Grants Sources

African Development Foundation (ADF) ... ADF is the principal agency of the US Government that supports community-based, self-help initiatives to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in Africa...http://www.adf.gov

The Aga Khan Foundation ... mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa...http://www.akdn.org/agency/akf_inquiries.html

The Allen Foundation, Inc. .... This foundation makes grants in the field of human nutrition, and funds relevant nutritional research anywhere in the world. ...http://www.allenfoundation.org/ ...

American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) ...have partnered to sponsor the Women's International Science Collaboration Program (WISC). This initiative is designed to increase the participation of women in international scientific research. WISC awards competitive grants for travel to plan and develop collaborative with colleagues around the world. U.S. /Washington, D.C. organizations. ...http://www.aaas.org/

American Council for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS) ...exchange programs between the United States and the countries of the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe. Click on "Programs". ...http://www.actr.org/

American Association of University Women (AAUW) .... has grants and fellowships for graduate women. Each year the Foundation provides about $4 million in fellowships, grants, and awards for outstanding women around the globe and for community action projects. The Foundation also funds pioneering research on women, girls, and education; international symposia; and forums. ...http://www.aauw.org/fga/

American Express Philanthropic Program .... http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/philanthropy/

American University Center for North American Studies .... http://www.american.edu/washingtonsemester/12.north_america/index.html

Archer-Daniels-Midland Foundation
4666 Faries Parkway, PO Box 1470
Decatur, Illinois 62526
Fax: 217.424.4182
Contact: Ken Struttmann, Grants Coordinator (no telephone calls)
... Make initial contact with the foundation with brief letter. Foundation focuses on food- and hunger-related programs and organizations, and also supports agricultural education. No deadlines.... (No known web site)

The Armenian National Science & Education Fund (ANSEF) .... http://www.ANSEF.org/

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs .... http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/

AT&T Foundation .... http://www.att.com/foundation/

Alma C. Baker Trust
c/o Massey University
Palmerston North New Zealand
Tel: 06.350.4242 Fax: 06.350.5662
Contact: Professor, B. K. Macdonald, Secretary
... Subject to availability of funds, the Trust supports research in agriculture, agriculture-related technologies or study of rural society. There are no restrictions on citizenship or where projects must be located... (No known web site)

The Belgian American Educational Foundation ...invites applications for both Advanced Study or Research Fellowships to do graduate work; and Senior Fellowships to teach or work at a Belgian university, research institution, or institution of higher learning. http://www.baef.be/index.html

The British Academy ... has agreements with thirteen Academies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Funding is available to cover: research visits by British scholars to the partner country, attendance at joint seminars, conferences or workshops in connection with joint projects... http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/intl/ceefsu.html

The CarEth Foundation ...for peace with social, economic, and political equality for all. http://www.funder.org/grantmaking/careth/

Carnegie Corporation of New York ...a general-purpose, grantmaking foundation for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States. ... http://www.carnegie.org/sub/program/intl_development.html

Carnegie Junior Fellows Program .... http://www.ceip.org/files/about/about_Junior.asp

The Carter Center ....offers unique and diverse opportunities for undergraduate juniors and seniors, recent graduates, and graduate/professional students who are interested in contemporary international and domestic issuesand has special appeal for those who wish to combine academic study with practical application and experience... http://www.cartercenter.org/aboutus

Caspian Environment Programme Matched Small Grants Program (MSGP) .... for small-scale environment projects. http://www.caspianenvironment.org/MSGP/

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance .... A site allowing a browser to query this enormous collection of "Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. ...http://www.gsa.gov:80/fdac/

CDS International, Inc .... http://www.cdsintl.org/

Center for Civic Society ...CLICK ON "Announce" for the best information on Jobsgrants, Research, exchange opportunites, and all very up to date. ...http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/

Central European University, Course Development Competition ...This competition is intended to encourage the introduction of new courses, which are innovative in content, methodology and teaching approach and the program seeks to further the dissemination of new curricula across region defined as Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Mongolia... http://www.ceu.hu/crc/cdc/

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) an international non-governmental organisation which provides specialist financial services to other charities and their supporters. .... http://www.cafonline.org/grants/

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Partnerships ... A Partnerships in the Non-Profit Sector grantmaking scheme which is funded by the Department for International Development and administered by CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) in London and Moscow.... http://www.cafonline.org/pnps/

Chronicle of Higher Education .... http://chronicle.com/

CIPE: Center for International Private Enterprise… ...has Russian language web site. This site contains information about CIPE's projects and partners in the countries of the former Soviet Union (Eurasia), and a wealth of Russian materials about democratic and economic reform. ...http://www.cipe.org/about/grants

The Civic Education Project (CEP) .... Teaching Fellowships in Central/East Europe and Former Soviet Union support grassroots efforts to reform higher education in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia... http://www.cep.org.hu

Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc. .... Primary support for education including higher education, science and engineering....http://www2.coca-cola.com/citizenship/foundation_coke.html

Coca-Cola Foundation, Inc.--Russia ...http://www.cocacola.ru

COS Funding Opportunities ...comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 15,500 awards from around the world... http://fundingopps2.cos.com/

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers ... http://www.caorc.org

Council for European Studies ...http://www.europanet.orgl

Council of Foundation .... http://www.cof.org

Council for International Exchange of Scholars .... http://www.cies.org/cies/

The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies .... is Harvard University’s center for interdisciplinary research and study of Russia and the countries surrounding it. ... http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/research_programs/fellowships.html

Development Gateways .... http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/137849/

The Development Marketplace ...has awarded more than $14 million to over 200 groundbreaking projects through Global Competitions and Country Innovation Days.... http://www.developmentmarketplace.org

Duke's ORS Funding Alert Newsletter ... http://www.ors.duke.edu/fundalrt/02/02nov18.htm

Eastchance ...opportunities especially targeted to students from Central and Eastern Europe. ... http://www.eastchance.com/

EcoLinks .... is an initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) that seeks practical, market-based solutions to industrial and urban environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union... http://www.ecolinks.org

The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships (EEF) .... http://www.eef.org/

Eldis: Gateway to Development Information ... http://www.eldis.org/

Environmental Research and Education Foundation ...Deadline: September 1, annually. The Foundation annually offers funding through the Francois Fiessinger Scholarship Fund to support the work of outstanding students pursuing environmental research at the doctoral level. ... http://www.erefdn.org/scholar.html

Eupraxis ...the most extensive and up to date website on grants and loans from the European Communities. http://www.eupraxis.com/

The Eurasia Foundation .... http://www.eurasia.org

EuropeAid ...http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/index_en.htm

European Union Programs' Guide to Funding and Participation.... for Non-Governmental Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States ... http://www.osi.hu/brussels/guide2000/funding_index.html

Fedix Information Source .... http://content.sciencewise.com/

Fellowship and Grant Information .... http://www.pitt.edu/~fasgrad/fellowships.html

FEMIRC- The Innovation Relay Centres Network .... http://www.irc.ee/

FIVE COLLEGE WOMEN'S STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER ....have associateships for research and teaching Open to feminist scholars, teachers, artists, writers, and activists from the United States and abroad.... http://www.wscenter.hampshire.edu/information.html

Ford Foundation .... http://www.fordfound.org/

The Foundation Center .... http://fdncenter.org/

The FREEDOM Support Act Undergraduate Program (FSAU) http://www.irex.org/programs/fsau/index.htm

Fullbright Scholars Program/Council for International Exchange of Scholars .... http://www.iie.org/cies/

Funders Online ...Search Europe's Online Philantropic Community. ...http://www.fundersonline.org/

Fundsnet ...International Funding Opportunities http://www.fundsnetservices.com/internat.htm

GDNet: Global Development Network ...(in Russian) or http://www.gdnet.org for english language browsing. http://fundraising.ngo.ru/

The German Marshall Fund of the United States .... http://www.gmfus.org/

German Appropriate Technology Exchange GATE .. is a working unit of the GTZ whose objectives are to improve the technological competence of NGOs and other groups involved in self-help-oriented poverty alleviation and to develop information and knowledge management systems for NGOs and self-help groups.... http://www5.gtz.de/gate/

Georgia Development Gateway .... http://georgia-gateway.org/

Global Fund for Women .... http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

Grants.gov ...the electronic storefront for Federal grants. ... http://www.grants.gov/

The Grantsmanship Center (TGCI) .... http://www.tgci.com/

Grantsnet ... includes detailed information on predoctoral programs, medical student programs, MD/PhD student programs, postdoctoral programs, junior faculty programs, and now sources for undergraduate funding in our NEW undergraduate database. http://www.grantsnet.org/

The H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Program....provides for one year of practical, professional, and non-degree educational experiences through the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA... http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/heinzfellowship/

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ....http://www.hewlett.org/

IBM-Philantropy .... http://www.IBM.com/ibm/ibmgives/

IIE OnLine ....Institute of International Education http://www.iie.org/

Institute for Humane Studies ... awards scholarships up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. ... http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/2.html?menuid=2

Institute for Sustainable Communities .... http://www.iscvt.org/

Institute of Baltic Studies .... http://www.ibs.ee/

INTAS Young Scientists' Program ...INTAS an independent International Association formed by the European Community, European Union's Member States and like minded countries acting to preserve and promote the valuable scientific potential of the NIS partner countries through East-West Scientific co-operation... http://www.intas.be/mainfs.htm

International Center for Research on Women .... http://www.icrw.org

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Gender Unit Annual Research Competition ... http://www.idrc.ca/gender

International Education Financial Aid ...This website provides a free searchable database of scholarships and awards as well as a number of other useful resources. ...http://www.iefa.org

International Federation of University Women... http://www.ifuw.org

The International Fellows Program ...Nine-month, field work opportunities with self-help, economic development projects. http://www.ifesh.org/international_fellows_program.htm/

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ... Have programs and fellowships for young scientist. http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/YSP/IIASA_YSSP.html/

International Peace Scholarship Fund ...This fund provides grants in aid to women graduate students from foreign countries for study in the U.S. or Canada. Applicants must be qualified for admission to full-time graduate study and must promise to return to their countries to pursue professional careers... http://www.peointernational.org/

IREX-International Research and Exchange Board .... http://www.irex.org/

ISAR: Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia .... http://www.isar.org/

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) ...supports collaborative projects that engage Japanese and Americans, along with colleagues from around the world in the areas of policy research, issues of common bilateral and global concern and educational outreach activities that foster understanding of Japan in the United States at the K-12 level. http://www.cgp.org/cgplink/about/about.html

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) ... is a quasi-governmental organization, established by a national law for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science... http://www.jsps.go.jp/e-home.htm

Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) ...The American Councils for International Education places university faculty from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan at selected higher educational institutions in the United States, through a process of open competition... http://www.JFDP.org/

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation ... http://www.wkkf.org/grants/

Kennan Institute ...Special Scholarships in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies. ...http://wwics.si.edu/kennan/grants.htm/

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress .... http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/ /

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation .... http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/

The MacArthur Foundation .... http://www.Macfdn.org

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ...fellowships for the purpose of bringing East-Central European scholars into a broader research community. . http://www.mellon.org

The Charles Steward Mott Foundation .... http://www.mott.org/internationally.asp

Ms. Foundation for Women ... http://ms.foundation.org/

NAFSA: Association of International Educators ...COOP Grants are made available through funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State ... http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/GrantsandScholarship/

The National Academies... is accepting applications for Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards through its Associateship Programs office, part of the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The Research Associateship Programs are sponsored by thirty federal laboratories and NASA Research Centers at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas. ...http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf/WebDocuments/Home+Page

The National Academies: Office of Central Europe and Eurasia...Grants in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor ...http://www7.nationalacademies.org/dsc/OCEE_Grants_Index.html

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia ...http://www.sci.am

National council for Eurasian and East European Research .... http://www.nceeer.org/

The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) ...announce a Rockefeller-funded Humanities Fellowship Program...http://www.ncrw.org/

National Endowment for Democracy --Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows ... Democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world are provided with full-time residence fellowships at the International Forum for Democratic Studies (the Forum), located in Washington, D.C. ...http://www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html

National Science Foundation ...click on “funding." http://www.nsf.gov/

National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering (INT) ... promotes and coordinates international cooperation by supporting new partnerships between U.S. scientists and engineers and their foreign colleagues, or new cooperative projects between established collaborators. Activities can be in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF. ...http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/

NATO ...Fellowship and sponsorship programmes at NATO... http://www.nato.int/structur/sponsorships.htm

Network of East-West Women ...links women across national and regional boundaries to share resources, knowledge and skills. . http://www.neww.org/

NonProfit Gateway .... http://www.nonprofit.gov/

Open Society Institute ...has fellowships and related programs such as the Network Scholarship Program that fund the participation of students, scholars and professionals from Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union and Burma in a variety of rigorous and competitive academic exchange programs.. http://www.osi.hu/nsp/

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation .... http://www.packfound.org

The Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation ...primary objective is to develop a network of educational programs and scholarly centres in major universities around the world, devoted to the scholarly interpretation and dissemination of objective information about Ukraine and Ukrainians...http://www.infoukes.com/pjef/pjef_e1.html

The Reuters Foundation Digital Vision Program ...offers outstanding technology professionals a six to nine month sabbatical to study at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. http://www.foundation.reuters.com

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund .... http://www.rbf.org/

RGK Foundation ...The foundation commits funding worldwide to support medical research, educational research and community development. ...http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php

The Rockerfeller Foundation .... http://www.rockfound.org

The Rural Information Center (RIC) ...provides information and referral services to local, state, and federal government officials; community organizations; health professionals and organizations; rural electric and telephone cooperatives; libraries; businesses; and, rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas. ...http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ruralres/funding.htm/

SABIT Online .... http://www.mac.doc.gov/sabit/sabit.html

Science’s Next wave ... is an online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and job transitions for scientists.. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/

The Sloan Foundation Information Server .... http://www.sloan.org/

The John Smith Fellowship Programme ...is an intensive, 6 week programme on good governance, democracy and social justice. It is available to promising young leaders from Russia, the Ukraine, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan... http://www.britishcouncil.org/jsmithpublic/index.htm

Soros Foundations Network ...group of autonomous organizations known as National Foundations, which operate in 31 countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe, Central Eurasia, South Africa, Haiti, Guatemala, as well as the United States. ...http://www.soros.org/

Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT) ...The Department of Commerce's assists economic restructuring in the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union while boosting U.S. trade opportunities by placing NIS executives and scientists in U.S. firms for three- to six-month internships. ...http://www.sabitprogram.org/

Special homepage devoted to "Women and Science" .... http://www.cordis.lu/improving/src/hp_women.htm/

SouthEast Europe Regional Grants Programme ...to promote regional partnership-building and the transfer of skills and knowledge, and to encourage links between organisations at grass-roots level ...http://www.allavida.org/youth.html

Tacis Programme ...supports the process of transition to market economies and democratic societies in the EECA countries. ...http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/tacis/foreword_en.htm

The Together Foundation .... http://www.together.org

Trust for Mutual Understanding .... http://www.tmuny.org/

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union ...a nonprofit charitable organization that promotes scientific and technical collaboration between the United States and the countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). http://www.crdf.org/

U.S. Dept. of Education, Grants and Contracts Information .... http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/

The Department of Education (ED), International Research and Studies Program ...to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields... http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

U.S. Dept. of State- Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs .... http://exchanges.state.gov/

The United States Institute of Peace Grant Program .... http://www.usip.org/grants/

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS .... http://wwics.si.edu/

The World Bank (Russian-language website) ...Russian-language website is bringing Bank information to Russian speakers across ECA and around the globe. http://www.worldbank.org/russian

World Learning- Armenia ...NGO Strengthening Program. http://www.worldlearning.am/grants/index.html

Youth For Understanding (YFU) ...a non-profit educational organization which offers opportunities for young people around the world to spend a summer, semester or year with a host family in another culture. ...http://www.youthforunderstanding.com//

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