{"id":457,"date":"2017-04-14T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/?p=457"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:56:24","slug":"faculty-recognition-funding-opportunities-april-15-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/2017\/04\/14\/faculty-recognition-funding-opportunities-april-15-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Recognition &#038; Funding Opportunities &#8211; April 15, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p><strong>RECOGNITION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nicholas Adams<\/strong>, Professor of Art on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair, both originated and curated\u00a0<em>Building Buffalo: Buildings from Books, Books from Buildings<\/em>, a major exhibition of the\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalolib.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(BECL), New York.\u00a0With support from the\u00a0<strong>Vassar College Faculty Committee on Research<\/strong>, Adams offered to curate an exhibit of rare books in the library's collection and enlisted Francis Kowsky, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, in the effort. \u201cBuilding Buffalo\u201d presents books from the\u00a0<strong>Grosvenor Rare Book Collection<\/strong>\u00a0of the BECL that were, over more than a century, donated or purchased to help the city grow into a great metropolitan center. The collection, including works from early editions of Vitruvius to the works of Le Corbusier, was assembled to educate the city\u2019s architects and residents in the traditions of the world\u2019s cultural riches. In two respects these are the books that built Buffalo. They are part of a cultural heritage that turned the frontier village into a great city. Further, the ideas and images in these books fired the imaginations of Buffalo architects as they built the rapidly expanding city. These are, in short, the books that record great buildings and convey great architectural ideas, \u201cthe books that helped build buildings\u201d.\u00a0 Much like the built heritage still standing in Buffalo, the exhibit\u2019s books form a precious resource matched by few other American cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miriam Cohen<\/strong>, Evalyn Clark Professor of History, is author of\u00a0<em>Julia Lathrop: Social Service and Progressive Government<\/em>, newly published by\u00a0<strong>Westview Press<\/strong>.\u00a0A volume in the\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/westviewpress.com\/category\/history\/american-history\/lives-of-american-women-series-history-american-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lives of American Women Series<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Professor Cohen\u2019s new book is\u00a0a biography of Julia Lathrop, Vassar Class of 1880,\u00a0a social servant, government activist and social scientist who expanded notions of women\u2019s roles in public life early in the 20th century. \u201cJulia Lathrop offers the historical context in which women reformers had to maneuver at the turn of the century,\u201d writes\u00a0Joanne L. Goodwin, Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. \u201cIf we can measure the advancement of social welfare by the opportunities that existed at the time, then Miriam Cohen has done a service to us all by bringing Julia Lathrop\u2019s career back into focus.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elliot Schreiber<\/strong>, Associate Professor of German Studies, has been awarded a Fellowship by the&nbsp;<strong>German Academic Exchange Service<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daad.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst<\/a>) to pursue research at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijb.de\/en\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Youth Library<\/a>&nbsp;in Munich in summer 2017.&nbsp; Professor Schreiber will work on his book project,&nbsp;<em>Toy Stories: Fairytales, Toys, and the Discovery of Imaginative Play in Germany 1750-1850,<\/em>&nbsp;whiledeveloping a new International Studies\/Education course that he will co-teach with Tracey Holland (Department&nbsp;of Education),&nbsp;titled \u201cHello, Dear Enemy: Mounting an Exhibition of Picture Books on War and Displacement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cindy Schwarz<\/strong>, Professor of Physics, was named a\u00a0<strong>Fellow<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>American Association of Physics Teachers\u00a0<\/strong>(AAPT) for 2017.\u00a0The criterion for selection of Fellows is simple: exceptional contribution to AAPT's mission to enhance the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.\u00a0Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers, and Professor Schwarz is one of only eight\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/aapt.org\/aboutaapt\/2017-AAPT-Fellows-Awards-Announced.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">AAPT Fellows<\/a>\u00a0for 2017.\u00a0An international organization for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists, AAPT was founded in 1930 and is headquartered at the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acp.org\/about-american-center-physics\" target=\"_blank\">American Center for Physics<\/a>\u00a0in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David Tav\u00e1rez<\/strong>, Professor of Anthropology, was awarded a\u00a0<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gf.org\/fellows\/current\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guggenheim Fellowship<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by the\u00a0<strong>John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation<\/strong>.\u00a0Since its establishment in 1925, the Foundation has granted generous fellowships to over 18,000 people, including Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, Turing Award winners, poets laureate, members of the various national academies, and winners of the Pulitzer Prize.\u00a0Professor Tav\u00e1rez is one of 173 new Guggenheim Fellows, selected from nearly 3,000 entrants to the 2017 cycle. <em>Word, Time, and Resistance in Colonial Mexico: The Zapotec Books of the Cosmos<\/em>, his\u00a0project for the Guggenheim year, rethinks the dynamics of religious and political dissent in colonial societies through a corpus of more than 100 daykeeping manuals, and several ritual songs, all clandestinely produced in Zapotec by ritual specialists in seventeenth-century Mexico.\u00a0His examination of this unique surrender, precipitated by the largest campaign against native idolatry in the colonial Americas, reassesses religious knowledge as mobilized political and historical consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOME UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR EXTRAMURAL FUNDING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NATURAL SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING &amp; MATHEMATICS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAY 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wildlife Acoustics\u00a0<\/strong>will award grants of up to $5,000 in support of bioacoustics research on chiropteran, avian, terrestrial, amphibious, and marine wildlife, and everything else in between. Projects must make significant use of bioacoustics for data collection and\/or analysis, advance scientific knowledge, and contribute to long-term conservation. In addition, the grant award must have a significant impact on the success of the project.\u00a0 Applicants must be a biologist, researcher, conservationist, or student. See the Wildlife Acoustic website for complete program guidelines and application instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wildlifeacoustics.com\/grant\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.wildlifeacoustics.com\/grant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JUNE 15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The American Psychological Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>(APF) invites applications for its Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark Fund, which provides an award of $10,000 to an early-career psychologist in support of his\/her research and demonstration activities that promote understanding of the relationship between self-identity and academic achievement, with an emphasis on children in grades K-8.\u00a0Applicants must be an early-career psychologist (no more than ten years postdoctoral) and have received IRB approval, if human participants are involved before funding can be awarded.\u00a0See the APF website for complete program guidelines, information about past recipients, and application instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/apf\/funding\/clark-fund.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.apa.org\/apf\/funding\/clark-fund.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JUNE 25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA)<\/strong> support meritorious research at undergraduate degree-granting colleges and universities in order to expose students to research and help to strengthen the research environment of awardee institutions. Projects may last up to three years, and direct costs are not to exceed $300,000.\u00a0AREA grants are renewable, and preliminary data are not required.\u00a0 For complete eligibility and instructions, please visit NIH online at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/funding\/area.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/funding\/area.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Watch a detailed video presentation on peer review considerations for AREA applications:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VdjioTcAFWw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VdjioTcAFWw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JULY 14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service\u00a0<\/strong>is accepting applications for its annual<strong>\u00a0Standard Grants Program<\/strong>, supporting public-private partnerships dedicated to carrying out projects projects that involve the long-term protection, restoration, and\/or enhancement of wetlands and associated uplands habitats. From September 1990 through April 2016, some 4,300 partners affiliated with 1,894 projects received more than $1.4 billion in grants and contributed another $2.8 billion in matching funds to protect, restore, and\/or enhance some 33.1 million acres of habitat.\u00a0Grant amounts will be considered on a project-by-project basis.\u00a0See the Fish &amp; Wildlife Service website for a complete program description and application guidelines: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/birds\/grants\/north-american-wetland-conservation-act\/standard-grants\/united-states.php\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/birds\/grants\/north-american-wetland-conservation-act\/standard-grants\/united-states.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AUGUST 1\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry through the\u00a0<strong>Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry<\/strong>.\u00a0A single grant of $120,000 (payable in two $60,000 installments) will be awarded to a principal investigator for the appointment of a postdoctoral fellow in environmental chemistry, with priority given to innovative fundamental research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment.\u00a0To be eligible, the principal investigator must have a well-established research effort in environmental science or engineering. Those activities need not be located in a traditional department in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged. The postdoctoral fellow usually is not already identified or working in the principal investigator's lab at the time of application. See the Dreyfus Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dreyfus.org\/awards\/postdoctoral_program.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dreyfus.org\/awards\/postdoctoral_program.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER 19 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields except the performing arts. The fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The program seeks to further the development of scholars and artists by helping them engage in research in any field of knowledge and\/or creation in any of the arts under the freest possible conditions.\u00a0Fellowships provide grants to selected individuals over a period of between six and twelve months. Because the purpose of the program is to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to advance their work.\u00a0Support is only available to individuals. Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs.\u00a0The foundation understands the performing arts to be those in which an individual interprets work created by others. Accordingly, the foundation will provide fellowships to composers but not conductors, singers, or instrumentalists; choreographers but not dancers; filmmakers, playwrights, and performance artists who create their own work but not actors or theater directors.\u00a0Grant amounts vary, and the foundation does not guarantee it will fully fund any project.\u00a0See the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website complete guidelines and applications instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gf.org\/about\/fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gf.org\/about\/fellowship\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics<\/strong>\u00a0(NCTM) supports teachers with the aim of ensuring equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.\u00a0NCTM invites proposals for its<strong>Pre-K-6 Classroom Research Grants<\/strong>\u00a0program, which supports classroom-based research in pre-college mathematics education in collaboration with college or university mathematics educators.\u00a0Grants of up to $6,000 will be awarded to mathematics educators or classroom teachers currently teaching mathematics at the pre-K\u20136 level. The research must be a significant collaborative effort involving a college or university mathematics educator (a mathematics education researcher or a teacher of mathematics learning, teaching, or curriculum) and one or more pre-K\u20136 classroom teachers. The proposal may include but is not restricted to research related to curriculum development and implementation; involvement of at-risk or minority students; students' thinking about a particular mathematics concept or set of concepts; connection of mathematics to other disciplines; focused learning and teaching of mathematics with embedded use of technology (any acquisition of equipment must support the proposed plan but not be the primary focus of the grant); and\/or innovative assessment or evaluation strategies.\u00a0Involvement of preservice teachers is encouraged but not required. The research should lead to a draft article suitable for submission in the Mathematics Teacher Educator, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, or in one of the other NCTM school journals. In addition, proposals must address the following: research design, the plan for collecting and analyzing data, and the anticipated impact on student learning.\u00a0To be eligible, applicants must be a current NCTM member (on or before October 15, 2016) or teach at a school having current NCTM pre-K-8 school membership. The college or university mathematics educator also must be a member of NCTM.\u00a0For complete program guidelines and application instructions, visit NCTM online: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctm.org\/Grants-and-Awards\/Grants\/Pre-K-6-Classroom-Research-Grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nctm.org\/Grants-and-Awards\/Grants\/Pre-K-6-Classroom-Research-Grants\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rolling<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The Simons Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0invites Letters of Intent for its new\u00a0<strong>Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0program, intended to support high-risk projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. For projects with principal investigators at different institutions, the LOI should be submitted by the lead PI and his\/her institution.\u00a0Applicants will be notified within two months of the submission of the LOI.\u00a0See the Simons Foundation website for complete program guidelines and application instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/mathematics-physical-sciences\/targeted-grants-in-mps\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.simonsfoundation.org\/funding\/funding-opportunities\/mathematics-physical-sciences\/targeted-grants-in-mps\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rolling\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0believes that a carefully reasoned and systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.\u00a0The Foundation makes grants to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life.\u00a0The Foundation is unique in its focus on science, technology, and economic institutions. It believes the scholars and practitioners who work in these fields are chief drivers of the nation\u2019s health and prosperity. In each grant program, the Foundation seeks proposals for original projects led by outstanding individuals or teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is interested in projects that it expects will result in a strong benefit to society, and for which funding from the private sector, the government, or other foundations is not widely available.\u00a0For areas of interest and application instructions, visit the Sloan Foundation online: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sloan.org\/major-program-areas\/?L=0%3FcHash%3D3abefb807773927e5a962594e662c143\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sloan.org\/major-program-areas\/?L=0%3FcHash%3D3abefb807773927e5a962594e662c143<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOME UPCOMING DEADLINES FOR EXTRAMURAL FUNDING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APRIL 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Department at Yale University\u00a0<\/strong>invites applications for the\u00a0<strong>Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship<\/strong>. The annual fellowship is designed to provide access to Yale resources in LGBT studies to a scholar who lives outside the greater New Haven, Connecticut, area. The program supports scholars from any field interested in pursuing research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and\/or queer studies using faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at Yale.\u00a0The one-month fellowship, which must be taken up between September 1, 2017, and April 30, 2018, provides an award of $4,000 to pay for travel to and from New Haven and act as a living allowance. The fellowship recipient is expected to be in residence for a minimum of twenty days during the period of his or her award.\u00a0Graduate students conducting dissertation research, independent scholars, and all faculty are invited to apply. Scholars residing within a hundred miles of New Haven are ineligible.\u00a0For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Yale LGBT studies website: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lgbts.yale.edu\/research\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lgbts.yale.edu\/research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APRIL 21<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u200b<strong>The Harpo Foundation\u200b<\/strong>was established in 2006 to support artists who are underrecognized by their fields. The foundation seeks to stimulate creative inquiry and to encourage new modes of thinking about art. To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for its&nbsp;<strong>Grants for Visual Artists<\/strong>&nbsp;program. Through this annual program, direct support grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to under-recognized artists 21 years or older. For complete program guidelines, information about previous grant recipients, and application instructions, see the Harpo Foundation website:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpofoundation.org\/apply\/grants-for-visual-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.harpofoundation.org\/apply\/grants-for-visual-artists\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AUGUST 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Russell Sage Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>is accepting applications for its <strong>Social, Economic and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act Program.\u00a0<\/strong>The program supports innovative social science research on the social, economic, and political effects of the Affordable Care Act. The foundation is especially interested in funding analyses that address important questions about the effects of the reform on outcomes such as financial security and family economic well-being, labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children's outcomes, and differential effects by age, race, ethnicity, nativity, or disability status. The foundation also is interested in research that examines the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy development outside of health care.\u00a0Funding is available for secondary analysis of data or for original data collection. Projects that propose novel uses of existing data and projects that propose to analyze newly available or underutilized data are welcome. The foundation will not fund research on the effects of the ACA on healthcare delivery or health outcomes (e.g., barriers to implementation, changes in the quality of care and health status, or trends in enrollment and affordability), as other funders already do that.\u00a0Grant requests are limited to no more than a two-year period, with a maximum of $150,000 (including overhead) per project.\u00a0<strong>LOIs must be received no later than August 21, 2017. <\/strong>Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application that must be returned no later than November 15, 2017. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.russellsage.org\/research\/funding\/affordable-care-act\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.russellsage.org\/research\/funding\/affordable-care-act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER 19 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields except the performing arts. The fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The program seeks to further the development of scholars and artists by helping them engage in research in any field of knowledge and\/or creation in any of the arts under the freest possible conditions.\u00a0Fellowships provide grants to selected individuals over a period of between six and twelve months. Because the purpose of the program is to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to advance their work.\u00a0Support is only available to individuals. Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of websites or blogs.\u00a0The foundation understands the performing arts to be those in which an individual interprets work created by others. Accordingly, the foundation will provide fellowships to composers but not conductors, singers, or instrumentalists; choreographers but not dancers; filmmakers, playwrights, and performance artists who create their own work but not actors or theater directors.\u00a0Grant amounts vary, and the foundation does not guarantee it will fully fund any project.\u00a0 See the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website complete guidelines and applications instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gf.org\/about\/fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gf.org\/about\/fellowship\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Samuel H. Kress Foundation\u00a0<\/strong>is accepting applications to its\u00a0<strong>History of Art<\/strong>\u00a0grant program, which supports scholarly projects that enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture, from antiquity to the dawn of the modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, the development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogs and publications, and technical and scientific studies. The program also supports activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.\u00a0In previous years, grant amounts have ranged up to $100,000.\u00a0See the Kress Foundation website for complete program guidelines, information about previous grant recipients, and application guidelines: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kressfoundation.org\/grants\/default.aspx?id=142\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kressfoundation.org\/grants\/default.aspx?id=142<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OCTOBER 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Samuel H. Kress Foundation's Digital Resources<\/strong>\u00a0program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration and new approaches to teaching and learning art history. To that end, grants will be awarded to support the digitization of important visual resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history and primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); promising initiatives in online publishing; and innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. The program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.\u00a0Grant amounts will be determined on a project-by-project basis. Past grants have ranged between $12,000 and $70,000.\u00a0 For complete program guidelines and application instructions: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kressfoundation.org\/grants\/digital_resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kressfoundation.org\/grants\/digital_resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOVEMBER 3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)\u00a0<\/strong>supports teachers with the aim of ensuring equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.\u00a0NCTM invites proposals for its Pre-K-6 Classroom Research Grants program, which supports classroom-based research in pre-college mathematics education in collaboration with college or university mathematics educators.\u00a0Grants of up to $6,000 will be awarded to mathematics educators or classroom teachers currently teaching mathematics at the pre-K\u20136 level. The research must be a significant collaborative effort involving a college or university mathematics educator (a mathematics education researcher or a teacher of mathematics learning, teaching, or curriculum) and one or more pre-K\u20136 classroom teachers. The proposal may include but is not restricted to research related to curriculum development and implementation; involvement of at-risk or minority students; students' thinking about a particular mathematics concept or set of concepts; connection of mathematics to other disciplines; focused learning and teaching of mathematics with embedded use of technology (any acquisition of equipment must support the proposed plan but not be the primary focus of the grant); and\/or innovative assessment or evaluation strategies.\u00a0 Involvement of preservice teachers is encouraged but not required. The research should lead to a draft article suitable for submission in the Mathematics Teacher Educator, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, or in one of the other NCTM school journals. In addition, proposals must address the following: research design, the plan for collecting and analyzing data, and the anticipated impact on student learning.\u00a0To be eligible, applicants must be a current NCTM member (on or before October 15, 2016) or teach at a school having current NCTM pre-K-8 school membership. The college or university mathematics educator also must be a member of NCTM.\u00a0For complete program guidelines and application instructions, visit NCTM online:\u200b <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nctm.org\/Grants-and-Awards\/Grants\/Pre-K-6-Classroom-Research-Grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nctm.org\/Grants-and-Awards\/Grants\/Pre-K-6-Classroom-Research-Grants\/<\/a>\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rolling\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Mellon Slavic Studies Initiative \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Russian, East European, and Central Asian studies are the focus of this joint publishing initiative supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in offered in partnership with Northwestern, Pittsburgh, and Wisconsin university presses.\u00a0Northwestern seeks studies of Slavic literature, art, and culture; Pittsburgh is looking for projects in the social, political, environmental, urban, and cultural history of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia; Wisconsin is especially interested in cultural and intellectual history, literary and film studies, anthropology, and human rights, with a focus on Russia and Eastern Europe.\u00a0For program details, please visit: <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mellonslavicstudies.org\/submissions.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mellonslavicstudies.org\/submissions.htm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Questions about funding for research and scholarship?&nbsp;&nbsp; Contact us:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Judith Dollenmayer<\/strong>\u00a0 (5376, judollenmayer), Associate Director, Corporate, Foundation &amp; Government Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katherine Hite<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(7661, kahite), Professor of Political Science &amp; Faculty Director of Research Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gary Hohenberger<\/strong>\u00a0 (7092, gahohenberger), Director, Corporate, Foundation &amp; Government Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lori McElduff<\/strong>\u00a0 (5490, lomcelduff), Grants Office Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patricia Pritchard\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(5893, papritchard), Director, Grants Accounting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amanda Thornton<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(5309, amthornton), Director, Grants Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Posted on\u00a0<time datetime=\"2017-04-14\">Friday, April 14, 2017<\/time><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RECOGNITION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicholas Adams, Professor of Art on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair, both originated and curated\u00a0Building Buffalo: Buildings from Books, Books from Buildings, a major exhibition of the\u00a0Buffalo &amp; Erie County Public Library\u00a0(BECL), New York.\u00a0With support from the\u00a0Vassar College Faculty Committee on Research, Adams offered to curate an exhibit of rare books in the library&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/grants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}