News for Grant Seekers

The Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation has issued its annual request for applications for the Whiting Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded to faculty with the aim to stimulate and broaden the awardees minds so as to improve and enhance the quality of their instruction. Grants are primarily for travel and… Continue reading »

Experience the Fall 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference virtually! The plenary sessions for the upcoming conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 8-9, 2018 will be webcast live to the research community. View the plenary sessions to gain key insights into a wide range of current issues at… Continue reading »

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)—a cooperative, non-profit organization of eighty-six American colleges and universities that supports the advancement of knowledge and understanding of India, its people, and culture—is now welcoming applications for its 2019-2020 fellowship program.  The deadline for submission is July 1, 2018. Applications to conduct research… Continue reading »

Interested in improving your proposal-writing skills? The Council on Undergraduate Research will be holding its annual Proposal Writing Institute July 12-16, 2018 at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA. The deadline for applications in May 15, 2018. The four-day event will consist of periods of proposal preparation interspersed with one-on-one mentoring… Continue reading »

The NSF’s Division of Mathematical Sciences has changed the dates for submission of proposals to six of its programs. Principal Investigators may want to pay particular attention to those programs whose due dates are now earlier than in previous years: Combinatorics: The new target date is the fourth Tuesday in… Continue reading »

As a member institution of the Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC), Williams is invited to participate in the Collaborative Faculty Workshops Program.  This program provides funds for colleagues from 24 liberal arts colleges* to gather and work together on a subject of mutual interest.  Awards up to $20,000 are possible. Continue reading »

Registration is now open for the Spring 2018 National Science Foundation Grants Conference. The conference will be held June 4-5, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. The registration fee is $405. The NSF anticipates that the spring conference will reach capacity very quickly,… Continue reading »

The 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition is now open. Per the Fulbright Scholar program website: “The Core Fulbright Scholar Program offers nearly 500 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists,… Continue reading »

In a press release published March 5, 2018, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has announced the creation of the Course Hero-Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. Created by the online learning library Course Hero and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, this new fellowship program will support… Continue reading »

In a press release published February 21, 2018, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced that it has increased the monthly stipend awarded through its fellowships program to $5,000 a month, for a maximum stipend award of $60,000 for a twelve-month fellowship project.  The increased stipend also applies to NEH-Mellon Fellowships… Continue reading »

December 15, 2017 All Williams faculty  now have access to a new folder, NSF Resources, located in the Faculty Grant Proposal Library in GLOW. Here you will find presentations and information from the November 2017 NSF Grants Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Within this… Continue reading »

December 8, 2017 The National Science Foundation has announced the release of its new Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG). The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 29, 2018. Significant changes include: The addition of a new eligibility subcategory on international branch campuses of… Continue reading »

December 8, 2017 The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the creation of an Archives Research Travel Fund, a new opportunity for researchers and scholars interested in visiting the Rauschenberg Foundation and its Archives in New York City.  The Fund will provide partial support for incurred costs related to travel expenses… Continue reading »

December 8, 2017 The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society invites applications for its 2018–19 cohort of postdoctoral and senior fellows. The deadline for application submissions is January 31, 2018. The RCC’s fellowship program is designed to bring together excellent scholars who are working in environmental history and… Continue reading »

Released:  November 27, 2017. Registration is now open for the 2018 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration to be held in Washington, D.C., May 2-4.  Register today through December 15, 2017 for discounted rates. Topics will include: Fundamentals of the NIH, compliance, peer review, grant writing for success,… Continue reading »

Released: October 13, 2017. The Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation is accepting applications for 2018-19 travel fellowships.  This opportunity is for teachers (primarily at the college or university level) to improve and enhance the quality of their instruction, and to do so in a location other than that which they… Continue reading »