Deadline: August 27, 2009
The College of Graduate Studies and Research, Office of University Research Services will host a workshop on Federal stimulus funding, “ARRA and TU – Maximizing Grant Awards: A Stimulating Discussion” on Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm in the College of Graduate Studies and Research conference room, 7800 York Road, room 218A. This will be an informal session during which faculty members will have a chance to ask questions about seeking and applying for stimulus funding.
The workshop will begin with a brief presentation on funding availability, including the latest information from the August 23-26 American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Grants Resource Center “External Funding Conference.” Workshop participants will then informally discuss strategies for securing stimulus funding, the importance of serving as a reviewer for a grant program, and “insider tips” on what reviewers really want to see as they evaluate proposals. Lunch will be served.
This is an excellent chance to interact with your colleagues while learning about the latest funding opportunities. If you’d like to attend, please respond to ours@towson.edu by August 21, 2009 so that we may prepare handouts and order lunch.
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Reminder: Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 3, 2009
The College of Graduate Studies and Research, in collaboration with the Deans of the academic colleges, is making available up to 15 Research Fellowships. These Fellowships provide funding and other support for an individually designed program focused on a research mentorship model. Selected faculty members will be provided with up to two years of support of $3,000 each per year.Program guidelines, including eligibility requirements, and the application cover page are now available.
URL: http://www.towson.edu/main/research/researchandfunding/index.asp
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Agency: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Deadline: September 30, 2009
This grant opportunity seeks to strengthen and bolster community-based approaches for racial healing and racial equity efforts targeting vulnerable African American, Native American, Latino/Hispanic American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Arab American, and European American children and families within the context of their communities.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation supports a diverse collection of community-based, regional and national projects designed to:
- Promote racial healing;
- Mitigate the effects of structural racism; and
- Help to eliminate institutionalized and structural racism.
The Kellogg Foundation recognizes the complex challenges organizations and communities face in their efforts to identify and overcome the legacy of racism and racial discrimination. Therefore, the Foundation is soliciting proposals from organizations that are: (1) currently engaged in this work; (2) are willing to become part of a larger national community of practice striving to build and sustain the field of racial healing and racial equity work; and (3) willing to participate in research and evaluation efforts designed to capture and disseminate critical success factors. Process and outcome evaluation strategies are required to help accelerate progress and gain results to propel vulnerable children to success. Our standard grants do not support direct or grassroots lobbying.
The Kellogg Foundation will award grants up to $400,000
URL: http://wrm.wkkf.org/uWebRequestManager/UI/Application.aspx?tid=b9d2b664-15ff-4472-88bd-02f2a2fd8c17&LanguageID=0
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Individual Opportunity for Faculty Members in National Science Foundation Supported Disciplines
International Research Fellowship Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Deadline: September 9, 2009
The objective of the National Science Foundation (NSF) International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) is to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacity and global perspective and forging long-term relationships with scientists, technologists and engineers abroad. These awards are available in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF. As this program is open to all research fields and disciplines supported by NSF, as well as suitable research institutions anywhere in the world, efforts will be made to ensure appropriate distribution of fellowships across disciplinary fields and geographic regions. Please note that applications must be submitted by the applicant directly to the NSF rather than through the University.
Applicants are encouraged to consider any research site that will provide a unique and beneficial research experience. Appropriate organizations include institutions of higher education, industrial research institutions/laboratories, government research institutes/laboratories/centers, nonprofit research organizations, and foreign centers of excellence.
Support may be requested for residence abroad for nine to 24 months (minimum of nine continuous months). Requests to divide the fellowship term between multiple institutions should be clearly described in the application. In addition, the applicant may also request that a portion of the 24-months include a period of re-entry back in the United States. This re-entry period must consist of a research experience relevant to the foreign fellowship period. The re-entry component must be for research, not just to write up results.
Priority will be given to those applicants who have not yet secured a tenure-track position and have no previous international experience. Eligible applicants, in addition to being citizens or permanent residents of the United States, must have earned a doctoral degree within two years of the deadline date, or expect to receive the doctoral degree by the start of the project. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Approximately 30-35 fellowships will be offered to U.S. investigators for research abroad. Awards in recent years have ranged in size from $57,000 to $200,000, depending on location of host site, cost of research project, duration and number of dependents.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06582/nsf06582.html
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