Two New Social Science Grants Posted

Two new grants offered through William T Grant Foundation. One focuses on research research in youth settings. The other focuses on research related to youths 8 - 25. For more information refer to the Social Sciences Funding Opportunities webpage.

Political Science; Law & Social Science Grants

NSF has released grants focusing on Political Science and focusing on Law & Social Science. For more information visit the Social Sciences Funding Opportunity webpage.

IES Releases Education Research Grants

The Institute of Education Services (IES) announces the upcoming release of education research grants. Three of these (Teacher Quality -- Reading/Writing; Teacher Quality -- Math/Science; English Language Learners) are posted on the Teacher Education Funding Opportunities webpage. Additional areas of focus include Reading & Writing, Education Policy, Early Learning Programs, and Education Technology.

IES Releases Special Education Research Grants

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has announced the upcoming release of numerous grants focusing on research in special education. Three of these (Teacher Quality, Related Services, and Autism Spectrum Disorders) have been posted to the Special Education Funding Opportunities webpage. Additional areas of focus include Early Intervention, Language Development, Cognition and Learning, and Transition.

IES Postsecondary Education Research

The Institute of Education Science (IES) intends for the Postsecondary Education research program to address five goals: (1) exploring malleable factors (e.g., programs, practices, policies) that are associated with improving access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education, as well as mediators and moderators of the relations between these factors and student outcomes, for the purpose of identifying potential targets of intervention; (2) developing innovative programs, practices, or policies that are intended to improve access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education; (3) evaluating the efficacy of programs, practices, or policies that are intended to improve access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education; (4) providing evidence on the effectiveness of programs, practices, or policies for improving access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education when they are implemented at scale; and (5) developing and/or validating assessments of cognitive (e.g., problem-solving, writing) and social cognitive (e.g., communication and interpersonal) skills that are outcomes of postsecondary education.

The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., assessments, programs, policies) that have been documented to be effective for improving access to, persistence in, or completion of postsecondary education.

Amount: $100,000 - $1.2m (3 years)

Date due: June 24, 2010

For more information, click here.

Regional Arts & Culture Council Grants Posted

Three Regional Arts & Culture Grant Programs posted to Creative Arts Funding Opportunities webpage. All are Portland based.

Investigator Initiated Crime & Justice Research grant

Investigator Initiated Research grants for criminal justice topics posted on new Criminal Justice Funding Opportunities webpage. Due date is March 29, 2010.

New Funding Opportunities Page -- Criminal Justice

We've created a new funding opportunities page for Criminal Justice. Check it out!

http://wouspcrimjustice.blogspot.com/

Early-Career STEM Summer Leadership Institute

Project Kaleidoscope is seeking early-career STEM faculty engaged with transforming undergraduate STEM education in their classrooms and departments to apply for the 2010 PKAL Summer Leadership Institute. The 2010 Summer Leadership Institute is designed to enhance the leadership capacity and ability for early career faculty to act as agents of change within their home institutions or professional societies to reform STEM education.

Institute participants will have opportunity to:

• engage in discussions about national, regional and local challenges and opportunities facing faculty engaged in improving STEM education
• learn from experience how to deal with the political dimensions of change: how to influence, negotiate and communicate, as well as the importance of understanding the institutional culture as well as the changing context for leadership
• reflect privately and with mentors and peers on the personal responsibilities of being an agent-of-change, and on one’s potential for leadership, to make a lasting difference for the communities of which you are a part.

The Summer Institute will be held July 17 – 22, 2010 in the heart of the Rocky Mountains at the Baca Campus of Colorado College in Crestone, Colorado.

More information is posted at: http://www.pkal.org/activities/2010PKALSummerFacultyLeadershipInstitute.cfm.

Technology & Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities

Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities grants posted on Special Education Funding Opportunities webpage and Teacher Education Funding Opportunities webpage. Phase 1 projects must develop, refine, and test the feasibility of specific technology-based approaches. Phase 2 projects must subject technology-based approaches to rigorous field-based research to determine their effectiveness. Due: March 19, 2010.

Grants to Reduce Violence on Campus

Grants to reduce violence on campus posted on Student Services Funding Opportunities webpage.

Investigator Initiated Crime & Justice Research grant

Investigator initiated crime and justice research grant posted on Social Sciences Funding Opportunity webpage. Due date March 29, 2010.