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Grants to support electronic media and film organizations
Funding to support innovative HIV vaccine research
Scholar awards for individuals conducting breast cancer research
Funding for individual concept papers on pediatric research
Fellowship for postdoctoral students to study the earth sciences
Scholar awards for cultural anthropologists to upgrade their methodological skills and abilities
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On the state level...
All not-for-profit applicants must now pre-qualify on the NYS Grants Reform website at
grantsreform.ny.gov/grantees in order
to apply for certain New York State grant solicitations. Potential not-for-profit applicants are strongly encouraged
to begin the process of registering and prequalifying immediately, as this is a lengthy process.
Wave Farm
Wave Farm’s Media Arts Assistance Fund is a Regrant Partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts, Electronic Media and Film Program. Grants address capacity and technology needs in three areas critical for New York state media arts organizations which face unique challenges in a field of rapid technology development. Organizational development grants enable organizations to hire consultants to work with organizations in the evaluation and assessment of programs and operations, and planning for sustainability and growth. Professional development grants help build knowledge and technical expertise of media arts organizational staff and board members. Convening grants support open lines of communication, information, consortium building and resource sharing among media arts organizations, including staff and sponsored artist attendance at New York state conferences.
Eligibility:
Media arts nonprofit organizations located in New York state with a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants must have a strong commitment to media arts programming. Priority is given to organizations whose primary activities are specific to media as an art form including time-based and moving image media, and emergent technology. Multi-disciplinary organizations are eligible to submit requests for support, but should do so only for organizational and professional development projects that specifically address their media arts programs.
Funding:
Awards will be made of up to $4,000 per request.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), through the Department of Health and Human Services, is accepting applications for its Innovation for HIV Vaccine Discovery funding opportunity. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications from institutions or organizations proposing innovative, high-risk, high-impact research to identify novel vaccine concepts and targets that will aid in the design and development of an effective immunogen that may provide long-term protection from either acquisition of or ongoing infection by HIV. The emphasis of this FOA is early discovery research that incorporates new ideas leading to the development of newly engineered conventional or entirely novel approaches for vaccines that may have a significant impact on the design of immunogens or immunization strategies for an effective HIV vaccine.
Eligibility:
Nonprofit organizations; small businesses; for-profit organizations; state, county, city or township governments; special district governments; Indian/Native American tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Hispanic-serving institutions; historically black colleges; tribally controlled colleges and universities; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations; faith-based or community-based organizations and regional organizations.
Funding:
Application budgets are limited to $350,000 per year in direct costs.
Deadline: Letters of Intent due June 15, 2014. Applications due July 15, 2014.
Contact: Jon Warren, Ph.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Phone: (301) 402-0633
Email: JWarren@niaid.nih.gov
Website: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-14-006.html
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisitions Activity
Applications for the 2014 Era of Hope Scholar Award, under the Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP), are being solicited by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisitions Activity. The Era of Hope Scholar Award supports individuals who are early in their careers and have demonstrated significant potential for innovation in breast cancer research. These individuals should be exceptionally talented scientists who have shown that they are the “best and brightest” in their field(s) through extraordinary creativity, vision and productivity. They should have demonstrated experience in forming effective partnerships and collaborations and should exhibit strong potential for leadership in the breast cancer research community. Since the intent of the Era of Hope Scholar Award is to recognize creative and innovative individuals rather than projects, the central feature of the award is the innovative contribution that the Principal Investigator (PI) can make toward ending breast cancer. The PI should articulate a vision that challenges current dogma and demonstrates an ability to look beyond tradition and convention.
Eligibility:
The PI must be an independent investigator within six years of his/her last training position (e.g., postdoctoral fellowship, medical residency or clinical fellowship) as of the application submission deadline. Postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows (including residents and interns), and other researchers currently in training positions are not eligible for this award. Eligible investigators must apply through an organization. Eligible organizations include national, international, for-profit, nonprofit, public and private organizations.
Funding:
$120,000,000
Deadline: Pre-applications due August 1, 2014. All applications due August 15, 2014.
The Gerber Foundation is accepting concept papers for health and/or nutrition-related research having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children from the first year before birth to age 3. The foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving newborn or pediatric problems or emerging issues with a predictable time frame to clinical application. Projects should be focused on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. Projects may include:
etiologic mechanisms of disease;
new, improved or less invasive diagnostic procedures;
reduction or elimination of side effects;
alleviation of symptoms;
new, improved or less invasive therapies, care or treatments;
dosage or dosing requirements or mechanisms for drugs, nutrient supplementation or other therapeutic measures (under or overdosing); and
preventative measures.
Competitive requests will be focused in a way to achieve measurable outcomes that could result in systemic practice changes within a reasonable period of time. The Foundation gives priority to projects of national or regional impact.
Eligibility:
Organizations recognized as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) are eligible to apply. Public governmental institutions such as universities are included in this definition. Organizations determined to be private foundations under Internal Revenue Code 509 are not eligible to apply. Individuals are not eligible to apply.
Funding:
Maximum $300,000 per project will be awarded over a 3-year period.
Deadline:
Concept papers are due June 1 and December 1, annually.
Contact: The Gerber Foundation
4747 W. 48th Street, Suite 153
Fremont, MI 49412-8119
Phone: (231) 924-3175
Email: tgf@ncresa.org
Website: gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research
Scholar Awards…
National Science Foundation
The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR), through the National Science Foundation, is accepting applications for their Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship. Chosen Fellows must develop and implement 1) research projects that seek to address scientific questions within the purview of EAR programs, and 2) plan to broaden participation in earth sciences. The program supports researchers for a period of up to two years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution of their choice (including facilities abroad). The program is intended to recognize beginning investigators of significant potential, and provide them with research experience, mentorship and training that will establish them in leadership positions in the earth sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their careers, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR postdoctoral fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs.
Eligibility:
Proposals may only be submitted by individuals, not organizations, who are affiliated with an institution (e.g. colleges and universities, privately sponsored nonprofit institutes and museums, government agencies and laboratories) anywhere in the world. Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens (or nationals) or legally admitted permanent residents of the United States (i.e., have a “green card”) at the time of application. Applicants must currently be a graduate student, or, at the deadline date, have served in a position requiring a doctoral degree for no more than 18 full-time equivalent months since earning the degree.
Funding:
Ten fellowships will each be awarded $87,000 per year.
Deadline: July 18, 2014
Contact:
The National Science Foundation
Lina Patino, Cognizant Program Officer
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: (703) 292-5047
Email: lpatino@nsf.gov
Website: nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf13548
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation announced an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards’ purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. For example, support may be requested to learn new methods of cross-cultural research, demography, remote sensing and GIS, ecological field survey, linguistics, etc. Support may be requested to learn any methodological skill that is necessary to advance the scholar’s research agenda, as justified in the proposal with reference to published results from prior work.
Eligibility:
Universities and colleges; nonprofit and for-profit organizations and state and local governments. Scientists, engineers or educators in the U.S. and U.S. citizens may be eligible for support, provided that the individual is not employed by, or affiliated with, an organization, and:
the proposer has demonstrated the capability and has access to any necessary facilities to carry out the project; and
the proposer agrees to fiscal arrangements that, in the opinion of the NSF Division of Grants & Agreements, ensure responsible management of federal funds.
Funding:
Anticipated funding amount is $100,000.
Deadline: Target date is August 16, 2014.
Contact:
National Science Foundation
Deborah Winslow, Program Director
Phone: (703) 292-7315
Email: dwinslow@nsf.gov
Jeffrey Mantz, Program Director
Phone (703) 292-7783
Email: jmantz@nsf.gov
Website: nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07544
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center has scheduled the following free training classes.
Grant writing
Grant-seeking Basics: June 11
Attendees will learn how the Center’s resources help make them more effective grantseekers. For beginners, this introduction to the library provides instruction in foundation research and identification of potential funders. A tour of the library will follow.
Introduction to Finding Funders: June 11, 21
This class provides a hands-on introduction on how to use the center’s comprehensive online database – The Foundation Directory Online – to research and identify potential funders. The Foundation Directory Online contains over 100,000 profiles of grant-making institutions.
Proposal Writing Basics: June 10
Attendees will learn about the basics of writing a proposal for their nonprofit organization.
Proposal Budgeting Basics:June 10
Attendees will learn how to prepare and present a budget in a grant proposal. This session is geared toward novice grantseekers.
In addition:
Classes are held at The Foundation Center, located at:
New York Library
79 Fifth Ave. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Space is limited, so register as soon as possible.
For additional training opportunities, to register, or for more information, call 212-620-4230 or visit
www.foundationcenter.org.
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