1. FAQ: How to find funding? Just take a SPIN
2. Internal Research Funding
3. Open Access Data Repositories
4. Upcoming ORED Workshops
5. NIH best practices for mixed methods research
6. Survey on OSP Funding News and Updates
7. Sampling of external funding opportunities

Arts and Humanities

a. NEA – Creative Writing Fellowships
b. ACLS Public Fellows
c. ACLS – Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs Grants for Universities
d. NEH – Preservation and Access Education and Training
e. NSF – Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (AAW)

Health and Social Science

f. HHS/OMH: Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT)

g. Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation

h. Organization for Autism Research (OAR) – Applied Research Competition

i. NC DHHS – Community Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative

j. American Psychological Foundation Wayne F. Placek Grants

k. NIH Limited Competition: Addressing Health Disparities in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Research (R03)

l. NIH – Basic Biopsychosocial Mechanisms and Processes in the Management of Chronic Conditions (R21)

m. Project Management Institute

n. Department of Defense – Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences FY16 Foundational Science Research Unit Broad Agency Announcement (W911NF-16-R-0005)

Sciences

o. NSF – Biological Anthropology

p. NSF – Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2016

q. NIH – Summer Research Education Experience Programs (R25)

r. Amercian Cancer Society – Research Scholar Grants

Education

s. Dept of Education: Educational Opportunity Centers Program

t. Dept of Education: College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)

u. Toyota USA Foundation: Grants in K-12 Education [especially in STEM]

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1. FAQ: How to find funding? Just take a SPIN
   
   SPIN is the premium funding search tool at UNCG.  Check it out: https://spin.infoedglobal.com/

You may use SPIN anytime you are on campus, without an account.  By creating an account, this will allow you off-campus access, will give you the ability to save your funding searches, and the ability to set up automated alerts for new funding opportunities that match your search criteria.

How to sign up for a SPIN account in less than 20 seconds:

1. First, go to https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Authorize/ModifyProfile
2. Then, complete the form (using your UNCG email address) and click the “save” button.
3. Finally, wait for account activation, which takes 1 business day.

For in-depth pointers on funding searches, attend an upcoming “Show me the money” workshop offered by University Libraries and the Office of Sponsored Programs:

Friday, Feb/26/2016, 12:00 PM – 2:00PM, Curry 304

Tuesday, Mar/22/2016, 11:00 AM – 1:00PM, Curry 304

Register at: https://workshops.uncg.edu/workshops-by-category.jsp?cat_id=77001240

Additional details in the flyer attached to this email.
Do you have a question that you’d like to see answered in the FAQ’s section of this OSP listserv?  Just email it to: aubrey.turner@uncg.edu

See more FAQ’s at: http://sponsoredprograms.uncg.edu/faqs/

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2. Internal Research Funding

Faculty First Awards are offered by the Office of the Provost thanks to generous support of UNCG donors. Deadline February 29, 2016, at 5pm.  For more information see: http://research.uncg.edu/internal-grants-and-awards/

Child and Family Research Network Interdisciplinary Research Summer Funding.  CFRN has two $5000 stipends available for summer salary/research support for the month of June, 2016.  The goal of this funding is to facilitate interdisciplinary faculty research that will increase external funding.  The funding will be awarded to two teams of researchers and may be used for faculty salary, graduate student support, or research supplies. The requirement for accepting summer funding is that faculty are working collaboratively (across more than one department) on a proposal for external funding to be submitted during the academic year 2016-2017. If you would like to be considered for funding, please submit application materials to CFRN@uncg.edu by 5pm on March 16, 2016.  Additional details in the attached document.

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3. Open Access Data Repositories

Collecting Data?  Got a data management plan?  Here is a nifty article that compares Research Gate vs Academia.edu vs institutional repositories such as NC Docks, shared by one of our helpful UNCG librarians.

http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/

Be sure to also check out the UNCG Guide to data management, at: http://uncg.libguides.com/RDM

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4. Upcoming ORED Workshops
   

Show me the Money! A Guide To and Through Grant-Seeking Databases

Friday, Feb/26/2016, 12:00 PM – 2:00PM, Curry 304

Tuesday, Mar/22/2016, 11:00 AM – 1:00PM, Curry 304

This workshop will explore how to get the most from grant seeking databases, including SPIN, GrantSelect, Grant Advisor Plus, and the Foundation Center. Participants learn to search for possible funding opportunities, practice identifying eligibility, and realize the importance of key words. Attendees will have opportunities to access databases and engage in searches related to their topic of interest. Flyer attached.

Presented by: University Libraries and Office of Sponsored Programs, UNCG.

Register at: https://workshops.uncg.edu/workshops-by-category.jsp?cat_id=77001240

HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH TRAINING

March 1, 9:00-11:00, 2711 MHRA

This training is conducted to meet the federal requirements for research with human subjects and to fulfill the requirement to submit an IRB application to the UNCG IRB. Participants will receive a certificate of completion following their attendance. Questions regarding these sessions can be directed to Melissa Beck (mdbeck@uncg.edu/336-256-0253). Register at workshops.uncg.edu under the Office of Research Workshops

Human Subject Research Training Flyer

RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH: TAKING THE HIGH ROAD TO BETTER DATA

April 8, 3:30-5:00, location tba

This series of in-person training, sponsored by the Office of Research Integrity, will be offered once a semester and will cover topics from the areas of responsible conduct of research on a rotational basis depending on the department that hosts them. This is offered to the campus departments as an alternative to traditional courses that offers a flexible way to receive training in RCR that should be easy to fit into your schedule. The seminar series provides the unique opportunity to interact with people who are involved in research at many different levels, from students to faculty to staff and administration. Details for this spring, 2016 session are still being finalized. Please refer to http://integrity.uncg.edu/rcr-training-resources/ for updates. Once a date has been finalized for the session, details can also be found at http://integrity.uncg.edu/ under “Workshops and Events” or contact Melissa Beck for more information (mdbeck@uncg.edu/336-256-0253).

Contracts and Grants have planned several workshops for the spring. Go to this page for details:

http://workshops.uncg.edu/workshops-by-category.jsp?cat_id=77003115

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5. NIH best practices for mixed methods research

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-releases-best-practices-combining-qualitative-quantitative-research

https://obssr-archive.od.nih.gov/mixed_methods_research/

Multi-pronged strategies that address both prevention and treatment are critical to effectively tackling today’s most pressing public health problems, including obesity, health disparities among populations, poor adherence to treatments, and many other problems. Teams of scientists working together on the genetic, societal and behavioral causes of such problems require rigorous data to understand and effectively address these problems. This often requires both quantitative and qualitative data.

Mixed methods research combines the strengths of quantitative research and qualitative research.  In 2011, The National Institutes of Health released recommendations or best practices for scientists conducting mixed methods health research.  This report provides guidance to help scientists developing applications for NIH funding that featured mixed methods designs, as well as guidance for the reviewers at NIH who assess the quality of these applications.

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6. Survey on OSP Funding News and Updates 

We do this for you.  How well is (or isn’t) this OSP announcement listserv meeting your needs?  Please spend 3 minutes to let us know.  Feedback is a gift, so thank you in advance!

http://goo.gl/forms/PKOiFNn6z5

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7. Sampling of external funding opportunities

Arts and Humanities

1.   NEA – 

Creative Writing Fellowships

Fellowships in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Non-matching grants are for $25,000.

Application Deadline: March 9, 2016

https://www.arts.gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-individuals

1. ACLS Public Fellows

ACLS invites applications for the sixth competition of the Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 21 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Fellows receive a stipend of $65,000 per year, with individual health insurance and up to $3,000 to be used toward professional development activities over the course of the fellowship term.

Application deadline: March 24, 2016, 8 pm EDT

http://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/

c.   ACLS – Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs Grants for Universities

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites proposals for grants of up to $60,000 each provided by the Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs. The grants will support efforts to catalyze collaborations at universities with strengths in the study of religion, journalism and media, and international affairs. The program is made possible by The Henry Luce Foundation.

Application Deadline: March 29, 2016

http://www.acls.org/programs/LuceRJIAgrants/

1.   NEH – 

Preservation and Access Education and Training

Preservation and Access Education and Training grants are awarded to organizations that offer national or regional (multistate) education and training programs. Grants aim to help the staff of cultural institutions, large and small, obtain the knowledge and skills needed to serve as effective stewards of humanities collections. Grants also support educational programs that prepare the next generation of conservators and preservation professionals, as well as projects that introduce the staff of cultural institutions to new information and advances in preservation and access practices.

Application Deadline: May 3, 2016

List of recently funded programs: https://securegrants.neh.gov/PublicQuery/main.aspx?q=1&d=0&f=0&p=1&pv=231&s=0&y=0&n=0&o=0&t=0&ob=year&or=DESC

More information: http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training

1. NSF – Antarctic Artists and Writers Program (AAW)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION: NSF 16-542

The main purpose of the U.S. Antarctic Program is scientific research and education. The Antarctic Artists and Writers Program supports writing and artistic projects specifically designed to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the Antarctic and human endeavors on the southernmost continent. Priority will be given to projects that focus on interpreting and representing the scientific activities being conducted in and/or about the unique Antarctic region. Resulting projects must target audiences in the U.S. and be distributed/exhibited in the U.S.

Application Deadline: June 01, 2016

Solicitation: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16542/nsf16542.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

More information, including recent awards: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503518

Health and Social Science

1. 
   HHS/OMH: Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT)

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services announces the availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 for grant awards for the Communities Addressing Childhood Trauma (ACT) Program.  ACT is intended to test the effectiveness of innovative approaches in promoting healthy behaviors among minority and/or disadvantaged youth at-risk for poor health/life outcomes due to childhood trauma.  These innovative approaches (including curricula) should be designed for minority and/or disadvantaged youth ages 5 to 15 years who have been exposed to childhood trauma, as well as support services to their families.  ACT seeks to address unhealthy behaviors in minority youth and provide them with opportunities to learn coping skills and gain experiences that contribute to more positive lifestyles and enhance their capacity to make healthier life choices.  ACT funded grantees should serve minority and/or disadvantaged youth and their families who live in communities where they are exposed to chronic traumatic situations repeatedly over long periods of time such as violence (e.g., homicides, nonfatal assaults, school violence, and suicide), domestic violence, some forms of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect, or recovery from disasters or other emotionally harmful experiences.  The ACT initiative also promotes the goals of My Brother’s Keeper (https://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper), an initiative launched by President Obama to ensure that all young people can reach their full potential, including boys and young men of color.

Application Deadline: April 18, 2016 by 5 p.m. ET

Technical Assistance Webinar:  March 9, 2016 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET; Information on accessing the webinar will be posted on the OMH Website: www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov.

For an application and instructions: http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=281316

1. Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
   
   “For the well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems.”

Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Scholars)

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries.
Faculty/Post-Doctoral Grant Program (Fahs-Beck Fellows)

Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries.
Application Deadlines: April 1 and November 1, annually.
More at: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html

1. Organization for Autism Research (OAR) – Applied Research Competition

We seek applied research proposals for its 2016 Applied Research Competition from the United States and abroad.  Through this competition, OAR intends to promote evidence based practices delivered from research in the following areas:

• The analysis, evaluation, or comparison of current models of assessment, intervention, or systems of service delivery including policy analysis,
• Applied aspects of educational, behavioral, or social/communicative intervention across the lifespan,
• Adult issues such as continuing education, employment, residential supports, sexuality instruction, quality-of-life determinants, and “later intervention,” and
• Issues related to family support, social and community integration, assessment and intervention with challenging behavior, and the use of technology in support of learners with ASD.

Pre-proposal Deadline: Monday, March 28, 2016
More at:

http://www.researchautism.org/professionals/grants/application/index.asp

http://www.researchautism.org/professionals/grants/documents/OAR2016RFP.pdf

1. NC DHHS – Community Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative RFA #A-309

The Community Focused Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (CFEHDI) previously focused on the use of preventive measures to support healthy lifestyles for African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians as a way to close the gap in health disparities between minority populations and the white population. Recent legislation (HB 200 Section 10.21 (S.L. 2011-145) supports the need to modify the existing program and include an emphasis on medical home services delivered by the NC health care system. Eligible applicants include faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, local Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) networks, hospitals and local health departments (LHD). These applicants shall work collaboratively to ensure implementation of an evidence-based medical home model to close the gap in the health status of African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians as compared to the white population. The eight focus areas are: Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes, Obesity, Asthma, HIV/AIDS/STDs, Cancer and Infant Mortality. Eligible applicants shall select one or more of these chronic illnesses or conditions specific to the applicant’s geographic area as the basis for applying for grant-in-aid under this initiative.

Application Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2015 by 4pm EST

RFA: http://www.ncminorityhealth.org/documents/CFEHDI%20RFA%203-5-2015%203-9-15.pdf

Budget form, Q&A, and More at: http://www.ncminorityhealth.org/

1. American Psychological Foundation Wayne F. Placek Grants

$15,000 to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues.

The Wayne F. Placek Grant encourages research that addresses the following topics:

Heterosexuals’ attitudes and behaviors toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including prejudice, discrimination and violence.Family and workplace issues relevant to LGBT people.Special concerns of sectors of the LGBT population that have historically been underrepresented in scientific research.

Deadline: March 1, 2016

More at: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/placek.aspx

1. NIH Limited Competition: Addressing Health Disparities in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Research (R03) 

Only one application per institution is allowed

UNCG Internal deadline to declare interest to apply: By March 1, 2016 at 5PM, send an email to arturne2@uncg.edu with the name of the PI and the title of this funding opportunity in the email subject line.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Research Project Grant (R03) applications to support community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects planned and developed by recipients of the Phase I Academic-Community Partnerships Conference Series awards under PAR-09-092 and PAR-12-102. Only one CBPR project will be supported per Phase 1 grant award.

The areas of research emphasis include: preterm birth; infant mortality; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); maternal mortality; reproductive health; uterine fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; violence prevention; perinatal HBV and HIV/AIDS prevention; HIV/AIDS prevention; asthma; intellectual and developmental disabilities; pediatric injury prevention; and medical rehabilitation. Support will be provided for formative research; pilot or feasibility studies; development, adaptation and/or testing of methodologies; and development and/or testing of technology for the purpose of reducing maternal and child health disparities through the use of CBPR.

Next Application Due Date: November 21, 2016

Letter of Intent Due Date(s): 30 days before application due date

More at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-072.html

1. NIH – Basic Biopsychosocial Mechanisms and Processes in the Management of Chronic Conditions (R21)

This FOA seeks to stimulate basic inquiry into the mechanisms that influence people within their larger social contexts to manage one or multiple conditions over the lifecourse. Long-term goals are to increase knowledge of the individual and group processes that inform thought and behaviors that reinforce health and optimal well being to enhance overall human health, reduce illness and disability, and lengthen life.

Letter of Intent Due Date: November 6, 2016

Application Due Date: December 6, 2016, by 5:00 PM

More at:: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-095.html

1. Project Management Institute – 2017 RFP 

Each year, our Academic Resources Department solicits proposals for research funding on any topic related to project, program or portfolio management. Awards up to US$50,000 are granted to selected recipients.

Proposed research must have direct application to some aspect of the project management body of knowledge or its practice.

We seek proposals from scholars both within and outside the field of project management, including management, organizational psychology, sociology, education, linguistics and others. We encourage proposals on research involving multi-disciplinary teams of investigators or teams consisting of academics and practitioners who bring new ways of thinking and related bodies of literature to the field.

Application Due Date: 25 April 2016.

More at: http://www.pmi.org/learning/academic-research/sponsored-research-program.aspx

1. Department of Defense – Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences FY16 Foundational Science Research Unit Broad Agency Announcement (W911NF-16-R-0005)

The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 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, training, and leader development issues. The basic research program supports research projects that are designed to expand fundamental knowledge and discover general principles in the behavioral and social sciences.

In addition to looking for proposals that provide for programmatic efforts to develop and evaluate psychological and behavioral theory, we strongly encourage researchers to propose novel, state-of-the-art, and multidisciplinary approaches that address difficult problems. A key consideration in the decision to support a research proposal is that its findings are likely to stimulate new, basic behavioral research, which in turn, will lead to improved performance of Army personnel and their units. Proposals may address both traditional behavioral issues as well as psychophysiological (to include neuroscience) and network science approaches to social phenomena, memory, cognition, and personality. ARI cannot support proposals through this BAA that are primarily applied research projects (e.g., human factors studies or training program evaluations) or purely focused on physiology, psychopathology or behavioral health.

Collaboration is encouraged among educational institutions, non-profit/not-for-profit organizations, commercial organizations, and the other U.S. Military Services. A portion of available funding may be made available for meritorious proposals from minority serving institutions, and individuals who are early in their research careers and have never received ARI funding as a Principal Investigator. Funding of basic research proposals within ARI areas of interest will be determined by funding constraints and priorities set during each budget cycle.

A proposal should describe its contribution to theory and how its results might lead to basic behavioral research that would be meaningful to the Army. Those contemplating submission of a proposal are encouraged to submit a white paper before submitting a full proposal (see page 23 of this BAA). Submission of a white paper before a full proposal allows earliest determination of the potential for funding and minimizes the labor and cost associated with the submission of a full proposal that may have minimal probability of being selected for funding. Costs associated with a white paper or full proposal submission in response to this BAA are not considered allowable direct charges to any resulting award. These costs may be allowable expenses to normal bid and proposal indirect costs specified in FAR 31.205-18. An Offeror submitting a proposal is cautioned that only a Government Contracting or Grants Officer may obligate the Government to any legal instrument involving expenditure of Government funds.
Application Due Dates: White Papers March 11, 2016, Full Proposals May 06, 2016

More at: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=W911NF-16-R-0005

Sciences

o. NSF – Biological Anthropology

Program: PD 98-1392

The Biological Anthropology Program supports basic research in areas related to human evolution and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supported by the program include, but are not limited to, human genetic variation, human and nonhuman primate ecology and adaptability, human osteology and bone biology, human and nonhuman primate paleontology, functional anatomy, and primate socioecology. Grants supported in these areas are united by an underlying evolutionary framework…

Application Due Date: March 16, 2016

More at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

1. NSF – Dimensions of Biodiversity FY2016

Program: NSF 15-611

Despite centuries of discovery, most of our planet’s biodiversity remains unknown. The scale of the unknown diversity on Earth is especially troubling given the rapid and permanent loss of biodiversity across the globe. The goal of the Dimensions of Biodiversity campaign is to transform, by 2020, how we describe and understand the scope and role of life on Earth.  This campaign promotes novel integrative approaches to fill the most substantial gaps in our understanding of the…

Application Due Date: March 17, 2016

More at: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503446&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

1. NIH – Summer Research Education Experience Programs (R25) 

The over-arching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications.  To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on     Research Experiences for high school, undergraduate  and science teachers during the summer academic break.

Participating institutes: NIAAA, NICHD, NIDA, NIEHS, NINDS

Application Due Date:  March 23, 2016, March 23, 2017, March 23, 2018 , by 5:00 PM

Optional letter of intent due 30 days prior.

More at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-184.html

1. Amercian Cancer Society – Research Scholar Grants

Research Scholar Grants support investigator-initiated projects across the cancer research continuum. Awards are for up to four years and for up to $165,000 per year (direct costs), plus 20% allowable indirect costs. Independent investigators in the first six years of an independent research career or faculty appointment are eligible to apply.

Exceptions: 1) RSG applicants to the Cancer Control and Prevention Research Program ONLY may be at any career stage provided that the focus of their project is either: a) health policy/health services research or b) achieving cancer health equity; 2) RSG applicants to the Cancer Control and Prevention Research Program (limited to psychosocial and behavioral studies or health policy and health services research) that are population based and focused on achieving health equity may be up to 5 years with a maximum budget of $400,000 per year (direct costs), plus 20% allowable indirect costs.

Application Due Date: April 1 and October 15

More at: http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/granttypes/research-scholar-grants

Education

1. Dept of Education: Educational Opportunity Centers Program

SPECIAL NOTE: A team at UNCG has stepped up to work on an application for this grant mechanism.  There is a limitation on the number of applications per geographic area.  If others are interested, please contact Aubrey Turner (arturne2@uncg.edu).

The purposes of the EOC Program are to: provide information regarding financial and academic assistance available for qualified adults who want to enter or continue to pursue a program of postsecondary education; provide assistance to those individuals in applying for admission to institutions at which a program of postsecondary education is offered, including preparing necessary applications for use by admissions and financial aid officers; and assist in improving the financial and economic literacy of program participants.

Application Due Date: April 4, 2016

More at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/02/02/2016-01832/applications-for-new-awards-educational-opportunity-centers-program?utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list&utm_medium=email&utm_source=federalregister.gov

1. Dept of Education: College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)

The purpose of CAMP is to provide academic and financial support to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and members of their immediate family complete their first year of college and continue in postsecondary education.

Application Due Date: Mar 7, 2016

More at: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280845

1. Toyota USA Foundation: Grants in K-12 Education [especially in STEM]

The Foundation is committed to enhancing the quality of education by supporting innovative programs and building partnerships with organizations dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Application Due Date: Two application windows (March-August and September-February) each year

More at: http://www.toyota.com/usa/community/articles/community_grants_foundation.html