ACTS Seminar on Advising, Counseling, Teaching and Supporting Culturally Diverse Student Populations
ACTS is a profesional development seminar that provides training for Central Texas College faculty, counselors, advisors, and student servicesand support staff. Through lectures/presentations and interactive enhancement activities, participants learn effective ways to advise, counselteach, and support international, community-foreign and culturally diverse student populations.
A Community of Respect
Texas A&M University proposes developing a workshop curriculum and a manual of activities, both critical to achieving the goal of creating and sustaining a welcoming environment for international students, faculty, andscholars.
Advisers' Professional Partnership Program
Sponsors visits to Education USA advising centers for up to ten US based international educators to improve their understanding of the role and work of Education USA advisers as well as strengthens ties between US based international educators and their home institutions.
American Educational Research Association
Offer research grants for doctoral-level researchers and dissertation grants for advanced doctoral students who conduct studies of education policyor practice using quantitative methods.
Connceting Knowledge and International Experience: International Service Learning and Internships
Elon University proposes a training workshop for the North Carolina universities' staff and faculty in two growing Study Abroad Programs:International Service Learning and International Internships.
Council On International Education Exchange
International Faculty Development Seminars, 1-2 week intensive overseas programs for US faculty and administrators in 16 countries. Hosted by prestigious academic institutions abroad, the seminars are designed to offer updates on global issues and regions that are shaping the course ofworld events, while introducing faculty to scholarly communities.
Cultural Immersion and Social Justice: International Experience for Community College Students and Faculty
Oakton Community College proposes a two-day conference for community college international program coordinators, faculty, and administrators that will serve as a venue for discussion and planning of study abroad initiatives at their institutions.
Directory of Selected International Grants, Exchanges, Fellowships, and Collaborative Research Opportunities in Agriculture
ETS Excellence Awards for Overseas Advising
Recognize and reward the outstanding and innovative initiatives of overseas educational advising centers and the important role that they play in the field of international educational exchange.
Deadline: September 22nd
Exploring Interactive Video for International Education
Indiana University proposes a collaborative training project that will explore the pedagogical, technological, and ethical issues; as well as policy, theory, and methods involved in the use of interactive video in International education.
Federal Government International Grant Programs
Food and Drug Administration: Scientific Coference Grants
Provides general support for domestic or international scientificconferences in the US or Canada.
Deadline: Oct 13, Jan 13, Apr 13, July 13
Forum on Education Abroad Undergraduate Research Awards
Showcase the most rigorous and significant undergraduate research that either occurs as part of education abroad programs or focuses on education abroad itself.
Fullbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
Provides funding opportunities for educators and administrators with responsibilities for curriculum development in fields related to humanities,languages, and area studies.
Fullbright Scholar-in-Residence Program
Provides qualified faculty members abroad opportunities to teach in a US based university for up to one academic year. Sponsored by the Dept. of Education.
Deadline: Novermber 1st
Fullbright The Senior Specialist
Designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for US faculty and professionals. Shorter grant lengths give specialists greater flexibility to pursue a grant that works best with their current academic or professional commitments.
Deadline: Rolling basis
Fullbright Teacher Exchange Program
Involves one-on-one exchanges each year of more than 200 US educators, primarily at the secondary and post secondary levels, with foreign educators. In most cases, both teachers secure a leave of absence withpay from their home institutions and then trade classrooms for the year.
German Academic Exchange Service
To promote international academic relations through the exchange of scholars between Germany and other countries.
Deadline: November 1st
German Marshall Fund of the US
Environmental Reform Program. Grants available for Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Bulgaria
Deadline: Contact Organization
Get Global: Encouraging Students of Color to Study Abroad
The University of Tennessee proposes holding a training seminar that will provide information on the enhancement of institutional support and understanding regarding the importance of study abroad among minority students.
Grants for Training Programs
Provides grants for the development and implementation of innovative international education training activities and/or products that sensitize US campuses and their respective communities to the needs of students from Arabic speaking countries.
Host Family Training Program
Sister-Cities of Richmond proposes the development of a host family orientation program designed to advance intercultural competence amongvolunteer host families in rural homogenous towns welcoming annual delegations of students and teachers from Japan.
How To Create A Sustainable Study Abroad Program
SUNY proposes a series of workshops and accompanying manual on how to create a sustainable study abroad program which offers step by step instruction.
IE3 Global Internships Collaborative Training
Oregon State University proposes a training program that will bring institutional partners together to conduct an in-depth training oninternational internships, best practices, and will provide a cooperative environment for colleagues from various collaborating institutions to reflecton ways to further serve the needs of their students.
IELTS English for International Opportunity
Includes a Joint-funded Research Program with the British Council and Australia, as well as a Master's Award.
IFSA Foundation
Assist the continuing advancement of international education through direct and indirect support of study abroad by undergraduate students from US colleges and universities.
Institute of International Education
Colombian Government Study and Research Grants
Institutional Grants for Student Programming
Provides seed funding for international students and scholars, community members, faculty, and campus staff.
International Education Research Foundation
Sepmeyer Research Grant Program. Conduct research and desseminate information on world educational systems and to facilitate the integration of individuals educated outside the US into the US educational
Deadline: February 1st
International Education Training Workshops
Parkland College proposes to develop and deliver workshops that will provide faculty and administrators with the general and country-specificinformation they need to successfully travel and teach abroad.
International Research and Exchanges Board
The IREX is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes advanced field research and professional training programs between the US and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Eurasia, China, and comparable contiguous societies.
International Study Outreach to Low-income and Disabled Students
The Council for Opportunity in Education's objective is to increase the study abroad participation of two traditionally underrepresented groups -students from low-income first-generation college backgrounds, andstudents with disabilities.
Kent - From State to the Globe
Kent State University proposes a workshop to facilitate the internationalization process, aiming to improve understanding of the international student and scholar experience, address teaching and learning across cultures, increase involvement of faculty in recruitmentand retention, and increase domestic student participation in study abroad
NAFSA Region X Research Grants
Promote research in international education. Must commit to presenting their findings at the Regional Conference. Students and experienced professionals are encouraged to apply.
National Academic Advising Association
History of supporting research within the academic advising field. Specifically interested in outcomes of different advising models
Rockefeller Foundation
One World Grant Program. Conduct research to improve political, security,and economic relations among nations and strengthen arms control.
Deadline: Ongoing
Spencer Foundation Fellowship Awards
Supports scholars engaged in educational research at different stages of their professional lives.
Spencer Foundation Research Grants
Provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the US or abroad.
Student Scholarships
Information on how to obtain scholarships for study
Teagle Foundation
Commit to promote and strengthen liberal education. Encourage collaboration among institutions, seeking to generate new knowledge onissues of importance to higher education.
TOEFL
The TOEFL and ETS Board sponsor nine grants and awards each year forwork in foreign or second language research, teaching, or assessment, aswell as International higher education.
Training Video for Advising Underrepresented Study Abroad Students
SFSU proposes the creation of a video that will be used as a training toolfor faculty study abroad liasions and will consist of documenting a diversegroup of students prior to departure and upon completion.
Travel Grants for Overseas Educational Advisers
Travel grants that will allow overseas educational advisers to attend NAFSAs 2006 Annual Conference
US Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultural Service. The Research and Scientific Exchanges Division (RSED) promotes international cooperation on sustainable agricultural and forestry systems to help secure a safe and adequatefood supply.
Deadline: November 1st
US Civilian Research & Development Foundation for the Independent States on the Former SU
To support basic and applied research in the countries of the former Soviet Union and to promote defense conversion and development of market economies in these regions.
Deadline: March 1st