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Prizes
- Dan David Prize
The prize recognizes the work of historians, art historians, archaeologists, digital humanists, curators, documentary filmmakers and all those who deepen our knowledge and understanding of the past. (View past winners on their website.)
Due: November 1, 2021 (Nominations)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Humanities
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection- Research Fellowships
Due: November 1, 2021 - George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation – Howard Foundation Fellowships (Photography and Film Studies)
For early-mid career faculty (completed their formal studies within the past 5 to 15 years of application date); $35K
Due: November 1, 2021 - 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 - 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 will host a series of informational webinars about the application process starting on Monday, October 18, 2 PM EST
Register at bit.ly/ACLS-SPEWebinar
- Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk
Up to $50,000
Due: December 15, 2021
Natural Sciences
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Strategic Research Grant
Category I up to $250,000 over up to 3 years, no more than 8% indirect costs
Category II Up to $100,000 over up to 2 years, no more than 8% indirect costs
Due: October 11, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation – Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards
$666K over 3 years; 20% overhead/IDC
Due: October 29, 2021 (reference letters); November 5, 2021 (LOI) - International Society for Neurochemistry: Conference Committee support for small conferences or symposia
Due: October 31, 2021 (fall round), April 30, 2022 (spring round)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - 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 - Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation Grant for Infrastructure/Registry Research
Up to $300,000 over 3 years
Due: November 8, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration Pilot Grants
$60,000 for 1 year, no indirect costs
Due: October 29, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@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 - Centre de Recherches Mathematiques CRM-ISM Postdoctoral Fellowships
$46,000 Canadian ($35,800 US) ($45,000 stipend and $1,000 in research funding)
Due: November 12, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@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
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize
$500,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@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 - 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 - Adira Foundation Pervasive Needs in Neurodegenerative Disease
The average grant amount is $60,000 for 1 year. The funder expects to support three to five projects.
Due: October 18, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@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\ - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Healthy Eating Research COVID-19 and Socioeconomic Recovery Efforts|
Up to $250,000 over up to 18 months
Due: November 17, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Encompass Midcareer Investigator Research Grants
$20,000 for 1 year
Due November 1, 2021
Social Science
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Louisville Institute – Sabbatical Grant for Researchers
Up to $40,000, over nine months to one year, 10% in indirect costs
Due: November 1, 2021 (full proposal)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants: Social, Political & Economic Inequality; Future of Work; Behavioral Economics; Decision Making & Human Behavior in Context; Special Topics
Due: November 10, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship
$105,000 stipend for a 1-year fellowship
Due: October 31, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Eurasia Foundation/US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange Partnership Projects Competition
Up to $50,000 over 6 to 12 months
Due: November 1, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty Fellows: Mental Health Research
Up to $25,000; 10% indirect costs, over up to 2 years. Award will not cover salary
Due: November 1, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropological Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
Up to $20,000
Due November 1, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@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