CLA Grants, Fellowships,
and Research Funding

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May 1, 2010

Medieval Academy of America:
Travel Grants

  • http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_cara_travel.htm
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $500 (North America)-$750 (International)
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009 Second Deadline: 5/1/2010
  • Details: The sponsor provides a limited number of travel grants to help independent scholars or currently unaffiliated faculty present their work at professional meetings. Major national and international meetings will be given priority.
  • Keywords: Medieval studies, travel, professional meetings, conferences

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Application deadlines are May 1 for meetings to be held between September 1 and February 28, and November 1 for meetings to be held between March 1 and August 31.

March 1, 2010

Tinker Foundation:
Institutional Grants

  • http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Support for tax-exempt organizations
  • Award: $3,000-$80,000
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009 Second Deadline: 3/1/2010
  • Details: To be considered for a Tinker Institutional Grant, a proposal must be submitted by an institutional entity and be geographically focused on Latin America, Iberia or Antarctica. Topically, the projects should deal with environmental policy, governance or economic policy. Support may be sought for, but is not limited to, research projects, conferences and workshops. The Foundation encourages collaboration between and among organizations in the United States, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
  • Keywords: Antarctica, Latin America, Iberia, economics, environment, natural resources, government, public administration, international affairs, foreign policy, Mexico, political science, Portugal, Spain, policy, research

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Applications are considered biannually in mid-June and mid-December. The deadline for receipt of proposals for the winter meeting is September 15, 2009; for the summer meeting is March 1, 2010. The sponsor encourages applicants to submit proposals well in advance of the deadlines, since discussion and consultation may be required prior to the acceptance of a proposal.

February 27, 2010

Ploughshares Fund:
Grants

  • http://www.ploughshares.org/our-impact/grants/apply-grant
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: high: $127,880; low: $3,000
  • Deadline: 7/15/2009 Second Deadline: 2/27/2010
  • Details: The Ploughshares Fund supports organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of weapons and build regional security. Types of support: Conferences/seminars; General/operating support; Grants to individuals; Program development; Seed money; Technical assistance.
  • Keywords: Africa, Asia, Europe, International affairs, arms control, International conflict resolution, peace, security, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Russia, Southeast Asia, WMD, conflict prevention

NB: Deadline note: board reviews applications three times per year.

February 15, 2010

Kazanjian (Calvin K.) Economics Foundation, Inc.:
Grants

  • http://www.kazanjian.org/
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Only IRS Approved 501(C)(3) organizations are eligible to receive grants from The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation, Inc.
  • Award: $2,000-$50,000
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009 Second Deadline: 2/15/2010
  • Details: Support is provided to nonprofit organizations for proposals and projects with national impact having to do with economic education research.
  • Keywords: Economics, economic education

NB: Types of support: Conferences/seminars; Curriculum development; Program development; Seed money.

February 1, 2010

Association for Asian Studies, the Northeast Asia Council:
Korean Studies Grants

  • http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Varies. Please check individual programs for details.
  • Award: Varies
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009 Second Deadline: 2/1/2010
  • Details: Research Travel within the USA; Short-term Travel to Korea; Research Assistance; Projects that Enhance Teaching About Korea; Workshops and Conferences
  • Keywords: Korean studies, Korea

Association for Asian Studies, the Northeast Asia Council:
Japan Studies Grants

  • http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm#NEAC-JAPAN
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Varies. Please check individual programs for details.
  • Award: varies; up to $5,000
  • Deadline: 10/1/2009 Second Deadline: 2/1/2010
  • Details: Research Travel within the USA; Short-term Travel to Japan for Professional Purposes; Seminars on Teaching About Japan; Projects that Enhance Teaching About Japan; National Conventions and Seminars; Small Conferences on Japanese studies
  • Keywords: Japan, Japanese studies

NB: Deadline note: FEBRUARY 1 for the spring/summer awards and OCTOBER 1 for the fall/winter awards.

January 4, 2010

Folger Institute:
Grants-in-aid

  • http://www.folger.edu/Content/Folger-Institute/Application-Guidelines-and-Deadlines/Deadlines--2008ndash2009.cfm
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Faculty members and graduate students of affiliated universities.
  • Award: varies by program
  • Deadline: 6/5/2009 Second Deadline: 1/4/2010
  • Details: Grants are provided to faculty members and graduate students to take part in the Institute's conferences, seminars, and programs. Consortium grants are offered to reimburse travel and some lodging expenses in support of participation in Institute programs.
  • Keywords: Humanities, literature, theater, research, Shakespeare

NB: Deadlines: 6/5/2009, 9/4/2009, 12/4/2009, and 1/4/2009 for various programs.

December 31, 2009

Wilbur Foundation:
Grants

  • http://www.wilburfoundation.org/
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Tax-exempt organizations.
  • Award:
  • Deadline: 9/1/2009 Second Deadline: 12/31/2009
  • Details: The Wilbur Foundation concentrates its funding in the field of humanities, especially history, literature, religion, and philosophy, for projects that are calculated to enhance or preserve the "permanent things" of society.
  • Keywords: Humanities, literature, philosophy, ethics, political science, religion, history

NB: Grant applications will be accepted between September 1st and December 31st of any year.

December 15, 2009

Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works:
Individual Professional Development and Meeting/Conference Scholarships & Grants

  • http://aic.stanford.edu/faic/grants/index.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: up to $1,000
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009 Second Deadline: 12/15/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides several scholarships and grants to help defray costs of attending professional development, workshops, meetings, and/or conferences.
  • Keywords: Conservation, history, art, humanities

NB: Deadline note: Deadlines vary by grant/scholarship.

American Sociological Association:
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline

  • http://asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Fund+for+the+Advancement+of+the+Discipline
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Post-doctoral; The awards are limited to individuals with PhD degrees or the equivalent.
  • Award: Up to $7,000
  • Deadline: 6/15/2009 Second Deadline: 12/15/2009
  • Details: To nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, groundbreaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities such as conferences.
  • Keywords: Sociology, social science, research, conferences

NB: While ASA membership is not a criterion for applying or being selected for this grant, if and when a grant award is made, the recipient must be a current ASA member.

December 8, 2009

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP):
Education Program: Education Projects in the South and Midwest

  • http://www.cgp.org/index.php?option=article&task=default&articleid=379&id=6
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Up to $5,000
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The sponsor’s Education program seeks to increase awareness and understanding of Japan through support of education outreach projects including community programs and teacher training addressing the needs of K-12 students, educators and the surrounding community.
  • Keywords: Japan, education, outreach, community programs, teacher training, K-12

NB: Deadline note: No deadline. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis and applicants will be notified of the decision 1-2 months after formal submission of the proposal.

December 1, 2009

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.:
Conference and Workshop Grants

  • http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=370402&attrib_id=13235
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; The application must be made by a professional anthropologist who is the primary organizer of the proposed conference or workshop.
  • Award: up to $15,000
  • Deadline: 6/1/2009 Second Deadline: 12/1/2009
  • Details: Conference and Workshop Grants are for amounts up to $15,000. In accordance with the mission of the Foundation, priority is given to events that foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology and advance significant and innovative anthropological research.
  • Keywords: Anthropology, sociology, history, archaeology, conference, workshop

NB: Deadline note: the June 1 deadline is for conferences and workshops to be held no earlier than January of the following year. The December 1 deadline is for conferences and workshops to be held no earlier than July of the following year.Decisions will be announced within 4-6 months of the deadline.

November 25, 2009

US Artists International (NEA):
Cooperative Agreement

  • http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/RFP/USArtists-International.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: up to $235,000
  • Deadline: January 20, 2010
  • Details: The Arts Endowment plans to award a Cooperative Agreement to a Regional Arts Organization to support USArtists International. This initiative will provide support for: 1) Artists and arts organizations from the United States invited to participate in international festivals or other significant cultural events outside the U.S. that offer exceptional opportunities for career development. 2) Special international exchange opportunities, identified by the Arts Endowment, that arise quickly and require a fast response. Such projects may involve artists and arts organizations from the U.S. or other countries, and may take place in the U.S. or abroad.
  • Keywords: arts,

November 20, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities:
Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

  • http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IATDH.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities may be hosted by colleges, universities, learned societies, centers for advanced study, libraries or other repositories, and cultural or professional organizations. The host site(s) must be appropriate for the project, providing facilities for scholarship and collegial interaction. Projects that will be held more than once and at different locations are permissible. Possible topics and areas to be addressed might include, but are not limited to

    * Text Encoding Initiative, electronic editing, and publishing;
    * e-literature;
    * textual analysis and text mining;
    * immersive and virtual environments in multimedia research;
    * 3-D imaging technology, including laser scanning;
    * creativity, culture, and computing;
    * digital image design;
    * information aesthetics;
    * computer gaming and the humanities;
    * high performance or supercomputing and the humanities; and
    * advanced Geographic Information Systems applications.

    Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grants may not be used for

    * digitization of collections;
    * support for workshops on routine computer applications (e.g., training in HTML mark-up) from which little new knowledge about techniques or approaches in the digital humanities will emerge;
    * the development and presentation of courses or programs that focus on the skills and knowledge required to preserve, digitize, or catalog humanities collections, such as training in digital scanning;
    * graduate programs in the digital humanities; or
    * programs that are not regional (multistate) or national in scope.


  • Award: Awards normally range from one to three years and from $50,000 to a maximum of $250,000.

  • Deadline: Applications must be received by Grants.gov by February 17, 2010

  • Details: These NEH grants support national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. Through these programs, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities. The projects may be a single opportunity or offered multiple times to different audiences. Institutes may be as short as a few days and held at multiple locations or as long as six weeks at a single site. The duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic.

  • Keywords: e-literature, multimedia research, 3-D imaging technology, information aesthetics, computer gaming and the humanities, high performance or supercomputing and the humanities, advanced Geographic Information Systems applications

November 4, 2009

Feminist Review Trust:
Grant

  • http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/guidelines.htm
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement; Feminist Review Trust focuses on projects that would not be funded by other sources. They do not support coursework, summer salary or post doc work.
  • Award: The trustees would not normally agree to an individual award of more than £10,000.
  • Deadline: Jan 31, 2010, May 31, 2010, Sep 30, 2010
  • Details: The Feminist Review Trust has four objectives: - To advance the education of the public in the subject of gender by carrying out research or assisting the research and study into social, economic, and legal position of women in society and to disseminate the results of such research and study - To alleviate poverty and hardship by promoting and advancing good health and education among women in any part of the world - To promote equality of opportunity between women and men in any part of the world - To undertake other charitable purposes

    Examples of the types of project the trust might support are as follows:
    - Hard to fund projects
    - Pump priming activities
    - Interventionist projects which support feminist values
    - Training and development projects in relevant areas
    - One-off events
    - Dissemination
    - Core funding
    - Other projects


  • Keywords: Women's Health, Women's Studies

November 1, 2009

Weill (Kurt) Foundation for Music:
Grants

  • http://www.kwf.org/pages/guidelin.html
  • Fund Type: Grants. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Varies by grant/program. See website for details.
  • Award: varies
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: The foundation solicits proposals from individuals and non-profit organizations for funding of projects related to the perpetuation of Kurt Weill's artistic legacy. Grants are awarded in the following categories: Research and Travel, Dissertation Fellowships, Publication Assistance, Educational Outreach, College/University Performance, Professional Performance, and Broadcasts.
  • Keywords: Music, composition, education, recording, performance, publication, broadcasts, Kurt Weill

Archaeological Institute of America:
Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship

  • http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10007
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Portuguese, American, and other international scholars are invited to apply.
  • Award: $4,000 to $10,000
  • Deadline: 11/1/2009
  • Details: To support projects pertaining to the archaeology of Portugal. These include, but are not limited to, research projects, colloquia, symposia, publication, and travel for research or to academic meetings for the purpose of presenting papers on the archaeology of Portugal.
  • Keywords: Archaeology, research, travel, Portugal, Portuguese

October 23, 2009

Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS):
China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) AAS CIAC Grants

  • http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=518
  • Fund Type: Fellowships and Grants. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: 1. Dissertation Fellowships Award: up to $28,000 for ten months plus travel allowance. 2. Postdoctoral Fellowships Award: up to $32,000 for ten months (amount reduced pro-rata for shorter tenure) plus a travel allowance. 3. Translation Grants Award: $20,000 for six months (amount reduced pro-rata for shorter tenure) plus a travel allowance.
  • Deadline: 11/13/2009
  • Details: • Curriculum development; college or secondary level. • Conferences and seminars: organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies. • Short research trips for advanced graduate students & scholars at non-research institutions to travel to major libraries and collections in North America & Taiwan. • Specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating learning in their fields • Translations of scholarly books and articles. • Collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.
  • Keywords: research, Asia, curriculum, seminars, translation, collaboration

October 15, 2009

Kress (Samuel H.) Foundation:
History of Art Grants Program

  • http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/default.aspx?id=142
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions with 501(c) 3 status, based in the United States, including supporting foundations of European institutions.
  • Award: Up to $100,000
  • Deadline: 7/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Funding is provided to support scholarly publications, art museum exhibitions and catalogues, international conferences and symposia.
  • Keywords: Arts, European art, history, museum exhibitions, conferences, symposia, catalogues, publication, archives

Kress (Samuel H.) Foundation:
Conservation Grants Program

  • http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/default.aspx?id=138
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions with 501(c) 3 status, based in the United States, including supporting foundations of European institutions.
  • Award: Up to $100,000
  • Deadline: 7/15/2009 Second Deadline: 10/15/2009
  • Details: Funding is provided for the professional practice of art conservation, including conservation research, scholarly publications, international conferences and symposia. Deadline(s): 07/15/2009 10/15/2009
  • Keywords: Arts, European art, conservation, archives, documentation, exhibition, publication, meetings, conferences, symposia

October 1, 2009

Walker (Alex C.) Educational and Charitable Foundation:
Grants

  • http://walker-foundation.org/net/content/item.aspx?s=5534.0.69.5316
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Support for tax-exempt organizations
  • Award: Wide range, $2,000-$100,000
  • Deadline: 4/1/2009 Second Deadline: 10/1/2009
  • Details: The Foundation awards grants to: (1) investigate the causes of economic imbalances; (2) investigate the effect of the monetary system in fostering a sustainable economy. (3) investigate causes tending to destroy or impair the free-market system; (4) explore and develop free-market solutions and (5) disseminate information on the results and findings.
  • Keywords: Economics, environment, ecological, free-market system, economic imbalances, sustainability

September 30, 2009

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration:
Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants

  • http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2008/OA_08_002cmhs.aspx
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $50,000
  • Deadline: 9/30/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides support to disseminate knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and to integrate that knowledge into real-world practice and effectively and efficiently as possible.
  • Keywords: Mental health, substance abuse, treatment, knowledge dissemination, conference

Feminist Review Trust:
Grants Programme

  • http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/guidelines.htm
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Applications are open to men and women of any nationality
  • Award: up to £10,000
  • Deadline: 2/28/2009 Second Deadline: 9/30/2009
  • Details: The Feminist Review Trust exists to fund research and other scholarly activity on all aspects of gender. The Trust has four objectives: 1) To advance the education of the public in the subject of gender by carrying out research and/or assisting the research and study into the social, economic and legal position of women in society and to disseminate the results of such research and study; 2) To alleviate poverty and hardship by promoting and advancing good health and education among women in any part of the world; 3) To promote equality of opportunity between women and men in any part of the world; 4) To undertake other charitable purposes.
  • Keywords: Women's studies, gender, equality

NB: Deadline(s): 02/28/2009, 05/31/2009 & 09/30/2009

September 15, 2009

Yale University, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art:
Educational Programme Grants

  • http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/support.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: up to $8,000
  • Deadline: 1/15/2009 Second Deadline: 9/15/2009
  • Details: Educational programmes eligible for awards include lectures, conferences, symposia and seminars for scholars or provided at a scholarly level for the general public.
  • Keywords: British art, lecture, symposia, seminars, conferences

NB: The Centre's remit does not cover contemporary fine arts, archaeology, the current practice of architecture or the performing arts.

Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works:
Small Meeting and Workshop Development Grants

  • http://aic.stanford.edu/faic/grants/index.html
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $1,000-$2,500
  • Deadline: 9/15/2009
  • Details: The sponsor provides grants to help defray costs to develop and hold small meetings and workshops
  • Keywords: Conservation, history, art, humanities

September 1, 2009

Sundance Institute:
Sundance Screenwriters Lab

  • http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=8&colorCode=green
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: Yes. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: Amount not indicated
  • Deadline: 5/1/2009 Second Deadline: 9/1/2009
  • Details: The sponsor supports a five-day writer's workshops that takes place in January and June. The program offers emerging artists the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established screenwriters.
  • Keywords: Film, screenwriting, screenwriters, emerging artists, workshop

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: The application deadline for U.S. filmmakers is May 1 and the application deadline for international filmmakers is September 1.

July 28, 2009

Wenner-Gren Foundation:
International Symposium Program

  • http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368542&attrib_id=13230
  • Fund Type: Meeting/Conference/Seminar. Residential: No. Eligibility: See Full Program Announcement
  • Award: Full costs of symposia
  • Deadline: 7/28/2009
  • Details: Support is provided for conferences intended for topics of broad significance for anthropology. These symposia involve a small group of invited scholars who meet for intensive discussion and debate. Wenner-Gren International Symposia take place twice a year, usually in early March and mid-September. Organizers choose the location from a list of suggested sites provided by the Foundation. The Foundation pays all costs related to the symposium and actively manages it, including sending out invitations and making travel arrangements. The Foundation also works with the symposium organizers and with Berg Publishers to produce the published results of the symposium in the Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series.
  • Keywords: Anthropology, conference, symposia, international

NB: DEADLINE NOTE: Proposals for symposia should be received by the Foundation no less than two years before the proposed date for the symposium.

July 5, 2009

The Sendzimir Foundation, Inc.:
Grants

  • http://www.sendzimir.org.pl/
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Support to tax-exempt organizations.
  • Award: up to $ 20,000
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The Sendzimir Foundation seeks to support inquiry, communication and practice that deepens understanding of and helps to improve the interactions between Poland's environment and society. The Foundation supports efforts to study and protect the Polish environment and to help Polish society to become one that values and protects ecological balance for future generations; and promotes human well-being by fostering communities' capacity to sustain their integrity in the face of an uncertain social and environmental future. The Sendzimir Foundation's Areas of Interest: * Ecology * Adaptive management * Community development (Agenda 21) * Industrial Ecology * Environmental literacy in schools and universities
  • Keywords: Poland, Polish society, ecology, environment, adaptive management, community development, industrial ecology, Eastern Europe, environmental literacy, sustainable development

NB: No deadline indicated.

Philippe Foundation, Inc.:
Grants

  • http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=3732
  • Fund Type: Grants. Residential: No. Eligibility: Faculty; The Philippe Foundation awards grants to doctors and scientists interested in exchange programs between France and the United States.
  • Award: varies
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The Philippe Foundation is a small organization specializing in the exchange of scientists and doctors between the United States and France for research related endeavors. The grants are designed to encourage and facilitate Franco-American exchanges, but cannot provide the primary source of support.
  • Keywords: Social sciences, humanities, arts, France

NB: Deadline note: Continuous. Applications must be sent at least one month before the end of the quarter to be included in the next session. They will be examined at the end of each of the following quarters: March, June, September, and December. Applications may be written in either English or French.

Foundation for Middle East Peace:
Grants Program

  • http://www.fmep.org/about/grant_program.html
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $1,000 to $50,000 in the past
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The Foundation awards grants to organizations and activities that contribute significantly to a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For example, grants have supported educational, humanitarian, public affairs, civil rights, and Palestinian-Israeli reconciliation activities, as well as small-scale economic projects that meet the needs of victims of the current conflict.
  • Keywords: International peace, security, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, international relations

NB: Grant applications are evaluated on a continuous rolling basis.

George Mason University, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS):
Hayek Fund for Scholars

  • http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility; Graduate students and untenured faculty members
  • Award: Up to $1,000
  • Deadline:
  • Details: The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards for career-enhancing activities such as presentations at academic or professional conferences, travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional or academic conferences), travel to and research at archives or libraries, participation in career development or enhancing seminars, distribution of a published article to colleagues in his or her field, and submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers.
  • Keywords: Area studies, arts, humanities, business, education, law, social sciences

NB: Applications are accepted year-round. Please note: we do not accept applications for attendance at a conference only.

The Christopher Reynolds Foundation:
Grants

  • http://www.creynolds.org/guide.htm
  • Fund Type: Grant. Residential: No. Eligibility: Unrestricted/Multiple Eligibility
  • Award: $2,000-$140,000 (based on 2007 grants made)
  • Deadline:
  • Details: Since 1995, the Foundation has been steadily increasing its support of work that focuses on: 1) U.S. relations with Cuba; and 2) needs in Cuba as defined by Cubans themselves Types of support: Conferences/seminars; Continuing support; Exchange programs; General/operating support; Technical assistance.
  • Keywords: Cuba, Cuban-US relations, international relations, political science

NB: Deadline note: Applications are due 30 days prior to board meetings (quarterly)