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From the Vice President for Institutional Advancement
The 21st Century Fund, a fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, is now accepting applications for the 2013–2014 grant cycle. The $100,000 grant will be awarded in March 2014 to a Western New York nonprofit organization.

Buffalo State faculty members are invited to submit ideas for proposals to their academic deans by noon Monday, October 21. Each dean will forward one recommendation to Susanne Bair, vice president for institutional advancement, who with Provost Dennis Ponton will decide which project or program to advance. The faculty member whose suggestion is chosen will be notified on Wednesday, October 23, and will be required to attend a briefing session on either October 24 or October 29.

Every two years, the 21st Century Fund funds one high-impact project that is of strategic importance to Western New York. Since its inception, the 21st Century Fund has awarded more than a half million dollars in grants. Projects vary widely, ranging from architectural restoration to urban farming. Past winners include the Darwin Martin House Complex Restoration, the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Materials Reuse Project/Art on Wheels, Buffalo State’s Community Maritime Center, the Buffalo Zoological Society Rainforest Exhibit Design, the Massachusetts Avenue Project’s Community Food Resource Center, and the Buffalo Museum of Science’s Science Studios.

More information can be found at www.cfgb.org/21cf. Please contact Mary Dwyer, director of corporate and foundation relations, ext. 3141, with questions.