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Sources for Social Science Funding for Graduate and Post-Graduate Research,
Language Training, and Travel
At the University of Colorado Boulder, Graduate School:
http://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/funding/awards.html
CU Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research – Funding Sources and Grant Writing webpage
Includes Colorado sources of funding
http://www.colorado.edu/vcr/funding-awards/funding-sources-and-grant-writing
SPIN – source for national and international funding, search at this url:
https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Home/GridResults
Foundation Center – online search, trends in foundation funding
http://foundationcenter.org/
Grants.gov – source for U.S. federal funding, search the system at this url:
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html
National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
Pre and Post-doctoral Research Training and Research Career Development
http://grants.nih.gov/training/index.htm
Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm
Fogarty International Center, Non-NIH Funding Opportunities
(Large list of U.S. and international funding sources)
http://www.fic.nih.gov/FUNDING/NONNIH/Pages/predoctoral-graduate.aspx
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
For Graduate Students
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=2
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=NSF
For Post-Doctoral Fellows
Cross-cutting Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=3
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut
Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=sbe
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF
SBE’s Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA) http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=SMA
Rebuilding the Mosaic: Fostering Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at
the National Science Foundation in the Next Decade- Important Report
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11086/nsf11086.pdf
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National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.gov/grants
Fellowships http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships
U.S. Department of Education http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/index.html
National Center for Education Research http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsflasf/index.html
Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/index.html
U.S. Department of State
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program http://www.iie.org/fulbright
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Exchange Programs, Critical Language Scholarships
http://exchanges.state.gov/us/program/critical-language-scholarship-program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, STAR Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.welcome/displayOption/grants
Social Science Research Council
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/all/
This url provides a large list of pre and post-doctoral fellowships and research awards.
American Anthropological Association, Fellowships and Support (large list)
http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/fellowships/
Wenner-Gren Foundation, Grant Programs for Anthropological research
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/
American Psychological Association
Student Travel Award http://www.apa.org/about/awards/scidir-stutrav.aspx
Research Funding http://www.apa.org/research/funding/index.aspx
American Sociological Association
Research Funding http://www.asanet.org/funding/funding_and_grants.cfm
Student Forum travel Awards http://www.asanet.org/funding/sfta.cfm
American Political Science Association Grants & Fellowships (large list)
https://www.apsanet.org/content_3125.cfm
Linguistic Society of America http://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/grants
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The American Economics Association, Resources for Economists
http://www.aeaweb.org/RFE/showRes.php?rfe_id=316&cat_id=13
Association of American Geographers
Dissertation Research Grants http://www.aag.org/cs/grants/dissertation
Population Association of America Fellowship
http://www.populationassociation.org/government-affairs/paa-fellowship/
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation http://woodrow.org/
Smithsonian Institute Research Programs http://www.si.edu/ResearchCenters/Research-Programs
National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/be-an-explorer/
Society of Women Geographers Fellowships http://www.iswg.org/fellowships
National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.naeducation.org/NAED_080577.htm
3ie – International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
http://www.3ieimpact.org/
International Scholarships Search http://www.internationalscholarships.com/
Presidential Management Fellows Program http://www.pmf.gov/
McNair’s Scholars Program – Funding Sources http://mcnairscholars.com/funding/ (large list)
Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE)
http://www.grandchallenges.org/GrantOpportunities/Pages/default.aspx
Ford Foundation Fellowships
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/index.htm
Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, Post-Bachelor Fellowship
http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/education-training/post-bachelor-fellowship
Boren Awards for International Study, Language Study and Research Fellowships
https://www.borenawards.org/
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