OSP Dates, Updates and Insights

Funding Opportunities

April 22, 2006

Arts & Communication

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth

NEA: Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants: offers $10,000 grants to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations

Business & Economics

NASD Investor Education Foundation: Support for financial planning projects

Computers & Technology

U.S. Department of Education: State assistive technology programs

NSF: Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in Math Sciences

Education

US Dept. of Education: Reading Writing and Language Development—Special Education Research

U.S. Dept. of Education: Special Education Research--Assessment for Accountability

U.S. Dept. of Education: Special Education Research--Early Intervention and Assessment

U.S. Dept. of Education: Teacher Quality--Math & Science Research

U.S. Dept. of Education: Early Reading First Program

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education -- Special Focus Competition: EU-U.S. Atlantis Program

Education, Technology, & Distance Learning

U.S. Department of Education: Technology and media services for individuals with disabilities; access to emerging technologies Grant

Fellowships

American Institute of Indian Studies: To assist scholars in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture and contemporary life of India

Health

NIH Update: A message from Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health : A message from Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health

NSF: Linguistics Program: Supports scientific research of all types that focus on human language as an object of investigation.

NIH: Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA): serve institutions which offer baccalaureate or advanced degrees in health-related sciences but which have not received major support

Humanities & Languages

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs: English as a Foreign Language Institutes for Egypt and Morocco; Jordan and Syria

International Studies

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs: English as a Foreign Language Institutes for Egypt and Morocco; Jordan and Syria

Life, Environmental Science & Geography

NSF: Earth Sciences Research (EAR):Supports research on Earth's structure and on the evolution, composition, and processes behind formation.

NSF: Developmental and Learning Sciences: Supports studies of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, & biological processes related to children's & adolescents' learning in formal & informal settings.

Mental Health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Campus Suicide Prevention Grants

Minorities and Women

NSF: Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM programs seek to increase the number of students successfully completing quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM).

Physical Science & Mathematics

NSF: Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM programs seek to increase the number of students successfully completing quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM).

NSF: Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in Math Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

Social Science

Department of Health and Human Services: Methodology And Measurement In The Behavioral And Social Sciences

NSF: Social Psychology Program: Supports basic research on human social behavior,

including cultural differences & development over the life span.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: research grant applications that seek to develop a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children.

Multidisciplinary

Administration for Children and Families' Children of Prisoners Program

Dates, Updates and Insights

Office of Sponsored Programs

OSP Dates, Updates and Insights (DUI) is an occasional publication of the Office of Sponsored Programs, William Paterson University, published in twelve editions: Arts & Communication (AC); Business and Economics (BE); Computers and Technology (C&T); Education (ED); Education Technology & Distance Learning (ETDL); Fellowships (FEL); Health (HEALTH); Humanities & Languages (H&L); International Studies (IS); Life and Environmental Sciences and Geography (LES&G); Mental Health (MH); Minorities & Women (MW); Physical Sciences & Math (PS&M); and Social Sciences (SS). The information provided here was collected from print and electronic information resources. All information copyrighted by original publishers or WPU.