Research

Each edition of the CHSS Digest features upcoming funding opportunities. In this issue: National Endowment for the Humanities Public Humanities Projects and National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections; also see Digest article about FY 2022 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program

The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office at the U.S. Department of Education has announced the opening of the competition for the FY 2022 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program. The GPA Program provides grants to institutions and private, nonprofit education entities that organize programs for K–12 teachers, college students, and faculty to engage in short-term or long-term overseas projects focused on training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies. The deadline to submit an application is Jan. 11, 2022.

Criminology professor Allison Redlich has been honored twice in recent weeks for her efforts in the field of psychology and law, elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and honored with the 2021 American Society of Criminology Mentor Award.

Each edition of the CHSS Digest features upcoming funding opportunities. In this issue: Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders, NSF Biological Anthropology, NEH Dynamic Language Infrastructure – Documenting Endangered Languages Senior Research Grants, and NSF Science of Organizations (SoO)

On October 22, CHSS Research hosted the Research Support Overview and Refresher, with information about the support the college and university offers for research, scholarship, and creative works; resources available to assist faculty with submitting applications for external funding; and how awards are managed once they are received. The event recording and slides are available.

The Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University is serving as the institutional host for the Public Philosophy Network’s 6th Conference. The conference will feature three exciting plenary sessions, which explore the themes of climate and the environment, science and technology for the public good, and bioethics and public philosophy. Each plenary is free and open to the public.

Backed by a statewide initiative, 4-VA@Mason has awarded 11 grants to Mason faculty for the 2021-2022 academic year, providing seed funding to launch innovations in education and original research. Cher Wexia Chen and Mills Kelly were awarded for new 4-VA@Mason research projects, and Kelly Schrum and E. Shelley Reid received funding for continuation and expansion of their 4-VA@Mason projects.

On October 7, 2021, Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education - International Foreign Language Education (IFLE) representatives gave a presentation to familiarize attendees with the faculty-centered grant opportunities offered by IFLE.

The Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference was hosted live via Zoom during the week of October 4-8, 2021. The conference featured various sessions covering the grant proposal submission process and other useful research development resources. 

Mason's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, working with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, developed a proposal for establishing a new, resilient funding platform. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Mason a grant of $1 million in change capital to support the center's business model development.