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African Violet Society of America (AVSA). Boyce Edens Research Fund Grants. Grants from the Boyce Edens Research Fund of the African Violet Society of America (AVSA) may be used for underwriting the costs of research related to African Violets (genus Saintpaulia) such as, but not limited to: culture and care; diseases and pests; genetics and hybridization; and ecological study and conservation. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $4,000.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Various Grants. Available programs include Industry Centers, Higher Education as an Industry, and Recent History of Science and Engineering on the Web. Deadline: Continuous.

Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Horatio. Horatio Alger Award. The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans accepts nominations each year for the Horatio Alger Award, which bestows lifetime membership in the association on outstanding Americans whose lives have been characterized by great success, remarkable achievements accomplished through self-reliance and determination, an abiding concern for their nation and their communities, and an unwavering commitment to opening the doors of American opportunity to others. Association members personify the ideal of success through hard work and courage, serve as outstanding role models to the nation's youth, and join in the commitment to fulfill the organizational mission of encouraging and educating today's young people to carve their own paths to success. Members represent a wide range of professions including, but not limited to, business, government, sports, law, medicine, education, the arts, religion, and industry. Deadline: June 01, 2007.

Allstate Foundation. Program Funding. Supports national and local programs that fit within three focus areas: safe and vital communities, tolerance, inclusion, and diversity, and economic empowerment. Deadline: Continuous.

American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS Awards. To recognize scientists, journalists, and public servants for significant contributions to science and to the public's understanding of science, the Association administers a number of awards. Deadline: Varies across programs.

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS); Awards. Leaders Award. The Leaders Award began with the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) 75th anniversary in 1984 when it was established to identify and honor family and consumer sciences professionals who have made significant contributions to the field through their involvement with AAFCS. Deadline: January 16, 2007. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS); Awards. New Achievers Award. The New Achievers Award was introduced as a part of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences' (AAFCS') 75th Anniversary observance in 1984. The program was developed to recognize emerging professionals who have exhibited the potential to make significant contributions to family and consumer sciences. Deadline: January 16, 2007. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants. University Scholar-in-Residence Award. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation invites letters of intent from colleges and universities in the United States to fund a female scholar to conduct a research project on issues related to gender equity in education or economic security for women and girls. University Scholar-in-Residence Award funds may be used (1) to bring a qualified scholar to the institution for a fixed period, or (2) to designate a scholar currently at the institution to undertake research activities that would not occur without such support. Proposals must include research activities on gender and equity as well as a plan for dissemination of research findings. Successful proposals should strive to achieve impact nationally, rather than within a single university, department, or program. Upper Amount: $100,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

American Association of University Women. Fellowships and Grants. AAUW invites graduate women to submit applications for fellowships and grants in the computer or information sciences, engineering, mathematics or statistics, natural sciences and other fields. Deadline: Varies across programs.

American Federation for Aging Research. Grants Deadline: Varies across programs.

American Library Association (ALA); Library Research Round Table (LRRT). Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research. The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces the Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for 2007. All entries must be research articles published in English during the 2006 calendar year. Nominated articles must relate in at least a general way to library and information studies. Any research method is acceptable. Articles by joint investigators are eligible, as are articles generated as a result of a research grant or other source of funding. Amount: $500. Deadline: January 31, 2007.

American Political Science Association (APSA). Minority Fellows Program. The American Political Science Association (APSA) Minority Fellows Program, which was established in 1969 as an effort to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline, has designated more than 300 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 70 individuals. This year, the association has refocused and increased its efforts to assist minority students in completing their doctorates by concentrating not only on the recruitment of minorities, but also on the retention of these groups within the profession. Awards are based on students' undergraduate course work, GPA, extracurricular activities, GRE scores, and recommendations from faculty. Amount: $4,000. Deadline: October 25, 2006.

American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). R. Marlin Perkins Award for Professional Excellence. The R. Marlin Perkins Award for Professional Excellence is the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's (AZA's) highest award for professional excellence, given to an individual who - is strongly committed to education, conservation, science, recreation, and the welfare of animals, and actively involved in furthering these causes within the zoo and aquarium profession; and - has made outstanding contributions to the zoo and aquarium profession and its science or technology, as represented by scholarly publications and presentations, institutional and association leadership, or other tangible and measurable achievements. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI). Global Grassroots Bat Conservation Fund.Bat Conservation International (BCI) is committed to supporting high quality, grassroots bat conservation efforts around the world. The Global Grassroots Bat Conservation Fund is a special program through which BCI provides training, materials, and small grants to local conservationists protecting bats and their habitats around the world. Priority will be given to new projects in geographic regions not covered during the previous year. In general, BCI looks for (1) habitat protection projects with significant ecological or economic value; (2) research projects that produce data directly applicable to conservation activities; and (3) educational projects that teach local citizens the value of protecting bats. BCI prefers to support projects that are coordinated by people in the region, though BCI does occasionally support travel to assist or participate in training, and use grant money primarily for in-country activities or equipment directly associated with the project (e.g., BCI avoids providing large sums of money for equipment such as computers unless the equipment is part of a facility dedicated to bat conservation). BCI especially look for projects that have collaborative support and matching funds. Projects must demonstrate results in sustainable bat conservation.
Those projects requiring immediate action will be reviewed sooner than others. BCI prefers that projects include at least two of the following components: education, conservation, and research. Projects capable of conserving entire ecosystems may be given preference over those that benefit a single population. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: Varies.

Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI). North American Bat Conservation Partnership (NABCP) Conservation Fund.Bat Conservation International's (BCI's) North American Bat Conservation Partnership (NABCP) Conservation Fund is available to support projects that most effectively help North American bats. Each proposal is ranked in the following eight areas: 1. Support of the priorities of the North American Bat Conservation Plan; 2. Project feasibility, based on stated methodology, budget, personnel, and completion schedule; 3. Appropriateness of approach to solving the stated problem; 4. Impact in protecting large numbers of bats or populations that are especially important to endangered or rapidly declining species; 5. Probability that this action will benefit additional fauna or flora beyond bats; 6. Project contribution to population recovery, improved management policies, or site protection without ongoing resource commitment; 7. Project urgency; 8. Amount of cooperation and support from partners and volunteers. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation. Education and Enrichment Grants. The mission of the Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation is to better people's lives and to strengthen communities, focusing primarily where Andersen employees live and work. In the education and enrichment focus area, the Bayport Foundation supports organizations that offer intellectual and social opportunities with a focus primarily on young people, senior citizens, and people with disabilities. General operating funding is preferred; requests for projects and capital are considered. Deadline: April 15, 2006; July 15, 2006; October 15, 2006; December 15, 2006.

Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation. Health and Safety Grants. The mission of the Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation is to better people's lives and to strengthen communities, focusing primarily where Andersen employees live and work. In the health and safety focus area, the Bayport Foundation supports organizations that promote safe and healthy environments, as well as organizations that seek to improve health through prevention and education programs, primarily for young people, senior citizens, and people in vulnerable situations. This focus area concentrates on (1) disease prevention; (2) recreational programs; and (3) programs and services that promote mental health, wellness, and safety. General operating funding is preferred; requests for projects and capital are considered. Deadline: April 15, 2006; July 15, 2006; October 15, 2006; December 15, 2006.

Carthage Foundation. Grants. The Carthage Foundation confines most of its grant awards to programs that will address public policy questions concerned with national and international issues. Deadline: Continuous.

Catching the Dream (CTD). Math, Engineering, Science, Business, Education and Computers (MESBEC) Scholarships. Catching the Dream provides scholarship assistance for students who demonstrate academic achievement, clearly defined goals, leadership, the determination to succeed, and the desire to return to their communities and help others realize their dreams. The Math, Engineering, Science, Business, Education and Computers scholarship program is the oldest of Catching the Dream's programs. The six priority fields of study are - math, - engineering, - science; - business, - education, and - computers. Science includes all the medical fields. These fields are the ones in which tribes need graduates the most, and the fields in which there are the fewest Indian graduates. Students should have clear goals about what they want to accomplish in life, and should have begun preparing for this work. Their goals must be related to the betterment of an Indian tribe or community. Progress toward accomplishing a goal may be demonstrated by study, work, volunteerism, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, and letters of recommendation. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: March 15, 2007; April 15, 2007; September 15, 2007.

Catching the Dream (CTD). Native American Leadership Education (NALE) Scholarships. Catching the Dream provides scholarship assistance for students who demonstrate academic achievement, clearly defined goals, leadership, the determination to succeed, and the desire to return to their communities and help others realize their dreams. The Native American Leadership Education program is for Native students who are paraprofessionals in Indian schools, and who plan to complete their degree in education, counseling, or school administration. Since only seven percent of teachers in reservation schools are Indians, the need for more Indian teachers is huge. Students should have clear goals about what they want to accomplish in life, and should have begun preparing for this work. Their goals must be related to the betterment of an Indian tribe or community. Progress toward accomplishing a goal may be demonstrated by study, work, volunteerism, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, and letters of recommendation. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: March 15, 2007; April 15, 2007; September 15, 2007.

Catching the Dream (CTD). Tribal Business Management (TBM) Scholarships. Catching the Dream provides scholarship assistance for students who demonstrate academic achievement, clearly defined goals, leadership, the determination to succeed, and the desire to return to their communities and help others realize their dreams. The Tribal Business Management program is for students in - business, - finance, - management, - economics, - banking, - hotel management, and - related fields who plan to work in economic development for tribes. Students should have clear goals about what they want to accomplish in life, and should have begun preparing for this work. Their goals must be related to the betterment of an Indian tribe or community. Progress toward accomplishing a goal may be demonstrated by study, work, volunteerism, extracurricular activities, leadership roles, and letters of recommendation. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: March 15, 2007; April 15, 2007; September 15, 2007.

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Postdoctoral Residential Fellowships. The Center awards up to fifty residential postdoctoral fellowships each year to scientists and scholar in fields such as anthropology, art history, biology, history, law, linguistics, political science, musicology, and education. Deadline: Continuous

City University of New York (CUNY); Graduate School and University Center; Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS). Martin Duberman Fellowship. The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) promotes scholarship that examines sexualities and genders. Dedicated to challenging homophobia and oppression, CLAGS forges strong, ongoing relationships among students and scholars, activists, artists, writers, journalists, public figures, and intellectuals who are committed to broadening the national understanding of gay, lesbian, and queer issues. This fellowship is for research on the Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual, or Queer (LGTBQ) experience. Amount: $7,500. Upper Amount: $70,000. Deadline: November 15, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Claremont Graduate University. Kate Tufts Discovery Award.Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented for a first or very early work by a poet of genuine promise. Poets must agree at the outset to grant permission to reproduce portions of the work honored in publicizing the award, and attend the awards presentation. Amount: $10,000. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: September 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Claremont Graduate University. Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.Established in 1992 by Kate Tufts to honor her late husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet, one who is past the very beginning but has not yet reached the acknowledged pinnacle of his or her career. While some poetry prizes discover and honor new voices and others crown an indisputably major body of work, this award at Claremont Graduate University aims to sustain a poet who is laboring in the difficult middle between these extremes. Amount: $100,000. Upper Amount: $60,000. Deadline: September 15, 2006; February 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Public Television. Program Challenge Fund. The Program Challenge Fund was created in 1987 to support high profile, primetime limited series and specials for the national public television schedule. The Challenge Fund is jointly managed by CPB and PBS, which make funding decisions based on mutually established programming goals and objectives. In the past, the Challenge Fund has been responsible for programs, such as Colonial House, that gave viewers a chance to experience colonial life in the New World, and Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, that examined the site of the largest mass murder in history. In addition to supporting limited series and specials, the Challenge Fund will also consider proposals to launch new continuing series (the fund, however, will not sustain series beyond their first year of broadcast). To address industry-wide goals for development of digital content, PBS and CPB will dedicate Program Challenge Fund dollars to high-definition or standard-definition widescreen programs only. Deadline: December 07, 2006; April 05, 2007; August 09, 2007; December 06, 2007.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21). This announcement redefines the National Institutes of Health (NIH) exploratory/developmental research grant award (R21) mechanism, and extends its use as an investigator-initiated mechanism to the participating institutes and centers (ICs). The R21 is intended to encourage exploratory and developmental research projects by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. Upper Amount: $275,000. Deadline: February 16, 2007; June 16, 2007; October 16, 2007.

Draper Richards Foundation. Fellowships. The Draper Richards Foundation Fellowships provide support for entrepreneurs starting new nonprofit organizations. Projects supported will demonstrate innovative ways to solve existing social problems. The foundation will accept proposals for a variety of public service areas, including, but not limited to, education, youth and families, the environment, arts, health, and community and economic development. The foundation seeks organizations that are or plan to be national or global in scope. The foundation does not fund research or scholarships, and does not fund local community-based organizations. Amount: $300,000.

Earthwatch Institute. Request for Proposals. International nonprofit organization that supports scholarly field research worldwide in the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. Areas of interest include folklore and oral history, watershed management, research in South Asia, and Caribbean studies. Deadline: Continuous (Submit proposal at least one year before field work).

Educational Foundation of America (EFA). Grants. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the environment, the crisis of human overpopulation and reproductive freedom, Native Americans, arts, education, medicine, and human services. Deadline: Continuous. Letters of inquiry are accepted year-round.

Ford Foundation. Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom. In response to the complexities of the contemporary world, the Knowledge, Creativity, and Freedom Program seeks to encourage palpable changes that improve people's lives, honor their aspirations, enrich the wider society and achieve lasting impact. To advance these goals, the program supports training, technical assistance, institution building, policy analysis, and constituency building at the local, national, and international levels. Brief letters of inquiry are recommended.

Ford Motor Company. Various Grants. Funding is available in the following areas: educational programs, civic affairs and community development, heath and social programs, arts and humanities, environment grants, and public policy grants. Deadline: Continuous.

Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda; Grants; Education Program. Gates Millenium Scholar Program. The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to reach their fullest potential. Deadline: January 12, 2007.

General Motors. Grants. General Motors (GM) and the GM Foundation support a variety of activities in the communities where they operate and sell their products. The foundation's philanthropic and community relations mission is to ensure that they maintain their leadership position as a valued, responsible corporate citizen by enhancing the quality of life in the communities where they do business, consistent with their business goals and objectives. GM's target areas of focus are education, health and human services, civic and community relations, public policy, arts and culture, environment and energy, and diversity. Deadline: Continuous.

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.Humanities Program. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy, ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship. Amount: $5,000-$141,000.

Global Fund for Women. Grants. The Global Fund for Women supports women's groups that advance the human rights of women and girls. It strengthens women's groups based outside the United States by providing small, flexible, and timely grants for operating and project expenses. The fund values local expertise and believe that women themselves know best how to determine their needs and propose solutions for lasting change. Amount: $500. Deadline: Continuous.

Google. Grants. The Google Grants program supports organizations holding a philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Grants is an in-kind advertising program that grants access to Google AdWords to non-profits seeking to inform and engage their constituents online. Google Grants has awarded AdWords advertising to hundreds of non-profit groups whose missions range from animal welfare to literacy, from supporting homeless children to promoting HIV education. Deadline: Continuous.

Greenwall Foundation. Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics. Through its Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics, The Greenwall Foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, economists, theologians, and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy. The foundation is especially interested in supporting pilot projects and the work of junior investigators, and it is prepared to address issues regarded by some as sensitive or potentially controversial. Deadline: February 01, 2007; August 01, 2007.

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, John Simon. Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation offers fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. The foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. The foundation selects its fellows on the basis of two separate competitions, one for the United States and Canada, the other for Latin America and the Caribbean. Deadline: October 01, 2006; December 01, 2006.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice. Democracy! Fund Grants. The Democracy! Fund was created in the belief that nonprofit organizations play a critical role in developing and implementing public policy and advancing democracy. The fund is committed to a society that is deeply democratic, grounded in social justice, and in which all members have the capacity and opportunity to be active and full participants in civic life and governance. The fund has identified (but is not limited to) the following areas of interest in 2007-2008: 1. Electoral reform/voting rights 2. Political resources and tools 3. Political participation of youth 4. Connecting immigrant groups to political power 5. Voter engagement 6. Electoral organizing Upper Amount: $10,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006; June 01, 2007.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice. Environmental Justice Fund Grants. The Environmental Justice Fund advances community activism that addresses the root cause of environmental concerns. The fund is designed to enhance community involvement and leadership, and supports efforts to change social, economic and political systems to improve health, boost inclusion in decision-making processes and increase enforcement of environmental laws. The fund has identified (but is not limited to) the following areas of interest in 2007-2008: 1. Toxic substances 2. Corporate accountability 3. Equitable development 4. Food production and preservation 5. Worker safety 6. Inequities of health and health-care system Upper Amount: $10,000. Deadline: August 01, 2007.

Health Effects Institute (HEI). Health Effects of Air Pollution. The Health Effects Institute's (HEI) request for preliminary applications provides an application mechanism for investigators whose area of interest falls outside the topics targeted in other current research requests, but is relevant to HEI's current priorities. Deadline: January 31, 2007; April 18, 2007.

Hewlett Foundation, William and Flora. Population Program Grants. The foundation has three primary goals in this area: to increase the involvement of the public and private sectors, the media, and educational institutions in population issues; to improve the delivery of family planning and related reproductive health services; and to evaluate and help replicate the impact of educational and economic development activities on fertility. U.S. population issues are also of concern but represent a smaller proportion of the foundation's annual program budget. Deadline: Continuous.

Hilton Foundation, Conrad N. Humanitarian Prize. The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is awarded annually to an organization making extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world. Amount: $1,500,000. Deadline: November 06, 2006.

International Council for Science (ICSU); Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). SCAR Fellowship Programme. The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is an interdisciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU) charged with the initiation, promotion, and coordination of scientific research in Antarctica. The SCAR Fellowship Programme is designed to encourage the active involvement of young scientists and engineers in Antarctic scientific research, and to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in Antarctic research. The fellowships are intended to allow researchers from one SCAR member country to undertake short term visits to major international laboratories, field facilities, or home institutions in or operated by other SCAR member countries, in order to become acquainted with recent advances in research or to develop long-term scientific links and partnerships. The work mustl be carried out in a research group of a SCAR nation different from that of the applicant's origin. Topics for support should make a contribution to the objectives of one or more of the five Scientific Research Programmes endorsed by SCAR: - Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) - Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) - Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA) - Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS) - Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (ICESTAR) Deadline: May 31, 2007.

James S. McDonnell Foundation. 21st Century Science Initiative - Collaborative Activity Awards. Offering Collaborative Activity Awards to initiate interdisciplinary discussions on problems or issues, to help launch interdisciplinary research networks, or to fund communities of researchers/practitioners dedicated to developing new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems. All proposed activities must involve multi-institutional collaboration. Deadline: Continuous

John P Murphy Foundation. Grants. The foundation distributes its grants for charitable, educational, scientific, literary, and religious purposes. Of major interest is education, principally at the college level. Generally about 40 percent of total distributions is made in grants to education. Deadline: Continuous

Kresge Foundation. Capital Challenge Grants. The Capital Challenge Grants program is a grant program that builds facilities and challenges private giving. The Kresge Foundation is known for making grants for capital projects. However, it believes a challenge grant toward an organization's capital project does more than just build a building or reward good programs. It presents an opportunity to build institutional capacity by helping an organization broaden and deepen its base of support from the private sector and by encouraging volunteer involvement in the fund raising effort and beyond. Amount: $150,000; Upper Amount: $600,000. Deadline: Continuous. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information.

Kroger Company Foundation. Grants. The Kroger Company Foundation's objective is to enhance the quality of life in communities with a concentration of Kroger customers and employees. The foundation believes that the most efficient vehicle for meeting its objectives is the United Way campaign in the local community, which provides assistance and services to Kroger customers and employees. In addition to United Way campaigns, the foundation supports human services and substance abuse programs. Support is also provided to appropriate educational, arts, and civic groups.

La Unidad Latina Foundation. Scholarships. La Unidad Latina Foundation funds educational scholarships that are awarded to Hispanic students on a competitive basis. Amount: $250. Upper Amount: $1,000. Deadline: February 15, 2007; October 15, 2007.

MacArthur Foundation. Media Grants. The goal of the foundation's media grantmaking is to improve the diversity of viewpoints and high-quality documentary content available in radio and television and to use media - especially television and radio production - to further the goals of the other foundation programs.

MacArthur Foundation. Intellectual Property and the Public Domain. Seeks to contribute to an intellectual property regime in the digital era that balances the legitimate needs of both creators and the public. Grants will support policy analysis, scholarly research, and participation in significant international forums where intellectual property policy is being made.

Maddie's Fund. Veterinary School Grants. Interested in receiving proposals from veterinary colleges in the following areas: Collaboration with animal shelters, Continuing education, Student education, Postdoctoral education, and Research programs.

Marketing Science Institute. Standard Grants, Doctoral and Special Top Competitions, and Non-Financial Support. To provide intellectual leadership in marketing and its allied fields, with the goal of improving and influencing business thinking and practice.

Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Grants for Women and Mathematics Projects. The Mathematics Association of America (MAA) plans to award grants for projects designed to encourage college and university women or high school and middle school girls to study mathematics. The Tensor Foundation, working through the MAA, is soliciting proposals for projects that may replicate existing successful projects, adapt components of such projects, or be innovative. Possible projects are to - organize a club for women interested in mathematics or mathematics and science; - provide release time to allow a faculty member to prepare a course on women and mathematics provided the host institution agrees to offer such a course; - create a network of women professional mentors who will direct mathematics projects for girls; - hold a conference for counselors to prepare them to encourage women and girls to continue to study mathematics; - conduct a summer mathematics program for high school women; - bring high school women onto a college campus for a Math Day with follow-up; - structure a program for high school or college women to mentor younger female mathematics students with math projects or math clubs; and- form partnerships with industry to acquaint women students with real-life applications of mathematics. The objectives of the MAA and Tensor Foundation Program are to encourage mathematics faculty to develop projects to increase participation of women in mathematics and to provide support to project directors. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: February 15, 2007.

Mayday Fund of New York. Grants. The Mayday Fund is dedicated to alleviating the incidence, degree, and consequence of human physical pain. The Mayday Fund's current grantmaking targets are projects that result in clinical interventions to reduce the toll of physical pain; pediatric pain; pain in nonverbal populations; and pain in the context of emergency medicine. Mayday will also continue to be proactive in its commitment to promote networking between veterinary and human medicine, especially in an effort to inform measurements of pain in nonverbal populations. Finally, the trustees of the Mayday Fund wish to be nimble enough to respond as special opportunities present themselves.

Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Diversity Scholarship Program. The purpose of the Diversity Scholarship is to recognize achievement in scholastics, leadership potential and initiative among minority students. Mercer Human Resource Consulting also seeks to make students aware of the potential for a rewarding career in the consulting industry and to encourage the pursuit of this career path. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: December 18, 2006.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Outstanding Advising Program Awards. Outstanding Advising Program Awards are presented for programs that can document innovative and exemplary practices resulting in the improvement of academic advising sevices. Categories may include, but are not limited to, programs serving specific populations of students (e.g., adult learners, at-risk students, undecided students, student athletes, and graduate students); and programs involving the administration and organization of advising (e.g., advising models, advisor training, use of technology, advisor evaluation, and program evaluation). Deadline: March 05, 2007. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Outstanding Advisor Awards. Outstanding Advisor Awards are presented to individuals who have demonstrated qualities associated with outstanding academic advising of students or outstanding academic advising administration. Outstanding Advisor Awards will be awarded in the following categories: Academic Advising - Primary Role; Faculty Academic Advising; and Academic Advising Administrator. Deadline: March 05, 2007. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Pacesetter Awards. The Pacesetter Awards are presented to recognize chief executive officers, provosts, and chief academic or student affairs officers who exemplify a commitment to advising and are true advocates for students and advisors. Deadline: March 05, 2007.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Academic Advising Summer Institute Scholarships. Academic Advising Summer Institute Scholarships are presented as a professional development experience to selected National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) members who demonstrate involvement in national, regional, state, or local advising organizations and exhibit the potential for national leadership roles. Deadline: March 05, 2007; May 01, 2007.

National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising. The Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising is presented annually to a National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) member who has made significant contributions to the field of academic advising. Deadline: March 05, 2007.

National Academies; National Research Council (NRC) - USA. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. As a result, students develop essential skills different from those attained in academia and make the transition from being a graduate student to a professional. During the program, interns engage in studies and activities throughout the National Academies. Some examples of projects interns conducted include developing an outline of themes of leading research in remote sensing applications, a workshop on how scientists in developing countries can take better advantage of the new wireless communication networks to gain access to the Internet, a background paper on the current state of knowledge about the demography of street-children, and on what is known about the cost and effectiveness of existing programs to help street-children and orphans in the United States and abroad. Each intern is assigned to a senior staff member who acts as his or her mentor. The mentor provides guidance and ensures that the intern's time is focused on substantive work and activities. Upper Amount: $6,300. Deadline: November 01, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB). Research Award. The National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) is accepting nominations for the NAAB Research Award. The award will be presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to the science of artificial insemination, physiology, or animal breeding in the United States. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: December 15, 2007.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics. The Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics programs were developed by the NCA Committee on Women's Athletics and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. This program has been established to increase the pool of minority and female candidates and their opportunities in intercollegiate athletics through postgraduate scholarships. Amount: $6,000. Deadline: December 07, 2006.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics. The Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics programs were developed by the NCA Committee on Women's Athletics and the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee. This program has been established to increase the pool of minority and female candidates and their opportunities in intercollegiate athletics through postgraduate scholarships. Amount: $6,000. Deadline: December 07, 2006.

National Geographic Society. Field Research. Generally limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, palentology, and zoology.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Interdisciplinary Research Consortium. The purpose of this program is to support interdisciplinary approaches to solving significant and complex biomedical problems, particularly those that have been resistant to traditional approaches. Upper Amount: $14,800,000. Deadline: December 19, 2006.

National Pork Board. Request for Proposals. The National Pork Board's Request for Proposals in the categories of Animal Welfare, Environment, Environment/Public Health, Pork Safety, and Swine Health are now available on the National Pork Board website. Upper Amount: $40,000 - $50,000. Deadline: November 28, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) - NSF 06-579. The Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (FIBR) program supports integrative research that addresses major questions in the biological sciences. FIBR encourages investigators to identify major understudied or unanswered questions in biology and to use innovative approaches to address them by integrating the scientific concepts and research tools from across disciplines including biology, math, and the physical sciences, engineering, social sciences, and the information sciences. Deadline: Preliminary proposals due by September 22, 2006; Full proposals due February 16, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC) - NSF 06-610. The Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC) program supports scientific research directed at advancing understanding of innovation and organizational phenomena. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups and/or institutional arrangements. Research may involve industrial, educational, service, government, not-for-profits, voluntary organizations or interorganizational arrangements. IOC-funded research must be grounded in theory, relevant to an operational or applied context, and generalizable. It must advance our scientific understanding of innovation and organizations. Proposals that aim to implement or evaluate innovations or particular organizational changes rather than to advance fundamental, generalizable knowledge about innovation and organizations are not appropriate for IOC. Deadline: February 02, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Science of Design: Software-Intensive Systems: NSF 07-505. The Science of Design (SoD) Program at NSF solicits proposals for projects that will bring creative, scientific advances to the design of software artifacts and systems. Design is a topic of great interest in many fields; the goal of the SoD Program is to advance design research and education to meet the critical software design challenges of the 21st century. The objective of the program is to bring new paradigms, concepts, approaches, models, and theories into the development of a strong intellectual foundation for software design, which will ultimately improve the processes of constructing, evaluating, and modifying software-intensive systems. This body of knowledge needs to be intellectually rigorous, formalized where appropriate, supported by empirical evidence where possible, open to creative, artistic expression, and above all, teachable. Upper Amount: $900,000. Deadline: February 05, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Division of Computer and Network Systems. CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) - NSF 06-597. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) program supports the acquisition, development, enhancement, and operation of research infrastructure that enables discovery, learning, and innovation in all computing fields supported by CISE. Supported infrastructure includes instrumentation needed by a few research or research and education projects, major experimental facilities for an entire department or for multi-institutional projects, and testbeds or data archives for an entire subfield of CISE researchers.
One goal of the CISE CRI program is to provide infrastructure that enables high-quality computing research and education. A second goal is to extend the set of individuals and departments that are able to conduct such activities. The CRI program is committed to maintaining a broad portfolio that supports research and education across a diverse population and lessens the digital divide. The program encourages proposals that are from or that include minority-serving institutions.
The CRI program will support a variety of infrastructure needs, such as general or specialized research equipment, technical support, or software. CRI will also support the development of infrastructure that can be used by others, such as data archives or libraries of software tools. The primary criteria are that the infrastructure facilitates the conduct of high-quality research and related education, and that it cannot be acquired or developed without funding resources beyond those available from individual research and education grants and the host institution.
The CRI program will make three kinds of awards:
1. Infrastructure Acquisition 2) Community Resource Development 3) Planning
Additional contact: Rita Rodriguez; +1 (703) 292-8950; rrodrigu@nsf.gov Deadline: November 15, 2006; August 7, 2007.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR); Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) - NSF 07-511. The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program supports efforts to increase the participation and achievement of persons with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Meritorious projects from a diversity of institutions are supported via the RDE Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination (RDE-DEI) program track. Promising research efforts are also developed further via awards under the Focused-Research Initiatives (RDE-FRI) program track. In the third program track, broadly applicable methods and products are disseminated for widespread use, commercialization, or inclusion in the activities of program-sponsored Regional Alliances for persons with disabilities in STEM education (RDE-RAD). RDE Alliances serve to inform the public, government, and industry about proven-good practices in the classroom, promote broader awareness of disabilities issues, and define specific areas of accessibility and human learning in need of further attention by educators and the research community. Upper Amount: $3,000,000. Deadline: February 12, 2007. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants - NSF 06-605. The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question. In an effort to improve the quality of dissertation research, many programs in the BCS and the SES accept doctoral dissertation improvement grant proposals. Items such as budget limitations, target dates or deadlines, page length restrictions, and review procedures vary widely across programs. Please consult the relevant program's webpage for specific information and contact the program director if necessary. The following programs support dissertation research: Archaeology; Cultural Anthropology; Geography and Regional Science; Linguistics; Perception, Action, and Cognition; Physical Anthropology; Decision, Risk, and Management Science; Economics; Law and Social Science; Political Science; Science and Technology Studies; Sociology; and Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology. Deadline: Varies by program.

National Science Foundation. Evaluative Research and Evaluation Capacity Building (EREC) and Research on Learning and Education (ROLE). The EREC program seeks proposals that offer unique approaches to evaluation practice in the generation of knowledge for the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education community and for broad policy making within the research and education enterprise. The ROLE program's focus on research complements the EREC focus on evaluation. ROLE seeks to capitalize on important developments across a wide range of fields related to human learning and to STEM education. It supports research across a continuum that includes the biological basis of human learning; behavioral, cognitive, affective, and social aspects of human learning. Deadline: May 15, annually, for EREC proposals and June 1 and December 10, annually, for ROLE proposals

National Science Foundation. Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities. The NSF encourages scientists and engineers with disabilities to participate fully in all of its programs. This announcement describes opportunities for physically disabled persons to facilitate their work by providing special equipment or assistance needed in conjunction with NSF-supported projects. This announcement covers all projects supported by NSF in science and engineering research or education, including fellowships. Deadline: Continuous.

National Science Foundation/CDA. Cross-Directorate Activities. CDA administers some programs directly and coordinates other programs aimed at Foundation-wide goals of increasing the participation of women, minorities, and the disabled in science and engineering; encouraging and rewarding promising new faculty; support of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral activities; and improving the infrastructure of the social and behavioral sciences. Deadline: continuous.

National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). Women of Color Caucus-Scott Powell Memorial Student Essay Award - Category Two. The NWSA Women of Color Caucus and Catherine Powell are pleased to offer a writing award that is open to students of any race, ethnicity or gender who meet both general and category-specific eligibility and submission requirements. The scholarly essays must provide critical theoretical discussions or analyses of issues or experiences of women and girls of African, Latina, Latino, Asian, Asian-American, Pacific-Islander, Native American, American Indian, Alaskan Native descent. Amount: $400. Deadline: February 15, 2007.

Novell.CYBERgrant Program.The mission of the applicant organization must focus on one of the following areas: 1. Homeless and hungry; 2. Arts and culture; 3. Education. Grant requests must include a strong technology component. Deadline: Continuous.

Office of University Partnerships. OUP Grant programs. The Office is responsible for running eight grant programs: 1) Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities; 2) Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program; 3) Community Development Work Study Program; 4) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program; 5) Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program; 6) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program; 7) Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Program; 8) Tribal Colleges and Universities Program. Deadlines vary across programs.

Packard Foundation, David and Lucille. Mobilization. The foundation supports organizations that inform the public and policymakers, in both industrialized and developing countries, about the significance of access to family planning choices for the millions of people whose reproductive options are severely limited. As part of this communication effort, the Population Program also supports the production of clear data describing scientifically demonstrated relationships between population growth and declines in natural resources, agricultural output, and environmental quality in particularly stressed regions of the world. Deadline: continuous.

Pennsylvania State University; College of Communications; Page Center, Arthur W. Page Legacy Scholars Grant. The Page Center will award grants to support scholars and professionals making important contributions to knowledge, practice or public understanding of ethics and responsibility in public communication or other principles of Arthur W. Page. The themes for this year's call for proposals arehow company credos and codes of ethics affect corporate behavior; ethics in public communication; the role of public relations in fostering corporate responsibility; curriculum development in and pedagogical approaches to ethics in public relations; and other areas of Page's legacy, including political communication, public opinion formation and attitude change, history of public relations, and international broadcasting. Proposals for studies or projects that have potential to directly impact or influence the practice of public relations are particularly welcome. Recipients of these grants will be designated either a Page Legacy Scholar or a Robert Wood Johnson Legacy Scholar. Amount: $5,000. Upper Amount: $25,000. Deadline: February 16, 2007.

Phi Alpha Theta. Faculty Advisor Research Grant. The Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor Award supports such activities as historical research, writing assistance, or travel for the advancement the recipient's career. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: June 30, 2007.

Ploughshares Fund. Grants The Ploughshares Fund supports organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of weapons and build regional security. There are no geographical limitations on grants.

Ploughshares Fund. Grants. The Ploughshares Fund makes grants to support initiatives aimed at preventing the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction. The Ploughshares Fund supports organizations and individuals who work to stop the spread of these weapons and build regional security. The Ploughshares Fund can make grants for direct lobbying programs. The Ploughshares Fund does not fund the production of films, videotapes or books. It also does not fund the research and writing of academic dissertations. Deadline: November 15, 2006; February 15, 2007.

Poverty & Race Research Action Council. Research and Advocacy Grants Program. The mission is to generate, gather and disseminate information and resources regarding the intersections of race and poverty in the United States, and to promote the development and implementation of policies and practices that alleviate conditions caused by the interaction of race and poverty.

PPG Industries Foundation. Grants. Funding requests for a variety of project proposals that advance the foundation's interests in education; human services; culture and arts; civic and community affairs; and health and safety are eligible for consideration. These may include capital projects, operating grants, and special projects. Deadline: Continuous.

President's Commission on White House Fellowships. White House Fellowships. Fellowships have offered outstanding young Americans the opportunity to participate in the day-to-day business of governing the nation. After a highly competitive selection process, 11 to 19 men and women are chosen to serve for a year as White House Fellows. The fellowship year runs from September 1 through the next August. Each Fellow works full time as a special assistant to a Cabinet member or senior presidential advisor and also participates in an education program designed to nurture his or her development as a leader. Amount: $91,000. Deadline: February 01, 2007.

President's Commission on White House Fellowships. White House Fellowships. Fellowships have offered outstanding young Americans the opportunity to participate in the day-to-day business of governing the nation. After a highly competitive selection process, 11 to 19 men and women are chosen to serve for a year as White House Fellows. The fellowship year runs from September 1 through the next August. Each Fellow works full time as a special assistant to a Cabinet member or senior presidential advisor and also participates in an education program designed to nurture his or her development as a leader. Amount: $91,000. Deadline: February 01, 2007.

RAND Corporation. RAND Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging. The Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to communicate research results effectively, and develop a future research agenda. The program blends formal and informal training and extensive collaboration with distinguished researchers in a variety of disciplines. The RAND Fellows program is open to new scholars in the field of demographic and aging research, as well as individuals who already have research experience on these topics. Amount: $47,000. Upper Amount: $61,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Rohm and Haas. Grants. Rohm and Haas Company supports organizations that are within the following categories: 1. Health and Human Services; 2. Education; 3. Civic and Community Improvement; 4. Culture and Arts. Deadline: Continuous.

Sage Foundation, Russell. Project Awards. The Sage Foundation's awards are restricted to support for basic social science research. The foundation mainly provides support for analyzing data and writing up results, but it occasionally considers larger awards for data acquisition projects highly relevant to the its program goals. Amount: Major awards range between $50,000 and $500,000. Deadline: August 15, 2006; March 15, 2007.

Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF). Grants. For the current midterm program period of 2000 through 2007, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) will support grant schemes and projects in the following areas: 1. Toward the Coexistence of Pluralistic Values 2. Fostering Human Security and Private Nonprofit Activities 3. Japan and Asia in the World

Scaife Foundation, Inc., Sarah. Grants. The foundation's grant program is directed primarily toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues. Funding is provided for general operating support, research grants, special programs support, internships, fellowships, centers, institutes, and publications. Deadline: Continuous.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Public Understanding of Science and Technology. Public Television. The general goal of the Public Understanding of Science and Technology program is to enhance people's lives by providing a better understanding of the increasingly scientific and technical world. The program aims to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise and of the lives of the men and women who udnertake it. The program employs books, television, radio, films, CD-ROM, the Internet, and other media to reach a non-specialist audience. The Public Television section of this program supports the production of documentaries that enlighten society about science and technology.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Public Understanding of Science and Technology. Radio. The general goal of the Public Understanding of Science and Technology program is to enhance people's lives by providing a better understanding of the increasingly scientific and technical world. The program aims to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise and of the lives of the men and women who undertake it. The program employs books, television, radio, films, CD-ROM, the Internet, and other media to reach a non-specialist audience. The Radio section of this program awards opportunities to use radio to inform people about scientific and technical aspects of the world.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Public Understanding of Science and Technology; Commercial Television and Films. Film Schools Program. The general goal of the Public Understanding of Science and Technology program is to enhance people's lives by providing a better understanding of the increasingly scientific and technical world. The program aims to convey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise and of the lives of the men and women who udnertake it. The program employs books, television, radio, films, CD-ROM, the Internet, and other media to reach a non-specialist audience. The Film Schools Program seeks to influence the next generation of film makers to create more realistic and dramatic stories about science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and engineers through visual media. Awards are given to film schools to stimulate their top students to write and produce new film and television shows about scientists and engineers.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Science and Technology; Direct Support of Research. The Known, Unknown, and Unknowable. The goal of this program is the exploration of what is known, unknown, and unknowable in a variety of fields. Research has been funded on limits to knowledge in a broad spectrum of academic areas. Grants have supported such studies in plant molecular biology and genetics, ecology, computational economics, history of science, and prehistoric linguistics.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Science and Technology; History of Science and Technology. Recent History of Science and Engineering on the Web. The goal of the Recent History of Science and Engineering on the Web program is to develop and diffuse a new way of creating, accessing, and preserving the historical record of recent major technical and scientific events by using the Internet. Use of the web allows the actual participants in important technical events, for example, the invention of the computer mouse, to volunteer their own recollections. Initial grants supported the creation of over 30 web sites by ten professional societies, six universities, and a museum, on a wide variety of topics ranging from the development of the artificial heart to the planning, construction, and early operation of the Trans-Alaska pipeline. The goal is to create interactive sites attracting contributions by participants in the actual scientific or technical development to which the site is devoted.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Selected National Issues. Bioterrorism. The goal of this program is to reduce the threat of bioterrorism. The current foundation plan emphasizes civilian defense, i.e., those things that citizens or businesses can do for themselves to defend against terrorism. A second focus area is the monitoring of dangerous research. In addition to these directions, the foundation will fund research into physical methods for removing pathogens from the air and will continue to look for unique opportunities in bioterrorism prevention, detection, and preparedness.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Standard of Living and Economic Performance; Industries. Globalization. The goal of this project is to provide a fact-based picture of globalization, primarily within specific industries. Grants have been made to study company location decisions and the effects of these decisions on jobs, wages, and the company's competitive position in a number of industries: computer flat display, auto, computer disk file, semiconductor manufacturing, personal computer, and computer software. International collaboration is encouraged. The Foundation's program at present is focused on the impacts of services offshoring on jobs and wages, although it continues to look for additional compelling research topics in globalization.

Sloan Foundation, Alfred P.; Standard of Living and Economic Performance; Industries. Business Organizations. The Business Organizations program (formerly "Role of the Corporation") supports academic research and scholarship aimed at painting a realistic picture of how corporations and other business organizations function, with special emphasis on how the people in them actually behave, how they are motivated, and how they are rewarded. The foundation has sought to increase understanding of these organizations because of the enormous effect they have on the standard of living and quality of life for most people in the United States and around the world.
Much of the academic work concerned with the nature and purpose of business organizations has been carried out over the years by scholars in economics, corporate law, and business. The foundation has supported work in each of these areas, and plans to continue supporting innovative work in these fields as well as others, such as sociology, anthropology, political science and business history.

Sloan Foundation. Standard of Living and Economic Performance. Grants have been made to study company location decisions and the effects of these decisions on jobs, wages, and the company's competitive position.

Smithsonian Institution (SI); National Air and Space Museum. A. Verville Fellowship. The National Air and Space Museum has established the A. Verville Fellowship to honor the memory of Alfred V. Verville, a noted aircraft designer. A competitive nine- to twelve-month fellowship, the Verville is intended to assist scholars interested in the analysis of major trends, developments, and accomplishments in aviation or space studies. The Museum is most interested in attracting candidates for this fellowship who do not have great access to traditional research sources of funding. Upper Amount: $45,000. Deadline: January 15, 2007.

Smithsonian Institution. Fellowship Opportunities. Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution provide students and scholars with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. A wide variety of pre-doctoral, postdoctoral, and senior scholar fellowships are available.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - USA; Eurasia Program. Eurasia Teaching Fellowship.At the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), postdoctoral research grants have allowed young faculty members to expand upon their research interests after having completed (and often published) their dissertation work. The SSRC Eurasia Program supports faculty in their classroom activities as well. The Eurasia Program's Teaching Fellowships encourage and support faculty members at all career levels in their efforts to impart their own knowledge and expertise to their students. These awards support the creation of original and innovative course curricula. Funds will support the rethinking and reframing of courses in the humanities and social sciences that directly relate to the whole or part of Eurasia. Courses must be wholly new, or substantial revisions of a course previously taught. The SSRC invites proposals that have an interdisciplinary or comparative outlook, encompass a diverse range of literatures or source media (including audio, video, and web content), and make appropriate use of various pedagogical approaches. Proposals that target unique and important student audiences, provide a substantial addition or significantly diversify existing departmental or university curricula, or that otherwise fill an important niche or fulfill an instructional gap are especially encouraged. Amount: $7,000. Deadline: November 14, 2006.

Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc. Women's Opportunity Awards. The Women's Opportunity Awards program assists women who, as head of their households, must enter or return to the work force, or upgrade their employment status. This financial award program enables these women to gain the additional education and skills training they need to provide adequately for themselves and their families. The program begins on the club level, after which club award recipients become eligible for region-level awards. Amount: $3,000. Upper Amount: $10,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

Spencer Foundation. Various Programs. Both small and major research grants available. Deadline: Continuous (Preliminary proposals required for major research grants).

Sprint Foundation. Education, Arts and Culture, and Youth Development. Emphasis on education is targeted to math, science and technology programs relative to telecommunication careers. The foundation also supports visual and performing arts organizations, museums and other cultural organizations and activities which have effective outreach programs that broaden cultural experiences for the general public, particularly youth and non-traditional audiences, and youth organizations which will be targeted to drug and alcohol education, minority youth endeavors, broad-scale community youth activities focused on building leadership and social skills, and to programs that promote business and economic education for youth.

Starr Foundation. Grants. Areas of interest include education, medicine and healthcare, public policy, human needs, culture, and the environment.

State Justice Institute (SJI). Curriculum Adaptation and Training (CAT) Grants. The State Justice Institute (SJI) was established in 1984 by an Act of Congress for the purpose of providing financial support to projects designed to improve the administration of justice in the state courts. To accomplish this objective, the SJI is authorized to provide funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to state courts and organizations that can assist in improving judicial administration in the state courts. CAT Grants are intended to: (1) Enable courts and regional or national court associations to modify and adapt model curricula, course modules, or conference programs to meet States' or local jurisdictions' educational needs; train instructors to present portions or all of the curricula; and pilot-test them to determine their appropriateness, quality, and effectiveness, or (2) conduct judicial branch education and training programs, led by either expert or in-house personnel, designed to prepare judges and court personnel for recently adopted innovations, reforms, and/or new technologies by grantee courts. Upper Amount: $20,000.

State Justice Institute (SJI). Project Grants. The State Justice Institute (SJI) was established in 1984 by an Act of Congress for the purpose of providing financial support to projects designed to improve the administration of justice in the state courts. To accomplish this objective, the SJI is authorized to provide funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to state courts and organizations that can assist in improving judicial administration in the state courts. Project grants are awarded to support innovative education, research, demonstration, and technical assistance projects that can improve the administration of justice in state courts nationwide. Upper Amount: $300,000.

State Justice Institute (SJI). Technical Assistance Grants. The State Justice Institute (SJI) was established in 1984 by an Act of Congress for the purpose of providing financial support to projects designed to improve the administration of justice in the state courts. To accomplish this objective, the SJI is authorized to provide funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to state courts and organizations that can assist in improving judicial administration in the state courts. Technical Assistance Grants are awarded to state and local courts for the purpose engaging outside experts to provide technical assistance to diagnose, develop, and implement a response to a jurisdiction's problems. Upper Amount: $30,000.

Supreme Court of the United States. Judicial Fellows Program. The Supreme Court of the United States, Judicial Fellows Commission seeks outstanding individuals who are interested in working in the District of Columbia within the federal judiciary. Fellows spend one calendar year at the Supreme Court, the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, or the United States Sentencing Commission working on various projects concerning the federal court system and the administration of justice. Amount: $114,688. Deadline: November 13, 2006.

Texas Instruments Foundation. Grants. The foundation supports civic, educational, research, charitable, health, welfare, and cultural organizations. Grants in higher education have an emphasis on engineering in particular. Deadline: Continuous

The Columbus Foundation. Request for Proposals. Proposals are invited in the following areas: education, health, social services, urban affairs, advancing philanthropy, arts, and conservation. Deadline: Ranging from February to October.

The Garden Club of America. Scholarships and Fellowships. For the study of landscape architecture, horticulture, medicinal botany, ornamental horticulture, tropical botany, endangered bird habitat, coastal wetlands, garden history and design, field botany, ecological restoration, and more.

UNCF/Merck Science Initiative. UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships. The College Fund/United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Merck Research Laboratories have collaborated to bring this initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. Upper Amount: $70,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

UNCF/Merck Science Initiative. UNCF/Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships. The College Fund/United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Merck Research Laboratories have collaborated to bring this initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. Upper Amount: $70,000. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

United Engineering Foundation (UEF). Grants. The United Engineering Foundation (UEF) advances the engineering arts and sciences for the welfare of humanity. It supports engineering and education by, among other means, making grants. Grants should be consistent with advancing engineering. The UEF Board of Trustees evaluates and judges proposals in view of the UEF mission, the perceived ability of the proposal and proposer(s) to further that mission, and the available funding. While all proposals meeting established deadlines and page requirements will be considered, certain UEF preferences should be understood by proposers: - Broad-based, interdisciplinary proposals that further the engineering profession as a whole are preferred. - Multiple-year proposals are welcome, but funding is awarded for a single year only. Proposals for subsequent years follow procedures identical to that of single-year proposals. No commitment for funding of subsequent years of a multiple-year project should be inferred from funding of a prior year. - Projects that are outside "business as usual" of the proposing organization are preferred. - Technical research proposals and proposals by individuals are seldom accepted. Deadline: June 01, 2007.

United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF). Collaborative Research Grants. The United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) supports cooperative research between Israeli and American scientists. Cooperation should involve joint planning of research and evaluation of results and may take the form of: joint research activities where interdependent projects of a single program are conducted in different laboratories and may involve shared funding or different sources of funding; provision of research facilities, materials, equipment ,or services to cooperating scientists; or exchange of personnel. Areas of research for this funding cycle include: physics, chemistry, mathematical sciences, atmospheric and earth sciences, oceanography and limnology, materials research, environmental research and ecology (systematic biology), energy research, economics, and sociology. Deadline: November 15, 2006.

United States Department of Commerce (DOC); International Trade Administration (ITA). Solicitation of Applications for United States Destination Web Site Research, Development, Implementation, and Marketing. The International Trade Administration's (ITA) Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) announces the availability of funds for a cooperative agreement for the purpose of providing content and information, through a newly designed and implemented Web site, or by enhancing an existing Web site, on the United States as a premier destination to international inbound travelers from five key markets: United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Germany. It is envisioned that the award recipient will use funding to conduct market research for each country on the site's international target audience. It is envisioned that this Web site will be the benchmark U.S. travel and tourism information portal for international travelers to the United States. The Web site will encompass information on all components of the U.S. travel and tourism industry, which include, but is not limited to, destinations, attractions, natural resources, dining and lodging facilities, and transportation companies. Amount: $3,600,000. Deadline: November 14, 2006.

United States Department of Commerce (DOC); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Administration of NOAA's Graduate Sciences Program.NOAA's Office of Education, Educational Partnership Program announces the availability of Federal assistance to a not-for-profit organization for the administration of its EPP Graduate Sciences Program. The goal of the Graduate Sciences Program is to provide college graduates who have received at least a Bachelor's degree in mathematics, science, economics, law, and engineering, entry- level employment and hands-on research and work experience at NOAA. The program's objective is to increase the number of students who undertake course work and graduate with degrees in the targeted areas integral to NOAA's mission. This program provides for formal periods of work, study, and structured classroom training programs in meteorology, hydrology, cartography, oceanography, ecology, remote sensing technology, environmental science and planning, marine science, fisheries biology, computer science, and environmental law. GSP pays for tuition, books, lab fees, campus housing allowance, and travel expenses for an orientation program at NOAA Headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the beginning of their appointment. NOAA scientists are assigned as mentors to graduate scientists during the training period. Amount: $500. Upper Amount: $700,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

United States Department of Defense (DOD); Department of the Army; Army Research Office (ARO). Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. Amount: $100,000. Upper Amount: $1,500,000. Deadline: November 13, 2006; March 01, 2007; June 01, 2007.

United States Department of Education (ED); Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects - 84.133P. Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) projects must provide research training and experience at an advanced level to individuals with doctorates or similar advanced degrees who have clinical or other relevant experience. ARRT projects train rehabilitation researchers, including individuals with disabilities, with particular attention to research areas that support the implementation and objectives of the Rehabilitation Act and that improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Act. Upper Amount: $750,000. Deadline: November 20, 2006.

United States Department of Education (ED); Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS); National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR); Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs). Vocational Rehabilitation (VR): Transition Services That Lead to Competitive Employment Outcomes for Transition-Age Individuals With Blindness or Other Visual Impairments - 84.133A-4. The purpose of the Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) program is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Under this particular priority, the Department of Education is seeking applications dealing with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR: Transition Services That Lead to Competitive Employment Outcomes for Transition-Age Individuals with Blindness or Other Visual Impairments. Amount: $450,000. Deadline: January 18, 2007.

United States Department of State (DOS); Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Request for Grant Proposals: Study of the United States Institutes on American Civilization, Journalism and Media, and for Secondary Educators. The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of three Study of the United States Institutes to take place over the course of six weeks beginning in June 2007. These institutes should provide a multinational group of experienced educators with a deeper understanding of U.S. society, culture, values and institutions. Two of these institutes will be for groups of 18 university level faculty each, one with a focus on American Civilization, the other on Journalism and Media. The third institute will be a general survey course on the study of the United States, for a group of 30 secondary educators. Amount: $275,000. Upper Amount: $340,000. Deadline: December 08, 2006. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

United States Department of the Interior (DOI); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (EDMAP). Applications are being solicited and will be accepted from colleges and universities with accredited master's and doctoral programs in geoscience or related departments. This program, referred to as EDMAP, is a component of the National Geologic Mapping Program that is designed to produce information on areas of scientific, social, or economic welfare in the United States. The funding is for supporting master's and doctoral students during geologic field mapping. Deadline: November 16, 2006.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Oswer Innovations Pilot Projects. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the availability of funds and solicits creative proposals testing innovative and collaborative approaches to: restore contaminated properties to environmental and economic vitality; increase America's homeland security; promote stewardship and resource conservation consistent with the EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge; and encourage voluntary efforts to clean up sites. Upper Amount: $100,000. Deadline: November 20, 2006.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Research and Development (ORD); National Center for Environmental Research (NCER); Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program Grants. Sources, Composition, and Health Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing studies of PM10-2.5 evaluating potential health effects, sources, composition, and variability. PM10-2.5 represents the subset of coarse particles that is inhaled into the lungs and penetrates into the thoracic region. Sources of PM10-2.5 include construction and demolition activities, mining and mineral processing, agricultural activities, sea spray, wind-blown dust, and resuspension of settled biological material from soil surfaces and roads. Information regarding the heterogeneity, composition, and sources of PM10-2.5 characteristic of specific locations and comparisons between locations, especially rural versus urban areas, that inform studies of health effects is needed. Upper Amount: $1,200,000. Deadline: November 30, 2006.

United States Postal Service (USPS). Rita Lloyd Moroney Awards for Scholarship on Postal History.Beginning in 2007, the United States Postal Service will sponsor two annual prizes for scholarship on the history of the American postal system, the Rita Lloyd Moroney Awards--one for junior scholars and the other for senior scholars. These prizes are designed to encourage scholarship on the history of the American postal system and to raise awareness about the significance of the postal system in American life. Amount: $1,000. Upper Amount: $2,000. Deadline: December 01, 2006.

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW). UFAW Research and Project Awards. Through its Research Awards, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) aims to encourage high quality research that is likely to lead to substantial improvements in animal welfare. UFAW seeks to promote both fundamental research aimed at providing new insight into the subjective mental experiences of animals relevant to their welfare and at understanding their needs and preferences, and also to promote applied research aimed at developing practical solutions to animal welfare problems. UFAW also supports other (non-research) projects that promote animal welfare, such as preparation and publication of books.

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW). UFAW Small Project and Travel Awards. Through its Small Projects and Travel awards, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) supports a variety of activities for the benefit of animal welfare. Applications may be made for the purchase of equipment; for the organization of (and sometimes to support attendance at) educational meetings, lectures, and courses; and for publication, translation, or transmission of information on animal welfare and for other small projects in support of UFAW's objectives. Deadline: Continuous.

University of Louisville. Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. The Grawemeyer Award For Ideas Improving World Order is presented annually to the winner of a competition designed to stimulate the recognition, dissemination, and critical analysis of outstanding proposals for improving world order. Submissions will be judged according to originalit