Deadline: November 13, 2009 (Please click here for application details.)

Fellows will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Acknowledged expertise in one or more areas of public policy important to the future of North Carolina;
• A history of public engagement; and
• Demonstrated excellence in writing for a non-academic audience.

Anyone wishing to learn more about the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) or the Faculty Fellows program should visit the IEI's website at www.emergingissues.org.

ACS (Associated Colleges of the South) is continuing to offer grants in faculty and institutional renewal, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grants are designed to provide opportunities for faculty to:

• Be well prepared for leadership and decision making roles on the campus
• Become more effective teachers through specific faculty renewal experiences
• Enhance personal development, with particular attention to preparation for retirement and making retirement a fruitful and productive experience.

Grants are available in the following four categories for up to $8,000 each: Professional Development, Leadership Development, Personal Growth, and Mentoring. Grant requests will be accepted with the following priorities:

1. Collaborative efforts across ACS campus boundaries
2. Collaboration among faculty on a single campus that could lead to broader inter-campus programs
3. Projects carried out by individual faculty that could provide a model for efforts at other ACS institutions

The next round of pre-proposals will be due October 1, 2009. For those asked to submit full proposals, the due date for the next round will be January 15, 2010. Visit the Web site at http://www.colleges.org/faculty_renewal/index.html to view the guidelines and selection criteria. If you have further questions about the program or process, please contact Marcia White at mwhite@colleges.org.

The application deadline for the traditional Fulbright Scholar Program approaches! The award competition for 2010-11 will close on August 1, 2009, so please submit your application by that time. For more details, visit: www.cies.org.

The Grant Training Center is sponsoring a three-day grant proposal workshop for 1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and 2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies. The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences to the educator and non-profit professional.

Participants will learn how to:

• Comprehend the diversity of the grant funding community
• Research and identify potential funding sources
• Create the right fit with the funding agency
• Address the guidelines of proposals
• Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal
• Integrate each component of the grant into the final product
• Develop focused and realistic budgets
• Package professional grants submissions

Space is limited, and since this class fills up quickly, it is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Workshop fee: $595 (includes tuition, materials, certificate of completion and continental breakfast) A rebate of $50 per person is given for two or more registrants from the same organization.

Click here to register.

To register by phone or for more information call (866) 704-7268.

DEADLINE: April 10, 2009

Submissions for the "Undergraduate Research Highlights" feature of the Summer 2009 issue of the CUR Quarterly are being accepted until April 10, 2009. Highlights consist of brief descriptions of recent (past six months) peer-reviewed research or scholarly publications in scholarly journals. These publications must be in print and must include one or more undergraduate co-authors. To be considered for publication as an Undergraduate Research Highlight, a submission should include the information listed below and MUST CONFORM TO THE FORMAT OF THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED BELOW. Submissions must be sent to the Editor of the Quarterly by email (Kelly McConnaughay - kdm@bradley.edu).
Submissions not selected for inclusion in the Quarterly will be posted to the Highlights portion of CUR's web site.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2009

This CUR Institute will be held July 19-23, 2009 at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. The institute will bring together faculty and administrators interested in preparing proposals for submission to external funding agencies. This four-day institute will consist of one-on-one work with a mentor, small group discussions, writing and critiquing of proposals, and plenary sessions. The institute has been developed to assist novice to experienced proposal writers in drafting complete proposals for submission.

Application is available by visiting: http://www.cur.org/institutes/proposal.html

NITLE Update - Fall 2008.pdf

Please check out the September-December 2008 NITLE opportunities by clicking the link above. If you wish to attend any of these programs, please e-mail Mur Muchane.

PRE-PROPOSAL DEADLINE: October 1, 2008
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 15, 2009

ACS is continuing to offer grants in faculty and institutional renewal, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The ACS Faculty Renewal Alliance invites faculty from all ACS institutions to submit proposals. Aims of the grant provided by the Mellon Foundation are designed to provide opportunities for faculty to:

• Be well prepared for leadership and decision making roles on the campus.


• Become more effective teachers through specific faculty renewal experiences.


• Enhance personal development, with particular attention to preparation for retirement and making retirement a fruitful and productive experience.

DEADLINE: October 10, 2008

Submissions for the "Undergraduate Research Highlights" feature of the Winter 2008 issue of the CUR Quarterly are being accepted until Friday, October 10, 2008. Highlights consist of brief descriptions of recent (past six months) peer-reviewed research or scholarly publications in scholarly journals. These publications must be in print and must include one or more undergraduate co-authors. To be considered for publication as an Undergraduate Research Highlight, a submission should include the information listed below and MUST CONFORM TO THE FORMAT OF THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED BELOW. Submissions must be sent to the Editor of the Quarterly by email (Kelly McConnaughay - kdm@bradley.edu).

Submissions not selected for inclusion in the Quarterly will be posted to the Highlights portion of CUR's web site.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2008 (Scholars Program)

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars supports US faculty through the Fulbright Scholars program to teach undergraduate or graduate courses, collaborate with foreign colleagues on projects, pursue individual research, conduct seminars, consult with government ministries and educational institutions, advise on curriculum development, and guest lecture at non-US universities.

PHONE: (202) 686-4000

DEADLINE: August 18, 2008 (sites other than Antarctic)

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2008

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation welcomes research grant proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.

DEADLINES:
July 22, 2008 (BIO, CISE, EHR)
July 23, 2008 (ENG)
July 24, 2008 (GEO, MPS, SBE, OPP)

The National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2008

The NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund (IIF) is a program of competitive awards designed to recognize and promote campus-based innovations and collaborations. The program, administered as four separate funds by the regional advisory councils of NITLE, will run through June 2008. Comprehensive participating colleges enrolled in NITLE for the 2006 - 2008 period are eligible to apply for support from the IIF.

DEADLINE: August 18, 2008

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) is a Foundation-wide program that supports active research participation by undergraduate students. NSF funds research in most fields of science and engineering. The REU program seeks to expand student participation in all kinds of research--whether disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or educational in focus--encompassing efforts by individual investigators, groups, centers, national facilities, and others.

DEADLINE: October 1, 2008 (pre-proposal)

ACS is offering new grants in faculty and institutional renewal, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In the next round of grants, pre-proposals are due on October 1, 2008. For those pre-proposals that are approved, final proposals will be due on January 15, 2009.

Summer 2008 Issue of the Quarterly

Submissions for the "Undergraduate Research Highlights" feature of the Summer 2008 issue of the CUR Quarterly are being accepted until Friday, April 18, 2008. Highlights consist of brief descriptions of recent (past six months) peer-reviewed research or scholarly publications in scholarly journals. These publications must be in print and must include one or more undergraduate co-author. To be considered for publication as an Undergraduate Research Highlight, a submission should include the information listed below and MUST CONFORM TO THE FORMAT OF THE EXAMPLE PROVIDED BELOW. Submissions must be sent to the Editor of the Quarterly by email (Kelly McConnaughay -- kdm@bradley.edu).

The three Alliances of the ACS Environmental Initiative still have approximately $10,000 to give away for spring 2008, and are seeking proposals for grants from $500-$2,000.

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.

PRE-PROPOSAL DEADLINE: January 15, 2008
FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: March 10, 2008

The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Faculty Renewal Alliance invites faculty from all ACS institutions to submit proposals. The overall aim is to enable faculty to explore new possibilities, expanding their background and skills and to take advantage of opportunities not otherwise made available on the campuses and for which other funds are not available.