OSP Dates, Updates and Insights

Funding Opportunities

May 6, 2006

 

Arts & Communication

News: NEA Funding Process Begins on High Note: Call for Congressional Action

 

NEA: Arts Exchanges on International Issues Program

 

NEA: Summer Schools in the Arts

 

 

Business & Economics

HED RFA: U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program HED seeks applications for higher education partnerships to strengthen Arab university programs in one of the following disciplines: (1) Business Administration and Economics; (2) Government; (3) Legal Studies; (4) Teacher/Educator Professional Development; and (5) Journalism and Media.

 

Economics of Prevention and Treatment Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse

 

Computers & Technology

HED RFA: U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program HED seeks applications for higher education partnerships to strengthen Arab university programs in one of the following disciplines: (1) Business Administration and Economics; (2) Government; (3) Legal Studies; (4) Teacher/Educator Professional Development; and (5) Journalism and Media.

 

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities: Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, support
educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities

 

Education

New Jersey Department of State: Martin Luther King Commission Grants, Scholarships, Internships, & mini-grants

 

NSF seeks to support NSF Academies for Young Scientists: projects that will create, implement, evaluate, and disseminate effective models to attract K-8 students to, prepare them for, and retain them in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines

 

Math and Science Special Education Research

 

US Dept. of Education: Through its Special Education – Read/Write/Language Development research program, the Institute intends to contribute to improvement of reading and writing skills, language and vocabulary skills, and reading outcomes for students with identified disabilities and to prevent the development of learning disabilities among students at high risk for disabilities

 

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities: Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, support
educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities

 

 

Education, Technology, & Distance Learning

NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology: proposals to administer MUST, a national undergraduate tuition scholarship and research and technology development program designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines

 

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities: Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, support
educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities

 

Fellowships

Charles A. & Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation: Lindbergh Grants Program: men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.

 

 

Health

Dept. of Health & Human Services: The Science And Ecology Of Early Development (SEED)

 

NIH: Innovative Therapies and Clinical Studies for Screenable Disorders: for research relevant to the basic understanding and development of therapeutic interventions for currently screened conditions and “high priority” genetic conditions for which screening could be possible in the near future.

 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): Research on Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders

 

Humanities & Languages

HED RFA: U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program

 

U.S.-French Teachers-in-Training Program

 

International Studies

HED RFA: U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program HED seeks applications for higher education partnerships to strengthen Arab university programs in one of the following disciplines: (1) Business Administration and Economics; (2) Government; (3) Legal Studies; (4) Teacher/Educator Professional Development; and (5) Journalism and Media.

 

US Dept. of State: Professional Development Program for Indian and Pakistani Teachers

 

U.S.-Russia Language, Technology, Math, and Sciences (LTMS) Teacher Program

 

Life, Environmental Science & Geography

Charles A. & Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation: Lindbergh Grants Program: men and women whose individual initiative and work in a wide spectrum of disciplines furthers the Lindberghs' vision of a balance between the advance of technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.

 

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance

 

Women's Sports Foundation: Spread the Word: This program brings together community leaders from youth-serving agencies, sports organizations, schools and businesses to promote girls’ and women’s sports in their local community.

 

Mental Health

NIH: Basic and Translational Research Opportunities in the Social Neuroscience of Mental Health

 

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: Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (CSUMS):  to enhance computational aspects of the education and training of undergraduate students in the mathematical sciences

 

NSF seeks to support NSF Academies for Young Scientists: projects that will create, implement, evaluate, and disseminate effective models to attract K-8 students to, prepare them for, and retain them in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines

 

NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology: proposals to administer MUST, a national undergraduate tuition scholarship and research and technology development program designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines

 

Social Science

Cognition and Student Learning Education Research

 

NIH: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

 

NCJRS Justice Infiormation E-newsletter

 

Department of Health & Human Services: Basic and Translational Research in Emotion

 

Multidisciplinary

Grantweek Weekly Report: Soft Science Research Commands Hard Cash

 

Council on Undergraduate Research

 

Research on ethical issues in Human Subjects Research

 

 

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.