Due Dates for Common Sources of Funding

Faculty and PhD holders. Research areas: algorithms; data mining; dynamical systems and differential equations; high-performance computing; numerical analysis; optimization; probability theory; statistics; and supply-chain and operations management.

January 10, 2012

American Association of University Women: Selected Professions Fellowships

http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/selected.cfm

Any level. For women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study in one of the designated programs where women’s participation is traditionally low (ie. mathematics)

National Science Foundation: Algorithms for Threat Detection

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10540/nsf10540.htm

Calls for new and improved mathematical and statistical methods and high performance algorithms to speed DNA data sequencing. Beyond methods to sample and organize the sheer amount of data in a meaningful way, challenges include development of quantitative methods and models to estimate errors for the various sequencing platforms; algorithms and mathematical estimates of the reliability of genomes assembled from short gapped reads; approaches to distinguish sequence-determination errors from biological polymorphism and mutation; and means to distinguish among multiple genomes within a single dataset, particularly when those different genomes are represented at vastly different abundance.

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/

Grad students. For students pursuing PhD in disciplines with emphasis in high performance computing; areas of interest include Applied Mathematics

January 11, 2012

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship

http://kstf.org/programs/teaching/apply.html

Grad students. Supports individuals with exceptional science and mathematics content knowledge who are committed to teaching high school in the United States

January 13, 2012

National Science Foundation: Mathematical Biology

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5690&org=MPS&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD holders. Supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences.

National Science Foundation: Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES, formally CCLI)-Type 2 or 3

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty. Supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies to reflect advances both in STEM disciplines and in what is known about teaching and learning. It funds projects that develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, prepare K-12 teachers, or conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. It also supports projects that further the work of the program itself, for example, synthesis and dissemination of findings across the program.

Second week of January

Argonne National Laboratory: Faculty Research Participation (Short-Term Appointments)

http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_faculty/frp.htm

Faculty. opportunity to spend 10-12 weeks in summer collaborating with an Argonne staff member

January 15, 2012

AT&T Labs: Internship and Fellowship programs

http://www.research.att.com/evergreen/working_with_us/internships.html

Graduating senior or first two years of grad school. Includes math majors.

January 16, 2012

National Science Foundation: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Grad students.

National Science Foundation: Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders. The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences.

January 17, 2012

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

January 18, 2012

National Science Foundation: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Grad students.

January 20, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

AERA Grants Program: Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/stat_institute/SIFly.html

Any level. Participation in May Institute focusing on education policy using Education Longitudinal Study of 2002

January 23, 2012

National Science Foundation: Computation and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504687&org=MPS&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders. Fundamental research with emphasis on meeting computational modeling/simulation and digital/observational data needs.

January 27, 2012

American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/Bureau of Labor Statistics Research Program

http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowshipsgrants.cfm

Faculty and PhD-holders. Researcher in area related to survey methods uses facilities and data for proposed research.

January 29, 2012 (estimated based on 2010)

Association for Women in Science: Educational Awards for Early to Mid Career Women in STEM

http://www.awis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=371

Female graduate and postdoctoral students.

January 31, 2012

University of Graz: Dr. Heinrich Joerg Visiting Scholarship

http://www.uni-graz.at/nawi/studienang/stipendium/Heinrich_Joerg_english.html.pdf

Faculty or PhD holders. Allows foreign researcher to visit University of Graz for joint research project in Applied Math.

Boren Fellowships

http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship

Grad students. international study

DUE IN FEBRUARY

February 1, 2012

Association for Women in Mathematics travel grant

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Any level.

Association for Women in Mathematics: Mentoring Travel Grants for Women

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Any level. Travel funds for women to attend conference or meeting in applicants field of specialization.

Association for Women in Mathematics: Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Women with doctorates. mathematics education focus.

Association for Women in Mathematics: Mathematics Education Research Mentoring Travel Grants

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Women with doctorates. mathematics education focus.

Dartmouth College: Chavez/Eastman/Marshall Dissertation Fellowships

http://graduate.dartmouth.edu/funding/fellowships/cem.html

Grad students. provides opportunity to complete final PhD work at Dartmouth

National Academies Research Associates Program

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/

Faculty and PhD holders.

Educational Testing Service: Summer Internship Program

http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships/

Grad students.For those working on PhD in field of educational research, measurement or related fields.

Educational Testing Service: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://www.ets.org/research/fellowships/

Grad students. For those with or working on PhD in field of educational research, measurement or related fields.

February 3, 2012

National Science Foundation: Research Coordination Networks-Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability track

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11531/nsf11531.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Faculty. Up to $750,000 over 5 years to fund a coordinated network to foster interdisciplinary research and education that advances sustainability science and engineering as an integrative approach to the challenges of adapting to environmental, social and cultural changes associated with growth and development of human populations, and attaining a sustainable energy future.

February 5, 2012

National Institutes of Health: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (5 year limit)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html

Faculty or PhD-holders.

February 6, 2012

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

University of Illinois Campus Research Board

http://www.research.illinois.edu/CRB/Default.aspx

Faculty.

February 12, 2012

Mathematical Association of America: Tensor-Summa Foundation Program http://www.maa.org/programs/tensor-summa.html

Faculty. For programs to encourage math among middle, high, and early college students

Mathematical Association of America: Grants for Women and Mathematics Projects

http://www.maa.org/wam/tensor.html

Faculty. For programs to encourage college and university women or high school and middle school girls to study math.

February 15, 2012

National Science Foundation: Dynamical Systems

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13574

This program supports innovative research on the theories of dynamical systems, including new analytical and computational tools, as well as the novel application of dynamical systems to engineered systems. The program is especially interested in transformative research in the area of complex systems, uncertain or stochastic nonlinear dynamical systems, model order reduction of nonlinear or infinite dimensional dynamical systems, discrete nonlinear dynamical systems, and modeling, simulation, analysis and design of multi-scale multi-physics dynamical systems.

February 16, 2012

National Institutes of Health: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (2 year, $100K direct cost limit)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-214.html

Faculty and PhD-holders.

February 20, 2012

UIUC Graduate College Conference travel (due to Math)

http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/policies/travelgrant/

Grad students. To present at conferences

DUE IN MARCH

March 1, 2012

National Science Foundation: Catalyzing New International Collaborations

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11508/nsf11508.htm

Faculty and PhD holders. Supports U.S. participation in a range of activities intended to catalyze new international collaborations. Includes, but not limited to: planning visits, small workshops, data gathering, and development of research coordination networks.

March 2, 2012

UIUC Office of the Provost

University Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Program

http://www.provost.illinois.edu/programs/distinguished/index.html

Faculty or instructors with at least five years experience on campus. Tenure preferred. Funds up to $15,000 and permanent appointment title change.

March 5, 2012

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

March 6, 2012 (proposal due if letter of intent previously submitted)

National Science Foundation: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty and PhD holders.

March 6, 2012

Nordberg Fellowship for Students from Sweden (Must go through department-contact Math Grad Office in advance)

https://www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/listing/2726

Grad students

March 9, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

AERA Grants Program: Dissertation Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html

Grad students. support for education policy- and practice-related dissertations using National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other national databases.

AERA Grants Program: Research Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html

Faculty and PhD holders. For those with PhD doing research similar to that described above

March 9, 2012

National Science Foundation: Transforming STEM Learning (NEW!)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503571&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Invites interdisciplinary teams of STEM content specialists, experts in relevant technologies, STEM formal and informal education specialists, researchers with expertise in the learning sciences, and specialists in education research and evaluation methods to submit proposals for research projects that (1) Study efficacy of existing prototypes for innovations like virtual schools, special STEM schools, and educational programs that combine opportunities of formal and informal learning resources in their communities; or (2) Design and conduct exploratory development of new potentially transformative models for STEM learning environments.

March 14, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Illinois Section of Mathematical Association of America: ISMAA Project NExT Program

http://ismaa.knox.edu/ProjectNext2011.htm

Faculty in first four years of teaching math. Supports new faculty in teaching, scholarly, and professional activities through a fellowship program.

March 15, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Argonne National Laboratory: Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowships

http://www.dep.anl.gov/postdocs/Directorpostdoc.htm

PhD-holders. Postdoctoral position at Argonne

James S. McDonnell Foundation 21^st Century Science Initiative Research Awards: Studying Complex Systems

http://www.jsmf.org/apply/research/index.htm

Faculty. complex systems

March 16, 2012

UIUC Office of the Provost

Teaching Advancement Travel Grants

http://www.provost.illinois.edu/committees/tab/guidelines.html

Full-time faculty or lecturers. Funds travel to seminars or workshops that primarily aim to improve or enhance teaching and learning outcomes. For travel before June 30, 2011; for later travel, see June 17 deadline.

March 25, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

NAACP: Hubertus W.V. Wellems Scholarship for Male Students

http://www.naacp.org/page/s/scholarship2

Male undergrad or grads with majors including math. $2000-$3000

American Mathematical Society-Simons Foundation Travel Grants

http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/AMS-SimonsTG

Those with PhD degree in last four years but who does not currently have substantial support for research or travel. $4,000 travel over two years.

DUE IN APRIL

April 1, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Phi Kappa Phi: Graduate Fellowships

http://www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Awards/Fellowship.html

Grad students.

April 2, 2012

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

April 5, 2012 (estimated based on previous year; must have gone through Math first-contact Math Grad Office)

UIUC Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2807

Grad students. Funds full year to allow total devotion to completing dissertation.

April 6, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Stanford University Center for Advanced Study Residential Postdoctoral Fellowship

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2840

PhD-holders. Entails a period of residence in the vicinity of the Center, normally beginning in September and extending from seven to twelve months

April 15, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Proposals due for 2012 NSF-Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) Regional Research Conferences in Mathematical Sciences

http://cbmsweb.org/NSF/2012_call.htm

Faculty and PhD-holders. Supports up to 7 five day conferences.

April 29, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

UIUC Office of the Provost

Provost’s Initiative on Teaching Advancement

http://www.provost.illinois.edu/committees/tab/pita.html

Individual instructor, college, school, department, instructional unit or working group. Grants of $7,500.

April 30, 2012

Association for Women in Mathematics: Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education

http://www.awm-math.org/hayaward.html

DUE IN MAY

May 1, 2012

Association for Women in Mathematics travel grant

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Any level.

Association for Women in Mathematics: Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants for Women Researchers

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Mathematics education focus.

National Academies Research Associates Program

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/

Faculty and PhD holders. Mathematical opportunities for 2011 include but are not limited to:

Stochastic modeling of contact mechanics of cantilevers for calibrating cochlear models of human inner ear-NIH, Bethesda, MD
Cloud computing and combinatorial software testing-NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
Mathematical reference data-NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
Analysis of hyperspectral and multisensory imaging data-NRL, Washington, DC

May 1, 2012 (letter of intent due; proposal due July 2)

National Science Foundation: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11533/nsf11533.htm

integrative, research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging areas of science and engineering

May 7, 2012

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

May 10, 2012 (full proposal, if invited)

Simons Foundation: Math +X: Encouraging Interactions (letter of intent due previously)

https://simonsfoundation.org/funding-guidelines/current-funding-opportunities/math-x

Matching endowment grants for creation of new tenured Chairs to be shared equally between mathematics and a partner unit.

May 28, 2012

National Science Foundation: Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (TUES, formally CCLI)-Type 1

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

DUE IN JUNE

June 1, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Gates Cambridge Scholarships

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

Grad students. graduate/professional students study at Cambridge University, England for one to four years

Rhodes Scholarships

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

Grad students graduate/professional students study at Oxford University, England for one to three years

Marshall Scholarship

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

Grad students graduate/professional students study at any British University for two to three years

George J. Mitchell Scholarship

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

PhD-holders.One year of postgraduate study in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.

June 5, 2012

National Institutes of Health: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (5 year limit)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html

Faculty or PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11540/nsf11540.pdf

RTG supports education through research involvement in groups centered on a common research interest that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.

June 15, 2012

National Science Foundation: Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty.

June 15, 2012

UIUC Office of the Provost

Teaching Advancement Travel Grants

http://www.provost.illinois.edu/committees/tab/guidelines.html

Full-time faculty or lecturers. Funds travel to seminars or workshops that primarily aim to improve or enhance teaching and learning outcomes. For travel after July 1, 2011; for earlier travel, see March 18 deadline.

June 26, 2012 (letter of intent due; proposal due September 26)

National Science Foundation: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty or PhD-holders

DUE IN JULY

July 1, 2012 (estimated based on previous year)

Fulbright Scholarship

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

Seniors, graduate/professional students, graduates. Funds one year of study or research in any country where there is a Fulbright Commission.

July 2, 2012 (proposal due; letter of intent due previously)

National Science Foundation: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11533/nsf11533.htm

integrative, research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging areas of science and engineering

July 10, 2012

National Science Foundation: Research Networks in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10584/nsf10584.htm

A program of Research Networks in the Mathematical Sciences will provide a new mechanism to support research collaborations that address complex problems on the frontiers of the mathematical sciences by creating networks that link researchers across intellectual, disciplinary, professional, institutional, organizational, geographical, or other boundaries.

June 15, 2012 (NEW!)

National Science Foundation: Research Coordination Networks- Undergraduate Biology Education track

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11531/nsf11531.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

July 25, 2012

National Science Foundation: Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11690/nsf11690.pdf

Young faculty. For those who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

July 31, 2012

National Science Foundation: Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503420&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders. Discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research.

DUE IN AUGUST

August 1, 2011

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

National Academies Research Associates Program

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/

Faculty and PhD-holders

American Mathematical Society: JPBM Communications Award

http://www.ams.org/prizes/jpbm-comm-call.html

Any level and non-mathematicians. acknowledges communicators who, on a sustained basis, bring mathematical ideas and information to non-mathematical audiences

August 2, 2011

Fulbright Scholar Awards

http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/ApplicationDeadline.htm

Faculty and PhD-holders. traditional lecturing, lecturing/research, research

August 11, 2011 (proposal due; letter of intent due in July)

National Science Foundation: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty. Supports scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate; baccalaureate; or graduate-level degree in science and engineering disciplines.

August 16, 2011

National Science Foundation: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Grad students.

National Science Foundation: Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

August 18, 2011

National Science Foundation: SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Grad students.

August 19, 2011 (Letter of intent; proposal due September 16, 2011)

National Science Foundation: Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06580

Faculty. To allow groups of researchers to respond to recognized scientific needs of pressing importance, to take advantage of current scientific opportunities, or to prepare the ground for anticipated significant scientific developments in the mathematical sciences.

August 24, 2011

National Science Foundation: Research Experience for Undergraduates

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty for undergrads. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. May apply for Sites or Supplements to existing grants.

DUE IN SEPTEMBER

September 1, 2011

AERA Grants Program: Dissertation Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html

Grad students. support for education policy- and practice-related dissertations using National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other national databases.

AERA Grants Program: Research Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html

Faculty and PhD-holders. For those with PhD doing research similar to that described above

September 1, 2011

National Science Foundation: Catalyzing New International Collaborations

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11508/nsf11508.htm

September 6, 2011

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

September 8, 2011 (estimated based on previous year)

UIUC Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grants

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2901

Grad students. Dissertation travel funds.

September 13, 2011

National Science Foundation: International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5179&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

PhD-holders. provides educational opportunities for Postdoctoral Fellows

September 15, 2011

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships

http://www.sloan.org/fellowships/

Faculty. Two year fellowship.

September 16, 2011

National Science Foundation: Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06580

September 27, 2011

National Science Foundation: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion program.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty.

September 15, 2011 (application period opens)

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowship

http://kstf.org/fellowships/teaching.html

Grad students. Supports individuals with exceptional science and mathematics content knowledge who are committed to teaching high school in the United States

AT&T Labs: Internship program

http://www.research.att.com/evergreen/working_with_us/internships.html

Graduating senior or first two years of grad school. Includes math majors.

September 15, 2011 (Letter of intent period opens; proposal due May 10, 2012)-estimated based on previous year

Simons Foundation: Math +X: Encouraging Interactions

https://simonsfoundation.org/funding-guidelines/current-funding-opportunities/math-x

Matching endowment grants for creation of new tenured Chairs to be shared equally between mathematics and a partner unit.

September 16, 2011 (proposal; letter of intent due previously)

National Science Foundation: Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06580

September 19, 2011

UIUC Graduate College Conference travel (must go through Math first)

http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/policies/travelgrant/

Grad students. Conference travel funds

September 26, 2011 (proposal due if letter of intent previously submitted)

National Science Foundation: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty

September 27, 2011

National Science Foundation: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion program.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty.

September 28, 2011

American Council of Learned Societies: Collaborative Research Awards

http://www.acls.org/programs/comps/

Faculty. Funds collaborative humanities research between assistant and associate faculty; does not have to be interdisciplinary.

September 30, 2011 (NEW!)

Office of Naval Research: BAA 11-001: Mathematics, Computers and Information Research

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=F79JM2yX8P4HWnYvVJ43ncyZ4F1CQq41hjlhbmlf60hYPLnrKmvv!-771487841?oppId=58173&mode=VIEW and http://www.onr.navy.mil/~/media/Files/Funding-Announcements/BAA/2011/11-001-Amendment-0002.ashx (page 5)

Basic and applied research in applied computational analysis; command and control; image analysis; information integration; intelligent and autonomous systems; mathematical optimization and operations research; signal processing for networked sensing; software and computer systems

Army Research Office: BAA-See Research Area 9 (page 77)

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=F79JM2yX8P4HWnYvVJ43ncyZ4F1CQq41hjlhbmlf60hYPLnrKmvv!-771487841?oppId=43439&mode=VIEW

Areas of interest are Biomathematics; Modeling of complex systems (network-based information fusion, geometric and topological modeling, human cognitive and behavioral modeling; other methods of modeling); Numerical Analysis; Probability and Statistics (stochastic analysis and applied probability, statistical methods)

Department of Energy: Office of Science: Applied Mathematics (page 4)

http://www.er.doe.gov/grants/pdf/SC-FOA-0000411.pdf

Important areas of supported research include: (1) novel numerical methods for the scalable solution of large-scale, linear and nonlinear systems of equations; (2) innovative approaches for analyzing and extracting insight from large-scale data sets; (3) efficient techniques for characterizing, propagating, and/or quantifying uncertainties and errors in next-generation solver, optimization, simulation, analysis, and other codes; and (4) multiscale methods for continuous and/or discrete systems that efficiently account for physics and subcomponent interactions across vastly different time and length scales.

Department of Energy: Office of Science: Computational Partnerships (page 6)

http://www.er.doe.gov/grants/pdf/SC-FOA-0000411.pdf

Supports research that incorporates and integrates applied mathematics, computer science, and computational sciences, and enables scientists to effectively exploit petascale-and-beyond machines in their pursuit of transformational scientific discovery through simulation and modeling.

DUE IN OCTOBER

October 1, 2011

Association for Women in Mathematics travel grant

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Any level.

Association for Women in Mathematics: Mathematics Education Research Travel Grants for Women Researchers

http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html

Mathematics education focus.

National Science Foundation: Dynamical Systems

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13574

October 3, 2011

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

National Science Foundation: Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS)

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=NSF&ods_key=nsf10579

designed to support research using sophisticated mathematical techniques and involving significant mathematical challenges to answer biological questions in areas supported by NSF/DMS and NIH/NIGMS

October 3, 2011 (letter of intent due; full proposal due November 7)

National Science Foundation: ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=MPS&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD holders. Institutional Transformation awards are expected to include innovative systemic organizational approaches to transform institutions of higher education in ways that will increase the participation and advancement of women in STEM academic careers.

October 4, 2011

National Science Foundation: Combinatorics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5431&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Algebra and Number Theory

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5431

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Analysis

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5434&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Foundations

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5548&org=NSF&more=Y

Faculty and PhD-holders.

October 5, 2011 (letter of intent due; proposal due November 5, 2011)

National Institutes of Health: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (5 year limit)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html

Faculty and PhD-holders.

October 11, 2011 (application to Cambridge University due before this)

Churchill Scholarship

http://topscholars.illinois.edu/prestigious/index.html

Graduate student, US Citizen, under 26 years old. One year graduate study at Cambridge University.

October 15, 2011

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Grants-in-Aid of Research

http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml

Grad students. $1,000 for student research

October 17, 2011

National Security Agency: Young Investigators Grant

http://sam.msp.berkeley.edu/nsa-ams//about/program/guidelines.html

Those with PhD in last 10 years.

National Security Agency: Standard Grant

http://sam.msp.berkeley.edu/nsa-ams//about/program/guidelines.html

Faculty or PhD holders.

National Security Agency: Senior Investigators Grant

http://sam.msp.berkeley.edu/nsa-ams//about/program/guidelines.html

Faculty or PhD holders.

National Security Agency: Conferences, Workshops and Special Situations

http://sam.msp.berkeley.edu/nsa-ams//about/program/guidelines.html

Faculty or PhD holders.

National Science Foundation: Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5301&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

PhD-holders.

October 26, 2011

National Science Foundation: Mathematical Physics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503537&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Very advanced mathematical methods are applied (by individuals or collaborators) to important but difficult physics concepts to rigorously establish the behavior of theoretical systems, resolve conundrums or find new directions.

DUE IN NOVEMBER

November 1, 2011 (letter of intent due; full proposal due May 10, 2012 if invited)

Simons Foundation: Math +X: Encouraging Interactions (letter of intent due previously)

https://simonsfoundation.org/funding-guidelines/current-funding-opportunities/math-x

Matching endowment grants for creation of new tenured Chairs to be shared equally between mathematics and a partner unit.

November 1, 2011

American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center: workshop proposal

http://www.aimath.org/research/workshopproposals.html

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Topology

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5551&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Geometric Analysis

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5549&org=DMS&from=home

Faculty and PhD-holders.

American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowships

http://www.amscan.org/study_scandinavia_details.html

Grad students. must have completed undergraduate and have well defined project requiring a stay in Scandinavia

National Academies Research Associates Program

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/

Faculty and PhD-holders.

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2621

Incoming Grad student. must hold bachelors or be college senior, hold a Green Card, or be naturalized, or be the child of two naturalized citizens. Funds stipend plus half tuition to U.S. Grad program.

Fulbright Scholar Awards (US-Korea International Education Administrators)

http://www.cies.org/IEA/

PhD-holders

Fulbright Scholar Awards (US-Japan International Education Administrators)

http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/GSS/ApplicationDeadline.htm

PhD-holders

November 4, 2011

National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html#TopOfPage

Grad students. $55,000 fellowship to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education.

November 5, 2011 (proposal; letter of intent due previously)

National Institutes of Health: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (5 year limit)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html

Faculty and PhD-holders.

November 7, 2011

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

Argonne National Laboratory Named Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://www.dep.anl.gov/postdocs/Namedpostdoc.htm

PhD-holders. Postdoc at Argonne

National Science Foundation: Probability

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5555&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Science Foundation: Statistics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5556&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

November 7, 2011 (proposal due if letter of intent submitted)

National Science Foundation: ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=MPS&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

November 9, 2012 (not offered in 2011)

National Science Foundation: Research Networks in the Mathematical Sciences (RNMS)

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=NSF&ods_key=nsf10584

provide a new mechanism to support research collaborations that address complex problems on the frontiers of the mathematical sciences by creating networks that link researchers across intellectual, disciplinary, professional, institutional, organizational, geographical, or other boundaries. Examples include, but are not limited to, travel and subsistence for exchange of researchers and experts; exchange of graduate students or postdoctoral researchers; joint supervision of postdoctoral fellows; conferences, workshops, and "summer/winter schools"; regular web-based seminars; team-taught or distance-learning courses; and shared access to facilities, equipment, instrumentation, or cyberinfrastructure.

November 14, 2011

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship-Predoctoral

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2948

Grad students. designed to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity

November 15, 2011

Simons Foundation: Simons Foundation Symposia

https://simonsfoundation.org/symposia-rfa

Funds a series of up to three symposia on one topic or tightly connected group of topics. Symposia may have up to 20 participants and will meet in Caneel Bay, St. John, Virgin Islands.

National Science Foundation: Applied mathematics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5664&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship-Postdoctoral

https://www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/listing/2605

PhD-holders. designed to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity

November 17, 2011

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship-Dissertation

https://www.grad.uiuc.edu/fellowship/listing/2606

Grad students. fellowship to increase diversity of college/university faculties; must demonstrate superior academic achievement, be committed to a career in teaching and research at the college/university level

November 22, 2011

Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications

Conference Program

http://www.ima.umn.edu/pi_programs/PIConf_solicitation.html

Up to $5,000 for additional support for a conference to occur between May 2012 and December 2013

November 29, 2011 (estimated based on previous year)

Beckman Institute Fellows Program

http://www.beckman.illinois.edu/fellows/postdocapp.aspx

Finishing Grad students or PhD-holders.

November 30, 2011

American Statistical Association/National Center for Health Statistics Research Fellowship Program

http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowshipsgrants.cfm

PhD-holders. Fellows solve methodological problems and study analytical issues relevant to NCHS programs, data, and facilities.

November 30, 2011

National Science Foundation: Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503420&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders. Discovery and development of theoretical and computational methods to address a range of chemical challenges, with emphasis on emerging areas of chemical research.

Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program

http://sffp.asee.org/

Faculty. 8 to 12 week research residency at Air Force Research Facilities for faculty

DUE IN DECEMBER

December 1, 2011

Institute for Advance Study: School of Mathematics

https://www.math.ias.edu/administration/mission

Faculty and PhD-holders.

American Mathematical Society: Centennial Fellowship

http://www.ams.org/employment/centflyer.html

Faculty and PhD-holders. Awarded to PhDs out 3-12 years who show excellence in research but have not had extensive fellowship support in the past

National Defense Education Program: Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship

https://smart.asee.org/apply_/application_instructions

Undergrad or grad student.

December 5, 2011

OVCR Scholars’ Travel Fund

http://www.research.illinois.edu/stf/index.asp

Travel funds for faculty and lecturers

Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Program and Sabbatical Leave Program

http://onr.asee.org/

Faculty. 10 week faculty research residency at Navy Laboratories

December 9, 2011

AERA Grants Program: Dissertation Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html

Grad students. support for education policy- and practice-related dissertations using National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other national databases.

AERA Grants Program: Research Grants

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html

Faculty and PhD holders. For those with PhD doing research similar to that described above

December 10, 2011

American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/Census Research Program

http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowshipsgrants.cfm

Faculty. Senior researchers use Census Bureau data sets for 6-12 months for research while working with Census Bureau staff.

December 15, 2011

Simons Foundation: Africa Mathematics Project

https://simonsfoundation.org/mps-africa-mathematics-project

Concept papers due for projects focusing on mathematicians and their graduate students at institutions of higher learning in Sub-Saharan Africa.

L’Oreal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Program: Fellowships for Women in Science

https://lorealfwis.aaas.org/login/indexA.cfm

Female Postdoctoral students; funds research.

National Science Foundation: Computational mathematics

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

American Mathematical Society: Epsilon Fund Grants for Young Scholars Program

http://www.ams.org/prizes/epsilon-award.html

Faculty. Supports summer mathematics programs for mathematically talented high school students

American Association of University Women: Career Development Grants

http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm

Grad students or those changing careers (not for PhD). Supports coursework, including distance learning.

December 16, 2011

UIUC Office of the Provost

Teaching Advancement Travel Grants

http://www.provost.illinois.edu/committees/tab/guidelines.html

December 17, 2011

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

http://ndseg.asee.org/apply_online

Grad students. portable fellowships or research experience

ACCEPTED ANYTIME

Alexander von Humbolt Foundation: Humbolt Research Fellowships

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=31813

Faculty and PhD-holders. supports 6+ months of study in Germany

American Statistical Association/National Agricultural Statistics Service Research Fellow and Associate Program

http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowshipsgrants.cfm

Faculty and PhD-holders. Supplements research in statistics with experience at the NASS.

Argonne National Laboratory: Guest Graduate Appointments

http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_graduate/gstgrad.htm

Grad students. Appointments at Argonne

Argonne National Laboratory: Division Postdoctoral Appointments

http://www.dep.anl.gov/postdocs/divisionpostdoc.htm

PhD-holders.

Argonne National Laboratory: Faculty Research Leave (Sabbatical Leave)

http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_faculty/frl.htm

Faculty. Sabbaticals at Argonne

Austrian Science Fund: Lise Meitner Program

http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/meitner.html

Postdoc or Faculty study abroad in Austria

Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

5-day workshop/summer school proposals due October, 2 years before workshop

2-day workshop/focused research groups/research in teams due 4 months before event

http://www.pims.math.ca/birs/applicants/deadlines/

Faculty or PhD-holders

Dewson Fellowships for Underrepresented Students

https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/2728

Grad students. awarded to underrepresented minority graduate students who are facing serious, unanticipated funding problems that jeopardize completion of a degree program

Humbolt Foundation: Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/2983.html

Postdocs from Germany. Long term research at institution abroad.

Humbolt Foundation: Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/5174.html

PhD holders (within last 12 years). Funds up to one year of study with a Fraunhofer Institute colleague in an applied area.

Humbolt Foundation: Humbolt Research Fellowship

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/771.html

Postdoctoral research at a research institution in Germany.

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Postdocs

http://www.lanl.gov/science/postdocs/index.shtml

PhD holders

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Workshop

http://www.msri.org/web/msri/static-pages/-/node/9

Faculty or PhD-holders

National Energy Technology Laboratory: Unsolicited Proposals

http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/usp/unsol.html

Open to anyone. Looking for applied math projects related to their mission

National Science Foundation: Conference and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?org=NSF&ods_key=nsf10578

funding for conferences, workshops, and training events for up to three years

National Science Foundation: Developing Global Scientists and Engineers [Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects]

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12831&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Faculty and Grad students. Supports dissertation research abroad in collaboration with a foreign investigator.

National Science Foundation: Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10580/nsf10580.htm

Faculty. Project funds and fellowships/traineeships to support industry-university links; focus on fundamental research

National Science Foundation: Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER)

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf042/2.htm#IID1

Faculty and PhD-holders. For small-scale, exploratory, high-risk research.

National Science Foundation: Developing Global Scientists and Engineers [International Research Experiences for Students]

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12831&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty

National Science Foundation: Division of Mathematical Sciences: Infrastructure Program [conferences, symposia, colloquia, training programs, research sessions]

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12756&org=NSF&sel_org=MPS&from=fund

Faculty and PhD-holders.

National Security Agency: Mathematical Sabbatical Program

http://www.nsa.gov/research/math_research/index.shtml

Faculty.

U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies: Dissertation Mentorship Program

http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/ces/cmsnews?more=11

Grad students. Assists PhD candidates working on dissertations in using US Census Bureau microdata at a Research Data Center