The Education Department has issued its annual forecast of grant activity for the coming year. ED has decided not to publish the forecast of direct grant competitions in the Federal Register in the future and to advertise it only on the agency's website. The plan is to update the electronic document monthly, incorporating scheduling changes and any additions or deletions of competitions due to congressional action. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Association for the Advancement in Science jointly sponsor an on-line searchable database for funding in the biological and medical sciences. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is inviting applications for new research, conferences, and research enhancement awards under the FY 2001 National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
Deadlines vary by program category and subcategory.
The fellowships include the Ford Foundation Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral Fellowships for Minorities. The awards will be made to those individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior scholarship and show the greatest promise for future achievement as scholars, researchers, and teachers in institutions of higher education. The awards will be made to those individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior scholarship and show the greatest promise for future achievement as scholars, researchers, and teachers in institutions of higher education. The awards will be made in April 2001 to those individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, show greatest promise for future achievement in basic research and academic scholarship on college and university campuses. Major disciplines eligible for support include the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, engineering sciences, behavioral and social sciences, education, and the humanities.