Federal Funding Opportunities
2012
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Federal Funding Opportunities 2012
Departments of the Federal Government
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and
Agriculture (SPECA) in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program .............. 1
U.S. Department of Education
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program............................................................... 1
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad – Bilateral Projects ....................................................... 2
Title III Part A Programs: Strengthening Institutions ........................................................ 2
Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Language Program ................................. 2
Upward Bound Math-Science Program ............................................................................. 3
Veterans Upward Bound Program ..................................................................................... 3
U.S. Department of Energy
Laboratory Equipment Donation Program ......................................................................... 3
Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP): Scholarships & Fellowships ................... 4
Visiting Faculty Program (VFP) ........................................................................................ 4
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program ............................................................................... 4
U.S. Department of Justice
Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault,
and Stalking on Campus ......................................................................................... 5
U.S. Department of Labor
Stand Down Grant Award .................................................................................................. 5
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program........................................................................... 5
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College
and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program .................................................. 6
U.S. Department of State
English Language Fellow Program .................................................................................... 6
English Language Specialist Program ............................................................................... 6
Fulbright Programs ............................................................................................................ 7
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Grant Program............................................................. 7
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Federal Funding Opportunities 2012
Agencies of the Federal Government
Corporation for National and Community Service
Learn and Serve America Higher Education Program ....................................................... 8
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Education Regional Grants ....................................................................... 8
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Curriculum Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration of
Research (CIPAIR) .................................................................................................... 8
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Grants for Arts Projects: Art Works .................................................................................. 9
Grants for Arts Projects: Challenge America Fast-Track .................................................. 9
NEA Literature Fellowships: Poetry .................................................................................. 9
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Collaborative Research Grants......................................................................................... 10
Enduring Questions Grants .............................................................................................. 10
Fellowships ...................................................................................................................... 10
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities ............................................... 11
Small Grants to Libraries and Other Nonprofit Insitutions: America’s Music ................ 11
Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers ........................... 11
Summer Stipends ............................................................................................................. 12
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) ..................................................................... 12
Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) ........................................................ 12
Math and Science Partnership (MSP) .............................................................................. 13
Research Coordination Networks .................................................................................... 14
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) ........................................................... 14
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) ................................................................. 14
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Talent
Talent Expansion Program (STEP) ........................................................................ 15
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematics (TUES) ...................................................................... 15
U.S. Agency for International Development
Scholarships for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Program ................... 16
U.S. Institute of Peace
Annual Grant Competition............................................................................................... 16
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Federal Funding Opportunities 2012
Departments of the Federal Government
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Program Title:
Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and
Agriculture (SPECA) in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants
Program
Web Site:
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
Description:
SPECA-funded projects (a) promote and strengthen secondary
education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to
help ensure the existence in the U.S. of a qualified workforce to serve the food and
agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among
secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and
agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young
Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and
agricultural sciences.
Deadline:
Jan. 20, 2012, and, usually, each Jan.
U.S. Department of Education
Program Title:
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
Web Site:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html
Description:
This program supports training, research, and curriculum development
in modern foreign languages and area studies for teachers, students, and faculty engaged in
overseas projects focused on the humanities, social sciences and languages in one or more of
the following areas: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the
Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central
Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East. The annual competition supports short-term
seminars, curriculum development teams, and group research or study projects. A competition
held every four years supports an advanced overseas intensive language project designed to
provide intensive, advanced foreign language training.
Estimated Deadline: FY 2012 deadlines for both competitions expected
early winter 2011/2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad – Bilateral Projects
Web Site:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpssap/index.html
Description:
Short-term study and travel seminars abroad for U.S. educators
improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries.
There are approximately seven to 10 seminars annually, with 14 to 16 participants in each
seminar that are four to six weeks long and held in countries outside of Western Europe.
Among eligible applicants are faculty or administrators from public or private, two- or fouryear institutions of higher education whose discipline is related to social sciences, humanities,
languages, and/or area studies.
Estimated Deadline: Oct. 2012
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Program Title:
Title III Part A Programs: Strengthening Institutions
Web Site:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/index.html
Description:
This program helps eligible Institutions of Higher Education to become
self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to
improve and strengthen their academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability.
Funds may be used for planning, faculty development, and establishing endowment funds.
Administrative management and the development and improvement of academic programs
also are supported. Other projects include joint use of instructional facilities, construction and
maintenance, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including
innovative, customized, instruction courses designed to help retain students and move the
students rapidly into core courses and through program completion, which may include
remedial education and English language instruction.
Deadlines:
There are two application processes for this program – one for
eligibility, due Feb. 10, 2012, and one for grant funding. The most
recent grant funding application was due Aug. 5, 2010. There was no
grant competition in FY 2011.
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Program Title:
Undergraduate International Studies & Foreign Language Program
Web Site:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsugisf/index.html
Description:
This program provides grants to institutions of higher education,
consortia of institutions of higher education, partnerships between nonprofit educational
organizations and institutions of higher education, and public and private nonprofit agencies
and organizations, including professional and scholarly associations, to strengthen and
improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages.
Estimated Deadline: Early 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
Note: The following two TRIO programs are among eight TRIO programs, each targeted to
serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals
with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to
postbaccalaureate programs. Most TRIO programs are funded on a four-year cycle.
Program Title:
Upward Bound Math-Science Program
Web Site:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/triomathsci/index.html
Description:
This program is designed to strengthen the math and science skills of
participating students. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their
potential to excel in math and science and to encourage them to pursue postsecondary degrees
in math and science, and, ultimately, careers in the math and science profession.
Estimated Deadline: Early 2012
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Program Title:
Veterans Upward Bound Program
Web Site:
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/triovub/index.html
Description:
This program is designed to motivate and assist veterans in the
development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a
program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of
basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core
subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants
enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs.
Estimated Deadline: Early 2012
U.S. Department of Energy
Program Title:
Laboratory Equipment Donation Program
Web Site:
http://www.osti.gov/erle
Description:
Any nonprofit educational institution starting at the middle school level
and including high schools, universities, colleges, junior colleges, technical institutes,
museums, or hospitals located in the U.S. and interested in establishing or upgrading energyoriented educational programs in the life, physical, and environmental sciences and in
engineering is eligible to apply for surplus and available used energy-related laboratory
equipment. An energy-oriented program is defined as an academic research activity dealing
primarily or entirely in energy-related topics. Title to the equipment, when granted, will vest
with the educational institution – which also arranges and pays for shipping and handling.
Deadline:
Application reviews and grant awards are performed on a
first-received, first-qualified basis.
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP):
Scholarships & Fellowships
Web Site:
https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt/community/neup_home/600/about_us
Description:
To educate the next generation in nuclear science and engineering and
related fields, NEUP provides scholarships to undergraduates and fellowships to those
seeking advanced degrees. Students must attend an NEUP-accepted college or university. In
order for such universities or colleges to administer NEUP funds, they must apply to the
funding opportunity announcement.
Deadline:
Mar. 3, 2012
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Program Title:
Visiting Faculty Program (VFP)
Web Site:
http://science.energy.gov/wdts/vfp/
Description:
Formerly titled the Faculty and Student Teams (FaST) Program,
the VFP seeks to increase the research competitiveness of faculty members and their students
at institutions historically underrepresented in the research community in order to expand the
workforce vital to the Department of Energy (DOE) mission areas. Selected university/college
faculty members collaborate with DOE laboratory research staff on a research project of
mutual interest. Faculty may invite up to two students to participate in the research project.
Deadline:
Applications are available each Oct. and accepted through early Jan. for the
upcoming summer program. For the summer 2012 program, the deadline is
Jan. 10, 2012.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Program Title:
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
Web Site:
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mechanisms/BridgesBaccalaureate.htm
Description:
This program promotes institutional partnerships between community
colleges or other two-year postsecondary educational institutions granting the associate
degree and colleges or universities that offer the baccalaureate degree. The program targets
students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of
the nation and/or populations disproportionately affected by health disparities by providing
support for student, faculty and institutional development activities.
Estimated Deadline: Fall 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
U. S. Department of Justice
Program Title:
Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence,
Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus
Web Site:
http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/ovwgrantprograms.htm#1
Description:
This program is designed to encourage institutions of higher education
to adopt comprehensive, coordinated responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
assault, and stalking. Campuses, in partnership with community-based nonprofit victim
advocacy organizations and local criminal justice or civil legal agencies, must adopt protocols
and policies ensuring victim safety, offender accountability, and prevention of such crimes.
Estimated Deadline: Mar. 2012
U. S. Department of Labor
Program Title:
Stand Down Grant Award
Web Site:
http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/Stand%20Down/main.htm
Description:
A one-day or multi-day Stand Down event provides homeless veterans
with a variety of social services to help expedite their reintegration into the labor force
through programs that enhance employment and training opportunities and promote selfsufficiency. A Stand Down may supply the catalyst a homeless veteran needs to take steps to
reintegrate into society by improving job readiness and opportunities for employment. “Stand
Down” is a military term referring to an opportunity to achieve a brief respite from combat.
Deadline:
Funding tentatively available through FY 2013 is non-competitive and
awarded on a first-come, first-served basis until available funding is exhausted,
with a new federal fiscal year beginning each Oct. 1.
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Program Title:
Susan Harwood Training Grant Program
Web Site:
http://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/index.html
Description:
This program supports in-person, hands-on training and educational
programs for workers and employers in industries with high injury and fatality rates; workers
who are young, have low literacy or limited English proficiency and/or are otherwise
vulnerable; and small business employers. Applications are accepted in two categories:
Capacity Building Development Grants and Targeted Topic Training Grants.
Estimated Deadline: July 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College
and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program
Web Site:
http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/
Description:
This program provides eligible institutions of higher education with
funds to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs
that can be completed in two years or less and that result in skills, degrees, and credentials
that prepare program participants for employment in high-wage, high-skill occupations.
STLCC is a partner on a current TAACCCT grant awarded to Ozarks Technical Community
College.
Estimated Deadline: Apr. 2012 and, annually, through FY 2014
U. S. Department of State
Program Title:
English Language Fellow Program
Web Site:
http://elf.georgetown.edu/
Description:
This program promotes English language learning around the world;
enhances English teaching capacity abroad; fosters mutual understanding between the people
of the U.S. and those of other countries; and places talented, highly qualified U.S. educators
with master’s degrees with a focus in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
/TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) or Applied Linguistics in all
regions of the world for a 10-month fellowship. Through U.S. embassy projects, Fellows
share their expertise, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn other cultures.
The program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Center for
Intercultural Education and Development (CIED) at Georgetown University.
Deadline:
Priority consideration for the AY 2012-2013 is Feb. 1, 2012; however,
applications accepted until all AY 2012-2013 projects are filled.
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Program Title:
English Language Specialist Program
Web Site:
http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/el-specialist.html
Description:
This program recruits U.S. academics in the fields TEFL/TESOL to
conduct programs overseas ranging from two weeks to four months. U.S. embassies identify
and define the assignments, which may include teacher training, curriculum and textbook
development, or host institution program evaluation.
Deadline:
Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed twice yearly:
summer/spring application deadline is May 12;
fall/winter deadline is Nov. 12.
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Departments of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Fulbright Programs
Web Site:
http://www.cies.org/Fulbright_programs.htm
Description:
Designed to “increase mutual understanding between people of the
U.S. and people of other countries,” this program is the flagship international educational
exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. Participants, chosen for their academic
merit and leadership potential, are given the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research;
exchange ideas; and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. The
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) administers Fulbright programs for the
U.S. Department of State, with multiple programs offered within each category below:
• U.S. Scholars programs offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to
lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or
to participate in seminars.
• Non-U.S. Scholars programs support the research and teaching of scholars visiting
colleges and universities in the U.S. These programs offer joint collaborative
opportunities with U.S. Scholars.
• U.S. Institutions programs offer opportunities for U.S. institutions to host Fulbright
Visiting Scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and
universities.
Estimated Deadline: Most, but not all deadlines, in Feb., Aug. or Oct.,
depending on program
U. S. Department of the Treasury
Program Title:
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Grant Program
Web Site:
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=184243,00.html
Description:
This Internal Revenue Service initiative is designed to promote and
support free tax preparation service for underserved, low-income populations, to include those
who are elderly, disabled, nonurban, Native American, or have limited English proficiency.
Estimated Deadline: June 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
Corporation for National and Community Service
Program Title:
Learn and Serve America Higher Education Program
Web Site:
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=76
Description:
This program supports institutions of higher education that use
innovative service-learning programming to meet the needs of local communities. Programs
promote institutional commitment to the local community while promoting lifelong civic
engagement for student participants.
Estimated Deadline: Early 2012
Environmental Protection Agency
Program Title:
Environmental Education Regional Grants
Web Site:
www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
Description:
Projects and activities must be based on sound science; enhance
critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills of the target audience; and
teach analytical skills and informed decision-making that lead to responsible actions to protect
the environment.
Estimated Deadline: May 2012
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Program Title:
Curriculum Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration of
Research (CIPAIR)
Web Site:
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Curriculum_Improvements_Par
tnership_Award.html
Description:
CIPAIR assists two- and four-year minority institutions with
strengthening their science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic
fields and technical programs. In addition, funding is used to increase the number of
underrepresented and underserved students who attain degrees in STEM and choose careers in
NASA-related fields.
Estimated Deadline: Notice of Intent due Feb. 2012; proposal due Mar. 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Program Title:
Grants for Arts Projects: Art Works
Web Site:
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Artsed.html
Description:
Projects will have lifelong learning in the arts as their primary outcome,
and innovative projects are strongly encouraged. The following four outcomes are supported:
creation, engagement, learning, and livability. Applicants are asked to select the outcome that
is most relevant to their project and will be able to select a secondary outcome, too.
Estimated Deadline: Mar. 2012 for community-based projects;
Aug. 2012 for school-based projects.
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Program Title:
Grants for Arts Projects: Challenge America Fast-Track
Web Site:
http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP12/Challenge.html
Description:
These grants support professional arts programming and projects that
emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. All projects must extend the
reach of the arts to underserved populations that have limited access to the arts due to
geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. The involvement of professionally trained,
experienced artists and arts professionals is essential.
Estimated Deadline: May 2012
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Program Title:
NEA Literature Fellowships: Poetry
Web Site:
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html
Description:
This program offers grants to published creative writers, enabling
recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. The
program operates on a two-year cycle, with fellowships in prose and poetry available in
alternating years: Fellowships in poetry will be offered in FY 2013.
Deadline:
Mar. 1, 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Note: NEH encourages applications in two areas of special interest: “Bridging Cultures”
and “We the People.” See http://www.neh.gov/grants/EndowmentPrograms.html.
Program Title:
Collaborative Research Grants
Web Site:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html
Description:
Grants support interpretive research undertaken by a team of two or
more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for periods of a minimum of one year up to
a maximum of three years. Support is available for various combinations of scholars,
consultants, and research assistants; project-related travel; field work; applications of
information technology; and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to
communicate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences.
Estimated Deadline: Dec. 2012
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Program Title:
Enduring Questions Grants
Web Site:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html
Description:
This program supports the development of a new course that will foster
intellectual community through the study of an enduring question such as: “What is good
government?” or “What is friendship?” or “What are the origins of the universe?” The course
is to be developed by up to four faculty members and taught by humanities faculty or faculty
outside the humanities (e.g., astronomy, biology, economics, law, mathematics, medicine,
psychology), so long as humanities sources are central to the course.
Estimated Deadline: Sept. 2012
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Program Title:
Fellowships
Web Site:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html
Description:
Fellowships support continuous full-time work for a period of six to 12
months to individuals pursuing advanced research of value to humanities scholars or general
audiences. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, archaeological site
reports, digital materials, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities.
Estimated Deadline: May 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities
Web Site:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IATDH.html
Description:
This program is designed to bring together humanities scholars,
advanced graduate students, librarians, archivists, museum staff, computer scientists,
information specialists, and others to learn new tools, approaches, and technologies and to
foster relationships for future collaborations in the humanities. Institutes may be hosted by
colleges, universities, learned societies, centers for advanced study, libraries or other
repositories, and cultural or professional organizations.
Deadline:
Mar. 6, 2012, for projects beginning Oct. 2012
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Program Title:
Small Grants to Libraries and Other Nonprofit Institutions:
America’s Music
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SGL_BluestoBluegrass.html
Web Site:
Description:
Organizations are offered training to organize, promote and run a
successful, six-week public program of documentary film screenings and scholar-led
discussions of 20th century American popular music. The project provides DVDs of
compelling documentary films, discussion guidelines, original essays by eminent scholars,
extensive resource guides, and Web support.
Deadline:
Mar. 14, 2012
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Program Title:
Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers
Web Site to Host a Project:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html
Web Site to Attend a Project:
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html
Description:
A seminar enables 16 participants to conduct scholarly research or
focused study directed by a scholarly expert. An institute enables 25 participants to focus on a
topic of major importance in undergraduate curricula. Either format runs from two to five
weeks and may be hosted by a college, university, school system, learned society, center for
advanced study, library or other repository, or cultural or professional organization.
Deadline to Host a Project: Mar. 1, 2012, (draft proposals submitted at least one
month earlier) for proposed project to be hosted in summer 2013.
Deadline to Attend a Project: Mar. 1, 2012, to attend project in summer 2012.
Note:
Adjunct faculty, community college faculty and first-time participants
are encouraged to apply.
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Summer Stipends
Web Site:
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
Description:
Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work for a period of two
months to individuals pursuing advanced research of value to humanities scholars or general
audiences. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, archaeological site
reports, digital materials, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources during the
summer, but arrangements can be made for other times of the year.
Estimated Deadline: Sept. 2012
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program Title:
Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11692/nsf11692.htm
Description:
With an emphasis on two-year colleges, this program involves
partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the
education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school
levels. The program supports curriculum development; professional development of college
faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary
schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities, including
articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective teachers that
focus on technological education.
Deadline:
Oct. 18, 2012
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Program Title:
Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10619/nsf10619.htm
Description:
This program aims to build a computationally savvy 21st century
workforce that positions the U.S. to demonstrate a leadership role in the global economy.
Innovations in computing and, more broadly, information technology (IT), drive our
economy, underlie many new advances in science and engineering, and contribute to our
national security. Projected job growth in IT is very strong. Despite these very positive
indicators, student interest in computing has declined dramatically over the last decade.
The CE21 program seeks to reverse this troubling trend by engaging larger numbers of
students, teachers, and educators in computing education and learning at earlier stages in the
education pipeline. While interventions in primary education are within scope, the CE21
program focuses special attention on activities targeted at the middle and high school levels
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
(i.e., secondary education) and in early undergraduate education. The goals of the CE21
program are to:
• Increase the number and diversity of K-14 students and teachers who develop and
practice computational competencies in a variety of contexts; and
• Increase the number and diversity of early postsecondary students who are engaged
and have the background in computing necessary to successfully pursue degrees in
computing-related and computationally-intensive fields of study.
Type I proposals typically describe smaller-scale efficacy studies. Type II proposals
demonstrate implementations in which the interventions to be taken to scale have already
proven effective in smaller-scale efficacy studies (studies that may or may not have been
funded by NSF). Planning proposals support the establishment of new partnerships and
collaborations necessary to develop Type I or Type II proposals.
Deadline:
Feb. 28 and July 26, 2012, for Planning Proposals
Apr. 25, 2012, for Type I and Type II Proposals
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Program Title:
Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12518/nsf12518.htm
Description:
This program supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student
achievement in mathematics and science by supporting two levels of Targeted Partnership
awards: 1) Implementation awards are intended to develop and put into practice innovative
approaches and strategies in education, and 2) Prototype awards explore potentially
innovative approaches and strategies in education. Both types of Partnerships incorporate
significant new innovations to STEM education, linked to a strong educational research
agenda, in one of four focal areas: Community Enterprise for STEM Learning; Current Issues
Related to STEM Content; Identifying and Cultivating Exceptional Talent; and K-12 STEM
Teacher Preparation. In addition, there are three types of Research, Evaluation and Technical
Assistance (RETA) project opportunities in this solicitation: 1) research related to
sustainability, or policies, or state plans for STEM education; 2) technical assistance for
evaluators of MSP projects; and 3) the STEM Education Resource Collaboratory.
Deadline:
Mar. 5, 2012, and Dec. 18, 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Research Coordination Networks
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11531/nsf11531.htm
Description:
The goal of this program is to advance a field or create new directions
in research or education. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and
coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary,
organizational, geographic and international boundaries. Innovative ideas for implementing
novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, and development of community
standards for data and meta-data are especially encouraged. Proposals are offered on two
tracks: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES); and Undergraduate
Biology Education (UBE), with the latter accepting one-year incubator track proposals to
assist initial networking efforts in developing a UBE track proposal.
Deadline:
Feb. 3, 2012, for SEES track proposals
June 15, 2012, for UBE and UBE incubator track proposals
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Program Title:
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09598/nsf09598.htm
Description:
REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research
programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. REU projects
feature high-quality interaction of students with faculty and/or other research mentors and
access to appropriate facilities and professional development opportunities.
Deadline:
Aug. 22, 2012
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Program Title:
Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf00144/nsf00144.htm
Description:
The Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) activity supports
research by faculty members of predominantly undergraduate institutions through the funding
of 1) individual and collaborative research projects; 2) the purchase of shared-use research
instrumentation; and 3) Research Opportunity Awards for work with NSF-supported
investigators at other institutions. All NSF directorates participate in the RUI activity. RUI
proposals are evaluated and funded by the NSF programs in the disciplinary areas of the
proposed research.
Deadline:
Proposals accepted anytime.
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
Program Title:
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11550/nsf11550.htm
Description:
The STEP program seeks to increase the number of students in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals should aim to adapt and
implement best practices leading to an increase in the number of students obtaining STEM
degrees at institutions with baccalaureate degree programs; or completing associate degrees in
STEM fields or completing credits toward transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in
STEM fields at community colleges. Type 2 proposals should represent educational research
on factors affecting associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.
Deadline:
Sept. 25, 2012
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Program Title:
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematics (TUES)
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10544/nsf10544.htm
Description:
Formerly titled Course, Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement, the
TUES program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and
teaching strategies to reflect advances both in STEM disciplines and in what is known about
teaching and learning. It funds projects that develop faculty expertise, implement educational
innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, prepare K-12 teachers, or conduct
research on STEM teaching and learning; projects that further the work of the program itself,
for example, synthesis and dissemination of findings across the program; and projects that
represent different stages of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to
large, comprehensive projects.
See project categories: Type 1 Projects are expected to be significant enough to
contribute to understanding undergraduate STEM education; Type 2 Projects will typically
address more than one program component, or, if they focus on a single component, will
address it at a scale that goes well beyond a single institution; Type 3 Projects are intended to
support large-scale efforts; TUES Central Resource Projects assume responsibility for
leadership and implementation of activities that sustain the TUES community as it works to
transform undergraduate STEM education.
Deadline:
May 28, 2012, for Type 1 proposals
Jan. 14, 2013, for Type 2 and Type 3 proposals and TUES Central Resource
Project proposals.
Note:
TUES Central Resource Project proposals for small, focused workshops may
be submitted at any time after consulting with an NSF program officer.
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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Agencies of the Federal Government
U.S. Agency for International Development
Program Title:
Scholarships for Education and
Economic Development (SEED) Program
Web Site:
http://cied.georgetown.edu/seed/index.cfm
Description:
SEED supports economic and social development throughout Central
America and the Caribbean with scholarships that provide training to youth and community
leaders from economically disadvantaged and historically underserved populations, including
women and ethnic/indigenous groups, to become key protagonists in their countries’
development. The scholarship model incorporates technical training, leadership skills
enhancement and English as a Second Language (ESL) preparation focusing on civil society,
volunteerism, free market economy and democratic participation as practiced in the U.S.
SEED is funded by the United States Agency for International Development and administered
by Georgetown University’s Center for Intercultural Education and Development.
Deadline:
Jan. 12, 2012, and, historically, each Jan.
U.S. Institute of Peace
Program Title:
Annual Grant Competition
Web Site:
http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/annual-grant-competition
Description:
This program supports innovative peace-building projects managed by
nonprofit organizations, including educational institutions, research institutions, and civil
society organizations. Areas in which community colleges might find the most success
include developing curricula and texts; conducting training, symposia, and continuing
education programs; international education programs or student abroad programs; and
undertaking public information efforts. While an international partner is not required,
applicants are encouraged to partner with an organization that has an international reach so
that some activities in the proposed program can occur outside the U.S. Information about the
upcoming competition is expected in spring 2012.
Estimated Deadline: Oct. 2012
(Estimated deadlines are forecast based on the deadline from the program’s most recent competition.)
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