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New Grant Opportunities Arthur Vining Davis Foundation | Braitmayer Foundation Dept. of Education | The Hayek Fund for Scholars International Reading Association National Endowment for the Humanities National Science Foundation NSF | The Sepmeyer Research Grant Program Spencer Foundation/William T. Grant | Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization
AERA Grants Program - Research Grants Program. AERA website (www.aera.net) AERA supports postdoctoral fellowships in collaborations with American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Educational Testing Service (ETS). These postdoctoral fellowships are designed to advance the research skills and knowledge of early career scholars. They target recent degree recipients who are interested in pursuing a career in an applied research setting or other non-academic organization. We encourage members of minority groups and women to apply. The AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program provides funding for outstanding minority graduate students who are in the final stages of their dissertation research. This program is targeted for members of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in higher education (e.g., African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders). The AERA Grants Program provides research funding for both dissertation and postdoctoral scholars who conduct education research using large-scale data sets provided by the National Center for Education Statistics or the National Science Foundation. This is a long standing AERA program that has supported, trained, and encouraged researchers from a variety of disciplines. AERA-AIR (A2) Fellows Program The AERA-AIR (A2) Fellows Program aims to build the talent pool of high skilled education researchers experienced in large scale studies in a major research organization. A2 fellows will receive mentoring from a diverse group of highly recognized researchers and practitioners in a variety of substantive areas in education. Fellows will hone their skills in all aspects of the research process from proposal development through writing and presentations. Up to three fellows are selected annually for a two year, rotational position at AIR in Washington, DC. The application deadline is December 15, 2008. AERA-ETS Fellowship Program in Measurement The AERA-ETS Fellowship Program in Measurement is designed to provide learning opportunities and practical experience to recent doctoral degree recipients and to early career research scientists in areas such as educational measurement, assessment design, psychometrics, statistical analyses, large-scale evaluations, and other studies directed toward explaining student progress and achievement. Up to two fellows will be selected for this rotational research position at ETS’s facilities in Princeton, NJ. The application deadline is December 15, 2008. Minority Fellowship Program in Education Research AERA offers dissertation support through the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research. This program offers doctoral fellowships to enhance the competitiveness of outstanding minority scholars for academic appointments at major research universities by supporting their conducting education research and by providing mentoring and guidance toward completion of their doctoral studies. The application deadline is December 15, 2008. AERA Grants Program The AERA Grants Program provides dissertation support and small grants for researchers who conduct studies of education policy and practice using quantitative methods and data from the large-scale data sets sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation. Upcoming application deadlines are January 7, 2009, and March 6, 2009.
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation - No Deadline Secondary Education The majority of grants will be made to innovative professional development programs that strengthen teachers and their teaching in grades 9-12. Special consideration will be given to projects in their early stages that address the concerns and problems of secondary education on a national level. Therefore, proposals should strive to develop solutions with potential for wide application or replication. Evaluation is often an important component. Requests to support well-established programs should be for initiatives that have the potential for significantly improving the program. Proposals should indicate other sources of support for the project including contributions of the requesting institution. Proposals that result only in local betterment will not be competitive. In considering proposals to support high school teaching, the Foundations encourage sustained partnerships between the faculties of colleges (e.g., arts and sciences and education) and school districts or collaborative efforts involving reform organizations, colleges/universities and high schools. Proposals may cover a wide range of initiatives intended to improve teaching. For example, projects might be designed to improve professional development for in-service and pre-service teachers, strengthen faculty/teaching skills, support practical research in teacher and high school education, or encourage innovative use of technology and new techniques for presentation of classroom materials in high schools. Proposals under this program will be accepted from institutions endeavoring to improve secondary education and must be signed by the head of the institution or organization. Institutions eligible for funding in this program area include, but are not limited to, public as well as private universities and colleges, graduate schools of education and free-standing educational research institutes. Only in exceptional cases will proposals be accepted directly from individual private or public schools or school districts. Receipt of a grant under the secondary education program by a private college or university does not affect its chances of receiving a separate grant in the higher education program category. Grants made in this program area will range from $100,000 to $150,000. All proposals must come from the president or other primary executive of an institution, not from development officers, department heads, individual researchers, or other personnel within the institution. Proposals should contain a statement by the applicant regarding the priority of the project and should be submitted in a letter addressed to the Executive Director of the Foundations. An elaborate initial project presentation is unnecessary. A simple statement describing the proposed project is preferred. A budget should also be included. There are no deadlines for proposals and grant applications may be submitted at any time of the year. However, the process of moving from proposal submission to grant approval takes time. Therefore, it may not be feasible to meet requests for eligible projects which require immediate or near-term funding. After an evaluation of the initial proposal, further detailed information may be requested. For example, under the higher education and religion programs, applicants may be asked to provide information that reflects the quality of students and faculty, measures of success, and financial stability and support. Applicants for grants under the secondary education, health care, and public television programs may be asked to supply detailed descriptions of the project being proposed. In addition, background information on the requesting organization may be sought. In all five programs, copies of audited financial statements for the past three years are normally requested, but need not be included with the initial proposal. It is not necessary for an applicant or representative of an institution to visit personally with the staff in order to present a proposal successfully. A visit by a member of the Foundations staff to the requesting institution typically is conducted in the final stages of the grant evaluation process. All materials submitted should be either copies of originals or other disposable forms which need not be sent back. The Foundations generally do not return data submitted in support of a proposal. |Back to the Application Menu| Activities Not Supported By The Foundations Among those activities, functions and organizations not supported by the Foundations are the following:
The Braitmayer Foundation, located in Marion, Massachusetts, was established in 1964 through a gift from Marian S. Braitmayer. Currently seven members of the family direct the activities of the Foundation. Important: Deadlines for Application Submission
Please note: Applications are accepted in hard copy only (no fax or email) and must be in the foundation office by the due date. OBJECTIVES
In addition, the Braitmayer Foundation provides modest support of activities in Marion, Massachusetts and surrounding communities which will improve the quality of life for residents in the area. 1. Grants up to $35,000
By September 1st, the trustees will invite selected organizations to submit full proposals due November 15th. Normally a representative of the Foundation will conduct a site visit prior to the end of February. Decisions will be announced by March 15th. Successful organizations must wait two years before reapplication.
Decisions will be announced by September 1st and March 15th. Successful organizations must wait two years before reapplication for a grant up to $10,000 or before beginning application for a grant up to $35,000. COMMUNICATIONS Sabina Taj, Advisor
Office of the Board of Regents and IDOEd REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Title IIA – Improving Teacher Quality State Grant Program Title IIB – Mathematics and Science Partnership Program FY 2008 Program Funds Competition The Office of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Education call for grant proposals. Grants will be made through an inter-agency program combining grant funds authorized by Title IIA and Title IIB of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The joint program awards grants on a competitive basis to eligible partnerships to provide professional development to pre-K-12 teachers and improve student academic achievement in mathematics and science. Grants will be made for single- or multi-year projects of up to three years in duration. Partnerships may request up to $150,000 per year for project costs. Due to the allocation of funds for multi-year projects, approximately 3-4 projects will be selected for the first year of funding from the current competition. Also known as the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program, Title II, Part A is intended to increase the academic achievement of all students by helping schools and school districts ensure that all teachers are highly qualified to teach. Title II, Part B authorizes the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program. Its purpose is to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Partnerships between high-need school districts and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics faculty in institutions of higher education are at the core of Title IIB improvement efforts. Deadline for submitting:Friday, January 23, 2009 See Full Annouoncement: http://www2.iowaccess.org/regents/HigherEd/TitleII2008/RFP%20FY2008.pdf The Hayek Fund for Scholars
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The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards of up to $1,000 to graduate students and tenured faculty members for career-enhancing activities such as:
Presentations at academic or professional conferences Travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional/academic conferences) Travel to and research at archives or libraries Participation in career development or enhancing seminars Distribution of a published article to colleagues in your field Submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book. International Reading Association Research Awards and Grants For full listing of opportunities see: http://www.reading.org/association/awards/research.html Through a series of dedicated research awards, grants, and fellowships, the International Reading Association supports research activity and publication in the fields of reading and reading education. Applicants can apply for more than one research grant during the same year. However, each applicant will be eligible to win only one research grant per year. Follow a link at right to learn more about the programs listed.
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Full announcement: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PASCP.html The National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America’s story. The Picturing America School Collaboration grant opportunity is designed to help teachers and librarians whose schools display the Picturing America images form connections with courses in the core curriculum. These projects will be grounded in the great works of art included in Picturing America, which is part of the Endowment’s We the People program. Information about Picturing America, including a Teachers Resource Book, can be found by visiting the Picturing America Web site. The images in Picturing America reflect a variety of media and talents spanning several centuries, ranging from the work of early American Indian artists to painters such as Mary Cassatt and Jacob Lawrence, from photographers such as Dorothea Lange to architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright. These images will help students better understand America’s diverse people and places and connect them to our nation’s travails and triumphs. Half of the initial distribution of high-quality reproductions (through NEH’s partner, the American Library Association) has gone to schools and school libraries in communities with a population of up to 25,000. Goals of the Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants are:
In order to provide a forum for exploring and deepening students’ understanding of art, American history, government, social studies, literature, language arts, civics, and other core subjects, funded projects should:
Successful proposals will present a conference schedule of plenary and concurrent sessions in engaging formats that provide opportunities for participants to:
Successful applicants will also provide plans for post-conference support for participants as well as for Picturing America portfolio recipients unable to attend the onsite activities. Post-conference activities will include:
Conference organizers will invite applications from Picturing America recipients and make selections according to criteria they establish to determine the quality of proposed school initiatives and the appropriateness of follow-up plans, both for the grade level(s) and any relevant learning frameworks. Proposals to provide opportunities for teachers with limited access to professional development in the humanities are encouraged. These conferences may include public school teachers, teachers at charter schools, members of home school consortia, and faculty of private license schools. Host institutions should arrange adequate housing for the participants, who will pay for it from the stipends. Projects must have a plan for evaluation that will provide firm evidence of each participant’s success in accomplishing proposed instructional goals. Projects must require a product as evidence of each participant’s or team’s new knowledge or increased skills, such as new lesson plans, course materials, library enhancements, or a research paper. Master teachers may be involved to assist participants in carrying out school projects or the construction of new learning resources. Funds may be used to pay for consulting scholars, books and other materials, logistical support, and appropriate released time for project staff. Types of projects not supported Picturing America School Collaboration Projects grants do not support:
National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08561 (full announcement) Description The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data. The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including: 1) Regular Research Awards2) Mid-Career Research Fellowships3) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants4) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
Full Proposal Target Date(s):
National Science Foundation The Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through the development, implementation, and study of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Activities funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or hypothesis about effective preK-12 STEM learning and teaching; develop, adapt, or study innovative resources, models, or technologies; and demonstrate if, how, for whom, and why their implementation affects learning. DR-K12 invites projects that meet a variety of educational needs, from those that address immediate and pressing challenges facing preK-12 STEM education to those that anticipate opportunities for the future. DR-K12 encourages proposals that challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10-15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to reach students and teachers. All projects should be informed by current research and broaden the boundaries of schools and disciplines. DR-K12 accepts research and development, exploratory, and synthesis projects, as well as conferences and workshops related to the mission of the DR-K12 program.
Link to Full Announcement http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08609/nsf08609.pdf
The Sepmeyer Research Grant Program The Sepmeyer Research Grant Program: For many years, Inez Sepmeyer worked at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she focused on the admission and placement of international students and conducted research on international educational systems. Encouraged and aided by her late husband, Ludwig, she established the first U.S. private credentials evaluation service (IERF) in 1969. Her vision led to the publication of The Country Index, as well as other significant publications in the credentials evaluation field. These include: NAFSA: Association of International Educators, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (PACRAO) - all of which have awarded her honorary and/or life memberships. IERF is pleased to name its research grant program in honor of Inez and Ludwig Sepmeyer because of their combined involvement in international education and their commitment to research and publications on world educational systems.
The Purpose of the Sepmeyer Research Grant Program: The International Education Research Foundation's mission is to conduct research and disseminate information on world educational systems and to facilitate the integration of individuals educated outside the United States into the U.S. educational environment and work force. We accomplish this by:
The purpose of the research grant program is to aid IERF in carrying out this mission. Therefore, IERF invites individuals and organizations to submit appropriate research project proposals for funding. Research grants are awarded for research only and not for study. Value of the Research Grants Grants are normally awarded in amounts up to $5,000. Proposal Project Evaluation: Each research grant proposal is evaluated on how well its project design and expected outcomes address the following criteria:
Eligibility and Conditions
Application Process There is no application form. The applicant is required to submit the following:
Applicants are also requested to indicate where they learned about the Sepmeyer Research Grant Program. Note: Incomplete application packets are not considered. All materials submitted in support of the Research Grant application become the property of IERF and are not returned to the applicant. Closing Date for Applications: The closing date for applications is February 1 each year. This date may be extended at the discretion of the Committee. An Applicant is notified of the outcome of the Committee's decision no later than April 30 of the year in which the application is made. An application that is received after February 1 in any given year may be considered for the following year's grant. For more information, please contact: Susan Bedil
Spencer Foundation Announces Four New Initiatives
In addition to proposals in these defined areas, the foundation will continue to accept field-initiated proposals outside these areas.
Spencer Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation Link to RFP: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/usr_doc/2009_Classroom_Measurement_RFP.pdf The William T. Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation are pleased to announce their joint 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality. This RFP is one element in our broader effort to build theory and evidence about how classrooms affect youth and how to improve those effects. Eligibility Criteria
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