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Want a two-year, paid in-residence fellowship to do research at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) or Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)? Work with your faculty member to submit a letter of intent by the May 31 deadline. For more information, check out the program website and attend their next informational webinar on April 10.

If you are a graduate student whose research is funded by the NSF Division of Chemistry, you may be able to receive supplemental funding for career development experiences and internships outside of academia. Review this article and discuss with your research faculty advisors about submitting an application. The deadline is May 15, 2018.

Spring quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! Check out this sample of upcoming deadlines of funding opportunities for postdoctoral, dissertation, research, and other funding. Various deadlines listed. Consult websites for current details and application information.

For this year's funding cycle, MAXQDA Research Grants offers financial support and methodological training to student-researchers whose fieldwork aims to study, bring awareness to, and contribute to community-engaged research.

The UCLA Center for Iron Disorders is seeking a postdoctoral candidate for a T32 training grant position in a biosciences laboratory at UCLA School of Medicine. Negotiable start date. Contact Airie Kim for more information and next steps.

The UCSB Center for Black Studies Research Small Grant Program offers up to $1,500 to support dissertation research related to Black studies, Afro-diasporic studies, and/or racial comparative scholarship in Black Studies. Deadline for proposals is April 16, 2018.

Do you love animating data, creating science apps, illustrating engineering concepts, or taking photographs of the natural world? In the Vizzies, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Popular Science, your handiwork can receive its due glory and win cash prizes. Submission deadline is April 15, 2018.

Travel grants are being awarded for the final Humanists@Work workshop of this academic year, which will be held on April 30, 2018 and offers opportunities for PhD students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences to get support and information about diverse career opportunities. Apply by April 1, 2018.

The Otis Williams Fund at the Santa Barbara Foundation will provide two years of support for post-doctoral research training at the interface of biology and engineering. Annual support will be a salary of up to $52,000 DOE, plus benefits and a $5,000 supply budget. Application deadline is April 20, 2018.

In partnership with Avar Consulting, the purpose of the Department of Labor (DOL) Scholars Program is to promote and expand labor research that directly relates to DOL policies and programs. The program expects to fund researchers, with individual awards ranging from $20,000–$50,000. Deadline is April 6, 2018.

Islamic Scholarship Fund supports undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Film, Media Studies, Journalism, Writing, Law and Related Fields, Political Science, Public Policy, International Studies, Public Administration as well as History, Sociology, and Religious Studies. The deadline to apply is March 21, 2018.

NASA supports science and technology research in numerous disciplines through the release of various research announcements. Opportunities include fellowships or research programs participation. Earliest upcoming deadline is March 20, 2018 with additional opportunities throughout the year.

The University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS), established in 1980, is an academic research institute dedicated to encouraging, securing, and contributing to binational and Latino research and collaborative academic programs and exchanges. Their current funding opportunities are listed with earliest deadlines of March 5, 2018.

The University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) is now accepting applications for their open call grants and fellowships. Next deadline is March 9, 2018 with other opportunities upcoming as well as those later in the year. Visit their website for more details.

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