Grant Opportunities 8-26-13

August 26, 2013

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

Upcoming Deadlines
 

Federal
NEH-Summer Stipends:                                  Internal:                                   September 1, 2013
NSF- Dear Colleague Letter: Forensic Science – Opportunity for Breakthroughs in Fundamental and Basic Research and Education
NSF- Dear Colleague Letter: NSF/NOAA SEES Fellows:                              November 21, 2013

Foundation
American Association for the Advancement of Science:                                October 15, 2013
Mellon New Directions Fellowship:              Internal:                                   September 19, 2013

Student
NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship Program:                                                         November 7, 2013
Fulbright IIE:                                                   Internal:                                   September 23, 2013

Federal

Funding Source:         NEH
Title:                            Summer Stipends
Program:                     Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Internal Guidelines: The campus may submit up to two nominations.  Interested applicants should prepare a project description (no longer than 3 pages) and email it as .pdf to ihr@ucsc.edu by September 1, 2013. A committee composed of three members of the participating divisions (Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences) will select the top two projects and send their recommendations to the Humanities Dean, the campus nominating official.  The nominees will be notified by September 10, 2013 and have until September 26, 2013 to complete and submit their NEH applications.
Deadline:                    Internal:                                   September 1, 2013
Link:                            http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Dear Colleague Letter: Forensic Science – Opportunity for Breakthroughs in Fundamental and Basic Research and Education
Purpose:                      This Dear Colleague Letter is to alert all basic science and engineering communities, including education researchers, to the Foundation’s interest in receiving proposals that, while investigating fundamental questions, seek to pose and test hypotheses that could inform research in forensic sciences. The interest spans both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Additionally, the wide public interest in forensics can provide an effective vehicle for basic research in science education. International partnerships, where appropriate, are encouraged, as are synergistic interactions with forensics and/or law enforcement agencies and organizations. Proposals for workshops to explore fundamental science drivers and their relevance to forensics are also welcome. Proposers may review reports of recent workshops that exemplify collaborative approaches:
Cognitive science: (http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/conferences/workshops/cognitivebias/documents/NSFWorkshopReportFinal.pdf) and 
Instrumentation research: (http://www.chem.purdue.edu/docs/ForensicWorkshopFinalReport.pdf).
NSF also notes the importance of a well-educated forensics workforce and a science-literate public, and recognizes the potential benefits of outreach efforts, given the public interest in forensics. Research in forensics provides an opportunity for impact along lines emerging as priorities in STEM education at all levels through new approaches to effective integration of research with teaching. NSF seeks to contribute to future workforce preparation in this challenging and rapidly evolving technical area.
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13120/nsf13120.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Dear Colleague Letter: NSF/NOAA SEES Fellows
Program:                     Achieving a sustainable future in the face of both gradual and abrupt global change is one of the most significant challenges facing humanity. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES) activities support interdisciplinary research and education needed to overcome the barriers to sustainable human well-being. The purpose of this Dear Colleague Letter is to alert social, behavioral, and economic scientists of an opportunity to broaden their core expertise through residence at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facility.  This Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary research collaboration between Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) scientists and NOAA scientists and decision makers.
Deadline:                    November 21, 2014
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13123/nsf13123.jsp?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Foundation

Funding Source:         American Association for the Advancement of Science
Title:                            Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
Program:                     The American Association for the Advancement of Science has issued a call for nominations for the AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science. Established in 2010, the award recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in fostering greater public engagement with science.
Nominees will have conducted science activities with a focus on interactive dialogue between themselves and a non-scientific, public audience. Types of public engagement activities might include informal science education, public outreach, public policy, and/or science communication activities such as mass media, public dialogue, radio, TV and film, science café, science exhibit, science fair, and social and online media.
Deadline:                    October 15, 2013
Link:                            http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/public_engagement/index.shtml

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:                            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 of 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:                    Social Sciences; Psychology; STEM Education and Learning:         
November 7, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13584/nsf13584.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&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