CMA supports members through grants, awards, and professional development opportunities.

GRANTS
Residencies
CMA's Residency Partnership Program encourages collaborative residencies that bring live ensemble music and audience-engagement activities to rural, urban, and suburban audiences.

Commissioning
Member ensembles and presenters may seek support for new contemporary/classical chamber works through the Classical Commissioning Program and, for compositions in the jazz idiom, through New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development. Commissioned composers need not be members of Chamber Music America, but we invite you to review a list of CMA's composer members.

Presentation and Collaborations
Support for artist collaborations is available through CMA/FACE French American Jazz Exchange and for concert presentation through Presenting Jazz.

URL for more Information:
http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/grant.html

The objective of the music program is to encourage the playing, the enjoyment, and the accessibility of symphonic and chamber music by providing scholarship and program assistance at selected community music centers, schools, and institutes; and by helping community-based ensembles of demonstrated quality implement artistic initiatives, audience development programs, and improvements in fundraising capacity.

http://cehcf.org/music.html

This Program Assistance Announcement (PAA) is intended to solicit proposals for Cultural Resource Support Cooperative Agreements on either a worldwide (OCONUS), national (CONUS), regional, or state-by-state basis. The Cooperative Agreements will allow organizations to provide cultural resources technical assistance directly Army installations, major commands, and headquarters.

For the topic "Curation Support for Army Archeological Collections", the Army is seeking to enter into cooperative agreement partnerships with organizations that can provide support for the curation of archeological artifacts and related documents that, which are part of the national heritage. The curation facility must meet the standards set forth in 36 CFR 79 for curation and for staffing, as applicable.

Further information can be found in the announcement at the following URL:
http://www-usamraa.army.mil/pages/Baa_Paa/paalist.htm

The competition funds projects focused on preventing, managing, and resolving violent conflict and promoting post-conflict peace-building in settings outside the borders of the USA. The competition supports innovative peace-building projects involving research, the identification of promising models and effective practices, the development of practitioner resources and tools, the development and delivery of education, training and dialogue programs, and the production of films, radio programs, and other media. Awards support activities that apply across a broad range of relevant disciplines, skills, and approaches. USIP welcomes proposals of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature. Topic areas of interest to USIP include, but are not limited to, - conflict analysis and prevention; - mediation and conflict resolution; - post-conflict peace and stability operations; - religion and peacemaking; - women and girls in conflict and peace-building; - rule of law and transitional justice; - economies and conflict; - social, psychological, and physical impacts of war and conflict; and - media and conflict. Deadline:  October 2010

URL for More Information
http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/-grant-program/annual-grant-competition

The purpose of the Professional Development program is to
- increase the number of qualified Indian individuals in professions that serve Indians;
- provide training to qualified Indian individuals to become teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and
- improve the skills of qualified Indian individuals who serve in the education field.

Activities may include, but are not limited to, continuing education programs, symposia, workshops, conferences, and direct financial support. This competition contains two absolute priorities and two competitive preference priorities. For FY 2009, the following priorities are absolute priorities:
1. Absolute Priority One: Pre-Service Training for Teachers - a project that provides support and training to Indian individuals in completing a pre-service education program that enables these individuals to meet the requirements for full state certification or licensure as a teacher 2. Absolute Priority Two: Pre-Service Administrator Training - a project that provides support and training to Indian individuals to complete a master's degree in education administration that is provided before the end of the award period and that allows participants to meet the requirements for state certification or licensure as an education administrator; and one year of induction services, during the award period, to participants after graduation, certification, or licensure, while they are completing their first year of work as administrators in schools with a significant Indian student population

For FY 2009, the following priorities are competitive preference priorities:
1. The department will award points to an application submitted by an Indian tribe, Indian organization, or Indian institution of higher education that is eligible to participate in the Professional Development program; and a consortium application of eligible entities that meets the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) and includes an Indian tribe, Indian organization, or Indian institution of higher education will be considered eligible
2. The department will award points to an application submitted by a consortium of eligible applicants that includes a tribal college or university and that designates that tribal college or university as the fiscal agent for the application (the consortium application of eligible entities must meet the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 of EDGAR to be eligible)

For More Information:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/indianprofdev/applicant.html

Centers for International Business Education Program (Federal Register: November 5, 2009 [CFDA# 84.220A])

The purpose of the Centers for International Business Education (CIBE) Program is to coordinate programs of the Federal government in the areas of research, education, and training in international business and trade competitiveness; and to provide grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating Centers for International Business Education that will: 

1. Be national resources for the teaching of improved business techniques, strategies, and methodologies that emphasize the international context in which business is transacted;

2. Provide instruction in critical foreign languages and international fields needed to provide an understanding of the cultures and customs of United States trading partners;

3. Provide research and training in the international aspects of trade, commerce, and other fields of study;

4. Provide training to students enrolled in the institution, or combinations of institutions, in which a center is located;

5. Serve as regional resources to businesses proximately located by offering programs and providing research designed to meet the international training needs of these businesses; and

6. Serve other faculty, students, and institutions of higher education located within their region.

    Applications Available: November 5, 2009.

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 8, 2009.

    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education or combinations of such institutions.

    Estimated Range of Awards: $350,000-$390,000.

    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $358,548.

    Estimated Number of Awards: 31.

Additional information is available online at:

http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-4/110509a.html

International Research and Studies (IRS) Program (Federal Register: November 10, 2009 [CFDA# 84.017A-1 and 84.017A-3])

 Purpose of Program: The IRS Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.

    Applications Available: November 10, 2009.

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 12, 2010.

    Eligible Applicants: Public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals.

    Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$200,000 per year.

    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $164,000.

    Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

Additional information is available online at:

http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-4/111009a.html

Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution provide students and scholars with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff.

Persons interested in conducting research at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (see separate listing) should apply to that unit directly.

Graduate Student Fellowships - These fellowships allow students to conduct research for ten-week periods in association with Smithsonian research staff members. Applicants must be formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, must have completed at least one semester, and must not yet have been advanced to candidacy in a doctoral program.

Predoctoral Fellowships - These fellowships allow students to conduct research for periods of three to twelve months. Applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for the doctoral degree, and must be engaged in dissertation research. In addition, candidates must have the approval of their universities to conduct their doctoral research at the Smithsonian.

Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships - Postdoctoral Fellowships of three to twelve months are available for scholars who have held the doctoral degree or equivalent for fewer than seven years as of the application deadline. Senior Fellowships of three to twelve months are available for scholars who have held the doctoral degree or equivalent for more than seven years as of the application deadline. Applications for senior fellowships may be made up to eighteen months in advance. Stipends for senior fellowships are the same as for the postdoctoral program, but the Smithsonian's stipend may be matched by other sources of funding such as a sabbatical salary.

Stipends: 

Senior and Postdoctoral - $42,000 per year
Earth and Planetary Sciences Senior and Postdoctoral - $47,000 per year
Predoctoral - $27,000 per year
Graduate Students - $6,000

Deadline: January 15th (postmark) for awards to begin on or after June 1st

URL for More Information:
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm

Black Metropolis Research Consortium Announces Two Fellowship Programs in African American Studies

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is an unincorporated Chicago-based association of libraries, universities, and other archival institutions. Its mission is to make broadly accessible its members' holdings of materials that document African-American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics, with a specific focus on materials relating to Chicago.

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium is accepting applications for two fellowship programs:

With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BMRC short-term fellowship program in African-American studies supports scholars, professional artists, and writers who wish to conduct research in BMRC member institutions' collections relating to African-American and African diasporic culture, history, and politics. The fellowship period is for one or two months during the summer of 2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $3,000 per month to conduct research in Chicago. Qualified scholars, composers, media artists, musicians, visual artists, and writers are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to applicants who wish to conduct research at more than one of BMRC's member or associate member institutions.

BMRC is also administering the Timuel D. Black, Jr. Short-Term Fellowship in African American Studies. The Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fund, a standing committee of the Vivian G. Harsh Society, Inc., is providing short-term research fellowships related to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature housed at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library of the Chicago Public Library. The fellowship program supports scholars, writers, educators, and institutional researchers who would benefit from research conducted at the Vivian G. Harsh Collection. The fellowship period is for one or two months during the summer of 2010. Fellows will receive a stipend of $2,000 per month while conducting research in Chicago.

Visit the Black Metropolis Research Consortium Web site for complete program information.

http://www.blackmetropolisresearch.org/

Description:

The Social Impact Business Plan Competition identifies social sector scaling initiatives with demonstrated impact and readiness to grow, and supports them with up to $100,000 in financial and consulting support. The competition is a program of the Social Impact Exchange, a recently launched cross-sector initiative designed to support the growth of high-impact social programs.

United States-based nonprofit organizations with a focus in education, youth development, health, poverty alleviation, or community economic development are eligible to enter.

The competition has two tracks. The early-stage growth track is for organizations that have a strategy for scaling their social impact but are in the early stage of growth. The mezzanine-stage growth track is for organizations that have (a) a significant level of successful product/service adoption and demand from the target population, (b) demonstrated positive outcomes, and (c) defined strategies for scaling their social impact.

Deadline for Proposal:  December 18, 2009

URL for More Information:
http://www.socialimpactexchange.org/bpc_overview.cfm