Social Sciences

Funder: Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute for National & International Affairs
Title: Undergraduate Student Grant
Webpage:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/index.html
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/institute/guidelns.htm
Purpose: Grants of up to $1,000 are awarded to undergraduate students writing senior theses on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. Awards are intended to offset expenses for research conducted at the Truman Library.
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area: Humanities, History

Funder: American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Title: Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development
Webpage:
http://www.ashfoundation.org/
http://www.ashfoundation.org/Foundation/grants/
Purpose: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation invites master's and doctoral students to compete for the Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development, supported by the Arlene Matkin Memorial Fund. The competition is for support of research to be initiated in the area of early childhood language development
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Disciplinary area: Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Communication Development

Funder:  Field Psych Trust
Title:  Research Grants for Graduate Students
Webpage:
http://www.fieldpsychtrust.org/
http://www.fieldpsychtrust.org/application.asp
Purpose:  The Field Psych Trust provides grant funding for promising graduate students exploring the history, contributions, and further development of Perceptual (Field) Psychology in relationship to the research and writings of Arthur W. Combs, PhD. Graduate students with an interest in exploring the link between human experience/meaning/perception (currently referred to as "dispositions") and human behavior may qualify for support for class papers and projects, master's theses, and dissertations.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

Funder:  American Political Science Association
Title:  Travel Grants for International Graduate Students
Webpage:
http://www.apsanet.org/
http://www.apsanet.org/section_542.cfm
Purpose:  Travel Grants for International Graduate Students are available for the Annual Meetings. These grants provide help in attending the Annual Meeting and are intended as supplemental funding, not as fully paid travel.
Eligibility:  Non-U.S. graduate students who are also APSA members and who are studying in American doctoral programs.
Disciplinary area:  Social Sciences, Political Science

Funder:  The NEA Foundation
Title:  Learning and Leadership/Student Achievement Grants
Website: http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/StudentAchievement_Guidelines.htm
Purpose:  The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate, Graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Social sciences, Education

Funder:  Head Start
Title:  Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html
Purpose:  Head Start Grad Student Research Grants promote mentor-student relationships that support students' doctoral-level graduate training
Eligibility:  Doctorial Graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Education

Funder:  American Psychological Association
Title:  Graduate Research Scholarships & Student Travel Awards
Website: http://www.apa.org/science/travinfo.html
Purpose:  The purpose of the Travel Award program is to help psychology graduate students travel to the annual APA Convention to present their research.
Eligibility:  Graduate students that are in good standing.
Disciplinary area:  Social science, Psychology

Funder:  Canadian Government
Title:  Canadian Studies Grant Programs 2006-07
Website: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/grantguide-en.asp
Purpose:  The Research Grant Program promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The grant is designed to assist individual scholars, or a team of scholars, in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality and reporting their findings in a scholarly publication and at scholarly conferences.
Eligibility:  This program is intended for full-time faculty members at accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities, as well as scholars at American research institutions. Recent Ph.D. recipients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States are also eligible to apply.
Disciplinary area:  Social sciences, Humanities.  We are particularly interested in projects that have policy relevance for Canada-U.S. relations as well as Canadian social, economic, political, security, and quality of life issues. Topics particularly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include trade and economics, defense and security, border management, energy, softwood lumber, environment, and agriculture.

Funder:  Office of University Partnerships
Title:  Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants & The Early Doctoral Student Research Grant
Website: http://www.oup.org/funding/nofa_EDSRG.asp
Purpose:  The Early Doctoral Student Research Grant supports pre-dissertation PhD students in fields related to housing & urban development to cultivate their research skills.   The Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant supports Ph.D. candidates for the completion of their research & dissertations on policy-relevant housing & urban development issues.
Eligibility:  Must be a doctorial candidate.
Disciplinary area:  Social studies, Urban development

Funder:  Fulbright U.S
Title:  Student Program
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Purpose:  Program is designed to give recent BS/BA graduates, master's & doctoral candidates, & young professionals/artists opportunities for personal development & international experience in over 140 countries. Most grantees plan their own programs.
Eligibility:  Students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs at U.S. colleges or universities.  U.S. students studying at institutions outside of the U.S.  Applicants who have already graduated may apply through their alma mater.
Disciplinary area:  Open to all fields of study

Sciences



Funder:  British Petroleum
Title:  Future Conservationist Awards
Website: http://conservation.bp.com/applications/fcawards.asp
Purpose:  The BP Conservation Program is offering Future Conservationist Awards of up to $12,500 to high potential teams who aim to develop their skills through practical conservation projects.
Eligibility: 
-50% or more of the team members must be students.
-50% or more of the team members must be from the project area.
-The project DOES NOT specifically fulfill the requirements for a PhD thesis or master’s dissertation.
Disciplinary area:  Science, Biology, Environment

Funder:  Geo-society Association
Title:  Graduate Student Research Grants
Website: http://www.geosociety.org/grants/gradgrants.htm
Purpose:  The primary role of the GSA research grants program is to provide partial support of master's and doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences for graduate students at universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
Eligibility:  Graduate students only
Disciplinary area:  Science, Geology

Funder:  Department of Energy
Title:  Faculty and Student Teams Program
Website: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/fast/about.html
Purpose:  The program provides hands-on research opportunities in DOE national laboratories during the summer. The faculty member identifies a mutually beneficial research area amenable to collaboration by the faculty member and the laboratory scientist
Eligibility:  Team comprised of one faculty member & 2-3 undergraduate (not graduate) students
Disciplinary area:  Science

Funder:  Fulbright U.S
Title:  Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Purpose:  Program is designed to give recent BS/BA graduates, master's & doctoral candidates, & young professionals/artists opportunities for personal development & international experience in over 140 countries. Most grantees plan their own programs.
Eligibility:  Students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs at U.S. colleges or universities.  U.S. students studying at institutions outside of the U.S.  Applicants who have already graduated may apply through their alma mater
Disciplinary area:  Open to all fields of study

Funder:  NASA
Title:  Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP)
Website: http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/program/
Purpose:  The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) awards fellowships for graduate study leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering related to NASA research and development.
Eligibility:  Graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Science, Mathematics, Engineering related to NASA research and development

Funder:  Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society
Title:  Grants-in-Aid Student Research Program
Website: http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
Purpose:  To encourage close working relationships between students and faculty, promote scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on learning.
Eligibility:  Supports full-time graduate & undergraduate students
Disciplinary area:  Science, Technology, Engineering.

Funder:  Argonne National Laboratory
Title:  International Student Exchange Program
Website: http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_graduate/ISEP/index.html
Purpose:  Research internship & foreign practicum training to graduate students in the scientific & technical fields of mutual interest to U.S. and foreign countries.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Science, nuclear engineering

Funder:  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Title:  MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U-STAR)
Website: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/MARC
Purpose:  To prepare students for entry into graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in a biomedical science.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate students who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences
Disciplinary area:  Science, Biomedical Sciences.

Funder:  Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Title:  Medical Student Fellowships
Webpage: http://www.hhmi.org/news/090701.html
Purpose:  Supports a year of full-time fundamental biomedical research for medical students, & continued support for a second year of research training or completion of medical studies, with the goal of strengthening & expanding the nation's pool of medically trained researchers.
Eligibility:  Students working for doctoral degrees in the biological sciences.
Disciplinary area:  Sciences, Biomedical

Funder:  The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
Title:  Student Fellows Prize (NSFP)
Webpage: http://www.niac.usra.edu/students/index.html
Purpose:  The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) seeks to identify creative and innovative undergraduates who have shown exceptional creativity and promise for future success in building visions of the future.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate students
Disciplinary area:  Sciences, Space Research

Funder:  SME Education Foundation
Title:  Student Scholarship Program
Webpage:
http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/smeefhtml.pl?/foundation/foundation_hp.htm&&&SEF&
Purpose:  Provides financial support for educational expenses to students seeking degrees in manufacturing engineering and technology, or a closely related field, such as industrial engineering/technology and mechanical engineering/technology.
Eligibility:  Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Industrial technology, Engineering

Funder:  American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Title:  The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, ASPRS Student Travel Grants
Webpage:
http://www.asprs.org/
http://www.asprs.org/membership/scholar.html
Purpose:  The intent of this program is to increase student exposure to the profession, and to encourage continued student identification with and membership in, ASPRS as their national professional organization.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Geospatial Technology, Photogrammetry

Funder:  American Academy of Implant Dentistry Research Foundation
Title:  Student Research Grants
Webpage:
http://www.aaid-implant.org/
http://www.aaid-implant.org/grant.html
Purpose:  The mission of the Academy is to advance the practice of implant dentistry through education, credentialing, and advocacy on behalf of patients and practitioners.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Medical Sciences, Biomedicine, Dentistry, Implant Dentistry

Funder:  American Association for Dental Research
Title:  Bloc Travel Grant for Students
Webpage:
http://www.dentalresearch.org/
http://www.dentalresearch.org/awards/bloc.html
Purpose: The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) has received a grant
from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) to support travel for dental students to the IADR/AADR/CADR 85th General Session & Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana, for presentation of scientific papers on dental research.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Medical Sciences, Biomedicine, Dentistry, Clinical Dentistry, Health, Dental Health and Hygiene

Funder:  American Society for Microbiology
Title:  Student and Post Doctoral Fellow Travel Grants (ICAAC)
Webpage:
http://www.asm.org/
http://www.icaac.org/
Purpose:  Through the ASM Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Grant program, the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), the ICAAC Program Committee will award travel grants worth at least $600 to support students' attendance at the 46th ICAAC.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology

Funder:  American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Title:  Student Research Grant in Audiology
Webpage:
http://www.ashfoundation.org/
http://www.ashfoundation.org/Foundation/grants/
Purpose:  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHF) invites interested masters and doctoral degree students to compete for the 2006 Student Research Grant in Audiology, supported by the Ira M. Ventry and Brad Friedrich Memorial Funds. The competition is for support of research to be initiated in the area of clinical and/or rehabilitative audiology.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Medical Sciences; Biomedicine; Audiology

Funder:  Emergency Medicine Foundation
Title:  EMF/SAEM Medical Student Research Grant
Webpage:
http://my.acep.org/
http://my.acep.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp2_research_grant_overview
Purpose:  The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine (SAEM) jointly award stipends to encourage medical students to engage in and to be exposed to emergency medicine research.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Emergency Treatment, Health Care

Funder:  American Ornithologists Union
Title:  Student Membership Awards
Webpage:
http://www.aou.org/
http://www.aou.org/student/membershipaward.php3
Purpose:  The Council of the American Ornithologists' Union has voted to provide one-year student membership awards to qualified undergraduate or graduate students interested in pursuing a career in ornithology.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate or graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Environmental Sciences, Biology

Funder:  American Society for Information Science and Technology
Title:  Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper
Webpage:
http://www.asis.org/
http://www.asis.org/awards/bestresearchpaper.html
Purpose:  The award consists of round-trip travel expenses and full registration for the ASIS&T annual meeting, not to exceed $500, to be paid by Pratt Institute; a certificate; and possible submission of the paper for publication in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIST).
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Information Technology, Information Science, Information Theory

Funder:  Earthwatch Institute
Title:  Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP) Grants
Webpage:
http://www.earthwatch.org/
http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=1568087
Purpose:  Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit organization that supports scholarly field research worldwide in the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. Since 1990, the Student Challenge Awards Program has offered students the opportunity to experience scientific research first-hand.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate, Graduate
Disciplinary area:  Earth Sciences, Earth Observation, Life Sciences, Biology, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Cultural Studies

Funder:  Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
Title:  Howard Brandston Student Lighting Design Education Grant
Webpage:
http://www.iesna.org/
http://www.iesna.org/programs/a-howard.cfm
Purpose:  The Howard Brandston Student Lighting Design Education Grant was established to encourage and recognize students who have evidenced high professional promise through the presentation of an original and ingenious solution to a supplied lighting design problem. The purpose of the Grant is to foster good lighting and advance the appreciation of lighting as an art.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate, Graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Arts, Architecture, Lighting Design

Funder:  Mazamas
Title:  Graduate Student Research Grants
Webpage: http://www.mazamas.org
http://www.mazamas.org/your/adventure/starts-here/C99/
Purpose:  The Mazamas is a mountaineering organization based in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to the exploration and preservation of mountain environments in the Pacific Northwest. Investigations of geologic features, biotic communities, and human endeavors pertaining to these natural landscapes are relevant research topics. The Mazamas Graduate Research Grants are intended to help graduate students cover travel and per diem costs of conducting master's thesis or doctoral dissertation research.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Earth Sciences, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Ecology

Funder:  Council on Undergraduate Research
Title:  Posters on the Hill
Webpage: www.cur.org
Purpose:  The Council on Undergraduate Research invites undergraduate students to submit abstracts describing research conducted in collaboration with faculty in the natural and social sciences, technology and mathematics.  CUR will competitively select sixty research projects for participation in poster sessions with Congress and State Representatives.  Students and their faculty mentors will display posters on the U.S. Capitol and visit Representatives' and Senators' offices.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate students
Disciplinary area:  Social Sciences, Math, Technology

Funder:  Mineralogical Society of America
Title:  Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology
Webpage:
http://www.minsocam.org/
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Grant_Appl.html
Purpose:  The Mineralogical Society of America offers grants for research in mineralogy and petrology from a fund created by contributions from MSA members.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Earth Sciences, Geology

Funder:  The Southern Region USDA
Title:  Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
Southern Region, Graduate Student Grant in Sustainable Agriculture
Webpage:
http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/sare/callpage.htm
http://www.ciids.org/sare/gs/
Purpose:  The Southern Region USDA Program on Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) is requesting proposals for Graduate Student research projects that address issues of sustainable agriculture of current and potential importance to the Southern Region and the nation. The Southern SARE Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture grants a one-time project maximum of $10,000. Projects may last up to three years.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Agriculture

Education

Funder:  American Psychological Foundation;
Title:  Paul E. Henkin Student Travel Award
Webpage:
http://www.apa.org/apf/
http://www.indiana.edu/~div16/awards.htm
Purpose:  The $500 grant supports a graduate student member of Division 16 to attend the APA annual convention. The funds can be used to pay for convention registration, lodging and transportation costs.  Funds cannot be used for food, drink, supplies, or other expenses incurred while attending the APA convention. The award is not renewable.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Education

Funder:  American Society of Heating Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.
Title:  Graduate Student Grant-in-Aid Award Program
Webpage:
http://www.ashrae.org/
http://www.ashrae.org/students/page/750
Purpose:  The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) provides an annual grant to 10-25 full-time graduate students of ASHRAE-related technologies. The grant is intended to encourage the student to continue his or her preparation for service in the HVAC&R industry.
Eligibility:  Graduate Students
Disciplinary area:  Education, Educational Curriculum Studies, Engineering Education, Engineering, Heat Engineering, Air Conditioning Systems

Funder:  The NEA Foundation
Title:  Learning and Leadership/Student Achievement Grants
Website:
http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/StudentAchievement_Guidelines.htm
Purpose:  The NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter.
Eligibility:  Undergraduate and graduate students
Disciplinary area:  Social sciences, Education

Funder:  Fulbright U.S.
Title:  Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Website: http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html
Purpose:  Program is designed to give recent BS/BA graduates, master's & doctoral candidates, & young professionals/artists opportunities for personal development & international experience in over 140 countries. Most grantees plan their own programs.
Eligibility:  Students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs at U.S. colleges or universities.  U.S. students studying at institutions outside of the U.S.  Applicants who have already graduated may apply through their alma mater
Disciplinary area:  Open to all fields of study