Please note for all proposals that must be submitted via Grants.gov,
the Office of University Research Services must have the final
complete proposal, with all required attachments, no later
than 48 hours prior to the agency deadline. Because of the
higher possibility of technical difficulties with this new
submission engine, the OURS cannot guarantee that proposals
received later than 48 hours prior to the deadline will be
submitted on time. Please direct any questions to the Office
of University Research Services, 4-2236 or ours@towson.edu.
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Institutional, University Wide, or Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities
Research in Disabilities Education
Agency: National Science Foundation
Release: February 3, 2010 for Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM (first Wednesday in February annually thereafter)
February 10, 2010 for Demonstration, Enrichment, or Dissemination Projects (second Wednesday in February, annually thereafter)
February 17, 2010 for Research proposals (third Wednesday in February, annually thereafter)
April 07, 2010 for Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. Particular emphasis is placed on increasing the number of students with disabilities successfully completing quality associate, undergraduate, and graduate degrees in STEM and increasing the number of students with disabilities entering the professional STEM workforce. This goal is addressed by three RDE program tracks: Alliances for Students with Disabilities; Research Projects; and Demonstration, Enrichment, or Dissemination projects.
Proposals for new projects in each of the RDE program tracks are invited:
- Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM engage multiple institutions of higher education and secondary school systems to work as a team to employ evidenced-based practices and promising interventions to advance students across critical academic junctures, to degree completion, and into the workforce or graduate STEM degree programs. Alliance proposals may request up to a total of $3,000,000 for five years, pending availability of funds.
- Demonstration, Enrichment, or Dissemination projects support distinct areas of demonstration, enrichment, and dissemination, and these three project types are significantly different from each other. Demonstration, Enrichment, or Dissemination proposals may request up to $200,000 for up to two years pending availability of funds.
- Demonstration projects are pilot investigations designed to offer “proof-of-concept” data for future RDE Research studies. The RDE Demonstration projects are designed to lead to more extensive research studies that will contribute to the RDE knowledge base by investigating disability-related differences in secondary and post-secondary STEM learning and in the educational, social, and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance, retention in STEM degree programs, STEM degree completion, and career choices.
- Enrichment projects are test beds for establishing Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM and piloting the implementation of promising practices to advance students with disabilities completing associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees in all STEM disciplines and to increase the quality and number of students with disabilities entering our nation’s STEM workforce or graduate STEM degree programs.
- Dissemination projects successfully communicate the research in disabilities education knowledge base, findings from RDE projects, and practices and products for advancing secondary and post-secondary students with disabilities in STEM careers.
- Research projects support research studies contributing to the knowledge base by investigating disability related differences in secondary and post-secondary STEM learning and in the educational, social, and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance and retention in STEM degree programs, STEM degree completion, and student career choices. Research proposals may request up to $450,000 for up to three years pending availability of funds.
Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2010, proposals are being solicited in nine EHR programs that advance I3 goals: CREST, GSE, HBCU-UP, ITEST, LSAMP, MSP, Noyce, RDE, and TCUP. Given the focus on institutional integration, an institution may submit only one proposal to the I3 competition in only one program. The Principal Investigator for an Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) proposal must be the university provost or equivalent chief academic officer, unless the proposal is exclusively for I3 STEM educational or related research. Awards for Innovation through Institutional Integration projects will be made for durations of up to five years, with years four and five dependent on performance, in amounts of up to $250,000 per year, for a total of up to $1.25 million over 5 years. Innovation through Institutional Integration awards will be made as continuing grants.
NSF expects to fund 1-2 Alliance proposals, 5-8 Research proposals, 2-14 Demonstration, Enrichment, or Dissemination proposals per year, and 10 Innovation through Institutional Integration proposals in FY 2010, depending on the quality of the submissions and availability of funds.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09508/nsf09508.htm?govDel=USNSF_29#awd_info
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Interpreting America’s Historic Places: Planning and Implementation Grants
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: January 12, 2010 for Planning grants
January 13, 2010 for Implementation grants
Interpreting America’s Historic Places grants support public humanities projects that exploit the evocative power of historic places to explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Interpreting America’s Historic Places projects may interpret a single historic site or house, a series of sites, an entire neighborhood, a town or community, or a larger geographical region. Grants for Interpreting America’s Historic Places should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.
NEH offers the following categories of grants for Interpreting America’s Historic Places:
- Planning grants are available for those projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project’s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars in order to strengthen the humanities content, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research at archives or sites whose resources might be used, or the drafting of interpretive materials. Awards for planning typically range from $40,000 to $75,000, depending on the complexity of the project, and are usually made for a period of twelve months.
- Implementation grants support the final preparation of a project for presentation to the public. Applicants must submit a full walkthrough for an exhibition, or a
prototype or storyboard for a digital project that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship that relate to the subject. Applicants
for implementation grants should have already done most of the planning for their projects, including the identification of the key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. For exhibitions, implementation grants can support the final stages of design development, but these grants are primarily intended for installation. Applicants are not required to obtain a planning grant before applying for an implementation grant. Awards are usually made for a period of eighteen to thirty-six months and typically do not exceed $400,000.
- Chairman’s Special Award projects are more complex projects of national visibility that would be of compelling interest to the general public, show exceptional promise of dealing with important humanities ideas in new ways, and are likely to reach large audiences. These goals can be accomplished through combining a variety of program formats, forming creative collaborations among diverse institutions, and expanding the scope and reach of the project. Awards of up to $1,000,000 are available for Chairman’s Special Award.
The goals of Interpreting America’s Historic Places grants are to:
- Enhance lifelong learning in American history by connecting significant events, people, ideas, stories, and traditions with specific places;
- Foster the development of interpretive programs for the public that address central events, themes, and issues in American history; and
- Encourage consultation with humanities scholars and history organizations in the development of heritage tourism destinations.
To ensure that the humanities ideas are well conceived, projects must use a team of scholars who represent major fields relevant to the subject matter and offer diverse perspectives and approaches. Projects may also include other participants with experience and knowledge appropriate to the project’s formats or technical requirements.
Prospective applicants with experience in developing and implementing humanities programs are encouraged to apply. Prospective applicants without such experience—examples might include economic development agencies and agencies of local, state, or tribal governments—are also encouraged to apply. Such applicants are, however, encouraged to work in close partnership with at least one partner organization that does have experience in developing and implementing humanities programs.
Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects must do more than simply provide a digital archive. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engage public audiences interactively. Applications may, for example, include plans to create Web sites, PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats, other formats that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, online video, games, or other digital formats. When it is relevant, applications must explain how user-generated postings to public cyberspace will be vetted by qualified scholars or project staff for accuracy and public educational value. Digital components must rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project’s humanities content in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed formats.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IAHP_Planning.html or
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IAHP_Implementation.html
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America’s Media Makers: Development and Production Grants
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Target Dates: January 13, 2010
Grants for America’s Media Makers support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Media Makers should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public.
NEH offers the following categories of grants for media projects:
- Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. These grants cover a wide range of activities that include, but are not limited to, meetings and individual consultations with scholars, research, preliminary interviews, preparation of program scripts, designs for interactivity and digital distribution, and the creation of partnerships for outreach activities and public engagement with the humanities. Development grants should culminate in the refinement of a project’s humanities ideas, a script, or a design document for (or a prototype of) digital media components or projects. Awards for development typically range from $40,000 to $75,000, depending on the complexity of the project, and are usually made for a period of six to twelve months.
- Production grants support the preparation of a program for distribution. Applicants must submit a script for a radio or television program, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital media project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship related to a subject. Applicants are not required to obtain a development grant before applying for a production grant. Awards last for one to three years and may range from $100,000 to $800,000. In rare circumstances, awards may exceed this amount, depending on the scope, complexity, and reach of the production.
- Chairman’s Special Award projects are more complex and would be of compelling interest to the general public; they have the capacity to examine important humanities ideas in new ways and promise to reach large audiences. These goals can often be accomplished through combining a variety of program formats, forming creative collaborations among diverse institutions, and expanding the scope and reach of a project. The Chairman’s Special Award is offered at the production stage, but not at the development stage. Up to $1 million is available for large-scale, collaborative, multi-format projects that will reach broad portions of the public.
Applications may be submitted for any phase of a project. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted. Projects will begin September 2010.
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_development.html or
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_production.html
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