The New York State Education Department is accepting applications for programs that will create models using the approaches to learning and the materials and programmatic resources of cultural institutions and encourage, advocate and support preschool, after school, weekend, and summer learning programs for children using public television, museums, historical societies, environmental centers, libraries and other cultural resources. Public libraries in New York State are eligible. April 18, 2001. Rural Volunteer Fire Assistance NYS Department of Environmental Conservation The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will administer the Volunteer Fire Assistance matching grant program to assist rural fire companies in the purchase of wildland fire suppression equipment and wildland fire suppression safety equipment. Grants are based on federal guidelines and are for use in townships with populations under 10,000.
Fire companies serving rural townships are eligible.
May 15, 2001. The New York State Department of Health, Spinal Cord Injury Research Board welcomes basic or clinical research proposals on topics bearing on its mission to reverse paralysis and restore function, or to minimize and prevent damage occurring during the acute phase of injury. Projects targeting regeneration, repair, or restoration of function are of strong interest. Outcomes of supported research are expected ultimately to propel advances in treatment of spinal cord injury. March 31, 2001.