Dear Colleagues,

In this month’s funding newsblast, I’m pleased to share two curated grant calendars to help you explore potential funding opportunities. The first calendar highlights upcoming deadlines for grants from two major private foundations, Spencer and William T. Grant. The second features a variety of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, with opportunities covering a range of scholarly projects. For the Spencer Vision grants, I have included the list of last year's awardees so you can see areas where Spencer's priorities intersect with your research interests.

Updates on Proposal Submissions

As we move forward with the transition from REDKE to the Office of Research, I’m glad to report that the majority of proposal submissions are successfully meeting our 15-5 rule for timely review. Thank you for your commitment to this process!

Our College Research Administration Team would like to remind everyone about a few common areas that often require a bit of extra attention:

1. Sub-Award Arrangements

Sub-awards typically need a little additional time to finalize, so please initiate these conversations early to allow for smooth coordination.

2. Letters of Agreement or Partnership Letters

We’ve noticed that delays in meeting the 5-day deadline are often due to pending letters of agreement or partnership letters. We recommend prioritizing these as among the first steps in your proposal planning, especially when working with external partners or collaborators.

I hope you’ll find the attached grant calendars useful in identifying opportunities and aligning proposal timelines. As always, I am available to assist you in navigating the proposal development and application process and connecting with funding sources that advance your research.

--Iwan

Grant Calendar Private Foundations Fall 2024

Application Deadline	Grant Name	Description	Funding Range
Applications Open December 2024 Intent to Apply January 14, 2025, 12:00 pm Noon (Central/Chicago Time) Full Proposal Deadline February 11, 2025, 12:00 pm Noon (Central/Chicago Time)	Spencer Foundation Large Research Grants https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant	Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, 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. Spencer’s 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.	Budgets range from $125,000 up through $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Full Proposal Deadline December 4, 2024, 12:00 pm (noon), Central Time	Spencer Foundation Small Research Grants https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant	The Spencer Small Research Grants on Education Program supports research that advances foundational knowledge with lasting educational impact. Spencer values creative, open-minded scholarship across life settings—classroom, workplace, family, community, and beyond. This program welcomes proposals from scholars at all career stages, both domestically and internationally, in diverse fields like education, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and more. Spencer encourages projects using a variety of methods—quantitative, qualitative, ethnographies, computational modeling, participatory research, and others—that span time, engage deeply with educational questions, or involve collaboration with practitioners or communities for a comprehensive understanding of educational issues.	Budgets range up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Applications Open Early December Intent to Apply Form Deadline February 11, 2025, 12:00 pm (noon), Central time Full Proposal Deadline March 11, 2025, 12:00 pm (noon), Central time	Spencer Foundation Vision Grants https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/vision-grants Recent awardees: -Extending Dual Language Programs to Overcome Inequities: Developing a Roadmap for California High Schools (Leslie C. Banes, California State University, Sacramento) -Partnering for Equity: A Trauma Informed Community-Research Collaborative to Improve Youth Outcomes (Andrew F. Cleek, New York University) -Developing a Community-Based Model for Equitable AI Practices in Education Settings (Katie Davis, University of Washington) -Building Capacity for Fair Prediction of College Student Success at Community Colleges (Denisa Gandara, The University of Texas at Austin) -Enhancing Collaborative Research Toward Prospects of STEM AI/AN Tribal College Graduate Students (Elizabeth A. Sumida Huaman, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) -Connecting Eviction-Prevention Policies and School Practices to Improve Educational Equity for Vulnerable Families and Children (Huriya Jabbar, University of Southern California) -Decarcerating STEM Pedagogy at Scale: Designing a Culturally Restorative Pedagogy (Odis D. Johnson, Johns Hopkins University) -Connecting Interdisciplinary Experts: A Strategic Network Alliance to Leverage Countermeasures to Misinformation in Education (Francesca Lopez, The Pennsylvania State University) -Coordinating Mental Health Supports to Advance Equity Goals Within In- and After-School Settings (Michael D. Lyons, University of Virginia) -Strengthening the Vaka: Achieving Equity in Higher Education for Pacific Peoples (Sereana Naepi, The University of Auckland) Envisioning the Transformation of Measures and Analysis of Structural and Systemic Racism (Michael K. Russell, Boston College) --Transforming Four-Year Colleges and Universities to Promote Academic Success for Parenting Undergraduate Students (Svetlana Shpiegel, Montclair State University) -Towards Just Histories: Visioning and Developing Community-Based Curriculum Collectives Around Contested Local History (Krystal Strong, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) -Family-led Early Childhood Systems Change for Educational Equity (Colleen Vesely, George Mason University) -Radicalizing Climate Pasts: Harnessing Black Ecological Knowledge to Inform Transformative Climate Justice Education in the U.S. South (Teona Williams, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)	The Spencer Foundation’s Vision Grants program funds planning for large-scale, interdisciplinary research focused on transforming education systems for equity. Vision Grants support teams in defining challenges, setting research objectives, and identifying systems and strategies necessary for educational transformation. Unlike other Spencer programs, these grants do not require fully developed research proposals but encourage forward-thinking approaches to equity-focused research. Vision Grant recipients are expected to outline the targeted systems, transformative levers, and collaborative processes essential for systemic impact. Successful Vision Grant projects also qualify for Spencer’s larger Transformative Research Grant ($3.5 million), aimed at implementing large-scale research to advance educational equity. Spencer’s initiative underscores a commitment to research that meaningfully addresses real-world challenges in education.	Spencer offers $75,000 grants for 6 to 12 months to foster collaboration among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and communities.
Funding for 2025 will be announced in November 2024 PREVIOUSLY: 2024 application deadlines for major research grants are: January 10, May 1, and August 7	William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Reducing Inequality https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/research-grants-on-reducing-inequality	The WT Grant research grants on reducing inequality support studies aimed at enhancing understanding and effectiveness of programs, policies, or practices to address inequalities in youth outcomes (ages 5-25) in the United States. WT Grant prioritizes research focused on racial, ethnic, economic, language, or immigrant-origin inequalities. WT Grant’s goal is to advance knowledge on reducing these disparities, moving beyond research that only identifies their causes and consequences. Research should identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes, demonstrate unequal outcomes with relevant literature, and provide a clear conceptualization of the targeted inequality. Studies must articulate how findings will inform or enhance a program, policy, or practice that could reduce this inequality, grounding the rationale in theoretical and empirical literature. WT Grant encourages research across youth-serving systems, including education, justice, housing, child welfare, and mental health.	$100,000 to $600,000 over 2-3 years
Funding for 2025 will be announced in November 2024	William T. Grant Foundation Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/research-grants-on-improving-use-of-research-evidence	WT Grant’s research grants on improving the use of research evidence support studies that advance theory and empirical knowledge to enhance evidence use among policymakers, agency leaders, managers, and intermediaries within U.S. youth-serving systems. WT Grant recognizes that research evidence can inform policy, improve program design, and guide strategic planning, but often remains underutilized. This program emphasizes creating conditions for effective evidence use, including relevance, trusted relationships, and integration into decision-making processes. WT Grant encourages studies testing strategies to increase evidence use, facilitate the production of decision-relevant research, and examine how research use impacts youth outcomes. Studies should focus on policymakers and managers in education, justice, housing, child welfare, and mental health systems. Research may explore strategies to build institutional capacity for research use, incentivize relevant research, and test conditions under which research evidence improves youth outcomes. WT Grant values diverse methodologies and encourages both quantitative and qualitative approaches.	$100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years Studies involving secondary data analysis about $100,000-$300,000), whereas studies with new data collection are typically $300,000-$600,000). Only proposals to launch experiments in which settings (e.g., schools, child welfare agencies, justice settings) are randomly assigned to conditions are eligible for funding above $600,000.

Grant Calendar National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Application Deadline	Grant Name	NEH Office / Division	Description	Funding Range
Optional draft due: Jan 6, 2025 Deadline Feb 12, 2025	Landmarks of American History and Culture for K-12 Educators https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks/k-12-educators	Division of Education Programs	Landmarks of American History and Culture programs for K-12 educators situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.	Maximum award amount $190,000
Optional draft due Jan 6, 2025 Deadline Feb 12, 2025	Landmarks of American History and Culture for Higher Education https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks/highered	Division of Education Programs	Landmarks of American History and Culture programs for higher education, advanced graduate students, and humanities professionals situate the study of topics and themes in the humanities within sites, areas, or regions of historic and cultural significance to expand participants’ knowledge of and approaches to teaching diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives in the United States and its jurisdictions.	Maximum award amount $190,000
Optional draft due Dec 4, 2024 Deadline Jan 8, 2025	Media Projects: Development and Production Grants https://www.neh.gov/program/media-projects	Division of Public Programs	Supports the development and production of media projects that engage the public with the humanities.	Maximum award amount $75,000 for Development, $700,000 for Production, $1,000,000 for Chair’s Special Awards
Deadline Jan 8, 2025 Optional draft due Dec 4, 2024	Public Humanities Projects https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects	Division of Public Programs	Supports exhibitions, public programs, and media projects that engage the public with the humanities.	Maximum award amount Planning: $60,000 Implementation: $400,000; Chair’s Special Awards: $1,000,000
Due: Jan 9, 2025 Optional draft due Nov 13, 2024	Digital Humanities Advancement Grants https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/digital-humanities-advancement-grants	Office of Digital Humanities	Supports projects that create innovative digital resources for research, teaching, and public programming in the humanities.	Maximum award amount Level I: $75,000 Level II: $150,000 Level III: $350,000, with an additional $100,000 in matching funds
Application available (anticipated) Nov 15, 2024 Next deadline (anticipated) Feb 13, 2025	Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/institutes-advanced-topics-in-the-digital-humanities	Office of Digital Humanities	Provides support for professional development institutes that explore emerging digital humanities topics.	Maximum award amount $250,000
Application available (anticipated) Jan 9, 2025 Next deadline (anticipated) April 9, 2025	NEH Fellowships https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships	Division of Research Programs	Provides support for humanities scholars pursuing advanced research leading to publication.	Maximum award amount $60,000 ($5,000 per month)
Estimated Post Date: Feb 6, 2025 Estimated Application Due Date: May 6, 2025	Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities https://www.neh.gov/program/humanities-initiatives-colleges-and-universities	Division of Education Programs	Strengthens the teaching of the humanities through the development of new courses and curriculum.	Maximum award amount $150,000
Application available (anticipated) Feb 20, 2025 Next deadline (anticipated) May 20, 2025	Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training	Division of Preservation and Access	Supports the preservation of humanities collections and the training of individuals to care for them.	Maximum award amount $350,000
Application available (anticipated) Apr 15, 2025 Next deadline (anticipated) July 15, 2025	Humanities Collections and Reference Resources https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources	Division of Preservation and Access	Supports projects to create reference works, databases, and scholarly tools.	Maximum award amount Planning projects: $50,000 Implementation projects: $350,000
Application available (anticipated) June 16, 2025 Next deadline (anticipated) September 16, 2025	Dialogues on the Experience of War https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/dialogues-the-experience-war	Division of Education Programs	Funds humanities-based programs for veterans and others exploring the experience of war.	Maximum award amount $100,000
Application available (anticipated) June 17, 2025 Next deadline (anticipated) September 17, 2025	Summer Stipends https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends	Division of Research Programs	Provides $6,000 to scholars for two months of full-time research and writing on a humanities topic.	Maximum award amount $8,000

Mr. Iwan Notowidigdo

Senior Grant Development Manager

The University of Texas at San Antonio

College of Education & Human Development (COEHD)

iwan.notowidigdo@utsa.edu

Mobile: 347-231-5931