If you are interested in these or any other private funding opportunities, please contact Jim Dauer at 577-6468 or jdauer@wayne.edu.

The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) can assist you with private funding prospect identification, proposal development including grant writing, and the coordination of a variety of university resources. Please see CFR’s website http://www.dev-alumni.wayne.edu/giving/corpfound.php for more information.

William T. Grant Foundation
Early Career Scholars Program
Deadline: July 11, 2007

The William T. Grant Foundation (http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/) supports research to improve the lives of young people. The foundation has announced its annual competition for the William T. Grant Scholars Program, which supports promising early career researchers from various disciplines.

Through this program, the foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States. Important settings include schools, youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, families, and peer groups. The foundation’s interest in youth settings extends to two areas: 1) studies that strengthen the understanding of how settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and 2) studies that strengthen the understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth’s settings.

Every year four to six scholars are selected to receive $350,000, distributed over five years. Awards are made to the applicant’s institution, providing support of $70,000 per year.

Applicants at all nonprofit institutions, both in the United States and abroad, are eligible. International applicants should be pursuing research that has clear, compelling policy or practice implications for the settings of young people between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States. Any discipline is eligible. The award is designed for early career researchers. Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application.

For complete program information, eligibility restrictions, and application procedures, visit the Grant Foundation Web site.

RFP Link: http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006358/wtgrantfoundation

For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml

W. M. Keck Foundation

Scope: The W.M. Keck Foundation was established by the founder of Superior Oil Company, William Myron Keck, in 1954. It is one of the nation’s largest philanthropic organizations, with assets of more than $1 billion. In recent years, the foundation’s focus has centered around five broad areas: science and engineering research; undergraduate science and engineering; medical research; liberal arts; and southern California.

Deadline: June 1 and December 1.

Funds: In 2005, 82 grants totaling $55.6 million were awarded.

Eligibility: Grants are made to U.S.-accredited universities, colleges, medical schools and major, independent scientific and medical research institutions. The foundation also maintains a southern California program which supports organizations providing civic and community services, health care, early childhood and precollege education, and arts and cultural enrichment. The foundation does not make grants to individuals, or to organizations without tax- exempt status.

Contact
W. M. Keck Foundation
550 South Hope Street
Suite 2500
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: (213) 680-3833
E-mail: info@wmkeck.org
Web site: http://www.wmkeck.org/