Mini-Grant Announcement
A request for application for a funding opportunity will be issued March 2, 2009. Four grants will be awarded each up to $4,000.
Description
The CERP Mini-Grant Program invites proposals for partnership-based health projects that involve collaborations between a community organization and a faculty member affiliated with Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory University, or Georgia Tech. Health topics may include, but need not be limited to, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS/other STDs, nutrition, physical activity, stroke, teen pregnancy, tobacco, or violence/injury. Eligibility Criteria Community-based organizations that are eligible to apply for this mini-grant must:- be not-for-profit under Section 501c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, identify a partnership with a faculty member affiliated with Morehouse School of Medicine, Emory University, or Georgia Tech to collaborate on program development, implementation or evaluation,
- include a resident of the community as Principal Investigator or Project Director, and
- serve communities within Atlanta's five-county core metropolitan area including Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett or communities within Southwest Georgia counties including Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Wilcox, and Worth.