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Subscribe to ORP NewsEPA – Informational Webinars
Posted November 20, 2024
Disciplines: All
EPA is hosting a series of three webinars for assistance agreement (grant) applicants and recipients. During each webinar, EPA staff will review key aspects of EPA’s grants processes and requirements, and you will have the opportunity to submit questions. You must register in advance for each webinar using the links provided below.
- Participant Support Costs – Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 12:00pm – 1:00pm cst
- 2 CFR Updates to NOFOS and Competitions – T...
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Grants.gov – New Search Experience
Posted November 20, 2024
Disciplines: All
The Simpler.Grants.gov team is excited to introduce our new experimental search feature! As you may have heard, we’re working to modernize Grants.gov, making it easier to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. With a simpler design and smarter algorithms, your search results will now be even more relevant to your interests and filters.
Click here to try the new search experience.
The development of this project is open and collaborative. If you have feedback ...
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IIN – Illinois Innovation Network Sustaining Illinois Seed Grant Funding
Posted November 20, 2024
The Illinois Innovation Network aims to advance collaborative research within the state with its Sustaining Illinois seed grant program. Offered once each year, Sustaining Illinois grants can be used to pursue a wide variety of research topics that contribute to overall prosperity of our state.
The University of Illinois System, its Office of the Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation (OVPEDI), and Northern Illinois University are committed to advancing the Ill...
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NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
Posted November 20, 2024
Disciplines: All
The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports work that is innovative, experimental, and contributes to the critical infrastructure that underpins scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities.
DHAG is one of many grant programs at the NEH that funds digital humanities projects. Please consult these resources to help find the right program to support your work. Prospective applicants seeking ODH staff feedback about the fit of...
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UPDATE: NEH will not be opening the call for Juneteenth programming awards
Posted November 20, 2024
Disciplines: All
On November 19, 2024, we received the following notification from NEH regarding the NEH Call for Proposals: NEH Chair’s Grants, 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth.
“Due to circumstances, the NEH will not be opening this call for Juneteenth programming awards after all.
If you’re still interested in applying for funding, we suggest you explore other NEH grant opportunities for cultural organizations such as Public Impact Proje...
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Become a reviewer for NEH
Posted November 14, 2024
Disciplines: Arts & Humanities
NEH is always looking for scholars, cultural institution leaders, humanities center staff, and other experts to serve as peer reviewers. If you have ever applied for an NEH grant or served on an NEH panel, you are already in our electronic grants management system (eGMS) and do not need to register via this form.
But if you are new to the NEH, and if you would like to be considered as a peer reviewer, use this form to add yourself to the system. The NEH may use t...
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IIN – Illinois Innovation Network Sustaining Illinois Seed Grant Funding
Posted November 14, 2024
Disciplines: All
IIN – Illinois Innovation Network Sustaining Illinois Seed Grant Funding
The Illinois Innovation Network aims to advance collaborative research within the state with its Sustaining Illinois seed grant program. Offered once each year, Sustaining Illinois grants can be used to pursue a wide variety of research topics that contribute to overall prosperity of our state.
The University of Illinois System, its Office of the Vice President for Economic Development and Innovati...
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NSF-24-601 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Posted November 14, 2024
Disciplines: All
The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Program is committed to funding research and practice, with continued focus on investigating a range of informal STEM learning (ISL) experiences and environments that make lifelong learning a reality. This program seeks proposals that center engagement, broadening participation, and belonging, and further the well-being of individuals and communities who have been and continue to be excluded, underserved, or underrepresented...
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NSF 24-604: Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)
Posted November 14, 2024
The ER2 program supports projects that focus on what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The ER2 program promotes the development, improvement, and dissemination of responsible and ethical research practices and aims to build on organizational cultures that value and reward such practices. Proposers to the ER2 program may examine responsible and ethical research practices across one or more...
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NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Limited Submission – LOI Due in Kuali Build by December 9
Posted November 14, 2024
Disciplines: All
Interested in this opportunity? Consider taking advantage of External Funding Proposal Support. Contact Dr. Liz Cali for more information. [email protected]
Click here for more information about the Hanover Research Grant Proposal Support.
NSF limits the number of proposals submitted by an organization to two (2) proposals. Institutions with a current S-STEM award should wait at least until the end of the third year of execution of their current award...
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Limited Submission: NEH Chair’s Grants, 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth – LOI Due in Kuali Build by November 19
Posted November 06, 2024
Disciplines: All
Due to only one proposal per institution, interested SIUE applicants must apply to the internal competition by completing the Limited Submission form in Kuali Build by the Third Tuesday in November (November 19) by 4:30 pm.
About the Program
The NEH Call for Proposals: NEH Chair’s Grants, 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth is in celebration of the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth. The NEH Chair invites Chair’s Grant requests of up to $30,000 to support free June...
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NSF – Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences (HEGS)
Posted November 06, 2024
Disciplines: All
Interested in this opportunity? Consider taking advantage of the Hanover Queue for Proposal Review. Contact Dr. Liz Cali for more information. [email protected]
Click here for more information about the Hanover Research Grant Proposal Support.
The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, ...
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NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) Limited Submission – LOI Due in Kuali Build by December 9
Posted November 06, 2024
Disciplines: STEM Education
Interested in this opportunity? Consider taking advantage of the Hanover Queue for Proposal Review. Contact Dr. Liz Cali for more information. [email protected]
Click here for more information about the Hanover Research Grant Proposal Support.
Discipline(s): STEM Education
NSF limits the number of proposals submitted by an organization to two (2) proposals. Institutions with a current S-STEM award should wait at least until the end of the t...
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STEP and Baich Awards Workshop - November 12th
Posted November 06, 2024
Disciplines: All
The Office of Research & Projects will host two information sessions for the Seed grants for Transitional and Exploratory Projects (STEP) internal funding program, which provides startup funding on a competitive basis to SIUE faculty and staff to support research and creative activities. STEP funding is intended to encourage faculty to initiate new research directions or new research projects.
Workshop will be held on:
- Tuesday, November 12th, 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Location: Zoom...
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Helpful Tips and Tricks: How to Find the Grantor Contact Information on a Funding Opportunity
Posted October 30, 2024
Sometimes applicants have questions about the specific requirements for a funding opportunity. Applicants should reach out to the Grantor Contact listed in the Additional Information section of the Synopsis tab on the FOA (called the View Grant Opportunity page in Grants.gov).
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Library of Congress Junior Fellows Program
Posted October 30, 2024
Faculty, please share this with your undergraduate, graduate students and recent graduate contacts.
The Library of Congress is seeking applicants for its next Junior Fellows Program, a summer internship held from May 19 through July 25, 2025. This 10-week, full-time paid internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students and recent graduates interested in learning and conducting research using the resources of the largest library in the world. Remote and onsite pr...
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NEH Call for Proposals: 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth Grant
Posted October 30, 2024
In celebration of the upcoming 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, the NEH Chair invites Chair’s Grant requests of up to $30,000 to support free Juneteenth Open House events exploring African American history and culture.
The deadline for applications is January 15, 2025
The public programming offered by your organization should be for a general audience and explore the theme of freedom and/or examine aspects of the progress toward and challenges to Afric...
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NSF Fall 2024 Virtual Grants Conference
Posted October 30, 2024
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) invites you to the Fall 2024 NSF Virtual Grants Conference on December 9 – 12, 2024. This is an excellent opportunity to gain insights into NSF’s current issues, policies and procedures, and specific funding opportunities
Registration is free and opens on Wednesday, November 13, at 12 PM ET. Keep an eye on your inbox for the official "Registration is Open" email, where you will find all the details and the registrati...
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Research Equipment and Tools (RET) Funding Program
Posted October 30, 2024
The Graduate School is seeking applications for the Research Equipment and Tools - RET program. These funds assist with updating and furnishing research equipment and research tools.
Funds are for the purchase of equipment and tools for research purposes only. Research tools are defined as non-consumable items, such as microfilm, books, software, and data sets. Requests for equipment or tools that can be used by more than one researcher, especially from different u...
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Kuali Research Tips and Tricks
Posted October 24, 2024
Kuali Research Dashboard Walk through to explore all of the key features.
Click here to see a step-by-step walkthrough.
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