Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

In order to have a successful submission, an NOI (Notice of Intent) must be submitted 10 days prior to deadline. *New Grants/Fellowships: Highlighted in Green

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

College of Business

Unitarian Universalist

Association of

Congregations

9/15/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Fund for a Just Society - campaigns aimed at

creating systemic change in the economic, social,

and political structures that affect the lives of those

who have been excluded from resources, power, and

the right to self-determination.

Project support Business;

Education

No

American Cancer Society 10/15/2015 Application

RFP

Up to $200,000

Capped

Research projects designed to generate new

knowledge of the effects of the United States

healthcare system structure and the role of insurance

on both access to and outcomes of cancer screening,

early detection, and treatment services.

Research support Education;

Business

Yes

FINRA Investor

Education Foundation

None Project

Concept

Form

$50,000 - $100,000

Open

Projects that advance understanding of the

relationships among financial literacy, financial

capability and financial well-being. Priority will be

given to projects that use data from the National

Financial Capability Study (see

www.usfinancialcapability.org) and other existing

data sets.

Project support Business;

Education

Yes

MetLife Foundation None Application $10,000 - $50,000

Open

Financial Inclusion: Access and Knowledge, Access

to Services; Access to Insights.

Program support Business;

Education

Yes

College of Education

Spencer Foundation 9/10/2015 Application Up to $150,000

Capped

Midcareer Grant Program - midcareer scholars

interested in advancing their understanding of a

compelling problem of education by acquiring new

skills, substantive knowledge, theoretical

perspectives, or methodological tools.

Research support Education Yes

AMA Foundation 9/11/2015 Application $5,000 - $25,000

Open

Healthy Living Grant Program - support of health

education programs designed to educate young

people about prescription medication safety.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

No

Unitarian Universalist

Association of

Congregations

9/15/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Fund for a Just Society - campaigns aimed at

creating systemic change in the economic, social,

and political structures that affect the lives of those

who have been excluded from resources, power, and

the right to self-determination.

Project support Business;

Education

No

August 20, 2015 1

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Tinker Foundation 9/15/2015 Proposal $20,000 - $50,000

Open

Creation of effective policy changes to improve the

lives of Latin Americans. Five program areas:

Democratic Governance, Education, Sustainable

Resource Management, U.S. Policy toward Latin

America, Antarctica Science and Policy.

Conferences/seminars;

Program development;

Research; Seed money

Education No

John Simon Guggenheim

Memorial Foundation

9/19/2015 Application Up to $50,000

Open

Fellowship support - further the development of mid-

career scholars and artists by helping them engage

in research in any field of knowledge (except the

performing arts) or the creation of art under the

freest possible conditions.

Fellowship support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Simons Foundation 9/30/2015 Application Up to $100,000

Capped

2016 Simons Fellows Program - university faculty

in mathematics or theoretical physics for a semester-

long research leave from classroom teaching and

administrative obligations as a way to boost their

creativity and/or provide intellectual stimulation.

Fellowship support Education;

Science

Yes

Dow Jones News Fund

Inc.

10/1/2015 Proposal Up to $30,000

Open

Summer journalism workshops for high school

students.

Program support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Center for Craft,

Creativity & Design

10/9/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Craft Research Fund program - supports innovative

research on critical issues in craft theory and

history, explores the inter-relationship among craft,

art, design and contemporary culture, fosters new

cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the

U.S. craft field, and advances investigation of

neglected questions on craft history and criticism.

The grant program is not about the creation of

artwork. Graduate Research Grants of up to

$10,000. Exhibition Research and Project Grants of

up to $15,000.

Research support Education;

Liberal Arts

No

American Cancer Society 10/15/2015 Application

RFP

Up to $200,000

Capped

Research projects designed to generate new

knowledge of the effects of the United States

healthcare system structure and the role of insurance

on both access to and outcomes of cancer screening,

early detection, and treatment services.

Research support Education;

Business

Yes

National Committee of

Teachers in Mathematics

11/6/2015 Proposal

Membership

Required

Up to $6,000

Capped

Classroom-based research in pre-college

mathematics education in collaboration with a

college or university mathematics educator.

Research support Education;

Science

Yes

August 20, 2015 2

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Ethics and Excellence in

Journalism Foundation

11/15/2015 LOI $15,000 - $60,000

Open

Journalism school/education;

Media/communications

Capital campaigns;

Conferences/seminars;

Curriculum

development; Program

development; Seed

money; Technical

assistance

Liberal Arts;

Education

No

International Reading

Association

1/16/2016 Application Up to $2,500

Capped

Esther Zolt Academic Research Grant - research

study on the effective classroom implementation of

the In2Books curriculum that inspires others to

improve teaching and learning in innovative ways.

Research support Education No

Public Welfare

Foundation

None LOI $40,000 - $200,000

Open

Criminal Justice; Juvenile Justice; Workers' Rights Continuing support;

Employee matching

gifts; General/operating

support; Program

development;

Publication; Research;

Seed money

Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

National Alliance For

Accessible Golf

None Application Up to $20,000

Capped

USGA Alliance grants program - organizations that

provide golf programs for individuals with

disabilities.

Program support Liberal Arts;

Education

No

National Geographic

Society

None Pre-

Application

$15,000 - $35,000

Capped

Editorially driven exploration and adventure

projects that have the potential to yield compelling

stories and images.

Project support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Dell Foundation None Application $20,000 - $100,000

Open

Children's health; Education; safety; Youth

Development; Early Childhood care.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

None LOI $20,000 - $200,000

Open

Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research

to Build a Culture of Health - provide individuals,

organizations, communities, policymakers, and

researchers with the empirical evidence needed to

address the key determinants of health encompassed

in the Culture of Health Action Framework.

Research support Education;

Health

Sciences

Yes

August 20, 2015 3

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Caplan Foundation for

Early Childhood

None LOI Up to $50,000

Open

Supports innovative, creative projects, and

programs designed to significantly enhance the

development, health, safety, education, and/or

quality of life of children from infancy through five

years of age.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

No

The Andrew W. Mellon

Foundation

None LOI $20,000 - $75,000

Open

Arts, Environment, Higher Education, Humanities,

Museums, Performing arts, Public affairs

Continuing support;

Endowments,

Fellowships,

Matching/challenge

support, Program

development, Program-

related

investments/loans,

Research

Liberal Arts,

Education

Yes

FINRA Investor

Education Foundation

None Project

Concept

Form

$50,000 - $100,000

Open

Projects that advance understanding of the

relationships among financial literacy, financial

capability and financial well-being. Priority will be

given to projects that use data from the National

Financial Capability Study (see

www.usfinancialcapability.org) and other existing

data sets.

Project support Business;

Education

Yes

MetLife Foundation None Application $10,000 - $50,000

Open

Financial Inclusion: Access and Knowledge, Access

to Services; Access to Insights.

Program support Business;

Education

Yes

Spencer Foundation None Proposal

RFP

Up to $40,000

Capped

Initiative on Philosophy in Educational Policy and

Practice - research projects in Philosophy as it

relates to educational policy and practice.

Encourage applicants to understand educational

policy and practice in broad terms, including issues

that directly relate to K-12 schools and higher

education institutions, but also concerning policies

that influence children’s growth and development in

the family and in other areas of social life including

children’s upbringings, educational issues in family

life and in the workplace, the educational effects of

welfare policy.

Research support Education Yes

August 20, 2015 4

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Carnegie Corporation of

New York

None LOI $100,000-$500,000

Open

Civil/human rights, immigrants; Civil rights, voter

education; Education, reading; Education, reform;

Libraries, archives; Teacher school/education.

Conferences/seminars;

Continuing support;

Curriculum

development; Employee

matching gifts;

General/operating

support; Program

development; Program

evaluation; Publication;

Research; Technical

assistance.

Education Yes

College of

Engineering

OCLC Research 9/15/2015 Proposal

RFP

Up to $15,000

Capped

Research related, but not limited, to the impact of

digital technology on libraries and museums, social

media and information-seeking behavior, and new

developments in knowledge organization (metadata,

social tagging, linked data, etc.).

Research support Library;

Engineering

No

College of Health

Sciences

AMA Foundation 9/11/2015 Application $5,000 - $25,000

Open

Healthy Living Grant Program - support of health

education programs designed to educate young

people about prescription medication safety.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

No

Alfred P. Sloan

Foundation

9/15/2015 Nomination $50,000

Capped

For 2 years

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate

fundamental research by early-career scientists and

scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year

fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in

recognition of distinguished performance and a

unique potential to make substantial contributions

to their field.

Fellowship support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Family Caregiver Alliance 9/18/2015 Application Up to $20,000

Capped

Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's

Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards - projects or

programs that respond to a pressing community

need in the areas of creative expression,

diverse/multicultural communities, and policy and

advocacy.

Project support Liberal Arts ,

Health

Sciences

No

August 20, 2015 5

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

American Academy for

Cerebral Palsy and

Developmental Medicine

9/25/2015 Application Up to $25, 000

Capped

Membership required

Pedal-With-Pete awards program - development of

a high-quality, interdisciplinary, multi-

investigator/center clinical research project/program

in any area relevant to American Academy for

Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine.

Program support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

American Psychological

Association

9/30/2015 Application $30,000

Capped

Membership required

The annual program provides a psychologist with

the opportunity to spend a year in the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World

Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Fellowship support Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Patient-Centered

Outcomes Research

Institute

10/1/2015 LOI Up to $250,000

Capped

Over two years

Projects that encourage active integration of

patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare

stakeholders as integral members of the patient-

centered outcomes research/clinical effectiveness

research enterprise.

Project support Health

Sciences

Yes

National Multiple

Sclerosis Society

10/7/2015

1/7/2016

Pre-

Application

$ 35.00 Pilot Research Grant - projects designed to test

novel ideas that may serve to advance the society’s

mission of stopping MS progression, restoring

function, improving quality of life, and preventing

MS.

Research support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

American Psychiatric

Association

10/15/2015 Application $21,500

Capped

Kempf Fund Award - senior researcher who has

made a significant contribution, as both a researcher

and mentor, to research on the causes and treatment

of schizophrenia.

Research support Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences

No

Michael J. Fox Foundation

for Parkinson's Research

10/28/2015 Pre-

Proposals

Open Therapeutic Pipeline program - grants will be

awarded to support PD therapeutic development

along the entire preclinical and clinical path.

Program support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Group Foundation for

Advancing Mental Health

11/1/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Group psychotherapy research that focuses on

children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill,

substance abusers, and/or significantly ill patients.

Research support Health

Sciences;

Liberal Arts

No

CurePSP 11/15/2015 Application Up to $100,000

Capped

Projects with the potential to advance

understanding, treatment, and prevention of

progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal

degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-

parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam and/or

Guadeloupean tauopathy, and other atypical

Parkinsonian disorders.

Project support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

August 20, 2015 6

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Gerber Foundation 12/1/2015 Concept

Paper

Up to $350,000

Capped

Health and/or nutrition-related research projects

designed to make a significant impact on issues

affecting infants and young children from birth to

three years of age.

Research support Health

Sciences

Yes

OneSight Research

Foundation

12/31/2015 Proposal $15,000 - $50,000

Open

Research to find better treatments and cures for

vision threatening diseases and disorders, with a

focus on diabetic eye diseases.

Research support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

American Physical

Therapy Association

12/31/2015 Submission

Form

Membership

Required

Up to $15,000

Capped

Section Health Policy and Administration Grant

Program - projects that stimulate, encourage, and

support research activities that enhance the body of

knowledge related to health policy, clinical

administration, global health, and the use of

technology in physical therapy.

Program support Health

Sciences

No

Dell Foundation None Application $20,000 - $100,000

Open

Children's health; Education; safety; Youth

Development; Early Childhood care.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

None LOI $20,000 - $200,000

Open

Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research

to Build a Culture of Health - provide individuals,

organizations, communities, policymakers, and

researchers with the empirical evidence needed to

address the key determinants of health encompassed

in the Culture of Health Action Framework.

Research support Education;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Caplan Foundation for

Early Childhood

None LOI Up to $50,000

Open

Supports innovative, creative projects, and

programs designed to significantly enhance the

development, health, safety, education, and/or

quality of life of children from infancy through five

years of age.

Program support Education;

Health

Sciences

No

BlueCross BlueShield of

Texas

None Application

Form

$50,000 - $250,000

Open

Access to Care; Healthy Living/Wellness; Condition

Management; Business Partner; Community

Concerns and Social Service.

Program support;

Sponsorship Funds

Health

Sciences;

Nursing

Yes

College of Liberal

Arts

August 20, 2015 7

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Family Caregiver Alliance 9/18/2015 Application Up to $20,000

Capped

Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's

Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards - projects or

programs that respond to a pressing community

need in the areas of creative expression,

diverse/multicultural communities, and policy and

advocacy.

Project support Liberal Arts ,

Education

No

William H. Johnson

Foundation for the Arts

9/18/2015 Application $25,000 Prize 2015 William H. Johnson Prize - early-career

African-American artist in the areas of painting,

photography, sculpture, printmaking, installation,

and/or a new genre.

Prize support Liberal Arts Yes

John Simon Guggenheim

Memorial Foundation

9/19/2015 Application Up to $50,000

Open

Fellowship support - further the development of mid-

career scholars and artists by helping them engage

in research in any field of knowledge (except the

performing arts) or the creation of art under the

freest possible conditions.

Fellowship support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Alzheimer's Drug

Discovery Foundation

9/22/2015

12/10/2015

LOI

&

Application

RFP

Up to $300,000

Capped

For 2 years

ADDF/Belfer ApoE Therapeutics Innovation

Program - to accelerate the development of novel

therapeutics specifically designed to target apoE

pathological mechanisms. Pre-clinical programs.

Research support Science;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Alzheimer's Drug

Discovery Foundation

9/22/2015

12/10/2015

LOI

&

Application

RFP

Up to $150,000

Capped

Specially target the development of repurposed

drugs for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of

dementia. Funding Priorities: Drug Discovery and

Biomarker Development.

Research support Science;

Liberal Arts

Yes

American Psychological

Association

9/30/2015 Application $30,000

Capped

Membership required

The annual program provides a psychologist with

the opportunity to spend a year in the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World

Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.

Fellowship support Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Samuel H. Kress

Foundation

10/1/2015

1/15/2016

Proposal $20,000 - $75,000

Open

Conservation Grants Program - projects that create

and disseminate specialized knowledge, including

archival projects, development and dissemination of

scholarly databases, documentation projects,

exhibitions and publications focused on art

conservation, scholarly publications, and technical

and scientific studies.

Project support Liberal Arts Yes

Grammy Foundation 10/1/2015 LOI Up to $20,000

Capped

Recording Academy - support of their music

archiving and preservation efforts and for scientific

research projects related to the impact of music on

the human condition.

Research support Liberal Arts Yes

August 20, 2015 8

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Dow Jones News Fund

Inc.

10/1/2015 Proposal Up to $30,000

Open

Summer journalism workshops for high school

students.

Program support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Center for Craft,

Creativity & Design

10/9/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Craft Research Fund program - supports innovative

research on critical issues in craft theory and

history, explores the inter-relationship among craft,

art, design and contemporary culture, fosters new

cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the

U.S. craft field, and advances investigation of

neglected questions on craft history and criticism.

The grant program is not about the creation of

artwork. Graduate Research Grants of up to

$10,000. Exhibition Research and Project Grants of

up to $15,000.

Research support Education;

Liberal Arts

No

American Psychiatric

Association

10/15/2015 Application $21,500

Capped

Kempf Fund Award - senior researcher who has

made a significant contribution, as both a researcher

and mentor, to research on the causes and treatment

of schizophrenia.

Research support Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences

No

American Council of

Learned Societies

10/21/2015 Application

RFP

Up to $25,000

Capped

$2000 Travel

allowence

Dissertation Fellowships in American Art for

graduate students at any stage of Ph.D. dissertation

research or writing; focused on a topic in the history

of the visual arts of the United States. Non-

renewable, one-year term beginning between June

and September 2016 for the 2016-17 academic year.

Fellowship support Liberal Arts Yes

Group Foundation for

Advancing Mental Health

11/1/2015 Application Up to $15,000

Capped

Group psychotherapy research that focuses on

children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill,

substance abusers, and/or significantly ill patients.

Research support Health

Sciences;

Liberal Arts

No

Ethics and Excellence in

Journalism Foundation

11/15/2015 LOI $15,000 - $60,000

Open

Journalism school/education;

Media/communications

Capital campaigns;

Conferences/seminars;

Curriculum

development; Program

development; Seed

money; Technical

assistance

Liberal Arts;

Education

No

August 20, 2015 9

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

The Andrew W. Mellon

Foundation

None LOI $20,000 - $75,000

Open

Arts, Environment, Higher Education, Humanities,

Museums, Performing arts, Public affairs

Continuing support;

Endowments,

Fellowships,

Matching/challenge

support, Program

development, Program-

related

investments/loans,

Research

Liberal Arts,

Education

Yes

Public Welfare

Foundation

None LOI $40,000 - $200,000

Open

Criminal Justice; Juvenile Justice; Workers' Rights Continuing support;

Employee matching

gifts; General/operating

support; Program

development;

Publication; Research;

Seed money

Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

National Alliance For

Accessible Golf

None Application Up to $20,000

Capped

USGA Alliance grants program - organizations that

provide golf programs for individuals with

disabilities.

Program support Liberal Arts;

Education

No

National Geographic

Society

None Pre-

Application

$15,000 - $35,000

Capped

Editorially driven exploration and adventure

projects that have the potential to yield compelling

stories and images.

Project support Education;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Library

OCLC Research 9/15/2015 Proposal

RFP

Up to $15,000

Capped

Research related, but not limited, to the impact of

digital technology on libraries and museums, social

media and information-seeking behavior, and new

developments in knowledge organization (metadata,

social tagging, linked data, etc.).

Research support Library;

Engineering

No

ilovelibraries 9/28/2015 Nomination $5000

Capped

I Love My Librarian Award - program seeks

nominations that describe how a librarian is

improving the lives of people in a school, campus,

or community.

Nomination Support Library Yes

School of Nursing

August 20, 2015 10

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Robert Wood Johnson

Foundation

9/17/2015 Application $75,000 per Scholar

over 3 years

$50,000 Match

Future of Nursing Scholars program - seeks to

develop the next generation of PhD-prepared nurse

leaders who are committed to long-term careers that

advance science and discovery, strengthen nursing

education, and bring transformational change to

nursing and health care.

Scholar support School of

Nursing

Yes

BlueCross BlueShield of

Texas

None Application

Form

$50,000 - $250,000

Open

Access to Care; Healthy Living/Wellness; Condition

Management; Business Partner; Community

Concerns and Social Service.

Program support;

Sponsorship Funds

Health

Sciences;

Nursing

Yes

College of Science

Alliance for Cancer Gene

Therapy, Inc

8/24/2015 LOI

Pre-

Application

$250, 000

Up to 2-3 years

Innovative cell and gene therapy research related to

the causes, treatment, and/or prevention of all types

of cancer. The focus of this initiative is to promote

basic and preclinical research approaches utilizing

cells and genes as medicine. Priority will be given

to projects related to tumor-specific replicating

viruses and bacteria; anti-angiogenesis; immune-

modulatory therapy and cancer vaccines;

oncogene/suppressor, oncogene/apoptosis directed

therapy; tumor targeting and vector development;

cancer stem cell directed therapy; and other gene-

/cell-based therapies.

Research support College of

Science

Yes

Camille & Henry Dreyfus

Foundation

9/10/2015 Application $20,000

Capped

for 2 years

Senior Scientist Mentor Program - emeriti faculty

who maintain active research program with

undergraduates in the chemical sciences.

Research support Science Yes

Alfred P. Sloan

Foundation

9/15/2015 Nomination $50,000

Capped

For 2 years

The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate

fundamental research by early-career scientists and

scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year

fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in

recognition of distinguished performance and a

unique potential to make substantial contributions

to their field.

Fellowship support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Simons Foundation 9/18/2015 First-Stage

Proposal

Up to $85,000

Capped

Simons Collaboration on the Origins of Life -

supports creative, innovative research on topics

such as the astrophysical and planetary context of

the origins of life, the development of prebiotic

chemistry, the assembly of the first cells, the advent

of Darwinian evolution, and the earliest signs of life

on earth.

Fellowship support Science No

August 20, 2015 11

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

American Academy for

Cerebral Palsy and

Developmental Medicine

9/25/2015 Application Up to $25, 000

Capped

Membership required

Pedal-With-Pete awards program - development of

a high-quality, interdisciplinary, multi-

investigator/center clinical research project/program

in any area relevant to American Academy for

Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine.

Program support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Alzheimer's Drug

Discovery Foundation

9/22/2015

12/10/2015

LOI

&

Application

RFP

Up to $300,000

Capped

For 2 years

ADDF/Belfer ApoE Therapeutics Innovation

Program - to accelerate the development of novel

therapeutics specifically designed to target apoE

pathological mechanisms. Pre-clinical programs.

Research support Science;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Alzheimer's Drug

Discovery Foundation

9/22/2015

12/10/2015

LOI

&

Application

RFP

Up to $150,000

Capped

Specially target the development of repurposed

drugs for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of

dementia. Funding Priorities: Drug Discovery and

Biomarker Development.

Research support Science;

Liberal Arts

Yes

Progeria Research

Foundation

9/25/2015 Application Up to $150,000

Capped

For 2 years

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - Innovator

Awards: will be awarded to an investigator to

embark on new lines of investigation and produce

enough preliminary data to be competitive for

longer-term funding from NIH and/or other

agencies.

Research support Science Yes

Progeria Research

Foundation

9/25/2015 Application Up to $300,000

Capped

For 3 years

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome -

Established Investigator Award: will be awarded to

senior investigators established either in the field of

progeria or a field that can be directly applied to

progeria.

Research support Science Yes

Progeria Research

Foundation

9/25/2015 Application Up to $50,000

Capped

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome - Specialty

Awards: will be awarded to support smaller, more

technology-driven projects, including sequencing,

screening potential drugs, obtaining cell lines

(including IPSCs,) and preparation of antibodies.

Research support Science Yes

Simons Foundation 9/30/2015 Application Up to $100,000

Capped

2016 Simons Fellows Program - university faculty

in mathematics or theoretical physics for a semester-

long research leave from classroom teaching and

administrative obligations as a way to boost their

creativity and/or provide intellectual stimulation.

Fellowship support Education;

Science

Yes

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

ARVO Foundation for

Eye Research

9/30/2015 Application $40,000

Capped

Genentech Age-related Macular Degeneration

Research Fellows - a single grant of $40,000 will be

awarded to a researcher working in basic research in

the understanding of AMD, while a second grant of

$40,000 will be awarded to a researcher working in

translational AMD research focused on

therapeutics.

Fellowship support Science No

National Foundation for

Cancer Research

9/30/2015 Application $25,000

Prize

2016 Szent-Gyorgyi Prize - outstanding researcher

whose scientific achievements have expanded our

understanding of cancer and whose discoveries have

made possible new approaches to preventing,

diagnosing, and/or treating cancer.

Prize support Science Yes

Elsa U. Pardee Foundation 10/1/2015 Application $75,000 - $200,000

Open

Research investigators proposing research directed

toward identifying new treatments or cures for

cancer.

Research support Science No

Whitehall Foundation 10/1/2015

1/15/2016

LOI Up to $225,000

Over 3 years

Research Grants - basic research in neurobiology.

Grants are available to established scientists of all

ages working at accredited institutions in the United

States.

Research support Science Yes

Whitehall Foundation 10/1/2015

1/15/2016

LOI Up to $30,000

Capped

Grants-in-Aid - basic research in neurobiology.

Designed for researchers at the assistant professor

level who experience difficulty in competing for

research funds because they have not yet become

firmly established.

Research support Science Yes

National Multiple

Sclerosis Society

10/7/2015

1/7/2016

Pre-

Application

$ 35.00 Pilot Research Grant - projects designed to test

novel ideas that may serve to advance the society’s

mission of stopping MS progression, restoring

function, improving quality of life, and preventing

MS.

Research support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Society of Toxicology 10/9/2015 Application $15, 000

Capped

one year

non-renewable

Syngenta Fellowship Award in Health Applications

of New Technologies.Presented to either a third-

year (or later) graduate student or a postdoctoral

trainee, the annual award is designed to support

mode-of-action research aimed at characterizing

dose-dependent effects of xenobiotics on

mammalian systems in such a way that the causal

sequence of key events underlying toxicity is

elucidated. The work should permit a quantitative

basis for extrapolation of the results from animal bio-

assays or animal models (in silico, in vitro) to

humans at relevant human doses.

Fellowship support College of

Science

Yes

Michael J. Fox Foundation

for Parkinson's Research

10/28/2015 Pre-

Proposals

Open Therapeutic Pipeline program - grants will be

awarded to support PD therapeutic development

along the entire preclinical and clinical path.

Program support Science;

Health

Sciences

Yes

National Committee of

Teachers in Mathematics

11/6/2015 Proposal

Membership

Required

Up to $6,000

Capped

Classroom-based research in pre-college

mathematics education in collaboration with a

college or university mathematics educator.

Research support Education;

Science

Yes

Autism Science

Foundation

11/13/2015 Application

(Proposal

Abstract)

$25,000-35,000 Graduate students, medical students, and

postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers

in basic and clinical research relevant to autism

spectrum disorders.

Research support College of

Science

Yes

CurePSP 11/15/2015 Application Up to $100,000

Capped

Projects with the potential to advance

understanding, treatment, and prevention of

progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal

degeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-

parkinsonism-dementia complex of Guam and/or

Guadeloupean tauopathy, and other atypical

Parkinsonian disorders.

Project support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

OneSight Research

Foundation

12/31/2015 Proposal $15,000 - $50,000

Open

Research to find better treatments and cures for

vision threatening diseases and disorders, with a

focus on diabetic eye diseases.

Research support Science;

Health

Sciences

No

Multiple Colleges

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

The Russell Sage

Foundation

9/14/2015 LOI Up to $150,000

Capped

Research on the causes and consequences of

changes in the quality of jobs for less- and

moderately-skilled workers in the United States. To

that end, the foundation seeks research proposals

related to the role of changes in employer practices;

the nature of the labor market; and public policies

on the employment, earnings, and quality of jobs

held by American workers.

Research support Business;

Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences

Yes

BBVA Compass

Foundation

9/30/2015 Application $10,000 - $50,000

Open

Community Development (including Financial

Literacy); Education; Health and Human Services;

Arts and Culture; Environment and Natural

Resources, Diversity and Inclusion.

Project support Liberal Arts;

Health

Sciences;

Business;

No

Finish Line Youth

Foundation

9/30/2015 Application Up to $5,000

Capped

For community-based athletic programs and to

established camps that teach active lifestyle and

team-building skills. Preference will be given to

organizations that provide direct service to

individuals, participation opportunities for children

and youth age 18 and under, and demonstrate

tangible results.

Program support Health

Sciences; P3

No

The Clayton Fund, Inc. 10/1/2015 Proposal $15,000 - $50,000

Open

Education; Higher Education; Environment; Health

Associations and Family Planning; Children, Youth

and Social Services.

Continuing support;

General/operating

support; Program

development;

Scholarship funds

Business;

Education;

Engineering;

Health

Sciences;

Liberal Arts;

Nursing;

Science

Yes

Google 10/15/2015 Application Up to $150,000

Capped

Computational neuroscience; Geo/maps; Human-

computer interaction; Information retrieval,

extraction, and organization; Machine learning and

data mining; Machine perception; Machine

translation; Mobile; Natural language processing;

Networking; Physical Interfaces and Immersive

Experiences; Privacy; Security; Software

engineering and programming languages; Speech;

Structured data and database management; Systems

(hardware and software)

Higher Education

Research

Education;

Engineering;

Science

Yes

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Kleberg Foundation 10/15/2015 Letter $80,000 - $500,000

Open

Animals/wildlife, preservation/protection; Arts;

Biology/life sciences; Healthcare; Higher

Education; Medical research institute.

Matching/challenge

support; Program

development; Research;

Scholarship funds

Health

Sciences;

Science;

Liberal Arts;

Business;

Education;

Engineering

Yes

The Lawrence Foundation 11/1/2015 Application $10,000 - $30,000

Open

Education; Environment: Environment, pollution

control; Human Services.

Conferences/seminars;

Emergency funds;

General/operating

support; In-kind gifts;

Program development;

Program evaluation

Education;

Engineering;

Health

Sciences;

Science

No

W.M. Keck Foundation 11/1/2015 Phase I

Application

$200,000-$1 Million

Open

Innovative science, engineering and medical

research; Undergraduate student engagement and

active learning.

Research support Science;

Engineering;

Liberal Arts;

Education

Yes

Barbara Bush Foundation

Adult Literacy XPRIZE

12/1/2015 Team

Registration

Up to $4 Million

Capped

Presented by Dollar General Literacy Foundation is

a competition challenging teams of developers

(software, game and app), educators, engineers and

innovators to create mobile literacy learning

applications for the adult learner.  The finalists

teams’ solutions must demonstrate that they can

substantially improve the literacy proficiency of

adults reading at or below a third grade level, as

measured by the Comprehensive Adult Student

Assessment System (CASAS), within a 12-month

period.

Prize support Education;

Engineering;

Science

Yes

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Robert E. and Evelyn

McKee Foundation

12/15/2015 Application $5,000 - $30,000

Open

Civic, Cultural and Religion; Education, Literature

and Science; Hospitals; Rehabilitation and Welfare;

Youth Activities; Community Funds.

Annual campaigns,

Capital and

infrastructure, Capital

campaigns, Continuing

support, Convening,

Emergency funds,

Equipment, General

support, Program

development,

Regranting, Research,

Scholarships, Seed

money.

Education;

Health

Sciences;

Science;

Liberal Arts;

Engineering;

Library;

No

Feinberg Foundation None Proposal $20,000 - $40,000

Open

Arts; Health organizations, association; Higher

Education, Jewish agencies & synagogues; Jewish

federated giving programs; Performing arts, dance;

YM/YWCA & YM/YWHAs

Program development Business;

Education;

Engineering;

Health

Sciences;

Liberal Arts;

Nursing;

Science

No

John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

None LOI $50,000 - $300,000

Open

Community development, neighborhood

development; Crime/violence prevention, youth;

Education, public education; Environment, natural

resources; Higher education; International human

rights; International peace/security;

Media/communications; Media, film/video; Mental

health/crisis services, public policy; Public policy,

research; Reproductive health.

Employee matching

gifts; Fellowships;

General/operating

support;

Matching/challenge

support; Program-

related

investments/loans;

Program development;

Research

Business;

Education;

Engineering;

Health

Sciences;

Liberal Arts;

Nursing;

Science

Yes

August 20, 2015 17

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Ford Foundation None Inquiry Form $50,000 - $250,000

Open

Inequality, Human Rights; Democratic and

Accountable Government; Educational Opportunity

and Scholarship; Economic Fairness; Metropolitan

Opportunity; Sustainable Development; Freedom of

Expression; Sexuality and Reproductive Health and

Rights.

Continuing support;

Employee matching

gifts; Endowments;

General/operating

support; Management

development/capacity

building; Program-

related

investments/loans;

Program development;

Program evaluation

Business;

Liberal Arts;

Education;

Health

Sciences

Yes

Walgreens None Application

Form

$50,000 - $250,000

Open

Cancer; Cancer research; Community/economic

development; Diabetes research;

Elementary/secondary education; Healthcare;

Health organizations; Heart & circulatory diseases;

Heart & circulatory research; Immunology; Medical

research; Pharmacy/prescriptions; Public affairs;

Safety/disasters.

Annual campaigns;

Employee volunteer

services;

General/operating

support; In-kind gifts.

Education

Health

Sciences;

Nursing;

Science

Yes

Xerox None Letter $20,000 - $100,000

Open

Arts and culture; Education; Application of

information technology; Environment; Workforce

preparedness; Human services; Science and

Technology; National public policy issues; Civic

Affairs; Minorities; Women; Economically

disadvantaged people

Continuing support;

Curriculum

development;

Emergency funds;

Employee-related

scholarships; Employee

matching gifts;

Employee volunteer

services;

General/operating

support; Professorships;

Program development;

Research; Scholarship

funds; Seed money;

Sponsorships; Technical

Education;

Engineering;

Liberal Arts;

Science

Yes

The Lemelson Foundation None Concept

Note

$10,000 - $100,000 Support the next generation of inventors through

programs that showcase the power of invention and

invention-based businesses to improve the

economy. 

Invention support Education;

Science;

Engineering

Yes

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Surdna Foundation None LOI $25,000 - $150,000

Open

Sustainable Environments program - works to

overhaul our country’s low performing

infrastructure, much of it outdated and crumbling,

with a new approach that will foster healthier,

sustainable, and just communities. Strong Local

Economies program - supports the development of

robust and sustainable economies that include a

diversity of businesses and access to quality jobs.

Thriving Cultures program - communities with

robust arts and culture are more cohesive,

prosperous and benefit from the rich cultural

diversity of their residents.

Program support Engineering;

Business;

Education;

Liberal Arts;

Yes

May and Stanley Smith

Charitable Trust

None LOI $10,000 - $75,000

Open

Projects that benefit children and youth who are or

have been in the foster care system; adults over age

60; military veterans and their families; and adults

and youth with physical, intellectual, or

developmental disabilities who are in the process of

transitioning to adulthood living.

Project support FHAR;

Health

Sciences;

Center for

Accommoda-

tions and

Support

Services;

Military

Student

Success

Center

No

The John A. Hartford

Foundation

None LOI $20,000 - $1M

Open

Try to improve the competence in care of older

adults on the part of health care professionals

through grants designed to expand academic

geriatric capacity in medicine, social work, and

nursing.

Project support Health

Sciences;

School of

Nursing;

No

Littauer Foundation None Proposal $10,000 - $25,000

Open

Grants for scholarly research on Jewish studies, for

the endowment of Judaica book funds at university

libraries, for medical ethics and palliative medical

care, and NY public projects.

Employee matching

gifts; Endowments;

Matching/challenge

support; Program

development;

Publication; Research;

Seed money

Liberal Arts;

Education;

Health

Sciences;

Nursing

No

August 20, 2015 19

Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Stavros Niarchos

Foundation

None Application

Form

$10,000 - $150,000

Open

Four program areas: arts and culture, education,

health and sports, and social welfare.

Capital campaigns Liberal Arts;

Education;

Health

Sciences;

Nursing

No

BNSF Railway Foundation None Application $1,000 - $10,000

Open

Supports arts and culture, higher education, the

environment, health, substance abuse services,

crime and violence prevention, recreation, human

services, diversity, community development,

children and youth, minorities, women, and

economically disadvantaged people, and awards

college scholarships to high school seniors, college

sophomores, and Native Americans.

Annual campaigns,

Building/renovation,

Employee matching

gifts, Employee-related

scholarships,

Management

development/capacity

building,

Matching/challenge

support, program

development,

Scholarship funds

Liberal Arts;

Education;

Engineering;

Science;

Health

Sciences;

Nursing

No

The New York

Community Trust

None Application $5,000 - $200,000

Open

National environment and social work profession

programs.

Project Support Liberal Arts;

Education;

Health

Sciences;

Center for

Accommoda-

tions and

Support

Services;

Engineering

Yes

The Henry Luce

Foundation

None LOI $10,000 - $50,000

Open

The Foundation has focused especially on fostering

diversity in higher education—not only among

college and university leaders but among the

professoriate as well. Also seeks to support women

in science, technology engineering, and math.

Program support Education;

Engineering;

Science

Yes

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Corporate and Foundation Relations Prospects

Organization Deadline Submission Amount Range Areas of Interest Types of Support College

Multiple

Apps

Accepted

Hervey Foundation Quarterly Letter $15,000 - $30,000

Open

Arts; Athletics/sports, Special Olympics; Boy

Scouts; Children/youth, services; Family services,

domestic violence; Healthcare, home services;

Health organizations, association; Human services;

United Ways and Federated Giving Programs.

Annual campaigns;

Continuing support;

Equipment;

Matching/challenge

support; Program

development; Research;

Scholarship funds

Liberal Arts;

Education;

Health

Sciences;

School of

Nursing

No

*New Grants/Fellowships: Highlighted in Green

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