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ISPP

@polpsyispp.bsky.social

📢 Apply Now: ISPP 2025 Early Career Scholars Travel Awards!

ISPP is offering travel awards to support early career researchers attending #ISPP2025 in Prague. Don't miss this opportunity!

🔗 More info: ispp.org/funding/trav...

#AcademicFunding #PoliticalPsychology

March 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Dr Emiline Smith

@dremilinesmith.bsky.social

Most funding applications and projects should contain these words - we need equitable, decolonial, activist research, and we need it to be funded #terrifying #academicfreedom #NSF #academicfunding @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

February 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM

Agnese Bankovska

@abankovska.bsky.social

Ja vien vērtētāji piešķirtu papildu punktus par tiem sviedriem, kas tiek izlieti, lai sabīdītu un saformētu tos tekstus tā, ka tie iekļaujas lpp. limitos 🤯 #grantapplications #academicfunding

September 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM

UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies)

@uaces.bsky.social

🎓 𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Congratulations to our latest recipients:
🌟 Wendy Kwaku Yeboah
🌟 Dr Giovanni Parente

We are proud to support their work and look forward to seeing the outcomes of their projects as they progress.

#UACES #EuropeanStudies #AcademicFunding

March 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM

GC Writing Center

@writingcentergc.bsky.social

Happy Monday writers @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ! If you're applying for grants, you might want to attend our workshop at 3pm afternoon on the summary statement. Register here: gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/online-progr...
#Grants #AcademicFunding

March 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Dr Paul Weightman Potter

@drwp.bsky.social

Funding in academia is brutal. In 2 years, I submitted 18 grants for approx. £2.1M, won 5, securing ~£90k. Rejections are the norm, but persistence wins. Every “no” refines the next “yes.” Keep going.
#AcademicFunding #ResearchPersistence

March 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Agnese Bankovska

@abankovska.bsky.social

one down, three more to go šoruden un jau jūtos kā iztukšītis 🥴 #academicfunding

September 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Madusha Cooray 🇱🇰🇨🇭🇨🇦

@madusha.bsky.social

📢 Google Research Scholar Program
Early-career professors can get up to $60K to fund their research.

Deadline: Jan 27, 2025 | Notifications: June 2025

Must have a PhD within the last 7 years.

research.google/programs-and...

#AcademicFunding #ResearchOpportunity

Research scholar program

Overview

research.google

January 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM

Anna Clemens, PhD

@annaclemens.com

Next Tuesday, Dr Julie Cwikla of Grant Writing for Busy Professor, is going to share her Great Grant Writing Framework for free on a live webinar.

Come join us! 💃

>>> Reserve your spot: www.juliecwikla.com/webinar <<<<

#AcWri #AcademicFunding #AcademicSky

STEM Education, STEM Research, Interdisciplinary Research, Research Teams, Leadership, Principal Investigator

Julie will walk you through her proven Great Grant Writing Framework, which has empowered thousands of researchers to write clear, concise, and compelling grant proposals-step by step.

www.juliecwikla.com

June 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM

Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies

@botstiberinstitute.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Research & Project Grants!
The Botstiber Institute seeks proposals on the US–Austria (incl. Habsburg) relationship. Funding for archival research, books, dissertations & media projects.

🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2026

#ResearchGrants #History #AcademicFunding #AustrianAmerican #USHistory

March 31, 2026: Application Deadline for Research & Project Grants | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies

The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies seeks grant proposals for research or projects aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic

botstiberbiaas.org

February 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM

Dr Julia Molinari PhD SFHEA - INTIFADA against all #Colonialism

@serenissimaj.bsky.social

Is there a similar funding guide for #academics, one that goes beyond the usual suspects?

#AcademicResearch #AcademicFunding
#ResearchFunding #AcademicFellowship #AcademicGrant
#ResearchGrant
#HigherEducation
#Academia

www.postgraduate-funding.com

November 3, 2024 at 8:18 PM

Mrs Perry

@kathrinaperry.bsky.social

If anyone knows of any grants/bursaries/pots of money to cover me for my writing up year please let me know. #phdchat #academicfunding #history #SkyHistorians

August 8, 2024 at 10:29 AM

ScientifyResearch

@scientifyresearch.org

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#AcademicFunding #ScientifyResearch #GrantAlerts #ResearchTools

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June 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM

CloudResearch

@cloudresearch.bsky.social

We are excited to introduce the Spark Student Fund: Up to $50,000 for student research! Instructors can get up $400/course to use on #Connect. Apply now & share with your colleagues: www.cloudresearch.com/spark-studen...

#StudentResearch #AcademicFunding #SparkYourResearch #onlineresearch

February 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Transformations Community

@transformationscommunity.org

📢 Only 2 days left! Need support to attend #TCESG25 or #TCXYork? Apply for up to €1,500 via #TransformERS Conference Grants - for travel & participation.
🗓 Deadline: April 15
🔗 cost-transformers.eu/calls/
*Open to EU + select countries

#ConferenceGrant #AcademicFunding #COSTAction

April 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

@aares-org.bsky.social

📢 Apply for the #AARES Heading East Travel Award to attend the NZ conference hosted by #NZARES in August 2026

Includes $1,500 travel support + waived registration for an Australian-based AARES member

📅 Apply by 30 Apr 2026
🔗 form.jotform.com/260408776186...

#EconResearch #AcademicFunding

March 11, 2026 at 7:06 AM

KLAB - finding a cure for GI dysmotility at #HarvardStrong

@klab.bsky.social

Folks who have been through a few grant reviews at CSR...how significant is this? How much do you think it will change review and outcomes...

#NIH #AcademicFunding

October 19, 2023 at 9:02 PM

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

@aares-org.bsky.social

🌏 Applications are OPEN for the joint #AARES–#AAEA Trust Travel Award!

North America-based early-career agricultural and resource economists can apply for up to US$3,000 to attend #AARES2027 in Melbourne, 2–5 Feb 2027. ✈️

Apply now by 30 Aug: form.jotform.com/261328268374...

#ECR #AcademicFunding

August 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM

ScientifyResearch

@scientifyresearch.org

AI is transforming grant writing! Missed our March 2025 webinar with Prof. Daniel Mertens? Catch up on key insights -AI tools, ethics & funding strategies.
Get slides & resources: www.scientifyresearch.org/blog/webinar...

#GrantWriting #AIForResearch #AcademicFunding #ScientifyRESEARCH

AI is transforming grant writing! Missed our March 2025 webinar with Prof. Daniel Mertens? Catch up on key insights - from AI-powered writing tools to ethical considerations & optimizing funding searches.
Get the slides & AI resources:
https://www.scientifyresearch.org/blog/webinar-slides-next-level-grant-writing-ai-webinar-2025/
#GrantWriting #AIForResearch #AcademicFunding #ResearchGrants #Webinar #ScientifyRESEARCH

March 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Jan R. Boehnke

@jrboehnke.bsky.social

"England allocates about £2bn each year to [REF-based] funding – you may wish to compare this to £44bn of sector income (from all sources, public and private) each year, or to the £21bn higher education providers spend on employing staff. "

#REF2029 #AcademicFunding #HigherEd

Steve Jones @profstevenjones.bsky.social · Feb 10

Excellent #REF2029 explainer from @dkernohan.bsky.social ("I always love telling people that the majority of universities earn more from their residential and catering operations than their research"), debunking myths that REF has gone woke. wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/... #HigherEd #UKHE

Do you really have to sign up to a political agenda to get research funding?

The evidence suggests not

wonkhe.com

March 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM

BSHS

@bshsnews.bsky.social

⏰ Only one week left! Submit your application for this round of the BSHS small grant to support your in-person conference or workshop! 📅 Funds can cover venue, catering, & more (no air travel). Apply here: https://buff.ly/4hHKeVM #BSHS #HistoryOfScience #AcademicFunding