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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ann Stevens [mailto:astevens@cals.arizona.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bobby Torres; 'Brian Larkins'; Bruce Tabashnik; Chuck Hutchinson; csterlin@email.arizona.edu; Gary Thompson; Jeff Silvertooth; jwinzerl@Ag.arizona.edu; Mark Riley; Ron Allen; Sharon Megdal; Soyeon Shim<br><b>Cc:</b> jdavis@cals.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 03.23.11 [74]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Department Heads – See grant opportunities below for you and your faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please let us know if we may assist with the application process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ann Stevens<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Associate Director of Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-7883 office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-349-3824 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-1394 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu [mailto:giftcenternews-bounces@mailman.al.arizona.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>GIFT Center News<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> giftcenternews@al.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [GIFTCenterNews] GIFT Center Alert 03.23.11 [74]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=981 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBBE10.4B18ECF0" alt=Alert><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After reviewing specific grant opportunity guidelines, contact the GIFT Center with any further questions, <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. 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 <a href="mailto:GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu">GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MacArthur Foundation Announces Final Call for Proposals for How Housing Matters Research Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 8, 2011 (Initial Research Abstracts)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>has issued a Call for Proposals for the final round of competitive funding under its How Housing Matters to Families and Communities research initiative. The five-year, $25 million research initiative is designed to deepen the literature on the effect that investments in affordable housing have on social and economic outcomes, beyond shelter. While MacArthur welcomes proposals on all topics, the foundation is especially interested in studies that address the relationship of housing to the following outcomes: health and independent living of an aging population; public safety, violence reduction, and reduction in criminal justice system involvement, particularly among youth; and educational outcomes. <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.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.6617727/k.C76C/Call_for_Proposals_2011_How_Housing_Matters.htm">http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.6617727/k.C76C/Call_for_Proposals_2011_How_Housing_Matters.htm</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal id=rfpcontact><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research on Public Sector Institutions in Poland<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 18, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Ernst & Young Better Government Programme in Poland invites applications for grants of 60,000 PLN (about $21,000) to support research on the effectiveness of public sector institutions in Poland in one of the priority areas: 1) good governance; 2) health care; and 3) infrastructure and resources. In each of those a comparative approach able to present Polish experiences in light of those from other countries will be preferred. Joint teams of Polish and foreign researchers are particularly encouraged to apply.<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.ey.com/PL/en/Industries/Government---Public-Sector/Research-grants-2011">http://www.ey.com/PL/en/Industries/Government---Public-Sector/Research-grants-2011</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><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"'>Communication Sciences and Disorders Research Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 29, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation invites investigators to submit proposals to the New Century Scholars Research Grant Program for research grants of $10,000. This grant initiative is designed to advance the knowledge base in communication sciences and disorders. The intent of this grant is to initiate new research in the field, and will give priority to studies that are innovative, groundbreaking, or that can meet research needs not yet addressed. <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.ashfoundation.org/grants/NCSRCompetition/">http://www.ashfoundation.org/grants/NCSRCompetition/</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><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"'>March of Dimes Research Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 30, 2011<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The March of Dimes research program invites applications for faculty research grants of up to $150,000 directed at the prevention of birth defects. Research subjects appropriate may include basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies. In Social and Behavioral Sciences, the MOD is interested in research, especially involving change in behavior, that advances our understanding of and ability to prevent the cognitive and behavioral risks that affect outcomes of pregnancy, the perinatal period, and subsequent child development. <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://researchgrants.marchofdimes.com/loi">http://researchgrants.marchofdimes.com/loi</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><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"'>Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund Research Grants <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: May 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund) supports multi-year research projects (2-5 years in duration) to advance knowledge in the field of arboriculture and urban forestry to benefit people, trees and the environment. Grants range from $7,500 to $25,000.<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.treefund.org/research_grants.htm">http://www.treefund.org/research_grants.htm</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><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"'>International Dyslexia Association Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: May 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The International Dyslexia Association announces a competitive grant program to stimulate scientific study investigating the value of multisensory instruction (MSI) in teaching reading, particularly to students at risk for academic failure or underachievement such as those with dyslexia. The MSI Grant Program will provide up to $20,000 for new educational, neuroscience, cognitive science, or other research projects on how multisensory components (e.g., visual, auditory, kinesthetic, tactile) in various contexts and combinations do or do not enhance the learning of reading-related skills in various learner populations, including those with dyslexia. Faculty and graduate students are eligible to apply.<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.interdys.org/IDAResearchGrantGuidelines.htm">http://www.interdys.org/IDAResearchGrantGuidelines.htm</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><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"'>Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Guest Artist Initiative Program</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Deadline: May 16, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matching grants of up to $5,000, plus facilitation services, will be awarded to American colleges and universities seeking to hire professional stage directors and choreographers for their theater productions.<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.sdcweb.org/foundation/guest-artist-initiative">http://www.sdcweb.org/foundation/guest-artist-initiative</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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New Grand Challenges Explorations Topics<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Deadline: May 19, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. <b>If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact the GIFT Center before approaching the Foundation in any manner. </b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Grant proposals are being accepted on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and Monitor Eradication<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>For more information: <a href="http://www.grandchallenges.org/gce/">www.grandchallenges.org/gce/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Social Change Filmmaker Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deadline: </span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>May 25, 2011</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Tribeca Film Institute, in partnership with the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative, has announced the launch of the TFI New Media Fund. The fund will provide support and funding to nonfiction, social issue film projects that integrate film with content across newer media platforms - from video games and mobile apps to social networks and micro-blogging. The fund seeks to support projects that activate audiences around issues of contemporary social justice and equality around the world and that demonstrate the power of cross-platform storytelling and dynamic audience engagement. In 2011, the New Media Fund will award grants of $50,000 to $100,000 each to four to eight nonfiction projects. The fund also will provide peer support and expert mentorship for producers. </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact the GIFT Center before approaching the Foundation in any manner. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information: <a href="http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/newmedia/about/">http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/filmmakers/newmedia/about/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lupus Research Institute Invites Applications for Research Grants for Novel Approaches to Lupus<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: May 27, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Lupus Research Institute, founded to support highly promising, idea-driven approaches to finding the cause, improving treatment, and curing lupus, is accepting funding applications for novel research projects relevant to systemic lupus erythematosus. Projects on aspects of the disease that have been less extensively studied and applications from investigators in diverse disciplines, including those who may not have previously worked in lupus, are encouraged. Investigations should be relevant to basic, translational, or clinical research on lupus. Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States. Selected projects will each receive annual funding of up to $100,000 per year, for a term of up to three years.<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.lupusresearchinstitute.org/research/grant_applicationSafariHTML/Shell/Open/Command">http://www.lupusresearchinstitute.org/research/grant_applicationSafariHTML/Shell/Open/Command</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><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"'>Health Impact Project (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts) <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: June 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Health Impact Project is a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts advancing the use of health impact assessment (HIA), which provides sound, objective data than can help decision-makers identify the health ramifications of proposals in a range of sectors that do not traditionally focus on health outcomes, and make recommendations that enhance health benefits and minimize adverse effects and associated costs. Grants will range from $25,000 to $125,000. <b>If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact the GIFT Center before approaching the Foundation in any manner. </b><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.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21346&cid=XEM_1400198">http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21346&cid=XEM_1400198</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><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"'>Verizon Foundation Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: September 30, 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Verizon Foundation makes grants of up to $10,000 in the following funding priorities: 1. Education; 2. Literacy; 3. Domestic Violence Prevention; 4. Healthcare and Accessibility; and 5. Internet Safety.<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://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml">http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></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><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><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mellon Foundation </span></i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Museums and Art Conservation Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: None<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The program for art museums is designed to help excellent institutions build and sustain their capacity to undertake serious scholarship on their permanent collections; to preserve these collections; and to share the results of their work in appropriate ways with scholarly and other audiences. The art conservation program concentrates largely on advanced training for future generations of conservators, but it also strengthens fundamental work in developing fields such as photograph conservation and science. Letters of inquiry are accepted year-round. <b>If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact the GIFT Center before approaching the Foundation in any manner. </b><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.mellon.org/internet/grant_programs/programs/museums">http://www.mellon.org/internet/grant_programs/programs/museums</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><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'>Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2><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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Social and Psychological Problems Dissertation Grants & Postdoctoral Grants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation supports research that contributes to a greater understanding of social problems affecting individuals, families and local communities. Dissertation grants up to $5,000 support research on problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or on interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. Faculty/Postdoctoral grants up to $20,000 are available to evaluate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral, or public health problems, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about those problems.<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.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html">http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></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><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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Law and Aging Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging will award fellowships of $40,000 to law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging, the opportunity to pursue their research and professional interests for 1 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: <a href="http://www.borchardcenter.org/fellowship-program/fellowship-application-process">http://www.borchardcenter.org/fellowship-program/fellowship-application-process</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><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"'>Nontraditional Security Studies-Asia Research Fellowships<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: April 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Consortium of NTS-Asia invites applications for the NTS-Asia Research Fellowship. To commence in July, this three-month research fellowship programme offers successful applicants an opportunity to work on a wide range of NTS issues in any of the 19 NTS-Asia member institutes in Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan. Each fellowship comes with a stipend of $8,000. Young scholars are encouraged to apply.<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.rsis.edu.sg/nts/article.asp?id=178">http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/article.asp?id=178</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><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"'>Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Fieldwork Grants and Fellowships <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: May 1, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Wenner-Gren Foundation offers up to $20,000 for Dissertation Fieldwork Grants and for Post-Ph.D. Research Grants and up to $40,000 for Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships. The foundation prioritizes basic research (not applied) and favors applications that make the case that their research speaks to broader debates and themes in anthropology.<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.wennergren.org/programs/programs.htm">http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></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><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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sociology of Religion Research Grants</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Deadline: May 1, 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Association for the Sociology of Religion invites applications from graduate students and junior scholars for Fichter Research Grants in the area of women and religion. Applicants must be members of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. A total of $24,000 is available.<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.sociologyofreligion.com/lectures-papers/fichter-research-grant-competition/">http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/lectures-papers/fichter-research-grant-competition/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></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><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><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>U.S. Military and Naval History Thesis & 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: May 1, 2011<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Marine Corps History Division offers research grants and both master's thesis and doctoral dissertation fellowships with stipends of up to $10,000 for research on topics in U.S. military and naval history. <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.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/General/Grants_Internships_Grants.htm">http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/General/Grants_Internships_Grants.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></b></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit the GIFT Center </span></b><a href="http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>online</span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You received this message because you opted in to the GIFT Center News listserv. 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