August 2007
Texas A&M University
August 12, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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American Academy in Rome
http://www.aarome.org/rome_prize/prize_hum_app.html
The Academy accepts pre-and post-doctoral applications for the Rome Prize in the following fields:
- Ancient Studies (through the sixth century)
- Medieval Studies (sixth through the 14th centuries)
- Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (14th through the 18th centuries)
Modern Italian Studies (18th century to the present)
Aug. 15
Knowles (Janet H. and C. Harry) Foundation - Young Scholars Research Fellowship
The Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles Foundation was established to strengthen the quality of science and mathematics teachers teaching in grades 9-12 in United States schools. The Young Scholars Research Fellowship seeks to support early career scholars engaged in critical research in education. The foundation encourages applications from scholars in all disciplines that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to areas that are consistent with the mission of KSTF, that is, improving high school mathematics and science teaching in U.S. schools via the recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and/or retention of high quality mathematics and science teachers.
Aug. 15
Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders from the Western Hemisphere
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/aug16rfgp.htm
The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, announces an open competition for six Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders from selected countries of the Western Hemisphere, a series of five-week academic programs, three of which will take place at three distinct host institutions during January and February 2008, while the remaining three will take place at three distinct host institutions during June, July, and August 2008. Each Institute should be similar in structure and content, take place at accredited post-secondary education institutions, and provide a group of up to 20 highly motivated undergraduate students from the Western Hemisphere with an integrated academic and educational travel program that will give them a deeper understanding of U.S. society and culture, while enhancing their leadership skills.
Aug. 16
Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Career Award for Medical Scientists
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/CAMS/index.html
Candidates should have an M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., or equivalent clinical degree, and be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. They must be clinical fellows, residents, instructors (non-tenure track), or postdoctoral researchers and have at least two years of research experience. As a general guideline, candidates must not be more than 120 months past their most recent doctorate. Further eligibility guidelines may be found in the program announcement.
Aug. 21
Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF, & DOE
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_nanotech.html
"Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF, & DOE".
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD) as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program; the National Science Foundation (NSF); and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science are seeking proposals for research dealing with the potential implications of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials on human health and the environment. In an effort to stimulate international research in the area of engineered nanomaterials, U.S. researchers are encouraged to collaborate with European researchers. Research areas include: the fate, transport and transformation of nanomaterials; and bioavailability and exposure of humans and other species to nanomaterials.
Aug. 22
Kennedy Research Grants: John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation
The John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation invites applications for the Kennedy Research Grants on any topics relating to the Kennedy period or requiring use of the Library's holdings and for the Ernest Hemingway Research Grants in aid of research in the Hemingway Collection. Several grants are awarded in both categories each year. Kennedy Grants range from $500 to $2,500; Hemingway Grants range from $200 to $1,000. Kennedy Research Grants : Fifteen to twenty per year. Range from $500 to $2,500. These can be on any topic relating to the Kennedy period or requiring use of the holdings. Preference is given to Ph.D. dissertation research, research in recently opened or relatively unused collections and the preparation of recent dissertations for publication, but all proposals are welcome.
Aug. 25
American Council of Learned Societies - Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (CCK) - New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society (Workshop Support)
The American Council of Learned Societies, in cooperation with the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, has announced a program of support for conferences and publications on New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society. The program will award funds in support of planning meetings, workshops, and/or conferences leading to publication of scholarly volumes. The program is intended to support projects that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. The program will support collaborative work of three types:
- Grants of up to $25,000 will be offered to support formal research conferences intended to produce significant new research published in a conference volume.
- Grants of up to $15,000 will be offered for support of workshops or seminars designed to less formally facilitate new research on newly available or inadequately researched problems, data, or texts.
Grants of up to $6,000 will be offered for planning meetings to organizers of the above-described types of projects.
Aug. 15
Engineering Education Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13374
The goal of the Engineering Education Program of the Division of Engineering Education and Centers is to increase the quantity and quality of U.S. citizens who earn Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees in engineering. The attractiveness of engineering study has not kept pace with the importance of engineering in driving our nation's prosperity. The continuation of the technology explosion of the second half of the twentieth century requires the availability of a diverse and highly capable technical workforce. Experience to date has shown that students can be attracted to and retained in engineering programs if they are exposed early to the joys of creation through design, discovery through research, and invention through hands-on experimentation.
August 15
Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders from the Western Hemisphere
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/aug16rfgp.htm
The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, announces an open competition for six Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders from selected countries of the Western Hemisphere, a series of five-week academic programs, three of which will take place at three distinct host institutions during January and February 2008, while the remaining three will take place at three distinct host institutions during June, July, and August 2008. Each Institute should be similar in structure and content, take place at accredited post-secondary education institutions, and provide a group of up to 20 highly motivated undergraduate students from the Western Hemisphere with an integrated academic and educational travel program that will give them a deeper understanding of U.S. society and culture, while enhancing their leadership skills.
Aug. 16
Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards,Training for Cultural Anthropologists
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07544/nsf07544.htm
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. Methodological training is intended to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. For example, support may be requested to learn new methods of cross-cultural research, demography, remote sensing and GIS, ecological field survey, linguistics, etc. Support may be requested to learn any methodological skill that is necessary to advance the scholar's research agenda, as justified in the proposal with reference to published results from prior work.
Aug. 16
NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-383.html
The NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant (HEI) program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research that costs at least $750,000. The maximum award is $2,000,000. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to, structural and functional imaging systems, macromolecular NMR spectrometers, high-resolution mass spectrometers, cryoelectron microscopes and supercomputers. For purpose of eligibility, a major user group of three or more investigators must be identified. A minimum of three major users must be Principal Investigators on NIH peer reviewed research grants at the time of the application and award. For purposes of this program, research grants are defined as those grants awarded with the following activity codes: P01, R01, U01, R35, and R37.
LOI due August 17; full Sept. 17
Community Connect Broadband Grant Program
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm
The Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program is designed to provide financial assistance to furnish broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where such service does not currently exist. Grant funds may be utilized to deploy broadband transmission service to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses and to construct, acquire, or expand, equip, and operate a community center that provides free access to broadband services to community residents for at least two years.
Grants will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to entities serving communities of up to 20,000 inhabitants to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of telecommunications service as are available in urban and suburban communities.
Aug. 20
Methods of Statistical Analysis of DNA Sequence Data Studies Relating Variation to Disease
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-08-040.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement will encourage the development of novel methods of statistical analysis of DNA sequence data in studies that aim to relate genetic variation to disease. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, designing sequencing studies and statistical methods for relating the variation to phenotype; assessing the significance of the associations; incorporating population genetic factors such as population history, admixture, and natural selection; and finding sets of variants that may include functional variants.
LOI due August 20 and full Sept. 20
Behavioral Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-380.html
To encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) Public policy, 2) health care, and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing “health gaps” among groups. Proposals that utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as system science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged.
LOI due August 20 and full Sept. 19
Behavioral Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-379.html
To encourage behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population. Health disparities between, on the one hand, racial/ethnic populations, lower socioeconomic classes, and rural residents and, on the other hand, the overall U.S. population are major public health concerns. Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of action: 1) Public policy, 2) health care, and 3) disease/disability prevention. Particular attention is given to reducing “health gaps” among groups. Proposals that utilize an interdisciplinary approach, investigate multiple levels of analysis, incorporate a life-course perspective, and/or employ innovative methods such as system science or community-based participatory research are particularly encouraged.
LOI due August 20 and full Sept. 19
Fiscal Year 2008 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14271&mode=VIEW
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), a part of the University Research Initiative (URI). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as “universities”) to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment. The research areas of interest for the administering agencies are available on-line at the following addresses:
Army Research Office:
http://www.aro.army.mil/ (select “For the Researcher” and then “Funding Opportunities”)
See BAA W911NF-07-R-0003
Office of Naval Research:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/ (select “ONR Science and Technology Departments”)
(Refer questions about appropriate program managers to contact to Dr. Bill Lukens, 703-696-4668)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research:
http://www.afosr.af.mil/ (select “Research Areas”)
Aug. 21
Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/46C8B4291391D77C8525731400669742?OpenDocument
The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program (formerly named the Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program). Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this program is to support the development of the individual research programs of exceptionally talented researchers early in their careers.
LOI August 21; full due Sept. 20
Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF, & DOE
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_nanotech.html
"Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Fate, Transport, Transformation, and Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Joint Research Solicitation - EPA, NSF, & DOE".
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD) as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program; the National Science Foundation (NSF); and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science are seeking proposals for research dealing with the potential implications of nanotechnology and engineered nanomaterials on human health and the environment. In an effort to stimulate international research in the area of engineered nanomaterials, U.S. researchers are encouraged to collaborate with European researchers. Research areas include: the fate, transport and transformation of nanomaterials; and bioavailability and exposure of humans and other species to nanomaterials.
Aug. 22
Community-based Data Interoperability Networks (INTEROP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07565/nsf07565.htm
Digital data are increasingly both the products of research and the starting point for new research and education activities. The ability to re-purpose data – to use it in innovative ways and combinations not envisioned by those who created the data – requires that it be possible to find and understand data of many types and from many sources. Interoperability (the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged) is fundamental to meeting this requirement. This NSF crosscutting program supports community efforts to provide for broad interoperability through the development of mechanisms such as robust data and metadata conventions, ontologies, and taxonomies. Support is provided for Data Interoperability Networks that will be responsible for consensus-building activities and for providing the expertise necessary to turn the consensus into technical standards with associated implementation tools and resources. Examples of the former are community workshops, web resources such as community interaction sites, and task groups. Examples of the latter are information sciences, software development, and ontology and taxonomy design and implementation.
Aug. 23
Analysis of Innovative Feedstock Sources and Production Technologies for Renewable Fuels
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14970&mode=VIEW
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals from eligible entities for the study and analysis of innovative feedstock sources for the production of renewable fuels as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels including for each feedstock its potential based on availability, production efficiency, costs and resources use (e.g. water, fertilizer and fossil fuels, etc). Studies and analyses should also evaluate the potential of innovative fuel processing technologies specific to these alternative feedstocks and compare process technologies by fuel production efficiency and cost. Analysis of feedstocks and process technologies should consider life cycle emissions including greenhouse gases (GHG).
Aug. 24
Predoctoral Training at the Interface of the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (T32)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-503.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions to support predoctoral research trainees at the behavioral sciences-biomedical sciences interface. The goal of the program is to develop basic behavioral scientists with rigorous broad-based training in biology and biomedical science, who are available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
These programs must provide an interdisciplinary research training experience and curriculum for predoctoral trainees that integrates both behavioral and biomedical perspectives, approaches and methodologies. These training programs must include coursework, laboratory rotations and programmatic activities that reinforce training at this interface. Significant participation by faculty and leadership from both behavioral and biomedical science departments is required, as is co-mentoring of trainees by faculty from both components.
LOI Aug. 25; full Sept. 25
Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement for 21st Century Workforce
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07564/nsf07564.htm
New information, communication, and computational technologies have had profound impacts on the practice of science and engineering. Linked to create a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure, the systems, tools, and services emerging from these new technologies are enabling individuals, groups, and organizations to advance research and education in ways that revolutionize who can participate, what they can do, and how they do it. Sustaining this revolution across all areas of science and engineering requires the formation of a workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to design and deploy as well as adopt and apply these cyber-based systems, tools and services over the long-term. The opportunity for such preparation should be available at all stages of formal and informal education, training and professional development, and must be extended to all interested individuals and communities.
Aug. 27
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14905&mode=VIEW
The purpose of the Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) funding opportunity is to provide requested support to the National Park Service (NPS) at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS). The overall goal of this project is to generate much needed data on the ecology of sharks using PINS. The proposed project will use creel surveys, stomach content analysis, and mathematical modeling to assess the current condition of the PINS shark fisheries.
Aug. 29
Physics Frontiers Centers
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14190&mode=VIEW http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07567
The Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC) program supports university-based centers and institutes where the collective efforts of a larger group of individuals can enable transformational advances in the most promising research areas. The program is designed to foster major breakthroughs at the intellectual frontiers of physics by providing needed resources such as combinations of talents, skills, disciplines, and/or specialized infrastructure, not usually available to individual investigators or small groups, in an environment in which the collective efforts of the larger group can be shown to be seminal to promoting significant progress in the science and the education of students.
Activities supported through the program are in all sub-fields of physics within the purview of the Division of Physics: atomic, molecular, optical, plasma, elementary particle, nuclear, astro-, gravitational, and biological physics. Interdisciplinary projects at the interface between these physics areas and other disciplines and physics sub-fields, e.g. biology, quantum information science, mathematical physics, condensed matter physics, and emerging areas of physics are also included. The successful PFC activity will demonstrate: (1) the potential for a profound advance in physics; (2) creative, substantive activities aimed at enhancing education, diversity, and public outreach; (3) potential for broader impacts, e.g., impacts on other field(s) and benefits to society; (4) a synergy or value-added rationale that justifies a center- or institute-like approach.
Prelim Aug. 29; full (by invitation) Jan. 30
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Energy Efficiency in Homes and Buildings
http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/07-08.pdf
Proposals submitted for consideration should: (1) identify unique constituencies and approaches or channels for working with stakeholders; (2) demonstrate an understanding of the technologies and market structure for delivery of the technologies, or best practices, to end users; (3) identify market barriers to greater adoption of energy efficient technologies, or best practices, (4) delineate strategies for overcoming barriers identified.
Aug. 30
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Applications for Physician Faculty Scholars
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars program is designed to strengthen the leadership and academic productivity of junior medical school faculty dedicated to improving health and healthcare. The program is designed to help young physicians develop their careers in academic medicine.
Aug. 31
Daesan Foundation - Grants for Korean Literature Studies Overseas
http://www.daesan.org/sub6-3.htm
The Daesan Foundation accepts applications for Grants for Korean Literature Studies Overseas. The purpose of the program is to promote research in Korean literature studies and to support related activities, with a view to increasing the knowledge of Korean culture overseas.
Aug. 31
Coordinating Council for Women in History - CCWH/Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Award
http://www.theccwh.org/awards.htm
The Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians invite applications for the CCWH/Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Award to assist in the completion of dissertation work in any field of history. The Wells Award is given to a female student who is specializing in any field, but is currently working on a historical project.
Sept. 1
Fellowships and grants for women
http://www.ifuw.org/fellowships/international.htm
The International Federation of University Women offers a limited number of international fellowships and grants to women graduates for postgraduate research, study and training to be undertaken during the period May 1, 2008, through December 31, 2009. Students in any branch of learning may apply. Grants are offered for any postgraduate program. Fellowships are offered for the second and subsequent years of a doctoral program and for post-doctoral studies. First year doctoral students do not qualify.
Sept. 1
American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grants
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program invites applications to the Dissertation Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on U.S. education policy- and practice-related issues using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.
Sept. 5
A Data Analysis Center for the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project (U01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-010.html
This RFA solicits applications to develop and implement a Data Analysis Center (DAC) as a part of the ENCODE Project. The goal of the ENCODE Project is to apply high-throughput, cost-efficient approaches to generate a catalog of sequence-based functional elements in the human genome. The DAC will be funded primarily to coordinate and to assist in the analysis of data produced by the ENCODE Consortium.
Sept. 6
Climate Modeling Workshops And Study
http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0711
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals that advance the field of the economics of energy use and climate change through modeling workshops, comparisons, and specific studies.
Sept. 7
Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Fellowship Program
http://www.abainternational.org/saba/grantsfund/sjbf.asp
The objective of the Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Fellowship Program is to enable doctoral students to study child development from a behavior-analytic perspective. Click here or visit Dr. Bijou's Web site (www.sidneywbijou.com) to view information about Sidney and Janet Bijou. The Fellowship provides grants for two students per year in a doctoral program in psychology or education, in which it is possible to conduct research in behavioral child development. For each academic year, the Fellowship will provide two $5,000 grants.
Sept. 8
Innovative Approaches to Particulate Matter Health, Composition, and Source Questions
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_part_matter.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to improve the ability of epidemiologic studies to link health outcomes to sources and components of air pollution. This RFA provides an opportunity to link health studies with more advanced measurement and modeling approaches to strengthen the air quality and exposure aspects of epidemiologic studies. Bringing the full atmospheric science toolkit to bear is crucial to address difficult source attribution questions.
Sept. 11
Instrument Development for Biological Research
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07568
The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Program supports the development of novel instrumentation or instrumentation that has been improved by an order of magnitude or more in some aspects. Supported instruments are anticipated to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level. The IDBR Program also supports the development or major improvement of software for the operation of instruments or the primary analysis of instrument data where these software developments have the effect of improving instrument performance by at least an order of magnitude in some aspects. Proposals are encouraged for proof-of-concept development for entirely novel instrumentation. Proposals are encouraged for instrument developments that are expected to meet a broad need in the biological community in areas supported by NSF Biology programs. Proposals are encouraged for instrumentation that does not currently exist in the form of a working prototype. In the selection of projects for support, the program emphasizes the development of biological instrumentation that is not clinical or biomedical instrumentation.
Sept. 12
2008 Research Experiences for Undergraduates
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07569
In addition to the Principal Investigator, an REU Site proposal may have one Co-Principal Investigator, if developing and operating the REU Site would involve shared responsibility. Other anticipated research supervisors should be listed as Non-Co-PI Senior Personnel. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.
Sept. 13
Solar America Initiative University Photovoltaic Process and Product Development Support
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/F2D00ED7C468FE6E85257300006B79F3?OpenDocument
The goal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Program (SETP) is to coordinate and fund applied research and development activities with the goal of meeting technical milestones with an emphasis on the development, performance, cost, and durability of materials and components or on efficiency of processes. With this aim, applied research and development efforts are focused on proof of technology concepts, scale-up research and demonstrations, cost reductions in technologies and processes and deployment support. The long-term goals of the SETP are to produce energy at or below the cost of retail energy, conventionally produced. More information about the research funding strategy of SETP can be found in the Solar America Initiative Plan: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/pdfs/sai_draft_plan_feb5_07.pdf
Sept. 15
Energy for Sustainability
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14832&mode=VIEW
The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable. Most world energy needs are currently met through the combustion of fossil fuels. With projected increases in global energy needs, more sustainable methods for energy production will need to be developed, and production of greenhouse gases will need to be reduced. Sources of sustainable energy include: Sunlight Wind Biomass Hydrogen and alcohols are potential energy carriers that can be derived from renewable sources. Research that generates enabling science and technologies for more efficient hydrogen and storage is supported by the program.
Sept. 15
Xerox Corporation - Technical Minority Scholarship Program
Xerox established the Technical Minority Scholarship Program to demonstrate its commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields. Scholarships are available in the amount $1,000 - $10,000 (depending on tuition balance, academic excellence and classification).
Sept. 15
Gerald R. Ford Foundation - Gerald R. Ford Research Travel Grants
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/hpgrants.asp
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation seeks applications for Research Travel Grants Program for research trips to the Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Library collections focus on Federal policies, institutions, and politics in the 1970s. Selected strengths of the holdings are domestic affairs and policies, economics, the 1976 presidential campaign, media relations, White house management and decision making, congressional relations, and foreign policy. Awards are up to $2,000 each.
Sept. 15
Developing Global Scientists and Engineers
http://nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04036/nsf04036.htm
http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12831&org=NSF&from=fund
The National Science Foundation seeks proposals for the Developing Global Scientists and Engineers program. This solicitation describes support for International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) at the undergraduate and graduate level and support for Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects (DDEP). Applicable areas are biological sciences, computer science, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences, and social behavioral and economic sciences. An anticipated funding amount of $900,000 annually will be disbursed through ~20 awards. In addition to the activities described in this solicitation, the Office of International Science and Engineering supports other targeted international research and education experiences for early-career scientists and engineers via the Research Experience for Undergraduates program, the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students, the Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (for advanced graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), and the International Research Fellowship Program (for post-doctoral fellows or new faculty).
Sept. 15
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency SAFE Container Program
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070201a475
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), for its SAFE Container (SAFECON) Program, is seeking proposals for high risk/high payoff development and demonstration of complete systems or subsystems rather than advances in basic sciences. Proposed systems and subsystems need not be composed entirely of newly developed components. Instead, they may be new or existing technologies integrated into existing systems and/or subsystems in unique and innovative ways. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed at high-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making, in the 2-5 year timeframe, revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges.
Sept. 15
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Tunnel Detection Technologies
http://www.hsarpabaa.com/main/BAA0701A_solicitation_notice.htm
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), for its Tunnel Detection Technologies Program, is seeking proposals for high risk/high payoff development and demonstration of complete systems or subsystems rather than advances in basic sciences. Proposed systems and subsystems need not be composed entirely of newly developed components. Instead, they may be new or existing technologies integrated into existing systems and/or subsystems in unique and innovative ways. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed at high-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making, in the 2-5 year timeframe, revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges.
Sept. 15
HSARPA Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Demonstration Laboratory
http://www.hsarpabaa.com/main/BAA0703A_solicitation_notice.htm
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) is seeking a contractor to develop a reconfigurable Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) demonstration laboratory facility to support human behavior screening research, development, and demonstration in the field at a variety of locations. The FAST demonstration laboratory will be used to host screening experiments as well as tests and evaluations to characterize the utility of behavioral, physical, and sensor based components of human screening to enhance the performance of security staff that is responsible for discerning intent to cause damage or harm. Field research will be conducted in multiple venues including high volume transportation, border and special security events applications, as well as access control for critical infrastructures.
Sept. 15
Xerox Corporation - Technical Minority Scholarship Program
Xerox established the Technical Minority Scholarship Program to demonstrate its commitment to the academic success of minority students and to the cultivation and recruitment of qualified minority employees in technical fields. Scholarships are available in the amount $1,000 - $10,000 (depending on tuition balance, academic excellence and classification).
Sept. 15
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07570
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.
Sept. 18
Solving Biomedical Problems That Serve Humanity
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501023
The National Science Foundation/Biomedical Engineering program is soliciting proposals that develop novel ideas into projects that integrate engineering and life science principles in solving biomedical problems that serve humanity. The program focuses on high impact transforming technologies and include models and tools for understanding and control of biological systems; fundamental improvements in deriving information from cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems; new approaches to the design of structures and materials for eventual medical use; new methods of understanding and controlling living systems, and new methods of reducing health care costs through new technologies.
Sept. 18
Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_health_indicators.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research that uses existing data sources of environmental (ambient), exposure, biological and/or health-related data to develop indicators that reliably signal the impact of changes in environmental conditions, management approaches or policies on human health. Key to the development of such indicators is a clearer understanding of the sequence of events that link changes in the environment to human exposure and adverse health outcomes.
Sept. 19
National Centers for Systems Biology
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-004.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) invites applications for National Centers for Systems Biology. The goal of the program is to promote institutional development of pioneering research, training, and outreach programs focused on systems level analysis of biological phenomena of biomedical importance within the NIGMS mission. The NIGMS supports fundamental inquiries focused on bioinformatics and computational biology, molecular and cell biology, biophysics, genetics and developmental biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, anesthesiology, and human physiology in the areas of trauma, burn, inflammation, and multi-organ failure. The NIGMS does not support research focused on diseases or organ systems that are the domain of other Institutes and Centers within the NIH (http://www.nih.gov/icd/ ).
LOI due Sept. 21; full Oct. 22
Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-005.html
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research that will test assumptions regarding existing or potential interventions that are intended to increase the preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular interest in those interventions specifically designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The proposed research need not be restricted to underrepresented minority students. Comparative research which analyses the experience of all ethnicities in order to place that of underrepresented students in context and to learn whether and how interventions should be tailored to make more underrepresented students successful in biomedical careers may well be particularly illuminating and is, therefore, encouraged.
LOI due Sept. 24; full Oct. 22
Emerging Frontiers In Research And Innovation 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07579/nsf07579.htm
The Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation has established the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to serve a critical role in focusing on important emerging areas in a timely manner. The EFRI Office is launching a new funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two specific research areas: (1) Cognitive Optimization and Prediction: From Neural Systems to Neurotechnology (COPN), and (2) Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN). EFRI seeks proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge. The proposals must also meet the detailed requirements delineated in this solicitation.
LOI Sept. 25; full Oct. 26
NIH Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research Opportunities (P01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-119.html
NIAID ccepts applications for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research Opportunities. This PA is intended to encourage the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications in biodefense. The goal is to expedite research leading to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases caused by potential bioterrorism agents. The mechanism of award for PA-04-119 is the P01-Program Project Grant.
Sept. 25
Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-411.html
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase the number of students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of the nation and/or populations disproportionately affected by health disparities (hereafter referred to as targeted groups/populations) who successfully complete the baccalaureate degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences. This initiative promotes inter-institutional partnerships between community colleges or other two-year post-secondary educational institutions granting the associate degree and colleges or universities that offer the baccalaureate degree with the goal of developing well-integrated developmental activities that will increase students preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit of the baccalaureate and subsequently more advanced degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences.
Sept. 28
Beckman Young Investigators Program
http://www.beckman-foundation.com/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. No more than two candidates may apply from any one institution.
Sept. 28
Summer Institute Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research (SIPID) (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-012.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to conduct summer institute programs to enable faculty and scientists from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups and faculty and scientists with disabilities to further develop their research skills and knowledge, enhancing their career development as faculty members or scientists. The primary goal of this program is to encourage scientists and research-oriented faculty to develop research skills and gain experience in advanced methods and experimental approaches in basic and applied sciences relevant to behavioral sciences, lung, and sleep disorders, so that they may compete for external funding for scientific research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites senior faculty, established researchers, and experienced mentors to apply to be Program Directors and Program Administrators for Summer Institute Program for Increasing Diversity (SIPID) awards in order to mentor promising candidates. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism. -A total of up to $1.890 million is available for this initiative. NHLBI expects to fund two awards from this FOA.
LOI due Sept. 28 and full Oct. 29
Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/field.html
The Grants provide graduate students with travel funds (international and in-country) to Latin America, Spain and Portugal and limited field research expenses. These awards allow students to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of language and culture, to familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their studies; to conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and to develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their fields. Two levels of support in the Field Research Grants competition are available — $10,000 and $15,000 per annum. Centers/Institutes that are less developed and/or relatively new are eligible to apply for the $10,000 level award. Centers/Institutes that are well established are encouraged to apply for the $15,000 level award. Successful institutional applicants must match the award with a minimum of the amount awarded. Disciplines: Arts & Humanities; Curriculum Development; Environmental & Life Sciences; International Opportunities; Social Sciences.
Sept. 30
Department of Defense - Proactive Intelligence (PAINT) -- White Papers Requested
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/Reference-Number-BAA-07-01-IFKA-PART-1/listing.html
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)/IF, in conjunction with the Intelligence Community's Disruptive Technology Office (DTO), solicits white papers for innovative, creative, and high-risk research to advance the state-of-the-art in technologies and methods for Proactive Intelligence (PAINT). Technologies are needed which facilitate integration of diverse data into a coherent picture for analysis of future developments, and for collaboration among individuals and agencies.
Oct. 1 white paper
APS Franklin Research Grants
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm
Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2006-2007 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded over $332,000 to 75 scholars, and the Society expects to make at least that many awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Oct. 1
NSF - Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06607/nsf06607.htm
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health plan to support research in mathematics and statistics related to mathematical biology research. Both agencies recognize the need and urgency for additional research at the boundary between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences. This competition is designed to encourage new collaborations at this interface, as well as to support existing ones.
Oct. 1
Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowship Grants
http://www.kauffman.org/dissertationfellowship/
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private, nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance entrepreneurship in America and improve the education of children and youth.
During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Kauffman Foundation will award up to 15 Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students for the support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship. Recipients may use the grant to pay for costs associated with their dissertation, including data collection and analysis, databases, specialized hardware/software, and travel. The Request for Proposals and recommendation form are now available on the foundation's Web site. A submission form for accepting applications will be available by August 1, 2007.
Oct. 1
Research in Historical Records Issues
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14073&mode=VIEW
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals from researchers to investigate how the public, including genealogists, historians, and other scholars, gains access to and uses historical records through on-site archival research, print editions, and online collections. The goal of the research is to measure the ways and means of public access to archives and historical records. The scope of work should include, but not be limited to, projects supported by the NHPRC. The researchers could conduct user surveys, audit bibliographic references, and use other methodologies to assess public access to and use of primary source materials in archives, print and digital documentary editions, online collections, and other historical documentary collections.
Oct. 1
Publishing Historical Records
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14072&mode=VIEW http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/publishing.html
The Commission seeks proposals to publish historical records of national significance. Projects may focus on the papers of major figures from American life or cover broad historical movements in politics, military, business, reform movements, the arts, and other aspects of the national experience. The historical value of the records and their expected usefulness to broad audiences must justify the costs of the project. Grants are awarded for collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, editing, and publishing documentary source materials. The NHPRC does not fund proposals to purchase historical records; it also does not fund proposals to publish the papers of anyone who has been deceased for fewer than ten years.
Oct. 1
Professional Development Grants -- National Historical Publications Records Commission
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14069&mode=VIEW http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/prodevelopment.html
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission seeks proposals designed to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects in this category can be for curriculum development for professional education; for basic and advanced institutes; research seminars; and projects to survey and plan. We encourage projects that identify necessary skills sets, develop curriculum standards and course outlines, and create and operate educational programs. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible. This is a new grant category but continues the NHPRC tradition of awarding grants for professional development purposes. They have included the Society of American Archivists National Forum on Archival Continuing Education; the annual Historical Editing Institute; an institute on electronic records for archives managers; Archival Research Fellowships Programs; and the Archives Leadership Institute, among others. The Commission expects to announce this opportunity twice this year, with the next round in the Spring 2008.
Oct. 1
Grammy Foundation Grants for Scientific Research and Archiving and Preservation Projects
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Foundation/Grants/
The foundation will accept applications in the following areas:
1) Scientific Research Projects: Grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the research and/or broad reaching implementations of original scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition, such as the links between music study and early childhood development, the effects of music therapy, and the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals. Grants will be awarded in amounts of $10,000 to $40,000 each.
2) Archiving and Preservation Projects: Grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas. The Archiving and Preservation area has two funding categories: A) Preservation Implementation — grants in the amount of $10,000 and $40,000 each; and B) Planning, Assessment, and/or Consultation — grants in the amount of $5,000 to $10,000 each.
Oct. 1
Research Corporation, Research Opportunity Awards
http://www.rescorp.org/grants.php#ROA
Research Opportunity Awards are for scientists of demonstrated productivity and creativity seeking to explore new areas of experimental research. The Research Corporation has traditionally sought to assist those with meritorious ideas, especially projects that have high potential for the advancement of science. The goal is to seed a vigorous, competitive basic research program reestablishing the individual as a productive member of the scientific research community. Upper Amount: $50,000.
Oct. 2
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm
ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars, owing to the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowships are named for Frederick Burkhardt, President Emeritus of the ACLS, whose decades of work on The Correspondence of Charles Darwin constitute a signal example of dedication to a demanding and ambitious scholarly enterprise. These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences.
Oct. 3
ACLS - Digital Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships for Humanities Scholars
http://www.acls.org/difguide.htm
ACLS invites applications for the third annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships, thanks to the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating further such works.
Oct. 3
Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_ecohab.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, and its interagency partners, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), are seeking applications proposing targeted research projects of up to 3 years duration and multi-disciplinary regional studies for 3 to 5 years duration for the Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) program. This NOAA-led program provides support for research on algal species whose populations may cause or result in deleterious effects on ecosystems and human health. Studies of the causes of such blooms, their detection, effects, mitigation, and control in U.S. coastal waters (including estuaries and Great Lakes) are solicited. This document details the requirements for applications for research support that will be considered by this Federal research partnership. All research support is dependent upon individual Agency appropriations.
Oct. 4
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07572
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships provide an opportunity for highly qualified, recent doctoral scientists to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. Fellows may engage in observational, instrumental, theoretical, laboratory or archival data research in any area of astronomy and astrophysics, in combination with a coherent educational plan for the duration of the fellowship.
The program supports researchers for a period of up to 3 years with fellowships that may be taken to the institution or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize early-career investigators of significant potential and to provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in positions of distinction and leadership in the community.
Oct. 8
Manufacturing Research and Development for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06607/nsf06607.htm
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health plan to support research in mathematics and statistics related to mathematical biology research. Both agencies recognize the need and urgency for additional research at the boundary between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences. This competition is designed to encourage new collaborations at this interface, as well as to support existing ones.
Oct. 10
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship - Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/index.php
The WW Women’s Studies Fellowships support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses topics of women and gender in interdisciplinary and original ways. Fellows receive $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation. These may include, but are not limited to, travel, books, microfilming, taping, and computer services.
Oct. 10
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health and Society Scholars Program
http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org/
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program is designed to build the nation’s capacity for research, leadership and policy change to address the broad range of factors that affect health. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon collaboration and exchange among the social, behavioral, biological and health sciences. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to:
- investigate rigorously the connections among genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and
- develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge and interventions based upon integration of these determinants.
The program is intended to produce leaders who will change the questions asked, the methods employed to analyze problems and the range of solutions to reduce population health disparities and improve the health of all Americans.
Oct. 12
Short Term Career Development Environmental Health Sciences Established Investigators
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-402.html
This funding opportunity announcement establishes a program of short-term mentored career development awards, using the K18 mechanism, with a range of 3 months to 1 year duration, aimed at established, well-funded mid-career level investigators, to support their development of research capability in the environmental health sciences or in translational research. The program would be directed to two groups of investigators: a. Physician Scientists and others with clinical training who have research funding from other Institutes and essentially no experience in research applicable to the environmental health sciences, who wish to spend time in the laboratory or research program of a well funded and NIEHS supported investigator in order to explore the introduction of research involving environmental stressors of importance to the mission of the NIEHS into their experimental systems and disease oriented research programs; and b. Investigators in the basic sciences with active research funding from NIEHS who wish to gain experience in a relevant, disease oriented translational program in order to extend their basic knowledge to a more translational problem.
Oct. 12
Rural Health Network Development Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14815&mode=VIEW
To support the development of rural health networks, whose purpose is to increase access to care by overcoming the fragmentation and vulnerability of providers in rural areas. Grant funds are used to support activities that strengthen capabilities of these networks.
Oct. 15
Dumbarton Oaks - Bliss Prize Fellowship in Byzantine Studies
http://www.doaks.org/Blissprize.html
This award is intended to provide encouragement, assistance, and training to outstanding college seniors who plan to enter the field of Byzantine studies. The Bliss Prize Fellowship covers graduate school tuition and living expenses (as estimated by the graduate school in which the successful candidate enrolls) for two academic years. It also includes summer travel (up to a maximum of $5,000) for the intervening summer to areas that are important for an understanding of Byzantine civilization and culture. Students who have successfully completed two years as Bliss Prize Fellows, have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a higher degree, and are working on a dissertation will be offered a Junior Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks. The academic year for which the Junior Fellowship is offered will be determined by Dumbarton Oaks, in consultation with the student and the academic advisor, taking into consideration the timing deemed likely to be of most benefit to the student’s progress on the dissertation and the availability of space.
Oct. 15 nom. and Nov. 1 app
American Philosophical Society - Sabbatical Fellowships Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm
The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2004. The total of institutional and external support should not exceed the academic year salary for the year in which the fellowship is held. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides; indicate the appropriateness of available resources. The candidate's doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 1999 and no earlier than 1986.
Oct. 15
Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR)(R03)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-382.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and co-sponsoring NIH institutes and centers (ICs), is to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences. Recent research reports have established the importance of studying issues specific to women, including the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. ORWH is particularly interested in encouraging extramural investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women’s health and/or sex/gender research are invited.
Oct. 16
Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR) [R21]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-381.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and co-sponsoring NIH institutes and centers (ICs), is to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences. Recent research reports have established the importance of studying issues specific to women, including the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. ORWH is particularly interested in encouraging extramural investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women’s health and/or sex/gender research are invited.
Oct. 16
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07573
The purpose of the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) is to support future leaders in the mathematical sciences by enabling them to participate in research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development. There will be two options for awardees: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. Awards will be made for appropriate research in areas of the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines.
Oct. 17
Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07577/nsf07577.htm
NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems intends to fund science and engineering research and education projects that develop new knowledge in the following three core technical areas: Human-Centered Computing (HCC); Information Integration and Informatics (III); and Robust Intelligence (RI). In addition to the three core technical areas, IIS will support research in two cross-cutting technical areas: Integrative Intelligence (INT2); and Next-Generation Networked Information (NGNI). The Division also encourages investigators to include in their proposals innovative curricula or educational materials to help advance literacy about and expertise in IIS areas. To ensure that proposals with roughly comparable scope and objectives are reviewed together, IIS proposals are divided into three classes by budget size: Small Projects (up to $450,000 total budget); Medium Projects ($450,001 to $900,000 total budget); and Large Projects ($900,001 to $3,000,000 total budget). Proposals with budgets that exceed $3,000,000 will be returned without review.
Oct. 23
Fall 2008 EPA Graduate Fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_fellow.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is October 23, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 65 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship.
Oct. 23
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/ http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14519&mode=VIEW
The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. The FY 2008 MURI competition is for the 19 topics listed solicitation. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in Section VIII entitled, “Specific MURI Topics”, of this BAA. 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.
Oct. 23
Collaborative Studies on Systems Biology of Complex Phenotypes (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-001.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) invites applications for collaborative research projects that use systems biology approaches to investigate the mechanisms that underlie genetic determination of complex phenotypes. These projects will combine computational modeling approaches and experimental validation of predictive models. It is expected that a team of at least two principal investigators (PIs), one with expertise in systems biology and the other with expertise in the genetics of humans or model organisms, will apply for funding under this FOA. Applications from a single investigator or that propose solely data production and accumulation will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed.
Oct. 23
Mathematical Cognition and Specific Learning Disabilities (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-005.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement is intended to stimulate innovative, multidisciplinary research which will contribute to our knowledge of the key factors that influence the development and expression of learning disabilities in mathematics, and concomitantly provide the evidence base to inform the design of effective instructional interventions.
Oct. 29 and full Nov. 29
ORNL Instrument Development Fellowships: Novel Concepts for Neutron Instrumentation
http://neutrons.ornl.gov/jobs/fellowships.shtml
The Neutron Scattering Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites applications for an Instrument Development Fellowship. This fellowship is for the development of novel neutron instrumentation and instrument components to be used for neutron science at ORNL or other U. S. neutron centers. The call is directed to scientists within 10 years of their PhD who are located at academic, industrial, or government institutions. Proposals are requested to develop novel concepts for neutron instrumentation that will enable hitherto unexplored areas of science to be addressed or which will significantly improve current methods in the field. The proposals may describe an entire instrument concept or a major component of an instrument including, but not be limited to, detectors, polarization techniques, optical components, analysis software, or source components.
Oct. 31
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Nov. 1-9 depending on discipline
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07576/nsf07576.htm
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.
Nov. 1-9
NOAA - National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship FY08
http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Fellowship/welcome.html
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Estuarine Reserves Division, funds Graduate Research Fellowships to provide master’s degree students and Ph.D. candidates with an opportunity to conduct research of local and national significance that focuses on enhancing coastal zone management. Fellows conduct their research within a National EstuarineResearch Reserve and gain hands-on experience byparticipating in their host reserve's research and monitoring programs. Graduate Research Fellowship projects are based on the reserves' local needs, the reserve system's national priorities and the students' interest. For detailed descriptions of the reserves and to view the full funding opportunity, refer to the NERRS Web site at http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov .
Nov. 1 (Estimate)
Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies
http://www.doaks.org/project_grants.html
Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000 to $10,000. Support is generally for archaeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Funding is typically awarded for transportation, meals, housing, vehicle rental, workmen’s wages, costs of technical analysis, etc.; grants are not normally made for the purchase of computers nor the salary of the principal investigator.
Nov. 1
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities - Research Grants
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/index.html
The Getty provides nonresidential grants to support scholars in the history of the visual arts and related fields throughout the world, as well as residential grants and fellowships at the Getty Center and Getty Villa. Grant amounts generally range from $25,000 to $250,000; the majority of grants are under $100,000. Grant periods range from one to three years, depending on the type of grant, and grants are not renewable.
Nov. 1
American Schools of Oriental Research - Fellowships for Research in the Near East
http://www.asor.org/ASORCAP.html
The American Schools of Oriental Research offer a variety of Fellowships for research in the Near East, including Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq. Citizenship: unrestricted.
Nov. 1
Social Science Research Council - International Dissertation Research Fellowship
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty fellowships will be awarded in 2007 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and geographical region and engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies.
Nov. 1
Wenner-Gren Foundation, Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368531&attrib_id=13233
The Wenner-Gren Foundation accepts applications for Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships. Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships support the writing-up of already completed research. The fellowship is awarded to scholars in the earlier stages of their careers, when they frequently lack the time and resources to develop their research for publication. By providing funds for scholars to devote themselves full-time to writing, the Foundation aims to enable a new generation of scholars to publish significant works that will impact the development of anthropology. Scholars with a Ph.D. in hand for no more than ten years (from the application deadline) are eligible to apply. A maximum of eight Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded annually.
Nov. 1
Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232
Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.
Nov. 1
Wenner-Gren Foundation, Conference and Workshop Grants
http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=370402&attrib_id=13235
The Wenner-Gren Foundation accepts applications for Conference and Workshop Grants. Conference and Workshop Grants are for amounts up to $15,000. In accordance with the mission of the Foundation, priority is given to events that foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology and advance significant and innovative anthropological research.
Nov. 1 prelim
National Center for Special Education Research--Development Centers
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13425&mode=VIEW
SUMMARY: The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 2008 competitions for grants to support education and special education research and research training. The Director takes this action under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, title I of Public Law 107–279. The intent of these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education.
Various programs due Nov. 1
Spencer Foundation - Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Improvement
http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm
The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field. In the past, fellowships have been awarded to candidates in anthropology, architecture, art history, economics, education, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religion, and sociology, but eligibility is not restricted to these academic areas. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research in education once the doctorate is attained.
Nov. 2
Hertz Foundation, Fannie and John - Graduate Fellowshipsin Applied Physical Sciences
A&M is a listed tenable university (http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/Fellowships/Guidelines/Schools.aspx
The official announcement and description of this opportunity may be found on the funding agency's website: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/awards.shtml
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation is a tax exempt, not-for-profit organization which provides Graduate Fellowships tenable at over 40 of the nation's finest universities for graduate work leading to award of the PhD degree in applications of the physical sciences. Each year the Foundation conducts a national competition for new Hertz Fellows. The Foundation looks to support the graduate education of America's most promising technical talent, the PhD-directed effort of the young men and women who can be expected to have the greatest impact on the application of the physical sciences to human problems during the next half-century. The Graduate Fellowships of the Hertz Foundation are widely considered to be among the most prestigious offered anywhere. Of those who apply, only about one quarter will be interviewed. Of those who are interviewed, approximately one in ten will be awarded a Hertz Fellowship. The Foundation supports graduate students working towards the Ph.D. degree in the applied physical and engineering sciences, as well as those aspects of modern biology which apply the physical sciences intensively.
Eligible applicants for Hertz Fellowships must be students of the applied physical sciences (aeronautics/ astronautics; applied mathematics; applied physics; applied science; astronomy; biotechnology; chemical engineering; chemistry; civil engineering; computer science; earth sciences; electrical engineering; industrial engineering; materials science; mechanical engineering; nuclear engineering; operations research; physics; quantitative biology; and statistics). The preceding list is not exclusive. College seniors wishing to pursue the PhD degree in any of the fields of particular interest to the Foundation, as well as graduate students already in the process of doing so, may apply.
Nov. 5
National Physical Science Consortium - Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
NPSC offers a unique Ph.D.-track graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000.
Nov. 5
Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY2008
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07578/nsf07578.htm
The program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by supporting research, the diffusion of research-based innovations, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce. Typical projects will contribute to the knowledge base addressing gender-related differences in learning and in the educational experiences that affect student interest, performance, and choice of careers; how pedagogical approaches and teaching styles, curriculum, student services, and institutional culture contribute to causing or closing gender gaps that persist in certain fields. Projects will communicate and apply findings, evaluation results, and proven good practices and products to a wider community.
Prelim Nov. 5; full Jan. 7
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This nonresidential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. The program also develops the careers of its recipients through professional development activities involving National Academy of Education members.
Nov. 9
Materials World Network: Materials Research US Investigators and Counterparts Abroad
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07574/nsf07574.htm
Continued progress in fundamental materials and condensed matter research is increasingly dependent upon collaborative efforts among different disciplines, as well as closer coordination among funding agencies and effective partnerships involving universities, industry, and national laboratories. In addition, because of the growing interdependence of the world's economies, partnerships are important not only at the national level but from an international point of view as well. The National Science Foundation is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. This solicitation describes an activity to foster opportunities for such collaborations. It includes joint activities between NSF and funding organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe and other regions.
Nov. 13
American Research Humanities in China; Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development
http://www.acls.org/csccguid.htm#ar ; http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm
(1) This program is for scholars in the humanities to do research in China. US citizens and permanent residents who have lived in the United States continuously for at least three years prior to the application deadline are eligible to apply. This program supports individuals with the PhD or equivalent to do in-depth research on China or the Chinese portion of a comparative study. Grants are offered for 4 to 12 months of continuous research in China. Applicants should demonstrate that they have fully utilized the available resources in the United States and are prepared by virtue of study, training, and planning to take full advantage of an opportunity to do research in China. The program has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
(2) Fellowships are available for Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities with the MA, PhD, or equivalent from a Chinese institution to carry out one or two semesters of individual or collaborative research at the invitation of a US host scholar. Candidates must be nominated by the US host; Chinese scholars may not apply directly. Nominees must currently reside in China. Scholars who have previously visited the United States for five months or more, or who are enrolled in degree programs, are not eligible. Funding for this program is provided by the Li Foundation.
Nov. 14
Howard Foundation: Music: Composition, Performance, Musicology, Playwriting and Theatre Studies
http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/
Application materials for the 2008-2009 competition in Music as well as Playwriting and Theatre Studies should be printed out and mailed to the Howard Foundation with a postmark dated not later than November 15, 2007. Please note that the two required copies of application materials should be placed in pocket folders. Unlike previous years, a separate nomination form is not required. The signature of your nominator is now part of the application form.
Nov. 15
AAUW American Fellowships for Dissertation or Postdoctoral Research
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.
Nov. 15
ACLS Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
http://www.acls.org/humanities-byruuk.htm
ACLS provides support to the humanities in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine through this program, established in academic year 1998-1999 with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Its principal activity is the distribution of grants to individuals in these three countries. ACLS works closely with scholars in the region representing a variety of disciplines: they advise on program design, and help to distribute and review applications. The review process includes pre-screening by scholars in the United States; final awards are made by the Selection Committee in New York. The objective of these grants is to sustain individuals doing exemplary work, so as to assure continued future leadership in the humanities. Awards are made for projects in various fields, including history, archeology, literature, linguistics, film studies, art history and studies of the performing arts, ethnographic and cultural studies, gender studies, philosophy, and religious.
Nov. 15
Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/fellowships.html
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offer Fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers ten competitively awarded fellowships. Each provides a stipend of $1,600 per month for up to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $800 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $20,000. Details for the 2008 fellowships will be posted on this Web site by late summer, 2007 (http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html ). The information below contains instructions used during the 2007 application period and is for reference only. The instructions may change for the 2008 application period.
Nov. 15
Council on Library and Information Resources - Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/fellowships.html
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offer Fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers ten competitively awarded fellowships. Each provides a stipend of $1,600 per month for up to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $800 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $20,000. Details for the 2008 fellowships will be posted on this Web site by late summer, 2007 (http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html ). The information below contains instructions used during the 2007 application period and is for reference only. The instructions may change for the 2008 application period.
Nov. 15
Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. The 2008 fellowships competition is currently scheduled to open in early September 2007
Estimate Nov. 27…see 2008 at URL
Department of Justice, NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf?CFID=1020782&CFTOKEN=61967077
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.
Nov. 27
Department of Justice - NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf
The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.
Nov. 28
Diversity Dissertation Fellowships, the Ford Foundation
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 35 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. The 2008 fellowships competition is currently scheduled to open in early September 2007
Estimate Nov. 30…see 2008 at URL
New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The Program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China.
Nov. 30
Link Foundation - Energy Fellowship Program
The Link Foundation supports programs to foster the theoretical basis, practical knowledge, and application of energy, simulation, and ocean engineering and instrumentation research, and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications. Fellowships are only tenable at U.S. and Canadian Universities. The award consists of $50,000 paid in two installments of $25,000 and allocated as follows: $21,500 for the Fellow's academic year and summer stipend; $2,500 for expenses associated with the Fellow's research (e.g., supplies, equipment, computing charges); $1,000 to support the Fellow's attendance at one or more technical meetings and/or to defray the cost of publishing the Fellow's research results.
Dec. 1
Social Science Research Council - Berlin Program Advanced German and European Studies
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/%7Ebprogram/
The Social Science Research Council seeks applications for the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies based at the Free University of Berlin. Its purpose is to encourage the comparative and interdisciplinary study of the economic, political, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. Fellows are expected to produce a research monograph dealing with some aspect of German or European studies, including U.S.-European relations. Awards are for 10 to 12 months and include a stipend of EUR 1,100-1,400/month.
Dec. 1
Social Science Research Council - Japan Society Fellowship Program for US Researchers
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/japan/postdoc/
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program for U.S. Researchers provides promising and highly qualified recent PhDs (and ABDs—please see eligibility) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan. JSPS guidelines target the applicant who wishes to conduct cooperative research under the leadership of a host researcher, thereby advancing the Fellow's own research and at the same time stimulating Japanese academic circles through close collaboration with young Japanese researchers. Applications are welcome from all social science and humanities disciplines and need not be explicitly related to the study of Japan. Projects must include work with colleagues and resources in Japan and propose a single, continuous stay in Japan from 3 to 11 months or 12 to 24 months.
Dec. 1
Huntington 2007-2008 Fellowships for Scholars of British and American History and Culture
http://huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 600,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, History of Science, British Drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California.
Dec. 15
Data Ontologies for Biomedical Research (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-425.html
Optimal use of informatics tools (e.g., tools for analyzing data, etc.) and resources (e.g., databases, data sets, etc.) depend upon explicit understandings of concepts related to the data upon which they compute. This is typically accomplished by a tool or resource adopting a formal controlled vocabulary and ontology. For the purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), an ontology is defined as a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relationships between those objects in a formal way. Generally, an ontology has a grammar that allows the terms of the vocabulary to express something meaningful to the biomedical researcher. In an effort to advance the use of powerful informatics approaches in biomedical research, this FOA solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to develop an ontology that will make it possible for software to understand how two or more existing data sets relate to each other.
LOI Dec. 18; full Jan. 19
American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grants
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program invites applications to the Dissertation Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on U.S. education policy- and practice-related issues using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.
Jan. 8
Research Initiation Grants/Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07560/nsf07560.htm
With the goal of broadening participation to all biologists including members from groups under-represented in biology, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at NSF offers two funding opportunities under this solicitation:
- Research Initiation Grants (RIG) and
- Career Advancement Awards (CAA).
Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to:
- Initiate research programs early in their careers and
Advance their careers by adding new approaches or directions to their on-going research programs.
Jan. 14
Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm
The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. AAS also offers long-term fellowships (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm), intended for scholars beyond the doctorate. The following short-term fellowships are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Candidates holding a recognized terminal degree appropriate to the area of proposed research, such as the master's degree in library science or M.F.A., are also eligible to apply. A single form is used to apply for short-term fellowships offered by the Society in each of the categories below; a link to obtaining application material follows the description of each of the fellowships the Society offers.
Jan. 15
NSF RIDGE 2000
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07571/nsf07571.htm
RIDGE 2000 is a community-based science initiative focused on integrated geological and biological studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the RIDGE 2000 science plan is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle, through the volcanic and hydrothermal systems of the oceanic crust, to the deep ocean. The complex linkages between life and planetary processes at the mid-ocean ridge can be understood only through tightly integrated studies that span a broad range of disciplines in geophysics, geology, geochemistry, biology and oceanography.
Jan. 18
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - Research Fellowships
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/about/fellowships/application/
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin invites applications for the 2006-2007 Research Fellowships to scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research projects in all areas of the humanities with priority given to proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections and require substantial on-site use of them. The stipends are $3,000 per month for up to four months. This year's special topic will be "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America." Projects will be welcomed that examine how the major wars of the last century reshaped American consciousness and left in their wake distinct post-war cultures.
Feb. 1
W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000793.pdf
The Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice is accepting applications to its W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program. The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Feb. 1
American Seed Research Foundation – Grants
http://www.amseed.com/asrf/index.html
The American Seed Research Foundation (ASRF) supports public research in plant and seed biology, applied research projects with broad or crop-specific applications, public-private cooperation in seed-related research, and educational opportunities in seed-related sciences
Feb. 2
National Council Eurasian East European Research - 2007 Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/ed_hewett_fellowship.htm
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) offers the Ed A Hewett Policy Research Fellowships, designed to support the field research of recent graduates. The fellowships are meant to support research that is relevant to United States policy towards the former Soviet Union or Central or Eastern Europe. The stipend will be up to $40,000.
March 15
APS - John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm
The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship, named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. The John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library, and, therefore, all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the APS Library are especially strong, such as early American history, the study of natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, American Indian linguistics and culture, the development of cultural anthropology, the history of genetics and eugenics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, or computer development. The John Hope Franklin Fellow will be expected (1) to devote full time for 12 months - with no teaching obligations - to researching on his or her dissertation project or the writing of his or her dissertation; and (2) to spend a minimum of three months in Philadelphia in residence at the APS Library, with full encouragement to conduct research at other libraries and archives in and around the city.
April 1
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/research/grant/rg1.html
The National Geographic Society awards grants for scientific field research and exploration through its Committee for Research and Exploration. All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. Applications are generally limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, paleontology, and zoology.
In addition the committee is emphasizing multidisciplinary projects that address environmental issues (e.g., loss of biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population pressures). Funding is not restricted to United States citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator as part of their research teams. The committee will not consider applications seeking support solely for laboratory work or archival research. While grants are awarded on the basis of scientific merit and exist independent of the Society's other divisions, grant recipients are expected to provide the Society with rights of first refusal for popular publication of their findings.
Deadline: Continuous
Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation
http://www.biordc.com/grant/a3.htm
The Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation (BRDC) does not award research grants as do federal and state funding organizations. Instead, BRDC enters into research contracts that are similar to those funded by most private-sector companies. Prior to funding a research project at a university, BRDC enters into a general agreement with the university—stipulating the terms and conditions under which BRDC will work with the university and its faculty. BRDC funds projects in animal sciences, plant sciences, biocatalysis, and materials sciences. These projects range in length from one to three years, of which eighty percent are considered long-term. The remainder are considered short-term and can be transferred to the marketplace within a shorter period of time. These one-year studies are designed for scientists who have an innovative idea and need funding for preliminary work. The budget for a Feasibility Study cannot exceed $60,000. Scientists seeking funding for three-year studies are required to submit preproposals for evaluation by the BRDC Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Based on these evaluations, BRDC will then request full proposals.
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