Three related to older adults: 1.) AARP Drive to End Hunger; 2.) Senior Corps; 3.) MetLife MindAlert

AARP Foundation InnoCentive: Drive to End Hunger - Elimination of Food Deserts

AARP Foundation will award up to $10,000 for ideas related to the reduction and prevention of food deserts - areas where low cost healthy food is not easily obtained without traveling long distances. Ideas should be long term, self-sustaining solutions. Deadline: September 20, 2012.

At least one award being no smaller than $5,000 and no award being smaller than $1,000.

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Senior Corps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

 

Sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, this opportunity will fund Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) projects that support volunteers 55 years and older serving in a diverse range of activities that meet specific local and community needs.

Deadline: Letter of Intent (Required): Sep 1, 2012; Application: October 11, 2012.

Programs should focus on one of the following six areas: Education, Healthy Futures, Veteran and Military Families, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Stewardship, Disaster Services. Applicants must serve the entire geographic area for which they are applying for funding.Amounts of funding will vary based on the geographic location. 

Organizations who intend to apply should submit a notice of intent to apply by September 10, 2012 via email to 2013RSVPIntent@cns.gov. Applicants should apply through https://egrants.cns.gov/espan/main/login.jsp.

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ASA-MetLife Foundation MindAlert Awards

The MetLife Foundation's MindAlert Award program recognizes innovative mental fitness programs for older adults developed by nonprofit organizations. MindAlert Awards are available in the following three categories: Lifelong Learning/Third Age educational programs; Mental Fitness Programs for the general population of older adults; Mental Fitness Programs for early stage cognitively-impaired older adults.

Deadline: October 15, 2012

Applicants must submit a program, product or tool promoting cognitive function in later life that have been in operation or distributed for at least one year; this is not designated for starting or researching programs.
 

Each Award winner will receive: A cash award of $1,500; One complimentary Aging in America conference registration; A one-year complimentary membership in ASA, and the opportunity to present a program at the National Forum on Brain Health, held in conjunction with the 2012 AiA Conference.