Sponsor Profile
HENRY DAVID THOREAU FOUNDATION
The Thoreau Foundation seed-funds visionary programs at U.S. undergraduate institutions that foster environmental leadership and engaged scholarship. The Faculty Grant Program has developed strong alliances with leading colleges and universities, strengthening their environmental network and amplifying their impact.
Grants of up to $40,000 are available and proposals are by invitation only. Faculty Grant proposals must focus on undergraduate students – and the more undergraduates involved the better. The Foundation favors programs that provide hands-on research and leadership opportunities, and is particularly interested in funding those that include the following:
- Projects that develop new branches of environmental programs at colleges/universities.
- Seminal initiatives that require start-up funding and can then be sustained at the home institution with future funding.
- Programs that strengthen partnerships with community organizations, institutions, governmental organizations, and/or businesses to develop sustainable collaborations with colleges or universities.
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is the largest program of its kind in the United States, awarding more than 800 fellowships annually. Over 400 different types of opportunities are available to teach, research and conduct professional projects in more than 135 countries. Whether you are higher education faculty and administrators, or, professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, and independent scholars outside of the academy, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program has international opportunities to fit your needs and further your goals. More information can be found at https://cies.org/us-scholar-awards.
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program 2022-2023 competition is now open. Application deadline is September 15, 2021.
PROJECT PERICLES
Project Pericles is a national consortium of 30 colleges and universities committed to including participatory citizenship and social responsibility as essential elements of their educational programs. Founded by educational philanthropist Eugene M. Lang in 2001, Project Pericles is at the forefront of promoting civic engagement in areas including faculty and curriculum development, research into best practices, and student engagement. Working in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community, Project Pericles and its member institutions have a wealth of experience in developing programs that integrate civil dialogue, civic engagement, and community-based learning across the college experience, most importantly, in the curriculum.
Periclean colleges and universities offer curricular and co-curricular initiatives that prepare and encourage students to become active, responsible citizens. These initiatives include signature Periclean programs Creating Cohesive Paths to Civic Engagement, Creating Curricular Coherence, Debating for Democracy (D4D)™, and the Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program™, as well as programs that are unique to each campus.
In addition to the Eugene M. Lang Foundation, recent supporters of Project Pericles include Bringing Theory to Practice, Carnegie Corporation of
New York, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Rockefeller
Brothers Fund, The Spencer Foundation, The Teagle Foundation, and Young Invincibles/Students
Learn Students Vote.
Project Pericles is a 501(c)3 public charity governed by an independent Board of Directors.
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION - DIVISION OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOSCIENCES
The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports fundamental research at the intersection of disciplines to uncover the emergent properties of complex living systems across the molecular, subcellular and cellular scale. The Division welcomes proposals that incorporate theories and concepts from physics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering and computer science in search of the most fundamental Rules of Life, as well as proposals that offer technological innovations to enable the multi-disciplinary research enterprise.
MCB Cluster Descriptions:
Cellular Dynamics and Function
Funding Opportunities Information:
To discover more information about MCB's programs, please click Programs.
For information about active MCB funding opportunities including cross-directorate and NSF-wide activities, please click Funding.
THE FORD FOUNDATION
Mission
We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives.
In addressing this reality, we are guided by a vision of social justice—a world in which all individuals, communities, and peoples work toward the protection and full expression of their human rights; are active participants in the decisions that affect them; share equitably in the knowledge, wealth, and resources of society; and are free to achieve their full potential. Across eight decades, our mission has been to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Our Approaches
We believe that social movements are built upon individual leadership, strong institutions, and innovative, often high-risk ideas. While the specifics of what we work on have evolved over the years, investments in these three areas have remained the touchstones of everything we do and are central to our theory of how change happens in the world. These approaches have long distinguished the Ford Foundation, and they have had a profound cumulative impact.
To learn more about The Ford Foundation, visit https://www.fordfoundation.org/
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is an Institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that aims to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. To support this mission, NINDS:
- Supports and performs basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research through grants-in-aid, contracts, scientific meetings, and through research in its own laboratories, and clinics.
- Funds and conducts research training and career development programs to increase basic, translational and clinical neuroscience expertise and ensure a vibrant, talented, and diverse work force.
- Promotes the timely dissemination of scientific discoveries and their implications for neurological health to the public, health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers.
To learn more about NINDS, please visit https://www.ninds.nih.gov/About-NINDS
THE GKV FOUNDATION
The GKV Foundation was created in 2017 and awarded its first grants in March 2018. The Foundation was started after the founder decided that he wanted to become more knowledgeable about how one could improve society through using the arts as educational tools.
The objective of the GKV Foundation is to positively impact individual development, community well-being, national values, and global climate change through the use of a broad range of artistic expression such as the visual arts, music, dance, and beyond.
The targeted programs will be on the wish lists of established not-for-profits; big ideas with great potential but as of yet, unfunded and, by consequence, untested. The goal is that with GKV first-year funding enough measurable results will be achieved to attract sustaining funding from other sources.
To learn more about the GKV Foundation, please visit http://fdnweb.org/gkv/.
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION - Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
The National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports fundamental research at the intersection of disciplines to uncover the emergent properties of complex living systems across the molecular, subcellular and cellular scale. The Division welcomes proposals that incorporate theories and concepts from physics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering and computer science in search of the most fundamental Rules of Life, as well as proposals that offer technological innovations to enable the multi-disciplinary research enterprise.
MCB Cluster Descriptions:
Cellular Dynamics and Function
Funding Opportunities Information:
To discover more information about MCB's programs, please click Programs.
For information about active MCB funding opportunities including cross-directorate and NSF-wide activities, please click Funding.
THE TEAGLE FOUNDATION
The Teagle Foundation works to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as fundamental to meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life. Our aim is to serve as a catalyst for the improvement of teaching and learning in the arts and sciences while addressing issues of financial sustainability and accountability in higher education.
The Teagle Foundation supports innovation in curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment with an eye towards combining improvements in quality with considerations of cost. As an organization engaged in knowledge-based philanthropy, the Foundation works collaboratively with grantees to mobilize the intellectual and financial resources necessary to provide students with a challenging and transformative educational experience.
Please see (http://www.teaglefoundation.org/Home) for more information about the Teagle Foundation.