Category: Grants

AEJMC senior scholar grants

The AEJMC Senior Scholar Research Program will award up to two $4,000 grants to senior scholars to fund innovative and timely research projects in journalism and mass communication. This is a project of the AEJMC Strategic Plan.

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Senior scholars who are AEJMC members may submit proposals for these grants in the fall of 2013, and selections will be announced by early January 2014.

The AEJMC Senior Scholar Research Program is designed to support researchers in a wide area of study. These funds may support research assistants, travel to research centers or relevant locations, or pay for supplies and services associated with the research. This program seeks to recognize senior (typically tenured) scholars who aim to engage in extended research projects. For at least one of the two awards, priority will be given to a project that requires travel. Members holding an endowed professorship or an endowed chair are not eligible to apply.

Proposals should outline the applicant’s significant research project. Proposals may also be submitted by a team of scholars who would share the award if selected.

AEJMC will showcase initial results from the projects selected for the 2014 grants at a special session at the AEJMC 2014 Conference in Montreal, Canada. In addition to the $4,000 grant, AEJMC will also provide $750 for each selected proposal to assist scholars with travel expenses to that conference.

Deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, Oct. 7, at 4:59 p.m. Eastern Time. All application materials should be emailed as attachments to Jennifer McGill at AEJMCHQ AT aol.com (attachments MUST have a document suffix, such as .doc, .docx or .pdf). All material should come in ONE file in the order outlined under the “Application Process” section of this call. Incomplete proposals will NOT be reviewed.

PROPOSAL CRITERIA

• The proposed topic should center on Journalism and Mass Communication and related disciplines. Topics in related disciplines should also include a central element within mass communication.
• Applicants must be current AEJMC members. Check your membership status before you submit your proposal. Proposals submitted by non-members, or members whose memberships are not current, will be eliminated from the competition.
• Only one proposal per person will be considered. (If you submit as part of a team, that is the only proposal you may submit.)
• The program is looking for proposals from senior faculty members teaching full-time (preferably tenured).
• The proposal should include a demonstration of past research success and the likelihood that this project can be completed by February 2015.
• For the proposals selected, a five-page interim report is due to AEJMC by July 15, 2014, and will be part of the 2014 Conference session. Applicants should submit proposals for projects on which they would be able to make significant progress by that time.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications should contain five sections and include the following materials:
I. A cover sheet that lists the following information: (a) name, address, telephone number and email address; (b) a 200-word bio of applicant(s); and (c) a 300-word abstract of the project.
II. A proposal written for a general mass communication scholarly audience, of no more than 1,500 words (excluding endnotes) describing the project, which must include the following: (a) scope and purpose of project; (b) how the project will expand knowledge; (c) detailed description of the project, including methods, survey information (if used), etc.; (d) current status and timeline for completion; (e) anticipated outcomes; (f) a list of potential publication venues for the finished project. (Proposals that exceed this word count will NOT be reviewed.)
III. A one-page, detailed budget that fully explains the expenses necessary to complete the project. Maximum grant amount is $4,000. Funds may not be used for university indirect costs or PI stipend. If project will cost more than the maximum grant amount, explain where you will get the remaining funds to complete the project.
IV. One letter of support from your immediate supervisor
V. A three-page curriculum vitae

SELECTION PROCESS

All proposals will undergo peer review by JMC scholars. After a two-stage judging process, applicants will be notified of the status of their proposals by early January 2014. Questions about the AEJMC Senior Scholars Program should be directed to Jennifer McGill at AEJMCHQ AT aol.com or 803/798-0271.

Grant for Comm in Emerging Democracies

Call for Grant Proposals for the Promotion of Communication in Emerging Democracies

Grant Funded by The Dale G. Leathers Memorial Fund to Promote Communication Studies in Emerging Democracies. 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

General Procedures for Proposals

Proposals should not exceed 10 pages and shall include the following information:
(1) rational for considering the target nation an emerging democracy
(2) a clear statement of methods or listing of activities, depending on the nature of the proposal
(3) a clear statement of expected outcomes and their relationship to the purpose of the grant
(4) a clear statement of the intended use of monies provided by the grant
(5) an abbreviated, 3 page CV of applicant or principle investigator

Proposals will be reviewed and funded on an annual cycle. If the Trustees deem that no satisfactory proposals have been received in a particular cycle, or if the Trustees deem that available funds are insufficient to justify an award during a given cycle, no award need be made.

Deadline to submit proposal is October 1, 2013.

Grantees will be required to follow the National Communication Association’s Promotional Activities and Sponsorship Acknowledgement Policy for NCA-Funded Events and Projects.

Grant awards are funded by The Dale G. Leathers Memorial Fund to Promote Communication Studies in Emerging Democracies. For 2014, the total grant amount available is $500, and must be spent within the 2014 calendar year.

Please send proposals to: Brad Mello, bmello AT natcom.org
Proposals must be in English.

Bridging cultures grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites proposals for projects that advance the role of the humanities at a community college through curriculum and faculty development on the theme of Bridging Cultures.

NEH expects to award seven to nine grants of up to $120,000 each.

NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges projects create opportunities for community college faculty members to study together while improving their capacity to teach the humanities; enhance or develop areas of need in an institution’s humanities programs; and give community college faculty access to humanities resources through partnerships with other educational or cultural institutions.

Funded projects will:
*draw on sound humanities scholarship related to the theme of Bridging Cultures,
*engage participating faculty in shared readings of important humanities texts,
*involve humanities scholars with appropriate expertise,
*result in improvements in the quality of humanities instruction at a community college or community college system, and
*disseminate widely the results of their work.

Projects must involve a partnership in the planning and implementation of the project between a community college or system and another educational or cultural institution, such as a college or university, museum, research library, or professional association.

Bridging Cultures is an agency-wide initiative that encourages exploration of the ways in which cultures from around the globe, as well as the myriad subcultures within America’s borders, have influenced American society. With the aim of revitalizing intellectual and civic life through the humanities, NEH welcomes proposals that enhance understanding of diverse countries, peoples, and cultural and intellectual traditions worldwide. Applications might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest. In connection with a focus on civic discourse, projects might explore the role of women in America’s civic life as well as the civic role of women in other cultures and regions of the world.

We strongly encourage interested applicants to contact us at (202) 606-8380 or bccc AT neh.gov to consult with a program officer about their proposals.

Guidelines will be available at www.neh.gov/grants/education/bridging-cultures-community-colleges in early May. The application deadline is August 27, 2013.

For information about previously funded proposals in this program, please visit www.neh.gov/divisions/education/bridging-cultures-programs.

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Bridging Cultures Through Film – NEH $

Bridging Cultures Through Film

This National Endowment for the Humanities program supports documentary films that explore international and transnational themes in the humanities. Projects are strongly encouraged to demonstrate international collaboration with scholars based in the U.S. or abroad. Possible topics include, but aren’t limited to:

*An examination of a critical issue in ethics, religion or history through an international lens
*An exploration of a topic that transcends borders
*A biography of a foreign leader, writer, artist or historical figure
*An exploration of the history of culture of a specific region, country or community outside of the United States

The program supports filmmakers in either the production or development stage. Awards range from one to three years and up to $75,000 (for development) or $800,000 (for production). Applications are due June 12, 2013 for projects beginning in January, 2014.

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GriffinHarte Foundation Grants

The GriffinHarte Foundation, a 501(c)(3), is accepting applications for small grants ($100-$1000) from individuals exploring civility and/or the ways their research contributes to an understanding of civility, civil discourses, and civil practices.  For more information, contact the GriffinHarte Foundation, or cindy AT griffinhartefoundation.org.  Deadline for grant applications is December 31, 2012.

Grant $ international student research

NSF Student Grants for International Research Experiences-Deadline August 21, 2012

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks applications for its International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program.  The IRES program supports active research participation by students enrolled as undergraduates or graduate students in any area of research funded by the NSF.   The deadline is August 21, 2012.

NSF accepts IRES proposals from U.S.-based academic research institutions, professional societies, or consortia. However, foreign researchers provide the primary research mentorship, but the U.S.-based Principal Investigator (PI) recruits and prepares the U.S. student participants.

IRES proposals must have a unifying research theme that enables a “cohort” experience for participating students. The IRES cohort concept requires that within each IRES project, each participating student must have an individual research project for which he/she is responsible, but these individual projects must also be coordinated to address a unifying research theme. NSF support for these projects runs for three years that will involve support for three separate student cohorts during that time.

NSF anticipates making approximately 12 IRES awards FY 2013, pending quality of proposals and availability of the $2.25 million the agency expects to spend on the program.

The agency recommends that prospective applicants examine an OISE workshop report entitled “Looking Beyond the Borders: A Project Director’s Handbook of Best Practices for International Research Experiences for Undergraduates.”

NEH Fellowships-Bridging Cultures

NEH Call for Fellowship Applications-Due May 1, 2012

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources in the humanities. Projects may be at any stage of development.

The Fellowships program welcomes projects that respond to NEH’s Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans’ understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions. American projects might explore the great variety of cultural influences on, and myriad subcultures within, American society. These projects might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.

All applications will be given equal consideration in accordance with the program’s evaluation criteria, whether or not they respond to the Bridging Cultures initiative.

View the NEH call for applications.

UCLA Film-TV Archive Travel Funding

Call for Applications: Research Travel Funding

UCLA Film & Television Archive – Visiting Researcher Stipend for 2012

Applications are now being accepted for the UCLA Film &  Television Archive’s
Visiting Researcher Stipend for 2012.

A stipend in the amount of $3,000 will be awarded to offset travel and lodging expenses associated with an extended research visit to the UCLA Film &  Television Archive. Scholars from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

A unique resource for media study, the UCLA Film&  Television Archive is one of the largest repositories of moving image materials in the world. The Archive holds more than 200,000 films produced from the 1890s to the present, as well as local and network television programming, and 27 million feet of newsreel footage produced between 1919 and 1971.

For more information and to download an application, please visit:
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/stipend

Applications must be postmarked no later than July 9, 2012.

The recipient will be announced by August 31, 2012.

Stipend made possible by a grant from the Myra Reinhard Family Foundation

Mark Quigley
Manager, Research&  Study Center (ARSC)
UCLA Film&  Television Archive

GriffinHarte Foundation grants

Grant Opportunity: Small grants ranging from $100–$1,000

Application Deadline: December 15, 2011
Contact Person: Cindy Griffin at www.griffinhartefoundation.org and Cindy@griffnhartefoundation.org

The GriffinHarte Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to promote civil conversations about issues that divide us and are often contentious and difficult to sort through. These issues usually involve questions of fairness, equity, respect, identity (who we are) and the complex ways we are connected to other people. Most importantly, they almost always are related to the very foundations of our lives-so they require that we find ways to communicate effectively about them. Because the founders of the GriffinHarte Foundation, and its members, believe that communication is one of the key elements to understanding and working with our differences, the GriffinHarte Foundation is designed to do the
following:

Support and promote conversations, research, and scholarship that are 1) grounded in questions and practices of civility and feminism; 2) informed by a desire to define, explore, and advocate for social, political, and economic justice in our professional and personal lives; 3) centered in an explicit recognition of the ways our lives and communication are influenced by our identities-our gender and sex, race and ethnicity, age and physical abilities, and education and economic standing.

Support and promote educational practices and research that are1) focused on how we teach as well as what we teach; 2) grounded in a commitment to alternative pedagogies and educational practices; 3) informed by an explicit recognition of the ways identities, genders and sex, feminisms, civility, and civic engagement relate to social, political and economic justice.

Support and promote educational opportunities as they explore identity, gender, feminism, civility, civic engagement and social, political and economic justice.

You may apply for a grant by either email or postal mail.

To apply for a grant by email attach the following documents to an email and send it to Cindy at cindy@griffinhartefoundation.org.

To apply for a grant by postal mail place the following documents in an envelope and mail it to: Cindy Griffin
444 East County Road 68
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524

Document list
Brief abstract of the project or your proposed research (500 words).
Complete description of the project or research.
Explanation of the need for the project or research.
Description of the goals and/or outcomes of the project or research.
Timeline of activities.
Detailed proposed budget.
Statement of approval from your Human Subjects Review committee, if relevant.
Your complete resumé.
Contact information for three references.
Brief biography.
Signed copies of the agreement to provide a “report of results” upon completion of the project or research.
Signed copies of the “agreement to return all grant monies” should the project or research not be carried out as stated in the grant application and approved by the Foundation.

Cole Foundation grants

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Grant applications for the Cole Foundation’s upcoming round of Intercultural Conversations-Conversations Interculturelles programs are now available online. Recent grants totalling $148,140 were handed out to professional theatre companies in Montreal for their 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons. The Cole Foundation created this grant program to encourage a better understanding and greater social harmony amongst the various cultural communities of Montreal through the presentation of professional French and English language theatre. Barry Cole, Cole Foundation President, believes that dialogue leads to better understanding, appreciation and greater social harmony amongst the cultural communities. With this in mind, the Cole Foundation initiated the programme Intercultural Conversations to stimulate the production of theatrical events that feature intercultural dialogue and that introduce Montrealers to other cultural heritages and social realities. Intercultural Conversations consists of production grants, commissioning grants and translation grants to both French and English theatre companies.

Montreal is a multicultural city welcoming people of all ethnic origins. The Cole Foundation wants Montrealers to have a greater awareness of the voices and stories from and about its diverse cultures and communities. Dialogue among these various cultural communities is one way of bringing them together. Theatre has the ability of fostering this intercultural dialogue through the presentation of stories of other cultures on stage and the Cole Foundation considers it vital to support plays that explore these important issues.

Grants for the next competition relate to the 2012-13 and 2013-14 theatre seasons. The deadline for the fourth competition of this meaningful award is October 7. Application forms are now available online where you will also find further information, including lists of past recipients.
Intercultural Conversations grant application forms are available for download here: www.colefoundation.ca/community/competition-forms

Information about the Intercultural Conversations program: www.colefoundation.ca/community
Information about the Cole Foundation Pediatric Oncology research grants: http://www.colefoundation.ca