Available Grants and Fellowships in the Humanities

Updated September 18, 2009

• Long-Term Fellowships
• Short-Term Fellowships
• Special Awards/Fellowships
• Project Funding
• Other Funding Resources

Long-Term Fellowships:

• American Philosophical Society
  Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  Since 1998 the APS has conducted a program of fellowships in the humanities and social sciences, generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which is designed to supplement an awarded sabbatical/research leave. The program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and four-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave, but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2007. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides. The candidate's doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 2002, and no earlier than 1989. The total of institutional and external support should not exceed the academic year salary for the year in which the fellowship is held. The fellowship carries a stipend of $30,000 to $40,000. The precise amount of each fellowship will be determined by the committee. Tenure of the fellowship is for the academic year 2010-2011 or for the calendar year 2011. Payment occurs in either January or July 2011. Fellowships are taxable income, but the society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors. Fellows are expected to submit a report on progress made during the year within two months after the tenure of the fellowship. Publications issuing from the work accomplished must acknowledge the society's help in print.
  • Application deadline: October 15, 2009

• University of Wisconsin, Madison
  Institute for Humanities Research
  Friedrich Solmsen Postdoctoral Fellowships
  Applicants must be in possession of the doctorate at the time of application. The institute offers up to four one-year fellowships. The award carries office space and a stipend of $40,000 for the academic year. Solmsen Fellows may continue their residency at the Institute over the summer as non-stipendiary fellows. Through a generous bequest from Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen, the IRH offers Solmsen Postdoctoral Fellowships to scholars from other universities working on literary and historical studies of the European Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods up to about the year 1700. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar.
  • Application deadline: October 15, 2009 
• Newberry Library 
  Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  Long-term fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for periods of 6 to 11 months. The fellowship carries an academic-year stipend of $50,400. Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary support. These fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars in any field relevant to the Newberry Library's collections to support residential research and writing. These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry Library's scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows' seminar.
  The Newberry Library, open to the public without charge, is an independent research library dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, especially in the humanities. The Newberry Library actively collects and preserves a broad array of special collections research materials (books, manuscripts, maps, and other printed materials) related to the history and culture of Western Europe and the Americas. It promotes and provides for their effective use, fostering research, teaching, publication, and life-long learning, as well as civic engagement. In service to its diverse community, the Newberry encourages intellectual pursuit in an atmosphere of free inquiry and sustains the highest standards of collection preservation, bibliographic access, and reader services.
  • Application Deadline: January 11, 2010

• Newberry Library 
  National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
  Long-term fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for periods of 6 to 11 months. The fellowship carries an academic-year stipend of $50,400. Applicants may combine these fellowship awards with sabbatical or other stipendiary support. These fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars to support projects in any field appropriate to the Newberry Library's collections. These grants support individual research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the Newberry Library's scholarly activities, including a biweekly fellows' seminar. Applicants for postdoctoral awards must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application. Applicants must be United States citizens or foreign nationals with three years' residence. Preference is given to applicants who have not held major fellowships for three years preceding the proposed period of residency.
  • Application Deadline: January 11, 2010
    
• UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
  Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships
  Scholars will need to have received their doctorates in the last six years.  Scholars whose research pertains to the announced theme are eligible to apply. Fellows are expected to make a substantive contribution to the Center’s workshops and seminars. Awards are for three consecutive quarters in residence at the Clark. Stipend: $37,500 for the three-quarter period together with paid medical benefits for scholar.This theme-based resident fellowship program, established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles and the J. Paul Getty Trust, is designed to encourage the participation of junior scholars in the Center's yearlong core programs. The core program for year 2010–2011: Cultures of Aestheticism—Before and After Oscar Wilde, directed by by Clark Professor Joseph Bristow (UCLA). The program, which is based at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, invites applications from humanities scholars whose research interests relate to the ways in which post-Kantian traditions develop theories and practices that address beliefs in l’art pour l’art. In its European and North American manifestations, late nineteenth-century aestheticism set in place the enduringly polemical position that art should have no obligation to instruct or improve anyone. Cultures of Aestheticism will feature a series of conferences that cover a fairly broad historical span, starting with the emergence of British assimilations of ideas about (from French sources such as Théophile Gautier) in the 1850s and 1860s to the legacies of the Aesthetic Movement to interwar and post-war cultures around the world. The critical questions raised by aestheticism reverberate through many of the most decisive interventions into critiques of aesthetics (notably Theodor Adorno’s Aesthetic Ideology), and their reappearance is evident in recent postmodern debates about “the new aestheticism.” The conference series will address the growth of l’art pour l’art in ways that expand our understanding of this movement beyond its more familiar cultural, disciplinary, and geo-political contexts.
  • Application Deadline: Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
     
• Tulane University / Newcomb College Center for Research on Women (NCCROW)
  Visiting Scholars Program
  available to scholars whose research makes use of the Newcomb Archives and other resources of the center, for up to one academic year's affiliation. The Visiting Scholars Program supports women's studies scholars who are without university affiliation in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The appointment is particularly appropriate for a scholar on sabbatical or research leave from another institution. Scholars are invited to participate as fully as possible in the activities of the center—for example through presentation of research or participation in faculty colloquium or workshops—and the university. It is anticipated that the scholar's visit will result in a paper publishable in the center's working paper series. (See also short-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
  Trudeau Fellows Programme
  available for external advisors who are nationally and internationally recognized leaders in academia, government, business, the voluntary sector, and the arts, to nominate Canadian or foreign nationals. The Trudeau Fellows Programme seeks out and promotes the finest thinkers in a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, naming up to 5 fellows each year. Trudeau Fellowships recognize outstanding achievement and provide support for recipients to continue to make extraordinary contributions in their fields. Trudeau Fellows are innovative in their approaches to issues of public policy and are committed to public engagement. The selection criteria for Trudeau Fellowships are as follows: (1) Creative thinking to the highest international standards of the given discipline; (2) An outstanding ability to communicate the results of research to other researchers and scholars, and to the general public; (3) A commitment to work with foundation scholars and mentors; (4) Interest in one or more of the 4 themes of the foundation, and a desire to contribute to public dialogue around those themes. The four themes of the foundation are as follows: (1) Human rights and social justice; (2) Responsible citizenship; (3) Canada and the world; (4) Humans and their natural environment.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• National Endowment for Democracy (NED) International Forum for Democratic Studies
  Visiting Fellows Program
  available to accomplished and promising scholars, political leaders, government officials on leave, democratic activists, and journalists of all nationalities. Visiting Fellows may be in residence at the forum for periods ranging from three to 10 months, during which time they are expected to carry out a written or other project related to democracy. While Visiting Fellows do not receive stipend and travel support, the forum is able to provide use of the Democracy Resource Center and Library and, depending on space availability, a fully equipped office. The Visiting Fellows Program enables scholars, journalists, and practitioners of democracy to spend time in residence at the forum exploring the theory and practice of democracy. The primary goal of the program is to give leading scholars and practitioners of democracy the time and resources to conduct original research, become familiar with recent literature in their fields of interest, write for publication, assess their own experiences, interact with colleagues from other regions and disciplines, and enhance their knowledge and skills. A secondary goal is to facilitate exchanges between the fellows and the wider academic, policy-making, and activist communities in Washington and elsewhere in the U.S. (See also short-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  Humboldt Research Fellowships
  available to highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany. Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of at least six and at most 12 months; an extension of up to 24 months is possible. Researchers of all nationalities and disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual countries and disciplines. (See also short-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies and UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
  Postdoctoral Scholar
  available to qualified junior scholars who have received Ph.D. in the last six years and who seek a nonstipendiary, short-term relationship with UCLA for purposes of independent research and study. Appointments for up to three years are offered to qualified junior scholars who wish to engage in advanced study and research on 17th and 18th centuries under faculty guidance. Appointment grants access to library, course-auditing privileges, and eligibility to purchase a group-rate medical insurance plan, assigned campus parking and recreation center membership.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies and UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
  Visiting Scholar
  available to distinguished visitors and senior scholars who seek a nonstipendiary, short-term relationship with UCLA for purposes of independent research and study. Appointments, normally of a year's duration, are given to postdoctoral scholars not affiliated with UCLA but wanting to pursue research there on 17th and 18th centuries. Appointment grants access to library, course-auditing privileges, and eligibility to purchase a group-rate medical insurance plan, assigned campus parking, and recreation center membership.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.

Short-Term Fellowships:

• UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
  Clark Short-Term Fellowships
  Fellowship support is available to scholars with research projects that require work in any area of the Clark's collections. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree or have equivalent academic experience. Awards are for periods of one to three months in residence. Stipend: $2,500 per month.
  • Application deadline: Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
     

• UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
  ASECS/Clark Fellowships
  Fellowships jointly sponsored by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Clark Library are available to postdoctoral scholars and to ABD graduate students with projects in the Restoration or the eighteenth century. Fellowship holders must be members in good standing of ASECS. Awards are for one month of residency. Stipend: $2,500 for the month of residency.
  • Application Deadline: Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
     
• UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
  Kanner Fellowship in British Studies
  This three-month fellowship, established through the generosity of Penny Kanner, supports research at the Clark Library in any area pertaining to British history and culture. The fellowship is open to both postdoctoral and predoctoral scholars. Stipend: $7,500 for the three-month tenure.
  • Application Deadline: Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
    
• UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
  Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship
  Sponsored jointly by the Clark and the Huntington Libraries, this two-month fellowship provides support for bibliographical research in early modern British literature and history as well as other areas where the two libraries have common strengths. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or have appropriate research experience. Stipend: $5,000 for two months in residence.
  
  • Application Deadline: Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
    
• Fulbright Specialist Program
  Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
  available to Ph.D. or other professional. The program is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals. Shorter grant lengths give specialists greater flexibility to pursue a grant that works best with their current academic or professional commitments. The program goals are to increase the participation of leading U.S. scholars and professionals in Fulbright academic exchanges; to encourage new activities that go beyond the traditional Fulbright activities of lecturing and research; and to promote increased connections between U.S. and non-U.S. post-secondary academic institutions. The award amount is unspecified. The program will award grants ranging from two to six weeks and will make use of serial grants if deemed necessary. Grant benefits include international economy fare travel and approved related expenses plus a $200 per day honorarium. The honorarium is payable upon completion of the grant and submission of an online final report and travel expense report. Host institutions normally cover in-country per diem costs for lodging, meals and transportation.
  • Application deadline: continuous. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and peer review of applications is conducted eight times per year.
     
• Southern Methodist University (SMU) Clements Center for Southwest Studies
  Clements-Degolyer Library Fellowships
  available to individuals (including graduate students) who have demonstrated in one manner or another excellent qualifications as revealed primarily through previous publications (to a degree commensurate with their age, profession, and experience). The fellowship is awarded to facilitate scholarly research on any aspect of the Southwestern experience on an uninterrupted basis in the DeGolyer Library. The library contains materials pertaining to the trans-Mississippi West, the Spanish Borderlands, and the history of transportation (especially railroads). Researchers are expected to conduct their research primarily at the library and should live outside the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area, beyond reasonable commute distance.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• The Hastings Center
  North American Visiting Scholar Program
  available for scholars, educators, and professional practitioners with degrees, who are currently residing in the U.S. and Canada, to do independent research at the Hastings Center on ethical issues in medicine, the life sciences, and the professions. A typical stay ranges from two to four weeks.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• Tulane University / Newcomb College Center for Research on Women (NCCROW)
  Visiting Scholars Program
  available to scholars whose research makes use of the Newcomb Archives and other resources of the center, for up to one academic year's affiliation. The Visiting Scholars Program supports women's studies scholars who are without university affiliation in the New Orleans metropolitan area. The appointment is particularly appropriate for a scholar on sabbatical or research leave from another institution. Scholars are invited to participate as fully as possible in the activities of the center—for example through presentation of research or participation in faculty colloquium or workshops—and the university. It is anticipated that the scholar's visit will result in a paper publishable in the center's working paper series. (See also long-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• Center for Land Use Interpretation
  Wendover Residence Program
  available to people of all disciplines, backgrounds, working methods, and levels of experience for 3- to 8-week residencies. Applications are welcome from collaborators or groups who wish to work together on projects related to the desert town of Wendover, UT's unique and inspiring geographic region, which includes the Great Salt Lake and its desert and salt-flat environs. During the course of the residency, participants are asked to produce work that explores themes related to the area, work that will then be exhibited. The Wendover Residence Program exists to encourage new and compelling ways of thinking about the built landscape of the region. It is open to anyone with interesting ideas and an ability to see them through.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• National Endowment for Democracy (NED) International Forum for Democratic Studies
  Visiting Fellows Program
  available to accomplished and promising scholars, political leaders, government officials on leave, democratic activists, and journalists of all nationalities. Visiting Fellows may be in residence at the forum for periods ranging from three to 10 months, during which time they are expected to carry out a written or other project related to democracy. While Visiting Fellows do not receive stipend and travel support, the forum is able to provide use of the Democracy Resource Center and Library and, depending on space availability, a fully equipped office. The Visiting Fellows Program enables scholars, journalists, and practitioners of democracy to spend time in residence at the forum exploring the theory and practice of democracy. The primary goal of the program is to give leading scholars and practitioners of democracy the time and resources to conduct original research, become familiar with recent literature in their fields of interest, write for publication, assess their own experiences, interact with colleagues from other regions and disciplines, and enhance their knowledge and skills. A secondary goal is to facilitate exchanges between the fellows and the wider academic, policy-making, and activist communities in Washington and elsewhere in the U.S. (See also long-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  Humboldt Research Fellowships
  available to highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany. Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of at least six and at most 12 months; an extension of up to 24 months is possible. Researchers of all nationalities and disciplines may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for individual countries and disciplines. (See also long-term fellowships.)
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
     

Special Awards/Fellowships:

• The Missouri Review
  Editors' Prize Contest
  Now in its 19th year, the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize awards over $15,000 annually in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction ($5,000 per category).  But that's not all: winners are featured in the spring issue of The Missouri Review and flown to Columbia (MO!) for a gala reading and reception.  Three runners-up in each category receive cash prizes and are considered for publication. Each story or essay constitutes one entry; Entry fee: $20 for each entry (make checks payable to The Missouri Review). Each fee entitles the entrant to a one-year subscription to TMR, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription.  Additional submission instructions available through link above.

  • Application Deadline: October 1, 2009 (Postmark) 
     

• Nineteenth Century Studies Association
  Article Prize
  The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2009 Article Prize, which recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long nineteenth century (French Revolution to World War I). Submission of interdisciplinary studies is especially encouraged. Essays written in part or in whole in a language other than English must be accompanied by English translations. The winner will receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the 31st Annual NCSA Conference, "Theatricality and the Performative in the Long Nineteenth Century," in Tampa, Florida, March 11-13, 2010.

  • Application Deadline: November 16, 2009

• International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)
  Pierre Savard Award
  The awards are designed to recognize and promote outstanding scholarly monographs on a Canadian topic. The awards form part of a strategy that is aimed at promoting, especially throughout the Canadian academic community, works that have been written by members of the Canadian studies international network. The awards are intended to designate exceptional books, which, being based on a Canadian topic, contribute to a better understanding of Canada. The author must be a member in good standing of a member association or of an associate member of the ICCS.The application must be introduced by the president of a member association or of an associate member.  There are two categories:
  1) Books written in French or English 2) Books written in a language other than French or English. Monographs dealing mainly with Canada are eligible. Comparative works will be considered, as well as works written by more than one author. Collections of poetry, novels, plays, proceedings of symposia, reference works, bibliographies, etc. will not be eligible. The same applies to works comprising essentially previously published documents, such as excerpts from books or articles.The Pierre Savard Awards comprise a document signed by the President of the ICCS and by the President of the Adjudication Committee. The Awards include a sum of money toward travel and lodging expenses, in order for the recipients to travel to Canada to officially receive the Award at the Annual General Meeting of the ICCS.

  • Application Deadline: November 24, 2009
     

• Fish Publications
  Fish Short Story Prize
  Fish Publishing's Short Story Prize was set up to enable new and exciting writers to be published in book format. Winning the prize proved to be an effective launch pad for the literary careers of a number of participants. There is no restriction on theme or style but stories may be no more than 5,000 words. Stories must be written in English. The top three prizes are as follows: - First Prize, €3,000 - Second Prize - a week at the Anam Cara Writers' and Artists' Retreat in West Cork's Beara Peninsula, with €300 travelling expenses - Third Prize - €300. All authors selected to appear in the anthology and who come to next year's book launch to read their stories will receive an award of €100 and five complementary copies of the anthology.

  • Application Deadline: November 30, 2009
     

• The Missouri Review
  Audio and Video Competition
  The Missouri Review invites all writers and writers/producers to participate in our second ever Audio & Video Competition. We have audio categories suitable for all kinds of writers, including Narrative Essay, Documentary, as well asVoice-Only Literature categories for Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction. This year we are introducing a new Video category! Thousands of dollars in prizes available.

  • Application Deadline: December 1, 2009 (Postmark) 
     

• American Philosophical Society
  Franklin Grants 
  Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years. Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2010. Grants are not retroactive. Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

  • Application Deadline - The deadlines for applications and two letters of support are - October 1, 2009, for a January 2010 decision for work in February through December; and - December 1, 2009, for a March 2010 decision for work in April through December. The online application portal will be available on or before July 2, 2009.

• PEN American Center
  PEN Translation Prize
  The $3,000 PEN Translation Prize invites submissions of book-length translations from any language into English published during the current calendar year. Although all eligible books must have been published in the United States, translators may be of any nationality; U.S. residency or citizenship is not required. There are no restrictions on the subject matter of translated works, although eligible titles should be of a literary character; technical, scientific, or bibliographical translations will not be considered. Books with more than two translators are not eligible. Three copies of book-length literary translations published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 may be submitted by publishers, agents, or the translators themselves. Self-published books are not eligible.

  • Application Deadline: Nominations must be received between September 1, 2009 and December 14, 2009. Early submissions are strongly recommended.
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
  The $1,000.00 Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award is offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the estate of Rachel Dalven, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry or verse-drama. Poems entered as part of a Di Castagnola manuscript may be entered individually in other PSA contests, but not if they are previously published. The line limit is either 300 lines of verse or one sample scene, 20 pages or less, for verse-drama. This award is open only to PSA members. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
  The Cecil Hemley Memorial Award was established by Jack Stadler, former treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynn Stadler, for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern. The submitted poem has a limit of 100 lines. This $500.00 award is open only to PSA members. Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America 
  George Bogin Memorial Award
  Established by the family and friends of George Bogin for a selection of four or five poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms.  There is no line limit.  This $500.00 award is open to all eligible poets and publishers.  Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
  The Lucille Medwick Memorial Award was established by Maury Medwick in memory of his wife, the poet and editor, for an original poem in any form on a humanitarian theme. The poem is limited to 100 lines. This $500.00 award is open only to PSA members. Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Lyric Poetry Award
  The Lyric Poetry Award was established under the will of PSA member Mrs. Consuelo Ford (Althea Urn), and also in memory of Mary Carolyn Davies, for a lyric poem on any subject. The poem is limited to 50 lines. This $500.00 award is open only to PSA members. Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
  Established by the family and friends of Robert H. Winner, whose first book of poems appeared when he was almost fifty years old, this $2,500.00 award acknowledges original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book. Send a brief but cohesive manuscript of 10 poems (up to 20 pages). Please include year of birth on cover page. Previously published work may be included in your submission; include acknowledgement of publications on your cover page. Poems entered as part of a Winner manuscript may be entered individually in other PSA contests, but NOT if they are previously published. This award is open to all eligible poets and publishers.  Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Poetry Society of America
  Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
  The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is given by the PSA to honor the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson, though not necessarily in her style. Submitted poems are limited to 30 lines. This $250.00 award is open only to PSA members. Applicants may not submit the same poem to more than one contest. An exception to this rule is that individual poems submitted as part of a group to either the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award or the Robert H. Winner Memorial Award may be submitted to another PSA contest. Applicants may submit only one entry per contest. Translations are ineligible. No previously published work may be submitted, with the exception of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola and Robert H. Winner Memorial Awards. A poem that has already won a PSA award may not be resubmitted. No PSA employee or officer is eligible to enter the PSA contests.

  • Application Deadline: December 22, 2009
     

• Puffin Foundation, Ltd
  Artist Grants
  The Puffin Foundation Ltd. continues to make grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The foundation does not have the means to fund large film or documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books. The awards range from $1,000 to $2,500.  Grant awards can only be awarded to permanent residents and citizens of the United States. U.S. citizens whose projects encompass work in other countries are still eligible to apply.

  • Application Deadline: The application submissions for the 2010 cycle will be accepted from October until the deadline of December 30, 2009, postmarked by midnight. 
     

• Cleveland Foundation
  Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
  The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which recognize outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism or appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures, is accepting entries. Awards are given for both fiction and non-fiction, with winners being announced in the spring. The awards are administered by the Cleveland Foundation. Award recipients traditionally receive a monetary gift of $10,000 from the Anisfield-Wolf Fund. Now in its 75th year, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards continues to be the only American book award designed specifically to recognize works addressing issues of racism and diversity.

  • Application Deadline: December 31, 2009
     

• PEN American Center
  PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry
  The PEN/Voelcker Award, established by a bequest from Hunce Voelcker, will be presented for the eighth time in 2008 to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature. The poet honored by the award is one for whom the exceptional promise seen in earlier work has been fulfilled, and who continues to mature with each successive volume of poetry. The award is given in even-numbered years and carries a stipend of $5,000.  There are no restrictions whatsoever as to the age of the poet or to the style of his or her work. The award is judged by a panel of three to five poets or other writers whose tastes and knowledge of contemporary American poetry are wide-ranging and thorough. Candidates can be nominated for the PEN/Voelcker Award only by Members of PEN. All letters of nomination (one to two pages is expected) should describe the scope and literary caliber of the candidate's work, and summarize the candidate's publications. Most importantly, nominations should articulate the degree of accomplishment the nominated poet has attained, and the esteem in which the candidate's work is held within the American literary community. It is understood that all nominations made for the PEN/Voelcker Award supplement internal nominations made by the panel of judges.
  • Application Deadline: This award is biennial and will be offered in 2010. Nominations must be received between September 1, 2009 and January 14, 2010.
     
• Bellingham Review
  Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
  This award is given to recognize creative nonfiction essays. Entries are accepted in any style and on any subject. The maximum length for prose is 8,000 words. Previously published works and works accepted for publication are ineligible. Entries may be under consideration elsewhere, but they should be withdrawn from the competition if they are accepted for publication. Current students, faculty, or staff of Western Washington University are not eligible to enter. The first prize winner will receive $1,000 and will be published in the Bellingham Review. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication. Everyone entering the competition will receive a complimentary two-issue subscription to the Bellingham Review.
  • Application Deadline - March 1, 2010 (Submissions must be postmarked between December 1 and March 1. There is an entry fee of $18 for the first entry (one nonfiction work). Each additional entry is $10. International submitters should include an extra $10 to cover cost of mailing subscription overseas; however, if they would like to enter the contest without having an international subscription, they must let the Bellingham Review know, and they will owe only the $18 entry fee.)
     

• Bellingham Review
  Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
  The award will be given to a short story. The maximum length for prose is 8,000 words. Novel excerpts up to 8,000 words are accepted. Previously published works and works accepted for publication are ineligible. Entries may be under consideration elsewhere, but they should be withdrawn from the competition if they are accepted for publication. Current students, faculty, or staff of Western Washington University are not eligible to enter. The first prize winner will receive $1,000 and will be published in the Bellingham Review. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication. Everyone entering the competition will receive a complimentary two-issue subscription to the Bellingham Review. 
  • Application Deadline - March 1, 2010 (Submissions must be postmarked between December 1 and March 1. There is an entry fee of $18 for the first entry (one nonfiction work). Each additional entry is $10. International submitters should include an extra $10 to cover cost of mailing subscription overseas; however, if they would like to enter the contest without having an international subscription, they must let the Bellingham Review know, and they will owe only the $18 entry fee.)
     
• Bellingham Review
  49th Parallel Poetry Award
  This award will be given to recognize a work of poetry. Each poem within a series of poems will be treated as a separate entry. Previously published works and works accepted for publication are ineligible. Entries may be under consideration elsewhere, but they should be withdrawn from the competition if they are accepted for publication. Current students, faculty, or staff of Western Washington University are not eligible to enter. The first prize winner will receive $1,000 and will be published in the Bellingham Review. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication. Everyone entering the competition will receive a complimentary two-issue subscription to the Bellingham Review. 
  • Application Deadline - March 1, 2010 (Submissions must be postmarked between December 1 and March 1. There is an entry fee of $18 for the first entry (one nonfiction work). Each additional entry is $10. International submitters should include an extra $10 to cover cost of mailing subscription overseas; however, if they would like to enter the contest without having an international subscription, they must let the Bellingham Review know, and they will owe only the $18 entry fee.)
     
• New America Foundation
  Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program
  available as follows: Regular fellows have typically shown great promise in writing for student, academic, or popular publications, but have yet to establish themselves as leading commentators in the public discourse. Senior fellows are generally well-established journalists, academics, or policy analysts who wish to make bold and risky departures in their work, or who, because of the unconventionality of their thinking, lack obvious patrons. The purpose of New America's Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program is to train and support a new generation of aspiring public intellectuals. Toward this end, the New America Foundation provides economic, professional, and intellectual support to exceptionally promising young writers, thinkers, and analysts who wish to establish themselves as leading voices in the national policy debate. By investing in the career development of many of the best and brightest civic-minded writers of the day, the foundation seeks to enrich the quality of America's public debate for years to come. Every year, The New America Foundation awards fellowships on a highly competitive basis. At one end of the spectrum are senior fellows who have already distinguished themselves as leading policy thinkers. At the other end are a larger group of fellows who have exceptional potential but are not yet well-established. All fellows come to the foundation to pursue solutions-oriented research and writing programs of their own design.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.

• European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
  Adult Award for the Promotion of International Education
  available to ECIS regular and associate member schools for nomination of a deserving adult (or group) in the school community for exemplary voluntary contributions that have helped to promote and enhance international education. Although member schools have the opportunity to nominate a potential candidate annually, in order to maintain the prestigious level of recognition for which this award is intended, it is expected that this award will be presented sparingly, with considerable forethought, and only to those individuals or groups that have achieved the very highest level of service and dedication.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
  Student Award for International Understanding
  available to ECIS regular and associate member schools for nomination of an outstanding student promoting international education awareness. The award recognizes a student who is a good representative of his/her own country, with a positive attitude towards the life and culture of others, able to converse in at least two languages, a contributing force in the life of the school, with the ability to bring differing people together into a sense of community, thus furthering the cause of international understanding. There are no limitations in respect of age, nationality, class, or level of academic performance of the recipient.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Bakken Library and Museum of Electricity in Life
  Research Travel Grants
  available to domestic and foreign researchers to facilitate research in The Bakken's collections of books, journals, manuscripts, prints, instruments, and machines. The subject of the collections is the history of electricity and magnetism with a focus on their roles in the life sciences and medicine. The relevance of the Bakken's collections to the applicant's research is a primary consideration in awarding travel grants.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
  Grants
  available to visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists who work on paper (including printmakers). The foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, photographers, video artists, performance artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers, or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories. As well, grants will not fund students or academic study. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal, or both. The foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. The foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Arizona Commission on the Arts
  Professional Development Grants
  available for Arizona artists and representatives of, in general, small and mid-sized Arizona arts organizations to attend out-of-state conferences, workshops, seminars, retreats that will contribute to their professional growth.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) Fulbright Scholar Program
  Fulbright Senior Specialist Grants
  available to qualified U.S. scholars and professionals. Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements: (1) U.S. citizen at the time of application; permanent resident status is not sufficient. (2) A Ph.D. or equivalent professional or terminal degree at the time of application. For professionals and artists outside academe, recognized professional standing and substantial professional accomplishments are required. (3) Persons residing abroad for five or more consecutive years in the 6-year period preceding the date of application are ineligible. Residing abroad is defined as living outside the U.S. for nine months or more during a calendar year. Duty abroad in the U.S. Armed Forces is not considered disqualifying within the meaning of this section. (4) Disclosure of prior conviction or current indictment for commission of a felony. Prior conviction or current indictment may result in disqualification. (5) Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or physical impairment. Countries eligible to participate in the program include those where there is a U.S. embassy or a Fulbright Commission. Fulbright Senior Specialist activities will be designed to provide U.S. faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with professional counterparts on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning, and a variety of other activities. Applications will be accepted for Fulbright Senior Specialists in the following fields: Anthropology; Archaeology; Business administration; Communications; Journalism; Economics; Education; Environmental science; Information technology; Law; Library science; Political science; Public administration; Sociology; Social work; U.S. studies (i.e., art, art history, dance, history, literature, music, popular culture, and theater); and Urban planning.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Organization of American Historians (OAH)
  Binkley-Stephenson Award
  available to writers for the best scholarly article published in the Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year (March, June, September, December issues).
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• University of Oklahoma Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center
  Visiting Scholars Program
  available to open to any applicant for financial assistance to researchers working at the center's archives, with emphasis given to those pursuing postdoctoral research in history, political science, and other fields. Graduate students involved in research for publication, thesis, or dissertation are encouraged to apply as are undergraduates and lay researchers. The center's holdings include the papers of many former members of Congress, such as Robert S. Kerr, Fred Harris, and Speaker Carl Albert of OK; Helen Gahagan Douglas and Jeffery Cohelan of CA; Sidney Clarke of KS; and Neil Gallagher of NJ. Besides the history of Congress, congressional leadership, national and Oklahoma politics, and election campaigns, the collections also document government policy affecting agriculture, Native Americans, energy, foreign affairs, the environment, the economy, and other areas. Topics that can be studied include the Great Depression, flood control, soil conservation, and tribal affairs. At least one collection provides insight on women in American politics. Most materials date from the 1920s to the 1970s, although there is one 19th century collection.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature
  Translation Subsidies
  available for non-Dutch publishers wishing to publish translations of Dutch or Frisian literature including children's literature and quality non-fiction.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• J. Paul Getty Trust/Getty Research Institute
  Getty Institutional Critical Reference Resources Grant
  available for established scholars, artists, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields of arts, humanities, or social sciences. Visiting Scholars are in residence for short periods of time, usually three months.
  • Continuous. Submit letter of inquiry.

Project Funding:

• National Endowment for the Humanities
  Collaborative Research Grants
  Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations or institutions with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; state and local governments, and tribal governments; U.S. citizens; and foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual’s salary.
  Eligible projects include research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities; conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit ongoing research; archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (projects may encompass excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive monographs); and research that uses the knowledge, methods, and perspectives of the humanities to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences. Awards are made for one to three years and normally range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year. Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the two, depending on the applicant’s preference and the availability of funds. The use of federal matching funds is encouraged. Federal matching funds are released on a one-to-one basis when a grantee secures gift funds from eligible third parties.
  • Application deadline: October 29, 2009 

• National Endowment for the Humanities
  Scholarly Editions and Translations
  Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations or institutions with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; state and local governments, and tribal governments; U.S. citizens; and foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Scholarly Editions and Translations grants support the preparation of editions and translations of pre-existing texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at least one editor or translator and one other staff member. Grants typically support editions and translations of significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are also eligible. Awards are made for one to three years and normally range from $50,000 to $100,000 per year. Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright funds, matching funds, or a combination of the two, depending on the applicant’s preference and the availability of funds. The use of federal matching funds is encouraged. Federal matching funds are released on a one-to-one basis when a grantee secures gift funds from eligible third parties.  
  • Application deadline: October 29, 2009
• Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF) European Region
  Conference, Seminar, and Summer School Grants
  available to academic institutions
  The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCK) will consider applications from institutions for grants to support conferences or seminars on specific subjects related to the foundation's goals and objectives. In addition, the foundation provides funding for short-term (usually one to two week) intensive programs of instruction for graduate students in a given field of Chinese studies. These grants are intended to encourage contacts between students and scholars working in the same field at different institutions throughout Europe. Hence workshops must be open to graduate students from all parts of Europe. Budgets for conferences should not exceed EUR25,000. Applications may be for up to three annual workshops, and should not exceed EUR15,000 per year.
  • Application deadline: Feb. 15, 2009 and Sep. 15, 2009
• Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS) / Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) / AAS NEAC Japan Studies Grants
  Japan-Related Speakers and Panels at National Conventions of Major Scholarly Disciplines Program
  available to institutional applicants who are located within the U.S. Preference will be given to applications that come from the professional associations where Japanese perspectives have been historically neglected. The NEAC of the AAS, in conjunction with the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC), supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines. The purpose of the Japan-related Speakers and Panels at National Conventions of Major Scholarly Disciplines program is to encourage scholarly study of Japan by disciplinary specialists such as political scientists, economists, geographers, musicologists, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and scientists, by providing financial support to organizers of panels at annual conventions of national scholarly organizations (rather than area-studies oriented meetings) to bring Japan experts (of any nationality) and Japanese scholars to participate in those panels.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Kresge Foundation
  Capital Challenge Grants
  available to tax-exempt, charitable organizations operating in fields of higher education (awarding baccalaureate or graduate degrees), health care and long-term care, human services, science and the environment, arts and humanities, and public affairs are eligible to apply. Governmental agencies are also eligible to apply. Full accreditation is required for higher education and hospital applicants and preferred in all other fields that offer it. The Capital Challenge Grants program builds facilities and challenges private giving. The Kresge Foundation is known for making grants for capital projects. However, it believes a challenge grant toward an organization's capital project does more than just build a building or reward good programs. It presents an opportunity to build institutional capacity by helping an organization broaden and deepen its base of support from the private sector and by encouraging volunteer involvement in the fund raising effort and beyond.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines, but institutions may submit only one application per 12-month period. Note: Limited Submissions accepted. See ASU guidelines.
• Dekker Foundation
  Education Grants
  available to 501(c)3 organizations that promote education and the advancement of knowledge. Because learning occurs in many different contexts, recipients can range from organizations implementing technology in education to academic programs dedicated to scientific and medical research.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. First must submit letter of inquiry.
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  General Research Grants
  available to international development donors, universities, foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector and other research institutions for research projects. By involving other players, the IDRC puts into practice its belief that all of us, private and public sector, north and south, have a role to play in international development. The IDRC has chosen six development themes to receive priority in funding: (1) food security, (2) equity in natural resource use (3) biodiversity conservation, (4) sustainable employment, (5) strategies and policies for healthy societies and (6) information and communication.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. Applicants must contact the sponsor or one of the regional offices well in advance of application. An applicant's project idea must be accepted by IDRC before he or she may submit a complete research proposal.
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  Education Program Grants
  available for tax-exempt organizations to promote long-term institutional or field development, reform, or knowledge creation in five priority areas: (1) improving instruction, (2) California reform, (3) technology, (4) universal education and (5) Opportunity. The Education Program funds policy studies, research, development, demonstrations, evaluations, dissemination, and public engagement to accomplish its objectives. An individual grant should develop knowledge usable beyond its boundaries and should add clear and substantial value to accomplishing the goals of a program priority.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• California Institute of Technology
  Maurice A. Biot Archives Fund
  available for established scholars or students working towards a graduate degree to do research in the collections of the Caltech Archives. Graduate students must have completed one year of study prior to receiving a grant-in-aid. Grants-in-aid may be used for travel and living expenses, for photocopy or other photo-reproduction costs related to the research project, and for miscellaneous research expenses. Funds may not be used for the purchase of computer software or hardware. Preference will be given to those working in the history of technology, especially in the fields of aeronautics, applied mechanics and geophysics.
  • Application deadline: Continuous.
• California Institute of Technology
  Victor and Joy Wouk Grant-in-Aid Program
  available for established scholars or students working towards a graduate degree to do research in the Papers of Victor Wouk in the Caltech Archives. Graduate students must have completed one year of study prior to receiving a grant-in-aid. Grants-in-aid may be used for travel and living expenses, for photocopy or other photo-reproduction costs related to the research project, and for miscellaneous research expenses. Funds may not be used for the purchase of computer software or hardware.
  • Application deadline: Continuous.
• Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS)
  NEAC Japan Studies Grants
  available to support a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines. Please note: Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and institutional applicants must be located within the USA.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• J.C. Downing Foundation
  Grants
  available to nonprofit local, national, and international programs. Applications from the Southern California area may be given preferential consideration, but applications from other geographical areas will not be excluded. The foundation awards grants to qualified nonprofit organizations with explicit, identifiable needs, often funding the early stages of a project's development. Areas of support include: education and human development; environmental research and preservation; fine arts; sports and athletics; and technology and communications. The J.C. Downing Foundation issues project grants, not general support grants.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. Submit letter of inquiry.
• Henry Luce Foundation
  Asia Project Grants
  available for U.S.-based universities and organizations dealing with the countries and cultures of East and Southeast Asia to provide opportunities to improve understanding between the U.S. and the Asia-Pacific region. These grants typically support advanced scholarship, create new resources, or promote the exchange of ideas and information between Americans and Asians. The Asia grants are limited to the humanities and social sciences and are typically for longer-term programs or projects.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Kinder Morgan Foundation
  Grants
  available to applicants with 501(c)(3) IRS status (i.e. ASU Foundation); requests must reflect the purpose of the foundation. The foundation does not fund: individuals; political causes, candidates, or lobbying efforts; programs or organizations outside of the U.S.; operating expenses; projects of religious denominations; advertising; athletic team sponsorships (unless submitted through a community foundation); or elementary or secondary schools (unless submitted through an educational foundation). The Kinder Morgan Foundation is dedicated to supporting non-profit youth programs that support education, arts and culture within the company's operating territory. Recognizing that youth represent the future, not only for our communities but for our country, the Kinder Morgan Foundation makes charitable contributions to organizations and programs that enhance opportunities for our nation's youth.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Coca-Cola Foundation
  Grant Program
  available to organizations with tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, or the equivalent, for projects which provide youth with the educational opportunities and support systems they need to become knowledgeable and productive citizens. The Coca-Cola Foundation encourages new solutions to countless problems that impede educational systems today, and it supports existing programs that work. Because the challenges for education are so broad, the foundation's commitment is multifaceted. It offers support to: public and private colleges and universities, elementary and secondary schools, teacher-training programs, educational programs for minority students, and global educational programs. The Coca-Cola Foundation devotes much of its efforts to partnership in three main areas: (1) higher education, (2) classroom teaching and learning and (3) Global Education.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  Short Term Lectureships
  available to Canadian and U.S. colleges and universities for shared financial support to invite German academics in all fields, notably university faculty, to teach for a period of one to six months at the host institution. This program is designed to help fill a curricular gap or to act as a stimulus for teaching and research in the department concerned.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
  Higher Education Grants
  available primarily to academic institutions and to national and regional nonprofit organizations for projects that have potential for national or international impact. Those that are too local in scope are likely to be turned down. No grants are being made for fellowship programs, curriculum development, or direct investments overseas. The corporation does not make grants for basic operating expenses, endowments, or facilities of individual schools or school districts, colleges, universities, or human service organizations. It does not make program-related investments. Media programs are only rarely supported. On occasion, the corporation will make a grant to a highly qualified individual for a project central to its stated program interests. Given Carnegie Corporation's history of attention to the problems of the field, the foundation is well positioned to stimulate a major restructuring of teacher education. The Education Division designed a program that will require a substantial reorientation of position for teacher education faculty, other education faculty, arts and sciences faculty and perhaps, especially, for academic administrators. What is needed is a thoroughgoing reform that engages institutions of higher education through all the academic programs that contribute to the education of prospective teachers. This reform should create a framework for understanding what constitutes an excellent teacher education program and it should involve very large grants to establish these programs at select institutions of higher education, strengthen research and practice in this area, and capture priority support and attention by institutional administrative leadership.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
  Advancing Literacy Grants
  available primarily to academic institutions and to national and regional nonprofit organizations for projects that have potential for national or international impact. Those that are too local in scope are likely to be turned down. No grants are being made for fellowship programs, curriculum development, or direct investments overseas. The corporation does not make grants for basic operating expenses, endowments, or facilities of individual schools or school districts, colleges, universities, or human service organizations. It does not make program-related investments. Media programs are only rarely supported. On occasion, the corporation will make a grant to a highly qualified individual for a project central to its stated program interests. This new subprogram of the Education Division was developed after an extensive review that included consultations with the nation's leading practitioners and researchers. From this review, it was learned that the teaching of reading in K-3 is well supported with research, practice, and policy, however the knowledge base for how to teach reading for grades beyond this point is very thin. Readers who struggle during the intermediate elementary years face increasing difficulty throughout middle school and beyond. The causes of the weakness in intermediate and adolescent literacy are poorly understood, but current research and practice suggest several promising avenues for interventions that include a shortage of qualified literacy experts who can coach and teach literacy for students and teachers in the middle grades and a lack of capacity, time and will for middle and high school teachers to teach literacy within their content areas. These and other interventions are designed to increase public appreciation for the significance of addressing intermediate and adolescent literacy, strengthen our knowledge about effective theory and practice to improve literacy, and disseminate broadly practices known to be effective in significantly improving the comprehension skills of children and adolescents. Over the next three to five years the Education Division will work to advance literacy by affecting policy, practice and research.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Lumina Foundation for Education
  Grants
  available to organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and as public charities under section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the code, or to public school organizations. Lumina Foundation firmly believes that education is the best way to help people achieve their potential and improve our nation's future. Therefore, the foundation addresses issues that affect access and attainment in postsecondary education in the U.S., particularly among traditionally underserved student groups. These students include 18- to 24-year-olds and adult students who face barriers to an education by virtue of their income, preparation or family background. Lumina Foundation supports the following types of endeavors, working diligently to ensure that all funded projects promote access, attainment and adult learning: (1) research to expand knowledge and improve practices that affect students' access and success in postsecondary education, (2) innovative programs, guided by research, that present practical approaches to access and attainment among underserved students and adult learners and (3) activities that enhance the impact of Lumina Foundation-funded research and programs, such as leadership development, communication, evaluation and public policy analysis
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. Send letter of inquiry.
• Book Institute / Instytut Ksiazki
  POLAND Translation Program
  available to publishers commissioning the translation of Polish books that they wish to publish. The POLAND Translation Program is a special program of the Book Institute that supports the translation and publication of Polish literature in other languages. Preference is given to fiction, poetry, drama, essays, nonfiction, and works in the humanities, broadly conceived.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Wabash College / Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
  Small Project Grants
  available to full-time faculty, teaching in theological schools (accredited by the Association of Theological Schools) or teaching in religion departments of accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Grants are also made to institutions, and are administered by a faculty member who acts as the "project director." The Wabash Center provides funds for activities that enhance teaching and learning in the fields of religion or theology. It seeks to fund projects that improve practical application of teaching and learning methods, that create a supportive environment for teachers, or that promote a sustained conversation about pedagogy. Projects might involve meetings of scholars across schools, regions, denominations, or subject areas to think about syllabi, teaching strategies, student learning styles, or teaching as a vocation. Projects might involve a single department experimenting with creative ways to enhance teaching or a doctoral institution helping their students prepare for teaching careers. Small Project Grants are intended for smaller group or individual projects, and have a less elaborate application procedure.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Medtronic Foundation
  Arts/Civic/Culture Grants
  available to organizations with an IRS status of 501c(3) (i.e. ASU Foundation) for support of programs that celebrate the arts and champion cultural needs in communities where Medtronic employees live and work. The foundation looks for opportunities to support programs that increase access to the arts, especially for lower-income families. The foundation offers grants to aid cultural organizations making a significant contribution to the life of the community and to support civic organizations addressing the needs of disadvantaged people.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation
  Grants
  available to organizations recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code (i.e. ASU Foundation). The United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation focuses its support on national programs in the following areas: 1. Human Welfare: including programs for families and children in crisis, the economically or culturally disadvantaged, the physically or mentally challenged, and community development programs. Foundation dollars are put to use helping those struggling with systemic effects of illiteracy, hunger, poverty, and homelessness; 2. Educational Programs: including academic research, programs that raise the level of educational instruction, family learning opportunities, and school involvement projects; and 3. Major Initiatives: adult literacy and the distribution of prepared and perishable food.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  Field-Initiated Proposals
  available to principal investigators who are affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. The foundation accepts proposals from institutions or researchers from the U.S. and internationally. Researchers must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession. The Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the U.S. or abroad. The Foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. The Foundation is alive to the possibility that someone may have a terrific idea for worthwhile research that does not fit easily into even its broad areas of interest. The Foundation asks in such cases that applicants address explicitly how their proposed study aligns with the Foundation's mission of research toward educational improvement, while understanding that the Foundation will be asking itself whether this proposal promises to advance its purposes more effectively than research we can fund in its declared areas of interest.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  Purposes and Values of Education
  available to principal investigators who are affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. The foundation accepts proposals from institutions or researchers from the U.S. and internationally. Researchers must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession. The Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the U.S. or abroad. The Foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. The Spencer Foundation values education for its contributions to civic, political, and community life; for its role in advancing social justice; for its capacity to open to people worlds of cultural and artistic excellence; and in the largest sense for its contributions to "human flourishing." Questions at this less immediate but ultimately deeply practical level are often posed by philosophers and social critics, the best of whom show a lively interest in and skilled use of findings from the social sciences. One important aspect of such inquiry is the question of the relationship between public and political understandings of educational purposes and values on the one hand, and educational policies and practices on the other. Analytical, historical and empirical work that probes effectively and creatively into these deeply challenging and permanently important issues can contribute mightily toward social decision-making that moves education along constructive paths.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
  available to principal investigators who are affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. The foundation accepts proposals from institutions or researchers from the U.S. and internationally. Researchers must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession. The Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the U.S. or abroad. The Foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. Concerned with advancing the learning and development of children and adults, Spencer is interested in studies that lead to better understanding and improvements in the intellectual, material, and organizational resources that contribute to successful teaching and learning. A key aim of research in this initiative is to support investigations of questions that are grounded directly in teaching practice as well as in research about important aspects of teaching and learning processes that hold promise for enriching opportunities to learn and for guiding informed policymaking. The Foundation is particularly interested in studies of teaching and teacher development.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Institutions
  available to principal investigators who are affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. The foundation accepts proposals from institutions or researchers from the U.S. and internationally. Researchers must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession. The Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the U.S. or abroad. The Foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. Sustained improvement in educational performance requires continuous learning within and among schools, education systems, and higher education institutions. The Foundation is interested in advancing understanding of ways to strengthen the capacity of schools and education systems as learning organizations.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
  available to principal investigators who are affiliated with a school district, a college or university, a research facility, or a cultural institution. The foundation accepts proposals from institutions or researchers from the U.S. and internationally. Researchers must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession. The Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the U.S. or abroad. The Foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. Education enriches and expands people's lives in many ways, including through their employment opportunities, their civic and political involvements and the quality of their personal lives. The interests of the Spencer Foundation therefore extend to studies that examine the ways in which differences in educational experiences (including quality and character of schooling as well as number of years in school) translate into differences in employment, earnings, and civic and social outcomes. Such work can help us identify ways to change schooling investments and outcomes in the interests of a more just and prosperous society.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Milken Family Foundation (MFF)
  Grants
  available to publicly supported organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code (i.e. ASU Foundation). The foundation does not provide grants to individuals. The Milken Family Foundation's (MFF's) purpose is to discover inventive ways of helping people help themselves and those around them to lead productive and satisfying lives. Developing human potential through education and protecting human well-being through the channels of medicine are the chief means by which the foundation pursues this aim. At present, approximately most of all funding is directed toward foundation initiatives. Therefore, foundation funding can accommodate only a small fraction of the many worthwhile proposals received. Preventive programs with long-range goals receive the closest consideration.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Spalding Trust
  Grants in Aid
  available to institutions and to individuals including libraries, colleges, and any place of learning. Grants to institutions may be given for the purchase of books; the provision of a subsidy towards the cost of a visiting lecturer's fee; or, in exceptional cases, for the establishment of a professorial chair or lectureship. Grants to individuals may be offered to support the costs involved in a research project or the cost of publication of the results of research. The trustees are particularly interested in research backed by a professional ability to raise the standard of knowledge of religious principles and practices, and to interpret their relation to contemporary society. Consideration is also given to applications that are not academically oriented, provided that they will have a practical and beneficial effect on inter-religious understanding. Applications for assistance with travel expenses may be considered, for projects with a specific bearing on the trust's interests. The trustees are reluctant to approve requests for assistance with the expenses of undertaking or completing 1st-degree courses.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS)
  NEAC Distinguished Lecture Series on Japan
  available to 3 institutions submitting jointly in nomination of the scholars they would like to invite. Institutions with few offerings or small programs on Japan are particularly encouraged to apply. The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) solicits applications from clusters of three colleges or universities in the same region of the U.S. to invite a distinguished scholar of Japan to give public lectures on their campuses, to meet with teachers and students, and possibly to visit classes.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• University of Michigan Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
  Academic Sharing Program
  available to U.S. citizens who are K-12th grade teachers, community college faculty, teachers-in-training, curriculum specialists, librarians, and higher education faculty, for small grants to support curriculum development projects related to South Asian studies. Teaching materials (e.g., lesson plans, curriculum units, comparative study benchmarks, etc.) produced as a result of these grants will be published electronically and made available to the teaching community by CSAS.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Lannan Foundation
  Literary Arts Grants
  available to organizations for creation of exceptional English-language literature and development of a wider audience for contemporary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Areas of interest include funding organizations that support diverse writers through publication, presentation, and distribution. The criteria used to evaluate grants include (1) literary merit, (2) the project's benefit to the community and (3) the organization's stability and relationship to its community.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. Submit letter of inquiry; no deadlines.
• General Mills Foundation
  Education Grants
  available to organizations with 501(c)(3) and 509(a) status. While grant applications in communities with General Mills employees, retirees, and facilities take high priority, the foundation makes a limited number of grants to national organizations for programs that compliment the foundation's funding priorites. The foundation's mission is to provide financial support to nonprofit organizations that make a distinctive contribution to the quality of life and that strengthen the capacity of communities to solve problems and create opportunities for all citizens. The foundation's strategic objectives are to: (1) positively impact or strengthen the quality of life in communities with General Mills facilities and employees (2) initiate innovative solutions and approaches to targeted community needs (3) engage and support personal involvement of employees and retirees in community service (4) communicate the contributions and impact of foundation grants to employees and the public; and 5. enhance General Mills' reputation as a top-decile corporate citizen. For the education area of interest, the foundation supports programs that emphasize student academic achievement, particularly at the K-12 level. The foundation will also focus on efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of educational services.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Ford Motor Company Fund
  Public Policy Grants
  available to charitable organizations as described in section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the IRS Code. Through active involvement, Ford Motor Company Fund supports various organizations designed to foster new ideas and public policy on a variety of issues that benefit society. Support is directed to groups or organizations designed to develop policies and programs on topics such as labor practices, school curricula, and new market ideas. Ford Motor Company Fund support is intended to help implement these new ideas and recommendations to better serve the needs of the changing population.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Ford Motor Company Fund
  Educational Programs
  available to charitable organizations as described in section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the IRS Code. The fund is particularly interested in programs that rethink and reinvent themselves for the purpose of building and communicating the best educational practices. The fund's continued support of education is intended to (1) strengthen the employee-school relationship, (2) provide quality educational programming based on cultural arts programs, (3) increase the quality and quantity of enrichment programs, (4) support research in science, environment, math, healthcare and engineering, (5) encourage educational research for the benefit of society and the economy and (6) enhance educational opportunities for minorities toward advanced degrees in manufacturing and technology.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Infinity Foundation
  Call for Grant Proposals
  available to a scholar, teacher, visionary, or spiritual leader whose work in the following areas would be enhanced by a grant from the foundation. In dealing with the authentic portrayal of Indic traditions: (1) The compilation or development of works detailing the contributions of India to world civilization in math, science, technology, philosophy, religion, art, etc.; (2) Explorations of India's role in world history, including: the dissemination of literacy or spiritual values throughout Asia; the European exploration of the New World; the Rise of the Industrial Revolution; and the "Aryanization" of German national identity; (3) The examination of India's influence on modern and post-modern literature in the West, such on as the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Browning, Eliot, Isherwood, Hesse, Ginsburg, Kerouac, diPrima, etc., so as to enrich the literature curriculum; (4) The study of Indic contributions to modern psychology, cognitive sciences and the emerging worldview, including the influence on thinkers such as Schrodinger, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Wilbur, etc.; (5) Bringing to light India's influence on the development of European and Asian languages and linguistics; (6) The re-examination of the current social conditions of India, including women's issues, caste, poverty, pollution, etc., in the light of its history over the past 1,000 years and imposition of foreign civilization, as opposed to the prevailing Orientalist attitude of holding its religions or indigenous traditions solely responsible; (7) The critique of the portrayal of India in American educational materials such as textbooks, which might involve: pointing out stereotypes, inaccuracies, omissions, along with plans and activities to convince educational authorities and publishers to take corrective action; (8) Review of media portrayals about India and Indian civilization, or critiques of these; (9) The organization of conferences or composition of conference papers on these topics.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation
  Arts and Culture Grants
  available to organizations and projects located in communities where Lockheed Martin employees live and work, for programs such as major exhibitions that showcase international artistry to world-class achievements of local artists in towns and cities across America. Grant support will be for all areas of culture and art, such as drama, dance, musical performance, and the visual arts.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation
  Community Service Grants
  available to organizations and projects located in communities where Lockheed Martin employees live and work, for corporate civic improvement programs that ensure willing hands are available wherever they are needed. Grant support will be provided for activities such as renovating landmarks, mentoring disadvantaged youth, organizing food drives for those in need, and many more.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  Scholarly Communications
  available for nonprofit organizations to promote the cost-effective creation, dissemination, accessibility, and preservation of high-quality, scholarly resources in humanistic studies broadly defined. Within the scholarly communications program, grantmaking occurs principally in these four main categories: new methods of creating scholarly resources, innovations in scholarly publication, cataloging and other forms of intellectual access, and preservation.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. Submit letter of inquiry describing project and budget before submitting formal proposal.
• Starr Foundation
  Grants
  available to non-profit organizations for projects involving education, medicine and healthcare, public policy, human needs, culture, and the environment.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Wachovia Foundation
  Grants
  available to organizations which (1) have a nonprofit tax-exempt classification under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, (2) are located or provide service in Wachovia's markets (includes Arizona); 3. have broad community support and address specific community needs, (4) demonstrate fiscal and administrative stability and (5) align with one or more of the foundation's focus areas. Primary focus areas are (1) education (i.e. eliminate the pre-K-12 "achievement gap" in education; advance teaching through recruitment, professional development, support, and retention of teachers; facilitate merit-based access to higher education for under-represented groups) and (2) community development (i.e. create and sustain affordable housing; revitalize low- to moderate-income neighborhoods; facilitate job creation, work force development, and financial literacy/empowerment). Secondary focus areas are (1) health/human services (i.e. enable and sustain independence for individuals and families; ensure access to health education programs; ensure access to quality health care) and (2) arts and culture (i.e. facilitate access to and participation in cultural experiences for persons with low- to moderate-income; ensure the availability of a broad array of artistic opportunities or venues that reflect the diversity of the community).
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Schering-Plough Foundation
  Schering-Plough Foundation Grant
  available to non-profit, tax exempt organizations (i.e. ASU Foundation) in the U.S. or its possessions whose goals fall within the foundation's stated objectives and areas of interest. The Foundation targets its grants in three major areas, including health, education, community initiatives (social and civic welfare, public policy, culture and the arts, and women and minorities).
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• American Express Company Philanthropic Program
  Cultural Heritage Grants
  available to organizations that are located in one of six U.S. locations specified (includes Arizona) to protect the natural and built environment so that it can be enjoyed by local citizens and visitors today, and preserved for future generations. Funding is for a project that specifically benefits only the members of the specific community. The program emphasizes (1) public awareness of the importance of historic and environmental conservation, (2) preservation and management of major historic and tourism sites (3) direct support for important cultural institutions and major projects in the visual and performing arts that are representative of national, regional, and local cultures and (4) accessibility to the arts and assistance to organizations in developing new audiences.
  • Varies. Deadlines vary according to the location of the applying organization and the proposed project.
• ASU Office of the Vice Provost for Research
  Travel of Researchers to Prospective Sponsors (TRIPS)
  available for ASU faculty to provide funding for travel to meet with sponsors.
  • Application deadline: two weeks in advance of trip
• William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  Education Program Grants
  available to organizations which are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) (i.e. ASU Foundation), not private foundations under Section 509(a). The Hearst Foundations support efforts that ensure students access to a quality education. Preference is given to institutions of higher education, particularly in the fields of teaching and health care.
  • Note: Limited Submissions accepted. See ASU guidelines. Sponsor application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  Culture Programs Grants
  available to organizations which are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) (i.e. ASU Foundation), not private foundations under Section 509(a). Funds are to increase access and educational opportunities for diverse populations and underserved communities. The major portion of funds endow arts education or community outreach programs through major cultural institutions. Special attention is given to programs which enrich the lives of young people through exposure to the arts.
  • Note: Limited Submissions accepted. See ASU guidelines. Sponsor application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• E.L. Wiegand Foundation
  Grants
  available for educational institutions to develop and strengthen programs and projects in the academic areas of science, business, fine arts, law, and medicine.
• General Motors
  Grants
  available to 501(c)3 organizations (i.e. ASU Foundation) for a variety of activities in communities GM operates and sells their products. GM's target areas of focus are: education, health and human services, civic and community relations, public policy, arts and culture, environment and energy, and diversity.
  • Application deadline: Continuous, but proposals must be received no less than 45 days prior to the CPB meeting (held in December, March, June and September). Submit 1-page cover letter and concept summary for preliminary evaluation; full proposals are by invitation only.
• Hitachi Foundation
  Grants
  available to organizations which are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (includes ASU Foundation). The Hitachi Foundation maintains three distinct programs: Business and Communities Grants (formerly the General Grants); Hitachi Community Action Partnership (formerly the Matching Funds Program); and the Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community. The foundation invests in ideas and practices that strengthen the position of underserved people in society. Requests for Proposals fall into 3 broad categories: Community Development, Education, and Corporate Citizenship.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Allstate Foundation
  Program Funding
  available to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in support of national and local programs that address needs within one of the three focus areas: (1) safe and vital communities, (2) tolerance, inclusion and diversity, and (3) Economic empowerment.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
  Grants
  available to non-profit organizations (i.e. ASU Foundation) for supporting the inclusion of art from non-Western European cultures into the mainstream of scholarship and display. The foundation is interested in the study of the relationship between art, culture and humanity. In particular, the foundation's interest is the collection, care, preservation, study and public display of the ancient art of the Himalayas, with the related goal of exploring the relationships between this art and that of other cultures. In addition, the foundation supports research, action and other projects designed to reveal and understand barriers to the full access of all people to American society and the larger international community. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: access to health care; AIDS and its effects on society's institutions; the celebration of ethnic and cultural diversity which simultaneously encourages inter-group understanding; and cultural and arts programs which encourage individual and community identity.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Lucent Technologies Foundation
  Professional Development for Teachers Grants
  available to organizations for programs that focus on: (1) improving student academic performance, (2) Enriching professional development for teachers and/or supporting both teachers and students. The foundation does not support individuals, political causes or candidates, sectarian religious activities, capital campaigns, chairs or endowments, conferences or fund-raising events, or product donations.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines. Submit letter of inquiry; full proposals by invitation only.
• May Department Stores Company
  Grants
  available to a wide variety of non-profit organizations, from those that promote health and welfare to those that provide education and cultural experiences or address civic concerns.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. Requests are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
• Ford Foundation
  Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Grants
  available generally to organizations for advancement of achievement in the arts, education and scholarship as well as a positive understanding of sexuality. The foundation also seeks to promote the media and religion as forces for democracy in a range of cultural contexts.
  • Application deadline: No deadlines. Submit letter of inquiry.
• Educational Foundation of America (EFA)
  Grants
  available to non-profit organizations for specific projects. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the environment, the crisis of human overpopulation and reproductive freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, medicine, and human services.
  • Application deadline: No deadlines. Submit letter of inquiry.
• Corning Incorporated Foundation
  Local Initiatives in Education
  available to non-profit organizations in areas in which Corning and its subsidiaries maintain an operation. The foundation supports public school systems, community colleges, and four-year institutions of higher education for projects such as district-wide curriculum enrichment programs, computer-based, interactive technology initiatives, career awareness education, and facility upgrades. Corning's areas of involvement have also included community service programs for students, curriculum enrichment, student scholarships, facility improvement, and instructional technology projects for the classroom.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
• Smithsonian Institution (SI) National Museum of Natural History
  American Indian Program
  available to scholars to encourage participation of Native Americans in Smithsonian activities and to support collection research, exhibitions, and public programming as they relate to Native peoples. The program is particularly interested in collaborative projects with Indian-controlled museums, colleges, and other cultural and educational institutions but welcomes inquiries about research, exhibitions, and other outreach activities from all interested parties. The program director has supervised a number of graduate students in various fields. Internships and research grants are available from the Office of Fellowships and Grants and from the American Indian Program for work at the museum under the direction of the program director. Areas of study: American Indian history and culture as represented in the museum's collections and archives.
  • Application deadline: Continuous. No deadlines.
    

Other Funding Resources:

• ASU English ORSPA Officer
  http://researchadmin.asu.edu/contacts
  We have an interim ORSPA officer specifically dedicated to our area; her name is Betsy Arnold. Betsy will assist with submissions of all requests for funding. E-mail: Betsy.Arnold@asu.edu| Phone: 480-965-4936 | Location: Room 206 of the Goldwater Building (GWC 206). See the ORSPA Web site for more information.

• Grants in Graduate Studies (GIGS)
  http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/fininfo/gigs.html
  GIGS is a database housed at New York University (NYU) and consisting of grants for graduate and post-graduate students, provided by U.S. government, international, corporate and private funding agencies, in addition to grants from departments within NYU.

• COS Humanities Funding News
  http://fundingopps.cos.com/hfnews/
  COS Humanities Funding News is published each week and includes a sampling of new and updated award information from COS Funding Opportunities. ASU subscribes to COS Funding Opportunities, which is the most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web. Contact Kristen.LaRue@asu.edu if you need a COS username and password.

• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Source
  http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_source.asp?id=47andfid=1
  NYFA's online database, NYFA Source, is the largest searchable resource of grants, services, and publications for artists in all disciplines nationwide. If you're seeking funding, residencies, or specialized information, it's the definitive place to search. Includes searches for opportunities in literature, design arts, media arts, folk-traditional arts, multidisciplinary projects, performance art, and more.

• Annotated R01 Grant Application and Summary Statement
  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm
  Up until now, you've had to rely on your colleagues to share their successful proposals with you. But no longer. The National Institute for Health (NIH) has posted a good example at the above link.

• Non-Profit Guides: Grantwriting Tools for Nonprofit Organizations
  http://www.npguides.org/index.html
  free web-based grant-writing tools for nonprofit organizations, charitable, educational, public organizations, and other community-minded groups. Guides are designed to assist established non-profits through the grant-writing process.

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Strategic Funding and Research Opportunities
  http://clas.asu.edu/facultystaff/research/strategic/
  list of announcements identified by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as relevant to college research

• TGCI: Winning Grant Proposals Online
  http://www.tgcigrantproposals.com
  offers top-ranked grant proposals on CD Rom for purchase. Abstracts can be viewed free of charge.

• Conference CFPs
  http://cfp.english.upenn.edu
  online index of current proposal calls (U of Pennsylvania website).

• ORSPA Website
  http://researchadmin.asu.edu/
  ASU Office for Research and Sponsored Projects Administration funding information site.

• CLAS Funding Newsletter
  http://clas.asu.edu/facultystaff/research/newsletter/
  ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' research and funding site.