Internal announcements
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Internal funding opportunities
Graduate Research Program - Deadline: 3/31/15
Lightsey Fellowship Program - Deadline: 4/1/15
Richard Pennel Center Request for Proposal - Deadline 4/6/15
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The Spencer Foundation has announced a call for proposals for the "Lyle Spencer Research
Awards: Advancing Understanding of Education Practice and Its Improvement,”
Internal Due Date
April 27, 2015
Letter of Intent
Due Date
July 9, 2015
Agency Due Date
January 13, 2016
Estimated Total
Funding
Limit on Number
of Proposals
Check proposal guidelines for number of submissions allowed
Program URL
http://www.spencer.org/resources/content/4/0/7/documents/LylesProgramStatement.pdf
Internal Proposal
URL
http://www.clemson.edu/cuosp/detail/index.php?ppoID=590
The Spencer Foundation will be awarding research grants of up to $1,000,000 each to a small
number of intellectually rigorous education research proposals. The overarching goal of this
opportunity is to “create much-needed space for creative and ambitious research projects that
promise to advance our understanding of educational practice and its improvement.”
The proposal review process begins with a Letter of Intent (LOI) Applicants will be asked to
provide a statement of roughly 1,500 to 2,000 words about their plans, along with an estimate of
their budgetary needs and background information about the research team’s past work.
This limited submission competition will utilize the fillable pre-proposal template. Faculty must
respond using the new template. If you have questions about the format or evaluation process,
please email pdc@clemson.edu.
Instructions for using the web site to submit your documents are available at
http://media.clemson.edu/research/sponsored-programs/Limited-Submission-Instructions.pdf.
A list of all pre-proposal opportunities can be found at http://www.clemson.edu/cuosp/.
External funding opportunities
Association of Print Scholars <info@printscholars.org>
The Schulman and Bullard Article Prize
The Schulman and Bullard Article Prize
The Association of Print Scholars invites applications for the first annual Schulman and Bullard
Article Prize. The Prize is given annually to an article published by an early-career scholar that
features compelling and innovative research on prints or printmaking. The award, which carries a
$2,000 prize, is generously sponsored by Susan Schulman and Carolyn Bullard. Following the
mission of the Association of Print Scholars, articles can feature aspects of printmaking across
any geographic region and all chronological periods. Articles will be evaluated by a panel of
advanced scholars for the author's commitment to the use of original research and the article's
overall contribution to the field of print scholarship. The Association of Print Scholars invites
nominations and self-nominations for the 2015 Schulman/Bullard Article Prize meeting the
criteria outlined below:
Nomination Criteria:
Authors must have graduated with an MA, MFA, or PhD fewer than 10
years prior to article publication.
Authors must be current members of APS.
Articles must have been published in a journal, exhibition catalogue,
or anthology between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. Online publications will be
considered on a case-by-case basis.
Articles must be between 3,000 and 10,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references.
Entries for consideration must be in English, though the text of the original article may be in any
language.
To submit an article for consideration, please send the completed nomination form along with an
electronic or hard copy of the article to Angela Campbell, the APS Grants Coordinator:
angela@printscholars.org
The deadline for submissions is April 15th, 2015
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Lannan Foundation
Title: Art Program
E-mail: info@lannan.org
Web Site: http://www.lannan.org/programs/art/
Program URL: http://www.lannan.org/about/funding-process/
SYNOPSIS: Support is provided to nonprofit organizations for exhibitions, scholarly
publications, residency programs, and special projects in order to encourage the creativity of
contemporary artists, foster serious discussion of contemporary art, and bring new and
sometimes experimental works of art to a wide audience.
Deadline(s):
DEADLINE NOTE
**Faculty interested in this opportunity are encouraged to contact Devon Stein,
Director of Foundation Relations, at 656-2165 or dastein@clemson.edu
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National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/bridging-cultures-through-film-international-topics
Description: NEH’s Division of Public Programs supports activities that engage millions of
Americans in understanding significant humanities works and ideas. The Bridging Cultures
through Film: International Topics program supports films that examine international themes and
subjects in the humanities. The films are meant to spark Americans’ engagement with the
broader world by exploring countries and cultures outside of the United States. The Division of
Public Programs encourages innovative nonfiction storytelling that presents multiple points of
view in creative formats. At the center of every NEH-funded film is a core set of humanities
ideas developed with the input of scholars, matched to imaginative formats that bring the
humanities alive for people of all ages and all walks of life. The proposed film must be analytical
and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. It may be as short as thirty minutes or as long as
a feature-length film. We invite a wide range of approaches to international topics and themes,
such as • an examination of a critical issue in ethics, religion, literature, or history, viewed
through an international lens; • an exploration of a topic that transcends a single nation-state; • a
biography of a foreign leader, writer, artist, or historical figure; or • an exploration of the history
and culture(s) of a specific region, country, or community outside of the United States.
Deadline: June 10, 2015
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National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/research-and-development
Description: The Research and Development program supports projects that address major
challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These
challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the
nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital
assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of organizing,
searching, discovering, and using such materials. This program recognizes that finding solutions
to complex problems often requires forming interdisciplinary project teams, bringing together
participants with expertise in the humanities; in preservation; and in information, computer, and
natural science. All projects must demonstrate how advances in preservation and access would
benefit the cultural heritage community in supporting humanities research, teaching, or public
programming.
Deadline: June 25, 2015
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The Open Society Foundations
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/open-society-fellowship
The Open Society Foundations has announced a fellowship for individuals interested in pursuing
innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. Themes for
projects should fit within two areas of interest to the Open Society Foundations. Among these are
human rights, government transparency, access to information and justice, and the promotion of
civil society and social inclusion. The deadline for proposals is August 3, 2015. Letters of
inquiry are due July 1, 2015.
Faculty interested in this opportunity are encouraged to contact Devon Stein, Director of
Foundation Relations, at 656-2165 or dastein@clemson.edu
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Russell Sage Foundation
Title: Program on Social Inequality
http://www.russellsage.org/research/social-inequality/funding_opportunity
The Russell Sage Foundation's program on Social Inequality supports research on the social,
economic, political, and labor market consequences of rising economic inequalities in the United
States. We seek investigator-initiated research projects that will broaden our understanding of the
causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities. We are especially interested in projects
that might use innovative data or methodologies to address important questions about inequality
**Faculty interested in this opportunity are encouraged to contact Devon Stein,
Director of Foundation Relations, at 656-2165 or dastein@clemson.edu
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Rockefeller Foundation
Title: Bellagio Center Residency Programs -- Arts & Literary Arts Residency
E-mail: bellagio_res@iie.org
Web Site: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org
Program URL: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/residency-program/artsliterary-arts-residency
SYNOPSIS: The Bellagio Residency program offers academics, artists, thought leaders,
policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and
the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a
stimulating array of disciplines and geographies. The Bellagio Center community generates new
knowledge to solve some of the most complex issues facing our world and creates art that
inspires reflection, understanding, and imagination.
Deadline(s): 05/01/2015
DEADLINE NOTE
The competition opens on March 1, 2015 with the deadline of May 1,
2015 for a possible residency between February 8 to August 8, 2016.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Title: Bellagio Center Residency Programs -- Academic Writing Residency
E-mail: bellagio_res@iie.org
Web Site: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org
Program URL: http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/residencyprogram/academic-writing-residency
SYNOPSIS: The Bellagio Residency program offers academics,
artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused,
goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow
residents from a stimulating array of disciplines and geographies. The Bellagio Center
community generates new knowledge to solve some of the most complex issues facing our world
and creates art that inspires reflection and understanding on global and social issues.
Deadline(s): 05/01/2015
DEADLINE NOTE
The competition opens on March 1, 2015 with the deadline of May 1,
2015 for a possible residency between February 8 to August 8, 2016.
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Sponsor: State Farm Companies Foundation Program Number: 84967
Title: Service-Learning Grant
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.statefarmyab.com
Program URL: http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply/national-grants/
SYNOPSIS: The Youth Advisory Board is currently funding service-learning projects between
$25,000 and $100,000 that address the root cause of the following issue areas: Access to Higher
Education/Closing the Achievement Gap; Financial Literacy (and Economic Inclusion);
Community Safety and Natural Disaster Preparedness; Health & Wellness; Environmental
Responsibility; and, Arts and Culture.
Deadline(s): 05/01/2015
DEADLINE NOTE
Applications will close May 1, 2015 at 5:00PM CST
The Wilson Center
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/urban-poverty-graduate-student-paper-competition2015?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuqnKde%2FhmjTEU5z17uwkULHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEU
Wy2YcEScF0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEKS7nYUbZ1t6MJWA%3D%3D
CALL FOR PAPERS for the REDUCING URBAN POVERTY 2015 Graduate Student
Paper Competition
To encourage a new generation of urban policy makers and promote early career research,
USAID, International Housing Coalition (IHC), World Bank, the Wilson Center, and Cities
Alliance are co-sponsoring the sixth annual paper competition for graduate students and
seeking abstracts on urban poverty in the developing world.
Deadline: May 15, 2015