Meredith College : Faculty Grants

The NC State Library is pleased to announce that Guidelines and Applications EZ grants are now available. One new grant opportunity, Strengthening Public & Academic Library Collections Grants, has been added this year.

The available EZ Grant packages include:

• Basic Equipment Grants: $25,000 maximum award, 15% match required.

• Digitization Starter Grants: $8,000 maximum award, no match required.

• Marketing Grants (open to Marketing Workshop participants): $25,000 maximum award,

10% match required.

• Strengthening Public & Academic Library Collections Grants: $10,000 maximum award,

50% match required.

• LSTA Project Planning Grants: $15,000 maximum award, no match required.

• Planning Grants: $15,000 maximum award, no match required.

• Technology Planning Grants: $20,000 maximum award for a single library, $35,000 maximum award for a multi-library effort, no match required.

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lsta/lsta.htm

Are you interested in applying for an IMLS grant? The links below will help you find the right grant for your institution, and introduce you to the process of applying so you can properly prepare for your application.

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Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation:
Deadline: February 1^st and Aug 1^st ; It focuses on the environment, community-building & economic development, governance, public policy & civic engagement, pre-collegiate education, social justice & equity. This organization has a secure online form for submission purposes as well as paper forms to download. http://www.zsr.org

NEA Foundation:
The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) offers certain grants on an ongoing, year-round basis. Over 300 small grants of $1,000 to $3,000 are awarded each year to fund classroom innovations or professional development for improved practice in public schools and higher education institutions. http://www.nfie.org/grants.htm

Carnegie Foundation:

The Integrative Learning Project: Opportunities to Connect is a national project sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/previous-work/undergraduate-education

Association for Institutional Research; Focused Grants Student Success: Deadline: Janurary 15. Overview of the AIR/NPEC Focused Grant Program
AIR and NPEC are supporting the second year of their joint focused grant program. The program is designed to increase understanding and knowledge of a specific issue area identified by the NPEC Executive Committee as critically important to the postsecondary education community. Like last year, the 2005 program will support research on student success in postsecondary education. AIR and NPEC plan to award five to 10 one-year grants of $15,000 for dissertation fellowships and up to $30,000 for research grant proposals. Research grant proposals are solicited from institutional researchers, faculty, and other higher education professionals; dissertation fellowship proposals are solicited from doctoral students beginning their dissertation work. For more information about NPEC and NPEC activities see http://nces.ed.gov/npec.

Overview of AIR Grant Programs
In recent years, change in postsecondary education has been driven by a concern for demonstrating the utility of the enterprise and an increasing demand for administering funds for postsecondary education in the best possible way. These administrative demands, along with the accelerated growth in the sophistication and power of information technology, have created a climate where detailed quantitative information is an essential ingredient of decision making. While many sectors of postsecondary education collect and disseminate such information, the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation have at the core of their missions a charge to collect and disseminate this information on a national basis. To fulfill their charge, these agencies collect and maintain databases on a wide variety of postsecondary education sectors and topics: e.g., faculty, doctoral production, science education funding, research expenditures, graduate success in the employment market, etc. http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=39

Ford Foundation: The foundation looks for projects that strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. http://www.fordfoundation.org/

Henry Luce Foundation: Projects sometimes emerge from proposals for the Henry R. Luce Professorship Program. One example is a three-year program at Dickinson College on “Diaspora and Community Studies, which focuses on connections between cultures in various parts of the world and their counterparts in the United States. http://www.hluce.org/4heddefm.html

Spencer Foundation: Rolling deadline. The Foundation's Small Research Grants Program supports short-term research projects (two years or less) that require no more than $40,000 to complete. It offers a unique opportunity for scholars and practitioners in a broad range of institutions who are interested in educational research to obtain support for their work. The program is appropriate for modest-sized research projects, exploratory studies, specific phases of larger investigations, and projects that arise in response to unusual opportunities. The Small Research Grants Program encourages researchers with diverse perspectives to develop ideas and approaches that extend the conventional boundaries of a research question, area, or method. The program supports individual efforts as well as collaborations. http://list.spencer.org/programs/

Andrew Mellon Foundation: Traditionally, the Liberal Arts Colleges Program has emphasized faculty development. In keeping with this history, the current focus is on providing support for faculty as they integrate electronic materials into their classes in order to improve the quality of teaching, learning and scholarship. The Foundation is particularly interested in the use of technology in foreign language courses, in promoting consortial activities, and in strengthening foreign study programs. The Foundation also supports private, liberal arts colleges in the Appalachian region, through grants to the Appalachian Colleges Association. http://www.mellon.org/MellonPrograms.htm

Corning Foundation: The Corning Incorporated Foundation, established in 1952, develops and administers projects in support of educational, cultural, community and selected national organizations. http://www.corning.com/inside_corning/foundation.asp

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership: seeks to promote exchange and collaboration between Japan and the United States with the goal of fulfilling shared global responsibilities and contributing to improvements in the world's welfare.

The foundation is currently accepting concept papers for the following grant programs:

The CGP Intellectual Exchange Program welcomes proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects that address contemporary social issues of common concern to both the United States and Japan. Intellectual Exchange projects are intended to form new networks among individuals and institutions in the U.S. and Japan by incorporating in-depth policy study with public events and workshops. Most proposals fall into the following thematic categories: international economic relations, international security, sustainable development, and healthcare and aging. Projects involving multinational participation will be considered as long as U.S. and Japanese collaboration plays a central role. CGP will accept three- to five-page concept papers through May. Invited applicants must submit full proposals no later than July 1.

The CGP Grassroots Exchange Program welcomes proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects that address contemporary social issues of common concern to both the U.S. and Japan. Grassroots Exchange projects explore issues such as public health, labor practices, minority rights, social services, and volunteerism through networking, exchange of expertise, and collaborative action among practitioners and researchers in the U.S. and Japan. Please note that art exchanges, goodwill exchanges, and tourist-oriented programs will not be considered. CGP will accept two- to three-page concept papers through April. Invited applicants must submit full proposals no later than July 1.

The CGP Education Program welcomes proposals from nonprofit organizations for education projects that foster understanding and awareness of Japan at the pre-collegiate level in the U.S. Education projects may meet a variety of objectives, such as increasing the availability of resources for teachers, developing new curricula, enhancing knowledge among teachers and students, linking classrooms in the U.S. and Japan, and bringing together U.S. and Japanese students and teachers. By targeting the student and teacher community, CGP hopes to provide a foundation for deeper mutual under- standing, to build a stronger U.S.-Japan relationship, and to nurture a global outlook and active interest in world affairs. Please note that art exchanges, goodwill exchanges, and tourist-oriented programs will not be considered. CGP will accept two- to three-page concept papers Deadline: April. Invited applicants must submit full proposals no later than July 1. Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

Federal Agencies

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Agency for International Development (AID)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP)

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Department of Defense (DOD)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (AMRMC)

Army Research Office (ARO)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Dual Use Science and Technology Program (DUS&T) (DOD)

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Department of Education (DoEd)

Department of Energy (DOE)

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Grants and Funding

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Department of the Interior (DOI)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Sevice

Guide for Unsolicited Proposal Submission

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Institute of Museum and Library Services

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Technology Opportunities Program (TOP)

Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Smithsonian Institute

Transportation Research Board

Office of International Information Programs (IIP)

Fulbright Grants for Educational and Cultural Exchange

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Arts

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Furthermore:

The Furthermore program is concerned with nonfiction book publishing about New York City; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues of the day. The grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding. Book proposals to which a university press or trade publisher is already committed and for which there is a feasible distribution plan are usually preferred. Grants from $500 to roughly $15,000 are awarded in spring and fall.

Deadline: March 15 and September 15

http://www.furthermore.org/

National Endowment for the Arts:

The National Endowment for the Arts is interested in projects, regardless of the size or type of applicant organization, that are of national, regional, or field-wide significance; that tour in several states; or that provide an unusual or especially valuable contribution because of geographic location. This includes local projects that can have significant effects within communities or that are likely to serve as models for a field. Deadline: various http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP05/index.html http://www.arts.endow.gov

North Carolina Arts Council: Deadline: March 1http://www.ncarts.org/

Bayer Foundation:
The arts stimulate a society to examine its values and ideals. Like science, the arts emphasize imagination, creativity, self-discipline and critical thinking skills. The Bayer Foundation has been a longtime proponent and sponsor of programs designed to integrate science and the arts. The Foundation is also interested in unique arts education programs designed to reach young audiences so as to create future patrons of the arts. http://www.bayerus.com/about/community/index.html

University of Arizona Art Professor Gayle Wimmer “Grants & Fellowships for Arts”: http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/users/juarezm/artfun.html

Education

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US Dept of Education Current Grants

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)-Comprehensive Program: the central grant competition of FIPSE, the comprehensive program is designed to support innovative reform projects that hold promise as models for the resolution of important issues and problems in postsecondary education.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/index.html

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)-International Program: FIPSE currently runs three international special focus competitions separately from the Comprehensive Program: Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education; European Community/United States of America Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training; and US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/intoverview.html

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute: The grants program is particularly designed to encourage younger scholars to expand our knowledge and understanding of the Roosevelt period and to give support for research in the Roosevelt years to scholars from the emerging democracies and the Third World.

Deadline: September 15 and February 15

http://www.feri.org/programs/grants.cfm

U.S. Department of Education: programs to help strengthen teaching and learning in colleges and other postsecondary institutions; also supports rehabilitation, research and development, statistics, and assessment.

Deadline: varies according to program

http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=rt

NC State Board of Education: 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/schoolimprovement/alternative/21cclc/

Humanities

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Furthermore:

The Furthermore program is concerned with nonfiction book publishing about Ne York City; natural and historic resources; art, architecture, and design; cultural history; and civil liberties and other public issues of the day. The grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, and printing and binding. Book proposals to which a university press or trade publisher is already committed and for which there is a feasible distribution plan are usually preferred. Grants from $500 to roughly $15,000 are awarded in spring and fall.

Deadline: March 15 and September 15

http://www.furthermore.org/

IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board):

supports research in the social sciences and humanities. IREX research programs provide individuals and teams of researchers with the support and resources they need to achieve their personal and professional goals.

Deadline: varies

http://www.irex.org/

National Endowment for the Humanities: supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

Deadline: varies

http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html

National Endowment for the Humanities:
Each year NEH offers teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a variety of Summer Seminars and Institutes. The dates and duration of each project are listed under each title. Deadline is March 1.

National Endowment for the Humanities:
Each year NEH offers teachers opportunities to study humanities topics in a variety of Summer Seminars and Institutes. The dates and duration of each project are listed under each title. Deadline is March 1. http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html

Sciences

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Cottrell College Science Awards: support significant research that contributes to the advancement of science and to the professional and scholarly development of faculty at undergraduate institutions along with their students. Awards are approved for one or two years, provide direct expenses for support of the proposed research, and average about $35,000. Expenses can include equipment and supplies, student summer stipends up to $3,500 for 10 weeks, faculty summer stipends up to $7,500 for 8 weeks, travel costs to use uncommon research facilities not available on campus, and services or requirements essential to the research.

Deadline: November 15 and March 15

http://www.rescorp.org/ccsa/ccsa.htm

Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides grants to support high-quality research that will improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its goals.

http://www.epa.gov/ogd/

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, the NIH provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

National Science Foundation

The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts , and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research. Most NSF funding opportunities are divided into broad program areas, which are listed below.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm

NSF Biology:

Most NSF programs in biology are funded through the Directorate for Biological Sciences. However, activities with biological relevance are supported by virtually all parts of the Foundation. NSF does not normally support bioscience research with disease-related goals.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/bio.cfm

NSF Computer and Information Sciences:

The Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering promotes basic research and education in the computer and information sciences and engineering, and helps maintain the nation's preeminence in these fields.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/cise/

NSF Crosscutting Programs:

Crosscutting programs at the NSF include interdisciplinary programs, programs that are supported by multiple Directorates at NSF, and programs jointly supported by NSF and other Federal agencies.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/

NSF Education & Human Resources:

Many NSF programs in science, mathematics, and engineering education are funded through the Directorate for Education and Human Resources.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/ehr.cfm

NSF Engineering:

Most NSF programs in engineering are funded through the Directorate for Engineering, which also sponsors the NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/eng.cfm

NSF Geosciences:

The National Science Foundation supports research, education, and infrastructure to advance the state of knowledge about Earth, including its atmosphere, continents, oceans, interior, and the processes the modify them as well as link them together. http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/geo.cfm

NSF International:

NSF enables and encourages U.S. scientists, engineers, and their institutions to avail themselves of opportunities to enhance their research and education programs through international cooperation.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/int.cfm

NSF Math, Physical Sciences:

The Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (MPS) supports a strong and diverse portfolio of research and education in mathematics, astronomical science, physics, chemistry, and materials research.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/mps.cfm

NSF Polar:

The Foundation's programs for support of research in the Antarctic and the Arctic acknowledge the need to understand the relationships of these regions with global processes and the need to understand the regions as unique entities.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/polar.cfm

NSF Social & Behavioral Sciences:

NSF makes grants and awards for social, behavioral, and economic research that build fundamental knowledge of human behavior, interaction, and social and economic systems, organizations and institutions.

http://www.nsf.gov/home/programs/sbe.cfm

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Supports research on the psychological aspects of important social issues.

Deadline: May 1 and November 1

http://www.spssi.org/awards.html

NSF 05-520 Human and Social Dynamics: (HSD)

Research Research Lite: http://lite.researchresearch.com

Business

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NASD Investor Education Foundation Invites Applications for General Grant Program Deadline: June 3,

The NASD Investor Education Foundation supports educational programs and research with the goal of providing investors with high-quality, easily accessible information and tools to better understand investing and the markets. As part of this mission, the foundation has announced the General Grant Program.

Eligible organizations are invited to submit competitive grant proposals for research projects and/or educational programs that address the foundation's investor education and investor protection priorities. Of particular interest to the foundation in 2005 are projects that better prepare older Americans for handling their finances during retirement; encourage Americans to implement steps to achieve basic retirement security and avoid investing pitfalls; encourage women to take control of their financial future through investor education; advance practice, policy, and thought in the fields of investor education and investor protection; and encourage investors to check the background of financial professionals prior to doing business with them. In 2004, grants ranged from $73,404 to $202,708. http://www.nasdfoundation.org/

PA-00-111 AHRQ Health Services Research—Program Announcement

NSF 05-566 Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Deadline: June 3,

Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of Energy (DOE)

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Health And Human Environmental Sciences

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2005 Healthy Sprouts Awards Supporting Awareness of Nutrition and Hunger: The National Gardening Association and Gardener's Supply Company: garden programs that use the garden to teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States. National Gardening Association http://www.kidsgardening.com/healthysprouts1.asp
http://www.garden.org/home

Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Strategic Agricultural Initiative Program For Proposals (RFP)

Legacy Foundation: A foundation to arm all young people with the knowledge and tools to reject tobacco and to eliminate disparities in access to tobacco prevention and cessation services. The Small Innovative Grants Program (SIG) has two application cycles per year with deadlines. All applicants will be required to submit a letter of intent by July 1 for the first application cycle. Upon approval of the letter of intent, Legacy will invite the selected applicants to submit a full proposal in early Fall. An invitation to submit a full proposal does not guarantee funding. The next application cycle will occur in Winter, and future cycles will occur every six months.

By May 15, Legacy will post the guidelines for the letter of intent due on July 1 on the foundation’s website. Legacy will provide full proposal guidelines to organizations that the foundation invites to apply based on the letters of intent. The guidelines for the full proposal will closely resemble the current SIG guidelines but may include some changes. Prospective applicants who have established an account in Legacy’s on-line application system by April 4, may still apply per the old guidelines by April 30, (rolling deadline and no mandatory letter of intent). However, we strongly encourage prospective applicants who have not yet submitted an application to Legacy to refrain from applying at this time and instead follow the new application procedure. www.americanlegacy.org

CIGNA Foundation Showcase School Program with Healthy Kids Challenge: assists schools, programs, and communities in creating healthy eating and physical activity opportunities for children, have partnered in an effort to help fight childhood obesity. The CIGNA Foundation is offering a grant opportunity for a select handful of schools in six cities (Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Richmond) to take the Healthy Kids Challenge. http://www.cigna.com/general/about/community/contribution.html

FANRP'S COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM: Proposals are now being accepted for the Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program through ERS’s Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP). The publication, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, describes the research areas and application requirements. A downloadable Budget Form ARS-455 is also available on the website. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FoodNutritionAssistance/Funding/

Allen Foundation: The foundation supports educational nutrition programs, with priority given to training programs for children and young adults to improve their health and development. Varies. Past grants have ranged from $2,000 to $1 million. Nonprofits. Schools and school districts should partner with local nonprofits to form nutrition education programs. Ongoing or has multiple due dates/windows. http://www.allenfoundation.org

Aetna Foundation: http://www.cybergrants.com/pls/cybergrants/

NC HEALTH AND WELLNESS TRUST FUND: Applications will be accepted until April 28 at 5:00 p.m. The NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund makes North Carolina stronger, both physically and economically, by funding programs that promote preventive health. www.hwtfc.org

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina: They focus on programs that increase access to health care and promote preventive care, such as meeting the health care needs of the uninsured and underinsured
(The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation is prohibited from accepting programs that register children for Health Choice.), eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities, physical activity screenings and education. http://www.bcbsnc.com/foundation/guidelines.html

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