February 5, 2019, Newsletter
Barnard College Office of Institutional Funding February 5, 2019
Grant Opportunities & News You Can Use
Hello, Barnard faculty,
More newsy News this month. See page four for some information on the reopening of federal funding agencies, which are now funded through February 15.
This edition’s featured funder looks at the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), which can connect researchers bitten by the travel bug to research centers throughout the world. For Sage Advice we return to Colorado State University’s blog series, “Principles of Effective Grantsmanship.”
This newsletter profiles opportunities coming due mostly in early April, Inside this issue not a flush month, especially for the social sciences. Alternatively, you can download the whole year’s Grants Calendar from the website and sort Featured Funder ...... 2 by due date, discipline, funder, or grant type. Sage Advice for Competitive Reminders for deadlines over the next six months can be found beginning Proposals ...... 3 on page eight, grouped by discipline. News ...... 4 Grants and Fellowships Upcoming internal grant deadlines are March 8th and March 27th, the last of the academic year. See the Barnard website, here, for more General ...... 5 information. If you have colleagues abroad whom you might like to bring Arts & Humanities ...... 6 to Barnard under the Weiss Fellowships for Visiting International Scholars STEM ...... 8 Program, please see information here. Deadline Reminders For assistance in finding grants for an upcoming project or to begin an General Interest ...... 9 application process, please contact Kari Steeves or any one of us in Arts & Humanities ...... 10 Institutional Funding and Sponsored Research. As always, feel free to send us comments, requests, or suggestions here. Education ...... 12 Social Sciences ...... 13 Kari Steeves 212-870-2527 Language & Area Studies ...... 13 On Twitter @BarnardIFSR STEM ...... 14 Library Sciences ...... 16
Featured Funder Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
“Founded in 1981, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private nonprofit federation of independent overseas research centers (ORCs) that promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with a focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies.”
As such it disseminates Fellowships to the ORCs, which makes it a great place for one-stop shopping should you want to travel to any one or more of its member countries or regions. “Funding is awarded from sources including the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as from private foundations and individuals.” The Centers include (with application deadlines in parenthesis): American Center for Mongolian Studies (February 15, 2019) American Center of Oriental Research in Jordan (February 1, 2019) American Institute for Indonesian Studies (January 7, 2019) American Institute for Maghrib Studies (January 31, 2019) American Institute for Yemeni Studies (February 12, 2019) American Institute of Indian Studies (July 1, 2019) American Institute of Pakistan Studies (February 1 and 15, 2019) American Research Center in Egypt (January 15, 2019) American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (January 18, 2019) American School of Classical Studies at Athens (January 15 and March 15, 2019) Americas Research Network in Mexico (April 1 and June 30, 2019) Center for Khmer Studies (February 28, 2019) Palestinian American Research Center (January 7, 14, and 16, 2019) W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (January 15, 2019) West African Research Association (February 1, 2019) See this nifty rollover chart for links to each grant.
CAORC also administers the National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship (January 24, 2019) that “supports advanced research in the humanities for U.S. postdoctoral scholars, and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the U.S. for three or more years. Scholars must carry out research in a country which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Eligible countries for 2018-2019 are: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia.” <
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship provides funding for “advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their PhD. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.” <
2 Return to table of contents Sage Advice for Competitive Proposals Colorado State University’s “Principles of Effective Grantsmanship”
In early December we covered two blog posts in a series posted by Colorado State University’s Tricia Callahan, the Senior Research Education and Information Officer. “Finding the Right Opportunity” and “Planning for Success” offered tips on laying the groundwork for a competitive and effective proposal. Callahan’s fifth in the series, “Write and Rewrite,” gets to the core of applying for funding, whether or not it requires the greatest allocation of time. Callahan lays out some “General Rules:” “Leave plenty of time for review and revision…. Don’t be vague in your language…. Avoid jargon and write in short, clear sentences…. Keep objectives to a minimum…. The novelty or distinctiveness of your project should be clearly explained.... Don’t assume that your proposal’s relevance to the grant program’s goals is self-evident.... Understand your audience…. Understand the reviewer’s challenge….” If you are curious what I have ellipsed, you can find out here. In addition to each of these pithy and wise directives, Callahan dissects the different parts of a pro- posal, beginning with the title, which, she says, should contain a verb (sadly, my title above does not). I suggest that verb not be any form of “to be.” The abstract, as you know, should be one-stop shopping for your reviewers. Therefore, Callahan sug- gests you “send your abstract to someone who is not familiar with the specifics of your work and ask if it explains the problem you are addressing, your hypothesis and the evidence to support it, your re- search plan, how this work is distinctive or novel, your unique qualifications, how the outcomes will benefit science and humanity, and how it serves the grant program’s goals.” Of “Background, Research Plan, and Outcomes,” Callahan says, “The underlying logic is just as im- portant as the work you plan to do. ” “Ask yourself ‘why?’ or ‘so what?’ If your draft doesn’t answer those questions, add further explanation.” To come up with an airtight budget, “work with your college/departmental proposal support staff in developing a budget that is appropriate to the scope of work proposed [and] in line with sponsor re- quirements.” That’s us! We await your call. Don’t forget the biographical sketches/vitae. Here Callahan uses the word, “pedigree.” If letters of support are requested as part of the proposal, it is of course incumbent on you to line up your recommenders early. It may also be in your best and expedient interest to offer your recom- mender an outline of some key bullet points you want covered or even a draft of a letter. While not everyone will take you up on the offer, many will appreciate the guidance. Callahan cautions applicants not to “underestimate the amount of time and effort that will be needed to ensure that you have provided all required attachments and supplementary documents” and gather them early in the process, if possible. Lastly, each request for proposals is different, so “don’t neglect additional required parts of the appli- cation, like an education component or program assessment/evaluation.” See the full blog post here.
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News Items PROPOSAL PREPARATION & SUBMISSION The issuance of new funding opportunities
(program descriptions, announcements or Shutdown News solicitations) and Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) will resume in the coming days. No doubt you’ve heard that, at least until February The NSF FastLane system, Grants.gov and 15, federal funding agencies are open. Research.gov were available for proposal
preparation and submission during the lapse. From the NSF The implementation date for the revised “After a long and difficult lapse in appropriations, NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures the agency is operating under a three-week Guide (PAPPG) (SF N19-1), which was scheduled to continuing resolution. This means we will not be become effective on January 28, 2019, has been able to conduct "business as usual," and we will delayed. NSF will post a new implementation date have to set priorities for what to do first. We will on the NSF website as soon as practicable. In the start with the most pressing of issues, including interim, the current version of the PAPPG (NSF 18- processing the backlog of awards to universities 1) applies. and small businesses, rescheduling merit review panels that were cancelled, funding facilities and Impact on Existing Due Dates renewing oversight of those facilities, and funding Guidance to the proposer and awardee community graduate student and postdoctoral fellowships. In was updated on January 25, 2019, to specify that addition, we will advance the bold new agenda for NSF will be extending the deadline date for the science envisioned by NSF and the National solicitations or Dear Colleague Letters (DCLs) listed Science Board, an agenda now being formulated in in the table below. The table has now been new solicitations. Our hardworking staff will be updated to include any additional affected pressed to do more. We once again ask for your solicitations and DCLs, along with the revised forbearance as we deal with this unprecedented deadlines. Deadlines for published program situation. And we welcome good ideas for making descriptions, announcements, solicitations and rapid progress, whether they come through DCLs that do not appear on the list below remain scientific organizations and societies or from unchanged.” <
“Unfortunately, the recent lapse in appropriations Although this news is obsolete, we want to give (lapse) resulted in missed panels, a backlog of props to the NEH for this banner seen on the proposal actions, and delays that may result in the homepage of their website on January 24: cancelation of related activities and certain “NEH REOPENS ON JANUARY 28, 2019 programs. It is fully recognized that it will take time On Monday, January 28, the NEH will return to to work through this extensive backlog of normal business operations for approximately four activities. The Foundation is establishing processes weeks. The agency will use FY18 administrative that will enable us to focus on a specific set of high funds in order to end the furlough for staff and -priority areas, particularly in light of the three- contractors. The agency will prioritize the grant week CR. review process in order to minimize any Proposers, awardees and reviewers who have interruption in the awarding of federal funding. questions are encouraged to await Reopening now coincides with the critical communications from NSF, at least initially, as we workload in mid-January through February that is resume operations. We appreciate your patience. necessary to award the spring grants.”
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Original New Dead- Pub ID Title Deadline Submission Type line* 19-500 Joint DMS/NLM Initiative on Generalizable Data Science 16-Jan-19 Full proposals 14-Feb-19 Methods for Biomedical Research (DMS/NLM)
19-543 Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data- 28-Jan-19 Preliminary proposals 4-Mar-19 Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL) 19-018 Dear Colleague Letter: EArly-concept Grants for Explorato- 28-Jan-19 Early-Concept Grants 28-Feb-19 ry Research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Society - Sup- for Exploratory Re- ported Jointly with the Partnership on AI search (EAGERs)
19-030 Dear Colleague Letter: Leadership-Class Computing Alloca- 1-Feb-19 Supplemental funding 14-Feb-19 tions requests 19-518 Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Data Science Corps 4-Feb-19 Full proposals 14-Feb-19 (DSC) 19-526 Materials Innovation Program 4-Feb-19 Full proposals 26-Apr-19 19-524 Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced 6-Feb-19 Full proposals 14-Feb-19 Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining) 19-530 Ideas Lab: Cross-cutting Initiative in CubeSat Innovations 8-Feb-19 Preliminary proposals 12-Feb-19
19-523 EarthCube Office 11-Feb-19 Full proposals 28-Feb-19 19-511 Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) 14-Feb-19 Full proposals 4-Mar-19 19-509 NSF/CASIS Collaboration on Tissue Engineering and Mecha- 15-Feb-19 Full proposals 4-Mar-19 nobiology on the International Space Station (ISS) to Bene- fit Life on Earth 19-531 Frontier Research in Earth Sciences (FRES) 20-Feb-19 Full proposals 21-Feb-19 19-532 Enabling Quantum Leap: Quantum Idea Incubator for 21-Feb-19 Preliminary proposals 22-Feb-19 Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QII - TAQS) Grant Opportunities Joyce Foundation Grants Deadline: April 10, 2019
"The Joyce Foundation is a nonpartisan, private General charitable foundation that supports evidence-
informed policies to improve quality of life, Independent Research Fund Denmark promote safe and healthy communities, and build Sapere Aude Starting Grant a just society for the people of the Great Lakes Deadline: April 9, 2019 region. Our five program strategies advance five “DFF-Starting Grants are targeted at excellent, policy areas we see as essential to our mission: younger researchers who intend to gather a group Education and Economic Mobility, the of researchers in order to carry out a research Environment, Gun Violence Prevention and Justice project at a high international level. The objective Reform, Democracy, and Culture." <
Return to table of contents 5 Grants and Fellowship Opportunities (cont’d) reporting, by providing a $12,000 award and ethnographic materials housed anywhere at the editorial advice from a dedicated Investigative Library available to the needs and uses of those in Fund editor. Fellows will also receive funds to the private sector. Awards may be made either to cover travel and other reporting costs, and the individuals or to organizations in support of costs associated with attending the annual specific projects. rojects may lead to publications Investigative Reporters and Editors conference. in media of all types, both commercial and non- They will enjoy access to research resources, legal commercial; underwrite new works of art, music, assistance, professional mentors and assistance or fiction; involve academic research; contribute to with story placement and publicity." <
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manuscripts, photographs, etc.) in the American Oxford American Folklife Center's collections. Honoraria or Jeff Baskin Writers Fellow reimbursement to folk artists for programs, such Deadline: April 8, 2019 as concerts, workshops, or exhibitions, which "The Terra Foundation for American Art actively feature those folk artists and their arts. Programs supports projects that encourage international honoring and celebrating folk artists for their scholarship on American art topics, as well as cultural contributions. Support for the costs of scholarly projects with focused theses that further documenting distinguished folk artists and the research of American art in an international acquisition of resulting documentation by the context. Academic program funding is available for Library of Congress." <
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that take place over limited periods of time and pathological conditions. This includes proposals involve limited geographic areas. Such projects that address mechanisms of memory or cognition generally are smaller in scale and shorter in at the synaptic, cellular, molecular, genetic or duration than those in the Art Works category. All behavioral level in animals, including humans. We projects must extend the reach of the arts to are particularly interested in proposals that populations that have limited access to the arts incorporate fundamentally new approaches, as due to geography, ethnicity, economics, or well as those that involve human experimentation. disability. The involvement of experienced artists Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications and arts professionals is essential.“ <
STEM National Institutes of Health (Science, Technology, Engineering, and R13, U13 Conference Grants and Conference Mathematics) Cooperative Agreements Deadline: April 12, 2019 New York Stem Cell Foundation "The NIH ICs each have different scientific Neuroscience Investigator Awards missions, as well as program goals and initiatives Deadline: February 20, 2019 that evolve over time. In order to promote the "NYSCF is soliciting applications from early career most efficient use of NIH funds towards meeting investigators for Innovator awards in the mission and program goals of the ICs, each neuroscience. The goal of this initiative is to foster conference grant application is required to contain truly bold, innovative scientists with the potential a permission-to-submit letter from one of the to transform the field of neuroscience. Applicants participating ICs (see IC Contact and Special are encouraged in the fundamental areas of Interests website). Applicants are urged to initiate developmental, cellular, cognitive, and contact well in advance of the chosen application translational neuroscience, broadly interpreted. receipt date and no later than 6 weeks before that Applicants need not be working in areas related to date. Applicants should inquire about IC-specific stem cells." <
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March 12—Kauffman Foundation Faculty Grants Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research July 11—National Science Foundation Science of March 26—Musee du guai Branlt—Jacques Learning Grant Chirac Postdoctoral Fellowships July 15—Library of Congress Kluge Center March 31—Global Grand Challenges Grants Fellowship March 31—John Templeton Foundation Rolling deadline — Boulware Foundation Grants Academic Cross-Training Fellowship Rolling deadline — Earhart Foundation April 1—Lawrence Foundation Grants in Fellowship Research Grants in Humanities & Environment and Human Services Social Sciences April 4 – National Geographic Society Grants Rolling deadline — Institute for Humane Studies Program Hayek Fund for Scholars—Covering April 11, August 8, December 5 —Joyce conference and job interview travel Foundation Grants Rolling deadline — National Geographic Society April 11—National Endowment for the Grants Program Humanities Fellowships Rolling deadline — Puffin Foundation April 11—National Endowment for the Investigative Fund Humanities Mellon Fellowships for Digital Rolling deadline — Pulitzer Center Travel Grants Publication Rolling deadline — Ruth Landes Memorial April 15— Einstein Forum Fellowship Research Fund April 25—Project Management Institute Rolling deadline — Tools and Trades History Sponsored Research Program Society Salaman Awards April 30—National Library of Australia Fellowships Arts & Humanities May 1— Rockefeller Association Bellagio Academic Writing Residency General Interest and Cross Disciplinary May 2—William T. Grant Foundation Research February 1 – American Philosophical Society Grants Library Short Term Resident Research May 15—National Science Foundation Fellowships Perception, Action, & Cognition February 1 – Centre for Ethics at the University May 24—Russell Sage Foundation Inequality of Toronto Visiting Faculty Fellowships Research February 1 – University of Cincinnati Tytus May 31 – (Letter of inquiry) Russell Sage Fellowship Program Foundation Regular Programs (Social February 1 – University of Connecticut Inequality /Future of Work /Race, Ethnicity Residential Fellowships & Immigration / Behavioral Economics) February 5 – Mary Baker Eddy Library Fellowship June 1—University of Minnesota’s Immigration Program History Research Center Archives Michael G. February 7 – National Endowment for the Karni Scholarship Humanities Public Scholar Program June 20—Association for Information Science February 15 – National Endowment for the and Technology Bob Williams History Fund Humanities Summer Seminars and Institutes Research Grant Award February 15 – Wabash Center for Teaching and June 22—Columbia Alliance Joint Projects Learning in Theology and Religion Project June 30—Hagley Museum and Library Henry Grants Belin du Pont Research Grants & Exploratory February 22– Landmarks of American History Research Grants and Culture Workshops for School Teachers July 1 — PEN America Writing for Justice March 1 – The Library Company of Philadelphia Fellowship Short Term fellowships July 5—William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows March 1— J.M. Kaplan Fund Furthermore Grants
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in Publishing March 2—American Philosophical Society Digital Humanities Fellowship March 6—Knight Foundation Prototype Fund March 13 – National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities March 15 – St. Olaf College Kierkegaard Library Summer Fellows Program for Research in Residence April 1—Independent Research Fund Denmark Sapere Aude Starting Grant April 1—Institut D’Etudes Avancees De Paris Fellowships April 1 – Kress Foundation Digital Resources Grant Program April 1—American Historical Association J Franklin Jameson Fellowship April 1—Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study April 3 – Musée du quai Branly Postdoctoral Fellowships April 11 – National Endowment for the Humanities Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication April 11 – National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships April 20 – John Paul II Center for Interreligious Studies Fellowship in Interreligious Studies April 22—University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Fellowship May 3—Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Hiett Prize in the Humanities May 18— Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust Grants May 31 – Australian National University Research School of Humanities and the Arts - Humanities Research Centre Visiting Fellowships May 31 – Shafik Gabr Foundation East-West: The Art of Dialogue 2017 Gabr Fellowship May 31 – National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage Grants May 31—Northern Illinois University Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture June 11 – Vilcek Foundation Prizes for Creative Promise-Architecture June 14 – The Gerda Henkel Foundation General Research Grants June 30 – Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies—Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships July 13 – National Endowment for the Arts– Art Works II: Media Arts Rolling deadline through July 31 – International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund Rolling deadline – Australian National University Humanities Research Center Visiting Fellowships Rolling deadline – Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants in Humanities & Social Sciences Rolling deadline – Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Rolling deadline – Max Kade Foundation Rolling deadline – New York Council for the Humanities Vision and Action Grants Rolling deadline – Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Grant for Book-length Monographs Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Patricia H. Labalme Fellowship Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Newberry Fellowship Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Huntington Fellowship Rolling deadline — Columbia European Institute EI Faculty Grants Rolling deadline – Institute for Humane Studies Hayek Fund for Scholars—Covering conference and job interview travel Rolling deadline – Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund Rolling deadline – Pulitzer Center Travel Grants Rolling deadline – Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund
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Various— Society for Classical Studies Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships Various—National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Programs in the Humanities for College Educators Various—University of London, School of Advanced Study Institute/Consortium Fellowships
Art History & Architecture March 21, September 21 – National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Visiting Senior Fellowship April 1, October 1, January 1 – Kress Foundation History of Art Grants Program May 30 – Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center Rolling deadline— Renaissance Society of America RSA-Kress New York Public Library Grant
Creative Arts February 1— Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Creative Artists Fellowship March 1 – Ucross Foundation Residency Program March 1— Folger Shakespeare Library March 2—Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation ArtsCONNECT March 7—National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships March 28—Cave Canem Community of Writers at Squaw Valley Workshop Scholarships April 5—Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation USArtists International Program April 15—The Macdowell Colony Residencies April 21 – Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists April 20 – Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund April 30 – The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwriting Competition April 30—Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund May 1 – Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant May 4 – Halcyon Arts Lab Fellowship for Emerging Artists May 21 – Artist Trust Grants May 21—Arts Writers Grants Program May 31—Vilcek Foundation Prizes for Creative Promise June 15—Carey Institute for Global Good Logan Nonfiction Fellowship June 30—Barbara Deming Memorial Fund July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies—Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships July 13 – National Endowment for the Arts– Art Works II: Media Arts Rolling deadline (6-8 weeks before performance) – Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants Rolling deadline – Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Program Rolling deadline — Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Production Grants
Dance TBA— New York Public Library Dance Research Fellowships
English Literature and Translation February 1 – Children’s Literature Association Faculty Research Grants February 12– Pennsylvania State University Center for American Literary Studies First Book Institute July 15 – Art Omi: Translation Lab
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Gender Studies May 31, 2018 — New York Public Library Martin Duberman Visiting Fellowship June 7 — Stonewall Community Foundation Grants July 1, November 1 — GLAGS Center for LGBTQ Studies Scholar in Residence Fellowship TBA—CLAGS Center for LGBTQ Studies Robert Giard Fellowship
History February 5 – Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Schlesinger Research Grant February 5 – Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Schlesinger Oral History Grant March 1 – The Library Company of Philadelphia Mellon Scholars Fellowship Program March 1— The Library Company of Philadelphia Short-Term Fellowships March 15 – The John Carter Brown Foundation Hodson Trust– John Carter Brown Library Fellowship March 23 – The Society for the Study of French History Visiting Scholars April 1 – American Historical Association Fellowship in Aerospace History April 1—American Historical Association J Franklin Jameson Fellowship April 1— The Jefferson Monticello Short Term Fellowships April 15 – The American Congregational Association Boston Athenæum Fellowship April 15 – Coordinating Council for Women in History Nupur Chaudhuri First Article Prize May 14 – Gilder Lehrman Fellowships May 15 – Coordinating Council for Women in History Catherine Prelinger Award May 15 – Joan Kelly Memorial Prize June 2 – The Culinary Historians of New York Scholar’s Grant Rolling deadline – University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Julian Pleasants Travel Award
Music April 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology 21st Century Fellowship April 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship April 2—American Musicological Society Harold Powers World Travel Fund July 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award TBA—Society for America Music Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship
Religion March 31—Max van Berchem Foundation Research Grant for Islamic and Arabic Studies
Education
February 1—National Education Association Foundation Learning and Leadership Grants February 1 – Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants March 31—Horne Family Foundation April 1— Brady Education Foundation Grants June 22—Institute of Education Science Research Grants July 6 – William T. Grant Foundation William T. Grant Scholars Program Rolling deadline—Cornell Douglas Foundation Grants
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Social Sciences
General Interest and Cross Disciplinary January 15—National Science Foundation Law & Social Sciences January 17 – Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellowship March 1 – Open Society Foundations Open Society Fellowship March 15 – Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grants Program April 30 – National Institute of Justice W.E.B Du Bois Program May 31 – Harvard University Weatherhead Center Huntington Prize June 15 – National Science Foundation Perception,tion Ac & Cognition June 28 – Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program July 15 – Open Society Foundations Open Society Fellowship July 15, January 10 – The Leakey Foundation Research Grants July 15, January 10—National Science Foundation Linguistics Rolling deadline – Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants in Behavioral Economics
Anthropology and Archeology March 2 — Society for Classical Studies Pedagogy Award March 28 — Society for Classical Studies Ludwig Koenen Fellowship for Training in Papyrology May 1—Wenner Gren Foundation Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship May 1—Wenner Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship July 15, January 10 – The Leakey Foundation Research Grants July 20 — National Science Foundation Biological Anthropology Rolling – National Science Foundation High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
Political Science February 12 – American Political Science Association Awards February 21 -- National Science Foundation American National Election Studies Competition (ANES) Kettering Foundation Residency in Journalism and Democracy March 1, January 16 – National Science Foundation Political Science May 11 – National Institution of Justice Visiting Fellows Program May 18 – Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust Grants Rolling deadline – Baylor Collections of Political Materials Dowdy Research Grant
Sociology June 15 – American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline July 15, January 15 – National Science Foundation Social Psychology
Language and Area Studies
February 1 – National Endowment for the Humanities and American Center for Oriental Research Fellowships February 1—Harvard Law School Islamic Legal Studies Program Visiting Fellowship February 1—Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council Japan Studies Grants February 1—Association for Asian Studies Northeast Asia Council Korean Studies Grants February 1 – American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) Research Fellowships February 1—David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Visiting Scholar
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February 15 – The Jacobs Research Funds and the Kinkade Language and Culture Fund Research Funds February 15 – Society for French Historical Studies Research Fellowship February 15 – Society for French Historical Studies Research Travel Award February 15, September 30 — Wilson Center Kennan Institute George F. Kennan Fellowship March 1 – Wilson Center George F. Kennan Fellowship March 1—Association for Asian Studies First Book Subvention Program March 1—Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies Grant Programs March 1—International Institute for Asian Studies Fellowship March 8 – Baylor University Libraries Texas Collection Wardlaw Fellowship March 31 – Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) Fellowship April 25 – National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan May 15— Harriman Center at Columbia University Faculty Research Support June 1 – Conference on Latin American History Lydia Cabrera Awards July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships Rolling deadline – Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Grant for Book-length Monographs in Chinese Buddhism Rolling deadline – Columbia University European Institute Faculty Research Grants Rolling deadline – Columbia University Institute of Latin American Studies FT Faculty Research Grants Rolling deadline – Japan Foundation Grant for Japanese Studies Rolling deadline – Japan Foundation Grant for Art and Culture
STEM
General Interest and Cross Disciplinary February 2 – The L’Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Program February 6—Burroughs Wellcome Fund Innovation in Regulatory Science February 7—Dreyfus Foundation Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards February 11– National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy February 15 – National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) R15 Grants
February 15—Esther A. & Joseph Kingenstein Fund Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences February 16 – National Institutes of Health R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36 Research Grants NOT-OD- 15-057 February 22—National Science Foundation Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM February 28 – Engineering Information Foundation Women in Engineering Grant Program March 15 – Sigma Xi Research Grants April 1 – Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Research Grant Program April 12 – R13, U13 Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements April 14— Morris Animal Foundation Large Companion Animal Grant April 18 (preliminary proposal) – National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program April 30 – Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics April 30 – The Lawrence Foundation, Grants in Environment and Human Services May 25 – National Institutes of Health R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36 Research Grants NOT-OD-15- 057
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June 1, January 1 – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Visiting Fellows (Berlin, Germany) June 15 – Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) Film Your Research Project June 25 – National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) R15 Grants Rolling — National Science Foundation Environmental Sustainability Rolling. December 1 for January funding. – National Speleological Society Research Grants
Biology and Earth Science January 23 – National Science Foundation Environmental Biology January 23 – National Science Foundation Long Term Research in Environmental Biology February 15 – National Science Foundation Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination February 25— National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science, Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales April 1, October 1 – International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mid-Career Research Fellowships June 15 – Simons Foundation Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology July 20, January 20—National Science Foundation Biological Anthropology
Rolling. December 1 for January funding. – National Speleological Society Research Grants
Chemistry Active funding opportunities for Chemistry from the National Science Foundation can be found here. March 16 – American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research March 16 – American Chemical Society Undergraduate New Investigator June 1—American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Grants June 15 – American Chemical Society WCC Rising Star Award Rolling – American Chemical Society Community Recognition Grants Rolling – Chemical Heritage Foundation Travel Grants Rolling – National Science Foundation Catalysis
Engineering February 28 – Engineering Information Foundation Women in Engineering Grant Program May 31 – National Institutes of Health Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25) July 19 – National Science Foundation Career Awards-- Engineering
Health and Medicine February 1—Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grant February 1– American College Health Association FirstRisk Advisors Initiatives in College Mental/ Behavioral Health Funding Opportunity February 5 – National Institutes of Health R01 Research Grants March 14 – Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Awards March 15 – John and Polly Sparks Foundation April 1 – Scoliosis Research Society New Investigator Grant May 25 – National Institutes of Health Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Genome Research Project Grant Program May 31– Vilcek Foundation Biomedical Science June 5 – National Institutes of Health R01 Research Grants July 1 – John and Polly Sparks Foundation
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Rolling – Robert Wood Johnson Evidence for Action (E4A): Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health Rolling deadline – Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Explorer Award Rolling deadline – New York Stem Cell Foundation Investigator Awards
Mathematics and Physics February 4—American Psychological Society Fellows February 12—Mathematical Association of America Tensor Women and Mathematics Grants February 17—Institutes for Advanced Study Women and Mathematics June 5– National Science Foundation Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences June 30 -- American Astronomical Society Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy Rolling — National Science Foundation Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences Rolling – National Science Foundation Fluid Dynamics Rolling – Simons Foundation Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Psychology and Neuroscience February 1 — Society for the Teaching of Psychology Partnerships Small Grant Program February 1—Society for the Teaching of Psychology Instructional Resource Award February 11 – National Science Foundation Cognitive Neuroscience February 15 — Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences March 1—Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Analysis International Development Grant March 1—Brain Research Foundation Esther Katz Rosen Fund March 15 – APF John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance March 15 – American Psychological Foundation Carmi Harari Early and Mid-Career Awards March 27 – McKnight Foundation Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award March 15 – APF John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance March 15 – American Psychological Foundation Carmi Harari Early and Mid-Career Awards March 27 – McKnight Foundation Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award April 1 – American Psychological Foundation Visionary Grants April 1 — Society for the Teaching of Psychology SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award April 1, October 1 — Society for the Teaching of Psychology Conference Speak Grant Program April 15 — American Psychological Foundation Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Prize June 9 – Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award June 11 – National Science Foundation Cognitive Neuroscience July 15, January 15—National Science Foundation Developmental Science July 16 – National Science Foundation Developmental and Learning Sciences
Library Science
February 28—Association for Recorded Sound Collections Research Grants February 28—Society of American Archivists Fellows June 6 – National Endowment for the Humanities Research and Development Program Rolling — International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Research Grants
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