Newsletter and Grants Calendar

Welcome, grantseekers!

The latest Newsletter is up!  Scroll down below to find the latest edition and, while you're at it, catch up on some vintage issues.

This page is a repository of newsletters (listed below) that announce upcoming external grant opportunities for faculty and staff. If you are interested in receiving our newsletter, please email grantopportunities@barnard.edu. 

Our external grants calendar is a great way to see the entire year's worth of grant opportunities and deadlines.  It includes descriptions, funding range, links to requests for proposals, and relevant disciplines.
• Grants Calendar

If what you're really looking for is a Fellowship, we've created a selected calendar of nearly 200 fellowship opportunities open to scholars.
• Fellowships Calendar

Both documents can be downloaded and exported into excel, where you can sort, filter, and search without changing the online version.  We update these periodically, so please be sure to check back later in the year.

Grant Opportunity Newsletters

2024

• November 30, 2024
  • Featured Funder--American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
  • Sage Advice-- Federal Agencies on AI in Grantseeking
  • The History of American Philanthropy-- The Unexpected Origins of Charitable Deductions
  • Profiles--January
• October 31, 2024
  • Featured Funder--The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
  • Sage Advice-- Changes Coming for NIH Applications and Review Processes in 2025
  • The History of American Philanthropy-- paused and will resume in November
  • Profiles--December
• September 30, 2024

  • Featured Funder--The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)

  • Sage Advice-- Preparing Supplementary Materials for Government Grants

  • The History of American Philanthropy-- Income Tax

  • Profiles--November

• August 31, 2024
  • Featured Funder--The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
  • Sage Advice-- Office of Research Integrity’s “Applying for a Grant? Don’t Take Shortcuts”
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Paused until September
  • Profiles--October
• July 31, 2024
  • Featured Funder--ECMC Foundation
  • Sage Advice-- Tips for Navigating Rejection in the Grant Application Process
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Rockefeller Family Legacy
  • Profiles--September
• June 30, 2024

  • Featured Funder--Student Support for Research and Conference Travel

  • Sage Advice-- Crappy Funding Practices

  • The History of American Philanthropy--John D. Rockefeller Part IV

  • Profiles--August

• May 31, 2024

  • Featured Funder--The Longevity Science Foundation: A New Player with a Bold Vision

  • Sage Advice-- The Rise of Intermediaries in Grantmaking

  • The History of American Philanthropy--John D. Rockefeller Part III

  • Profiles--July

• April 30, 2024
  • Featured Funder--Community-Engaged Funding Opportunities
  • Sage Advice--NSF PAPPG Update & Insight for Postdoctoral Mentoring Plans
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Paused until May
  • Profiles--June
• March 31, 2024
  • Featured Funder--The Oak Foundation
  • Sage Advice-- The Makings of a Thoughtful Letter of Inquiry (LOI)
  • The History of American Philanthropy--John D. Rockefeller Part II
  • Profiles--May
• February 29, 2024
  • Featured Funder--National Science Foundation Opportunities for Broader Impacts
  • Sage Advice--Best Practices for Community Engaged Scholarship & Broader Impacts— A Conversation with Dr. Mary Rocco
  • The History of American Philanthropy--John D. Rockefeller
  • Profiles--April
• January 31, 2024 
  • Featured Funder--Inside Tips for Securing Support from the Russell Sage Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Changes to NSF’s Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The History of Philanthropy Returns!
  • Profiles--March

2023

• December 22, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Funding Opportunities for AI-Related Research and Activities
  • Sage Advice--Maria Newhouse's Insights on Thoughtfully Incorporating Generative AI into Writing Workflows
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through December
  • Profiles--February
• November 30, 2023 
  • Featured Funder--Early Career Awards in Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Sage Advice--Leveraging AI to Communicate Ideas to Broader Audiences Feat. Dorothy Zhang
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through December
  • Profiles--January
• October 31, 2023
  • Featured Funder--STEM-Focused Early Career Faculty Awards
  • Sage Advice--Ethical Considerations for the Use of AI in Research
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through November
  • Profiles--December
• September 30, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Simons Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Navigating AI Generative Tools in the Classroom 
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through November
  • Profiles--November
• August 31, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty in Action Lab (J-PAL) 
  • Sage Advice--A Trip Down Sage Advice Lane (a round-up of past columns about IFSR services)
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through November
  • Profiles--October
• July 31, 2023
  • Featured Funder/Sage Advice--Preview of the NSF's 2024 PAPPG changes (Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide) by guest columnist Mark Godwin
  • The History of American Philanthropy--on hiatus through November
  • Profiles--September
• June 30, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Writing for a Broader Public
  • Sage Advice--No Country for Misplaced Commas, or Cormac McCarthy's Writing Advice (article reprinted from November 2019 Newsletter)
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth in Practice
  • Profiles--August
• May 31, 2023
  • Featured Funder--NSF's Science, Technology, and Society Program
  • Sage Advice--Why Grant Money Isn't Fungible
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Gospel of Wealth, Part II
  • Profiles--July
• April 30, 2023
  • Featured Funder--NASA--Not just for astrophysicists
  • Sage Advice--Course Releases
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Andrew Carnegie and "the Gospel of Wealth," Part I
  • Profiles--June
• March 28, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Funding from the NEH for Curricular Projects
  • Sage Advice--Summer Salary: What it is, when to ask for it, and how to calculate it
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Mary van Kleeck
  • Profiles--May
• February 28, 2023
  • Featured Funder--Columbia's Center for Teaching and Learning Grants
  • Sage Advice--In Praise of Formatting
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Early funding trends from the Russell Sage Foundation
  • Profiles--April
• January 31, 2023
  • Featured Funder--The National Endowment for the Arts--Not Just for Artists
  • Sage Advice--Why You Should Volunteer to Serve as an NSF Reviewer
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Olivia Slocum Sage
  • Profiles--March

2022

• December 23, 2022
  • Featured Funder--The Washington Center for Equitable Growth
  • Sage Advice--Key Points: NSF Changes Implemented with the New PAPPG
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Gilded Age Robber Barons: Russell Sage
  • Profiles--February
• November 30, 2022
  • Featured Funder--NEH's American Tapestry: Weaving Together Past, Present, and Future
  • Sage Advice--Key Points about the NIH's New Data Sharing Policy
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Peabody Education Fund and the Louisiana Constitution of 1868
  • Profiles--January
• October 31, 2022
  • Featured Funder--W.K. Kellogg
  • Sage Advice--Is it better to apply for a project you've just started or have almost finished? 
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Reconstruction and the Origins of Cost Share
  • Profiles--December
• September 29, 2022
  • Featured Funder--Harvard
  • Sage Advice--Why You Should Consider applying for Fellowships, Even if Your Leave is Already Funded
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Reconstruction and the Peabody Education Fund, Part I
  • Profiles--November
• August 31, 2022
  • Featured Funder--The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Sage Advice--The Guggenheim Career Narrative
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Cherokee and Choctaw Charity During the Great Famine in Ireland
  • Profiles--October
• July 29, 2022
  • Featured Funder--The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  • Sage Advice--The Lion in the Room (Or, You Got a Grant from Columbia. What Next?)
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Early Chinese-American Philanthropic Organizations
  • Profiles--September
• June 30, 2022
  • Featured Funder--NSF CAREER Awards
  • Sage Advice--Institutional Grants: What They Are and How You Can Get Involved
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Lila Corwin Berman's History of Jewish Philanthropy
  • Profiles--August
• May 31, 2022
  • Featured Funder--Fellowships
  • Sage Advice--Who is Afraid of Co-review?
  • The History of American Philanthropy--the Rise of Scientific Philanthropy
  • Profiles--July
• April 29, 2022
  • Featured Funder--New York Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
  • Sage Advice--Inside Tips from the NEH
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Tilden Act of 1893
  • Profiles--June
• March 31, 2022
  • Featured Funder--NSF's Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Directorate
  • Sage Advice--Talk to your Program Officer!
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Custom as the Force of Law
  • Profiles--May
• February 28, 2022
  • Featured Funder--Columbia University
  • Sage Advice--Secrets to writing a winning grant from Nature.
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Doctrine of Cy-près
  • Profiles--April
• January 31, 2022
  • Featured Funder--Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
  • Sage Advice--The Best Preparation for Grant Writing is Teaching
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Trustees of Philadelphia Baptist Association vs. Hart’s Executors (1819)
  • Profiles--March

2021

• December 22, 2021
  • Featured Funder--Institute for Citizens and Scholars (Formerly the Woodrow Wilson Foundation)
  • Sage Advice--How to Structure Your Budget Justification
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
  • Profiles--February
• November 29, 2021
  • Featured Funder--New Opportunities from the National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Sage Advice--Who Counts as a Humanist, Anyway?
  • The History of American Philanthropy--New Laws for a New Country
  • Profiles--January
• October 28, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The New York Community Trust
  • Sage Advice--Tiny Disasters
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Changing Inheritance Laws on the eve of the American Revolution
  • Profiles--December
• September 30, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Write About What Annoys You
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Pennsylvania vs. the British Crown
  • Profiles--November
• August 31, 2021
  • Featured Funder--New York Public Library
  • Sage Advice--Tips on Proposal Writing from the ACLS, Part II
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The First Corporation in the North American Colonies
  • Profiles--October
• July 30, 2021
  • Featured Funder--Big Changes for the ACLS
  • Sage Advice--Tips on Proposal Writing from the ACLS
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Puritan Beliefs about Charity
  • Profiles--September
• June 30, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
  • Sage Advice--NSF Foreign Influence Disclosure Rules
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Piers Plowman and the Charitable Uses Act of 1601
  • Profiles--August
• May 27, 2021
  • Featured Funder--One Year (and Change) After COVID
  • Sage Advice--Does Your Budget Make You Look Credible?
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Charitable Uses Act of 1601
  • Profiles--July
• April 30, 2021
  • Featured Funder--Subvention Grants
  • Sage Advice--What to Expect When Meeting with Our Office for the First Time
  • The History of American Philanthropy--The Tudor Poor Laws
  • Profiles--June
• March 31, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Sage Advice--When to Submit a Collaborative NSF Proposal
  • The History of American Philanthropy--Mortmain Laws
  • Profiles--May
• February 26, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
  • Sage Advice--Academic vs. Grant Writing
  • The History of American Philanthropy--From Charity to Philanthropy: Introduction and Early Precedents
• January 29, 2021
  • Featured Funder--The Whiting Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Reference Letters vs. Letters of Support in NSF Applications
  • Profiles--April

2020

• December 18, 2020
  • Featured Funder--Mid-Career Grants
  • Sage Advice--Updates from the NSF and NIH Virtual Conferences
  • Profiles--March part II
• November 30, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The Ford Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Hidden Costs When Writing Your First Budget
  • Profiles--March
• October 27, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The American Academy in Rome
  • Sage Advice--When to Visit the Sponsored Research Office–A Timeline for Your Early Years
  • Profiles--February
• September 30, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The John Templeton Foundation
  • Sage Advice--How to Make Your Fellowship Application More Concrete
  • Profiles--January
• August 27, 2020
  • Featured Fundraiser--Meet the Institutional Funding and Sponsored Research team!
  • Sage Advice--Where to Start with Sage Advice Columns
  • Profiles--December cont.
• July 21, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The Getty Foundation
  • Sage Advice--What Can Institutional Funding Do for You?
  • Profiles--November and December.
• June 24, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The Wenner-Gren Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Timelines and Indirect Costs
  • Profiles--September and October
• May 26, 2020
  • Featured Funder--Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University
  • Sage Advice--How the Barnard Sponsored Research Office Can Help
  • Profiles--July and August
• April 20, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
  • Sage Advice--How to Stay Sane During COVID-19
  • Profiles--May and June
• March 18, 2020
  • Featured Funder--NSF Rapid Response Grant
  • Sage Advice--COVID-19 FAQs for Researchers
  • Profiles--April
• February 20, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement
  • Sage Advice--The Halo Effect: What it is and How to Get It
  • Profiles--March
• January 16, 2020
  • Featured Funder--The American Association of University Women (AAUW)
  • Sage Advice--Data Visualization
  • Profiles--January and February

2019

• December 19, 2019 
  • Featured Funder--The Smithsonian
  • Sage Advice--What is the Difference Between a Reference Letter and a Letter of Support?  
  • Profiles--December and January
• November 21, 2019
  • Featured Funder--Sustainability and Climate
  • Sage Advice--No Country for Misplaced Commas, or Cormac McCarthy's Writing Advice
  • Profiles--November and December
• October 29, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Public Engagement Initiatives
  • Sage Advice--What Makes a Good Community Partnership Proposal?
  • Profiles--October and November
• September 27, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--American Philosophical Society
  • Sage Advice--How to Tell If a Fellowship or Grant is a Good Fit. 
  • Profiles--October
• July 19, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Sage Advice--"Do's and Don'ts of Hyperlinks in Grant Applications"
  • Profiles--August and early September 
• June 10, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Sage Advice--What's in the Columbia New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding?
  • Profiles--July
• April 24, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--The Family Guggenheim
  • Sage Advice--Biosketches
  • Profiles--June
• April 2, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Fitch Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Timelines for planning applications
  • Profiles--May
• March 7, 2019, Newsletter--the Fellowship Edition
  • Featured Funder--Art Omi
  • Sage Advice--"Writing Effective Proposals for Individual Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences" from University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Profiles--Fellowships of all kinds
• February 19, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Science Foundation
  • Sage Advice--"What Words Are Worth" textual analysis of NSF application abstracts in relation to award amounts
  • Profiles--late April
• February 5, 2019, Newsletter
  • Featured Funders--Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
  • Sage Advice--"Write and Rewrite" from Colorado State University's "Principles of Effective Granstmanship"
  • Profiles--early April
• January 10, 2019, Newsletter
  • News--Federal Agency Closures During the Government Shutdown
  • Profiles--late March

2018

• December 20, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Russell Sage Foundation
  • Sage Advice--U.S. Office of Research Integrity's infographic, "Tips for Presenting Scientific Images with Integrity"
  • Profiles--early March
• December 4, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--American Chemical Society
  • Sage Advice--"Principles of Effective Grantsmanship" by Colorado State University
  • Profiles--January and February 
• November 14, 2018, Newsletter
  • Funders for publication subvention
  • Sage Advice--U.S. Office of Research Integrity's infographic, "Don't Take Shortcuts"
  • Profiles--late January and early February
• October 30, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Simons Foundation
  • Sage Advice--U.S. Office of Research Integrity's infographic, "Five Qualities of Good Mentors"
  • Profiles--late January
• October 11, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Fulbright Scholar's Program
  • Sage Advice--Contact Your Program Officer!
  • Profiles--early January
• September 25, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--a list of fellowships at humanities centers around the world
  • Sage Advice--"10 Tips" from a program director at the Knight Foundation
  • Profiles--December
• September 4, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Archaeological Institute of America
  • Sage Advice--Talking (and writing) science with journalists and other non-specialists
  • Profiles--end of November
• August 14, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Renaissance Society of America
  • Sage Advice--Insights into the peer review process
  • Profiles--beginning of November
• July 19, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Focus on organizations who support international collaborations
  • Sage Advice--"Common Mistakes in Writing Applications"
  • Profiles--end of October
• June 26, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Roddenberry Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Finding a "big idea" for a grant proposal
  • Profiles--beginning of October
• June 5, 2018, Newsletter 
  • Featured Funder--Humanities New York (formerly the New York Council for the Humanities)
  • Sage Advice--Approaches to writing preliminary proposals (letters of inquiry)
  • Profiles--August and September
• May 18, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--William T. Grant Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Trends from a conference on corporate and foundation funding
  • Profiles--June-September
• May 1, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--The Wilson Center
  • Sage Advice--How the Barnard Sponsored Research office can help
  • Profiles--July
• April 12, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Geographic Society
  • Sage Advice--How references affect review scores
  • Profiles--May-July
• March 29, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Endowment for the Arts
  • Sage Advice--"The Art of Writing Proposals"
  • Profiles--May and June
• March 12, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Global Grand Challenges 
  • Sage Advice--Tips for early career faculty
  • Profiles--April and May
• February 23, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--Grants offered to Barnard and Columbia faculty by Columbia University
  • Sage Advice--Presidential Research Award
  • Profiles--March and April
• February 2, 2018, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--American Psychological Association
  • Sage Advice--What NOT to do in your grant proposal
  • Profiles--March and April
• January 9, 2018, Newsletter -- the Fellowships Edition
  • Featured Funder--American Council of Learned Societies
  • Sage Advice--Crafting a proposal
  • Fellowship opportunities throughout the year

2017

• December 21, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--The Institute for Advanced Study
  • Sage Advice--Success rates for grant applications
  • Profiles--January and February
• December 5, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--The Spencer Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Writing Project Outcomes for the public
  • Profiles--January and February
• November 20, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Science Foundation
  • Sage Advice--Applying for NIH grants
  • Profiles--January
• November 08, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--American Council of Learned Societies
  • Sage Advice--“Top 5 Tips for Successful Grant Proposals”
  • Profiles--December
• October 24, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Sage Advice--How writing style affects proposals
  • Profiles--December
• October 10, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Institutes of Health
  • Sage Advice--Contacting NIH program officers
• September 25, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--The Obama Foundation Fellowship
• September 11, 2017, Newsletter
  • Featured Funder--National Archives and Records Administration—National Historical Publications and Records Commission