Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education CFP: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/unsolicited.asp IES acceptance of unsolicited proposals: The Institute of Education Sciences announces its interest in considering unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, statistics, and knowledge utilization projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Institute. The Institute’s mission is to conduct and support rigorous […]
CFP: http://www.diggingintodata.org/ Deadline: June 16, 2011 Description: The idea behind the Digging into Data Challenge is to address how “big data” changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences. Now that we have massive databases of materials used by scholars in the humanities and social sciences — ranging from digitized books, newspapers, and […]
CFP: http://www.davisfoundations.org/site/educational.asp Deadline: March 15, May 15, and October 1, 2011 The foundation’s objectives in making grants are to assist institutions in supporting more effective teaching and learning and/or controlling costs. Examples of funded projects that achieve these objectives include: Projects that improve the curriculum, the learning environment, assessment of undergraduate learning outcomes, faculty development, […]
CFP: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri.html Awards: varied The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is charged with funding research, education, and extension grants and integrated research, extension, and education grants that address key problems of National, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of agriculture, including farm efficiency […]
CFP: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5505 Deadline: October 10, 2011 Award: Up to $150,000 per project from $5M total funding The Geoscience Education (GeoEd) Program is part of a portfolio of programs within the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) that seeks to increase public understanding of Earth system science and foster recruitment, training and retention of a diverse and skilled […]
CFP: http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram Deadline: May 6, 2011 Awards: $2,000 to $50,000 for 1-3 year projects Course and Program grants are awarded to institutions to strengthen existing curricular programs or build new courses and programs in invention, innovation, and technology entrepreneurship, with an increasing emphasis on environmental and social entrepreneurship. Successful proposals present creative pedagogical approaches that […]
