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Grant Opportunities

This section provides information about grant opportunities available to the international business community through a variety of sources, including government agencies and international organizations such as Fulbright.

American Overseas Research Centers: Grants are provided to consortia United States institutions of higher education to establish or operate overseas research centers that promote postgraduate research, exchanges, and area studies. Applications for this grant are available every four years.

Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:31:00 PM

Business and International Education Program: Funds are provided to institutions of higher education who enter into an agreement with a trade association and/or business for the purposes of: improving the academic teaching of the business curriculum and to conduct outreach activities that expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Centers for International Business Education: Schools of business can apply for funding for curriculum development, research, and training on issues of importance to US trade and competitiveness. Competitions are held every four years.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Conference Grant Program: This program provides assistance for conferences that focus on issues surrounding Canada, its international affairs, and relations with the United States. Conference organizers are expected to publish proceedings and resulting papers in a scholarly fashion. Grant requests are limited to US$15,000.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:32:00 PM

ECA Alumni Small Grants Program: The ECA Alumni Small Grants Program provides grants to alumni of selected Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)-sponsored programs for professional development activities.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 8/7/2009 11:41:00 AM

Faculty Enrichment Program: The Faculty Enrichment Program is designed for faculty members who wish to create or update courses focusing on Canada. Preferred components of study include course enhancement with internet technology, and a study component in Canada. Funding goes up to US$6,000.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:32:00 PM

Fellowship Announcement: The Sloan Foundation is seeking nominations of qualified academic candidates for the Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. To qualify as industry studies research, a candidate's scholarship should demonstrate significant personal investment in developing an understanding of the markets, firms and institutions that characterize a particular industry. The size of the award is $45,000 for a two-year period.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:33:00 PM

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program: Provides academic year and summer fellowships to assist graduate students in foreign language and either area or international studies. The goals of the fellowship program include: assisting in the development of knowledge, resources, and trained personnel for modern foreign language and area/international studies; stimulating the attainment of foreign language acquisition and fluency; and developing a pool of international experts to meet national needs.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 8/5/2009 4:50:00 PM

Fulbright Distinguished Chair awards: The Fulbright Scholar Program with Canada offers several Research Chair awards in the field of Business, Trade, and Finance. Grant lengths are four to nine months. During the grant, scholars are expected to conduct research, develop collaborations, and offer occasional guest lectures at the undergraduate or graduate level. U.S. citizenship and a Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree are required.
Focus: Business (General), Business Law, Economics, Entrepreneurship, International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 8/10/2009 1:23:00 PM

Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Business Administration: The following programs offer U.S. faculty, administrators and professionals grants to lecture, conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars. The Fulbright Scholar Program offers 105 awards in lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research in business administration, including six Fulbright Distinguished Chairs. The faculty and professionals in business administration also can apply for one of the 144 “All Discipline” awards open to all fields.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals for 2010-2011 Extension: To meet program needs, a few Fulbright Scholar awards are allowed to accept additional applicants. For 2010-2011, the following opportunities are still available in business administration:

Denmark: Award #0016 - Danish Distinguished Chair in American Studies

Canada: Award #0516 – Business, Trade and Finance

Tunisia: Award #0470 – Business Administration

Colombia: Award #0526 – All Disciplines

Jamaica: Award #0542 – Business Administration and Economics; Award #0543 – Business Education

Bhutan: Award #0480 – All Disciplines

U.S. citizenship is required. For a full, detailed listing of award information and eligibility requirements write to scholars@cies.iie.org.
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/2/2009 1:07:00 PM

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program: Grants are provided to institutions of higher education to fund faculty in order to maintain and improve their area studies and language skills by conducting research abroad for periods of 3 to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program: The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. This competition will support advanced overseas intensive language projects.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): The FISPE grant, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, was instituted in order to provide funds to improve the quality of post-secondary education, as well as increasing the amount of students who have access to such an education. Competitive grants are awarded yearly to those with innovative and action-oriented ideas that provide solutions to major educational issues.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Graduate Student Fellowship Program: The Graduate Student Fellowship Program is designed to encourage exploration of Canada, its international affairs, and relations with the United States. It is opened to doctoral students, and gives them the opportunity to conduct part of their research in Canada. Maximum allowable funding is US$10,000.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 2/12/2009 12:44:00 PM

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO): The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides fellowships to professionals with terminal degrees, master's students, and pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars and from the United States for individual long-term policy-relevant research in Europe and Eurasia. Limited funding is available for pre-doctoral humanities scholars.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Information Technology Research: The National Science Foundation wishes to fund innovative, high payoff research, which explores new scientific, engineering, and educational areas in IT. Solicitation is considerably broadened to include not only fundamental research in IT, but also new applications of IT in all scientific, engineering, and educational areas, as well as innovative infrastructure to support IT research and education. List of current grant awards can be found at: Small Awards, Medium Awards, Large Awards.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 8/5/2009 4:49:00 PM

International Research and Studies Program: This program provides funds to those creating surveys, studies, and instructional materials developed to improve and strengthen instruction of modern foreign language, area studies, and other international fields to provide a full understanding of the places in which certain languages are commonly used.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Language Resource Centers: The Language Resource Centers Program, authorized by section 603, Title VI of the Higher Education Act, provides grants to institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, for the purpose of establishing, strengthening, and operating a small number of national language resource and training centers, which serve as resources to improve the capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Multiple Grants in Business Administration: The Fulbright Scholar Program offers many lecturing, research, and lecturing/research awards in Business Administration for each academic year. Awards for both faculty and professionals range from two months to an academic year. Foreign language skills needed in some countries, but most lecturing assignments are in English.

Focus: International Business, Management
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 2/12/2009 12:39:00 PM

National Resource Centers: The U.S. Department of Education provides grants to institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive language and area/international studies centers to be national resources for: teaching any modern foreign language; needed instruction in all fields of study for full understanding of areas, regions, or countries where the language is commonly used; research and training in international studies; and instruction and research on issue in world affairs.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Outreach Grant Program: The Outreach Grant Program is designed for institutions looking to provide training and development to K-12 teachers specializing in Canada. The primary focus of the program is to encourage greater awareness of Canada amongst American students. Grants go up to US$14,000 annually.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:33:00 PM

Policy-Connect Collaborative Research Grants: Each year cutting-edge collaborative research on specific topics and regions is supported. One grant will be awarded for research on Southeast Europe, two grants for research on Eurasia, and one grant for research with a cross-regional focus. Collaborative teams may be comprised of no more than three US scholars. Upon completion of the project, scholars will be requested to present their research findings at a Policy Forum at the US Department of State and to write a short policy paper.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Program Enhancement Grant

Created to promote academic research, and activities aimed at enhancing programs devoted to the study of Canada and Canada-U.S. relations, this program offers annual grants of up to US$18,000. Principle areas of interest include projects cultivating awareness of the focus topics, student mobility to Canada.

Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/28/2009 10:33:00 AM

Research Grant Program: The Research Grant Program is targeted specifically at individual, or teams of scholars. It is designed to encourage research devoted to a greater understanding of Canada and its international affairs, especially with respect to the United States. Awardees will produce an article-length manuscript, and report their findings in scholarly publications and at scholarly conferences. Funding of up to US$15,000 may be requested, and the application deadline is September 30, 2007.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 2/12/2009 12:44:00 PM

Research Stipends: Research stipends are offered to individuals working in universities, nonprofit organizations, and journalism. Individuals receiving the stipends will be responsible for producing a 30- to 40-page report within 6 months of the start of the project. The amount of the stipends are $20,000 for each research paper.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Short-Term Travel Grants Program: The program provides fellowships for up to eight weeks to US postdoctoral scholars and holders of other professional terminal graduate degrees for independent or collaborative research projects in Europe and Eurasia. Fellowships are available to applicants who demonstrate how their research will make a substantive contribution to knowledge of the contemporary political, economic, or cultural developments in the region and how such knowledge is relevant to US foreign policy.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Short-Term US Embassy Policy Specialist Program: The Short-Term US Embassy Policy Specialist Program (EPS) offers US senior scholars an opportunity to conduct research abroad while serving as experts to a US embassy or consulate. Successful applicants will demonstrate how their experience, skills, and knowledge will benefit US Embassy personnel, as well as the academic merit and feasibility of their proposed research. Grantees will serve the embassy or consulate and conduct their own research for approximately one month.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship: The Sloan Foundation is seeking nominations of qualified academic candidates for the Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. These Fellowships provide support and recognition for junior faculty conducting research in industry studies. The size of the award is $45,000 for a two-year period. The deadline for nominations is October 15 each year. Candidates must be nominated by a senior scholar; direct applications are not accepted.
Focus: Economics
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Technological Innovation & Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA): The purpose of the TICFIA Program is to support projects that will develop innovative techniques using new electronic technologies to collect information from foreign sources. Grants will be made to access, collect, organize, preserve, & disseminate information on world religions & countries other than the U.S. that addresses research needs in international education and foreign languages. Opportunities to apply for this grant come every four years.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/3/2009 1:35:00 PM

Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access Program: The purpose of the TICFIA Program is to support projects that will develop innovative techniques or programs using new electronic technologies to collect information from foreign sources. Grants will be made to access, collect, organize, preserve, and widely disseminate information on world regions and countries other than the United States that address our Nation's teaching and research needs in international education and foreign languages.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program: Funds to institutions of higher education, a combination of such institutions, or partnerships between nonprofit educational organizations and institutions of higher education to plan, develop, and carry out programs to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages are provided.
Focus: International Business
Last reviewed by globalEDGE on 9/1/2008

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