Current Grant Opportunities - October 2010

1)

Program: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Agency: Association for Institutional Research

   Next Deadline: mid-January 2011

Supports postsecondary education professionals and doctoral students to conduct research using national databases at the National Center for Ed Statistics (NCES) and NSF. Program goals: to provide professional development opportunities to Ph.D. students, institutional researchers, educators and administrators, and to foster the use of the federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education. The program has two major research support components: Dissertation Fellowships and Research Grants. See http://www.airweb.org/?page=818 for details. 

E-mail: rswing@airweb.org

Contact: Randy Swing, Executive Director

            1435 East Piedmont Drive, Suite 211

            Tallahassee, FL 32308

            850/385-4155

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2)   Program: Fulbright-Hays: Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship

      Agency: U.S. Department of Education

  Next Deadline: November 16, 2010

Helps institutions strengthen foreign language and area studies programs by supporting faculty to conduct research abroad in modern foreign language and area studies. Overall goal is to strengthen knowledge on world areas not widely included in American curricula that focuses on critical languages, such as Farsi.  Western Europe and U.S. projects are not eligible. In FY 11, approximately $1.7 million is available for 22 awards.  See http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/index.html for details.

E-mail: cynthia.dudzinski@ed.gov

Contact: Cynthia Dudzinski, Program Officer

            1990 K Street, NW, 6th Floor

            Washington, DC 20006-8544

            202/502-7589