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Prizes
- Dan David Prize
The prize recognizes the work of historians, art historians, archaeologists, digital humanists, curators, documentary filmmakers and all those who deepen our knowledge and understanding of the past. You can view past winners here.
Due: November 1, 2021 (Nominations)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Humanities
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection- Research Fellowships
Due: November 1, 2021 - George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation – Howard Foundation Fellowships (Photography and Film Studies)
For early-mid career faculty (completed their formal studies within the past 5 to 15 years of application date); $35K
Due: November 1, 2021 - Henry Moore Foundation Long Term Research Grants
The program supports extended, sculpture-focused research projects requiring funding for more than one year
Up to £20,000 ($27,300)
Due: December 9, 2021 - Henry Moore Foundation Research and Travel Grants
Up to £2,500 ($3,400)
Aimed at individual academics (post-MA), curators, and scholars
Due: December 9, 2021 - Henry Moore Foundation Conferences, Lectures, and Publications
The program provides support for books, journals, and conferences about sculpture
Up to £5,000 ($6,800)
Due: December 9, 2021 - Sustaining Public Engagement Grant Program
Focused on research initiatives involving higher education faculty and students partnering with community members in the creation of knowledge
$3.5 million grant
Due: December 7, 2021
ACLS will host a series of informational webinars about the application process starting on Monday, October 18, 2 p.m. ET. Register at bit.ly/ACLS-SPEWebinar. - Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk
Up to $50,000
Due: December 15, 2021 - American Council of Learned Societies Sustaining Public Engagement Grants
Up to $225,000 over 1 year
Due: December 7, 2021 - Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Gerda Henkel Foundation General Research Grants: Scholarships
Up to €74,400 (~$86,000) over up to 2 years
Due: November 24, 2021 - Phi Kappa Phi Excellence in Innovation Award
$100,000 funding
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Terra Foundation for American Art Academic Workshop & Symposium Grants
Up to $25,000, 15% for indirect costs
Due: December 3, 2021 (LOI) - Palestinian American Research Center Fellowship for Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine
Up to $50,000 ($5,000 per month for 4-10 months of research)
Due: January 10, 2022 - Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Addressing Access to Care
$100,000 over 2 years
Due: January 13, 2022 - American Council of Learned Societies Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorships in Buddhist Studies
$300,000 over 4 years
Due: January 11, 2021 - Yiddish Book Center Fellowship Program
$32,000 over 11 months
Due: January 3, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Natural Sciences
- Simons Foundation – Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards
$666K over 3 years; 20% overhead/IDC
Due: October 29, 2021 (reference letters); November 5, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - International Society for Neurochemistry: Conference Committee support for small conferences or symposia
Due: October 31, 2021 (fall round), April 30, 2022 (spring round)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Association of University Women Research Publication Grant in Engineering, Medicine, and Science
Up to $35,000 over 1 year, payment of the final 10% of the funds will be contingent upon acceptance to a scholarly publication within six months of the end of the grant year
Due: December 1, 2021 (application due)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation Grant for Infrastructure/Registry Research
Up to $300,000 over 3 years
Due: November 8, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Mathematical Society AMS Centennial Research Fellowship Program
$50,000, no indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Centre de Recherches Mathematiques CRM-ISM Postdoctoral Fellowships
$46,000 Canadian ($35,800 US) ($45,000 stipend and $1,000 in research funding)
Due: November 12, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - McGovern Institute Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
$150,000
Due: December 15, 2021 (Nomination)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize
$500,000
Due: December 15, 2021 (Nomination)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize
$500,000
Due: December 15, 2021 (Nomination)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Institute of Physics Congressional Science Fellowships
$82,400 stipend for 1 year
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation Research and Education Grants
Up to $50,000 over 1 year, indirect costs may be no more than 8% of direct cost (up to $15,000 for conferences and symposia)
Due: December 3, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Parkinson’s Foundation Impact Awards
Up to $150,000 over up to 18 months, no more than 10% as indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Research Centers of Excellence
Up to $2 million over 4 years; up to 10% indirect costs
Due: December 1, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Healthy Eating Research COVID-19 and Socioeconomic Recovery Efforts
Up to $250,000 over up to 18 months
Due: November 17, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Encompass Midcareer Investigator Research Grants
$20,000 for 1 year
Due November 1, 2021 - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Single-Cell Biology Data Insights
Up to $400,000 over 18 months (inclusive of up to 15% indirect costs)
Due: December 14, 2021 (Cycle 1)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience McKnight Scholar Awards
$225,000 over 3 years, no indirect costs
Due: January 10, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Mitzi & William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant
$25,000, no indirect costs and no salary support for other research personnel
Due: January 6, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation BSF Research Grants
Up to $250,000
Due: November 17, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Start-Up Research Grants: About – BSF
Up to $75,000 per PI over 2 years
Due: November 17, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Parkinson’s Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Basic Scientists
$124,000 over 2 years as well as $5,000 annual research allowance to be used at the Fellow’s discretion
Due: November 16, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Postdoctoral Fellowships for Clinical Neurologists
$140,000 over 2 years
Due: November 16, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award
Up to $300,000, up to 10% indirect costs
Due: November 16, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Launch Award | Parkinson’s Foundation
$400,000 over up to 4 years, up to 10% indirect costs
Due: November 16, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation/NSF NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology
$25 million over 5 years
Due: December 1, 2021 (Preliminary Proposal)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Foundation Research Grants in Laboratory Animal Science and Medicine
Up to $30,000
Due: December 2, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program
Up to $1.08 million over up to 8 years
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Federation for Aging Research Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and Grants for Junior Faculty
Up to $125,000 over up to 2 years, up to 8% as indirect costs
Due: December 15, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award
$300,000 over 3 years, up to 8% as indirect costs
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - National Multiple Sclerosis Society Investigator-Initiated Research
Up to $600,000 over up to 3 years (including indirect costs)
Due: November 10, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Exchange Program
Up to €110,000 (~$128,000) stipend for 2 years, plus transportation
Due: December 1, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Diabetes Association Leveraging Nutrition and Lifestyle for Diabetes Prevention Across the Life Span
ICTSN Awards: up to $600,000 over 3 years, 10% indirect, up to 20% PI Salary
Junior Faculty Awards: $414,000 over 3 years, 10% indirect
Postdocs: Up to $225,000 over 3 years, no indirect costs
Due: November 11, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - [William Webster] Allen Foundation Nutrition Grants
Up to $250,000
Due: January 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Social Science
- Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants: Social, Political & Economic Inequality; Future of Work; Behavioral Economics; Decision Making & Human Behavior in Context; Special Topics
Due: November 10, 2021 (LOI)
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Eurasia Foundation/US-Russia Social Expertise Exchange Partnership Projects Competition
Up to $50,000 over 6 to 12 months
Due: November 1, 2021
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty Fellows: Mental Health Research
Up to $25,000; 10% indirect costs, over up to 2 years. Award will not cover salary
Due: November 1, 2021
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropological Post-Ph.D. Research Grants
Up to $20,000
Due November 1, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Carnegie Corporation of New York Family Engagement to Improve Student Learning
Up to $100,000 over 1 year; there is an opportunity to renew the grant for a second year
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Due: February 15, 2022 - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
Up to $165,000 for 1 year. Up to six awards will be made.
Due: February 11, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award
$1 million
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Prize in Computing
$250,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Grace Murray Hopper Award
$35,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Association for Computing Machinery Athena Lecturer Award
$25,000
Due: December 15, 2021
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations