Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF-Sociology: August 15, 2012
NSF-Cultural Anthropology: August 15, 2012
NSF- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): September 15, 2012
NIH- NICHD Research Short Courses (R25): September 7, 2012
NIH- NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01): August 21, 2012
USDA- Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program: August 29, 2012
Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson-Health and Society Scholars: September 21, 2012
Students
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: September 14, 2012
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Sociology
Program: The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed.
Deadline: August 15, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Cultural Anthropology
Program: The Cultural Anthropology Program supports basic scientific research about the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Cultural anthropologists analyze human social and cultural behavior holistically. This integrated approach makes anthropology a valuable research tool for understanding the modern world. Because cultural patterns are emergent over time and space, there is no single natural scale for ethnographic and ethnological analysis. In some cases, cultural patterns may emerge from the collective behavior of large ensembles of smaller scale units; in others, they may be imposed by larger scale constraints. The origins of social and cultural variability may be remote from the scale at which they are observed. Therefore, research may target any appropriate scale or scales from local to regional to global. The Program encourages innovative research that contributes to building spatially and temporally specific theory that extends understanding beyond individual case studies.The Cultural Anthropology Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: Senior Research proposals (that is, research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degree); proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants; Cultural Anthropology Scholars awards (for research-related, post-PhD training); and CAREER proposals. The Program will also consider proposals for workshops and training programs, as well as supplements to current awards to support Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Graduate Studies (REG).
Deadline: Senior Research: August 15, 2012
Dissertation: August 15, 2012
Scholars: August 16, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5388&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Program: The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the NSF. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. (2) REU Supplements may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements or may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects.
Deadline: September 15, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517
Funding Source: NIH
Title: NICHD Research Short Courses (R25)
Program: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for grants to develop and conduct short-term research education programs to improve the knowledge and skills of a broad-based community of biomedical and behavioral researchers conducting research on reproductive, developmental, behavioral, social, and rehabilitative processes that determine the health and well-being of newborns, infants, children, adults, families, and populations. The program should include both didactic and hands-on experiences. If appropriate, the program may include activities to disseminate course materials and instructional experience to the scientific community.
Deadline: September 7, 2012
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-207.html
Funding Source: NIH
Title: NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01)
Program: The NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards complements NIH’s traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Little or no preliminary data are expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research.
Deadline: LOI: August 21, 2012
Full Proposal: September 21, 2012
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-017.html
Funding Source: USDA
Title: Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
Program: The purpose of this competitive undergraduate scholarship grant program is to increase the multicultural diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and universities. The Multicultural Scholars Program is available every year.
Deadline: August 29, 2012
Link: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/multicultural_scholars.html
Foundations
Funding Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Health and Society Scholars
Program: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nation's capacity for leadership and research that addresses the multiple determinants of population health and contributes to policy change.
The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends on multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health; and develop, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge, interventions, and policies that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health.
To be eligible, scholars must have completed their doctoral training by September 2013 in one of a variety of fields, including but not limited to the behavioral and social sciences, the biological and natural sciences, health professions, public policy, public health, history, demography, environmental sciences, urban planning, engineering, and ethics; have significant research experience; connect their research interests to substantive population health concerns; be United States citizens, resident non-citizen nationals, or resident foreign nationals; and not be receiving support from other research fellowships/traineeships at the time they begin the program.
Deadline: September 21, 2012
Link: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21395
Students
Funding Source: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Title: Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program
Program: This program is an annual competitive program that awards dissertation fellowship grants to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students at accredited U.S. universities to support dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship. The program encourages proposals from a variety of academic disciplines. The dissertation must, however, address research issues of theoretical and practical importance to the domain of entrepreneurship.
Deadline: September 14, 2012
Link: http://www.kauffman.org/kdfp/
