PrintFunding Spotlight
Questions about any of the funding opportunities listed below can be addressed to Erin Cromack at cromack@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-5252 or Susan Gomes at sgomes@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-9448.
Internal Harvard Opportunities
Limited Submission Opportunities
- Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award
- NSF Collections in Support of Biological Research
- W. T. Grant Scholars Program
External Opportunities
Internal Harvard Opportunities
Provostial Fund for Arts and Humanities
Deadline: May 15, 2013
Award Amount: up to $7,500
Eligible Disciplines: All
The Provost has been able to secure funding for an additional round of proposals for funding to be used for projects scheduled for Academic Year 2013-14. This fund is intended to support creative, innovative initiatives in the Arts and Humanities, both within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and for projects emerging outside the FAS. Proposals might include (but are by no means limited to) performances, master classes, conferences, workshops, seminars and visits by outsiders (although not simply lectures). They may (but need not) involve collaborations across departments and divisions of the FAS and the University as well as with colleagues beyond the University. In the same spirit, they may (but need not) be interdisciplinary or cross-cultural in character.
Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration
Deadline: May 17, 2013
Award Amount: up to $25,000
Eligible Disciplines: All
The Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration supports a variety of cross-faculty collaborations, including but not limited to new interdisciplinary courses, working groups, small-scale conferences, and new research projects that have relevance to fostering interfaculty collaboration more broadly. Applicants must hold primary Harvard faculty appointments at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor and must be from at least two different Schools or two different divisions within FAS. Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received funding from the grant and to proposals that illustrate the potential long-term impact of one-time seed funding, as well as to proposals that show the leveraging of other Harvard resources.
Limited Submission Opportunities
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 6, 2013 by 5pm
Award Amount: $150,000 direct costs over two years
Target Disciplines: Neuroscience
Eligible Faculty: Associate Professors and Professors
The Brain Research Foundation's Scientific Innovations Award Program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This funding mechanism is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators. The objective of the SIA is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and significant publications in high impact journals.
NSF Collections in Support of Biological Research
Harvard Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 16, 2013 by 5pm
Award Amount: Up to $500,000 for up to three years
The Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR) Program provides funds for improvements to secure, improve, and organize collections that are significant to the NSF BIO-funded research community; to secure collections-related data for sustained, accurate, and efficient accessibility of the collection to the biological research community; and to transfer collection ownership responsibilities. The CSBR program provides for enhancements that secure and improve existing collections, result in accessible digitized specimen-related data, and develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management. Requests should demonstrate a clear and urgent need to secure the collection, and the proposed activities should address that need. Biological collections supported include established living stock/culture collections, vouchered non-living natural history collections, and jointly-curated ancillary collections such as preserved tissues and DNA libraries.
W. T. Grant Scholars Program
FAS Pre-Proposal Deadline: May 17, 2013 by 5pm
Award Amount: $350,000 over 5 years
Target Disciplines: Education, Psychology, Public Policy, Sociology, or any discipline relating to settings of youth ages 8-25 in the United States
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports early-career researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. The goal of the program is to support the development of Scholars as they expand their skills and conduct high-quality research with mentoring from senior colleagues. This program currently supports research to understand and improve the everyday settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. Specifically, the foundation is interested in funding studies that enhance understanding of how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved.
External Opportunities
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
Deadline: July 22-24 (varies by directorate)
OSP Deadline: 5 business days before sponsor deadline
Award Amount: $400-500K minimum, includes indirect costs, five years
Eligible Disciplines: All disciplines supported by NSF
The NSF CAREER award program is the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in a field supported by NSF and be employed in a tenure-track (or tenure-track-equivalent) position as an assistant professor (or equivalent title) by October 1, 2013.
