April 2008
Office of Proposal Development
Texas A&M University
April 1, 2008 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Elimination of Health Disparities through Translation Research (R18)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CD-08-001.html
This funding opportunity announcement is intended to solicit applications that support dissemination and implementation of public health research into public health practice activities in health disparity populations and to contribute to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2010" and to measuring program performance as stipulated by the Government Performance and Review Act (GPRA). This FOA addresses “Healthy People 2010” priority area(s) of Prevention Research (Chapter 23, Section 17) and is in alignment with CDC’s performance goal(s) to support prevention research to develop sustainable and transferable community-based behavioral interventions.
LOI due April 2 and full May 2
Humanities and Social Science Research Related to Japan
http://matsushita-kokusai-z.or.jp/mif-e.htm#ResearchGrants
The funds are provided to assist original and challenging international research which meets social as well as academic demands in the fields of humanities and social sciences. The foundation takes applications from students of doctoral courses and researchers within five years after finishing doctoral course, and reviews them in the screening committee once a year.
apply period April 7- May 16
Basic Research Challenge (BRC) Program
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/08-007_ONR%20BAA%2008-007.pdf
The BRC program supports basic science and/or engineering research within academia and industry. The program is focused on stimulating new, high-risk basic research projects. The FY 2008 BRC competition is for the four (4) topics listed below. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in Section VIII of this BAA entitled, “Specific BRC Topics”. The detailed descriptions are intended to provide the proposer a frame of reference and are not meant to be restrictive to the possible approaches to achieving the goals of the topic and the program. Innovative ideas addressing these research topics are highly encouraged. White papers and full proposals addressing the following BRC topics are sought: (1) Quantum Information Sciences and the Future of Secure Computation (2) Autonomous Devices for Advanced Personnel Treatment (ADAPT) (3) Mobile Brain Imaging (4) Compressed Sensing for Networked Information Processing
White papers due April 7 and full May 7
Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (U01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-001.html
To support development of vaccines, vaccine technologies, therapeutics, immunotherapeutics, adjuvants and medical diagnostics for NIAID Category A, B, and C priority pathogens and toxins (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/PDF/cat.pdf ). The objective of this RFA is to support research that will advance the development and/or production of countermeasures (vaccines, adjuvants, therapeutics, immunotherapeutics, and medical diagnostics) specific for NIAID Category A, B, or C priority pathogens or toxins. Developmental research is not required to result in a "final" product but must advance the development of a candidate product. A second objective of this RFA is to stimulate scientifically sound, original, and innovative research requiring a comprehensive team and multidisciplinary effort that will facilitate advancement of a promising candidate product or platform technology through the product development pathway.
LOI due April 11 and full May 12
Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-2372.htm
This priority is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American, Canadian, and Mexican institutions to encourage cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities among the United States (U.S.), Canada, and Mexico.
April 11
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/NSF Academic Research Initiative
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08534/nsf08534.htm
In FY 2008, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will invest, in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), in frontier research at academic institutions. This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation dispersal devices and related threats. The joint DNDO/NSF effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for the detection of nuclear threats and to develop intellectual capacity in fields relevant to long-term advances in nuclear detection capability. This research and the research community that will be built under the ARI are seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective nuclear detection measures to counter the serious threat of a nuclear terrorist attack.
April 11
AHRQ Grant Program for Large Conference Support (R13) and (U13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-378.html
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. AHRQ large conference grants are those with up to $100,000 per year in total costs with a total project period not to exceed 3 years.
12th of April, August, and December
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OPRE-YE-0014.html
The purpose of this program announcement is to award a cooperative agreement to operate Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (CCEERC) for five years. The CCEERC will work to support family economic self-sufficiency and child care quality for families with children ages 0-12 or with special needs by fostering a child care and early education knowledge management and support system
LOI due April 14 and full May 13
Comparative Systems Genetics of Cancer (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-017.html
This NCI-sponsored Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications for research projects focused on the development and application of comparative (cross-species) systems genetics approaches to address key cancer-relevant problems. The NCI requests applications for research projects that will use these approaches to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms that underlie: (i) human cancer susceptibility and (ii) heterogeneity of human tumors. The NCI expects that, to meet these goals, the proposed projects will involve appropriate interdisciplinary collaborations providing expertise in such areas as human genetics, statistical genetics, model organism genetics, systems biology, mathematical or computational modeling of biological processes, and computer sciences. The NCI requires that all projects propose to use two species, one of which must be human, and that the projects adhere to the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™) standards.
LOI due April 14 and full May 14
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service FY 2009
http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) provides grants to organizations to plan and carry out projects that bring Americans together to serve in their communities in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Subject to availability of appropriations, a total of approximately $500,000 will be awarded to support 2009 King Day activities, ranging in amounts from approximately $50,000 to $300,000, to support the first year of these grants. These funds are subject to the availability of FY 2009 appropriations under the authority of section 198(s) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42USC12653(9)), authorizing the Corporation to make grants to share the cost of planning and carrying out service opportunities in conjunction with the federal legal holiday honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Grantees will be eligible for continuation funding in the second and third years contingent upon the availability of appropriations, compliance with requirements, and performance.
April 15
Burroughs Wellcome Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/interfaces/career_awards_main.html
These grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. The grant provides funding for salary and research during two years of advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a faculty appointment. The total award amount is $500,000, which is divided over five years. Candidates need not complete their postdoctoral training and accept a faculty position at the same institution.
April 15
American Legacy Foundation - Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health
http://www.americanlegacy.org/AdamsScholarship/
The Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship will award a total of $10,000 annually for up to two candidates to pursue undergraduate or graduate studies at an accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. The scholarship will be awarded to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to community service or used the visual arts or media to convey culturally-appropriate health messages on behalf of a disadvantaged population.
April 15
Roche Research Foundation - Fellowship (Postdoctoral Study in Switzerland)
http://www.research-foundation.org/rrf/index.html
The Roche Research Foundation, a charity sponsored by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., subsidizes experimental scientific research in the areas of biology, chemistry, and medicine. The Foundation promotes Swiss research with the goal of enhancing its international standing by supporting scientific investigations of promising young talents in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medicine.
April 15
Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.html
These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest and most distinguished independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks.
April 15
2008 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Predoctoral Fellowships
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships/predoc/
2008 SAO Predoctoral Fellowships: The 2008 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Predoctoral Program invites applications from current graduate students pursuing thesis research in astrophysics or related fields. Applicants in theory, observation, instrument development, or laboratory experiments at a university or college are strongly encouraged to apply.
April 15
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Wildlife Without Borders - Latin American and Caribbean
http://www.fws.gov/international/rfps/lachow.htm
The US Fish and Wildlife Service--International Office accepts applications for the Wildlife Without Borders - Latin American and the Caribbean program. The purpose of this competitive grants program is to protect fish, wildlife and plant resources in the Western Hemisphere through: academic and technical training in conservation and management of biological resources; training in management of nature reserves and other protected areas; community-level conservation education for the protection and sustained use of natural resources; technology transfer and information exchange to promote international collaboration; and promotion of networks, partnerships and coalitions that assist in the implementation of conventions, treaties, protocols and other international activities for the conservation of biological resources.
April 15
Boston Athenaeum Library - Mooney Short-Term Residential Research Fellowships
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.html
The Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships. These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest and most distinguished independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks.
April 15
Gilman International Scholarship Program Undergraduate Students Of Limited Means
http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/overview/overview.html
The Fall 2008 application cycle is for study abroad programs beginning between July 15 and October 15, 2008. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. 820 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply. Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. 25 Critical Need Language Supplements will be offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients during the 2007-2008 academic year.
April 15
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) is an environmental education program that promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K–12 environment. Funded projects provide meaningful watershed educational experiences for students, related professional development for teachers, and helps to support regional education and environmental priorities in the Pacific Northwest, the northern Gulf of Mexico and New England.
April 16
University Turbine Systems Research Program Enabling Technologies for High-Hydrogen Fueled Turbines
Funding Opportunity Number: DE-PS26-08NT00165-00. The Turbine Program addresses key technologies needed to enable the development of advanced turbines and turbine-based systems that will operate cleanly and efficiently when fueled with coal-derived synthesis gas and hydrogen fuels. Developing turbine technology to operate on high hydrogen fuels that are derived from coal synthesis gas is critical to the development of advanced near zero emission integrated gasification combined cycle power generation plants that separate and capture carbon dioxide. The Turbine Program is an investment in secure U.S. electric power production that is clean, efficient, affordable and fuel-flexible, and will make possible the continued use of coal, our Nation’s largest domestic fossil energy resource.
April 16
Economic & Social Research Council Collaborative Visiting Fellowship, Britain, Canada, US
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/esrc/
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) accept applications for a fellowship for scholars from the Americas (North, Central, South, and the Caribbean) to visit and engage in collaborative activities with members of ESRC-supported projects in Britain, or for British scholars at ESRC-supported projects to visit collaborators in the Americas, between June 2007 and September 2008. ESRC and SSRC have a common mission of promoting, funding, and disseminating important and socially useful knowledge in the social sciences. The fellowship program is designed to encourage communication and cooperation between social scientists in Great Britain and the Americas, and to explore and develop possibilities for future exchanges to be organized by the two organizations.
April 16
Environmental Health and Toxicology Research Program (U01)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TS08-002.htm
CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a funding opportunity announcement entitled, “Environmental Health and Toxicology Research Program (U01).” Approximately $1,000,000 will be available in fiscal year 2008 to fund 4-5 awards. The purpose of the program is to conduct substance-specific research to address research needs identified by the ATSDR for priority hazardous substances and to apply these findings to positively affect public health an environmental medicine in low-income and/or minority communities. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TS08-002.htm
LOI April 16; full May 16
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-075.html
Purpose. The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with a special review issued by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to solicit Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers and targets medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This FOA will use the R01 grant mechanism to encourage studies that specifically target medically underserved areas as well as underserved and underrepresented populations. This focus will allow studies to assess the nature and scope of health problems in underserved communities, formulate hypotheses about the relationship of community dynamics and health problems as they relate to underrepresented populations, design targeted interventions aimed at addressing health disparities in specified communities and specific populations, and track the efficacy of outreach efforts that result from CBPR research in the community. The FOA will ensure that the health issues of underserved communities and populations are addressed using CBPR research strategies.LOI April 16 and full May 16
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-076.html
Purpose: As above.
LOI April 16 and full May 16
Special Focus Competition: U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
The purpose of this program is to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing on problem areas in postsecondary education, or approaches to improve postsecondary education. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116M. Applications for grants under the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, CFDA Number 84.116M, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program at http://www.Grants.gov . You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.
April 17
Radiochemistry and Instrumentation Research
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/F3DB5F85E4BA1927852573E0006CE8CF?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announce its interest in receiving applications for pilot research project grants in two topic areas. The first topic area is radiochemistry. BER invites applications for conducting fundamental research in radiotracer chemistry, involving particularly improvements in the synthetic methodology for incorporating the radioisotope in a wide range of organic molecules with techniques that result in high specific activities and sufficient protections against auto-radiolysis to ensure the integrity and biological behavior of the intact radiolabeled molecule in vivo. The second topic area is in imaging instrumentation. BER invites applications dealing with the design and development of new, improved radionuclide imaging instrumentation that can significantly increase the accuracy of quantitative assessments of the three dimensional spatial and temporal distribution of radiotracers in living systems. Applications should focus on basic research that will significantly advance the current state of the science underpinning nuclear medicine advances.
April 17
Bacterial Population Genetics in a Forensics Context
http://www.hsarpabaa.com/index.asp
The goal of this research program is to develop algorithms and/or analytical tools that will assist investigators of bioterrorism events by providing precision and statistical power to inferences concerning the degree of relatedness among organisms or samples used in a bioterrorist event. The focus of this effort will be on research in the areas microbial ecology, population dynamics, host-pathogen interaction. genetic stability, statistical inference, and match criteria for the following select agents: Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, Clostridium botulinum, Francisella tularensis, Brucella sp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei.
April 18
National Risk Management Research Laboratory Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/tech/funding.html
The general objective of this research effort is to produce, evaluate, and summarize performance, cost, and value data and information about innovative technologies (i.e., systems, devices, procedures) that will assist the user community to reduce the cost and improve the effectiveness of design, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of aging/failing wastewater/stormwater/drinking water conveyance and treatment infrastructure. Outputs are sought that can be producing their intended benefits for the user community within four years. The user community consists of utilities (primary client), technology and service providers, researchers and research funding organizations, and regulators.
LOI April 21 and full May 12
Planning Grants In High Poverty Counties
The purpose of this activity is to support grants for the planning and development of new service delivery sites in high poverty counties funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Each application for grant support to plan and prepare for the development of a new site must identify a population in need of primary health care services. It must propose specific developmental activities that upon successful completion would facilitate the establishment of a new health center access point in an underserved high poverty county under the Consolidated Health Center Program. Beginning in FY 2006, the Consolidated Health Center Program will build on the success of the President's Health Centers Initiative to increase access to comprehensive primary health care for the most vulnerable populations by targeting the Nation's poorest counties through a second health centers initiative. The goal of the President's High Poverty Access Initiative is to increase access over the next five years, to primary health care in 200 of the Nation's poorest counties that can support a comprehensive health center
April 21
Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-012.html
This FOA invites applications for projects that will examine, through molecular approaches, the relationship between changes in the human microbiome and human health and disease. This program is a component of the NIH Roadmap 1.5 Human Microbiome Project (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/ ). In the UH2/UH3 application for an HMP demonstration project, the applicant must address the following specific objectives: Identification of an important biological system that holds the potential to demonstrate the relationship between the human microbiome and health or disease. Included in this objective is the identification of an existing or readily accessible set or collection of donors/samples, consented in a way consistent with HMP guidelines (will be posted at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/RFA-RM-08-012/ ), which can be studied to determine the role (if any) played by the microbiota in the chosen anatomical region or regions in the specific health condition to be studied; Use of high-throughput, cost-effective technologies to produce a data set that can be used to study the human microbiome in the selected body region(s) under specified conditions, and to make those data publicly available; Design and/or adaptation of analytical tools that will allow conclusions to be drawn about the relationship of the human microbiota to health and disease.
LOI due April 22; full May 22
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08540
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.
prelim April 24 and full Oct. 20
Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/InvasiveSpecies/preism.htm
The Economic Research Service (ERS) is accepting economic research proposals in two broad research areas of importance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) invasive species policies and programs. The ERS program focuses on national decisionmaking related to invasive species of agricultural significance or ones that are affecting or are affected by USDA programs. The term “invasive species” is applied broadly to include any vertebrate, invertebrate, weed, fungus, plant disease, animal or livestock disease, or other organism that: 1) Is nonnative, alien, or exotic to the ecosystem where it exists or potentially could be introduced—including agricultural, range, and forest ecosystems; and 2) When introduced causes, or is likely to cause, economic or environmental harm. Proposals should focus on applied economic research that has direct implications for USDA policies and programs for protection from, control/management of, regulation concerning, or trade policy relating to invasive species.
April 25
Centers of Excellence in Genomic Sciences
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-094.html
The CEGS program establishes academic Centers for advanced genome research. Each CEGS grant supports a multi-investigator, interdisciplinary team to develop innovative genomic approaches to address a particular biological problem. A CEGS project will address a critical issue in genomic science, proposing a solution that would be a very substantial advance. Thus, the research conducted at these Centers will entail substantial risk, balanced by outstanding scientific and management plans and very high potential payoff. A CEGS will focus on the development of novel technological or computational methods for the production or analysis of comprehensive data sets, or on a particular genome-scale biological problem, or on other ways to develop and use genomic approaches for understanding biological systems. Exploiting its outstanding scientific plan and team, each CEGS will nurture genomic science at its institution by facilitating the interaction of investigators from different disciplines, and by providing training of new investigators will expand the pool of professional genomics scientists and engineers. A CEGS has two related training objectives. The first is the training of all Center-associated investigators, and the broader research community at the institution, in the development and use of genomics approaches to the study of biology and medicine. The second is the training of minorities who are underrepresented in genomics.
LOI due April 25 and full May 25
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-054.html
The objective of this NRSA T32 program is to provide research training to predoctoral students interested in establishing research careers that use systems biology approaches to study developmental biology and the formation of structural birth defects.
LOI April 25; full May 25
Multiscale Mathematics and Optimization for Complex Systems.
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf
DOE seeks grant applications for research addressing multiscale mathematics and optimization for complex natural and engineered systems. Awards for this solicitation will be made in two categories: 1) Multiscale Mathematics for Complex Systems, and 2) Optimization of Complex Systems.
April 28
Learn and Serve America School-Based STEM FY 2008
http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $2 million to qualified organizations (Public and State controlled institutions of higher education ) to provide financial resources, training, and other assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) to implement service-learning projects as part of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum in grades 6-12. These funds will be awarded to an estimated 3 to 4 eligible applications with awards ranging from approximately $500,000 to $800,000 for a project period of up to 3 years. Eligible applicants include Grantmaking Entities (GMEs, which are public or private non-profit organizations that can make subgrants in two or more states) that are not currently Learn and Serve America grantees. A key role for GMEs is to manage subgrantees at the LEA level through frequent communication, training and technical assistance, and financial oversight. The 2008 School-Based competition is intended to bring service-learning that addresses STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math) objectives into high-poverty schools that have little service-learning history. The focus responds to the Corporation’s strategic goals to spread service-learning to 50% of K-12 schools and to avail many more youth from disadvantaged circumstances of service-learning opportunities.
April 30
Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08542
The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) program supports research which addresses three basic issues related to engineering education: (1) how students best learn the ideas, principles, and practices to become creative and innovative engineers, and how this learning is measured; and (2) research that helps the community understand how to better attract a more talented and diverse student body, in particular U.S. citizens and permanent residents, to all levels of engineering study. This would also include research to understand how to increase student interest in engineering by leveraging partnerships among engineering schools, school districts and exemplary non-profit organizations to recruit and retain engineering students. Finally (3), this program will support projects to investigate potential models for the evaluation of and assessment of how successful teaching, advising, and mentoring leads to improved retention and graduation, and ultimately, to a sound business model for engineering education.
April 30
2009 HHMI Early Career Scientist Competition
http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/earlycareer2009/
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is pleased to announce a national competition to select as many as 70 outstanding early career scientists. This competition will enable HHMI to identify the nation's best biomedical scientists at a critical early stage of their faculty careers, and to provide them with flexible funding to develop scientific programs of exceptional merit. HHMI seeks scientists in all areas of basic biological and biomedical research, and in areas of chemistry, physics, computer science, and engineering that are directly related to biology or medicine.
April 30
Foundation For the Future - Future of Humanities Research Grants
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm
The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. The Future of Humanity Grants are $5,000–$25,000 only for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.
Preliminary Grant Applications, in this cycle, will be considered for funding only if they pertain to one of the four specific subject areas described below:
- How will global changes in birth rates, mortality rates, and reproductive technology affect the human genome over the long-term future?
- What effect will the current global immigration and emigration of populations have on the demography of the planet over the long-term future?
- What are likely to be the major global driving forces/initiatives/issues for humanity through the new millennium?
Are mechanisms of biological and cultural evolution in sync with our systems of governance and economy? How are they likely to evolve and develop over the long-term future?
April 30 prelim and full Aug. 1
Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/grants-funding.htm#EPA-OSWER-OBLR-08-02
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities and non-profit organizations to provide training, research, and technical assistance to communities facing brownfields cleanup and revitalization challenges. EPA is particularly interested in funding brownfields training, research and technical assistance projects in the subject areas of protection of human health and the environment, sustainable development, and equitable development.
May 1
The Hyland R. Johns Grant Program
http://www.treefund.org/grants/Grants.aspx#Johns
The TREE Fund announces the 2008 Hyland R. Johns Grant Program. Since 1975, the TREE Fund has awarded small grants to aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of trees. The Hyland R. Johns Grant Program is one of two established grant programs that funds appropriate projects that benefit the arboricultural industry and enhance the many contributions of our urban forests.
May 1
King Faisal Foundation - International Prize in Medicine and in Science (Physics)
http://www.kff.com/english/homepage/Index.html
The King Faisal International Prize for 2008 in the field of Medicine seeks to recognize outstanding contributions to the topic of Molecular Targeted Therapy. The foundation established the prize to show appreciation to individuals who have benefited humanity by advancing health care or the science that underlies it. The General Secretariat of the King Faisal International Prize also invites universities, scientific societies, research centers and other learned circles throughout the world to nominate qualified candidates for the year 1429H / 2009G Prize for Science in the following topic: Physics.
May 1
NEH Challenge Grants
NEH challenge grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Awards are made to museums, public libraries, colleges, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, universities, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Because of the matching requirements, these NEH awards also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Both federal and nonfederal funds must provide long-term benefits to the humanities. Challenge grant funds should not merely replace funds already being expended on the humanities, but instead should reflect careful strategic planning to strengthen and enhance the institution's activities in and commitment to the humanities.
May 1
American Competitiveness in Chemistry-Fellowship
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08541
The American Competitiveness in Chemistry-Fellowship program is a program to support postdoctoral associates in chemistry. It seeks to (1) build ties between academic and industrial, and/or national laboratory, and/or Chemistry Division-funded center researchers (partners) and (2) involve beginning scientists in efforts to broaden participation in chemistry. Fellows will pursue research with industrial, and/or national laboratory, and/or Chemistry Division-funded center partners that will enrich their in-house research program. In addition, fellows will develop and implement their own plans for broadening participation in the chemical sciences. Successful applicants must propose a well-integrated, synergistic research plan with their chosen affiliate as well as an effective outreach plan that will broaden participation by underrepresented groups in chemistry. The research must be in a thematic area that is supported by the NSF Division of Chemistry. The Program will support Fellows for two years of postgraduate study. The Chemistry Division envisions that Postdoctoral Fellows with successful programs who pursue careers in academia will have opportunities for significant additional funding, either through supplements to their original ACC-F award, or through new awards from the Division.
May 1
The Coalition for Western Women’s History
http://www.westernwomenshistory.org/cfp.htm
The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and members of the CWWH. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997.
May 1
Antarctic Research -- Proposals that make use of IPY datasets
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08535
Scientific research and operational support of that research are the principal activities supported by the United States Government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. For projects involving fieldwork, the U.S. Antarctic Program supports only research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that is best done from Antarctica. The program also supports antarctic-related analytical research performed at home organizations. NSF is the designated lead agency for the International Polar Year, 2007-2009, for the United States and has made a number of awards in response to IPY solicitations (see list of awards at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipy_awards_list.jsp ).
These awards will result in new data sets that could be used in follow-on research such as modeling and synthesis work. Proposals that make use of IPY datasets or that otherwise build on IPY investments are welcome in the regular programs. For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at http://www.us-ipy.gov/ .
May 2 & June 6
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Comprehensive Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-5782.pdf
The Comprehensive Program supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116B. Applications for grants under the Comprehensive Program, CFDA number 84.116B must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Comprehensive Program at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.116, not 84.116B). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Help Desk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@Grants.gov.
May 5
William T. Grant Scholars Program for Early Career Researchers in Various Disciplines
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early career researchers from diverse disciplines. The award is intended to facilitate the professional development of early career scholars who have some demonstrated success in conducting high quality research and are seeking to further develop their skills and research program. Studies from these Scholars contribute to theory and policy/practice for improving the everyday settings of youth. Candidates are nominated by a supporting institution and must submit five-year research plans that demonstrate creativity, intellectual rigor, and a commitment to continued professional development; are grounded in theory and sound research methods; and provide evidence for appropriate mentoring from senior investigators. Every year, four to six William T. Grant Scholars are selected and each receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year period.
May 5
Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) for Fiscal Year 2008
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/nofas/index.html
This Notice announces the availability of $6,255,900 of competitive grant funds for the RCDI program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), an agency within the USDA Rural Development mission area herein referred to as the Agency. Applicants must provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the Federal grant. These grants will be made to qualified intermediary organizations that will provide financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development.
May 5
Request for Applications (RFA): U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships Program: 2008
http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/155/USMiddle-East-University-Partnerships-Program.aspx
Applicants from U.S. higher education institutions are needed to work with their counterparts in developing countries on programs such as economic growth, governance, basic education, and health. U.S. institutions of higher education may apply for support for a partnership in one or more of the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) focus countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Special consideration will be given to partnerships with institutions in priority countries noted under each target area.
May 8
Food/Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate/Postgraduate Fellowship Grants
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/national_needs.html
CSREES announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants Program for fiscal year (FY) 2008 to provide traineeship programs to eligible institutions for meeting the national need to develop scientific and professional expertise in the food and agricultural sciences, through graduate level training programs. In FY 2008, special emphasis will be placed on Forest Resources. CSREES is soliciting applications: (1) for Fellowships to train students for Master’s and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and natural resource sciences, and; (2) for Special International Study or Thesis/Dissertation Research Travel Allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA Fellows. Applicants should be institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the Targeted Expertise Shortage Areas (TESA). The amount available for support of this program in FY 2008 is approximately $3.6 million. Awards are made to eligible colleges and universities. Individuals are not eligible to apply for these grants to support their graduate education.
May 8
Department of Defense - Sensors As Robots -- White Papers Accepted
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/Reference-Number-BAA-07-02-IFKA/SynopsisP.html
The Air Force Research Lab requests white papers for Sensors as Robots. Sensors as Robots represents the next evolutionary step in sensor development. The program proposes an autonomous constellation of autonomous sensors utilizing advanced knowledge-based algorithms that leverage knowledge of the environment, targets and past experiences to provide performance gains of orders of magnitude in interference rejection, target detection, identification and tracking. Unlike existing fielded monolithic systems, Sensors as Robots strives to produce sensors that augment existing capabilities by optimally utilizing all available resources in a pervasive and anticipatory manner. It is also envisioned that this technology will facilitate sensing missions that humans are not capable of or available to conduct. In addition, further goals extend to the development of concepts and technology for future weapons systems that eliminate the possibility of involuntarily placing the warfighter and supporting staff in harms way.
May 8 white paper
New Faculty Awards Program
http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/new_faculty_awards_program.shtml
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation supports the scholarly activity of new faculty in Ph.D.-granting departments with an award to help initiate their independent research programs. The New Faculty Awards Program provides an unrestricted research grant of $50,000 that is generally approved before the new faculty members formally begin their first tenure-track appointments.
May 8
Early Career Projects: Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_gcwq.html
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), in cooperation with the EPA Global Change Research Program, announces a competition for projects supporting research into the consequences of climate change for U.S. water quality to support human and aquatic life uses. EPA is interested in the hydrologic and other watershed processes that affect water resources that may be altered by a changing climate. A better national scale understanding of the range of potential consequences of climate change will be useful both for fully accounting for the impacts of climate change and for developing regional adaptive strategies to reduce the risk of harmful impacts. The goal of this solicitation is to assemble modeling systems capable of capturing important linkages between regional climate drivers and terrestrial hydrologic systems and to apply these modeling systems to improve the overall understanding of the sensitivity of key water quality or aquatic ecosystem management targets to the types of climate changes anticipated over the next several decades.
May 8
National Technical Assistance, Training, Research: Economic Development Research
Pursuant to its NTA Program, EDA is soliciting applications for three individual economic development research projects addressing the areas of: (i) Regional innovation systems; (ii) Urban economic development policy; and (iii) Global economic development strategy.
May 9
Career Opportunities in Research Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant (T34)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-093.html
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) announces its support of the NIMH Career Opportunities in Research (NIMH COR) Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant (T34) program. The goal of the program is to provide support for pre-baccalaureate research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral and clinical research agenda for mental health. The specific objectives are to: (a) increase the number of well-prepared undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds who complete a research training program leading to a research doctorate (Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent) in biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral, or clinical sciences relevant to mental health research; and (b) develop and strengthen the undergraduate research training curricula with relevance to mental health.
May 12
English Language Teaching Materials Development Project & Educators Summer Institute
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-5040.htm
For the English Language Educators Summer Institute to take place in 2009, the recipient will design and administer a three-week professional development program for experienced secondary school and university English language teachers drawn from countries served by U.S. Department of State Regional English Language Officers based overseas.
May 13
Child Care Research Scholars
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OPRE-YE-0010.html
The specific goals of the Child Care Research Scholar grants are: To directly support graduate students as a way of encouraging the conduct of child care policy research. Along with supporting the students' training and professional development as researchers, these grants contribute to the knowledge base about best approaches to delivering services to diverse, low-income families and their children. Students are expected to become autonomous researchers who are connected to other professionals from diverse backgrounds across a variety of child care roles (e.g., child care subsidy administrators, child care resource and referral staff, child care program directors and staff). The proposed research project may include independent studies conducted by the student or a well-defined portion of a larger study being conducted by the Principal Investigator holding a faculty position or senior research position. The graduate student must have primary responsibility for the proposed study described in the application, which should clearly distinguish between the student's portion of the research activities and those of the larger project. Research projects must use sound quantitative or qualitative research methodologies or some combination of the two.
LOI due May 14 and full June 13
Gates Foundation - Global Health Explorations Initiative: Grand Challenges
http://www.gcgh.org/explorations/
The first funding round of Grand Challenges Explorations will consider proposals in four topic areas: Creating new ways to protect against infectious diseases: Untried or unproven approaches to protect against infectious diseases, including harnessing natural or synthetic immune responses, or eliminating the need for an effective immune response. Creating drugs or delivery systems that limit the emergence of resistance: Innovative ideas for discovering or delivering drugs that are less likely to lose effectiveness because of resistance developing in the disease-causing agent.
Creating new ways to prevent or cure HIV infection: Innovative ideas for HIV prevention or treatment methods that fall outside current research on vaccines, antiretroviral drugs, and other biomedical and behavior-change strategies. Exploring the basis for latency in TB: Unconventional approaches to understanding latent TB infection, with the goal of discovering new ways to identify and eliminate latent infection, and break the cycle of TB transmission.
LOI May 15; full May 30
Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pag.html
Preservation Assistance Grants help small and mid-sized institutions, such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, arts and cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities, improve their ability to preserve and care for their humanities collections. These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine arts, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, and historical objects.
May 15
TYLENOL Scholarship program--doctors, nurses and other health professionals
http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc#
We know that dedicating yourself to healthcare is no small commitment. Taking years of hard work and sacrifice. That's why the makers of TYLENOL are once again proud to offer the TYLENOL Scholarship program—now in its 16th year. This year, up to $350,000 in scholarships will be awarded to our future doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Because we think the people who help us feel better, deserve to feel better, too.
May 15
Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov:80/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233
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.
May 15
Horses & Humans Foundation 2008 Call for Proposals
http://www.horsesandhumans.org/News.html?CFID=2302979&CFTOKEN=31497182
The purpose of Horses & Humans Foundation (HHF) funded research is to provide evidence for the therapeutic effects of horses on humans. The broad research agenda includes basic research as well as clinical studies that will ultimately impact physical and mental health and the quality of life for people with disabilities who are involved with equine assisted activities (EAA). Interested Applicants: Before completing an application, carefully review the 'Guidelines and Information' document and the 'Application Checklist' documents on the foundation's Web site. You also may be required to submit a Letter of Intent before a full proposal.
May 15
Feeding Coal/Biomass Mixtures Across a Pressure Gradient
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/A7BE82F4762E024885257416005F2A7F?OpenDocument
Feeding Coal/Biomass Mixtures Across a Pressure Gradient (DE-PS26-08NT00258-01): Coal has advantages of great abundance, relatively low cost and high energy density. Furthermore, the production of synthesis gas from coal is a proven technology at commercial scale. Coal has a low hydrogen to carbon ratio and the production of FT diesel from coal produces approximately twice as much CO2 as does the refining of petroleum into diesel. This disadvantage can be managed by the capture and sequestration or reuse of the CO2 produced when FT diesel is made. When this is done, the CO2 produced with FT diesel is equivalent to that from petroleum-refined diesel.
May 16
National Institute for Climatic Change Research
http://niccr2.bio.nau.edu/niccr/files/NICCR_RFP04_FINAL.pdf
The U.S. Department of announces its request for research proposals (). Proposed research is requested that would answer important questions about potential effects of contemporary climatic change on the structure and functioning of important U.S. terrestrial ecosystems, or that would answer important questions about possible feedbacks from terrestrial ecosystems to changes in climate or atmospheric composition. Preproposals are REQUIRED. Full proposals will only be accepted from applicants who: (1) submit a compliant preproposal on time and (2) are informed by NICCR that their preproposal was selected to be developed into a full proposal.
May 16 prelim; full August 15
NIBIB Interfaces Initiative for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training (T32)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-08-003.html
The NIBIB (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering ) solicits grant applications for recently established interdisciplinary research training programs that integrate the biomedical sciences with the physical sciences and/or engineering. By fostering these interdisciplinary training programs in their critical early years, we expect to develop highly effective interdisciplinary curricula, including coursework and laboratory research. It is anticipated that this will lead to an increase in the number of interdisciplinary researchers working at the intersection of these disciplines and a transformation of institutional programs to support interdisciplinary training.
LOI due May 19 and full June 17
Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OPRE-YR-0068.html
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has explicitly supported the association between Head Start programs and their local research community through the Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants. These awards attract applications from leading academic researchers and graduate students, specializing in social sciences, education and/or health. In close collaboration with their Head Start program partners, these experts design high-quality projects that directly address the needs of low-income children and families and their early childhood educators; the results inform and improve Head Start policies and practice. This funding mechanism also serves as an important research capacity-building effort. The grants foster the mentor association between leading researchers and their graduate students, in order to maximize the quality of the current work and build the skills of the graduate student. Within this supportive relationship, student researchers learn both theory and the hands-on features of applied research within community service organizations. The researchers often contribute directly to their local Head Start partner programs (e.g., trainings, establishing databases, identification of key resources, and pursuit of research that address questions of interest to programs), and many continue to make significant contributions to the early childhood and Head Start research field throughout their careers.
LOI due May 19 and full June 16
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2008
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/AP/ap027/DBGen.htm
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program is now accepting proposals for grants and cooperative agreements for fiscal 2008. The three priority research areas are (1) Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences, (2) Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs, and (3) Food Assistance as an Economic Safety Net. This publication describes the research areas and application requirements. Funding in fiscal 2008 is approximately $2 million.
May 19
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08546/nsf08546.htm
CCLI program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects.
May 21
Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The award is given to a principal investigator who submits a proposal judged to be exceptional, both in its potential for leading edge contributions to environmental science, and in the arrangements for the education of the fellow. The foundation's goal is to create the next generation of leaders in environmental chemistry. Thus successful applicants are expected to recruit excellent young Ph.D. graduates from the fields of physical, organic, inorganic, biological chemistry or associated fields in chemical engineering, and provide them with the highest caliber of research experience and broad education in environmental science. The expectation is that the postdoctoral research accomplishments and educational broadening under this program should allow the fellow to achieve a position where high quality research related to environmental chemistry and leadership in the field may be anticipated.
May 22
Quantum Entanglement Science and Technology
Considerable progress has been made in recent years in understanding the fundamentals of quantum information science on both experimental and theoretical sides. In spite of this progress, many fundamental issues remain unresolved and many fundamental challenges remain. The objective of the QuEST program is to identify and address the most important outstanding challenges and opportunities, both experimental and theoretical, related to “small” coherent quantum systems, and resolve or exploit them to enable revolutionary advances in the field. In this context, “small” refers to quantum systems with minimal quantum resources (e.g. number of coherent qubits, entanglement, quantum memory, etc.).
May 25
Fellowships for Early Career Researchers
The Early Career Fellowship program was established to facilitate the integration of new planetary science researchers into the established research funding programs and to provide tools and experience useful when searching for a more advanced (i.e., tenure-track, civil servant, or equivalent) position. Two proposal opportunities are offered under the Early Career Fellowship program in ROSES-2008. The first is an opportunity for researchers to be selected as Early Career Fellows (Section 4.2). Early career researchers are encouraged to apply for the Fellowship through any participating Planetary Science Research Program element of this ROSES NRA (see Section 2, below). The second is an opportunity for current Fellows (selected in a prior solicitation) to apply for start-up funds (Section 4.3). Selected Fellows have the opportunity to apply directly to the Early Career Fellowship program for up to $100K in start-up funds when they obtain a tenure-track or equivalent position.
May 30
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. Each intern is assigned to a senior staff member who acts as his or her mentor. The stipend ranges from $4,800 to $5,700, with travel expenses up to $500 provided. Citizenship: unrestricted.
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. The fellow will spend a minimum of three months at each site as follows: September 15–December 15 (SRGM); January 15–April 15 (GMB), May 15–August 15 (PGC) and receive a stipend of $30,000 for accommodation and travel expenses. Candidates must demonstrate a speaking and writing fluency in English, Spanish, and Italian.
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
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. The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology.
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. The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) supports this relationship through the university-industry postdoctoral research fellowships, university-industry senior research fellowships, industry-based graduate research assistantships, and industry-based graduate cooperative fellowships described in this solicitation.
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
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. This BAA is open from December 10, 2007 through December 9, 2008. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008; June 5, 2008; and December 9, 2008 depending upon the cycle (as identified in Section II of this BAA) for which the applicant is requesting funding.
June 5; Dec. 9
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. This Academic Career Award supports two types of activities: Development: The K07 provides up to five years of support for more junior candidates who are interested in developing academic and research expertise in a particular field, as a way to increase the overall pool of individuals capable of research or teaching in the identified area. During the period of the award, the candidate will become a successful academician in the chosen area. Teaching, curriculum building, research, and leadership skills are to be learned during the tenure of the award. For junior candidates, a mentor is required. Leadership: The K07 can also provide from two to five years of support for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills who are interested in improving the curricula and enhancing the research capacity within an academic institution. It is expected that support under this award will increase the visibility and the overall research support or academic capacity for the given field of research within the academic medical/health and research community.
Jun. 12, Oct. 12, Feb. 12.
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. It envisages the use of a diverse array of ecosystem models, comparative analyses of managed and unmanaged reas, and ecosystem-scale mapping in support of research, forecasting and decision support. Proposals are requested for 1-2 year projects for initial modeling, retrospective, and pilot studies.
June 17
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. Additional funds may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects. Other components of CRIF include: CRIF:ID The Instrument Development component of CRIF (CRIF:ID) provides funds for the design and construction of instruments that will enable new chemical measurements or will significantly broaden the use of chemical instrumentation. CRIF:CRF Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) provides funds to establish and support either centers for the development of cyber-enabled chemical research, or regional or national instrumentation facilities. Awards in CRIF:CRF range from $300,000-1,200,000/yr for up to five years.
June 23
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
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). Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the academic institution at which the junior faculty member works. Projects in military and diplomatic history are especially encouraged. Group or collaborative projects will not be considered.
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. Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the institution at which the researcher works.
June 29
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
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
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
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
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. This program is authorized in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
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. If you are interested in pursuing a project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program you must contact your local coordinator. A listing of coordinators by state is available at http://www.fws.gov/partners/
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. The program is comprehensive with an emphasis on: understanding and simulating the radiation balance from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere (including the effect of clouds, water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols); enhancing and evaluating the quantitative models necessary to predict natural climatic variability and possible human-caused climate change at global and regional scales; understanding and simulating both the net exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, terrestrial and ocean systems, and the effects of climate change on the global carbon cycle; understanding ecological effects of climate change; improving approaches to integrated assessments of effects of, and options to mitigate, climatic change; and basic research directed at understanding options for sequestering excess atmospheric carbon dioxide in terrestrial ecosystems and the ocean, including potential environmental implications of such sequestration.
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. The objectives are: to develop the experimental and, together with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, the computational resources, tools, and technologies needed to understand and predict the complex behavior of complete biological systems, principally microbes and microbial communities; to take advantage of the remarkable high throughput and cost-effective DNA sequencing capacity at the Joint Genome Institute to meet the DNA sequencing needs of the scientific community through competitive, peer-reviewed nominations for DNA sequencing; to develop and support DOE national user facilities for structural biology at synchrotron and neutron sources; to develop novel research and computational tools that provide the basis for understanding and predicting the responses of complex biological systems, information needed to develop biotechnology solutions for energy and environmental challenges; to use model organisms to understand human genome organization, human gene function and control, and the functional relationships between human genes and proteins at a genomic scale; to understand and characterize the risks to human health from exposures to low levels of radiation; and to anticipate and address ethical, legal, and social implications arising from BER-supported biological research.
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. For the FY 2009 competition, the Institute will consider only applications that meet the requirements outlined below in this Request for Applications. The Institute only funds institutions interested in developing a research training program, and does not directly fund individuals seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support; individuals seeking support are encouraged to contact the directors of current IES training programs (http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/ ).
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
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). In addition to those three directorates, other NSF units (including the Directorate for Engineering, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Office of Polar Programs) participate in evaluation of proposals. Starting in FY 2008, the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will participate as a partner in the conduct of annual CNH competitions. CNH is a direct successor of a special competition that was part of the Biocomplexity in the Environment emphasis area. The CNH Program aims to support basic research and related activities that enhance fundamental understanding of the complex interactions within and among natural and human systems. Through its annual competition, CNH intends to make awards across a range of sizes from roughly $500,000 to no more than $1,500,000. Budgets should be developed at scales appropriate for the project to be conducted.
Nov. 18
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. Review of proposals is conducted jointly between the Physics Division and the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences at the DOE.
Dec. 10
