Current Grant Opportunities

 

Access to Artistic Excellence- National Endowment for the Arts Application Deadline August 11,2008 To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans.This category supports projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth as well as intergenerational education projects.The creative disciplines below will be considered. When you go to the site, just click on your discipline and find out more about the grant opportunity. If you need assistance deciphering the request for proposal (i.e. what they are asking for), please call the Grants Office.
~Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literature, Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Museums,
Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting, Theater, and Visual Arts.
http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Artsed.html

Grants for Fiction Writers—The Christopher Isherwood Foundation
http://www.isherwoodfoundation.org/
Grants will be awarded to writers who have published at least one book of fiction, either a novel or acollection of stories. Each grant is for $4,000. The grants are intended to enable writers to set asidetime for writing. All applicants must be American citizens. The novel or story collection must havebeen published at the time of application. Young adult novels do not satisfy the publication requirement for our grants. The Isherwood Fellowships are very competitive. We recieve several hundred applications each year for the grants.

The Horowitz Foundation
The Horowitz Foundation, as of the 2007 distribution, approves approximately ten grants each year, in amounts ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per grant. The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference will be given to projects that deal with contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance, and to scholars in the initial stages of their career. Awards are not allocated so as to ensure a representative base of disciplines, but are approved solely on merit.
For More Information: http://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant.htm

William T. Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation Seek Proposals for Classroom Quality Measurement Program Contact Link To Complete RFP .

International Paper Co. Grants
Grants will support programs in the areas of education, employee involvement,
and community development. Education grants focus on career development for
minorities, environmental education, and literacy. Employee-involvement grants
support nonprofit organizations at which International Paper Company employees volunteer. Community-development grants provide seed money for new projectsthat benefit communities where the company has operations.
For more information: http://www.internationalpaper.com

Steven H. Sandell Grant Program
http://crr.bc.edu/opportunities/steven_h._sandell_grant_program_2.html
The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Junior Scholars in Retirement Research on an annual basis. The program isfunded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide opportunities for junior scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines and senior scholars working in a new area to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues. Priority research areas include:
• Social Security and retirement
• Macroeconomic analyses of Social Security
• Wealth and retirement income
• Program interactions
• International research
• Demographic research
Up to eight grants of $45,000 will be awarded based upon the proposed budget. Applicants are required to complete the research outlined in the proposal within one year of the award and to present the results to the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C.

FINRA Investor Education Foundation Grant Program
http://www.finrafoundation.org/grants.asp
Through its grant program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research and/or educational projects that support its mission of providing underserved Americans with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for financial success throughout life.
In 2008, the Foundation is especially interested in applications that focus on the following areas:
• New marketing and distribution channels for financial and investor education
• Helping Americans manage their finances and investments in retirement
• Meeting the financial and investor education needs of underserved audiences
• Using behavioral finance to improve saving and investing
The FINRA Foundation places a high priority on reaching and engaging a welldefined target audience, and encourages collaboration and partnerships that facilitate effective marketing and distribution efforts. Successful education projects will have measurable impact and reach large audiences in a cost-effective manner. Preference will be given to projects that can be replicated and sustained beyond the term of grant funding. For research projects, the Foundation is especially interested in work that has pratical applications in the financial and investor education field.

Environmental Research and Educational Foundation
The foundation awards several grants each year for research or education in topics pertaining with any aspect of solid waste management. Project topics could deal with any aspect of the following, but are not limited to:
• Waste generation rates and composition;
• Waste minimization;
• Collection and transport;
• Sorting, recycling, and remanufacture;
• Disposal options (e.g. land filling or incineration);
• Waste or energy recovery (e.g., composting, landfill gas to energy);
• Innovations in collection and transportation equipment development;
• Employee health and safety;
• Sustainability of resources;
• Life-cycle assessment of waste management;
• Educating corporate customers in purchasing environmentally preferable waste services; and Development of high school and college educational programs. Grant applications are accepted three times each year, coinciding with the meetings of the Board of Directors The deadline for receiving applications will be two weeks previous to each meeting (meetings are usually
held in April, August and December). Grant Range: $10,000 to $500,000
For more information go to: http://www.erefdn.org/guide.html

 

Braitmayer Focuses on Education

(Deadline: June 1) The Braitmayer Foundation focuses on enhancing education for K-12 children. The foundation particularly is interested in curricular and school-reform initiatives, professional development opportunities for teachers, and local community efforts that increase educational opportunities for students. This foundation prefers to award seed grants, challenge grants or to match other grants. The foundation does not make grants to individuals, multi-year grants or grants for endowment purposes or building programs. Normally the foundation does not make grants for childcare, pre-kindergarten or after-school programs, nor for equipment including hardware, software and books.  For grants up to $35,000, applicants should submit their proposals by June 1. For grants up to $10,000, applicants have two deadlines, June 1 & Nov. 15. Info: http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm

 

National Science Foundation

ttp://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=16902

The ISE program invests in projects that develop and implement informal learning experiences designed to increase interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by individuals of all ages and backgrounds, as well as projects that advance knowledge and practice of informal science education. Projects may target either public audiences or professionals whose work directly affects informal STEM learning. ISE projects are expected to demonstrate strategic impact, innovation, and collaboration.

Link to Full Announcement NSF Publication 08-547