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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please work with both ISL and David Lipten as only one grant proposal at a time can be sent from FSU. RRF is a great funding source for pilot work that can be leveraged for federal funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best, Neil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#282828">Neil Charness, Ph.D., William G. Chase Professor of Psychology<br>
Director, Institute for Successful Longevity </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.isl.fsu.edu/"><span style="color:blue">www.isl.fsu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#282828"><br>
Department of Psychology, Florida State University<br>
1107 West Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32306-4301<br>
Phone (office): 850-644-6686; Fax: 850-644-7739<br>
E-mail: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:charness@psy.fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">charness@psy.fsu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#282828">;
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~charness/</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> David Lipten <dlipten@foundation.fsu.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 8, 2019 9:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neil Charness <charness@psy.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Nancy Smilowitz <nsmilowitz@foundation.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RRF new priorities<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Neil,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning. The RRF is accepting applications again, this time, under what they term “new priority areas.” Here is the description. As always, please let me know if there are any bites at the apple, etc. Thanks:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Chicago-based <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.rrf.org/__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlnGH7O_w$" target="_self"><span style="color:#0074C1">Retirement
Research Foundation</span></a> is one of the nation’s first private foundations devoted exclusively to aging and retirement issues. Throughout its history, RRF has awarded more than $230 million for projects that benefit older Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">RRF trustees recently approved a three-year strategic plan that reflects a continued commitment to improving quality of life for older people and a desire to become increasingly proactive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A centerpiece of the plan is the establishment of strategic priority areas, including specific topics in aging that will be given higher priority within RRF’s grantmaking program beginning in 2020.
Priority areas include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Caregiving<b> </b>— Ensuring that care partners (including family members, friends, or neighbors) are informed, well-trained, and supported, as they care for older people in community settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Housing — Promoting efforts that make housing more affordable and provide coordinated services that enable older people to remain living in the community safely and with dignity<i>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Economic Security in Later Life — Valuing the dignity of older people through efforts that ensure and protect their economic security and well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Social and Intergenerational Connectedness — Reducing isolation and loneliness in later life through efforts that strengthen meaningful social bonds, including those that span generations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Each priority area affords an opportunity for RRF to support innovative and effective projects that enable older people to live well and fully in community settings. While the priority areas reflect
RRF’s primary funding interests, the foundation will remain open to considering compelling applications on other topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Proposals for direct service projects will be considered from organizations based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, or Florida. Advocacy, training, and research projects, all
with national relevance, are considered from organizations in any state. Organizational capacity-building requests are accepted from nonprofits located in metro Chicago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">RRF is inviting brief (1-3 pages) Letter of Inquiry (LOI) as part of its grantmaking process. Information about the optional LOI process can be found on the RRF website. LOIs should be submitted by
December 2, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For additional information, see the Retirement Research Foundation website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.rrf.org/preview-rrfs-new-priority-areas__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlfxg3NwQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0074C1">Link
to Complete RFP</span></a> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.rrf.org/preview-rrfs-new-priority-areas__;!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlfxg3NwQ$">https://www.rrf.org/preview-rrfs-new-priority-areas</a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="label-location"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#909090;text-transform:uppercase">SUBJECTS: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_interest_lk*5B*5D=aging&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlwCGWC3Y$"><span style="color:#0074C1">AGING</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF8A00;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="label-orgnization"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#909090;text-transform:uppercase">ORGANIZATION: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/content/search/?filter*5b*5d=attr_tags_organization_lk*3Aretirement*20research*20foundation&activeFacets*5battr_tags_organization_lk:Organization*5d=retirement*20research*20foundation__;JSUlJSUlJSUl!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlkhOJ5qY$"><span style="color:#0074C1">RETIREMENT
RESEARCH FOUNDATION</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#909090;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="label-location"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#909090;text-transform:uppercase">GEOGRAPHIC FUNDING AREA: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=florida&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlCyNMWjc$"><span style="color:#0074C1">FLORIDA</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=illinois&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlGJ3oCNY$"><span style="color:#0074C1">ILLINOIS</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=indiana&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlIDrqwiA$"><span style="color:#0074C1">INDIANA</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=iowa&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdllz_8DRw$"><span style="color:#0074C1">IOWA</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=kentucky&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlBBK-okU$"><span style="color:#0074C1">KENTUCKY</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=missouri&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlmzH435A$"><span style="color:#0074C1">MISSOURI</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=national&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdld_5bdmA$"><span style="color:#0074C1">NATIONAL</span></a>; <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps?attr_tags_location_lk*5B*5D=wisconsin&search=1__;JSU!5Xm4_O-4tfk!nC8A9m-aoWUtr22yQl_NAeeisyVOCo0ncd0oTUB5W9lllFW0UO8bAGSgVcdlylGnClk$"><span style="color:#0074C1">WISCONSIN</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#909090;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;background:white">David Lipten, Ph.D.<br>
</span></b>Corporate & Foundation Grants Specialist<br>
Florida State University Foundation<br>
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