The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies is inviting proposals for biannual competitions for small grants up to $10,000 and seed grants up to $20,000.

The small-grant program is designed to provide support for international studies events. The seed grant program welcomes proposals for funding to prepare external funding requests.

Tenured and tenure-track faculty and programs and centers at Cornell, regardless of college or school of origin, are eligible.

Both grant programs give preference to proposals that relate thematically to the Einaudi Center's current initiatives in contemporary foreign policy and international development; have discernible benefits to international studies at Cornell; and conform to the highest academic standards.

The next deadline for proposals is Feb. 15. For information, see http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/seed.asp and http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/funding/small.asp.