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Funding Agencies

This comprehensive listing is based on materials accumulated by the Research Office for over ten years. We have distilled the information to form a handy reference list of potential funding sources for your research projects.

We will update the list periodically or by request with your suggestions.

County Granting Agencies

Children & Families Commission of SB Co (aka First Five Santa Barbara county)

Children & Families First Commission of Ventura Co (aka First Five Ventura county)

State Granting Agencies

California Department of Education (various)

California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC)

Research Grant Program - Statewide Office of Family Court Services

State Justice Institute

Federal Granting Agencies/Programs

21st Century Learning Program (USDOEd)

Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (NSF)

Directorate for Education and Human Resources (NSF)

Faculty Early Career Development Program (NSF)

Fund for the Improvement of Postseconary Education (FIPSE) (USDOEd)

Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP) (USDOEd)

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (USDOEd)

Institute of Educational Sciences (USDOEd)

Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship (IGERT) (NSF)

Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) (USDOEd)

National Center for Education Statistics (USDOEd)

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH)

National Institute of Justice (DOJ)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (USDOEd)

Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) (USDOEd)

Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) (USDOEd)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ)

Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) (USDOEd)

Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) (USDOEd)

Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) (NSF)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

USDOEd - Grant Information

University (UC or other) Granting Programs or Offices

California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP)

California Institutes for Science and Innovation (UC)

California Policy Research Center (CPRC) (UCOP)

California State University - Institute for Teaching & Learning (ITL)

Cooperative Research and Extension Services for Schools (CRESS) Center (UC Davis)

Pacific Rim Research Program (UCOP)

President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (UCOP)

UC Linguistic Minority Research Institute (LMRI)

UC MEXUS Grants (UCR)

Private Sector Granting Programs

Adobe Philanthropy Program -- Product / K- 12 education

Aetna Foundation -- Racial and ethnic disparities in health care

Ahmanson Foundation (The)

Alden Trust (George I.)

American Council of Learned Societies

American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows

American Express -- School-to-work

American Honda Foundation -- Youth & scientific education / education innovation

American Statistical Association

Annenberg Foundation -- Improve public schools

Annie E. Casey Foundation (The) -- Disadvantaged children

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation -- Secondary education

Association for Institutional Research

Babcock Foundation (Mary Reynolds) -- Developing 'grassroots leadership'

BankAmerica Foundation

Bradley Foundation -- Improve education

Braitmayer Foundation -- K-12 education

Burroughs Wellcome Fund -- Science education

California Counseling Association Education Foundation -- Counseling and human development

California Community Foundation -- Los Angeles

California Endowment (The) (CHIP) -- Health-oriented

California Wellness Foundation (The) -- Wellness education

Carnegie Corporation -- Education reform

CCK Foundation (Chiang Ching-kuo) -- Chinese culture and society

Child Welfare Foundation (The American Legion) -- Education about children's needs

Cure Autism Now -- Autism

Dana Foundation (The) -- Innovations in education

Dreyfus (Camille & Henry) Foundation -- Teacher-Scholar Awards

Drug Policy Alliance

Durfee Foundation -- Los Angeles County

eBay Foundation -- Economic & Social Well-Being

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (The) -- Low-income communities

Educational Foundation of America -- General education

Educational Testing Service Network (Research Division)

Fieldstone Foundation (The) -- Southern CA focus

Fitzpatrick Foundation (The) -- Bay Area disadvantaged youth

Foundation Center (The) -- Central clearinghouse of foundation info

Fulbright Scholar Program -- Student exchange programs

Gannett Foundation -- Aid to communities where Gannett has newspapers

GE Foundation (The) -- Educational opportunity

General Mills Foundation (The) -- General education

Gerber Foundation (The) -- Responsible parenting

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (The) -- Violence, aggression, dominance

Hasbro Children's Fund -- Early childhood

Haynes Foundation (The John Randolf and Dora) -- Los Angeles social research

Hazen Foundation (The Edward W.) -- Minority and disadvantaged

Hewlett-Packard Philanthropy -- Equipment

Howard Hughes Medical Institute -- Science education

Hutton Foundation -- General education

IBM Foundation -- General education

Intel Foundation -- General education

International Education Research Foundation -- World education system research

Ittleson Foundation (The) -- AIDS, environment, mental health

J.C. Downing Foundation (The) -- Education & human development

James Irvine Foundation (The) -- Enhance the academic preparation of low-income youth, aged 14 to 24

James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation -- Graduate fellowships for teachers of the Constitution

JCPenny Corporate Contributions -- After-school programs

Johnson's Wax Fund (The) -- Environment

Joseph Drown Foundation -- Los Angeles County educational reform

Kresge Foundation (The) -- Challenge grants and endowments

Levi Strauss Foundation -- Ensuring access to education

Lilly Foundation (Eli) -- Health care issues

Luce (Henry) Foundation

MacArthur Foundation (The John D. and Catherine T.) -- Fellowships

Mailman Family Foundation (A.L.) -- Early childhood education

McDonnell Foundation (James S.) -- 21st Century Science Initiative

Medtronic Foundation (The) -- Science education

Mellon Foundation (The Andrew W.)

MetLife Foundation -- Education system improvements

Milken Family Foundation -- Teacher Advancement Program

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation -- Youth with disabilities

National Academy of Education (Spencer Postdoc Fellow)

National Association for Gifted Children (Hollingworth Award)

National Education Association

NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education -- High quality professional development

NEC Foundation of America -- Assistive technology for disabled

New World Foundation (The) -- Democratic processes, social justice

New York Institute for Special Education -- Visually impaired student education

New York Times Company Foundation (The) -- General education

Packard Foundation (The David and Lucile) -- Preschool children

Parsons Foundation (The Ralph M.) -- Southern CA focus / Higher education

PepsiCo Foundation -- Areas including: Undergraduate and graduate education, skill development and economic mobility

Pfizer Corporate -- Health and science education

Prudential Foundation (The) -- Education and economic development

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (The) -- Health-related education

Rockefeller Foundation (The)

Rosenberg Foundation (The Sunny and Abe) -- Minority, low income

Rotary Foundation -- Fellowships, exchange programs

Rubin Foundation (The Shelley & Donald)

Russell Sage Foundation -- Social sciences

Santa Barbara Pro-Youth Coalition -- Anti-violence

Shell Oil Company Foundation -- Social and environmental

Smith Richardson Foundation -- Public policy issues

Smithers Foundation (The Christopher D.) -- Alcoholism education

Sprint Foundation (The) -- Minorities in business and technology

Stuart Foundation (The) -- Strengthening public schools

Texas Instruments Foundation -- Early childhood development

Times Mirror Foundation (The) -- Southern CA focus

Toyota USA Foundation -- Education, environmental and safety initiatives

United States-Japan Foundation

Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (W.E.)

Weingart Foundation (The) -- Southern CA focus

Wells Fargo Foundation -- Education

William Randolf Hearst Foundations (The) -- Primarily to private institutions

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