Lewis and Clark Foundation Grants

The Lewis and Clark Fund encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Amounts range from a few hundred dollars to $5,000. Applications are invited from disciplines including, but not limited to, archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, paleontology, and population genetics.

If you think this award works for you, you will want to talk to your recommenders soon, deadlines are as follows:

Application: February 1, with notification in May, for work in June and beyond.

Letters of support: January 26

Are you up for one of the Four Grand Challenges?

This opportunity might sound like something drawn from Harry Potter, but in reality it’s a way that the Smithsonian Institution can help support you and your research.  Curious about how your topic fits in? Check out these 2010 winners. The deadline is January 15, 2012.

 

 

• Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe

• Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet

• Valuing World Cultures

• Understanding the American Experience

Art History Resources

Today I’m re-posting one of my favorite Art History Resources (it’s regularly linked to the side of this page), in honor of this afternoon’s presentation to Art & Art History students over in Van Allen. You can find terrific opportunities there, like The Luce (for American Art), and many many more! Happy grant hunting!

Ford Fellowship Deadline Approaches

Are you considering a Ford Fellowship? If not, perhaps you should be! Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

Ford fellowships are limited to:

• citizens or nationals of the United States regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation,
• Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such
  as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations),
• Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the
  college or university level.

SAR Deadline Approaches

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) supports advanced scholarship and creativity in the social sciences, the humanities, and Native American art. Since 1907, SAR has supported innovative programs that expand our knowledge of human nature, culture, and creativity.

Check out their Opportunities for Resident Scholars!

Find Scholarships in Europe!

Scholarship Portal offers this terrific database to help you study in Europe. Bavaria, anyone?

Student to Student: Navigating the NSF

Need candid advice for navigating the ins and outs of your NSF application? Meet blogger Jennifer Wang. She’s compiled a cool list of links to help you as you prepare materials for your NSF Fellowship application. Enjoy these links and drop us an email if you have quetsions. Remember that we help with proposal review, but will need two weeks advance notice during this busy season!

Gear up for Fulbright!

The University of Iowa’s internal deadline is September 21, so if you want to teach English or study abroad you need to get writing! Learn more at International Programs and don’t forget to look at the tab on our Grants 4 Hawks Homepage for more awesome Fulbright tips!

* Photo from Fulbright.state.gov

Cool Off: NSF takes Artists and Writers to Antarctica

The Antarctic Artists and Writers Program furnishes U.S. Antarctic Program operational support, and round-trip economy air tickets between the United
States and the Southern Hemisphere, to artists and writers whose work requires them to be in the Antarctic to complete their proposed project. It does not provide funds for salary, materials, completion of the envisioned works, or any other purpose.

U.S. Antarctic Program infrastructure consists of three year-round stations
and numerous austral-summer research camps in Antarctica, research ships in the Southern Ocean, and surface and air transportation. These assets support the
artist and writer projects. The main purpose of the U.S. Antarctic Program is
scientific research and education. See what Antarctic projects have been funded here.

“Tell your story” to NIH–and get Funded!

Listen to this Pocast with terriffic information for NIH applicants. Remember that there is a mid-August deadline!

 

*Picture care of Lake Washington School District