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George Washington Book Prize

Deadline: November 30, 2015

The prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English that contributes to a greater understanding of the American founding era (c. 1760-1820). Publishers and authors are invited to submit books that meet these criteria.

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Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize

Deadline: November 9, 2015

Up to two $100,000 prizes will be presented to individuals less than 15 years out of their bachelor program who demonstrate leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Half of the monetary prize will be given to the recipient (or shared between two recipients, in case of a shared prize) and half will be contributed to an organization designated by the winner.

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Standard Research Grants; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Deadline: November 16, 2015

Grants are designed to support research on suicide from a variety of disciplines including psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, sociology, nursing, health services administration and many others.

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Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics

Deadline: November 25, 2015

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State provides an award designed to encourage and reward scholars embarking on significant research in the area of women and politics.

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Fund for Psychoanalytic Research – Grants for a Beginning Career

Deadline: November 1, 2015

he American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) awards grants of up to $15,000 annually for one year to support the beginning career of a psychoanalytic investigator.These mini-career awards are intended, for example, to “buy time” for a junior faculty member or clinician just starting a practice so that they may consult with other investigators, join an investigative team, or attend year long seminars on research methodology or specific methods relevant to their research.

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Franklin Research Grants

Deadline: October 1, 2015

The American Philosophical Society awards small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research.

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Grants to Institutions and Schools; Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies

Deadline: October 1, 2015

The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies considers applications from institutions and schools for small grants to assist projects and events in the field of Hellenic Studies. Typical projects include bursary schemes for academic conferences, productions of Greek drama, Hellenic events, the development of School courses in Greek, the purchase of books and other teaching materials, summer schools.

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RFA-HD-16-002–CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect (P50)

Deadline:  October 19, 2015

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for multidisciplinary centers to serve as the CAPSTONE for research and education n child maltreatment and as a resource for the field. The Center(s) will conduct innovative and high quality research including: 1) trials testing the efficacy and effectiveness of clinical interventions; 2) longitudinal prospective studies examining the long term impact of specific and understudied types of maltreatment including abusive head trauma, medical neglect, sexual abuse; 3) studies examining the neurobiology of abuse and neglect and implications for health outcomes; and 4) studies testing the development of screening tools and clinical assessment measures for early identification and treatment of specific types of abuse and neglect to decrease morbidity and mortality and to identify potential comorbidities.

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William R. Waters Research Grant; Association for Social Economics

Deadline: October 31, 2015

The Association for Social Economics offers a grant promote research in social economics and the social economy. The research grant is for promising new faculty members who have not yet been granted tenure and for graduate students in Ph.D. programs who have not yet completed their dissertation.

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Kazanjian (Calvin K.) Economics Foundation, Inc. Grants Program

Deadline: September 15, 2015

The Foundation has an abiding interest in elevating the nation’s understanding of the need for economic education. It will support programs that raise various public’s participation in economic education and/or create a demand for greater economic literacy; The application of new strategies for teaching economics including on-line and web-based instruction is of interest to the Foundation. Programs that help otherwise disenfranchised youth and/or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system are very important to the Foundation.

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; Linked Standard Research Grants

Deadline: September 15, 2015

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) provides Linked Standard Research Grants to investigators at any level performing research involving three or more unique sites with each site contributing unique expertise, as well as data collection. AFSP research grants support many different types of studies: neurobiological, genetic, psychosocial, clinical treatment, community intervention, survivor, and international.

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Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)

Deadline: September 9, 2015

Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The SciSIP program invites the participation of researchers from all of the social, behavioral and economic sciences as well as those working in domain-specific applications such as chemistry, biology, physics, or nanotechnology.

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