Funding Opportunities

Agency: Department of Transportation

Next Deadline: April 15, 2019

Have you ever wanted to influence and improve the effectiveness of transportation infrastructure at the national level? Are you detail-oriented and committed to producing economic products? Join us as we lead the development of new and improved approaches to infrastructure economics modeling and analysis.

You will learn to create economic analysis related to our Nation's transportation systems that are used by government officials, researchers, and the American people. To achieve your learning objectives, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with those other DOT offices and Federal agencies that help maintain infrastructure and economic data and analytical capabilities. Your learning opportunities will also include the ability to participate in inter-agency efforts relating to the development and improvement of transportation economic modeling and analytical applications.

https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDOT-2019-0006

Program: Grant

Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Next Deadline: April 26, 2019

The Data Science Approaches to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Africa challenge is being launched by Grand Challenges Africa - supported through the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) - and the African Academy of Sciences with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Knowledge Integration (Ki) initiative. This challenge seeks to promote new quantitative approaches to synthesizing and analyzing data and evidence obtained from African public health surveys, longitudinal observational studies, clinical trials, and other relevant data sources – including combined datasets – to produce novel insights that can be used to improve maternal and child health in the African context and around the world. Applications will be accepted until

Program: Grant

Agency: Global Financing Facility  

Next Deadline: April 30, 2019

The Global Financing Facility (GFF), in partnership with Laerdal Global Health and the Government of Norway, has launched a Call for Proposals from organizations which can accelerate uptake of proven innovations to reduce maternal and newborn mortality around the time of birth and in the immediate postnatal period. In collaboration with national governments, the goal is to demonstrate and document how accelerated and sustainable delivery of such innovations will help countries achieve the life-saving impacts required to meet ambitious maternal and newborn mortality targets and, through this, facilitate further implementation across relevant GFF countries. Five grants are expected to be awarded through this Call, each with an expected implementation period of three years from inception of activities.

Program: Grant

Agency: Islamic Development Bank

Next Deadline: May 31, 2019

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has established a special Fund, known as the Science, Technology and Innovation Transform Fund (IsDB-STIF) to support its Member Countries in finding practical solutions to their key development challenges through the power of innovation. The Transform Fund is a multi-million-dollar fund that provides seed money for innovators, startups and SMEs to develop their ideas and compose a strong business proposal.

Program: Grants

Agency: Fulbright Scholar Program

Next Deadline: September 16, 2019

The U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program offers nearly 470 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. In addition to several new program models designed to meet the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright is offering more opportunities for flexible, multi-country grants.

To Search the Current Catalog of Grants Visit: https://awards.cies.org/

Contact: scholars@iie.org

Program: Residency

Agency: Fulbright Scholar Program

Next Deadline: November 1, 2019

The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program assists U.S. higher education institutions in expanding programs of academic exchange, by supporting non-U.S. scholars through grants for teaching at institutions that might not have a strong international component and/or serve minority audiences. Both the U.S. institution and the scholar grantee benefit from this experience.

Contact: sir@iie.org.