Information on External Research Grants, Fellowships (Virtual), and other opportunities for the week of 4 to 8 December

 

The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets ranging from $125,000 up through $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications twice a year.

This program is “field-initiated,” meaning that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, or method. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. We seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse. 

 

Link to full description: Research Grants on Education: Large

Link to application:  Spencer Grant Application

Maximum funding: 125,000.00 to 500,000.00 USD

Deadline: 24 January 2023

 

 

The IDFA Bertha Fund is delighted to support fifteen projects as part of the IBF Classic funding scheme, awarding a total of €276,500 to help realize their documentary projects.

The new selection includes five projects in the development and ten projects in the production and post-production categories, selected from 360 eligible applications.

Operating since 1998, IBF Classic is among the leading grant programs for documentary filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania. The grant offers support to documentary projects in all stages, from starting up and developing a project to the final phases of post-production. In addition to the grant, the selected project teams will receive tailor-made support from IDFA’s Filmmaker Support department.

 

Link to full description: IDFA Bertha Fund

Link to application:  IDF Bertha Fund Application

Maximum funding: 7500.00 to 25,000.00 EUR

Deadline: 10 December 2023

 

Crazy 8 Initiative Program on Childhood Cancer Predisposition

In 2024, ALSF Crazy 8 Initiative will focus on Childhood Cancer Predisposition and Prevention. It is now estimated that at least 15-20% of children with cancer harbor a germline cancer predisposition gene. Although currently about 100 cancer predisposition syndromes are known, there are clearly more syndromes and more genes to be discovered. There is a need to identify cancers in these individuals early to establish surveillance protocols for effective treatment. 

In addition, there is a need to develop effective approaches to prevent or delay tumor onset in children determined to be genetically at risk. The focus of this award will be on multiple aspects of a single cancer predisposition syndrome, or on a broader area (e.g. surveillance) across a number of different syndromes. Five major areas of focus have been identified for this Crazy 8 RFA: 

• New Gene Discovery 
• Genotype-phenotype 
• correlations  
• Surveillance optimization 
• Predisposition Models 
• Cancer Prevention   

Program Description This ALSF Crazy 8 RFA focuses on understanding childhood cancer predisposition and prevention.  The focus must be on pediatric/adolescent cancer predisposition and should be a consortium of two or more institutions with different areas of research collaborating to integrate their expertise. It is strongly encouraged to have a patient advocate on the team. The proposal should address a topic that is responsive to at least one of the five areas of focus listed above.  

Link to full description: Initiative Program on Childhood Cancer Predisposition

Link to application:  ALSF Application Submission

Maximum funding: 3 - 5 Million USD

Deadline: 8 January 2024

 

Trainings

Fellowships

The Global Heumann Fellowship (Remote/Virtual)

WID’s Global Heumann Fellowship Program will honor and grow Judy’s legacy by supporting disability leaders and advocates around the world to work on projects that promote disability rights and disability justice in their regional communities, as a bridge to an equitable, inclusive, and just world. Fellows will be charged with conducting research, writing a white paper, building relationships, supporting opportunities for collaboration, and program development to drive WID’s mission and strategic focus areas including: accessibility and universal design; emergency preparedness, disaster risk reduction, and climate resilience; global community inclusion, regional/global policy, and the overall power of activism.

Through this twelve-month fellowship term, each fellow is engaged in a unique combination of opportunities for thought leadership on national and global policy, research strategies, advocacy, program development, and contributions to initiatives aimed at advancing the rights of persons with disabilities globally. Fellows will focus on identifying and leading research with the support of WID, as it regards the fellow’s respective region, expertise, and collaboration with WID.

 

Link to full description: Initiative Program on Childhood Cancer Predisposition

Link to application:  ALSF Application Submission

Deadline: 31 March 2024

 

 

Applications are now open for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) fellowship programme for social-change leaders who are working to tackle inequality. Policymakers, researchers, activists, practitioners, artists, and movement-builders from around the world are invited to apply to the innovative, fully-funded, and inequalities-focused fellowship programme based at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Currently recruiting for its eighth cohort, the AFSEE Fellowship is aimed at mid-career social-change leaders from across the globe, who have at least seven years of experience in challenging inequalities. Applications are accepted from individuals working on any field of social and economic equity, including, but not limited to economic and social rights; sustainability and environmental activism; tax justice and economic alternatives; women’s, minority, and disability rights; rights to education; democracy and governance; housing and urban inequalities; labour rights; community organising; arts and culture; and peacebuilding and transitional justice.

 

Link to full description: AFSEE Fellowship Programme for Social-change Leaders

Link to application:  Atlantic Fellows Application Form

Maximum funding: 10,00.00 to 25,000.00 GBP

Deadline: 11 January 2023