NEA Fellowship in Poetry

The National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in poetry are available to published creative writers. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.

Amount: $25,000

Date due: March 4, 2010

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Native American Research grant

The Phillips Fund for Native American Research provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials.

Amount: $2,500 - $3,500

Date due: March 1, 2010

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Oregon Humanities' Responsive Program Grant

Oregon Humanities supports organizations responding quickly and thoughtfully to current issues and events shaping our world. Responsive Program Grant (formerly Opportunity Grant) requests for up to $1,000 are accepted year-round to fund public humanities programs addressing pressing issues or events that the applicant organization is uniquely suited to help the public understand.

Amount: $1,000

Date due: Year-round

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Templeton Award for Theological Promise

Applications are invited for the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise. The award program annually recognizes twelve postdoctoral young scholars globally on the basis of their doctoral dissertations related to the topic of God and spirituality.

Amount: $10,000

Date due: May 31, 2010

Although the topic focuses strongly on the fields of theology, religious studies and philosophy of religion, interdisciplinary dissertations from all academic fields may be submitted.

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Books Grants for Minority Scholars in Religion

The Louisville Institute's First Book Grant Program for Minority Scholars seeks to assist junior, non-tenured religion scholars of color to complete a major research and book project focusing on some issue pertaining to American Christianity that is also related to the priorities of the Louisville Institute.

Amount: $40,000

Date due: January 15, 2010

The program seeks to enable scholars to spend an entire academic year devoted to that research project while free of other professional responsibilities. In keeping with its fundamental mission, the Louisville Institute is especially interested in identifying and supporting scholars of color who seek through their academic work to be in conversation with church leaders and to strengthen their faith communities.

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Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. These grants should result in plans, prototypes, or proofs of concept for long-term digital humanities projects prior to implementation.

Amount: $5,000 - $25,000 (Level I); $25,001 - $50,000 (Level II)

Date due: March 23, 2010

Two levels of awards are available: (1) Level I awards are small grants designed to fund brainstorming sessions, workshops, early alpha-level prototypes, and initial planning; (2) Level II awards are larger grants that can be used for more fully-formed projects that are ready to begin implementation or the creation of working prototypes.

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Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language

The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. An invitational priority is for collaborative efforts between colleges of liberal arts and sciences and colleges of education within the same institution to propose projects that will strengthen instruction in foreign languages and international studies in teacher education programs that provide pre-service training for K-12 teachers in foreign languages and international studies. Another invitational priority is for programs and activities that focus on one (or more) of the 78 languages on the U.S.Department of Education's list of Less Commonly Taught Languages.

Amount: $100,000/year for 3 years

Date due: December 17, 2009

Competitive preference is given to institutions that require graduating students to have two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language or who can demonstrate the equivalent.

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