Funding for Earth, Environmental, and Ecological Sciences
EARTH, ENVIRONMENTAL, and ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES FUNDING
Updated 26 February 2009
These listings are a compilation of annual funding opportunities in the earth, environmental, and ecological sciences identified and distributed monthly by OPD as Current Funding Opportunities & Potential Project Listings at Texas A&M University.
The below URLs were all active at the time this version (above date) was prepared. Program dates, when given, are for the most current past funding cycle, and therefore may change slightly for upcoming opportunities. URLs can change. If a URL link is not active copy and paste the program title into Google or Yahoo to search for a more current URL.
Please direct comments and feedback to mikecronan@tamu.edu, or suggest potential listings for updated versions.
NASA
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- NOW AVAILABLE - ROSES 2009 (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences)
- 2 EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS:
- Supplemental Outreach Awards for ROSES Investigators (Notice of Intent, 11 March 2009; Proposal, 8 April)
- Supplemental Education Awards for ROSES Investigators (Notice of Intent, 11 March 2009; Proposal, 8 April)
- NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) Program for the 2009/2010 Academic Year (PDF)
(Renewal Applications Due 16 March)
(Deadline Extension for New Applications; Now Due 9 February)
NOAA
- Environmental Literacy Grants: Science on a Sphere Network Capacity Building (Proposals Due 3 March)
- SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY - Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program (Proposals Due 31 March)
EPA
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- Novel Approaches to Improving Air Pollution Emissions Information (Proposals Due 21 April)
- Enhancing Ecosystem Services From Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, And Developing Decision Support Tools (Proposals Due 26 May)
- Targeted Measurements to Improve Air Pollution Emission Inventories (Anticipated January)
- Research for Outcomes and Accountability: Development of Novel Environmental Health Outcome Indicators (Anticipated February)
- Air Research Centers (Anticipated June 2009)
- Enhancing Ecosystem Services from Agricultural Lands: Developing Tools for Quantification and Decision Support (Anticipated January 2009)
- Nanotechnology Research Grants: Investigating Environmental Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials (Joint research solicitation between EPA and NSF) (Anticipated March 2009)
EPA Environmental Research Fellowships
- FY 2009 National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program (Proposals Due 2 February)
USDA
- NEW! Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program – Link to 2009 Schedule of Due Dates
- CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF THE ENTIRE 2009 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT!
- THE 7 AFRI PROGRAM AREAS:
- Plant Health and Production and Plant Products
- Animal Health and Production and Animal Products
- Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health
- Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment
- Agriculture Systems and Technology
- Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities
- Rapid Response Food and Agriculture Science for Emergency Issues
- Successfully link your AFRI proposal to the 6 CSREES Strategic Goals:
- Strategic Goal 1 - Enhance International Competitiveness of American Agriculture
- Strategic Goal 2 - Enhance the Competitiveness and Sustainability of Rural Farm Economics
- Strategic Goal 3 - Support Increased Economic Opportunities and Improved Quality of Life in Rural America
- Strategic Goal 4 - Enhance Protection and Safety of the Nation's Agriculture and Food Supply
- Strategic Goal 5 - Improve the Nation's Nutrition and Health
- Strategic Goal 6 - Protect and Enhance the Nation's Natural Resource Base and Environment
- 2009 AFRI INTEGRATED Programs (Special rules apply):
- Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium-sized farms
- Air Quality
- Animal Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Applied Plant Genomics Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems
- Food Safety and Epidemiology: Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety
- Integrated Solutions for Animal Agriculture
- Human Nutrition and Obesity
- Managed Ecosystems
- Plant Breeding and Education
- Plant Biosecurity
- Protection of Managed Bees Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Rapid Response Food and Agricultural Science for Emergency Issues
- Rural Development
- 2009 AFRI Programs Requiring LETTERS OF INTENT (A Pre-Selection Process):
- Air Quality (Letters Due 5 March)
- Animal Health and Well-Being: Animal Health (Letters Due 16 January)
- Animal Health and Well-Being: Animal Well-Being (Letters Due 16 January)
- Animal Health and Well-Being: Tools and Resources (Letters Due 1 June)
- Applied Plant Genomics Coordinated Agricultural Project (Letters Due 16 January)
- Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Suborganismal Biology (Letters Due 1 April)
- Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Tools, Resources, and Genomics (Letters Due 1 April)
- Bioactive Food Components for Optimal Health (Letters Due 22 January)
- Biobased Products and Bioenergy Production Research (Letters Due 11 February)
- Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems (Letters Due 20 April)
- Food Safety and Epidemiology: Biological Approaches for Food Safety (Letters Due 4 March)
- Food Safety and Epidemiology: Epidemiiological Approaches for Food Safety (Letters Due 4 March)
- Improving Food Quality and Value (Letters Due 21 January)
- Integrated Solutions for Animal Agriculture (Letters Due 16 March)
- Managed Ecosystems (Letters Due 3 March)
- Microbial Biology: Microbial Associations with Plants (Letters Due 16 February)
- Microbial Genomics: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms (Letters Due 5 February)
- Plant Biology: Environmental Stress (Letters Due 30 January)
- Plant Biology: Biochemistry (Letters Due 20 February)
- Plant Biology: Growth and Development (Letters Due 2 March)
- Plant Breeding and Education (Letters Due 16 March)
- Plant Biosecurity (Letters Due 13 April)
- Plant Genome, Genetics, and Breeding (Letters Due 16 January)
- Protection of Managed Bees Coordinated Agricultural Project (Letters Due 2 March)
- Rapid Response Food and Agricultural Science for Emergency Issues (Letters Due Immediately)
- Soil Processes (Letters Due 16 January)
DOE
- 20% Wind by 2030: Overcoming the Challenges (Proposals Due 3 March)
- Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy (Proposals Due 18 February)
- National Geothermal Database (Proposals Due 29 January)
NSF
- Biological Oceanography (Proposals Due 15 February and 15 August)
- Chemical Oceanography (Proposals Due 15 February and 15 August)
- Marine Geology and Geophysics (Proposals Due 15 February and 15 August)
- Physical Oceanography (Proposals Due 15 February)
- Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (Proposals Due 23 February, and 8 July)
- Energy for Sustainability (Proposals Due 1 March and 15 September)
- Environmental Engineering (Proposals Due 1 March and 15 September)
- Environmental Sustainability (Proposals Due 1 March and 15 September)
- Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (Proposals Due 3 March)
- Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (Proposals Due 6 March)
- Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences (Proposals Due 10 March)
- Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) (Preliminary Proposals Due 13 March)
- Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (Proposals Due 1 May)
- Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (Proposals Due 10 May)
- CubeSat-based Science Missions for Space Weather and Atmospheric Research (Proposals Due 11 May)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (Proposals Due 5 June)
- NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships (Proposals Due 1 July)
- Ecological Biology (Proposals Due 9 July)
- Ecosystem Science (Proposals Due 9 July)
- Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (Proposals Due 9 July)
- Population and Evolutionary Processes (Proposals Due 9 July)
- Opportunities for Promoting Understanding Through Synthesis (Proposals Due 9 July)
- EarthScope (Proposals Due 16 July)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) (Proposals Due 21-23 July)
- Biological Research Collections (Proposals Due 24 July)
- Advances in Biological Informatics (Proposals Due 11 August)
- International Research Fellowship Program (Proposals Due 8 September)
- Undergraduate Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (Pre-Proposals for 2010 Due 15 September)
- Arctic Research Opportunities (Proposals Due 15 October)
- Geospace Environment Modeling (Proposals Due 15 October)
- Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) (Proposals Due 15 October)
- Continental Dynamics (Proposals Due 15 November)
- Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (Proposals Due 17 November)
- Ecology of Infectious Diseases (Proposals Due 9 December)
- Atmospheric Chemistry (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
- Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
- Paleoclimate (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
- Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
- Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
- Upper Atmospheric Facilities (Proposals Accepted Anytime)
