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Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF-Catalyzing New International Collaborations:
March 1, 2012
USDA- Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (HEC):
March 30, 2012
NSF-Dear Colleague Letter:
UC
CGIRS- Research Cluster Grants:
February 13, 2012
UC Mexus- Postdoctoral Research Fellowships:
March 5, 2012
Foundation
Templeton Foundation- Breaking New Ground in Science and Religion:
April 16, 2012
Student
Resources for the Future:
February 24, 2012
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States:
March 31, 2012
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Catalyzing New International Collaborations
Program: This solicitation offers support for the initial phases of an international collaboration with the strong expectation that the next phase will involve submission of a follow-on proposal for continued funding of the collaborative research. U.S. groups will be expected to develop a future proposal for continued funding that would be competitive in the merit-review process of the appropriate NSF program. Demand for funding of the follow-on international activities may generate new models and enhanced capabilities for supporting such projects.
Deadline: March 1, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11508/nsf11508.htm
Funding Source: USDA
Title: Higher Education Challenge Grants Program (HEC)
Program: Projects supported by the HEC Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
Deadline: March 30, 2012
Link: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/higher_education_challenge.html
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Dear Colleague Letter – Stimulating Research Related to the Science of Broadening Participation
Announcement: The Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences and the Division of Social and Economic Sciences within the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) wish to bring to your attention our goal of stimulating research related to the Science of Broadening Participation. A Science of Broadening Participation will employ the cognitive, behavioral, social and economic sciences to inform approaches to broadening participation and will strengthen our national science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capabilities and competitive advantage. Ultimately, the SBP can provide policy makers with the evidence needed for informed decisions.
In FY 2012, BCS and SES will support research that utilizes the theories, methods and analytical techniques of the social, behavioral and economic sciences to better understand the barriers as well as factors that enhance our ability to broaden participation in STEM. Supported research may identify from an empirical standpoint those strategies most likely to improve the representation and participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities who are under-represented in STEM fields. This is important because it would provide an opportunity to understand from an evidence-based perspective what works to increase the scientific talent pool.
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12037/nsf12037.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
UC
Funding Source: CGIRS
Title: Research Cluster Grants
Program: CGIRS is offering seed grants to new research clusters of faculty and graduate students whose focus is related to the Center’s objectives. We seek to support interdisciplinary and innovative multi‑year projects, in collaboration with CGIRS, that will deepen and significantly enhance global, international and regional studies at UCSC. Research clusters should consist of at least two faculty members and, ideally, one or more graduate students, with a designated faculty convener who will be responsible for the group's activities, expenditures and accountability. Funds can be used for group meetings, workshops, invited speakers and undergraduate or graduate student researchers.
Deadline extended to February 13, 2012
Funding Source: UC Mexus
Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Program: Up to 18 fellowships support postdoctoral research which involves collaboration with a University of California, Mexican institution and/or scholars. Awards are tenable in the U.S. for Mexican postdoctoral scholars and in Mexico for UC postdoctoral scholars for a period of up to 12-months.
Deadline: March 5, 2012
Link: ucmexus.ucr.edu/funding/fellowship_post_doc.html
Foundation
Funding Source: Templeton Foundation
Title: Breaking New Ground in Science and Religion
Program: Over the past several decades the field of science and religion has produced a rich body of scholarship concerning the different purposes, methods and epistemologies of these two areas and their modes of interaction. Scholars have also addressed a range of more specific topics such as divine action, the meanings of evolution, fine-tuning, and varied elements of human nature. As productive as it has been, we at the John Templeton Foundation believe the science-religion dialogue has yet to investigate the full range of possibilities. In particular, it has largely been carried out from a perspective that is theistic (usually Christian), Western, methodologically focused, concerned primarily with the physical sciences, and has often been pitched at an introductory level. We believe that there is value in more work, particularly advanced research, which engages other scientific fields, more of the world’s religions, a wider spectrum of cultural foundations, and a greater breadth of specific topics.
Deadline: April 16, 2012
Link: http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/funding-priorities/breaking-new-ground-in-science-and-religion
Student
Funding Source: Resources for the Future
Title: Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowships
Program: Fellowships for doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy.
Deadline: February 24, 2012
Link: www.rff.org/About_RFF
Funding Source: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Title: Thomas O. Enders Fellowship
Program: One award offered to support research on some aspect of Canada-U.S. relations with the goal of increasing mutual understanding between the United States and Canada.
Deadline: March 31, 2012
Link: www.acsus.org
