Grants, Scholarships and Fellowships for Professional Development

 

In the past we have provided these opportunities via email but have not kept a web page to allow easy access. In conversation with comadre Isabel Gonzalez, editor of Tu Vida Magazine it was evident that professional development information is not easily accessible but as we say in Texas “we are fixin' to change that”, slowly but surely! Certainly more opportunities are available to mujers who are members of organizations specific to a given profession. Many opportunities are available for teachers and librarians which are not included herein.

 

We will make every effort to provide new data and delete information are no longer viable. Please help up keep this page current by letting us know when you find discrepancies or inaccuracies or new opportunities for your comadres.

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NATIONAL LEVEL

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The MacDowell Colony

Deadline: September 15, January 15, April 15

Open to: artists

The Colony's mission is to provide an environment in which creative artists are free to pursue their work without interruption. More than 200 writers, composers, visual artists, photographers, printmakers, filmmakers, architects, interdisciplinary artists, and those collaborating on creative works come to the Colony each year from all parts of the United States and abroad. Colonists receive room, board, and the exclusive use of a studio.

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National Endowment for the Arts

Deadline: varies

Open to: all

The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts--both new and established--bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education.

http://www.nea.gov/

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ABWA Professional Development Contact Hours And Continuing Education Units

ABWA offers contact hours for approved programs. Select professional development programs (i.e. ABWA-KU MBA Essentials or FranklinCovey offerings) qualify for continuing education units (CEUs).

ABWA keeps track of participants' transcripts and special recognition is given to members who earn 50, 100 or more contact hours. The prestigious Titanium level recognizes 250 or more ABWA contact hours. CEUs are counted as contact hours for the award program. One CEU translates to 10 contact hours.

Members can earn contact hours by reading articles and completing quizzes in Women in Business magazine, skill-building workbooks, or attending leadership and business-skills seminars at national conventions and spring conferences.

 ABWA offers many options for earning credit, including:

·         Women in Business. magazine articles

·         Books for credit

·         Professional Development Seminars at conferences and conventions including FranklinCovey, ABWA-KU MBA Essentials and the ABWA-KU Management Certificate Series.

If you have questions about contact hours or CEUs, contact us at: (816)361-6621 or e-mail: abwa@abwa.org

 

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American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE Foundation)

Delmar E. Tally Professional Development Grant

Various awards @ $500-$800 each up to a total of $4,000 per year

Provides financial assistance to ASSE members who wish to advance their education through recognized safety certification courses, professional development seminars, educational conferences or college coursework.

Medina Professional Development Grant

Various awards @$650+ each up to a total of $2,000 per year

Provides financial assistance to ASSE members who wish to advance their education through ASSE Certification Preparation Workshops (ASP, CSP, CHST, OHST), ASSE Professional Development Seminars or Symposia or the ASSE Professional Development Conference. Also includes the BCSP certification fees (application fee @$125 and U.S. exam fee @$275).

http://www.asse.org/foundation/pro_grants/pro_grants.php

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National Child Care Information Center

State Professional Development Systems and Initiatives for the Early Childhood Workforce

Comprehensive professional development systems for early care and education personnel are accessible and based on a clearly articulated framework; include a continuum of training and ongoing supports; define pathways that are tied to licensure, leading to qualifications and credentials; and address the needs of individual, adult learners. Enhancing a spirit of life-long learning is one goal of any professional development system; similar to this goal, a professional development system itself is never a finished product and should continually evolve and be refined to best meet the needs of the population it serves.

http://www.nccic.org/pubs/goodstart/state-ece.html

 

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ARCHITECTURE

 

Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship

Co-sponsored by the AAF (American Architectural Foundation) and the The French Heritage Society, this fellowship provides opportunities for French and American architects to learn and exchange information about their respective country's Historic preservation process and techniques.

Contact: Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org

http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/aaf/Programs.Fellowships.htm

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Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition

Deadline: December 15 for registration

Open to: graduates of an accredited school of architecture, and be currently employed in, or have completed at least one year of practical experience in the office of a practicing architect The Steedman Fellowship, granted since 1925, is awarded biannually on the basis of an International Design Competition. It enables graduates of accredited professional degree programs in architecture around the world to travel for architectural research and study in foreign countries for a period of nine months. The $30,000 Fellowship is awarded to the winner of the Steedman International Design Competition. The award is based on the quality of the selected winner's competition design entry, but the quality of his/her research proposal is also considered.

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Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grants

Deadline: April

Open to: US citizens with a degree in architecture, practicing full Time (either licensed or unlicensed)

Three grants up to an overall total of $7,500 will be awarded to encourage travel within North America and overseas in furtherance of the architectural education and professional development of the recipients.

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Accent on Architecture Grant

Deadline: October

Open to: all

The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) Accent on Architecture Grants program supports local projects that result in engagement between the American public, decision-makers, and design professionals. Projects should promote an increased awareness, appreciation, and understanding of how the public's involvement in the design process can enhance the quality of life in a community.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

 

ACADEMY for EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEW VOICES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

2002 -

The New Voices Fellowship Program is a capacity-building and leadership development grant program that assists nonprofit organizations and professionals entering the fields of human rights and international cooperation. Sponsored program areas include international human rights, women's rights, racial justice/civil rights, migrant and refugee rights, international peace and security, foreign policy, and international economic policy.

New Voices was developed to address the following problems:

·         the scarcity of substantive jobs for talented professionals at the beginning stages of their careers in the sponsored program areas;

·         the need for creating additional venues through which new perspectives and innovative approaches can be incorporated into an organizations work; and

·         the lack of resources and systems within small nonprofit organizations to enable them to take full advantage of the contributions offered by new talent.

To address these needs, New Voices helps community-based and nonprofit organizations to bring innovative, fresh talent to their staffs and to cultivate and strengthen the leadership potential of these new voices. Selected fellows are offered financial assistance, training, and other opportunities for personal and professional development. Their host organizations are provided salary-support grants, as well as technical assistance from national experts. The goal of the program is to help both the host organization and the Fellow realize their full potential.

New Voices offers these benefits:

To the Organization

• The contributions of a New Voices Fellow, with salary support and benefits for two years*
• Up to $2,000 to support on site technical assistance**
• Training for the Fellow's Mentor
• Networking opportunities
• A computer to support the Fellow's position
• New Voices covers 100% of the Fellow's salary and benefits in Year One; 75% of salary and 75% of benefits in Year Two. The organization must cover 25% of salary and 25% of benefits in Year Two.

**The organization must apply for technical assistance support. All expenses must fall within program guidelines and be approved by AED.

To the Fellow:

• Salary and employee benefits
• Professional Mentoring
• Up to $1,500 per year for professional development
• Up to $6,000 per year for student loan repayment or up to $4,000 per year to cover other approved expenses***

• Biannual leadership training
• Online curriculum and peer support
• Networking opportunities

***The Fellow must apply for financial assistance. All expenses must fall within program guidelines and be approved by AED.

For more information, see the AED website at www.aed.org/newvoices

NO DEADLINE GIVEN.

 

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Television Grants

Further information on all of the following Television related funds may be found at:

 www.cpp.org/grants/open.html

Greenhouse Fund

The Greenhouse Fund competitively awards grants for industry training and professional development projects for public television professionals and independent producers.

• WHO Any person or institution may apply
• WHAT Awards grants for industry training and professional development projects
• DEADLINE Rolling

National Programming Outreach Fund

The National Programming Outreach Fund competitively awards grants in support of innovative outreach projects that maximize the impact and reach of public television programming.

·         WHO Any person or institution may apply
·         WHAT Outreach activities that support a program to be broadcast in primetime on public television
·         DEADLINE April 6, 2007; July 6, 2007; September 21, 2007; December 14, 2007

Program Challenge Fund

The Program Challenge Fund was created in 1987 to support high profile, primetime limited series and specials for the national public television schedule. The Challenge Fund is jointly administered by CPB and PBS, which make funding decisions based on mutually established programming goals and objectives.

·         WHO Any person or entity may apply.
·         WHAT Funds for high-visibility, high-impact limited series and feature length documentaries.
·         DEADLINE December 7, 2006; April 5, 2007; August 9, 2007; December 6, 2007

2007 CPB/PBS Producers' Academy

Awards scholarships for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar at WGBH in Boston.

·         WHO Any person or institution may apply.
·         WHAT Up to twenty (20) scholarships will be offered to station-based and independent producers for an intensive seven-day, hands-on training seminar.
·         DEADLINE March 30, 2007

 

2008 Radio Community Service Grants

CPB is opening an application window to consider new station applicants to its Community Service Grant (CSG) program, and is prepared to allow up to 15 new entrants into the program in FY 2008 (beginning October 1, 2007).

·         WHO CPB will accept CSG applications from stations that meet the appropriate qualifications
·         WHAT General station operations and national programming production and acquisition
·         DEADLINE May 31, 2007

 

Grants for Television Stations

Small Station Training Scholarships

The scholarship program is intended to support and extend training beyond a station's normal training capacity; enabling station management and staff to access more training and professional development opportunities than the stations training budget would normally support.

·         WHO Small public Broadcasting stations with an NFFS of $2M or below
·         WHAT Professional development related training events that include but are not limited to in-station training, major giving initiative meetings, SABS training, staff functional skills training, or job-related for/non-credit courses
·         DEADLINE Rolling

CPB Nielsen Digital Encoders Program

The reimbursement program is intended to assist stations in the purchases of the digital Nielsen encoders to ensure the accurate measurement of PBS national and local station viewership. The program provides a 60/40 CPB/station split to encourage stations to purchase the digital Nielsen encoders.

·         WHO CPB-qualified public television stations
·         WHAT Stations can purchase the NAVE II encoder, manufactured for Nielsen by Norpak Corporation, or the NAVE IIc encoder, manufactured for Nielsen by Wegener Corporation.
·         DEADLINE April 30, 2007

 

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STATE LEVEL

 (must live within the state)

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ARTS, WRITERS

 

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Deadline: N/A

Details: Professional Development Grants to artists or arts organizations are awarded up to $500. The intent of these grants is as a learning/artistic/administrative development opportunity for the applicants, not primarily as a means to present or exhibit the applicant's work or serve as a speaker or panelist.

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Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Deadline: First Monday in February, May, August and November

Open to: all

Coordinates grants for arts, education, human services, housing, health, environment - primarily start-up costs, innovations, pilot programs, some capital projects; also coordinates scholarships and loans.

 

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ARCHITECTURE

 

BSA Research Grants in Architecture

Deadline: May

Open to: all who work or reside in New England

The Boston Society of Architects has initiated a new program to promote research in architecture. With a focus on design as research, this program encourages inquiry not only on specific research topics but also on how design itself (the design process and the results of design) constitutes research as well. This program encourages and supports the investigation of the definition of architecture research, actual research projects and the dissemination of the results of these efforts. Grants in amounts up to $10,000 to individuals, collaborative teams or organizations (and up to $2,000 for students) are planned.

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Moshe Safdie & Associates Research Fellowships

Deadline: May 2007
Open to: Architects within the first five years of their careers and/or have an advanced degree in architecture.

Two practice-oriented fellowships awarded annually for investigating a particular theme. Candidates should be within the first five years of their careers and/or have an advanced degree in architecture. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $45,000.

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Boston Foundation for Architecture

Deadline: August
Open to: all

Public education programs/projects/ideas designed to enhance public understanding and awareness of the built environment, the design and development processes and related activities. Grants are limited to programs that serve Massachusetts residents.

 

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The Rotch Travelling Scholarship

Deadline to request application: January
Open to: U.S. citizens under the age of 35 on January 1 of the Competition year, and must have a degree from an accredited U.S. school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in a Massachusetts architecture firm as of January 1,or a degree from an accredited Massachusetts school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in any architecture firm. The one year of full-time professional experience must be completed by the first day of the competition year.

Since 1883, the Rotch Scholar has been chosen annually through a two-stage design competition. The first stage is a weekend-long preliminary competition that requires entrants to create a design in response to a specific architectural problem posed by the scholarship committee. The preliminary jury then evaluates the entrants? designs in terms of their creative potential to determine which candidates are best qualified to fulfill the goals of the program. ($35,000 first prize; $15,000 second prize)

 

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Arnold W. Brunner Grant

Deadline: November

Open to: professional architecture degree holders

A $15,000 grant for advanced study in any area of architectural investigation which will effectively contribute to the knowledge, teaching or practice of the art and science of architecture. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen in the profession of architecture or a related field and have a professional background more advanced than five years of architectural training or its equivalent.

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ENVIRONMENT

 

New England Grassroots Environment Fund

Deadline: January 15, May 1, September 15

Open to: organizations working at the grassroots level

The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It provides grants of up to $2,500 to fuel civic engagement, local activism, and social change.

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLES: California

The William W. Harkness Emerging Leader Scholarship

 

This award was established by the CAHPERD Foundation for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles to honor an outstanding leader and distinguished founding member. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage Emerging professional leaders to pursue appropriate professional development opportunities within their respective areas of interest. The financial benefit will enable the recipient(s) to attend a selected CAHPERD sponsored conference or workshop.

For further information on qualifying criteria (PDF)

http://cahperd.org/foundation/images/HarknessScholarship.pdf

 

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Safety Engineers

American Society of Safety Engineers

http://www.asse.org/foundation/pro_grants/pro_grants.php

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Texas Safety Foundation Professional Development Grant

Various awards up to a total of $2,500 per year

Provides financial assistance to full-time safety professionals seeking certification in recognized safety certification courses such as ASP, CSP, OHST, CHST, CHMM. ASSE membership is not required.

Application word doc | pdf format
Filing deadline (Check current deadlines)

All applications will be reviewed by the ASSE Foundation Scholarship Award & Selection Committee.
If you have any questions, please submit via e-mail to agabanski@asse.org . No phone calls please.

 

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The invaluable support of Comadre Tina Balderrama Kubicek, Ph.D. in the research to provide the information included in this page is gratefully acknowledged.