[Plsfaculty] GIFT Center Alert 1.12.12 [1]

Thu Jan 12 16:15:55 MST 2012

FYI

Hot off the press - the latest edition of grant funding opportunities!

Let us know if any of these could be a good fit for your department and
we'll support as appropriate.

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,  <mailto:GIFTCenter at uafoundation.org>
GIFTCenter at uafoundation.org. 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
<mailto:GIFTCenter at uafoundation.org> GIFTCenter at uafoundation.org.  

Internal

Institute for LGBT Studies- Funding Applications for 2012-2013 Annual Cycle 

Deadline: February 13, 2012

The UA Institute for LGBT Studies invites proposals from groups of faculty
and/or graduate students, for the 2012-2013 academic year, on any topic
pertinent to LGBT/Q Studies. There are three funding rubrics: 

1) Curriculum development projects: Awards are for up to $3,000 (except in
the case of graduate research assistant support, which will be calculated at
the current pay-rate).

2) Interdisciplinary research clusters: Research clusters may apply for up
to $1,500 

3) Interdisciplinary reading groups: reading groups may apply for up to
$250.

For more information:  <http://lgbt.arizona.edu/> http://lgbt.arizona.edu/ 

Grants

McCormick Foundation- New Media Women Entrepreneurs Program

Deadline: January 27, 2012

The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give $14,000 in
funding to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new
venture. Awardees will receive an initial $12,000 in the first year. If they
are able to raise $2,000 through their own efforts, they will receive an
additional $2,000 for their projects in the second year. Funding will be
given to U.S.-based individuals who have original ideas to create new Web
sites, mobile news services or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer
interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and
information in a geographic community or a community of interest. TO APPLY
FOR THIS GRANT, PLEASE CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE GIFT CENTER. 

For more information:
<http://www.newmediawomen.org/site/proposal_guidelines/>
http://www.newmediawomen.org/site/proposal_guidelines/

Spencer Foundation- Education Research Grants

Deadline: February 10, 2012

The Spencer Foundation provides grants to investigate ways in which
education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. From the
first, the Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research is
necessary to the improvement in education. The Research Grants program
accepts applications that fit within one or more of four areas of inquiry:
the relation between education and social opportunity; organizational
learning in schools, school systems, and higher education institutions;
teaching, learning, and instructional resources; and purposes and values of
education.  In addition to proposals in these defined areas, the Foundation
will continue to provide an opportunity to submit field-initiated proposals
outside these areas. Small research grants are made up to $40,000. Larger
research grant proposals are accepted year-round.

For more information:  <http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/how-to-apply>
http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/how-to-apply 

Jenzabar Foundation- University Student Leadership Awards in Community
Service

Deadline: February 20, 2012

The  <http://www.thejenzabarfoundation.org/> Jenzabar Foundation has opened
the nomination process for its fifth annual Student Leadership Awards, which
recognize student groups that have made a difference in the world through
service and philanthropic activities at the local, national, and
international levels. Grants of $5,000 will be presented to ten student-led
campus groups or projects that have made a significant impact beyond their
own institution. Self-nominations from students for community service or
humanitarian efforts performed during the 2010-11 or 2011-12 academic years
are also eligible.

For more information:
<http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=363400016>
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=363400016

Graham Foundation-Architectural Projects

Deadline: February 25, 2012

The mission of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
is to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas
about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.  Grants
assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary
to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public
presentation. These projects may include, but are not limited to,
publications, exhibitions, installations, conferences/lectures, films, new
media projects, and other public programs. The maximum grant amount is
$30,000.

For more information:
<http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=organization>
http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=organization

Dollar General Literacy Foundation- Adult Literacy Grants

Deadline: February 28, 2012

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Adult Literacy Grants award funding to
nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of
literacy assistance. Organizations must provide help in one of the following
instructional areas: Adult Basic Education, General Education Diploma
Preparation, or English Language Acquisition. Maximum grant amount is
$15,000.    

For more information:
<http://www2.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/adult_grants.aspx>
http://www2.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/adult_grants.aspx 

Engineering Information Foundation -Engineering Education Support 

Deadline: February 28, 2012

The Engineering Information Foundation provides support to developmental
projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering
education and research that fit the following fields: enhancing
communication and use of information in engineering, women in engineering,
and developing countries.Grant requests should be between $5,000 and
$25,000. They are looking for projects that promote significant and lasting
change, innovative projects, with measurable results, projects that can be
successfully replicated elsewhere, methodologies that are specific,
well-defined and cost-effective.

For more information:  <http://www.eifgrants.org/> http://www.eifgrants.org/

Migration Policy Institute- Successful Immigrant Integration Initiatives 

Deadline: March 15, 2012
Prizes of $50,000 each are available to individuals, nonprofit and
community-based organizations, businesses, religious groups, and government
entities operating exceptionally successful immigrant integration programs.
The program is designed to highlight and reward outstanding efforts that
help immigrants and their children join the mainstream of U.S. society or
that bring immigrants and native-born Americans together to build stronger,
more cohesive communities. Awards are given for existing initiatives that
can be evaluated according to the award selection criteria (significance,
impact, and influence) based on their operations to date. The awards are not
intended to support the launch of new initiatives. Grant money must be used
by each awardee to advance their integration initiative. 

For more information:
<http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=365800029>
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=365800029

Fellowships

Hewlett Packard Company- Labs Innovation Research Fellowship

Deadline: January 27th, 2012

Awards will provide cash support for one year, typically in the range
$50,000 to $75,000, including any overhead. Larger or partial awards may be
made, and awards may be renewed for up to three years, based on research
outcomes and HP business needs. The HP Labs 2012 Innovation Research Program
(IRP) is designed to create opportunities - at colleges, universities and
research institutes around the world - for advanced collaborative research
with HP. Awards under the IRP are primarily intended to provide financial
support for a graduate student to assist the Principal Investigator
conducting a collaborative research project with HP Labs. HP Labs is seeking
compelling projects in a variety of areas that reflect HP's broad industry
presence and research themes. The research topics for the 2012 IRP Call for
Proposals are available in these areas of study: Cloud & Security,
Information Analytics, Intelligent Infrastructure, Mobile and Immersive
Experience, Nanoelectronics, Printing and Content Delivery, Services
Research, Social Computing, and Sustainable Ecosystems. 

Social Science Research Council and Mellon Foundation -Transregional
Research: Inter-Asian Contexts and Connections
Deadline: February 13, 2012 

The new postdoctoral fellowship program for junior scholars is designed to
strengthen the understanding of issues and geographies that do not fit
neatly into existing divisions of academia or the world. The fellowships
will help junior scholars (those at the postdoctoral stage, one to seven
years out of the Ph.D.) complete first books and/or undertake second
projects. In addition to funding research, the program will create networks
and shared resources to support fellows well beyond the grant period. The
intellectual thrust of the pilot project will be the re-conceptualization of
Asia as an interlinked historical and geographic formation stretching from
the Middle East through Eurasia, Central Asia, and South Asia to Southeast
Asia and East Asia. Proposals submitted for the fellowship competition
should bear upon processes that connect places and peoples (such as
migration, media, and resource flows) as well as those that reconfigure
local and trans-local contexts (such as shifting borders, urbanization, and
social movements). The broad focus of the program is intended to advance
transregional research as well as to establish structures for linking
scholars across disciplines in the arts, the humanities, and the social
sciences. 

For more information:
<http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=366100051>
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=366100051

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation-Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship
Deadline: March 15, 2012 

The program will provide funding to basic scientists and clinicians for
research with the potential to significantly impact the prevention,
diagnosis, or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers. The fellowship
program seeks to recruit the top young minds to research childhood cancers.
Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its
equivalent: M.D., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M. Candidates who have
already accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship award are not eligible.
Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a sponsor - a
scientist (tenured, tenure-track, or equivalent position) capable of
providing mentorship to the fellow. Awards are made to institutions for the
support of the fellow under direct supervision of the sponsor. Fellowships
are granted for a three-year term with second- and third-year funding
contingent upon satisfactory progress reports. Fellowships provide annual
stipends of $50,000 or $60,000 and annual expense allowances of $2,000.

For more information:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=366100052

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