State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grants

The State Farm Youth Advisory Board grants funds for student-led service-learning projects in the United States and in the Alberta, New Brunswick and Ontario provinces of Canada. These grants address, in a structural way, the issues of:

• environmental responsibility
• natural and societal disaster preparedness
• driver safety
• financial education
• accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap

Deadline: May 4, 2013
Award range: $25,000 - $100,000

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NEA "Our Town" Grant

The National Endowment for the Arts works to improve the lives of America's citizens in many ways. Communities across our nation are leveraging the arts and engaging design to make their communities more livable with enhanced quality of life, increased creative activity, a distinct sense of place, and vibrant local economies that together capitalize on their existing assets. 

Through Our Town, subject to the availability of funding, the National Endowment for the Arts will provide a limited number of grants, ranging from $25,000 to $200,000, for creative placemaking projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core. Our Town will invest in creative and innovative projects in which communities, together with their arts and design organizations and artists, seek to:

• Improve their quality of life.
• Encourage greater creative activity.
• Foster stronger community identity and a sense of place.
• Revitalize economic development.

Deadline: January 14, 2013

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Texas Sea Grant

The Texas Sea Grant College Program is inviting pre-proposals for the next two-year grant cycle (February 1, 2014-January 31, 2016). We are seeking to fund original and innovative research that has public relevance and is aligned with one or more of our four focus areas:

1.         Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

2.         Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

3.         Resilient Communities and Economies

4.         Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development

To learn more about these four focus areas, we encourage you to read the 2014-2017 National Sea Grant Strategic Plan: http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu/WhoWeAre/StrategicPlan2012.html

Proposed research projects must integrate outreach or education activities, relevant to the research proposed. Identification of outreach or education components is not required at the pre-proposal stage.

ANY field of study is eligible. This includes, but is not limited to, the following fields: physical sciences, natural sciences, geosciences, engineering, math, health sciences, veterinary sciences, social, behavioral and economic sciences, agricultural sciences, archeology, planning, law, policy, communications, education and business.  

We are especially interested in receiving pre-proposals to support multi-disciplinary research, beginning investigators, underrepresented investigators, proposals that involve undergraduate and graduate students in research and collaborations between institutions of higher education and industry.  

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Pre-proposal deadline: 5 PM CST Friday, February 15, 2013 (required)

Full proposal deadline: 5 PM CST Monday, June 3, 2013

NSF's Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research

The Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS) competition of the National Science Foundation promotes the conduct of interdisciplinary research by teams of investigators in the social and behavioral sciences. Emphasis is placed on support for research that involves researchers from multiple disciplinary fields, that integrates scientific theoretical approaches and methodologies from multiple disciplinary fields, and that is likely to yield generalizable insights and information that will advance basic knowledge and capabilities across multiple disciplinary fields. 

Deadline: January 23, 2013

Anticipated Funding Amount of $10,000,000 for 10-15 awards annually.

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NSF Cultural Anthropology Program

The primary objective of the Cultural Anthropology Program is to support basic scientific research on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Anthropological research spans a wide gamut, and contemporary cultural anthropology is an arena in which diverse research traditions and methodologies are valid. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the Cultural Anthropology Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology. Because the National Science Foundation’s mandate is to support basic research, the NSF Cultural Anthropology Program does not fund research that takes as its primary goal improved clinical practice or applied policy. Program research priorities include, but are not limited to, research that increases our understanding of:

• Socio-cultural drivers of critical anthropogenic processes such as deforestation, desertification, land cover change, urbanization, and poverty
• Resilience and robustness of socio-cultural systems
• Conflict, cooperation, and altruism
• Economy, culture, migration, and globalization
• Variability and change in kinship and family norms and practices
• Cultural and social contexts of health and disease
• Social regulation, governmentality, and violence
• Origins of complexity in socio-cultural systems
• Language and culture: orality and literacy, sociolinguistics, and cognition
• Human variation through empirically grounded ethnographic descriptions
• Mathematical and computational models of sociocultural systems such as social network analysis, agent-based models, and integration of agent-based models with geographic information systems (GIS)

Amount note:The award amount varies, depending on grant category. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIG) Program budget requests may not exceed $20,000. There is no ceiling on senior proposal budgets, but a typical award rarely exceeds $100,000 per year of the award, including indirect costs. Faculty Scholars Program awards are for up to 12 months and for a maximum of $50,000. Grants for Rapid The Cultural Anthropology program funding limit for Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) is $25,000 including direct costs. Awards are limited to $5,000 for Research Experience for Graduate Students (REG) Supplements and $4,000 for Reserch Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements. Funding amounts for workshops, training programs (training workshops, short courses, and fieldwork programs), and Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Grants is unspecified. 


Deadline: January 15, 2013

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FY 2013 Coastal Resilience Networks

The Department of Commerce is soliciting grant proposals from eligible organizations to implement activities that enhance resilience of coastal communities to natural hazard and climate risks through a regional or national network. Proposals must leverage, enhance, or create a system in which one or more coastal hazard issues can be addressed through partnerships to improve coordination and collaboration throughout the region. Partnerships must include multiple institutions, disciplines, and sectors at the local, state, and federal level. Proposals submitted in response to this announcement should provide beneficial public outcomes for coastal communities to address existing and potential future climate and hazard risks to coastal infrastructure, local economies, vulnerable populations, and the natural environment. Eligible funding applicants are: regional authorities, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and state, territorial, and county/local governments. The funding applicants must conduct projects in one or more of the following three U.S. regions: the U.S. Flag Pacific Islands (Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands), Gulf of Mexico Coast (Alabama, Gulf Coast of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) and West Coast (California, Oregon, and Washington). 

Award Ceiling: $100,000

Deadlines:
Letters of Intent - 11/19/2012 
Full Proposals - 1/11/2013 

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Hydrologic Sciences

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Hydrologic Sciences program focuses on the flow of water and transport processes within streams, soils, and aquifers. Particular attention is given to spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fluxes and storages of water, particles, and chemicals coupling across interfaces with the landscape, microbial communities, and coastal environments, to upscaling and downscaling given these heterogeneities and interfaces and how these processes are altered by climate and land use changes. Studies may address aqueous geochemistry as well as physical, chemical, and biological processes within water bodies. These studies commonly involve expertise from many basic sciences and mathematics, and proposals often require joint review with related programs.

Anticipated funding is $7,900,000, annually. The estimated number of awards is 30 to 40 standard or continuing grants or cooperative agreements per year. Awards are generally made within 6 to 7 months of the proposal submission date for successful proposals.

Deadline: December 5, 2012

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Centers for Water Research on National Priorities Related to a Systems View of Nutrient Management

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program is seeking applications to establish Centers to conduct water research and demonstration projects that are innovative and sustainable using a systems approach for nutrient management in the Nation’s waters.

This Request for Applications (RFA) is soliciting proposals that take a systems view of nutrient management.  A systems view of nutrient management considers every potential link in the breadth of possibilities that may influence water quality.  These involve societal and technological considerations and may include, but are not limited to:  local resources, prevailing land uses, watershed health, manure management, energy costs, municipal wastewater treatment, in-building water reuse, or nutrient resource recovery.  A systems view would also consider valuation of monetized and non-monitized possible co-benefits and consequences (e.g., decreased sediment runoff, improved recreational value) which may be part of a nutrient management program. 

Solicitation Closing Date: January 15, 2013

Potential Funding per Award: Up to a total of $2,500,000 in federal funds, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of 4 years.  Each applicant must contribute a minimum 10% match which may include in-kind contributions. 

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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program

USDA/NIFA announces it's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program,  a competitive grant program to provide funding for fundamental and applied research, education, and extension to address food and agricultural sciences. Grants shall be awarded to address priorities in United States agriculture in the following areas:

1. Plant health and production and plant products;
2. Animal health and production and animal products;
3. Food safety, nutrition, and health;
4. Renewable energy, natural resources, and environment;
5. Agriculture systems and technology; and
6. Agriculture economics and rural communities.


Letter of Intent Deadline - November 20, 2012 (5:00 p.m. ET)
Application Deadline – February 18, 2013 (5:00 p.m. ET)

Standard Grants must not exceed $500,000 total (including indirect costs) for project periods of up to 5 years. 

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NSF's Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS)

The Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS) competition promotes the conduct of interdisciplinary research by teams of investigators in the social and behavioral sciences. Emphasis is placed on support for research that involves researchers from multiple disciplinary fields, that integrates scientific theoretical approaches and methodologies from multiple disciplinary fields, and that is likely to yield generalizable insights and information that will advance basic knowledge and capabilities across multiple disciplinary fields. 

There are two types of projects that may be supported by IBSS:

• IBSS Large Interdisciplinary Research Projects (with maximum award sizes of $1,000,000)
• IBSS Interdisciplinary Team Exploratory Projects (with maximum award sizes of $250,000)

Deadline: January 23, 2013


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NEH's Collaborative Research Grants

Collaborative Research Grants through the National Endowment for the Humanities support interpretive humanities research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, for full-time or part-time activities for periods of a minimum of one year up to a maximum of three years. Support is available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants; project-related travel; field work; applications of information technology; and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to communicate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences.

Eligible projects include

• research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities;
• conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly 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 and perspectives of the humanities and historical or philosophical methods to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences.

Awards are made for a minimum of one year up to a maximum of three years and normally range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year. Awards for conferences are typically made for a minimum of one year and normally range from $15,000 to $65,000 per grant.

Deadline: December 6, 2012

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NEA Art Works

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will make awards to support research on how "art works." Consistent with its strategic plan, the NEA distinguishes between research projects seeking to define value for the U.S. arts sector, and those seeking to demonstrate the arts'impact on American life. "Value"-oriented research will measure or otherwise clarify one or more components of how Americans participate in the arts. Such research also may probe the underlying conditions and vehicles for arts participation; for instance, it can examine how key inputs such as training, education, and infrastructure, directly affect arts creation, arts audiences, or other aspects of arts engagement.

Deadline: November 6, 2012
Expected number of awards: 25
Grant amount: $10,000 - $50,000

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Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Education Research Program

The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 2013 competitions for grants to support education research and special education research. The Director takes this action under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. The Institute’s purpose in awarding these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of developmental and school readiness outcomes for infants and toddlers with or at risk for disability, and of education outcomes for all students from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education.

The Education Research Competitions. Under these two competitions, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following education research topics:

• Cognition and Student Learning
• Early Learning Programs and Policies
• Education Technology
• Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching
• English Learners
• Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership
• Mathematics and Science Education
• Postsecondary and Adult Education
• Reading and Writing
• Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning

The Education Research Training Competition. Under this competition, NCER will consider only applications that address one of the following two topics:

• Postdoctoral Research Training
• Researcher and Policymaker Training

Closing Date: September 20, 2012

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Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC), offered by National Endowment for the Humanities, helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the humanities. To preserve and ensure continued access to such collections, institutions must implement preventive conservation measures, which encompass managing relative humidity, temperature, light, and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft and from natural and man-made disasters. As museums, libraries, archives, and other collecting institutions strive to be effective stewards of humanities collections, they must find ways to implement preventive conservation measures that are scientifically sound and sustainable. This program therefore helps cultural repositories plan and implement preservation strategies that pragmatically balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Projects should be designed to be as cost effective, energy efficient, and environmentally sensitive as possible, and they should aim to mitigate the greatest risks to collections rather than to meet prescriptive targets. 

Deadline: December 4, 2012
Award Ceiling: $350,000

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG) Program through the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data studies in all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, including but not limited to the following areas of study:

Planetary Astronomy: Studies of Solar System and extrasolar planets; the detailed characterization, structure and composition of the surfaces, interiors, and atmospheres of planets and satellites; the nature of small bodies (asteroids, comets, and Kuiper-belt objects); the inter-planetary medium; and the origin, formation, and development of the Solar System and other planetary systems. 

Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics: Studies of the structure and activity of the Sun and other stars; the physical properties and composition of all types of single and multiple stars; compact objects and their interactions; star formation and stellar evolution; stellar nucleosynthesis; and the properties of atoms and molecules of relevance to stellar astronomy.

Galactic Astronomy: Studies on the composition, structure and evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy and nearby galaxies. Research may focus on the stellar populations in these galaxies; the characteristics of star clusters; the interstellar medium; and the properties of atomic and molecular constituents of the interstellar medium.

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: Studies of the Universe beyond our Galaxy. Research topics include galaxy formation, evolution and interaction; active galaxies; quasars; the intergalactic medium; large-scale structure; and all areas of cosmology.


Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012
Expected Number of Awards: 100
Estimated Total Program Funding: $40,000,000

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Mineral Resources External Research Program

The Mineral Resources Program (MRP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a grant and/or cooperative agreement opportunity to universities, State agencies, Tribal governments or organizations, and industry or other private sector organizations that have the ability to conduct research in topics related to non-fuel mineral resources.

Submission Deadline: September 26, 2012

Expected Number of Awards: 5

Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000

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Grammy Foundation Grants

The GRAMMY Foundation offers grants in music research and preservation. Letters of inquiry must be received by the Grammy Foundation no later than October. 1, 2012. If the project is recommended for further consideration, the applicant will be invited to submit a full application in early November. Full applications will be due within approximately four weeks of notification and grant awards will be announced in March 2013.

Scientific Research Projects: $20,000 Maximum Award

The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support research on the impact of music on the human condition. Examples might include the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition and healing, as well as the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals and the creative process underlying music. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design as well those addressing an important research question.

Archiving And Preservation Projects

The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: 

1. Preservation Implementation: $20,000 Maximum Award
2. Planning, Assessment And/Or Consultation: $5,000 Maximum Award

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Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01)

The National Institutes of Health is seeking applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 18). Positive health behaviors may include: developing healthy sleep patterns, developing effective self-regulation strategies, adaptive decision-making in risk situations, practicing proper dental hygiene, eating a balanced and nutritious diet, engaging in age-appropriate physical activity and/or participating in healthy relationships. 

Award ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: September 7, 2014  

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NEH Summer Stipends

The National Endowment for the Humanities offers summer stipends to support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.

Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months.

Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development.

Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

Deadline: September 27, 2012 for projects beginning May 2013

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Grant Opportunities from The Spencer Foundation

The Spencer Foundation seeks to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. From the first, the Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement in education. The Foundation is thus committed to supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research programs and to strengthening and renewing the educational research community through its fellowship and training programs and related activities.

The Spencer Foundation's research grants are organized under four areas of inquiry that identify broad topics  that have fundamental and abiding importance for educational improvement.

1. The Relation Between Education and Social Opportunity
2. Organizational Learning in Schools, School Systems, and Higher Education Systems
3. Teaching, Learning, and Instructional Resources
4. Purposes and Values of Education

Small Grant Proposal (budget < $40,000)
Deadlines: October 1, 2012 and November 19, 2012
How to apply

Major Grant Proposal (budget $40,001 - $500,000)
Deadlines: preliminary proposals welcome at anytime; if invited to submit a full proposal, deadline is December 1, 2012
How do apply

See what research projects have been funded in the past

Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) encourages grant applications to strengthen the developmental biology research environment at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. In addition, this FOA attempts to foster the development of novel or underutilized experimental model systems, and to motivate students through exposure to and participation in research projects designed to study fundamental processes underlying normal development. 


Grant deadline: September 10, 2014
Award ceiling: $300,000

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Grant-in-Aid Award

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation awards a limited number of Grants-in-Aid for research at teh Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum semi-annually. Grants may be used for research for dissertations, theses, senior papers, publications, and other projects.Funds are awarded for the sole purpose of helping to defray living, travel, and related expenses incurred while conducting research at the LBJ Library during the period for which the grant is awarded. Grants range from $500 to $2,500.

Grant periods are June 1 through December 31 for the Fall term and January 1 through August 31 for the Spring term.

Grant applications for the Spring term must be received by September 15; recipients will be announced at the end of November. Grant applications for the Fall term must be received by March 15; recipients will be announced at the end of May. 

Find out more here

Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) for fiscal year (FY) 2012 to conduct undergraduate and D.V.M. scholarship programs to meet national and international needs for training food and agricultural scientists and professionals, or professionals in rural economic, community, and business development. The amount available for support of this program is approximately $990,000.

This notice identifies the objectives for MSP projects, the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for an MSP grant. NIFA additionally requests stakeholder input from any interested party for use in the development of the next RFA for this program.

In FY 2012, special emphasis is placed on training that will address the changing demographics of the nation and the development of 21st century skills in USDA mission areas that include STEM (Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics) disciplines and social sciences. The next generation workforce in USDA mission sciences will be multicultural, and as for all Americans, their educational development will require tools that creatively and innovatively contribute to their areas of emphasis, profession, and U.S. global competitiveness.

Read the full solicitation for this grant.

Grant Deadline: August 29, 2012

Estimated Total Program Funding: $990,000

Award Ceiling: $600,000

Award Floor: $20,000

Digital Humanities Start Up Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities.

Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants may involve

• research that brings new approaches or documents best practices in the study of the digital humanities;
• planning and developing prototypes of new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible digital resources, including libraries’ and museums’ digital assets;
• scholarship that focuses on the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society;
• scholarship or studies that examine the philosophical or practical implications and impact of the use of emerging technologies in specific fields or disciplines of the humanities, or in interdisciplinary collaborations involving several fields or disciplines;
• innovative uses of technology for public programming and education utilizing both traditional and new media; and
• new digital modes of publication that facilitate the dissemination of humanities scholarship in advanced academic as well as informal or formal educational settings at all academic levels

Read the full solicitation for this grant

See a list of recently funded grants in this program

Application due: September 25, 2012
Award Ceiling: $60,000

Funding Opportunity source for the Humanities!

Humanities and Social Sciences Net Online offers an amazing database on upcoming funding opportunities applicable to those areas.

For more information and to view funding opportunities, visit here.

National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant

Due: May 2, 2012


NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Through these awards, many organizations and institutions have been able to increase their humanities capacity and secure the permanent support of an endowment. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Challenge grants may also provide capital directly supporting the procurement of long-lasting objects, such as acquisitions for archives and collections, the purchase of equipment, and the construction or renovation of facilities needed for humanities activities. Funds spent directly must be shown to bring long-term benefits to the institution and to the humanities more broadly. Grantee institutions may also expend up to 10 percent of grant funds to defray costs of fundraising to meet the NEH challenge.

Because of the matching requirement, these NEH grants also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Applications are welcome from colleges and universities, museums, public libraries, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Programs that involve collaboration among multiple institutions are eligible as well, but one institution must serve as the lead agent and formal applicant of record.

Full Announcement 

ORSP News and Updates!!!

1.         Spring Training is underway – ORSP has the following trainings scheduled this semester. Visit the ORSP website to sign-up or call us at x6606. All trainings below are held in the Ralph W. Steen Library.

Revisions, Amendments & Sponsor Requests – Learn the who/when/ why/how about contacting your sponsor for changes to your project. Some approvals are required by the sponsor while others are required by SFA. We’ll also cover the internal processes, forms and signatures needed.

** a few spots available**

                      3-6-12 at 9 am, Wyatt Room

Grant Budgeting in Banner – Still look at Banner Finance and scratch your head? Learn how to decipher the system and use Banner Finance to help you effectively manage your projects.  ** a few spots available**

                                 3-21-12 at 2 pm, InfoLab 2

Time and Effort Reporting in Banner – PDF Effort reports are a thing of the past! Learn how to access and certify your effort reports and those of personnel paid from your grants within the Self Serv Banner system.

                        3-7-12 at 9 am, InfoLab 2

                      4-5-12 at 9 am, InfoLab 2

2.         Grant Support Group Luncheon – March 20, 2012 – Contact Grace Romero for more information [saldanagrace@sfasu.edu] before March 7th.

3.         Time to do a budget check – When was the last time you reviewed your budget? When was the last time you reconciled expenditures posted in Banner with purchase orders? When was the last time you compared your expenditures with your sponsor approved budget?

Don’t remember?! Then it’s time to check. Remember, most sponsors reserve the right to disallow expenditures in the final 90 days of a project if it is viewed as burning the funds. Also, all items must be encumbered BEFORE the end of a project.

For current information affecting grants and the latest forms, visit our website: http://www2.sfasu.edu/orsp/index.html