March 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. Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation

Applications are currently being accepted for grants that support dance. The foundation is interested in unusual and imaginative efforts which clearly demonstrate and promote the value of the art form in all of its manifestations – ballet, modern, avant-garde, ethnic, showdance, jazz and tap.

 

2. The Hagen Family Foundation

The foundation supports creative and innovative programs in the arts, education, the environment, religion and social services.

  • Deadline: April 1 for letters of intent; full proposals, June 15.
  • Funding: Grants range from $1,000 to $20,000.
  • Website:  www.hagenfamilyfoundation.org.

 

3. Walgreen Company

Pharmacy and drugstore chain company Walgreen Co. awards financial contributions to nonprofit organizations nationwide in the following areas: health and human services, education, civic and community services. The company periodically funds agencies focusing on medical research, treatment, and service for alleviation of complications caused by diseases such as: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, etc. Education is the company’s second highest priority.

  • Deadline: Ongoing.
  • Funds: In the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2005, the company contributed $7 million to nonprofit organizations for 1,200 grants. The company also spent $7 million in corporate contributions in 2006.
  • Website: www.walgreens.com/about/community/guidelines.html.

 

4. The Stocker Foundation

The foundation seeks creative ideas and projects that are catalysts for constructive changes that help strengthen communities, families, educational programs, and human services. Areas of interest include: arts and culture, community education, health, human services, social services, and women’s issues.

 

5. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Education and fostering careers in science and technology are two important areas of emphasis for the organization. The foundation is interested in online learning, retention of students in higher education, and providing information about careers, among other goals.

  • Deadline: Ongoing.
  • Funding: In 2006, a snapshot of awards show organizations received between $45,000 and $3 million in funding. The foundation also awards what it calls officer grants, which are funds ranging from $500 to $45,000, which are given for a quicker turnaround in support of activities such as workshops, symposia and conferences, and project or program planning.
  • Website:  www.sloan.org/main.shtml.

 

6.  Digital Humanities Start-up Grants

This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants may involve: research that brings new approaches or documents best practices in the study of the digital humanities; planning and prototyping new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible digital resources, including libraries' and museums' digital assets; scholarship that examines the philosophical implications and impact of the use of emerging technologies; innovative uses of technology for public programming and education utilizing both traditional and/or new media; and new digital modes of publication facilitating the dissemination of humanities scholarship in advanced academic as well as informal or formal educational settings at all academic levels.

 

B. Environmental

 

1. The Nathan Cummings Foundation

The foundation supports programs and activities that address the root causes of environmental degradation. Funding priority will be given to projects with the potential of having state, multi-state, or national impact. Projects may focus on shaping public policy, facilitating efforts to promote accountability, or increasing public access to information regarding environmental degradation, to name a few of the foundation’s goals.

  • Deadline: No deadlines for letters of inquiry. If invited to submit a full proposal, deadlines are Jan. 15 and Aug. 15 annually.
  • Funds: In November 2007, the foundation awarded environmental grants ranging from $10,000 to $375,000 to qualifying organizations.
  • Website: www.nathancummings.net.

 

 2. Environmental Research and Education Foundation

The foundation awards several grants each year for research or education in topics pertaining to any aspect of solid waste management. Potential topics include: waste minimization; sorting, recycling or remanufacturing; disposal options; sustainability of resources; and development of high school and college educational programs.

  • Deadline: Two weeks prior to three annual board meetings in: April, August and December. Contact the foundation for details.
  • Funds: Grants range from $10,000 to $500,000.
  • Website: www.erefdn.org.

 

3. Environmental Conferences, Workshops (EPA)

The EPA seeks applications to plan, arrange, administer and conduct conferences in EPA mission areas.

 

C. Health

1. Alcohol Research Education Project Grants (NIH and NIAAA)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports research programs to advance understanding of the biological and behavioral processes involved in the development, expression, and consequences of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems.  The Institute also supports prevention, treatment, and health services research on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. 

 

2. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant (T34).

The goal of the program is to provide support for pre-baccalaureate research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral and clinical research agenda for mental health.

 

3. DOD Breast Cancer Synergistic Idea Award

The Synergistic Idea Award supports collaborations between two independent investigators who address and innovative, high-risk, potentially high-reward breast cancer research question from synergistic and complementary perspective. The Synergistic Idea Award is deigned to promote new ideas and new collaborations.

 

4. The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)

This funding opportunity encourages the submission of research project grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.

 

5. International Research on Venue-Based Interventions for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Use (R21)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health solicits Research Project (R21) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to conduct collaborative international research on alcohol abuse and HIV/AIDS, with a specific focus on research that examines the impact of environmental factors on concurrent drinking and high risk sexual behavior.

 

D. General Sciences

 

1. Informal Science Education

The ISE program invests in projects that develop and implement informal learning experiences designed to increase interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by individuals of all ages and backgrounds, as well as projects that advance knowledge and practice of informal science education. Projects may target either public audiences or professionals whose work directly affects informal STEM learning. ISE projects are expected to demonstrate strategic impact, innovation, and collaboration.

 

2. Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program

The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects.

 

3. Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to better understand the effect of global change on U.S. water quality.

 

4. Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. The program also supports small grants for exploratory research of a time-critical or high-risk, potentially transformative nature (see Small Grants for Exploratory Research.).  Funded research must be relevant to an operational or applied context, grounded in theory, and generalizable.

 

5. Behavioral Systems

The Behavioral Systems Cluster supports research on the development, function, mechanisms, and evolutionary history of behavior, with emphasis on a vertically integrated understanding of the behavioral phenotype.

Last updated: Apr 14, 2008.
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