The funding sources below can help GSS faculty find funding for research, training, and other projects which further our school's mission. This information can also keep you in touch with funding trends in different areas of interest.
While GSS may not be eligible for some of these funding opportunities, they may provide the basis for you to collaborate with an eligible entity, such as a community-based organization. You can also advise colleagues in eligible agencies of the availability of funds to support their programs.
LISTSERVS, NEWSLETTERS & ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Grants.gov
To receive email notifications or RSS feeds of grant opportunities from the federal government.
www07.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
SWRnet: www.bu.edu/swrnet
InfoEd: www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp
FOUNDATIONS & CORPORATIONS
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
Deadlines: November 1 and April 15
Amount: 2 yrs / Up to $20,000 total
www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral, or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems.
Foundation for Child Development
Deadline: November 3
Amount: up to $150,000 for use over 1 to 3 years
www.fcd-us.org/our-work/new-american-children/apply-ysp?doc_id=447982
Young Scholars Program: The goals of this program are to: (1) stimulate both basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health, and well-being of immigrant children from birth to age 10, particularly those who are living in low-income families; and to (2) support the career development of young investigators (from the behavioral and social sciences or in an allied professional field) to attain tenure or who have received tenure in the last four years from a college or university in the United States.
The Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund
Deadline: February 29
Amount: 1 yr / $20,000 or 2 yrs / $40,000
www.socialservicegrants.org/fgp.html
The mission of the Silberman Faculty Grant Program (FGP) is to support the systematic investigation of innovations in social work practice, policy, and education. Its objective is to encourage full-time faculty of CSWE accreditation MSW programs to contribute to the knowledge base and methodology employed in the education process by undertaking research and preparing professional journal and book publications.
FEDERAL
AIDS/HIV
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
www.ahcpr.gov:80/fund
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov/about/business/funding.htm
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.hrsa.gov/grants
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/Pages/default.aspx
Aging
Administration on Aging (of HHS)
www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Grants/index.aspx
National Institute on Aging
www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining
Children & Families
The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
aspe.hhs.gov/info/funding.shtml
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.hrsa.gov/grants
National Institute of Justice
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/funding/welcome.htm
Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/about/business/funding.htm
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.hrsa.gov/grants
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov/funding
International
Fogarty International Center
www.fic.nih.gov/programs/research_grants
Mental Health
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
www.ahcpr.gov:80/fund
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov/funding
Minorities
Office of Refugee Resettlement
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/funding/index.htm
Schools / Education
US Department of Education
ed.gov/funding.html
Substance Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
drugabuse.gov/funding
Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration
www.samhsa.gov/grants
Women
Health Resources and Services Administration
www.hrsa.gov/grants
