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 Forum: June 22, 2006—Online Discussion: Internet Safety and Identity Theft

 

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Multidisciplinary

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

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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.