External Development Opportunities

Welcome! The purpose of this page is to provide quick information about external development funding by providing links and notices that we believe might be of interest to our faculty. Bookmark this page and check it regularly for updates. The links can take you directly to web sites that provide detailed program information, and some organizations even provide application materials on-line! If you want more information regarding opportunities posted here, drop by the Office of the Associate Dean (Jones 212) and visit our file drawer.

For compensation for services performed under sponsored agreements and grants, check out the policy.

Planning to submit a grant proposal to an outside agency? Fill out the Grant Proposal Notification form on-line.

  • American Educational Research Association

    This group presents a wide range of fellowships and grants.

  • Associated Council of Learned Societies

    This group presents a wide range of fellowships and grants.

  • Associated Western Universities

    "AWU links students, postgraduates and faculty with fellowship, internship and sabbatical research opportunities in science, mathematics, engineering and technology at research facilities in higher education, as well as federal and industrial laboratories and technology centers." Information on opportunities and application guidelines are available.

  • Council for International Exchange Scholars (Fulbright)

    "This past year some 700 U.S. faculty and professionals taught or conducted research in 120 countries as Fulbright scholars. We invite you to become one of them."

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

    Provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts.

  • National Endowment for the Humanities

    A slick, user-friendly web site with news updates, current project information, search capabilities, and on-line application guidelines and materials. A must see.

  • National Institute for Global Environmental Change

    For those interested in environmental issues, a funding organization with a searchable website.

  • National Institutes of Health

    A great resource for finding information about NIH grants. Contains an on-line guide with search capabilities in both WWW and Gopher formats.

  • National Research Council

    The Fellowship Office of the National Research Council, a unit of the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (OSEP), administers predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowship programs. Check out this site for a wealth of program information.

  • National Science Foundation

    The N.S.F. provides an extensive website with listings for all available grants and opportunities as well as extensive program information. The site even has search capabilities for finding documents and forms.

  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

    Grants in science, engineering, workforce health and safety, et. al.

  • Smithsonian Institution

    Offers in residence fellowships for research and study in fields which are actively pursued by the museums and research organizations of the Institution.

  • Social Science Research Council

    Check out this site for a variety of grant opportunities.

Notices

  • 09/8/2003: Institute for Exerimental Learning Faculty Fellow Internship Program

    The program will allow faculty to participate in a professional internship program in Washington D.C in a setting that complements their discipline.

    Contact: Mary Ryan, 202-833-8580, mary@ielet.org

    Deadline: none given

  • 09/29/2003: NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium

    The NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium is comprised of thirty-one colleges, universities, and other non-profit organizations in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota. Founded in 1987, NWACC's mission is to provide a mechanism for the cooperation and collaboration of institutions in improving access to and use of advanced technological resources in instruction, research, and administrative operations.

    Program web site: http://www.nwacc.org/grants/index.html

  • 12/01/2003: 2004 Alan T. Waterman Award

    The purpose of the Alan T. Waterman Award is to recognize outstanding young researchers in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation. The Awardee receives a $500,000 nonrestrictive grant over a 3-year period for continued research.

    Program web site: http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/waterman/waterman.htm

  • 12/01/2003: 2004/05 Fulbright Scholar Program

    The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

    Program web site: http://www.cies.org/

  • 12/18/2003: NWACC 2004 Proof of Concept Grant

    The goal of NWACC's Grant Program 2004 is to stimulate new curricular uses of leading edge information technologies. Approximately ten to fifteen grants of $10,000 each will be awarded in 2004.

    Program web site: http://www.nwacc.org/grants/2004/proof_of_concept_04.html

    On-line Submission Form: http://www.nwacc.org/grants/2004/submission_form.html

  • 03/01/2004: 2005/06 Fulbright Scholar Program

    The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

    Apply on-line: http://www.cies.org/

  • 09/21/2004: Fulbright Direct Access to the Muslim World

    Applications are invited for the Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World. Through this program, U.S. higher education institutions host scholars from predominantly Islamic countries for a short term, thereby enriching both the campus and surrounding community with a better understanding of the Muslim world and civilizations.

    The deadline for applications is October 1, 2004, in order to host a scholar in the 2005 calendar year.

    For details, visit http://www.cies.org/Visiting_Specialists/

  • 09/21/2004: Gilder Lehrman American History Fellowships

    The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term Research Fellowships, which are open to scholars at every faculty rank. They can be used for research at the New-York Historical Society, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York Public Library - Humanities and Social Sciences Library, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

    The next application deadline is December 3, 2004.

    For further information, go to http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html