Grant Opportunities 11-28-2011

November 28, 2011

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

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Upcoming Deadlines

Federal
NSF-Political Science:                                            January 15, 2012
NSF-Economics:                                                    January 18, 2012
NSF-Science, Technology and Society:                    February 1, 2012
NSF- Methodology, Measurements and Statistics:    January 30, 2012
NSF- Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME)
January 25, 2012

Foundation
L.S.B. Leakey Foundation:                                     January 25, 2012
Columbia Foundation-Letter of Inquiry:                   December 1, 2011
                                   
Student
Blakemore Foundation:                                          December 30, 2011
USIP:                                                                   January 6, 2012

Federal

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                         Political Science
Program:                   The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In recent years, program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; political psychology and political tolerance. The Program also has supported research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations, in the discipline.
Deadline:                   January 15, 2012
Link:                          http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                          Economics
Program:                    The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
The Economics program welcomes proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, workshops, symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates. The program places a high priority on interdisciplinary research. Investigators are encouraged to submit proposals of joint interest to the Economics Program and other NSF programs and NSF initiative areas. The program places a high priority on broadening participation and encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, other underrepresented minorities, Research Undergraduate Institutions, and EPSCoR states.
The program also funds conferences and interdisciplinary research that strengthens links among economics and the other social and behavioral sciences as well as mathematics and statistics.
Deadline:                    January 18, 2012
Link:                          http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                          Science, Technology and Society (STS)
Program:                    STS considers proposals for scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology, and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and philosophical methods. Successful proposals will be transferrable (i.e., generate results that provide insights for other scientific contexts that are suitably similar). They will produce outcomes that address pertinent problems and issues at the interface of science, technology and society, such as those having to do with practices and assumptions, ethics, values, governance, and policy.
Deadline:                    February 1, 2012
Link:                          http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12509/nsf12509.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                          Methodology, Measurements and Statistics (MMS)
Program:                    The MMS Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data.The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including:
Regular Research Awards
Mid-Career Research Fellowships
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement
Deadline:                    January 30, 2012
Link:                          http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12510/nsf12510.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clickf

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                          Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME)
Program:                    The PRIME program seeks to support research on evaluation with special emphasis on exploring innovative approaches for determining the impacts and usefulness of STEM education projects and programs; building on and expanding the theoretical foundations for evaluating STEM education and workforce development initiatives, including translating and adapting approaches from other fields; and growing the capacity and infrastructure of the evaluation field. Two types of proposals will be supported by the program: Exploratory Projects that include proof-of-concept and feasibility studies and more extensive Full-Scale Projects.
Deadline:                    January 25, 2012
Link:                          http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12508/nsf12508.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Foundations

Funding Source:         L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
Title:                          General Research Grants
Program:                    The Leakey Foundation was formed to foster research into human origins. The Foundation exclusively funds research related specifically to human origins, including paleoanthropology, genetics, primate behavior, and studies of modern hunter-gatherer groups. Other areas of study are generally not funded.
Deadline:                    January 5, 2012
Link:                          http://www.leakeyfoundation.org

Funding Source:         Columbia Foundation
Title:                          Letter of Inquiry
Program:                    Columbia Foundation is dedicated to furthering the public welfare within the limits of nature.
*strengthen the resilience of agriculture by preserving and enhancing biodiversity;
*increase on-farm income;
*maximize the amount of food that urban centers source from regional farms;
*increase access to farmland for new farmers dedicated to practicing sustainable agriculture; and
*develop the intellectual and policy frameworks and advocacy programs that accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems.

Students

Funding Source:         Blakemore Foundation
Title:                          Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study
Program:                    20 Grants are available to individuals pursuing academic, professional or business career involving Asia for which a language study abroad at an advanced level is required. Grants cover a year of advanced language study of modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Southeast Asian languages in advanced-level language programs or private tutorial programs in the given country.
Deadline:                    December 30, 2011
Link:                          http://www.blakemorefoundation.org

Funding Source:         United States Institute of Peace
Title:                          Jennings Randolph Program Peace Scholars
Program:                    Approximately 10 awards for dissertation research concerning peace, conflict and international security. Scholars conduct research at their universities or other appropriate sites.
Deadline:                    January 6, 2012
Link:                          www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/jennings-randolph-peace-scholarship-dissertation-program