American Astronomical Society
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Foundation for Child Development
McKnight Foundation
National Academies
National Academy of Sciences
National Academies Research Associateship Programs
National Science Foundation
Iom Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
Radcliffe Institue For Advanced Study
Research Corporation
Smithsonian Institute

SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS
Deadline: November 30, 2008
Award: $1,000 - $7,000

Covers costs associated with any type of astronomical research. Page charges, computing costs, equipment, shipping of equipment, travel to observatories, etc. are all acceptable expenses.

Deadline: December 15, 2008
Award: Varies
Supports clinical, biological, or psychological research on suicide.

Distinguished Investigator Awards
Award: Up to $100,000 over two years
For investigators at level of Associate Professor or higher with prove history of research in area of suicide.

Standard Research Grants
Award: Up to $60,000 over two years
Awarded to individual investigators at any level.

Young Investigator Grants
Award: Up to $60,000 over two years plus $5,000 for mentor
Awarded to level of assistant professor or lower.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Award: Progressive stipend of $42,000 to start
Awarded for two-year training projects who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within preceding three years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support.

Pilot Grants
Award: Up to $20,000
Seed money for new one or two-year projects awarded to individual investigators.

2008-2009 FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: January 15, 2008; February 15,, 2009
Award: Various
Supports scholars researching the history of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries.

SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Award: Various
Three summer fellowships for scholars in residence.

TEACHER-SCHOLAR AWARDS PROGRAM
Deadline: May 7, 2009
Award: $75,000

Supports scholars, nominated by their respective institution, who are in their first five years of an independent academic career who demonstrate outstanding individual research attainment and promise.

Deadline: November 5, 2008 Award: $150,000

Supports young scholars in the behavioral and social sciences and allied professional fields in their research on the development, early education, and health needs of immigrant children from birth to age 10, particularly those who are living in low-income families. Full-time, untenured but tenure-track or faculty tenured in past 4 years who have earned their doctoral degree within the last 15 years on June 30, 2005 is eligible to apply.

Deadline: January 2, 2009
Award: $75,000 each year for three years

Supports neuroscientists who are in the early stages of their career and conducting research in disorders of learning and memory.

JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOWS
Deadline: January 15, 2009
Award: $50,000 stipend

Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. All JSF assignments will be designed in consultation with regional and/or functional bureaus within the U.S. Department of State. Available for tenured academic scientists and engineers.

National Research Council
Deadline: November 1 for fall review, February 1 for winter review, May 1 for spring review, August 1 for summer review
Award: Various

Awards are made to doctoral level scientists and engineers who can apply their special knowledge and research talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the host laboratories and centers. Awards are made to Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate). Over 100 federal laboratories are used as locations. .

Deadline: November 28, 2008
Postdoctoral and senior research awards sponsored by thirty federal laboratories and NASA research centers in the United States and overseas.

NSF funds both science and Social Science opportunities. For a complete listing of NSF opportunities please visit their home page.

Plant Genome Research Program January 20, 2009
Probability November 7, 2009
STATISTICS November 7, 2009
Topology November 3, 2008
Condensed Matter Physics November 7, 2009
Metals November 7, 2009
Polymers November 7, 2009
Solid-State Chemistry November 7, 2009
Collaborative Research in Chemistry - TBA
Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants November 15, 2009
Continental Dynamics November 15, 2009
Geoscience Education November 15, 2007
Geophysics December 1, 2008
Hydrologic Sciences December 1, 2008
Petrology and Geochemistry December 1, 2008

Deadline: November 16, 2008
An opportunity for outstanding mid-career health professionals to gain an understanding of the health policy process, to contribute to the formulation of new policies and programs, and to develop in their careers as leaders in academic health centers and in health policy.

FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESIDENT RESEARCH
Deadline: December 1, 2008
Award: Up to $55,000

Applications for mathematics and natural science research. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. Fellows are expected to reside in Boston during the fellowship period.

COTTRELL COLLEGE SCIENCE AWARDS
Deadline: November 15, 2008
Award: Approximately $45,000

Supports significant research, which aids the development of undergraduate faculty and their students. The PI must have an appointment in a department of astronomy, chemistry or physics, which offers at least baccalaureate, but not doctoral degrees. Preference is given to tenured or tenure-track faculty and to faculty members in the first three years of their first appointment.

Molecular Evolution Fellowship
Deadline: January 15, 2009
Award: $40,000 for one year, $80,000 for two years

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Molecular Evolution are available to support research that uses the resources and research opportunities offered at one of the following Smithsonian Institution units: Laboratory of Analytical Biology at National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama).