OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT
Education
Verizon Foundation – Grants in Literacy, Domestic Violence, Health & Safety
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Marathon Oil Company Foundation – Education, Health, Civic, Environmental and Social Needs
Geosciences
National Science Foundation – Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Macular Degneration Research
Edward N. & Della L. Thome Foundation / Bank of America
Neuroscience
National Science Foundation – Cognitive Neuroscience Program
Peace
Colombe Foundation
Women
NSF ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
NSF - ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) Proposal Preparation Webinar: June 29, July 2, and July 9, 2009
Of Interest
International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - Call for Abstracts
Education
Verizon Foundation - Grants in Literacy, Domestic Violence, Health and Safety
Specifically, we help people to: Increase their literacy and educational achievement; Avoid being an abuser or a victim of domestic violence; Achieve and sustain their health and safety. Eligible organizations seeking grants from the Verizon Foundation must be prepared to track and report program outcomes as well as specific results that demonstrate measurable human impact. In the grant application, organizations must indicate what outcomes are targeted through programming and what results, as specified on the grant application, the organization will measure. Deadlines: Rolling. Go to: http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml.
NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
The NASPA Foundation supports the discovery of new knowledge through research and innovation in the field of student affairs. This is achieved through a continued commitment to funding selected proposals as submitted annual to the Foundation. The Foundation invites proposals from all members of the profession, encompassing all aspects of the field of student affairs. Although there are many worth and exciting areas of research, the Foundation is especially interested in supporting research that addresses the following topics: -
Civic Engagement – The Foundation invites proposals that focus on determining outcomes associated with civic engagement activities by students. What do they learn? How do they learn it? What are the outcomes for such programs? What needs to be improved, modified, or changed?
Diversity, Multiculturalism, Global Education – What are the outcomes related to diversity initiatives, multicultural programs, and global education opportunities for our students? What is learned? How do such experiences shape the educational outcomes for individuals and groups of students? What must be changed, supported, assessed, or developed?
Gender Issues – There is a particular interest in the effects of the changing gender balance on both higher education and the profession, and issues with specific emphasis on learning outcomes, leadership development for both men and women, and the unique issues faced by men and women of color on campuses across the nation. Such data will assist practitioners in developing new and effective programs that promote understanding and awareness of gender differences and their influence on educational outcomes.
Standards and Ethics – How will these ethical standards influence student affairs practice? What is known about the use of ethical standards in the field, and how does this knowledge influence policy and practice in divisions of student affairs? Such data will assist practitioners in understanding both the intended and unintended consequences of the use of professional standards and ethical statements in professional practice.
Outcomes – What do we do – and why? Why does it take so many of us to reach our goals? What would be different in the growth, learning, and development of students if student affairs practitioners and programs were not a part of the educational experience of students in American higher education? Data will help practitioners to understand the influence of student affairs programs and services on the institutions, the organizations, and the students that are part of higher education. Deadlines: January 1, 2009 & July 1, 2009. Go to: http://www.naspa.org/fdn/grants.cfm
Marathon Oil Company Foundation – Education, Health, Civic, Environmental and Social Needs
Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations whose programs operate within the United States, primarily in the major employing locations of Marathon Oil Company and Marathon Petroleum Company LLC. The Marathon Oil Company Foundation and Corporate Contributions Committee review grant requests that focus on: Health and Human Services – Marathon provides a number of direct capital and operating grants to the United Way and other health and human service organizations. Education – Our educational grants focus on higher education through direct grants to colleges and universities for operating, project, capital and scholarship needs. Preference is given to institutions that have strong programs in engineering, geology, science and business. Educational programs also include scholarships for sons and daughters of Marathon and its affiliates’ employees and a matching gift program for colleges and universities. Civic and Community – These grants support environmental, public policy, business and community organizations which focus on preserving the environment, promoting the betterment of the diverse communities where we operate and supporting issues that relate to the interests of the Company. A budget is compiled each fall for the following year. It is recommended that interested parties submit requests by year-end for consideration the following year. Go to: http://www.marathon.com/Social_Responsibility/Philanthropy
Geosciences
National Science Foundation – Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program (NSF 09-552) supports research on 1) the interactions between biological and geological systems at all scales of space and time; 2) geomicrobiology and biomineralization processes; 3) the role of life in the transformation and evolution of the Earth’s geochemical cycles; 4) inorganic and organic geochemical processes occurring at or near the Earth’s surface now and in the past, and at the broad spectrum of interfaces ranging in scale from planetary and regional to mineral-surface and supramolecular; 5) mineralogy and chemistry of soils and sediments; 6) surficial chemical and biogeochemical systems and cycles and their modification through natural and anthropogenic change; and 7) development of tools, methods, and models for low-temperature geochemistry and geobiological research – such as those emerging from molecular biology – in the study of the terrestrial environment. Deadline: July 16, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09552/nsf09552.htm
Macular Degneration Research
Edward N. & Della L. Thome Foundation / Bank of America
The goal of the Awards Program is to support translational research that will lead to improved therapies for individuals suffering from Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). As steward of the Thome Memorial Foundation, Bank of America N.A. works with The Medical Foundation division’s Scientific Review Committees to select the most qualified candidates. Successful research proposals will extend recent basic research findings regarding the underlying mechanisms of AMD and characterize novel biological pathways or targets for drug development. Examples of funding areas include, but are not limited to, genetically engineered animal models, the discovery and testing of small molecule therapies directed at new or known targets including immune- or inflammation-related pathways associated with AMD, local drug delivery systems, and neuroprotective strategies to prevent retinal cell degeneration. Clinical studies and medication trials are currently outside the scope of this program. Three-year awards of $750,000 ($250,000 per year) and one-year pilot studies of up to $150,000 will be made to independent investigators working in nonprofit academic, medical, or research institutions within the United States and U.S. territories (all awards inclusive of 10% indirect costs). Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009. Go to: http://hria.org/tmfservices/tmfgrants/thome.html
Neuroscience
National Science Foundation – Cognitive Neuroscience Program
The NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences Cognitive Neuroscience Program seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time. Topics may bear on core functions such as sensory, learning, language, reasoning, emotion, and executive processes, or more specialized processes such as empathy, creativity, representation of self and other, or intentionality, among many other possibilities. Topics may also include how such processes develop and change in the brain.The program is particularly interested in supporting the development of new techniques and technologies for recording, analyzing, and modeling complex brain activity. Such projects should include a plan for sharing new software and other technologies with the research community at large.
Studies of disease states (e.g., brain damaged patients) may be components of projects supported by this program. However, the emphasis in such projects must be to advance basic scientific understanding of neural mechanisms, and not on disease etiology, diagnosis, or treatment. The program also intends to foster projects that integrate perspectives across disciplines, e.g., from the cognitive sciences, developmental sciences, biology, computer science, engineering, education, anthropology, physics, mathematics and statistics. For example, projects that involve collaborations among individuals with expertise in one of the cognitive sciences, neuroimaging, neural microcircuitry, and modeling complex systems are strongly encouraged. Other interdisciplinary emphases are also of keen interest. Deadline: Aug. 27, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09563/nsf09563.htm
Peace
Colombe Foundation
Colombe Foundation seeks to create a peaceful world through changes in American policy: the elimination of weapons of mass destruction; a shift to foreign policy that is balanced with diplomacy and prevention rather than dominated by war and aggression; and a shift from wasteful military spending to investments in programs that create real national security including environmental protection, alternative energy, education and human services. The Foundation believes that American citizens, working through non-governmental organizations, can bring about these changes by using the tools of our democracy. The Foundation invests in the following strategies and supports organizations in the United States that share its mission and goals: Grassroots organizations working to educate the public and influence decision makers; Peace advocacy organizations promoting alternative policies and educating opinion makers and decision-makers; and organizations initiating and expanding media coverage on our issues. Deadline: Oct. 7, 2009. Go to: http://www.proteusfund.org/programs/colombe-foundation/guidelines
Urban Affairs
The Urban Institute invites distinguished scholars, journalists, and senior policy practitioners to join as a Visiting Fellow for a semester or more. Areas of interest include: crime/justice; economy/taxes; education; health/healthcare; housing; poverty/welfare; work/income; retirement. Visiting Fellows may participate in ongoing research projects, collaborate in the development of new research, learn from and advise on Urban Institute work while pursuing independent projects, or play other roles of mutual interest. Visiting Fellows are expected to spend at least half their time on-site at the Urban Institute for at least one semester. They interact regularly with staff in their host Centers, give at least one seminar or lecture per semester that is open to all Urban Institute staff, and participate in other UI panels and roundtables. Go to: http://www.urban.org/about/careers/visitingfellows.cfm
Women
National Science Foundation – ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
The goal of the ADVANCE program (NSF 09-504) is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and women from underrepresented minority groups are particularly encouraged.
In 2009-2010, this program will support the following types of ADVANCE Projects:
Institutional Transformation (IT)
Institutional Transformation awards are expected to include innovative systemic organizational approaches to transform institutions of higher education in ways that will increase the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. These awards support comprehensive programs for institution-wide change. IT projects must include a research component designed to study the effectiveness of the proposed innovations in order to contribute to the knowledge base informing academic institutional transformation.
Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst)
IT-Catalyst awards are designed to support institutional self-assessment activities, such as basic data collection and analysis and policy review, in order to identify specific issues in the recruitment, retention and promotion of women faculty in STEM academics within their institution of higher education.
Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID)
Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination awards may focus on one institution or organization, or they may be a partnership between several institutions and/or organizations. PAID projects can focus on all STEM disciplines, several disciplines, or only one discipline, including the social and behavioral sciences. Projects may have an international, national, state or local scope. PAID awards support activities such as: Adaptation and implementation of materials, tools, research, and practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers; Dissemination and diffusion of materials, tools, research, and practices, to the appropriate audiences, that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. Scientific research designed to advance understanding of gender in the STEM academic workforce (PAID-Research).
Deadlines: Institutional Transformation (IT) and Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst) – Letter of Intent: Aug. 4, 2009; Full Proposal: Nov. 12, 2009; Institutional. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09504/nsf09504.htm
ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) Proposal Preparation Webinar – June 29 and July 2, 2009 2:00 pm- 3:30 pm; July 9, 2009 3:00-4:30 pm
The ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) program provides funding for universities and colleges to address cultural and organizational barriers to the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. IT proposals are five-year, comprehensive, institution-wide projects. The requested budget must reflect the proposed scope and impact of the project. The webinar will include an introduction to the ADVANCE IT program, how to prepare IT letters of intent, and IT proposals. http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114986&govDel=USNSF_13
Of Interest
International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - Call for Abstracts
Remember to submit your abstracts and participate in the annual edition of ICERI 2009, the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, that will be held in Madrid (SPAIN), Nov. 16 - 18, 2009. The objective of ICERI 2009 is to share your experiences in the fields of Education, Research, Innovation, Technology and International Collaboration. It is an International Forum for lecturers, researchers, professors, engineers, educational scientists and technologists. www.iated.org/iceri2009 Deadline: July 15, 2009. Go to: www.iated.org/iceri2009
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Prior Opportunity Alerts
July 2009
