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Grants and Awards for Post-Docs, Faculty, and Researchers in Social Sciences, Healthcare, and Political Science

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
2101 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20852, 301-594-1449
http://www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ, through its Small Conference Grant Program, seeks to support conferences that help to further its mission to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health services, and access to such services. See the funding announcements portion of website for details.

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
1111 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20036, 800-326-AAUW(2289)
http://www.aauw.org
AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe. One of the world's largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW is providing $4.5 million in funding for more than 250 fellowships, grants, and special awards to outstanding women. To find a current listing of grants and awards click here.


American Society on Aging (ASA)
Awards Committee, American Society on Aging, 833 Market Street, Suite 511, San Francisco, CA 94103-1824, 415-974-9642
http://www.asaging.org
The Gloria Cavanaugh Award for Excellence in Training and Education. Presented annually to a member who has demonstrated continued excellence in training and education in the field of aging.

Brookdale Foundation
126 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022-3668
http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/
To foster the development of a new generation of leaders in geriatrics and gerontology by supporting investigators in the developmental stages of their careers and by aiding established researchers who are shifting the focus of their work to the field of aging. It is an invitational competition among selected institutions with centers of geriatric and gerontological study. For further details, refer to website.


Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research
Brown University, Box G-B222, Providence, RI 02912, 401-863-1560
http://www.chcr.brown.edu/postdocFrameset.htm
The Postdoctoral Programs at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research provides postdoctoral fellows with an exciting opportunity to participate in groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research in such areas as health promotion and prevention, long-term care, community-based systems of care, health care organizations, and methodological approaches to health services research.


Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
75 Alta Road, Stanford, CA 94305, 650-321-2052
http://www.casbs.org/programs/fellowships/
The cornerstone of the Center is our Residential Fellows program which awards academic year residential fellowships for 35 to 45 scholars who form a cohesive and diverse intellectual community. The Center identifies and selects top scholars from disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, the natural sciences, and the humanities, as well as interdisciplinary areas.


Center for Retirement Research (CRR)
Boston College, Fulton Hall 550, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808, 617-552-1762
http://crr.bc.edu/
  • Steven H. Sandell Grant Program. For scholars in the field of Retirement Income and Disability Insurance Research support is offered on an annual basis. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide opportunities for scholars from all academic disciplines and senior scholars working in a new area to pursue cutting-edge projects.
  • Dissertation Fellowship Program. Up to 6 fellowships of $28,000 each have been awarded in past years.

  • Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
    1004 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003, 800-784-2577
    http://www.cbcfinc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=170&Itemid=161
    The CBCF plays a very critical role in preparing and equipping young policy professionals and emerging leaders with the tools necessary for success in public service careers. Since 1976, CBCF has offered opportunities for early to mid-level professionals to work on Capitol Hill.


    Employee Benefit Research Institute
    Suite 600 2121 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1896, 202-659-0670
    http://www.ebri.org
    The EBRI Fellows Program allows individuals from the government, private sector, academia, and media to undertake projects on health, retirement, and other economic security issues.


    Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities
    Fellowship Programs Office/FP, TJ 2041, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC 20418, 202-334-2860
    http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960
    The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year of support for individuals engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree.


    Grantmakers in Health, (GIH)
    1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036, 202-452-8331
    http://www.gih.org
    GIH generates and disseminates information about health issues and grantmaking strategies that work in health by offering issue-focused forums, workshops, and large annual meetings; publications; continuing education and training; technical assistance; consultation on programmatic and operational issues; and by conducting studies of health philanthropy.

    Harry S. Truman Library Institute
    500 West US Highway 24, Independence, MO, 64050-1798, 816-833-0425
    http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants.htm#ress
    Research grants to enable postdoctoral scholars to come to the Library for one to three weeks to use its archival facilities. Awards are up to $2,500 for travel and living expenses.

    John A. Hartford Foundation
    55 East 59th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022-1178, 212-832-7788
    http://www.jhartfound.org/program/index.asp
    To increase the nation's capacity to provide effective and affordable care to its rapidly increasing elderly population. In order to maximize the Foundation's impact on the health and well-being of the nation's elders, grants are made in two priority areas (refer to website for details): 1) Academic Geriatrics and Training and 2) Integrating and Improving Health-Related Services.

    John Heinz Senate Fellowship Program
    3200 Dominion Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 412-497-5775
    http://www.heinzfamily.org/programs/senatefellowship.html
    Designed to identify and train new leaders in issues affecting seniors. For mid-level professionals, provides first-hand knowledge in the development and advancement of public policy and legislation that will improve the quality of life for older Americans.

    John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
    90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, 212-687-4470
    http://www.gf.org
    Provides individual fellowship grants for advanced professionals in natural science, social science, humanities, and creative arts fields to allow them to engage in research in any field of knowledge.

    Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry
    Washington University Campus Box 1122, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-935-5190
    http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~szwicker/mellonpostdoc/introduction.htm
    To broaden and enrich the training of a select group of newly qualified Ph.D.'s by placing them in an environment with highly developed expectations of transdisciplinary research and teaching.

    Michigan Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan
    3030 Rackham Building 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070, 313-763-1259
    http://www.rackham.umich.edu/faculty_staff/sof
    Provides fellows with an opportunity to interact across disciplines and to expand their horizons and knowledge through teaching during their residency.

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    Bethesda, MD 20892
    http://www.nia.nih.gov/GrantsAndTraining/
    NIH provides support for scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops that are relevant to its scientific mission and to public health. A U.S. institution or organization, including an established scientific or professional society, is eligible to apply. See website for further opportunities and details.


    National Institute on Aging (NIA)
    Building 31, Room 5C27, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2292, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-496-1752
    http://www.nih.gov/nia
  • Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01). With support from the American Geriatric Society, the award serves two distinct purposes: "career-change" for an investigator who wishes to redirect his or her career, and/or "career enhancement" for a relatively junior investigator for an additional period of supervised research experience.
  • Independent Scientist Award (K02). For "time off teaching" or "time off clinical duties"-intended to enable an investigator to concentrate on building her or his research career.
  • Academic Career Award (K07). For "development" or "leadership"-to allow a senior individual the resources needed to enhance the institution.
  • Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08). An award for "aspiring clinician-scientists." It allows individuals who have received clinical training a sufficient length of time to acquire training and experience in research.
  • Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Award (K12). An institutional K08 (see above). Each appointee receives the equivalent of a K08, i.e., salary and research expenses, to train as a research scientist.
  • Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23). Designed to increase human resources for patient-oriented research by training aspiring clinician-scientists to become independent researcher.
  • Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (K25). Early to mid-assistant professor level quantitatively trained scientists. The award allows these individuals three to five years of salary support and research development expenses to work with a mentor or mentors in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. See website for examples of relevant specialties.


  • National Research Council (NRC)
    2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418, 202-334-2872
    http://sites.nationalacademies.org/nrc/index.htm
    The mission of the NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP) is to promote excellence in scientific and technological research conducted by the U. S. government through the administration of programs offering graduate, postdoctoral, and senior level research opportunities at sponsoring federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.


    Open Society Institute (OSI)
    Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019, 212-548-1334
    http://www.soros.org/grants
    OSI awards grants, scholarships, and fellowships on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines on the website.


    Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
    10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-495-8601
    http://www.radcliffe.edu/about_the_institute.aspx
    The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.


    Retirement Research Foundation
    8765 West Higgins Road, Suite 430, Chicago, IL 60631-4170, 773-714-8080
    http://www.rrf.org
    Supports programs that improve the quality of life for older Americans. Funding interest should include programs that: improve access to and quality of community-based and residential health and long-term care; promote economic security for all older adults by strengthening social insurance, pension, and personal savings programs; and support adequate training of, and compensation for, those already working directly with older persons and their families to bring higher quality of care to larger numbers of older adults.

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    PO Box 2316, College Road East and Route 1, Princeton, NJ 08543
    http://www.rwjf.org
  • Health Society Scholars. Program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nations capacity for research and leadership to address the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change.
  • Scholars in Health Policy Research. Program helps to develop a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. Each year the program selects up to 12 highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships.

  • University of California
    510-987-9503
    http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/
    The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, and eligibility for a hiring incentive to qualified scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California.

     


    August 18, 2009


    Sponsored by The John A. Hartford Foundation