DCC will award two winners access to its hosted notification solutions, Communicator! NXT and GeoCast Web, free-of-charge for two years. Recipients will also receive comprehensive web-based training and a software maintenance and technical support contract, among other things. All interested operations must display a genuine need for emergency notification technology and also demonstrate a strategic plan for its use.

As part of its We the People initiative, NEH seeks proposals for a series of one-week residence-based workshops for K-12 educators that use historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature, art history, or other related subjects in the humanities. The goals of the workshops are to: provide teachers with training and experience in the use and interpretation of historical sites and the material resources and archival evidence of American history and culture; increase knowledge and appreciation of places significant to American history and culture; and encourage historical sites to develop greater capacity and scale for professional development programs.

Children who are making a difference in a community, charity or cause are all eligible to be nominated for this program, which recognizes charitable and dedicated youth.

Teachers and schools successfully using interactive technology in the classroom may be selected to receive $2,500 gift cards from Best Buy. New applications are available July 5, 2005 and winners will be announced January 16, 2006.

The goal of this program is to foster and preserve excellence in the arts and provide access to the arts for all Americans. This category supports projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth as well as intergenerational education projects. Applicants may choose the category best-suited for their discipline for detailed information.