Social Sciences & Humanities

Grants Program- Arca Foundation

Deadline: February 1, 2016

The Arca Foundation is dedicated to advancing social equity and justice, particularly given the growing disparities in our world. The Foundation supports innovative and strategic efforts that work to advance equity, accountability, social justice and participatory democracy in the US and abroad.

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EMDR Research Foundation

Deadline: February 1, 2016

Grant awards of up to $25,000 are available for post-doctoral students, university faculty or clinician conducting research on EMDR. EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In addition, successful outcomes are well-documented in the literature for EMDR treatment of other psychiatric disorders, mental health problems, and somatic symptoms.

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Perception, Action and Cognition

Deadline: February 1, 2016

The sponsor supports research on perception, action and cognition including the development of these capacities. Emphasis is on research strongly grounded in theory. Research topics include vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, reasoning, written and spoken discourse, motor control and developmental issues in all topic areas.

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Public Scholar Program

Deadline: February 2, 2016

The Public Scholar program supports well-researched books in the humanities intended to reach a broad readership. They must address significant humanities themes likely to be of broad interest and must be written in a readily accessible style. Making use of primary and/or secondary sources, they should open up important and appealing subjects for wider audiences. The challenge is to make sense of a significant topic in a way that will appeal to general readers.

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Michael Kraus Research Grant in Ameican Colonial History

Deadline: February 15, 2016

The American Historical Association’s Michael Kraus Research Grant in colonial American history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations, annually offers cash awards of up to $800.

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Next Generation Humanities PhD Implementation Grants

Deadline: February 17, 2016

Next Generation Humanities PhD Implementation Grants support universities in instituting wide-ranging changes in humanities doctoral programs. Humanities knowledge and methods can make an even more substantial impact on society if students are able to translate what they learn in doctoral programs into a multitude of careers. Next Generation PhD Implementation Grants are designed to produce plans that will transform scholarly preparation in the humanities at the doctoral level. Students will be prepared to undertake various kinds of careers, and humanities PhD programs will increase their relevance for the twenty-first century.

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