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Deadline:
June 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm EDT

Open Spaces Sacred Places: The Healing Power of Nature
The TKF Foundation has announced the final phase of the Open Spaces Sacred Places (OSSP) National Awards Program.  The program was enacted in 2 phases, a Planning Grant Phase, now closed, and an open call for proposals. Final Awards will fund development of significant new sacred public green spaces in urban settings that demonstrate a combination of high quality design-build and rigorous research about user impacts. The total remaining funding pool is $4 million.

Funding will be provided to cross-disciplinary teams that are able to 1) conceptualize, plan, design and implement an open and sacred green space, 2) conduct associated research study(ies), and 3) communicate scientific findings. 

TKF seeks to identify projects replicable in their intent.  Projects should also be generalizable in the challenges they address to serve as potential archetypes for urban areas across the U.S.

Full RFP details can be found here: National Awards RFP

 

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