RESEARCH
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Current Funding Announcements
Updated February 13, 2008
- Grants.gov – Grants.gov provides a database to search and apply for federal
government grants. Searches may be performed by keyword, category, agency, date, funding activity, funding instrument, and eligibility. Users may also sign up for an email
alert service of all new grant opportunities.
- SPIN – SPIN is a funding opportunity database provided through VCU’s Electronic
Research Administration (ERA) portal. VCU researchers may search for current national
and international, government and private funding sources, including fellowships, research grants, publication support, sabbatical support, curriculum development, and more. To
access the ERA system, users must first have a GENIUS profile. Click here to access a request form. - SMARTS – SMARTS is accessed by VCU’s Electronic Research Administration System (ERA). Faculty and staff with a GENIUS profile can create a daily email announcement of funding opportunities based on keywords selected in their GENIUS profile.
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy – This website provides a searchable database of
not-for-profit grant opportunities by subject.
- U.S. Department of Education - Grants and Contracts
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
- National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH)
- Administration for Children & Families
- The Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance
- The Federal Registrar
For a list of the top 100 foundations, please click here.
The Spencer Foundation
http://www.spencer.org/policies/grant_policies.htm#genscope
National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation
http://www.natafoundation.org/index.html
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/index.jsp
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/jkcf_web/content.aspx?
page=9861879&_redir=611
The Wallace Foundation
http://www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms/
William T. Grant Foundation
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/info-url_nocat_list.htm?attrib_id=4398
Lumina Foundation
http://www.luminafoundation.org/grants/index.html
The NEA Foundation
http://www.neafoundation.org/grants.htm
African American Success Foundation, Inc.
http://www.blacksuccessfoundation.org/lcdtj%20research%20grant.htm
The Braitmayer Foundation – Education Grants
http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm
Current Funding Announcements:
Education and Social Science
EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS
Institute of Education Sciences
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305A.pdf
Deadline: 6/26/08 and 10/2/08
STATISTICAL AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Institute of Education Sciences
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305D.pdf
Deadline: 6/26/2008
EVALUATION OF STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND POLICIES RESEARCH GRANTS
Institute of Education Sciences
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305E.pdf
Deadline: 10/2/2008
SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH GRANTS
Institute of Education Sciences
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84324A.pdf
Deadline: 6/26/08 and 10/2/08
School Leadership Grant Program CFDA 84.363A
US Department of Education
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17064
Deadline: 5/2/2008
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering
National Science Foundation
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=13350
Deadline: 11/17/2008
Technical Assistance Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
http://samhsa.gov/Grants/2008/sm_08_003.aspx
Deadline: 4/22/2008
Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs)
US Department of Education
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-1902.pdf
Deadline: 4/1/2008
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)
US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/rerc/applicant.html
Deadline: 4/1/2008
MSI Grant Program--Contribution of Multisensory Components to Structured-Language Reading Instruction
International Dyslexia Association
http://www.interdys.org/ewebeditpro5/upload/MSIguidelines2008.pdf
Deadline: 5/1/2008
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
National Science Foundation-Education and Human Resources
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=16900
Deadline: 5/21/2008
Informal Science Education
National Science Foundation-Education and Human Resources
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=16902
Letter of Intent (required) March 20, 2008; September 18, 2008; Full Proposal June 19, 2008 or December 18, 2008
Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources/NSF
Deadline: 4/10/2008, 4/11/2008, 4/21/2008
Partnerships in Character Education Program
US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/charactered/applicant.html
Deadline: 3/31/2008
Grants Program
Learning Disabilities Foundation of America
http://www.ldanatl.org/about/acld_grant.asp
Deadline: 9/15/2008
William T. Grant Scholars Program
William T. Grant Foundation
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url5243/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=646415
Deadline: 7/9/2008
Major Grants
Grant (William T.) Foundation
Deadline: Letter of Intent 4/1/2008
Human and Social Dynamics
National Science Foundation
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=15982
Deadline: 02/19/2008, 02/22/2008
Health and Human Performance
Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment
National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-259.html
Deadline: 5/5/2008-Letter of Intent; June 5, 2008-Due
Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents (R21)
National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-530.html
Deadline: 6/16/2008, 10/16/2008, 05/07/2008, 09/07/2008, 01/07/2008
Physical Activity for People with Disabilities Information Resource Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=16970
Letter of Intent Deadline: March 28, 2008 Application Deadline: April 28, 2008
Stress Management Interventions to Reduce Risk of Coronary Artery Disease (R01)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-322.html
Deadline: 06/05/2008; 10/05/2008; 02/05/2009; 06/05/2009;
Targeted Rural Health Research Grant Program
Office of Rural Health Policy/HRSA/DHHS
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=16727&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
Deadline: 4/2/2008
Research on Improving Health Care for Obese Patients (R01)
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-013.html
Deadline: 6/5/2008; 10/5/2008
Information Technologies and the Internet in Health Services and Intervention Delivery
Sponsor: National Institute of Health
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-295.html
Deadline: 2/5/2008, 6/05/2008, 10/05/2008, 2/05/2009, 6/05/2009, 10/05/2009