Grant Opportunities 4.02.12

April 02, 2012

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644


Upcoming Deadlines

Federal

NSF- Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys: June 6, 2012
NSF- Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and in Education and Human Resources:                                           May 22, 2012
NEH- Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants:                                   May 16, 2012
ACF- Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars: May 21, 2012

Foundations
Wenner-Gren- International Collaborative Research Grant:                                                June 1, 2012
SSRC- Our Shared Paths:                                                                                            May 31, 2012

Federal

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys
Program:                     The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys, and to engage in the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES data for research on the science and technology enterprise, to develop improved survey methodologies for NCSES surveys, to create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, and strengthen methodologies to analyze and disseminate S&T statistical data. To that end, NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, workshops, experimental research, survey research and data collection and dissemination projects.
Deadline:                    June 6, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12545/nsf12545.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences and in Education and Human Resources
Program:                     As part of NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) activity, the Directorate for SBE, the Directorate for EHR, and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure seek to enable research communities to develop visions, teams, and capabilities dedicated to creating new, large-scale, next-generation data resources and relevant analytic techniques to advance fundamental research for the SBE and EHR sciences. Successful proposals will outline activities that will have significant impacts across multiple fields by enabling new types of data-intensive research. Investigators should think broadly and create a vision that extends intellectually across multiple disciplines and that includes--but is not limited to--the SBE or EHR sciences.
Deadline:                    May 22, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12538/nsf12538.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NEH
Title:                            Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants
Program:                     Preservation and Access Research and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials. Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings. Project results must serve the needs of a significant number of humanists.
Deadline:                    May 16, 2012
Link:                            http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PARD.html

Funding Source:         Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Title:                            Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars
Program:                     The ACF, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation is announcing its plan to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the field to focus research on questions that inform the decision making of policy for child care and to foster collaboration and consultation between researchers and program and policy stakeholders.
Deadline:                    May 21, 2012
Link:                            http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-OPRE-YE-0306

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Dear Colleague Letter -Data-Intensive Education-Related Research Funding Opportunities
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12060/nsf12060.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Foundations

Funding Source:         Wenner-Gren Foundation
Title:                            International Collaborative Research Grant
Program:                     International Collaborative Research Grants The International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG) supports international research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, and/or skills to the project. Supplemental funds are also available to provide essential training for academic research participants in ICRG-funded projects (co-applicants, students, as well as other professional colleagues). By encouraging international collaborations, the grant contributes to the development of an international anthropology that values and incorporates different national perspectives and resources. By providing training funds, the grant helps to build capacity in countries were anthropology maybe under-resourced. The grants are for a maximum of $30,000 for the research project. Proposals which include the optional training element can have an increased funding request up to a maximum of $35,000, of which no more than $10,000 can be for essential training purposes. Under special circumstances grants can be renewed to support longer-term research projects. Principal Investigators must hold a doctorate or equivalent in anthropology or a related discipline.
Deadline:                    June 1, 2012
Link:                            http://www.wennergren.org/programs/international-collaborative-research-grants

Funding Source:         Social Science Research Council
Title:                            Our Shared Paths
Program:                     The British Council and the Social Science Research Council are pleased to announce the launch of Our Shared Past, a collaborative grants program to encourage new approaches to world history curriculum and curricular content design in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and North America.
Deadline:                    May 31, 2012
Link:                            http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/our-shared-past/