Grants Review - Winter 2008 Edition
In this issue: Tips for seeking grants - Grant Opportunities - Featured Foundation: W.M. Keck Foundation
Tips for Seeking Grants
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Grant Opportunities
ARTS
January 15: Arts (national).
Proposals for grants from the Sounds of Learning: The Impact of Music Education program, administered by the NAMM Foundation. Grants will support research programs that examine the impact of music education on academic achievement, child development, the function of music in daily life, and several other areas. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: music-education researchers. Applications must be submitted online.
Contact: NAMMF 5790 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, Calif. 92008; (760) 438-8001 info@namm.com; http://www.nammfoundation.org/Grants/guidelines.html
BUSINESS
Business (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for resident fellowships in the Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana at the School of Business Administration at the University of Evansville.
Deadline: Open
Contact: Robert A. Clark, School of Business Administration, University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, Ind. 47722
E-mail: business@evansville.edu
EDUCATION
International education (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for the Institute of International Education's David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship.
Deadline: January 30, 2008
Contact: National Security Education Program, Institute of International Education, 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20005
Phone: (800) 618-6737,
E-mail: nsep@iie.org
Web: www.iie.org/nsep
Open: Education (national).
Applications for grants from the International Paper Company Foundation. Grants will support programs in the areas of education, employee involvement, and community development. Education grants focus on career development for minorities, enviromental education, and literacy. Employee-involvement grants support nonprofit organizations at which International Paper Company employees volunteer. Community-development grants provide seed money for new projects that benefit communities where the company has operations. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Grants will not be awarded to individuals or to religious and political organizations.
Contact: IPC 400 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Conn. 06921; (203) 541-8678; fax (203) 541-8309
Open: Education (national).
Applications for grants from the National Board Scholarship Program, sponsored by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the UPS Foundation. The program provides grants to ensure that teachers pursuing National Board certification can afford the board's assessment fee. Additional information and application forms are available on the program's Web site.
Contact: NBPTS 1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 500, Arlington, Va. 22209; (703) 465-2700 or (800) 228-3224
February 1: Education (national).
Applications for leadership and learning grants from the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Grants will support individuals participating in professional-development activities, such as summer institutes, or groups of teachers and education-support professionals engaged in research, mentoring, or other relevant activities. Individuals may apply for grants of $2,000 each and groups may apply for grants of $5,000 each. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: teachers at public schools, education-support professionals at public schools, and faculty and staff members at public colleges or universities. Teachers and staff members with less than seven years of experience and education-support professionals are particularly encouraged to apply.
Contact: NEA Foundation 1201 16th Street, N.W., Suite 416, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 822-7840; fax (202) 822-7779.
February 1: Education (national).
Applications for student-achievement grants from the NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Grants of $5,000 each will support individuals whose work engages students in critical thinking and problem solving that increase their knowledge of curricular subject matter. Proposals that focus on enrolling low-income or minority students in advanced coursework are especially encouraged. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: teachers at public schools, education-support professionals at public schools, and faculty and staff members at public colleges or universities. Teachers and staff members with less than seven years of experience and education-support professionals are encouraged to apply. Grants will not support conference fees; after-school, weekend, or summer programs; indirect costs; or stipends.
Contact: NEA Foundation 1201 16th Street, N.W., Suite 416, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 822-7840; fax (202) 822-7779
February 14: Education/Technology (U.S., Canada).
Applications for HP Technology for Teaching Grants from Hewlett-Packard to support projects that integrate technology and learning in the college classroom. Approximately 44 higher-education institutions will receive computer-hardware packages valued at $77,000 each, as well as a $20,000 stipend for the principal investigator working on the project. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: accredited two- or four-year private or public institutions of higher education. Projects must focus on redesigning a core course in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or science. Applications must be submitted online.
Contact: Jim Vanides, Hewlett-Packard 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, Calif. 94304; (650) 857-7403 HPTechnologyForTeaching@hp.com;
HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Grants To Reduce Alcohol Abuse
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Deadline: February 19, 2008
HUMANITIES
Humanities and social sciences (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships from the Social Science Research Council.
Deadline: February 8, 2008
Contact: SSRC DP, Social Science Research Council, 810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, N.Y. 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: dpdf@ssrc.org
Web: http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf
Humanities (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for fellowships in the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University.
Deadline: February 28, 2008
Contact: Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University, 1715 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, Ga. 30322
Phone: (404) 727-6424,
E-mail: chi@emory.edu
Web: www.chi.emory.edu
Summer Seminars and Institutes
Deadline: March 3, 2008.
Eligibility: State, local and tribal governments, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Indian tribal organizations and private nonprofit organizations. Fund uses: To support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers. Contact: Division of Education Programs, 202-606-8463; sem-inst@neh.gov.
LIBRARY
Libraries (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for a Grolier Club Library fellowship in the history of the book.
Deadline: March 1, 2008
Contact: Fellowship Committee, Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022;
E-mail: ejh@grolierclub.orgMATHEMATICS A
ND SCIENCES
NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: February 15, 2008
Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 10, 2008 (for Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 11, 2008 (for ITEST)
Contact: DRLITEST@nsf.gov
NSF Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 21, 2008
Contact: Mary Ann Horn
Email: mhorn@nsf.gov
Phone: (703) 292-4879
Science (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for awards or fellowships from the National Research Council for independent postdoctoral and senior scientific research, to be conducted at participating laboratories of the U.S. government.
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Contact: National Research Council
Phone: (202) 334-2760,
E-mail: rap@nas.edu
Biology (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the department of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University.
Deadline: Open
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Office on Violence Against Women
OVW aims to curb violent crimes against women on campus.
Deadline: Open
Contact: Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
800 K Street, N.W., Suite 920
Washington, D.C 20530
Phone: 202-307-6026
Fax: 202-3074-3911
Open: Public safety (national).
Applications for grants from the Allstate Foundation. Grants will support programs in three areas: economic empowerment; safe and vital communities; and tolerance, inclusion, and diversity. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. Who may apply: organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Grant money may not support individuals, athletic teams, religious groups or groups located outside the United States, fund-raising events, or travel expenses.
Contact: Allstate Foundation 2775 Sanders Road, Suite F4, Northbrook, Ill. 60062; (847) 402-5502
OTHER
Fulbright Scholars Program
Web: http://www.cies.org/
Fulbright Programs for U.S. Scholars
Programs that offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture or do research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars.
Fulbright Global Programs for U.S. and non-U.S. Scholars
Programs that offer joint collaborative opportunities for U.S. and non-U.S. scholars, alumni and institutions. NCS...
Fulbright Scholar Grants for Institutions
Opportunities for U.S. institutions to host Fulbright Visiting Scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities.
Fulbright Programs for Visiting Scholars
Programs that support the research and teaching of visiting (Non-U.S.) scholars at U.S. colleges and universities.
Fulbright Scholar Grants for Institutions
Opportunities for U.S. institutions to host Fulbright Visiting Scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities.
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Black studies (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for 2008-9 fellowships at the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester.
Deadline: January 31, 2008
Contact: Director for Research Fellowships, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester, RC Box 270440, 302 Morey Hall, Rochester, N.Y. 14627
Phone: (585) 275-7235
Fax: (585) 256-2594,
E-mail | Web
Interdisciplinary research (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for the fellowship program at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Contact: Tara I. McCoy,Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University, 123 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210;
E-mail: mccoy.226@osu.edu
Web: www.osu.edu
Literature (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for the 2008-9 International Writers Project Fellowship at Brown University.
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Contact: Graduate Program in Literary Arts, Box 1923, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912;
E-mail: iwp@brown.edu
Web: www.brown.edu/cw
Literature (FELLOWSHIP)
NEA Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing, FY2009
Deadline: March 3, 2008
Web: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit/GrantProgDescription.html
Diversity (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications for the New York University Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity fellowship program.
Deadline: March 3, 2008
E-mail: ptpfellowship@nyu.edu
Web: www.nyu.edu/info/faculty/fellowship2008
Research (FELLOWSHIP)
Applications from scholars in all fields for summer fellowships or two-year postdoctoral fellowships, to conduct research at German institutions.
Deadline: Open
E-mail: avh@verizon.net
Web: www.humboldt-foundation.de/
SPORTS
Open: Children and youths (international).
Letters of inquiry regarding grants from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, sponsored by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. Grants ranging from $2,000 to $200,000 each will support efforts to increase young people's participation in baseball and softball through coaches' training, equipment, new fields, programs, and uniforms. Additional information is available on the program's Web site. Who may apply: nonprofit organizations involved in youth-baseball programs that serve children ages 10 to 16 and create opportunities for minorities and girls. Organizations may create new baseball or softball programs, or improve upon and expand existing programs.
Contact: BTF 245 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10167; (212) 931-7817 btf@mlb.com; http://www.baseballtomorrowfund.com
Featured Foundation: W.M. Keck Foundation
About the Foundation
The W.M. Keck Foundation was established in 1954 in Los Angeles by William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company. Our Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations, with assets of more than $1 billion.
Mr. Keck envisioned a philanthropic institution that would provide far-reaching benefits for humanity. By taking a bold, creative approach to grantmaking, he created a legacy that the Foundation proudly upholds today.
In recent years, the Foundation has focused on Science and Engineering Research; Medical Research; Undergraduate Science and Engineering; Liberal Arts; and Southern California. Each of our grant programs invests in people and programs that are making a difference in the quality of life, now and for the future.
Supporting pioneering discoveries in science, engineering and medical research has been our mandate for a half-century. By funding the work of leading researchers, the establishment of unique laboratories and research centers, and the purchase of sophisticated instruments, we are laying the groundwork for breakthrough discoveries and new technologies that will save lives, provide innovative solutions to complex problems and add immeasurably to our understanding of life on Earth and our place in the universe.
We believe that a high-quality, well-rounded college education is vital for tomorrow's leaders. The Foundation's two undergraduate programs - liberal arts and science and engineering - promote inventive approaches to instruction and effective involvement of students in research at colleges across the nation.
What they fund
Following the ideals of our founder, the W. M. Keck Foundation's objective is to support outstanding science, engineering and medical research, undergraduate education, and, in Southern California, community service projects that will have a significant impact in solving complex issues and problems. The Foundation strives to fund endeavors that are distinctive and novel in their approach. It encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. "High-risk" comprises a number of factors, including questions that push the edge of the field, present unconventional approaches to intransient problems, or challenge the prevailing paradigm. "Transformative" may mean creation of a new field of research, development of new instrumentation enabling observations not previously possible, or discovery of knowledge that challenges prevailing perspectives. The Foundation's undergraduate programs focus on science, engineering and the liberal arts. Eligible institutions in these fields are four-year colleges and universities.
Undergraduate Science and Engineering and Liberal Arts Programs
The Foundation believes that a high-quality, well-rounded college education is vital for tomorrow's workforce and leaders. The Foundation's two undergraduate programs in science, engineering and liberal arts promote distinctive learning and research experiences at undergraduate colleges across the nation.
Eligible U.S. Institutions for Undergraduate Science and Engineering and Liberal Arts Programs
- Liberal arts Colleges
- Four-year colleges and universities
Institutional Criteria
- Exemplary institutions and organizations with a history of achievement and effective management
- Institutions and organizations whose financial condition is strong, as demonstrated by their current, full, certified audited financial statements prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
Programmatic Criteria
Projects for which one or more of the following applies:
- focus on inventive approaches to instruction and undergraduate research in the sciences or the liberal arts
- are distinctive in terms of new approaches, interdisciplinary involvement or multi-institutional collaborations
- have the potential to create a significant and long-lasting impact on students and the field of undergraduate education
- have strong institutional support, thorough planning and excellent leadership
- demonstrate that other funding sources are utilized to the fullest extent possible and that private philanthropy generally, and the W.M. Keck Foundation in particular, is essential to the project's success
Projects Ineligible for Funding
- Routine institutional or general operating expenses, general endowments, deficit reduction, or general and/or administrative overhead expenses
- General and federated campaigns, including fundraising events, dinners, mass mailings or direct mail campaigns
- Acquisition, construction or major renovation of facilities
- Conference or seminar sponsorship
- Book publication and film or theater productions
- Projects to be undertaken outside the United States
- Public policy research or activities of any kind
- Projects requesting a grant of over $5 million, other than special projects initiated by the Foundation
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