Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF- Science, Technology and Society:
August 1, 2013
ACF/OPRE- Human Services Research Partnerships: Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands:
July 30, 2013
Foundation
National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation
July 19, 2013
Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Internal Deadline: September 19, 2013
Student
NSF- SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
July 15-October 15, 2013
Fulbright U.S. Student Program (Fulbright IIE)
Internal Deadline: September 23, 2013
Rotary Peace Fellowship
July 1, 2013
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Science, Technology and Society
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: August 1, 2013
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12509/nsf12509.htm
Funding Source: ACF/OPRE
Title: Human Services Research Partnerships: Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
Program: OPRE invites applications for cooperative agreements to support research that will explore issues related to social service needs and public welfare systems in U.S. territories, specifically in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (PR) and the United States Virgin Islands (VI). Institutions of higher education and non-profit/for profit research organizations that meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Institutions of higher education must submit proof of accreditation, or be eliminated from competition. Research organizations must provide evidence of research as a primary organizational activity, or be eliminated from competition.
These cooperative agreements will support a partnership among researchers, local governments, and community-based organizations to define and address research questions relevant to the social and economic well-being of low-income children and families in either Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands and to the Head Start and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programs. These efforts will seek to develop a better understanding of service needs and promising approaches within ACF programs to improve the quality of life in the region.
Deadline: July 30, 2013
Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2013-ACF-OPRE-YR-0609
Foundations
Funding Source: National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation
Title: Improvements to the U.S. healthcare system-LOI
Program: The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry from research projects with significant potential to inform improvements to the U.S. healthcare system.
Through its research grants program, the foundation will award up to $150,000 in grants to support investigator-initiated research focused on slowing the growth in healthcare spending, enhancing healthcare quality, and/or expanding access to health insurance and healthcare services. Projects must advance existing knowledge in the areas of healthcare financing, delivery, management, and/or policy. Individual researchers and all types of organizations and institutions, including nonprofit and for-profit entities, are eligible to apply.
Deadline: July 19, 2013
Link: http://nihcm.org/grants/research-grants
Funding Source: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Title: Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Program: The University of California, Santa Cruz has been invited to nominate one candidate for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's New Directions Fellowship. This is an invitation-only submission process. It is a very prestigious award that covers salary for approximately one academic year and two summers of additional support (including release time from teaching, if required). Candidates for this program should be highly qualified scholars pursuing innovative research. New Directions Fellowship assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who received their doctorate between six and twelve years ago and who wish to acquire systematic training outside their own disciplines. The fellowships are looking to assist faculty whose research interests cross-disciplinary boundaries and call for formal training in a discipline other than the one in which they are expert. The nominee will be decided by a committee of Social Science and Humanities faculty members.
Internal deadline: September 19, 2013
Contact: ashleeac@ucsc.edu
Student
Funding Source: NSF
Title: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Archeology; Linguistics; STS; Cultural Anthropology; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics; Economics; Decision, Risk and Management Sciences; Science of Science and Innovation Policy; Documenting Endangered Languages; Political Science; Geography & Spatial Sciences; & Sociology
Program: The NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), and the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) 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.
In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research, many programs in both BCS and SES, the Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics program within NCSES, and the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program in SMA accept doctoral dissertation improvement grant proposals. Requirements vary across programs, so proposers are advised to consult the relevant program's webpage for specific information and contact the program director if necessary.
Deadline: July 15-October 15, 2013
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Funding Source: Fulbright
Title: Fulbright U.S. Student Program (Fulbright IIE)
Program: Established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to "enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries", Fulbright is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
Internal Deadline: September 23, 2013, please contact Marlene Robinson for the internal deadline: marobins@ucsc.edu
Link: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/applicants/getting-started
Funding Source: The Rotary Foundation
Title: Rotary Peace Fellowship
Program: The Rotary Peace Fellowship is the premier educational program of The Rotary Foundation and supports Rotary’s mission to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace. It is intended for individuals who have chosen a career related to international relations, peace, and conflict resolution; who have work experience in these areas; and who have a commitment to community or international humanitarian service and working for peace. Applicants should consider these objectives carefully before applying. Two types of fellowships are offered: a master’s degree program and professional development certificate program.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
Link: http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/083en.pdf
