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Program |
Description |
Deadline |
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) |
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COS Funding Opportunities |
$500,000 a year of 5 years for institutions
that support the training of researchers
between existing concentrations of research
strength in population approaches to human
health and in basic biological sciences |
Mar 02, 2009 |
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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DHS
Scholarship and Fellowship Program |
Full
tuition and monthly stipends for STEM
undergraduate and graduate students who
pursue the basic science and technology
innovations that can be applied to the
DHS mission. |
Jan 6, 2009 |
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DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program |
$500 stipends each week plus transportation
expenses for undergraduate students majoring
in homeland security related science,
technology, engineering and mathematics
(HS-STEM) disciplines |
Jan 5, 2009 |
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DHS Summer Research Team Program for
Minority Serving Institutions |
10 week stipends for faculty and student
research teams to participate in the DHS
Summer Research Team Program for Minority
Serving Institutions to conduct research at
the DHS Centers of Excellence |
Feb 3, 2009 |
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DHS Science and Technology Postdoctoral
Fellowship Program |
Annual stipends for postdoctoral scientists
and engineers research on problems
compatible with the research interests and
mission of DHS. |
Apr 15
Sep 15 |
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
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Sloan Work-Family Career Development Grant
Program
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$45,000 each for
five
junior faculty members who are investigating
important work and family questions. |
Feb 2,
2009
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L'Oreal USA |
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Women in Science Fellowship Program
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Up to $60,000 each for 5 postdoctoral researchers who
beginning careers in the life and physical/
material sciences, mathematics, engineering,
and computer science. |
Oct 31,
2008
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The National Academies Fellowships Office |
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The Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships |
Fellowship grants
awards at the Predoctoral, Dissertation and,
Postdoctoral levels to students who
demonstrate excellence, a commitment to
diversity and a desire to enter the
professoriate.
Predoctoral Awards at
$20,000 per year for up to 3 years.
Dissertation Awards at
$21,000 for 1 year
Postdoctoral Awards at
$40,000 for 1 year
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Predoctoral:
Nov.14, 2008
Dissertation:
Nov.28, 2008
Postdoctoral:
Nov.28, 2008
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The
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation |
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The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching
Fellowship |
a $30,000 stipend for talented college
graduates and mid-career professionals to
teaching in science, technology,
engineering, and math (the STEM fields) in
four participating Indiana universities. |
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Women in Biomedical Careers (NIH, DH&HR) |
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Research on Causal Factors and Interventions
that Promote and Support the Careers of
Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science
and Engineering |
The aims of the RFA are to support research
on 1) causal factors explaining the current
patterns observed in the careers of women in
biomedical and behavioral science and
engineering; and 2) the efficacy of programs
designed to eliminate sex/gender disparities
and promote the careers of women in these
fields. |
Oct. 22, 2008 |
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NASA |
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Undergraduate Research |
work on practical problems in aerospace or
on future NASA missions |
Oct. 22, 2008
Jan. 31, 2009
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Postdoctoral fellowships |
60
postdoctoral fellowships annually
in NASA
research in
Aeronautics, Astrobiology, Astrophysics,
Earth Science, Exploration Systems,
Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Space
Operations.
(More information...) |
Nov 1,
Mar 1,
Jul 1, |
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American Association of University Women |
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American Fellowships |
$30,000/Postdoctoral
Research,
$20,000/Dissertation, $6,000/grants
to support women researchers |
Nov. 15, 2008 |
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Career Development Grants |
$2,000 - $12,000
support for women who are pursuing
course work beyond a bachelor's degree. |
Dec. 15, 2008 |
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Community Action Grants |
$5,000-$10,000
grants provide seed money to individual
women, AAUW branches and AAUW state
organizations, to promote education and
equity for women and girls. Cost
share required. |
Jan. 15, 2009 |
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International Fellowships |
Up to $30,000
for full-time graduate or postgraduate study
or research. Women who are not U.S.
citizens or permanent residents are eligible
to apply. |
Dec. 1, 2008 |
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Master's and First Professional Fellowship |
$5,000 -
$12,000
awarded for women studying in Master's
program or First Professional program. |
Jan. 10, 2009 |
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CUR Biology
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Biology
Student Travel Awards
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$250 awards for undergraduate
students presenting original research
results at a regional or national,
discipline-specific meeting during the
fiscal year 2008 - 2009. |
Nov. 1, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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William Procter Prize for Scientific
Achievement |
$5,000 grant awarded to a young
colleague of the recipient's choice.
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Oct. 1
annually
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Sigma Xi |
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Grants-in-Aid of Research Program |
$1,000
awards to students from all areas of the
sciences and engineering; $5,000 for
astronomy research and $2,500 for
vision related research |
Oct. 15, March 15 annually |
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Prizes & Awards |
John P. McGovern
Science and Society Award:
$5,000 honorarium and a medal.
Walston Chubb Award for Innovation:
$4,000 honorarium and an invitation to
give a lecture at Sigma Xi's annual meeting.
George Bugliarello Prize :$5,000
warded to a superior interdisciplinary
essay, review of research or analytical
article published in American Scientist
Monie A. Ferst Award.
$5,000 award and a medal
Common Wealth Award for Science and
Invention: $50,000 cash prize for
outstanding achievement in the fields of
literature, science and invention,
sociology, public service and government,
dramatic arts and mass communications..
Honorary Members.
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Oct. 1
annually
Oct. 1
annually
awarded
biennially, beginning in 2007
March
1,
annually
annually
Oct. 1
annually |
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American Heart Association |
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National Scientist Development Grant Program
Description |
$77,000
award/year
to fund research broadly related to
cardiovascular disease and stroke. |
Jan. 22,
2009 |
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National Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award
Program Description |
Up
to $100,000 per year to support mid-term
investigators with unusual promise and an
established record of accomplishments
(including up to 10% indirect costs). |
Jan. 22,
2009 |
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American Cancer Society |
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ACS Research Grants for Independent
Investigators |
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Research Scholar Grants in Basic,
Preclinical, Clinical and Epidemiology
Research |
Up
to $200,000
per year (up to 4 years) to support
investigator-initiated research projects in
basic, preclinical, clinical and
epidemiologic research (plus 20% allowable
indirect costs). |
Oct. 15, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control:
Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
|
Up
to $200,000
per year (up to 4 years) to
support
investigator-initiated research projects in
psychosocial, behavioral, and cancer control
research. |
Oct. 15, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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Research
Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Health
Services and Health Policy Research
|
Up
to $200,000
per year (up to 4 years) to support
investigator-initiated research projects in
health services and health policy outcomes
research (plus 20% allowable indirect
costs). |
Oct. 15, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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Institutional Research Grants |
$90,000 per year
for three years. Seed money for the
initiation of projects by promising junior
investigators. |
April 1, 2009 |
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ACS Mentored
Training and Career Development Grants |
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Postdoctoral Fellowships |
Up to $44,000
for doctoral researchers to qualify for an
independent career in cancer research. |
Oct. 15, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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Mentored Research Scholar Grant in Applied
and Clinical Research |
Up
to $135,000
grants per year (5 years) for full-time
faculty to support mentored research with
the goal of becoming independent
investigators in clinical, cancer control
and prevention, epidemiologic, psychosocial,
behavioral, health services and health
policy research. |
Oct. 15, 2008
April 1, 2009 |
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Doctoral Training Grants in Oncology Social
Work |
$20,000 annual
grants for 2 years to support the training
of graduate students in doctoral programs
focused on research related to the
psychosocial needs of persons with cancer
and their families. |
Oct. 15, 2008 |
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Master's Training Grants in Clinical
Oncology Social Work |
$12,000 awards
to institutions to support the training of
second year master's students to
provide psychosocial services to persons
with cancer and their families. |
Oct. 15, 2008 |
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ACS Professorships |
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Research Professorships |
$80,000 annual
awards for 5 years to mid-career
investigators who have made seminal
contributions that have changed the
direction of cancer research (involving
leadership research). |
April 1, 2009 |
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Clinical Research Professorships |
$80,000 annual
awards for 5 years to mid-career
investigators who have made seminal
contributions that have changed the
direction of clinical, psychosocial,
behavioral, health policy or epidemiologic
cancer research. |
Oct. 15, 2008 |
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ACS International
Programs |
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International Fellowships for Beginning
Investigators (ACSBI) |
$45,000 awards
for travel and stipend support for assistant
professorships or similar positions. Must
have at least two years of postdoctoral
experience with an objective to foster a
bi-directional flow of knowledge,
experience, expertise, and innovation
between countries. |
Dec. 1, 2008 |
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National Science Foundation |
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Graduate Research Fellowship Program |
$40,500 awards
for a year of support for graduate students
who are leading to research-based master’s
or doctoral degrees |
Nov 3- 12, 2008
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East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for
U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) |
Provides U.S. graduate students in science
and engineering: 1) first-hand research
experiences in Australia, China, Japan,
Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2)
an introduction to the science, science
policy, and scientific infrastructure of the
respective location; and 3) an orientation
to the society, culture and language. |
Dec. 9, 2008 |
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The Elsevier Foundation New Scholars Program |
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The Elsevier Foundation New Scholars Program |
$5,000 to
$50,000 grants for first five years post
doctoral candidates to address the
fundamental challenge of balancing children
and family responsibility with demanding
academic careers in science, health and
technology. |
Sept. 15, 2008 |
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ELSA U. PARDEE FOUNDATION |
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ELSA U. PARDEE grants |
Grants for projects
related to developing new treatments or
cures for cancer. Proposals for one year
projects geared toward new cancer
researchers or innovative approaches to
cancer research are encouraged. (Overhead
limited to 25%). |
Ongoing deadline |
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RESEARCH CORPORATION |
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Cottrell College Science Awards
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2 years awards within
25,000$ to 45,000$ (details inside) for
first 3 years tenure faculties (no doctoral
degree) support of
significant researches along with their
students in the fields of
astronomy, chemistry, or physics |
Nov. 15, 2008 |
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Cotrrell Scholar Awards |
Awards are
for beginning faculty members who wish to
excel at both research and teaching in
astronomy, chemistry, or physics |
Sept. 2, 2008 |
