Humanities in Place

Public Knowledge Program is a grant initiative from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that funds organizations working to preserve, organize, and make knowledge accessible to the public. Supported activities include archives and libraries creating or preserving cultural and scholarly records, organizations addressing gaps in the historical record, and collaborative projects building technology infrastructure to sustain and share knowledge. Grants typically range from $50,000 to over $500,000. Eligible applicants are U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Most Mellon grants are invitation-only; foundation staff proactively identify and cultivate innovative leaders, librarians, archivists, and culture bearers before inviting a proposal submission.

Small Business Initiatives for Innovative tools and Technologies for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health, NOT-EB-23-005 is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) seeks to advance maternal health research through small business innovation, focusing on projects for detecting, predicting, and/or monitoring conditions or disorders during pregnancy and/or the post-partum period that contribute to maternal morbidity and mortality. This includes clinical trials. The initiative is part of the 'Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)' initiative. Small businesses are encouraged to develop technologies, remote monitoring systems, clinical analytics platforms, and healthcare delivery solutions. While not explicitly mentioning GIS, the focus on 'clinical analytics platforms' and 'maternal risk prediction' suggests that GIS secondary data analysis could be a relevant tool in developing such innovative solutions.