FY 2003 Awards

1.

University of Alaska-Fairbanks
The Museum Objects Library Interface Network (MoliNet): To establish an electronic catalog of cultural materials and unique documentary information drawn from collections on Alaska and the Polar Regions.
October 1, 2003; Fairbanks, AK; $445,732

2.

Kawerak, Inc.
The Wireless Web Access Links for Remote User Services (WALRUS) Project: To provide wireless Internet access for 16 remote tribes to improve information about tribal services, programs, and cultural history.
October 1, 2003; Nome, AK; $449,827

3.

University of California
The City Watershed Project: To develop an online tool to collect, share, and analyze information that improves the stewardship of the urban watershed.
October 1, 2003; Berkeley, CA; $648,707

4.

Bay Area Video Coalition
The Job Campaign Manager: To create a job-search assistance tool developed by and for local trainers, employers, and low-income English and Spanish speaking job seekers.
October 1, 2003; San Francisco, CA; $406,537

5.

University of Florida
HeArts & Hope: To create a secure online environment that delivers interactive art therapy, pain management, and support services to children with cancer and sickle cell disease.
October 1, 2003; Gainesville, FL; $675,000

6.

Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Chicago’s Full Circle: To develop Web-based mapping, data collection, and planning tools that help neighborhoods and small municipalities collaborate on future community development.
October 1, 2003; Chicago, IL; $674,876

7.

Center for Neighborhood Technology
Wireless Community Networks (WCN): To develop a sustainable network access model that uses cutting edge wireless network technology for urban and rural underserved communities to gain access to neighborhood information resources.
October 1, 2003; Chicago, IL; $675,000

8.

Indianapolis Private Industry Council
The Central Indiana Community Network Project: To create an online application that will significantly decrease the cost of coordinating social services by allowing existing case management systems to seamlessly share information.
October 1, 2003; Indianapolis, IN; $675,000

9.

Forward in the Fifth
CyberParents: To provide Internet access, hands-on training, and technical support for parents to enhance their children's educational performance and organize other parents as education advocates.
October 1, 2003; Berea, KY; $593,006

10.

United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area
The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center: To create an interactive information platform that identifies neighborhood assets such as childcare centers, schools, and literacy services to improve local planning and decision-making.
October 1, 2003; New Orleans, LA; $599,256

11.

Communities for Children
Internet Mapping for Communities: To provide Internet access to census, economic, and state agency data at the town level to improve prevention, health promotion and positive youth development programs.
October 1, 2003; Augusta, ME; $232,875

12.

Station Resource Group, Inc.
The Public Radio Exchange: To develop an online marketplace through which public radio stations can easily identify and assemble peer-reviewed content to enrich the quality of information delivered to the public.
October 1, 2003; Takoma Park, MD; $328,255

13.

New England Foundation for the Arts
The Online Cultural Marketplace: To create a Web-based marketplace that connects New England artists with performance opportunities at theaters, community centers, libraries, churches, and schools.
October 1, 2003; Boston, MA; $475,800

14.

University of Massachusetts-Boston
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Electronic Filing and Technology Access Project: To provide low-income residents with electronic tax filing assistance and EITC enrollment information through local community technology centers.
October 1, 2003; Boston, MA; $400,563

15.

Michigan State University
To improve care provided to nursing home patients by creating a wireless telehealth network that links three rural nursing home facilities with a teaching nursing home facility.
October 1, 2003; East Lansing, MI; $573,170

16.

University of Minnesota
Virtual Assisted Living Umbrella for the Elderly (VALUE): To create a broadband videoconferencing network that extends the delivery of supportive services to frail elderly residents living independently at home.
October 1, 2003; Minneapolis, MN; $551,990

17.

The Youth and Family Center
The WizKids Project: To create an interactive, broadband-based Internet tool for St. Louis' youth which will address low reading proficiency and illiteracy in elementary schools.
October 1, 2003; St. Louis, MO; $560,970

18.

University of Nebraska
The Bridging the Gap Project: To develop an interactive tool that facilitates sharing of data, which often exists in incompatible formats, among social services organizations and the residents they serve.
October 1, 2003; Lincoln, NE; $600,000

19.

New York Public Library
To assist local entrepreneurs and small businesses by developing an online information resource and collaboration tool.
October 1, 2003; New York, NY; $302,888

20.

ACCION New York, Inc.
LendRight: To develop a wireless lending initiative that increases access to credit and improves financial services delivery for minority entrepreneurs.
October 1, 2003; Nw York, NY; $239,360

21.

C.R.S.T. Telephone Authority
To develop a Web-based distance learning program that will train nursing assistants to serve the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
October 1, 2003; Eagle Butte, SD; $147,958

22.

University of Tennessee
To establish a network that provides 24 hour-a-day support and clinical services directly to the homes of families and caregivers of patients with mental retardation and development disabilities.
October 1, 2003; Memphis, TN; $674,692

23.

Jubilee Project, Inc.
The Tele-Guild Project: To increase the commercial success of small businesses in remote, impoverished counties of east Tennessee using Web-based collaboration, e-commerce, and self-paced learning tools.
October 1, 2003; Sneedville, TN; $348,193

24.

Technology For All
JobTech: To establish a broadband, fiber optic network between local community technology centers that will create sustainable employment opportunities for low-income Houston residents.
October 1, 2003; Houston, TX; $674,983

25.

Philanthropic Research, Inc. aka Guidestar
NASCOnet: To create a national online charity registration system and database that allows public access to state documents, provides a secure environment for states to share information, and improves public accountability for charities.
October 1, 2003; Williamsburg, VA; $671,291

26.

The Inland Northwest Community Access Network
The Virtual Online Teen Center: To establish a virtual online teen center that provides teenagers with a wide array of activities for developing leadership skills.
October 1, 2003; Spokane, WA; $499,070

27.

Milwaukee Public Schools
To create a wireless network and Web-based tool to increase the efficiency of vision screening and follow-up eye care for children in urban areas.
October 1, 2003; Milwaukee, WI; $499,952

28.

United Way of Natrona County
The Path Finder Project: To link a consortium of Wyoming's social service providers through a shared network that provides timely and accurate information about services for local residents.
October 1, 2003; Casper, WY; $327,212