OSP Dates, Updates and Insights
Funding Opportunities
June
15, 2006
Arts & Communication
National Endowment for the Arts: NEA Arts on Radio and
Television Grant: to support the development, production, and national
distribution of radio and television programs on the arts.
NEA
International Literature Awards: will
provide American readers with greater access to the contemporary literature of
Europe and increase the number and quality of foreign literary works that are
published in the United States each year.
Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts: Curatorial Grant Program: Sep 01, 2006 Supports
curatorial progs at museums, artists' orgs &
other cultural orgs that originate innovative & scholarly presentations of
contemporary visual art.
Business & Economics
Kazanjian (Calvin K.) Economics Foundation: Supports a wide
range of projects that aim to increase economic literacy, especially the best
way to teach the subject (research,
curriculum development); the impact of economic education (policy studies,
measurement of economic understanding); & encouragement of youth/young
adults to participate in the economic system after finishing school
Computers & Technology
NSF:
Science, Tech., Engineering, & Math Talent Expansion Program (STEP):
Supports projects to increase the number of student receiving associate or
baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology,
engineering, & mathematics (STEM).
Sloan (Alfred
P.) Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships (Science and Technology)
Education
GRC web conference for the Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Comprehensive Program. The web conference is scheduled for Thursday,
June 22, 2pm-4pm.
U.S.
Department of Education: Comprehensive Program supports grants and cooperative
agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities. It encourages reforms,
innovations, and improvements of postsecondary education that respond to
problems of national significance and provide access to quality education for
all.
Education, Technology, &
Distance Learning
U.S.
Department of Education (ED); Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS); Office of Special Education Programs: applications to assist
state education agencies in reforming and improving their systems for personnel
preparation and professional development in early intervention, educational,
and transition services to improve results for children with disabilities.
Fellowships
Graduate
Research Scholarships & Student Travel Awards for Psychology Students
ACLS/SSRC/NEH
International and Area Studies Fellowships: Provides approximately ten
fellowships for 6 to 12 months of humanistic research & writing on the
societies & cultures of Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America & the
Caribbean, Eastern Europe, & the former Soviet Union.
Sloan (Alfred
P.) Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships (Science and Technology)
Health
Department
of Health and Human Services: AHRQ Small Research Grant Program
Department
of Health and Human Services: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women's Health Grant
Humanities & Languages
NEA
International Literature Awards: will
provide American readers with greater access to the contemporary literature of
Europe and increase the number and quality of foreign literary works that are
published in the United States each year.
National
Endowment for the Humanities:Documenting
Endangered Languages: An Interagency Partnership: Partnership between NEH &
NSF supports projects to develop & advance knowledge concerning endangered
human languages.
International Studies
ACLS/SSRC/NEH
International and Area Studies Fellowships: Provides approximately ten fellowships
for 6 to 12 months of humanistic research & writing on the societies &
cultures of Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America & the Caribbean,
Eastern Europe, & the former Soviet Union.
Life, Environmental Science
& Geography
Compton Foundation, Inc:Grants (Peace, Security,
Population, Environment.)
Supports projects
addressing community, national, & international concerns in peace &
world order, population & repoductive health, & the environment.
Mental Health
U.S.
Department of Education (ED) & Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
(OSDFS): Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health System (July
10th deadline)
Minorities and Women
Department
of Health and Human Services: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in
Women's Health Grant
Physical Science &
Mathematics
NSF:
Science, Tech., Engineering, & Math Talent Expansion Program (STEP):
Supports projects to increase the number of student receiving associate or
baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology,
engineering, & mathematics (STEM).
NSF:
Program: Informal Science Education (ISE): Supports projects that develop &
implement informal learning experiences to increase interest, engagement, &
understanding of science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM).
NSF:
Division of Physics Programs: Supports research on the nature of matter &
physical systems.
Social Science
Web
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National
Endowment for the Humanities:Documenting
Endangered Languages: An Interagency Partnership: Partnership between NEH &
NSF supports projects to develop & advance knowledge concerning endangered
human languages.
NSF:
Division of Physics Programs: Supports research on the nature of matter &
physical systems.
Sloan (Alfred
P.) Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships (Science and Technology)
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
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