Research Funding Update
Research Funding Update is published monthly by the office of Research Administration to notify the campus community about potential sources of external support for their research and scholarly activities.
Additional information about opportunities listed in the update can be obtained by clicking on the given link or by contacting your Sponsored Research Officer.
- Abbreviated Listing of Programs (PDF)
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Agency: Association for the History of Glass
Details: http://www.historyofglass.org.uk/grants.html
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor provides funding to support educational and research projects and activities which fall within the charitable objectives of AHG to advance public education through the study of the history of glass by archaeological, experimental, historical, scientific or technological work, or by conservation, exhibitions or other avenues of research.
Agency: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Details: http://carnegie.org/grants/grantseekers/submitting-a-letter-of-inquiry/
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor administers a program supporting all the intellectual and scholarly facets of the Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, which focuses on reform and innovation in the field of journalism.
Agency: Chatlos Foundation
Details: http://www.chatlos.org/AppInfo.htm
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor provides support to organizations in the following areas: bible colleges/seminaries, religious causes, liberal arts colleges, medical concerns, and social concerns.
Agency: Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Details: http://www.chibs.edu.tw/eng_html/eng0701_Grant%20for%20Book-length%20Monographs.pdf
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor will provide funding to facilitate research and publication of book-length monographs on Chinese Buddhism. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in their fields of research. Recent graduates may apply, but published dissertations won’t be considered eligible for the grant.
Agency: Davis (Arthur Vining) Foundations
Details: http://www.avdf.org/HowToApply/ApplicationProcedures.aspx
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor provides support primarily in the areas of private higher education, secondary education, graduate theological education, health care and public television. All proposals must come from the president or other primary executive of an institution- not from development officers, department heads or individual researchers within the institution. It is not necessary for an applicant or representative of an institution to visit personally with the staff in order to present a proposal successfully. A visit by a member of the Foundations staff to the requesting institution typically is conducted in the final stages of the grant evaluation process.
Agency: Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation
Details: http://www.delmas.org/programs/humanities_d.html
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor 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.
Agency: Delmas (Gladys Krieble) Foundation
Details: http://www.delmas.org/guidelines/a.html
Next Deadline: Open
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 geographical concentration is primarily but not exclusively directed toward European and American history and letters, broadly defined. Technological developments that support humanities research and access to humanities resources are also eligible. A limited number of modest grants will also be available for projects related to the history of the book, book culture, printing history, and related programs. Conferences designed to address these issues in collaborative ways and programs formulated to enhance or leverage similar activity by other institutions, consortia, or funding agencies will also be considered.
Agency: Department of the Army
Details: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=CvbHTyvV2zCZY3dnC
nyVSSQFFDBBLJGZTrvV8z3nWTRCHWwr8qJB!-1135953825?oppId=134093&mode=VIEW
Next Deadline: 1/30/2015
This PAA is intended to solicit proposals for Cultural Resource Support Cooperative Agreements on a worldwide (OCONUS), National (CONUS), Regional, or State-by-State basis. Army installations, IMCOM headquarters and regions, and Army headquarters can engage cooperating organizations to provide cultural resources technical assistance. This Program Announcement is not restricted to the U.S. Army. Other DoD service components may utilize this Announcement and, as such, all references to U.S. Army and Army Regulations should be interpreted to reference the applicable service regulation. Proposals are sought from public and private educational institutions, museums, federally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, and private industry. Any of the above listed organizations can apply to provide all or any part of the needed cultural resources support. Joint ventures between two or more organizations can be used as a means to enhance support potential.
Agency: Earhart Foundation
Details: http://www.westmont.edu/_offices/provost/documents/grants/Earhart%20Foundation.pdf
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor provides Fellowship Research Grants and Grants to Organization, focusing on social sciences and humanities.
Agency: Foundation for Polish Science
Details: http://www.fnp.org.pl/programmes/overview_of_programmes/publishing_projects_
and_conferences/monographs_programme
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor’s MONOGRAPHS Programme is a regular competition for: Polish authors of previously unpublished monographs in the areas of the humanities and the social sciences; foreign authors of previously unpublished monographs in the areas of the humanities and the social sciences, which are concerned with Polish issues and have been written in the Polish language. The works selected are published in the FNP Monographs series.
Agency: Johnson Controls Foundation
Details: http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/about/our_community_focus/johnson_
controls_foundation.html
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor makes charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations, primarily in communities where Johnson Controls has a presence. Extra consideration will be given to organizations or institutions in which Johnson Controls employees are involved and are contributing their time and/or funds.
Agency: Knight (John S. and James L.) Foundation
Details: http://www.knightfoundation.org/apply/
Next Deadline: Open
The program focuses on leading journalism excellence into the digital age.
Agency: Luce (Henry) Foundation, Inc.
Details: http://www.hluce.org/asia.aspx
Next Deadline: Open
Asia Responsive Grants typically support research, create new scholarly and public resources, or promote the exchange of ideas and information between Americans and Asians.
Agency: Luce (Henry) Foundation, Inc.
Details: http://www.hluce.org/aaresponsgrant.aspx
Next Deadline: Open
This category enables the Foundation to support projects that address the prevailing needs of the American art field and are crucial to its development.
Agency: Mellon (Andrew W.) Foundation
Details: http://www.mellon.org/grant_programs/programs
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor currently funds grants on a selective basis to eligible institutions for projects in higher education, scholarly communications, research in information technology, museums and art conservation, performing arts, and conservation and the environment.
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration
Details: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/digitizing.html
Next Deadline: 6/7/2012
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America’s documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture.
Agency: National Historical Publications & Records Commission
Details: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=132753
Next Deadline: 7/7/2012
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance.
Agency: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Details: http://oieahc.wm.edu/pub/bookprize.html
Next Deadline: Open 4/30/2011
The sponsor awards a prize for the best book-length scholarly manuscript pertaining to the histories and cultures of North America from circa 1450 to 1820, including related developments in the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa—in short, any subject encompassing the Atlantic world in this period. Candidates who have not previously published a book are eligible. The prize consists of $3,000 and publication of the winning manuscript.
Agency: Pew Charitable Trusts
Details: http://www.pewtrusts.org/program_investments_procedure.aspx
Next Deadline: Open
A vibrant democracy depends on a citizenry that pays heed to the issues and on policymakers who are in touch with constituent concerns. Information Initiatives comprises projects that have been conceived in that spirit. The sponsor collaborates with think tanks, universities, and other research organizations sharing an interest in this kind of work and with those who wish to invest in it.
Agency: School for Advanced Research (SAR)
Details: http://sarweb.org/index.php?arroyo_hondo_grant
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor periodically awards grants to advanced students or scholars interested in using the Arroyo Hondo archaeological collection at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) as part of their own research. This program enables scholars and students to build on the intensive research and publication previously conducted at Arroyo Hondo Pueblo. Funds will go to support the highest-caliber projects from a select pool of applicants, with an emphasis on the most advanced and innovative research design and methodology. The award may be used to fund research costs on- or off-campus or if appropriate, awards may include housing at SAR.
Agency: Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation
Details: http://www.sloan.org/apply/page/5
Next Deadline: Open
The goal of this program is to enhance people’s lives by providing a better understanding of the increasingly scientific and technological environment in which we live. The program also aims to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise and of the lives of the men and women who undertake it. The Program supports the use of: books, film, radio, television, theater, and other efforts.
Agency: Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
Details: http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/grants/types.aspx
Next Deadline: Open
The sponsor is able to make small grants of up to $2,500 to support activities that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion and theology. All grants are made to institutions in North America (United States and Canada).
Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Details: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/historical-archives-program-hap
Next Deadline: Open
Support of up to $15,000 is provided to encourage the preservation of unpublished records and other records of value for research on the history of anthropology.