IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI: Research

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Federal Grant Programs and Deadlines

National Endowment for the Humanities

For all NEH programs, please visit the NEH Grant Programs website.

Education/Teaching Programs

Enduring Questions
Deadline: September 15, 2011
Up to $25,000 for 18-36 months
Provides funding to develop a new undergraduate course that will encourage students and a teacher to grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the humanities. The website contains examples of successful proposals.

Research Programs

Summer Stipends (Limited Submission, two per IU campus)
Internal Deadline: Next year’s deadline expected to be mid-June 2012
NEH Deadline: Next year’s expected to be late September 2012
Applicants must be nominated by their institutions. See the IU Limited Submission website for further information.
$6,000 for 2 months ($3,000 per month)
To support work on a humanities project for 2 consecutive months of full-time advanced research on topics of value to scholars, general audiences, or both.

Collaborative Research Grants
Deadline: TBA, expected to be October 2011
$25,000 - $100,000 total costs per year for one to three years
To support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars. Archaeological projects are eligible.

Fellowships
Deadline: TBA, expected to be May 2012
$4,200 stipend per month for 6-12 months, $50,400 maximum
To support continuous full-time advanced research of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both.

Bridging Cultures Initiative

The NEH recently launched its Bridging Cultures Initiative to help Americans better understand our own rich cultural heritage while enhancing public knowledge of and respect for others both here and abroad. The funding cycle just completed offered Bridging Cultures: Planning and Implementation Grants for Academic Forums and Program Development Workshops on one of two humanities themes: "Civility and Democracy; or "The Muslim World and the Humanities." Watch for future offerings addressing this initiative.

National Institutes for Health (NIH)

The NIH uses a Parent Announcement for unsolicited proposals. Read the parent announcements and download electronic application packages for specific funding mechanisms, i.e., R01, etc. by clicking on the links below. The dates given below are standard deadline dates, used for parent announcements, and most PAs and RFAs.

R01 Research Project Grant, New Submission (PA-11-260)
October 5, 2011; February 5, 2012; June 5, 2012

R03 NIH Small Research Grant Program, New (PA-11-262)
R21NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program, New (PA-11-261)
New submissions for both R03 and R21 are due October 16, 2011; February 16, 2012; June 16, 2012.

R01 Resubmission
November 5, 2011; March 5, 2012; July 5, 2012

R03 and R21 Resubmission
November 16, 2011; March 16, 2012; July 16, 2012

AIDS New and Resubmission
For new unsolicited proposal, use R01, R21 or R03 parent announcement
September 7, 2011; January 7, 2012; May 7, 20121