Funding Opportunities

IGS Opportunities

The Mike Synar Research Fellowship

The Nelson W. Polsby Grant for Public Affairs Research

Deadlines for both of these new grants, offered through the auspices of the Center for the Study of Representation, are December 3, 2007. See the CSR grant webpage for further details and downloadable application forms.

NSF Opportunities

NSF Grant Proposal Quick Guide

Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, January 2008 [link to NSF website]

Human and Social Dynamics Program

The National Science Foundation's Human & Social Dynamics (HSD) program is offering its call for new grant proposals. These awards fall into two categories of funding, as follows:

Level 1 -- For proposals under $750,000 (due February 19, 2008)

Level 2 -- For proposals under $1,250,000 (due February 22, 2008)

All proposals must include three or more senior personnel (PIs) from at least two different fields.

To learn more about this grant competition, please visit:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08508/nsf08508.htm

To learn more about how to apply to the NSF, please refer to the NSF Grant Proposal Quick Guide.

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Gerneral Information

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Political Science Program

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants: Law and Social Science Program

Other Opportunities

IES Dissertation Fellowship (October 1, 2007 Deadline)

A limited number of Graduate Dissertation Research and Writing Fellowships are available to UC Berkeley graduate students whose dissertations focus on topics related to Western Europe and the European Union. Topics should focus on political, historical, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual issues or public policy. Recipients must be advanced to candicacy, and preference will be given to applicants who have finished the bulk of their fieldwork. A Graduate Dissertation Fellowship provides $3,000 for AY 07-08, and can be used to supplement external grants. A Graduate Dissertation Fellowship cannot be deferred and must be used within AY 07-08. The deadline for application receipt at IES is October 1, 2007. Requirements: 2-page dissertation prospectus and nomination from the Chair of your dissertation committee. Please e-mail your prospectus to Beverly Crawford, Associate Director, Institute of European Studies: ies@berkeley.edu. The faculty nomination should also be e-mailed to: ies@berkeley.edu.

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

Administered by the National Research Council, the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships seek to increase the diversity of U.S. college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

To facilitate these goals, NRC awards fellowships at the pre-doctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral levels to students who demonstrate excellence, a commitment to diversity and a desire to enter the professoriate.

The program makes the following annual awards: approximately sixty pre-doctoral awards of $20,000 per year for up to three years (Deadline: November 15, 2007); approximately thirty-five dissertation awards of $21,000 for one year (Deadline: November 29, 2007); and approximately twenty postdoctoral awards of $40,000 each for one year (Deadline: November 29, 2007).

All citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation are eligible to apply. Applicants should have evidence of superior academic achievement; be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level; be enrolled in or planning to enroll in an eligible research-based program leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree at a U.S. educational institution; and have not earned a doctoral degree at any time, in any field.

For complete program information and application procedures, visit the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships homepage.

Dirksen Congressional Center Congressional Research Awards

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Awards (formerly the Congressional Research Grants) program has paid out $680,000 to support over 350 projects. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is February 1, 2008 for the annual selections, which are announced in March. A total of up to $30,000 will be available in 2008.

Further details, application materials, and descriptions of past winning applications are available at the Dirksen Congressional Center website.

Sustainable Products and Solutions Program

The Sustainable Products and Solutions program, created in collaboration with the Haas School of Business and the College of Chemistry, is looking for sustainability related pre-proposals for research, curriculum development and/or "case study" projects that will help elucidate and better understand the scientific, social and business principles of sustainability in the areas of chemistry, engineering, business, biology, health sciences, natural resources, and energy.

Further details are available at the Sustainable Products and Solutions Program website.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy annual Dissertation Fellowship Program invites applications from doctoral students who are writing theses in fields that address the Institute's primary interest areas in valuation and taxation, planning, and development. This fellowship program provides an important link between the Institute's educational mission and its research objectives by supporting scholars early in their careers.

Further details are available in this Lincoln Institute of Land Policy document.