Funding Opportunities
Finding Funding
Searching for potential funding or support for your research project? Grant seekers may wish to consult the web sites below for funding opportunities. Members of the College of Education community may also review funding alerts that are posted to the "Research Resources" folder on Blackboard. (See: College of Education Community > Research Resources > External Grant Announcements.) Tips for writing successful proposals (including NIH grants), can be found on Blackboard > Research Resources > Research Tools and Resources > Grantwriting Tips.
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Community of Science
- Development, Office of Principal Investigators seeking funding through foundations or corporations must contact Valerie Gay, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, who will facilitate this process.
- eRA@TU (electronic Research Administration@Temple University) Grant seekers in particular will be interested in SPIN, an extensive searchable database of thousands of funding opportunities, SMARTS, an electronic matching and funding opportunity notification system, and GENIUS, a global network and database of scientific and scholarly expertise. To attend a training session, contact era@temple.edu.
- Education, U.S. Department of
- Federal Register
- Foundation Center
- Grants.gov IMPORTANT MEMO from Kenneth J Soprano, Ph.D., Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies regarding Grants.gov and Revised Grant Submission Procedure (March 2006)
- Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development See also Tips from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) [doc]
- National Institutes of Health "Building the NIH Grant Proposal" can be found on Blackboard > Research Resources > Research Tools and Resources > Grantwriting Tips
- National Science Foundation See also NSF Proposals and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (effective June 1, 2007).
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Spencer Foundation
- Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Office of
Which Funders Support the College's Sponsored Projects?
In recent years, Principal Investigators at the College of Education have been awarded external funding from a diverse set of private, state and federal sponsors. Funders supporting research and evaluation projects conducted by members of the College of Education faculty include, but are not limited to, the:
- Ford Foundation
- George Gund Foundation
- Lumina Foundation for Education
- National Institutes of Health
- Philadelphia Department of Education
- School District of Philadelphia
- William Penn School District
- U.S. Department of Education.
Current research and evaluation projects being conducted through the College's centers are supported by, among others, the:
- National Science Foundation
- Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Philadelphia Education Fund
- School District of Philadelphia
- William Penn Foundation.
In addition to research and evaluation projects, the College has been awarded external funding to support various programs that provide direct service and/or technical assistance. A select list of recent funders in this category include the:
- Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
- Pennsylvania Department of Community & Econonic Development
- Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
- Philadelphia Department of Human Services
- Philadelphia Safe and Sound
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families.
Recent Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the following faculty members who, in 2006-07, were awarded grants and/or fellowships to support their work.
Kristie Jones Newton, Assistant Professor, CITE: Recipient of a University-sponsored Summer 2007 Research Grant.
Tricia S. Jones, Associate Professor, PSE: Recipient of a $120,000 grant from the George Gund Foundation for an expansion of the CRETE project (Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education) during the April 2007- March 2009 period.
Lynda Price, Associate Professor, CITE: Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct collaborative research at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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