DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The Smithsonian Institution offers residential fellowships to support research and study in fields including the natural sciences, anthropology, archaeology, space sciences, earth sciences, history of science and technology, history of art, American social and cultural history, and folklife.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. These fellowships support research in all fields of American history and culture through 1876.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2008

The Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies offers theme-based resident fellowships which were established with the support of the Ahmanson Foundation and the J. Paul Getty Trust to encourage the participation of scholars who have received a Ph.D. in the last six years and who are engaged in research pertaining to the announced theme. Stipends are in the amount of $35,000 for the academic year.

DEADLINE: February 15, 2008

The Djerassi Residency Program is designed as a retreat experience to pursue personal creative work and share in collegial interaction within a small community of artists. In this spirit residents are expected to commit themselves for the entire residency session awarded to them.

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: December 21, 2007
(Required only for acquisition requests between $2 million and $4 million. See full text of this solicitation for details.)
FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: January 24, 2008

The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners.

DEADLINE: February 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology partnerships with colleges and universities to allow undergraduates majoring in science, mathematics and engineering to perform summer research at the national NIST laboratories, with emphases on atomic, molecular and optical physics and materials science and engineering. The NIST facilities are located just outside Washington, DC. Applications for participation in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship(SURF) program are only accepted from colleges or universities submitting on behalf of the student applicant. Applications will not be accepted directly from a student. The application package includes a single set of forms completed by the institution, and a set of materials provided by each student applicant.

DEADLINE: February 1, 2008

Congressional Research Awards are offered by the Dirksen Congressional Center to fund the study of the leadership in the Congress, both House and Senate, and congressional procedures, such as committee operation or mechanisms for institutional change, and Congress and the electoral process. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500 and normally extend for one year.

DEADLINE: January 1, 2008 (for residencies beginning mid-May going through February of the following year)

Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.

Beginning a Research Program in the Natural Sciences at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution:

This CUR Institute will be held June 6-8, 2008 at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.
Starting a successful research program and doing scholarly work at a predominantly undergraduate institution poses unique challenges for a beginning faculty member. The overall goal of the institute is to give pre-tenured faculty the opportunity to learn from and discuss with experienced faculty how to establish and manage a research program with undergraduates.

Proposal Writing Institute:

This CUR Institute will be held July 20-24, 2008 at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. The institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies.

DEADLINE: March 1

The American Philosophical Society Library offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Society's library, located near Independence Hall in Philadelphia, is a leading international center for research in the history of American science and technology and its European roots, as well as early American history and culture.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2008

The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Junior Scholars in Retirement Research on an annual basis. This program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide opportunities for junior scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines and senior scholars working in a new area to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues.