Food & Agriculture

**NEW** Famae — Food For Good Challenge

The company Famae seeks innovative and concrete solutions from field to fork to deliver fair, sustainable & healthy food worldwide to everyone. Solutions should be pragmatic, efficient, durable, and money-saving to make life easier for urban citizens while reducing their environmental footprint. Individuals, teams, businesses, government entities, universities and organizations are eligible to apply. 

Award Size: Up to $2.2M
Deadline: February 14, 2020



**NEW** USAID: The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH)

Through this Addendum to the Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS) No. APS-OAA-16-000001 (the GDA APS), the Office of Forestry and Biodiversity in USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (USAID/E3/FAB) is seeking transformational solutions to cross-sectoral development challenges in biodiverse landscapes. The Health, Ecosystems and Agriculture for Resilient, Thriving Societies (HEARTH) Addendum aims to provide USAID Missions and the private sector a flexible opportunity to partner in the co-creation and delivery of high impact activities that conserve biodiverse ecosystems and improve the well-being and prosperity of communities that depend on them. 

Depending on local needs, sectors that may comprise HEARTH concepts include: biodiversity conservation, health, food security (agriculture and nutrition), governance, economic development and livelihoods, water supply and sanitation, education, modern energy solutions, forest management and restoration, and climate resilience. Concepts should integrate activities and outcomes in sectors prioritized by the USAID Mission(s) in the country or countries where activities are proposed to be implemented. Concepts should be complemented by strategic private-sector investments that fill gaps in funding or action in these same sectors or other sectors to meet both development priorities and business goals.

Concept papers should be based on a robust and logical theory of change that:

1. integrates and monitors development efforts to meet individual sector goals;
2. demonstrates close collaboration with the private sector to efficiently leverage USAID and partner resources and expertise to facilitate sustainable prosperity for communities living with or benefiting from biodiversity;
3. demonstrates positive synergistic effects and/or co-benefits from cross-sectoral programming; and
4. recognizes that recipient communities will actively participate in the design and implementation of the intervention. 

Award Size: $1M up to $10M
Deadline for concept papers: June 15, 2020

USAID: Mali GFSS Implementation

Through this NFO, USAID/Mali aims to support a suite of collaborative activities that support the Mali Country Plan of the GFSS, which is also referred to as “Feed the Future” or “FTF” in this document. The resulting awards are intended to focus on only one activity each. However it is USAID’s expectation that the different awards will be mutually reinforcing in nature within the geographic zone of influence.

The Mali GFSS Country Plan includes three principal objectives: (i) inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led growth; (ii) increased resilience of people and communities to economic, health and climate shocks; and (iii) improved nutrition and WASH status, especially of women, adolescent girls and children. With this NFO, USAID expects to award cooperative agreements that will support and achieve all three Mali GFSS objectives.

Subject to the availability of funds, USAID Mali anticipates awarding multiple assistance awards to implement two key components of the GFSS1:

• Market Systems: Improved Delivery of Quality Products and Services;
• Agricultural Production: Sustainable Intensification of Target Value Chains

Award Size: Up to $19.95M
Concept papers are due: December 19, 2019

 CFH: Support for Programs in Developing World

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and improve health in the developing world. The foundation helps build capacity within developing countries in its three areas of interest with grants that support research or projects that solve specific problems. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. The foundation supports low- and lower-middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It prefers to support organizations located in low- and middle-income countries or organizations located in upper-income countries whose activities are of direct benefit low- and middle-income countries.  The foundation does not support the states of the former Soviet Union or former Eastern Bloc countries.

The foundation supports projects that demonstrate strong local leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem in the field. It prefers to support projects addressing under-funded issues and geographic areas.The foundation supports special projects and programs of non-governmental organizations in the following three areas: 

Conservation grants help improve ecological and environmental conditions in low- and middle-income countries.  The foundation supports field research and related research activities, training, and technical assistance efforts that:

• help conserve ecosystems and protect biodiversity
• train local leaders in conservation and protection of resources, with an emphasis on technical and scientific training

Food grants help research-based efforts to improve food and nutrition security and improve natural resources and ecosystems.  Areas of interest include projects that:

• promote or develop specific sustainable agriculture practices with potential to advance science and practice in other countries;
• test and refine innovative education and training interventions for small scale farmers; and
• advance new approaches to control pests and diseases affecting important food crops in low-income countries.

Public health programs that focus on populations rather than individuals are also funded by the foundation. It funds programs that emphasize disease prevention and health promotion over those that emphasize disease diagnosis, treatment, and care.  It supports research, technical assistance, and training projects that:

• improve public health through community-based efforts that address health promotion, disease prevention, family planning, and reproductive health; and
• increase the understanding and treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Award Size: Up to $30,000
Deadline: January 1, 2020


 

Gov.UK: Agri-tech catalyst round 9: agriculture and food systems innovation, early stage

Up to £5 million of funding is available from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). This is for projects working on agri-tech and food chain innovations with partners in eligible African countries. This competition is for early-stage feasibility studies.

The aim of this competition is to increase the pace of innovation in the development of agricultural and food systems in Africa. Your project must result in more use of innovations by farmers and food systems organizations such as manufacturers, processors, retailers, distributors, and wholesalers.

All projects must:

• include a UK registered administrative lead
• include a technical lead from any country
• include at least one business (UK or African)
• be collaborative
• include a partner from an eligible African country
• implement significant activity in the eligible African country

Award Size: $125,000 up to $644,000
Deadline: January 8, 2020


 

The purpose of the BARD workshop is to identify research needs in areas of new development, to define directions and opportunities regarding contemporary agricultural needs and provide the information needed to address policy issues. The workshop is intended to promote increased contact between BARD scientists and other scientists throughout the world who work in academic and industrial communities in areas related to the binational agricultural interests of BARD.

Scientists affiliated with public or private non-profit research institutions in the United States and Israel are eligible to apply. BARD workshops are a cooperative effort of scientists from both the United States and Israel. The proposal is to be submitted jointly, by at least one scientist from each country.

USAID: Global Feed the Future Agricultural Biotechnology Program

The purpose of this Addendum is to allow USAID/BFS/ARP to develop and implement a global program of agricultural biotechnology activities consistent with the purpose and objectives described in the overarching Agricultural Biotechnology APS, as well as the geographic and technical scope indicated in this Addendum.

To accomplish this, the Addendum establishes a co-creation process whereby USAID seeks extensive communication with prospective partners in order to jointly explore and define key challenges and problems, identify new and existing solutions, build consensus around areas for action, and/or refine plans to move forward with programs, projects, and activities pertaining to agricultural biotechnology. 

Activities developed under this Addendum (#1) will conform to the Purpose, Theory of Change and Program Objectives described in the overarching Agricultural Biotechnology APS.

Please contact Dr. Karim Maredia if you are interested in this opportunity.

Award Size: Up to $20M
Concept notes are due: January 17, 2020


 

Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity: Sustainable Food Challenge

The rapid pace of urbanization has dramatically shifted how we approach food systems globally. In 1900, only two percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas. Today, it is over half of the global population, and over the next 30 years, that proportion is expected to increase to about two thirds. While cities offer great potential for economic, cultural, and societal development, cities in particular face a host of challenges in sustainably feeding their communities, including lengthy supply chains, inadequate infrastructure, and waste management systems, and fewer opportunities for households to produce their own food.

By 2050, global food systems will need to sustainably and nutritiously feed nearly 10 billion people, and 80 percent of the world’s food will be consumed within urban areas. The challenge to ensure that everyone in the world can feed themselves has become intertwined with concerns around which foods we are consuming, where we are eating them, and how they are grown, processed, and delivered. Further, as food systems contribute to the increasing incidences of non-communicable and food-borne diseases and represent one of the world’s largest employers and primary drivers of climate change, these issues have far-reaching consequences on people’s nutrition and health, the potential to create viable jobs and livelihoods, and the future sustainability of our planet.

With food systems evolving in response to the rapid changes in our population, cities are positioned to significantly influence how and what we eat. The Global Maker Challenge on Sustainable and Healthy Food for All aims to find and support innovative solutions that will promote urban access to healthy and sustainable food for all. To do so, the Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications from innovators and makers around the world that will:

• Provide equitable and affordable access to healthy, low carbon food in cities
• Create more efficient supply chains and reduce food loss and waste
• Reduce hunger, malnutrition, and food-related illnesses in urban areas

• New technologies;
• New ways of delivering or financing goods and services;
• More cost-effective adaptations to existing solutions;
• New ways of increasing uptake of existing proven solutions;
• Policy changes, shifts, or nudges based on insights from behavioral economics;
• Social or behavioral innovations

Environment, Energy, & Water

Health & Nutrition

CFH: Support for Programs in Developing World

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (CFH) seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and improve health in the developing world. The foundation helps build capacity within developing countries in its three areas of interest with grants that support research or projects that solve specific problems. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. The foundation supports low- and lower-middle-income countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It prefers to support organizations located in low- and middle-income countries or organizations located in upper-income countries whose activities are of direct benefit low- and middle-income countries.  The foundation does not support the states of the former Soviet Union or former Eastern Bloc countries.

The foundation supports projects that demonstrate strong local leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem in the field. It prefers to support projects addressing under-funded issues and geographic areas. The foundation supports special projects and programs of non-governmental organizations in the following three areas: 

Conservation grants help improve ecological and environmental conditions in low- and middle-income countries.  The foundation supports field research and related research activities, training, and technical assistance efforts that:

• help conserve ecosystems and protect biodiversity
• train local leaders in conservation and protection of resources, with an emphasis on technical and scientific training

Food grants help research-based efforts to improve food and nutrition security and improve natural resources and ecosystems.  Areas of interest include projects that:

• promote or develop specific sustainable agriculture practices with potential to advance science and practice in other countries;
• test and refine innovative education and training interventions for small scale farmers; and
• advance new approaches to control pests and diseases affecting important food crops in low-income countries.

Public health programs that focus on populations rather than individuals are also funded by the foundation. It funds programs that emphasize disease prevention and health promotion over those that emphasize disease diagnosis, treatment, and care.  It supports research, technical assistance, and training projects that:

• improve public health through community-based efforts that address health promotion, disease prevention, family planning, and reproductive health; and
• increase the understanding and treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Award Size: Up to $30,000
Deadline: January 1, 2020

HHS: U.S. and Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) HIV-Associated Malignancy Research Centers (U54 Clinical Trials Optional)

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research on HIV-associated cancers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through collaborative networks between investigators in United States (U.S.) and investigators in LMICs. The FOA solicits applications for Specialized Center Cooperative Agreements (U54) for research on HIV-associated cancers from research institutions in the U.S. and LMICs. Each application is required to propose between one to three research projects that address questions in one theme that are relevant to the LMICs and the U.S.

The proposed projects may range, as appropriate, from basic research to translational efforts as well as population and implementation studies; mechanistic clinical studies that meet NIH's definition of a clinical trial will be allowed. In addition, the proposed networks must include two mandatory cores; an Administrative Core and a Developmental Core. Additional cores such as Shared Resource cores may be included as appropriate for the needs of the projects.

Award Size: $800,000
Deadline: January 10, 2020


 

HHS: Achieving and Maintaining Epidemic Control through Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Services in the Kinshasa Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

The goal of this NOFO is to increase population access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in order to decrease HIV/AIDS-associated morbidity and mortality and contribute to successful epidemic control in the Kinshasa Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with potential for expansion based on future geographic prioritization.

Activities include the continued expansion of existing prevention interventions, including:

• Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and HIV prevention among key populations (KP);
• Care and treatment (C&T), including TB/HIV and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services;
• HIV laboratory and related diagnostic services; and
• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and quality improvement (QI) activities.

Activities will also involve the improvement of family-centered and community-based HIV services, as well as orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) services. This NOFO will contribute to closing the gap for the Ministry of Health (MOH) HIV/AIDS key priorities. Other outcomes include improved data use for decision-making and policy development. The program activities will result in achieving and maintaining HIV epidemic control in DRC.

Award Size: Up to $5M
Deadline: January 17, 2020



 

MMAAP: Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation 2020 Research Project Award in Dermatology

The Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership (MMAAP) Foundation invites the submission of applications for its Research Project Award in Dermatology in the amount of $60,000. The aim of the foundation is to build enduring partnerships between the US and China as well as greater Asia through funding a research project which will have immediate impact on improving skin health in China. The award will provide $50,000 to the Chinese home institution where the research is to be conducted, and $10,000 to the US partner institution. No indirect costs will be allowed. An applicant cannot use the same proposal to apply for both fellowship and research project awards.  Funds may be used for support of a new or ongoing clinical research project with demonstrated potential for immediate impact on improving dermatology in China.

Applicants should come from a major Chinese medical institution with demonstrated excellence in dermatology and include a prominent US institution as a partner. Note: The applicant should contact the US partner institution to determine if the partner laboratory receives funding from NIH and, if so, whether there are established policies to address the relationship between NIH-funded research and the proposed research in the application. The successful application should include a stated goal of establishing a partnership between the US and Chinese institutions to facilitate a long-term relationship and a feasible plan for continuing collaboration. The applicant must serve as the principal investigator (PI) of the proposed project. The US partner will serve as the co-PI. Both Chinese and US leaders must have demonstrated productivity as clinical investigators.

Award Size: $10,000 (US institution); $50,000 (Chinese institution)
Deadline: February 3, 2020



USAID: American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program Worldwide (ASHA)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for cooperative agreements and grants from qualified entities to implement the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program. ASHA contributes to United States foreign policy interests by funding institutions that foster a positive image of the United States around the world. ASHA’s mandate, which is distinct from other development programs within USAID, is to focus on public diplomacy and fostering American values, ideas and practices. ASHA’s program is a critical component of the U.S. Government’s public diplomacy efforts, which aim to further U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between the people and Government of the United States and citizens of the rest of the world.

ASHA provides assistance to overseas schools, libraries, hospital centers, and centers of excellence to highlight American ideas and practices, to provide concrete illustrations of the generosity of the American people, to further U.S. Government public diplomacy, and to catalyze collaboration between U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries. For purposes of this RFA, the Middle East includes the following countries and territories: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank & Gaza, Israel and Yemen.

Award Size: Up to $2M
Deadline: February 29, 2020



Wellcome Trust International Exchange Programmes in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics, 2020-21

You can apply for this award if you want to run an international exchange programme specialising in health-related humanities, social sciences or bioethics. The exchange programme you propose must: 1) help programme participants to transform their careers by experiencing academic life abroad; and 2) enable you and the other programme leaders to shape the direction of your future work through global partnerships.

Your programme must have one leader based at an eligible UK organisation who is the lead applicant. There must be at least one other programme leader (coapplicant) based at an eligible organisation anywhere in the world outside the UK. You can also have further partner organisations located in the same country or different countries (one of which could be in the UK).

Each applicant must have a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, or the guarantee of one. Your salary must be paid by your host organisation. If you, or any coapplicants, hold a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract but have to get your salary from external grant funding, you can ask us for this in your application. If this applies to you, or any coapplicants on your grant, you must commit at least 10% of your working hours to the programme. Programme leaders can be at different career stages. The lead applicant does not need to be the most experienced member of the group.

Award Size: Up to $1.9M
Deadline: March 3, 2020


 

HHS: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)

The purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-income," "lower-middle-income," and "upper-middle-income" countries) leading to an independently-funded research career focused on global health.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from postdoctoral research scientists and junior faculty from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of the LMIC under the mentorship of LMIC and U.S. mentors.        

Award Size: Up to $75,000 (salary); Up to $30,000 (research support)
Deadline: March 6, 2020



HHS: International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that foster a better understanding of the ethics of international biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. This initiative will strengthen research ethics capacity in LMICs through increasing the number of LMIC research intensive institutions that can provide advanced education in research ethics. Programs supported by this initiative will equip scientists, health professionals and academics in these countries with in-depth knowledge of the ethical principles, processes and policies related to international clinical and public health research. Programs will also strengthen the critical competencies needed to provide research ethics education, ethical review leadership and expert consultation to researchers, their institutions, governments and international research organizations.

To accomplish this over-arching goal, this FOA will support LMIC, U.S. and other high income country (HIC) bioethics experts to collaborate in the development of innovative, comprehensive, masters level, socio-culturally relevant ethics education programs at research intensive institutions in LMICs which must include all of the following integrated components:

• Curriculum Development of a series of master's level cohesive, didactic fundamental ethics courses covering the ethical principles and theories relevant to international research ethics; socio-culturally relevant LMIC based research ethics case studies; the concepts of informed consent, risk and benefits, vulnerability, and privacy and confidentiality; international ethical issues in research; and responsible conduct of research.
   
• Courses for Skills Development for participants to develop the necessary competencies to provide leadership in bioethics teaching, ethical review of research, research ethics consultation, scholarship and empirical research, in areas such as mediation, negotiation and communication; adult pedagogy; research design and statistics; case study, manuscript and grant writing; ethics literature, regulation and policy analysis, and English as a second language, if needed. Opportunities for practicum experiences such as participation in ethical review committees, development of research ethics education/training courses for researchers and ethical review committee members, analysis of ethical review guidelines or processes, and research on ethical practices in biomedical or behavioral research in the participants' countries must be included.
    
• Mentoring Activities to support participants to develop and sustain research ethics activities at their home institutions. Innovative approaches for continuing research ethics education and networking for graduates of the program that will enhance their development as research ethics leaders are encouraged.

Applications may be submitted by U.S., HIC or LMIC research intensive institutions, however, all applications from U.S. or other HIC institutions must include a collaborating institution from a LMIC. The sponsoring institution must assure support for the proposed program. Appropriate institutional commitment to the program includes the provision of adequate staff, facilities, and educational resources that can contribute to the planned program.

Award Size: Up to $230,000 per year for up to five years
Letters of intent are due: May 4, 2020
 

HHS: International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43 Clinical Trial Optional)

The overall goal of this initiative is to support the development of a sustainable critical mass of bioethics scholars in low and middle-income country (LMIC) research intensive institutions with the capabilities to conduct original empirical or conceptual ethics research that addresses challenging issues in health research and research policy in these countries as well as provide research ethics leadership to their institutions, governments and international research organizations. FIC will support LMIC-U.S. collaborative institutional bioethics doctoral and postdoctoral research training programs that incorporate didactic, mentored research and training components to prepare multiple individuals with ethics expertise for positions of scholarship and leadership in health research institutions in the LMIC.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) allows support of trainees as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial; or a separate ancillary study to an existing trial; or to gain research experience in a clinical trial led by another investigator, as part of their research and career development.   

Award Size: Up to $230,000 per year
Letters of intent are due: May 4, 2020



HHS: Infrastructure Development Training Programs for Critical HIV Research at Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)

The overall goal of the Fogarty HIV Research Training Program (HIVRT) is to strengthen the scientific capacity of institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to conduct HIV research on the evolving HIV epidemic in their countries.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages collaborative applications from U.S. and LMIC institutions to develop training programs to achieve technical, administrative and financial management expertise required for one of several research infrastructure support functions considered critical to a successful high-quality research environment. These are: a) research administration and management, b) research integrity oversight, c) ethical review of research for the protection of human subjects, d) laboratory animal welfare oversight, e) health sciences library and information services, f) information and communications technology systems (ICT) for research, g) biostatistics and data analysis, h) technology transfer and intellectual property protection, and i) any area not mentioned above that justifiably will contribute to enhancing Institutional services that can support research activities.

Research infrastructure support training programs will maximize previous investments, further strengthen the LMIC institution's research capabilities, and provide more accessible research infrastructure training opportunities to others in their own country and in other LMICs.

Award Size: $94,000 per year
Letters of intent are due: July 20, 2020


 

• New technologies;
• New ways of delivering or financing goods and services;
• More cost-effective adaptations to existing solutions;
• New ways of increasing uptake of existing proven solutions;
• Policy changes, shifts, or nudges based on insights from behavioral economics;
• Social or behavioral innovations.

AMGEN: US Healthcare Donations

• The support of science, technology, medicine, healthcare or education; or
• Education of the public on disease states, medical conditions, science or technology; or
• In furtherance of other genuine philanthropic and charitable purposes that are consistent with Amgen's scientific and disease-state interests.

• Endowed Professorships
• Fellowships
• Patient Education
• Awards/Scholarships
• Non-Accredited Medical or Scientific Meetings/Conferences

Education & Engagement

**NEW** DoS: Small Grants Program: U.S. Embassy (Copenhagen)

Through the Public Affairs small grants program, the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen provides partial support for artistic and cultural performances, educational initiatives and non-governmental organization (NGO) projects whose aim is to promote and deepen the understanding and appreciation of American foreign policy and culture.

The Embassy elicits proposals with outstanding merit that support the U.S. Government’s broad goals of fostering mutual cooperation. In deciding which projects to support, the Embassy will give consideration to the full range and diversity of Danish organizations – cultural, NGO and educational – and will seek to target geographically and demographically diverse audiences in Denmark.  

Applications should focus on one or more of the Embassy’s priority themes and initiatives (see below):

• Cultural programing (music, dance, film, theatre, photography, etc.)
• Democracy, Good Governance, and Rule of law
• Educational initiatives (English language and American studies)
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Environment, Science and Technology, and Health
• Energy Security
• Gender or LGBT Equality
• Human Rights, Minority Integration and Strengthening of Civil Society
• Countering Disinformation and Encouraging Media Literacy
• Countering Violent Extremism

Award Size: Up to 25,000
Deadline: January 31, 2020



**NEW** JRF: The Jacobs Research Funds

The Jacobs Research Funds (JRF) funds research on aboriginal peoples of the Americas and supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest (the Pacific Coast from Northern California to Alaska and the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho). The JRF does not support research on non-aboriginal peoples, nor on peoples outside the Americas. 

Projects that produce new data are the highest priority, including proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise become lost or inaccessible. Projects that only process, analyze, present, or publish previously gathered data, whether in an archive or personal collection, are of lower priority.  

Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and world view) or anthropology (including social-cultural anthropology, social organization, political organization, and folk taxonomy). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other arts are also eligible. 

• Individual Grants support research projects administered by a single investigator on a focused problem. 
• Group Grants support work by two or more researchers who will be cooperating on the same or similar projects. The researchers should be sharing field expenses working with the same language, with the same speakers, and/or in the same geographical area. One person in the group should be designated as the Principal Investigator. The PI will serve as the contact person for the Jacobs Research Funds and will be responsible for the use of funds, filing reports, and archiving materials. Normally, the PI will be the most senior scholar in the group, such as a faculty member or advanced graduate student. Projects involving collaboration between academics and non-academics are encouraged.  
• The Kinkade Grants honor the memory of the late Dale Kinkade, a linguist known for his work on Salishan languages. Kinkade Grants support projects requiring an intense period of fieldwork, such as research leading to a major work such as a dictionary, collection of texts, etc. They are intended for experienced researchers, such as Ph.D. students working on dissertations, faculty with sabbatical or other period of course release, or retired professors seeking to complete major research. 

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program focused on strengthening existing ties and fostering new collaboration between U.S. and African universities. Project activities must take place in South Africa and the United States, and be directed at South African audiences/participants.

Program Objectives: The goal of the University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) is to strengthen existing ties and foster new collaboration between U.S. and South African universities. Focus areas include promoting faculty and student exchanges, facilitating joint research, building administrative capacity, and creating public-private partnerships. Program proposals should address how relationships between institutions will be sustained after U.S. government funded efforts are concluded.

Specific Program Objectives:

• Promote U.S.-South Africa faculty and student exchanges, particularly the development of dual degree programs that have South Africans complete their studies in their home country and address South Africa’s shortage of qualified academic staff. 
• Facilitate joint research, especially in agriculture, food security, and STEM.
• Provide training and transfer skills in all aspects of university administration through subject-matter exchange programs.
• Explore public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation. 

Participants and Audiences: The intended audience is community college and university students, university administrators, corporations, the NGO sector, and USG alumni. Proposals that address linkages between South African technical universities and their American counterparts are strongly encouraged. Programs that create or grow linkages between academia and commerce are also encouraged.  

The U.S. Embassy Lebanon Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.  

Purpose of Grants: PAS Lebanon invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the United States and Lebanon through cultural and exchange programming that highlights engaging youth and empowering women. All programs must include an American cultural element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/sin a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.

Priority Program Areas: The U.S. Embassy Beirut seeks proposals that address the following priority program areas:

• Enhance the role of women in society through programs focused on civic participation (such as social entrepreneurship, volunteerism, and community engagement); economic empowerment; and increased access to education
• Foster youth empowerment through various programs [examples of which include but are not limited to: science, technology, engineering, architecture, and math (STEAM); entrepreneurship; and inclusive citizenship]
• Develop media literacy and promote freedom of speech

Participants and Audiences: U.S. Embassy Beirut puts special emphasis on programs that are able to engage individuals outside of the capital.  For youth-focused proposals, audiences are generally between the ages of 14 and 30.  Women audiences have no specific age range, and may include youth or community members.  Priority will be given to proposals that target a large number of beneficiaries.

Examples of PAS Grants Program opportunities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars, and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; and
• Professional and academic exchanges and programs.

DoS: U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires PAS Annual Program Statement

The U.S. Embassy Argentina Public Affairs Section (PAS) announces the availability of funding through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program.  This Annual Program Statement outlines funding priorities, strategic themes, and procedures for submitting requests for funding.  PAS will accept applications on a rolling basis until December 31, 2019. The Grants Program supports projects proposed by U.S. and Argentine academic, cultural, educational, and other non-profit organizations and/or individuals that fulfill U.S. Embassy goals and objectives: to promote economic prosperity and security through academic and cultural initiatives seeking to increase understanding between U.S. and Argentine people and institutions.

The Grants Program assists organizations in carrying out programs, providing new opportunities for citizen engagement, sharing best practices, and promoting and advancing issues of public importance, focused on the following topics:

• Entrepreneurship;
• English language teaching and learning; (priority: training secondary school teachers of underserved populations and English language teaching in institutions of higher education);
• Democracy;
• Transparency and the Rule of Law;
• Cultural, artistic, and athletic activities (priority: those aimed at improving social inclusion);
• Science and technology cooperation;

• U.S. experts conducting speaking tours/public talks or roundtable discussions with counterparts in Argentina;
• Joint U.S.-Argentina conferences or meetings that produce concrete advances or other results;
• Projects showcasing U.S. models or curricula;
• Development of initiatives aimed at maintaining contact with alumni of our prior exchange programs;
• Creative projects that advance one or more of the priority areas.

Award Size: $10,000 up to $100,000
Deadline: December 31, 2019

ACLS Digital Extension Grants

ACLS invites applications for ACLS Digital Extension Grants, which are made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. It is hoped that these grants will help advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research projects.

This program aims to extend the opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of humanistic inquiry to a greater number of humanities scholars. ACLS Digital Extension Grants support projects that have advanced beyond the start-up phase of development as they pursue one or more of the following activities:

• Developing new systems of making established digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions
• Extending established digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach
• Fostering new team-based collaborations between scholars at all career stages. Projects that convene, train, and empower communities of humanities faculty and/or graduate students around established digital research projects, as well as projects that allow scholars from institutions with a limited digital infrastructure to exploit digital resources or to participate in existing labs or working groups, are especially welcome
• Creating new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged.

Award Size: Up to $150,000
Deadline: January 8, 2020, 9:00 PM EST

NEH: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities is accepting applications for the Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program.  Digital Humanities Advancement Grants (DHAG) support digital projects at different stages throughout their lifecycles, from early start-up phases through implementation and sustainability. Experimentation, reuse, and extensibility are hallmarks of this program, leading to innovative work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. 

Through a special partnership with NEH and pending the availability of appropriated funds, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) anticipates providing additional funding to this program to encourage innovative collaborations between museum or library professionals and humanities professionals to advance preservation of, access to, use of, and engagement with digital collections and services. IMLS and NEH may jointly fund some DHAG projects that involve collaborations with museums and/or libraries.

Digital Humanities Advancement Grants may involve:

• creating or enhancing experimental, computationally-based methods, techniques, or infrastructure that contribute to the humanities;
• pursuing scholarship that examines the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society; or
• conducting evaluative studies that investigate the practices and the impact of digital scholarship on research, pedagogy, scholarly communication, and public engagement.

Award Size: $10,000 up to $375,000
Deadline: January 15, 2020


 

Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation: Grants for Environmental Education

The Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation seeks to contribute to the development, implementation, and/or field testing of environmental curricula. The objective is to empower and encourage students to become involved in solving environmental and social problems. The mission of our grant program is to support educators in developing and implementing holistic environmental curricula that integrate field activities and classroom teaching and incorporates basic ecological principles and problem-solving.

Grant Goals:

• To empower and encourage students to become involved in solving environmental and social problems;
• To promote thoughtful and appropriate analysis and understanding of the natural world;
• To train students as informed decision-makers through the emphasis and application of basic ecological principles.

Environmental curricula must:

• Show a holistic approach;
• Strive to synthesize multiple levels of learning (facts, concepts, principles);
• Include experiential integrated learning and problem solving;
• Be founded on basic scientific principles, including hypothesis testing and experimental design;
• Incorporate basic ecological principles and field environmental activities within a primary or secondary school setting;
• Present controversial issues objectively, stressing the development of individual student opinions

Award Size: $1,500
Pre-proposals due January 25, 2020

NEH: Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

The Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections (SCHC) program helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting sustainable conservation measures that mitigate deterioration, prolong the useful life of collections, and support institutional resilience: the ability to anticipate and respond to disasters resulting from natural or human activity.

Cultural institutions, including libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations, face an enormous challenge: to preserve humanities collections that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning. To ensure the preservation of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects, cultural institutions must implement measures that slow deterioration and prevent catastrophic loss from emergencies resulting from natural or human activity. They can accomplish this work most effectively through preventive conservation. Preventive conservation encompasses managing relative humidity, temperature, light, and pollutants in collection spaces; providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections; and safeguarding collections from theft, fire, floods, and other disasters.

As museums, libraries, archives, and other collecting institutions strive to be effective stewards of humanities collections, they must find ways to implement preventive conservation measures that are sustainable. This program therefore helps cultural repositories plan and implement preservation strategies that pragmatically balance effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact. Sustainable approaches to preservation can contribute to an institution’s financial health, reduce its use of fossil fuels, and benefit its green initiatives while ensuring that collections are well cared for and available for use in humanities programming, education, and research. Sustainable preventive conservation measures may also aim to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond to, recover from, and more successfully protect collections in the event of emergencies resulting from natural or human activity.

Award Size: Up to $350,000
Deadline: January 30, 2020



DoS: Fulbright Program Logistics - South Africa

The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out all logistical arrangements and related activities for South African participants in the 2020-2021 cycle of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, the Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar Program and the Hubert H. Humphrey Program. Project activities must take place in South Africa, and be directed at South African audiences/participants.

The grantee will work cooperatively with the Public Affairs Sections in Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg to manage all in-country travel and accommodation arrangements as well as flight bookings to final U.S. destinations. Facilitate travel and accommodation logistics and other related expenses of approximately 27 South African exchange program grantees selected nationally, to include, but not limited to:

• logistics related to regional interviews (typically, approximately 30% of candidates require domestic flights and/or travel allowances)
• logistics related to a 2-day pre-departure orientation to be held in Gauteng (typically, approximately 70% of candidates require domestic flights and/or road travel allowances and all candidates require accommodation)
• where required, domestic travel and accommodation arrangements for visa interviews (typically, 25% of candidates require domestic flights and/or travel allowances)
• logistics for travel to the U.S. including travel allowance, transportation from home city to domestic departure city, and hotel and meals in departure city if needed, as well as international airfares

Award Size: $50,000 up to $65,000
Deadline: January 31, 2020



Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity: Innovation for Inclusive Trade

Open trade and market access have proven to be key drivers of economic growth and poverty reduction in countries at every level of development. The ability to trade globally has fostered more openness, stability, and transparency, which in turn has enabled unprecedented economic growth worldwide and contributed to uplifting hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty. Countries that engage in international trade typically grow faster and provide more opportunities to their people than countries that do not trade openly. Further, by offering consumers access to more affordable goods and services, open trade also helps improve the livelihoods of lower-income communities.

Yet, for the millions of people living in rural areas – where extreme poverty and food insecurity are concentrated – significant barriers exist that prevent them from reaping the full benefits of open trade, including poor and unreliable access to infrastructure and public services, high costs for goods, services, and transport, lower population densities, and poor connectivity. These issues are especially prevalent in countries affected by violence and conflict, which can directly hinder the ability to trade and raise the price of basic goods and services. Further, women in these contexts are disproportionately affected by poverty and face greater risks and barriers that limit their ability to benefit from the opportunities brought by trade.

In order to fully harness the potential of trade to advance the livelihoods of the 1 billion people who still live off of $1.25 per day, innovative solutions are needed to address the constraints that limit rural communities from achieving greater economic gains. The Global Maker Challenge on Innovation for Inclusive Trade aims to find and support solutions that will enable inclusive trade in rural communities. To do so, the Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications from innovators and makers around the world that will:

• Increase competitiveness and give comparative advantages to communities traditionally left out of trade opportunities
• Improve the ability of rural communities to move across skills, industries, and regions
• Facilitate the integration of rural markets with the global economy

Mohammed Bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity: Innovation for Peace and Justice 

The world is currently seeing the highest levels of forced displacement on record. There are now almost 71 million people who have been forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations - including nearly 26 million refugees, half of whom are under the age of 18. Worldwide, one person is forcibly displaced every two seconds. To ensure that this rapidly increasing number of people are able to lead healthy and productive lives for themselves, equitable access to services such as legal protection programs, healthcare, and education is key.

Refugees and forcibly displaced populations face a host of challenges throughout their migratory journey. Many forcibly displaced people, especially those that leave their home countries entirely, have to navigate complex legal systems with limited access to legal assistance and representation. Millions of those forcibly displaced end up living in places containing poor water and sanitation infrastructure, and are subsequently vulnerable to significant health risks like communicable diseases and malnutrition. Further, of the 7.4 million school-age refugee children globally, more than half are not in school - with 63 percent enrolled in primary school, 24 percent in secondary school, and only 3 percent in higher education.

Globally, one in every 108 people is either an asylum-seeker, a refugee, or internally displaced. In our increasingly interconnected world, forced displacement cannot be treated as a short-term humanitarian issue, nor can it be addressed by just one country or sector. The Global Maker Challenge on Innovation for Peace and Justice aims to find and support innovative solutions that will connect refugees and forcibly displaced populations with enduring and effective legal, healthcare, and education services. To do so, the Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity welcomes applications from innovators and makers around the world that will:

• Increase access to reliable and cost-effective legal support
• Reduce health risks among displaced populations through expanded access to healthcare and improved water and sanitation infrastructure that ensures the safe delivery of drinking water and disposal of waste
• Reduce barriers to education and skills training for displaced youth

Jacobs Research Fund: For Fieldwork with Living Peoples of North, Central and South America

The Jacobs Research Funds (JRF) supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest (the Pacific Coast from Northern California to Alaska and the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho). The JRF does not support research on non-aboriginal peoples, nor on peoples outside the Americas. 

Projects that produce new data are the highest priority, including proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise become lost or inaccessible. Projects that only process, analyze, present, or publish previously gathered data, whether in an archive or personal collection, are of lower priority.  

Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and world view) or anthropology (including social-cultural anthropology, social organization, political organization, and folk taxonomy). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other arts are also eligible. 

There are three categories of Jacobs Research Funds grants: 

• Individual Grants support research projects administered by a single investigator on a focused problem.
• Group Grants support work by two or more researchers who will be cooperating on the same or similar projects. The researchers should be sharing field expenses working with the same language, with the same speakers, and/or in the same geographical area. One person in the group should be designated as the Principal Investigator. The PI will serve as the contact person for the Jacobs Research Funds and will be responsible for the use of funds, filing reports, and archiving materials. Normally, the PI will be the most senior scholar in the group, such as a faculty member or advanced graduate student. Projects involving collaboration between academics and non-academics are encouraged. 
• The Kinkade Grants honor the memory of the late Dale Kinkade, a linguist known for his work on Salishan languages. Kinkade Grants support projects requiring an intense period of fieldwork, such as research leading to a major work such as a dictionary, collection of texts, etc. They are intended for experienced researchers, such as Ph.D. students working on dissertations, faculty with sabbatical or another period of course release, or retired professors seeking to complete major research.

Award Size: Individual grants ($3,000); Group grants ($6,000), Kinkade grants ($9,000)
Deadline: February 15, 2020



DoS: FY 2020 DRL Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest (SOI) for programs that support Internet Freedom.  In support of the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace, DRL’s goal is to protect the open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet by promoting fundamental freedoms, human rights, and the free flow of information online through integrated support to civil society for technology, digital safety, policy and advocacy, and applied research programs.  DRL invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit SOI applications outlining program concepts that reflect this goal. 

The following list of program considerations is provided as a guide to help applicants develop responsive, robust program proposals.  This list of considerations will not be used as criteria to evaluate SOI applications.

• Preference will be given to open source technologies with practical deployment and sustainability plans.  These technologies are inherently more transparent and re-usable.  At the same time, DRL recognizes that anti-censorship tools may at times rely on non-publicly disclosed information or code for a small portion of their code base.
• Consistent with DRL’s venture-capital style approach to Internet freedom, projects should have a model for long-term sustainability beyond the life of the grant.
• DRL encourages applicants to foster collaborative partnerships, especially with local organization(s) in target countries and/or regions, where applicable.  Where appropriate, applicants are invited to form consortia for submitting a combined proposal, but the primary organization that is developing and deploying the anti-censorship technology must be the lead (“prime”) applicant.
• DRL strives to ensure its programs advance the rights and uphold the dignity of the most at-risk and vulnerable populations.

Award Size: $500,000 up to $3M
Deadline: March 6, 2020

USAID: Strategic Alliances for Mexico - B (SAM-B) for U. S. Partners Only

Through this solicitation (72052319APS00001), the United States Agency for International Development in Mexico (USAID/Mexico) is interested in exploring potential partnership opportunities with U. S. non and for-profit organizations to participate in USAID/Mexico’s Strategic Alliances for Mexico - B (SAM-B) for U. S. Partners Annual Program Statement.

Through SAM-B, USAID/Mexico announces its desire to forge strategic alliances with U. S. organizations and with the private sector in priority areas, as defined by the Government of Mexico (GOM) and the United States Government (USG). SAM-B is designed to increase the sustainability and impact of our development investments in Mexico in the following areas:

• Crime and Violence
• Rule of Law
• Human Rights
• Integrity and Transparency
• Sustainable Landscapes
• Other priority areas of the Government of Mexico (GOM)

Award Size: $250,000 up to $15M
Deadline: March 10, 2020


 

The enormous process of urbanization, which has defined world history for thousands of years in different economic situations and with regional variations, and which is now developing a particular dynamism, has another side to it that initially appears paradoxical – namely the shrinking and entirely abandoned cities, the so-called Lost Cities. Current transformation processes in various parts of the world mean that many of these Lost Citiesare emerging. Nevertheless, the phenomenon is not a new one, but has been a widespread hallmark of urban history since the emergence of urban culture in the fourth century B.C. It has therefore been perceived, reflected on and interpreted in very different ways in the cultural history of urban life. With this finding as a starting point and a goal of placing current problem situations in a greater historical context, the Gerda Henkel Foundation has established a new funding program for the theme "Lost Cities" the perception of, and living with abandoned cities in the cultures of the world.

The funding program is designed to be interdisciplinary and to facilitate projects in which there are varied dimensions to the examination of abandoned cities. At the same time, there should be a focus on causal correlations, both with regard to specific individual cultures and spanning all cultures, and on specifics of place and time. Thus far, such places have emerged for very different reasons, including military destruction, natural disasters, epidemics, environmental pollution, economic collapse, financial speculation, mobility, migration, centralization, deindustrialization, or post-colonial change, to name but a few.

The aim of the program is to describe the tangible cultures of interpretation, knowledge, and perception within these different contexts. Lost Cities are part of a distinct culture of memory, for example, which serves for the negotiation of identities, the preservation of knowledge cultures, the formulation of criticism of progress, or the construction of mythical or sacral topographies as part of a veritable “ruin cult”. On this basis, the focus here should not be on the question of which factors led to the city’s abandonment. Rather, it is the abandoned cities themselves that are of particular interest, as well as the different forms of their interpretation, instrumentalization, and coding in various cultures and time frames.

Award Size: $1766 a month to $3421 a month, varies with proposal
Deadline June 2, 2020

DoS: Ukraine: U.S. Government Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program – Academic and Educational Programs

• Projects that support Ukraine’s ongoing educational reform process, drawing on some substantive component of the U.S. educational system, to include the professional enhancement opportunities for teachers of secondary and post-secondary institutions.
• Projects that create or develop collaboration between educational institutions and civil society organizations, local administrations, and businesses to support regional development and decentralization.
• Projects designed to create or enhance career counseling services at Ukrainian secondary and post-secondary educational levels.
• Projects focused on developing youth leadership in the fields of entrepreneurship, finance, innovation, and civic education.
• Projects that utilize U.S. experience to develop and reinforce values of tolerance, diversity, and inclusive education among secondary school and/or post-secondary institutions. This competition does not support proposals focused on kindergarten and primary education

1. Counterterrorism and Security
2. Promoting Business and Free Markets
3. Promoting Democracy and Stability

U.S. Embassy Australia FY20 Annual Program 

The U.S. Embassy in Australia announces an open competition for organizations and individuals to submit applications to carry out programs that strengthen support for the unbreakable U.S.-Australia alliance, raise awareness about joint economic partnerships, and promote shared interests in a free and open Indo-Pacific region.  Applications should include an American element or connection with an American expert, organization, or institution.  

Priority Program Areas:

• Shared Values: Activities that promote the values that underpin the U.S.-Australia alliance, including but not limited to democracy, human rights, rule of law, freedom of speech, and gender equality.
• Economic Partnership: Activities that support U.S.-Australia partnerships in areas including space exploration, critical minerals, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility.
• Indo-Pacific Vision: Activities that advance the U.S. and Australian efforts to increase security, prosperity, good governance, and cooperation in the South Pacific sub-region, and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

Audiences:

Young Australians tend to be skeptical of the importance of the U.S.-Australia bilateral relationship; only 38 percent of Australians under the age of 45 said that the alliance is “very important,” according to a recent Lowy Institute poll.  To address these trends, the U.S. Embassy in Australia seeks to fund programs that primarily, though not necessarily exclusively, engage with next-generation leaders and Australians under the age of 40.  All applications must identify the target audience of the program and estimate audience reach through direct contact, and if possible, through indirect contact via social or traditional media.

Award Size: $3,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: September 1, 2020

• Academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs;
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances and exhibitions;
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs; and
• Professional and academic exchanges and programs.

DoS: 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam

Twenty-five years after establishing diplomatic relations, the United States and Vietnam are trusted partners with a friendship grounded in mutual respect. In trade, development, education, health care, energy, and security, the United States and a strong and independent Vietnam are working together with a shared commitment to peace and prosperity. As we share a quarter century of partnership in 2020, this request for proposals seeks to fund projects that further the U.S. Mission’s public diplomacy goals of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between the United States and Vietnam, and renews our commitment to work together to ensure a bright future full of peace and prosperity for the American and Vietnamese people.

Proposals must explicitly address one or more of objectives listed below, and create or extend the communities engaged in those areas:

• Economic Prosperity: improved opportunities for U.S. businesses, labor standards, developing soft skills to work with U.S. businesses, reducing the bilateral trade deficit, intellectual property rights, promotion of U.S. products, or U.S. business values.
• Security: rule of law, combating transnational crime, combating trafficking in persons, improving relations with the Vietnamese diaspora community.
• Education: English teaching, improving teaching methods, curriculum development, modernizing education systems, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
• Inclusiveness: women’s rights and empowerment, access and legal reform for disabled persons, LGBT rights, ethnic/religious minorities’ rights, civil society development, freedom of expression, press, association, religion.
• Awareness: Raising awareness of U.S.-Vietnam relations and the importance of our bilateral partnership.

Award Size: $1,000 up to $25,000
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until funding is exhausted.
 

Other Opportunities

**NEW** DoS: U.S. Embassy Athens, Public Affairs Section, Annual Program Statement

The U.S. Embassy Athens Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through our Public Diplomacy Grants Program in fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020). This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. This notice is subject to availability of funds.

PAS Athens invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Greece through concrete demonstrations of cooperation between our two peoples. All grant proposals must convey an element of American history, culture, or shared values. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below). Competitive proposals should also include a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Greece even after the program has finished.

Award Size: $1,000 up to $60,000
Deadline: January 2, 2020



**NEW** DoS: Historical Markers (U.S. - Panama Shared History)

The Public Affairs Section of the Embassy of the United States in Panama announces an open competition for organizations to submit funding applications for a project to highlight the shared history of the United States and Panama through the identification and promotion of relevant historical sites.  Please carefully follow all instructions below.

Project Objectives: This project aims to promote U.S. national interests through the development of stronger support among the people of Panama. Ideal partners include organizations that are familiar with U.S.-Panamanian history that can demonstrate the ability to produce high-quality results that will reach a large audience.

Project Description: This project will identify and carry out strategies to highlight the shared history between the United States and Panama, ideally through the installation of physical markers, signs, or plaques at locations of significance to U.S.-Panamanian history in Panama City and/or throughout the country. The project will produce a brochure-style guide map or series of maps featuring the important U.S.-Panamanian historical sites in the country/city. The project will facilitate wide distribution of the materials to the general public in order to educate Panamanian residents on this shared history. 

Grant funding may be used for all program expenses, including but not limited to design, installation, and printing of markers and brochures, and related personnel costs, within policy limits.

Partners and Audience: The ideal implementer of this project will have experience with public engagement, marketing, museum/historical curation, or experiential learning and have the capacity or connections necessary to produce quality material that tells an engaging, cohesive and historically accurate story. The project will likely require participation from or coordination with local governments and other parties responsible for the physical location of historical sites, and the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section. The primary audience is the general public and domestic tourists.

Award Size: $40,000
Deadline: January 31, 2020


 

**NEW** JRF: The Jacobs Research Funds

The Jacobs Research Funds (JRF) funds research on aboriginal peoples of the Americas and supports projects involving fieldwork with living aboriginal peoples of North and South America. Priority is given to research on endangered cultures and languages, and to research on the Pacific Northwest (the Pacific Coast from Northern California to Alaska and the Columbia Plateau in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho). The JRF does not support research on non-aboriginal peoples, nor on peoples outside the Americas. 

Projects that produce new data are the highest priority, including proposals to digitize, transcribe and translate old materials that might otherwise become lost or inaccessible. Projects that only process, analyze, present, or publish previously gathered data, whether in an archive or personal collection, are of lower priority.  

Most funded projects fall within linguistics (including ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and world view) or anthropology (including social-cultural anthropology, social organization, political organization, and folk taxonomy). Projects in religion, mythology, music, dance, and other arts are also eligible. 

• Individual Grants support research projects administered by a single investigator on a focused problem. 
• Group Grants support work by two or more researchers who will be cooperating on the same or similar projects. The researchers should be sharing field expenses working with the same language, with the same speakers, and/or in the same geographical area. One person in the group should be designated as the Principal Investigator. The PI will serve as the contact person for the Jacobs Research Funds and will be responsible for the use of funds, filing reports, and archiving materials. Normally, the PI will be the most senior scholar in the group, such as a faculty member or advanced graduate student. Projects involving collaboration between academics and non-academics are encouraged.  
• The Kinkade Grants honor the memory of the late Dale Kinkade, a linguist known for his work on Salishan languages. Kinkade Grants support projects requiring an intense period of fieldwork, such as research leading to a major work such as a dictionary, collection of texts, etc. They are intended for experienced researchers, such as Ph.D. students working on dissertations, faculty with sabbatical or other period of course release, or retired professors seeking to complete major research. 

Award Size: Up to $3,000 (Individual); $6,000 (Group); $9,000 (Kinkade)
Deadline: February 15, 2020



**NEW** DoS: U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Affairs Section FY 2020 Annual Program Statement (APS)

The U.S. Embassy Moscow Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through our Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedure for submitting requests for funding. 

Purpose of APS Grants: PAS Moscow invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Russia through concrete demonstrations of cooperation between our two peoples. All grant proposals must convey an element of American history, culture, or shared values. Competitive proposals should support a priority program area (see below). Competitive proposals should also include a connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s that will promote increased cooperation between the people of the United States and Russia even after the program has finished.

Priority Program Areas:

• Concrete demonstrations of cooperation between American and Russian people in the area of space exploration, science and technology;
• Collaborative artistic and cultural programs that result in joint deliverables or performances;
• Grassroots expression and fiction and nonfiction storytelling through writing, art, and new media;
• City-to-city partnerships;
• American business values, including innovation, entrepreneurship, and the role of fair labor and judicial practices as a key to economic stability.
• Programs that support women and minority rights and programs that provide skills and tools for people with disabilities.
• University-to-university partnerships for Russian and American students to approach and solve problems of mutual interest to both countries, project based learning, and long-term student-to-student interaction. 

Award Size: $500 up to $75,000
Applications accepted on a rolling basis until June 15, 2020



**NEW** DoS: U.S. Embassy Brussels PAS Annual Program Statement (APS)

The U.S. Embassy Brussels Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. This Annual Program Statement outlines our funding priorities, strategic themes, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. Applications for programs are accepted on a rolling basis until the deadline. Each quarter prior to the deadline, a grant review committee reviews applications. The deadline is necessary to provide sufficient time to process and award programs in advance of the end of our fiscal year on September 30, 2020. Please carefully follow all instructions below. 

Purpose of Grants: PAS Brussels invites proposals for projects that strengthen ties between the United States and Belgium by highlighting shared values and promoting bilateral cooperation. Grant proposals must convey an American cultural element, support a priority program area (see below), or include a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institution(s) in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives.

Award Size: Up to $100,000
Deadline: July 20, 2020

Scholarships & Fellowships

**NEW** BF: Bogliasco Foundation Invites Applications for Fall 2020 Arts and Humanities Fellowships

The Bogliasco Foundation supports the arts and humanities by providing residential fellowships at its study center in Italy’s most vibrant, historic crossroads, a place where gifted artists and scholars of all cultures come together to connect, create, and disseminate significant new work.

To that end, the foundation is inviting applications for its fall 2020 fellowship program. The program awards one-month fellowships to individuals of all ages and nationalities who have made significant contributions in the arts and humanities. Fellows live and work in bucolic surroundings on the coast near Genoa, Italy, a place where natural beauty combines with an intimate group setting to encourage inquiry and transformative exchange across all disciplines. 

The foundation awards approximately sixty fellowships per year to individuals doing creative or scholarly work in the following disciplines: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts.

Fellows are assigned private work spaces equipped with ample work surfaces, a desktop computer, a printer, cabled and wireless Internet service. Some of the studios include special amenities; the Visual Arts studio, for example, includes basic equipment for painting, sculpture, and graphics, the music studio is equipped with an upright piano, keyboard, and a recording/playback system, and the four-hundred-square-foot dance studio features a sprung floor with Marley, a sound system, a small work station, and optional 10’ by 7’ high mirrors. Students currently in a degree-granting program are not eligible for this opportunity.

Award Size: Room and board
Deadline: January 1, 2020



**NEW** MSU: S.C. Lee Scholarship and Paper Competition

In honor of the late Professor Shao-Chang Lee, an advocate of U.S.-East Asia relations, the S.C. Lee Endowment sponsors students with outstanding accomplishments in Asian studies by awarding scholarships and paper prizes in spring 2020.

S.C. Lee Scholarship awards encourage excellence in scholarship. Professor Lee was a noted authority on Chinese history and religion and worked tirelessly to promote further understanding between East Asia and the United States.

The Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University makes awards for undergraduate and graduate students for papers focusing on Asian topics. Students in any academic discipline may submit a research paper (typically 15 – 25 pages with citations) completed for a course, or under the supervision of a faculty member at MSU during the spring, summer, or fall semesters of the preceding year (for example papers submitted for the 2019 competition should have been written during 2018). The paper must focus on an Asian topic or have significant content related to Asia. Book reports or reviews are not eligible. The paper competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled through the Spring semester. Only one paper may be submitted by a student for a particular annual competition.

Award Size: Scholarships (up to $5,000); Research papers (up to $1,000)
Deadline: January 31, 2020

Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study

The Blakemore Freeman Fellowships fund an academic year of advanced language study abroad of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and selected Southeast Asian languages. Since 1990, the Foundation has awarded over $14 million in language grants to individuals using an East or Southeast Asian language in their careers.

Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation, with the support of The Freeman Foundation, has awarded over $18 million in grants to college graduates, graduate students and working professionals for an academic year abroad in full-time intensive Asian language study. The fellowships cover tuition and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs, and transportation. Candidates pursuing careers in fields such as academia, international business, accounting, law, medicine, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), journalism, architecture, teaching, social or NGO work, and government service are encouraged to apply.

To be eligible for a Blakemore Freeman Fellowship, an applicant must:

• Be pursuing a professional, business, technical or academic career that involves the regular use of a modern East or Southeast Asian language
• By the start of the grant, have a college undergraduate degree
• Be at or near an advanced level in the language. The minimum requirement is three years of study of the language at the college level, either through classes taken in university or in combination with study-abroad language programs
• Be able to devote oneself exclusively to full-time intensive language study during the term of the grant. Grants are not made for part-time study or research
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

DoS: English Language Fellows

English Language Fellows are highly qualified U.S. TESOL professionals who assist U.S. Embassies in delivering and maintaining quality English language programs. Through 10-month assignments, Fellows share their expertise and interests, develop new skills by teaching in different contexts, and gain unique international experience. They also support U.S. Department of State diplomatic efforts to foster mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. Involvement in these projects has helped alumni obtain higher-level jobs in the TESOL field.

The English Language Fellow Program is highly competitive, and the teachers selected to participate represent the best of the U.S. TESOL community. We are actively recruiting experienced educators and scholars with a graduate degree in TESOL or a related field and a demonstrated commitment to the field of English language teaching. 

Award Size: see website
Deadline: December 31, 2019



AIIS: American Institute of Indian Studies-Language Study in India

The program for 2020-2021 will begin in September 2020. Instruction will be offered at the AIIS Language Centers and the program will be administered in India by AIIS staff. This is an intensive language program that provides four hours of classroom instruction five days a week. Classes are small and individual tutorials are provided. There will be regular assignments outside of class and there is special emphasis on connecting with the local speech community and on selfmanagement of learning.

Participants must take part in all program events, such as attending films, plays, and other cultural activities. They are also encouraged to stay with local host families. This is not a research program; participants are expected to devote all their energies to activities that will increase their competence in all areas of language skills--speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Participants will have ample opportunity to study their research-related materials in the target language during personal tutorials.

Award Size: see website
Deadline: December 31, 2019

OTS: Horticulture Internships in Costa Rica

OTS has an internship program offering opportunities at our three research stations in Costa Rica: Las Cruces Research Station & Wilson Botanical Garden, La Selva Research Station and Palo Verde Research Station. If you already have ongoing research at OTS, access the Research Project Management System to update information, change dates, or add new information.

These positions are open to a broad range of qualified individuals, including all ages and nationalities. OTS does not provide course credit for these experiences. However, many of our interns do get credit from their home institutions. Interns may come to OTS stations to work on independent projects based on their university’s requirements or to work on one of the available internship jobs listed below. All research projects carried out at OTS stations are subject to prior approval by OTS.

Interns will receive an orientation and work closely with station staff and a mentor throughout their stay. Interns are also expected to lead and carry out their projects with a high degree of independence. Prior interns include high school and undergraduate-level individuals seeking international experience, graduate students carrying out research and service projects, and professionals seeking to make a significant contribution to a larger-scale project. What our interns have in common is a strong work ethic and a desire to contribute to conservation, environmental education, and research at a working research station in the tropics.

Award Size: see website for details
Deadline: December 31, 2019

PARC: Fellowships for U.S. Scholars Conducting Field-Based Research on Palestine

The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 21st annual U.S. research fellowship competition for research that will contribute to Palestinian Studies. Applicants must be doctoral students or scholars who have earned their PhD and must be U.S. citizens.

Information about the fellowship competition:

• Research must contribute to Palestinian Studies. Any field of research will be considered, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, economics, law, health, and applied sciences. Purely scientific research is not eligible for this fellowship competition.
• Research must take place in Palestine, Israel, Jordan, or Lebanon.
• Field research must be for a minimum of two months and a maximum of one year.
• Individual and joint research projects are eligible for this competition.
• Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD, established researchers, or full-time doctoral students enrolled in a recognized degree program.
• Doctoral students must have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for the doctorate degree except the dissertation by the time the research commences. The fellowship will not cover tuition fees.
• Senior researchers without doctorates but with a record of academic publication are eligible.
• Master's degree holders without a record of academic publication are only eligible to apply for a joint research project with a lead researcher who holds a PhD.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens. U.S. permanent residents are not eligible for this competition.
• Applicants must be PARC members. Visit the PARC membership page for more information.
• Former PARC fellows who received grants in the last three years are not eligible to apply.
• Scholars from Minority Serving Institutions are especially encouraged to apply.

Award Size: $6,000 up to $9,000
Deadline: January 6, 2020


 

Chateaubriand HSS Fellowship Program

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Biology-Health
The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Biology-Health (STEM) for doctoral students aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects between French and American research teams. This fellowship is offered by the Office for Science & Technology (OST) of the Embassy of France in partnership with American universities and French research organizations such as Inserm and Inria. It is a partner of the National Science Foundation’s GROW program.

Humanities and Social Sciences
The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This fellowship is offered by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France. HSS Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition, using a binational collaborative process involving expert evaluators from both countries.

Award Size: see website
Deadline: January 7, 2020

 

ARCE: American Research Center in Egypt-Research Fellowship and Research Associate Positions

This fellowship is open to U.S. citizen pre-doctoral candidates (ABD), postdoctoral scholars, faculty and senior scholars at museums, universities and institutions worldwide for a minimum stay of three months and a maximum stay of 12 months. Fields of Study include: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Art History, Comparative Literature, Coptic Studies, Economics, Egyptology, Ethnomusicology, Gender Studies, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Islamic Studies, Literature, Music, Political Science, and Religious Studies.

Eligibility for funding from the Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Bureau of the State Dept:

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen;
• Applicants may be ABD doctoral candidates, postdoctoral, faculty or independent scholars;
• Funding available for 3-12 continuous months in Egypt.

Award Size: Monthly stipend $2,200 up to $3,520 (depending on education); airfare
Deadline: January 15, 2020


 

NEH/FPIRI Fellowships for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine

The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) announces its 8th National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI) competition for research in the humanities or research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods. Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD or completed their professional training. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have lived in the United States for the last three years.

Information about the fellowship competition:

• Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, comparative religion, literature, languages and linguistics, archaeology, and jurisprudence. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.
• Applicants must be scholars who have earned their PhD or completed their professional training.
• Applicants must propose a minimum of four and a maximum of eight consecutive months of research that takes place in the West Bank.
• Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during their period of funding.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for a minimum of three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

Award Size: $4,200 per month 
Deadline: January 13, 2020



ARCE: Theodore N. Romanoff Prize

The Theodore N. Romanoff Prize is open to doctoral candidates (ABD) and recent Ph.D. recipients (degree granted between 2015-2019) conducting research on the language or historical texts of ancient Egypt, including the Coptic language as the final stage of historic Egyptian languages. American scholars worldwide and non-American scholars studying or teaching at an American university in the United States are eligible to apply. Research must be conducted in Egypt. One fellowship will be funded annually. 

Award Size: $4,000
Deadline: January 15, 2020


 

ARCE: Coptic Icons Postdoctoral Fellowships

This two-year fellowship is open to U.S. citizen postdoctoral scholars. The successful applicant will work in the ARCE Project Archives in Cairo with materials from a USAID-funded project (1998-2004) that documented and conserved Coptic icons from the Byzantine to Ottoman periods. The successful candidate will assess the Coptic Icons database and project documentation, and crosscheck and reference the meta-data contained in the database against some 3,000 images.

Expected outputs for the first year include the submission of an article to a peer-reviewed journal, an article for ARCE’s membership magazine, Scribe, and a report for ARCE.org. Following the assessment phase of the Coptic Icons database, the fellow will develop a publication proposal based on the database. The expected output for the second fellowship year is a draft manuscript. The primary subject of research investigation should be a critical examination of some aspect of the history, thought, or culture of Coptic Christianity as related to the Coptic Icons database.

Scholars who focus on Coptic or Byzantine iconography from disciplines such as art history, history, philosophy and theology/religious studies or other related humanities disciplines are encouraged to apply. Doctoral candidates who have successfully defended their dissertation by March 1, 2020, with a PhD in hand by September 15, 2020, are eligible to apply. 

Award Size: $2,640 monthly stipend; airfare
Deadline: January 15, 2020



Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

CHCI’s Graduate Fellowship Program is designed for exceptional emerging Latino leaders who want to immerse themselves in a specific public policy area. This paid, nine-month fellowship will provide you with valuable work experience, access to powerful Latino network, and a chance to showcase your public policy knowledge on Capitol Hill.

The Graduate Fellowship Program provides a deeper dive into public policy. You will immerse yourself by spending four days each week (Monday-Thursday) learning all facets of public policy, working with colleagues on significant projects. You will spend invaluable time understanding how effective policy is created and implemented, building on what you learned in your graduate studies.

On Fridays, you will join the Fellowship cohort for a full day of leadership development centered on CHCI’s four Pillars of Leadership—Civic Engagement, Social Responsibility, Self Empowerment, and Promoting Community and Hispanic Culture. Weekly programming will refine your leadership skills, affirm your career goals and focus area, and allow you the opportunity to spend time discussing policy issues of national concern. You will gain experience proposing effective policy solutions by critically examining all sides and implications of these issues. The service component of the program will help you understand how important it is to remain socially involved and “pay it forward” for the next generation of Latino leaders.

Award Size: $29,700 stipend
Deadline: January 15, 2020



ARCE: Pre-dissertation Travel Grant

This fellowship is open to U.S. citizen pre-doctoral candidates who have completed all coursework prior to arriving in Egypt. The grantee may have completed their comprehensive exams and/or been granted approval for the dissertation proposal. It is not necessary to have advanced to ABD status. The grantee will conduct exploratory research to identify sources, build professional networks and visit heritage sites, research libraries and archives in Egypt. The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs funds the fellowship through a grant to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). The minimum stay is one month, with a maximum stay of two months. 

Fields of Study: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Art History, Comparative Literature, Coptic Studies, Economics, Egyptology, Ethnomusicology, Gender Studies, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Islamic Studies, Literature, Music, Political Science, and Religious Studies.

Award Size: $2,400; airfare
Deadline: January 15, 2020

The George Papaioannou Fellowship was established by Mrs. Nadia Tzevelekou – Papaioannou to honor her father George Papaioannou. This fellowship is offered every other year. A doctor by training and elected to the Greek parliament in 1933, George Papaioannou was the leader of the Trichonis (in Aitolia-Acarnania) sub-division of the National Republican Greek League (EDES). After the end of the Greek Civil War, he served again as a member of the Greek Parliament and a mayor of Agrinion. 

The George Papaioannou Papers housed in the Archives of the ASCSA contain material relating to the Greek Civil War, as well as information about the recognition, in 1969, of the EDES guerilla fighters’ contribution to the Greek Resistance during the Second World War. Other materials include photographs, reports by Napoleon Zervas (the leader of EDES), correspondence between Papaioannou and the decorated British saboteur Major Menotti G. McAdam (1944), and several issues of local newspapers from the 1950-1960s.

Dr. Delia Koo Endowment Awards

The Asian Studies Center is entrusted with the management of the Dr. Delia Koo Endowment. Center-affiliated faculty are eligible to submit applications quarterly for teaching, research, or outreach. Conference funding is also available for faculty. These applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The goals of the Koo Endowment are:

• To facilitate the incorporation of international and global studies, especially of Asia, in the areas of teaching, research, or outreach at Michigan State University.
• To develop the capability of Michigan State University faculty members to conduct activities related to goal one.
• To enhance the standing of the colleges, departments, and the Asian Studies Center and affiliated units at Michigan State University in the area of Asian Studies.

Award Size: Conference travel funding: $1,000
                    Teaching/research/outreach funding: $5,000
Deadlines: Conference travel applications accepted on a rolling basis
                   Teaching/research deadlines: January 15, April 15 

Finlandia Foundation Annual Grants for Cultural Projects

Finlandia Foundation National invites high-quality projects on a competitive basis that relate to past, present or future of Finnish and Finnish-American culture and are characterized by MANY of the following:

• receives favorable attention and has a high profile and visibility
• will be experienced by many people
• appeals to all Americans, not only ethnic Finns
• involves worthy activity for children and young adults to assure an interest in Finnish and Finnish-American culture by future generations
• has multiplier or leverage qualities
• can be replicated or become a permanent addition to the cultural life of a community
• is well planned and implemented by individuals or groups
• involves service of volunteers
• has a detailed budget, income and expenses
• adds to the body of research about Finnish and Finnish-American culture
• if applicable, includes a marketing plan for a project that involves sales of items or event tickets

Award Size: Up to $5,000
Deadline: January 17, 2020


 

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Senior Research Fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities. Fellowship awards are for four to six consecutive months (i.e. you can hold the fellowship for four, five, or six consecutive months). Selected fellows are awarded $5,000 per month of the award.

Important information about the fellowship competition:

• Fields of study include, but are not limited to, history, philosophy, religious studies, literature, literary criticism, and visual and performing arts. In addition, research that embraces a humanistic approach and methods will be considered.

• Applicants must propose four consecutive months of research in an American overseas research center in one of the following countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia

• Fellows may travel and carry out research for four to six consecutive months between the period of May 2020 to November 2021.

• Selected fellows must work on their research full-time during their period of funding.

Students must:

• be enrolled in a university in biology, bio-physics, chemistry, bio-engineering, bio-informatics, quantitative biology, genetics courses or a similar life sciences program
• have a minimum of GPA equivalent to a 3.75/4.0 grade or higher
• have completed at least two years of undergraduate work up to the first year of a master’s degree
• show a strong interest in pursuing a career in life sciences

NEH: ACOR Fellowship

The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) offers a maximum single award of ten months for a scholar who has a Ph.D. or has completed his or her professional training.

Fields of research include, but not limited to: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, heritage studies, comparative religion, ethics, and history, criticism, and theory of the arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals living in the U.S. three years immediately preceding the application deadline. The award for ten months is $50,000 of which $32,000 is for stipend and travel and the remainder is for ACOR room and board.

Award Size: $32,000 as stipend and travel expenses; $18,000 for room and board
Deadline: February 1, 2020


 

WARC: Library Fellowship

The WARC Library Fellowship (open to U.S. citizens) is designed to provide experience in West Africa for practicing librarians and for the next generation of Africana librarians, and to assist in capacity building at the library of the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal. The WARC Library Fellow will work with the WARC librarian on electronic cataloging and use of electronic research databases and should have well-developed skills in these areas. Preference will be given to those who have a working knowledge of French.

Award Size: RT airfare and $2,500 stipend
Deadline: February 1, 2020

Ernst Mach Grant: Worldwide (Research and Study in Austria)

The Ernst Mach Grant program is named after the famous Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). The grant program is financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research (BMBWF). Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this grant to come to Austria for a research or a study stay.

The grant covers the following areas of study or research:

• Natural Sciences
• Technical Sciences
• Human Medicine, Health Sciences
• Agricultural Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Humanities
• Arts

The Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowships

The Society for French Historical Studies offers two research fellowships for maintenance during research in France for a period of at least one month.  Candidates should be working on Ph.D. dissertations, or they should have received the Ph.D. no longer than three years before the application deadline.  These awards are not for travel to or from France.  The proposed fields for research can include all areas of French historical and cultural studies.  These research fellowships are supported by "The Institut Français d’Amérique Fund" of the SFHS.

The two awards will be named in alternating years the Gilbert Chinard Fellowship or the Harmon Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship, for the first award, and the Edouard Morot-Sir Fellowship or the Catherine Maley Fellowship, for the second award.  The Chinard/Rorison Fellowship will support research in all areas of French historical and cultural studies.  The Morot-Sir/Maley Fellowship will give preference to young scholars working in a broadly defined field of cultural history, art history, or literary studies.

The winners will be announced at the annual meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies. The award may not be shared. Please, direct inquiries to the chair of the committee.

Award Size: $1,500
Deadline: February 15, 2020


 

The Global Professorships program provides mid-career to senior scholars in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences, who are currently employed outside the United Kingdom, with the opportunity to be based for four years in the UK and make a contribution to UK research and higher education.

Each appointment is intended to be a complete project in itself and is expected to involve a specific research focus, although the British Academy does not have a preferred model for the balance of time to be spent between research and teaching (which may vary over the course of the award and will depend on the UK host institution’s needs).

The Global Professorships are expected to add significant value to the UK host institutions and vice versa, and thus the projects must be significant, leading to novel and innovative collaborations. With the Global Professorships, the Academy is looking to support academics that are proposing ambitious, beyond the state-of-the-art applications that break new ground. The Academy views the Global Professorships as an opportunity to apply to undertake high-risk, curiosity-driven research in the humanities and social sciences that enables the award-holders and their UK host institutions to achieve a step change in their respective research programmes.

Award Size: Up to $225,000 per year for four years
Deadline: February 19, 2020


 

Rainforest Alliance: Kleinhans Fellowship for Research in Community Forestry

The Rainforest Alliance has a long history of working with forest communities that have established their own locally managed enterprises, providing them with training and technical assistance on sustainable forestry practices, value-added processing, business administration, market access and more. Recognizing that sound scientific inquiry can help to guide technical assistance for local development, our Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that seeks solutions to the challenges faced by the community forestry model.

The fellowship provides funds for research that is oriented toward solving real-world problems as defined by CFEs. Moreover, the planning, implementation, and dissemination of research results will be carried out in a participatory manner to ensure that it has practical value for communities and helps to inform their action plans. Research must be conducted in Latin America. The Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that addresses one of the following topics:

1. Markets for lesser-known species and non-timber forest products (NTFPs).  The fellowship supports research that systematically documents and analyzes the creation and maintenance of domestic markets for diversified forest products, helps determine what drives success and recommends future actions.
2. Biodiversity management practices. The Kleinhans Fellowship supports research that explores the feasibility of implementing such practices at the community level and their effects on the economic viability of CFEs.
3. Social organization and governance. The fellowship supports research that investigates modes of social organization and highlights both problems and innovative, replicable solutions for CFE governance. 
4. Multi-community enterprises. The fellowship supports research that examines multi-community enterprises, documents and analyzes their successes and failures, and makes recommendations for future investment in the development of such ventures.

Award Size: $20,000 per year 
Deadline: February 28, 2020

ZI: James Loeb Fellowships

The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI) will award two James Loeb Fellowships for the Classical Tradition in Art and Architecture. The fellowship commemorates James Loeb (1867 New York – 1933 München), a graduate of Harvard University, initiator of the Loeb Classical Library project and art collector. The fellowship is intended to support research that reflects Loeb’s central interests.

The fellowship is intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years and who are working on a project related to the classical tradition in art and architecture, from the Middle Ages to the present. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowship lasts three months, starting either on June 1, 2020 or on September 1, 2020.

Award Size: Monthly stipend ($1;600); lodging; travel expenses
Deadline: February 29, 2020



ZI: Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowship in Modern and Contemporary Art

The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI) will award two Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowships in Modern and Contemporary Art (19^th-21^st century) at the Studienzentrum zur Kunst der Moderne und Gegenwart at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.

The fellowships are intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years who are working on a project related to modern or contemporary art. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowships last three months and can commence between April and October 2020.

Award Size: Monthly stipend ($2,200); lodging; travel expenses
Deadline: February 29, 2020


 

IIAS: IIAS & IIAS/CEM-FMSH Fellowships

The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), in the Netherlands, invites outstanding scholars to apply for a fellowship at IIAS. The position of affiliated fellow is intended for outstanding researchers from around the world, to work on an important aspect of Asian studies research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are also encouraged. We also welcome researchers who would like to work on a collaborative grant proposal or develop their PhD thesis into a book publication.

Award Size: monthly stipend $2,230; $1100 airfare; office facilities
Deadline: March 1, 2020


 

HHS: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA)

The purpose of the International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) is to provide support and protected time (three to five years) to advanced postdoctoral U.S. research scientists and recently-appointed U.S. junior faculty (applicants must be at least two years beyond conferral of doctoral degree) for an intensive, mentored research career development experience in a low- or middle-income country (LMIC), as defined by the World Bank (http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups, including "low-income," "lower-middle-income," and "upper-middle-income" countries) leading to an independently-funded research career focused on global health.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications from postdoctoral research scientists and junior faculty from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of the LMIC under the mentorship of LMIC and U.S. mentors.        

Award Size: Up to $75,000 (salary); Up to $30,000 (research support)
Deadline: March 6, 2020


 

Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

The Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholars Program attracts high-achieving postdoctoral scholars from premier universities in the United States to do research at one of seven Israeli universities. Once they complete their research, many Zuckerman postdocs are expected to accept faculty positions at top North American universities, weaving a network of academic collaboration and goodwill that will greatly benefit US-Israeli scientific cooperation.

Zuckerman Scholars enjoy unique programming and activities specially organized for them by the host universities, such as touring, educational experiences, and social programs. These programs are aimed at strengthening the scholars’ knowledge of and connection to Israel, and at cultivating an esprit de corps within the program, enabling them to exchange ideas and foster new relationships. Candidates for the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program are assessed based on their academic and research achievements, as well as on personal merit and leadership qualities, without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or age.

Five postdoctoral scholarships will be given out per participating university for the 2020-2021 academic year. Participating universities are Bar-Ilan University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, and Weizmann Institute of Science.

Award Size: See website
Deadline: March 30, 2020


 

The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds awards travel grants to European citizens working in Europe and overseas, and to non-European citizens who perform their MD, PhD or postdoctoral project in Europe, or will use the travel grant to work in Europe. Applicants must pursue an experimental project in basic biomedical research and belong to one of the following groups of junior scientists:

• PhD students or medical students pursuing an experimental doctoral thesis;
• postdocs who are pursuing a particular research project;
• graduates from abroad who have applied for a PhD project, but who have not yet worked with their potential PhD supervisor.

Travel grants are awarded only for practical training in laboratories or courses of up to 3 months. They cannot be used for longer research stays.

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