The Foundation Relations & Corporate Philanthropy team's bi-monthly digest includes opportunities for funding, upcoming events, and the latest foundation-related news.
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Upcoming Training Opportunity
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Faculty and staff are invited to an exclusive Grant Writing Workshop hosted by the Foundation Relations & Corporate Philanthropy team. This session aims to enhance your ability to secure funding successfully. Due to high demand and limited seating, we recommend registering promptly.
- Dates: Wednesday, February 7th, and Thursday, February 8th
- Times: 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- RSVP: If you're interested in attending, please respond here to express your participation.
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Check out our new Prospect Library using AirTable!
This abbreviated list of prospects can help you identify potential funding opportunities by research area. Want to brainstorm directly with our knowledgeable team?
Send us a message at cfr_office@berkeley.edu
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Note: Funding opportunities are listed by deadline. New Requests for Proposals (RFPs) since our last digest are highlighted in orange text.
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The Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program awards stipends to postdoctoral trainees conducting research into the causes, treatment, and consequences of epilepsy under a mentor with expertise in epilepsy research. Proposals will be accepted across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical epilepsy research.
- Award Amount: Up to $50k
- Deadline: Proposals due January 18, 2024
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Through the program, higher education institutions can apply to support teaching positions in Buddhist studies. The proposed position should be a new position. The establishment of the position must contribute significantly to the institution, which means establishing a curriculum in Buddhist studies where none has existed or where such a curriculum was in clear and urgent need of support.
- Award Amount: $300k (over 4 years)
- Deadline: Proposals due January 18, 2024
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Proposals to the Large Research Grants on Education program must be for academic research projects that aim to study education. Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Large Research Grant on Education must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field, or appropriate experience in an education research-related profession.
- Award Amount: $125k to $500k (over one to five years)
- Deadlines:
- Intent to Apply: January 24, 2024
- Full Proposal: February 27, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with David Siegfried
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The program was established to support innovative and high-quality dissertation research projects that address questions relevant to RSF’s priority areas: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality.
- Award Amount: $125k to $500k (over one to five years)
- Deadline: Applications due by February 1, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with David Siegfried
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The Systems for Action call for proposals will provide funding for a new cohort of research studies to produce new, actionable evidence about how to help medical, social, and public health systems work together to address forms of systemic racism. Each study funded under this CFP must identify a specific form of systemic racism that limits health and wellbeing for affected populations; and investigate a novel systems alignment strategy for solving the problem that engages relevant representatives from medical care, public health, and social services systems.
- Award Amount: Up to $100K (over 1 year) for developmental studies
- Deadline: Applications due by February 7, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Sylvia Bierhuis
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The Nasdaq Foundation will award funding to empower diverse investors such as organizations or programs that enhance financial literacy among women and underrepresented communities, or improve access to knowledge and tools among women and underrepresented communities.
- Average Award Amount: ~$75k (grants are unrestricted)
- Deadline: Applications due by February 9, 2024
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Aimed at advancing cutting-edge investigations, the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences are presented to highly promising, early career scientists. They support young investigators engaged in basic research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Areas of priority include: cellular and molecular neuroscience, neural systems, and Translational research.
- Average Award Amount: $300k (over 3 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by February 15, 2024
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The Graham Foundation welcomes applications from organizations for its Production and Presentation Grants. Through the program, grants will be awarded to assist with the production and presentation of significant programs about architecture and the designed environment in order to promote dialogue, raise awareness, and develop new and wider audiences.
- Average Award Amount: Up to $30k
- Deadline: Applications due by February 15, 2024
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The goal of this call is to fund research on policies that can advance the full social, economic, and civic inclusion of immigrant children and families. The intention is to spotlight policies that can transform systems/structures that ensure equal access to goods and services, including public benefits, irrespective of immigration status.
- Average Award Amount: Up to $450k
- Deadline: Applications due by February 16, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to partner with Sylvia Bierhuis
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The Discoveries in Safety Grants Program funds research that aligns with their mission of building a safer and more sustainable world. Through an open and competitive process, ULRI funds scientific discovery that addresses their three grand challenges:
(1) Building resilience for a sustainable future,
(2) Advancing individual and societal health in the 21st century
(3) Promoting safety at the human-digital interface.
- Average Award Amount: Up to $600k (over 3 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by February 16, 2024
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The program will support technical research towards ensuring superhuman AI systems are aligned and safe. The project aims to rally the best researchers and engineers in the world to meet this challenge—and aims to bring new people into the field. No prior experience working on alignment is required; OpenAI is actively looking to support researchers who are excited to work on alignment for the first time.
- Average Award Amount: $100k - $2M
- Deadline: Applications due by February 18, 2024
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The organization has issued a call for research proposals from institutions and organizations across the globe to investigate the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or animal-assisted interventions (AAI), both for the people and the animals involved. Proposals should have a strong theoretical framework and focus on innovative approaches to studying the positive effects of companion animals on human health.
- Average Award Amount: Six grants of up to $45K
- Deadline: Applications due by February 22, 2024
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Priority will be given to projects focusing on contributions to environmental sustainability through development of green analytical technologies, methods, or laboratory working environments. The program promotes research excellence, and encourages strong collaborative relationships with emerging academic leaders early in their career.
- Average Award Amount: $120k (over 2 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by February 23, 2024
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The foundation supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit their fields of interest. These currently include the availability and use of published information, women in engineering, and information access in developing countries.
- Average Award Amount: $25k
- Deadline: Applications due by February 28, 2024
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The Educating Character Initiative aims to equip a wide range of public and private institutions of higher education with the resources needed to integrate character education into their distinctive institutional contexts, curricula, and cultures. The broader aspiration is to foster a robust network that recognizes the value of educating character within higher education.
- Award Amounts:
- Institutional Impact Grants - up to 10 grants between $100k - $1M
- Capacity Building Grants - up to 20 grants of up to $50k
- Teacher-Scholar Grant - up to 5 grants of $15k
- Deadline: Applications are due February 29, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Sylvia Bierhuis
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Contact Us.
Meet the team and connect with the liaison who supports your unit.
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Faculty Fellowships
Funding opportunities for late postdoctoral investigators & new faculty members.
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Ongoing Funding Opps.
Funding opportunities that are continually accepting applications, and annual calls for proposals.
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For upcoming training opportunities, prospect libraries and additional resources, visit our website:
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