THECB Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program (NHARP)

The Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program is a competitive peer-reviewed grant program created in 1987 by the 70th Texas Legislature. The purpose of the program is to encourage and provide support to faculty members and students in Texas institutions of higher education, both public and independent, to conduct basic research.
Program Highlights: 

• Maximum award is $100,000 for the two-year grant period
• Targeted research areas are basic research in:

1. Biomedicine
2. Energy and the Environment

• There are no limits on the number of pre-proposals that institutions may submit. If the statewide number of pre-proposals exceeds 150, then institutions will be asked to select a smaller number of pre-proposals submitted to go forward to review. The smaller number will be based on a proportional share of statewide pre-proposal submissions
• Only “Early Career Investigators” may submit a proposal
• Principal investigators are limited to one submission
• Notice of intent and pre-proposal are required for each proposal
• Budget cannot include faculty summer salaries

An “Early Career Investigator” is defined as a non-tenured, tenure track faculty member or a research professional (not including post-doctoral students, research assistants/associates, or instructors) from an eligible institution who has been employed at the institution in that capacity for not less than two years and not more than five years, as of the pre-proposal submission date.
LAST DAY FOR NOTICE OF INTENT: October 31, 2013, 5:00 PM C.T.
PRE-PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 31, 2013, 5:00 PM C.T.
DEADLINE FOR INSTITUTIONAL SELECTION OF PRE-PROPOSALS: November 21, 2013, 5:00 p.m. C.T.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 20, 2014, 5:00 PM C.T.

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Delmas Foundation Humanities Program

The foundation awards grants to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting projects that address the original tenets of the studia humanitatis: a humanistic education is rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: - History - Archaeology - Literature - Languages, both classical and modern - Philosophy - Ethics - Comparative religion - The history, criticism, and theory of the arts - Those aspects of the social sciences that share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines The foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship. The prime criterion remains that of Gladys and Jean Paul Delmas: a commitment to excellence, whether proven or promised, at every level of the humanistic spectrum. 

Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: varies, typically between $2,000 - $20,000

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W.M. Keck Foundation Undergraduate Education Program

Keck Foundation’s Undergraduate Education Program promotes distinctive learning and research experiences in science, engineering and the liberal arts at four year undergraduate colleges. Program priorities include:

• Foster new levels of student engagement and understanding, especially through active learning and collaborative curriculum development
• Expand interdisciplinary activities in balance with needs of each discipline 
• Incorporate research activities into the curriculum and raise the bar of expectations regarding publications and presentations by undergraduates
• Enhance science and technology literacy for students in all disciplines
• Develop new ways to stimulate critical thinking and other core competencies of a liberal arts education

Award amount: $250,000
Deadline: November 1, 2013

Read full solicitation here.