Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Projects may be at any stage of development. Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to twelve months. Fellowships may not be used for projects that seek to promote a particular political, religious, or ideological point of view; projects that advocate a particular program of social action; specific policy studies; research for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program; the preparation or revision of textbooks; curriculum development; the development of pedagogical tools (including teaching methods or theories); educational or technical impact assessments; the creation or enhancement of databases, unless part of a larger interpretive project; empirical social science research, unless part of a larger humanities project; inventories of collections; or works in the creative and performing arts, i.e., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=71773
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Gerber Foundation Research Grants
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Gerber Foundation provides funding for national programs having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children, from prebirth to age 3.
Foundation Interests
The Foundation's mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve nutrition, care, and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age.
In all of our grantmaking, the Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving problems in our defined program areas. Research approaches should, if proven successful, generate long-term support from other sources, promote the health and well-being of infants up to the age of three, and lead to systemic change in practice.
Generally, competitive requests will be focused on particular projects in furtherance of the Foundation's mission and goals of supporting nutrition or health-related interventions to improve infant health and development. Foundation grants are not typically ongoing. Supported projects should have beginnings and endings, reasonable periods during which measurable progress or outcomes are accomplished. The impact of Foundation funding should be detailed, so that the infusion of new or outside funding can be seen to have some positive influence on the progress or outcome of the project.
The Foundation gives priority to projects of national or regional impact. Projects should be sufficiently focused to make a felt difference in the field of interest.
What We Do Not Fund
While we endeavor to maintain a high degree of flexibility in our programming, we do observe several practical limitations. We do not make grants or loans to individuals. Outside the West Michigan area, we do not support capital campaigns, operating support, national child welfare programs, or international based programs. We also do not support exclusive food or baby products giveaway programs.
When To Apply
For the May grant round, concept papers should be submitted by December 1. If accepted, full proposals are due February 15.
For the November grant round, concept papers should be submitted by June 1. If accepted, full proposals are due August 15.
The Gerber Foundation provides funding for national programs having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children, from prebirth to age 3.
Foundation Interests
The Foundation's mission focuses on infants and young children. Accordingly, priority is given to projects that improve nutrition, care, and development of infants and young children from the first year before birth to three years of age.
In all of our grantmaking, the Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving problems in our defined program areas. Research approaches should, if proven successful, generate long-term support from other sources, promote the health and well-being of infants up to the age of three, and lead to systemic change in practice.
Generally, competitive requests will be focused on particular projects in furtherance of the Foundation's mission and goals of supporting nutrition or health-related interventions to improve infant health and development. Foundation grants are not typically ongoing. Supported projects should have beginnings and endings, reasonable periods during which measurable progress or outcomes are accomplished. The impact of Foundation funding should be detailed, so that the infusion of new or outside funding can be seen to have some positive influence on the progress or outcome of the project.
The Foundation gives priority to projects of national or regional impact. Projects should be sufficiently focused to make a felt difference in the field of interest.
What We Do Not Fund
While we endeavor to maintain a high degree of flexibility in our programming, we do observe several practical limitations. We do not make grants or loans to individuals. Outside the West Michigan area, we do not support capital campaigns, operating support, national child welfare programs, or international based programs. We also do not support exclusive food or baby products giveaway programs.
When To Apply
For the May grant round, concept papers should be submitted by December 1. If accepted, full proposals are due February 15.
For the November grant round, concept papers should be submitted by June 1. If accepted, full proposals are due August 15.
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan
The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan’s international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of issues of concern to Japan and the United States. Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology. The fellowships are designed for researchers with advanced language skills whose research will require use of data, sources, and documents in their original languages or whose research requires interviews onsite in direct one-on-one contact. Fellows may undertake their projects in Japan, the United States, or both, and may include work in other countries for comparative purposes. Projects may be at any state of development. Awards usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. As tax-supported federal agencies, JUSFC and NEH endeavor to make grant products available to the broadest possible audience. Our goal is for scholars, educators, students, and the American public to have ready and easy access to the wide range of grant products. For projects that lead to the development of websites, all other considerations being equal, preference is given to those that provide free access to the public.
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-japan.html
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Research Grant Opportunities
CCFA's guiding mission is to stimulate and encourage innovative research in the basic biomedical and clinical sciences, which is likely to inccrease our understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, therapy, and prevention of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD). In addition, the foundation offers training awards to encourage the early developmental stages of individuals with research potential for a career of independent basic and/or clinical investigation in IBD. Applications are accepted from public nonprofit institutions or government institutions engaged in health-related research.
All research proposals are peer-reviewed. Selection criteria include the scientific merit of the proposal, the relevancy of the proposal to IBD, and the excellence of the investigator and the research environment. All awards are made payable to the applicant's institution.
Submission deadlines for letters of intent are November 1 and May 1. Submission deadlines for full applications are January 14 and July 1. Unless noted otherwise; funding for successful applications commences on the following submission deadline.
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•Career Development Awards
•Research Fellowship Awards
•Scientific Conferences and Workshops
•Senior Research Awards
•Student Research Fellowship Awards
CCFA's guiding mission is to stimulate and encourage innovative research in the basic biomedical and clinical sciences, which is likely to inccrease our understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, therapy, and prevention of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD). In addition, the foundation offers training awards to encourage the early developmental stages of individuals with research potential for a career of independent basic and/or clinical investigation in IBD. Applications are accepted from public nonprofit institutions or government institutions engaged in health-related research.
All research proposals are peer-reviewed. Selection criteria include the scientific merit of the proposal, the relevancy of the proposal to IBD, and the excellence of the investigator and the research environment. All awards are made payable to the applicant's institution.
Submission deadlines for letters of intent are November 1 and May 1. Submission deadlines for full applications are January 14 and July 1. Unless noted otherwise; funding for successful applications commences on the following submission deadline.
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•Career Development Awards
•Research Fellowship Awards
•Scientific Conferences and Workshops
•Senior Research Awards
•Student Research Fellowship Awards
Whitehall Foundation
The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. In order to respond to the changing environment, the Whitehall Foundation periodically reassesses the need for financial support by the various fields of biological research.
The Foundation emphasizes the support of young scientists at the beginning of their careers and productive senior scientists who wish to move into new fields of interest. Consideration is given, however, to applicants of all ages. The chief criteria for support are the quality and creativity of the research as well as the commitment of the Principal Investigator (a minimum time allocation of 20% is required). The principal investigator must hold no less than the position of assistant professor, or the equivalent, in order to participate in the application process. The applicant need not be in a tenure track position but must be an independent researcher and have Principal Investigator status at his/her institution.
The Foundation does not award funds to investigators who have substantial existing or potential support, even if it is for an unrelated purpose. Applications may be held in abeyance until the results of other funding decisions are determined. While it is difficult to assign a specific dollar amount to this policy and each case is unique, the Foundation currently defines "substantial" as approximately $200,000 per year (including both direct and indirect expense but excluding the Principal Investigator's salary).
The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior.
The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning.
APPLICATION DATES
Summer
Letter of Intent deadline January 15 April 15 October 1
Issuance of Application materials April 1 July 1 December 15
Application deadline June 1 September 1 February 15
Notification of Grant awards August 15 December 1 May 15
If any of the above dates fall on a holiday or weekend, the next business day will normally be the deadline. Deadlines will be successfully met when the Letter of Intent or Application is received prior to the close of business on the deadline date.
These dates will be strictly observed and there will be no exceptions.
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Whitehall Foundation, Inc.
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