Science of Broadening Participation

Synopsis: Supports research on expanding participation in education, the workforce and major societal institutions, with the goal of advancing theory and knowledge to enable informed decisions, design of effective interventions and programs that engage diverse groups.

Due Dates: proposals accepted anytime

Amount: Up to $1,000,000

Human Networks and Data Science

Synopsis: Supports research that studies the behavior of individuals and groups by leveraging data and network science, and the development of data infrastructure that makes such work possible.

Two tracks: Infrastructure (HNDS-I) and Core Research (HNDS-R)

Due Dates: July 14, 2022 (HNDS-R); January 12, 2023 (HNDS-R); February 2, 2023 (HNDS-I)

Amount: Up to $1.2M

Perception, Action & Cognition

Synopsis: Supports theoretically motivated research aimed at increasing understanding of typical human perception, action and cognition and their interactions.

Due Date Windows: July 15 – August 1, 2022; January 15 – February 1, 2023; May 15 – June 15, 2023 (conference proposals only)

Amount: Up to $1,000,000

Social Psychology

Synopsis: Supports research and infrastructure to advance knowledge of human social behavior, including neural and physiological patterns; thought and emotion processes; and intentions, actions and habits that explain ways of thinking about and relating to others.

Due Date: July 15 annually

Amount: More than $1,000,000

Accountable Institutions and Behavior

Synopsis: Supports theoretically motivated research regarding governance-related attitudes, behavior and institutions, including decision-making, elected and appointed political institutions, preference formation and expression, elections, voting and public policy.

Due Dates: August 15, 2022 then January 15 thereafter

Amounts: More than $1,000,000

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

Short Synopsis: Supports research that increases understanding of how individuals, organizations and societies make decisions. Areas include judgment, decision analysis and aids, risk analysis and communication, public policy decision making, and management science.

Due Dates: August 18, 2022, then January 17 annually thereafter

Amount: Up to $1,000,000

Science and Technology Studies

Synopsis: Supports historical, philosophical and social scientific studies of the intellectual, material and social aspects of STEM — including ethics, equity, governance and policy issues relating to scientific theory and practice.

Due Dates: August 3, 2022, then February 2 annually thereafter

Amount: Generally between $100,000 - $500,000

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact

Synopsis: Supports historical, philosophical and social scientific studies of the intellectual, material and social aspects of STEM—including ethics, equity, governance and policy issues relating to scientific theory and practice.

Due Dates: September 9, 2022, then February 10 annually thereafter

Amount: Generally between $100,000 - $500,000

Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)

Synopsis: Supports research on what constitutes and promotes responsible research conduct and how to instill that knowledge in researchers, practitioners and educators across all career stages. 

Due Dates:  January 21 annually

Amount: Generally between $100,000 - $500,000

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Synopsis: The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to help ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM or STEM education. NSF actively encourages women, persons who are members of groups historically underrepresented in STEM, persons with disabilities, and veterans to apply.

Amounts: $37,000 stipend and $12,000 cost of education allowance for each of the three years of support.

Due: mid-October annually

 

Research and Development

Synopsis: The purpose of this program is to support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources. Research and Development offers two funding tiers in order to address projects at all stages of development and implementation.

Due Date: May 17

Amount: Tier I up to $75,000; Tier II up to $350,000

Digital Projects for the Public

Synopsis: The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. 

Due Date: Optional draft May 5; Full Application June 8

Amount: Discovery Grants $30,000; Prototyping Grants $100,000; Production Grants $400,000

Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

Synopsis: The Digital Humanities Advancement Grants program (DHAG) supports innovative, experimental, and/or computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities. The program also supports research that examines the history, criticism, ethics, and philosophy of digital culture or technology and its impact on society.

Due Dates: Optional Draft April 25; Full Application June 24

Amount: Level I $50,000; Level II $150,000; Level III $350,000 with additional $50,000 in matching funds

Public Humanities Projects

Synopsis: The Public Humanities Projects program supports projects that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming.  Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. Awards support projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Projects should engage with ideas that are accessible to the general public and employ appealing interpretive formats.

Due Dates: Optional Draft July 6; Full Application August 10

Amount: Planning Grants $75,000; Implementation $400,000

Media Projects

Synopsis: The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical.

Due Dates: Optional Draft July 6; Full Application August 10

Amount: Development $75,000; Production $700,000; Chairman's Special Awards $1,000,000

Summer Stipends

Synopsis: The National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by:

• Providing small awards to individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both
• Supporting projects at any stage of development, but especially early-stage research and late-stage writing in which small awards are most effective
• Funding a wide range of individuals, including independent scholars, community college faculty, and non-teaching staff at universities

Due Date: September 21

Amount: $6,000

Collaborative Research

Synopsis: The Collaborative Research program aims to advance humanistic knowledge by supporting sustained collaboration between two or more scholars. Collaborators may be drawn from one or more institutions. International collaboration is encouraged, but the project director must be based at a U.S. institution, and project teams must include an equitable balance of scholars based at U.S. institutions and scholars based at non-U.S. institutions. The program encourages projects that propose diverse approaches to topics, incorporate multiple points of view, and explore new avenues of inquiry in the humanities.

Due Dates: November 30

Amount: Up to $250,000

Public Scholars

Synopsis: The Public Scholars program supports the creation of well-researched nonfiction books in the humanities written for the broad public.  It does so by offering grants to individual authors for research, writing, travel, and other activities leading to publication.  Writers with or without an academic affiliation may apply, and no advanced degree is required.  The program is intended both to encourage non-academic writers to deepen their engagement with the humanities by strengthening the research underlying their books and to encourage academic writers in the humanities to communicate the significance of their research to the broadest possible range of readers.  NEH especially encourages applications to this program from independent writers, researchers, scholars, and journalists.

Due Date: November 30

Amount: $5,000 per month

National Digital Newspaper Program

Synopsis: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Preservation and Access is accepting applications for the National Digital Newspaper Program. The purpose of this program is to create a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963 from all 56 states and U.S. jurisdictions. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and will be freely accessible online.

Due Date: January 12

Amount: $325,000

Institutes for Higher Education Faculty

Synopsis: NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.

Due Date: Optional Draft December 15; Full Application February 1

Amount: Up to $235,000

Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

Synopsis: The Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program supports national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities.  Through this program, NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities.

Due Dates: February 15

Amount: $250,000

Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Synopsis:  The NEH Awards for Faculty program seeks to strengthen the humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions by encouraging and expanding humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members.  Awards support individuals pursuing scholarly research that is of value to humanities scholars, students, and/or general audiences.

Due Dates: Optional Draft February 1; Full Application April 12

Amount: $5,000 per month

Fellowships

Synopsis: NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Applications must clearly articulate a project's value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Due Date: April 12

Amount: $60,000 ($5,000 per month)

NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication

Synopsis: To be considered under this opportunity, an applicant's plans for digital publication must be integral to the project's research goals.  That is, the project must be conceived as digital because the research topics being addressed and methods applied demand presentation beyond traditional print publication.  Competitive submissions embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clearly articulate a project's value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Due Date: April 19

Amount: $5,000 per month

Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Synopsis: Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions strengthen the teaching and study of the humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions by developing new humanities programs, resources (including those in digital format), or courses, or by enhancing existing ones.

Due Date: May 9

Amount: Up to $150,000

 

Innovative Approaches to Studying Cancer Communication in the New Information Ecosystem

Synopsis: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to encourage research projects in three distinct domains related to cancer communication: 1) utility and application of new cancer communication surveillance approaches, 2) development and testing of larger-scale interventions using innovative methods and designs, and 3) development and testing of multilevel cancer communication models emphasizing bidirectional influence between levels.

Due Dates: Standard R01 due dates apply. 

Amount: Limited to $500,000 in direct costs per year, up to five year project duration. 

Understanding and Addressing Misinformation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)

Synopsis: The purpose of this initiative is to support research that seeks to (1) understand the underlying mechanisms and (2) test interventions to address and mitigate the impact of health-related misinformation and disinformation on health disparities and the populations that experience health disparities.

Due Dates: November 13, 2022

Amount:Limited to $500,000 direct costs total for up to five years.

Notice of Special Interest: Advancing Health Communication Research on HIV Prevention, Treatment and Cure

Synopsis: The National Institute of Mental Health is issuing this Notice to highlight interest in research applications to optimize health communication strategies that advance HIV prevention, treatment and cure.

Note: This is a notice of special interest, which means you will need to identify a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) listed in the guidelines to apply to. Each will have its own due dates and guidelines. Please contact Tyler Myatt, the College grant writer, for help. 

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

Short Synopsis: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies.

Amount: Generally, up to $500,000 in direct costs per year for up to five years. Applicants requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year (excluding consortium F&A) must contact a Scientific/ Research Contact at least 6 weeks before submitting the application and follow the Policy on the Acceptance for Review of Unsolicited Applications that Request $500,000 or More in Direct Costs as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.

Due Dates: Standard R01 due dates apply.

NIH R36 program

Synopsis: Although not technically fellowships, these grants support dissertation research costs of students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions).

Amounts: $26,352 stipend with $20,000 in additional expenses.

Due: February 16, June 16, October 16

NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowships

Synopsis: The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program is to enable promising predoctoral students with potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientists, to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research. The F31 is also used to enhance workforce diversity though a separate program.

Amounts: $26,352 stipend with $16,000 in tuition.

Due: April 8, August 8, December 8

American Academy of Advertising

Research Fellowship Grants

Synopsis: Members of the Academy are eligible to apply for annual research grants offered by AAA. Grants are available to both junior and senior faculty members and submissions are evaluated by the Research Committee. Winners are expected to grant the Journal of Advertising right of first refusal on the primary paper resulting from the research. Recipients receive half of the award at the time of selection and half of the award when the paper has been sent to the Journal of Advertising.

Amount: $1,000 - $3,000

Due Dates: Late September annually

S. Watson Dunn Memorial Fund Grant

Synopsis: The S. Watson Dunn Memorial Fund is intended to fund future graduate student research projects in the area of global advertising. This need not be a dissertation. 

Amounts: $500 - $1,000 

Due Dates: Early November annually

Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Synopsis: Any topic in advertising may be addressed. Winners must grant the Journal of Advertising, JCIRA, or JIAD right of first refusal on any papers resulting from the dissertation. Recipients receive half of the award at the time of selection and half of the award when the dissertation has been defended successfully. Recipients have three years from the time of the award to complete their dissertation and receive the second half of the award.

Amounts: $1,000 $2,000

Due Dates: Early November annually

Henry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

HFG Emerging Scholars

Synopsis: The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences or allied disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it.

Due Date: February 1 and November 1 annually

International Communication Association

W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award

Synopsis: This annual competition includes a cash award for the winner and a certificate for the winner and his/her advisor. Any dissertation project related to organizational communication is eligible for submission. The winning dissertation will be theoretically driven, methodologically rigorous, and make a significant contribution to our field. In the spirit of W. Charles Redding, the dissertation should present ideas that advance our understanding of organizing and communicating, and that make a difference in the lives of organizational members.

Due Date: Date for 2023 not yet announced—typically in late February

 Travel Grants

Synopsis: Participants from developing/ transitional countries and students who have been accepted to present papers can apply between 16 January and 1 March for travel grants to attend the ICA conference.

Amount: $500

Due Dates: January 16 - March 1

Broadcast Education Association

BEA Research Grant

Synopsis: BEA will award grants to support research projects on topics that align with the overall mission of BEA. 

Amounts: $1,000 - $4,000

Due Date: 11:59 pm ET on January 15, 2022

Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award

 Synopsis: The Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award is an academic prize awarded each year by the Broadcast Education Association for the best doctoral dissertation in field of broadcasting and electronic media. The prize was established by Kenneth Harwood, Professor at the University of Houston and a former President of the BEA. 

Amount: $1,000

Due Date: mid-January annually

The Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media

Synopsis: Annually, a  grant will be awarded to a faculty member who is producing a documentary, news story, multimedia project or sports production focused on historical issues, figures and/or events related to media.  The project can be either a work in progress or a concept you are getting off the ground.  The goal of the grant is to offer support to BEA's creative faculty members.  Applicants must be a current BEA individual member.

Amount: $2,500

Due Date: mid-December annually

New Faculty Research Grant

Synopsis: BEA's New Faculty Research Grant (NFRG) seeks to promote scholarship through achievement by untenured broadcast and electronic media faculty. Every other year a cash grant is awarded for research projects.

Amount: $1,000

Due Date: mid-January on even years

National Communication Association

NCA Research Cultivation Grants

Overview: The Research Cultivation Grant (RCG) supports NCA's mission to “foster professional success in research.” The specific goal of the RCG is to facilitate first-time grant-seeking for those without prior grant experience and/or those desiring to build a foundation for future grant pursuits. In this sense, RCG is a grant-seeding program with both short-term and long-term promise. RCG-funded projects will be those proposing innovative research (such as understudied domains, novel or creative methodologies), internationalization (focused on historically marginalized groups in non-U.S. contexts, for example), and/or engaged scholarship (such as research mobilized in non-academic contexts of pressing social, civic, and ethical concerns, or that translates communication theory into practice).

Amount: $15,000

Due: early October

Advancing the Discipline Grants

Overview: Proposals submitted through this request for proposals should be for one-time funding not to exceed $5,000. Preference is given to stand-alone projects/events, but partial funding of larger projects/events will be considered, provided the funding is allocated to a specific piece of the larger endeavor. Individual research projects will not be considered for funding.

Due: early October

Promotion of Communication in Emerging Democracies Grant

Overview: Proposals are being solicited that promote scholarship and teaching of Communication Studies to benefit emerging democracies and their peoples. Any activity which contributes to this goal is potentially eligible for funding. Such activities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• International travel for residents of emerging democracies to attend conferences or advanced training in Communication Studies
• International travel for U.S. residents to disseminate Communication scholarship or to conduct training in Communication Studies in emerging democracies
• Procuring and disseminating scholarly and instructional materials in Communication Studies for use by institutions within emerging democracies
• Research about various topics in Communication conducted by residents of emerging democracies who would otherwise lack adequate support for such research
• Research about communication phenomena in emerging democracies, which may be conducted by U.S. scholars or by others, and which promises to directly or indirectly promote effective communication practices  

Amount: $500 - $650

Due: early October

NCA Student Caucus Travel Grant

Overview: In support of its commitment to promoting diversity within the Communication discipline, NCA offers travel grants for student members of NCA's caucuses (Asian/Pacific American Caucus, Black Caucus, Disability Issues Caucus, Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns, Indigenous Caucus, La Raza Caucus, or Women's Caucus) to attend the Annual Convention.

Amount: $300

Due: early October

Dissertation Research for PhD Students:

Other Foundations/Organizations

Russel Sage Foundation Dissertation Research Grants

Synopsis: The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has established a dissertation research grants (DRG) program to support innovative and high-quality dissertation research projects that address questions relevant to RSF's priority areas: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. Proposed projects must be closely aligned with the funding priorities listed on the RSF website for any of these areas, contribute to RSF's mission to improve social and living conditions in the U.S., and demonstrate appropriate use of relevant theory, innovative data, rigorous research methods, and measures.

Amount:  $10,000 including $5,000 stipend

Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

Synopsis: Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S., show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. 

Due date: 1/6/22

Amount: $28K one-year stipend

IBM PhD Fellowship Awards

Synopsis: Since 1951, the IBM PhD Fellowship Program has collaborated with faculty, students and universities by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students that address focused areas of interest in technology.

Amounts: $60,000 in year one; $35,000 in year two

Spencer/National Academy of Education Dissertation Fellowship Program

Due date: in 2021 was 10/7

Amount: $27,500

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Joan and Stanford Alexander Award

The Joan and Stanford Alexander Award provides grants each year to two doctoral candidates whose primary concentration is photography and who are currently working on a dissertation for an accredited academic institution. The grant will recognize scholarship of the highest caliber and promote excellence in the history of photography by supporting the completion of the recipient's dissertation. Any doctoral candidate who has completed all coursework and has started to research and/or write a dissertation is eligible to apply. The recipient of the grant may use the funds for travel, for research materials, or to set aside time to write.

Amount: $5,000