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SCHEV Calls for Collaborative Equitable-Attainment Grants
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia's Fund for Excellence and Innovation is seeking applicants for research for removing barriers to higher education, especially for Black, Hispanic, Native American, rural students, students with disabilities, students learning English as a second language, and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Research teams are expected to take a deep dive into student data for at least two Virginia institutions of higher education. This is a limited submission; please contact Janet Webster if interested in applying. Click here for details.
Deadline: October 21, 2022 (Notice of intent)
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W-G Foundation Calls for Anthropological Research Grants
Wenner-Gren Foundation invites applications for its Post-PhD Research grants program. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to support individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. The program's goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers the understanding of what it means to be human. The Foundation welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 1, 2022
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NCTM Calls for Pre-K-6 Math Classroom Research
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics invites applications for pre-K-6 classroom research. The purpose of this grant is to support and encourage classroom-based research in pre-college mathematics education in collaboration with college or university mathematics educators. The research must be a collaborative effort involving a college or university mathematics educator (a mathematics education researcher or a teacher of mathematics learning, teaching, or curriculum) and one or more grades preK-6 classroom teachers. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 1, 2022
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NIH Has Time-Sensitive Opportunities for Health Research
This funding establishes an accelerated review/award process to support research to understand health outcomes related to an unexpected and/or time-sensitive event, such as an emergent environmental threat, a pandemic, or a natural disaster. Applications must demonstrate that the research proposed is time-sensitive and must be initiated with minimum delay due to a limited window of opportunity. Click here for details.
Deadline: Rolling, opens as of November 1, 2022
Call for Research to Promote Adherence to Healthful Behaviors
The National Institute on Aging seeks applications for mechanism-focused research to promote adherence to healthful behaviors that will help to prevent mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease and AD-related dementias. Applications should seek to identify malleable, mechanistic, psychological, or interpersonal targets that, if modified, will strengthen adherence to, maintenance of, and continued/renewed engagement in behaviors that may promote cognitive health and prevent AD/ADRD. Click here for details.
Deadline: December 20, 2022 (Letters of intent)
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Call for Early Career Fellowships in China Studies
For 2022-2023, and in cooperation with the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS is offering two types of fellowships (long-term and flexible research) to support research, writing, and curriculum development. Long-term research fellowships will enable recent PhDs (without tenure and within eight years of receiving a PhD) to take leave from university responsibilities for four to nine months. Research in Hong Kong, Macau, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Taiwan are eligible, and research may also be conducted on Chinese culture and society outside these areas. A Summer Institute for Fellows will also be held in summer 2023. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 2, 2022
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Call for Exploration and Field Research
The American Philosophical Society's Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and for providing the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applicants are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archaeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, paleontology, and population genetics. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 15, 2022
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RRF Calls for Projects in Aging
The Retirement Research Foundation calls for applications that research innovative solutions that assist the adult population aged 65 and older in the following priority areas: caregiving, housing, economic security in later life, social and intergenerational connectedness, and organizational capacity building. Grants will be awarded to support aging advancements through various pathways, including advocacy, direct service, research, professional education and training, and organizational capacity building. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 15, 2022 (Letters of inquiry)
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AFSP Calls for Pilot Innovation Grants
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education, and advocacy. The AFSP invites applications for its Pilot Innovation Grants program, which will provide up to $50,000 per year over two years to provide seed funding for new projects that have the potential to lead to larger investigations. Priority areas of study include diversity, education of technological tools for prevention, and survivors of suicide loss. Click here for details.
Deadline: November 15, 2022
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Previously Posted Opportunities
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Julia Gohlke, associate professor of environmental health in the Department of Population Sciences at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Ryan Calder, assistant professor of environmental health at the college, and two other researchers received a $1 million award from NASA for research to improve the ways that government agencies estimate damage caused by extreme weather events. Read the full VTx article here.
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Conferences, Seminars, and Events
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SPIA Lecture about Civil Society Priorities for Global Health
Program Chair and associate professor in the Center for Public Administration and Policy, Stephanie Smith will speak on "Civil Society Priorities for Global Health: Concepts and an Analysis of Pandemic Era Tweets," and discuss her new research showing how the priorities of civil society organizations involved in global health agenda settings changed between 2019 and 2020 by analyzing Tweets. This takes place October 17, 12:00-1:00pm. In-person, VTRC, 6th floor, room 6-024, Arlington, VA, or virtual. Click here for the Zoom link.
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ORCID Workshop for Researchers Webinar October 25
This session will be led by Sheila Rabun, Program Leader for Persistent Identifier Communities at LYRASIS. Topics covered will include the benefits of ORCID for researchers, how ORCID can help save research time, and tips and tricks for keeping an ORCID membership up to date. The webinar will be held on October 25, 2022, from 1-2pm EST. Click here for details.
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Announcements & Faculty News
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Call for Nominations for Prize in Social Science and Public Policy
The American Academy of Political & Social Science seeks nominations for the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize in Social Science and Public Policy. The Prize is intended to honor those who have promoted the use of sound analysis and social science research in policy-making, while contributing to the civil discourse in society. Candidates must be willing to deliver a major public policy address on the topic of their choosing. Click here for details.
Deadline: October 26, 2022
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NSF Is Looking for Volunteer Reviewers
The National Science Foundation has many programs that are searching for volunteer reviewers. Click on Build and Broaden; Perception, Action, and Cognition; and Ethical and Responsible Research to fill out a survey to express your interest in volunteering. The Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program invites you to express your interest in an email message to HEGS-info@nsf.gov. For other programs, consult the program web page and email a program officer to see if they are recruiting reviewers.
Changes in NSF Submission Dates
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