III. Natural & Social Sciences Grants
1) Program: Research Grants
Agency: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Next Deadline: December 1, 2010
Supports research on suicide and suicide prevention from a variety of disciplines: psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, and others. Grants are awarded for one to two years under five programs: Young Investigator Grants ($85K); Standard Research Grants ($75K) & Linked Standard Research Grants ($225K); Distinguished Investigator Grants ($100K); Postdoctoral Research Fellowships ($100K); and Pilot Grants ($30K). See http://tinyurl.com/yebgzv8 for details.
E-mail: skoslow@afsp.org
Contact: Stephen Koslow, Research Director
120 Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212/363-3500 (ext. 31)
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2) Program: Supplemental Sabbatical Awards for Psychologists
Agency: James McKeen Cattell Fund
Next Deadline: December 1, 2010
Program supplements sabbatical allowances to enable psychologists to take a full year of leave. Both tenured faculty members and associate professors who are in tenure-track positions and are eligible for sabbaticals may apply. Preference is given to psychologists who have not had a leave in the past five years. Maximum award is $37,500 or half of the recipient's salary.
See http://www.cattell.duke.edu/catthist.html for more details.
E-mail: williams@psych.duke.edu.
Contact: Christina Williams, Secretary-Treasurer
Duke University
Box 90086, 9 Flowers Drive
Durham, NC 27708-0086
919/660-5712
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3) Program: Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: January 14, 2011
(Formerly Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program)
Supports projects to improve the quality of STEM education for all undergraduate students. Especially encourages projects that have potential to bring about widespread adoption of classroom practices that embody understanding of how students learn most effectively. Transferability and dissemination are critical. Type 2 and 3 proposals due January 14. Type 1 proposals due May 27 for New York applicants.
See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741 for details.
E-mail: rpimmel@nsf.gov
Contact: Russell Pimmel, Program Director
(contacts vary by discipline)
Undergraduate Education Division
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/292-4618
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4) Program: Major Research Instrumentation
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: January 27, 2011 (tentative)
Solicitation expected late October with a January 27 deadline. Supports acquisition and development of shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Proposals for inter- and/or intra-organizational instrumentation use are encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at academic institutions. Awards range from $100,000 to $4 million. Limited submission: three proposals per institution per competition. See http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri/ for details.
E-mail: rphelps@nsf.gov
Contact: Randy Phelps, Senior Staff Associate
Office of Integrative Activities
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/292-8040
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5) Program: Cultural Anthropology
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: January 15, 2011
Supports basic scientific research about the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Annual target dates for Senior Research by PhD investigators, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement, High-Risk Research in Anthropology, and training and workshops are January 15 and August 15. Annual target dates for Cultural Anthropology Scholar awards for research-related, post-PhD training are January 16 and August 16. Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Graduates (REG) proposals due March 1.
See http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/anthro/cult_overview.jsp for details.
E-mail: dwinslow@nsf.gov
Contact: Deborah Winslow, Program Director
Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/292-7315
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6) Program: Social Psychology
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: January 15, 2011
Supports basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences & development over the life span. Among the many research topics supported are attitude formation and change, social cognition, personality processes, interpersonal relations/group processes, the self, emotion, social comparison and social influence, the social psychology of health, and the psychophysiological correlates of social behavior.
See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5712 for details.
E-mail: khenders@nsf.gov
Contact: Kellina Craig-Henderson, Program Director
Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/292-7023
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7) Program: Political Science
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: January 15, 2011
Supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas of interest include American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. Target dates refer to research proposals. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418 for details.
E-mail: bhumes@nsf.gov
Contact: Brian Humes, Program Director
Social and Economic Sciences Division
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
703/292-7284
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