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2006 Small Grants Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the following programs are soliciting applications for financial assistance for FY 2006: (1) the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (2) the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (3) the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Grants Program; (4) the Physics Laboratory Grants Program; (5) the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (6) the Building Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program; (7) the Fire Research Grants Program; and (8) the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grants Program.  
 
Deadlines: Vary by program - please see full announcement for appropriate due dates.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.fedgrants.gov/EPSData/DOC/Synopses/1251/2006-SGP-01/SGP2006_Announcement.pdf

 

Advanced Learning Technologies

National Science Foundation
 
Program Annoucement NSF 06-535
 
Through the Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) program, CISE and EHR support learning technologies research that (1) enables radical improvements in learning through innovative computer and information technologies, and (2) advances research in computer science, information technology, learning, and cognitive science through the unique challenges posed by learning environments and learning technology platforms. Integrative research approaches that build across disciplines and establish tight linkages among theory, experiment, and design are strongly
encouraged.
Deadline: May 4, 2006; April 25, 2007
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06535

 

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF 06-540
 
        The BPC program aims to significantly increase the number of students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines.  Initially its emphasis will be on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing:  women, persons with disabilities, and minorities. 
       There are three different components to the BPC program:  Broad Alliances, Demonstration Projects and Supplements.
For more information online: 
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06540     
Organizational Limit:  There is no organization limit.  However, at least one participant in an Alliance proposal must be a degree-granting, academic institution located in the U.S., its territories or possessions, or a consortium of such institutions.
Deadline:  May 17, 2006 and May 16, 2007
Contacts:  Please see full program announcement for the appropriate cognizant program officer. 

 

Cognitive Neuroscience

The Cognitive Neuroscience program seeks highly innovative proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, preception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior.  Topics may bear on core functions such as sensory, learning, language, reasoning, emotion, and executive processes such as empathy, creativity, representation of self and other, or intentionality, among many other possibilities.  Topics may also include how such processes develop and change in the brain.  The program is particularly interested in supporting the development of new techniques and technologies for recording, analyzing, and modeling complex brain activity. 

Deadline:  July 14, 2007

For more information, please visit NSF Publication 06-557

 

Consultation Grants - Television

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
NEH supports television projects that are designed for national broadcast and that will engage diverse public audiences in the ideas, approaches, and resources of the humanities. Consultation grants enable television professionals to confer with humanities scholars in the earliest stages of developing programs to ensure that the humanities themes and questions are well conceived and that the project is informed by sound scholarship.
 
Deadline: March 20
For more information, please visit:
 
Planning, Production and Scripting Grants due 11/3/06.  

 

Consultation, Development and Production Grants - Radio

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
The goal of NEH in supporting projects for radio is two-fold: to increase the presence of the humanities within radio programming and to use the variety and creativity of radio production to engage public audiences in the ideas, approaches, and resources of the humanities.
 
Deadline:  March 20
For more information, please visit:

 

Cyber Trust

National Science Foundation NSF 06-517
 
Cyber Trust promotes a vision of a society in which networked
     computer systems are:

        * more predictable, more accountable, and less vulnerable
           to attack and abuse;
        * developed, configured, operated and evaluated by a
          well-trained and diverse workforce; and
        * used by a public educated in their secure and ethical
          operation.

     To improve national cyber security and to achieve the Cyber Trust vision, NSF will support a collection of projects that together:

        * advance the relevant knowledge base;
        * creatively integrate research and education for the
           benefit of technical specialists and the general populace;
           and
        * effectively integrate the study of technology with the
          policy, economic, institutional and usability factors that
          often determine its deployment and use.

Deadline: March 6
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06517/nsf06517.txt

 

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health

National Institutes of Health
 
Program Announcement PAR-06-039
 
Research Objective:  Dissemination and implementation research intends to bridge the gap between public health, clinical research, annd everyday practice by building a knowledge base about health information, interventions, and new clinical practices are transmitted and translated for public health and health care service use in specific settings.
 
For a complete description of the program objectives and participating NIH agencies: please read the full program announcement at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-039.html
 
Funding Mechanism:  RO1
Deadline:  Letters of Intent: 12/26/05, 8/22/06, 4/24/07
               Full Proposals: 1/24/06, 6/22/06, 5/24/07

 

Division of Environmental Biology

National Science Foundation
 
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) supports fundamental research on populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. Scientific emphases range across many evolutionary and ecological processes and include biodiversity, molecular genetic and genomic evolution, mesoscale ecology, macroscale ecology, ecosystem services, conservation biology, global change, biogeochemical cycles, and restoration ecology. Research on origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and evolutionary history may incorporate field, laboratory, or museum approaches; observational or manipulative experiments; as well as theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or simulation modeling.

Target Dates:  January 9 and 12
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/bio/deb/about.jsp

 

 

Drug Abuse

National Institutes of Health  -  National Institute on Drug Abuse
 
Program Announcement: Drug Abuse as a Cause, Correlate, or Consequence of Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities among African Americans (PA-06-068)
 
The purpose of this Program Announcement is to encourage epidemiologic, prevention, treatment, and services research on criminal justice related health disparities among African Americans as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. Health disparities among African Americans are a major public health concern in the United States.  In particular, while African Americans represent about 12 percent of the general population, they are over-represented in the criminal justice system. This announcement is aimed at fostering new drug abuse and addiction research on criminal justice related health and disease outcomes among African Americans. Specifically, it seeks to understand risk factors and pathways between drug abuse and criminal justice involvement, and to determine the extent to which criminal justice involvement and HIV/AIDS risk are interlinked or compounded by drug abuse and addiction.
 
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1
For more information, please visit:

 

Education, Traffic Safety, and the Enviroment

Deadline:  The BMW Group of North America fulfills its social responsibility through charitable giving in three focus areas: education, road-traffic safety, and the enviroment.  The BMW Group states that "education is the backbone of society" and endeavors to enhance the education at all levels. BMW considers traffic safety a major concern, both in motor vehicle design and use.  The group is committed to road safety through public education on safe driving.  BMW has a commitment to preserve the enviroment.  One of its corporate focuses is on sustainable development.

For more information, please visit http://www.bmwgroupna.com07_Philanth.htm.

 

 

Educational Institutions Benefit from RGK Grants

Deadline: Ongoing

Education, community, and medicine/health are the three main focus areas that the RGK Foundation funds.  The independent foundation, created in 1966 by Ronya and George Kozmetsky, accepts applications for its grant program throughout the year.

For more information, please visit http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php.

 

 

Electoral Politics and Islamic Political Parties and Groups in Muslim Majority Countries

United States Institute of Peace
 
Significant changes underway in some Muslim majority countries have focused renewed attention on political reform, democratic development, and Islamist participation in political processes. These developments raise questions about the nature of Islamic political groups, their participation in electoral politics, and how they affect efforts to initiate and sustain democratic transitions in Muslim majority countries.
Proposals should be innovative and should address one or more of the topics outlined below. Comparative case studies are particularly welcome.
Nature and Composition of Islamist Political Parties - Coordination with Other Political Parties - Electoral System Construction - Electoral Outcomes - International Influences and Networks and their Impact on Elections
 
Deadline: March 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.usip.org/grants/solicited.html#a

 

Evaluation of Technologies

National Institute of Justice
 
NIJ seeks evaluations of technologies designed to increase the effectiveness of State and local law enforcement, corrections, and other criminal justice agencies. NIJ is interested in evaluations that measure how technologies improve criminal justice policy and practice. Outcome evaluations must include well-defined, measurable indicators of success. NIJ prefers proposals that focus on the impact of technologies on crime reduction. Additional outcome measures may include faster identification and apprehension of criminal suspects; reductions in criminal opportunities, technical probation violations and revocations, and crime and violence in school settings; increased problem-solving capabilities; and fewer injuries to officers, suspects, and bystanders. NIJ will give priority to evaluation research designs that use randomized control trials.
 
Deadline: March 07
For more information, please visit:

 

Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
 
Deadline: May 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

 

Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
These grants support projects that preserve collections and create intellectual access to collections that, because of their intellectual content and value as cultural artifacts, are considered highly important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities. Collections may include, but are not limited to, books, journals, newspapers, manuscript and archival materials, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, and objects of art and material culture.
 
Deadline: July 17
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pcahc.html

 

Implementation Grants for Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives

National Endowment for the Humanitities
 
Implementation Grants support public humanities programs that interpret and use collections in libraries and archives. Public humanities programs promote lifelong learning in history, literature, comparative religion, philosophy, and other fields for broad public audiences.
 
Deadline:  February 6
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/implement-libraries.html

 

Implementation Grants for Special Projects

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
Special Project grants support a variety of public humanities program formats, including public discussion forums, hands-on learning experiences, discussion series based on reading or film-viewing, multi-faceted conferences, or symposia. Small exhibitions or interpretive publications might serve as common texts for such programs. Living history or historical impersonations might also be appropriate if they are deeply grounded in scholarship.

Applicants for an implementation grant should have already identified their project's key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. Most of the planning and consultation with scholars and programming advisors should already have taken place.

Special Projects may take place at diverse venues, including community centers, places of worship, 4-H clubs, neighborhoods, parks, visitor centers, workplaces, state fairs, or in fields under tents. Development of a content-rich website might also be a Special Project. The audiences might be the general public or non-academic groups, such as senior citizens, youth, members of civic organizations, members of a profession (i.e. journalism or medicine), history and heritage tourists, hobbyists, or local citizens.
Deadline: February 6
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/implement-special.html

 

Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

National Science Foundation
 
Supports research on the synthesis, properties, and reaction mechanisms of molecules composed of metals, metalloids, and nonmetals with elements covering the entire periodic table. Included are fundamental studies that underscore (1) bioinorganic reactions, (2) homogeneous catalysis and organometallic reactions, (3) photochemical and charge transfer processes, and (4) studies aimed at the rational synthesis of new inorganic molecular substances, self-assemblies, and nano-size materials with predictable chemical, physical, and biological properties. Objectives are to provide the basis for understanding (1) the function of metal ions in biological systems, (2) the behavior of new inorganic materials and new industrial catalysts, and (3) the systematic chemistry and behavior of most of the elements and compounds in the environment.
 
Deadline: 
Proposals submitted to the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Program should be submitted during the Division of Chemistry's window which runs from the second Monday in July through the second Friday in January. Proposals may be submitted at any time the window is open. They are reviewed and recommended on a rolling basis.
For more information, please visit:

 

Mathematical and Statistical Foundations

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF 06-531
 
This solicitation invites submission of research proposals for projects that advance the mathematical or statistical foundations of research in the social, behavioral, or economic sciences. The resulting research is expected both to further understanding of social and/or behavioral science phenomena and to address a topic of interest to the mathematical sciences. Proposals for workshops or symposia that foster the interaction of social, behavioral, and/or economic scientists with mathematicians and/or statisticians also are welcome.
 
Deadline: April 20
For more information, please visit:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06531/nsf06531.htm

 

Mathematics

National Science Foundation
 
NSF has a broad range of funding opportunities for mathematics.
For Target Date:  October 4
Algebra, Number Theory and Combinatorics
Analysis
For Target Date: November 1
Applied Mathematics
Geometric Analysis
Probability
Statistics
Topology
For Target Date:  December 1
Computational Mathematics
For Full Proposal Window:  December - mid January
Mathematical Biology
For more information, please visit the Mathematical Sciences Directorate at: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS

 

Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

National Institutes of Health
 
Program Announcement PA-05-090
        Methodology and measurement encompass research design, data collection techniques, measurement, and data analysis techniques. The goal of this program announcement is to encourage research that will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected in the behavioral and social sciences, relevant to the missions of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs).
 
Research that addresses methodology and measurement issues in: diverse populations, issues in studying sensitive behaviors, issues of ethics in research, issues related to confidential data and the protection of research subjects, and issues in developing interdisciplinary, multimethod, and multilevel approaches to behavioral and social science research is particularly encouraged, as are approaches that integrate behavioral and social science research with biomedical, physical, or computational science research or engineering. 
    
Funding: varies (PA will use R01, R03, and R21 award mechanisms - link to description of types of NIH funding mechanisms: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm)
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date) 
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-090.html

 

NASDAQ
The mission of The Nasdaq Educational Foundation, Inc. is to promote learning about capital formation, financial markets and entrepreneurship through innovative educational programs.

Types of Grants:

·         Academic Study or Research

Generally awarded to college or university professors.

·         Ph.D. Dissertation Fellowships

Awarded to colleges or universities on behalf of the candidate. 

·         Curriculum Development

Generally awarded at the university level to develop financial markets curricula.

·         Educational Projects or Programs

Including classroom and extracurricular programs at the high school, college and university level, teacher training, and professional development for adults.  May also include the creation of new educational materials.

Please note that all proposals must further financial markets literacy and entrepreneurship in addition to meeting other criteria.  The categories, above, are for guidance only; all proposals compete for a single pool of funds and are subject to selection by the Foundation Board of Directors. 

Deadline: Letter of Inquiry-February 1 and August 1

For more information, please visit http://www.nasdaq.com/services/education_initiatives.stm

 

Networking Technology and Systems

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF 06-516
 
The NeTS program solicitation invites research proposals in the field of networking and covers all aspects of networking research. It includes research on future end-to-end Internet architectures; sub-network architectures enabled by disruptive technologies such as programmable wireless, mobile wireless, wireless sensors, and optical networks; and strategic research on current Internet including measurement, modeling, and understanding of complex networks. The NeTS program also seeks to develop innovative curricular and educational materials that will help prepare the next generation of networking professionals.

Deadline: March 2

 

New Approaches to Non-Viral Systems for Gene Transfer Applications for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases

Department of Health and Human Services

Deadline:  September 12, 2006, 2007, 2008

This Funding Opportunity Announcement invites applications from organizations/institutions that propose the development of new and efficient non-viral vectors that can overcome the limitations of viral vectors for gene therapy clinical trials in heart, lung, and blood diseases.

For more information, please visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-243.html.

 

 

Occupational Safety and Health Research

National Institute Occupational Safety and Health 
 
Program Announcement: TPA-04-003
 
NIOSH supports research to identify and investigate the relationships between working conditions and associated occupational diseases and injuries; to develop more sensitive means of evaluating hazards at work sites, as well as methods for measuring early markers of adverse health effects and injuries; to develop new protective equipment, engineering control technology, and work practices to reduce the risks of occupational hazards; and to evaluate the technical feasibility or application of a new or improved occupational safety and health procedure, method, technique, or system.
 
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TPA-04-003.htm

 

Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youth and Adolescents

National Institutes of Health
 
This program announcement solicits research aimed at increasing parenting capacities while simultaneously focusing on the reduction, elimination or prevention of one or more high-risk health behaviors or poor health habits in youth and adolescent children.
 
Deadline: February1, June 1 and October 1
For more information, please visit:
(R21) PA-06-098 - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-098.htm
(R01) PA-06-097 - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-097.html

 

Pharmacogenetics of Fluoride

Deadline:  September 15, 2006, 2007, 2008; January 15, 2007, 2008, 2009; May 15, 2007, 2008

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research on the genetic basis underlying individual responses to ingested fluoride.  Although there is a volume of literature describing the effects of fluoride on both mineralized and non-mineralized tissues, the genetic determinants of our physiological responses to fluoride is an unexplored research area.  Recent advances in genetic and genomic sciences provide unique opportunities to apply pharmacogenetic approaches to fluoride research; how genetic variations determine heterogeneous physiological responses to fluoride.

For more information, please visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-421.html

 

Preservation and Access Reference Materials Grants

National Endowment for the Humanities
These grants support projects that create reference works and research tools.
Eligible projects include:
-databases and electronic archives that codify and integrate humanities materials, or provide bibliographical control of a subject or field;
-print and online encyclopedias about various fields in the humanities or about a particular area or subject;
-historical, etymological, and bilingual dictionaries for undocumented languages, as well as reference grammars and other linguistic tools (separate funding is available for endangered language projects in partnership with the National Science Foundation);
-tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographical information systems (GIS); and
descriptive catalogs that provide detailed information about humanities materials.
 
Deadline: July 17
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/referencematerials.html

 

Preservation and Access Research Development Project Grants

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
These grants support research and development projects that advance the nation's capacity to preserve and provide access to humanities resources. NEH particularly encourages applications that will make innovative use of digital technology.
 
Deadline: July 3
For more information, please visit: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment.html

 

Promoting Private Sector Economic Recovery in Countries Emerging from Violent Conflict

United States Insitute of Peace
 
Countries that have experienced violent conflict must work to develop functioning economies at the same time they seek to build stable political orders. Economic activity can support peace processes and conflict transformation by giving people a stake in the future, providing employment for former combatants and laying the financial foundation for a functioning state. Conversely, a stagnant economy or one that benefits only a small elite is fertile ground in which discontented people can sow the seeds of future violence. 
Proposals should address one of the following:
Promoting Legal Economic Activity - Rule of Law and Economic Recovery - Role of the International Community
 
Deadline: March 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.usip.org/grants/solicited.html#a

 

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement 06-537
 
The Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic and applied research and evaluation that enhances science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and teaching. This solicitation calls for two types of proposalssynthesis and empirical.
Synthesis Research and Evaluation Project proposals should identify areas where the knowledge base in either evaluation or research is sufficiently robust to support strong scientific claims, identify areas of importance to education research and practice, and propose rigorous methods for synthesizing findings and drawing conclusions. Proposals for workshops and other meetings are permitted.
Empirical Research and Evaluation Project proposals should identify areas that have the potential for advancing discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning. These proposals are expected to be based deeply in the STEM disciplines and be theoretically and methodologically strong with the potential of contributing to theory, methodology, and practice.
 
For either type of proposal, areas of interest include behavioral, cognitive, social, and technological aspects of learning and education; learning in formal and informal settings; diffusion, implementation, and the role of context in educational and learning innovations; and theoretical, methodological, and statistical issues of importance in advancing research and evaluation. Investigators from across the broad range of disciplines supported by the NSF are invited to submit proposals. Interdisciplinary proposals are particularly welcome.
 
Deadline: March 28 Letter of Intent
May 15, 2006 Due Date for Empirical Research and Evaluation Project proposals
May 29, 2006 Due Date for Synthesis Research and Evaluation Project proposals
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06537/nsf06537.htm

 

Retirement Economics

National Insitute on Aging
 
Program Announcement PA-05-036
     This PA encompasses research on the work and retirement decisions that people make at older ages and the health and economic circumstances of individuals as they evolve before retirement, at the time that work transitions take place, and throughout retirement. It is about the complex interrelationships between work, economic circumstances, public policy, health, and other aspects of later life.
 
Research topics include: Determinants of Retirement Behavior; Variation in Work Patterns in Later Life; Evolution of Health and Economic Circumstances of Individuals through Retirement and Later Life; Time Use and Life Satisfaction in Retirement; The Implications of Retirement Trends; Retirement Expectations; International Comparisons of Retirement; Retirement Modeling.
 
Funding:  varies (PA will use R01, P01, R03 and R21 award mechanisms - link to description of types of NIH funding mechanisms: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm)
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date) 
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-036.html

 

Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

National Science Foundation
 
Program Annoucement NSF 06-527
 
This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support shcolarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following the competion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. 
 
Deadline: March 15, Letter of Intent; April 12, Full Proposal
For more information, please visit: 
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=EHR&from=home

 

Science and Society

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF 05-588
     Studying the interaction of engineering, science, technology and society. There are four components:  Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS); History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS); Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS); and Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
     The following modes of support are available:  S & S Scholar Awards; Standard Research Grants; S & S Postdoctoral Fellowships; S & S Professional Development Fellowships; Small Grants for Training and Research; Conference and Workshop Awards; and Other Funding Opportunities.
     For more detailed information on both the study areas and modes of support, please view NSF's program announcement.
Deadline: August 1  for Small Grants for Training and Research and February 1 for all others.
Funding:  estimated number of awards 40; anticipated FY 2006 funding is $6,000,000.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05588/nsf05588.htm

 

Secondary Data Analyses Based on the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

National Institute of Health
 
Program Announcement PA-05-093
      The initiative is aimed at encouraging scientists to answer their research questions pertaining to family, child care, school and child development by analyzing the detailed, comprehensive and well documented longitudinal data sets from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. 
      Some of the research questions that may be answered, but not limited to, are the following: family demographic characteristics and their stability over time; social processes among the sub-sample of African American families; social processes in the White families; peer interaction; the quality of academic instruction; relations between different outcomes as they unfold over time.
Deadline:  February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date) 
Funding:  NIH Research Project Grant (R01) and the NIH Small Grant (R03) award mechanisms.
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-093.html

 

Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health

National Institutes of Health
 
Program Announcement PA-05-029
      This announcement invites applications to (a) elucidate basic social and cultural constructs and processes used in health research, (b) clarify social and cultural factors in the etiology and consequences of health and illness, (c) link basic research to practice for improving prevention, treatment, health services, and dissemination, and (d) explore ethical issues in social and cultural research related to health.
 
Applications for research on the social and cultural dimensions of health in five areas:
1. Basic social and cultural constructs and processes used in health research.
2. Etiology of health and illness
3. Consequences of poor health for individuals and social groups.
4. Linking science to practice to improve prevention, treatment, health services, and dissemination.
5. Ethical issues in social and cultural research.
 
Funding:  R01 mechanism
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date) 
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-029.html

 

Sociobehavioral Data Analysis and Archiving in Aging

National Institute on Aging
 
Program Announcement PA-04-123
       The NIA has supported the development of major data collection efforts in areas such as cognition, genetics, long term care, retirement and economic status, caregiving, behavioral medicine, and the dynamics of health and functional change in the very old.  This Program Announcement encourages secondary analysis and archiving of these data sources. 
 
Examples of Areas of Investigation: Archiving; Biodemography of Aging; Behavioral Genetics; Dementia; Trends in Chronic Disease and Disability; Living Arrangements; Healthcare and Policy Stimulations; Burden of Illness; Health, Work and Retirement; Race, Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status; General Demography; Meta-analysis; Caregiving; Elder Mistreatment; Behavioral Medicine and Interventions; Cognitive Aging; Psychological Development and Integrative Science; Early Life Determinants of Late-Life Health.
 
Funding: small grant - R03 mechanism ($50,000 direct costs for a one to two year project period)
Deadline:  February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date)
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-123.html

 

Sociology

Deadline:  August 15, 2007

The Sociology Program supports research on human social organization, demography, and processes of individual and institutional change.  The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.  Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology.

For more information, please visit http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppld=3009.

 

 

Summer Seminars and Institutes

National Endowment for the Humanities
 
These grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers, and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may be as short as two weeks or as long as six weeks. The duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic. Summer seminars and institutes: 1. extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics, texts, and issues; 2. enhance the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; 3. build a community of inquiry and provide models of excellent scholarship and teaching; and 4. promote effective links between teaching and research in the humanities.
 
Deadline: March 1
For more information, please visit: 

 

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The Ford Foundation

Deadline:  Open

The Ford Foundation supports projects that help strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.  The foundation provides funding for various programs and projects.  One broad area in which the foundation concentrates is knowledge, creativity, and freedom.  Further subdivisions of this broad interest area include eduation and scholarship; sexuality and reproductive health; and religion, society, and culture.

For more information, please visit http://www.fordfound.org.

 

 

The Undergraduate Research Collaboratives Program

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF 06-521
 
This program seeks new models and partnerships with the potential (1) to expand the reach of undergraduate research to include first- and second-year college students; (2) to broaden participation and increase diversity in the student talent pool from which the nation's future technical workforce will be drawn; and (3) to enhance the research capacity, infrastructure, and culture of participating institutions. Collectively, these outcomes will substantially strengthen the nation's research enterprise. For this program, research should be in the chemical sciences or in interdisciplinary areas supported by the chemical sciences. Projects should allow students to create new knowledge that is potentially publishable by providing exposure to research of contemporary scientific interest that is addressed with modern research tools and methods.
 
Deadline: March 21
 
For more information, please visit:

 

United States Institute of Peace

Unsolicited Grants
 
Unsolicited grants are offered across a broad range of relevant disciplines, skills, and approaches. Topic areas of interest to the Institute include, but are not restricted t international conflict resolution; diplomacy; negotiation theory; functionalism and "track two" diplomacy; methods of third-party dispute settlement; international law; international organizations and collective security; deterrence and balance of power; arms control; psychological theories about international conflict; the role of nonviolence and nonviolent sanctions; moral and ethical thought about conflict and conflict resolution; and theories about relationships among political institutions, human rights, and conflict. The Institute sets no disciplinary restrictions. It welcomes proposals of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature.
 
Deadline: March 1
For more information, please visit:

 

Workplace Violence Prevention Research

National Institute of Health
 
RFA-OH-06-004
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds for fiscal year 2006 to support research grant (R01) applications to develop, implement and validate intervention strategies designed to reduce the risks of violence in the workplace.  It is estimated that 1.7 million workers are assaulted annually at work and an additional 800 are fatally injured.  The purpose of this announcement is to enhance existing knowledge and improve safety and health of workers by supporting research on workplace violence which addresses development of new interventions and evaluation of existing interventions. Important outcomes will include full evaluations of the effectiveness of interventions in reducing workplace violence, and of the likelihood that interventions can be translated into a variety of workplace settings.
 
Deadline:
Letter of Intent Receipt Date: April 4
Application Receipt Date(s): April 18
 
For more information, please visit:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OH-06-004.html

 

Deadlines - Associations, Foundations and Corporations

American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Spend one year beginning September 2007 at a federal agency as a fellow, Ph.D. required.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsors 10 science and technology policy fellowship programs (Congressional, Defense Policy, Diplomacy, Environmental, Global Security, Global Stewardship, Homeland Security, NIH, NSF, Risk Policy) to provide the opportunity for accomplished and societally aware postdoctoral to midcareer scientists and engineers to participate in and contribute to the public policy making process of the federal government
 
Deadline: Deadline this year was January 10, 2006 - next expected deadline January 2007 
Stipends: most are $64,000 some are slightly higher
For more information and specific agency information, please visit: http://fellowships.aaas.org/

 

American Council of Learned Societies

Humanities and Humanities-Related Social Sciences
 
ACLS supports academic research in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences, usually in the form of scholarly books. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or another equally substantial form of scholarship. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, work that deals purely with translation, or pedagogical projects.
A full listing of competitions can be found at: http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm
Deadlines: Vary by program 1
Please note: Online Application http://ofa.acls.org/

 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Grants are awarded investigators conducting clinical, biological, or psychosocial research on the problem of suicide. Grants can be directed towards research on suicide from a variety of disciplines: psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, an dmany others.
 
Deadline: Distinguished Researcher Awards, Standard Research Grants, Young Investigator Grants and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship applications must be received by December 15 for funding decisions in May. In most cases, approved grants may begin by July 1.Pilot grant applications are accepted on April 15, August 15,and December 15 with funding decisions made within 4-6 months.  
For more information, please visit: http://www.afsp.org/research/grants.htm
Funding:
Distinguished Researcher Awards up to $100,000 over two years.
Standared Research Grants up to $60,000
Young Investigator Grants: up to $60,000 over two years plus a $5,000 stipend for a mentor.

 

American Philosophical Society

Humanities and Social Sciences
 
Small Grants: awarded to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge.
Deadline: October 1 and December 1
Funding: up to a maximum of $6,000
 
Sabbatical Fellowships: designed to supplement an awarded sabbatical/research leave for research in the humanities and social sciences.
Deadline: October 15
Funding: stipend between $30,000 to $40,000
 
Other programs are also available.
 
For more information, please visit: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/

 

American Statistical Association

ASA/BJS Statistical Methodological Research Program
 
Small grants for the analysis of data from Bureau of Justice Statistics
 
Priority research topics are defined on the sponsor's website.
 
Funding: up to $25,000
Deadline: December 1
For more information, please visit:
http://www.amstat.org/research_grants/index.cfm?fuseaction=BJS

 

American Statistical Association

Research Fellowships
 
The ASA/NSF/Census Bureau Research Program will help to bridge the gap between government and academic science. This approach brings researchers closer to the production of data sets relevant to their research. The program allows for senior statisticians, social scientists, computer scientists, geographers, and others to come to the Census Bureau as Research Fellows for a period of 6 to 12 months to use Census Bureau data sets and interact with Census Bureau staff.
 
The ASA/NSF/BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Research Program allows researchers the unique opportunity to address some of the complex methodological issues across a wide range of BLS programs. Fellows will conduct research in residence at BLS, have access to BLS data and facilities, and interact with BLS staff.
The ASA and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are pleased to announce a new partnership, the NSF/ASA/BEA Research Program. This program is designed to bridge the gap between academic research and government. Researchers are provided the unique opportunity to address complex methodological issues across a wide range of BEA programs. They will conduct research in residence at BEA, have access to BEA data and facilities, and interact with BEA staff.
 
The ASA in cooperation with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture conducts a Research Fellow and Associate Program. The purpose of this program is to supplement research in statistics with experience at the NASS. 
 
OTHER FELLOWSHIPS are also available -
 
for program details, application information and more - please visit: http://www.amstat.org/research_grants/index.cfm?fuseaction=main

 

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from NCES, NSF, and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) sponsors a grant program titled: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
 
The research grant program provides grants to Principal Investigators (PIs) to conduct research on postsecondary education using the NCES and NSF national databases or conduct studies that increase the understanding and knowledge of a specific issue area identified by the NPEC Executive Committee as critically important to the postsecondary education community.
 
This year the NPEC focus is Improving Information for Student Decisions about Postsecondary Education. Funded projects promise a significant contribution to the national knowledge of the nature and operation of postsecondary education and contribute to the professional development of personnel working in postsecondary education.
 
Funding: up to $30,000
Deadline:  Last deadline was January 15, 2006 next expected deadline is January 2007.
For more information, please visit: ttp://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=40

 

Association for Women in Mathematics

Travel Funds up to $1,500 for domestic travel and $2,000 for foreign travel.
 
The objective of the NSF-AWM Travel Grants program is to enable women to attend research conferences in their fields, thereby providing a valuable opportunity to advance their research activities and their visibility in the research community. By having more women attend such meetings, we also increase the size of the pool from which speakers at subsequent meetings may be drawn and thus address the persistent problem of the absence of women speakers at some research conferences.
 
Eligibility: conference or the applicant's research must be in an area supported by Division of Mathematical Sciences (NSF)
Deadline: February 1, May 1, and October 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html#standard

 

Borchard Foundation Center

The Center recognizes the need for further research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly (including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by lack of education, language, culture, disability, or other barriers).
 
Deadline: March 1
Funding: 4 awards of up to $20,000
For more information, please visit: http://www.borchardcenter.org/argp_rfp.html

 

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

The Foundation encourages proposals that are likely to significantly advance the chemical sciences. Examples of areas of interest are (but are not limited to): the increase of public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the chemical sciences; environmental chemistry; innovative approaches to chemistry education; and programs to make chemistry careers more attractive.
 
Deadline: Preliminary Proposals - June 1
              Full Proposals - August 24
For more information, please visit: http://www.dreyfus.org/

 

Corporation for National and Community Service

The purpose of higher education grants is to expand participation in community service and service-learning by supporting innovative community service programs carried out through institutions of higher education that act as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs of neighboring communities. Emphasis is placed both on institutional change to support service and service-learning within higher education and on community problem-solving and capacity-building.
 
Learn and Serve America Higher Education Grants support a variety of community service and service-learning activities including: creating and expanding community service and service-learning programs; training faculty, K-12 teachers, and others to conduct service-learning; integrating service-learning into professional education programs; strengthening the service-learning infrastructure within higher education institutions; and supplementing community service and service-learning activities through Federal Work-Study (FWS) programs. Participants in higher education programs include graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and community members.
 
Deadline: February 28
For more information, please visit: http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=19

 

Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center

Research in Residence Fellowship in the Humanities
 
Projects in any of the following fields are eligible for support: anthropology, communication, history, philosophy, religious studies, ethnic and cultural studies, jurisprudence, history/theory/criticism of the arts, languages and linguistics, literature, gender studies, historical or philosophical issues in the social and natural sciences.
 
Deadline: Last year's deadline was December 1, 2005 - a December 1, 2006 deadline is projected for this year.
Funding: stipend of $33,000 for 9 months
For more information, please visit:

 

International Education Research Foundation

The International Education Research Foundation's mission is to conduct research and disseminate information on world educational systems and to facilitate the integration of individuals educated outside the United States into the U.S. educational environment and work force.
 
Funding: $5,000 (to be used for stipend or travel)
Deadline:  February 1 (yearly)
For more information, please visit: http://www.ierf.org/grants.asp

 

Ittleson Foundation

Supports innovative pilot, model, and demonstration projects that will help move individuals, communities, and organizations from environmental awareness to environmental activism by changing attitudes and behaviors.
 
Deadline: April 1 and September 1
For more information, please visit: www.ittlesonfoundation.org/enviro.html

 

Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Awards

The New York State Archives and the Archives Partnership Trust announce the availability of awards for qualified applicants to pursue research using historical records in the New York State Archives. The Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Program is intended to support advanced work in New York State history, government or public policy by covering research expenses. It also encourages public dissemination of research products.
 
Deadline: This year's deadline was January 15, 2006 - next expected deadline is January 2007
Funding: Awards are intended to defray costs of travel, lodging, meals, photo duplication, and other research-related expenses. Award amounts range from $100 to $4,500.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nysarchivestrust.org/apt/hackman/hackman_guideline.shtml

 

Longview Foundation

The Longview Foundation makes grants to promote learning about world regions, cultures, international affairs and global issues in K-12 schools in the United States.
 
The foundation is interested in national level activities that develop ideas for how to address significant gaps in the field of international education. The following gaps have been identified, but others may be considered:
*Addressing the lack of international content in pre-service teacher education
*Assessing the impact of international education programs.
*Integrating international content into current large scale assessment systems
*Involving libraries in promoting international education
*Bringing international education to students in low-income communities
*Preparing today's students for tomorrow's workplace: identifying international knowledge, skills and attitudes valued by employers
 
Activities may include, but are not limited to, convening conferences, developing and disseminating studies or publications and creating innovative projects.
 
Deadline:  January 15 and July 6
For more information, please visit: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/longview/guide.html

 

NASD Investor Education Foundation

The NASD Investor Education Foundation's mission is to provide investors with high-quality, easily accessible information and tools to better understand investing and the markets.
 
2006 Grant Areas:
Improving Disclosure to Investors RFP
2006 General Grant Program
Life-Cycle RFP
Deadline: Submission Window -  February 1 to Arpil 7
Foundation awards grants to fund educational programs and research aimed at segments of the investing public who could benefit from additional resources.
 
For more information, please visit:
http://www.nasdfoundation.org/grants.asp

 

National Education Association Foundation

The foundation's grants provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth.
Grants also fund project-based learning and break-the-mold innovations that significantly improve achievement for underserved students.
 
Funding: Learning and Leadership Grants range from $2,000 to $5,000.  Innovation Grants are $5,000
Deadline: September 15, February 1 and June 1
For more information, please visit:
http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/grantguides.htm

 

National Italian American Foundation

The Foundation's mission is to promote, preserve and protect Italian American Heritage and culture.
 
Italian Language Study Grants - Matching grant program to further the study of Italian in the school for one academic year.
Grants range from $500.00 to $2,000 per year.
Deadline: June 2 and December 1
 
Culture and Heritage Grant Awards - projects to promote, research, educate, or preserve Italian American culture, history or heritage.
Grants range from $2,000 to $15,000.
Deadline: June 2 and December 1
 
For more information, please visit: http://www.niaf.org/grants/index.asp

 

New York Council for the Humanities

Financial support for public programs presented by non-profit organizations across NYS that bring humanities scholars and scholarship to a general public audience.
 
Funding: Major Grants - over $2500  and Mini Grants $250 - $2500
Deadline: March 1 and November 1 yearly

 

New York Council of the Humanities

Major Grant applications are accepted twice a year, with postmark deadlines on November 1 and March 1.  (If the deadline falls on a holiday or weekend, the postmark deadline is the next business day.)  November Major Grant applicants are notified in late March, and March Major Grant applicants are notified in late June.  Major Grants are for project requests of $2500 or more.  Please note that while there is no upper limit on the amount that can be requested, grants awarded rarely exceed $10,000.  Where the Council determines that an application merits support only in part or at a reduced level, the offer will be less than the amount requested.  Constraints on Council funding may also affect the amount that can be offered, regardless of merit. 
Deadline: March 1
 
Mini Grant applications may be submitted at any time, and a decision will be made within four weeks.  You must submit your application in time to credit the Council in all your publicity, including that of any co-sponsors.  To insure inclusion in the State Humanities Month brochure and calendar, Mini Grant applications for an October event must be postmarked no later than May 15.  Mini Grants are for project requests between $250 and $2500.  Most proposals in this category are for single events, for projects that are modest in scope and have a short time frame, or for exhibition planning.  (Mini Grant proposals for smaller exhibitions can encompass both planning and implementation).    
 
For more information, please visit: http://www.nyhumanities.org/grants/

 

Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies

The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America, to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. Grants are available in the following categories: Research Travel - North America Awards, Short-term Research Travel to Korea Grants, Research Assistance, Workshops and Conferences, Projects that Enhance Korean Studies Teaching
 
Deadline: Febraury 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.aasianst.org/grants/grants.htm#NEAC-KOREAN

 

Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies

The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines. Research Travel within the USA, Short-term Travel to Japan for Professional Purposes, Seminars on Teaching About Japan, Instructional Materials, Small Conferences on Japanese Studies
 
Deadline: February 1
For more information, please visit: 

 

Open Society Institute

International Scholars Fellowship Program
 
Social Sciences and Humanities
 
Resident and Non-Resident Scholars - Focus Southeastern Europe and Eurasia.
 
Deadline: February 16
For more information, please visit: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/afp/grants/isfp

 

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Open to scholars studying the history, literature, and culture of peoples of African descent from a humanistic perspective and to professionals in fields related to the Schomburg Center's collections and program activities. Projects in the social sciences, science and technology, psychology, education, and religion are eligible if they utilize a humanistic approach and contribute to humanistic knowledge.
 
Deadline:  Last year's deadline was December 1, 2005 - expected deadline for this year is December 1, 2006
Funding: up to $25,000 stipend for 6 months or up to $50,000 stipend for twleve months.

 

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundatin

Special Grant Program
 
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences offers support to eligible institutions for projects that propose to advance the science of chemistry in innovative ways. Proposals are invited in any area consistent with the Foundation's broad objective of advancing the chemical sciences. For projects that require sustaining support, note that the Special Grant Program is intended to seed the initial phases, with the expectation that grant recipients will find continuing funding from other sources.
The Foundation encourages proposals that are likely to significantly advance the chemical sciences. Examples of areas of interest are (but are not limited to): the increase of public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the chemical sciences; environmental chemistry; innovative approaches to chemistry education; and programs to make chemistry careers more attractive.
 
Deadline: June 1 Preliminary Proposal - selected full proposals will be due August 24
For more information, please visit: http://www.dreyfus.org/sg.shtml#introduction

 

The Getty

Collaborative Research Grants provide opportunities for teams of scholars to pursue interpretive research projects that offer new explanations of art and its history. Collaborations that foster a cross-fertilization of ideas and methodologies are particularly encouraged. Collaborative Research Grants also fund the research in preparation for scholarly exhibitions.
 
Eligibility
These grants are intended to support established scholars who have attained distinction in their fields. Teams may consist of two or more art historians, or of one or more art historians together with one or more scholars from other disciplines. Teams for exhibition projects should include scholars from both museums and universities. Individual scholars may not apply as a member of more than one team. Applications are welcome from scholars of all nationalities.
 
Deadline: November 1
For more information, please visit: http://www.getty.edu/

 

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
 
Particular questions that interest HFG concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence.
 
Deadlines: February 1 and August 1 yearly
Funding:  ordinarily awards range from $15,000 to $30,000 for a period of one to two years - applications for larger amounts or longer durations should be strongly justified
For more information, please visit: http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm

 

The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund

The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a program of the Aspen Institute, seeks to improve understanding of nonprofit activities and inform related practice and policy.
 
To this end, the Fund periodically disseminates requests-for-proposals (RFPs) that announce the availability of funding to support research projects on critical nonprofit issues.
 
Information on the next grant cycle will be posted on this site - please check back
http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/newsletter1530/newsletter.htm

 

Open Solicitations - Government Funds

Investigator Initiated Grant Applications

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Applications are continuously accepted by DOE (Notice DE-FG01-05ER05-01).  Areas of interest are divided into eight programs.
 
1. Basic Energy Sciences - including Material Sciences and Engineering; Chemical Sciences; Geosciences; and Energy Biosciences.
2. High Energy Physics
3. Nuclear Physics
4. Advanced Scientific Computing Research - including Applied Mathematics; Computer Science; and Network Environment Research.
5. Fusion Energy Sciences
6. Biological and Environmental Research Program - including Life Sciences; Climate Change Research; Environmental Remediation; and Medical Applications and Measurement Science
7.  Planning and Analysis
8. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
 
For more information on the investigator initiated applications, please visit: http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/FAPN05-01.html
For information on specific Requests for Applications from DOE - please visit: http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/grants.html#Grant%20Solicitation%20Notices

 

Investigator Initiated Small Grant Applications (R03)

National Institutes of Health
 
The R03 grant supports:
Pilot or feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology 
Institutes that accept R03 applications:
National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Funding: Applicants may request a project period of up to two years and a budget for direct costs of up to two $25,000 modules or $50,000 per year.
Deadline: February 1, June 1 and October 1 (postmark date)
For more information, please see the program announcement at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-108.html

 

NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
 
Program Announcement PAR-05-005
 
The NIOSH recognizes the value of supporting high quality scientific meetings that are relevant to its scientific mission and to the public health. A scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, conference, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge. Support of such meetings is contingent on the fiscal and programmatic interests and priorities of NIOSH, which are linked to the website, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
 
Deadline: March 1, July 1 and November 1 annually
For more information, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/OH06014.htm

 

Office of Naval Research

Science and Technology Departments of the ONR
Information, Electronics & Surveillance
       Electronics; Math, Computer and Information Sciences
Ocean, Atmosphere & Space
       Sensing and Systems; Processes and Prediction
Engineering, Materials & Physical Sciences
       Physical Sciences; Materials; Mechanics & Energy 
       Conversion; Ship Hull, Mechanical & Electrical Systems
Human Systems
       Medical and Biological S & T Division; Cognitive, Neural and
       Social S & T Division
Naval Exeditionary Warfare
       Strike Technology; Expeditionary Warfare Operations;
       Technology Watch and Evaluation
ONR Website: http://www.onr.navy.mil/
 
Submission guidelines: 
       ONR has rolling submission in response to general objectives that fit into ONR mission - these can be found by selecting the program and then the division (i.e. Select Department: Information, Electronic & Surveillance - next screen select Division: Electronics - next screen select Program: - Magnetics)

 

United States Institute of Peace

Supporting Projects on International Peace and Conflict Resolution
The Institute will support a wide array of projects, from basic and applied research on the causes of war and other international conflicts to development of curricula and texts for students to workshops and seminars to continuing education, public information efforts - to see a full listing of the types of projects funded, please visit: http://www.usip.org/grants/index.html
 
Funding:  most grants are one to two years in duration.  Most are awarded in the $25,000 to $45,000 range.
Deadline: Yearly - March 1 and October 1
Application Guidelines are available at: http://www.usip.org/grants/guide.html

 

Open Solicitations -Associations, Foundations and Corporations

Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation

The Foundation accepts applications for grants to conduct research on important aspects of alcohol consumption and its effects.  Overall, the following areas are more directly related to the mission of the Foundation and, therefore, are of greater interest:
-Factors influencing transitions in drinking patterns and behavior
-Effects of moderate use of alcohol on health and well-being
-Mechanisms underlying the behavioral and biomedical effects of alcohol
-Biobehavioral/interdisciplinary research on the etiology of alcohol misuse
Types of Support:  Research Grants, New Scientist Awards, Data Analysis Grants, and Pilot/Preliminary Studies
Deadlines:  February 1 and September 1 yearly
Funding:  Annual awards do not exceed $50,000 (which includes indirect costs of 15%)
For more information, please visit:  http://www.abmrf.org/grants.htm

 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The Foundation's programs and interests are divided into five main areas: Science and Technology - Standards of Living and Economic Performance - Education and Careers in Science and Technology - Selected National Issues (Bioterrorism - Federal Statistics) - The Civic Program
Submission: there are no standard forms, the body of the proposal cannot exceed 20 double-spaced pages.  A letter of intent is advisable for a preliminary response.
Deadline:  open
Funding:  grants range from $500 to $45,000, with very few toward the upper end of the range
For more information, please visit: http://www.sloan.org/main.shtml

 

American Sociological Society

Funds for the Advancement of the Discipline
 
Supported by the American Sociological Association through a matching grant from the National Science Foundation, the goal of this project is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, groundbreaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities such as conferences.
 
Funding: FAD awards provide scholars with small grants ($7,000 maximum) for innovative research that has the potential for challenging the discipline, stimulating new lines of research, and creating new networks of scientific collaboration. The award is intended to provide opportunities for substantive and methodological breakthroughs, broaden the dissemination of scientific knowledge, and provide leverage for acquisition of additional research funds.
 
Deadline:  June 15 and December 15 yearly
For more information, please visit: http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Fund+for+the+Advancement+of+the+Discipline

 

APICS Educational and Research Foundation, Inc.

The primary purpose of the E&R Foundation is to foster education and development in the field of resource management. 
 
Subjects include: supply chain management, curriculum development, information management, performance benchmarks, and process improvement throughout organizations and are addressed through a range of research vehicles.
 
The foundation awards grants to researchers developing innovative ideas for industry improvement including enhancing existing products and services. The foundation supports:
research monographs; case studies; training materials; workshop development; educational games or software; journal articles;
conference proceedings.
 
Funding: varies from $500 up
Deadline:  applications are reviewed quarterly
For more information, please visit: http://www.apics.org/Education/ERFoundation/research

 

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Areas of interest:  external reporting, board effectiveness, management reporting - insight and analysis, people and processes infrastructure, the professional accountant in business. 
 
CIMA's research strategy can be found at: http://www.cimaglobal.com/cps/rde/xbcr/SID-0AAAC564-D30B70C8/live/CIMA_Research_Strategy.pdf
 
Funding:  usually between $7,000 and $70,000
Deadline: continuous
 
Also available are specific calls for proposals. Information on their current initiative "'The Origination and Adoption of Management Ideas, Tools and Practices' (management 'fads') due 9/30/05 can be found at:  http://www.cimaglobal.com/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0AAAC564-D30B70C8/live/root.xsl/1551.htm

 

Environmental Research and Education Foundation

Solid Waste Management - Research and Education
 
Sample of project topics: (Complete list on Foundation's website)
 
Waste generation rates and compositions; waste minimization; sorting, recycling and remanufacture; innovations in collection and transportation development; employee health and safety
 
Funding: range of $10,000 to $500,000
Deadline: open
For more information, please visit: http://www.erefdn.org/guide.html

 

Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation

Research topics of interest to the industry include: Securitization; Why Diversity Ensures Success; Does the Lease Still Have Cachet; Lessons Learned from past leasing cycles; Economic outlook and critical success factors for established leasing companies expanding into the China market; Implementing SOX and the US Patriot Act; Quality: a cause or an effect -  for a complete list please go to:
http://www.leasefoundation.org/grant/ideas.htm
 
Also available is a list of general topics of research interest, i.e. funding; industry compensation models; portfolio management - for a complete list please go to:
http://www.leasefoundation.org/grant/ideas.htm
 
Deadline: January 15, May 15, September 1
Funding: up to $15,000
For more information, please visit: http://www.leasefoundation.org/grant/about.htm

 

Ford Foundation

Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom
Education, Sexuality and Religion
Supports education research and reform in grades K-12 and in university systems as well as graduate fellowships and research in the social sciences and humanities, with emphasis on gender, identity and pluralism. 
Media, Arts and Culture
Supports the development of media, information and technology resources to advance human achievement and understanding.  Grant making includes infrastructural and access issues as well as independent production in print, film, radio and Web-based material.
Additional programs include: Asset Building and Community Development- Economic Development; Peace and Social Justice - Human Rights; Governance and Civil Society.
Submission:  Letter of intent
Deadline:  rolling
For more information, please visit:  http://www.fordfound.org/about/guideline.cfm

 

Foundation for the Future

The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity.
 
Subjects that are of interest to the Foundation:
*How will global changes in birth rates, mortality rates, and reproductive technology affect the human genome over the long-term future?
*What effect will the current global immigration and emigration of populations have on the demography of the planet over the long-term future?
*What are likely to be the major global driving forces/initiatives/ issues for humanity through the new millennium?
*Are mechanisms of biological and cultural evolution in sync with our systems of governance and economy? How are they likely to evolve and develop over the long term future?
 
Deadline: Preliminary grant application must be submitted between January 1 and April 30 of a given year to be considered for funding awarded in that year.
Funding: $5,000 - $25,000
For more information, please visit: http://www.futurefoundation.org/

 

Harry Chapin Foundation

Mission: To address the problems of the disadvantaged and promote educational programs that lead to a greater understanding of human suffering. 
 
Community Education Programs, Arts-In-Education Programs, Agricultural Programs, Environmental Programs
 
Deadline: Considers applications three times a year: March, July and November.
Funding Limit: up to $10,000
For more information, please visit: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/harrychapin/

 

Infinity Foundation

The Infinity Foundation is calling for project proposals to do research and/or develop educational materials, whose objective would be to improve the authenticity of portrayal of Indic traditions in the educational system. These projects would result in one or more of the following: books, curriculum development, articles, conferences, CD-ROMs, digital slide shows, Internet presentations, and audio/video materials. Topics covered may include: philosophy, history, religion, science, art and sociology, as they pertain to the educational curricula on Indic traditions.
 
Deadline: open
Funding: no information provided - contact sponsor
For more information, please visit:

 

Institute for the Study of Business Markets

ISBM research program areas include:
Product policy; Market structure and operations; Buying strategies and operations; Customer value; Business relationships; Market channels; Exchange design and analysis; Market communications; Marketing information systems and e-Business in business-to-business markets; Business market research; Marketing engineering.
Deadline: open
Submission: E-mail a one- to two-page informal note or attachment, indicating:
The nature of the research: what you want to do.
Its likely importance for practice
Its likely academic impact, and
Level of funding and proposed use of the funds.
Funding:  typically in the $3,000 to $10,000 range
Also available: Working paper support funding up to $750
For more information, please visit: http://www.smeal.psu.edu/isbm/priorities.html

 

Institute of Social Policy Understanding

The following areas of research will receive a high priority for review:
-Impact of schools and curriculums upon child development. In particular, comparative studies of parochial, private secular, and public school systems.
-Muslim and Arab American views on domestic policy issues (economy, elections, health, education, environment)
-Studies on mental health and health care within the Arab, South Asian and Muslim community
-Studies on immigration patterns and experiences since September 11th, 2001
-Studies of social policy issues within the Muslim and Arab American community
-Issues and challenges which Muslim and other specific communities expect to face over the next 50 years. The development of a long-term road map for the American Muslim community
Deadline:  open
For details on submission and proposal guidelines, contact the Director of Research: Farid Senzai at fsenzai@ispu.us
For more information, please visit: http://www.ispu.us/index.html

 

JEHT Foundation

Justice, Equality, Human Dignity, and Tolerance
 
The Foundation's programs work to: transform U.S. criminal justice policies and practices; expand the role of international justice and the rule of law at both home and abroad; and democratize the electoral process in this country.
 
The Foundation accepts applications that fall within the program interests and make use of several different approaches among which are:
Development or use of best practices or models that offer alternatives to current policies and practices and that have the potential to be taken to scale and inform policy decisions.
Conceptual or applied research that illuminates problems or issues and/or suggests promising solutions.
Submission Guidelines:  Letter of Intent
Deadline: continuous
Funding limits: the Foundation does not set limits on the size of its grants or on the number of years it will consider, each application is considered based on its merit, relationship to the Foundation's goals, the need, the ability to advance work in the field and the Foundation's available resources.
For more information, please visit: http://jehtfoundation.org/index2.html

 

Marketing Science Institute (MSI)

MSI's research priorities are the issues that leading corporations see as important for improving business practice through academic research.
 
MSI encourages academic researchers from marketing and related fields to submit proposals for research projects and/or completed papers for the working paper series on these topics.
 
2004-2006 Priority topics:
Growth, Brand Equity, Metrics, Managing Customers,, Role of Marketing and Research Tools - for a complete description of these priorities and examples, please visit: http://www.msi.org/msi/rp0406.cfm
 
Funding: Standard Grants are in the $5,000 to $20,000 range.
Deadline: open
Submission process:  accepts pre-proposals and full proposals.
Homepage: http://www.msi.org/msi/frontpage.cfm?group=guest

 

Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research supports basic research and curriculum innovation in many areas of computing. 
 
Although Microsoft does not accept unsolicited proposals on a general level, Microsoft publishes Requests for Funding on an ongoing basis.
 
For updated information, please visit: 
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/rfps/RFPs/TWC_Curriculum_2005_RFP.aspx
 

 

Moody's Corporation

Moody's Credit Markets Research Fund was established to promote the study of capital markets and credit related topics within the academic community.
 
Topics of interest include:  credit risk analysis; default risk; asset valuation; capital and credit markets; market microstructure; derivatives; regulatory practices; econometric and statistical methods for credit analytics; portfolio theory; and performance attribution (more on website)
Deadline: applications are accepted at any time and reviewed quarterly
Funding: funding guideline are not indicated - but support is for stipends and other assistance.
For more information, please visit: http://philanthropy.moodys.com/page.asp?template=cmr&context=cmr&section=hglts

 

Pew Charitable Trust

Current top policy priorities:
Environment:  Global warming, Protecting ocean life, Wilderness protection.
Heath and Human Services:  Foster care reform, Alcohol marketing and youth, Alcohol treatment policy, Genetics & Public Policy, Food & Ag Biotechnology, Retirement security, Nanotechnologies.
Other areas:  Improving elections, State Policy, Death penalty reform, Election reform, Medical malpractice.
Informing the Public
The Pew Research Center is open to collaborations with think tanks, universities and other research organizations sharing an interest in this kind of work, and with those who wish to invest in it.
Submission: Letter of inquiry required
Deadline: rolling
For more information, please visit: http://www.pewtrusts.com/about/index.cfm

 

Public Entity Risk Institute

PERI's Grant and Research Program endeavors to improve the theory and practice of risk management. Much controversy surrounds the appropriate definition of "risk" and "risk management," and PERI does not adhere to any one set of definitions. In general, PERI seeks projects that will help members of its constituent groups anticipate, plan for, and respond to uncertain events and outcomes that may interfere with their ability to continue operations and fulfill their missions.
 
Current Interests include:
Risk Evaluation and Control
Workers Compensation
Risk Identification and Assessment
Safety and Health Protection
Risk Management Best Practices
 
Submission: letter of intent
Deadline:  letters of intent reviewed quarterly for invitation of full proposal
Funding: no guidelines provided
For more information, please visit: http://www.riskinstitute.org/test.php?pid=page&tid=23

 

RGK Foundation Focuses on the Needs of Communities

     Education, community, and medical/health are the three main focus areas the RGK Foundation funds.  In the area of education, the foundation's interests include programs that target formal K-12 education, specifically in the fields of math, science, and reading.  The foundation also supports integrating technology into the curriculum, teacher development, literacy, and higher education.  Another goal of the foundation is to reach out to more female and minority students in the areas of math, science, and technology.
Submission Guidelines:  does not accept unsolicited proposals, a letter of intent must be submitted for review.
Deadline:  Open
Funding:  Up to $25,000.
For more information, please visit http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php

 

Robert Schalkenback Foundation

The Foundation's grant-making seeks to support projects that advocate the ideas and programs compatible with Henry George's philosophy of economic justice.
 
Two types of projects:
Research Projects: Deepening the Georgist Perspective.
The Foundation funds research projects that deepen the understanding of how Georgist principles are connected with issues and debates in the social science or humanities disciplines. Applications which seek to expand theoretical and empirical knowledge about issues listed on the Foundation's website.
 
Policy-Oriented Projects: Promoting Georgism as a Practical Philosophy
The Foundation funds policy-oriented projects that demonstrate how Georgist philosophy yields practical results in a variety of settings.  Traditionally, the Foundation has primarily supported projects which advocate a gradual tax shift from buildings to land within the context of local property tax reform.  A full listing on topics of interest can be found on the Foundation's website.
 
Submission: letter of intent
Deadline: rolling, grants are awarded four times per year
Funding: $2,000 to $6,000 range for projects to be completed within one year.
For more information, please visit: http://www.schalkenbach.org/grants-program.html

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Health Care Financing and Organization
 
This program supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy and financing issues.
 
This Call for Proposals is intended to support projects that: 1) examine significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and 2) explore or test major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services.
Projects may be initiated from within many disciplines, including helath service research, economics, sociology, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, law and business administration.
Deadline: open
Funding:  Small grants for projects requiring $100,000 or less and projected to take 12 months or less.  Large grants for projects requiring more than $100,000 and/or projected to take longer than 12 months.
For more information, please visit: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/program/cfplist.jsp

 

 

Russell Sage Foundation

Basic social science research in three program areas:  support is generally for analyzing data and writing up results, but does occasionally consider larger awards for data acquisition projects.
 
1.  Research on the future of work - concerned with the causes and consequences of the decline in demand for low-skill workers in advanced economies.
2.  Research on current U.S. immigration that focuses on the adaptation of the second generation to American society.
3.  Social psychological research on improving relations among racial and ethnic groups in schools, workplaces and neighborhood settings.
 
Funding:  major awards range between $50,000 and $500,000
Submission:  Letter of inquiry should precede applications.
Deadline:  June and November yearly.
For more information, please visit: http://www.russellsage.org/

 

Smith Richardson Foundation

The mission of the Smith Richardson Foundation is to contribute to important public debates and to help address serious public policy challenges facing the U.S.
 
The Foundation has two program areas:
*International Security and Foreign Policy Program
*Domestic Public Policy Program
 
For a more detailed description of funding interests, please visit: http://www.srf.org/
Submission: concept papers on the Foundation's template are the first step in the application process
Deadline: open
Funding:  up to $50,000 reviewed on a rolling basis.  Grants over $50,000 or multi-year requests are reviewed at board meetings.

 

Spencer Foundation

Funding Priorities:
-The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
-Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher  
 Education Institutions
-Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
-Purposes and Values of Education
Funding: Major Research Grant ~ $75,000; Small Research Grants limit is $40,000
Submission for Major Grants:  Preliminary Proposal (open deadline)
Full Proposal Major Grants Deadlines:  April, July, October and December
Small Grants Deadline:  Full proposal on rolling basis
For more information, please visit: http://www.spencer.org/index.htm

 

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

The Humanities Program is primarily directed to institutions of higher education and humanistic enterprises such as learned societies, museums, and major editorial projects. The program may also consider, on a selective basis, projects that increase the exposure of those outside these institutions to the humanistic experience or that strengthen preparation for the humanistic disciplines in secondary education.
 
Deadline: Letter of Inquiry
For more information, please visit:
http://www.delmas.org/programs/index.html 

 

The Institute of Internal Auditors

The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation encourages research of discovery, integration, and application along the broad areas included in The IIA definition that identifies internal audit as an integral part of an organization's governance, risk, and control processes.
 
While IIA encourages broad topics, it also encourages researchers to make a link to the internal audit activity in the research. See also  Research Opportunities in Internal Auditing 
(http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=3993) for more topics.
 
Submission guidelines can be found at: http://www.theiia.org/index.cfm?doc_id=249
Deadline: open
Funding: no specific guidelines - contact sponsor
email:  research@theiia.org  telephone: 407-937-1356

 

The JM Foundation

The Foundation's current philanthropic goals are to encourage market-oriented public policy solutions; to enhance America's unique system of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, private property ownership, and voluntarism; and to strengthen American families.
 
The Foundation's current priorities include:
*supporting education and research that fosters market-based policy solutions
*developing state and national organizations that promote free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and private initiative
*identifying and educating young leaders
 
Deadline:  ongoing - the Board of Directors meet in May and October
For more information, please visit: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/jm-milbank/history_jm.html

 

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Health programming focusing on improving individual and community health, and improving access and quality of health care as a means to that end.  Specifically focuses on the powerful and non-biological determinants of health and targets communities, health care systems, and public health as a center for change.
Youth and education focusing on improving learning for young people especially those most vulnerable to poor achievement so children can enter school ready to learn, more adolescents are able to achieve and young adults are prepared for meaningful work or further education.
 
For more information, please visit: http://www.wkkf.org/Grants/
Deadline: open
Funding: not indicated

 

William T. Grant Foundation

Creating a society that values young people and enables them to reach their full potential (ages 8 - 25)
 
The William T. Grant Foundation supports the following funding opportunities:
Research, Policy Analysis, Communications/Dissemination, Capacity-Building, William T. Grant Scholars (formerly known as the Faculty Scholars Program, Intervention Research.
 
Guidelines can be accessed at: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/usr_doc/FundingGuidelinesandApplicationProcedures7-27-05.doc
 
Apply on-line - http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3530/info-url_nocat.htm
After logging in, you will be taken to your personal homepage. From here, you can update your profile, apply for a grant, and/or see if you have any tasks to complete.
Homepage: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/index.htm

 

Funding Sources

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Science Directorates of AFOSR:
Aerospace and Material Sciences
Chemistry and Life Sciences
Physics and Electronics
International Offices
External Programs and Resources Interface
 
BAA (Broad Agency Announcement), Research Opportunities and all pertinent AFOSR information can be found at: http://www.afosr.af.mil/

 

Environmental Protection Agency

Link to all open funding announcement:
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/competition/open_awards.htm

 

Fulbright Programs

Fulbright Programs for US Scholars can be accessed at: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/
 
Traditional Fulbright Scholar Awards
Deadlines: Deadline for general submission is August 1 yearly
*Some specific calls for proposals are due November 1, 2005 and January 1 and February 1, 2006. 
Guidelines can be viewed at: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/guidelines.htm  
 
Fulbright Senior Specialist Program
Deadline:  open
Guidelines can be viewed at: http://www.cies.org/specialists/ss_overview.htm#program

 

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Support in the areas of: Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk and Traditional Arts, Literature, Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Theater and Visual Arts.
 
Most programs are closed for this year - new funding opportunities to be posted soon.  Please use the below link as a resource for types of programs of interest at NEA. http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/index.html

 

National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced some of their 2006 grant application deadlines. 
For a listing of grant programs available at NEH please visit their website at: http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html

 

National Institute of Justice

Current Solicitations and Forthcoming Solicitations can be found at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

 

National Institutes of Health

Open Solicitations:
 
For a complete listing of all NIH's open solicitations, please visit: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_results.htm

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NOAA has announced its funding initiatives for fiscal year 2006.  A listing of the programs to be funded can be found at: http://www.ago.noaa.gov/grants/funding.shtml
 
Additional programs, as they become available will be announced in the Federal Register, on grants.gov and on the NOAA website.

 

National Science Foundation

Open Solicitations:
 
For a complete listing of all of NSF's open solicitations, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=rcnt

 

New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research

Homepage for NYSTAR: http://www.nystar.state.ny.us/default.htm
 
NYSTAR funding initiatives can be found at: http://www.nystar.state.ny.us/initiatives.htm
 
NYSTAR e-newsletter can be found at: http://www.nystar.state.ny.us/default.htm

 

Office of Naval Research

Science and Technology Departments of the ONR
Information, Electronics & Surveillance
Ocean, Atmosphere & Space
Engineering, Materials & Physical Sciences
Human Systems
Naval Expeditionary Warfare
 
ONR announces BAAs which are specific in the research objective with specific due dates.
Broad Agency Announcements (calls for proposals) can be found at: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
University Research Initiatives can be found at http://www.onr.navy.mil/education/  

 

United States Department of Education (USDOE)

Open Solicitations
 
For a complete listing of all of USDOE's open solicitations, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html
 
In chart format - all programs closed and open 
 http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html#Chart1
 
**Please note that the USDOE will start updating this document the first week of November with deadlines for the 2006 fiscal year. 
**In the meantime, the current list can be used as a means for identifying potential areas of interest.

 

Cycle Closed

Crime and Justice Research

National Insitute of Justice
 
Proposals for crime and justice research on topics relevant to State and/or local criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice.  Through this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for social and behavioral research and evaluation addressing community crime prevention, policing, juvenile and criminal justice systems improvement, corrections, alcohol and drug related crime, criminal behavior, and other topics that have the potential to advance practice and policy in criminal and juvenile operations nationally.
 
Deadline: January 24
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding.htm

 

Developmental and Learning Sciences

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement NSF06-511
 
This program supports studies that increase our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. Additional priorities are to support developmental research that: incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develops new methods and theories; examines transfer of knowledge from one domain to another and from one situation to another; assesses peer relations, family interactions, social identities, and motivation; examines the impact of family, school, and community resources; assesses adolescents' preparation for entry into the workforce; and investigates the role of demographic characteristics and cultural influences on children's development. Research supported by this program will add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and   the underlying developmental processes that support learning, with the objective of leading to better educated children and adolescents who grow up to take productive roles as workers and as citizens.
 
Deadline: February 17
For more information, please visit: 

 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project and Center Program - Field Initiated Projects

United States Department of Education
The purpose of the Field Initiated program is to develop methods, procedures and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially those with the most severe disabilities.
 
Deadline: February 6
For more information, please visit: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/ED/HRO/DCMGC/ED-GRANTS-120505-001/Grant.html

 

Educational and Cultural Affairs

Department of State
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
 
Executive Summary: The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants that support exchanges and build relationships between U.S. non-profit organizations and civil society groups in Africa, East Asia, Eurasia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Asia and the Western Hemisphere. U.S. public and non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals that support the goals of The Professional Exchanges Program. Projects should promote mutual understanding and partnerships between key professional groups in the United States and counterpart groups in other countries through multi-phased exchanges taking place over one to three years. Proposals should further transformational democracy which seeks to encourage and support the development of more democratic societies and institutions, with a view toward creating a more stable world. To the fullest extent possible, programs should be two-way exchanges supporting roughly equal numbers of participants from the U.S. and foreign countries.
 
Deadline: February 6

 

Fulbright-Hays

Department of Education
 
The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad
Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of IHEs to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.
 
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA)
Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and
curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study.
 
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html

 

Human and Social Dynamics

National Science Foundation
 
Program Announcement: NSF 06-509
 
he Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area fosters breakthroughs in understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to (1) anticipate the complex consequences of change; (2) understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; (3) understand the cognitive and social structures that create, define, and result from change; and (4) manage profound or rapid change, and make decisions in the face of changing risks and uncertainty.  Accomplishing these goals requires multidisciplinary research teams and comprehensive, interdisciplinary approaches across the sciences, engineering, education, and humanities, as appropriate.
The FY 2006 competition will include three emphasis areas (Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty).
Deadline: Exploratory Research Proposals - February 14
             Full Research Proposals - February 21
For more information, please visit:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06509

 

NIMH Research on Mental Health in Criminal Justice at NIDA CJ-DATS Sites

National Institutes of Health
 
Program Announcement MH-06-005
 
The purpose of this RFA is to encourage applications for exploratory/developmental (R34 mechanism only) studies of services and interventions for mental disorders (MH) or combined/co-morbid mental and substance abuse disorders (COD) that are conducted within the CJ-DATS system.  This RFA encourages theory-driven studies of the effectiveness of intervention approaches for offenders or ex-offenders in the contexts of jail, prison or community re-entry.  Of particular interest are studies focused on MH-COD services or interventions that, within the identified contexts:  1) develop and test the effectiveness of existing or innovative strategies; 2) elucidate outcome-improving components of mental health/criminal justice collaboration or coordination at a variety of levels including provider, supervisory, systemic, and organizational; 3) delineate the nature and impact of routine clinical and/or organizational practice as it enhances or detracts from optimal mental health outcomes; and 4) combine the science bases of  mental health treatment and services with those of criminological rehabilitation.
 
Deadline:  Letter of Intent - December 27
                Full Proposal: January 26
For more information, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-06-005.html

 

Public Safety Interventions

National Institute of Justice
 
NIJ is seeking proposals to conduct process and outcome evaluations to improve public safety interventions at the local level.  Effective law enforcement and crime prevention programs are critical to ensuring the safety of communities throughout the country.  Proposals of particular interests include: gang violence, drug crackdowns, and situational crime prevention.
 
Deadline: February 15
For more information, please visit: http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOJ/HQ/OJP/2006-NIJ-1166/Grant.html

 

Research Grants to Prevent Unintentional Injuries

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control    
 
Program Announcement: RFA-CE-06-001
 
NCIPC is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding of what works to prevent unintentional injuries, and how what works can best be translated for maximum impact in public health.
The following research objectives are the focus of this solicitation: Dissemination Research, Intervention Evaluation Research, Evaluate the efficacy, effectiveness and/or cost effectiveness of behavioral, environmental, legislative or regulatory interventions to prevent unintentional injuries, Develop and test theory-based interventions of parental supervision strategies to reduce unintentional injury among children.
 
Deadline: February 3
For more information, please visit:

 

Research on Sexual Violence and Violent Behavior in Corrections

National Institute of Justice
NIJ is seeking proposals that examine sexual violence as it pertains to violent behavior in correctional settings.  Successful applicants must demonstrate how the proposed research will advance knowledge, practice and policy in addressing the topic of sexual violence in corrections.
 
Deadline: January 19
For more information, please visit:

 

Social Neuroscience

National Institutes of Health   
 
Program Announcement: RFA-DA-06-004
 
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invite applications examining the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive processes and neurobiological mechanisms of social behavior as these influence, mediate, or are influenced by: (1) alcohol and drug abuse; and (2) social, economic, and health-related decisions that impact the health and well-being of adults and the elderly. The intent of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to act as a catalyst for the emerging area of social neuroscience in order to elucidate fundamental neurobiological mechanisms of social behavior relevant to (1) alcohol and/or drug abuse at different stages of brain development; and (2) life course decision making.  Clinical and preclinical research supported by this initiative must take a multidisciplinary, multilevel approach to a social behavioral research question (or set of questions) that is framed at the behavioral level (e.g., social cognition, social development, social interaction, and social aspects of emotion) and examines the relationship between behavior and neurobiological and/or genetic processes.
 
Deadline: Letter of Intent - January 26
              Full Proposal - February 26

 

Talent Search Program

Department of Education
 
The Talent Search program identifies and assists individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The program provides academic, career, and financial counseling to its participants and encourages them to graduate from high school and continue on to the postsecondary school of their choice. Talent Search also serves high school dropouts by encouraging them to reenter the educational system and complete their education. The goal of Talent Search is to increase the number of youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who complete high school and enroll in the postsecondary education institution of their choice.
 
Deadline: January 6
For more information, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/index.html

 

Search for Funding

Community of Science

The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 22,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.
 
Numerous ways to search funding opportunities - by sponsor, sponsor type, funding type, discipline, amount, geographical location, keyword and more.
 
Access is only available via a campus computer at: http://fundingopps.cos.com/

 

Federal Funds Portal

Grants.gov
 
For Federal funding information, http://www.grants.gov/ 
 
Keep in mind that the federal fiscal year will end on 9/30 - new funding opportunities for the next fiscal year and beyond are beginning to be announced. 

 

Fellowships, Grants, Calls for Papers, Institutes and Workshops

Chronicle of Higher Education
 
Wide variety of academic funding areas. Available at: http://chronicle.com/gazette/ 
(at the bottom of the right hand column - is a listing of deadlines for various fellowships, grants, calls for papers, institutes and workshops submitted by sponsors to the Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

SUNY College of Old Westbury