Student Funding Opportunities (Do Not Require Institutional Support)
Echoing Green Seed Funding and Support: Echoing Green is a private foundation that applies a venture capital approach to philanthropy. Through its Public Service Fellowship, the Foundation finds, attracts and invests in a diverse group of emerging social entrepreneurs who plan to start up and lead innovative, replicable, and sustainable public service projects and organizations. The Fellowship provides a two-year award of $60,000, health benefits, and an online connectivity stipend. Because Echoing Green supports new non-profit organizations, the Foundation expects its Fellows to raise additional funds to support their work. In addition to the monetary award, Echoing Green adds value to the programs and people it funds by providing and making available technical assistance and support and by building a network of public service leaders who are committed to sharing their experience and knowledge with each other. Echoing Green accepts applications from individuals who are 18 years or older; have an innovative, original idea; are committed to working full time on their project for at least two years; and are in the start-up phase of their project. Interested candidates should contact Echoing Green for more information. http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award: The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a $10,000 stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. http://www.nationalgridus.com/commitment/d4-1_award.asp.
Ally Program North Carolina: A 10 month-long AmeriCorps program combining: Full-time paid apprenticeships in nonprofit organizations in communities, to 1) serve four days per week, 2) create, improve and expand services that address diverse issues, including youth development, education, public health, economic development and the environment , 3) earn a monthly stipend of $1,300 to $1,800, and 4) receive healthcare, childcare, student loan deferment and a post-service education award. http://www.publicallies.org/site/c.liKUL3PNLvF/b.2775815/k.860B/ALLY_PROGRAM.htm.
CHS Foundation Mini-Grants to Agriculture-Related Clubs: The CHS Foundation, the major giving entity of CHS, Inc., a diversified energy, grains, and foods company, has launched the CHS Foundation College Club Mini-Grants program to strengthen learning experiences and professional development opportunities for agriculture-related college clubs. Through the program, the CHS Foundation will provide grants of up to $1,000 each to innovative leadership and professional development programs with an agriculture focus. Examples include leadership training opportunities, mentorship programs, professional development experiences, and student fundraising efforts. Grants will be awarded on an ongoing basis. The applicant must be a campus-sanctioned club/organization and must have an agricultural-related focus. Regular and ongoing club expenses are ineligible. For more information, visit the University Partnerships section of the CHS Foundation Web site. CHS also offers scholarship opportunities for students interested in agriculture related businesses. www.chsfoundation.org
Hitachi Foundation Yoshiyama Award (2010): Starting in 2010, the Hitachi Foundation will begin honoring young social entrepreneurs who are creating enterprises that directly benefit Americans living in or not far from poverty. Check their page for updates on the evolution of this prestigious program, and for announcements launching the new Yoshiyama Awards in 2010. http://www.hitachifoundation.org/yoshiyama/index.html
Roothbert Fund Scholarships: Small grants to students "motivated by spiritual values." The Roothbert Fund considers students entering into any career, but prefers those going into education. As a rule, The Roothbert Fund does not make Scholarship Grants EXCEPT to applicants whose current or permanent address is located in one of the following States of the United States and applicants planning to move to one of such States prior to March 1 of the year in which the application is made: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, or North Carolina. They do have a lengthy application process, so make sure to read all of the information on the website before proceeding. http://roothbertfund.org/scholarships.php
All-Ink College Scholarship Program: All-Ink.com is committed to helping students pursue their goal of a higher education. All-Ink.com is offering up to $5,000 in scholarships to qualified students who are enrolled or planning to participate in an accredited college or university program during the Spring 2010 or Fall 2011 term or full-year 2010-2011 school year. Students who apply must be a United States citizen or permanent resident with a minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average. http://www.all-ink.com/scholarship.aspx
Faculty Funding Opportunities (Do Not Require Institutional Support)
Franklin Research Grants: Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2007-2008 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded over $365,000 to 84 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm.
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship: Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. http://www.gf.org/about-the-foundation/the-fellowship/.
Faculty Funding Opportunities (Require Institutional Support)
Contemplative Practice Fellowships: These fellowships seek to restore and renew the critical contribution that contemplative practices can make to the life of teaching, learning, and scholarship. The program’s hear is the belief that pedagogical and intellectual benefits can be discovered by bringing contemplative practice into the academy, and that contemplative awareness can help to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society. This past year, The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society took over the complete selection process and administration of the contemplative practice fellowship program, after ten years of working closely with ACLS (the American Council of Learned Societies). The competition was promoted widely, to include proposals from the sciences and from Canada, and resulted in the greatest number of applications ever, almost twice as many as in previous years. http://www.contemplativemind.org/programs/academic/fellowships.html.
GoldenLEAF Opportunities for Work: Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) is a special program of Golden LEAF intended to address some of the urgent needs North Carolina faces because of the current economic downturn. Golden LEAF has set aside $3.5 million for this program. GLOW is a short-term, non-degree workforce development grant initiative that supports vocational and/or technical training programs targeting identified employment opportunities in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and/or rural communities. The expected outcome of projects should be the eligibility of trainees for placement in permanent, full-time jobs requiring their new skills. http://www.goldenleaf.org/grants/glow-2009-2010/.
Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program: The purpose of the Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program is to identify, support, and document cross-campus interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate the work of performing arts presenters in the academy and the surrounding community. Arts Presenters will award between 8 to 10 one- to two-year project grants, ranging from $100,000-$200,000 each in 2010 to college and university presenters for projects that go beyond conventional practice and perspectives, feature innovative or experimental approaches, connect with arts and non-arts constituencies, and stimulate discussion and debate. Funding support is meant to both support new initiatives and deepen existing efforts to integrate the performing arts into the academy. http://www.apapconference.org/creative-campus-guidelines-and-application.html.
International Paper Grants Program: International Paper Foundation focuses on environmental education programs. Although they steer their efforts towards youth, university programs that benefit the community (outreach programs between environmental science students and elementary school classrooms, for example)are likely good candidates for funding. http://www.internationalpaper.com/Our%20Company/IP%20Giving/A_IP%20Foundation/Application_Guidelines.html
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