Updated for the week of May 1, 2013
Arts and Humanities
National Archives
Publishing Historical Records Grant
http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/publishing.html
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) support projects that promote the preservation and use of America’s documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history and culture. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, social reform, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. Because of the focus on documentary sources, grants do not support preparation of critical editions of published works unless such works are just a small portion of the larger project.
Deadline: June 6, 2013
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics
http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/bridging-cultures-through-film-international-topics
Supports documentary films that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities. These projects are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the broader world by exploring countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. Encourages innovative nonfiction storytelling that presents multiple viewpoints in creative formats. The proposed film should range in length from thirty minutes to a feature-length documentary.
Deadline: June 12, 2013 (for projects beginning in January 2014)
American Institute of Indian Studies
Research Fellowship Programs
http://www.indiastudies.org/research-fellowship-programs/
We provide funding to pre and post-doctoral scholars and artists in pursuit of knowledge about India.
· Junior Fellowships: For graduate students conducting research for their doctoral dissertations in India
· Senior Long and Short-term Fellowships: For those holding a PhD degree
· Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships: Available to accomplished practitioners of the arts to conduct their projects in India
Fellowships are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States State Department and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers under the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961 and the Smithsonian Institution.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) - Crane-Rogers Foundation
Donors' Fellowship
http://www.icwa.org/FellowshipProgram.htm
The Institute is primarily focused on the potential of the candidate and secondarily on the project. That said, strong candidates will naturally propose and passionately pursue a project that's topical and important. The Institute is a small organization with few hard-and-fast rules, but generally it will postpone consideration of a project in a country where it currently or very recently has had a fellow. Over time, the Institute tries to achieve a good geographic distribution of fellowships and are naturally drawn to areas of the world and topics that are less well understood and have strategic or other importance to the United States. These could include thematic fellowships, for example examining questions related to economic development or the environment that could be effectively pursued using the method of the Institute's fellowships.
A proposed fellowship must hold the promise of enriching public life in the United States by enhancing the understanding of foreign countries, cultures, and trends. Public service in the United States is the Institute's ultimate purpose, out of a belief that the United States needs the knowledge and wisdom that ICWA Fellows acquire. Candidates who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to propose fellowships in areas that interest them. They must present a strong rationale for the topic of their proposed fellowship. Areas of particular interest to the Institute include the Arab Middle East, Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, but candidates may seek fellowships in any country.
Deadline: August 1, 2013 (Letter of interest)
Open Society Institute
Documentary Photography Project Audience Engagement Grant
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/audience-engagement-grant
The Audience Engagement Grant supports photographers to take an existing body of work on a social justice or human rights issue and devise an innovative and effective way of using that work as a tool for social change. We are looking for projects that serve as interventions on pressing problems and provide concrete ways for photographers, organizations, and their target audiences to create a positive impact.
We are interested in well-designed projects that:
• inspire audiences visually and create meaningful interactions with photographic content
• utilize photography as the basis for programming or tools that move people beyond the act of looking and directly involve them in activities or processes that lead to concrete forms of social change
• provide deeper, more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice issues
• pairs photographers with organizations that are currently working on related issues and connected to the target audience
Deadlines: April 3, 2013 (Letter of intent - optional); June 18, 2013 (Full proposal)
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Science and Social Science
U.S. Department of Justice
Evaluation Research on Police and Technology in Schools
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001044.pdf
The National Institute of Justice is requesting applications for research to evaluate the use of policy and technology in schools. The research should be comprehensive and include assessment of aspects such as school ecology, culture, climate, and social capital in addition to outcomes and other impacts. Logic models should be provided and include assessment of implementation processes and outputs and proximal and distal outcomes. A cost-benefit component should be included as part of the proposed research design. Administrative agreements with participating school districts are required and should be provided in the funding application.
Deadline: June 3, 2013
National Center for Responsible Gaming
Addiction Fellowship
http://www.ncrg.org/research-center/apply-ncrg-funding/addiction-fellowship
The NCRG will award institutional research grants of $85,000 per year to eligible institutions for the support of two-year postdoctoral research training focused on gambling disorders. The primary objective is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that will have a significant impact on the understanding and treatment of gambling disorders. Training activities can be in basic biomedical or clinical sciences, behavioral or social sciences, health services research or in any other discipline relevant to the NCRG's mission. Priority will be given to research training for M.D. clinicians, but consideration will be given to programs training clinical Ph.D.’s.
Deadline: June 3, 2013
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation Research
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hereby announces the posting for behavioral science research to advance the science and practice of intelligence interviewing and interrogation to advance the mission of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG). Chartered by the National Security Council, the mission of the HIG is to deploy the nation’s best available interrogation resources against detainees identified as having information regarding terrorist attacks against the United States and its allies. In order to support this requirement, the HIG will conduct research in intelligence interviewing and interrogations. To support this acquisition of information necessary to development these best practices, the HIG will need to collect and analyze available research on intelligence interviewing and interrogations. In order to maximize its limited resources, the HIG is seeking contract support for these research activities.
Deadline: June 3, 2013
U.S. Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation on Transnational Issues: Trafficking in Persons, Organized Crime, and Violent Extremism
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=227475
The National Institute of Justice seeks research on the phenomenon of transnational crime issues. These include issues that leverage geopolitical changes, globalization, and the information technology revolution to transcend sovereign borders and impact numerous countries simultaneously. This research will supplement work already underway at NIJ on three separate topics – trafficking in persons, transnational organized crime, and radicalization to violent extremism. The goal of this research is to provide the information and evidence-based practices that State, local and tribal criminal justice agencies need to secure their communities against transnational crimes.
Deadline: June 5, 2013
National Science Foundation
Research Coordination Networks
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11691
The goal of the RCN program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic and international boundaries. RCN provides opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships, and address interdisciplinary topics. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, and development of community standards for data and meta-data are especially encouraged. RCN awards are not meant to support existing networks; nor are they meant to support the activities of established collaborations. RCN awards do not support primary research. RCN supports the means by which investigators can share information and ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, foster synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and in other ways advance science and education through communication and sharing of ideas. Proposed networking activities directed to the RCN program should focus on a theme to give coherence to the collaboration, such as a broad research question or particular technologies or approaches.
Deadline: June 14, 2013
National Science Foundation
Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233&org=DMS&from=home
The long-range goal of the DMS Workforce Program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who successfully pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines.
Among intermediate goals to this end are improvements in recruitment, retention, education, and placement of trainees in the mathematical sciences. The program's primary interest is in activities centered on education through research involvement for trainees at the undergraduate through postdoctoral educational levels. Activities that broaden participation in the mathematical sciences are of significant interest to the Division of Mathematical Sciences.
Deadline: June 15, 2013
U.S. Department of Justice
Testing Geospatial Predictive Policing Strategies
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001046.pdf
The National Institute of Justice is seeking applications for research that explores the relationship between theory of any discipline, and geospatial predictive policing strategies. In particular, proposals that focus on linking theories to current policing strategies, discerning potential disconnects in the levels of analysis between theory and practice, explicating what effects this may have on findings, and finally addressing means of adapting theory and practice based on the results.
Deadline: June 17, 2013
National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities – Grants & Funding Page
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
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National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
Research Funding Program
http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research-funding.aspx
The grants program seeks innovative research that can make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse as: behavior, economics, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, marketing, finance, education, change theory, and decision sciences and others. Project outcomes should be actionable in the field of financial literacy, directly relevant to the financial well-being of the public, and able to be applied broadly. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse as: behavior, marketing, economics, finance, education, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, change theory, decision sciences and others.
Deadline: June 4, 2013
National Science Foundation
Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5482
The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program advances the goal of broadening the participation and achievement of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. This effort is realized by making strategic investments in educational and institutional Model Building and in basic and applied Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (BPR). Educational research about students with disabilities in STEM is advanced by studying the educational and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance, retention and persistence in degree programs, degree completion and career choices. RDE projects contribute to closing the achievement gaps for postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM fields, including students enrolled in community colleges, baccalaureate degree programs and graduate schools.
Deadline: June 1, 2013
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION (NEFE)
Research Funding Program
http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research-funding.aspx
The grants program seeks innovative research that can make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse as: behavior, economics, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, marketing, finance, education, change theory, and decision sciences and others. Project outcomes should be actionable in the field of financial literacy, directly relevant to the financial well-being of the public, and able to be applied broadly. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse as: behavior, marketing, economics, finance, education, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, change theory, decision sciences and others.
Deadline: June 4, 2013
Federal Contracts
Federal Business Funding Opportunities
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