Montly Funding Opportunities List - June 1, 2008
Texas A&M University
June 1, 2008 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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National Academies - Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) offer the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis and creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. During the program, interns work on studies and activities throughout the National Academies.
June 1; Nov. 1
Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. - Hilla Rebay International Fellowship
http://www.guggenheim.org/education/get_involved.shtml
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum accepts applications for the Hilla Rebay International Fellowship. This nine-month fellowship offers an opportunity for a graduate student (doctoral candidates preferred) to train in Curatorial and/or Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy.
June 1
Administrative Supplements for Making Knockout Mice
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HG-08-002.html
Several NIH Institutes and the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) re-announce the opportunity for investigators to apply for administrative supplements to have mouse knockouts made from existing mutant ES cell resources. The goal of this program is to support use of existing resources and to ensure that ES cell lines are converted into frozen embryos that are available from a repository.
June 1
University Research in Biomass Technologies: Applied Research in Conversion of Biomass to Advance Fuels
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/solicitations_detail.html?sol_id=159
This announcement is intended to solicit innovative and unique approaches to biochemical and thermochemical processing of biomass as implemented in integrated biorefinery operations. Eligibility is restricted to institutions of higher education.
June 2
Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08550
A virtual organization is a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyberinfrastructure. Virtual organizations are increasingly central to the science and engineering projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Focused investments in sociotechnical analyses of virtual organizations are necessary to harness their full potential and the promise they offer for discovery and learning.
June 2
University-Industry Cooperative Research Programs in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05504/nsf05504.htm
Technical innovations flourish through a symbiotic relationship between academia and industry. The mathematical sciences provide the foundation for the scientific progress that generates technical innovations. It is in the national interest to provide more opportunities for mathematical scientists to have the experience of conducting research in an industrial environment and for industrial scientists to return periodically to academia, to acquire new knowledge, and to move it efficiently into technology.
June 2
Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/5B4C32846AA60FF1852573EF00590B33?OpenDocument
The Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving preapplications for developing outstanding scientific opportunities in nuclear structure and dynamics, nuclear astro-physics, and tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries at leading rare isotope beam (RIB) facilities around the world.
June 2 pre-app; full Nov. 10
Communicating Hurricane Information--NOAA and NSF call for proposals
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08551/nsf08551.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
In a joint announcement, NOAA and NSF call for proposals focusing on advancing fundamental understanding of the communication of hurricane outlooks, forecasts, watches, and warnings both to decision makers (i.e., emergency managers, elected officials) and to the general public.
June 3
FY08 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)--Investigator-Initiated Research
http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prmrp.htm
The Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense Appropriations Act provides $50 million to the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) to support research that will make significant contributions in the following research areas: Alcoholism Research, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Blood Cancer, Drug Abuse, Epilepsy Research, Eye and Vision Research, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Integrated Tissue Hypoxia Research, Interstitial Cystitis, Kidney Cancer, Leishmaniasis, Lupus, Mesothelioma, Multiple Sclerosis, Nutrition and Health Promotion, Paget's Disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Scleroderma, Social Work Research, and Tinnitus.
LOI due June 4 and full July 2
Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/special_grant_program_chemical.shtml
The Foundation encourages proposals that are judged likely to significantly advance the chemical sciences. Examples of areas of interest include (but are not limited to): the increase in public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the chemical sciences; innovative approaches to chemistry education at all levels (K-12, undergraduate, and graduate); and efforts to make chemistry careers more attractive. Research proposals are not customarily considered.
Query June 5; full due Nov. 15
National Security Language Initiative - Youth Program (NSLI-Y)
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/junho5rfgp.htm
The Office of Citizen Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for projects in support of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) to provide short, medium, and/or long-term foreign language instruction and cultural immersion programs overseas for American high school students and those who have just graduated. Public and private non-profit organizations, or consortia of such organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3), may submit proposals to implement these programs in countries where the following target languages are widely spoken: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Indic, and Farsi. Programs will be designed for U.S. citizens aged 15 to 18 at the start of the program who are either currently enrolled in high school or have just graduated.
June 5
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-8588.pdf
The purpose of the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program is to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools nationwide to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students.
June 5
EPA Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.
Cycle 2 due June 5 and Cycle 3 Dec. 9
Animal Genome (B): Tools and Resources; Agricultural Genomics Program Cluster
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalgenometoolsresourcesnri.cfm
The Tools and Resources program element will emphasize the development of basic tools and resources to accelerate research in agricultural animal genomics. The goal is to develop state-of-the-art tools and resources that will advance the understanding of animal genomes in terms of organization and function.
June 5
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-083.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages the submission of research project grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States (U.S.).
June 5; Oct. 5
The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R01]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-069.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications that seek to develop a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children.
June 5; Oct. 5
Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.
June 5; Dec. 9
Greek Teacher Professional Development Project
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/junho6rfgp.htm
The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for the Greek Teacher Professional Development Project. U.S. public and private universities with schools of education and that meet the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to administer an eight-week professional development program to start in August 2009, for approximately twenty teachers in the humanities from Greece at early point in their careers.
June 6
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Grant Programs
ACS PRF announces new research grant programs to support fundamental research in the petroleum and energy fields, and development of the next generation of engineers and scientists through advanced scientific education. Research areas supported include chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science. Membership in the American Chemical Society is not a requirement or a factor in awarding ACS PRF grants.
Due June 9, 13, 23
Nano Thermal Interfaces (NTI)
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of NanoThermal Interfaces (NTI). The primary goal of this program is the development and demonstration of ideas based on novel materials and structures that can provide significant reductions in the thermal resistance of the interface layer (often called the TIM) between the backside of an electronic device and the next layer of the package, which might be a spreader or a heatsink (this might be based on technologies developed in the DARPA-sponsored TGP and/or MACE programs, respectively). Questions on this solicitation, including requests for information on how to submit a proposal abstract or full proposal to this BAA, should be directed to one of the administrative addresses below; e-mail is preferred. (BAA08-42@darpa.mil ). See attached full BAA.
Abstract June 10; full August 7
Multiphase Flow Research--Area 1- Computational Energy Sciences
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/A53F18995037F035852574240053F03F?OpenDocument
Gas-solids flow is prevalent in fossil fuel processes, appearing in processes such as coal gasifiers. The volume fraction of solids can vary from low to high within a short length scale. The flows invariably span multiple time and length scales and pose enormous computational and experimental challenges. For example, the granular flow in a fluidized bed may range from incompressible to hypersonic, while the granular media may undergo a phase change similar to a gas-to-solid transition, all within the same reactor. The volume fraction, stress, and energy typically fluctuate spatially and temporally with amplitudes comparable to the mean. The interaction of the phases with boundaries is often complex and poorly understood.
June 10
Computer-Aided Development of Materials
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/0B452F5193CB8BD08525742400568C9B?OpenDocument
Novel materials that can withstand high temperatures and extreme environments are dominant themes in materials development for efficient energy systems. Basic requirements are elevated melting temperatures, high oxidation and corrosion resistance, the ability to resist creep, and high toughness, and encompass some of the most challenging problems in materials science. An effective way to accelerate research in this field is to use advances in materials simulations and high performance computing and communications to guide experiments.
June 10
Novel New Materials for Energy Conversion from Coal
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/6B1265A854EF612C85257424005593B1?OpenDocument
New materials ideas and concepts that stretch beyond the current state of the art are required to maximize energy extraction from the Nation’s domestic resources of coal with minimal environmental impact, and to ensure the Nation’s long-term energy security. Grant applications are sought for new material concepts in the following five specific areas related to fossil energy systems: (1) novel coating systems for thermal and/or environmental protection in advanced combustion systems; (2) new structural materials for high-temperature applications that stretch beyond the capabilities of current-generation superalloys; (3) new high-performance electrode and electrolyte materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells operating at temperatures between 600° and 850°C; (4) new materials that improve system efficiencies through waste heat recovery; and (5) novel membrane systems for oxygen, hydrogen, or carbon monoxide separations.
June 10
Novel Materials For Sensing Monitoring In Extreme Environments Of Fossil Energy Systems
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/62B4F32A4DBBAA808525742400574FD1?OpenDocument
NETL’s Advanced Research Program in Sensors and Controls targets the development of novel sensors for FE Systems with a focus on innovations for sensing in high temperature harsh environments. As energy conversion processes (e.g. gasification, oxygen fired combustion, hydrogen rich combustion turbines) strive for higher efficiencies and lower emissions, the conditions in which fuel is consumed to produce electricity trend towards high temperatures, high pressures, and high levels of corrosiveness. Under these conditions, traditional instrumentation and sensors fail to perform adequately. Novel advances are needed in sensor materials and other analytical approaches to monitor process conditions (e.g. temperature, pressure, flow, gas constituents, etc) and ensure that the processes perform efficiently and reliably.
June 10
DoED The Early Doctoral Student Research Grant Program and Doctoral Dissertation
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41591
Early Doctoral Student Research Grant (EDSRG) Program. To enable pre-candidacy doctoral students enrolled at institutions of higher education accredited by a national or regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to cultivate their research skills through the preparation of research manuscripts that focus on policy-relevant housing and urban development issues. b. Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant (DDRG) Program.
June 12
National Institutes of Health - Academic Career Award (K07)
http://grants2.nih.gov:80/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-070.html
The Academic Career Award (K07) is used by the NIH Institutes and Centers to support individuals interested in introducing or improving curricula in a particular scientific field as a means of enhancing the educational or research capacity at the grantee institution.
Jun. 12, Oct. 12, Feb. 12.
ONR K-12 Initiative
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7771afc11066e4974b5d4837cf98f43f&tab=core&_cview=0
The purpose of this research announcement is to receive proposals for the development of a demonstration program utilizing emerging technologies to (a) support K-12 educational initiatives for professional development curriculum to prepare teachers to lead their students in inquiry based learning and the use of advanced technology; (b) develop student curricula utilizing project based learning and advanced technology which supports requirements for science and technology education developed by the Department of Education and (c) use emerging technologies to assist students in developing new skills for application in the digital economy in support of the Office of Naval Research’s mission of scientific outreach and education in working to develop the next generation of scientists capable to support the continued development of critical technologies in support of the Department of Defense.
June 13
English Language Fellow Program for Academic Year (AY) 2009-2010
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/junho13rfgp.htm
The Office of English Language Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for proposals to advance the Bureau's objectives through support of academic exchanges that will result in the improvement of English teaching capacity around the world and the enhancement of mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries through exchanges of U.S. English language educators to all regions of the world.
June 13
Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233&govDel=USNSF_39
The long-range goal of the DMS Workforce Program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who successfully pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. Among intermediate goals to this end are improvements in recruitment, retention, education, and placement of trainees in the mathematical sciences. The program's primary interest is in activities centered on education through research involvement for trainees at the undergraduate through postdoctoral educational levels. Activities that broaden participation in the mathematical sciences are of significant interest to the Division of Mathematical Sciences.
June 15
Humanities High Performance Computing
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/hhpc.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Office of Science in the United States Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to provide humanities scholars with access to DOE supercomputers. Any scholar whose humanities research is computationally intensive may apply. Supported activities may include: mining of large textual datasets, morphological analysis, manipulations, and transformations; analysis of geographical information systems data, maps, etc.; and computationally demanding visualization, modeling, and pattern recognition and analysis.
July 15
Advanced Water Power Projects
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/7CA0728BFF68198E8525742C005FEFBC?OpenDocument
The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 authorized $50 million for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a robust program of research, development, demonstration and commercial application activities to expand marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy production. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) specifically addresses these EISA provisions. However, this FOA does not fully fund EISA-authorized activities because only $10 million was appropriated to the Water Power budget in FY 2008.
June 16
National Laser Users' Facility Program (NLUF)
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/AA5C882211DA41968525744A0080EB81?OpenDocument
The National Laser Users’ Facility program is part of the Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas. The NLUF provides access to the OMEGA Laser System for University and Industrial Scientists. The OMEGA Laser System is maintained and operated for NLUF participants by the University of Rochester/ Laboratory for Laser Energetics for the DOE/NNSA. The NLUF offers opportunities for University and Industrial Scientists to perform experiments in high-energy-density physics and inertial confinement fusion (ICF), including laser–matter interactions, such as laboratory astrophysics, properties of materials under HED conditions, laser–plasma instabilities, etc. A total of approximately six (6) weeks of OMEGA Laser System operating time will be available for the NLUF in Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010. UR/LLE researchers are available for scientific collaboration and for assistance with user experiments. Principal Investigators are encouraged to collaborate with UR/LLE staff members.
June 17
Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO)
This announcement is an initial solicitation for proposals to the Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization(CAMEO) Program. The purpose of CAMEO is to strengthen the scientific basis for an ecosystem approach to stewardship of ocean and coastal resources and ecosystems. To fulfill this purpose, CAMEO will assist policy makers and resource managers to make ecosystem-science based decisions that fulfill policy goals and management objectives of society. The program will support research to understand complex dynamics controlling productivity, behavior, population connectivity, climate variability and anthropogenic pressures.
June 17
U.S.-Central Asia Research Travel Grant Competition
http://www.crdf.org/funding/funding_show.htm?doc_id=677014
CRDF is currently accepting environmental science research proposals for its U.S.-Central Asia Research Travel grant competition. CRDF is pleased to provide an opportunity for Central Asian and U.S. scientists to develop cooperative research projects on environmental issues, which may include, but are not limited to, the following listed below. U.S.-Central Asia Research Travel Grants will provide up to $45,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) for 12 to 24 months of support to joint research teams of U.S. and Central Asian scientists and engineers. These funds should be used to finance U.S. researchers’ travel to eligible countries, Central Asian researchers’ travel to the United States, as well as equipment, materials, and some salaries.
June 20
TIES US – Mexico University Partnerships
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/157/TIES-US--Mexico-University-Partnerships.aspx
TIES enhances the capacity of higher education institutions in the US and Mexico to examine mutual development opportunities and challenges, work in strategic alliances to develop appropriate plans and solutions, and assist Mexico in benefiting more broadly from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) through collaborative higher education partnerships that engage the public and private sector.
June 20
Desalination and Water Purification Research and Development
The program has three major goals: (1) augment the supply of usable water in the United States, (2) understand the environmental impacts of desalination and develop approaches to minimize these impacts relative to other water supply alternatives, and (3) develop approaches to lower the financial costs of desalination so that it is an attractive option relative to other alternatives in locations where traditional sources of water are inadequate.
June 20
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08539).
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas traditionally supported by the Division (NSF Chemistry Homepage). The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation.
June 23
Administration of H-Prize for Hydrogen Storage
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/EDA36C3311A0FF588525744A007361D5?OpenDocument
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports Section 654, the H-Prize, of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The H-Prize is an amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 1008 and authorizes the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to competitively award cash prizes to advance the research, development, demonstration and commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies.
June 25
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - Basic Biology and Modeling
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/388EFBBA86810A28852574200052E935?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Human Research Program (HRP), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), hereby announce their interest in receiving grant applications for new research to develop a better scientific basis for understanding risks to humans from exposures to low doses or low fluences of ionizing radiation. Research applications must primarily support the needs of the DOE/BER Low Dose Radiation Research Program; applications may also include complementary research of direct interest to the NASA/HRP Space Radiation Project of sufficient scientific merit to qualify for partial NASA support.
June 25
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - Integrated Program Projects
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/661B89AB2B8FA033852574200053EC9C?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hereby announces its interest in receiving Integrated Program Project grant applications for new research to develop a better scientific basis for understanding risks to humans from exposures to low doses of ionizing radiation. This funding opportunity is designed to provide long-term support for stable, multi-investigator teams whose research projects are integrated to work synergistically on a focused problem in low dose research. The intent is to accelerate the discovery of critical molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in normal radiobiological responses to low dose exposure.
June 25
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20301&c=EMC-FA135
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing is a scholarship program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's nursing programs.
June 26
Grants to Support the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Health Services Research
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ResearchDemoGrantsOpt/
This announcement seeks competitive applications for small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among the African American population.
June 26
Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Sciences Research Grant Program
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ResearchDemoGrantsOpt/
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is announcing the availability of funds under its Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program to inform researchers of funding opportunities to conduct health services research affecting Hispanic American communities for 2008. This announcement seeks competitive applications for small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among Hispanic Americans.
June 26
Education Research - DoEd National Center for Educational Research NCER
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305A.pdf
The Institute invites applications for research projects that will contribute to its special education research programs in: Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education; Reading, Writing, and Language Development; Mathematics and Science Education; Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning; Transition Outcomes for Special Education Secondary Students
Cognition and Student Learning in Special Education; Teacher Quality; Related Services
Systemic Interventions and Policies for Special Education; and Autism Spectrum Disorders
June 26; Oct. 2
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information Predominantly Black Institutions
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-10680.pdf
The purpose of the Predominantly Black Institutions Program is to strengthen predominantly Black institutions to carry out programs in the following areas: science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; health education; internationalization or globalization; teacher preparation; or improving educational outcomes of African-American males.
June 27
Smith Richardson Foundation
Junior Faculty Research Grants / International Security and Foreign Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s International Security and Foreign Policy Program is pleased to announce its annual grant competition to support junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. These grants are intended to buy-out up to one year of teaching time and to underwrite research costs (including research assistance and travel).
June 29
The Smith Richardson Foundation, Domestic Public Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/Domestic_Public_Policy_Fellowship.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program seeks to support the work of the next generation of public policy researchers and analysts. In 2007, the Foundation will award at least three research grants in the amount of $60,000 each to individuals who are interested in conducting research and writing on domestic public policy issues. Grantees are expected to produce a book or an article suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The grant can be used to cover the salary costs of the researcher and to underwrite research costs, such as travel, research assistance, and data acquisition.
June 29
Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11691
The goal of this program is to encourage and foster interactions among scientists to create new research directions or advance a field. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies are especially encouraged. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographical boundaries. The proposed networking activities should have a theme as a focus of its collaboration. The focus could be on a broad research question, a specific group of organisms, or particular technologies or approaches. In 2008 a new track was created to provide support for networks that will catalyze positive changes in undergraduate biology education (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08035/nsf08035.jsp ).
June 30
Social Studies Inquiry Grant Request for Proposals
http://www.socialstudies.org/fasse/rfp/
The Fund for the Advancement of Social Studies Education (FASSE) and the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) have established a grant to support inquiry in citizenship education. Grant proposals should affirm social, cultural, and racial diversity and address issues of equality, equity, and social justice. Proposals that address aims for citizen action are preferred.
June 30
ILSI North America Future Leader Award
Future Leader Award: 2009 SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 20 JUNE 2008
The ILSI North America Future Leader Award, given to promising nutrition and food scientists, allows new investigators the opportunity to add to an existing project or to conduct exploratory research that might not receive funding from other sources. Consideration will be given to individuals proposing research in the areas of experimental nutrition, nutrition and food safety, and nutrition and food science. The grants will extend for a period of 2 years at a funding level of $15,000US per year. Funds may not be used for overhead or to support the investigator's salary. The 2009 award recipients will be selected in late 2008, with funding to begin by mid-2009.
June 30
Smith Richardson Foundation’s International Security and Foreign Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s International Security and Foreign Policy Program is pleased to announce its annual grant competition to support junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. These grants are intended to buy-out up to one year of teaching time and to underwrite research costs (including research assistance and travel).
June 30
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html
The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG) is designed to provide funding for eligible applicants working on, or planning to work on, a project that addresses a local environmental and public health issue within an affected community. The EJSG Program is a multi-statute program designed to help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks.
June 30
NASA Group 4 University Research Centers (URC), Six centers will be funded.
Eligible Applicants: All proposals must originate from a U. S. college or university designated and listed by the Department of Education as a Postsecondary Minority Institution, Historically Black College or University, Hispanic Serving Institution or Tribal College or University. The NASA Office of Education, Integration Division, Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) anticipates the release of a solicitation for proposals for the NASA Group 4 University Research Centers (URC). This solicitation is in cooperation with NASA’s four Mission Directorates – Aeronautics Research, Exploration Systems, Science, and Space Operations and NASA’s ten Field Centers.
June 30
NASA Postdoctoral Program
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly talented national and international individuals to engage in ongoing NASA research programs at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institution. These one- to three-year Fellowship appointments are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.
July 1
Excellence in Physics Education Award
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/education.cfm
To recognize and honor a team or group of individuals (such as a collaboration), or exceptionally a single individual, who have exhibited a sustained commitment to excellence in physics education. The Excellence in Physics Education Award will consist of a $5,000 monetary award, a certificate citing the achievements of the group or individual, and an allowance for travel expenses to the meeting where the award is presented. (Registration fees will be waived). The awardee will be invited to present a talk at that meeting. The award will be given annually.
July 1
David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/awards/adler.cfm
To recognize an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing. The Lectureship consists of a $5000 honorarium for the lecturer and a certificate citing the contribution made by the recipient. The award will be made at the March APS meeting where the lecturer will present an invited talk before the appropriate focused session of the Materials Physics Division.
July 1
MARGINS Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07546/nsf07546.htm
The MARGINS program was initiated by the scientific community and the National Science Foundation and has been designed to elevate our present largely descriptive and qualitative knowledge of continental margins to a level where theory, modeling and simulation, together with field observation and experiment, can yield a clearer understanding of the processes that control margin genesis and evolution. Although continental margins have been traditionally assigned to three distinct tectonic settings, i.e., convergent, divergent and translational, the approach used by the MARGINS program recognizes that a range of fundamental physical and chemical processes that form and deform the surface of the Earth operate at all margins.
July 1
Energy Frontier Research Centers
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/933104E42D0185E58525742100694C78?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences announces the initiation of Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st century. The EFRCs will pursue the fundamental understanding necessary to meet the global need for abundant, clean, and economical energy. The Office of Basic Energy Sciences is seeking applications for the establishment of EFRCs that will bring together the skills and talents of multiple investigators to enable fundamental research of a scope and complexity that would not be possible with the standard individual investigator or small group research project. As such, the EFRCs will strengthen and complement the existing portfolio of the single Principal Investigator and small group research projects currently supported within BES core research areas.
LOI due July 1; full October 10
Cryopreservation of Germplasm for Effective Management Animal Genetic Resources (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-08-005.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, invites Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications leading to the development of innovative methods and tools in order to establish reliable and standardized animal germplasm cryopreservation protocols to increase the speed, efficiency and accuracy in the collection, handling, preservation, long term storage, re-derivation and production of live and healthy offspring.
July 1
Cryopreservation of Germplasm for Effective Management Animal Genetic Resources (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-08-006.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications leading to the development of innovative methods and tools in order to establish reliable and standardized animal germplasm cryopreservation protocols to increase the speed, efficiency and accuracy in the collection, handling, preservation, long term storage, re-derivation and production of live and healthy offspring.
July 1
American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship Competition
The American Institute of Indian Studies invites applications from scholars from all disciplines who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are given to doctoral candidates to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (four months or less) fellowships are available for scholars who hold the Ph.D. degree. Some senior fellows in the humanities will receive fellowships funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Performing and Creative Arts fellowships are available for accomplished practitioners of the performing arts of India and creative artists. For applications, please contact us at American Institute of Indian Studies, 1130 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, (773) 702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu .
July 1
Rangeland Research Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/rangelandresearchprogram.cfm
The goal is to contribute to the improvement of U.S. rangeland resources and the ecosystem services they provide by supporting the development of new and emerging rangeland science methodologies which specifically address the interrelationships between multiple disciplines. The primary purpose of RRP is to provide U.S. agricultural producers, rural landowners, and land managers with integrated science strategies to make informed land management decisions with an emphasis on enhancing the restoration and sustainable integrity of rangelands.
July 7
Guido Goldman Fellowship Study German & European Economic and International Affairs
The Dr. Guido Goldman Fellowship for the Study of German and European Economic and International Affairs was established in 2003 to promote the study of German and European issues by American scholars in relatively early stages of their careers.
July 7
Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Thermal Storage Concepts for Concentrating Solar Power Generation
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/8DEFBC0157F43F198525743B00535BE0?OpenDocument
To identify and support long term research activities and near term demonstration in two areas: 1. improved heat transfer fluids, advanced HTF, and 2. novel thermal energy storage concepts, novel TES systems, that may increase the efficiency and reduce the cost of this promising, renewable technology. Work that includes a consortium of solar technology providers is encouraged.
July 10
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/nsf07524.htm
This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution.
S-STEM Proposal Development Resources
NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), Selected Programs
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/documents/NSFDOESelect.ppt
[S-STEM] Proposal Writing Strategies
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/documents/ProposalWriting.ppt
NSF Program Officer Harry Ungar on Funding
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/documents/NSFBackgroundonFunding.pdf
NSF DUE Selected Programs PowerPoint Slides 1-12 CCLI
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/Bradleystream1.wmv
NSF DUE Selected Programs PowerPoint Slides 13-19 STEP and S-STEM
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/Bradleystream2.wmv
NSF DUE Proposal Writing Strategies
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/Bradleystream3.wmv
Proposal Writing Strategies PowerPoint Slides 18-73 Turning a Good Idea into a Competitive Proposal (Continued), Goals Objectives & Outcomes, Project Rationale, Evaluation, Dissemination, Review Process
http://grants.intrasun.tcnj.edu/Bradleystream4.wmv
LOI due July 10; full August 12.
Biological Databases and Informatics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05577/nsf05577.htm
The Biological Databases and Informatics (BD&I) program seeks to encourage new approaches to the management, analysis, and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. The BD&I program is especially interested in the development of informatics tools and resources that have the potential to advance all fields of biology under the purview of the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation.
July 14
DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for Minority Serving Institutions – Track 2
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is soliciting applications from qualified Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to establish homeland security scientific leadership programs in areas critical to homeland security. The emphasis of the DHS Scientific Leadership Awards for MSIs – Track 2 is to support development or expansion of a coordinated program of homeland security related Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HS-STEM) teaching initiatives, curriculum development, training, research, and scholarships for students at accredited MSI colleges and universities that, in addition to awarding Bachelors degrees, also award Masters, and/or Doctoral degrees in HS-STEM fields.
July 15
PK-3 Research and Evaluation Small Grants Program
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/PK3/spotlight/rfp.html
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announces a small grants program to be funded through its PK-3 Research and Evaluation Forum. A maximum of four awards of up to $50,000 each will be provided to researchers proposing to use one or more datasets from the PK-3 Data Resource Center: The First Six Years of Schooling and Beyond. All funds are to be used over a period from one to two years.
July 15
International Materials Institutes
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08558/nsf08558.pdf
The objective of the International Materials Institutes is to advance materials research by coordinating international projects involving condensed matter and materials physics; solid state and materials chemistry; and the design, synthesis, and characterization of materials to meet global and regional needs. A critically important aspect of an IMI is its potential impact on advancing materials research on an international scale and developing an internationally competitive generation of materials researchers, and this distinguishes an IMI from other materials research centers that NSF supports. The Institutes must be university-based (single or multi-campus), and provide a research environment that will attract leading scientists and engineers.
July 15
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06605/nsf06605.htm
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible.
DDRIG Proposal Development Resources
OPD DDRIG Seminar
Writing Successful NSF [DDRIG]: Perspectives on Proposals & the Review Process from Two Former Panelists
http://www.indiana.edu/~halllab/GradRes/Hall&Moyle_DDIG_advice.PDF
July 15, August, October due dates by discipline
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation - Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
http://www.hhwf.org/HTMLSrc/ResearchFellowships.html
The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences. To attain its ultimate goal of increasing the number of imaginative, well-trained and dedicated medical scientists, the Foundation grants financial support of sufficient duration to help further the careers of young men and women engaged in biological or medical research. Candidates who hold, or are in the final stages of obtaining a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and are seeking beginning postdoctoral training in basic biomedical research are eligible to apply for a fellowship.
July 15
Leakey Foundation - General Research Grants( to support research into human origins)
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=11223&Itemid=1
The Leakey Foundation provides General Research Grants to support research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Advanced doctoral students are eligible. The stipend amount ranges from $3,000 to $13,500 for doctoral students. Larger grants of up to $22,000 are occasionally awarded, most often to postdoctoral students.
July 15
Association for Library and Information Science Education
http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=55548
An award of one or more grants totaling $5,000 may be made to support research broadly related to education for library and information science. The Research Grant Award cannot be used to support a doctoral dissertation.
July 15
Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08559/nsf08559.htm
Three clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (the Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and the Population and Evolutionary Processes clusters) encourage the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing a body of related research projects conducted by a single individual or group of investigators over an extended period.
July 16
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-084.html
This funding opportunity announcement encourages Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical and analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.
July 16
PK-3 Research and Evaluation Small Grants Program
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/PK3/spotlight/rfp.html
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) announces a small grants program to be funded through its PK-3 Research and Evaluation Forum. A maximum of four awards of up to $50,000 each will be provided to researchers proposing to use one or more datasets from the PK-3 Data Resource Center: The First Six Years of Schooling and Beyond. All funds are to be used over a period from one to two years.
July 17
Cluster Exploratory (CluE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08560/nsf08560.htm
In the last five years, the private sector has launched a number of highly effective internet-scale applications powered by massively scaled, highly distributed computing resources. Academic researchers have expressed a need for access to similar computing resources that will allow them to engage and explore this emerging and pervasive model of computing. Through the Cluster Exploratory (CluE) program, NSF-funded researchers will use software and services running on a Google-IBM cluster to explore innovative research ideas in data-intensive computing.
July 17
Software Development Tools for Improved Ease-of-Use of Petascale Systems
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/6A311C73E53E6A7B8525742800490A9E?OpenDocument
The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in software development tools for improved ease-of-use of petascale systems. Petascale computing systems soon will be available to the DOE science community. Such systems will exhibit increased architectural complexity and tens to hundreds of thousands of processor cores. Increased architectural complexity includes multicore/heterogeneous CPUs, novel memory systems and intelligent interconnects.
July 17
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/8E45DD18FCE2F73E8525744F0051391C?OpenDocument
The Office of Nuclear Physics of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, is a research program that proposes to establish a U.S. Facility for Rare Isotope Beams with forefront scientific research capabilities complimentary to existing or planned facilities world-wide, and to exploit the scientific potential of rare isotope beams as a research tool for discovery-oriented science. This Funding Opportunity Announcement requests proposals for the conceptual design and establishment of a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
July 21
AFOSR’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP)
The AFOSR’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) is to support scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years (on or after 1 May 2003) and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering. Proposals addressing the research areas of interest for the Air Force Research Laboratory will be considered. The basic research areas of current interest are available on-line at the AFOSR web site: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL/afosr/ .
July 22
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08557/nsf08557.htm
New Guidelines & Various July Due Dates: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.
CAREER Proposal Development Resources
OPD CAREER Seminar and CAREER Resource Materials
July 22, 23, 24 by disciplines
Community-based Data Interoperability Networks (INTEROP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07565/nsf07565.htm
Digital data are increasingly both the products of research and the starting point for new research and education activities. The ability to re-purpose data – to use it in innovative ways and combinations not envisioned by those who created the data – requires that it be possible to find and understand data of many types and from many sources. Interoperability (the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged) is fundamental to meeting this requirement.
July 23
SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency (SBIR R43/R44)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-08-001.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to further the development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) Products for the health and safety training of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers, emergency responders, and skilled support personnel. These products would complement the goals and objectives of the Worker Education and Training Program (WETP). The major objective of the NIEHS/WETP is to prevent work related harm by assisting in the training of workers in how best to protect themselves and their communities from exposure to hazardous materials.
July 25
The Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/multicultural_selg.html
CSREES announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) and Special Experiential Learning Grants (SEL) for fiscal year (FY) 2008 to conduct undergraduate scholarship programs to meet national and international needs for training food and agricultural scientists and professionals, or professionals in rural economic, community, and business development.
July 28
Innovative and Integrative Approaches for Advancing Public Health Protection Through Water Infrastructure Sustainability
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_water.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results program, is seeking applications to develop advanced concepts for linking public health protection with water infrastructure sustainability. Innovative and integrative approaches are sought for monitoring, modeling, operation, and management of drinking water distribution and storage systems and wastewater collection systems that can lead to improved water quality and reduced health risks.
July 29
Department of Commerce Internship for Postsecondary Students
http://see.orau.org/ProgramDescription.aspx?Program=10038
Internships to participate in hands-on education and training related to the Department of Commerce mission. Interns spend 10 weeks in the summer or 16 weeks during fall or spring semester at the Department of Commerce headquarters, division offices, and field centers: computer sciences, engineering, life sciences, physical sciences, related business disciplines.
July 30
NEH Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collections_and_Resources.html
Humanities Collections and Resources combines support for activities that were funded previously through two separate grant categories: Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections and Reference Materials Grants. The program also provides support for activities funded previously through the Division’s Research and Development category.
July 31
NEH Summer Stipends -- Understanding of the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
Open August 1 to Oct. 2
2008 GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists
http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/prizes/ge/howto.dtl?CFID=3285989&CFTOKEN=54645058
The GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists has been established to provide support to scientists at the beginning of their careers, because Science/AAAS and GE Healthcare believe that such support is critical for continued scientific progress.
August 1
Asian Cultural Council - Grant Program
http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/
The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) supports cultural exchanges between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship Grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel, and creative work in the U.S. Its geographic purview covers an extended area of Asia ranging from Afghanistan eastward through Japan. Grants are made in the following fields: archaeology, architecture (design, theory, and history), art history, art and architectural conservation, crafts, dance, film, museology, music, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, theater, and video.
August 1
AFOSR /National Research Council-Resident Research Associateships Program
http://www.afosr.af.mil:80/Education/edu_residentProg.htm
The USAF/NRC-RRA Program offers postdoctoral and senior scientists and engineers opportunities to perform research at sponsoring Air Force laboratories. The objectives of the program are (1) to provide researchers of unusual promise and ability opportunities to solve problems, largely of their own choice, that are compatible with the interests of the hosting laboratories; and (2) to contribute to the overall efforts of the Air Force laboratories.
August 1
Science, Technology, and Society
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08553
STS considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. STS has four components: Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS), History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS), Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS), Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
August 1
Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Biomedical and Behavioral Research (SBIR [R43/R44])
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-114.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the translation of technologies for biomedical or behavioral research from academic and other non-small business research sectors to the marketplace. Small Business Concerns (SBCs) are encouraged to submit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to further develop, make more robust, and make more user-friendly such technologies in preparation for commercial dissemination.
August 5
New Technologies for Transient Molecular Complex Characterization (STTR [R41/R42])
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-111.html
New Technologies for Transient Molecular Complex Characterization (SBIR [R43/R44])
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-110.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop new technologies, tools, and/or processes for the study of transient molecular complexes. Depending on the complex, such studies should have the potential for characterizing normal function or disease dysfunction and the effects of potential therapeutic interventions.
August 5
2009 INCITE Call for Proposals
For the sixth consecutive year, DOE's Office of Science is inviting proposals from scientists and engineers for the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program. The INCITE program will award significant allocations on some of the world's most powerful supercomputers to innovative, large-scale computational science projects to enable high-impact advances. Scientists from the national and international research community will be able to request allocations on machines at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
August 11
NSF Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08562/nsf08562.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
The objective of PAARE is to enhance diversity in astronomy and astrophysics research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, collaborative research and education partnerships among minority-serving institutions and partners at research institutions, including academic institutions, private observatories and NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences supported facilities.
August 12
Advances in Biological Informatics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08563/nsf08563.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
The Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI) program seeks to encourage new approaches to the analysis and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. The ABI program is especially interested in the development of informatics tools and resources that have the potential to advance, or transform, research in biology supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Recognizing that the use of computational and informatics tools and the creation of databases to disseminate results have become increasingly integral to activities supported by all BIO programs, the ABI program will place a higher priority on proposals that create computational / informatics tools and database architectures which are applicable to multiple biological domains.
August 12
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-149.html
The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant Program (R13 and U13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. A conference/scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge.
August 12 & Dec. 12
Sociological Initiatives Foundation - Sociological Initiatives Foundation
http://comm-org.wisc.edu/sif/index.php
The Sociological Initiatives Foundation was established in 1999 to support research that furthers social change. The Foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change and/or research and initiatives that provide insight into sociological and linguistic issues that may be useful to specific groups and or communities. Grant sizes normally range from $10,000 to $20,000. We look for projects that have an explicit research design and a concrete connection to public or community impact. The Foundation specifically supports research that focuses on these areas: Clear social policy objectives; Institutional and educational practices
Legislative and regulatory changes; Organizing previously unorganized groups; Building collective community capacity and/or power (such as expanding membership base); Linguistic issues, such as literacy, language maintenance and expansion, multilingualism and its implications, and their possible intersection with social and policy issues.
August 15
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08561/nsf08561.htm
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data. The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including: Regular Research Awards; Mid-Career Research Fellowships; Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants; Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
August 16
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Sites and Supplements
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07569/nsf07569.htm
REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department, or on interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. A partnership with the Department of Defense supports REU Sites in DoD-relevant research areas. (2) REU Supplements may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects or may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements.
REU Proposal Development Resources
OPD REU Seminar & Support Materials
Fulfilling Mentors’ Expectations: An REU Site Experience
By Miguel A. Labrador1 and Rafael Pérez2
http://www.cse.usf.edu/REU/publications/RP2006010LAB.pdf
August 18
Genetic Screens to Enhance Zebrafish Research (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-138.html
This FOA encourages investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit the power of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for biomedical and behavioral research. Applications proposing to develop new genetic screens of high priority to the zebrafish community that will advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processes, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome. This effort stems from an NIH initiative developed by the Institutes and Centers of the Trans-NIH Zebrafish Coordinating Committee (TZCC) under the co-chairmanship of NICHD and NIDDK.
LOI due August 25 and full Sept. 24
Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-139.html
This FOA encourages investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit the power of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for biomedical and behavioral research. Applications proposing to develop new research tools or techniques that are of high priority to the zebrafish community and that will advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processing, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome.
LOI due August 25 and full Sept. 24
AERA Invites Education Policy- And Practice-Related Research Proposals
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the AERA Grants Program announces its Research Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on issues related to U.S. education policy and practice using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES and NSF, and have U.S. education policy relevance.
August 29
AERA Invites Education Policy- And Practice-Related Dissertation Proposals
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
AERA invites education policy- and practice-related dissertation proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.
August 29
Global Biocultural Initiative
http://www.christensenfund.org/frame_grants.html
The Christensen Fund (TCF) focuses its grantmaking on maintaining the rich diversity of the world—biological and cultural—over the long run, by focusing on five geographic regions, including The Greater Southwest (Southwest USA and Northwest Mexico). Applications are welcome within the following framework: to support efforts aimed at building and sharing global knowledge, wisdom and practice of stewardship of biocultural diversity, landscape integrity and resilience, as well as supporting global institutions and policies that sustain diversity, in particular around agrodiversity and food sovereignty.
August 31
Engineering Information Foundation Grants
http://www.eifgrants.org/info/index.html
Spports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit our fields of interest. These currently include the availability and use of published information, women in engineering, and information access in developing countries. You may want to review our recent grants to give you a better idea of the kinds of projects that interest us. We may infrequently sponsor proposals that do not fit strictly within our guidelines.
August 31
DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program
http://www.aicgs.org/fellows/opps/daad.aspx
The DAAD/AICGS Research Fellowship Program, funded by a generous grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each. Fellowships include a monthly stipend of up to $4,725, depending on the seniority of the applicant, transportation to and from Washington, and office space at the Institute.
August 31
Tinker Foundation, Inc. - Institutional Grants (Latin America)
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/institu.html
The Tinker Foundation awards Institutional Grants to organizations and institutions that promote the interchange and exchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Spain, Portugal, Ibero-America, and Antarctica. (For the foundation's purposes, Ibero-America is defined as the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere.). Programmatically, the foundation funds projects addressing environmental policy, economic policy, or governance issues.
Sept. 1
Abe Fellowship Program in the Social Sciences or Humanities
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/abe/
The Abe Fellowship supports professional research in the social sciences or humanities on contemporary policy-relevant issues, especially those which promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between Japan and America. Applicants must be citizens of the U.S. or Japan (or be able to demonstrate serious affiliations with research communities in the U.S. or Japan) and hold the terminal degree in their field by the start of their fellowship term.
Sept. 1
The William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography
http://www.aag.org/Grantsawards/marble_garrison.htm
The biannual William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography supports innovative research into the computational aspects of geographic science.
Sept. 2
DARPA Mathematical Challenges, BAA 07-68
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-68/Attachments.html
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of DARPA Mathematical Challenges, with the goal of dramatically revolutionizing mathematics and thereby strengthening the scientific and technological capabilities of DoD. To do so, the agency has identified twenty-three mathematical challenges, listed at above URL, which were announced at DARPA Tech 2007.
Open to Sept. 8
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) - CERN Fellowships( in Switzerland)
Fellows are normally nationals of the Member States of CERN, but there also exist a limited number of places for Fellows from non-Member States. There are two types of Fellowship Programme at CERN: The Senior Fellowship Programme, addressed to people with a Ph.D. or at least four years of experience after the degree which gives access to doctoral programmes. In both cases, a maximum of ten years of experience after the degree which gives access to doctoral programmes applies. The Junior Fellowship Programme, for holders of at least a Technical Engineer degree (or equivalent) and at most a M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) with not more than 4 years of experience.
Sept. 8
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
http://www.usip.org/fellows/index.html
Awards approximately ten residential Senior Fellowships each year so that outstanding scholars, practitioners, policymakers, journalists, and other professionals can conduct research on peace and conflict.
Sept. 8
NSF - International Research Fellowship Program - New Ireland Partnership Added
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5179&org=NSF&from=fund
NSF invites applications for the International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP, NSF 06-582). The objective of the program is to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacity and global perspective and forging long-term relationships with scientists, technologists and engineers abroad. These awards are available in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF.
Sept. 9
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Ancillary Training Activities (T36)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-118.html
The goal of the MARC Ancillary Training Activities Program is to provide support for the attendance and participation of individuals from underrepresented groups and/or faculty from minority serving institutions in program-related scientific conferences, short courses, or other well -defined ancillary training activities to provide knowledge, skills, and/or networking capabilities that empower participants to succeed in the pursuit of a biomedically related research careers.
Sept. 11
Sloan Research Fellowships
http://www.sloan.org/programs/fellowship_brochure.shtml
Candidates for Sloan Research Fellowships are required to hold the Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience or computational and evolutionary molecular biology, or in a related interdisciplinary field, and must be members of the regular faculty (i.e., tenure track) of a college or university in the United States or Canada. They may be no more than six years from completion of the most recent Ph.D. or equivalent as of the year of their nomination, unless special circumstances such as military service, a change of field, or child rearing are involved or unless they have held a faculty appointment for less than two years.
Sept. 15
Anthropology & Environment Section's Small Grants Program
http://www.eanth.org/Awards.php?Award=SmallGrants.htm
The goal of the Anthropology & Environment Section's Small Grants Program is to foster collaboration among practicing and academic anthropologists, grassroots activists, and/or organizations and inspire innovative solutions to environmental issues. The small grants program is particularly interested in projects that facilitate communication and brainstorming between groups or that lead to program or institution building necessary to form innovative solutions. Proposals may address local, national or global concerns, issues, or problems.
Sept. 15
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellowships are not available for students. The Foundation only supports individuals. It does not make grants to institutions or organizations. The Foundation selects its Fellows on the basis of two separate competitions, one for the United States and Canada, the other for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sept. 15
APA Dissertation Research Award Program
http://www.apa.org:80/science/dissinfo.html
The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs.
Sept. 15
Sloan Research Fellowships for Early-Career Scientists and Scholars
http://www.sloan.org/programs/fellowship_brochure.shtml
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will accept applications for the Sloan Research Fellowships. The Fellowship program has grown in size and cost over the years and now includes several disciplines not covered in the beginning; but its purpose - to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise - remains the same. The Program Committee reviews more than 600 nominations each year to arrive at a final selection of 118 Fellows.
Sept. 15
Canadian Embassy - Canadian Studies Grant Program - Research Grants
http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies/grantguide-en.asp
The Research Grant Program promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The grant is designed to assist individual scholars, or a team of scholars, in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality and reporting their findings in a scholarly publication and at scholarly conferences, thus contributing to the development of Canadian Studies in the United States. Grant proposals are welcome from all fields in the social sciences and humanities.
Sept. 15
NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fdhc.html
NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars. An award provides funding for both a stipend for the fellow while in residence at the center and a portion of the center's costs for hosting a fellow. Awards are for periods of six to twelve months.
Sept. 15
Functional Characterization of Genetic Variants and Interactions: The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-003.html
The National Institute on Drug Abuse on behalf of the NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative encourages functional characterization of genetic variants that have been statistically nominated to be associated with a particular outcome through common, complex disease gene discovery approaches, such as genome-wide association studies, candidate gene approaches, or sequencing studies. This FOA supports research relating genetic variation to biological mechanism, or disease causality.
Sept. 17 and full Oct. 17
NOAA FY 2008 Broad Agency Announcement
The purpose of this notice is to request proposals for special projects and programs associated with the Agency’s strategic plan and mission goals, as well as to provide the general public with information and guidelines on how NOAA will select proposals and administer discretionary Federal assistance under this BAA. This BAA is a mechanism to encourage research, education and outreach, innovative projects, or sponsorships that are not addressed through our competitive discretionary programs. It is not a mechanism for awarding Congressionally directed funds. Funding for potential projects in this notice is contingent upon the availability of Fiscal Year 2008 and Fiscal Year 2009 appropriations.
Sept. 30
USAID/DCHA/OFDA FY 2008 Annual Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response
Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, the United States Government (USG), as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), is inviting applications grant funding from qualified U.S. and non-U.S. non-profit or for-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), or other qualified non-USG organizations (Public International Organizations [PIO] or [IO] ) to assist USAID/OFDA promote and enhance disaster preparedness and response capacities within the Asia region thru implementation of the Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) Stage 3.
Sept. 20
University and Non-Profit Scientific & Engineering Research -- White Papers Requested
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVSEA/N00178/N0017808Q3004/SynopsisP.html
The Navy Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), through the Dahlgren Laboratory at Dahlgren, VA solicits scientific and engineering research "white papers" to identify capabilities of University and Non-Profit Institutions to conduct basic research, applied research, and advanced research projects in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. All white papers received will be maintained for a period not to exceed three years and will be considered as candidate sources for research projects during that period.
Sept. 30
International Research in Homeland Security Science & Technology Mission Areas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is soliciting applications for international research projects aligned with the mission and requirements of DHS S&T. These projects should be designed to augment and complement, through international research and collaboration, the depth and breadth of homeland security science and technology research.
Sept. 30
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
http://ecos.fws.gov/partners/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Act authorizes the Secretary of Interior to provide direct technical and financial assistance to private landowners interested in restoring, enhancing, and managing fish and wildlife habitats on their own lands. It is a goal of the program to secure at least 50 percent of project costs from non-Service sources, but this goal applies to the national program as a whole, and does not have to be achieved on a project-by-project basis. Funding above $25,000 for an individual project must be approved at the Washington Office level.
Sept. 30
Coastal Program
http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
Coastal ecosystems comprise less than 10 percent of the Nation's land area, but support far greater proportions of our living resources. Specifically, coastal areas support a much higher percentage of the Nation's threatened and endangered species, fishery resources, migratory songbirds, and migrating and wintering waterfowl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service welcomes your participation in the Coastal Program. If you are interested in exploring the possibility of pursuing a cooperative agreement for habitat assessment, protection, and/or restoration, or simply receiving technical advice, the first step is to contact your local Coastal Program coordinator. A listing of all Coastal Program coordinators is available at: http://www.fws.gov/coastal .
Sept. 30
Climate Change Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
The program seeks to understand the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes of the Earth's atmosphere, land, and oceans and how these processes may be affected by energy production and use. The research is designed to provide data that will enable an objective assessment of the potential for, and the consequences of, human-induced climate change at global and regional scales. It also provides data and models to enable assessments of mitigation options to prevent such a change.
Sept. 30
Life Sciences Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
For Life Sciences, research is focused on using the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) resources and facilities to develop fundamental knowledge of biological systems that can be used to address DOE needs in clean energy, carbon sequestration, and environmental cleanup that will underpin biotechnology based solutions to energy challenges.
Sept. 30
Applied Mathematics, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
Research is sought on the mathematical methods and numerical algorithms that enable the effective description, understanding, and prediction of complex physical, biological, and human- engineered systems. For example, the subjects of supported research efforts may include: (1) numerical methods for the parallel solution of systems of partial differential equations, large- scale linear or nonlinear systems, or very large parameter-estimation problems; (2) analytical or numerical techniques for modeling complex physical or biological phenomena, such as fluid turbulence or microbial populations; (3) analytical or numerical methods for bridging a broad range of temporal and spatial scales; (4) optimization, control, and risk analysis of complex systems, such as computer networks and electrical power grids; and (5) mathematical research issues related to petascale science.
Sept. 30
Beckman Young Investigators Program
http://www.beckman-foundation.com:80/byi_guides.html
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants to non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
Oct. 1
Education Research Training Grants
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305B.pdf
In this announcement, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) describes the research training programs that are funded through its National Center for Education Research. Separate announcements are available on the Institute's website that pertain to the research grant programs that are funded through the National Center for Education Research (http://ncer.ed.gov/funding ) and to the research grant programs and the research training program funded through the Institute's National Center for Special Education Research (http://ncser.ed.gov/funding ). The Institute invites applications for its Postdoctoral Research Training grant program and its Predoctoral Research Training in the Education Sciences grant program.
Oct. 2
Education Research and Development Center Grants
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84305C.pdf
In this announcement, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) invites applications for research projects that will contribute to its Education Research and Development Center program.
Oct. 2
Special Education Research Training Grants
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/pdf/2009_84324B.pdf
The Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) describes the postdoctoral research training program that is funded through its National Center for Special Education Research. Separate announcements are available on the Institute's website that pertain to the discretionary grant competitions that are funded through the National Center for Special Education Research (http://ncser.ed.gov) and to the research programs grant programs and research training programs funded through the Institute's National Center for Education Research (http://ncer.ed.gov ).
Oct. 2
ACLS - Digital Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Humanities Scholars
http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for the second annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating further such works. ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on a major scholarly project that takes a digital form.
Oct. 3
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20241
The program is designed to build the nation's capacity for research, leadership and policy change to address the multiple determinants of population health. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to: investigate rigorously the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge and interventions that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health.
Oct. 3
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.
Oct. 3.
National Humanities Center Fellowships 2009-2010
http://www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/appltoc.htm
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2009 through May 2010. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and recent Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
Oct. 15
FDA Small Scientific Conference Program (R13/U13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-08-003.html
The FDA recognizes the value of supporting high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to its scientific mission and to the public health. A conference/scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge. Support of such meetings is contingent on the fiscal and programmatic interests and priorities of the individual Centers, which are linked to the FDA Grant Web site http://www.fda.gov/ .
Oct. 15
Sustainable Vision Grants for Educational Programs that Move Ideas to Commercialization
http://www.nciia.org/g_sustainable.html
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance is pleased to request proposals for our second round of Sustainable Vision (SV) grants. SV grants support the creation of US and international initiatives that define replicable models for effective and sustainable technology entrepreneurship through innovative collaborations between US universities and colleges and partners in the private, NGO and government sectors. Sustainable Vision grants fund innovative educational programs that move ideas to commercialization for the benefit of people living in poverty. Focus areas include, but are not limited to, health, clean air and water, energy, nutrition, and shelter.
Oct. 17
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08540/nsf08540.htm
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
IGERT Proposal Development Resources
Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759
IGERT National Recruitment Program
http://www.igert.org/index.asp
A Cultural Change in Graduate Education: The NSF IGERT Program
Mary Durfee, Assistant Provost for Academic Improvement
Michigan Technological University
http://www.apsanet.org/tlc2007/TLC07Durfee_revised.pdf
Oct. 20
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07576/nsf07576.htm
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
NSF GRF Proposal Development Resources
GRFP Background Information
https://www.nsfgradfellows.org/
OPD Seminar: How to Find & Apply for Graduate Fellowships
Advice Applying For Graduate Fellowships: NSF, NDSEG, Hertz
By Philip J. Guo, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Computer Science, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/~pgbovine/fellowship-tips.htm#general
How to Win a Graduate Fellowship
By Michael Kiparsky, Chronical of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/05/2006051101c/careers.html
[Students] In Pursuit of the Perfect Letter of Reference
Campbell, R.W., M. Boersma, J. Dower, G. Muller-Parker, C.S. Weiler
http://www.disccrs.org/reports/referenceletters.html
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
By Valorie Troesch
http://gsc.students.mtu.edu/funding/NSFGraduateResearchFellowshipProgram.ppt
http://www.grad.clemson.edu/fellowships/NSF%20GRFP%20Seminar%202%20in%202006.ppt
Advice for Applicants to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
By Keith Jacks Gamble, updated 1/23/06
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~gamble/nsfadvice.pdf
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
American Society for Engineering Education
http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/gradexpo/2007_handouts/05_NSFFellowshipPresentation2007.pdf
NSF GRF Program: What Panelists Look For?!
Tess Moon, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~asee/NSFGRFPTalk-OGSWrkshpOct02.pdf
Estimated ~Nov. 1-9 based on 2007 due dates
Folger Shakespeare Library Long-term Fellowships
http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298
Long-term fellowships are supported by funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Long-term fellows are selected by an external committee which considers the following criteria in making its selections: importance of the topic; originality and sophistication of the approach; feasibility of the research objectives; and the applicant’s need for the Folger collections. The Folger looks for highly talented, productive scholars whose work will be significantly advanced by a prolonged period of access to our collection, and who, while in residence, will contribute to the intellectual vitality of this institution.
Nov. 1
American Psychological Foundation - Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants
http://www.apa.org/apf/scrivner.html
The Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grants support empirical and applied research focused on lesbian, gay, and bisexual family psychology and lesbian, gay, and bisexual family therapy. APF encourages researchers from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences to apply. One grant of up to $10,000 for research by a post-doctoral researcher. Up to two $1,000 grants for graduate student research with strong preference given to dissertation candidates.
Nov. 1
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13454&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
These fellowships support training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.
Nov. 3
Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/
The Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, announces its interest in receiving preapplications for developing outstanding scientific opportunities in nuclear structure and dynamics, nuclear astro-physics, and tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries at leading rare isotope beam facilities around the world.
Nov. 10
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07598/nsf07598.htm
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems competition promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) is a multidirectorate program jointly operated by three NSF directorates (Biological Sciences; Geosciences; and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences).
Nov. 18
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08564/nsf08564.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
The National Science Foundation awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in selected areas of the biological sciences. These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. Allowed are costs for doctoral candidates to participate in scientific meetings, to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings, and to expand an existing body of dissertation research.
Nov. 21
Computational Mathematics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390
Supports mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms design, numerical methods and their analysis, and symbolic methods. The prominence of computation in the research is a hallmark of the program. Proposals ranging from single-investigator projects that develop and analyze innovative computational methods to interdisciplinary team projects that not only create new mathematical and computational techniques but use them to model, study, and solve important application problems are encouraged.
Dec. 1-15
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=370402&attrib_id=13235
Conference and Workshop Grants are for amounts up to $15,000. In accordance with the mission of the Foundation, priority is given to events that foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology and advance significant and innovative anthropological research.
Dec. 1
Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html
EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology.
Dec. 9
NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5602
The NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering funds research in the fundamental physics of plasmas. The types of phenomena investigated include transport in plasmas in confined magnetic structures, non-neutral plasmas in traps, dusty plasmas in laboratory configurations, and high-field laser-plasma interactions, including research in high-energy-density physics involving laser-produced plasmas. Both theoretical and experimental research is included.
Dec. 10
Association of American Geographers Dissertation Research Grants
http://www.aag.org/Grantsawards/Dissertationresearch.html
Dec. 31
JR Peace Scholar Dissertation Program
http://www.usip.org/fellows/scholars.html
The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace awards nonresidential Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to peace, conflict, and international security.
Jan. 9
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm
http://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri/
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners.
MRI Proposal Development Resources
OPD Seminar on Instrumentation Programs
QEM Proposal Development and Evaluation Workshop
National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program
http://qemnetwork.qem.org/MRIPresentations.htm
Jan. 22 (4th Thurs.)
AAA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program
http://www.aaanet.org:80/committees/minority/minordis.htm
The American Anthropological Association invites minority doctoral candidates in anthropology to apply for a dissertation writing fellowship of $10,000.
Feb. 15
The MCEAS Dissertation Fellowship Program for Early American Studies
http://www.mceas.org/dissertationfellowships.htm
Doctoral candidates from any PhD-granting institution who are in the research or writing stage of the dissertation are eligible to compete for these fellowships. Any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered.
March 1
Long Range BAA for Research and Education Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is interested in receiving proposals for research and education initiatives which offer potential for advancement and improvement in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare NPS’s broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research and education initiatives across a spectrum of science and engineering, business and policy, operational and informational sciences, and interdisciplinary disciplines that support the NPS’ graduate education and research mission.
March 31
The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm
This American Philosophical Society fellowship is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research.
April 1
