American
Association of University Women: Bev
Morrison is Calvin's campus liaison.
The AAUW Educational Foundation, the largest source of funding exclusively
for graduate women in the world, supports aspiring scholars around
the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical
stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women
are underrepresented. |
| American
Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Mission: "the
advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the
humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening
of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."
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| Arts
Council of Greater Grand Rapids: The Arts Council stresses
the values of artistic excellence, community impact, diversity, management,
collaboration, education and outreach. Lois
Konyndyk, Jennifer Hoag, Gary Schmidt, Chris Overvoorde |
| Braitmayer
Foundation: The Foundation is interested in K-12 education
throughout the United States. Of particular interest are curricular
and school reform initiatives as well as preparation of and professional
development opportunities for teachers, particularly those which encourage
people of high ability and diverse background to enter and remain
in K-12 teaching. |
| Barbara
Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Their mission is
to establish literacy as a value in every home in America, by helping
every family in the nation understand that the home is the child's
first school, and that the parent is the child's first teacher, and
that reading is the child's first subject; and to break the intergenerational
cycle of illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy
programs where parents and children can learn and read together. |
| Bunting
Institute of Radcliffe College The Mary Ingraham Bunting
Institute of Radcliffe College, a multidisciplinary residential research
center, offers fellowships for women scholars, scientists, artists,
and writers. |
| Camargo
Foundation: The Camargo Foundation maintains a study
center in Cassis, France, for the benefit of scholars who wish to
pursue projects in the humanities and social sciences related to French
and francophone cultures. The Foundation also sponsors creative projects
by visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, composers,
and writers. Glenn
Fetzer |
| Campus
Compact: Campus Compact is a national coalition of more
than 740 college and university presidents committed to the civic
purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus
Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship
skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities,
and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement
into their teaching and research. Steve
Timmermans, Gail Zandee, Peggy Bendroth |
Center
for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (site lists all
fellowships)
Visiting
Senior Fellowship Program Applications will be considered for
study in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting,
sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints
and drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design,
etc.) of any geographical area and of any period. Applications are
also solicited from scholars in other disciplines whose work examines
artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of physical
form. |
| CCCU
Initiative Grants to Network Christian Scholars. The
purpose of this program is to enable small groups of Christian scholars
to network in ways that will lead to individual and collaborative
scholarship on focused themes of keen interest to the larger academy.
Any discipline is encouraged to submit a proposal which demonstrates
potential for Christian perspectives on the theme to make an important
contribution to conversations in the academy. |
| Coca-Cola
Foundation: to improve the quality of life in the community
and enhance individual opportunity through education. We support educational
programs primarily within three main areas: higher education, classroom
teaching and learning, and international education. |
| Cummings
Fund The Cummings Fund supports entrepreneurial solutions
to social problems, eliminating dependence on governmental programs
by actively aiding groups with measurable and sustainable long-term
gains for individuals in need. |
| Arthur
Vining Davis Foundation: Programs include Private Higher
Education, Secondary Education, Religion (Graduate Theological Education),
Health Care (Caring Attitudes), and Public Television. Lois
Konyndyk |
|
Department of Education (US):
Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): FIPSE's mandate
is to "improve postsecondary educational opportunities"
across a broad range of concerns. Steve
Vander Leest, Lois Konyndyk
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|
Department of Education
(Michigan):
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
for Mathematics & Science: ENC's mission is to identify
effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional
development materials, and disseminate useful information and products
to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. |
|
Department of Career Development
(Michigan)
4-S Program:
The Select Student Support Services (4-S) Program is a competitive
grant program that supports universities in the development and
institutionalization of innovative retention programs for academically
and economically disadvantaged students. Jacque
Rhodes, Steve Timmermans, Karen Hollebeek, Jane Hendriksma
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| Earhart
Foundation Fellowship Research Grants are awarded, upon
direct application, to individuals who have established themselves
professionally. |
| Erasmus
Institute: The Erasmus Institute was founded to foster
research grounded in Catholic intellectual traditions and focused
on significant issues in contemporary scholarship. Its mission is
not to advance study of the church or theology as such but, rather,
to bring resources from two millennia of Catholic thought to bear
on problems in the humanities, social sciences, and arts.
John Hare, Ruth Groenhout |
| Fetzer
Institute: The Fetzer Institute is a nonprofit
private operating foundation that supports research, education, and
service programs exploring the integral relationships among body,
mind, and spirit. Our current program focus includes the areas of
science, leadership, integral practice, and philanthropy. |
| Folger
Shakespeare Library: The Folger Shakespeare Library offers
a limited number of residential fellowships for periods of six to
nine months. Successful candidates will be advanced scholars who have
made substantial contributions in their fields and whose research
projects are appropriate to the collections of the Folger Library.
Susan Felch |
| Freedom
Forum: The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international
foundation dedicated to free press, free speech, and free spirit for
all people. The foundation focuses on four main priorities: the Newseum,
First Amendment freedoms, newsroom diversity, and world press freedom.
|
Fulbright:
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other
countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university
lecturing, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in elementary
and secondary schools. Dave
Van Baak, Joel Adams
Traditional
Program
Scholar-in-Residence
The Occasional
Lecturer Program
Student Awards
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| Ford
Foundation (NY):The Ford Foundation is a resource for
innovative people and institutions worldwide. Its goals are to strengthen
democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international
cooperation and advance human achievement. |
| German
Academic Service (DAAD): The activities of the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)—today one of the world's largest
and most respected intermediary organizations in its field—illustrate
the terms of reference within which academic exchange and international
cooperation in science and art progress as part of the essential creative
forces of the modern world. Their development is determined by individuals
and their study and research projects, by the scientific community,
and by the expectations and views of society, as well as and also
by what is technically possible, coupled with economic interests and
political goals. Lambert
Zuidervaart |
| Wm
T Grant Foundation: The goal of the William T. Grant
Foundation is to create a society that values young people and enables
them to reach their full potential. The Foundation supports basic
and applied research on youth development, program evaluations, policy
analyses, research sysntheses, and communications research. Priority
areas for research are youth development; programs, policies, and
institutions affecting young people; and adults' attitudes about and
perceptions of young people, focusing on young people age 8 - 25. |
| William
Randolph Hearst Foundation: The charitable goals of the
two Foundations are essentially the same, and reflect the philanthropic
interests of William Randolph Hearst -- Education, Health, Social
Service and Culture. Within these four areas, the Foundations assist
institutions in providing opportunities to underserved and underrepresented
populations. Lois
Konyndyk |
| William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation: The Foundation concentrates
its resources on activities in conflict resolution, education, environment,
family and community development, performing arts, population, and
U.S.-Latin American relations. |
| American
Honda Foundation: Funding programs related to youth and
scientific education |
| Japan
Foundation: committed to promoting stronger ties between
Americans and Japanese by supporting projects that foster mutual knowledge
and education, deepen understanding, create effective channels of
communication, and address common concerns in an increasingly interdependent
world. |
| Jewish Community
Fund of Grand Rapids Gary
Schmidt |
| Wm.
F. Keck Foundation: The Keck Foundation's priorities
are science, engineering, and medical research; secondary interests
include liberal arts and, in Southern California, community services,
healthcare, pre-collegiate education, and the arts. Lois
Konyndyk |
| W.
K. Kellogg Foundation: A non-profit that focuses on improving
communities' quality of life in the United States, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Southern Africa through the practical application
of knowledge and resources. Funding is focused toward food systems
and rural development; youth and education and higher education; and
philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these focal areas, funding is
also provided for leadership; information systems/ technology; efforts
to capitalize on diversity; and family, neighborhood, and community
development programming. Steve
Timmermans |
| Wm. R. Kenan
CharitableTrust |
| Knight
Foundation: It is dedicated to service to community,
the highest standards of journalistic excellence and the defense of
a free press. Lois
Konyndyk |
| Kresge
Foundation: The Kresge Foundation Science Initiative
is a challenge grant program to upgrade and endow scientific instrumentation
and laboratories in colleges and universities, teaching hospitals,
medical schools, and research institutions. Lois
Konyndyk |
| Library of
Congress offers Kluge
Center Fellowships for Humanistic and Social Science Research.
The Kluge Center especially encourages humanisitic and social science
research that makes use of the Library's large and varied collections.
Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, or multilingual research is particularly
welcome. Further information about the Library's collections can be
found at the Library's web site)
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| Lilly Endowment:
It supports the causes of religion, education, and community development,
and is interested in initiatives that benefit youth, foster leadership
education among nonprofit institutions, and promote the causes of
philanthropy and volunteerism. Lois
Konyndyk, Steve Timmermans, John Witvliet, Shirley Roels |
Louisville
Institute: The fundamental mission of the Louisville
Institute is to enrich the religious life of American Christians and
to encourage the revitalization of their institutions, by bringing
together those who lead religious institutions with those who study
them, so that the work of each might stimulate and inform the other.
It seeks to enhance understanding of American religion and to encourage
the vitality of American religious institutions through a program
of conferences and grantmaking, with particular attention to the situation
of Protestantism, Catholicism, historic African-American churches,
and the Hispanic religious experience. Quentin
Schultze, Dale Cooper, Neal Plantinga, Peggy Bendroth, Kendra Hotz
The Louisville
Institute Religious Institutions Sabbatical Grants Program. |
| The
Henry Luce Foundation: Areas of focus include the interdisciplinary
exploration of higher education; increased understanding between Asia
and the United States; the study of religion and theology; scholarship
in American art; opportunities for women in science and engineering;
and contributions to youth and public policy programs. John
Witvliet |
| MacLellan
Foundation: The purpose of the Maclellan Foundation is
to serve strategic international and national organizations committed
to furthering the Kingdom of Christ and select local organizations,
which foster the spiritual welfare of the community. |
| Franklin J.
Matchette Foundation Kelly
Clark |
| Ronald
McDonald House Children's Charities: Ronald McDonald
House Charities provides comfort and care to children and their families
by supporting Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around the world
and by making grants to other not-for-profit organizations whose programs
help children in need. Lois
Konyndyk |
McGregor
Fund: Offers grants to relieve misfortune and promote
well-being. Focus areas are human services, education, health care,
arts and culture, and public benefit. Primary focus is metropolitan
Detroit. Lois Konyndyk
View the latest press release |
| Medtronic
Foundation: Focus areas: education, health, and community.
Priority is given to programs that benefit people who are socio-economically
disadvantaged. Provides community grants for programs benefiting Medtronic
communities: Minneapolis, MN; Anaheim, CA; Danvers, MA; Parker, CO;
Humacao, Puerto Rico; Grand Rapids, MI; Tempe, AZ; Irvine, CA; Milaca,
MN; San Diego, CA; Villalba, Puerto Rico Gary
Schmidt, David DeHeer, Lois Konyndyk |
| Andrew
Mellon Foundation: Makes grants to institutions in higher
education, in cultural affairs and the performing arts, in population,
in conservation and the environment, and in public affairs. |
| Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA): The Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs serves to encourage, develop,
and facilitate an enriched environment of artistic, creative cultural
activity in Michigan. |
| Michigan
Campus Compact: Michigan Campus Compact promotes the
education and commitment of Michigan college students to be civically
engaged citizens, through creating and expanding academic, co-curricular
and campus-wide opportunities for community service, service-learning,
and civic engagement. |
| Milton Center |
| Mitsubishi
Electric: The Mitsubishi Electric American Foundation
welcomes concept papers that meet the Foundation's mission of helping
young people with disabilities, through technology, to maximize their
potential and participation in society. Preference is given to organizations
and projects that reflect collaboration among groups, and that actively
involve people with disabilities in the planning and implementation
of activities. |
| National
Endowment for the Arts: The NEA's mission is to serve
the public good by nurturing human creativity, supporting community
spirit, and fostering appreciation of the excellence and diversity
of our nation's artistic accomplishments. We carry out that mission
through grantmaking; leadership initiatives; partnerships with state
arts agencies, regional arts organizations, other federal agencies,
and the private sector; research; and public information. Arts
education program addresses children and youth in the general
age range of early childhood through age 18, both in school and outside
the regular school day and year. Grants are offered in the following
three categories: early childhood, school-based, community-based.
Deadline: August 12, 2002. |
|
National Endowment for the Humanities:
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government
dedicated to supporting research, education, and public programs
in the humanities. Lambert
Zuidervaart, Steve Evans, Garth Pauley Fellowships: Steve
Evans, Lambert Zuidervaart Summer Stipends: Garth Pauley
Focus Grant: Henry Luttikhuizen Summer Seminars &
Institutes: many faculty from many departments
Summer
Stipends
NEH
Faculty Humanities Workshops conference
call notes
$75,000 grant opportunity: grants will support professional development
programs in the humanities for K-12 teachers and faculty at post-secondary
institutions.
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| David
& Lucile Packard Foundation: The Foundation provides
grants to nonprofit organizations in the following broad program areas:
conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities;
arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy. The Foundation
provides national and international grants, and also has a special
focus on the Northern California Counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara,
Santa Cruz, and Monterey. |
| Pew
Charitable Trusts: The Pew Charitable Trusts support
nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment,
health and human services, public policy and religion. Based in Philadelphia,
the Trusts make strategic investments that encourage and support citizen
participation in addressing critical issues and effecting social change.
Susan Felch, Steve
Evans, Lois Konyndyk, David Hoekema |
| Retirement
Research Foundation: The Foundation seeks innovative
solutions to the challenges facing older Americans. They support programs
that: improve services and care for the elderly, seek answers to diseases
prevalent in the older population, educate policymakers about the
needs and capacities of America’s seniors, attract and train
skilled professionals to serve older adults, expand employment and
volunteer opportunities for older persons, and identify and address
concerns of older Americans. |
| Rotary
Foundation: The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit
corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve
world understanding and peace through international humanitarian,
educational, and cultural exchange programs.
Evert VanDerHeide |
| Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation: The Foundation's programs and interests
fall into the following areas: Science and Technology, Standard of
Living and Economic Performance, Education and Careers in Science
and Technology and Selected National Issues and Civic Program |
| SBC
Foundation SBC Foundation places primary emphasis on
supporting initiatives that enhance education and community vitality
through technology. |
| Smithsonian
Institution |
| Spencer
Foundation: The foundation is intended to investigate
ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around
the world. |
| Starr
Foundation: The Starr Foundation funds programs in a
wide range including culture, public policy, human needs, medicine
and healthcare, and education. |
| Templeton
Foundation: Through its programs, the Foundation seeks
to encourage the world to catch the vision of the tremendous possibilities
for spiritual progress in an open and humble approach to life; encourage
institutions of learning to incorporate training towards excellence
in character in their efforts to prepare the next generation for service;
to encourage growth in appreciating the potential of free societies;
and to promote the understanding of the significant responsibilities
associated with freedom in its several aspects, moral, spiritual,
political and economic. Steve
Evans, Howard VanTill, Susan Felch |
| Towsley
Foundation: While the Foundation's initial goals were
typical of general family foundations, its mission later became focused
on programs promoting education, health care, shelter, and nutrition
for children. As its assets grew, its areas of concentration expanded
into college and university education, medical education, planned
parenthood, and interdisciplinary programs with the schools of law
and social work. Lois
Konyndyk |
| US
Institute of Peace: The United States Institute of Peace
is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded
by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful
resolution of international conflict. |
| Kurt
Weill Foundation for Music: Each year, the Foundation's
Grants Program gives financial support to individuals and not-for-profit
organizations for projects in the following categories: Research and
Travel; Publication Assistance; Dissertation Fellowships; Professional
and Regional Performance and Production; College and University Performance
and Production; Recording Projects; and Broadcasts. Stephanie
Sandberg |
| Wabash
Center: The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in
Theology and Religion seeks to strengthen and enhance religion &
theology education in North American theological schools, colleges
and universities through initiating studies, workshops and conferences;
supporting the initiatives that enhance teaching; encouraging reflection
by faculty members on the special contribution of each discipline
within religion & theology; enabling those preparing to become
teachers to reflect upon, clarify and strengthen their sense of vocation;
helping faculty members and institutions to keep abreast of appropriate
technology that will enhance teaching and learning. Kendra
Hotz, Matt Mathews |
| Wenner-Gren
Foundation for Anthropological Research |
