Category: Minority-Specific Grants

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Engineering Engineering, Biomedical Minority-Specific Grants

Biomedical Engineering Innovation and Career Development Travel Awards

Main Purpose: To provide travel funding for graduate, postdoctoral fellows, and early career faculty from underrepresented populations in engineering who are conducting research regarding health disparities and minority health.

Benefits:

  • $800 travel stipend
  • Complementary registration to the BMES 2015 Annual Meeting

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be a graduate student,  postdoctoral fellow, or early career faculty member
  • Must identify with an underrepresented population in engineering, including women and racial and ethnic minorities
  • Preference given to those who are conducting research on health disparities
  • Must be a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
  • May not be receiving any other funding from BMES

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: May 31, 2015

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Arts and Arts Administration Behavioral Sciences Biology Business Administration Chemistry Counseling Economics Education Engineering Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Environmental Studies Foreign Languages Health Professions History Humanities International Research Law Mathematics Minority-Specific Grants Modern Languages Music Nursing Physical Sciences Political Science and Applied Politics Polymer Science and Engineering Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences Sociology Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology( AuD.) Urban Studies and Public Affairs

American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship

Main Purpose: To support American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate students.

Benefits: $1,000-$5,000 per academic year

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Pursuing a graduate degree at an institution in The United States
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaskan Native group or able to provide documentation of descent (one-fourth degree verifiable federally recognized Indian blood) by submitting a Tribal Eligibility Certificate

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: Check back early Spring 2016

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Economics Gender-Specific Grants Minority-Specific Grants Social Sciences

Economics Research Grant

Main Purpose: To support research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. Multi-disciplinary and multi-investigator research is encouraged and emphasized. Funding is also available for “interdisciplinary research that strengthens links among economics and the other social and behavioral sciences as well as mathematics and statistics.”

Research in almost all areas of economics can be supported:

  • Econometrics
  • Economic history
  • Environmental economics
  • Finance
  • Industrial organization
  • International economics
  • Labor economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Mathematical economics
  • Public finance

Benefits: This grant can be used for doctoral dissertation improvement, conferences, workshops, symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates.

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Although not a requirement, proposals from junior faculty, women, underrepresented minorities, and Research Undergraduate Institutions are encouraged.
  • For Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants:
    • The dissertation advisor should be listed as the Principal Investigator and the student as the Co-Principal Investigator. It should be clear however that the proposal is written by, and the research conducted by, the student.
    • The Proposal Title should read, “Doctoral Dissertation Research in Economics: ….”

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: August 18, 2015

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Humanities Minority-Specific Grants Social Sciences

American Sociological Association: Minority Fellowship Program

Main Purpose: To support sociologists of color in pursuing a doctoral degree in any area of sociology.

Benefits:

  • Annual Stipend: $18,000
  • Access to workshops and paper sessions at the American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting
  • Travel support to scientific conferences,
  • Formal and informal networking

 

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be enrolled in a program that will grant a Ph.D. in sociology
  • Sufficiently advanced in a Ph.D program that commitment to a research career has been demonstrated (must have completed at least one academic year)
  • Specifically, applicants must be members of one of the following racial/ethnic groups: Blacks/African Americans, Latinos/as (e.g., Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans), American Indians or Alaskan Natives, and Asians (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian), or Pacific Islanders (e.g., Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Filipino).
  • Must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the U.S., or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a permanent residence. Must possess an Alien Registration Card.

 

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: January 31, 2016

 

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Behavioral Sciences Engineering, Biomedical Minority-Specific Grants Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards: Individual Predoctoral Fellowships

Main Purpose: To provide full-time research training for pre-doctoral researchers and to promote diversity in health-related research including the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Students from diverse racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Benefits:

  • Stipends
  • Funds for tuition and fees
  • An Institutional Allowance to help cover the cost fellowship expenses
  • Support for research training leading to a Ph.D., combined M.D./Ph.D., or other combined degree in the biomedical or behavioral sciences

Time Limit: up to five years

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be an individual with a disability, from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, or from a disadvantaged background
  • Must be pursuing an advanced degree in the biomedical and behavioral sciences
  • Must hold a baccalaureate degree
  • Must be currently enrolled in a doctoral program
  • Must be U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or lawfully admitted permanent resident

 

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: April 13, August 13, December 13