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Current Funding Opportunities

 

Please visit the following links for more information on grant oppotunities and upcoming deadlines:

System for Award Management (SAM)

The System for Award Management (SAM) is a free web-site which consolidates Federal procurement systems and the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Currently CCR, FedReg, ORCA and EPLS have been migrated into SAM. Over the coming years, additional system migrations will be completed.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

 


 

National Geographic Society (NGS)

Young Explorers Grants (YEG)

Synopsis:  Under this program, the sponsor provides seed grants to individuals between the ages of 18 and 25 in the fields we have a rich history of supporting. Young Explorers grants provide the opportunity for many recipients to pursue their first experiences in the field.

Size of Grant - $5,000 Maximum

Cost Sharing - No

Web - Young Explorers Grants (about the program)

Closing Date: OPEN


Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

SBA Website


EDUCATION

Deadline Date – Unspecified

Grant Resource – Jacke Kent Cooke Foundation

Description – The foundation supports youth education by investing in organizations that expand learning opportunities for high-achieving, low- to moderate-income students during their K-12 years. The youth education programs offer direct support to students, as well as grants for schools and out-of school programs, summer enrichment activities, specialized education courses and scholarships.

Web - Jack Kent Cooke Foundation


EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES

Deadline Date – October 1, 2013                          

Grant Resource – Fish and Wildlife Service

DescriptionBuild human and institutional capacity for biodiversity conservation and management in Mexico through training. Of interest are projects that provide direct and significant training to Mexican personnel in terms of the number of individuals trained, the strategic or innovative nature of the training, and the impact of the training on the conservation of biodiversity.

Size of Grant – $5,000—$50,000

Cost Sharing or Match –Yes

Web - Wildlife Without Boarders - Mexico


CRIMINAL JUSTICE; JOURNALSIM

Deadline Date – October 23, 2013

Grant Resource Soros Foundation; Open Society Foundation

Description – The Justice Fellowships Program is part of the Justice Fund, one of three "core" funds within the Foundations' U.S. Programs. The Justice Fund seeks to promote open society values by reducing the destructive impact of current criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families , and communities in the United States.

Size of Grant - $50,000$70,000

Web - Grants - Soros Justice Fellowships - Media Fellowships


ALL FIELDS OF STUDY

Deadline Date – November 15, 2013

Grant Resource American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Description – These grants provide support to women scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication, and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparation. All applicants must demonstrate that the support will result in a reduction of their ongoing work-related activities. The grants are not for preliminary research. Activities undertaken during the grant period can include drafting, editing, or modifying manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication

Size of Grant - $6,000

Web - American Fellowship Applications


SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – November 19, 2013                          

Grant Resource – Office of Science

DescriptionThe Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby invites grant applications for support under the Early Career Research Program in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP), and Nuclear Physics (NP). The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the DOE Office of Science.

Size of Grant – Up to $6,000,000

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - FedConnect


ART; HUMANITIES, LANGUAGE

Deadline Date – December 9, 2013                          

Grant ResourceNational Endowment for the Arts

DescriptionThrough fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English.

Size of Grant – $12,500—$25,000

Cost Sharing or Match –No

Web - NEA Complete Website Announcement


ENGINEERING; SCIENCES

Deadline Date – February 5, 2014

Grant Resource National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering

Description – The National Science Foundation encourages the submission of industry-defined fundamental research proposals from NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) in areas of shared value to both centers and their members. Industry-defined fundamental research broadens the scientific and engineering understanding beyond the more specific applied research interests of the industries traditionally served by the I/UCRC. Industry participation extends the scope and horizon of center research projects so as to drive innovation with industrially relevant fundamental research projects.

Size of Grant - $50,000$200,000

Web - Fundamental Research Program for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers


COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – Open

Grant Resource – Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Description – The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation supports programs that seek to transform the lives of children living in urban poverty by directly serving their needs in the areas of health, education, and family economic stability.

Cost Sharing or Match – No 

Web - Online Grant Proposal


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS

Deadline Date – Open

Grant Resource – US Department of Commerce

Description – The Economic Development Administration Department of Commerce has announced general policies and application procedures for grant-based investments under the Public Works, Planning, Local Technical Assistance, and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs. These programs will promote comprehensive, entrepreneurial and innovation-based economic development efforts to enhance the competitiveness of regions, resulting in increased private investment and higher-skill, higher-wage jobs in areas experiencing substantial and persistent economic distress.

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - The Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Assistance


JOURNALISM

Deadline Date – Open                           

Grant Resource – Redd (Charles) Center for Western Studies

Description – The sponsor provides grants of up to $3,000 to assist in the publication of scholarly studies on the Mountain West (defined as including the states of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico).

Size of Grant – $3,000   MAXIMUM

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Charles Redd Center Awards Main Page or Publication Grants

 


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