The Wayne F.
Placek Grants to encourage scientific
research to increase the general public's understanding of
homosexuality and to
alleviate the stress that gay men and lesbians experience in this and
future
civilizations. The grant programs support empirical research from all
fields of
the behavioral and social sciences. Proposed research may deal with any
topics
related to lesbian, gay, or bisexual issues. Proposals are solicited in
the
category of Large Grants.

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The Subventions
for Publication grants are intended
towards the publication costs of journals in the field of Turkish
Studies
published in the United
States; of manuscripts already
accepted for
publication; and, of texts, documents and translations of works
directly
related to Turkish Studies.

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The commission believes that new and imaginative efforts are required to broaden understanding by the American public at large of the culture, society, history and institutions of the Japanese people and of current and future issues in the broad political and economic relationship between the two countries. Such understanding, and the opportunities for creating it, remain seriously underdeveloped when measured against either the Japanese people's general knowledge of the United States, or the facilities for study of Japan at America's leading universities. The commission therefore will consider proposals along these lines from organizations promising a national or major regional impact in the United States. Programs fall under the following major sub-areas: Outreach Programs; Media; and Counterpart Exchanges.

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The Japan-United States Friendship Commission will provide support for scholarly conferences and seminars that foster development of the study of the United States in Japanese higher education. It will encourage bilateral dialogue and exchange at the highest levels of scholarly expertise in order to contribute to an understanding in Japan of important aspects of current American cultural and intellectual life, and of social, political, and economic issues in the United States.

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The Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) invites applications for the 2008 Fichter Research Grant Competition from scholars involved in promising research in either of two areas, prioritized as follows: (1) women and religion, gender issues, and feminist perspectives on religion; and (2) sociology of the parish. Dissertation research qualifies for funding. Applicants must be members of the ASR and also have been members at least during the year prior to that in which they submit their application. Scholars at the beginning of their careers are particularly encouraged to apply.

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The China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) offers Small Grants to support specific projects beneficial to the field by scholars with special interests in China or Inner Asia. Applications are specifically encouraged in the following areas: 1) Curriculum development at the college or secondary level; 2) Conferences and seminars: organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies; travel expenses for scholars from isolated institutions to speak at major centers; travel expenses for junior faculty from isolated institutions to attend seminars at major centers; funding for dissertation-level graduate students to attend colloquia, workshops, and seminars related to their fields; 3) Short research trips for dissertation-level graduate students and for scholars at non-research institutions to travel to major libraries and collections in North America and Taiwan; 4) Specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating important information to their respective fields; 5) Translations of scholarly books and articles; 6) Collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.

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The John V. Krutilla Research Stipend honors the late John V. Krutilla, a renowned environmental economist who served as a senior fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF) for most of his career. The focus of the award is for research related to environmental and resource economics. Special attention will be given to applications that seek to pursue research into one or more of the areas pioneered by John Krutilla. The awardee may be invited to present the results of the research activities at RFF in the year after completion of the work.

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Examples of the types of project the trust might support are as follows:

• Conferences or workshops (for example the trust would fund a conference on a health issues of particular concern to women)
  - Preparation of relevant teaching materials (for example the trust would fund the preparation of material for a course that sought to explore issues of particular relevance to the experience of women)
• Community projects such as videos
• Oral history projects
• Original research intended to extend understanding about women's position in society (this can be from any disciplinary perspective provided that it is intellectually rigorous and relevant to the aims of the trust)

All work funded by the trust must be in English.

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The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation offers an annual programme of research grants and educational scholarships addressed to foreign full members of national academies, university professors of all levels, researchers including Ph.D. holders, artists, translators of Greek literature, elementary and secondary school teachers of the Greek language as a foreign language, postgraduate students, and Ph.D. candidates. The programme covers the following fields only: Humanistic sciences (philology, literature, linguistics, theology, history, archaeology, philosophy, educational studies, and psychology); Political sciences (sociology, anthropology, public administration, international relations, and mass media); Law; Economics; Architecture; Arts (visual arts, music, dance, theatre, photography, and film studies). In Category A I, up to five grants for a one-month stay in Greece are offered to academics and university full professors who wish to visit Greece in order to conduct research or to collaborate with educational or research institutions or organisations.

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The Swedish Council of America (SCA) makes grants for projects that promote knowledge and understanding of Swedish-American culture, Swedish heritage, or the cultural ties between Sweden and the United States. A grant proposal should clearly demonstrate how the project accomplishes at least one of the following: 1) Serves to pass on Swedish heritage to future generations; 2) Enhances knowledge of the Swedish immigrants to the United States and their contributions to American life; 3) Develops programs or events that increase knowledge and awareness of Swedish-American culture; 4) Promotes the many contemporary cultural ties between North America and Sweden.

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