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The following is a listing of current funding opportunities from private foundations.
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| Deadline: |
01 January 2010 |
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/The Pew Charitable Trusts: Health Impact Project |
| Overview: |
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, encourages the use of health impact assessment (HIA) to help decision-makers better assess proposed policies, projects and programs with respect to their impact on health, in order that they may avoid adverse health consequences and costs and improve health. HIAs help decision-makers better assess proposals, avoid unintended consequences and costs, maximize benefits and advance smarter policies.
The Health Impact Project will support up to 15 HIA demonstration projects intended to inform decisions on proposed local, tribal or state policies, projects or programs. The funders may also support a limited number of HIAs that address a federal decision that impacts a specific state, local community or region. |
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The proposed HIA must address a local, tribal or state policy, program or project in the United States or its territories or a federal decision in which the effects are limited to a specific state, local community or region. The funders encourage proposals from organizations representing a range of fields and sectors, such as planning, transportation, education, economic and social policy, agricultural policy, energy, environmental regulation and natural resource development. Prior HIA experience is not required. The funders encourage partnerships between organizations such as public agencies, universities and community groups. Similarly, the funders encourage both public health organizations and agencies, and applicants whose primary focus is not health, to apply. Applicants from outside the field of public health must demonstrate partnerships that provide appropriate health expertise. |
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The level of suuport ranges between $25,000 and $150,000 for up to 15 demonstration projects to be completed within 24 months. Under rare and exceptional circumstances, the funders will consider proposals for more than $150,000. For proposals above $150,000, please contact the Health Impact Project at (202) 540-6012 or healthimpactproject@pewtrusts.org before submitting a letter of interest. Applicants wishing to complete more than one HIA may submit separate proposals for up to two projects during this solicitation.
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| Deadline: |
04 January 2010 |
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The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: 2010 McKnight Scholar Awards |
| Overview: |
These awards were established to encourage emerging neuroscientists to focus on disorders of learning and memory. Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Awards must demonstrate interest in solving important problems in relevant areas of neuroscience, including the translation of basic research to clinical neuroscience. Awards are given to exceptional young scientists who hold the M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree and who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career. Traditionally, successful candidates have held faculty positions for at least one year.
The intent of the program is to support the commitment by a young scientist to a career of distinguished research that may exert a major influence on the study of the brain. Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Awards must demonstrate interest in solving problems in relevant areas of neuroscience, including the translation of basic research to clinical research. The award is designed to provide sufficient financial support to establish the recipient's scholarly independence. |
| Eligibility: |
Applicants must have the following:
M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree; formal postdoctoral training completed at the time of application.
A record of meritorious research in areas pertinent to the interests of the Endowment Fund.
Not more than four years of experience in an independent/tenure-track faculty position (exceptions may be made to account for parental leave).
Evidence of a commitment to a career in neuroscience.
U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status.
U.S.-based sponsoring institution, to which awards will be paid.
Applicants may not:
Be employees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute or scientists within the intramural program of the National Institutes of Health.
Apply in more than two rounds of competition.
Apply for continued postdoctoral support.
Hold tenured positions or their equivalent.
Hold another type of McKnight Neuroscience Award that would overlap with the Scholar Award. |
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Each McKnight Scholar will receive $75,000 annually in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Funds may be used in any way that will facilitate development of the Scholar's research program, but not for indirect costs. |
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| Deadline: |
08 January 2007 |
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Craft Research Fund |
| Overview: |
The Craft Research Fund seeks to advance scholarship in the field of craft. The fund supports research that demonstrates the relevance of craft within contemporary culture. Its aim is to increase the number of creative scholars and practitioners interested in pursuing craft studies and research. |
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Proposals are welcome from academic researchers, independent scholars, doctoral students and museum curators.
This is a three-year pilot program, and applicants receiving grants will not be able to apply again during this three-year cycle.
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| Award: |
Grants up to $15,000 |
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| Deadline: |
05 January 2008 |
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The Leakey Foundation: General Research Grants |
| Overview: |
The Leakey Foundation was formed to further research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archeology, and human paleontology; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Other areas of study are rarely considered.
Priority for funding is given to the exploratory phases of promising new research projects that meet the stated purpose of the Foundation. The relevance of the project to understanding human origins must be explicit throughout the application. |
| Eligibility: |
Advanced doctoral students as well as established scientists are eligible.
Applicants must hold a PhD in anthropology, or a related discipline, or be enrolled in a doctoral program with all degree requirements fulfilled other than the dissertation. |
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Grants to doctoral students are in the $3,000-$13,500 range. Larger grants, especially to post-doctoral students and senior scientists, may be funded up to $22,000. |
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| Deadline: |
10 January 2008 |
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The William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellows Program |
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The goal of the Distinguished Fellows Program is to increase the supply of, demand for, and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth outcomes. The program is intended to help researchers strengthen the ways in which their work reflects an understanding of policy and practice, and help policy makers and practitioners enhance their capacities to recognize and use high-quality research. To accomplish this, the fellowship allows mid-career practitioners/policy makers to spend extended time working in a research setting or researchers to spend extended time working in a practitioner/policy-making setting. |
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Influential mid-career practitioners, policymakers, and researchers are encouraged to apply. |
| Award: |
Up to $175,000 for the duration of the fellowship, which may last from six months to two years. |
| More Information: |
A Letter of Inquiry is due to the Foundation on January 10, 2008.
See website for further details. |
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| Deadline: |
15 January 2008 |
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The Whitehall Foundation
For Research Grants in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Neurobiology |
| Overview: |
The Whitehall Foundation is currently seeking applications for the Research Grants in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Neurobiology program. The Foundation is interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior.
The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning. |
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Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Research grants will not be awarded to investigators who have already received, or expect to receive, substantial support from other sources, even if it is for an unrelated purpose. |
| Award: |
Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. |
| More Information: |
Letter of Intent due to be approved before full proposal is submitted. |
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| Deadline: |
15 January 2008 |
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The Whitehall Foundation: Applications Sought
For Grants in Aid for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Neurobiology |
| Overview: |
The Whitehall Foundation is currently seeking applications for the Grants in Aid for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Neurobiology program. The Foundation is interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior.
The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning.
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The Grants-in-Aid program is designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant's continued productivity. |
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Awarded for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000. |
| More Information: |
Letter of Intent due to be approved before full proposal is submitted. |
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| Deadline: |
15 January 2008 |
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The National Academies: Jefferson Science Fellows at the U.S. Department of State |
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Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science Fellows. Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. All JSF assignments will be designed in consultation with regional and/or functional bureaus within the U.S. Department of State. While in general JSF assignments will involve providing up-to-date expertise in the rapidly advancing STE arenas that routinely impact the policy decisions encountered by the U.S. Department of State, each Fellow will also be expected to become conversant with the functional operation of the U.S. Department of State. In doing so, the JSF program complements and enhances the existing efforts by both the continuing employees within the U.S. Department of State and other temporary fellows supported by non-governmental organizations who address STE issues. Following the fellowship year, the Jefferson Science Fellow will return to his/her academic career, but will remain available to the U.S. Department of State for short-term projects over the following five years. |
| Eligibility: |
Nominees and applicants must be U.S. citizens and must hold a tenured faculty position at a U.S. degree granting academic institution of higher learning.
Eligible nominees and applicants will be evaluated using the following criteria:
Ability to articulate science and technology issues to the non-specialist/general public.
Ability to rapidly and accurately understand scientific advancements outside their discipline area and to effectively integrate this knowledge into U.S. Department of State policy discussions.
Open-mindedness and receptive attitudes toward public policy discussions at the U.S. Department of State.
Stature, recognition and experience in the national and international scientific or engineering community. |
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During their one-year assignment at the U.S. Department of State, the salary and benefits of the Fellow will be paid by the academic institution at which the tenured appointment is held.
The Jefferson Science Fellow will receive a stipend of $50,000 from funding provided by the Department of State, the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. The stipend is intended to offset the costs of temporary living quarters in the Washington, D.C. area. |
| More Information: |
Nomination/application packets are due to the foundation by January 15, 2008.
THIS IS A LIMITED SUBMISSION PROPOSAL. PLEASE CONSULT THE OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH AN APPLICATION. |
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| Deadline: |
16 January 2008 |
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Goldhirsh Foundation - National Brain Tumor Research Awards
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The Goldhirsh Foundation is interested in providing strategic investment in both pediatric and adult brain tumor research to accelerate progress toward more effective treatment for malignant diffuse glioma tumors. The Foundation seeks responses from investigators working in the continuum between basic research and clinical application, integrating and translating knowledge in various disciplines into meaningful progress for patients. Examples of funding areas include but are not limited to oncogenomics and proteomics, genetically engineered models, the discovery and testing of small molecule therapies, unusual drug delivery systems, or improved brain imaging techniques. The Foundation also encourages submission of research projects at the interface of developmental biology and cancer along the stem cell to glial axis. |
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Goldhirsh Foundation is accepting applications from candidates working in the United States or Canada who meet the following eligibility requirements:
Have an M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree(s) or equivalent degree.
Hold at least the position of Assistant Professor or equivalent at a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) or equivalent not-for-profit Canadian institution. The sponsoring institution accepts responsibility for the scientific, administrative and financial management of the overall project including subcontracts.
The candidate may collaborate with investigators from other institutions and these institutions may include for-profit companies.
Preference will be given to originality of ideas, regardless of candidate seniority.
Eligibility is not limited to those investigators currently working in brain tumor research. Investigators from other fields are encouraged to apply with proposals relevant to malignant diffuse glioma tumors.
Projects must be relevant to malignant diffuse gliomas |
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Up to three investigators will receive grants of $600,000 (inclusive of 10% indirect costs) over three years at $200,000 per year. The Foundation also makes awards of $100,000 (inclusive of 10% indirect costs) for one-year pilot studies.
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| More Information: |
Investigators are required to submit Letters of Intent using the online grant submission process. Mailed applications for the Letter of Intent will not be reviewed. |
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| Deadline: |
25 January 2008 |
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Kellogg Foundation: Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative |
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is now accepting requests for participation proposals for 2008 grantees of the Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative. This is the last year new grantees will be invited to join Rural Policy Networks.
Rural People, Rural Policy is a multi-year national initiative based on the idea that rural America has many assets and that the brightest potential for rural America is possible when a critical mass of rural people are more organized as policy actors.
The grantees are a diverse group in terms of programs, locations, and strategies, but all share a common concern for building a stronger voice for public policies that help rural communities.
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The Foundation encourages any nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that seeks to improve policy affecting rural people and rural places to apply to participate in the Rural People, Rural Policy Initiative.
Organizations selected for Rural Policy Networks must commit to participate in all required Initiative activities throughout the remaining years of the Initiative. |
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The grantee receives a grant of $100,000 for five years ($20,000 per year). |
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| Deadline: |
16 January 2009 |
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Teagle Foundation Awards for Systematic Improvement in Student Learning |
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The Teagle Foundation believes that implementing a system of continual assessment and improvement in pursuit of ambitious educational goals can significantly strengthen student learning at liberal arts and science colleges. Any such process requires systematic assessment not as an end in itself but as part of an iterative process for the improvement of student engagement and learning. The Foundation seeks to fund ambitious, imaginative projects that address the following goals:
1. To develop models of assessment followed by intervention and reassessment - in other words, processes of systematic improvement - that demonstrate gains in student engagement and learning over time. They presume that these will extend or complement assessment efforts already in place on campuses to achieve significantly higher levels of excellence.
2. To encourage the habit of using evidence to achieve systematic improvements in student learning.
3. To produce and disseminate knowledge about how colleges can best implement such processes on their campuses.
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These grants are intended to help four-year colleges with a strong commitment to and record of success in liberal education achieve important and well-formulated educational goals. They may in exceptional cases consider applications from universities and organizations that work with colleges on improving undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences. Strong preference will be given to colleges working in collaboration with peer institutions. |
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The maximum grant is $150,000, typically over three or four years. |
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