Funding Opportunities

Arts/Humanities/International

Program: Grants-in-Aid
Agency: Hagley Museum and Library
Next Deadline: Jun 30, 1998
Supports scholarly research that makes use of the library's collections in the areas of American economic and technological heritage, including architectural, consumer culture, and business materials. Awards fund travel and living expenses for research in the imprint, manuscript, pictorial, and artifact collections. Grants provide stipends of up to $1,200 per month. See http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/center.htm.

Program: East European Studies Short-Term Grants
Agency: Smithsonian Institution
Next Deadline: Jun 01, 1998
Offers short-term support (one month) for scholars with a particular need for library, archival, and other specialized resources located in Washington, DC. Award is limited to advanced graduate and postdoctoral scholars in East European studies. Scholars will reside in Washington, DC and forego other academic and professional obligations for the grant period. Stipend is $80 per day for up to 30 days. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Web page: http://www.wwics.si.edu/PROGRAMS/REGION/EWES/EWES.HTM.

Education/Human and Community Development

Program: Tech. and Media for Indiv. With Disabilities: Steppingstones of Tech. Innovation
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Next Deadline: May 08, 1998
Supports projects utilizing an innovative, technology-based approach to improve literacy for students with disabilities; access to the general curriculum; or accountability and participation in education reform for students with disabilities. Technology-based approaches must be conducted in one of the following areas: development and refinement, research and evaluation, or implementation and validation. In FY 98, ED plans to make 15 awards of $200,000. Refer to the February 24, 1998 Federal Register.

Program: Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Next Deadline: Jun 1998 (tentative)
Awards grants to institutions to support centers that conduct research on problems (including housing, health care, crime, education and training, and economic development) in large and small cities and facilitate partnerships and outreach activities between IHEs, local communities and local governments. Grantee must provide 50 percent of the research costs and 25 percent of the outreach costs. See the March 20, 1997 Federal Register for FY 97 details. Refer to http://oup.org. HUD plans to issue a solicitation in late March with a June deadline.

Health/Mental Health

Program: Grant-in-Aid
Agency: American Heart Association
Next Deadline: Jun 15, 1998
Supports research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease or to similar fundamental problems. Funding is available in all basic disciplines, such as physiology, biochemistry, and pathology, as well as for epidemiological and clinical investigations that are related to cardiovascular problems. Maximum award is $55,000 per year for a maximum of three years. E-mail: ncrp@amhrt.org. See www.amhrt.org/scientific/research/program/97gia.html.

Program: Occupational Safety and Health Research
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Next Deadline: Jun 01, 1998
Supports research and demonstration projects related to occupational safety and health. Priority areas include: work environment issues; irritant dermatitis; asthma; fertility/pregnancy abnormalities; hearing loss; infectious diseases; low back disorders; traumatic injuries; and research tools. More information on NIOSH priorities is available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora.html. For application, call 404/332-4561 (refer to Announcement 811) or see http://www.cdc.gov/funding.htm.

Science/Engineering

Program: Division of Environmental Biology
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Jun 15, 1998 (target date)
Supports research and fellowships on the interrelationships of environmental biology from individual organisms to complex ecological systems. Emphases include basic research on the environment, ecological effects of global environmental change, environmental biotechnology, a National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis, and molecular evolution. Most division programs have June 15 and December 15 target dates, but a few have annual deadlines falling at different dates throughout the year. See www.nsf.gov/bio/ for more information.

Program: Communications Research
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Jun 02, 1998
Supports research in communications and information theory, including coding, multi-user information theory, advanced concepts in signal identification and tracking, and innovative approaches to communications. Program also supports research on networks including architectures, management, protocols, fiber optic networks, and internetworking. See www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/com_home.html.