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Highlighted RFP
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) – Emerging Voices Fellowship
*Final Competition – program ending*
Deadline: 9:00 p.m., ET, January 12, 2022
The program allows recent PhDs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences to take up one-year positions at select institutions in ACLS’ Research University Consortium for the 2021-22 academic year. At a time of economic downturn and uncertainty in academe, the fellowships provide support for a vanguard of scholars whose voices, perspectives, and broad visions will strengthen institutions of higher education and humanistic disciplines in the years to come.Applicants must have received their Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences from a US institution and that degree must be conferred between June 1, 2018 and December 31, 2021.All applicants must attest to formal receipt of the Ph.D. (degree conferred) by December 2021. Students who anticipate receiving the Ph.D. after December 31, 2021 are not eligible.ACLS Consortium institution for academic years 2022–23 and 2023–24.The stipend for fellows in 2022–24 will be $65,000 per year, supplemented by an annual $3,500 in funds for research, travel, books, computers, childcare, or other expenses. ACLS also will provide a one-time relocation allowance of $3,000.
Humanities
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Terra Foundation for American Art Academic Workshop & Symposium Grants
Up to $25,000, 15% for indirect costs
Due: December 3, 2021 (LOI) - American Council of Learned Societies (ALCS) Sustaining Public Engagement Grants
Up to $225,000 over 1 year
Due: December 7, 2021 - ALCS: Sustaining Public Engagement Grant Program
Focused on research initiatives involving higher education faculty and students partnering with community members in the creation of knowledge ($3.5 million grant)
Due: December 7, 2021
ACLS are hosting a series of informational webinars about the application process. Register at bit.ly/ACLS-SPEWebinar. - Henry Moore Foundation Long Term Research Grants
The program supports extended, sculpture-focused research projects requiring funding for more than one year.
Up to £20,000 ($27,300)
Due: December 9, 2021 - Henry Moore Foundation Research and Travel Grants
Up to £2,500 ($3,400)
Aimed at individual academics (post-MA), curators, and scholars
Due: December 9, 2021 - Henry Moore Foundation Conferences, Lectures, and Publications
The program provides support for books, journals, and conferences about sculpture
Up to £5,000 ($6,800)
Due: December 9, 2021 - Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz
Up to $10,000 per consortium partner
Due: December 10, 2021 - Phi Kappa Phi Excellence in Innovation Award
$100,000 funding
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk
Up to $50,000
Due: December 15, 2021 - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) SPARK Research Match Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity
Up to $20,000 per study
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Yiddish Book Center Fellowship Program
$32,000 over 11 months
Due: January 3, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Palestinian American Research Center Fellowship for Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine
Up to $50,000 ($5,000 per month for 4 to 10 months of research)
Due: January 10, 2022 - Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Addressing Access to Care
$100,000 over 2 years
Due: January 13, 2022 - American Council of Learned Societies Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
$300,000 over 4 years
Due: January 11, 2021 - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) SPARK Research Match Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity
Up to $20,000 per study
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Antiquarian Society National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
Up to $60,000 over 4 to 12 months ($5,000 monthly stipend)
Due: January 15, 2022 - Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz
Up to $10,000 per consortium partner
Due: December 10, 2021 - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship Program [LSO]
Up to $48,000 over 2 years
Due: January 13, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Antiquarian Society National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
Up to $60,000 over 4-12 months ($5,000 monthly stipend)
Due: January 15, 2022 - NEH Fellowship
Up to $50,000
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Natural Sciences
- American Association of University Women Research Publication Grant in Engineering, Medicine, and Science
Up to $35,000 over 1 year, payment of the final 10% of the funds will be contingent upon acceptance to a scholarly publication within six months of the end of the grant year Due: December 1, 2021 (application due)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Environmental Research & Education Foundation Waste Management Practices
Up to $500,000 (average grant of $160,000 over two years)
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Mathematical Society AMS Centennial Research Fellowship Program
$50,000, no indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Institute of Physics Congressional Science Fellowships
$82,400 stipend for 1 year
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Parkinson’s Foundation Impact Awards
Up to $150,000 over up to 18 months, no more than 10% as indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Research Centers of Excellence
Up to $2 million over 4 years; up to 10% indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Exchange Program
Up to €110,000 (~$128,000) stipend for 2 years, plus transportation
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation/NSF NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology
$25 million over 5 years
Due: December 1, 2021 (Preliminary Proposal)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
Up to $1.08 million over up to 8 years
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Environmental Research & Education Foundation Waste Management Practices
Up to $500,000 (average grant: $160,000 over 2 years)
Due: December 1, 2021 - American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Foundation Research Grants in Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine
Up to $30,000
Due: December 2, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation Research and Education Grants
Up to $50,000 over 1 year, indirect costs may be no more than 8% of direct cost (up to $15,000 for conferences and symposia)
Due: December 3, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Grass Foundation Fellowships in Neuroscience
Amount not specified. Fellowships provide research support including laboratory space, animals, equipment and supplies for one summer at MBL
Due: December 5, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Marine Stewardship Council Science and Research Fund
Up to £50,000 (~$68,150) over up to 2 years
A total of £140,000 was awarded to three projects in 2021
Due: December 6, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Autism Science Foundation Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowships: $50,000 for 1 year, no indirect costs
Predoctoral Fellowships: $35,000 for 1 year, no indirect costs
Due: December 7, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Michael J. Fox Foundation Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
$180,000 over two years
Due: December 9, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - REAM Foundation Misophonia Research
Up to $400,000 over up to two years
Due: December 10, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Working for Inclusive and Transformative Healthcare (WITH) Foundation Grants
Up to $50,000 for one year; extended years of funding available
Due: December 13, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Single-Cell Biology Data Insights
Up to $400,000 over 18 months (inclusive of up to 15% indirect costs)
Due: December 14, 2021 (Cycle 1)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Federation for Aging Research Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and Grants for Junior Faculty
Up to $125,000 over up to 2 years, up to 8% as indirect costs
Due: December 15, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award
$300,000 over 3 years, up to 8% as indirect costs
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - McGovern Institute Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
$150,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize
$500,000
Due: December 15, 2021 (Nomination)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize
$500,000
Due: December 15, 2021 (Nomination)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Ford Foundation Fellowship
Predoctoral Awards: A stipend of $81,000 ($27,000 per year for three years)
Due: December 9, 2021 (Dissertation and Postdoctoral Awards)
Due December 16, 2021 (Predoctoral Awards)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - IBSA Foundation Fellowships
€30,000 (~$35,000) over 1 year
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Pilot International Research and Development of Brain-Related Disorders
Not specified. The program seeks to make two grants totaling $100,000: one large grant and one small grant.
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Mitzi & William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant
$25,000, no indirect costs, and no salary support for other research personnel
Due: January 6, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience McKnight Scholar Awards
$225,000 over 3 years, no indirect costs
Due: January 10, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Epilepsy Society (AES) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
Up to $50,000 ($49,000 stipend and $1,000 for travel support)
Due: January 14, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - AES Research & Training Fellowships for Clinicians
Up to $50,000 for 1 year; of which $1,000 is intended as travel support to attend the AES Annual Meeting
Due: January 14, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - AES Junior Investigator Research Award
Up to $50,000 over 1 year, no indirect costs
Due: January 14, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - [William Webster] Allen Foundation Nutrition Grants
Up to $250,000
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF) Familial RUNX1 Grant Program: RUNX1 Early Career Investigator Grant Program
Up to $180,000 over 3 years
Due: December 20, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water International Prize for Water
Creativity Prize: ~$266,000
Other Prizes: ~$133,000
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Champalimaud Foundation Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award
€1 million (~$1.17million)
Due: December 31, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grants
Up to $30,000
Due: January 1, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Smith Family Foundation: Odyssey Award – Health Resources in Action (hria.org)
$300,000 over two years
Due: January 4, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) Physician Scientist Fellowship
$200,000 over 2 years, plus 10% indirect costs
Due: January 7, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Forest Foundation Matching Awards Program
1:1 match of nonfederal cash funds directly received by the applicant organization.
Due: January 12, 2022 (Round 1)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing to Detect, Identify, and Characterize Pathogens
Up to $200,000 over 24 months
Due: January 13, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Geophysical Union (AGU) Congressional Science Fellowship
Up to $73,000 over 1 year ($68,000 stipend, plus allowances and health care coverage reimbursement)
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Vaccines for Children Initiative Award in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Up to $100,000 over 2 years, including 8% indirect costs
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) AOSSM Sports Medicine Multicenter Research Trial Mentored Grant
Up to $400,000 over 2 years
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) Ankylosing Spondylitis Research Grant
Up to $100,000 for one year with the option to apply for a second year if significant progress is demonstrated; no indirect costs
Due: January 17, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Thrasher Research Fund E.W. “Al” Thrasher Awards
Up to $550,000 over up to three years; indirect costs may not be more than 7%
Due: January 18, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) Lupus Insight Prize
$100,000
Due: January 20, 2022 (Nominations)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Academy of Osseointegration AO/OF Research Grant
$50,000
Due: January 21, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Geosciences Institute (AGI) William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellowship
$78,000 in relocation and travel funds, plus a full benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, and a 403(b) plan.
Due: January 23, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Welch Foundation Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry
$500,000 stipend
Due: January 28, 2022 (Nominations)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - International Burn Foundation Tanner-Vandeput-Boswick Burn Prize
Up to $100,000
Due: January 31, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation (SSF) Research Grants
Up to $25,000 for one year
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) Grants
Up to $50,000 for one year
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Hereditary Disease Foundation Research Initiatives: Basic Research Grants Program and Fellowships
Up to $75,000; no indirect costs
Due: February 1, 2022 (LOI)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA Foundation) Post Doctoral Fellowships – Translational Medicine
$60,000 over two years
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - IEEE History Center Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
$25,000 stipend
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
$100,000 over five years; of the total amount, $7,500 is for departmental expenses associated with research and education
Due: February 2, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Foundation Young Investigator Research Grant
Up to $20,000 plus indirect costs
Due: February 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Global Warming Mitigation Project The Keeling Curve Prize
$25,000 stipend
Due: February 10, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
$250,000
Due: February 28, 2022 (Nomination Intent)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - International Society for Neurochemistry: Conference Committee support for small conferences or symposia
Due: April 30, 2022 (Spring Round)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Social Science
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award
$35,000 plus travel expenses to an awards banquet
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Ploughshares Fund Nuclear Weapons-Free World Grants
Up to $25,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award
$1 million
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Prize in Computing
$250,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Grace Murray Hopper Award
$35,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Athena Lecturer Award
$25,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Psychological Association Executive Branch Science Fellowship
$87,000 stipend
Due: January 3, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - APA Congressional Fellowship
Up to $93,750, depending upon years of postdoctoral experience, including a $3,750 stipend for professional development and relocation expenses during the fellowship year
Due: January 3, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
Up to $165,000 for 1 year. Up to 6 awards will be made.
Due: February 11, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Carnegie Corporation of New York Family Engagement to Improve Student Learning
Up to $100,000 over 1 year; there is an opportunity to renew the grant for a second year
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Due: February 15, 2022 - Charles Koch Foundation Trade Policy Research
Not specified funding
Due: rolling
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Retirement Research Foundation Research Grants
In 2021, research grants ranged from $44,753 to $199,306, most of which were at the higher end of that range
Due: November 15, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference and Workshop Grants
Up to $20,000 for virtual conferences, up to $5,000 for virtual workshops, and up to $20,000 for in-person workshops and conferences
Due: December 1, 2021 (Winter Cycle); June 1, 2022 (Spring Cycle)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) of Historic and Artistic Works Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellowships
$37,000, no indirect costs
Due: January 22, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Geological Society of America (GSA) Congressional Science Fellowship
$72,000 stipend plus allowances for health insurance, relocation, and travel in connection with the fellowship.
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Optical Society OSA/MRS Congressional Fellowship
$78,750 over 1 year, plus additional funds for health insurance, travel, and relocation expenses to the Washington, D.C. area
Due: January 7, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Optical Society Arthur H. Guenther Congressional Fellowship Program
$78,750 stipend over 1 year
Due: January 7, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) – Amman American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Up to $34,200 for two- to six-month fellowships
Due: February 1, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Psychiatric Association (APA) Psychiatric Research Fellowship
Up to $90,000 over two years
Due: January 31, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - The Leakey Foundation Research Grants
Up to $25,000 (senior scientists and post-doctoral students)
Up to-$15,000 (doctoral students)
Due: January 10, 2022 (Spring Cycle)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Trust for Historic Preservation Telling the Full History Preservation Fund
Up to $50,000
Due; December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Duke Endowment Fellowship Program
Up to $45,000
Due: February 7, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Unrestricted Grants
$115,000 stipend
Due: January 10, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Challenge Grants
$300,000; funds can continue for up to four (4) years upon approval of a two-year substantive progress report
Due: January 10, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Young Investigator Research Grant
Up to $35,000 for one year
Due: February 14, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Ivy Foundation Emerging Leader Grant Award
$500,000 over 2 years Indirect costs not to exceed 10%
Due: March 1, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations