Thank you for your quick responses to the weekly grant opportunities. Please contact me with any individual research requests. You can access information about helpful research hints for faculty and graduate students at the Government Grants Research Assistance
Website:
http://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/research/grant-opportunities/index.html
Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NIH- NCRR Science Education Partnership Award: June 22, 2012
USDA- National Integrated Water Quality Program: June 28, 2012
US Department of Education- The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
June 8, 2012
Foundations
National Center for Responsible Gaming-Seed Grants: Rolling
David Bohnett Foundation: Letter of Intent: June 30, 2012
Students
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program
Internal: June 8, 2012 and External June 14, 2012
NSF- SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: July 15-October 15, 2012
Federal
Funding Source: NIH
Title: NCRR Science Education Partnership Award
Program: NCRR encourages applications to its SEPA program for the development and evaluation of innovative research education programs to improve PreK-12 research career opportunities and the community's understanding of the health science advances supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical and basic research. SEPA encourages dynamic partnerships between biomedical and clinical researchers and PreK-12 teachers and schools and other interested organizations. Particular importance will be given to applications that target PreK-12 and/or ISE/media topics that may not be addressed by existing curriculum, community-based or ISE/media activities.
Deadline: June 22, 2012
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-206.html
Funding Source: USDA
Title: National Integrated Water Quality Program
Program: The goal of the National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP) is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of our Nation’s surface water and groundwater resources through research, education, and extension activities. Projects funded through this program will work to solve water resource problems by advancing and disseminating the knowledge base available to agricultural, rural, and urbanizing communities. Funded projects should lead to science-based decision making and management practices that improve the quality of the Nation’s surface water and groundwater resources in agricultural, rural, and urbanizing watersheds.
Deadline: June 28, 2012
Link: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/12_water_quality.pdf
Funding Source: US Department of Education
Title: The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
Program: The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Program) is one of the seven programs known as the Federal TRIO Programs, which provide postsecondary educational support for qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The McNair Program is a discretionary grant program that awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study.
Deadline: June 8, 2012
Link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-05-09/pdf/2012-11252.pdf
Foundations
Funding Source: National Center for Responsible Gaming
Title: Seed Grants
Program: The Seed Grants program supports small research projects that can be completed in one year. Applicants may request up to $25,000 in direct costs for a period not to exceed 12 months. Seed Grants support a variety of research activities, including: pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small, self-contained research projects, development of research methodology, development of new research technology.
Deadline: Rolling
Link: http://www.ncrg.org/research-center/apply-ncrg-funding/seed-grants
Funding Source: David Bohnett Foundation
Title: Grants
Program: David Bohnett and the David Bohnett Foundation are committed to improving society through social activism. We pursue our mission by providing funding, state-of-the-art technology and technical support to innovative organizations and institutions that, in addition to meeting our funding guidelines, share our vision. LGBT organizations; LGBT CyberCenters for education, research and recreational opportunities; Handgun Control; Voter registration; Animal language research, service animals and eliminated animal trafficking.
Deadline: Letter of Intent: June 30, 2012
Link: www.bohnettfoundation.org
Students
Funding Source: US Department of Education
Title: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program
Program: The Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.
Internal Deadline: June 8, 2012
Link: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html
Internal Contact: You must contact Suzanne Ziegler and Meg Kaminski in the Office of Sponsored Projects, sziegler@ucsc.edu, and mkaminsk@ucsc.edu if you plan to apply.
Funding Source: NSF
Title: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
Program: The NSF Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question.
Deadline: July 15, 2012-October 15, 2012: depending on which program
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11547/nsf11547.htm
