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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the attached GIFT Center Alert featuring available grants.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">CALS Development, Alumni & Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu">giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu">mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>GIFT Center News<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 12:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> giftcenternews<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Alert 10.14.2015 [179]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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reviewing specific grant opportunity guidelines, contact the GIFT Center with any further questions,
</span></b><a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org</span></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. If a good fit is determined and you are interested in submitting a
charitable grant request, please also contact your unit’s development office. Note that appropriate routing for some opportunities may be UA Sponsored Projects Services and/or the VP of the
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office of Research & Discovery<span style="color:black">, and in cases of limited submission, selection via the Senior VP for Research & Discovery. If routing is most appropriate through the GIFT Center
please remember that the GIFT Center requires three days prior to the mailing deadline to review a charitable grant proposal; electronic proposals and those with signature requirements require a week. To initiate review before your submission, send a draft
proposal and funder guidelines to your GIFT Center contact (if applicable) and to
</span></span></b><a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GIFTCenter@uafoundation.org</span></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;color:#C00000">Inspiring Ideas in Philanthropy: Understanding Donors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#C00000">Dialogue with a supporter—be that face to face or through other routes—should be based on an understanding of the motivation of that individual supporter.
We must proactively seek to understand the motivations, values, needs and personality of donors. This will enable us to tailor communications to reflect their motivations and engage with them in what we’re trying to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="color:#C00000">– The Zen of Fundraising, p. 123</span></i><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple">Internal<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marshall Foundation - Dissertation Fellowship</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: November 6, 2015
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Marshall Foundation is awarding up to $10,788 intended for graduate students who are in the completion stage of their dissertation and who have exhausted all other funding
resources except for loans. These funds can be used for up to two consecutive semesters.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
</span><a href="https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/marshall-foundation-dissertation-fellowship"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/marshall-foundation-dissertation-fellowship</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Water Resources Research Institute - Program 104(b) Grant Proposal
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<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Deadline: November 18, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">The University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) invites proposals for research grants under the Water Resources Research Act,
Section 104(b). Proposals are requested for research that explores new ideas to address water problems in Arizona and expand understanding of water and related phenomena. Grants of approximately $10,000 will fund projects for 12 months.
<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">For more information:
<a href="https://wrrc.arizona.edu/programs/grant-proposal-guidelines%20%20?utm_source=Weekly+Wave%2C+Vol.+3%2C+Issue+30+%2810%2F02%2F15%29&utm_campaign=WRRC+Weekly+Wave+10-02-15&utm_medium=email">
https://wrrc.arizona.edu/programs/grant-proposal-guidelines%20%20?utm_source=Weekly+Wave%2C+Vol.+3%2C+Issue+30+%2810%2F02%2F15%29&utm_campaign=WRRC+Weekly+Wave+10-02-15&utm_medium=email</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions - Small Grants Program<o:p></o:p></span></i></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Deadline: December 18, 2015
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<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Water, Environmental, and Energy Solutions (WEES) offers financial support for efforts to integrate water, environmental, and energy interests and
issues relevant to the region and the state. Applicants are eligible for up to $5,000 in Workshop Grants and up to $12,000 to help support preparation of large grant proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">For more information:<a href="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/b6ba9388f9c749678c5f1628d/files/WEES_Small_Grants_high_res.pdf">https://gallery.mailchimp.com/b6ba9388f9c749678c5f1628d/files/WEES_Small_Grants_high_res.pdf</a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Kenneth J. Botto - Research Fellowship</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Deadline: January 15, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Awards of up to $5,000 will be given in support research at the UA Center for Creative Photography by curators, writers, and researchers investigating the life
and work of Kenneth J. Botto. Photographers will work to incorporate set-up, collage, and constructed imagery.<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">For more information:
<a href="http://www.creativephotography.org/study-research/fellowships-internships">
http://www.creativephotography.org/study-research/fellowships-internships</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h2 style="line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple">Grants
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Environmental Education Foundation - Capacity Building Program</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: October 30, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations to help build their capacity to support, promote, and help maintain public lands. Seeking for organizations
focused on serving a public lands site in the United States and the improvement and responsible use of that site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.publiclandseveryday.org/grants/capacity-building-grants">http://www.publiclandseveryday.org/grants/capacity-building-grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Global Health: Vaccine Manufacturing</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: November 5, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The foundation is soliciting innovative proposals to develop manufacturing platforms that can transform production economics and produce vaccines at a final finished goods low
cost production low cost per dose. The proposed research and development will focus on at least one of the following: human papillomavirus, inactivated poliovirus, measles-rubella, pentavalent, pneumococcal, or rotavirus vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/new-interventions-global-health-vaccine-manufacturing">
http://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/new-interventions-global-health-vaccine-manufacturing</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Comerica Charitable Foundation - Support Grants</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: November 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grant awards are being offered for projects supporting education, neighborhood revitalization, and economic self-sufficiency for low- and moderate-income individuals and families.
Programs should focus on diversity and inclusion, as well as access to health care.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.comerica.com/about-us/community-involvement/pages/charitable-giving.aspx">
http://www.comerica.com/about-us/community-involvement/pages/charitable-giving.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gerber Foundation - Pediatric Research Projects
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 1, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $300,000 will be awarded to research projects focused on issues faced by care providers that will improve the health, nutrition, and/or development of infants
and young children. Projects may include etiologic mechanisms of disease; new, improved, or less invasive diagnostic procedures; reduction or elimination of side effects; among others.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research">http://www.gerberfoundation.org/pd-research/research</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation - STEM Innovation Grants</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 1, 2015 - March 15, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The foundation is offering award grants of up to $5,000 to K-12 teachers and schools to develop, improve, and expand innovative instructional programs in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.freeportinmycommunity.com/nonprofits/search-our-grants">http://www.freeportinmycommunity.com/nonprofits/search-our-grants</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries - School Library Grant</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 14, 2015
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $7,000 will be awarded to help libraries in schools where 85 percent or more of students qualify for free or reduced lunches expand, update, and diversify their
book collections. This grant would support student learning, and make books and reading materials available to students who otherwise would not have access to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.laurabushfoundation.com/how-to-apply/index.html">http://www.laurabushfoundation.com/how-to-apply/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American Association of University Women - Career Development Grants
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 15, 2015
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $12,000 will be awarded to women who have earned a bachelor's degree in support of coursework toward a degree program other than a doctorate or for specialized
training in a technical or professional field. Primary consideration will be given to women of color, women pursuing credentials in a non-traditional field, and women who do not currently hold an advanced degree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/career-development-grants/cdg-application/">
http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/career-development-grants/cdg-application/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Russell Sage Foundation - Economic Research Grants</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: January 5, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $150,000 will be awarded to investigator-initiated research projects designed to broaden our understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities
in the United States. The Foundation encourages methodological variety and inter-disciplinary collaboration. Awards are available for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time for conducting research and writing up results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality">http://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Agricultural Safety and Health Council - Worker Safety Grants Program</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: January 7, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded in support of interventions at the local and/or regional level that facilitate the timely application of evidence-based safety/health
strategies aimed at protecting agricultural workers. Applicants are expected to be engaged in agriculture-related production, education/training, and/or research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.ashca.org/safety-grants-program/">http://www.ashca.org/safety-grants-program/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Acorn Foundation - Environmental Justice Grants</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: January 15, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Acorn Foundation is currently awarding general support grants to grassroots organizations in the range of $5,000 – $10,000 for the restoration and preservation of a healthful
global environment with emphasis on environmental justice and indigenous rights, biological diversity, and preventing or remedying toxic pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.commoncounsel.org/Acorn+Foundation">http://www.commoncounsel.org/Acorn+Foundation</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oncology Nursing Society Foundation - Clinical Research Projects
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: June 15, 2016
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded over two years to support a clinical project conducted by advanced practice oncology nurses. Project should be conducted by advanced practice
oncology nurses for the purpose of facilitating innovative solutions to the challenges of delivering patient-centered, evidenced-based, and accessible care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
<a href="http://www.onsfoundation.org/apply/ed/clinicalProject">http://www.onsfoundation.org/apply/ed/clinicalProject</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="line-height:normal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple">Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American Association of University Women - American Dissertation Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: November 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The purpose of the Dissertation Fellowship is to offset a scholar's living expenses while she completes her dissertation. The fellowship must be used for the final year of writing
the dissertation. Funds may not be used for extended field research. American Fellowships are open to scholars in all fields of study. Dissertation Fellowships carry a stipend of $20,000 for the fellowship year.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
</span><a href="http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/american-fellowships/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Link Foundation - Energy Fellowship Program</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 5, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The award consists of a two-year fellowship of $28,000 per year for two years to be used for the Fellow's academic year and summer stipend. The Fellowship fosters education and
innovation in the societal production and utilization of energy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
</span><a href="http://www.linkenergy.org/index.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.linkenergy.org/index.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: December 11, 2015
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Jennings Randolph (JR) Peace scholarship Dissertation Program awards scholarships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations with clear relevance
for policy and practice in the field of international peacebuilding and conflict management. Peace Scholar Awards are currently set at $20,000 for 10 months.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information:
</span><a href="http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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