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The sponsor provides support for strategic and highly leveraged humanitarian efforts of a global nature.

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Up to two awards of $2500 each are given for research papers concerning any aspect of library and information science. In cases of joint authorship, one honorarium will be awarded for the paper. At least one applicant in a group must be a personal member of ALISE as of the deadline date. Only one paper per entrant will be considered.

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Awards of up to $5,000 are made to support research broadly related to education for library and information science.

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The sponsor makes an award to stimulate communication on research methodologies at ALISE annual conferences.

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The sponsor offers tuition-reimbursement incentives to encourage natives of Washington County, or those who consider Washington County their "home" to return to or remain in their communities following completion of their post-secondary education.

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The sponsor promotes and enables community-wide philanthropic giving to enrich and improve the lives of people in the greater Midland and Gladwin County areas of Michigan.

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For the Fall 2007 Board Meeting, applications are due by July 15, 2007.

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The sponsor supports organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of weapons and build regional security. The sponsor can make grants for direct lobbying programs. There are no geographical limitations on grants. Requests for two-year grants will be considered.

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SYNOPSIS The sponsor assists donors in making charitable gifts to the community, provides services for nonprofit organizations to create new or manage existing endowments and makes grants for new projects.

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The sponsor provides support for projects which promote the use of nonviolence to achieve social justice. Grantmaking revolves around the issues to which A.J. Muste dedicated his life: peace and disarmament; social and economic justice; racial and sexual equality; and labor rights. Approximately twenty-five to thirty-five grants are made annually, ranging up to $2,000.

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The sponsor has issued a request for proposals to develop guidelines for owners to use in selecting practices for tunnel inspection, operational safety and emergency response systems testing, and inventory procedures to improve the safety of highway tunnels.

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The sponsor is interested in funding research projects in the travel and tourism field.

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The sponsors provide an award intended to encourage and recognize quality reporting in major issues facing the nation's urban areas, particularly the inner cities. The award and a check for $2,500 will be presented to the winning journalist or journalists.

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Each year the Society invites three early-career scholars to present twenty-minute papers at a panel preceding the annual meeting, which takes place in New York City in late January. The objectives of this program are to give new scholars an opportunity to present unpublished research and to acquaint members of the Society with new work on bibliographical topics. New scholars may be nominated by themselves or by others.

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The Arline Custer Memorial Award recognizes the best books, articles, and exhibition catalogues published by MARAC members and other individuals and institutions in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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The sponsor provides support for nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status providing services in the focus areas of economic empowerment, youth development and community support. Special consideration is given to programs which support low- to moderate-income individuals by providing services, training or education which improve the quality of life and provide opportunities for advancement.

Deadline Note

Proposal letters are accepted on an ongoing basis throughout the year, but are considered only in the next grantmaking cycle. The deadlines for proposal letters are November 1, February 1, May 1 and August 1.

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The sponsor seeks to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves by supporting programs in the areas of: human needs, education, culture and art, civic and the environment.

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The sponsor offers support to make accessible records, papers, and other primary sources which document the history of modern physics and allied fields (such as astronomy, geophysics, and optics).

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The sponsor provides approximately six research awards to conduct research on EU affairs or U.S.-EU relations. Preference will be given to projects focusing on the organizations of the EU, particularly on the process of institution building within the EU and a variety of topics of interest. Projects requiring the grantee's presence in one or more of the member states of the EU are preferred. Candidates will need language proficiency for the country in which they will be located. Interpreters generally not provided. Grants range from two to five months in duration.

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The sponsor offers approximately twelve awards for scholars in any field. Awards range in duration from three to nine months.

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Support is provided to a scholar to teach courses and collaborate in research with a Ben-Gurion University partner. The award is open to applicants in any field. Assistant professor or higher academic rank is required. The award is tenable at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, and the duration of the award is ten months.

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Support is provided to scholars to teach courses and collaborate in research with a Tel Aviv University partner at Tel Aviv University. Duration is four to ten months. A rank of assistant professor or higher academic rank is required.

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Support is provided to scholars to teach courses and collaborate in research in any field with a University of Haifa partner. The duration of the award is four to ten months. Assistant professor or higher academic rank is required.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award for a scholar to teach courses in any field and collaborate in research with a Bar-Ilan partner. Duration of the award is four to ten months. The award is tenable at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan. Assistant professor or higher academic rank is required.

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The sponsor provides support for lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards in the Mexican Border Program. Awards are tenable at universities or research institutions in any of the Mexican states on the border with the United States. Candidates must be from U.S. institutions located along the Mexican border. Preference is for candidates with a Ph.D. but in certain fields equivalent terminal degrees will be considered. Fluent Spanish is required. Grants are three to nine months in duration.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research or research award for professionals in all disciplines at an institution in Finland. English is sufficient. The award has a four or five month duration.

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The sponsor provides approximately four lecturing, lecturing/research or research awards for distinguished scholars in any discipline at an institution in the United Kingdom. Grants are four to ten months in duration.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in any field at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou. The award is for nine months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in any field at the University of Botswana, Gaborone. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field at an institution in Cameroon. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing or lecturing/research awards in any field at the University of N'Djamena, N'Djamena. The award is for five to nine months. English is sufficient for lecturing in American literature; some level of French language knowledge is useful for daily living. French proficiency is required for lecturing in other disciplines.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at the University of Kankan, Kankan or the University of Conakry, Conakry. Lecturing is in French, except for American literature, which is taught in English. Fluent French is required for all applications. The award is for ten months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing/research awards in any field at an institution in Kenya. The award is for five to ten months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at the University of Malawi or Mzuzu University or Domasi College of Education. The award is for five months or eleven months.

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The sponsor provides lecturing awards in any field at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo. While lecturing will be in English in American literature or English as a foreign language, Portuguese proficiency is needed for interaction. Fluent Portuguese is required for lecturing in all other disciplines. The award is for eleven months.

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The sponsor provides a lecturing/research award in any field at the University of Namibia, Windhoek. The award is for eleven months.