Tag: Grants

Anna Lindh Foundation: ALF in Motion (2025-6)

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ALF in Motion: Anna Lindh Foundation Mobility Programme, Alexandria, Egypt. Deadline: 8 November 2025.

ALF in Motion gives intercultural dialogue civil society entities the chance to connect face-to face with partners from a complementary shore of the Mediterranean. ALF in Motion provides financial support to cover mobility costs. Through this programme, entities can choose to develop projects with new partners, bring an expert to their existing event, co-create art or produce new knowledge. In this programme, ALF introduces four distinct modalities.

Choose the modality that best fits your intercultural dialogue initiative:

Mobility for Partnership
Duration: Minimum 7 days, excluding traveling days
Funding: 1.300 euro
Purpose: Develop joint project proposals for international donors

Mobility for Action
Duration: Minimum 2 days, excluding traveling days
Funding: 1.000 euro
Purpose: Bring external expertise to workshops, debates, trainings, and cultural events, among others

Mobility for Creativity
Duration: Minimum 20 days, excluding traveling days
Funding: 2.200 euro
Purpose: Host artists and creative individuals for collaborative cultural initiatives

Mobility for Knowledge
Duration: Minimum 7 days, excluding traveling days
Funding: 1.300 euro
Purpose: Partner with specialized entities to produce intercultural dialogue know-how

NCA: Communication Grants 2026

GrantsGrant opportunities, National Communication Association, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 1 September 2025.

Applications are being accepted for NCA’s Research Cultivation Grants, Advancing the Discipline Grants, the Communication Pedagogy Grant, grants funded by the Dale Leathers Fund to Promote Communication Studies in Emerging Democracies, and the NCA President’s L.I.F.T. Grant, new as of this year. Grant recipients will be notified in mid-November, and projects are expected to begin Jan. 1, 2026.

Research Cultivation Grants facilitate first-time grant-seeking for those without prior grant experience and/or those desiring to build a foundation for future grant pursuits. RCG-funded projects should propose innovative research (such as understudied domains, novel or creative methodologies), focus on internationalization (focused on historically marginalized groups in non-U.S. contexts, for example), and/or focus on engaged scholarship (such as research mobilized in non-academic contexts of pressing social, civic, and ethical concerns, or that translates communication theory into practice). Applicants may seek support up to $12,500.

The NCA President’s L.I.F.T. Grant seeks to support NCA members who are pursuing scholarship related to threats to academic freedom, scholarship that faces censorship due to the political or ideological content of the work, scholarship related to dehumanizing language in general and/or the dehumanization of Palestinians in particular, and other work outlined in criteria for evaluation available on NCA’s website linked below. Applicants may seek support up to $10,000.

Advancing the Discipline Grants fund projects and events that support work that is focused on the discipline itself. All funded activities align with the goals of NCA’s strategic plan and have widespread impact that reaches beyond a single department, campus, or NCA unit. Applicants may seek one-time funding not to exceed $5,000.

The Communication Pedagogy Grant is designed to support communication educators in exploring innovative pedagogical practices, assessment design, and learning environments. This grant funds proposals that aim to create long-term impacts on faculty, students, or communities, particularly in marginalized spaces, and foster critical thinking and engagement with social discourses. Applicants may seek support up to $15,000.

Named for NCA’s 78th President, the Dale G. Leathers Memorial Fund Grants promote scholarship and teaching in Communication Studies to benefit emerging democracies and their peoples. The Leathers Award varies from year to year but has recently been between $500 and $600.

EAIE Doctoral Research Grants: Internationalization of Higher Education (Netherlands)

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Doctoral Research Grants, European Association for International Education, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 1 August 2025.

The EAIE Doctoral Research Grants support early-career scholars conducting doctoral research on internationalisation in higher education. In 2025, up to five grants of up to €4500 each will be awarded to help cover research-related expenses such as travel, data collection tools and access to academic resources. The grant is open to doctoral candidates from around the world whose work is relevant to the European context and the EAIE community. In addition to funding, the programme offers visibility, engagement opportunities and a platform to contribute to the broader field of international higher education.

In 2025, the EAIE will award up to five Doctoral Research Grants to support doctoral candidates researching internationalisation in higher education. Each grant provides up to €4500 in support of research that forms part of the official requirements for completing a doctoral degree. The grant may cover expenses such as travel for data collection or conferences, data collection and analysis tools, such as surveys and data analysis software, and access to books, journals or other paid academic literature.

Vilcek Foundation Grants 2025-26 (USA)

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Vilcek Foundation Grants, 2025-26, New York, NY, USA. Deadline: 30 June 2025.

Grantmaking is a vital part of how the Vilcek Foundation pursues its mission: to recognize and celebrate immigrant contributions to the arts and sciences, and to foster appreciation for the arts and sciences.

The Vilcek Foundation invites applications for grants to support nonprofit organizations that work with immigrant artists and communities, and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities. A portion of the foundation’s grants are identified and initiated directly by the Vilcek Foundation. Grant applications are accepted year-round. The current open call cycle for grant applications extends until June 30, 2025.

Eligibility: nonprofit organizations operating under U.S. IRC Section 501(c)3; based in the United States or within the U.S. territories.

Waterhouse Family Institute Research Grants 2025-26

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Waterhouse Family Institute Faculty and  Doctoral Student Research Grants, 2025-26, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Deadline: 15 May 2025.

Waterhouse Family Institute Research Grants are available to faculty at any institution of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, and other doctoral-level scholars. However, eligibility to apply for the WFI grant program is limited to those in Communication or a closely related discipline. Although they do not limit grants to a specific methodological orientation or subdisciplinary focus, all projects supported by the WFI have two things in common: they make communication the primary, and not secondary, focus, and they engage communication in terms of its impact on the world around us, its ability to create social change.

Cole Foundation Grants: ICD Through Theatre 2025 (Canada)

Intercultural Conversations-Conversations Interculturelles programme, Cole Foundation, Montreal, Canada. Deadline: 28 March 2025.

Twice a year the Cole Foundation’s Intercultural Conversations-Conversations Interculturelles (IC-CI) program disperses hundreds of thousands of dollars to support professional Montreal theatre companies to produce, commission and translate plays that show diversity on stage. This encourages greater understanding of Montreal’s intercultural reality by having audiences both learn about and see their stories presented.

The Cole Foundation is committed to celebrating the vibrant multi-cultural mosaic of Montreal, Quebec and the rest of world by supporting professional theatre that features the stories of different (racial, ethnic or religious) cultures. We hold a bi-annual competition, awarding grant funding to the production, creation, and translation of plays that bring to the stage the voices of such cultures.

FMSH: Franco Nordic Program Grants (France, Norway)

GrantsFranco Nordic Program grants, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH), Paris, France. Deadline: 11 April 2025.

This program, led by the University Centre of Norway in Paris (CUNP) and the FMSH, aims to promote research collaboration in the field of human and social sciences and support the development of new scientific cooperation projects between French and Nordic researchers (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic). The call is open to researchers of all disciplines in the human and social sciences, starting at the doctoral level, for trilateral projects with a duration of 3 years (2026-28).

  • The project team must involve at least 3 researchers from 3 higher education institutions: 1 from Norway, who will be the project coordinator, 1 from France, and 1 from another Nordic country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden).
  • Only the norwegian coordinator has to have a permanent position and be attached to one of the following universities which will host the project during its entire duration: University of Oslo (UiO), University of Bergen (UiB), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norwegian Arctic University (UiT).
  • The other members of the team can be PhD students, post-doctoral fellows or researchers, either statutory or associated with a higher education institution in France or in another Nordic country.
  • The activities presented must take place in the countries of the project teams.
  • If necessary, it is possible to integrate a 4th partner from outside the Nordic countries: in this case, the relevance of its participation must be detailed in the project and the latter must provide co-financing.

Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund for International Cultural Exchange or Goodwill (Japan)

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Grants for International Cultural Exchange or Goodwill, Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund,  Deadline:  30 September 2024.

The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund Grant program (JEC Fund Grant program) was established in commemoration of the success of the Japan World Exposition of 1970 (Expo ’70), the theme of which was “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” to convey the legacy and ideals of Expo ’70 to future generations. The following kinds of projects are supported:

  • Projects contributing to international cultural exchange and international goodwill
  • International projects in the fields of academic study, education, social welfare, medical care, and hygiene and public health
  • International projects designed for conservation of nature and the human environment

Projects with either of the following themes are given preference in screening:

  • To inherit and evolve the idea of Expo ’70 toward EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (Expo 2025), resulting in the creation of values for a new era, and contribute to the success of Expo 2025
  • International conferences that qualify for the JEC Fund Grant are limited to meetings in basic natural sciences, excluding engineering and medical science, in which operational funds are deemed to be insufficient despite the importance of the meetings

Musser Fund Grants for Intercultural Harmony 2024 (USA)

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Intercultural Harmony Initiative, Laura Jane Musser Fund. Deadline:  October 16, 2024.

Through the Intercultural Harmony Initiative, the Laura Jane Musser Fund supports projects that promote mutual understanding and cooperation between groups of community members of different cultural backgrounds. Project planning grants up to $5,000 or implementation grants up to $25,000 will be considered. Applications will be accepted online through the Fund’s website from September 16 – October 16, 2024.

Priority is placed on projects that include members of various cultural communities working together on projects with common goals; build positive relationships across cultural lines; engender intercultural harmony, tolerance, understanding, and respect; and enhance intercultural communication, rather than cultural isolation, while at the same time honoring the unique qualities of each culture.

NOTE: The geographic areas for this initiative are only Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wyoming, and limited counties in New York and Texas. 

NCA: Communication Pedagogy Grants 2024

GrantsCommunication Pedagogy Grants, National Communication Association, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: 1 September 2024.

The Teaching and Learning Council supports and promotes disciplinary pedagogy. The Communication Pedagogy Grant (CPG) envisions a space for communication educators to explore innovative pedagogical practices, assessment design, and learning environments. The CPG will fund proposals that are most likely to (a) have a long-term impact on faculty, students, or community environments through the development of learning opportunities; (b) that support, challenge, experiment with, and/or advocate for impactful and enduring change in marginalized spaces inside or outside the classroom, such as (but not limited to) grants that foster critical thinking and deliberative engagement with social discourses; and (c) that support exploration of transferable instructional communication methodologies, practices, content, or models, that if adopted by others will create a meaningful teaching experience.

The CPG seeks to benefit instructors at any career stage and to address a gap in pedagogical funding to support:

  • instructors who seek to translate research findings into practice related to instructional communication methodologies, practices, models, or variables (immediacy, clarity, teacher authenticity, etc.);

  • instructors who seek to explore innovative instructional communication pedagogical methodologies, practices or models focusing on inclusivity;

  • instructors who seek to explore innovative instructional communication pedagogical methodologies, practices, or models to teach fundamental communication theories and concepts; and

  • creation of pedagogical materials that could be used by others.

    Applicants may seek support up to $15,000. Applications are due September 1 for awards given in the following calendar year.

Other NCA Grant opportunities available here.