OSP Dates, Updates and Insights

Funding Opportunities

May 25, 2006

Arts & Communication

NEA Grants: Access to Artistic Excellence: To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans.

Business & Economics

NSF: Economics: supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part.

Computers & Technology

NSF: Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) - NSF 06-516: solicitation invites research proposals in the field of networking and covers all aspects of networking research

Education

U.S. Department of Education (ED); Office of English Language Acquisition, Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students: The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) provides grants to SEAs for innovative model programs providing for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students.

US Dept. of Education: FIPSE Announcement

US. Dept. of Education (DOE): (in Association with a Public School) Emergency Response and Crisis Management Program: improve and strengthen their school emergency response and crisis management plans, including training school personnel and students in emergency response procedures; communicating emergency plans and procedures with parents; and coordinating with local law enforcement, public safety, public health, and mental health agencies.

US. DOE: (with Public Schools) Smaller Learning Communities Program: to promote academic achievement through the creation or expansion of small, safe, and successful learning environments in large public high schools to help ensure that all students graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to make successful transitions to college and careers.

Captain Planet Foundation Education Grants: Promote understanding of environmental issues;2) Focus on hands-on involvement; 3) Involve children and young adults 6-18.

Cappelli Foundation Education Grants: educational programs that encourage collaboration among schools, parents and agencies to address innovative educational programs that encourage and foster the learning process for at-risk children in the areas of arts and health.

Fellowships

NSF-Navy Civilian Service Fellowship-Scholarship Program: increasing the number and diversity of US citizens pursuing advanced degrees in the STEM professions

Grantweek (article & Link): Kluge Center Fellowship: Qualified scholars are invited to conduct research projects in the humanities or social sciences

Health

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): AHRQ Individual Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): NIOSH Small Research Grant Program

Humanities & Languages

Grantweek (article & Link): Kluge Center Fellowship: Qualified scholars are invited to conduct research projects in the humanities or social sciences

2007 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant and Award Opportunities Guide

International Studies

U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA): The underlying goal of this cooperative agreement is to foster international student mobility between the United States and the rest of the world.

Life, Environmental Science & Geography

Environmental Protection Agency: Source Reduction Assistance Grants Program Grant

Captain Planet Foundation Education Grants: Promote understanding of environmental issues;2) Focus on hands-on involvement; 3) Involve children and young adults 6-18.

Department of Health and Human Services: School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity

Mental Health

Grants for School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs

US. Dept. of Education: Emergency Response and Crisis Management Program: improve and strengthen their school emergency response and crisis management plans, including training school personnel and students in emergency response procedures; communicating emergency plans and procedures with parents; and coordinating with local law enforcement, public safety, public health, and mental health agencies.

Minorities and Women

U.S. Department of Education (ED); Office of English Language Acquisition, Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students: The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) provides grants to SEAs for innovative model programs providing for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students.

Physical Science & Mathematics

Grantweek Article: Dreyfus Awards Available for Teacher-Scholars in the Chemical Sciences

Social Science

U. S. Election Assistance Commision: Help America Vote College Program Grant

NIJ/Harvard Webcast: Sex Trafficking in the United States

Multidisciplinary

U.S. Department of Education (ED); Office of English Language Acquisition, Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students: The Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) provides grants to SEAs for innovative model programs providing for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students.

U. S. Election Assistance Commision: Help America Vote College Program Grant

NIJ/Harvard Webcast: Sex Trafficking in the United States

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.