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CERES Seed Fund

The agricultural industry has experienced significant loss and economic consequences from infectious disease outbreaks in animals and plants caused by a variety of pathogens. Although preparedness, detection and response to infectious disease outbreaks have improved, significant gaps still remain. To address these gaps, the Coalition for Epi Response, Engagement, and Science (CERES) consortium of land-grant...

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Engaged Scholars Initiative for Early Career Faculty

Western Campus Compact invites you to apply for its Engaged Scholars Initiative, an opportunity for early-career faculty and community engagement professionals to deepen skills for promoting equity in communities and institutions and to develop related scholarly, teaching, or applied projects. Applications are due on August 19th. For more information, please see their website:  Engaged Scholar Initiative Dr....

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Tensor Women and Mathematics Grants

The objectives of the MAA Tensor Women and Mathematics Program are to: encourage college and university mathematics faculty to develop projects to increase participation of women in mathematics; and provide support to project directors. Possible projects, all of which have a strong mathematical component, are to: Organize a club for women interested in mathematics or...

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Research Support Fund

The Edinburgh Mathematical Society (EMS) established the Research Support Fund to give financial support to a variety of mathematical activities, including research visits, conferences and publications.

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Re-entry to Active Research Program (RARE)

The Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) is conducting a Re-entry to Active Research (RARE) program to reengage, retrain, and broaden participation within the academic workforce. The primary objective of the RARE program is to catalyze the advancement along the academic tenure-track of highly meritorious individuals who are returning from a hiatus...

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Quarterly Strategic Investment

Conferences/Workshops/Special Events support or sponsorship, Construction/Alteration/Renovation of research space, Center/Program/Research Program support, Access to Core/Specialized Facilities analytical services, Equipment/Infrastructure, International Research Activity support

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Mathematics and Physical Sciences – Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences

The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for its new Targeted Grants in MPS program. Grants will support high-risk projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis. 

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Awesome Foundation Micro-Grants

Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1,000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter’s “”trustees”” and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. Every chapter interprets “”awesome”” for itself. As such, awesome projects include initiatives...

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Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet)

The goals of the Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program are to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle...

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EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)

The EAGER funding mechanism may be used to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches. This work may be considered especially “high risk-high payoff” in the sense that it, for example, involves radically different approaches, applies new expertise, or engages novel disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspectives.

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