Program: Research Grant
Agency: State of Maryland- Department of Planning
Next Deadline: March 1st, 2019
The 2020 Census Grant Program was created by the General Assembly in 2018 as a vehicle to support the accurate counting of the population of the State and its local jurisdictions and the collection of basic demographic and housing information of the population of the State for the 2020 Census. The Program offers matching grants to non-profit organizations and local jurisdictions in their sponsorship of activities designed to support successful enumeration and data collection efforts during the 2020 Census. Funds are administered by the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP); the statutorily-defined Census Grant Panel, which awards the grants, is staffed by the Department of Legislative Services (DLS).
Grant awards will range from a suggested minimum of $25,000 to a suggested maximum of $250,000. Grantees are required to provide a dollar-for-dollar match, which may be either cash or in-kind, as further defined in the Program Guidelines.
Program: Postdoc
Agency: Yale University
Next Deadline: March 4th, 2019
The Yale University Department of History invites applications for a Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship in United States environmental history. The fellow will be affiliated with Yale Environmental History and the Yale Environmental Humanities Initiative and is expected to participate in their activities and to teach one course during the two years of the fellowship. Salary is $58,000 plus benefits and a research budget. Start date August 1, 2019. PhD requirements must be completed by the beginning of the appointment and the PhD must have been awarded after spring 2016. Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities. A cover letter (including a statement of qualifications and research interests), a CV, a chapter-length writing sample, a one-page proposal for a course, including illustrative readings, and three letters of reference should be submitted to http://apply.interfolio.com/59960 . Review of applications will begin March 4, 2019.
https://history.yale.edu/about-us/current-job-searches/postdoctoral-fellowships
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NSF
Next Deadline: March 4th, 2019
Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) tackles convergent scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic, that are needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. Major goals of NNA include:
Improved understanding of Arctic change and its local and global effects that capitalize on innovative and optimized observation infrastructure, advances in understanding of fundamental processes, and new approaches to modeling natural environment, social and built systems interactions.
New enhanced research communities that are diverse, integrative and well-positioned to carry out productive research at the intersections of Arctic social, natural, and built systems.
Research outcomes that inform U.S. national security and economic development needs and enable resilient, sustainable Arctic communities.
https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/arctic/nna/index.jsp
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NSF
Next Deadline: March 6th, 2019
Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
A proposal for a research grant in this program must focus on advancing fundamental understanding of future work, and potential improvements to work, workplaces, workforce preparation, or work outcomes for workers and society. It must be convergent research that addresses the technological as well as the human and societal dimensions and potential impact of future work, and in doing so, make significant contributions to both intellectual merit and broader impact. Achieving this goal requires integration and convergence of disciplines across computer science, engineering, learning sciences, research on education and workforce training, and social, behavioral, and economic sciences. A convergent perspective is essential to understand and shape long-term social and economic drivers, so that advanced intelligent technology will strengthen the social fabric. A convergent perspective also provides insights into education and re-skilling, so that the benefits of emerging technology can be conferred upon all citizens.
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505620&WT.mc_id=USNSF_43&WT.mc_ev=click
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NSF
Next Deadline: March 6th, 2019
The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program) seeks to enhance the quality of undergraduate STEM education at HSIs and to increase retention and graduation rates of undergraduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at HSIs. In addition, the HSI Program seeks to build capacity in undergraduate STEM education at HSIs that typically do not receive high levels of NSF grant funding. The National Science Foundation (NSF) established the HSI Program in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 115-31) and the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (P.L. 114-329). The HSI Program is aligned with NSF’s commitment to increase access for underrepresented groups to the Nation’s STEM enterprise.
In designing the HSI Program, NSF sought community input by several mechanisms (https://nsf.gov/ehr/HSIProgramPlan.jsp) and has continued to gather community input to inform future components of, or modifications to, the HSI Program.
To be eligible for HSI Program funding, the institution serving as the awardee organization must, at the time of application, be accredited, offer undergraduate educational programs in STEM, and satisfy the definition of an HSI as specified in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). Institutions should review the legislation before certifying their eligibility for this program (http://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/HEA65_CMD.pdf).
The HSI Program will accept proposals in two tracks:
Track 1: Building Capacity funds projects up to $2,500,000 for up to 5 years and is open to all eligible institutions. This track has three priority areas: Critical Transitions; Innovative Cross-Sector Partnerships; and Teaching and Learning in STEM.
Track 2: HSIs New to NSF funds projects up to $300,000 for up to 3 years and is open only to eligible institutions that have never received NSF funding, or that have not received NSF funding in the five years preceding the proposal deadline.
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505512&WT.mc_id=USNSF_43&WT.mc_ev=click
Program: Postdoc
Agency: Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia
Next Deadline: March 14th, 2019
The three postdoctoral Moral Ecology Fellowships are for the full academic year of 2019–2020 and are renewable for 2020–2021, depending on performance. Each fellowship carries an annual stipend of $45,000–$49,000, as well as full-time benefits and office space at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition to doing their own research, recipients of these fellowships are expected to produce at least three journal article manuscripts based on analyses of the National Survey of Moral Formation data, including a proposal of diagnostic tools that could assist schools and other institutions in evaluating the conditions in which character and citizenship are formed.
Fellowships will be awarded on the basis of how well the applicant’s scholarly interests reflect and advance the intellectual mission of the Institute in general and the Institute’s Colloquy on Culture & Formation in particular. Candidates will also be selected based on experience analyzing complex data sets.
https://iasculture.org/scholars/fellows/apply
Email: IASCFellowsInfo@virginia.edu
Program: Research Grant for Doctoral Students
Agency: Russell Sage Foundation
Next Deadline: March 15th, 2019
The foundation’s Behavioral Economics program supports research that uses behavioral insights from psychology, economics, sociology, political science and other social sciences to examine and improve social and living conditions in the United States. Appropriate projects will demonstrate explicit use of psychological concepts in the motivation of the research design and the preparation of the results. Experimental projects that do not have substantial behavioral content (such as market experiments testing neoclassical ideas) or substantial economic content (such as psychology experiments with no economic choices or strategic or market implications) will not be considered.
For example, to what extent can choice architecture improve decision making in various social, economic, political, and educational contexts? To what extent do behavioral biases affect the use of welfare programs and recipients' wellbeing? More detailed examples of the types of research topics of interest are highlighted in the Behavioral Economics RFP and a description of recent grants can be found here.
There is a $7,500 lifetime limit for the BE Small Grants. BE Small Grants applications are accepted on a rolling basis. We expect to fund up to 10-12 proposals each year.
http://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply/small-grants
Program: Funded Conference
Agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Next Deadline: March 22nd, 2019
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) from August 12-16, 2019, in Bethesda, MD. The HDRI aims to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists early in their careers and stimulate research in the disciplines supported by health disparities science.
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts/82124
Email: NIMHDHealthDC@mail.nih.gov.
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NSF
Next Deadline: March 25th, 2019
NSF’s Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Big Idea is a national-scale activity to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will allow fundamental questions to be asked and answered at the frontiers of science and engineering. Through this NSF-wide activity, HDR will generate new knowledge and understanding, and accelerate discovery and innovation. The HDR vision is realized through an interrelated set of efforts in:
Foundations of data science;
Algorithms and systems for data science;
Data-intensive science and engineering;
Data cyberinfrastructure; and
Education and workforce development.
Each of these efforts is designed to amplify the intrinsically multidisciplinary nature of the emerging field of data science. The HDR Big Idea will establish theoretical, technical, and ethical frameworks that will be applied to tackle data-intensive problems in science and engineering, contributing to data-driven decision-making that impacts society.
Harnessing the Data Revolution: Transdisciplinary Research In Principles Of Data Science (HDR TRIPODS) aims to bring together the electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science communities to develop the theoretical foundations of data science through integrated research and training activities. Phase I, described in this solicitation, will support the development of small collaborative Institutes. Phase II (to be described in an anticipated future solicitation, subject to availability of funds) will support a smaller number of larger Institutes, selected from the Phase I Institutes via a second competitive proposal process. All HDR TRIPODS Institutes must involve significant and integral participation by researchers representing at least three of the four aforementioned communities. Please note that the ordering of the four communities is alphabetical and is not meant to emphasize any one discipline over another.
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505347
Program: Research Grant
Agency: Department of State
Next Deadline: March 29th, 2019
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for research on the impact of emerging technologies on human rights. In furtherance of U.S. government policy to “maintain U.S. leadership in emerging technologies” per the U.S. National Cyber Strategy, DRL seeks to support research initiatives that explore and assess the potential human rights impacts, opportunities, and threats of emerging technological innovations globally. DRL invites organizations interested in potential funding to submit proposals outlining program concepts that reflect this goal.
https://www.state.gov/j/drl/p/288817.htm
Email: support@grants.gov
Program: Teaching Grant
Agency: CAHSS, UMBC
Next Deadline: April 8th, 2019
UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) is pleased to announce the next round of the Dean’s Pedagogy and Teaching (PAT) Fund. The grants are open to CAHSS faculty members twice per academic year to support pedagogical development, and are available to all faculty—tenured/tenure-track, lecturers, adjunct, and graduate teaching assistants (excepting visiting faculty)—who teach courses in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Funds awarded will be available through the end of the following fiscal year (i.e. funds awarded in Academic Year 2018-2019 must be used no later than June 2020).
https://cahss.umbc.edu/cahss-grants-for-pedagogy-and-teaching-pat-awards/
Email: ssusanne@umbc.edu
Contact: Susan Sutton
Program: Research Grant
Agency: CAHSS, UMBC
Next Deadline: April 8th, 2019
The CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund (CDRF) provides a biannual competitive funding opportunity for up to $5,000 to support the research endeavors of CAHSS tenured and tenure-track faculty and lecturers. Funds will support developing or established scholarly and creative projects. Faculty on visiting or short-term appointments are not eligible to apply. Awarded funds will be available through the end of the following fiscal year. Following completion of the grant term, awardees will be required to provide evidence of work produced and a short report describing how funds were spent and how any equipment purchased has been designated for continued College use.
https://cahss.umbc.edu/cahss-deans-research-fund/
Email: ssusanne@umbc.edu
Contact: Susan Sutton
Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments!
Amy Bhatt, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's studies, speaks about the rising interest of young South Asian women to become politically involved. New Jersey’s First South Asian Woman Mayor Is Breaking Boundaries (Huffington Post) and how changes to the H4 visa may affect immigrant families in the U.S. The immigration battle that might push H-1B families to self-deport (Quartz)
Chris Curran, Public Policy, discusses restorative practices in schools.
Restorative practices may not be the solution, but neither are suspensions (The Conversation)
Leadership Baltimore County (The Daily Record)
Becca Scharf, Emergency Services/Public Policy PhD student, and Jennifer Lee Jenkins & Rick Bissell published an article on community paramedicine.
Lauren Hamilton Edwards, Public Policy, published an article on faculty inclusion.
Erle Ellis, Geography and Information System, agrees on the need to increase conversation. To keep the planet flourishing, 30% of Earth needs protection by 2030 (National Geographic)
Felipe Filomeno, Political Science and Global Studies, writes Op-Ed about the Walters Art Museum, Hackerman House and the shift to addressing a wider Baltimore audience. Baltimore's Hackerman mansion: 'a 'strong reminder of our common humanity' (Baltimore Sun)
Laura Girling, SAHAAP, just received an R21 award.
Chris Harried ’16, Sociology, participated as a Youth Commission Representative in the development of recommendations for teaching and learning. From a nation at risk to a nation of hope (The National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development)
George Lanoue, Political Science and Public Policy, publishes Op-Dd on role of the Fourth Circuit in HBCU case. 4th Circuit abdicates its role in Md. HBCU case (Baltimore Sun)
Elliott Lasson, Psychology, discusses performance reviews at work. What makes for an effective performance review (MPT)
Ryan Mihalic '98, Political Science, joined the board of Leadership for Baltimore County.
Roy Meyers, Political Science and Public Policy, discusses the impact of the last shutdown and the looming shutdown. 98: Can we shut down the shutdowns? (NPR: Marketplace)
Derek Musgrove, History, shares his thoughts on a conspiracy thriller called The Plan. Why is a former politician spending his time writing about conspiracy theories? It’s 2019. (The Washington Post)
Don Norris, Public Policy, (@UMBCPubPolicy) spoke to @Debtwire about cyber risk for municipal bond investors. debtwire.com/info/cyber-ris…
Bob Provine, Psychology, talks about laughter as a reaction to people, not humor. The best medicine: Decoding the hidden meanings of laughter (NPR)
Tom Schaller, Political Science, was on NPR's All Things Considered to discuss the situation involving the governor of Virginia. Democrats Nationwide Call For Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam To Resign (NPR)
Becca Scharf, Emergency Services/Public Policy PhD student, and Jennifer Lee Jenkins & Rick Bissell published an article on community paramedicine.
]]>The Summer Research Initiative (SRI) was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research and the College. The program is designed to encourage and enhance the diversity of scholars working in the social and behavioral science fields.
In that spirit, we are interested in receiving applications to the program from a broad spectrum of students, including African Americans, Latino/Hispanics, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, as well as students with research interests related to diverse communities.
The goals of the SRI are to:
The SRI is part of the College's longstanding commitment to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities who pursue graduate degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences. According to 2016 data from the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, the university ranks 12th in the country in the number of graduate and professional degrees awarded and 28th in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to underrepresented minority students. The Summer Research Initiative is an integral part of our efforts.
The application for the 2019 SRI will be available from November 1, 2018 to February 10, 2019. Applications will be reviewed February – March 2019, and selection announcements will be made beginning April 2019.
The actual program runs 8 weeks, from June 3 – July 26, 2019. Students are required to arrive on campus on Saturday, June 1 for mandatory Saturday and Sunday program orientation, but SRI programming will officially begin on Monday, June 3.
]]>The School of Public Policy and Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) are hosting a one-day Public Policy Camp at UMBC on March 12, 2019.
The purpose of the program is to introduce the field of public policy to a group of students who might not otherwise be familiar with it. APPAM is looking to increase knowledge, particularly among people who are members of groups that are underrepresented in public policy work.
This is a great opportunity to identify local students from diverse backgrounds who could pursue future education and career in a public-policy-related field.
The one-day program will consist of networking opportunities, group table activities, policy simulations, and panel sessions. Dr. Hrabowski and Dean Casper will be opening the event with remarks. There will also be discussions with the students about what public policy is, what the core competencies are in a graduate program of public policy or public affairs.
Students will also be able to hear from and speak with people who have MPP, MPA and PhD degrees and see what they do for a living, what a typical day is like for them and how their career paths have lead them to their current positions.
Registration for the event is FREE.
UMBC Students can register for the event through this link: https://goo.gl/forms/X38b0DEBAN9AdZbR2.
]]>Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. If you are working on a particular project and would like additional assistance in finding funding opportunities, please email: socialscience@umbc.edu.
Program: Fellowships and Internships
Agency: American Philosophical Society
Next Deadline: February 1, 2019
The American Philosophical Society invites applications for predoctoral, postdoctoral, and short-term research fellowships from scholars at all stages of their careers, especially Native American scholars in training, tribal college and university faculty members, and other scholars working closely with Native communities on projects in Native American and Indigenous Studies and related fields and disciplines. These funding opportunities are supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI). Fellows will be associated with the APS’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR), which promotes greater collaboration among scholars, archives, and Indigenous communities.
Seefor details: https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/
Email: libfellows@amphilsoc.org
Program: Fellowship for Recent PhDs (Postdoc)
Agency: Mellon
Next Deadline: February 8, 2019
The Department of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College invite applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences Appointment to this position will be for a term of two years, beginning Fall 2019 and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor. The fellow will be housed in the Department of Anthropology. The position is suported by an endowment grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The incumbent will teach courses in the general area of anthropology (cultural and/or linguistic), environment, and East Asia. The fellow will be expected to teach a 1-1 course load per year, including courses at the introductory, intermediate and advanced level, and to participate in programming through Oberlin College’s implementation grant through the Henry Luce Foundation’s Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (http://languages.oberlin.edu/blogs/liase/).
Seefor details: http://careercenter.americananthro.org/jobs/11860367/mellon-postdoctoral-fellow-in-anthropology-and-environmental-east-asian-studies
Email: erhoffman@oberlin.edu
Contact: Erika Hoffman-Dilloway, Chair of Anthropology, Oberlin College
Program: Research Fellowship
Agency: Center for Social Science Scholarship/CAHASS Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research in CAHSS, resulting in a submittable product by December 2019. Applications are welcome from any tenured or tenure-track faculty doing social science research in any CAHSS department. Fellows will receive a $6,000 stipend during the summer of 2019. By December 2019, each Fellow is expected to complete an external grant or fellowship proposal OR an article, policy paper, book, or book chapter. Fellows who are preparing an external grant or fellowship proposal agree to work with MIPAR for pre-award and post-grant management assistance.
Seefor details: https://socialscience.umbc.edu/summer-faculty-research-fellowship/
Email: mallinson@umbc.edu
Contact: Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Social Science Scholarship
Program: Research Grant
Agency: Vice President of Research, UMBC
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
The Strategic Awards for Research Transitions (START) provides funding for UMBC faculty to advance their scholarly and research endeavors, to compete more effectively for external support, and to pursue new areas of inquiry. Maximum START award is $25,000. Approximately 10 proposals will be awarded. Proposals selected for an award will be funded for the full amount proposed. Faculty may include a variety of costs in their proposed budget including costs associated with buying-out teaching time and travel expenses. See the following START Proposal Instructions & Guidelines for more information on allowable costs. Proposals with costs for buying-out teaching time must be approved by the applicant’s department chair/center director.
Seefor details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvj_e8v3K5wIk8AuEKQ_kVuUan2IB5w0qSBJU5GA0kxOvX7w/viewform
Email: donengel@umbc.edu
Contact: Don Engel, Assistant Vice President for Research
Program: Research Grant
Agency: Vice President of Research, UMBC
Next Deadline: February 22, 2019
The Summer Research Faculty Fellowship (SURFF) program supports non-tenured, tenure-track UMBC faculty pursuing research and scholarly projects during the summer, including projects in all departments. Fellowships may not be used to complete research leading to the Ph.D. or another terminal degree and are intended primarily as salary support.
Seefor details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepKI-Tviyhh_98XV9ujlEyn6GlDDZiQCzlgm3Edyo78gjFAw/viewform
Email: donengel@umbc.edu
Contact: Don Engel, Assistant Vice President for Research
Program: Research Fellowship
Agency: Institute for Humane Studies
Next Deadline: March 1, 2019
The Institute for Humane Studies is offering to fund four semester-long sabbaticals for the study, research, and teaching of classical liberal ideas.
Areas of interest include free/open markets, individual rights, private property, peace, prosperity, self-determination/autonomy, decentralization, limited government, privacy, free speech, the cultural drivers and consequences of classical liberal ideas, and related themes.
IHS traditionally works with academics in the fields of economics, political science, philosophy, history, and law. Scholars in other disciplines are welcome to apply. The awards (of $42,000 each) will be offered in the 2018-2020 academic years and sabbaticals must be taken during the prescribed time periods.
Awards are not limited to tenured faculty. Faculty at any stage of their career may apply.
Email: questions@ihs.org
Contact: Leigh McAfee, Director of Donor Relations
Program: Research Grant
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: March 6, 2019
The Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), one of the Big Ideas, is one mechanism by which NSF is responding to the challenges and opportunities for the future of jobs and work. The overarching vision is to support convergent research to understand and develop the human-technology partnership, design new technologies to augment human performance, illuminate the emerging socio-technological landscape, understand the risks and benefits of new technologies, understand and influence the impact of artificial intelligence on workers and work, and foster lifelong and pervasive learning.
Seefor details: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19541/nsf19541.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Email: saugust@nsf.gov
Contact: Stephanie E. August, Program Director
Program: Fellowship for Recent PhDs
Agency: Mellon/ACLS
Next Deadline: March 13, 2019
ACLS invites applications for the ninth competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 21 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year term staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Fellows receive a stipend of $68,000 per year and have access to individual health insurance, a relocation allowance, and up to $3,000 to be used toward professional development activities over the course of the fellowship term.
Seefor details: https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/
Email: publicfellows@acls.org
Contact: Matthew Goldfeder, Director of Fellowship Programs
Program: Research Grant
Agency: CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund
Next Deadline: April 8, 2019
The CAHSS Dean’s Research Fund (CDRF) provides a biannual competitive funding opportunity for up to $5,000 to support the research endeavors of CAHSS tenured and tenure-track faculty and lecturers. Funds will support developing or established scholarly and creative projects. Faculty on visiting or short-term appointments are not eligible to apply. Awarded funds will be available through the end of the following fiscal year. Items that are eligible for CDRF funding include: travel, equipment, supplies, books, research participant costs, UMBC undergraduate or graduate student support, and other items necessary for research endeavors. No faculty salary support or course releases may be funded through this initiative.
Seefor details: https://cahss.umbc.edu/cahss-deans-research-fund/
Email: dhart@umbc.edu
Contact: Donna Hart, Business Services Manager
Program: Fellowship
Agency: The Data Incubator
Next Deadline: April 1, 2019
The Data Incubator is a Cornell-funded data science training organization. We run a free advanced 8-week fellowship (think data science bootcamp) for PhDs looking to enter industry. A variety of innovative companies partner with The Data Incubator for their hiring and training needs, including LinkedIn, Genentech, Capital One, Pfizer, and many others. The program is free for admitted Fellows.
Fellows have the option to participate in the program either in person in New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Washington DC, or online.
Seefor details: https://www.thedataincubator.com/fellowship.html
Contact Form: https://www.thedataincubator.com/contact-us.html
***Humanities Scholars please contact Rachel Brubaker (rbruba1@umbc.edu) for additional funding opportunities.***
Matt Baker, Geography and Environmental Systems, discusses the flooding in Ellicott City and stormwater management. With new plan on pause, Ellicott City business owners feel stuck (WTOP)
Amy Bhatt, gender, women's, and sexuality studies, discusses her new book High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration. H-4 and H-1: Time for Indian immigrants to speak up on immigration policy, says author Amy Bhatt (The American Bazaar)
Chris Curran, Public Policy, discusses the final report of The Federal Commission on School Safety. Recommendation to Give Teachers Guns Misses the Mark (The Globe Post)
Erle Ellis, Geography and Environmental Systems, shares the latest climate change research on the impact of humans on the environment. How 300 Years of Urbanization and Farming Transformed the Planet (City Lab)
Felipe Filomeno, Political Science, wrote a piece about the range of forces impacting migration. “Who is responsible for migrants?” (The Conversation and Houston Chronicle)
Carolyn Forestiere, Political Science and her coauthor Filippo Tronconi (U. of Bologna) have recently edited an issue of the journal Contemporary Italian Politics. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Brian Grodsky, Political Science, discusses the impact of the growing protest movement in Bosnia. Could Mysterious Death of Student be the Spark that Sets Off Bosnia (The Globe Post)
Erica Lozy, Psychology, and Jolene Sy, Psychology, recently published an article in #JABA. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Roy Meyers, Political Science, weighs in on the history of federal government shutdowns: Shutdowns Are ‘All Games of Chicken.’ Here’s How They’ve Evolved (The New York Times) and This Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss their first paycheck (Vox)
Kerwin Miller, Political Science, has been named to the Harford County District Court bench.
Gov. Hogan names Kerwin A. Miller Sr. to Harford County District Court bench (The Baltimore Sun)
Meredith Oyen, History, took part in a “US-China 2018 Year in Review: A New Cold War?” Panel at the Kissinger Institute.
Colin Studds, Geography and Environmental Systems, worked with a team of researchers to discover the full life cycle of a dragonfly. Dragonflies Embark on an Epic, Multi-Generational Migration Each Year (Smithsonian)
Claire Welty, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, and Chris Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, reflect on the work that has happened and the future of funding for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. Science foundation cuts 20-year-old Baltimore ecological study’s funds (Bay Journal)
James C. Willett, Jr. '05, Economics, noted as a rising star in law firm. Semmes Bowen attorneys (Daily Record)
]]>Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. If you are working on a particular project and would like additional assistance in finding funding opportunities, please email: socialscience@umbc.edu.
Program: Research Grant
Agency: National Science Foundation- Cultural Anthropology Scholars Award
Next Deadline: January 16, 2019
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.
See https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5321&org=SBE&sel_org=SBE&from=fund for details
Email: dwinslow@nsf.gov
Contact: Deborah Winslow, Program Director
Program: Visiting Scholar and Visiting Researcher Program in Ethnic Studies
Agency: UCLA Institute of American Cultures
Next Deadline: January 10, 2019
Offers awards to visiting scholars/researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanos. Projects must focus on intergroup or comparative research on one or more of these communities in a local, national, or global context. Grants include the : Visiting Scholar Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies (1/10/19); Graduate and Predoctoral Fellowship in Ethnic Studies (1/10/19); Research Grants (3/1/19); and Shirley Hune Inter-Ethnic/ Inter-Racial Studies Award (3/1/18) Fellowships include an academic-year stipend of up to $35,000, up to $4,000 in research support, and health benefits. Seehttp://www.iac.ucla.edu/ for details. Email: iaccoordinator@conet.ucla.edu CFDA
Program: Research Grants and Dissertation Fellowships
Agency: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Next Deadline: February 01, 2019
Supports scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression and dominance. Highest priority is given to increasing the understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Program is highly competitive. Research grants (annual deadline: 8/1) provide grants of $15,000 to $40,000 up to two years for individuals in any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities. Dissertation Fellowships (annual deadline: 2/1) support at least 10 awards of $20,000 over one year to complete dissertations. Seehttp://hfg.org/ for details. Email: info@hfg.org
Program: Fellowships (Various Short-Term)
Agency: Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library
Next Deadline: February 01, 2019
Offers residential fellowship programs that support postdoctoral research at UCLA's Clark Library specializing in 17th and 18th century studies: Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowships ($49,188 for theme-based research fellowship in residence); Clark Short-Term Fellowships ($3,000 per month up to three months); ASECS/Clark Fellowships ($3,000 for one month of research on Restoration or the 18th century); Kanner Fellowship in British Studies ($9,000 for three months); and Clark-Huntington Joint Bibliographical Fellowship ($6,000 for two months). Annual deadline: 2/1. Seehttp://www.c1718cs.ucla.edu/ Email: ortiz@humnet.ucla.edu
Contact: Myrna Ortiz
Program: Summer Internship Program in Research for Graduate Students
Agency: Educational Testing Service
Next Deadline: February 01, 2019
Supports interns in an eight-week program to participate in research under the guidance of an ETS mentor. Each intern is required to give a brief presentation about the project at the conclusion of the internship. The 8-week internship (June 3 - July 26, 2019) is carried out in the ETS offices in Princeton, N.J., in one of seven research areas. Open to students in a relevant doctoral program. Offers $6,000 salary, transportation allowance for relocating to and from the Princeton area and a housing allowance or interns commuting more than 50 miles. Annual deadline: 2/1. Seehttp://www.ets.org/research/fellowships.html for details Email: internfellowships@ets.org
Contact: Linda DeLauro
Program: Asian Studies Grants
Agency: Association for Asian Studies
Next Deadline: February 01, 2019 (Target) The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia. AAS offers several grants to support the research of North American scholars to improve the quality of teaching about Asian cultures at the college and pre-college levels. Grant amounts, details and deadlines vary according to program. Annual deadlines: 2/1, and 10/1, with programs to support bringing speakers to campus due 12/1. Also offers prizes for scholarly books. Seehttp://www.asian-studies.org/Grants-and-Awards/AAS-Grant-Programs for details. Email: jwc8v@virginia.edu
Contact: Jack Chen
Program: Library Resident Research Fellowships
Agency: American Philosophical Society
Next Deadline: February 01, 2019
Supports one to two month (3/1/) or year-long (2/1) residential fellowships for research in the library's collections. Subject areas include the: Early American History & Culture; Atlantic History; Intellectual History; Travel, Exploration & Expeditions; History of Science, Technology & Medicine; History of Biochemistry, Physiology & Biophysics; Natural History; Anthropology; Native American History; Culture & Languages; Caribbean & Slavery Studies. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the equivalent, be Ph.D. students at the dissertation stage, or independent scholars. Award amounts vary. Annual Deadlines vary by program, but mainly fall on 2/1 and 3/1. Seehttps://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/fellowships for details. Email: lmusumeci@amphilsoc.org
Contact: Linda Musumeci
Program: Research, Grants and Fellowships
Agency: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women
Next Deadline: February 04, 2019
Sponsors grants to use the library's holdings. Research Support Grants are open to researchers from any college or university and to independent scholars. Dissertation Grants are open to scholars who are enrolled in a doctoral program in a relevant field, have completed their course work toward the doctoral degree, and have an approved dissertation topic by the time the application is submitted. Oral history grants are open to scholars conducting oral history interviews. Annual deadline for all three: 2/4. Mellon-Schlesinger Summer Research Grants are due 11/15/18. The Pforzheimer Fellowship is due 3/4/19. Seehttp://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/grants.aspx for details. Email: slgrants@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Contact: Cara Raskin
Program: Grant Programs
Agency: Herb Block Foundation
Next Deadline: February 05, 2019
Foundation supports the art of editorial cartooning and makes three types of national grants: Defending Basic Freedoms (10/4/18) supports projects that safeguard the freedoms of the Bill of Rights and prevent discrimination. Encouraging Citizen Involvement (6/6/19) seeks to ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Awards range from $5,000-$25,000. Deadlines refer to required LOIs. Also offers Pathways Out of Poverty for DC (2/5/19) area applicants only and various scholarships. Seehttp://www.herbblockfoundation.org/programs for details. Email: info@herbblock.org
Program: Research Grants and Fellowships
Agency: American Historical Association
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
Supports several small research grants (up to $1,500; annual deadline 2/15) in the following areas: history of the Western hemisphere; colonial American history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations; U.S. legal history and the field of law and society; and history of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Only AHA members are eligible to apply for these grants. Also supports two fellowship programs in the areas of American History and Aerospace History (4/1). Seehttp://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htm for details. Email: dschaffer@historians.org Contact: Dana Schaffer
Program: Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
Agency: American Philosophical Society
Next Deadline: February 15, 2019
Offers grants to doctoral students to support the cost of travel and equipment in field research. Areas supported are archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields. Awards range up to $5,000. Annual deadline: 10/30 for required letters of support; 11/1 for applications. Separate program focusing on astrobiology open to postdoctoral and junior scientists is also available (2/5). Seehttp://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark for details. Email: lmusumeci@amphilsoc.org Contact: Linda Musumeci
Program: Graduate and Postgraduate Research Grants
Agency: Huyck (Edmund Niles) Preserve and Biological Research Station
Next Deadline: February 22, 2019
Supports graduate and postgraduate research using the resources of the Huyck Preserve in NY. Grants support research in basic and applied ecology, taxonomy, animal behavior, evolution, earth sciences, land use history and other areas of natural science. Native flora and fauna are abundant. Facilities include wet/dry labs, conference center and library. Preference given to residencies of one week or more, and grantees must assist in scientific outreach during their residency. Awards from $2000-$3,500. Annual deadline: second Friday in March. Seehttp://tinyurl.com/k8j3b36 Email: Anne@huyckpreserve.org
Contact: Anne Rhoads
Program: Grant Programs
Agency: Graham Foundation
Next Deadline: February 25, 2019
Program offers grants in architecture and its role in arts, culture and society: Production and Presentation Grants for individuals or organizations; and Research and Development Grants for individuals. Grants fund production-related expenses to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation and provide seed money for research-related expenses. Annual deadlines: 2/25 for organizations, 9/15 for individuals. Also offers Carter Manny Award, which supports dissertation research and writing by promising doctoral students (11/15). Seehttp://tinyurl.com/qbrt8a for details. Email: ckelly@grahamfoundation.org
Contact: Carolyn Kelly
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Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments!
Jasmine Abrams, Psychology, received an NIH grant to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma in Haiti. https://news.umbc.edu/jasmine-abrams-receives-an-nih-grant-to-reduce-hivaids-stigma-in-haiti/.
Jason Ashe, Psychology, was selected by The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) for its prestigious Health Policy Research Scholar leadership development program. https://psychology.umbc.edu/?id=79197
Erin Berry-McCrea, Language, Literacy & Culture, received the 2018 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Early Career Educator of Color (ECOC) Leadership Award. https://llc.umbc.edu/home/news-events/?id=77469
Pam Bennett, Public Policy, spoke at the 23rd Annual Legislative Weekend, an event sponsored by the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.
Amy Bhatt, Gender and Women's Studies, discussed how immigration impacts workforces around the world: Global Effects of High-Skilled Immigration (Asia Global Online).
Tim Brennan, Economics and Public Policy, spoke at the Technology Policy Institute’s November meeting on the changing landscape of antitrust enforcement.
Sam Dupre, Geography & Environmental Systems PhD Student, spoke about the unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change in The Guardian.
Matthew Fagan, Geography & Environmental Systems,co-authored a new paper in Conservation Letters that suggests quickly reforesting large areas may not be the best strategy to yield many of the benefits forests can provide.
Amy Froide, History,won the Best Book award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women for her book, Silent Partners: Women as Public Investors During Britain’s Financial Revolution, 1690-1750 (Oxford, 2017).
Jeff Halverson, Geography & Environmental Systems, discussed two damaging tornadoes, one deadly, hit Maryland on Friday night with the Washington Post.
Elliot Lasson, Psychology, discussed what organizational and industrial psychology looks like in 2018 in the Your money and business segment with Maryland Public Television.
Don Norris, Public Policy Emeritus, discussed factors influencing early voting turnout in Frederick County the Frederick News-Post.
Fred Pincus, Sociology Emeritus, shared a story that emphasized the importance of positive role models titled, “President Trump could learn a lot from Little League” with the Baltimore Sun.
John Rennie Short, Public Policy, wrote about thegerrymandering of Congressional districts in the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Connecticut Post, and San Antonio Express News.
Chris Shuman, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, commented on the formation of a coffin-shaped iceberg off of Antarctica: This coffin-shaped iceberg is drifting toward death in the New York Post.
Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D. '06 Health Policy, elected to the National Academy of Medicine. ow.ly/OyJ250jyQ58 pic.twitter.com/BDbOJMZFh3
Alicia Wilson, '04 Political Science, and Delali Dzirasa, '04 Computer Engineering, made a national list of influencers: Sagamore's Alicia Wilson, Fearless' Delali Dzirasa selected to national list of influential young executives in the Baltimore Business Journal.