Month July 2019

Month July 2019

Roots 2 A Sovereign Nation Food Summit

Training

Are you ready for the second round of Roots of a Sovereign Nation? The Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council is happy to announce the much anticipated continuation of last year’s food sovereignty summit, held in Billings in August 2018. Join us at the historic Billings Depot for two days of learning and cultural celebration facilitated by Abigail EchoHawk. Hear from powerful voices in the food sovereignty movement, such as activist Winona LaDuke, sharing successes and tools on a breadth of topics. Topics to include nutrition and cancer, farm to school, food as medicine, Tribal food codes, and much more. The summit will be followed by a traditional and contemporary food tasting that you won’t want to miss.

When:
Wednesday, Aug. 14 – Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT

Where:
310 Montana Ave.
Billings, MT 59101

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Species Recovery Grants to Tribes

Grant Opportunities

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recognizes the unique importance of many protected species to tribes and values ongoing efforts by tribal nations to conserve and protect species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1535. NMFS is authorized to provide Federal assistance to tribes to support conservation programs for listed marine and anadromous species under its jurisdiction. This assistance, provided in the form of grants or cooperative agreements, can be used to support conservation of endangered, threatened, and candidate species or species proposed for listing, as well as post-delisting monitoring of recovered species.

Closing Date: Oct. 31, 2019

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Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

Grant Opportunities

First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), in partnership with The Henry Luce Foundation (Luce), is proud to launch the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship. Through this new fellowship program, we will award 10 fellowships of $50,000 each to outstanding Native Americans engaged in meaningful work that benefits Indigenous people and communities in either reservation and/or urban settings. This fellowship is intended to support Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers that embody exceptional creativity, progressive and critical thinking, and the potential to significantly move forward their field in ways that will ultimately lead to broad, transformative impacts for Indigenous communities.

Deadline: September 13, 2019

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Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) Healthy Kids AI/AN

Grant Opportunities

These grants will support innovative outreach strategies aimed at increasing the enrollment and retention of eligible AI/AN children in Medicaid and CHIP, emphasizing activities tailored to communities where AI/AN children and families reside, and enlisting tribal and other community leaders and tribal health and social services programs that serve eligible AI/AN children and families.

Deadline: September 16, 2019

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Polycystic Kidney Disease Research and Translation Core Centers (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Grant Opportunities

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research that advances compounds towards FDA approval by leveraging NIDA funds with the strengths and resources of outside organizations, such as for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, private and public foundations, and small businesses. Applications from single entities that possess considerable resources for medications development will also be considered, provided the entity demonstrates a significant resource commitment to the proposed project.

Closing Date: Nov. 21, 2019

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