GRANT DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

1) CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES (CCH)

2) SUMMER STIPENDS
EXEMPLARY EDUCATION PROJECTS
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH)

Summer Stipends are an opportunity for college faculty and staff, scholars, and writers to pursue advanced work in the humanities. NEH offers stipends of $5,000 to support two consecutive, uninterrupted months of full-time independent study and research. Projects may contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of humanities disciplines. Recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, monographs, books, or other scholarly tools as a result of the project. NEH does not provide summer stipends to study teaching methods or theories or for the preparation of institutional curricula. Colleges and Universities may nominate two faculty members per competition, at least one of which is a junior faculty member. Adjunct faculty and non-teaching college staff may apply without a nomination. Past Summer Stipend recipients must wait five years from the year of their last award before they are eligible to apply again to the program. Applications are accepted electronically via the NEH website. Approximately one application in seven is funded.

Exemplary Education Projects enable educators to engage in extensive consideration of humanities subjects and their teaching. Eligible projects include curricular development and demonstration, materials development, or dissemination efforts. Grants of up to $250,000 are available for stipends for participation in intensive study workshops, for released time during the academic year, for administrative costs and necessary materials, and for travel and honoraria for visiting scholars. Grant funds many not be used for textbooks or for the large-scale purchase of computer equipment. A 15% match of total project costs is required.

3) BUSINESS & INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

The Business and International Education Program provides grants to institutions of higher education to enhance international business education and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities. Educational projects that target the world areas of Central and South Asia, the Middle East, Russia, the Independent States of the former Soviet Union, and Africa are particularly encouraged. These projects should be integrated into the curricula of the home institution or institutions. Grant awards range from $50,000-$95,000 per year for a period up to two years. Institutions must match fifty percent (50%) of total project costs each year.

4) RESOURCES FOR CHANGE: TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA)

The National Endowment for the Arts invites proposals for model projects that demonstrate technological advances that can benefit the arts. The NEA plans to award a very limited number of grants to organizations, large and small, representing a variety of disciplines, fields, and constituencies.

Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to extending the impact of arts organizations through advanced communication technologies (to include distance education projects); the development of prototypical archival, documentation, or preservation techniques and standards that make effective use of technology; the use of technology to enhance the experience of audience members with special needs because of age or disability; the development of models for improving the internal operations of arts organizations; and the exploration of ways in which technology developed for the commercial world can be adapted to benefit nonprofit arts organizations. The creation and/or mounting of specific works of art, productions, presentations, or exhibitions will not be funded under this program.

The Arts Endowment anticipates awarding fewer than 20 grants, ranging from $50,000 to $200,000. All grants require a match of at least 1 to 1.

5) FULBRIGHT EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

The Fulbright Educational Partnerships Program fosters linkages in the humanities and social sciences between U.S. and foreign academic institutions. Grants support curriculum, faculty and staff development, collaborative research, and outreach activities. Grants typically range from $100,000 to $120,000 for a two-to three-year period. Organizations with less than four years of experience in conducting international exchange programs will be limited to $60,000. The following academic disciplines/fields are eligible: social sciences, area and language studies, educational development or administration, environmental studies, fine arts, the humanities, journalism and media studies, law, library science, public administration, and public health. Community Colleges are eligible applicants. Approximately one application in six is funded. For a list of eligible countries, visit the website provided above.

6) COURSE, CURRICULUM, & LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT (CCLI) PROGRAM
ADAPTATION & IMPLEMENTATION TRACK
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)

The CCLI program seeks to improve the quality of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education (SMET) for all students and targets activities effecting learning environment, course content, curriculum, and educational practices.

Adaptation & Implementation projects adapt and implement exemplary materials, laboratory experiences, and/or educational practices that have been developed and tested at other institutions to improve SMET education. Proposals may request funds in any budget category supported by NSF, or may request funds to purchase only equipment. New program area: NSF invites proposals for projects that enable a group of faculty to explore strategies for overcoming identified challenges and barriers to curricular reform. Grant awards range from $75,000 to $200,000 depending on the project.