Reminder:Faculty Mini-Grants
Agency: Towson University Institute for Teaching and Research on Women
Deadline: April 15, 2008 for summer grants
The Towson University Institute for Teaching and Research on Women (ITROW) seeks to promote scholarship, course development and programming on issues related to women/gender, including the intersections of gender with race/ethnicity, nation, class, disability, and/or sexuality. To this end, ITROW is initiating a faculty mini-grants award program. Awards will range from $100 to $500, are limited in number, and will be awarded on a competitive basis. ITROW seeks to sponsor activities such as:
- New course development within the faculty member’s department/discipline which will produce a course to be cross-listed (counted toward) the Women’s Studies major. Substantial restructuring/transformation of a current course with the goal of integrating women/gender topics throughout the syllabus will also be considered. Faculty receiving course development awards will consult with the Director of ITROW in the development or restructuring of a course and will be expected to offer the new or transformed course within a year of having received the grant.
- Scholarship focused on women/gender issues, or scholarship which contains a significant women/gender component. Faculty receiving awards for scholarship will be required to present their research/artistic creation in ITROW’s Women and Gender Faculty Colloquy series. Travel funds for presentation of such scholarship at conferences will also be considered.
- Campus-wide or departmental events focused on women/gender issues such as speakers, film series, and conferences.
During summer monetary awards can be granted (application deadline April 15, 2008)
For further information contact Karen Dugger (kdugger@towson.edu). Application forms can be found on the ITROW website as shown below.
URL: http://www.towson.edu/itrow
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Agency: United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Services
Deadlines: April 28, 2008 and July 10, 2008 for (optional but encouraged) letters of intent
June 26, 2008 and October 2, 2008 for proposals
The United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) has announced funding availability through the National Center for Education Research (NCER) program. NCER addresses the educational needs of typically developing students. For the FY 2009 competition, the Institute will consider applications under the research programs listed below:
- Reading and Writing
- Mathematics and Science Education
- Cognition and Student Learning
- Teacher Quality – Reading and Writing
- Teacher Quality – Mathematics and Science Education
- Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning
- Education Leadership
- Education Policy, Finance, and Systems
- Early Childhood Programs and Policies
- Middle and High School Reform
- Interventions for Struggling Adolescents and Adult Readers and Writers
- Post-secondary Education
- Education Technology
The Institute has established five research goals for its research programs. Within each research program one or more of the goals may apply: (a) Goal One – identify programs, practices, and policies that may have an impact on student outcomes, and factors that may mediate or moderate the effects of these programs, practices, and policies; (b) Goal Two – develop programs, practices, policies that are theoretically and empirically based; (c) Goal Three - establish the efficacy of fully developed programs, practices, and policies; (d) Goal Four – evaluate the impact of programs, practices,and policies implemented at scale; and (e) Goal Five – develop and/or evaluated system measurements and tools.
Applicants must submit their proposal to one of the specific topics listed above and may submit proposals to more than one competition or topic. Within a particular competition or topic, applicants may submit multiple proposals. However, applicants can submit a given proposal only once (i.e., applicants may not submit the same proposal or very similar proposals to multiple topics or to multiple goals in the same topic or to multiple competitions). Each program and each goal under this announcement has specific requirements. Interested applicants should refer to the original Request for Applications (RFA) to learn more about these requirements before applying.
A letter indicating an applicant’s intent to submit an application is optional, but encouraged, for each application. The letter of intent form must be submitted electronically using the instructions provided at: https://ies.constellagroup.com.
URL: http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/funding/
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Special Education Research Grants
Agency: United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Services
Deadlines: April 28, 2008 and July 10, 2008 for (optional but encouraged) letters of intent
June 26, 2008 and October 2, 2008 for proposals
The United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) has announced funding availability through the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) program. NCSER addresses the educational needs of students with disabilities. For the FY 2009 competition, the Institute will consider applications that meet the research programs listed below:
- Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
- Reading, Writing, and Language Development
- Mathematics and Science Education
- Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning
- Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students
- Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education
- Teacher Quality
- Related Services
- Systemic Interventions and Policies for Special Education
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
The Institute has established five research goals for its research programs. Within each research program one or more of the goals may apply: (a) Goal One – identify programs, practices, and policies that may have an impact on student outcomes, and factors that may mediate or moderate the effects of these programs, practices, and policies; (b) Goal Two – develop programs, practices, policies that are theoretically and empirically based; (c) Goal Three - establish the efficacy of fully developed programs, practices, and policies; (d) Goal Four – evaluate the impact of programs, practices,and policies implemented at scale; and (e) Goal Five – develop and/or evaluate system measurements and tools.
Applicants must submit their proposal to one of the specific topics listed above and may submit proposals to more than one competition or topic. Within a particular competition or topic, applicants may submit multiple proposals. However, applicants can submit a given proposal only once (i.e., applicants may not submit the same proposal or very similar proposals to multiple topics or to multiple goals in the same topic or to multiple competitions). Each program and each goal under this announcement has specific requirements. Interested applicants should refer to the original Request for Applications (RFA) to learn more about these requirements before applying.
A letter indicating an applicant’s intent to submit an application is optional, but encouraged, for each application. The letter of intent form must be submitted electronically using the instructions provided at: https://ies.constellagroup.com.
URL: http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/funding/
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Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: May 1, 2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Awards support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities for a period of six to twelve months. Fellowship applicants may be faculty or staff members of colleges, universities, or primary or secondary schools, or they may be independent scholars or writers. All applicants must have completed their formal education by the May 1 deadline. While applicants need not have advanced degrees, individuals currently enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible to apply. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, digital materials, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Awardees receive a monthly stipend of $4,200; the maximum stipend is $50,400 for a twelve-month period. The earliest date that recipients may begin tenure is January 1, 2009 and the latest start date is July 1, 2009. The award period must be continuous, and award recipients must work full time on their projects.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html
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