External Funding Opportunities

Faculty Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program is an international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. Designed to offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns. Learn more.

Grants Resource Center

Faculty and staff interested in these funding opportunities may contact Craig Geber in the Office of Research and Funded Projects.

This publication includes deadline dates for the month of August 2013 and late announcements for the months of July 2013 and June 2013. Proposals submitted by a referenced target date will be included in a particular review cycle, while those received
after the target date will be held for the next review cycle. It is advisable to contact the
program staff cited in each listing to obtain all available information. Those deadlines marked by an asterisk (**) are tentative. In some cases, these are specific dates that may change depending on the timing of the deadline notices and in others, we have listed just
the month during which a deadline is expected. Deadlines marked by a double plus sign (++) are target dates.

Arts/Humanities/International

American Institute of Indian Studies
Research Fellowship Programs, Jul 01
American Musicological Society
AMS Subventions for Publications, Aug 15
Travel and Research Grants, Aug 15
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Core Fulbright Scholar Program (U.S. Scholars), Aug 01
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program, Aug 01
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Research Grants and Fellowships, Aug 15
Mockingbird Foundation
Grants (Music Ed. for Children, College and Adult Students
and Instructors), Aug 01
National Endowment for the Arts
Art Works, Aug 08
National Endowment for the Humanities
     America's Historical and Cultural Organizations:
     Implementation Grants, Aug 14
     America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning
     Planning Grants, Aug 14
     America's Media Makers: Development and Production Grants, Aug 14
     Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges, Aug 27
     Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions, Aug 15
Russell Sage Foundation
Research and Scholar Programs, Aug 01 ++
U.S. Agency for International Development
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV), Aug 15
U.S. Department of State
International Visitor Leadership Program Assistance Award, Jun 07

Education/Economic and Community Development

American Honda Foundation
Grants Program (Youth, Prenatal - 21), Aug 01
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Program Challenge Fund, Aug 01
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
HACU National Internship Program, Aug
Open Society Institute
Open Society Fellowships, Aug 01
Sociological Initiatives Foundation
Grants Program, Aug 15
State Justice Institute
SJI Grant Programs, Aug 01
U.S. Department of Commerce
University Centers Economic Development Program, Jun 17
U.S. Department of Education
     School Leadership Program, Jul 06
     Investing in Innovation (i3) Program, Jul 02
     Fulbright-Hays: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad, Jun 03
     Fulbright-Hays: Group Projects Abroad, Jun 13
     NIDRR: Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Related
     Projects, Jul 08
     Special Education: National Activities--Parent Information
     Centers, Jun 10
U.S. Department of Justice
     Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative, Jun 20
     Victim Assistance Professional Development Fellowship
     Program, Jun 10
U.S. Department of Labor
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Jun 18
Training Grants

Health/Mental Health

Administration for Children and Families
     Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program, Jul 02
     Street Outreach Program, Jun 28
     Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants, Jun 28
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     AHRQ Conference Grant, Aug 01
     AHRQ Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, Aug 08
     AHRQ: Health Services Research Dissertation Program, Aug 01
American Hearing Research Foundation
Research Grants, Aug 01
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Basic Science Research Grants, Aug 01
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Young, Independent, and Distinguished Investigator Grants, Jun 01
Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology
Post-doctoral Fellowships, Aug 15
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, Jul 01
Foundation for Physical Therapy
Grants, Doctoral Scholarships and Awards, Aug 14
Grant (William T.) Foundation
Fellowships, Jul 08
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Research Grants and Dissertation Fellowships, Aug 01
Health Resources and Services Administration
     NEPQR: Veteran’s Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
     Program, Jun 07
     Improving Services for Children/Youth with Autism Spectrum
     Disorder, Jun 10
     Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Centers
     Program, Jun 07
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
JDRF Grants and Awards, Jul 31
National Institutes of Health
     Kirschstein-NRSA Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote
     Diversity, Aug 13
     NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings, Aug 12
     Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) Program, Aug 05
     Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, Aug 05
     Developing and Improving Institutional Animal Resources, Aug 02
     Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Aug 25
     SHIFT: Small Business Helping Investigators Fuel Translation
     of Scientific Discoveries, Aug 05
     Research on Children in Military Families: Conferences, Aug 12
     Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA), Aug 20
     Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Biomedical and Behavioral
     Research (SBIR), Aug 05
     MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE), Jun 20
     Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Increase
     Diversity, Aug 22
     Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Jun 05
     Individual Predoctoral Fellows In Nursing Research, Aug 08
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS Funding Opportunities, Aug 07
Retirement Research Foundation
General Grant Program, Aug 01
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Campus Suicide Prevention Grants, Jun 10
U.S. Department of Defense
     Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP), Jun 05
     Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP), Jun 18
     Bone Marrow Failure Research Program (BMFRP), Jun 26
     Defense Medical Research and Development Program, Jun 10
     Ovarian Cancer Research Program, Jun 12
     Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program, Jun 27
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research on the Responsible Conduct of Research, Jun 10

Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics

Dreyfus Foundation
Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry, Aug 14
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Human Frontier Science Program, Aug 01
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES), Jun 05
National Research Council
Research Associateship Programs, Aug 01
National Science Foundation
     Biological Anthropology, Jul 24    ++
     Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis
     (OPUS), Aug 01
     Collections in Support of Biological Research, Jul 16
     Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Off/NSF Academic Research
     Initiative (ARI), Jul 10
     Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Aug 28
     Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
     (S-STEM), Aug 13
     EHR Core Research (ECR), Jul 12
     Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate
     Program (HBCU-UP), Aug 22
     Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based
     Reforms (WIDER), Jul 03
     Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE), Aug 21
     Biological Oceanography, Aug 15    ++
     Chemical Oceanography, Aug 15    ++
     Ocean Drilling Program, Aug 15    ++
     Oceanographic Centers, Facilities, and Equipment, Aug 15    ++
     Marine Geology and Geophysics, Aug 15    ++
     Physical Oceanography, Aug 15    ++
     Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers, Aug 26
     Physics Frontiers Centers, Aug 05
     EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program, Jul 10
     International Research Experiences for Students (IRES), Aug 20
     Cognitive Neuroscience, Aug 27    ++
     Cultural Anthropology, Aug 15
     Perception, Action, and Cognition, Aug 01
     Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences (DRMS), Aug 18    ++
     Economics, Aug 18    ++
     Law and Social Sciences, Aug 01    ++
     Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS), Aug 16    ++
     Political Science, Aug 15    ++
     Science, Technology, and Society (STS), Aug 01
     Sociology, Aug 15    ++
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Cottrell College Science and Cottrell Scholar Awards, Aug 01
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share
Grant Program, Jul 15
U.S. Department of Defense
Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergrad Research
Experiences (ASSURE), Aug 28
U.S. Department of Energy
Solar Energy Technologies Program, Jun 28
Unconventional Gas and Oil Technologies, Jun 17
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grants, Jun 25