Category Archives: Research

Holohil Grant Program

The Holohil Grant Program provides transmitters from the Holohil product line at low or zero cost for endangered species research and educational work.

Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis; due dates are the 15th of January, April, July, and August. Email your application to grantprogram@holohil.com for a chance at some or all of the $2,500 in product available each quarter.

Eligibility

This grant is open to anyone, scientists and non-scientists, from anywhere in the world.

Project Criteria

Holohil is looking for projects that:

  • Make significant use of Holohil transmitters for data collection
  • Advance scientific knowledge
  • Contributes to conservation
  • Engage/educate the public
  • Involve underrepresented study species of high research or conservation value

Review Criteria

All applications will be reviewed based on:

  • Need
  • Project Design
  • Public Education
  • Scientific Merit
  • Overall Scope
  • Project Potential
  • Urgency to study species
  • Targeting under-represented species
  • Targets a particularly remote/isolated location or is in an area of minimal current research
  • Achievability

OPEC Fund for International Development

The OPEC Fund for International Development support projects in non-member countries that align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Applications are accepted on a continual basis for Country-Specific Activities, Global or Regional Development Initiatives, and Emergency Aid. As a general rule, requests should not exceed 50% of a project’s budget.

The OPEC Fund is not affiliated with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Eligibility

This grant is open to:

  • Nongovernmental organizations
  • Government entities
  • Private sector entities
  • Research institutes
  • UN agencies

Activities must take place in one or more developing country that is not an OPEC Fund member. Special consideration will be given to Least Developed Countries.

Focus Areas

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The Fund’s primary funding areas are:

  • Agriculture
  • Health
  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Transportation
  • Water and sanitation

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for activities such as:

  • Institutional capacity building and technical assistance
  • Knowledge production and dissemination
  • Advocacy/outreach
  • Thematic studies
  • Private sector development initiatives
  • Consulting services
  • Workshops and seminars
  • Training
  • Equipment, excluding vehicles
  • Operation costs

Applications Requirements

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Among other elements, applications must include:

  • Proof of valid legal registration
  • Proof of a certificate to do business in the target country or countries
  • A letter of approval from a government entity (For NGOs, excluding Development Finance Institutions and UN agencies)
  • A letter of support/recommendation from a sponsor or donor (First time applicants only)

World Female Ranger Grant

The World Female Ranger Grant from How Many Elephants supports direct-action, women-focused conservation initiatives.

Applications for up to £2,000 are accepted on a continual basis.

Eligibility

This grant is open to all-female and mixed-gender wildlife ranger teams from anywhere in the world who are empowering women and indigenous communities to protect wildlife and their habitats.

Areas of Interest

Grantmaking areas include:

  • Education
  • Research
  • Training
  • Direct-action conservation
  • Anti-poaching initiatives
  • Community-outreach projects

Alfred P Sloan Foundation Books Program

The Alfred P Sloan Foundation Books Program supports authors as they research and write books that help the general public understand science and technology.

Letters of Inquiry must first be sent to Doron Weber at weber@sloan.org. A response should be sent within 8 weeks. Full proposals, if invited, are due annually on January 1st, May 1st, and September 1st. Awards are typically $60,000 or less. Overhead and indirect costs are not permitted for grants under $50,000.

Eligibility

Authors may apply directly or through a nonprofit organization, such as a university.

Book Categories

Funded books generally fall into one of the following categories:

  • Explaining confusing or controversial scientific topics
  • Profiling important figures in science and technology
  • Relating science and technology to daily life
  • Exploring the connections between science, technology, and art
  • Discussing women in science and technology
  • Discussing the culture and philosophy of science

Kress Foundation

The Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects in the History of Art, Conservation, and Digital Art History. Projects should promote the appreciation, preservation, and study of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century.

Letters of Inquiry for all grants programs will be accepted December 1-15, 2024. Past awards have ranged from $2,700 – $165,000 and must be spent on direct expenses.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Other applicants, including international organizations, will need a fiscal sponsor with a 501(c)3 status.

Grant Types

History of Art

Judith with the Head of Holofernes From the Kress Collection

History of Art projects may include:

  • Archival projects
  • Development and dissemination of scholarly databases
  • Documentation
  • Museum exhibitions and publications
  • Photographic campaigns
  • Scholarly catalogues and publications
  • Technical and scientific studies
  • International exchanges
  • Professional meetings
  • Conferences and symposia
  • Consultations

Documentation of individual art museum collections are typically not approved.

Conservation

Conservation projects may include activities similar to History of Art projects.

Conservation treatment is typically funded for works in the Kress Collection and coordinated through the Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center of the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

Digital Art History

Portait of a Young Woman From the Kress Collection

Digital Art History projects should foster new forms of research and collaboration and novel approaches to teaching and learning. This may include:

  • Digitization of important visual resources
  • Digitization of primary textual sources
  • Promising initiatives in online publishing
  • nnovative experiments in the field of digital art history

Digitizing museum object collections are generally not supported.


GriffinHarte Foundation

The GriffinHarte Foundation supports educational and research projects on civility, civil discourses, and civil practices.

Applications for up to $1,000 are due by December 15, 2024.

Eligibility

This grant is open to individuals, agencies, etc. learning about, teaching, and exploring how civility works in today’s complex world.

Application Requirements

All applications must include:

  • Applicant’s complete resume
  • Names and contact information for three references
  • Statement of approval from the Human Subjects Review committee (if relevant)

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art supports  research, conservation, and exhibition programming in American art through their grant program. Awards are typically $5,000 – $25,000 over 2 – 3 years.

Applications are due by December 15, 2024.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Example Projects

Grant funds may be used for projects such as:

  • Innovative exhibitions of new research on American art
  • Significant museum catalogs and books
  • Conservation and restoration of American masterpieces

Required Attachments

All applications must include:

  • IRS Letter of Determination
  • Most recent annual report 
  • Most recent audited financial statement
  • Most recent IRS Form 990
  • CV for project directors
  • Checklist and reproductions, if appropriate

ACLS Digital Justice Grants

American Council of Learned Societies

ACLS Digital Justice Grants are awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies with funding from the Mellon Foundation. They support projects that advance  justice and equity in digital scholarly practice across the humanities and interpretative social sciences.

In addtion to the monetary award, all grantees will have the opportunity to collaborate with the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Applications for Digital Justice Seed Grants and Digital Justice Development Grants are due by December 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM ET.

Eligibility

Grant funds must be administered by an institution of higher education in the United States. At least one principal investigator must be a scholar in the humanities and/or the interpretative social sciences, but they do not have to have a PhD or a faculty position.

Eligible projects must:

  • Critically engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities
  • Cultivate greater openness to new sources of knowledge and strategic approaches to content building and knowledge dissemination
  • Engage in capacity building efforts
  • Be made as widely available as intellectual property constraints allow

Grant Types

Seed Grants

Seed Grants of $10,000 – $25,000 are available for projects in the start-up or prototyping phase. Projects must explore or experiment with new materials, methodologies, and research agendas by way of planning workshops, prototyping, and/or testing products.

Development Grants

Development Grants of $50,000 – $100,000 are available for projects that can demonstrate  significant preliminary work and a record of engagement with and impact on scholarly and/or public audiences.

Allowable Expenses

Grant funds may be used for:

  • Salaries and faculty release time
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Equipment and software
  • Digitizing or cataloging analog materials
  • Collaboration with international partners

Grant funds may not be used for:

  • Indirect costs
  • Purely pedagogical projects
  • Straightforward translations
  • Textbook writing and editing only
  • Creative works only

Turtle Conservation Fund

The Turtle Conservation Fund supports conservation and research projects on endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles. Grants of up to $5,000 are available for full scale projects. Seed grants under $1,000 are also available for pilot projects or young conservationists from developing nations.

Applications are due by June 1st or December 1st and should be sent to DoubleHQ@aol.com, RhodinCRF@aol.com, and vivianpaez1@gmail.com.

Eligibility

Applicant

This grant is open to research organizations and individuals affiliated with a research institution.

Species

Projects may focus on tortoise and freshwater turtle species who:

Funding Limitations

Grant funds may be used for direct research and conservation expenses only. Indirect and overhead costs are not permitted.

Publishing

Grantees must contract with either Re: wild or the Chelonian Research Foundation to produce the proposed work. They are also encouraged to publish partial or full results in Chelonian Conservation and Biology.

Brabson Family Foundation

The Brabson Family Foundation supports bold and creative projects in education, science, and the arts. Awards of up to $60,000 are available, but the majority of grants are under $10,000.

Applications are accepted annually from September 1st – March 1st.

Eligibility

This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations or applicants under the umbrella of a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

Application Requirements

  • Identification of a problem
  • A unique and innovative solution
  • IRS Letter of Determination
  • W-9 Form
  • Any supporting documents, such as photos, to illustrate the idea

Project Classifications

Applicants will be asked to categorize their project as:

  • Creating
  • Teaching
  • Dissemination
  • Research
  • Equipment 
  • Other