April Funding Sampler

Below is a list of selected funding opportunities that are available from government and foundation sources. Please contact the ORSP office if you would like further information regarding any of these opportunities.

A. General

1. Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, arts and cultural organizations, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. Because the organization and the preservation of archival collections must be approached in tandem, an archival consultant should also provide advice about the management and processing needs of such holdings as part of a preservation assessment that includes long-term plans for the arrangement and description of archival collections.

 

2. Save America's Treasures (National Park Service)
Save America’s Treasures grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections and on nationally significant historic properties.

 

3.  Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (NSF)
The purpose of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program is to enable serious writings and works of art that exemplify the Antarctic heritage of humankind. In particular, the program seeks to increase public understanding of the Antarctic region, including the continent and the surrounding oceans, as well as the associated research and education endeavors.  The Antarctic Artists and Writers Program provides opportunities for professional artists and writers to travel to Antarctica --- at research stations, field camps, and aboard ships --- to make the observations necessary to complete their proposed projects. While the majority of award recipients are established artists and writers, the program also seeks to support early career artists and writers in an effort to broaden participation.  The National Science Foundation funds and manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is devoted mainly to scientific research and education in support of the national interest in the Antarctic. The Program’s research and support infrastructure enables access to much of the Antarctic region for selected Antarctic Artists and Writers Program projects. It does not typically provide direct financial support to selected applicants.

 

4. Humanities Fellowships (NEH)
The National Endowment for the Humanities seeks fellowship applications to pursue advanced scholarship in or to expand the general public’s understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, and other scholarly tools.

 

5. The Small Grants to Libraries Program (NEH)
The Small Grants to Libraries program brings humanities public programming to libraries across the country.   “Soul of a People” grants of $2,500 will be awarded to 30 selected libraries to present five programs focused on the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP).  Libraries will be asked to enlist a lead project scholar with expertise in American history, American literature, the WPA, or the WPA era to help present and plan programs. Libraries and their local project scholars will be required to collaborate with at least one of the following in planning their programs: a state humanities council, a college or university, a museum, a state library with FWP archives, or a state or regional folklife center. An expenses-paid planning workshop will be held in early 2009 for the library project coordinator and the scholar from each selected library.

 

6. Russell Sage Foundation
Since its inception in 1944, the Russell Sage Foundation has been directly involved in the conduct and dissemination of social science research. Under its small grants program in behavioral economics, the foundation provides limited support to encourage young investigators to enter this developing field. Projects should demonstrate explicit use of psychological conceptions in the motivation of the design and the preparation of the results.  Advanced doctoral students or junior (nontenured) faculty are eligible.

  • Funding: The maximum budget is $5,000.
  • Deadline: None.  Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
  • Website: www.russellsage.org

 

7.  NEA Creativity and Aging in America
Creativity and Aging in America is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to actively engage older Americans in quality arts programs. Through this initiative, the Arts Endowment will support exemplary projects in the disciplines of literature and music. Projects must be conducted by professional artists and engage older adults as students, artists, and/or teachers. For the purposes of these guidelines, older adults are age 65 and above. Recent research supported by the National Institutes of Health, AARP, International Foundation for Music Research, and the National Endowment for the Arts found that older adults who actively participated in ongoing, community-based arts programs, conducted by professional artists, experienced more physical and mental benefits than participants in non-arts activities. The research showed that active participation in the arts correlated positively with older adults' health outcomes and their sense of independence, potentially reducing risk factors that drive the need for long-term care. Creativity and Aging in America will focus on the disciplines of literature and music. Activities may take place in a variety of settings such as senior centers, community centers, retirement centers, museums, literary centers, performing arts centers, libraries, schools, and healthcare facilities. Projects must be planned in cooperation with the target population including local organizations that address aging-related issues. Organizations are limited to one Creativity and Aging application per year.

 

B. Science

1. Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (USDA)
The ERS program focuses on national decision making related to invasive species of agricultural significance or ones that are affecting or are affected by USDA programs. Proposals should focus on applied economic research that has direct implications for USDA policies and programs for protection from, control/management of, regulation concerning, or trade policy relating to invasive species.

 

2. Communicating Hurricane Information (NSF, NOAA)
NOAA and NSF call for proposals focusing on advancing fundamental understanding of the communication of hurricane outlooks, forecasts, watches, and warnings both to decision makers (i.e., emergency managers, elected officials) and to the general public.  Eligible research proposals must have at least one investigator from the social, behavioral, or economic sciences, and at least one from the physical sciences or engineering. Proposals that do not meet this requirement will be returned without review.

 

3. Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32)
The jointly sponsored NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences supports broad and fundamental, early-stage graduate research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants (T32) at domestic institutions of higher education. Trainees are supported during years 1 and 2 of their graduate training when they are typically not committed to a dissertation laboratory. The primary objective is to prepare qualified individuals for careers in neuroscience that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation.

 

4. The Hanley Family Foundation
The foundation was created to advance the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of alcoholism, chemical dependency and addictive behavior, including support for related research and education.

 

5. U.S. Geological Survey
Applications are invited for research projects under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). The purpose of NEHRP is to provide products for earthquake loss reduction to the public and private sectors and by carrying out research on earthquake occurrence and effects.

 

6. Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Ancillary Training Activities Grant (NIH)
The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Branch of the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) Division was established to significantly increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical research. To facilitate the training and development of students, faculty, and/or researchers from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise of this nation, the MARC Branch will provide program-related support in three key areas: a) scientific conferences, b) scientific short courses, or c) other well-defined ancillary training activities that further the MARC mission.

 

C. Education

1. Department of Education
The Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 2009 competitions for grants to support education research and special education research. The intent of these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education.  The central purpose of the Institute’s research grant programs is to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable and valid information about education practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students.

 

2. National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
The mission of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is to support and advance efforts to improve student learning and transitions into and through higher education.  The center's Paul P. Fidler Research Grant is designed to encourage the development and dissemination of knowledge that has potential to improve the experiences of college students in transition.  The grant award includes a $5,000 cash stipend. The grant competition is open to faculty, staff, and graduate students who plan to conduct research on issues of college student transitions.

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