Category Archives: Deadline Feb. 2016

Math & Science

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Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Starter Grant Award

Deadline:  February 24, 2016

The SACP/SSP Starter Grant Awards are given to encourage high-quality, innovative research by beginning chemistry professors. Two $40,000 awards will be granted: one award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh in the area of analytical chemistry and one award from the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh in the area of spectroscopy.

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Coal Geology Division Gilbert H. Cady Award

Deadline: February 28, 2016

The Coal Geology Division of the GSA seeks nominations for its highest honor, the Gilbert H. Cady Award. The Cady Award is presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of coal geology. This award is generally made annually, but may be withheld in any year where there are no recommendations made.

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Social Sciences & Humanities

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Policy-Relevant Insurance Studies

Deadline: February 19, 2016

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to fund quantitative studies that evaluate or predict the effects of policies or policy changes related to health insurance coverage using appropriate empirical methods.

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Berman Foundation Early Career Fellowships

Deadline: February 26, 2016

The Berman Early Career Fellowships aim to support the development and expansion of the field of the social scientific study of the North American Jewish community; enhance funding opportunities for early career scholars in the social sciences; encourage scholars in sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, social work, economics, and political science to expand their research to include study of the North American Jewish community; and nurture a new generation of scholars in this critical area of research.

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Sociology Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

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International OCD Foundation

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The IOCDF awards grants to investigators whose research focuses on the nature, causes, and treatment of OCD and related disorders.

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Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The sponsors invite applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged. This FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism.

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Math & Science

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ROSES 2015: Solar System Workings

Deadline: February 25, 2016

The Solar System Workings program element supports research into atmospheric, climatological, dynamical, geologic, geophysical, and geochemical processes occurring on planetary bodies, satellites, and other minor bodies (including rings) in the Solar System. This call seeks to address the physical and chemical processes that affect the surfaces, interiors, atmospheres, exospheres, and magnetospheres of planetary bodies.

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Mineral Recovery Phase II – Geothermal Concepts And Approaches To Validate Extraction

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The intent of this funding opportunity is to promote that advancement of geothermal energy conversion processes by validating technologies capable of providing a secondary income stream from the same geo-fluids.

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Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects

Deadline: February 3, 2016

PHY Mission: To support fundamental research across the intellectual frontiers of physics, to support research that has broader impacts on other fields of science and on the health, economic strength, and defense of society, to enhance education at all levels and share the excitement of science with the public through integration of education and research, and to steward the physics community so as to maintain the intellectual capital essential for future advances.

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Mathematics and Physical Sciences – Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences

Deadline: February 29, 2016

The Simons Foundation invites applications for the Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences (MPS) program. The aim of the Simons Collaborations in MPS program is to stimulate progress on fundamental scientific questions of major importance in the broad area of mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer science.

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Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities

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FAIC/Tru Vue International Professional Development Scholarship

Deadline: February 15, 2016

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) offers scholarships up to $1,500 to help individual members of AIC defray costs for attending international professional development events, such as workshops, conferences, and symposia.

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Next Generation Humanities PhD Implementation Grants

Deadline: February 17, 2016

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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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in Fine Arts, Grants for Organizations

Deadline: February 25, 2016

The Graham Foundation offers Production, Presentation and Publication Support Grants to organizations. These grants assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include, but are not limited to, publications, exhibitions, installations, films, new media projects, conferences/lectures, and other public programs.

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Southwest Oral History Association, Mini Grants

Deadline: February 26, 2016

The Southwest Oral History Association will award up to three mini-grants that may be used for interviewing, equipment, transcription, editing, publishing, and other oral history related expenses.

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Culture and the Arts Grants

Deadline: February 29, 2016

Artistic expression thrives on diversity, bringing communities together in shared experiences that transcend boundaries and foster understanding. The Foundation supports the full spectrum of artistic expression including visual and performing arts organizations, museums, and other organizations that broaden cultural experiences.The Foundation will award up to $25,000 for culture and arts projects to a nonprofit foundation.

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Engineering & Technology

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Engineering and Systems Design

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) program supports fundamental research leading to new engineering and systems design methods and practices for specific global contexts. In particular, ESD seeks intellectual advances in which the theoretical foundations underlying design and systems engineering are operationalized into rigorous and pragmatic methods for a specific context.

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Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE)

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The overall goal of the Structural and Architectural Engineering (SAE) program is to evolve sustainable structures, such as buildings, that can be continuously occupied and /or operational during the structure’s useful life.

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Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS)

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) program supports fundamental and innovative research necessary for designing, constructing, managing, maintaining, operating and protecting efficient, resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems.

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Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events (IMEE)

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The IMEE program supports fundamental, multidisciplinary research on the impact of hazards and extreme events upon civil infrastructure and society. The program is focused upon research on the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from multi-hazard disasters.

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Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The Mechanics of Materials and Structures program supports fundamental research in mechanics as related to the behavior of deformable solid materials and respective structures under internal and external actions.

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Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

Deadline: February 16, 2016

The BMMB Program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology. An emphasis is placed on multiscale mechanics approaches in the study of organisms that integrate across molecular, cell, tissue, and organ domains.

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