Funding Opportunities

ARTS/HUMANITIES/INTERNATIONAL

Program: Fellowship Program
Agency: Howard Foundation
Next Deadline: OCT 15, 1997
Eight fellowships of $18,000 each allow mid-career scholars to pursue full-time research. Priority areas rotate each year among disciplines, including: literary criticism and scholarship; history; anthropology; political science; sociology; philosophy; psychology; religion; archaeology; and fine, applied and performing arts. For 1998-99, creative writing and English, including novels, poetry, playwriting, and essays have been chosen for competition. Deadline cited is for nomination by institution president.

Program: Education Development and Demonstration: Materials Development
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Next Deadline: OCT 01, 1997
Supports development of educational materials that will have a significant impact on the way the humanities are taught throughout the country. Materials developed may be print (such as sourcebooks) or electronic (such as a CD-ROM); however, the development of textbooks will not normally be supported. Grants are not expected to reach over $250,000 in total funding, and significant cost-sharing is expected. Materials development support may also be sought under NEH's Teaching with Technology initiative.

EDUCATION/HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Program: Grant Programs
Agency: National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
Next Deadline: OCT 15, 1997
Supports K-12 public education initiatives (3/1/95 deadlines): Learning Tomorrow Grants (technology-infused learning for at-risk students); Student Success Grants (programs for underrepresented students); and Road Ahead Grants (student technology training). Additional programs (3/29/96 deadlines) in the areas of global education and faculty development are open to National Education Association members only. In 1997, Leadership Grants (10/15/97 deadline) support educator professional development. See http://www.nfie.org.

Program: FIPSE: Comprehensive Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Next Deadline: OCT 24, 1997
Supports projects that encourage reform, innovation, and improvement with a focus on enhancing equality of educational opportunity. Successful projects are comprehensive, action-oriented, risk-taking and responsive to the needs of practitioners; they are usually designed in response to local needs, but have the potential to influence practice elsewhere. ED expects to announce the FY 98 competition in mid-August. See http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/FIPSE.

HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH

Program: Occupational Safety and Health Research
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Next Deadline: OCT 01, 1997
Supports research and demonstration projects related to occupational safety and health. Priority areas include: disease and injury; irritant dermatitis; asthma; fertility/pregnancy abnormalities; hearing loss; infectious diseases; low back disorders; and traumatic injuries. More information on NIOSH priorities is available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora.html. For application, call 404/332-4561 (refer to Announcement 729). See ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Funding_opportunities/coop-agreements/729fy97.htm.

Program: FDA Research Grants
Agency: Food and Drug Administration
Next Deadline: OCT 01, 1997
Funds basic and applied research in the areas of food, drugs, biologics, medical devices, radiological health, and veterinary medicine through both contracts and grants. Applicants are encouraged to talk to FDA staff before sending in a proposal. Dates cited are for unsolicited proposals, which must be submitted to the Division of Research Grants at NIH for referral to FDA. For more information, see http://www.fda.gov.

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

Program: CISE Institutional Infrastructure-Research Infrastructure Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: OCT 20, 1997
A limited number of five-year awards are made for the establishment, enhancement, and operation of major experimental research facilities to conduct research activities in all areas supported by NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), including information, robotics and intelligent systems, microelectronic information processing, and advanced scientific computing. Proposals are accepted from institutions with Ph.D.-degree granting departments in any one or more of the CISE-research areas.

Program: Division of Mathematical Sciences
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: OCT 10, 1997
Supports research on the properties and applications of mathematical structures. Program areas include: Algebra and Number Theory (10/10); Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Probability, Geometric Analysis, and Topology and Foundations (11/7). The division also encourages collaborative/ multidisciplinary proposals and accepts Conferences/Workshops/Special Years proposals at any time.