The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants of $5,000 to $15,000 to support community-based research projects. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social justice, social welfare, human rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use and curricular issues in teaching second languages and non-native languages. The Foundation is also interested in supporting research by sociologists and linguists that provide a direct benefit to communities. The complete guidelines for the August 2005 application deadline are available at http://www.grantsmanagement.com/sifguide.html. For more information, contact Prentice Zinn at sociology@grantsmanagement.com or 617-426-7080x307.