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Funding Opportunities

This listing is a sample of the type of funding available for research and creative activities. Always check the guidelines carefully before beginning a proposal to ensure that the guidelines or due dates have not changed. Should you be interested in external funding for a particular project, please contact Catherine (Liz) Kirby at x3457 or ckirby@american.edu to arrange a funding resource discussion meeting. This page is updated frequently so visit us often.


January 2010, February 2010


January 2010

Agency Deadline Topic
NSF January 1 Industry/university Cooperative Research Centers Program LOI
NSF January 6 Petrology and Geochemistry
NSF January 6 Tectonics
NSF January 7 Discovery Research, K-12
NIH January 7 Academic Research Enhancement Awards: Grants for Baccalaureate Institutions 
NSF January 9 Ecosystem Science
NSF January 9 Environmental Biology: Ecological Biology - target
NSF January 9 Environmental Biology: Population and Evolutionary Processes
NSF January 9 Long-Term Research in Environmental Bioloy
NSF January 9 Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories
NSF January 9 Division of Environmental Biology: Ecosystem Science
NSF January 9 Population and Community Ecology
AAUW January 10 Selected Professions: Architecture, Computer/Information Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics
NSF January 11 Research Initiation Grants to Broaden Participation in Biology
NSF January 12 Molecular & Cellular Biosciences: Biomolecular Systems - target dates
NSF January 12 Molecular & Cellular Biosciences: Genes and Genome Systems - target dates
NSF January 12 Molecular & Cellular Biosciences: Cellular Systems - target dates
NSF January 12 Integrative Organismal Systems: Behavioral Systems
NSF January 12 Integrative Organismal Systems: Developmental Systems
NSF January 12 2010 Project
NSF January 12 Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
NSF January 12 Neural Systems
NSF January 12 Physiological and Structural Systems
NSF January 13 Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement
NEH January 13 America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation and Planning Grants
NSF January 13 Mathematical Sciences: Mathematical Biology
NEH January 13 Interpreting America's Historic Places: Planning and Implementation Grants
NEH January 13 America's Media Makers: Development Grants and Production Grants
SAMHSA January 14 Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need-Local Recovery Oriented Systems of Care
NSF January 14 Arctic Research Opportunities
NSF January 14 Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI)
NSF January 14 Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
CEC January 15 ArtsLink Projects - for U.S. artists and organizations to carry out projects in Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia
ACLS January 15 Eastern European Studies: Language Grants to Insititutions for Summer Courses
CAORC January 15 Council of America Overseas Research Centers: Multi-Country Research Fellowship
NSF January 15 Cultural Anthropology
NSF January 15 Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS)
NSF January 15 Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS)
NSF January 15 Law and Social Sciences
NSF January 15 Linguistics
NSF January 15 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI)
NSF January 15 Political Science
NSF January 15 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF January 15 Social Psychology
NSF January 15 Sociology
NSF January 16 Earth Sciences: Geobiology and Low-Termperature Geochemistry
NSF January 16 Earth Sciences: Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics
NSF January 16 Earth Sciences: Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
NSF January 16 Cultural Anthropology
NSF January 16 Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards
NSF January 16 Methodology, Measurement and Statistics (MMS)
NSF January 16 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF January 18 Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
NSF January 18 Economics
NSF January 18 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF January 19 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
SAMHSA January 19 Offender Reentry Program
NSF January 19 Building Engineered Complex Systems (BECS)
NSF January 20 Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics (FODAVA)
NSF January 20 Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI)
NSF January 20 Physical Anthropology
CDC January 21 Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury
NIJ January 21 National Institute of Justice Du Bois Fellowship Program
NIJ January 21 Data Resources Program: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data
ED January 21 Transitioning to Teaching Grant Program
NSF January 22 Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences (CMG)
NSF January 24 Cognitive Neuroscience - target dates
AHRQ January 25 Large Research Demonstration Projects
NSF January 25 Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS)
NSF January 26 Plant Genome Research Program
ED January 27 NIDRR: Research Fellowships Program
ED January 27 NIDRR: Field-Initiated Projects
NEH January 29 We the PeopleBookshelf on "A More Perfect Union"
ACLS January 29 East European Studies Program - Travel Grants and Conference Grants
NSF January 29 International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (CMSA)

 

February 2010

Agency Deadline Topic
Honda Foundation February 1 American Honda Foundation: Institutional Grants for Youth and Science Education
AHRQ February 1 Resource-Related Research Projects Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program
NSF February 1 Science, Technology and Society
SJI February 1 State Justice Institute: Project Grants
General Service Foundation February 1 Human Rights & Democracy, Reproductive Health & Rights LOI
LSAC February 1 Law School Admission Council Research Grant Program
Retirement Research Foundation February 1 Retirement Research Foundation General Grants Program
APSA February 1 APSA Small Research Grant Program
NSF February 1 CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE Postdoctural Research
NSF February 1 Perception, Action & Cognition
NSF February 1 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF February 1 Science of Learning Centers (SLC)
IREX February 2 Short-term Travel Grants to Eastern Europe and Eurasia
NSF February 2 Centers for Chemical Innovation Phase I - Prelims
NSF February 2 Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Services (SFS)
NSF February 2 Innovation and Organizational Sciences (IOS)
NEH February 3 NEH We the People Challenger Grants in U.S. History, Institutions and Culture
Multiple Sclerosis Society February 3 National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Research Grants
NSF February 3 Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
NIJ February 4 National Study of Collateral Consequences for Criminal Convictions
NIJ February 4 Evaluation of a Demonstration Program: Drug Testing, Certain and Swift Sanctions & Treatment Referral for Chronic Drug Users Under Supervision
NSF February 4 Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
DOA February 5 Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
AHRQ February 5 Large Research Projects
NSF February 7 Electronics, Photonics & Device Technologies (EPDT)
NSF February 7 Integrative, Hybrid & Complex Systems (IHCS)
NSF February 7 Power, Controls and Adaptive Networks (PCAN)
NSF February 9 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF February 10 Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities
NSF February 10 Research in Disabilities Education
NSF February 10 Expeditions in Computing
NSF February 11 Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences
AHRQ February 12 Mentored Research Scientist Development Awards
AHRQ February 12 Research Career Awards Independent Research Scientist Development Award
AHRQ February 12 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
NSF February 12 Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
NCEER February 15 National Council for Eurasian and Eastern European Research: National Research Competition
Kazanjian Economics Foundation February 15 Kazanjian Economics Foundation Grants - to Increase Economic Literacy
NSF February 15 Oceanic Sciences:  Marine Geology and Geophysics Research
NSF February 15 Oceanic Sciences:  Physical Oceanography Research
NSF February 15 Oceanic Sciences:  Biological Oceanography Research
NSF February 15 Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination
NSF February 15 Chemical Oceanography
NSF February 15 Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)
NSF February 15 Control Systems
NSF February 15 Developing Global Scientists and Engineers (IRES) and Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP)
NSF February 15 Dynamical Systems
NSF February 15 Engineering Design and Innovation (EDI)
NSF February 15 Geography and Spatial Sciences
NSF February 15 GeoMechanics and GeoTechnical Systems (GEOMM)
NSF February 15 Geotechnical Engineering (GTE)
NSF February 15 Hazard Mitigation and Structural Engineering
NSF February 15 Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE)
NSF February 15 Manugacturing and Construction Machines and Equipment
NSF February 15 Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
NSF February 15 Materials and Surface Engineering
NSF February 15 Materials Processing and Manufacturing
NSF February 15 Mechanics of Materials
NSF February 15 Nano and Bio Mechanics
NSF February 15 NanoManufacturing
NSF February 15 Ocean Drilling Program
NSF February 15 Oceanographic Centers and Facilities
NSF February 15 Operations Research
NSF February 15 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
NSF February 15 Sensors and Sensing Systems
NSF February 15 Sociology
NSF February 15 Structural Materials and Mechanics
AHRQ February 16 Small Research Grant Program
AHRQ February 16 Health Services Dissertation Research Projects
NEH February 17 Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
NSF February 17 Research in Disabilities Education
CDC February 19 Identifying Neighborhood Level Protective and Promotive Factors for Youth Violence
NSF February 19 Interdisciplinary Grants in Mathematical Sciences
NSF February 20 International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
NSF February 22 Human Origins HOMINID: Moving in New Directions
CDC February 23 Preventing Sexual Violence Perpetration: Targeting Modifiable Risk Factors  
CDC February 23 Youth Violence: Prevention Through Economic, Environmental and Policy Change
CDC February 23 Adaptations of Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Engage Fathers in Child Maltreatment Prevention
NSF February 26 Cyber-Physical Systems

 

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