June 2019

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New York Public Library: Fellowships at the Cullman Center *

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: review not required for grants awarded directly to individuals

Sponsor Deadline: September 27, 2019

Award Amount: Stipend of up to $75,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the Library's physical and electronic resources. 

The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, and sports. The Cullman Center's Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers-academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. The Cullman Center looks for top-quality writing from academics as well as from creative writers and independent scholars. It aims to promote dynamic communication about literature and scholarship at the very highest level-within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows' published work. There is no citizenship requirement for this opportunity.

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University: Fellowships *

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: review not required for grants awarded directly to individuals

Sponsor Deadline: September 12, 2019

Award Amount: stipend of $77,500 plus an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships *

Deadline to Request Harvard Institutional Endorsement: September 9, 2019 by 12:00 PM

 

The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program, offered by the Government of Canada, is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, to develop Fellows' leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. Applications are accepted from all fields in the humanities, social sciences, health research, natural sciences and engineering.

 

This program is open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and non-Canadian citizens. Candidates to be hosted by Harvard must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada who have obtained or will obtain their PhD or equivalent from a Canadian university. Applicants must fulfill or have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD, PhD-equivalent or health professional degree between September 15, 2016 and September 30, 2020 (inclusively), and before the start date of their award. Applicants who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada may apply to hold a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at a Canadian institution. Applicants who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and who obtained their PhD, PhD-equivalent or health professional degree from a non-Canadian university may also apply to hold a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at a Canadian institution. The program's full eligibility criteria can be viewed  here.   

 

Please Note: There are no limits to the number of applicants that may apply to the Banting Fellowship opportunity, but those who wish to be hosted by Harvard University must include with their application an Institutional Letter of Endorsement signed by the Vice Provost for Research. To request this endorsement letter, candidates must submit their contact information and a copy of their proposed supervisor's statement here.

Grants are awarded in the areas of arts and culture, education and youth development, environment and conservation, health and human services, and for civic and public benefit. Within these fields, as appropriate, the trustees prefer programs mainly serving youth and young adults, with a special interest in programs focused on insuring the healthy growth and development of infants and young children, as a foundation for their future success. The Trust makes grant awards twice a year to nonprofit organizations in the city of Boston and contiguous communities, as well as to organizations in which Cabot family members maintain philanthropic interest.

J.M. Kaplan Fund: Furthermore Grants in Publishing *

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: August 23, 2019 

Sponsor Deadline: September 1, 2019    

Award Amount: $1,500 - $15,000    

Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, New York City, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation. Grants support work that appeals to an informed general audience, gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production, and promises a reasonable shelf life. Funds apply to such specific publication components as writing, research, editing, indexing, design, illustration, photography, and printing and binding.  Book projects to which a university press, nonprofit or trade publisher is already committed and for which there is a feasible distribution plan are usually preferred.

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving. Applications are welcome from scholars and nonacademic research professionals. The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and related disciplines, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the four thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry. Candidates should propose to spend at least one third of the fellowship tenure in residence abroad in Japan or the United States.This competition is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the United States.

The Kennan Institute seeks fellowship applicants from diverse, policy-oriented sectors such as media, business, local government, law, civil society, and academia to examine important political, social, economic, cultural, and historical issues in Russia, Ukraine, and the region. Among the aims of the new fellowships are to build bridges between traditional academia and the policy world, as well as to maintain and increase collaboration among researchers from Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., and around the globe. George F. Kennan Fellows will be based at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. for three-month residencies. Fellows will receive access to the Library of Congress, National Archives, and policy research centers in Washington, D.C., as well as the opportunity to meet with key experts and officials at the State Department, USAID, Department of Defense, and Congress. Applicants have an option to apply for the fellowship as individuals or as part of a team. If applying as a team of two (or three) applicants, the applicants must be citizens of at least two different countries. 

John Templeton Foundation: Small and Large Grants *

The John Templeton Foundation provides grants under its core funding areas: Science & the Big Questions; Character Virtue Development; Individual Freedom & Free Markets; Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius; Genetics; and Voluntary Family Planning. A number of topics--including creativity, freedom, gratitude, love, and purpose--can be found under more than one funding area. The Foundation welcomes proposals that bring together these overlapping elements, especially by combining the tools and approaches of different disciplines. The Foundation generally funds specific projects and favors proposals where the applicant has sought or secured partial funding from other sources. 

Sociological Initiatives Foundation: Grants

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline for Short Concept Proposals: August 9, 2019

Sponsor Deadline for Short Concept Proposals: August 16, 2019

Award Amount: $10,000 - $20,000. The Foundation does not support overhead costs. This falls short of the 15% overhead required by FAS/SEAS policy. Please discuss with your grants administrator before preparing an application. 

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation supports social change by linking research to social action. It funds research projects that investigate laws, policies, institutions, regulations, and normative practices that may limit equality in the United States and Puerto Rico. It gives priority to projects that seek to address racism, xenophobia, classism, gender bias, exploitation, or the violation of human rights and freedoms. It also supports research that furthers language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions. The Foundation supports research that focuses on improving services and systems and increasing positive social and physical conditions through:

Language issues include literacy, language loss and maintenance, language policy, language and national security, bilingualism, language and gender, language and law, language disabilities, language and health, language and education, different language cultures, and second language acquisition.

MacArthur Foundation 100&Change Competition 2019

Sponsor Registration Deadline: July 16, 2019

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: July 30, 2019

Sponsor Application Deadline: August 6, 2019

Award Amount: $100,000,000 over a five-year grant period

100&Change is a MacArthur Foundation competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal in any field that proposes a bold and lasting solution to an urgent, significant problem of our time. Applicants must identify both the problem they are trying to solve, as well as their proposed solution. The MacArthur Foundation seeks projects that are impactful, evidence-based, feasible, and durable. Interested applicants are encouraged to review  the last round's semi-finalists  to get a sense of these qualities. Applicants are also encouraged to review the  Trait Scoring Rubric  that will be used to assess all applications. The  organizational readiness tool  may be utilized to help potential applicants determine their readiness to compete in 100&Change. The program is not intended to support basic or clinical research, or fund tool/technology development, and does not support general operating expenses for established programs.

 

While the 100&Change opportunity does not limit the number of applications that may be submitted from Harvard University, given the scale of funding involved, it is recommended that applicants ensure that their cognizant dean is aware of their intent to apply. Applicants should work with their pre-award office to assemble and submit their proposal. If your team consists of two or more organizations, a fully-executed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) must be submitted in which one organization clearly has control and discretion over the use of the grant funds.

Questions regarding this opportunity may be directed to Jennifer Chow ( Jennifer_chow@harvard.edu , 617-496-2170).

Library of Congress: The John W. Kluge Center: Fellowships *

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: review not required for grants awarded directly to individuals

The Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with special consideration given to those whose projects demonstrate relevance to the challenges facing democracies in the 21st century. 

Scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible. Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months. Applicants may be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals. 

The Leakey Foundation: Grants

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: July 8, 2019

Sponsor Deadline: July 15, 2019

Award Amount: up to $25,000

The mission of The Leakey Foundation is to increase scientific knowledge, education, and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival. The Leakey Foundation exclusively funds research related specifically to human origins. Priority of funding is commonly given to exploratory phases of promising new research projects that meet the stated purpose of the Foundation. Advanced doctoral students (advanced to candidacy - all but dissertation) and established scientists are eligible for Leakey Foundation Research Grants.

The United States-Japan Foundation supports US-Japan policy-related studies, initiatives and exchanges that help address issues of significant mutual concern to the United States and Japan. The Foundation seeks to respond to policy-relevant needs as identified by experts and practitioners in US-Japan policy studies field and is therefore open to innovative projects. Policy projects the Foundation funds:

• Emphasize research over dialogue
• Have lasting impact and practical relevance to US-Japan policymakers
• Encourage growth, education and interaction of younger scholars and policymakers in both countries
• Disseminate results widely
• Focus on the long term as opposed to addressing the "issue of the moment." Areas of current interest are:
• National Interest/Foreign Policy
• Nationalism/National Identities
• Energy and the Environment
• Managing Globalization
• Understanding Institutions
• US-Japan Trade and Economic Relations

World Anti-Doping Agency: Social Science Research Grants *

National Geographic Society Exploration Grants: Human Journey

Human Journey focuses on learning more about who we are and what our future will be on this planet. It supports projects in a range of fields that are helping us understand the origins and development of our species; how we modified and adapted to diverse landscapes across the globe; the evolution of cultures and societies; and the current status of and trends in our cultural, linguistic, and genetic diversity. Recognizing that human society is currently out of balance with the natural world, we also seek projects that propose solutions to mitigate this imbalance.  

National Geographic Society: Uncovering Human Origins in Asia and Africa

The goal of this fund is to encourage further investigation of hominid evolution in Africa and Asia, with preference given to projects in relatively unexplored parts of those continents.Preference will also be given to applicants who are residents or citizens of the country of fieldwork, as well as to projects with strong local capacity development components. Priority will be given to projects that aim to do one or more of the following:   

• Discover or explore new paleoanthropological fossil sites in Africa or Asia, particularly those in Central and West Africa and those in East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia
• Design or test new methodologies for discovering or exploring paleoanthropological sites in Africa or Asia
• Develop local capacity in human origins exploration in Africa or Asia

The  National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation supports innovative investigator-initiated research with high potential to inform improvements to the U.S. health care system. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. I nterested researchers must submit a brief letter of inquiry (LOI) outlining their study idea by 5:00 PM EDT on July 9, 2019. Full letter of inquiry instructions and requirements can be found here.

Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Fellowship

OSP review not required

Sponsor Deadline: June 27, 2019

Award Amount: Scholars are provided with an office at RSF, research assistance, computer and library facilities, and salary support of up to 50 percent of their academic year salary when unavailable from research grants or other sources (up to a maximum of $125,000 for the full term, or $62,500 for half of the full term).

The Russell Sage Foundation's Visiting Scholars Program provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic and behavioral sciences to pursue their research and writing while in residence at the Foundation's New York headquarters. Research carried out by Visiting Scholars constitutes an important part of the Foundation's ongoing effort to analyze and understand the complex and shifting nature of social and economic life in the United States. While Visiting Scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation's current programs, a few scholars whose research falls outside these areas are occasionally invited as well. 

The Foundation annually awards about 17 residential fellowships to social scientists who are at least 3 years beyond the Ph.D. Visiting Scholar positions begin September 1st and ordinarily run through June 30th. On rare occasions, scholars visit for only half this period, starting either in September or in February.

NSF: Restricted-Access Research Data Centers (RDCs)

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: September 23, 2019

Sponsor Deadline: September 30, 2019

Award Amount:  Investigators may request up to $100,000 a year over a 1-3 year period to cover start-up costs for new RDCs. NSF programs collectively expect to contribute no more than $300,000 per year to new RDC awards, pending availability of appropriations.

Department of Defense: Minerva Research Initiative

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: September 19, 2019

Sponsor Deadline: September 26, 2019

Award Information:  $150,000-$1M per year for three to five years. 10-12 awards are anticipated.

Department of Defense: Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research Analysis Award *

Sponsor Deadline for Letter of Intent: August 7, 2019

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline for Full Proposals: September 5, 2019

Award Amount: The total costs budgeted for the entire period of performance for an award should not exceed $750,000.

Department of Defense: Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Foundation Sciences Research Unit FY19 Broad Agency Announcement

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: July 5, 2019

Sponsor Deadline: July 12, 2019

Award Amount:  No award floor or ceiling thresholds have been established for individual awards under this BAA.  

This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Foundational Science Research Unit (FSRU) of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) solicits new proposals for its fiscal year 2019 program of basic research in behavioral science. ARI is the Army's lead agency for the conduct of research, development, and analyses for the improvement of Army readiness and performance via research advances and applications of the behavioral and social sciences that address personnel, organization, and Soldier and leader development issues. The mission of the Basic Research Program is to develop fundamental theories and investigate new domain areas in behavioral and social sciences with high potential impact on Army issues related to personnel readiness.

 

While all proposals will be considered, ARI has identified several domains as particularly germane to its basic research needs, one of which is Personnel Testing and Performance, including the creation of new techniques to handle complex psychometric data sets and provide real time data analytics, and improving existing methods to accurately examine complex longitudinal data. A second area of interest is Learning in Formal and Informal Environments, including developing and demonstration of novel (e.g., focused on behavioral, high dimensional, and longitudinal data) construct validation methods for inferring learner psychological states across diverse levels of theoretical granularity (e.g., from low level behaviors to high level self-concepts).

 

This funding opportunity is divided into two types of proposals for basic research:

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Research on Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Harassment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Contexts

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission of a full proposal

Sponsor Deadline: varies by program; please see details below

Award Amount: varies by program; please see details below

This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is intended to highlight for the research community that NSF, as a primary federal funder of basic science and engineering research in the United States, continues to welcome and support competitive, peer-reviewed research that advances fundamental knowledge about the nature and underlying dynamics of sexual and other forms of harassment, and mechanisms for evaluating harassment prevalence, prevention, and responses, in a range of STEM education, research, and workplace settings. A number of programs across the Foundation may be appropriate for proposals that have clear, theoretically-driven research orientations and advance generalizable knowledge about sexual or other forms of harassment in STEM contexts. Examples of potential research foci include: the nature and dynamics of harassment, including underlying social and behavioral processes; mechanisms for assessing and evaluating harassment prevalence, prevention, and responses across a range of organizational levels; and harassment dynamics with respect to ethics, diversity, and inclusivity in science. Additionally, NSF programs in any research area may elect to support basic research or conferences about sexual or other forms of harassment in a specific research field, group, or context. Proposals involving international collaboration, in which NSF supports the U.S. component of the collaborative activities, may also be considered.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R): Authority to Accept Unsolicited Proposals for Research Partnerships Notice *

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline: 5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline:  Rolling through December 31, 2020

Award Information: There are no minimum or maximum award amounts, and the period of performance will be determined by the applicant's proposal and subject to negotiation by HUD. HUD is making approximately $1M available for Research Partnerships. Applicants must provide cost sharing for at least 50 percent of the total project cost from philanthropic entities or Federal, state or local government agencies. The number of awards will be based on the number of proposals HUD reviews, approves, and funds.

 

HUD developed the Research Partnerships vehicle to allow greater flexibility in addressing important policy questions and to better utilize external expertise in evaluating the local innovations and effectiveness of programs affecting residents of urban, suburban, rural and tribal areas. Through this notice, HUD can accept unsolicited research proposals that address current research priorities and allow innovative research projects that could inform HUD's policies and programs. The documents that establish a framework for HUD's research priorities are the  HUD Strategic Plan 2018-2022, which specifies the Department's mission and strategic goals for program activities; and the  HUD Research Roadmap: 2017 Update , which is the most recent integration of diverse stakeholder viewpoints into a five-year research and learning agenda. In considering potential research partnerships, PD&R urges organizations to consider ways to take advantage of key research assets, HUD's data infrastructure, that the Roadmap Update identifies as part of HUD's comparative advantage.

Department of Defense: Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research (Fiscal Years 2018-2023)

FAS/SEAS/OSP Deadline:  5 business days prior to submission

Sponsor Deadline: Rolling through April 29, 2023

Award Amount: Research grants and conference grants are available. 

• Developmentally Tailored HIV Prevention and Care Research for Adolescents and Young Adults (R01) - September 7, 2019*
• Engaging Men in HIV Testing, Prevention, and Care (R01) - September 7, 2019 *
• Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01) - September 7, 2019
• Strengthening the HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care Continuum Through Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Science (R21) - September 7, 2019*
• Accelerating the Pace of Child Health Research Using Existing Data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Development and Optimization of Tasks and Measures for Functional Domains of Behavior (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Emotion Regulation, Aging and Mental Disorder (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Fundamental Science Research on Mind and Body Approaches (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Leveraging Population-Based Cancer Registry Data to Study Health Disparities - October 5, 2019
• Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01) - October 5, 2019
• Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Marijuana-, and Other Substance-Related Behaviors and Outcomes (R21) - October 16, 2019*
• Research on the Health of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Populations (R21) - October 16, 2019*
• Women & Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence (R03)
  - October 16, 2019 *
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• Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Frontiers - July 5, 2019 (Letters of Inquiry) 
• Science of Learning (SL) - July 10, 2019
• Developmental Sciences (DS) - July 15, 2019
• Social Psychology - July 15, 2019*
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - July 19, 2019 for SBE
• Biological Anthropology - July 22, 2019
• Law & Social Sciences (LSS) - August 1, 2019*
• Perception, Action & Cognition - August 1, 2019*
• Science, Technology, and Society - August 5, 2019
• Smart and Connected Communities - August 6, 2019 (Letters of Intent)*
• Cognitive Neuroscience - August 13, 2019*
• Political Science - August 15, 2019*
• Sociology - August 15, 2019*
• Decision, Risk, and Management Science - August 19, 2019*
• Economics - August 19, 2019*
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics - August 29, 2019
• High Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archeology - Rolling
• See all current NSF opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences 

• Humanities Collections and Reference Resources - July 16, 2019
• Media Projects: Production Grants - August 14, 2019
• Media Projects: Development Grants - August 14, 2019
• Public Humanities Projects - August 14, 2019
• Documenting Endangered Languages - September 16, 2019
• Humanities Connections: Planning Grants - September 19, 2019*
• Humanities Connections: Implementation Grants - September 19, 2019*
• See all NEH opportunities 

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