Faculty
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
While Linfield does not have an office devoted exclusively to seeking fellowships and research support for individual faculty members, the director of corporate and foundation relations, Office of College Relations, can provide some help to faculty in finding and identifying potential funding sources and can offer guidance on developing and writing proposals.
Grants for fellowships are normally made directly to the individual faculty member. Grants for research may be made directly to the researcher or may be channeled through the employing institution. Linfield has established procedures for developing and submitting grant proposals.
A brief step-by-step guide to these procedures and a form to be used in the process are available from the Office of College Relations. To download these documents, please click on the appropriate links below:
Guide to faculty-initiated grants (pdf)
Grant proposal request form (pdf)
Grant proposal request form (MS Word)
Looking for Grants
The Office of Research and Faculty Development at the University of Oregon has a web page that provides links to a wide variety of sources of both government and foundation funding. Go to:
http://rfd.uoregon.edu/funding/
Some possible sources of grant funding for faculty are listed by disciplinary group below, with links to web sites that offer further information.
ALL DISCIPLINES
U.S. Government
The federal government is a vast source of grant funds in a wide variety of fields. Given the number of departments, agencies, subdepartments and subagencies, however, finding these sources can be a daunting challenge. There are two sites in particular that address this challenge by providing centralized ways to search for grant opportunities with multiple federal agencies:
Grants.gov
This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies. Go to http://www.grants.gov.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The CFDA is older than Grants.gov. It, too, provides a search engine for information on all federal funding programs for all purposes, but it does not provide a means to apply online for grants. It has a page offering tips on writing grant applications. Go to http://www.cfda.gov/.
American Philosophical Society
Maintains five major grant or fellowship programs in a wide range of fields See specifics on each below. Awards are made for research only. The society makes no grants for academic study or classroom presentation; for travel to conferences or workshops; for non-scholarly projects; for assistance with translation or the preparation of materials for use by students. Go to http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/#details for information about the following programs:
Franklin Research Grants
A program of small grants to scholars to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the cost of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes, the purchase of microfilm, photocopies or equivalent research materials, the costs associated with field work, or laboratory research expenses. Awards range from $1,000 to $6,000.
Library Resident Research Fellowships
For research in the society 's collections. Applicants must demonstrate a need to work in the collections for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. For information about the library’s collections, see: http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/. Stipend:$2,000 per month.
NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium
Annual grants program designed to stimulate new curricular uses of leading-edge information technologies. “Our hope is that this program will enhance the learning environments at institutions of higher education through the development of models that can be used to guide full implementation of new technologies into the curricula of NWACC member institutions and their peers.”
For current information, go to: http://www.nwacc.org/programs/grants.html
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Each year, the foundation awards 8-10 grants in amounts up to $10,580 each (the cost of building Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis in 1927) for “projects that improve the quality of life by seeking a balance between technological advancements and environmental preservation.” For details, go to: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/grants/index.html.
SCIENCES
National Science Foundation
NSF has grant programs in the following areas: biology, computer and information sciences, crosscutting, education, engineering, geosciences, international, math, physical sciences, polar research, social sciences, behavioral sciences and economics. For information on NSF grant opportunities, go to http://www.nsf.gov and click on the area of interest.
GrantsNet
GrantsNet is a searchable, continuously updated database of funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education. It bills itself as “your one-stop resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education” and includes programs in science, math, engineering and technology for undergraduate faculty and students. Special tools and resources allow you to customize searches and obtain up-to-date information on research and education funding. There are also tips on how to write winning grant applications. Go to http://www.grantsnet.org.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
The foundation’s mission is "to advance the science of chemistry, chemical engineering and related sciences as a means of improving human relations and circumstances around the world." Go to http://www.dreyfus.org/ for links to information about the following programs:
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Individuals seeking support must be nominated by their institutions. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment in a department focused on the chemical sciences, and are normally expected to be within the first five years of their independent academic careers.
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
Individuals are nominated by their institutions. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment, be between the fourth and twelfth years of their independent academic careers, and engage in teaching and research primarily with undergraduates.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Faculty Start-up Grant Program
Provides an unrestricted research grant of $20,000 for new faculty members at non-Ph.D.-granting institutions at the start of their research and teaching activities. The grant is awarded in September of the year the new faculty member formally begins the first-year appointment.
Research Corporation
Research Corporation is a private operating foundation that aids basic research in the physical sciences (mainly astronomy, chemistry, and physics) at U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities. Go to http://www.rescorp.org/ for links to information about the following programs:
Cottrell College Science Awards Program
Supports “significant research that contributes to the advancement of science and to the professional and scholarly development of faculty at undergraduate institutions along with their students.”
Special Opportunities in Science Awards Program
Supports “projects that advance scientific research or that impact the infrastructure of science.”
HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH offers a variety of grants supporting teaching and scholarship in the humanities. Go to http://www.neh.fed.us/ and click on "Grants & Applications."
American Council of Learned Societies
The ACLS (http://www.acls.org/jshome.htm) is a private non-profit federation of 67 national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."
The ACLS offers a wide variety of fellowship programs. For more information, go to: http://www.acls.org/fellows.htm
American Philosophical Society:
Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and four-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research year but for whom financial support from the parent institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had a financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2000. The doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 1996, and no earlier than 1981. Award: $30,000 to $40,000 for the second half of an awarded sabbatical year. For further information, go to: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/#details
The Newberry Library
http://www.newberry.org/nl/research/L3rfellowships.html
The Newberry Library, located in Chicago, is an independent research library concentrating in the humanities. Its holdings span the history and culture of western Europe from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century and the Americas from the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans. Its strengths include: European discovery, exploration, and settlement of the Americas; the American West; local history, family history, and genealogy; literature and history of the Midwest, especially the Chicago Renaissance; Native American history and literature; the Renaissance; the French Revolution; Portuguese and Brazilian history; British literature and history; the history of cartography; the history and theory of music; the history of printing; and early philology and linguistics. The collections number 1,500,000 printed titles, five million manuscript pages, and 300,000 historic maps.
The library has a variety of short-term and long-term fellowships to allow scholars from outside the Chicago area to use its collections. For further information, go to: http://www.newberry.org/nl/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
SOCIAL SCIENCES
American Council of Learned Societies
The ACLS (http://www.acls.org/jshome.htm) is a private non-profit federation of sixty-seven national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its Constitution, is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."
The ACLS offers a wide variety of fellowship programs. For more information, go to: http://www.acls.org/fellows.htm
American Philosophical Society
The society offers two grant programs of possible interest to scholars in the social sciences:
Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
This program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and four-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research year but for whom financial support from the parent institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had a financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2000. The doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 1996, and no earlier than 1981. Award: $30,000 to $40,000 for the second half of an awarded sabbatical year. For information, go to: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/#details
Phillips Fund grants for Native American research
For research in Native American linguistics and ethnohistory in the continental United States or Canada. Ethnohistory is defined as the study of cultures and culture change through time. Not for work in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or pedagogy. Maximum award $3,000, given for one year; covers travel, tapes, and informants' fees; not for general maintenance or the purchase of permanent equipment. For current information, go to: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/#details
National Association of Broadcasters
“Research on economic, business, social, and policy issues important to station managers and other decision-makers in the U.S. commercial broadcast industry.”
Total $25,000—typically divided 4-6 ways. For information, go to: www.nab.org/research/grants/grants.asp
ARTS
National Endowment for the Arts
Go to http://www.arts.gov and click on "Guidelines and Applications" for information on NEA grant programs. Please note that the NEA funds individual artists only through its Literature Fellowships and the honorary American Jazz Masters Fellowships and National Heritage Awards in the Folk & Traditional Arts.
Linked to the NEA home page is an online resource for federal funding available for arts and other cultural initiatives through national, state and local funding programs. Click on "Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities" from the NEA home page, or go directly to http://www.arts.gov/federal.html.
NURSING
American Nurses Foundation
“Each year, through our Nursing Research Grants program, ANF provides funds to beginner and experienced nurse researchers to conduct studies that contribute toward the advancement of nursing science and the enhancement of patient care. Awards are given in all areas of nursing, including healthy patient outcomes, health care policy development, critical care, gerontology, women’s health, community and family intervention.” In past years awards have ranged from $3,500 to $7,500. For current information, go to: http://anfonline.org/anf/nrggrant.htm.
National Institute of Nursing Research (National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services)
The institute “supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability and the promotion of healthy lifestyles….The Institute seeks to understand and ease the symptoms of acute and chronic illness, to prevent or delay the onset of disease or disability or slow its progression, to find effective approaches to achieving and sustaining good health, and to improve the clinical settings in which care is provided. The NINR's research extends to problems encountered by patients, families, and caregivers. It also emphasizes the special needs of at-risk and underserved populations.”
NINR grants normally go to research institutes and universities. The best chance for research funding for Linfield faculty would probably be in partnership with faculty at such an institution.
For further information, go to: http://www.nih.gov/ninr.
OTHER
Other federal agencies that make research grants include:
National Institutes of Health
US Department of Education
US Department of Energy, Office of Science
http://www.er.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information, call Catherine Jarmin Miller, director of corporate and foundation relations, at x2494, or e-mail cjarmin@linfield.edu