Resource Database

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

NSF funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 college, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research institutions throughout the U.S. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of Federal support to academic instututions for basic research.

http://www.nsf.gov

U.S Department of Education
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The U.S Dept. of Ed website provides information concearning News, Grants & Contracts, Policy Information, Financial Aid, and Research and Statistics. For more specific information, refer to approptiate office within the Dept. of Ed.

http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp

DOE: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
Appropriate for: K-12

OELA provides national leadership in promoting high quality education for the nation's population of English language learners.OELA's mission is to include various elements of school reform in programs designed to assist the language minority agenda. These include an emphasis on high academic standards, school accountability, professional development, family literacy, early reading, and partnerships between parents and the communities.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/index.html

DOE: Office of Educational and Research Improvement (OERI)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

OERI provides national leadership for educational research and statistics. OERI strives to promote excellence and equity in American education.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI

DOE: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Appropriate for: K-12

The mission of the OESE is to promote academic excellence, enhance educational opportunities and equity for all of America's children and families, and to improve the quality of teaching and learning by providing leadership, technical assistance and financial support.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE

DOE: Office of Post Secondary Education (OPE)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

OPE is responsible for formulating federal postsecondary education policy and administering programs that provide assistance to postsecondary education institutions and to students pursuing programs of postsecondary education.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/index.html

DOE: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

OSERS is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. OSERS provides a wide array of support to parents and individuals, school districts and states in three main areas: special education, vocational rehabilitation and research

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS

DOE: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

OVAE supports a wide range of policies, programs, and activities that help young people and adults obtain the knowledge and skills they need to prepare for postsecondary education, successful careers and productive lives. The OVAE gateway includes access to information, research and resources to help students become lifelong learners and make the most of their education, their careers, and their individual human potential.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE

Colorado Dept. of Education
Appropriate for: K-12

CDE is the administrative arm of the Colorado State Board of Education. With an organizational commitment to high standards, tough assessments, and rigorous accountability measures, CDE serves the preK-12 public education, adult literacy and library communities of Colorado.

http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_funding.htm

Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

CCHE is the state policy and coordinating board for Colorado's higher education system. The mission of the Commission is to implement the directives of the General Assembly, and promote and preserve quality, access, accountability, diversity and efficiency within Colorado public higher education

http://www.state.co.us/cche/grants.html

Colorado Institute of Technology (CIT)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

CIT Online features information and tools that support the CIT mission: to promote, advance, and sustain Colorado as a premier location for the technology industry and to increase the available technology workforce through focused programs and partnerships between higher education and technology companies.

http://www.coloradoit.org/edHome.asp

The Foundation Center
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Foundation Center's Web site offers some of the best general and specialized information retrieval tools on the Internet. If you're looking for information about foundations, you've come to the right place!

http://www.fdncenter.org/searchzone

American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Awards granted to Ph.D. astronomers for costs for any type of astronomical research of support of International observational astronomy with the emphasis upon long term, International visits. For small research grants, priority is given to small, less endowed institutions.

http://www.aas.org

American Geological Institute (AGI)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

AGI sponsors scholarships for geosciences majors from ethnic minority groups under represented in the sciences. The program aims to increase participation in the geosciences by offering financial support and counseling.

http://www.agiweb.org

American Heart Association
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Scientist Development, and Established Investigator Grants available as well as Grant-in-Aid.

http://www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research Grants provide start-up funds to new investigators at the instructor of assistant professor level. While designed for physician investigators, applications will be accepted from other scientists.

http://www.lungusa.org

American Museum of Natural History
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The museum offers small grants from three funds for projects in ornithology, North American fauna, and marine zoology. Also provides small travel grants for short-term visits to study the museum collection.

http://www.amnh.org/grants/index.html

American Psychological Association
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

APA Congressional Fellowship Program. Fellows spend one year working as a special legislative assistant on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee.

http://www.apa.org

American Society for Engineering Education
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Provides summer faculty fellowships and sabbatical leave opportunities for faculty in a variety of physical science and engineering.

http://www.asee.org

Brookhaven National Lab
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Through US Dept of Energy: Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowships in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Engineering, Geology, Material Science, Math, Physics, Science Policies, and related fields.

http://www.bnl.gov/scied

Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

DOLA offers a wide range of services to communities and local governments to help build their capacity. These services include special tracks, technical, and financial assistance and emergency management.

http://www.dola.state.co.us/

Colorado Dept. of Education (CDE)
Appropriate for: K-12

CDE is the administrative arm of the Colorado State Board of Education. With an organizational commitment to high standards, tough assessments, and rigorous accountability measures, CDE serves the pre K-12 public education, adult literacy and library communities of Colorado.

http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_funding.htm

Colorado Historical Society
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

All projects must demonstrate strong public benefit and community support. Grants vary in size, from a few hundred dollars to amounts in excess of $100,000. The Fund assists in a wide variety of preservation projects including restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings, architectural assessments, archaeological excavations, designation and interpretation of historic places, preservation planning studies, and education and training programs.

http://www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/programareas/shf/shfindex.htm

Dept. of Energy - Office of Energy Research (OER)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

OER funds basic research in numerous areas of the natural and physical sciences.

http://www.er.dor.gov

Federal Register
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) informs citizens of their rights and obligations by providing ready access to the official text of Federal laws, Presidential documents, administrative regulations and notices, and descriptions of Federal organizations, programs and activities.

http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/index.html

NASA National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (also known as Space Grant) contributes to the nation's science enterprise by funding research, education, and public service projects through a national network of university-based Space Grant consortia. These consortia administer programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

http://www.education.nasa.gov/spacegrant/index.html

NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (NASA-USRP)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The NASA-USRP seeks applications from undergraduates enrolled full-time in an accredited U.S. college or university. Applicants must be rising juniors or seniors at the completion of the Spring 2002 semester/quarter. Eligible fields of study are academic major or demonstrated coursework concentration in engineering, mathematics, computer science or physical/life sciences.

http://www.education.nasa.gov/usrp/

National Geographic Society
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The society provides grants-in-aid for basic research in the sciences pertinent to geography, including, but not limited to geology, anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, general biology, botany, ecology, ethnology, geology, glaciology, marine biology, mineralogy, oceanography, paleontology, and zoology.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

National Institute of Mental Health
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Divisions providing research support: Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science(301-443-3563), Division of Clinical and Treatment Research(301-443-3683), Division of Epidemiology& Services Research(301-443-3648), Office on AIDS(301-443-7281), Office for Special Promotion(301-443-1328), and Women's Mental Health Program(301-443-3724).

http://www.nimh.nih.gov

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

NINDS and NAID invite grant applications for basic and clinical research studies on Lyme disease of the nervous system. Other areas of interest are the molecular basis for B. Burgodrferi neurotropism, the role of strain differences in pathology, and pathogenesis or encephalophthy, encephalomyelitis, and neuropathies.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

NIH has 21 institutes, centers and divisions. All of them offer opportunities for summer research by students and faculty.

http://www.nih.gov

National Institution of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

NIST awards grants in a number of fields including precision measurement grants in the field of fundamental measurement or the determination of fundamental constants.

http://www.physics.nist.gov

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The National MS Society strives to stimulate, coordinate, and support research on cause, prevention, elimination, and cure of MS. The Society supports research advancing any of its aims, including fundamental and applied studies, either clinical or theoretical in nature, and projects in patient management care and rehabilitation.

http://www.nmss.org

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

NSF funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research institutions throughout the U.S. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of Federal support to academic institutions for basic research.

http://www.nsf.gov

NATO Collaborative Research Grants
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Grants to promote collaboration between research teams in at least two NATO countries.

http://www.nato.int

School Grants
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

SchoolGrants was created in 1999 as a way to share grant information with PK-12 educators.

http://www.schoolgrants.org/welcome.htm

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Undergraduate and Graduate students work on specific projects in environmental research. Internship subprograms include: effects of global change, landscape ecology, coastal ecosystems, population and community ecology, environmental information management, and environmental and ecology education.

http://www.serc.si.edu/intership/internhome.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grants.html

U.S Department of Education (DOE)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The U.S Dept. of Ed website provides information concerning News, Grants & Contracts, Policy Information, Financial Aid, and Research and Statistics. For more specific information, refer to appropriate office within the Dept. of Ed.

http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp

U.S Dept. Education Grants Forecast
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for the upcoming fiscal year (federal fiscal year Oct. - Sept.) and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts -- organized according to the Department's principal program offices -- and include programs and competitions previously announced, as well as those they plan to announce at a later date.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/forecast.html

US Dept. of Ag. National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Areas of interest include Natural Resources and the Environment. NRICGP administers several grant programs specially limited to investigators at small and mid-sized institutions ( less than 15,000).

http://www.reeusda.gov/nri/progdesc/area.htm

US Dept. of Energy Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

SERS is a program allowing students to spend a semester at one of seven national laboratories.

http://www.orau.gov/seed/sers/sersgi.htm

US Geological Survey (USGS)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

A cooperative academic internship program to encourage participating of earth science students in field-oriented geologic research is offered.

http://www.usgs.gov

Adolph Coors Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Emphasis on public policy, civic affairs, human services, youth, and health through building funds, seed money, operating budgets, and special projects.

http://www.adolphcoors.org

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Foundation's programs and interests are divided into four areas of Science and Technology, Standard of Living and Economic Performance, Education and Careers in Science and Technology, as well as Select National and Civic Programs.

http://www.sloan.org

Alzheimer's Association
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Faculty Scholar Awards given to experienced faculty member investigators who are committed to research relevant to Alzheimer's disease.

http://www.alz.org

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

AAAS offers a number of one-year, public policy fellowships for post-doctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers. These fellowships provide the opportunity for accomplished and society-aware scientists and engineers to participate in public policy-making.

http://www.AAAS.org

American Society for Microbiology
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Undergraduate Research Fellowships whose goal is to encourage students to pursue careers or advanced degrees in the microbiological sciences.

http://www.asmusa.org/edu2

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The purpose of the Foundation is to "aid and promote such religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes as may be in the furtherance of the public welfare or tend to promote the well-doing or well-being of mankind." Under this broad charter, the Foundation currently makes grants on a selective basis to institutions in higher education; in cultural affairs and the performing arts; in population; in conservation and the environment; and in public affairs.

http://www.mellon.org

Animal Assistance Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Giving for animal welfare, especially to prevent cruelty to cats, and other small pets; also operates spay/neuter clinics. Support given to research, building funds, and equipment.

http://www.aaf-fd.org/index.htm

Arthritis Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Awards in the form of Career Development and Grants to encourage original biomedical research aimed at solving important scientific problems associated with arthritis.

http://www.arthritis.org

Associated Western Universities, Inc.
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

AWU offers a number of research fellowship opportunities in science and engineering. Programs available for undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and faculty at laboratories and cooperating facilities nationwide.

http://www.awu.org

Basil O'Connor Strater Scholar Research Award
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Award designed to support young scientists just embarking on their independent research careers and is limited, therefore, to those holding recent faculty appointments.

http://www.sfu.ca/~ors/cihr-list/msg00120.html

Bellcore
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Summer Enrichment Program for Minority and Women Undergraduates: The Applied Research Area conducts research in computer science, mathematics, statistics and operations research as they relate to the future of communications.

http://no site available.

Ben C. Delatour Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Support given to youth-related activities and organizations, as well as organizations that serve the handicapped.

http://no site available.

BF Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Program
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Sponsors an annual competition designed to encourage undergraduates working on projects that might lead to patentable inventions. The invention, reduced-to-practice ideal of workable model, must be the original idea of a student/team of students.

http://www.invent.org

Boettcher Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Grants to educational institutes ranging from scholarships, community and social services, urban and rural development, and civic and cultural programs

http://www.boettcherfoundation.org

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation established to advance the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.

http://www.bwfund.org

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Several awards and grants offered. Primarily in the field of chemistry.

http://www.dreyfus.org

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Foundation provides grants to work in agriculture, aviation/aerospace, conservation of natural resources, and health to those working for a balance between the advance of technology and preservation of the natural/human environment.

http://www.mtn.org/lindfdtn

Colorado - Gates Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

The purpose of the Foundation is to enhance the quality of life of those who live and work in Colorado through activities that promote broad education, self-sufficiency, connection to nature, and cultural appreciation.

http://www.gatesfamilyfdn.org

Colorado Funders Resource
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

A comprehensive list of Colorado foundations and funding tips.

http://www.coloradogrants.org/coloradoresources.html

Daniels Fund
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

The Fund is designed to take a proactive approach to providing assistance by working with community, educational, and civic leaders to identify and fulfill unmet community needs

http://www.danielsfund.org/programs/grants/grantmaking.shtml

DIMACS Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The DIMACS Center was created to promote research in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. DIMACS is a consortium of Rutgers and Princeton Universities, AT&T, Bell Laboratories, and Bell Communications Research with major funding from NSF and other institutions in New Jersey.

http://www.dimacs.rutgers.edu

Dr. Mary E. Bates Trust Fund
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Giving educational grants to "women in medicine"

http://no site available.

Dudley Observatory
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Ernest P. Fullman Award provides a stipend for an innovative research project in astronomy or astrophysics to be undertaken by a staff member of post-doctoral student. Herbert C.Pollock Award provides a stipend for an innovative project in the history of Astronomy or Astrophysics. The Bergen Career Development Award provides seed money to non-tenured faculty.

http://www.rpi.edu/~waitsc/Dudley.html

El Pomar Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

El Pomar will continue to support general-purpose grant making, civic collaboration, projects of major community importance, and initiatives that provide various kinds of assistance to nonprofit organizations. They also will provide leadership development opportunities for a range of individuals, from those just out of college, to those responsible for the state's most important nonprofits. Most notably, they will continue to help those least able to help themselves

http://www.elpomar.org

Epilepsy Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research Grants for investigators entering the field of epilepsy research and to individuals proposing innovative projects.

http://www.efa.org

Fulbright Scholar Program
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Awards to faculty and professionals, including retired faculty and independent researchers, to lecture and conduct research in foreign countries

http://www.cies.org

Fund for Astrophysical Research (FAR)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The FAR invites applications for small research grants to assist in the support of current research endeavors. Grants are awarded primarily for acquisition of astronomical equipment or computer time or software.

http://www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/fundastro/index.htm

General Service Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

The Directors believe that the Foundation can make its best contribution at this point in time by addressing some of the world's basic long-term problems in three areas: International Peace, Reproductive Health and Rights, and Resources. The Directors have tried to focus their funding by setting up guidelines within each of these program areas

http://www.generalservice.org/pages/home%20gsf2.htm

Geological Society of America (GSA)
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

GSA's South-Central, North-Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern sections award undergraduate research grants.

http://www.geosociety.org

GIL Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado provides support for a variety of community programs, focusing on Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson and El Paso counties, with limited funding statewide.

http://www.gillfoundation.org/grants/

Greenwall Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Single and multi-year grants are available to institutions. Of special interest to the foundation are insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and bioethics.

http://www.greenwall.org

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The Foundation consults with distinguished scholars and artists regarding the accomplishments and promise of the applicants and presents this evidence to the Committee of Selection.

http://www.gf.org

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Science Education
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Undergraduate biology education is in the midst of a revolution, and 44 research universities will receive $80 million from HHMI to help them address the challenges of a rapidly changing and increasingly interdisciplinary science. The grants will support programs that encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to hone their teaching skills. Other programs will bring emerging scientific disciplines such as genomic and computational biology into the undergraduate curriculum and encourage minorities to pursue careers in science.

http://www.hhmi.org

Humphrey's Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

Support for educational institutions; health and social services, including an organization involved in family planning; and museums and other cultural programs.

http://no site available.

John G. Duncan Trust
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Support given through annual campaigns, building funds, equipment, research, operating budgets, seed money, emergency funds, and special projects.

http://no site available.

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Applications to the Foundation must have relevance to diabetes.

http://www.jdfcure.org/research

Kresge Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Provides challenge grants for construction/renovation of facilities or the purchase of pieces/systems of equipment with a cost of $30,000 or more; and for upgrading one or several laboratories for maintenance and future upgrades

http://www.kresge.org

McKnight Endowment Fund
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The McKnight awarded in Neuroscience support neuroscience research, especially as it pertains to memory and its biological substrates.

http://www.mckfdn.org/neoruscience

Murdock Charitable Trust
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Trust's mission is to enrich the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest by providing grants to organizations that seek to strengthen the region's educational and cultural base in creative and sustainable ways. Although major emphases are education and scientific research, grants are given to a wide variety of organizations, including those that serve the arts, public affairs, health and medicine, human services, and people with disabilities.

http://www.murdock-trust.org

Muscular Dystrophy Association
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research Grants in various amounts: Applicant must be a professional staff or faculty member at an educational, medical, of research institution qualified to conduct and supervise a program of original research in neuromuscular diseases.

http://www.mdausa.org

Petroleum Research Fund
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Grants are made by the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society for fundamental research related to the petroleum field.

http://www.acd.org/prf/

Research Corporation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Awards support research in astronomy, chemistry, and physics at public and private undergraduate colleges. Awards are directed to faculty scientists who will serve as mentors to high school science teachers in the course of a summer research experience.

http://www.rescorp.org

Research Grant Guides
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Sources of funding primarily for Mathematics and Computer Science.

http://no site available.

Sachs Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

TO APPLY YOU MUST BE BLACK AND A RESIDENT OF COLORADO FOR 5 OR MORE YEARS. Our regular college grants are for graduating high school seniors ONLY

http://www.frii.com/~sachs/back.htm

Schlessman Family Foundation, Inc.
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Support for higher and other education, including theological education and religious schools, cultural programs, youth agencies, aid to the handicapped, and social services.

http://no site available.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research awards are made to support scientific investigation in any field. Awards are made in amounts up to $2,500 in astronomy and a max of $1000 in all other fields.

http://www.sigmaxi.org

Temple Hoyne-Buell Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation is a professional philanthropic organization supporting the positive development of children through grants and partnerships with other sectors of our community. The Foundation will focus primarily on the state of Colorado and concentrate its grant making on programs that benefit children. Support given through budgets, annual campaigns, seed money, building funds, equipment, land acquisition, endowment funds, professorships, and scholarships.

http://www.buellfoundation.org

The Henry Luce Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The work of the Luce Foundation reflects the interests of four generations of the Luce family. These include the interdisciplinary exploration of higher education; increased understanding between Asia and the United States; the study of religion and theology; scholarship in American art; opportunities for women in science and engineering; and environmental and public policy programs.

http://www.hluce.org

The Johnson Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

The Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation is a non-profit, private foundation that was incorporated in the State of Colorado in 1948. The Foundation directs its philanthropic resources primarily to tax-exempt Colorado organizations that relieve suffering, meet basic human needs, promote self sufficiency, enrich the quality of life.

http://www.johnsonfoundation.net/index.html

The March of Dimes
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Invites qualified scientists with faculty appointments or the equivalent at universities, hospitals, and research institutions to submit applications. Research subjects include basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies.

http://www.modimes.org

The Mount Desert Island Biological Lab
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Summer Research Fellowships for Undergraduate faculty and students to enhance scientific training in the biological and biomedical services.

http://www.mdibl.org

The Pew Charitable Trust
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

The Pew Charitable Trusts support nonprofit activities in the areas of culture, education, the environment, health and human services, public policy and religion. Based in Philadelphia, the Trusts make strategic investments that encourage and support citizen participation in addressing critical issues and effecting social change.

http://www.pewtrusts.com

The Williams Family Foundation
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

Giving for higher and secondary education, including scholarships for medical-oriented study, hospitals, and civic affairs

http://no site available.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Grants are made in the four areas of: Health, Food Systems and Rural Development, Youth and Education, and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. All programming in these four interest areas is tailored to meet the needs of each geographic region. Since its beginning the Foundation has continuously focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems.

http://www.wkkf.org

W.M. Keck Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Supports a wide range of activities related to sciences including seed money, equipment, special projects, research, fellowships, and scholarships.

http://www.wmkeck.org

Waldo E. Rennie Scholarship Fund
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

Students must attend a college or university supported principally by the state of Colorado. Age requirement of 18-26 (Oct of funding year). Students must major in Engineering, Geology or Physics. Income criteria is based on he same formula used for the Federal Stafford Loan. Applicants must be full-time. The interest rate is 4%. The maximum annual loan amount is $2,000 per year. Repayment begins two months after graduation or at the time the student discontinues school. The monthly repayment amount is $50, the repayment period is 10 years

http://http://bursar-ntas.cudenver.edu/public/finaidinfo/altloans.html#Waldo E. Rennie Scholarship Fund Loan Program

Weckbaugh Foundation, Inc.
Appropriate for: K-12 and Higher Ed

Support primarily for hospitals, higher and secondary education, cultural programs, and Roman Catholic organizations.

http://no site available.

Whitehall Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research grants and grants-in-aid are available for research in invertebrate and non-human vertebrate neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior .

http://www.whitehall.org

William T. Grant Foundation
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Research grants and Faculty Scholar Awards for established investigators whose research is relevant to the mental health and development of adolescents and youth.

http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org

DOE: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
Appropriate for: K-12

OELA provides national leadership in promoting high quality education for the nation's population of English language learners. OELA's mission is to include various elements of school reform in programs designed to assist the language minority agenda. These include an emphasis on high academic standards, school accountability, professional development, family literacy, early reading, and partnerships between parents and the communities.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA/index.html

Smithsonian Institution
Appropriate for: Higher Ed

Offers in-residence appointments for research and study using its facilities. Post-doctoral, Senior post-doctoral, and undergraduate summer internships in the areas of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Environmental Science, including and emphasis on the following topics; Astrophysics and Astronomy; Earth Sciences and Paleobiology, Evolutionary and Systematic Biology; and history of American science and technology

http://www.si.edu/research+study