Barbara,

You might try the Luso-American Education Foundation -
Their URL is http://www.lusaweb.com/laef/
the address is:
Luso-American Education Foundation
P.O. Box 2967
Dublin, CA 94568
Tel/Fax: (510) 828-3883

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On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Barbara Gray wrote:

> I have a faculty member who is looking for money to host a scholarly
> conference on Portuguese/Atlantic history (including trade routes,
> migration, relations with Asia, etc.).  He is also looking for funds for
> a similar conference on Haitian/Atlantic history and specifically the
> impact of the Haitian Revolution on the Atlantic World.    After many
> searches using standard means (govt. databases, SPIN, COS, etc.), we
> have come up dry.  (We currently have a request pending with NEH for the
> Haitian conference and were denied by Tinker Foundation for the
> Portuguese conference.)
>
> Can anyone out there give me some other suggestions of possible domestic
> or international sponsors that don't show up on the usual databases?
>
> Thanks!
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