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As part of its We the People program, NEH is collaborating with the American Library Association (ALA) to present the We the People Bookshelf, a program that encourages young people to read classic books and explore themes in American history, culture, and ideas. School (K-12) and public libraries are invited to apply for fifteen thematically related books that embody the theme of the "Pursuit of Happiness."

Successful applicants will receive fifteen classic hardcover books for young readers, all related to the "Pursuit of Happiness" theme. In addition, libraries will receive four of these books in Spanish translation, a bonus CD with traditional music featured in the Little House series of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and supplementary materials for programming, including bookplates, bookmarks, and posters.

Bynner Foundation for Poetry

The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry supports the development of tranferable model programs that use poetry as a vehicle to deal with specific social, educational, and therapeutic concerns; funds are also available for translation. Organizations may apply for grant support from $1,000 to $10,000 for a maximum of three years. The foundation does not support indirect costs for grant administration, endowment funds, capital improvements, or general operating expenses. A letter of intent is required before a grant application can be approved. The letter should be two typewritten pages describing the organization, the program for which funding is requested, the total budget, the portion of the budget for which foundation funds are being requested, and other funding sources committed to the project. Letters of intent will be accepted through December 1 and their receipt will be acknowledged. If the foundation finds the request appropriate and within the scope of our mission, an invitation to submit an application will follow.

Deadline: Letter of Intent, December 1, 2006

National Association of Broadcasters

The program is intended to fund research on economic, business, social, and policy issues important to station managers and other decision-makers in the U.S. commercial broadcast industry.

Topics listed below typify the kinds of issues that are most frequently raised in discussions among broadcast managers; however, proposals may include any of a variety of other issues.

Evolution of consumer media habits
Impact of new technologies
Local station identification and branding in a digital environment
Consumer adoption of HD radio
Effective uses of television and radio with other media forms
Development of improved media audience metrics
New audience measurement technologies
Importance of television and radio broadcasting to local and national economies
Digital television format options
Provision and effectiveness of local news programming
Impact of non-response on media research
Training tomorrow's broadcasters

Deadline: January 31, 2007

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Programs

Postdoctoral Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years.

Senior Fellowships are offered to scholars who have held the degree or equivalent for seven years or more. The term is 3 to 12 months. Both fellowships offer a stipend of $40,000* per year plus allowances.

* Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and Postdoctoral stipends are $45,000 per year.
** Postdoctoral fellowship applicants in science may apply for up to 24 months.

Predoctoral Fellowships are offered to doctoral candidates who have completed preliminary course work and examinations. Candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution. The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $25,000 per year plus allowances.

At present, the fields fellowship are available for:

Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics; anthropology, including archaeology;
astrophysics and astronomy; earth sciences and paleobiology; evolutionary and systematic biology; history of science and technology; history of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art, twentieth-century American crafts, and decorative arts; social and cultural history of the United States; folklife; materials research.

Deadline: January 15, 2007

W.M. Keck Foundation

Liberal Arts Program

The primary interest of the W. M. Keck Foundation is support for exemplary scientific, engineering, and medical research programs throughout the United States. The Liberal Arts Program promotes innovative instruction and research at leading liberal arts colleges across the nation. Past grants have focused on incorporating new instructional technologies into the liberal arts curriculum and on projects in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

The focus of the undergraduate program is primarily on private, predominately undergraduate institutions. The foundation does not provide funding for routine institutional or general operating expenses, fundraising events, sponsorship of conferences or seminars, publication of books, film or theatre production, public policy research and activities, or organizations or projects to be undertaken outside the United States.

Science and Engineering Grant Program

Grants for equipment, facilities, fellowships, and basic research projects at the frontiers of science and engineering are offered. The foundation also supports excellent undergraduate college science and engineering programs and encourages multidisciplinary projects and multi-college cooperative science ventures.

Deadline: December 1, 2006

National Endowment for Financial Education

The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is a Denver-based, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the mission of helping Americans acquire the information and gain the skills necessary to take control of their financial lives. Unsolicited grants typically are awarded in response to funding requests from other nonprofit groups and organizations (or from individuals sponsored by a nonprofit organization) for self-initiated projects that support one or more of the foundation's public education initiatives. NEFE's outreach efforts are structured around four distinct action areas: 1) Education Programs: Programs that focus on the general public and youth, as typified by the long-standing NEFE High School Financial Planning Program. 2) Collaborative Programs: Programs in which the foundation partners with other nonprofit organizations to develop financial materials for segments of the public in special circumstances. 3) Multimedia Access: Basic personal finance information developed by NEFE and distributed to the general public through various channels, such as the foundation's Web site. 4) Innovative Thinking: Programs that support Research and Strategy activities, the NEFE Fellows Program, and the NEFE Grants Program. Recent grant awards for research projects have ranged from $100,000 to $183,320. Grant durations generally range from 12 to 36 months.

American Philospohical Society: Franklin Research Grants

The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Pre-doctoral graduate students are not eligible, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received their PhDs. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have received Franklin grants may reapply after an interval of two years.

Deadline: December 1, 2006

American Research Center in Egypt

ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding, fellowships are granted for periods of between 3 and 12 months.

Funding sources for the 2007-2008 academic year are as follows:

The United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA) funds fellowships available to pre-doctoral candidates who will be in the all-but-dissertation stage at the beginning of tenure, and to postdoctoral scholars. These fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens. Minimum term: three months

The National Endowment for the Humanities makes available 2-4 fellowships for post-doctoral scholars and non-degree seeking professionals. One of the fellowships available is the Scholar-in-Residence, established to promote collegiality at the Center. Minimum term: four months.

Deadline: January 5, 2007