June 2018

• Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative

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New York Public Library: Fellowships at the Cullman Center

OSP review not required

Sponsor Deadline: September 28, 2018

Award Amount: Stipend of up to $70,000, an office, a computer, and full access to the Library's physical and electronic resources. 

The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, and sports. The Cullman Center's Selection Committee awards up to 15 fellowships a year to outstanding scholars and writers-academics, independent scholars, journalists, and creative writers. The Cullman Center looks for top-quality writing from academics as well as from creative writers and independent scholars. It aims to promote dynamic communication about literature and scholarship at the very highest level-within the Center, in public forums throughout the Library, and in the Fellows' published work. 

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program 

OSP review not required

Sponsor Deadline: September 13, 2018 for individual applications in the creative arts, humanities, and social sciences

Award Amount: $77,500 for one year with additional funds for project expenses

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program annually selects and supports 50 leading artists and scholars who have both exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments.  Scholars, scientists, and artists work on individual projects to generate new research, publications, art, and more. Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources at Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2019 through May 31, 2020.  

• Applications related to the broad theme of the human body, which is a one-year initiative across the programs of the Radcliffe Institute; 
• Applications that involve the study of women, gender, and society, which is a commitment rooted in Radcliffe's unique history; 
• Applications that draw on the resources of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, which is part of the Radcliffe Institute and one of the foremost archives on women's history; and
• Applications for the Mellon-Schlesinger Fellowship, part of the broader Long 19th Amendment Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

Social Science Research Council: Abe Fellowship 

OSP review not required

Sponsor Deadline: September 1, 2018

Award Amount: The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24-month period.

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving. Applications are welcome from scholars and nonacademic research professionals. The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and related disciplines, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the four thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry.

The Kennan Institute seeks fellowship applicants from diverse, policy-oriented sectors such as media, business, local government, law, civil society, and academia to examine important political, social, economic, cultural, and historical issues in Russia, Ukraine, and the region. Among the aims of the new fellowships are to build bridges between traditional academia and the policy world, as well as to maintain and increase collaboration among researchers from Russia, Ukraine, the U.S., and around the globe. George F. Kennan Fellows will be based at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. for three-month residencies. Fellows will receive access to the Library of Congress, National Archives, and policy research centers in Washington, D.C., as well as the opportunity to meet with key experts and officials at the State Department, USAID, Department of Defense, and Congress. Applicants have an option to apply for the fellowship as individuals or as part of a team. If applying as a team of two (or three) applicants, the applicants must be citizens of at least two different countries. 

• The Science & the Big Questions Funding Area supports innovative efforts to address the deepest questions facing humankind. Why are we here? How can we flourish? What are the fundamental structures of reality? What can we know about the nature and purposes of the divine?
• The Character Virtue Development funding area seeks to advance the science and practice of character, with a focus on moral, performance, civic, and intellectual virtues such as humility, gratitude, curiosity, diligence, and honesty.
• The Individual Freedom & Free Markets Funding Area supports education, research, and grassroots efforts to promote individual freedom, free markets, free competition, and entrepreneurship. Grounded in the ideas of classical liberal political economy, we seek and develop projects that focus on individuals and their place in a free society. 
• The Exceptional Cognitive Talent & Genius Funding Area supports programs that aim to recognize and nurture exceptional cognitive talent, especially for those at an early stage of life. This Funding Area also supports research concerning the nature of cognitive genius, including extraordinary creativity, curiosity, and imagination.
• The Genetics Funding Area seeks to advance genetics research by supporting novel approaches and contrarian projects, especially research that is undervalued by traditional funding sources. In addition to basic and translational research, this Funding Area supports educational programs that increase public awareness concerning the ways in which genetics-related research and its applications can advance human flourishing at the individual, familial, and societal levels.
• The Voluntary Family Planning Funding Area supports programs that provide such resources for parents and families worldwide.

Searle Freedom Trust

The Searle Freedom Trust fosters research and education on public policy issues that affect individual freedom and economic liberty. Through its grant-making, the foundation seeks to develop solutions to the country's most important and challenging domestic policy issues.  The foundation invests primarily in scholarship that results in the publication of books, journal articles, and policy papers. Funding is typically provided in the form of research grants, fellowships, and other types of targeted project support.  The Searle Freedom Trust also provides funding for public interest litigation and supports outreach to the public through a variety of forums, including sponsorship of research conferences and seminars, film and journalism projects, and new media initiatives.

Sociological Initiatives Foundation Grants

OSP review not required for concept papers

Sponsor Concept Paper Deadline: August 15, 2018

Award Amount: $10,000-$20,000

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation was established to support research that furthers social change, including language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions.

The Foundation specifically supports research that focuses on impacting:

The Foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change. It seeks to fund research and initiatives that provide insight into sociological and linguistic issues that can be useful to specific groups and or communities.

The main topic of the Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program 2018 is "Exploring New Values for Society." Grants will support ambitious projects that adopt a panoramic view of the world and look generations into the future in order to seek new values for society by fundamentally exploring novel philosophies and arts to address difficult issues to be faced by future society; issues that are on a global scale; issues that transcend generations; and nascent problems that will only fully manifest themselves in the future. Project representatives must be 45 years old or under on the day of the beginning of the grant. Project teams of three persons or more are eligible for the grant. Proposals by teams of two persons or less shall be accepted in cases where it is difficult to organize a team of three persons due to reasons such as the novelty of the social issues targeted by the project. 

American Academy of Religion: Collaborative Research Grants

Harvard OSP Deadline: July 25, 2018

Sponsor Deadline: August 1, 2018

Award Amount: $500 - $5,000

Collaborative grants are intended to stimulate cooperative research among scholars who have a focus on a clearly identified research project. They may also be used for interdisciplinary work with scholars outside the field of religion, especially when such work shows promise of continuing beyond the year funded. Collaborative project proposals are expected to describe plans for having the results of the research published.

Grants can provide funds for networking and communication. Funds may also be used to support small research conferences. Conference proposals will be considered only if they are designed primarily to advance research. Conferences presenting papers that report on previous research will not be considered.

A group must apply through an AAR member designated as the Project Director. Not all participants need to hold AAR membership.  

The foundation welcomes 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 and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects.  

Russel Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program

OSP review not required

Sponsor Deadline: June 28, 2018

Award Amount:  Supplemental salary support of up to 50 percent of recipient's academic year salary when unavailable from other sources (up to a maximum of $125,000 for the full academic year, or up to a maximum of $62,500 for a half year)

The Russell Sage Foundation's  Visiting Scholars Program  provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic and behavioral sciences to pursue their research and writing while in residence at the Foundation's New York headquarters. Research carried out by Visiting Scholars constitutes an important part of the Foundation's ongoing effort to analyze and understand the complex and shifting nature of social and economic life in the United States. While Visiting Scholars typically work on projects related to the Foundation's  current programs , a few scholars whose research falls outside these areas are occasionally invited as well. 

All scholar applicants must have a Ph.D. or comparable terminal degree, or a career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. Most selected applicants are typically several years beyond the Ph.D. 

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research

Harvard OSP Deadline: 5 business days in advance of submission

Sponsor Deadline: Rolling through April 29, 2023

Award Amount: No specified limit

The ARI is the Army's lead agency for the conduct of research, development, and analyses for
the improvement of Army readiness and performance via research advances and applications of the behavioral and social sciences that address personnel, organization, and soldier and leader development issues. Programs funded under this BAA include basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development that can improve human performance and Army readiness .

Those contemplating submission of a proposal are encouraged to contact the ARI Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) identified in this BAA or the responsible ARI Manager noted at the end of the technical area entry to determine whether the proposed project warrants further inquiry. If the proposed project warrants further inquiry and funding is available, submission of a white paper or proposal will be entertained. The recommended three-step sequence is (1) initial contact with the ARI TPOC or responsible ARI Manager, (2) white paper submission, (3)
proposal submission.

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• Science of Learning - July 11, 2018
• Developmental Sciences - July 16, 2018
• Linguistics - July 16, 2018
• Social Psychology - July 16, 2018
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - July 18, 19 and 20 (depending on directorate)
• Law & Social Sciences - August 1, 2018
• Perception, Action & Cognition - August 1, 2018
• Science, Technology, and Society - August 3, 2018
• Cognitive Neuroscience - August 13, 2018
• Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Awards - August 15, 2018
• Political Science - August 15, 2018
• Sociology - August 15, 2018
• Cultural Anthropology Scholar Awards - August 16, 2018
• Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - August 20, 2018
• Economics - August 20, 2018
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - August 22, 2018
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics - August 30, 2018
• Science of Organizations - September 4, 2018
• Geography and Spatial Sciences Program - September 6, 2018
• Science of Science and Innovation Policy - September 10, 2018
• International Research Experiences for Students - September 11, September 18 and September 25, 2018
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems  - September 26, 2018
• See all current NSF opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences 

• Humanities Collections and Reference Resources - July 19, 2018
• Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants - August 1, 2018
• Media Projects: Production Grants - August 8, 2018
• Media Projects: Development Grants - August 8, 2018
• Public Humanities Projects - August 8, 2018
• Documenting Endangered Languages - September 18, 2018
• Humanities Connections Implementation Grants - September 20, 2018
• Humanities Connections Planning Grants - September 20, 2018
• Humanities Open Book Program - September 26, 2018
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