Grant Opportunities 12-10-12

December 10, 2012

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

Upcoming Deadlines


Federal

NSF-Developmental and Learning Sciences:                                               January 15, 2013
NSF-Political Sciences:                                                                      January 15, 2013
NSF- Cyberlearning: Transforming Education (Design and Implementation):         January 16, 2013
NSF- Methodology, Measurement, an Statistics (MMS):                   January 16, 2013
NSF-Economics:                                                                                 January 18, 2013
USDA- Higher Education Challenge Grants Program:                                 February 8, 2013

Foundations
Open Society Fellowship:                                                                  February 1, 2013
Institute for Humane Studies:                                                              Rolling

Students
NSF-DDIG:                                                                                         February 1-April 1
American Sociological Association-Minority Fellowship:                 January 31, 2013

Federal

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS)
Program:                     DLS supports fundamental research that increases our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning.  Research supported by this program will add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and the underlying developmental processes that support learning, with the objective of leading to better educated children and adolescents who grow up to take productive roles as workers and as citizens. Among the many research topics supported by DLS are: developmental cognitive neuroscience; development of higher-order cognitive processes; transfer of knowledge from one domain or situation to another; use of molecular genetics to study continuities and discontinuities in development; development of peer relations and family interactions; multiple influences on development, including the impact of family, school, community, social institutions, and the media; adolescents’ preparation for entry into the workforce; cross-cultural research on development and learning; and the role of cultural influences and demographic characteristics on development. Additional priorities include research that: incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develops new methods, models, and theories for studying learning and development; and integrates different processes (e.g., learning, memory, emotion), levels of analysis (e.g., behavioral, social, neural), and time scales (e.g. infancy, middle childhood, adolescence). 
Deadline:                    January 15, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Political Science
Program:                     The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In recent years, program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; political psychology and political tolerance. The Program also has supported research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations, in the discipline.
Deadline:                    January 15, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fundf

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Cyberlearning: Transforming Education (Design and Implementation)
Program:                     Through the Cyberlearning: Transforming Education program, NSF seeks to integrate advances in technology with advances in what is known about how people learn to
*better understand how people learn with technology and how technology can be used productively to help people learn, through individual use and/or through collaborations mediated by technology;
*better use technology for collecting, analyzing, sharing, and managing data to shed light on learning, promoting learning, and designing learning environments; and
*design new technologies for these purposes, and advance understanding of how to use those technologies and integrate them into learning environments so that their potential is fulfilled.
Of particular interest are technological advances that allow more personalized learning experiences, draw in and promote learning among those in populations not served well by current educational practices, allow access to learning resources anytime and anywhere, and provide new ways of assessing capabilities. It is expected that Cyberlearning research will shed light on how technology can enable new forms of educational practice and that broad implementation of its findings will result in a more actively-engaged and productive citizenry and workforce.
Deadline:                    January 16, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503581&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Methodology, Measurement, an Statistics (MMS)
Program:                     The MMS Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences.  As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data.
Deadline:                    January 16, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Economics
Program:                     The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
Deadline:                    January 18 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         USDA
Title:                            Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
Program:                     Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge 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:                    February 8, 2013
Link:                            http://nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/higher_education_challenge.html

Foundations

Funding Source:         Open Society Foundation
Title:                            Open Society Fellowship
Program:                     The Open Society Fellowship was founded in 2008 to support individuals pursuing innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and probing conversations within the Open Society Foundations and in the world.
A fellowship project might identify a problem that has not previously been recognized, develop new policy ideas to address familiar problems, or offer a new advocacy strategy. Project themes should cut across at least two areas of interest to the Open Society Foundations. Among these are human rights, government transparency, access to information and to justice, and the promotion of civil society and social inclusion.
Deadline:                    February 1, 2013
Link:                            http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/open-society-fellowship

Funding Source:         Institute for Humane Studies
Title:                            Hayek Fund for Scholars
Program:                     The Hayek Fund for Scholars provides awards to students and untenured faculty members for career-advancing activities. The award is open to graduate students who intend to pursue academic careers as well as untenured faculty members whose academic work contributes to the understanding of the principles, practices, and institutions necessary to a free society or to the understanding of the classical liberal or libertarian tradition.
Eligible career-advancing activities include, but are not limited to:
- Presentations at academic or professional conferences
- Travel to academic job interviews on a campus or at professional or academic conferences
- Travel to archives or libraries for research
- Participation in career-development or enhancing seminars 
- Distribution of a published article to colleagues in the scholar's field
- Submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers 
- Applying to graduate school
Hayek Fund awards are not given for conference attendance alone. Funding will only be considered for individuals presenting a paper or interviewing for a job at a conference. Awards are only granted for future activities, and cannot be awarded retroactively.
Deadline:                    Rolling
http://www.theihs.org/ContentDetails.aspx?id=516

Students

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Science, Technology and Society; Geography and Spatial Sciences; Sociology; Biological Anthropology
Program:                     The National Science Foundation'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:                    February 1 to April 5, 2013
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         American Sociological Association
Title:                            Minority Fellowship Program
Program:                     The fellowship supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental illness and disorders and related co-morbidities (i.e. alcohol and drug abuse). The fellowship is awarded for 12 months and may be extended for up to 3 years. The MFP is primarily designed for minority students entering a doctoral program in sociology for the first time or for those who are in the early stages of their graduate programs.
Deadline:                    January 31, 2013
Link:                            http://www.asanet.org/funding/index.cfm