meant to provide financial support for public programs presented by not-for-profit organizations across New York state that bring humanities scholars and scholarship to a general public audience. Special consideration is given to projects that reach underserved populations; projects that, without our funding, might not happen; and organizations that need financial seed money so that they may secure long-term support from other sources. Web site: nyhumanities.org/ grants/
Arts - Encourage contemporary artists, foster serious discussion of today’s arts, and bring new works to a wide audience. Literary – Increase public appreciation of literature in English language. Cultural Freedom – Protect cultural freedom, diversity and creativity. Web site: lannan.org/lf/about/funding-process/ The Ford Foundation - Prospective applicants are advised to review the foundation’s Web site for information or current
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust - Education initiatives are at the top of the foundation’s priority list, followed by health and human services, arts and culture, community development and international aid. The trust may provide startup money to initiate projects. Web site: adminitrustllc.com/foundations/mssct.htm
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