Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF-Discovery K-12: December 6, 2013
NEH-Collaborative Research: December 5, 2013
NSF- Advancing Informal STEM Learning: January 14, 2013
Foundation
Ford Foundation-Postdoctoral Fellowship: November 15, 2013
AAUW- American Fellowships – Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants
November 15, 2013
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation-Grants to Strengthen Secondary Ed: Rolling
Student
AAUW-American Fellowships – Dissertation Fellowships: November 15, 2013
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship-Religion & Ethics
November 15, 2013
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Discovery Research K-12
Program: The Discovery Research K-12 program (DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of innovative resources, models and tools (RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program build on fundamental research in STEM education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and empirical justification for proposed projects. Teachers and students who participate in DRK-12 studies are expected to enhance their understanding and use of STEM content, practices and skills.
DRK-12 invites proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing preK-12 STEM education as well as those that anticipate radically different structures and functions of pre-K 12 teaching and learning. The DRK-12 program has four major research and development strands: (1) Assessment; (2) Learning; (3) Teaching; and (4) Implementation Research. The program recognizes that there is some overlap among the strands. Proposals may address more than one strand. For example, projects in the Learning Strand may also include assessments of student learning, and/or support for teachers and plans for larger dissemination and use. Likewise, the Teaching Strand has a specific focus on RMTs for teacher education and professional development, but these are often based on a particular curriculum or set of instructional materials or tools. The Implementation Research strand that replaces the Scale-up strand in the previous solicitation might potentially address any or a combination of the other three strands. The program supports three types of projects: (1) Exploratory, (2) Full Design and Development, and (3) Conferences, Workshops, and Syntheses. All three types of projects apply to each of the four DRK-12 strands.
Deadline: December 6, 2013
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13601/nsf13601.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Funding Source: NEH
Title: Collaborative Research
Program: Collaborative Research Grants support interpretive humanities research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for periods of a minimum of one year up to a maximum of three years. Support is available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants; project-related travel; field work; applications of information technology; and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to communicate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences.
Deadline: December 5, 2013
Link
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Advancing Informal STEM Learning
Program: The solicitation seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and develop understandings of deeper learning by participants. The AISL program supports five kinds of projects: 1) Pathways, 2) Research in Service to Practice, 3) Innovations in Development, 4) Broad Implementation, and 5) Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops.
Deadline: January 14, 2014
Link: http://informalscience.org/perspectives/news/nsf-releases-fy2014-advancing-informal-stem-learning-solicitation#sthash.lbdvA4hD.dpuf
Foundation
Funding Source: Ford Foundation
Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program: Postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Deadline: November 15, 2013
Link: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960
Funding Source: AAUW
Title: American Fellowships – Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants
Program: Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide funds for women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. These grants can be awarded to both tenure-track and part-time faculty, new and established researchers. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing and editing in response to issues raised in critical reviews.
Deadline: November 15, 2013
Link: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/
Funding Source: Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Title: Grants to Strengthen Secondary Education
Program: The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations supports innovative professional development programs that strengthen teachers in grades 9-12 and their teaching.
Projects may cover a wide range of initiatives intended to improve teaching. For example, projects might be designed to improve professional development for in-service and pre-service teachers, strengthen teaching skills, support practical research in teacher and high school education, or encourage innovative use of technology and new techniques for presentation of classroom materials in high schools.
Projects should aim to develop solutions with potential for wide application or replication by others. Requests to support well-established programs should be for initiatives with the potential to improve the program significantly. Special consideration will be given to projects in their early stages that address the concerns and problems of secondary education on a national level. In considering proposals to support high school teaching, sustained partnerships between the faculties of colleges (e.g., arts and sciences and education) and school districts, or collaborative efforts involving reform organizations, colleges/universities, and high schools are encouraged.
Deadline: Rolling
Link: http://www.avdf.org/FoundationsPrograms/SecondaryEducation.aspx
Student
Funding Source: AAUW
Title: American Fellowships – Dissertation Fellowships
Program: American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
Dissertation Fellowships offset a scholar’s living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation. Applicants must have completed all course work, passed all preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposals or plans by the preceding November. Students holding fellowships for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowships year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math fields or researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline: November 15, 2013
Link: http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/
Funding Source: Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Title: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship-Religion & Ethics
Program: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of work on Ph.D. dissertations dealing with ethical or religious values in fields across the humanities and social sciences.
Deadline: November 15, 2013
Link: http://woodrow.org/
