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Happy spring!

It appears this is the season for Social Scientists. This edition of the Grants Newsletter sports a long list of deadlines coming up in May in that discipline, mostly from the Wenner Gren Foundation, the National Institute of Justice, and the Russell Sage Foundation. Profiles for all disciplines start on page four; the Social Sciences begin on page eight.

We feature the Fitch Foundation’s opportunities for historic preservation. Sage Advice charts out suggested timelines for grant applications.

As usual, we include recent News, followed by profiles of opportunities coming up in the month of May. Reminders for deadlines over the next six months can be found beginning on page twelve, grouped by discipline.

Like the Fellowships Calendar in our last newsletter, you can download the whole year’s Grants Calendar from the website and sort by due date, discipline, funder, or grant type.

Internal grant deadlines have now passed for this academic year. Be on the lookout for next year’s deadlines on the Internal Grants page of the Barnard website. If you have colleagues abroad whom you would like to bring to Barnard under the Weiss Fellowships for Visiting International Scholars Program, please see information here.

For assistance in finding grants for an upcoming project or to begin an application process, please contact Kari Steeves or any one of us in Institutional Funding and Sponsored Research. As always, feel free to send us comments, requests, or suggestions here.

Kari Steeves 212-870-2527 On Twitter @BarnardIFSR

Inside this issue

Featured Funder ...................... 2

Sage Advice for Competitive Proposals ................................ 3

News ........................................ 4

Fellowships

General .................................... 5

Arts & Humanities .................. 5

Social Science .......................... 8

Language & Area Studies ......... 11

STEM ....................................... 12

Library ..................................... 12

Deadline Reminders

General Interest ...................... 12

Arts & Humanities ................... 13

Education ................................ 16

Social Sciences ......................... 16

Language & Area Studies ......... 17

STEM ....................................... 17

Library Sciences ....................... 19

April 2, 2019

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Fitch Foundation

Spring is finally arriving and, with that, weather amenable to appreciating scenic landscapes and historic areas, so it is fitting that we’re featuring the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation which, among other work, supports those working in preservation and landscape architecture.

The Fitch Foundation was founded in 1989 by James Marston Fitch, who led Columbia’s first graduate program in architectural preservation. The foundation considers itself the “vanguard of historic preservation practice and theory” by providing mid-career grants to professionals working in the fields of preservation, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental planning, decorative arts, architectural design, and architectural history. Their reach is certainly interdisciplinary, as is represented in their range of available grants and fellowships.

The Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship awards research grants of up to $15,000 to professionals with an academic background, professional experience, and an established identity in one of the foundation’s fields of interest. Projects are chosen that will “make a meaningful contribution to the academic and or/professional field of historic preservation in the United States” and that demonstrate “innovative thinking, original research, and creative problem solving or design.” Applications are generally due in the fall.

The Richard L. Blinder Award is presented biennially to an architect or related field for a proposal exploring architecture or preservation. “The proposal may focus on a real project or it may be a polemical exercise; in either case, originality is highly valued. The proposal must advance architectural preservation in the United States. The product can be graphic, text-based or a combination of both and must be able to be shared with the architecture and preservation community.” The award is for up to $15,000. Applications for 2020 funding will open in the fall.

The Samuel H. Kress Fellowship provides research grants of up to $15,000 for research relating to “appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art, architecture and related disciplines from antiquity to the early 19th century, in the context of historic preservation in the United States.” Applications will open in the fall.

The foundation also organizes occasional symposia on the topics of preservation and conservation. Past topics include “Conservation Law: New York City and the Nation,” “The Accidental Preservationist,” and “Design and Heritage.” For videos, papers, and more information about future products, check out their website at fitchfoundation.org.

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Sage Advice for Competitive Proposals

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It’s All About Timing.

On these pages, we have conveyed countless bromides from advice columnists to “start early” when applying for grants. “It’s never too early…,” “Don’t wait for the last minute…,” “Plan ahead…,” or the less ambitious “be on time.” Since “early” to one applicant may be “OMG I’M SO BEHIND!” to another, let’s look at some numbers.

And in case you’re thinking of starting tomorrow, consider this:

Here’s another nifty timeline, found in LinkedIn SlideShare from a Grant Writing Skills Workshop in Paki-stan. The workshop leaders do not give a unit to correspond to the numbers, but grantseekers can use the numbers to portion time. Click to slide five. www.slideshare.net/eAfghanAg/grant-writing-skills-workshop

The National Science Foundation provides this guideline in its Proposal Development Timeline. https://circl.sri.com/archive/2015/webinars/nsf/docs/ProposalTimeline.pdf Part of the Center for In-novative Research in Cyberlearning’s Proposal Resources: https://circlcenter.org/resources/nsf-cyberlearning-proposal-resources/

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From the NIH New eRA website (Electronic Research Administration) “We are pleased to announce the soon to be launched, completely redesigned and upgraded eRA website! Currently scheduled for release in April, the new design represents a year-long effort to provide you with better information, better navigation, and improved access to resources.“ https://era.nih.gov/ Smaller Pots for Women New study of NIH funding says women over all get smaller grants than men, even when controlling for research potential. The findings have implications for their long-term success in academic science. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/06/new-study-nih-funding-says-women-get-smaller-grants-men#.XKKDgHMsqbh.link Below, we’re highlighting some of NIH’s training modules—not the most popcorn-worthy viewing, but helpful in making sure your proposal is submission-ready. These can also be helpful for students to view. Recently, the NIH posted a “New ‘All About Grants’ Podcast on Using RePORT Web Tools Throughout the Grant Process,” part of a multi-part webcast. “In this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series, Dr. Brian Haugen and Dr. Cindy Danielson from the NIH Office of Extramural Research join us to share their advice on applying these tools to help you throughout the grants process (MP3 / Transcript). We touch on areas such as figuring out who to contact at NIH to discuss your research ideas, seeing what research projects NIH has funded, and how to apply these tools to strengthen your grant application. RePORT attracts over 120,000 unique visitors each month, so tune in to see what the excitement is all about and learn how you too can strategically use its tools.”

NIH hosts a Clearinghouse for Training Modules to Enhance Data Reproducibility. The modules were themselves grant funded in response to RFPs issued in 2014 and 2018. There is a series of introductory videos that cover things like “Lack of Transparency” and “Blinding and Randomization.” You can also find “Let’s Experiment: A Guide for Scientists Working at the Bench,” “Statistical Topics for Reproducible Animal Research,” and “Improving Reproducibility in Research,” among other options. https://www.nigms.nih.gov/training/pages/clearinghouse-for-training-modules-to-enhance-data-reproducibility.aspx

From the NEH The NEH has made significant changes to its Fellowship Guidelines—a writing sample will now be required: From the guidelines: “Applicants must submit a writing sample that demonstrates the applicant’s ability to express ideas and make a clear argument. It should be in the style of the proposed project. Evaluators will use the sample to assess the clarity of your writing as well as your knowledge of the subject area. The writing sample can be either from the proposed project (preferred) or from a recent publication, but it should not be more than five years old. It must be from a single piece of work and single-authored. For junior scholars, an excerpt from your dissertation is acceptable if you are applying for your first book project. The writing sample may not be more than ten double-spaced pages, including any footnotes or endnotes, and may not include a table of contents, an outline, or an abstract of the proposed work (information of this sort belongs in the narrative). In preparing the sample, leave one-inch margins and use a font no smaller than eleven point. You may single-space footnotes or endnotes. If the sample is a PDF of a published work, its length must not exceed the equivalent of ten double-spaced pages in eleven-point typescript. If the sample has been published,

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you must indicate this and list the publication on your résumé.” Also, some of our colleagues who attended the CUR Dialogues reported that the NEH will be piloting a new system of peer reviews for the Fellowship program. A three-person panel with a specific scope (such as 19th-century American history) will conduct an initial review of applications. Those selected will then be reviewed by a full peer review panel that has a broader scope (e.g., American and British history), as is customary. https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/fellowships-april-10-2019.pdf

Grant Opportunities

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Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Academic Writing Residency—in Italy Deadline: May 1, 2019 "The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a wide array of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographies." <<more>> William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Reducing Inequality Deadline: May 1, 2019 "The research grants programs support high-quality field-initiated studies that are relevant to policies and practices that affect the lives of young people ages 5 to 25 in the United States. Research proposals are evaluated on the basis of their fit with a given focus area; the strength and feasibility of their designs, methods, and analyses; their potential to inform change; and their contribution to theory and empirical evidence." <<more>>

John Templeton Foundation Academic Cross-Training Fellowship Deadline: May 3, 2019 for letters of inquiry

"Fellowship program is intended to equip recently tenured philosophers and theologians with the skills and knowledge needed to study Big Questions that require substantive and high-level engagement with empirical science. Each ACT Fellowship will provide up to $217,400 for up to 3 contiguous years of support for a systematic and sustained course of study in an empirical science such as physics, psychology, biology, genetics, cognitive science, neuroscience, or sociology. Acceptable courses of study might range from a plan to audit undergraduate and graduate-level courses to a plan to earn a degree in an empirical science. Fellows may undertake their study at their home institution or another institution. All fellows must have a faculty mentor in their cross-training discipline." <<more>> DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists—in Germany Deadline: May 15, 2019 "DAAD grants provide foreign academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their education in Germany. The aim of this particular programme is to support short-term research stays and thus promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst colleagues. Research stays can be funded at state or state-recognised institutions of higher education or non-university research institutes in Germany and last one to three months, providing monthly payments as well as travel allowances." <<more>>

Arts and Humanities Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant Deadline: April 22, 2019 "The Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant of $40,000 is awarded to writers in the process of completing

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a book of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction. The Whiting Foundation recognizes that these works are essential to our culture, but come into being at great cost to writers in time and resources. The grant is intended to encourage original and ambitious projects by giving recipients the additional means to do exacting research and devote time to composition." On website as of 11.13.18 "All creative nonfiction writers under contract with a publisher and at least two years into their contract are encouraged to apply online. Applicants must be US citizens or residents. Whiting welcomes submissions for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, and personal essays, among other categories." <<more>> Association for the Sociology of Religion Joseph H. Fichter Research Grant Competition Deadlines: May 1, 2019 "Fichter Research Grants are awarded annually by ASR to members of the Association involved in promising sociological research on women in religion or on the intersection between religion and gender or religion and sexualities. A total of $12,000 is available to be awarded annually, and this amount is usually distributed among several of the leading applications in the year’s competition. Dissertation research qualifies for funding, as does postdoctoral research by junior and senior scholars. Although these grants are open to scholars who are pursuing or currently have a Ph.D. in a range of disciplines, the proposed research must be sociological in nature. Applicants must also be members of the Association for the Sociology of Religion at the time of application. The Fichter Grants cover only direct research expenses, such as: (1) transportation expenses to conduct research; (2) the cost of hiring a research assistant or transcriber; (3) computer software packages that are not typically provided by a college or university (e.g., specialized statistical software packages). " <<more>>

Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Hiett Prize in the Humanities Deadline: May 3, 2019 "The Hiett Prize in the Humanities is an annual award of $50,000 aimed at identifying candidates who are ascending in a career devoted to the humanities and whose work shows extraordinary promise to have a significant impact on contemporary culture." <<more>> Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History Fellowships Deadline: May 13, 2019 "Gilder Lehrman fellowships support research at archives in New York City. The Institute provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3000 each to doctoral candidates, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in the field of American history." <<more>> American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Deadline: May 15, 2019 "Established in 1984 and named in memory of Joan Kelly (1928–82), this prize is awarded annually for the book in women’s history and/or feminist theory that best reflects the high intellectual and scholarly ideals exemplified by the life and work of Joan Kelly. The prize was established by the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession and the Conference Group on Women’s History (now the Coordinating Council for Women in History), and is administered by the American Historical Association." <<more>> American Historical Association William Edwyna Gilbert Award Deadline: May 15, 2019 "The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award for the Best Article on Teaching History annually recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of articles in journals, magazines, and other serials. Authors must be members of the AHA. Both the

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author of the winning article and the journal that publishes it will each receive the award. Journals and individual members may submit nominations on the teaching of history (including scholarship of teaching and learning, methodology and theory of pedagogy)." <<more>> Wilson Center Support Grants Deadline: Rolling "CWIHP offers resources and support to scholars of all levels who are conducting archival research on the history of the Cold War. In addition to CWIHP's formal fellowships, the project accepts ad-hoc proposals and funding requests to support archival research.” <<more>> Arts Writers Grants Program Deadline: May 20, 2019 "The program supports writing about contemporary art and aims to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts. These grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from scholarly studies to self-published blogs." <<more>> Culinary Historians of New York Scholar's Grant Deadline: May 24, 2019 "The CHNY Scholar’s Grant promotes research and scholarship in the field of culinary history and is awarded annually to individuals seeking financial support for a current, well-developed project that will culminate in a book, article, paper, film, or other scholarly endeavor, including ephemera. The grants are unrestricted and can be used to defray research expenses, attend conferences, or engage in other activities related to the applicant’s project." <<more>>

Australian National University Research School of Humanities and the Arts Humanities Research Centre Visiting Fellowships Deadline: May 31, 2019 "As a core part of its mission, throughout the year the HRC welcomes several visiting fellows from around the world pursuing research projects in the Humanities. The HRC interprets the ‘Humanities’ generously. As well as supporting scholarship in traditional Humanities disciplines, its visiting fellowship programs encourage and support interdisciplinary and comparative research both within and beyond the Humanities. As members of the scholarly community at the HRC, visiting fellows make valuable contributions to its intellectual life, and to the intellectual life of the broader university community. Each year, a theme is chosen which inspires and informs research activity within the HRC." <<more>> Northern Illinois University Library Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture Deadline: May 31, 2019 "Funding is available to scholars who will be using materials from the Libraries’ major holdings in American popular culture. These holdings include the Albert Johannsen and Edward T. LeBlanc Collections of more than 50,000 dime novels, and the nation’s preeminent collections related to Horatio Alger, Jr., and Edward Stratemeyer. Eligible collections also include our comic book, science fiction and fantasy literature, and American Popular Literature Collections. Topics which could draw on the collections’ strengths might include the plight of urban children, image of the American West in popular literature, widespread use of pseudonyms, and stereotypical portrayals. Preference will be given to applicants who signify an interest in conducting research related to Horatio Alger, Jr." <<more>>

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University of London, School of Advanced Study Institute of Commonwealth Studies Henry Charpes Chapman Fellowship Deadline: May 31 on alternating years. Contact chloe.pieters@sas.ac.uk to verify year "The Henry Charles Chapman Fellowship is awarded biennially to members of academic staff of any university for work in the social sciences and recent history relating to the countries of the Commonwealth other than Britain and which is of relevance to the research interests of the Institute. Chapman Fellows are welcome to use the Institute’s facilities and in addition are offered a desk in a shared office. Chapman Fellows are expected to play an appropriate part in the Institute’s activities." "The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is the only postgraduate academic institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study of the Commonwealth. Its purpose is to promote inter-disciplinary and inter-regional research on the Commonwealth and its member nations in the fields of history, politics, economics and other social sciences, and in subjects like development, environment, health, migration, class, race, and literature." <<more>>

Social Sciences

Wenner Gren Foundation Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethnographic Film Deadline: May 1, 2019 "By providing funds for scholars to devote themselves to full-time work on a research-related film, the Foundation aims to enable a new generation of scholars to present their work via this medium. Broadly speaking, we seek to support projects that will have an impact on the field of anthropology -- as well as outreach beyond the academy -- through the support of exciting new and innovative work in the field of ethnographic film." <<more>> Wenner Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships Deadline: May 1, 2019 "By providing funds for scholars to devote themselves full-time to writing, the Foundation

aims to enable a new generation of scholars to publish significant works that will impact the development of anthropology. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates." <<more>> Wenner Gren Foundation Post-Ph.D. Research Grants Deadline: May 1 and November 1, 2019 "Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are awarded to individuals holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields." <<more>> National Institute of Justice Evaluation of Services of Victims of Crime Deadline: May 6, 2019 "NIJ is seeking applications for rigorous evaluations of programs that provide services for victims of crime. This solicitation is focused on formative evaluations and evaluability assessments, not to exceed a 24-month period of performance. This solicitation supports the U.S. Department of Justice’s priority of reducing victimization by examining interventions that may be effective in reducing re-victimization and supporting victim needs." <<more>>

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National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Policing Deadline: May 7, 2019 "The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding for research projects employing randomized control trials (RCTs) to develop evidence-based knowledge in policing." <<more>> National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Trafficking of Persons Deadline: May 8, 2019 "Post-Ph.D. Research Grants are awarded to individuals holding a Ph.D. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields." <<more>> National Institute of Justice Research and Evaluation on Trafficking of Persons Deadline: May 20, 2019 "With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for research projects that increase understanding of the relationship between immigration, both legal and illegal, and crime. Applicants should propose research projects that have clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. NIJ encourages applicants to submit proposals for innovative approaches to advance the field’s rigor and

methodology in understanding the relationship between immigration and crime." <<more>> Smith Richardson Foundation Grants Deadline: Rolling "The International Security and the Foreign Policy Program and Domestic Public Policy Program make grants for research and writing on public policy topics that have been identified as priority areas for the Foundation." "The objective of the International Security and Foreign Policy Program is to assist the U.S. policy community in developing effective national security strategies and foreign policies. The Foundation is committed to supporting projects that help the policy community face the fundamental challenge of ensuring the security of the United States, protecting and promoting American interests and values abroad, and enhancing international order. The Domestic Public Policy Program supports projects that will help the public and policy makers understand and address critical challenges facing the United States. To that end, the Foundation supports research on and evaluation of existing public policies and programs, as well as projects that inject new ideas into public debates." <<more>> Russell Sage Foundation Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Deadline: May 23 and November 30, 2019 "The Foundation’s newest program on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration, replaces two previous programs: Immigration and Cultural Contact. Insights gained from these two long-standing programs inform the genesis of the new program on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration. The new program encourages multi-disciplinary perspectives on questions stemming from the significant changes in the racial, ethnic, and immigrant-origin composition of the U.S. population. A primary goal is to find ways in which researchers from different social science traditions studying issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration may complement one another in productive and innovative ways. We continue to encourage multi-disciplinary

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perspectives and methods that both strengthen the data, theory, and methods of social science research and foster an understanding of how we might better achieve the American ideals of a pluralist society." <<more>> Russell Sage Foundation The Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act Deadline: May 23, 2019—Final round of funding "This Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social, economic and political effects of the Affordable Care Act. We are especially interested in funding analyses that address important questions about the effects of the reform on outcomes such as financial security and family economic well-being, labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children’s outcomes, and differential effects by age, race, ethnicity, nativity, or disability status. We are also interested in research that examines the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy development outside of health care. Funding is available for secondary analysis of data or for original data collection. We welcome projects that propose novel uses of existing data, as well as projects that propose to analyze newly available or underutilized data." <<more>> Russell Sage Foundation Social, Political, and Economic Inequality Deadline: May 23, 2019, for letter of inquiry "The Russell Sage Foundation's program on Social Inequality supports innovative research on whether rising economic inequality has affected social, political, and economic institutions, and the extent to which increased inequality has affected equality of opportunity, social mobility, and the intergenerational transmission of advantage. We seek investigator-initiated research projects that will broaden our understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequalities in the United States.... Funding is available for

secondary analysis of data or for original data collection. We are especially interested in novel uses of existing data, as well as analyses of new or under-utilized data. Proposals to conduct laboratory or field experiments, in-depth qualitative interviews, and ethnographies are also encouraged. Smaller projects might consist of exploratory fieldwork, a pilot study, or the analysis of existing data." <<more>> Russell Sage Foundation Behavioral Economics Deadline: May 23, August 20, November 30, 2019 "The Russell Sage Foundation's program on Behavioral Economics supports innovative research that uses behavioral insights from psychology and other social sciences to examine and improve social and living conditions in the United States. We seek investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the social, economic and political consequences of real-life behaviors and decisions that deviate from the neoclassical economic standards of rationality. RSF is especially interested in behavioral economics research that contributes to our understanding of topics of interest under its other programs—Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Social Inequality." <<more>> Russell Sage Foundation Immigration and Immigrant Integration Deadline: May 23, August 19, 2019—final round of funding “The Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie Corporation Initiative on Immigration and Immigrant Integration seeks to support innovative research on the effects of race, citizenship, legal status and politics, political culture and public policy on outcomes for immigrants and for the native-born of different racial and ethnic groups and generations. This initiative falls under RSF’s Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Program and represents a special area of interest within the core program, which continues to encourage proposals on a broader set of issues.” <<more>>

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Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Huntington Prize Deadline: May 31, 2019 "Students and friends of Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) have established a prize in the amount of $10,000 for the best book published each year in the field of national security. The book can be a work of history or political science, or a work by a practitioner of statecraft." <<more>>

Language & Area Studies Trust for Mutual Understanding Grants Deadline: May 1 and November 1, 2019 "The Trust for Mutual Understanding awards grants to American nonprofit organizations to support direct exchange in the arts and the environment between professionals from the United States and TMU’s geographic region: the Baltic States; Central Asia; Central, East, Southeast Europe; Mongolia; and Russia. Priority consideration is given to projects that involve direct, in-depth professional interaction, with the potential for sustained collaboration; that show evidence of professional accomplishment and innovation; and/or that respond to social contexts and engage local communities." <<more>> Harriman Institute, Columbia University PepsiCo Fellowships for Research Travel/Study Deadline: May 15, November 15, 2019, and March 1, 2020 “The Harriman Institute seeks to support the faculty and associated faculty of the institute through a number of research funding opportunities. For more information, please contact Associate Director Alla Rachkov. PepsiCo Fellowships are awarded annually to support semester and summer travel to and research in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Open to all Columbia faculty. Click here for fellowship details and application requirements. Application deadlines are: November 15th for spring awards, March 1st for summer awards, and May 15th for fall awards.” <<more>>

Wilson Center Billington Fellowship Deadline: May 15, 2019 "The Billington Fellow will be based at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute in Washington, D.C. for a nine-month term (one academic year). Fellows will receive access to the Library of Congress, National Archives, and policy research centers in Washington, D.C., as well as the opportunity to meet with key experts and officials at the State Department, USAID, Department of Defense, and Congress. While conducting research, the Billington Fellow will be expected to actively participate in discussions with the policy and academic communities. These discussions can be in the form of speaking engagements at the Wilson Center and potentially outside of Washington D.C., as well as attending meetings, conferences, and other activities organized by the Kennan Institute and the Wilson Center. Upon completion of the fellowship, the Billington Fellow will join our growing list of alumni, for whom the Kennan Institute will continue to offer opportunities for collaboration and engagement. Applicants for the Billington Fellowship must hold a Ph.D. awarded within the past 10 years. Preference will be given to proposed research in the fields of Russian history and culture. There is no citizenship restriction on this grant." <<more>> North Carolina State University, Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Visiting Scholar Grants Deadline: Rolling "Visiting Scholar Grants provide funding for researchers working on early Arab diaspora and migration to work at the Khayrallah Center for a period of 1 to 2 weeks. Researchers will have access to resources available at the Khayrallah Center’s archive." <<more>>

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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics) National Science Foundation A Science of Science Policy Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SCISIPBIO) Deadline: May 8, 2019 "The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are interested in proposals that will propel our understanding of the biomedical research enterprise by drawing from the scientific expertise of the science of science policy research community." <<more>> The Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medal Deadline: Rolling "The Franklin Institute invites you to nominate candidates for the Benjamin Franklin Medals. From its inception, The Franklin Institute has used awards and prizes to recognize and promote excellence in science, technology, and industry. The endowed Benjamin Franklin Medals are given annually in the following seven disciplines of science: Chemistry, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, and Physics." <<more>> Dreyfus Foundation The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Deadline: May 16, 2019 "The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences at undergraduate institutions. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. The award is based on accomplishment in scholarly research with undergraduates, as well as a compelling commitment to teaching." <<more>>

Library Sciences

National Endowment for the Humanities Research and Development Deadline: May 15, 2019 "The Research and Development program supports projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation’s cultural heritage—from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence—and to develop advanced modes of organizing, searching, discovering, and using such materials." <<more>> RUSA Update Gale Cengage History Research and Innovation Award Deadline: Rolling "The award will be granted to an MLS degreed librarian from an ALA accredited school to facilitate and further research relating to history and history librarianship. An emphasis in an area reflected by the History Section’s subject-oriented committees, not excluding American history, is required. Those committees are: Genealogy, Local History, Instruction and Research Services, and Historical Materials." <<more>>

Deadline Reminders Below are grants that are, or are expected to be, due in the next six months. For a list of grant deadlines for the whole year, please see our Grants Calendar on the Barnard website.

GENERAL INTEREST AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY March 31—Global Grand Challenges Grants March 31—John Templeton Foundation Academic

Cross-Training Fellowship April 1—Lawrence Foundation Grants in

Environment and Human Services April 2—Musee du guai Branlt—Jacques Chirac

Postdoctoral Fellowships

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April 4 – National Geographic Society Grants Program April 11, August 8, December 5 —Joyce Foundation Grants April 11—National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships April 11—National Endowment for the Humanities Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication April 15— Einstein Forum Fellowship April 25—Project Management Institute Sponsored Research Program April 30—National Library of Australia Fellowships May 1— Rockefeller Association Bellagio Academic Writing Residency May 2—William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants May 15—National Science Foundation Perception, Action, & Cognition May 24—Russell Sage Foundation Inequality Research May 31 – (Letter of inquiry) Russell Sage Foundation Regular Programs (Social Inequality /Future of

Work /Race, Ethnicity & Immigration / Behavioral Economics) June 1—University of Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center Archives Michael G. Karni

Scholarship June 20—Association for Information Science and Technology Bob Williams History Fund Research

Grant Award June 22—Columbia Alliance Joint Projects June 30—Hagley Museum and Library Henry Belin du Pont Research Grants & Exploratory Research

Grants July 1 — PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship July 5—William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows Grants July 11—National Science Foundation Science of Learning Grant July 15—Library of Congress Kluge Center Fellowship August 1—Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International Relations at University of Sao Paulo August 1—United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Fulbright U.S.

Scholar Program August 1 – American Academy of Religion Collaborative Research Grants Rolling deadline — Boulware Foundation Grants Rolling deadline — Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants in Humanities & Social Sciences Rolling deadline — Institute for Humane Studies Hayek Fund for Scholars—Covering conference and

job interview travel Rolling deadline — National Geographic Society Grants Program Rolling deadline — Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund Rolling deadline — Pulitzer Center Travel Grants Rolling deadline — Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund Rolling deadline — Tools and Trades History Society Salaman Awards

Arts & Humanities

General Interest and Cross Disciplinary April 1—Independent Research Fund Denmark Sapere Aude Starting Grant April 1—Institut D’Etudes Avancees De Paris Fellowships April 1 – Kress Foundation Digital Resources Grant Program April 1—American Historical Association J Franklin Jameson Fellowship April 1—Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study April 3 – Musée du quai Branly Postdoctoral Fellowships

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April 11 – National Endowment for the Humanities Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication April 11 – National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships April 20 – John Paul II Center for Interreligious Studies Fellowship in Interreligious Studies April 22—University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Fellowship May 3—Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture Hiett Prize in the Humanities May 18— Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust Grants May 31 – Australian National University Research School of Humanities and the Arts - Humanities

Research Centre Visiting Fellowships May 31 – Shafik Gabr Foundation East-West: The Art of Dialogue 2017 Gabr Fellowship May 31 – National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage Grants May 31—Northern Illinois University Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular

Culture June 11 – Vilcek Foundation Prizes for Creative Promise-Architecture June 14 – The Gerda Henkel Foundation General Research Grants June 30 – Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies—Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships July 13 – National Endowment for the Arts – Art Works II: Media Arts September 26 — American Council of Learned Societies Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for

Recently Tenured Scholars September 27—American Council of Learned Societies Collaborative Scholarly Research Fellowships September 27—National Endowment for the Humanities –Summer Stipends September 29—New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellowship September 30—Feminist Review Trust Rolling deadline through July 31 – International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Documentary

Fund Rolling deadline – Australian National University Humanities Research Center Visiting Fellowships Rolling deadline – Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grants in Humanities & Social Sciences Rolling deadline – Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Rolling deadline – Max Kade Foundation Rolling deadline – New York Council for the Humanities Vision and Action Grants Rolling deadline – Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Grant for Book-length Monographs Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Patricia H. Labalme Fellowship Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Newberry Fellowship Rolling deadline — Renaissance Society of America RSA-Huntington Fellowship Rolling deadline — Columbia European Institute EI Faculty Grants Rolling deadline – Institute for Humane Studies Hayek Fund for Scholars—Covering conference and job

interview travel Rolling deadline – Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund Rolling deadline – Pulitzer Center Travel Grants Rolling deadline – Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund Various— Society for Classical Studies Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships Various—National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Programs in the Humanities for College

Educators Various—University of London, School of Advanced Study Institute/Consortium Fellowships Art History & Architecture

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April 1, October 1, January 1 – Kress Foundation History of Art Grants Program May 30 – Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center September 21, March 21 – National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Visiting

Senior Fellowship Rolling deadline— Renaissance Society of America RSA-Kress New York Public Library Grant Creative Arts April 5—Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation USArtists International Program April 15—The Macdowell Colony Residencies April 21 – Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists April 20 – Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund April 30 – The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Playwriting Competition April 30—Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund May 1 – Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant May 4 – Halcyon Arts Lab Fellowship for Emerging Artists May 21 – Artist Trust Grants May 21—Arts Writers Grants Program May 31—Vilcek Foundation Prizes for Creative Promise June 15—Carey Institute for Global Good Logan Nonfiction Fellowship June 30—Barbara Deming Memorial Fund July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies—Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development Fellowships July 13 – National Endowment for the Arts – Art Works II: Media Arts August 20—American Musicological Society Subventions for Publications Rolling deadline (6-8 weeks before performance) – Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency

Grants Rolling deadline – Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Program Rolling deadline — Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Production Grants Dance TBA— New York Public Library Dance Research Fellowships English Literature and Translation July 15 – Art Omi: Translation Lab Gender Studies May 31, 2018 — New York Public Library Martin Duberman Visiting Fellowship June 7 — Stonewall Community Foundation Grants July 1, November 1 — GLAGS Center for LGBTQ Studies Scholar in Residence Fellowship TBA—CLAGS Center for LGBTQ Studies Robert Giard Fellowship History April 1 – American Historical Association Fellowship in Aerospace History April 1—American Historical Association J Franklin Jameson Fellowship April 1— The Jefferson Monticello Short Term Fellowships April 15 – The American Congregational Association Boston Athenæum Fellowship April 15 – Coordinating Council for Women in History Nupur Chaudhuri First Article Prize

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May 14 – Gilder Lehrman Fellowships May 15 – Coordinating Council for Women in History Catherine Prelinger Award May 15 – Joan Kelly Memorial Prize June 2 – The Culinary Historians of New York Scholar’s Grant Rolling deadline – University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Julian Pleasants Travel

Award Music April 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology 21st Century Fellowship April 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship April 2—American Musicological Society Harold Powers World Travel Fund July 1—The Society for Ethnomusicology Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award TBA—Society for America Music Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship Religion March 31—Max van Berchem Foundation Research Grant for Islamic and Arabic Studies August 1—American Academy of Religion Individual and Collaborative Grants

Education

March 31—Horne Family Foundation April 1— Brady Education Foundation Grants June 22—Institute of Education Science Research Grants July 6 – William T. Grant Foundation William T. Grant Scholars Program September 15—George Eckhart Institute Library Fellowship Programme Rolling deadline—Cornell Douglas Foundation Grants

Social Sciences

General Interest and Cross Disciplinary April 30 – National Institute of Justice W.E.B Du Bois Program May 31 – Harvard University Weatherhead Center Huntington Prize June 15 – National Science Foundation Perception, Action & Cognition June 28 – Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program July 15 – Open Society Foundations Open Society Fellowship July 15, January 10 – The Leakey Foundation Research Grants July 15, January 10—National Science Foundation Linguistics August 1 – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants August 2 –William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants August 19—Russell Sage Foundation Computational Social Science August 20 – National Science Foundation Economics August 20—Russell Sage Foundation Future of Work August 20 – Russell Sage Foundation Research Grants on the Social, Economic, and Political Effects of

the Affordable Care Act September 1 – Social Science Research Council Abe Fellowships September 14 – Harvard University Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship Programs

(Individual Applicants) September 15 – Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grants Program Rolling deadline – Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants in Behavioral Economics

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Anthropology and Archeology March 28 — Society for Classical Studies Ludwig Koenen Fellowship for Training in Papyrology May 1—Wenner Gren Foundation Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship May 1—Wenner Gren Foundation Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship July 15, January 10 – The Leakey Foundation Research Grants July 20 — National Science Foundation Biological Anthropology August 15 – National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards Rolling – National Science Foundation High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology Political Science May 11 – National Institution of Justice Visiting Fellows Program May 18 – Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust Grants August 15 – National Science Foundation Political Science Rolling deadline – Baylor Collections of Political Materials Dowdy Research Grant Sociology June 15 – American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline July 15, January 15 – National Science Foundation Social Psychology Race and Ethnicity May 23—Russell Sage Foundation Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration

Language and Area Studies

March 31 – Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies (BIAAS) Fellowship April 25 – National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research

on Japan May 15— Harriman Center at Columbia University Faculty Research Support June 1 – Conference on Latin American History Lydia Cabrera Awards July 1 – American Institute of Indian Studies Research & Senior Scholarly/Professional Development

Fellowships Rolling deadline – Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies Grant for Book-length Monographs in

Chinese Buddhism Rolling deadline – Columbia University European Institute Faculty Research Grants Rolling deadline – Columbia University Institute of Latin American Studies FT Faculty Research Grants Rolling deadline – Japan Foundation Grant for Japanese Studies Rolling deadline – Japan Foundation Grant for Art and Culture

STEM

General Interest and Cross Disciplinary April 1 – Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Research Grant Program April 12 – R13, U13 Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements April 14— Morris Animal Foundation Large Companion Animal Grant April 18 (preliminary proposal) – National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative

Research Centers Program

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April 30 – Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics April 30 – The Lawrence Foundation, Grants in Environment and Human Services May 25 – National Institutes of Health R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36 Research Grants NOT-OD-15-

057 June 1, January 1 – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Visiting Fellows (Berlin, Germany) June 15 – Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) Film Your Research Project June 25 – National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) R15 Grants August 1 – AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science August 1 -- Henry Luce Foundation Clare Booth Luce Program August 31– Engineering Information Foundation Women in Engineering Grant Program September 5 – National Science Foundation Mathematical Biology September 10 – National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy September 15 – The Eppley Foundation for Research September 17 – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Sloan Research Fellowships September 25— Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars September 25 — National Institutes of Health P-Series, R18, U18, R25 September 30 – Google Faculty Research Grant Rolling — National Science Foundation Environmental Sustainability Rolling. December 1 for January funding. – National Speleological Society Research Grants Biology and Earth Science April 1, October 1 – International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mid-Career Research

Fellowships June 15 – Simons Foundation Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology July 20, January 20—National Science Foundation Biological Anthropology August 5, November 19 — National Science Foundation Opportunities for Promoting Understanding

through Synthesis (OPUS) August 15 — Sarah de Coizart Article Tenth Perpetual Charitable Trust grants September 7 — The Nature Conservancy NatureNet Science Fellow Program Chemistry Active funding opportunities for Chemistry from the National Science Foundation can be found here. June 15 – American Chemical Society WCC Rising Star Award August 14 — National Science Foundation Centers for Chemical Innovation Phase I and Phase II August 15 – National Science Foundation Catalysis September 30 — National Science Foundation proposals for Chemical Catalysis (CAT); Chemical

Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms-A (CSDM-A); Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms-B (CSDM-B); Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods (CTMC); and Chemical Synthesis (SYN)

Rolling – American Chemical Society Community Recognition Grants Rolling – Chemical Heritage Foundation Travel Grants Engineering July 17– National Science Foundation Career Awards -- Engineering August 31 – Engineering Information Foundation Women in Engineering Grant Program August 31 – National Science Foundation Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering

Division of Astronomical Sciences

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Health and Medicine April 1 – Scoliosis Research Society New Investigator Grant May 25 – National Institutes of Health Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Human Genome

Research Project Grant Program May 31– Vilcek Foundation Biomedical Science June 5 – National Institutes of Health R01 Research Grants July 1 – John and Polly Sparks Foundation Rolling – Robert Wood Johnson Evidence for Action (E4A): Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a

Culture of Health Rolling deadline – New York Stem Cell Foundation Investigator Awards

Mathematics and Physics June 4– National Science Foundation Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences June 30 -- American Astronomical Society Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy September 5 – National Science Foundation Probability September 15 — National Science Foundation Computational and Data-Enabled Science and

Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS) September 25 — National Science Foundation Combinatorics September 25 — National Science Foundation Foundations September 28 – Simons Foundation Fellows Program Rolling — National Science Foundation Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences Rolling – Simons Foundation Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences Psychology and Neuroscience April 1 – American Psychological Foundation Visionary Grants April 1 — Society for the Teaching of Psychology SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional

Development Award April 1— Society for the Teaching of Psychology Conference Speak Grant Program June 7– Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award June 11 – National Science Foundation Cognitive Neuroscience July 16 – National Science Foundation Developmental and Learning Sciences August 13 – National Science Foundation Cognitive Neuroscience September 30 – American Psychological Foundation Walfish Grants Program

Library Science

June 6 – National Endowment for the Humanities Research and Development Program September 1 -- Institute of Museum and Library services National Leadership Grants for Libraries September 15 -- OCLA/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program Rolling — International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Research Grants

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