Intramural Funding Opportunities

There are a myriad of opportunities at AU for faculty to obtain intramural support for their research, scholarship, and creative activities. This funding can come from the Office of the Provost as well as in the academic units.

Intramural funding from the Office of the Provost

Dean of Academic Affairs Faculty Support Awards

• International Faculty Travel Awards Deadline: January 2012. Some funding may still be available after January.                               
  

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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research

• Faculty Research Support Grants 2013-2014 Deadline: NOVEMBER 30, 2012
  
• • FRSG Checklist
  • FRSG Cover Page
  • FRSG Budget Summary
  • FRSG Review Form
  • FRSG Acknowledgement of Application Submission
  • FRSG Final Report
    
• Doctoral Student Research Awards Deadline: MARCH 2013. Potential Applicants! January 17, 2013: 4 - 5:00pm. Provost Conference Room - Leonard Hall, the Vice Provost will be holding a Q&A session to address graduate students' questions concerning the application process. Attendance is highly recommended!
  
• Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools: Masters & PhD Student Awards and Teaching Awards.
• Intelligence Community Acquisition Research Center: Note - You must create an account to access the funding opportunity postings.
  

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Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning

• Teaching with Research Award

Intramural funding from the academic units

Frequently funding to support faculty research is available in the academic units. Inquire at the units to obtain information about specific opportunities.

Extramural Funding Opportunities

Take a look at this weekly archived listing of funding opportunities from a variety of outside institutions.

External Funding Opportunities

Government Funding Opportunities

These calendars detail the funding cycles of several awards from federal government sources.

EPA: Extramural Research 

National Endowment for the Humanities: Grant Applications and Deadlines

National Institutes of Health: Grant Schedule and Submission Schedule

National Science Foundation: Active Funding Opportunities

Specific Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Center for WIC Nutrition Education Innovations:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/menu/DemoProjects/WICResearch/WICResearchGrant.htm

National Science Foundation
High-Risk Research in Anthropology:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5319
Deadline: Rolling

Funding Opportunities - Week of February 15, 2013

Arts and Humanities

Smithsonian Institution
The Dibner Library Resident Scholar Program
http://library.si.edu/fellowships/dibner-library-resident-scholar-program
The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology Resident Scholar Program, supported by The Dibner Fund, awards stipends of $3,500.00 per month for up to six months for individuals working on a topic relating to the history of science and technology who can make substantial use of collections in the Dibner Library. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Dibner Library during the award period. Scholars wanting to do research in other areas of SI Libraries' Special Collections should apply for the Baird Society Resident Scholar Program.

The core of the holdings of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology consists of approximately 10,000 rare books and manuscripts that were generously donated to the nation by the Burndy Library (founded by Bern Dibner) on the occasion of the nation's Bicentennial (1976). The strengths of the Dibner Library collection are in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, classical natural philosophy, theoretical physics (up to the early twentieth century), experimental physics (especially electricity and magnetism), engineering technology (from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century), and scientific apparatus and instruments.
Deadline: March 15, 2013

Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS)
Research Grants
http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/cius-grants.htm
The primary purpose of the research grants awarded by CIUS is to encourage and support research on Ukrainian Canadian and Ukrainian subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. A research grant is offered in support of a publishable project with a clearly stated scholarly objective and a well-defined plan for reaching that objective.

Research grants are intended to support independent research conceived and carried out by a scholar or a group of scholars. Research grants are designed primarily to meet the needs of career scholars in universities or other post-secondary institutions as well as private scholars. They are not offered to support research for a degree or course requirements.

The Institute will entertain research proposals whose primary focus is the development or the preparation of specialized material for teaching purposes at the postsecondary level of education. CIUS supports the preparation of textbooks, anthologies, readers, manuals of instruction, bibliographies, collections of documentary or primary source materials and inventories of archival materials which are intended primarily for use at the postsecondary level of education.
Deadline: March 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)

Science and Social Science

United States Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
FY 13 BJA Visiting Fellows Program
https://www.bja.gov/Funding/13VisitingFellowsSol.pdf
BJA’s mission is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. BJA supports programs and initiatives in the areas of law enforcement, justice information sharing, countering terrorism, managing offenders, combating drug crime and abuse, adjudication, advancing tribal justice, crime prevention, protecting vulnerable populations, and capacity building. Driving BJA's work in the field are the following principles:
- Emphasize local control
- Build relationships in the field
- Provide training and technical assistance in support of efforts to prevent crime, drug abuse, and violence at the national, state, and local levels
- Develop collaborations and partnerships
- Promote capacity building through planning
- Streamline the administration of grants
- Increase training and technical assistance
- Create accountability of projects
- Encourage innovation.
- Communicate the value of justice efforts to decision makers at every level

BJA has four primary components: Policy, Programs, Planning, and the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Office. The Fellows will work in the Policy Office, which provides national leadership in criminal justice policy, training, and technical assistance to further the administration of justice. It also acts as a liaison to national organizations that partner with BJA to set policy and help disseminate information on best and promising practices. These Fellows will be placed to work in partnership with one of BJA’s four Policy Office Teams: Adjudication and Law Enforcement, Justice Systems, Justice Information Sharing, and Strategic Initiatives.
Deadline: March 28, 2013

United States Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation on Policing
https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001035.pdf
The National Institute of Justiice (NIJ) seeks proposals to conduct research on policing to promote officer safety and wellness, understand the impact of police technology on crime control and disorder, promote police integrity, and explore the costs and benefits of the consolidation of police agencies at the State, local, and tribal levels. Effective practices in these areas are of critical importance to improving law enforcement operations and ensuring trust and confidence in the police in communities throughout the country. The four separate and distinct topic areas for competition include the following: (1) Officer Safety and Wellness; (2) Police Technology; (3) Police Integrity; and (4) Consolidation of Law Enforcement Agencies.
Deadline: April 26, 2013

National Institutes of Health
Prevention and Health Promotion Interventions to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Associated Physical and Psychological Health Problems in U.S. Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-13-012.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by NIDA, the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD/HA), and NIAAA. The purpose is to accelerate research on health promotion and prevention interventions with foci on reducing the onset and progression of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and abuse (including illicit and prescription drugs) and associated mental and physical health problems and on the promotion of health-enhancing behaviors among active-duty or recently separated (e.g., Iraq and Afghanistan) military troops, Veterans, and their families.
Deadlines: April 1, 2013 (Letter of intent); May 1, 2013 (Proposal)

United States Department of Justice
Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001058.pdf
This solicitation seeks applications for funding basic scientific research in the physical, life and cognitive sciences that is designed to increase the knowledge underlying forensic science disciplines intended for use in the criminal justice system. The following definitions apply:
· Forensic - Of, relating to, or used in legal proceedings or argumentation.
· Science - The observation, identification, description, experimental investigations, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena.
· Basic research - A systematic study directed toward a greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without specific applications toward any processes or products in mind. Basic research, however, may include activities with broad applications in mind. (For the purposes of this solicitation, basic research must include activities with broad application to forensic sciences related to the criminal justice system.)
· Applied research - A systematic study to gain knowledge or understanding necessary to determine the means by which a recognized and specific need may be met.
· Development - The systematic application of knowledge or understanding, directed toward the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods, including design, development, and improvement of prototypes and new processes to meet specific requirements.

Basic scientific research proposals to this solicitation should be designed to lead to: (a) Subsequent applied research and advanced technology developments in forensic science-related technologies intended for use in the criminal justice system, and/or (b) New and improved crime laboratory functional capabilities that result in faster, more robust, more informative, less costly, or less labor-intensive identification, collection, preservation, and/or analysis of evidence.

The scientific and technical challenges inherent in basic scientific research can be significant. High-risk/high-payoff projects may fail for legitimate reasons. The risk of failure should be balanced by an outstanding scientific and management plan. Applicants proposing high-risk/high-payoff projects should identify them as such, elaborate key quantitative milestones to be achieved, and describe the consequences of not achieving those milestones in a reasonable period of time.
Deadline: April 1, 2013

United States Department of Justice
Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs
https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001055.pdf
The purpose of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program is to encourage and support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice in the United States.

NIJ seeks proposals to help inform development of NIJ’s technology research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) investments. Many different considerations shape the goals and objectives of NIJ’s technology RDT&E programs. The most important are the technology needs of the criminal justice practitioner. This solicitation seeks applications to assist NIJ in identifying and assessing the highest priority technology needs of law enforcement, courts, and corrections agencies and potential solutions to those needs.
Deadline: April 25, 2013

United States Department of Justice
Establishing a National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test, and Evaluation Center
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001056.pdf
The purpose of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program is to encourage and support research, development, and evaluation to improve criminal justice policy and practice in the United States.

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals to establish a Criminal Justice Technology RT&E Center within the NIJ-funded NLECTC System. This Center will conduct focused RT&E activities to inform NIJ’s non-forensic technology research and development (R&D) efforts. It will also conduct RT&E activities to support NIJ’s efforts to inform practitioners, policymakers, and researchers (‘the field’) regarding technologies or technology-related issues for purposes of improving criminal justice policy and practice.
Deadline: April 25, 2013

Searle Freedom Trust
Grants (Research on Public Policy)
http://www.searlefreedomtrust.org/applicationguidelines.html
The Searle Freedom Trust also provides funding for public interest litigation and supports outreach to the public through a variety of forums, including sponsorship of research conferences and seminars, film and journalism projects, and new media initiatives.

The Searle Freedom Trust is primarily interested in supporting domestic public policy research. With the foundation's assistance, university and think tank scholars investigate a wide range of issues, including:
- Tax and budget policy
- Cost-benefit analysis of regulatory practices and proposals
- The workings of the legal system
- Environmental policy
- Social welfare reform
- K-12 and higher education policy
Deadline: April 10, 2013

General

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

United States Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences
Unsolicited Grant Opportunities
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/unsolicited.asp
The Institute of Education Sciences announces its willingness to consider unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, and statistics projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Institute. The Institute's mission is to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of education and to provide education leaders and practitioners, parents and students, researchers, and the general public with unbiased, reliable, and useful information about the condition and progress of education in the United States; about education policies, programs, and practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to educational opportunities for all students; and about the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs. Unsolicited applications are defined as those that are not eligible for funding under the Institute's current (FY2013) grant competitions.
Deadline: March 5, 2013 (Preliminary proposal)

Funding Opportunities - Week of February 8, 2013

Arts and Humanities

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship - International Award for Research in Germany
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/alexander-von-humboldt-professorship.html
Academics of all disciplines from abroad, who are internationally recognised as leaders in their field and who are expected to contribute to enhancing Germany's sustained international competitiveness as a research location in consequence of the award, are eligible to be nominated for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.

The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, which is financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research through the International Research Fund for Germany, enables award winners to carry out long-term and ground-breaking research at universities and research institutions in Germany. The award funds, totalling 5 million EUR for academics in experimental disciplines and 3.5 million EUR for researchers in theoretical disciplines, are made available for a period of five years.
Deadline: April 15, 2013

College Art Association
Millard Meiss Publication Grants (to Support History of Art Manuscripts)
http://www.collegeart.org/meiss/
Twice a year, College Art Association (CAA) awards grants through the Millard Meiss Publication Fund to support book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits, but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Thanks to the generous bequest of the late Prof. Millard Meiss, CAA began awarding these publishing grants in 1975.

Books eligible for a Meiss grant must currently be under contract with a publisher and be on a subject in the arts or art history. Although only publishers may submit an application, authors must be current CAA members.
Deadline: March 15, 2013

Smithsonian Institution
Baird Society Resident Scholar Program
http://library.si.edu/fellowships/baird-society-resident-scholar-program
The Baird Society Resident Scholar Program was established to support the study of some of SI Libraries’ most unique and valuable holdings: its Special Collections. Stipends of $3,500 per month for up to six months are available for individuals working on a topic relating to these collections. Historians, librarians, doctoral students, and post-doctoral scholars are welcome to apply. Scholars must be in residence at the Smithsonian during the award period. While the Libraries’ extensive general collections may be used to support scholars’ research, the focus of their projects must center around Special Collections. These collections are located in in Washington, DC and New York City, and include:
· 19th- and early 20th-century World's Fair printed materials
· Manufacturers' commercial trade catalogs in the National Museum of American History Library (285,000 pieces representing 30,000 companies from the 1840's to the present) used to study American industrialization, mass production, and consumerism
· Natural history rare books in the Cullman Library (pre-1840 works on topics such as botany, zoology, travel & exploration, museums & collecting, geology, and anthropology)
· Air and space history in the National Air and Space Museum Library's Ramsey Room for the study of ballooning, rocketry, and aviation from the late 18th to early 20th centuries
· James Smithson's library in the Cullman Library
· European and American decorative arts, architecture, and design in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library's Bradley Room, which span from the 18th to the 20th century
· History of art and artists, exhibition catalogs, catalogues raisonné, serials and dissertations concentrated in the area of American art, history, biography and nearly 100,000 vertical files filled with artists' ephemera
Deadline: March 15, 2013

Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center
Alan Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/lomax.html
The Library of Congress's Kluge Center invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Alan Lomax Collection. The Lomax Collection is a major collection of ethnographic field audio recordings, motion pictures, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence and other materials that represent Lomax’s lifetime of work to document and analyze traditional music, dance, storytelling and other expressive genres that arise from cultural groups in many parts of the world, particularly the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean. Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the greatest documenters of traditional culture during the twentieth century.

The Alan Lomax Fellows Program supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the work of Lomax and the cultural traditions he documented over the course of a vigorous and highly productive seventy-year career. It provides an opportunity, for a period of up to 8 months, for concentrated use of materials from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. The program supports research projects in the disciplines of anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnography, ethno-history, dance, folklore and folklife, history, literature, linguistics, and movement analysis, with particular emphasis on the traditional music, dance, and narrative of the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean, as well as methodologies for their documentation and analysis. Interdisciplinary projects that combine disciplines in novel and productive ways are encouraged.
Deadline: March 31, 2013

Science and Social Science

United States Department of State
Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Vietnam
https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/preaward/previewPublicAnnouncement.do?id=16224
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) invites organizations to submit statements of interest outlining program concepts and organizational capacity to manage projects in Vietnam. The objectives in Vietnam are to: increase Vietnamese citizens’ access to alternative, credible information; promote the growth of civil society; and support individuals who use existing institutional platforms to press for increased freedoms and rights in Vietnam. Statements of interest that address the following are encouraged:
· Promote Disability Rights (approximately $250,000 available): Vulnerable populations often find their fundamental freedoms restricted, and we aim for proposals that support the freedom of expression and increase access to alternative information in Vietnam to promote disability rights. We seek projects that build capacity for media outreach, and organization development skills, including increasing membership, use of volunteers, fundraising, networking and mentoring by Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs), including skill-building on the use of public relations techniques and implementation of outreach using traditional and new social media outlets. Programs should support advocacy efforts of groups promoting greater rights, including policy analysis and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Projects should result in DPOs utilizing public outreach strategies to promote implementation of the CRPD.
· Promote Freedom of Information (approximately $425,000 available): To support freedom of expression and increase access to alternative information in Vietnam, we seek projects that provide tools to increase privacy of internet users including, but not limited to anonymous web surfing, increase access to blocked websites and radio broadcasts in Vietnam, and promote digital safety; and/or projects which increase the professional skills of journalists, notably investigative journalism skills. DRL also seeks projects to strengthen media outreach strategies and skills of civil society, including public relations techniques and skills for traditional and new social media.
· Promote International Religious Freedom (approximately $400,000 available): With recognition that freedom of expression and access to alternative information can bolster religious freedom, we seek projects which expand on the available narrative on religion and religious organizations in Vietnam. This may include programs that help religious organizations engage in productive conversations and activities with government officials regarding status and rights of religious organizations in Vietnamese society. DRL seeks programs which use social media and technology to increase religious organizations’ internal and external communication. Projects could help religious organizations successfully advocate for more even application of Vietnam’s laws and the expansion of citizens’ rights under those laws.

DRL’s suggested audiences for projects include: Media outlets, journalists, churches and religious organizations, organizations promoting disability rights, organizations promoting LGBT rights, broad-based civil society (not only NGOs) organizations working on labor, environment and land issues. DRL is interested in projects that support youth and women’s promotion of human rights in Vietnam.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Alex C. Walker Foundation
Traditional Economics and Ecological Economics Research Grants
http://walker-foundation.org/grant-guidelines
The Alex C. Walker Foundation funds two categories of projects: traditional economics and ecological economics with a free-market orientation. The Foundation seeks market approaches for addressing economic imbalances and protecting our environment. The Foundation awards Economics Research Grants to: -
- nvestigate the causes of economic imbalances;
- investigate the effect of the monetary system in fostering a sustainable economy;
- investigate causes tending to destroy or impair the free-market system;
- explore and develop free-market solutions; and,
- disseminate information on the results and findings.
Deadlines: April 1, 2013; October 1, 2013

United States Department of Justice
The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) FY 13 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/grants/pdftxt/FY2013_National_Joint_Training_Conference.pdf
One discretionary grant of $150,000 will be awarded to plan and implement the 2014 National Joint Training Conference for VOCA Victim Assistance and Victim Compensation Administrators, a 2 1/2-day conference that will provide training and technical assistance for approximately 250 VOCA administrators, staff, and board members; and facilitate a forum for the presentation of state issues and practices. The conference will employ lectures, panels, workshops, and forums to explore ways to improve the delivery of crime victim services; provide an opportunity for VOCA administrators to exchange information, views, and best practices; and provide training and technical assistance on effective program operations. Additional funding might be provided to plan and execute the 2015 conference.
Deadline: March 18, 2013

National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Pilots Cooperative Agreement Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=218434
NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants to pilot on-line identity solutions that embrace and advance the NSTIC vision: that individuals and organizations utilize secure, efficient, easy-to-use, and interoperable identity credentials to access online services in a manner that promotes confidence, privacy, choice, and innovation. Specifically, the Federal government seeks to initiate and support pilots that address the needs of individuals, private sector organizations, and all levels of government in accordance with the NSTIC Guiding Principles that identity solutions which will be (1) privacy-enhancing and voluntary, (2) secure and resilient, (3) interoperable, and (4) cost-effective and easy-to-use. NIST will fund projects that are intended to test or demonstrate new solutions, models, and frameworks that either do not exist or are not widely adopted in the marketplace today.
Deadline: 3/5/2013 (abbreviated proposals)

United States Department of State
U.S. - Indonesia Youth Leadership Program and Youth Leadership Program with Burma
http://eca.state.gov/organizational-funding/open-grant-solicitations
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for two distinct Youth Leadership Programs with Indonesia and Burma. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct three- to four-week U.S.-based exchange programs for teenagers and adult educators. Participants will be high-school-aged youth and adult educators. The program with Indonesia is a two-way exchange; applicants must propose both an exchange for Indonesian participants in the United States and an exchange for American participants in Indonesia. Applicants should plan to recruit and select between 24 and 34 youth and adult participants total in Indonesia and in the United States. The new program with Burma is a one-way exchange; applicants should plan to provide U.S.-based programming for 16-20 youth and adult participants from Burma. The activities for each program will focus on civic education, leadership, diversity, and community engagement and prepare participants to conduct projects at home that serve a community need. It is the Bureau’s intent to award two cooperative agreements: (1) $275,000 for Indonesia, and (2) $110,000 for Burma, each for one base year plus two option years for an estimated total amount of $1,155,000.
Deadline: March 25, 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) - Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={DB4BAF46-CA39-7487-C38B-3480E4F7D36D}&path=open
This solicitation is for new and successor interdisciplinary research investigations within NASA's Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS) program. Proposed research investigations will meet the following criteria:
a) offer a fundamental advance to our understanding of the Earth system;
b) be based on remote sensing data, especially satellite observations, but including suborbital sensors as appropriate;
c) go beyond correlation of data sets and seek to understand the underlying causality of change through determination of the specific physical, chemical, and/or biological processes involved;
d) be truly interdisciplinary in scope by involving traditionally disparate disciplines of the Earth sciences; and
e) address at least one of the five specific themes listed in this solicitation: 1) Understanding Earth System Vulnerabilities to Climate Extremes Subelement; 2) Impacts of Changing Polar Ice Cover Subelement; 3) Water and Energy Cycle Impacts of Biomass Burning Subelement; 4) Impacts of Population growth on watersheds and coastal ecology Subelement; and 5) Role of Permafrost in a Changing Climate.

The results of these investigations will improve our capability for both prognostic predictions and retrospective simulations of the Earth system. They will also advance our understanding of the vulnerabilities in human and biogeophysical systems, and their relationships to climate extremes, thresholds, and tipping points. Meeting these goals requires approaches that integrate the traditional disciplines of the Earth sciences, as well as innovative and complementary use of models and data
Deadline: March 1, 2013 (Letter of intent); April 1, 2013 (Full proposal)

Environmental Protection Agency
FY 2013 Request for Proposals for the Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) Grant Program
http://www.epa.gov/p2/pubs/grants/ppin/ppin13.pdf
The Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grant program funds regional centers that serve both regional and national pollution prevention (P2) information needs. Grantees determine audience needs and then supply quality information and training on source reduction and related P2 practices. Grantees provide assistance and training to businesses whose lack of information may be an impediment to implementing source reduction, preventing pollution or adopting sustainable practices. Grantee activities must support regional P2 priorities and the national P2 information network. Proposals must describe P2 outputs and projected P2 outcomes for all activities. The work plan must describe how progress towards achieving the expected environmental outcomes will be measured.

EPA encourages consolidation of expertise and assistance in a regional center in order to address unique state, tribal or regional needs. An applicant may choose to target a specific national audience, such as tribes or a business sector. A center may focus their expertise and activities on regional priorities that coincide with national P2 initiatives such as E3: The Economy, Energy and Environment program, green chemistry or the hospitality sector. EPA’s Pollution Prevention Program also promotes greener products and greening sport events.
Deadline: April 5, 2013

General

United States Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESEO): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Professional Development Program
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=217717
The purposes of the Indian Education Professional Development Grants program are to:
1) Increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indians;
2) Provide training to qualified Indian individuals to become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and
3) Improve the skills of qualified Indian individuals who serve in the education field.

Activities may include, but are not limited to, continuing education programs, symposia, workshops, conferences, and direct financial support.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Jumpstart
Research Grant (to Evaluate Jumpstart Influence in Lives of Young Children)
http://www.jstart.org/our-work/jumpstart-learning-collaborative
Jumpstart, a national non-profit early education organization, provides small grants ranging between US$7,500 and $10,000 for promising research that addresses significant questions on the processes and impact of Jumpstart for early language and literacy development and social-emotional development. The intent of such grants is to provide researchers with the opportunity to investigate the influence of Jumpstart (1) on the lives of young children who live in low-income and high-stress communities, and (2) on adult volunteers who implement the Jumpstart program. Up to three grants will be awarded each year.

Funded studies may be carried out using any research method or approach as long as the focus of the project is on examining the Jumpstart program. Priority will be given to applications that use rigorous research designs and methodologies.
Deadline: March 22, 2013

Funding Opportunities - Week of February 1, 2013

Arts and Humanities

National Sporting Library and Museum
John H. Daniels Fellowship
http://www.nsl.org/fellowship
The fellowship supports researchers at the National Sporting Library and Museum (NSLM), a research center for equestrian, angling and field sports. Disciplines include history, literature, journalism, art history, anthropology, area studies, and history of sport. The fellowship will be awarded for a topic exploring the intersection of field sports with the evolution of conservation.
 
University faculty and graduate students; museum curators and librarians; and writers and journalists are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

McGill University - Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas
Fellowships in Studies in Early Modern Europe
http://www.mcgill.ca/iplai/research/forms-conversion
The Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (IPLAI) at McGill University seeks two postdoctoral fellows in Studies in Early Modern Europe:
- One will have a demonstrable research interest in the public life of arts and ideas; and
- The other will have a demonstrable research interest in Digital Humanities.
The Fellows will join a large, international, interdisciplinary research project entitled, "Forms of Conversion: Religion, Culture, and Cognitive Ecologies in Early Modern Europe and its Worlds."

"Forms of Conversion" will study how early modern Europeans changed their confessional, political, social, and sexual identities. It will consider how these subjective changes interrelated with broader transformations in early modernity—the geopolitical reorientation of Europe in light of emerging relations with Islam and the Americas; the rethinking of the knowledge of Antiquity and the Middle Ages; the reimagining of God. By examining forms of conversion across disciplinary boundaries as a network of movements and transformations, the project will develop an understanding of religious, cultural, and cognitive change that will provide a new account of early modernity and a foundation for a renewed understanding of the present age. Members of the team include scholars in Art, Architectural, Literary, Music, and Theatre History, History of Religion, History of Cognition and Emotion, Social and Intellectual History, and Digital Humanities.
Deadline: April 5, 2013

Modern Language Association of America
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
http://www.mla.org/resources/awards/awards_submissions/awards_competitions/biennial_prizes2003/prizeinfo_trans
The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association (MLA) invites translators and publishers to compete for the ninth Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature. The prize is awarded each odd-numbered year for an outstanding translation into English of a book-length work of literary history, literary criticism, philology, or literary theory. In the competition of 2013, the committee solicits submissions of translations of scholarly studies of literature. Translations published in 2011 or 2012 are eligible to compete.
Deadline: 5/1/2013

United States Department of State
Cultural Programming in the People's Republic of China
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=216353
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Applications (RFA). PAS invites U.S. individuals, educational institutions, and not-for-profit organizations subject to 501 (c) (3) of the tax code, as well as Chinese organizations legally established in China, to submit proposals for conducting cultural exchange programs that will provide Chinese audiences with the opportunity to experience U.S. culture and the arts.

The U.S.-China relationship is one of the United States’ most important bilateral relationships. A great deal of work remains to be done in fostering mutual understanding between the peoples of the two nations. The arts and culture provide excellent vehicles to help countries better understand each others’ history, values, and traditions. The aim of this project is to help increase overall understanding of U.S. society and culture by the people and institutions of China.
Deadline: February 25, 2013

Library of Congress
Kislak Short-term Fellowship for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas
http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kislakshort.html
The Library of Congress offers short-term fellowships for independent scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and college and university faculty to conduct research based on items from the Kislak Collection.

The Kislak Collection spans three millennia and includes masterworks of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and rare books, manuscripts, documents, maps, and artwork from the earliest records of European contact through the period of exploration and settlement the Americas. Complementing the books and manuscripts is an extensive research library of secondary sources.

The Kislak Fellows Program supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the cultures and history of the Americas. It provides an opportunity for a period of up to four months of concentrated use of materials from the Kislak Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. The program supports research projects in the disciplines of archaeology, history, cartography, epigraphy, linguistics, ethno-history, ethnography, bibliography and sociology, with particular emphasis on Florida, the circum-Caribbean region and Mesoamerica. We encourage interdisciplinary projects that combine disciplines in novel and productive ways.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Science and Social Science

Borchard Foundation
Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging
http://www.borchardcla.org/fellowship-program/fellowship-application-process
The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging affords three law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging, the opportunity to pursue their research and professional interests for one year.

During the Fellowship period, the Center’s Executive Director and Assistant Director stand ready to assist each Fellow with the further development of his/her knowledge, skills, and contacts. A legal services or other non-profit organization involved in law and aging must supervise a Fellow’s activities and projects. In addition to the Fellow's planned activities and project (unless the Fellow's project includes the provision of legal services), the Fellow must also provide some pro bono direct legal services to older persons under appropriate supervision. A Fellow is expected to provide the Center with monthly activities reports. The Fellowship is $40,000 and is intended as a full-time position only. The Fellow’s sponsoring agency is responsible for providing employee benefits, employer’s FICA payment, administrative support, workspace, computer, telephone, and email access, and appropriate professional education program opportunities. Fellows may live and work where they choose in the United States; Fellows must be either U.S. citizens or legal residents of the U.S.
Deadline: April 15, 2013

United States Department of Health and Human Services
Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=Q5L2Q01J4QpvyJN1yKdLZWh8JJTsmSyKZB2122n2NvwqWfdpry62!-802028924?oppId=215234&mode=VIEW
The purposes of the NCIPC extramural violence prevention research program are to:
· build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance the understanding of the primary prevention of interpersonal and self-directed violence;
· encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively; and
· encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies as well as research on methods to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities.
Deadline: March 26, 2013

United States Department of Justice
Transitional Housing Assistance Program Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/disability-grant-prog-fy13.pdf
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, or Stalking Program focuses on a holistic, victim-centered approach to providing transitional housing services that move individuals into permanent housing. Grants made under this grant program support programs that provide assistance to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking who are in need of transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related support services. Successful transitional housing programs provide a wide range of flexible and optional services that reflect the differences and individual needs of victims and that allow victims to choose the course of action that is best for them. Transitional housing programs may offer individualized services such as counseling, support groups, safety planning, and advocacy services as well as practical services such as licensed child care, employment services, transportation vouchers, telephones, and referrals to other agencies. Trained staff and case managers may also be available to work with victims to help them determine and reach their goals of permanent housing.
Deadline: February 26, 2013

General

John Templeton Foundation
Core Funding Areas
http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process
In the charter establishing his Foundation, the late Sir John Templeton set out his philanthropic intentions under several broad headings. These Core Funding Areas continue to guide our grantmaking as we work to find world-class researchers and project leaders to share in our pursuit of Sir John’s dynamic, contrarian, forward-looking vision. A number of topics—including creativity, freedom, gratitude, love, and purpose—can be found under more than one Core Funding Area. The Foundation welcomes proposals that bring together these overlapping elements, especially by combining the tools and approaches of different disciplines.
Deadline: April 1, 2013 (Letter of Inquiry)

Department of Commerce
Environmental Literacy Grants for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=217034
The goal of this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Literacy Grants (ELG) Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) is to build the capacity of informal educators (including interpreters and docents) and/or formal educators (pre- or in-service) to use NOAA data and data access tools to help K-12 students and/or the public understand and respond to global change. Successful projects will enhance educators' ability to use the wealth of scientific data, data visualizations, data access technologies, information products, and other assets available through NOAA (plus additional sources, if desired) to engage K-12 students and/or other members of the public in a minimum of two U.S. states or territories. Partnerships with NOAA entities and/or involvement of NOAA scientists to facilitate the use of such assets by educators are strongly encouraged. As an ultimate outcome, successful projects should aim to increase educators' effectiveness in promoting stewardship and increasing informed decision making by a diverse pool of K-12 students and/or other members of the public. The impact of the proposed project on the target educators must be measurable during the award period. Projects are also encouraged to track outcomes among the public and/or K-12 audiences served by these educators.

Project topics must relate to NOAA's mission in the areas of ocean, coastal, Great Lakes, weather, and climate sciences and stewardship and should focus on one or more of the goals of NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan (http://www.ppi.noaa.gov/goals/) healthy oceans; weather-ready nation; climate adaptation and mitigation; and resilient coastal communities and economies. Projects must specifically emphasize the theme of global environmental change, including (but not limited to) such topics as drought, severe weather, ocean acidification, sea level rise, and climate change.
Deadline: March 12, 2013

Funding Opportunities - Week of January 25, 2013

Arts and Humanities

Sundance Institute
Sundance Documentary Fund Grants
http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-fund/
Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grants are announced twice a year. Since its inception, the Fund has supported more than 500 films in 61 countries. A committee of human rights experts and film professionals make recommendations from projects submitted by filmmakers from around the world. The Fund reviews between 1,400 and 2,000 proposals annually, choosing 35-50 for support each year. In funding such work, the Documentary Fund encourages the diverse exchange of ideas that is crucial to fostering an open society and public dialogue about contemporary issues.

The Documentary Fund provides grants to filmmakers worldwide for projects that display:
· Artful and innovative storytelling techniques
· Global relevance
· Contemporary social issues
· Potential for social engagement
Deadline: February 5, 2013; July 1, 2013


Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC)
Creative Artist Program
http://www.jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/
The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three months in Japan through the U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program. Cultural understanding is at the heart of this program. Artists go as seekers, as cultural visionaries, and as living liaisons to the traditional and contemporary cultural life of Japan. They also go as connectors who share knowledge and bring back knowledge. Their interaction with the Japanese public and the outlook they bring home provide exceptional opportunities to promote cultural understanding between the United States and Japan.

The Program accepts applications in all disciplines including, but not limited to, Architecture or Design; Choreography; Music Composition; Filmmaking/Media Art; Folk/Traditional Art; Playwright/Theater Art; Visual Art; Writing; Multidisciplinary; and Other Disciplines..
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Society for Ethnomusicology
Bruno Nettl Prize
http://www.ethnomusicology.org/?Prizes_Nettl
The purpose of this prize is to recognize an outstanding publication contributing to or dealing with the history of the field of ethnomusicology, broadly defined, or of the general character, problems, and methods of ethnomusicology. This is intended to include predecessor disciplines (e.g., comparative musicology) and closely related fields (e.g., folksong study) and, where deemed appropriate, contributions involving the relationship of ethnomusicology to other fields such as historical musicology, anthropology, music theory, systematic musicology, or organology. The publication may contemplate the field as a whole as well as more restrictive or local components; institutional and organizational history as well as biographical contributions may also be considered. The publication must have appeared during the previous year and may be a monograph, article, or chapter in a book. Relevant audio and visual recordings or films may also be considered.
Deadline: April 1, 2013

Boston Athenæum
Mary Catherine Mooney Fellowship
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/110
A Mary Catherine Mooney Fellowship, courtesy of a long-time teacher in the Boston Public School system, offers a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of twenty days (four weeks) and includes a year’s membership to the Boston Athenæum. Scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, teaching faculty, and professionals in the humanities as well as teachers and librarians in secondary public, private, and parochial schools are eligible. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals holding the appropriate U.S. government documents.
Deadline: April 15, 2013

Science and Social Science

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
Anneliese Maier Research Award
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/anneliese-maier-award.html
Nominations for the research award can be made for researchers from abroad from the fields of the humanities and social sciences whose scientific achievements have been internationally recognized in their research area and from whose research collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany a sustainable contribution is expected towards the further internationalization of the humanities and social sciences in Germany.

In addition to researchers who already number among the established leaders in their subject, the award is also aimed at researchers who are not yet so advanced in their scientific careers but who are already internationally established researchers from whom a sustainable shaping of the humanities and social sciences in Germany can be expected through the prospects of long-term collaboration. Particular importance is attached to the nomination of qualified female researchers.

Award winners are expected to spend a period of up to five years cooperating on a long-term research project with the nominator and/or specialist colleagues at a research institution in Germany. The Humboldt Foundation grants up to eight Anneliese Maier Research Awards annually. An award is valued at 250,000 EUR.
Deadline: April 30, 2013

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Programmes - Call for Proposals
http://www.newton.ac.uk/callprop.html
The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is a national research institute in Cambridge. It aims to bring together mathematical scientists from UK universities and leading experts from overseas for concentrated research on specialised topics in all branches of the mathematical sciences, from pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, to theoretical aspects of any discipline. At any time there are two visitor programmes in progress, each with about twenty scientists in residence. Included within these programmes are periods of particularly intense activity including instructional courses and workshops.
Deadline: January 31, 2013; July 31, 2013

United States Department of Health & Human Services
Building Child Welfare Capacity for Continuous Quality Improvement Project
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-ACYF-CO-0580
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for a 17-month, national project that will build the capacity of the child welfare workforce in public child welfare agencies and their partner organizations to perform continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities and processes. The project will build competencies and skills to develop and strengthen CQI systems, including the abilities to identify, collect, communicate, and use data to improve services and achieve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children, youth, and families. The project will focus on identifying and managing existing CQI-related resources; developing and strategically disseminating practical tools and curricula; designing and delivering remote and group-based learning opportunities, training and coaching; facilitating peer-to-peer learning; and providing tailored technical assistance. The project will partner closely with the Children’s Bureau and CB-supported centers and projects.
Deadline: March 18, 2013

National Science Foundation
High-Risk Research in Anthropology
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=45615
Anthropological research may be conducted under unusual circumstances, often in distant locations. As a result the ability to conduct potentially important research may hinge on factors that are impossible to assess from a distance and some projects with potentially great payoffs may face difficulties in securing funding. This program gives small awards that provide investigators with the opportunity to assess the feasibility of an anthropological research project. The information gathered may then be used as the basis for preparing a more fully developed research program. Projects which face severe time constraints because of transient phenomena or access to materials may also be considered
Deadline: Proposals accepted anytime. Current closing date for applications: December 31, 2014


General
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program
http://gsi.nist.gov/global/docs/ffo.pdf
The Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program provides financial assistance to support curriculum development for the undergraduate and/or graduate level. This Program supports the integration of standards and standardization information and content into seminars, learning resources, and courses.

The recipients will work with NIST to strengthen education and learning about standards and standardization. Specifically, the recipients are expected to:
1) develop curriculum for the undergraduate and/or graduate level to educate students about the impact and nature of standards and standardization so that they enter the workforce and/or continue their academic studies with a strong understanding and appreciation for the value and benefits of standards and standardization;
2) identify new, sustainable approaches, methods, and models that can be replicated or built-on by other educational programs to support the integration of standards and standardization information and content into undergraduate and/or graduate level curricula;
3) develop communication plans that make use of multiple media and technologies to share project information with curriculum development stakeholders, in accordance with the communication plan evaluation criterion (the implementation should be discussed in the communication plans and will be evaluated as part of the proposal; however, the implementation will not be funded under this program); and,
4) disseminate project results for public release, including a summary of major conclusions, in the form of a summary paper.

Funds can be used for the design, testing, and evaluation of specific innovations in teaching methods, curricula, course content and materials, courses or course modules, class assignments, and/or student projects. Funds can also help cover the cost of students who assist instructors in revising a course or course module, travel and related expenses for guest lecturers, or other costs entailed with the integration of standards and standardization into the academic studies program. Standards curriculum activities in any technical area that supports science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and/or business education will be considered.
Deadline: March 15, 2013

United States Department of Education
Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities: Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel CFDA Number 84.325D
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=215654
The purposes of this program are to:
1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and
2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
http://pweb1.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21418
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

The goals of this program are to: establish a research base for policy and environmental factors that influence healthy eating and body weight in children, as well as effective policy and environmental strategies for reversing the childhood obesity epidemic; build a vibrant, multidisciplinary field of research and a diverse network of researchers; and, ensure that findings are communicated effectively to inform policies and guide the development of effective solutions. The program’s overall aims are to identify strategies likely to have important population-level impacts and to provide advocates, decision- and policy-makers with evidence to guide and accelerate effective action to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.

This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are: Round 8 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.
Deadline: March 27, 2013 (concept paper)

Funding Opportunities - Week of January 11, 2013

Arts and Humanities

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Grants
http://www.warholfoundation.org/grant/overview.html
Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues, and other organizational activities directly related to these areas. The program also supports the creation of new work through regranting initiatives and artist-in-residence programs. The work of choreographers and performing artists occasionally is funded when the visual arts are an inherent element of a production.

Scholarly research undertaken in the field of contemporary art is funded through Curatorial Research Fellowships. Institutionally-affiliated curators at any stage of their careers are eligible to apply and must have the formal support of their director. It is assumed that research will lead to a significant exhibition, though this is not a requirement. Grants to curators do not preclude separate proposals from sponsoring institutions in any given grant round.
Deadlines: March 1, 2013; September 1, 2013

National Gallery of Art: Visiting Senior Fellowship Program, 2013–2014
http://www.nga.gov/casva/casvavissen.shtm
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) announces its program for Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships. Fellowships are for full-time research, and scholars are expected to reside in Washington and to participate in the activities of the Center throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship program.

Applications will be considered for research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis, interpretation, and criticism of visual form.
Deadline: March 21, 2013

National Endowment for the Humanities
Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training
The Preservation and Access Education and Training program is central to NEH’s efforts to preserve and establish access to cultural heritage collections. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture collections, electronic records, and digital objects. The challenge of preserving and making accessible such large and diverse holdings is enormous, and the need for knowledgeable staff is significant and ongoing. Preservation and Access Education and Training grants are awarded to organizations that offer national or regional (multistate) education and training programs.

Grants aim to help the staff of cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Grants also support educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that introduce the staff of cultural institutions to new information and advances in preservation and access practices.
Deadline: May 1, 2013

Compton Foundation, Inc.
Grants Program
http://www.comptonfoundation.org/what-we-support/general-criteria-application-process-apply/
The sponsor will support organizations building the long-term capacity to ignite change as well as providing rapid response and emerging opportunity funding. The sponsor has a particular interest in work happening within and between our traditional areas of work—peace, environment, and reproductive health and rights.

The two main areas of focus for the sponsor are: Transformative Leadership and Courageous Storytelling.
· Within the area of Transformative Leadership, the sponsor expects to support: Institutions that are training, convening, and coaching leaders with the above qualities; Networks of leaders working across difference in issue, approach, or constituency; Exemplary organizations that demonstrate new ways of working, creative collaboration, and transformative leadership qualities.
· Within the area of Courageous Storytelling they expect to support: Creative media (art, film/video, music, drama, writing, photography) that captures imagination, expands our understanding of critical social and environmental problems, and articulates a positive vision for the future; Exemplary and emerging leaders or efforts that command attention and convey clear narratives with passion, vision, and impact; Artist capacity building organizations that help creative artists engage with social and environmental change organizations or campaigns, or provide artists with experiences and/or information that can help them work more effectively on real world problems.
Deadline: Rolling

Science and Social Science

United States Department of Justice
OJJDP FY 2013 State Advisory Group Training and Technical Assistance Project
http://www.ojjdp.gov/grants/solicitations/FY2013/SAGTTA.pdf
This project will support training and technical assistance services to state advisory groups (SAGs) throughout the country and the U.S. territories. The training and technical assistance that SAG members receive serves two broad purposes. It enables them to:
(1) better understand the juvenile justice system in their respective states or territories; and
(2) become more familiar with all programs and facilities serving youth.
Trained SAG members will be better able to effectively carry out their roles and responsibilities to ensure and enhance an effective and responsive juvenile justice system within their jurisdictions.

The overall goal of this initiative is to provide high-quality, innovative training and technical assistance to SAGs throughout the nation and U.S. territories. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will expect the awardee, as the national training and technical assistance provider for this initiative, to undertake a range of activities. When the project ends, the awardee will be required to transfer products to OJJDP. Primary objectives include:
· providing direct onsite training and technical assistance to SAGs;
· building and expanding upon existing OJJDP SAG training and technical assistance curricula and materials;
· coordinating with OJJDP and its training and technical assistance providers to maximize resources and provide direct technical assistance for SAGs, as needed;
· facilitating networking between SAGs to promote problem-solving and innovation across states; - developing and disseminating information to SAGs, using various means, including, but not limited to online resources and training tools, Webinars, conference calls, etc.

OJJDP will assign major tasks and deliverables under this guidance based upon a review of the application. At a minimum, the grantee will provide and submit semi-annual progress reports in the OJP's Grants Management System.
Deadline: February 25, 2013

The Dirksen Congressional Center: Congressional Research Awards
http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The center's first interest is to fund the study of the leadership in the Congress, both House and Senate. Topics could include external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it, resources and techniques used by leaders, or the prospects for change or continuity in the patterns of leadership. In addition, the center invites proposals about congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change, and Congress and the electoral process. The center also encourages proposals that link Congress and congressional leadership with the creation, implementation, and oversight of public policy. Proposals must demonstrate that Congress, not the specific policy, is the central research interest. The research for which assistance is sought must be original, culminating in new findings or new interpretation, or both. The awards program was developed to support work intended for publication in some form or for application in a teaching or policy-making setting. Research produced by previous grant recipients has resulted in books, papers, articles, videotapes, and computer software.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

United States Department of Justice
BJA FY 13 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program
https://www.bja.gov/Funding/13BCJIsol.pdf
Healthy, vibrant communities are places that provide the opportunities, resources, and an environment that children, youth, and adults need to maximize their life outcomes, including high-quality schools and cradle-to-career educational programs; high-quality and affordable housing; thriving commercial establishments; access to quality health care and health services; art and cultural amenities; parks and other recreational spaces; and the safety to take advantage of these opportunities. Unfortunately, millions of Americans live in distressed neighborhoods where a combination of crime, poverty, unemployment, poor health, struggling schools, inadequate housing, and disinvestment keep many residents from reaching their full potential. The complexity of these issues has led to the emergence of comprehensive place-based and community-oriented initiatives that involve service providers from multiple sectors and disciplines, as well as community representatives from all types of organizations, to work together to reduce and prevent crime and to revitalize communities.

The goal of BCJI is to improve community safety by designing and implementing effective, comprehensive approaches to addressing crime within a targeted neighborhood as part of a broader strategy to advance neighborhood revitalization through cross-sector community-based partnerships. To achieve these goals, successful strategies must commit to accomplishing the following objectives:
1) Identify a neighborhood with a concentration of crime hot spots which have for a period of time composed a significant proportion of crime or types of crime.
2) Identify and build upon existing planning efforts, if any, to revitalize the neighborhood or address issues that relate to the crime issues identified.
3) Enhance a community-based team with the presence of criminal justice, social service, and neighborhood revitalization partners to implement the project.
4) Offer ongoing community engagement and leadership building support and ensure the community is engaged in the process.
5) Collaborate with local law enforcement and a research partner to conduct an analysis of crime drivers and an assessment of needs and available resources.
6) Develop a strategy that offers a continuum of approaches to address the drivers of crime, including potentially, enforcement, prevention, intervention, and revitalization strategies.
7) Establish effective partnerships both to provide solutions along the continuum and commit resources to sustain what works.
8) Implement a comprehensive and coordinated strategy with support from the BCJI TTA provider.
9) Assess program implementation in collaboration with research partners, and plan for sustainment of effective strategies with private and public state, local, and tribal funding.
Deadline: March 4, 2013

National Science Foundation: EarthCube: Developing a Community-Driven Data and Knowledge Environment for the Geosciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13529/nsf13529.htm
EarthCube is a community-driven activity sponsored through a partnership between the NSF Directorate of Geosciences and Office of Cyberinfrastructure to transform the conduct of geosciences research and education. EarthCube aims to create a well-connected and facile environment to share data and knowledge in an open, transparent, and inclusive manner, thus accelerating the ability of the geosciences community to understand and predict the Earth system.

EarthCube is a long-term dialog between the NSF and the interested scientific communities to develop cyberinfrastructure that is thoughtfully and systematically built to meet the current and future requirements of geoscientists. New avenues will be supported to gather community requirements and priorities for the elements of EarthCube, and to capture the best technologies to meet the current and future needs of the broad and diverse geoscience community. The EarthCube portfolio will consist of interconnected projects and activities that engage the geoscience, cyberinfrastructure, computer science, and associated communities. The portfolio of activities and funding opportunities will evolve over time depending on the status of the EarthCube effort and the scientific and cultural needs of the geosciences community.
Deadline: March 26, 2013

United States Department of Justice:
Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001058.pdf
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks proposals for funding basic scientific research in the physical, life, and cognitive sciences that is designed to increase the knowledge underlying forensic science disciplines intended for use in the criminal justice system.

NIJ is interested in funding new investigators in forensic science research as it pertains to NIJ's mission. Proposals whose principal investigators are defined as new investigators may, in appropriate circumstances, be given special consideration in award decisions. In the case of a grant application that involves more than one principal investigator, all principal investigators must meet NIJ's definition of new investigator in order for the application to be considered as one from a new investigator.
Deadline: April 1, 2013

General

Philip L. Graham Fund
Grant Programs
http://plgrahamfund.org/content/application-process/application-process
The Fund's mission is to use its resources for the betterment of the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and to support activities that foster improvements in the fields of journalism and communications. Grants are awarded across five interest areas, including Arts & Humanities, Community Endeavors, Education, Health & Human Services, and Journalism & Communications. The Philip L. Graham Fund follows a two-step application process. Organizations interested in applying for funding from the Philip L. Graham Fund must first submit a letter of inquiry (LOI) through our online application system.
Deadline: March 15, 2013 (letter of inquiry); Other dates: July 15 and December 6, 2013

United States Department of State
U.S. Embassy Islamabad PAS Grants Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=211253
The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Islamabad is soliciting proposals for grants from not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and academic institutions that focus on one of the following priority areas:
- Expand Media Engagement: By providing journalists, professional associations, or press clubs with training in new or traditional media forms that also support objective media and professional standards in journalism.
- Strengthen People-to-People Ties: Increase mutual trust and understanding through art and cultural exchanges, and other programs that connect Americans and Pakistanis in meaningful ways.
- Increase Community Engagement: Build local capacity and generate narratives to confront ideological support for terrorism.
- Build and Strengthen Local Partners: To develop capacity of local partners through long-term, self-sustaining relationships that will support ties between U.S. and Pakistani peer institutions and U.S. goals.

Funding is available for projects that address the priority areas below and focus on Public Affair’s key audiences, including: Pakistan civil society organizations, entrepreneurs/innovators, journalists, women, and youth (14-25 years old). Grant proposals should aim to create or extend the community of reform-minded individuals and groups, and should address one or more of the five Public Affairs priority areas:
1) Strengthening Civil Society: through the promotion of local cultural heritage, traditional and modern art forms, and other forms of creative expression; support for civil society organizations, educational institutions; or the emerging leaders in these fields through linkages with U.S. counterparts.
2) Supporting Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship: through projects that promote human/workers’ rights, women’s empowerment, corporate social responsibility, access to finance, and support for entrepreneurs. Particular emphasis should be placed on strengthening chambers of commerce, entrepreneurs, and core private sector industries through interactions or linkages with U.S. counterparts.
3) Fostering Regional Stability: through projects that support academic, art and cultural, civil society, and other exchanges and projects by strengthening ties between the United States, Pakistan, and regional neighbors; thus assisting in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations.
4) Countering Extremism by Encouraging Accurate Messaging: through projects that develop and support credible local broadcast content; counter falsehoods, messaging, and propaganda; present accurate information on U.S.-Pakistan cooperation; provide educational and recreational opportunities for Pakistani youth.
5) Supporting Public Sector Institutions: through projects that strive to improve communications capacity and professionalism for civil servants, and local and national public sector institutions; capacity building and training, and English language programs specific to civil service professions.
Deadline: August 1, 2013

Toyota U.S.A. Foundation
Grants in K-12 Education
http://www.toyota.com/about/philanthropy/education/toyota_usa/
The Toyota USA Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of K?12 education by supporting innovative programs and building partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, science and environmental science. Organizations must be located within and serve the people of the United States.A high priority is placed on the following:
· Creative and innovative programs which develop the potential of students and/or teachers; Programs which are broad in scope and incorporate systemic approach; and,
· Cost?effective programs that possess a high potential for success with relatively low duplication of effort.
Deadline: Rolling

Funding Opportunities - Week of December 21, 2012

Arts and Humanities

International Center for Journalists
Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program
http://www.icfj.org/burns
This competitive program is open to United States and German journalists who are employed by a newspaper, news magazine, broadcast station or news agency, and to freelancers. Applicants must have demonstrated journalistic talent and a strong interest in U.S.-European affairs. German language proficiency is not required, but it is encouraged.

Each year 20 outstanding media professionals from the United States and Germany are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. The program offers 10 young print and broadcast journalists from each country the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as foreign correspondents for their hometown news organizations. Named in honor of the late former United States ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and former Federal Reserve Board chairman, the program fosters greater understanding of German-United States relations among future leaders of the news media.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

French-American Cultural Exchange
The French-American Fund for Contemporary Music Grants
http://www.facecouncil.org/music/music.html
The French American Fund for Contemporary Music supports contemporary music projects – commissions, residencies, performances, tours, and master classes – that foster cultural exchange between France and the United States. The Fund awards grants to nonprofit institutions celebrating the work of living composers in both countries. Collaborations combining new French and American works are especially encouraged.
Deadline: March 31, 2013

Nathan Cummings Foundation
Jewish Life and Values Program Grants
http://www.nathancummings.org/grant-programs/jewish-life-program
The goal of this program is to promote tzedek/social justice as a core Jewish value, integral to Jewish life and the creation of a more just, vibrant, and sustainable society. Objectives include the following:
1) Jewish social justice: To strengthen the leadership, capacity, and engagement of Jews, Jewish communities, and Jewish institutions to advance social and economic justice as a lived Jewish value.
2) Interfaith: To promote interfaith coalitions that address issues of social and economic justice and amplify a progressive religious voice.
3) Israel: To advance a more just and vibrant Israel by empowering women as agents of social change; building a cross-sector, values-based environmental movement; and supporting efforts in the United States to promote the peace process.
Priority will be given to initiatives that are national in scope, have a field-building orientation, and engage younger generations.
Deadline: Rolling

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Knight International Journalism Fellowships
http://www.icfj.org/our-work/knight/overview
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships help to create news outlets and programming, training centers and schools, and innovative resources to improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. The fellows work in Latin America/Caribbean, Central Europe/Eurasia, Asia/Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. The center targets countries where there is great opportunity to make a lasting impact. Examples of opportunities for fellowship projects:
- New leadership or improved media laws have opened a window for better journalism;
- An end to conflict has enabled the growth of independent media; and
- Digital tools have created new ways for citizens to become active participants in their societies.

Fellows should meet these requirements: strong leadership qualities; entrepreneurship; ability to identify opportunities that produce results; fluency in the language of the country; demonstrated knowledge of fellowship focus; and minimum of 10 years of journalism, multimedia technology and/or media management experience.
Deadline: Rolling

Science and Social Science

National Science Foundation
Plant Genome Research Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5338
This program is a continuation of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) that began in FY 1998 as part of the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI). Since the inception of the NPGI and the PGRP, there has been a tremendous increase in the availability of functional genomics tools and sequence resources for use in the study of key crop plants and their models. Proposals are welcomed that build on these resources to develop conceptually new and different ideas and strategies to address grand challenge questions in plants of economic importance on a genome-wide scale. There is also a continued need for the development of novel and creative tools to facilitate new experimental approaches or new ways of analyzing genomic data. Especially encouraged are proposals that provide strong and novel training opportunities integral to the research plan and particularly across disciplines that include, but are not limited to, plant physiology, quantitative genetics, biochemistry, bioinformatics and engineering. Four kinds of activity will be supported in FY 2013:
1) Genomics-empowered plant research to tackle fundamental questions in plant sciences on a genome-wide scale;
2) Development of tools and resources for plant genome research including novel technologies and analysis tools to enable discovery;
3) Mid-Career Investigator Awards in Plant Genome Research (MCA-PGR) to increase participation of investigators trained primarily in fields other than plant genomics; and,
4) Novel Methods for Generating Physical Frameworks for Plant Genomes (GPF-PG) to develop new and cost effective strategies for the construction of the genomes of plants of economic importance.

Proposals addressing these opportunities are welcomed at all scales, from single-investigator projects through multi-investigator, multi-institution projects, commensurate with the scope and scale of the work proposed.
Deadline: March 13, 2013

Funding Opportunities - Week of December 14, 2012

Arts and Humanities

Massachusetts Historical Society

Suzanne and Caleb Loring Research Fellowship

http://www.masshist.org/2012/research/fellowships/loring

The Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Athenaeum will award one Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, Its Origins, and Consequences annually. The recipient will conduct research for at least four weeks at each institution. The Athenaeum’s Civil War collections are anchored by its holdings of Confederate states imprints, the largest in the nation, consisting of books, maps, broadsides, sheet music, government documental publications, and other materials organized according to the Parrish & Willingham bibliography. The Society’s manuscript holdings on the Civil War are particularly strong. They include, for instance, diaries, photographs, correspondence from the battlefield and the home front, papers of political leaders, materials on black regiments raised in Massachusetts, and extensive holdings on the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The Athenaeum and the Society are especially interested in projects for which both repositories’ resources are vital. The fellowship carries a stipend of $4,000. Each institution will automatically refer unsuccessful proposals to its short-term fellowship competition.

Deadline: February 15, 2013

Folger Shakespeare Library

Short-Term Fellowships

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=3599

The Folger Shakespeare Library offers residential research Fellowships to encourage use of its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Short-term Fellowships are supported by the Library’s own endowments and carry a stipend of $2,500 per month. Some Fellowship endowments seek to support scholars working on a specific topic or from a specific region, while others are unrestricted. Short-term Fellows are selected by an internal committee and one external scholar.

Deadline: March 1, 2013

American Musicological Society (AMS)

Alfred Einstein Award

http://www.ams-net.org/awards/einstein.php

This award will honor each year a musicological article of exceptional merit, published during the previous year (2012) in any language and in any country by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career. “Early stages” of the career is normally considered to mean no more than ten years beyond completion of the Ph. D. degree. "Previous year" refers to the de facto year of publication of the article. Self-nominations are permitted.

Deadline: May 1, 2013

National Geographic Society

Conservation Grants

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/grants-programs/conservation-trust-application/

The objective of the Conservation Trust is to support conservation activities around the world as they fit within the mission of the National Geographic Society. The trust will fund projects that contribute significantly to the preservation and sustainable use of the Earth's biological, cultural, and historical resources. While the Conservation Trust acknowledges the need to preserve archaeological sites and artifacts, the current budget limits prevents the trust from funding such requests. The Conservation Trust's strength lies in supporting cutting edge programs that might be overlooked by other organizations, due to the risk involved in working with new investigators and in new fields.

Deadline: Rolling (pre-application required)

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Humanities Program

http://www.delmas.org/programs/humanities_d.html

The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis:

· a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past;

· the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and

· the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized.

Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.

Deadline: Rolling (letter of inquiry)

Science and Social Science

State Justice Institute (SJI)

Project Grants

http://www.sji.gov/grant-project.php

Project Grants are the centerpiece of SJI's efforts to improve the administration of justice in state courts nationwide. Project Grants are intended to support innovative education and training, demonstration, and technical assistance projects that can improve the administration of justice in State courts locally or nationwide. SJI is interested in funding both innovative programs and programs of proven merit that can be replicated in other jurisdictions. SJI is especially interested in funding projects that:

· formulate new procedures and techniques, or creatively enhance existing procedures and techniques; address aspects of the state judicial systems that are in special need of serious attention;

· have national significance by developing products, services, and techniques that may be used in other states; and

· create and disseminate products that effectively transfer the information and ideas developed to relevant audiences in state and local judicial systems, or provide technical assistance to facilitate the adaptation of effective programs and procedures in other state and local jurisdictions.

Deadlines: February 1, 2013; May 1, 2013; August 1, 2013

National Science Foundation

Science, Technology, and Society

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324

Science, Technology , and Society (STS) considers proposals for scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology, and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and philosophical methods. Successful proposals will be transferrable (i.e., generate results that provide insights for other scientific contexts that are suitably similar). They will produce outcomes that address pertinent problems and issues at the interface of science, technology and society, such as those having to do with practices and assumptions, ethics, values, governance, and policy. STS provides a range of funding opportunities designed to support the full spectrum of research, educational, and scholarly activities undertaken by scholars working on science, technology and society.

STS provides a range of funding opportunities designed to support the full spectrum of research, educational, and scholarly activities undertaken by scholars working on science, technology and society.

1) Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research support proposals for basic research or infrastructure development.

2) Scholars Awards and Postdoctoral Fellowships provide up to full-time release for an academic year and a summer to conduct basic research.

3) Conference/Workshop Support help to support national and international conferences, symposia, and research workshops that promote new research networks between researchers in STS and scientists and engineers, or between STS scholars and members of scholarly communities not normally in contact with each other. The ultimate goal of the gathering should be development of a new field of scholarship, pedagogy, or research.

4) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants provide funds for dissertation research expenses not normally available through the student's university.

Deadlines: February 1, 2013; August 1, 2013

National Institutes of Health

Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-128.html

The National Institute on Aging invites researchers to submit innovative R01 research grant applications on aging and the family. The objective of this research program is to expand understanding of the role of families and interpersonal relationships in the health and wellbeing of older people. This will be accomplished through increasing scientific knowledge on the effects of family and interpersonal relationships on behavioral and social processes of relevance to aging; and on how these processes change over the life course and across cohorts. A broad range of methods and approaches are encouraged.

Deadlines: February 5, 2013; June 5, 2013; October 5, 2013

National Institutes of Health

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-133.html

The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory, and interventions as these relate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' public health priorities that are outlined in its Healthy People initiative. Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

Deadlines: February 5, 2013; June 5, 2013; October 5, 2013

National Institutes of Health

Research Project Grant

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-260.html

The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the stated program interests of one or more of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on descriptions of their programs.

Deadlines: June 5, 2013; October 5, 2013

General

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Digitizing Historical Records

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/digitizing.html

The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals that use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online. Projects must make use of existing holdings of historical repositories and consist of entire collections or series. The materials should already be available to the public at the archives and described so that projects can re-use existing information to serve as metadata for the digitized collection. To make these projects as widely useful as possible for archives, historical repositories, and researchers, the applications must demonstrate: (1) the national significance of the collections or records series to be digitized; (2) effective work flow that repurposes existing descriptive material, rather than creating new metadata about the records; (3) reasonable costs and standards for the project as well as sustainable preservation plans for the resulting digital records; and (4) well-designed plans that evaluate the use of the digitized materials and the effectiveness of the methods employed in digitizing and displaying the materials.

Deadline: June 11, 2013

Weekly Funding Opportunities - December 4, 2012

Arts and Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts
U.S/Japan Creative Artists' Program
http://www.nea.gov/partner/international/index.html
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) accepts applications for the US/Japan Creative Artists' Program. The United States/Japan Creative Artists' Program provides six-month residencies in Japan for individual creative artists in any discipline. While in Japan, artists work on an individual project which may include the creation of new work or pursuit of their individual artistic goals. When planning their stay abroad, fellows should consider how exposure to Japan's contemporary or traditional cultures can influence their creative work.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

Science and Social Science


Retirement Research Foundation
Core Grants
http://www.rrf.org/grants-programs/grants
The Retirement Research Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life for our nation's elders. It is one of the nation's first private foundations devoted exclusively to aging and retirement issues. It awards grants each year in support of programs, research, advocacy, and training to improve the quality of life for older Americans. Funding for the Foundation's general program of grantmaking is given to efforts that:
(1) Improve the availability and quality of community-based and long-term services and supports;
(2) Provide new and expanded opportunities for older adults to engage in meaningful roles in society;
(3) Seek causes and solutions to significant problems of older adults; and
(4) Increase the number of professionals and paraprofessionals adequately prepared to serve the elder population.
Deadlines: February 1, 2013; May 1, 2013; August 1, 2013

National Institutes of Health
Women and Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-047.html
The purpose of this FOA issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is to advance research on male-females differences in drug and alcohol abuse and addiction and on factors specific to women. Both human and animal model studies are sought.
Deadlines: February 5, 2013; June 5, 2013; October 5, 2013

Weekly Funding Opportunities - November 26, 2012

Science and Social Science


National Science Foundation
Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
DLS supports fundamental research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. 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.
Deadlines: July 15, 2013

National Institutes of Health
Alcohol Marketing and Youth Drinking
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-015.html
This FOA issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the factors that mediate and moderate the impact of alcohol advertising and other alcohol promotions on youth drinking. The nature of the relationship between exposure to alcohol marketing, including traditional and Internet-based advertisements and promotions, and youth alcohol consumption remains unclear. While the existing research suggests that exposure to alcohol advertising might be associated with the initiation of alcohol consumption and the frequency/amount of alcohol consumed, direct evidence of a link between exposure to marketing and alcohol consumption among youth is generally lacking. In one of the few studies to assess whether exposure to alcohol in commercials and movies is directly related to actual drinking behavior, researchers in the Netherlands (Engels et al., 2009) divided 40 male college students (aged 18-29) into groups and exposed them to various combinations of movie clips and commercials involving high levels of alcohol or low levels of alcohol. Subjects were then allowed to self administer alcohol.
Deadlines: February 5, 2013; June 5, 2013; October 5, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency
Request for Proposals (RFP): Increasing Community Awareness and Use of Environmental Information through Education and Outreach
http://www.epa.gov/tri/rfp/index.html
Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), EPA is soliciting proposals from eligible entities to increase awareness, understanding and use of TRI data and other related information among interested stakeholders (e.g., members of the public, industry, community organizations, academic institutions, state, tribal and local officials, non-governmental organizations, etc.). Project activities should include providing training such as the National Training Conferences, training workshops, and online seminars to interested stakeholders, engaging communities to increase awareness and use of TRI and other related toxic chemical data, and providing a mechanism (e.g., funding) to support other organizations (such as students at academic institutions or non-profit organizations) to conduct studies using TRI and other environmental information. These activities will expand the conversation on environmentalism by providing avenues and tools to enhance public access, understanding and use of environmental information.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

General

European Commission
Transversal Programme - Dissemination and Exploitation of Results
http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/transversal_en.htm
In order to ensure that the four sub-programmes of the Lifelong Learning Programme reap the best results, a transversal programme with four key activities complements them.
· Policy co-operation - Innovating and sharing good policy practices. Policy co-operation and innovation actions should enhance the quality and transparency of education and training systems, monitor progress towards targets, identify areas of concern, and strengthen the collection of data and research across the EU.
· Languages - Breaking the language barriers. EU actions aim to promote language learning and linguistic diversity in Europe.
· Information and communication technologies - Innovative learning. EU actions aim to harness Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to develop innovative education and training practices, improve access to all levels of education and training, and help develop advanced management systems.
· Dissemination and exploitation of project results - Spreading and implementing the results. The prime objective for Dissemination and Exploitation of Results Multilateral Projects is to help create a framework for the effective exploitation of the results of the Lifelong Learning Programme and previous related programmes at sectoral, regional, national and European levels.

Preference will be given to projects which propose an integrated approach across two or more different lifelong learning sectors and/or related activities in the fields of culture, media, citizenship and youth; involve key decision-makers; and/or demonstrate potential for significant measurable impact at sectoral, regional, national and/or European level.
Deadline: February 28, 2013

National Institutes of Health
Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-328.html
This FOA is to encourage Small Grant Program (R03) applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include:
- developing healthy sleep patterns,
- developing effective self-regulation strategies,
- adaptive decision-making in risk situations,
- practicing proper dental hygiene,
- eating a balanced and nutritious diet,
- engaging in age-appropriate physical activity, and/or
- participating in healthy relationships.

Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including, but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media.

Topics to be addressed in this FOA include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior; identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations, identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health and future health behaviors.
Deadlines: February 16, 2013; June 16, 2013

Weekly Funding Opportunities - Week of November 16, 2012

Arts and Humanities

Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
Project Grants
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/grants/default.aspx
The Center provides grants for activities that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion and theology. Proposals need to demonstrate that the project improves practical application of teaching and learning methods, creates a supportive environment for teachers, promotes a sustained conversation about pedagogy, or supports research and study of pedagogical issues. All proposals should maintain a reference to specific classroom practices and challenges.
Deadline: March 1, 2013

MacDowell Colony, Inc.
Residency Program
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html
The MacDowell Colony is the nation's leading artist colony. The Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. The Colony does not offer classes or instruction.

Each year 250 Fellowships, or residencies, are awarded to artists in seven disciplines Residencies are available for artists in the following disciplines: 1) Architecture; 2) Film/Video Arts; 3)Interdisciplinary Arts; 4) Literature; 5) Music Composition; 6) Theatre; and 7)Visual Arts. Artists with professional standing in their fields, as well as emerging artists, are eligible for residencies. Artists-in-residence receive room, board, and exclusive use of one of the 32 studios on the property for up to eight weeks. MacDowell encourages artists from all backgrounds to apply.
Deadlines: January 15, 2013; April 15, 2013; September 15, 2013


Feminist Review Trust
Research and Other Scholarly Activity on All Aspects of Gender
http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/guidelines.htm
The Feminist Review Trust exists to fund research and other scholarly activity on all aspects of gender. These are the Trust's overall objectives:
· To advance the education of the public in the subject of gender
· To alleviate poverty and hardship
· To promote equality of opportunity
· Other charitable purposes
The Trust will only accept one application from an individual or organisation per round.
Deadline: January 31, 2013; May 31, 2013; September 30, 2013

If interested in this opportunity, please review AU’s Limited Submission Policy http://www.american.edu/research/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=3325043


National Science Foundation
Documenting Endangered Languages
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816
This funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of roughly half of the approximately 7000 currently used languages, this effort aims to exploit advances in information technology to build computational infrastructure for endangered language research. The program supports projects that contribute to data management and archiving, and to the development of the next generation of researchers. Funding can support fieldwork and other activities relevant to the digital recording, documenting, and archiving of endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one- to three-year project grants as well as fellowships for up to twelve months and doctoral dissertation research improvement grants for up to 24 months.
Deadline: September 15, 2013

National Science Foundation
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data.

The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including: 1) Regular Research Awards 2) Mid-Career Research Fellowships 3) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants 4) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements. The Program generally will consider no more than one REU supplement per award.
Deadlines: August 16, 2013

Arca Foundation
Grants
http://www.arcafoundation.org/index-2.html
The Arca Foundation is dedicated to advancing social equity and justice, particularly given the growing disparities in the world. The Foundation believes that a vibrant democracy requires an organized and informed citizenry that has access to information and free expression. In pursuit of these principles, Arca supports innovative and strategic efforts that work to advance equity, accountability, social justice and participatory democracy in the USA and abroad. While the Foundation's areas of focus evolve over time, the Foundation achieves its fundamental purpose by supporting efforts that affect public policy.
Deadlines: August 1, 2013

General

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
E-Team Program
http://nciia.org/eteam_guidelines
NCIIA is pleased to announce a NEW E-Team Program, starting in fall 2012. The program provides early-stage support and funding of up to $75,000 for collegiate entrepreneurs working on market-based technology inventions. E-Team Program goals are to:
· Support the development of technology-based inventions and innovations that will lead to positive social and/or environmental impact in the US and/or globally;
· Assist E-Teams with developing a business model that will help get ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the market. NCIIA supports solutions that will scale in an entrepreneurial, economically self-sustaining way through the development of a product or service, in a for-profit, non-profit, licensing, or a partnership structure;
· Provide opportunities for student inventors and innovators to learn by doing through working in multidisciplinary teams on real world problems with the potential for scalable impact.
Deadlines: May 10, 2013

Procter & Gamble Company (P&G)
Higher Education Grant Program
http://www.pg.com/en_US/sustainability/social_responsibility/grant_application.shtml
The Procter & Gamble Fund Higher Education Grant Program has been established to provide support for efforts of regionally accredited U.S. colleges and universities that will better prepare students for success in business.

Grants will be provided for specific projects or programs, not for operating support. Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to, improving curriculum to be at the cutting edge in relevance and effectiveness; fostering and enabling leadership opportunities and learning; creating a learning environment that encourages and enhances innovation and creativity; and strengthening diversity in thought, participation and ongoing interaction. There is a limit of two applications per discipline.

If interested in this opportunity, please review AU’s Limited Submission Policy http://www.american.edu/research/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=3325043

Deadline: Applications accepted December 1, 2012 through February 28, 2013

Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

Research Grant Program
http://www.lsac.org/lsacresources/grants/lsac-legal-education-grant-program.asp
The program funds research on a wide variety of topics related to the mission of LSAC. Specifically included in the program's scope are projects investigating precursors to legal training, selection into law schools, legal education, and the legal profession. To be eligible for funding, a research project must inform either the process of selecting law students or legal education itself in a demonstrable way.

The program welcomes proposals for research proceeding from any of a variety of methodologies, a potentially broad range of topics, and varying time frames. Proposals will be judged on the importance of the questions addressed, their relevance to the mission of LSAC, the quality of the research designs, and the capacity of the researchers to carry out the project. Eligible investigators need not be members of law school faculties. Proposals from interdisciplinary teams of law faculty and researchers from outside law schools are strongly encouraged.
Deadlines: February 1, 2013; September 1, 2013

Weekly Funding Opportunities - October 19, 2012

Science and Social Science

National Science Foundation
CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504743
This program is designed to promote research in the area of Quantum Information Science (QIS) by providing resources to allow QIS researchers and researchers from the computer and information science and engineering or mathematical and physical sciences disciplines to actively engage in joint research efforts, addressing problems at the interface between the mathematical and physical sciences and computer and information sciences through long-term visits by faculty to a host institution. While the primary intent of the program is to foster connections between scientists within the USA, proposals from scholars to visit institutions with outstanding QIS activities abroad will also be considered. In such cases the application should include as part of the Project Description what the host institution will provide and a plan of how the activity will foster the development of QIS research and education within the USA.
Deadlines: December 4, 2012; June 3, 2013

National Science Foundation
Cultural Anthropology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5388
This program supports basic scientific research about the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Cultural anthropologists analyze human social and cultural behavior holistically.This integrated approach makes anthropology a valuable research tool for understanding the modern world. Because cultural patterns are emergent over time and space, there is no single natural scale for ethnographic and ethnological analysis. The origins of social and cultural variability may be remote from the scale at which they are observed. Therefore, research may target any appropriate scale or scales from local to regional to global. The program encourages innovative research that contributes to building spatially and temporally specific theory that extends understanding beyond individual case studies.

The Cultural Anthropology Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: Senior Research proposals; proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants; Cultural Anthropology Scholars awards (for research-related, post-PhD training); and CAREER proposals. The Program will also consider proposals for workshops and training programs.
Deadlines: January 15, 2013; August 15, 2013

National Institutes of Health
Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-318.html
The Health and Retirement Study is a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the United States population aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000). Using funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5 Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first 13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the fall of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans.
Deadlines: February 5, 2013; June 5, 2013

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Economic Institutions, Behavior, and Performance
http://www.sloan.org/major-program-areas/economic-performance-and-quality-of-life/economic-institutions-behavior-and-performance/
This program supports research on the structure, behavior, and performance of the U.S. economy with the goal of providing objective and nonpartisan insights that can inform and strengthen critical decisions facing leaders, policymakers, and the public.

Grantmaking is divided into four thematic sub-programs:
1) Economic Implications of the Great Recession - Projects in this sub-program study markets and governments, specifically with regard to lessons we can draw from the recent financial crisis and Great Recession. Appropriate research topics include systemic stability; international regulatory coordination; risk measurement, capital requirements, and credit ratings; labor market recovery rates and liquidity; dataset and model development concerning labor trends.
2) Behavioral Economics and Household Finance - Projects in this sub-program study individuals and households, specifically with regard to the quality of their economic decision-making. Appropriate research topics include the annuity paradox; the energy efficiency paradox; insurance markets; risk-taking, savings, and personal bankruptcy; cognitive biases; public understanding of economics and markets for financial advice.
3) Economic Analysis of Science and Technology - Projects in this sub-program study universities and groundbreaking industries, specifically regarding human capital development and applications of information technology. Appropriate research topics include labor markets for scientists and engineers; high-skilled immigration; patterns of scientific publication, collaboration, and intellectual property protection; the economics of digitization; and the international distribution of returns on high-tech investments.
4) Empirical Economic Research Enablers - Projects in this sub-program study economic researchers, specifically with regard to their needs, opportunities, incentives, and professional practices. Appropriate research topics include legal entity identifiers; data citation standards; identification and tracking systems for scholars; federal statistics; smart disclosure platforms for obfuscated markets; data and metadata management protocols; the replicability of empirical research; and the economics of knowledge contribution and distribution.
Deadline: Rolling (letter of inquiry required)

Weekly Funding Opportunities - October 12, 2012

Science and Social Science


National Institutes of Health
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (R21) NEW!
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-297.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The FOA is intended to support pilot, feasibility or exploratory research for up to 2 years in 4 priority areas, including
· responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system issues (e.g., opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving health care system);
· responses to emerging drug abuse-related HIV trends and topics (e.g., rapidly evolving drug abuse-related epidemics, time-sensitive policy or environmental changes);
· responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal justice opportunities (e.g., new system and/or structural level changes) that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service; and
· responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse opportunities (e.g., new state or local efforts).
It should be clear that the knowledge gained from the proposed study is time-sensitive and that an expedited rapid review and funding are required in order for the scientific question to be answered.
Deadline: March 6, 2013. Other dates: June 4, 2013; September 9, 2013; December 9, 201

National Institutes of Health
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-297.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The FOA is intended to support pilot, feasibility or exploratory research for up to 2 years in 4 priority areas, including: 1) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system changes (e.g. opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving health care system); 2) responses to emerging drug abuse-related HIV trends and topics (e.g. rapidly evolving drug-abuse related epidemics, time-sensitive policy or environmental changes); 3) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal justice opportunities (e.g. new system and/or structural level changes) that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service; and 4) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse opportunities (e.g., new state or local efforts). It should be clear that the knowledge gained from the proposed study is time-sensitive and that an expedited review and funding are required in order for the scientific question to be answered.

In particular, this FOA encourages innovative scientific partnerships between researchers and community or public partners (e.g., public mental health/substance abuse or health care systems; public and federally-charted community health clinic settings; AIDS-service organizations; criminal justice settings; school systems; child welfare agencies; health care providers; long-term care providers, payers, health authorities, etc.) who cannot delay policy or program changes in order to obtain baseline research data related to the implementation or impact of such changes. Research collaborations intended to answer unique and innovative questions concerning changes in a health care system or policy are of most interest. This FOA responds to the need for rapid responses to “emerging policy changes and phenomena that affect the delivery and/or effectiveness of prevention and treatment services” related to addiction care (in particular prescription drug use), HIV care, and the criminal justice setting. The FOA provides a mechanism for accelerated review and award to support opportunities for this type of initial feasibility and pilot research. The foundation is always looking for unique approaches to strengthening the U.S.-Japan relationship.
Submission Deadline: March 6, 2013. (A letter of intent is required four weeks prior to planned submisson date

Rolling and Indefinite Deadlines

The Wallace Foundation

Grant Programs
http://www.wallacefoundation.org/Learn-About-Wallace/GrantsPrograms/our-initiatives/Pages/default.aspx
The foundation supports and shares effective ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all U.S. citizens. The foundation focuses on the following five areas: (1) Education Leadership; (2) After School; (3) Arts Education; (4) Summer & Extended Learning Time; and (5) Audience Development for the Arts. Eligibility: Nonprofits, schools and colleges and universities; Funding: Multiple awards ranging from $40,000 to more than $1 million each.
Deadline: Inquiry e-mails accepted year round.

National Institute of Health

Academic Research Enhancement Award:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-006.html
The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions, otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH research programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions, to expose students to meritorious research projects, and to strengthen the research environment of the applicant institution.
Deadline: Open through January, 2015

Department of Health and Human Services
NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-272.html:
The purpose of the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) Research Conference Grant Program (R13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to its scientific mission and to the public health. A conference/scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, 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. Applications for training only events will not be considered under this announcement.
Deadline: December 13, 2012, and April 13, 2013

TIAA-CREF
Grants:
http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/institute/grants/index.html
The TIAA-CREF Institute Research Grant Program was established to encourage scholars to pursue rigorous and sophisticated research in areas of interest to TIAA-CREF and those we serve, such as retirement income security issues and strategic issues in higher education.
Deadline: Rolling

National Science Foundation
Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12584/nsf12584.htm
The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic STEM careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. ADVANCE also has as its goal to seminally contribute to and inform the general knowledge base on gender equity in the academic STEM disciplines. Types of Projects:

· Institutional Transformation awards are expected to include innovative and systemic organizational approaches to transform institutions of higher education in ways that will increase the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. - IT-Catalyst awards are designed to support historically resource-challenged institutions in their efforts to conduct institutional self-assessment activities (i.e., data collection, data analysis, policy review) in order to identify specific issues in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty in STEM disciplines.

· Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination awards may focus on one institution or organization, or they may be a partnership between several institutions and/or organizations. PAID projects can focus on all STEM disciplines, several disciplines, or only one discipline, including the social and behavioral sciences.

Deadline: October 04, 2013 (Institutional Transformation (IT) and Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst))

General

Spencer Foundation
Research Grants
http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/how-to-apply
The Foundation's research grants are organized under four areas of inquiry that identify broad topics believed to have fundamental and abiding importance for educational improvement: (1) The Relation Between Education and Social Opportunity; (2) Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems; (3) Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources; and (4) Purposes and Values of Education. The Foundation also welcomes proposals that do not fit one of the four areas listed through its Field-Initiated Proposal program. ELIGIBILITY: Principal Investigators (PIs) applying for a Research Grant must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession. PIs must be affiliated with a college, university, research facility, school district, or cultural institution that is willing to serve as the fiscal agent if the grant is awarded. Research Grant proposals from individuals are not eligible. FUNDING: Research grants are made up to $500,000.
Deadline: Rolling

Compton Foundation, Inc.
Grants Program:
http://www.comptonfoundation.org/what-we-support/general-criteria-application-process-apply/
The sponsor will support organizations building the long-term capacity to ignite change as well as providing rapid response and emerging opportunity funding. The two main areas of focus for the sponsor are: Transformative Leadership and Courageous Storytelling. The sponsor has a particular interest in work happening within and between our traditional areas of work—peace, environment, and reproductive health and rights. Within the area of Transformative Leadership, the sponsor expects to support: Institutions that are training, convening, and coaching leaders with the above qualities; Networks of leaders working across difference in issue, approach, or constituency; Exemplary organizations that demonstrate new ways of working, creative collaboration, and transformative leadership qualities. Within the area of Courageous Storytelling they expect to support: Creative media (art, film/video, music, drama, writing, photography) that captures imagination, expands our understanding of critical social and environmental problems, and articulates a positive vision for the future; Exemplary and emerging leaders or efforts that command attention and convey clear narratives with passion, vision, and impact; Artist capacity building organizations that help creative artists engage with social and environmental change organizations or campaigns, or provide artists with experiences and/or information that can help them work more effectively on real world problems.
Deadline: Rolling

Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Grants:
http://www.rbf.org/content/program-guidelines
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund's (RBF) grantmaking is organized around three themes: Democratic Practice, Peacebuilding, and Sustainable Development, and three pivotal places: New York City, Southern China, and the Western Balkans.
Deadline: Rolling

Arts and Humanities

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Humanities Performing Arts Program:
http://www.delmas.org/guidelines/a.html
The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized.

Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.
Deadline: Rolling

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Research Library Program:
http://www.delmas.org/programs/research_lib_d.html
The Research Library Program concentrates primarily in those areas of its founders’ interests and aims to be fully complementary to the Foundation’s other program areas (i.e., humanities scholarship, performing arts, and Venetian history and culture).

The overall objective of the Research Library Program is to improve the ability of research libraries to serve the needs of scholarship in the humanities and the performing arts, and to help make their resources more widely accessible to scholars and the general public.
Deadline: Rolling

Arts and Humanities

The Spencer Foundation
Initiative on Philosophy in Educational Policy and Practice:
http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/philosophy-in-educational-policy--practice-rfp
As part of a new institutional initiative, the Spencer Foundation will make several awards of up to $40,000 for research projects in Philosophy as it relates to educational policy and practice. They encourage applicants to understand educational policy and practice in broad terms, including issues that directly relate to K-12 schools and higher education institutions, but also concerning policies that influence children’s growth and development in the family and in other areas of social life including children’s upbringing, educational issues in family life and in the workplace, the educational effects of welfare policy. They also encourage diverse kinds of philosophical research ranging from the highly abstract to the highly applied.
Deadline: Rolling

The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Grant Program:
http://www.nathancummings.org/grant-programs
The Foundation's core programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs.

Several basic themes run through all of these programs and inform the Foundation's approach to grantmaking:

· concern for the poor, disadvantaged, and underserved;
· respect for diversity;
· promotion of understanding across cultures; and
· empowerment of communities in need.

Deadline: Rolling

National Institute of Mental Health
Rapid Assessment Post-Impact of Disaster (R21):
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-181.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide an expedited funding mechanism for research in the aftermath of disasters and mass casualty events. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIMH Program Staff before submitting a RAPID application to determine whether or not the proposed work meets the guidelines of this program, whether requested RAPID funding is likely to be available, and whether the idea should be considered for initial submission as a fully developed, non-expedited application via a regular/parent FOA. RAPID grants descried in this FOA may be used to facilitate initial research for investigators who intend to follow up with a full research application, using the preliminary time sensitive data from a RAPID grant as the basis for their subsequent application.
Deadline: Applications should be submitted within approximately six weeks of the identified disaster event.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization:
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21392&cid=XEM_A5937
The Robert Wood John Foundation has released a Call for Proposals for the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization program. Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) supports research, policy analysis and evaluation projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy, financing and organization issues. Supported projects include:

* examining significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and

* exploring or testing major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services.
Deadline: Rolling

Cummings (Nathan) Foundation
Grants Program:
http://www.nathancummings.org/grant-programs
The Foundation's core programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs.
Deadline: Rolling

Ford Foundation
Grants:
http://www.fordfoundation.org/grants/organizations-seeking-grants
Each year the Ford Foundation receives about 40,000 proposals and makes about 1,400 grants. Requests are accepted in categories such as project planning and support; general support; and endowments. Types of support include grants, recoverable grants, loans and loan guarantees. Our grant making focuses on reducing poverty and injustice; promoting democratic values; and advancing human knowledge, creativity and achievement.
Deadline: Rolling

Oak Foundation
Grants Programme:
http://www.oakfnd.org/node/4036
Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. The foundation funds a variety of time-bound projects, core costs, technical assistance and collaborative activities.
Deadline: Rolling

The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy
International Grants
http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/grants.php?id=en0300:
The TFD's international grants program is designed to assist organizations based outside of Taiwan to carry out projects to promote democracy and human rights. International non-governmental organizations, academic institutions or think tanks, and other related organizations are eligible to apply. Geographically, the program places a priority on support for projects that address the Asian region, but projects in other regions occasionally receive funding.
Deadline: Rolling  

U.S. Department of Commerce
Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=189193
Under the Planning program, Economic Development Administration (EDA) assists eligible recipients in creating regional economic development plans designed to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of a community or region. As part of this program, EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients' respective regions. In general, EDA provides Partnership Planning grants to the designated planning organization (e.g., District Organization) serving EDA-designated Economic Development Districts to enable these organizations to develop and implement relevant CEDS. In addition, EDA provides Partnership Planning grants to Indian Tribes to help develop and implement CEDS and associated economic development activities. The Planning program also helps support planning organizations with Short Term and State Planning investments designed to guide the eventual creation and retention of higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the Nation’s most economically distressed regions. The Local Technical Assistance program strengthens the capacity of local or State organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible recipients to undertake and promote effective economic development programs through projects such as feasibility analyses and impact studies.
Deadline: Rolling; Applications are accepted on a continuing basis and processed as received.

National Science Foundation
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question. Requirements vary across programs.
Deadline: Various
 

Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc.
Domestic Public Policy Grants:
http://www.srf.org/grants/domestic.php
This program supports projects that will help the public and policy makers understand and address critical challenges facing the United States. An overarching goal of the foundation's grant making is to support projects that help stimulate and inform important public policy debates. To that end, the foundation supports research on and evaluation of existing public policies and programs, as well as projects that inject new ideas into public debates.
Deadline: Rolling (Preliminary proposal required)

Spencer Foundation
Relation Between Education and Social Opportunity:
http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity
The Spencer Foundation provides funding for research projects that study education in the United States and abroad. The foundation seeks to shed light on the role education plays in reducing economic and social inequalities - as well as, sometimes, reinforcing them - and to find ways to more fully realize education's potential to promote more equal opportunity. Expanded opportunity is important not only to a society's economic well being but to the character of its civic, cultural, and social life as well.
Deadline: Rolling (Preliminary proposal); December 1, 2012 (Invited full proposal)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Human Rights and International Justice
http://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/grantmaking-guidelines/human_rights-grant-guidelines/
The MacArthur Foundation believes that respect for human rights is fundamental to human security, individual well-being, and good governance; that promotion of both international and local human rights is necessary for realizing rights in diverse geographies and cultures; and that an accessible, integrated system of international justice is essential for protecting human rights around the globe. MacArthur’s grantmaking objectives in human rights and international justice include strengthening human rights inquiry and implementation internationally; encouraging the advancement of the rule of law and human rights protections in the countries of Russia, Nigeria, and Mexico; and facilitating the development of an international justice system.
Deadline: Rolling (letter of inquiry required)