Sponsored Research

Private Foundations:

For further information on private foundations, please go to: http:fdcenter.org/.

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation established the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program to strengthen the teaching and research careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program was designed to provide discretionary funding to faculty at early stages in their careers. Criteria for selection included a commitment to education and an independent body of scholarship that signaled the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is judged primarily on individual research attainment and promise, but evidence of excellence in teaching is also expected. The deadline date is January 9,2008. For more information please visit: http://www.dreyfus.org/tc.shtml.


Educational Foundation of America (EFA)

The Educational Foundation of America (EFA) makes grants to qualifying non-profit organizations that have tax-exempt status and those that are not private foundations as defined in the Internal Revenue Code.  EFA provides grants for specific projects.  It does not provide funds for endowment or endowed faculty chairs, building/capital programs, religious purposes, grants to individuals, annual fund-raising campaigns, indirect costs, overhead or general support.  The Foundation prefers not to fund projects located outside the United States.  Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the environment, reproductive freedom, theatre, education, medicine, drug policy reform, democracy, peace & national security issues and human services.  Important characteristics considered by EFA are an organization's record of achievement, intended broad impact, sound financial practices, increasing independence, and correspondence with EFA objectives.  Unfortunately, many worthy requests are denied because needs exceed the Foundation's resources or a given project does not fall within a current area of focus. The deadline date is continuous and letters of inquiry are accepted year-round.  For more information, please go to: http://www.efaw.org/Inquiry%20Guidelines.htm.


Education Mini-Grant Biotechnology Education

The grant assists the development and implementation of activities, programs and courses for biotechnology education and training at the K-12 level. One submission date yearly;
Online application deadline: Jan. 23, 2008, at noon. Proposals received by fax, e-mail or paper will not be accepted. The Biotechnology Center's Education and Training Program staff will conduct a preliminary review to determine if the proposal:Directly relates to biotechnology education and training; Is consistent with the guidelines described in this announcement; and Contains all of the required information described herein. The Biotechnology Center's Education and Training Program staff review proposals and make recommendations to the Senior Vice President for Science and Business Development, who makes the final award decisions in consultation with the Biotechnology Center's President. No award will exceed $6,000; Awards are made for 12 months; An institution is unlikely to receive awards for more than one proposal submitted in the same year. A project director is unlikely to receive awards in two successive years; Purchase of computers will generally not be allowed, unless required for a specific scientific application. The Mini-Grant Program will fund the purchase of biotechnology-related equipment, supplies and educational materials for the purpose of: Expanding or strengthening pre-existing courses or activities; Establishing either new courses or activities; and Conducting teacher professional development or educational outreach at the local level. For more information please visit: http://www.ncbiotech.org/services_and_programs/grants_and_loans/mini_grant/index.html.


Grants for Integrating and Improving Health-Related Services for Elders

The Foundations supports efforts in selected academic medical centers and other health settings to strengthen the geriatric training of America’s physicians, nurses and social workers.  In order to maximize the Foundations impact on the health and the well-being of the nation’s elders, grants are made in two priority areas; Academic Geriatrics and Training, and Integrating and Improving Services.  The foundation supports a limited number of sustainable efforts to improve and integrate the system of services needed by elders and their effectiveness.  The emphasis is on nationally replicable models.  For more information, please go to: http://www.jhartfound.org/.  The deadline is considered continuous. Letters of inquiry may be submitted at anytime. Initial inquiries should be made at least six months before funding is needed.


Health Care (Caring Attitudes) Grant

This program supports efforts to encourage caring attitudes in the delivery of patient care, in the hospital, and in the convalescing period. Projects should have potential for practical application and should be of interest to other groups. New ideas are encouraged, especially if they facilitate communications with patients by doctors, nurses, and other caregivers; ameliorate patient anxieties; and foster caring attitudes. Other programs that comfort patients and families dealing with serious illness are of interest, such as programs supporting accredited clinical pastoral education and professional hospital chaplaincies and those which strengthen the hospice movement nationally. All proposals must have potential for wide application and not merely local improvement of requesting institutions. The deadline for this grant is continuous. Grant applications may be submitted at any time of the year. For more information please visit: http://www.avdfdn.org/programs-healthcare.htm.

Projects of Special Merit

The Projects of Special Merit program is intended to advance geophysics today and inspire geoscientists for tomorrow by providing critical funding for projects that further the professional development, student support, and youth outreach goals of the Society of Exploration Geophysicsts (SEG) Foundation. Proposals should address issues, problems, or opportunities related to the foundation's mission, which is to encourage and support scientific, educational, and charitable activities of benefit to the general public, to geophysicists, and to the geophysical corporate community. They should also be aligned with SEG's strategic plan. The deadline date is January 2, 2008. For more information please visit: http://foundation.seg.org/projects/.