The Development Office regularly shares opportunities with CHAT for funding. Here is our update for October 1, 2025.
Dana Foundation
Neuroscience and Society Pilot Project Grants
Deadline: LOIs accepted on a rolling basis though the end of each calendar year; timeline for additional phases unknown
Budget/Amount: generally up to $150,000 for 12-18-month projects; no indirect costs
Purpose: Supports projects in Neuroscience and Society (with a focus on the interdisciplinary nature of neuroscience, including connections to non-science disciplines (e.g., ethics, law, humanities, arts, social sciences, policy, journalism, education, and public engagement) in the following program areas: Educations; Frontiers, and Next Gen. Each program area has stated priorities/areas of interest, which may change over time; however, LOIs are not required to reflect those specific priorities. Dana Opportunistic program is for projects that don’t align with three primary program areas.
Education--particularly interested in pilot experiential learning programs in Neuroscience & Society for middle and/or high school students (not undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc training).
Frontiers--particularly interested in projects that develop practical engagement resources—such as toolkits, playbooks, or roadmaps—that empower practitioners (e.g., neuroscientists, policymakers, community leaders) to connect different communities, build trust-based relationships, and foster collaboration.
NextGen--particularly interested in pilot experiential training programs in Neuroscience & Society for graduate students. We seek proposals that target graduate students in neuroscience, the humanities, social sciences, law, medicine, and other fields relevant to Neuroscience & Society.
Eligibility: Projects at U.S.-based 501c3 organizations (unless preapproved). The Foundation does not fund purely empirical or conceptual biomedical and/or behavioral research projects without a substantive, active emphasis on addressing complex societal problems. See FAQ for other areas they do not fund.
RFP: https://dana.org/grantmaking/
https://dana.givingdata.com/portal/campaign/DanaFoundationLOI2025 (note, link may change each calendar year)
Webinar/Resources: FAQ. LOI Guidelines
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Humanities Program
Deadline: Rolling throughout year. Allow 3-4 months for decision.
Budget: Generally, single-year projects. Do not fund capital campaigns or building projects. Do not fund overhead or indirect costs. Past awards in the $5K-$25k range.
Purpose: supporting projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, classical and modern; philosophy; ethics; comparative religion; history, criticism, and theory of the arts; humanistic social sciences. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship. Primarily but not exclusively directed toward European and American history and letters, broadly defined.
Eligibility: Not for profit organizations with 501c3 status
RFP: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation-Humanities Program and Application Instructions
Webinars/Resources: Application Preview Past grantees: https://www.delmas.org/grantees-humanities
Asian Cultural Council
Organization Grant
Opens October 1, 2025
Deadline: November 19, 2025 at 9:59am EST
Budget/Amount: up to $50,000 USD
Purpose: Funds cultural exchange and immersion activities that support ACC’s mission to advance international dialogue for greater mutual understanding and respect in Asia and the United States. Organization Grantees may send the activity lead and activity participants to another country, territory, or region to execute their proposed activities. Organization Grantees may also receive or “host” activity participants who travel to the country, territory, or region where the Organization Grantee is based.
Eligibility: Organization must be registered in and grant activity travel must include one of the countries, territories, or regions listed below: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Mainland), East Timor, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau SAR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan ROC, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.
Activity lead and all activity participants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of at least one of the eligible locations.
Applicant must be an arts or cultural organization (including institute of higher education) that can demonstrate at least five years of experience in one of the eligible disciplines listed below and is applying to pursue activities related to an eligible discipline: Architecture (Design, History, and Theory), Archaeology, Art History, Arts Administration, Arts Criticism, Conservation, Crafts, Curation, Dance, Ethnomusicology, Film/Video/Photography, Literature, Museum Studies, Music, Theater, or Visual Art.
RFP: https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/grant-opportunities
Webinar/Resources: Webinar recording
Asian Cultural Council
Individual Fellowship
Opens October 1, 2025
Deadline: November 19, 2025 at 9:59am EST
Budget/Amount: up to $35,000 USD
Purpose: Funds cultural exchange and immersion activities for individuals or small groups (primary plus up to two co-applicants) of artists, scholars, and arts professionals in Asia and the United States to pursue research and a self-directed cultural exchange experience in another country, territory, or region.
Eligibility: All applicants must be citizens or legal permanent residents of one of the eligible countries and be traveling to another eligible country where they are neither living nor that they know well. Eligible countries, territories, and regions for grant activity travel include: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Mainland), East Timor, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau SAR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan ROC, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.
NOTE: If currently enrolled in a degree program, awardee must take a leave of absence from university coursework or teaching during ACC Fellowship.
RFP: https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/grant-opportunities
Webinar/Resources: Webinar recording
Wenner-Gren Foundation
Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences (faculty or postdoc)
Deadline: December 1, 2025 (for fellowship beginning September 1, 2026)
Budget/Amount: $50,000 stipend over 9 months plus low-cost housing if engaging in long-term residency or travel subsidy if short-term visitor. No overhead/indirect costs allowed.
Purpose: To expand the anthropological conversation and build capacity in anthropology as a career and field of study, amplifying perspectives previously underrepresented in the discipline. Funding will support individuals whose research draws on Black studies, critical race studies, diasporic Africana studies, the vernacular insights of communities of color, and other sources of inspiration growing out of global Black experiences, to advance new lines of scholarship in any of anthropology’s subfields. SAR hopes to attract applicants working in diverse areas, including but not limited to Black communities. This is a 9-month fellowship in conjunction with the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, NM. Fellowship can be residential (9 months on SAR campus in Santa Fe) or remote (in which case there is an expectation that the fellow will participate in person for several weeks).
Eligibility: Applicant must hold a PhD and be a US citizen or permanent resident.
RFP: https://wennergren.org/program/wenner-gren-fellowship-in-the-anthropology-of-black-experiences/ Wenner Gren Application Guidelines
Webinar/Resources: Questions to inquiries@wennergren.org. Previous Fellows (formerly administered through SAR)
