Grant Opportunities in Ethics Education

Updated June 23, 2008


Posted June 23, 2008 New Tag

Templeton Freedom Awards for Excellence in Promoting Liberty

In its 2008 Templeton Freedom Awards program, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation will give out 2 different prizes of $10,000 each for the Ethics and Values category. Institutes can now apply for these prizes.

Ethics & Values – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects concerning the relationship between free enterprise and the ethics, values, and character that sustain it.

Two winners of $10,000 will be announced for this category. One prize will be given to an “established institute” (older than eight years), and one to an “emerging institute” (eight years or younger).

To Apply: Complete and submit the online TFA application at: https://secure.lexi.net/atlas_usa/tfaepl.php by the August 1, 2008 deadline.

Prize Announcement: Winners of 2008 Templeton Freedom Prizes will be announced in November 2008, and will be featured in events surrounding the Atlas Freedom Dinner in Washington DC on November 12-13.

Questions? Contact Director of Program Management:

Ms. Yiquao Xu
Atlas Economic Research Foundation
2000 North 14th Street, Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22201
PH: 703.934.6969

For more information, please visit: http://www.atlasusa.org/V2/main/page.php?page_id=728


Posted: June 29, 2005

The National Science Foundation announces that the NSF Science and Technology Studies (STS) Program and the NSF Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology (SDEST) Program no longer exist under those titles. The new, consolidated program title is Science and Society (S&S), which can be found on the NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324&org=SBE&from=home.

The new program includes the following components: Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering, and Technology (EVS); History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (HPS); Social Studies of Science, Engineering, and Technology (SSS); and Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering, and Technology (SPS). The upcoming August Target Date for proposals is August 23, 2005. Thereafter, the program reverts to its twice yearly target dates of February 1 and August 1.

For information on EVS and SPS, contact Priscilla Regan at pregan@nsf.gov.

For information on HPS and SSS, contact Ron Rainger at rrainger@nsf.gov.

For information on dissertation research support, contact John Perhonis at jperhoni@nsf.gov.

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