Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF- Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): November 16, 2012
NSF- East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students: November 8, 2012
NIH- Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25): October 26, 2012
Foundations
Spencer Foundation: October 1, 2012
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange: October 15, 2012
Students
UC Mildred Mathias Graduate Student Research Program: October 12, 2012
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Program: The purpose of the NSF GRFP is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF's mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research.
Deadline: November 16, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12599/nsf12599.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Funding Source: NSF
Title: East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
Program: NSF and selected foreign counterpart science and technology agencies sponsor international research institutes for US graduate students in seven East Asia and Pacific locations at times set by the counterpart agencies between June and August each year. These Summer Institutes (EAPSI) operate similarly and the research visits to a particular location take place at the same time. Although applicants apply individually to participate in a Summer Institute, awardees become part of the cohort for each location. Applicants must propose a location, host scientist, and a research project that is appropriate for the host site and duration of the international visit. An EAPSI award provides U.S. graduate students in science, engineering, and education: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. It is expected that EAPSI awards will help students initiate professional relationships to enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts.
Deadline: November 8, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12498/nsf12498.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Funding Source: NIH
Title: Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25)
Program: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to increase the pool of masters degree students from underrepresented backgrounds who go on to research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and who are trained and available to participate in NIH-funded research. This initiative promotes partnerships/consortia between colleges or universities granting a terminal masters degree with institutions that offer the doctorate degree. The program expects that the joint efforts of doctorate degree-granting and masters degree-granting institutions will foster the development of a well-integrated institutional program that will provide students with the necessary academic preparation and skills to enable their transition and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Deadline: October 26, 2012
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-276.html
Foundations
Funding Source: Spencer Foundation
Title: The Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
Program: Since the time of the Enlightenment, education has been viewed as carrying the potential to lessen inequality and expand the economic and social opportunities available to citizens. Much controversy surrounds the question of the degree to which that potential has been and is today being realized. The Spencer Foundation seeks to shed light on the role education plays in reducing economic and social inequalities -- as well as, sometimes, reinforcing them -- and to find ways to more fully realize education's potential to promote more equal opportunity. Expanded opportunity is important not only to a society's economic well-being but to the character of its civic, cultural and social life as well.
Deadline: October 1, 2012
Link: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity
Funding Source: Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Title: Research Grants
Program: The Foundation's grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences. Researchers focusing on the social, cultural, economic or political development of Taiwan over the past few decades are especially encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to collaborative projects with scholars in Taiwan.
Deadline: October 15, 2012
Link: http://www.cckf.org.tw/e-americaRG.htm
Students
Funding Source: UC Natural Reserve System
Title: Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Program
Program: This is the twenty-fifth annual call for applicants to the UC Natural Reserve System's Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant Program. Grants may be awarded to any graduate student currently enrolled at any general campus in the UC system who is using one or more of the NRS reserves for his or her field research project. There are no restrictions on the research topic, and students from all academic disciplines are strongly encouraged to apply. The maximum individual grant is $3,000, and the limit on total awards is $38,000.
Deadline: October 8, 2012
Link: http://nrs.ucop.edu/grants/mathias/index.htm
