Funding Opportunities

ARTS/HUMANITIES/INTERNATIONAL

Program: Grants for German Studies Programs
Agency: DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service
Next Deadline: NOV 01, 1997
DAAD supports various programs for the improvement of German area studies programs. Two summer seminars in German studies are offered (3/1 and 3/15 deadlines). A short-term research grant for faculty supports research in contemporary German literature (1/1/97). Sur Place grants (11/1/97 and 5/1/97) support nominated undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students studying contemporary German affairs. Seed money is provided for new team-taught courses that strengthen German area studies. (Applications are accepted anytime.) Web page www.daad.org/usa4.htm.

Program: Folger Library Long-Term Fellowships
Agency: Folger Shakespeare Library
Next Deadline: NOV 01, 1997
Provides long-term (six to nine-month) fellowship support to scholars pursuing research in fields appropriate to the Folger's collection (British and European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history of the 15th through 18th centuries). Six or seven fellowships are awarded annually. One or two are Folger-sponsored fellowships (the stipend for these is $2,000 per month). Two are Mellon Foundation-sponsored (the stipends range from $30,000 to $45,000) and the rest are NEH-sponsored (with $30,000 stipends).

EDUCATION/HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Program: Faculty Research Abroad (Fulbright-Hays Act)
Agency: U.S. Department o/f Education
Next Deadline: OCT 27, 1997
Helps institutions strengthen their foreign language and area studies programs by supporting faculty conducting research abroad. Fields of study include economics, geography, modern history, political science, sociology, and rarely taught languages. Overall goal is to strengthen research knowledge on world areas not widely included in American curricula. Projects focusing on Western Europe are not funded. Awards include a stipend and travel costs. See the August 5, 1997 Federal Register.

Program: Preparation of Personnel (IDEA): Low Incidence Disabilities
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Next Deadline: OCT 01, 1997
Supports preparation of special educators, related service and early intervention personnel serving children with low incidence disabilities (visual and/or hearing impairment, significant cognitive impairment, or any impairment for which a small number of personnel with highly specialized knowledge are needed). See the August 4, 1997 Federal Register. Send fax to 202/205-8717 for application kit.

HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH

Program: Toxicology Scholar and New Investigator Awards
Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Next Deadline: NOV 01, 1997
Supports a wide range of toxicological research in such areas as basic molecular biology, genetics and physiology; whole animal toxicity; molecular epidemiology; and the interaction of complex biological systems with the environment. Five-year Scholar Awards of $400,000 and three-year New Investigator Awards of $195,000 support career development. See http://www.webpress.net/bwfund/brochure/pharm2.htm.

Program: Innovative Approaches to Developing New Technologies
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: OCT 17, 1997
Under the Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) mechanism, supports projects to explore new research paradigms in engineering, instrumentation, physics, mathematics, or computer science as applied to biomedical research. Research must be unusually imaginative with potential to lead to a significant expansion of biomedical research horizons. Direct costs are limited to $75,000 per year for up to two years. See PAR-97-074 for details. E-mail: BTAdir@ep.ncrr.nih.gov.

SCIENCE/ENGINEERING

Program: Instrumentation for Materials Research Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: NOV 01, 1997
Supports the purchase of major shared-use instruments needed for materials research and the development of new instruments that extend current measurement capabilities. Eligible institutions should have formally constituted research programs in the following areas: low temperature physics, solid state physics, solid state chemistry, condensed matter theory, metallurgy, polymers, and ceramics and electronic materials. This program also provides support for purchase of closed-cycle helium liquefaction systems.

Program: Collaborative Research Grants
Agency: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Next Deadline: NOV 30, 1997
Supports joint projects carried out between research teams in different NATO countries in life sciences, physical and mathematical sciences, behavioral and social sciences, chemistry, geosciences, and applied sciences. Funds cover travel and living expenses. Projects involving the countries of Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States are eligible in the areas of disarmament technologies, the environment, high technology, and human resources/technology policy. The fax number is 32-2707-42-32. See www.nato.int/science. E-mail: science@hq.nato.int.