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AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program
*Program Description* The AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program helps to assure an adequate supply of trained researchers with respect to AIDS at the National Institutes of Health by providing for the repayment of educational loans for participants who contractually agree to engage in AIDS research as employees of the NIH. Recipients must agree by written contract to engage in AIDS research, ... -
AgrAbility Project
*Program Description* The AgrAbility Project assists people with disabilities employed in production agriculture. Twenty-one states have developed AgrAbility programs offering an array of services, including resource referral, onsite technical assistance, practical education and training, and peer support networks. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must have a disability and you must have professional experience as ... -
Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program
*Program Description* The Contraception and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program (CIR-LRP) is designed to provide an incentive for health professionals to work in areas of reproductive research directly related to contraceptive development and/or infertility diagnosis and treatment by providing assistance in repaying educational loans for individuals. The CIR-LRP will pay up to $35,000 of the principal and interest of a participant's ... -
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP)
*Program Description* The objective of DVOP is to develop jobs and job training opportunities for disabled and other veterans. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must have completed at least 24 continuous months of active duty service in the military. *Application Process* For more information, see the Program Contact Information below. *Program Contact Information* Headquarters ... -
Dislocated Worker Program (Workforce Investment Act, Title I)
*Program Description* The purpose of this program is to assist individuals who have been laid off or terminated, or who are scheduled to be laid off and need transition assistance to find or qualify for a new job. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be unemployed or about to become unemployed. In addition, one ... -
Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards
*Program Description* The Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards provide high quality research training in the drug abuse field including: 1) Basic and applied studies in all of the life sciences relevant to drug abuse 2) Research on behavioral and societal factors and the epidemiology of drug use and abuse 3) Special training in experimental design methodology *General Program Requirements* In ... -
EMI Independent Study Program
*Program Description* The EMI Independent Study program consists of self-paced courses designed for both the general public and people who have emergency management responsibilities. They are offered free-of-charge to all who qualify for enrollment, and college credit can be obtained through a for-fee service after successful completion of a course. Each Independent Study Course includes lessons with practice exercises and a ... -
EMI Residential Education Program
*Program Description* The Emergency Management Institute Residential Education Program improves emergency management practices among state, local and tribal government managers, and Federal officials, in response to emergencies and disasters. Programs embody the Comprehensive Emergency Management System by unifying the elements of management common to all emergencies: planning, preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this ... -
Early Childhood Educator Professional Development
*Program Description* The Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program provides high-quality professional development to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in urban or rural high-poverty communities, and who serve primarily children from low-income families. This professional development must primarily provide training that will improve early childhood teaching strategy and will further children's language and literacy skills ... -
Education Exchange-Teaching Excellence Awards Program
*Program Description* The purpose of this program is to provide outstanding teachers with training in the teaching of English and American studies in 10 Eurasian countries. Also, supports educational reform in Eurasia as well as engages outstanding American teachers in a dialogue with Eurasian teachers. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be or have ... -
Employment and Training Assistance
*Program Description* Services are available to individuals seeking a job or developing work skills. Services include job search assistance, referral and placement assistance, reemployment services to unemployment insurance claimants, labor market information, and individual skills assessments. If you are 18 or older and authorized to work in the United States, you may also be eligible to receive counseling, help in developing ... -
Genetics and Developmental Biology Research and Research Training
*Program Description* The Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology supports studies directed toward gaining a better understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of inheritance and development. These studies underlie the more targeted research projects supported by other components of the National Institutes of Health. Most of the projects supported by the division make use of non-human model systems. It is expected that ... -
Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program
*Program Description* The HDR-LRP is the congressionally mandated extramural loan repayment program for minority health disparities research. The objective of the HDR-LRP is the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals to research careers that focus on minority health or other health disparities issues. The HDR- LRP serves as an avenue for NIH and the NCMHD to engage in, and ... -
Health Professions Recruitment Program for Indians
*Program Description* The Health Professions Recruitment Programs for Indians provides grants to tribes, tribal organizations, and public or nonprofit private health or educational entities to assist in identifying American Indian/Alaskan Natives with potential for education or training in the health profession and encouraging and assisting them to enroll in a health profession or take postsecondary education or training in order to ... -
Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project
*Program Description* The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Project provides employment and training services and support to help homeless veterans reenter the workforce. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must have been in military service, not dishonorably discharged, and are now homeless or living in a shelter. *Application Process* For more information, see the Program Contact Information ... -
Indian Employment Assistance
*Program Description* The purpose of the program is to provide vocational training and employment opportunities to eligible American Indians. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a Native American/American Indian who is under-employed (working for very low wages), unemployed or about to become unemployed, and you or a family member must be enrolled in ... -
Indian Job Placement United Sioux Tribes Development
*Program Description* The purpose of the program is to provide job development, counseling, social adjustment guidance, and referrals to job training programs and other assistance programs through the United Sioux Tribes Development Corporation, located in Pierre, South Dakota. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a Native American/American Indian who lives on an Indian ... -
Indian Vocational Training-United Tribes Technical College
*Program Description* The purpose of the program is to provide vocational training to individual American Indians through the United Tribes Technical College, located in Bismarck, North Dakota. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a Native American/American Indian who needs training or retraining to develop new job skills, and you or a family member ... -
Ironworker Training Program
*Program Description* The purpose of the program is provide ironwork vocational training, apprenticeships, and job placement to eligible Native Americans through the National Ironworkers Training Program, located in Broadview, Illinois. *General Program Requirements* In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a Native American/American Indian who needs training or retraining to develop new job skills, and you or ... -
Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals
*Program Description* The purpose of the Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) program is to test and evaluate ways of creating employment and business opportunities for individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance. The program also aids other low-income individuals through self-employment, micro-enterprise, new business ventures, expansion of existing businesses through technical and financial assistance and non-traditional employment initiatives ...