Resource: Open Spaces Sacred Places Grants: The Healing Power of Nature

Title:	Open Spaces Sacred Places Grants: The Healing Power of Nature
Resource type:	Grant/loan
Topics:	Communities, Land Use
Keywords:	grants, nature, public, green, space
Audience:	Government, Education, Nonprofit
Region:	Minnesota Statewide, Outside Minnesota
Summary:	The TKF Foundation announces the final phase of the Open Spaces Sacred Places (OSSP) National Awards Program. Final Awards will fund development of significant new sacred public green spaces in urban settings that demonstrate a combination of high quality design-build and rigorous research about user impacts.
Content:	The TKF Foundation announces the final phase of the Open Spaces Sacred Places (OSSP) National Awards Program. The program was enacted in 2 phases, a Planning Grant Phase, now closed, and an open call for proposals. Final Awards will fund development of significant new sacred public green spaces in urban settings that demonstrate a combination of high quality design-build and rigorous research about user impacts. The total remaining funding pool is $4 million. Funding will be provided to cross-disciplinary teams that are able to 1) conceptualize, plan, design and implement an open and sacred green space, 2) conduct associated research study(ies), and 3) communicate scientific findings. TKF seeks to identify projects replicable in their intent. Projects should also be generalizable in the challenges they address to serve as potential archetypes for urban areas across the U.S. Proposals are due June 29, 2012. See the web site below for more details.
Website:	http://www.opensacred.org/grants
Suggested by:	Paul Moss
Added:	03/19/12