The Eppley Foundation for Research provides support for post-doctoral work in the physical and biological sciences, computer science, social sciences, and educational programs. The Foundation does not usually support areas where there is is considerable funding from conventional sources, such as cancer research, DNA research, cardiovascular and HIV/AIDS research.

The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation seeks to fund projects which aim to address the issue of economic illiteracy.

NSF's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science and mathematics education for all undergraduate students. CCLI Type 2 and Type 3 projects are complex endeavors which typically address more than one CCLI program component and/or include more than one institution. Proposals can seek from $200,000 over 2-4 years to $5,000,000 over 5 years. Click through for more details. Proposals for Type 2 and Type 3 projects are due by January 13, 2010.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is February 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in March.

The Lemelson Center Fellows Program supports projects that present creative approaches to the study of invention and innovation in American society. These include, but are not limited to, historical research and documentation projects resulting in publications, exhibitions, educational initiatives, and multimedia products. The fellowship program provides access to the Smithsonian's vast artifact and archival collections, as well as to the expertise of the Institution's research staff. The Center offers fellowships to scholars and professionals who are pre- or postdoctoral candidates or who have completed advanced professional training. Fellowships are awarded for a maximum of ten weeks and carry a prorated stipend. Fellows are expected to reside in the Washington, D.C. area, to participate in the Center's activities, and to make presentations on their work to colleagues at the museum. The next deadline is January 15, 2010. More information: http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/research_fellowships.aspx

The American Fellowship program offers support via Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships and Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships to female scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Applications are due by November 15, 2009.

The Library Company of Philadelphia's National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowships support research in residence at the Library Company on any subject relevant to its collections, which are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries.

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Guggenheim Fellowships are made to selected individuals made for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twelve months. The average amount of Fellowship grants in the 2008 United States and Canada competition was approximately $43,200. Since the purpose of the Guggenheim Fellowship program is to help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, grants are made freely. No special conditions attach to them, and Fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work. Applications and accompanying documents from citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada should be submitted no later than September 15.

The American Council of Learned Societies offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs for research in the humanities and related social sciences. Four key fellowship programs - the flagship ACLS Fellowships, the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships, the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships, and the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships - share a due date of September 30, 2009.

With its Residency Program, the Ucross Foundation actively supports and participates in the process by which a society is strengthened and emboldened by its most forward-looking arts: painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, installation, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, music composition, choreography, dance/performance art, writing, film/video, or new genre. The residency program aims to encourage fresh and innovative thinking in the arts and literature by providing residencies and work space for individual artists and writers whose work indicates both involvement in individual creative exploration and significant future accomplishments.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively small grants to support the planning stages, NEH aims to encourage the development of innovative projects that promise to benefit the humanities. Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in any area of the humanities. Innovation is a hallmark of this grant category. All applicants must propose an innovative approach, method, tool, or idea that has not been used before in the humanities. These grants are modeled, in part, on the “high risk/high reward” paradigm often used by funding agencies in the sciences. NEH is requesting proposals for projects that take some risks in the pursuit of innovation and excellence. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants should result in plans, prototypes, or proofs of concept for long-term digital humanities projects prior to implementation.

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Since the College can only nominate two tenure-track or tenured faculty for Summer Stipends, all such faculty must submit applications to the College's internal selection process. Please contact Christopher Tassava at x. 5833 or ctassava for more information. Deadlines: College - September 3, 2009; NEH - October 1, 2009 Webpage: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html