[Plsfaculty] [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 08.31.11 [85]

Wed Aug 31 16:37:18 MST 2011

Here’s the most recent listing of funding opportunities available in conjunction with the UA Foundation GIFT Center.  Hopefully you or your colleagues will find some value here.  Those of you who have worked with the GIFT Center know them to be helpful and professional.  If you haven’t considered these opportunities, this might be a good time to check them out.  Let us know if we can support.

Ann Stevens

Associate Director of Development

UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

PO Box 210036

Tucson, AZ  85721-0036

520-621-7883 office

520-349-3824 cell

520-621-1394 fax

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Alert

After reviewing specific grant opportunity guidelines, contact the GIFT Center with any further questions, GIFTCenter at al.arizona.edu. 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 for Research and Graduate Studies. 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 GIFTCenter at al.arizona.edu.  

Internal

ABCD Advanced Graduate Fellowship in Complex Diseases

Deadline: October 15, 2011

The Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD) invites applications for a 1-year Advanced Graduate Fellowship in line with its mission of fostering trans-disciplinary research on complex diseases (e.g., asthma, cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases) at UA.  The fellowship will provide one year of stipend ($21,180) and tuition for a UA graduate student to perform cutting-edge, trans-disciplinary research on complex disease-related themes. 

For more information: email Donata Vercelli, M.D. at donata at arc.arizona.edu.

Grants

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Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation

Deadline: September 15, 2011

The foundation is dedicated to the goal of increasing economic literacy throughout the United States. The Foundation provides grants to programs with national impact that address the following issues: raising the public's participation in economic education and creating a demand for greater economic literacy; encouraging measurement of economic understanding; developing the application of new strategies for teaching economics, including online instruction; and helping disenfranchised youth or young adults with children learn to participate in the economic system. The average grant is approximately $22,000, however grants as small as $3,500 and as large as $150,000 have been made.

For more information: http://www.kazanjian.org/grants

LGBTQ Community Awareness Education

Deadline: September 23, 2011

The LGBT-Straight Alliance Fund provides grants up to $5,000 to organizations in southern Arizona working in one of their focus areas. One point of interest for the Alliance Fund is educating both the larger community and the LGBTQ community to promote inclusion, health and well-being. Examples might include: educating people about LGBTQ issues, including broad issues such as gender expression; educating students (high school and college), teachers, and school administrators about LGBTQ issues; educating the LGBTQ community about being philanthropic; and educating social service providers about LGBTQ issues. The Fund also has a Queer Youth initiative that funds projects from $500 to $4,000. 

For more information: http://alliancefund.org/news.htm#grant-req2012SafariHTML\Shell\Open\Command 

Verizon Foundation Grants
Deadline: October 16, 2011 
The Verizon Foundation makes grants in the following areas: 1) Education, 2) Literacy, 3) Domestic Violence Prevention, 4) Healthcare and Accessibility, and 5) Internet Safety.  There is no specific maximum grant amount, but average grants range from $5,000 - $10,000.
For more information: http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml

American Health Assistance Foundation - National Glaucoma Research Grants
Deadline: October 26, 2011

Funding of up to $100,000 over two years will be awarded to U.S. as well as international researchers pursuing pioneering research on glaucoma.

http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/images/spacer.gifFor more information: http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/main.html

Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Funding for Conferences 
Deadline: November 1, 2011

Grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 are available for conferences to address emerging issues in Parkinson's disease therapy advancement.

For more information: http://www.pdf.org/en/media_pr/release/pr_1314214162

Central Arizona Project Charitable Contributions 
Deadline: November 1, 2011 
Central Arizona Project (CAP) makes grants up to $5,000 in the areas of water education and the environment.

For more information: http://www.cap-az.com/PublicInformation/CharitableContributions.aspx

Public-Private Partnership to Connect Latin American Performing Artists with U.S. Audiences
Deadline: February 10, 2012 

The Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America program will provide grants of up to $25,000 to consortia of nonprofits and local government agencies working to present performances by Latin American dance, music, and theater artists and ensembles in the United States and its territories.

For more information: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/Southern_Exposure/index.html

Earthwatch Institute 
Deadline: ongoing
Earthwatch funds scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.  Their four Research Areas are 1) Ecosystem Services, 2) Climate Change, 3) Oceans, and 4) Cultural Heritage.  Their average project grant range is between $17,000 and $51,000 for a full field season, dependent on the number of participating Earthwatch volunteers.  Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.

For more information: http://www.earthwatch.org/aboutus/research/scientistopps/reqresprop

Fellowships

The Brain and Behavior Research Fund - NARSAD Young Investigator Grants

Deadline: September 15, 2011

Up to $30,000 per year will be awarded to promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research.  Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.

For more information: http://bbrfoundation.org/?q=node/124/apply_for_grants/124

International Reading Association – Research Grants & Fellowships

Deadline: November 1, 2011.

The Elva Knight Research Grant provides up to $8,000 for research in reading and literacy.  Other awards available as well.

For more information: http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants.aspx

Kress Foundation - Art History Fellowships

Deadline: November 1, 2011

Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art provide $22,500-per-year for a two-year research appointment in association with select foreign host institutions.

For more information: http://www.kressfoundation.org/fellowships/default.aspx?id=52

Lake Institute on Faith and Giving - Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Deadline: January 31, 2012

The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at the Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University will provide a fellowship stipend of $22,000 for the final year of dissertation writing by a Ph.D. candidate at a U.S. graduate school whose primary research focus is in the area of religion and philanthropy or faith and giving.
For more information: http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/LakeFamilyInstitute/offerings.aspx

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