Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants

American Association of University Women (AAUW) offers summer/short-term research publication grants of $6,000 for an eight-week grant period. These grants provide support to women scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication, and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparation. All applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities. The grants are not for preliminary research. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication. It must be an original publication and cannot be co-authored. These grants are part of the American Fellowships, which support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, the quality and originality of project design, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Preference will be given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. 
Award amount: $6,000

Deadline: November 15, 2013

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National Science Foundation Grants Conference

Hosted By: Colorado State University

Location:
Westin Denver Downtown
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80202

The first National Science Foundation Grants Conference of fiscal year 2014 will be held in Denver, Colorado, and hosted by Colorado State University on October 21-22, 2013.

Key representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as your colleagues - faculty, researchers, and grant administrators - representing colleges and universities from around the U.S. will participate.

This two-day conference is a must, especially for new faculty, researchers, educators, and administrators who want to gain key insight into a wide range of current issues at NSF including the state of current funding; new and current policies and procedures; and pertinent administrative issues. NSF program officers representing each NSF directorate will be on hand to provide up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answer your questions.

Highlights include: 

• New programs and initiatives; 
• Future directions and strategies for national science policy; 
• Proposal preparation; 
• NSF's merit review process; 
• Cross-disciplinary and special interest programs; 
• Conflict of interest policies; 
• Breakout sessions by discipline. 

Link to more information and registration

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC), Lafayette, LA is offering a funding opportunity to upgrade existing USGS simulation models for hurricane, sea-level, and ecosystem application.These model upgrades will support a forest damage assessment study of Hurricane Sandy wind and storm surge impact on coastal forested ecosystems of the Atlantic Coast. The model upgrades will be applied to quantify wind, climate, and storm tide behavior of Hurricane Sandy and previous hurricanes, runoff, climate and sea-level change over the past century or more. Executable programs and datasets will be delivered and updated to provide the necessary functional aspects of multiple models developed by USGS scientists for modeling hurricane impact and ecosystem response of coastal wetlands. The models and datasets are outdated, having been originally developed and applied years and decades ago and now require upgrades to supplement project goals and objectives for comparing Hurricane Sandy effects with previous storms and climate history. This project requires mutual cooperation of advanced computing, geographic information systems (GIS), programming advancements, visualization tools, and database design as well as technical and subject matter expertise of both USGS and University staff. Frequent interaction and close collaboration between cooperating institutions will be required to exchange model code and to review computer program performance to enhance proper integration and project efficiency based on programming skills and institutional strengths. CFDA 15.808


Deadline: August 12, 2013
Award Amount: $250,000

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University Small Grants Broad Agency Announcement

This is a five-year, open-ended Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit research proposals for the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy (RD) Directorate. This BAA is a university grant vehicle that can provide small grants of $100k or less to students/professors in a timely manner for the purpose of engaging U.S./U.S. territories’ colleges and universities in directed energy-related basic, applied, and advanced research projects that are of interest to the Department of Defense. 

The scope of the research will include the entire spectrum of directed energy technology that is applicable to the Air Force, including all tangentially-related directed energy research. The research shall include, but not be limited to: lasers; optics and beam control; high power microwaves, and directed energy effects, modeling and simulation.

Multiple awards of grants up to $100k are anticipated with a period of performance ranging from one to two years. Subject to the availability of funding, AFRL/RD plans to award a minimum of one grant per fiscal year. However, AFRL/RD does reserve the right to make multiple awards or no awards pursuant to this solicitation.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: This BAA will remain open for a period of five years from the date of publication. Proposals may be submitted at any time during that period. However, prospective offerors/applicants must call the technology points of contacts (POCs) listed in Paragraph C of the full text announcement to confirm funding is available for the technology area of consideration before submitting a proposal. Proposals are reviewed and evaluated as they are received. Closing Date: Apr. 1, 2017

The official announcement and description of this opportunity may be found on the funding agency's website:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=161214


Award limit: $100,000Deadline: 4/1/2017

Mid-Career Grant in Historic Preservation

Fitch Mid-Career grants of up to $15,000 are awarded annually to one or two mid-career professionals who have an academic background, professional experience and an established identity in one or more of the following fields: historic preservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, architectural history and the decorative arts. The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation will consider proposals for the research and/or the execution of the preservation-related projects in any of these fields. 

Deadline: September 15, 2013
Award amount: $15,000

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Documentary Film Proposals

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Media, Culture, and Special Initiatives program supports the production and distribution of social-issue documentary films that address important contemporary topics and are intended for a broad audience, particularly in the United States.

For the current round, initial online proposals will be accepted between July 15 and July 31, 2013. If a project is selected as a semi-finalist, the applicant will be notified by September 1 and asked to submit a full proposal and detailed budget. Funding decisions are expected in November.

Applicants may request any funding amount, but the typical grant range is between $50,000 and $200,000.

Link to full proposal

Various Climate Funding Opportunities

NOAA has compiled a list of Climate Funding Opportunities.  This document provides a snapshot of currently available, climate-related funding opportunities from NSF, NOAA, EPA, Fish and Wildlife, USGS, FEMA and various private foundations (as of June 3, 2013). 

Climate Funding Opportunities