Arts and Culture
Harry Ransom Center Announces 2010-11 Humanities Research Fellowship Program. Fellowships or travel stipends of up to $3,000 will be awarded to fifty recipients to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history....
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Children and Youth
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Accepting Nominations. Ten national winners between the ages of 8 and 18 who have helped their communities and other individuals will receive $2,500 to support their service work or pursuit of higher education....Deadline: April 30, 2010
Community Improvement/Development
ConAgra Foods Foundation Invites Letters of Interest for Community Impact Grants. Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to grassroots nonprofits working to address childhood hunger and nutrition needs in communities where ConAgra Foods' employees live and work or where 20 percent or more of children are food insecure....Deadline: January 29, 2010 (Letters of Interest)
Environment
Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards to Recognize Young People for Environmental Activism.
Six young people will each receive a $3,000 cash prize in recognition of their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy....Deadline: May 15, 2010
Medical Research
American College of Medical Genetics Foundation/Genzyme Clinical Genetics Fellowship in Biochemical Genetics Award to Support Training in Genetics.Grants of up to $75,000 will be awarded to clinical geneticists working to advance education, research, and standards of practice in medical genetics by developing a broad-based infrastructure and expanding clinical and laboratory expertise....Deadline: January 29, 2010
American College of Medical Genetics Foundation/Luminex 2010 Award to Promote Effective Genetic Testing and Research. Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to medical geneticists undertaking activities aimed at promoting safe and effective genetic testing and services....Deadline: January 29, 2010
James S. McDonnell Foundation Invites Applications for 21st Century Research Awards. Grants of up to $450,000 to be disbursed over a period of up to six years will be awarded for brain cancer research and the study of the brain's complex systems....Deadline: March 17, 2010
Mary Kay Foundation Invites Applications for Cancer Research Grants. At least eight grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to investigators to support research in ovarian, uterine, breast, or cervical cancer....Deadline: February 12, 2010
NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association Announces Deadline for 2010 Independent Investigator Award Program. Two-year awards of up to $50,000 per year will be given to scientists at the associate professor level or equivalent conducting research on schizophrenia, major affective disorders, and other serious mental illnesses....Deadline: March 5, 2010
Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Sodexo Foundation Accepting Applications for STOP Hunger Scholarships. Up to five students selected as national winners will each receive a $5,000 scholarship award and a matching $5,000 grant in their name for the hunger-related charity of their choice....Deadline: February 26, 2010
Social Science
Social Science Research Council Accepting Applications for Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Competition. Research grants of up to $5,000 will be provided to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences working over the summer on their doctoral dissertation proposals....Deadline: January 29, 2010
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