Department members and other interested parties are encouraged to contact Ellen Carlson at ejc@umn.edu with other programs that should be added to this list.

Environmental and Resource Economics

Food Marketing and Consumer & Household Economics

International Development and Trade

THE TINKER FOUNDATION, INC grants are awarded to organizations and institutions that promote the interchange and exchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Latin America, Iberia, and Antarctica. Within the Institutional Grants program, emphasis is placed on those activities that have strong public policy implications, offer innovative solutions to many of the problems facing these regions today, and incorporate new mechanisms for addressing environmental, economic, political and social issues. http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/

Production, Management, Marketing & Finance

Public Sector and Community Economics

THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION's mission is to strengthen rural Minnesota communities and concentrate their programs and grants on the economic viability of rural Minnesota. The Foundation remains firmly committed to working with rural communities across the state and in Grand Rapids, where the foundation office is located. Statewide grants are awarded to programs that have broad rural impact. Grant proposals are reviewed on the same annual schedule: September 1 for review in December, December 1 for review in March, and March 1 for review in June. http://www.blandinfoundation.org

THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION awards Community Grants throughout Minnesota to support projects that propose systems change work in these areas: affordable housing, economic opportunity, education achievement, and health and well-being of children, youth and families. http://www.mplsfoundation.org/grants/overview.htm

THE ST. PAUL FOUNDATION adopted a 10-year strategic grantmaking plan called Connectsion: Commitment to Community in 1998. Through Connections, the Foundation is committed to allocating grantmaking resources from its field of interest funds to specific outcomes and strategies. This long-range grantmaking plan is designed to address St. Paul and surrounding communities' critical issues. At the center of the plan are four long-range outcomes: creating an anti-racist community; economic development for all segments of St. Paul and surrounding communities; strong families that provide healthy beginnings for children and youth; and quality education for all.
http://saintpaulfoundation.org/page32233.cfm

Multi-disciplinary

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GRADUATE SCHOOL has funding available to faculty members who wish to develop intercollegiate research proposals and networks. This program will develop preliminary networks of interdisciplinary or interscholastic team, to increase faculty members knowledge of sponsors' interdisciplinary and strategic funding directions, and to enable faculty members to respond more quickly and collaboratively to emerging directions in research. Awards will be made in four categories: 1) travel support; 2) preliminary development of collaborative teams or networks; 3) support for colloquia or meetings; and 4) administrative support to facilitate submission of large, multi-investigator proposals. Applications are accepted throughout the year. See the Red File in Waite Library or visit http://www.grad.umn.edu/faculty-staff/funding/ovpr/intercollegiate.html