Summer Stipend grants

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Summer Stipends support full-time continuous work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars. Organizations are not eligible to apply. NEH encourages submission of Summer Stipends applications from faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The Summer Stipends program welcomes projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans' understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions. American projects might explore the great variety of cultural influences on, and myriad subcultures within, American society. These projects might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html

School In-Service Training

Deadline: May 6, 2011

Source: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

• School In-Service Training Grants for Grades 9–12 Teachers

The NCTM will provide $4,000 for high school teachers (9-12) to receive in-service training. Costs may include honoraria and expenses for consultants, materials, substitute time, and conference or workshop registrations. Entries will be judged on need, mathematics content, scope of the plan, number of teachers and students affected, distribution of costs, urban-rural isolation, and multi-ethnic student body. Only schools with at least 1 current NCTM individual member are eligible to apply.

Nickelodeon Big Help grants

[from Philanthropy News Digest] Sponsored by Nickelodeon and the NEA Foundation, NEA Foundation-Nickelodeon Big Help Grants are available in the form of Student Achievement grants of up to $5,000 forK-8 public school educators in the United States.

The Big Help Grants program is dedicated to the development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches to addressing four key concerns: environmental awareness, health and wellness, students' right to a quality public education, and active community involvement. The grants target these four concerns as areas of great promise in helping 21st century students develop a sense of global awareness that encourages and enables them to make a difference in their world.

The application process is the same as for the NEA Foundation's Student Achievement grants. Applicants should specify that their request is for the Big Help Grants program in their application.

Visit the NEA Foundation Web site for complete program information.

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Link to Complete RFP

Lumina Foundation announces grants

[from Philanthropy News Digest]

The Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation for Education has announced grants totaling $15.4 million to eleven organizations in eight states and the District of Columbia working to enhance student preparation, success, and productivity in higher education.

First-quarter recipients include the San Francisco-based Tides Center, which was awarded two grants totaling $8.15 million to assist Lumina with its multistate, multiyear productivity initiative. Other grants included $1 million to the D.C.-based Aspen Institute to create the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence; $425,000 to the Chicago-based Higher Learning Commission to explore the applicability and usefulness of the Degree Qualifications Profile through the Open Pathways accreditation affirmation process; and $200,000 to Complete College America in Zionsville, Indiana, to assist state consortia in the development of strong Community College and Career Training Grant (C3TG) applications. In addition, the foundation awarded $200,000 in strategic planning support to the United Negro College Fund in Fairfax, Virginia.

"The key to our nation's long-term economic success is a twenty-first century labor force, one with adaptable workers who possess the kinds of high-level skills and relevant knowledge that can only be offered in well-designed and rigorous postsecondary programs," said Lumina Foundation president and CEO Jamie Merisotis. "That's why the Big Goal — that by the year 2025, 60 percent of working-age Americans will hold high-quality college degrees or credentials — is all about ensuring that many more students enroll in and complete such programs, which is the focus of the deserving organizations that Lumina granted dollars to in the first quarter."

“Lumina Foundation Announces 2011 First-Quarter Grants.” Lumina Foundation for Education Press Release 4/18/11.

Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

Description

The long-range goal of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Workforce program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. The Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) activity is a part of the Workforce program. RTG supports education through research involvement in groups centered on a common research interest that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.

Link to Full Announcement

NSF Publication 11-540

Mentoring Through Critical Transition Points in the Mathematical Sciences

Description

The long-range goal of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Workforce program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. The Mentoring Through Critical Transition Points in the Mathematical Sciences (MCTP) activity is part of the Workforce Program. MCTP supports education through research involvement of cohorts of trainees at specific stages of professional development that have been identified as crucial to career success.

Link to Full Announcement

NSF Publication 11-542

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Description

The purpose of the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) is to support future leaders in the mathematical sciences by facilitating their participation in postdoctoral research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development. There are two options for awardees: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. Awards will support research in areas of the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines.

Link to Full Announcement

NSF Publication 11-541