Funding Opportunities

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION

Please contact your Sponsored Programs Research Administrator immediately if you are writing a proposal with a deadline of Dec. 22, 1993, through Jan. 3, 1994. In order to review and process proposals before the winter holidays, we request all proposals be delivered to our office by Dec. 17.

Arts/Humanities/International

Support projects in the following areas: individual poets through existing non-profit institutions; developing the poetry audience; poetry translation; and the uses of poetry (dramatic, educational, therapeutic, etc.). Prefers applications for seed money. Grants range from $1,000 to $10,000 each.

Program: Grants for Independent Short-Term Research (GIST)
Agency: International Research and Exchanges Board, 202/628-8188
Next Deadline: Feb. 1, 1994

Grants are designed for senior scholars who need to make brief visits to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia in connection with ongoing research, and who do not require academic or administrative assistance in carrying out their proposed projects. Awards provide an APEX round-trip air fare and a lump sum support allowance. Maximum period of stay is two weeks (participants may stay longer at their own expense). Research in Mongolia is not supported under this program.

Program: Museum Programs: Museum Training
Agency: National Endowment of the Arts, 202/682-5442
Next Deadline: Feb. 1, 1994

Supports formal training programs, internships, and apprenticeships. Priority given to programs encouraging multi-cultural participation and improve staff in geographic areas where there is a demonstrated need to improve professionalism. Eligible activities: workshops and seminars for mid-career professionals, graduate-level programs, internships at the graduate and postgraduate level, and apprenticeships to prepare students or staff to become installers, framers, carpenters, etc.

Education/Human and Community Development

Supports projects that provide economically disadvantaged young adults with opportunities to obtain an education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency. May support educational and support services. Project participants also receive on-site training experiences constructing or rehabilitating housing as a community service. The maximum planning grant is $100,000, and the maximum implementation grant is $100,000. See the 9/23/93 Federal Register.

Program: FIPSE Drug Program: Specific Approaches to Prevention Projects
Agency: U.S. Department of Education, 202/708-5750
Next Deadline: Feb. 18, 1994

Supports projects that concentrate on specific approaches to the prevention of drug or alcohol abuse at the postsecondary level. In FY 94, an invitational priority has been set for consortia projects that assist IHE drug abuse prevention professionals and other senior administrators in the development, improvement and implementation of comprehensive drug education and prevention programs at their institutions. About 40 grants averaging $35,000 to be made in FY 94. See 9/24/93 Federal Register.

Program: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training: Counseling
Agency: U.S. Department of Education, 202/205-9400
Next Deadline: Feb. 18, 1994

Supports the training and professional development of personnel who provide vocational and independent living rehabilitation services. Funds may be used for tuition, fees, stipends and other training allowances for students. See the September 24, 1993 Federal Register.

Health/Mental Health

Supports short-term research (one to three years) to assess ways in which primary care services can contribute to health care reform. Interests include effectiveness of primary care and overall costs; cost and quality implications of different modes of access to primary care; and organization of primary care providers. Of particular interest is research that can be used by federal and state policymakers. Research should use existing data, microsimulations and rigorous synthesis and limit costs to under $50,000. See 3/12/93 NIH Guide.

Program: Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Research
Agency: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 301/594-1352
Next Deadline: Feb. 1, 1994

Supports grants in four priority areas: Methods and Measures focuses on medical review criteria, performance standards, and consumer decision-making; Information Technologies focuses on new technology data management; Organization of Quality Improvement and Assurance focuses on organizational readiness to use new technologies; and Using Quality-Related Information focuses on how information is used by patients, purchasers and providers of insurance. See the 5/21/93 NIH Guide.

Program: Research Grants on Alcoholic Beverages
Agency: Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, 410/327-0361
Next Deadline: Feb. 1, 1994

Supports research in: the effects of the moderate use of alcohol; factors influencing the transition from moderate to excessive drinking; mechanisms underlying the biomedical effects of alcohol; alcohol and youth; alcohol and traffic accidents; and alcohol/work-related issues. Emphasis is placed on alcoholism prevention. Around 20 awards up to $40,000 per year for one year.

Science/Engineering

Small grants support outstanding doctoral dissertation research in all of the research areas supported by the Division of Environmental Biology. Proposals are submitted by the dissertation advisor on behalf of the graduate student.

Program: Engineering Research Equipment Grants
Agency: National Science Foundation, 703/306-1382
Next Deadline: Feb. 1, 1994

Grants are provided for the purchase of new or upgrading of existing research equipment to improve the quality or broaden the scope of research in any area normally supported by the Directorate for Engineering. Local computing equipment, including work stations, specialized processors, superminis, and local area networks are also supported. Approximately $6 million is spent each year on about 50 equipment grants ranging from $20,000 to $100,000/award.

Program: Rural Development
Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 202/401-4425
Next Deadline: Feb. 7, 1994

Supports exploratory research to develop new theoretical, conceptual, and methodological techniques to apply to rural revitalization issues; empirical studies to determine the forces that impact rural areas such as population change, employment, and wage levels; and evaluations of methods for revitalizing rural areas, including assessment of the labor and capitol markets, and investigating sustainable agriculture systems as they affect employment and entrepreneurial opportunity. Program may fund conferences, if applicable.