Information on External Research Grants, Fellowships (Virtual), and other opportunities for the week of 4 to 8 December
06 Dec 2023 | Office of the Assistant Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation
4 December 2023
Memo to:
The University Community
From:
Office of the Assistant Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation
Subject:
Information on External Grants, Networking Grants and Conferences
The Office of the Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation is happy to announce this week's information on eight external grants and one conference that we have received and gathered. Let us know if you are interested and need assistance in applying for these grants, and we will be more than happy to help you. Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation at research@ateneo.edu.
External Research Grants Opportunities, Conferences, and Fellowships for Ateneo Faculty and graduate students are now being updated
Research/Project Grants
EOCA funds projects which benefit biodiversity in a wild landscape. Our definition of ‘landscape’ includes marine environments, and a broad range of wild, non-urban spaces. Projects must conserve, protect, enhance, restore, and/or reconnect habitats within a given landscape that are particularly important for the biodiversity there.
The biodiversity focus should also address the importance that EOCA places on the issue of climate change. Projects should ensure that the habitats being conserved are those that sequester carbon, reduce emissions, enable adaptations to climate change, and/or protect against further habitat and biodiversity loss.
It is also very important that the projects are beneficial to the local communities that live in, or near, these habitats. Projects should highlight how they encourage local stewardship of habitats, alleviate poverty, support local ecosystem services, while at the same time, having a link to outdoor enthusiasts who value these precious wild spaces.
Link to full description: EOCA Funding
Link to application: EOCA funding application
Maximum funding: 50,000.00 EUR
Deadline: 15 December 2023
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 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
Leveraging our experience in accelerating impactful startups since 2016, this 8-week part-time program is for those new to the startup ecosystem or that want to innovate in disability, ageing or health tech.
Individuals or teams who are entrepreneurs, researchers, people with lived experience, carers and other subject matter experts.
- In the disability, ageing or health tech spaces.
- Anywhere from idea, to prototype, to early revenue stage.
- Wanting support from experienced startup facilitators, mentors and founders.
Link to full description: The Launcher pre-accelerator program
Link to application: Remarkable applications
Deadline: 14 January 2024
Fellowships
The Global Heumann Fellowship (Remote/Virtual)
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
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