Monthly Funding Opportunities List - May 9, 2007
Texas A&M University
May 9, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
http://www.narsad.org/research/apply/distinguished/
NARSAD's Distinguished Investigator Award Program provides support for experienced investigators (full professor or equivalent) conducting neurobiological research. A one-year award of $100,000 is provided for established scientists pursuing innovative projects in diverse areas of neurobiological research. Areas of particular interest to the Scientific Council's Selection Committee include: Patient populations with unique or unusual characteristics, and Central nervous system developments.
May 15
Active Living Research
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19836
Dissertation awards are a priority for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research program, because they both help build the evidence base and increase the number of investigators in this new field of study. Doctoral candidates in any field or discipline may request up to $25,000 total for up to two years as support for their doctoral dissertations. Projects must have clear relevance to the overall mission of Active Living Research, and preference will be given to proposals that are relevant to preventing childhood obesity. However, projects do not have to address the specific topics in this call for proposals.
May 16
College Assistance Migrant Program CFDA 84.149A
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13340&mode=VIEW
The purpose of CAMP is to provide the academic and financial support necessary to help migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their children successfully complete their first year of college.
May 17
W.T. Grant Scholars Program
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/usr_doc/WTG_FS_07-08.pdf
The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports promising early career researchers from various disciplines. The award is intended to facilitate the professional development of early career scholars who have demonstrated success in conducting high quality research and are seeking to further develop their skills and research. Studies from these Scholars contribute to theory and policy/practice for improving the lives of young people. The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. Important settings include schools, youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, families, and peer groups. The Foundation has two areas of interest: 1. studies that strengthen the understanding of how settings work; how they affect youth development; and how they can be improved, and, 2. studies that strengthen the understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth’s settings.
May 18
Bridges to the Future Program
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/minority/bridges.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences again invites proposals for the Bridges to the Future Program, incorporating Bridges to the Baccalaureate (PAR-07-039) and Bridges to the Doctorate (PAR-07-040). Both "Bridges" are designed to facilitate specific transitions for students from underrepresented minority groups and/or health disparities populations: first, the transition from associate- to baccalaureate-degree granting programs; second, the transition from master's to doctoral degree-granting institutions. In Bridges to the Baccalaureate, one partner must be an institution that offers the associate degree as the only undergraduate degree in the sciences within the participating departments, while another partner must be a college or university offering the baccalaureate degree in areas relevant to the biomedical sciences.
May 18
International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815&org=NSF&from=fund
This program provides educational opportunities for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows. This program provides indirect funding for students at this level or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention. To inquire about possible funding opportunities not directly from NSF, please look at the active awards for this program.
May 20
U.S. Department of Education, Mentoring Programs CFDA 84.184B
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13477&mode=VIEW
This program provides assistance to promote mentoring programs for children with greatest need that: (1) Assist these children in receiving support and guidance from a mentor; (2) improve the academic performance of the children; (3) improve interpersonal relationships between the children and their peers, teachers, other adults, and family members; (4) reduce the dropout rate of the children; and (5) reduce juvenile delinquency and involvement in gangs by the children. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184B.
May 23
Gap Analysis Program (GAP) of the U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/grants/
The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering grant and/or cooperative agreement opportunities to States, local governments, or other recipients for projects performed in partnership with USGS GAP. The GAP has developed project partnerships across the country for nearly twenty years. The program operates under the broad authorities of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 USC 661), the Land and Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15 USC 5657a(2)) and the Organic Act of the U.S. Geological Survey (43 USC 36d). Project proposals must be consistent with the program’s authorities, and with the specific program objectives and annual priorities itemized in this announcement and its addenda.
May 23
Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
http://www.dreyfus.org/ep.shtml
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation invites applications to its Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry. The program is open to all academic and other not-for-profit organizations that have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America. These research activities need not be located in traditional departments in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged.
May 24
Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-344.html
The NIH is interested in promoting research and developments in computational science and technology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research. As defined here, biomedical computing or biomedical information science and technology includes database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational and mathematical research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations.
May 24
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Eliminating Health Disparities Among Hispanic Americans
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ResearchDemoGrantsOpt/03_Hispanic_Health_Services.asp#TopOfPage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks competitive applications for small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among Hispanic Americans. Researchers are expected to become involved in the design, implementation, and operation of research projects that address health care issues such as financing, delivery, access, quality, and barriers affecting the Hispanic American community. Investigators should be associated with a university, college, community-based health organization, or a professional association that has a health services research component.
Prelim May 25 and full July 3
NRSA MARC U-STAR
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-337.html
The overall goal of the NRSA MARC U-STAR program is to increase the number of scientists from underrepresented groups engaged in biomedical/behavioral research. The program will do this by providing support for the research training of undergraduate science/math students from minority-serving institutions to prepare them to pursue Ph.D. degrees and future careers in biomedical and behavioral research.
May 25
NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics Grants (G08)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-236.html
NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics grants are offered to help organizations use information technology to optimize the utility of clinical and research information. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) offers Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics grants to health-related and scientific organizations that wish to optimize the utility of clinical and research information.
May 25
U.S. Department of Education, Enhanced Assessment Instruments Program CFDA 84.368
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13492&mode=VIEW
The purpose of this program is to enhance the quality of assessment instruments and systems used by States for measuring the achievement of all students. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.368. Applications for grants under the Enhanced Assessment Instruments, CFDA Number 84.368 must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov
May 31
Engineering Virtual Organization Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07558/nsf07558.htm
Researchers working at the frontiers of knowledge and innovation increasingly require access to shared, world-class community resources spanning data collections, high-performance computing equipment, advanced simulation tools, sophisticated analysis and visualization facilities, collaborative tools, experimental facilities and field equipment, distributed instrumentation, sensor networks and arrays, mobile research platforms, and digital learning materials.
LOI due May 31 and full July 3
National Academies - Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) offer the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis and creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. During the program, interns work on studies and activities throughout the National Academies. Each intern is assigned to a senior staff member who acts as his or her mentor. The stipend ranges from $4,800 to $5,700, with travel expenses up to $500 provided. Citizenship: unrestricted.
June 1
United Engineering Foundation Grants
http://www.uefoundation.org/grants.html
The United Engineering Foundation (UEF) advances the engineering arts and sciences for the welfare of humanity. It supports engineering and education by, among other means, making grants. Grants should be consistent with advancing engineering. The UEF Board of Trustees evaluates and judges proposals in view of the UEF mission, the perceived ability of the proposal and proposer(s) to further that mission, and the available funding.
June 1
National Institutes of Health - Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01, R03, R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-206.html
The National Institutes of Health solicits research on the Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Healthcare Delivery. The purposes of this Program Announcement (PA) are: (1) to improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.
R01 June 5; R03, R21 June 16
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07548/nsf07548.htm
The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing: women, persons with disabilities, and minorities. Included minorities are African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The BPC program seeks to engage the computing community in developing and implementing innovative methods to improve recruitment and retention of these students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Because the lack of role models in the professoriate can be a barrier to participation, the BPC program also aims to develop effective strategies for encouraging individuals to pursue academic careers in computing and become these role models.
June 4
National Institutes of Health, Bioengineering and Obesity (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-354.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to solicit applications to develop and validate new and innovative engineering approaches to address clinical problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure. Novel sensors, devices, imaging, and other technologies, including technologies to detect biochemical markers of energy balance are expected to be developed and evaluated by collaborating engineers, physical scientists, mathematicians, and scientists from other relevant disciplines with expertise in obesity and nutrition.
June 5
Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP)[R01]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-352.html
Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRPs) for basic, applied, and translational multi-disciplinary research that addresses important biological or medical research problems. In the context of this program, a partnership is a multi-disciplinary research team that applies an integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat disease or to understand health and behavior. The partnership must operate according to a clear leadership plan and include appropriate bioengineering or allied quantitative sciences in combination with biomedical and/or clinical components. BRP may propose, within a 40-page research plan, design-directed, developmental, discovery-driven, or hypothesis-driven research at universities, national laboratories, medical schools, large or small businesses, or other public and private entities or combinations of these entities, and will be evaluated against expanded review criteria. It is expected that a BRP will have a well-defined goal or deliverable that will be achieved in a 5-10 year timeframe based on objective milestones specified in the initial application.
June 5
Diet Composition and Energy Balance
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-218.html
The goal of this funding opportunity announcement is to invite Research Project Grant (R01) applications investigating the role of diet composition in energy balance, including studies in both animals and humans. Both short and longer-term studies are encouraged, ranging from basic studies investigating the impact of micro-or macronutrient composition on appetite, metabolism, and energy expenditure through clinical studies evaluating the efficacy of diets differing in micro- or macronutrient composition, absorption, dietary variety, or energy density for weight loss or weight maintenance.
June 5
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership University Readiness
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E49F94F16199A2B6852572AD005435FF?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy is seeking applications (http://apply.grants.gov/apply/UpdateOffer?id=7983 ) from universities for capability expansion that will directly enable them to support GNEP research and development programs. Eligibility for award is restricted to U.S. colleges and universities and State owned research institutions with nuclear engineering degree programs or equivalent of a minor in nuclear engineering, or licensed, operating reactor.
June 7
Dreyfus Foundation Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences
http://www.dreyfus.org/sg.shtml
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences offers support to eligible institutions for innovative projects. The Special Grant program is intended to strengthen chemistry teaching and research, with the expectation that awardees will find continuing funding from other sources. However, proposals are invited in any area consistent with the foundation's basic objectives in the chemical sciences and not covered by other foundation programs. The foundation prefers to fund projects that are not already receiving substantial support from government agencies or other foundations. Project research grants would not customarily qualify. Past areas of support include development of curricular and instructional materials, including new media; institutional enhancement of education and research; public understanding of the role of chemistry in society, and encouragement of high school students and teachers.
Prelim June 7; full Nov. 15
USDA Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grant Program
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm
The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program is specifically designed to meet the educational and health care needs of rural America through the use of advanced telecommunications technologies. In the Grant Program, the focus is primarily on funding user equipment that operates via telecommunications to connect students and teachers or medical providers and patients at separate locations.
June 11
NIAID Research Scholar Development Award
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-347.html
The primary, long-term goal of the NIAID Research Scholar Development Award (RSDA) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported independent investigators that will address the health needs of the Nation. The NIAID RSDA is specifically designed to facilitate the transition from a postdoctoral research position to an independent research position.
June 12
Support of Advanced Fossil Resource Conversion and Utilization Research, HBCUs, MIs
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/B40F440605702B3E852572BC00696AA3?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL) is hereby seeking research applications in order to develop and sustain a national program of university research in advanced technologies and fundamental fossil fuels studies, the DOE-FE is interested in providing assistance to develop and maintain a broad-based research infrastructure to provide educational and research training opportunities for tomorrow’s scientists and engineers. Grants awarded under this program are intended to maintain and upgrade educational, training, and research capabilities of our HBCUs/OMIs in the fields of science and technology related to fossil energy resources.
June 12
Fossil Energy Research and Development
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/82006B72E6E54CE7852572BC006BBC93?OpenDocument
Significant technological advances have been made towards the development of near zero emission power plants based on advanced coal gasification and combustion processes. In an effort to meet the efficiency, environmental performance, and cost goals of these advanced power generation systems, work is being initiated on the development of intelligent control strategies that provide system integration, optimization, and prognostic health control capabilities in addition to basic process control. Control system development is viewed as an important enabling technology for the commercial deployment of these systems.
June 12
Computational Energy Sciences, Dynamic Simulation And Advanced Process Control Of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Plants
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/2A0D05F5BE81AEC2852572BC00711BBC?OpenDocument
Proposals are sought to develop advanced process control strategies for optimizing the operation and control of complex IGCC plants. Multiple components such as the air separation unit, gasifier, gas cleanup system, gas turbine, and steam cycle are integrated and require coordinated control to simultaneously satisfy operation and emission control objectives. Dynamic simulations are needed to determine the key equipment response time requirements and investigate interactions among those components so as to ensure safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly operation and control of the plant . The IGCC dynamic model needs to be used to predict the transient behavior of the IGCC plant during startup and shutdown, as well as subsequent to planned (e.g., loading, unloading) or unplanned (e.g., gasifier trip, gas turbine trip, steam turbine trip) disturbances of the steady-state operation. Advanced process control strategies needs to be designed to drive the gasifier to satisfy load demands while meeting IGCC plant integration, performance, and environmental objectives.
June 12
Computational Energy Sciences; Advanced Diagnostics For Gas Solids Flow Systems
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/5FC89AF47A0FC7B9852572BC007063BF?OpenDocument
Advanced diagnostics are needed for probing the fluid dynamics of solids and gas solids flow systems. Detailed information on solids and gas-solids flow structure is needed for validation of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. Diagnostics of interest include, but are not limited to, imaging of solids concentration, wall shear, local gas and solids velocities and concentrations (with up to 20% solids), gas and solids dispersion, turbulence, and granular temperature. These topics of interest are discussed in more below.
June 12
Computational Energy Sciences; Multiphase Flow Simulation
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/7A4ADAFEE63285FA852572BC006E4E4C?OpenDocument
Polydispersed Systems: Proposals are sought for developing continuum models of gas-solids flows that describe suspended solids with a distribution in size or density or both. The constitutive models are required for granular stresses and gas-solids drag. The granular stress models are expected to be extensions of granular kinetic theory applicable to several discrete particle types or to a particle size/density distribution. Research work may be proposed in areas such as the development of theory and advanced computational models, gathering of experimental data from physical systems or molecular dynamics simulations, and the validation of the models. Frictional Flow Regime: Proposals are sought for the development of continuum models of gassolids flows applicable to flow regimes in which the particles are in enduring contact. Although constitutive models originating from soil mechanics are available for describing dense flows, these models cannot handle the transitions from stagnant to shearing regimes and from dense flow to dilute flow (described using granular kinetic theory) regimes. Research work may be proposed in areas such as the development of theory and advanced computational models, the gathering of experimental data from physical systems or molecular dynamics simulations, and the validation of the models.
June 12
Advanced Materials; Development Of High Temperature Structural Materials
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/309EB238DB978ACD852572BC0071ED20?OpenDocument
Grant applications are requested to explore routes for the development of materials with
temperature/strength capabilities beyond those currently available. The issues being addressed arise from the fact that (a) alloys with melting temperatures higher than current alloys have inherent mechanical property and environmental resistance deficiencies, (b) the potential of these materials can be exploited by application of mechanistic and thermochemical approaches, (c) exploitation requires compromises, e.g., ability to fabricate components, mechanical properties, and environmental sensitivity, (d) ceramics and ceramic composites have exceptional potential, but lack of understanding or databases of composition-structure-property relationships leads to need for extensive development , and (e) ceramics and refractories suffer rapid environmental degradation in some applications, which requires new approaches to develop increased corrosion resistance with good mechanical properties. The laboratory research could be accompanied by testing of the alloys under actual or simulated power plant conditions.
June 12
NIAID Research Scholar Development Award (K22)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-347.html
The primary, long-term goal of the NIAID Research Scholar Development Award (RSDA) program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented NIH-supported independent investigators that will address the health needs of the Nation. The NIAID RSDA is specifically designed to facilitate the transition from a postdoctoral research position to an independent research position. The NIAID K22 award will provide 2 years of support at the beginning of a junior scientist’s independent research career. The award is limited to postdoctoral trainees who propose research relevant to the mission of the NIAID.
June 12
Computational Toxicology Centers: Develop Predictive Environmental/Biomedical Computer-Based Simulations/Models
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_comp_tox.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to develop in silico modeling applications of biological systems in areas as diverse as receptor–ligand interactions in cell signaling, simulated organ dysfunction (e.g., heart, liver, kidney), and systemic response to environmental toxicants and pollutants. The STAR program is issuing this request for applications (RFA) for research that will seek to apply high-performance computing technologies and theoretical mathematical techniques to facilitate the development of a predictive capacity for estimating outcomes or risk associated with particular toxicity processes as a result of environmental exposure to pollutants and toxicants. The development of predictive computational modeling of whole biological systems from cells to organs has the potential to address environmental and human health factors with broad scientific and environmental or economic impacts.
June 12
New open competition for HHMI Investigators
http://www.hhmi.org/news/20070412.html
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is accepting applications to its 2008 Investigator Competition. For this competition the HHMI seeks applications from outstanding scientists studying biomedical problems in a broad array of disciplines, including not only biology and medicine, but related areas of chemistry, physics, engineering and computational biology.
This is a new competition for HHMI Investigators and is open to early career stage scientists holding a Ph.D. or M.D. with a faculty appointment(s). HHMI plans to name as many as 50 new researchers by spring 2008.
June 13
Phase I Solicitation FY-2008 SBIR/STTR
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07551/nsf07551.htm
The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. The significant difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution.
June 13
Lindbergh Foundation
http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/grants/index.html
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation awards Lindbergh Grants to support a wide variety of educational and research projects that will contribute to a better balance between the advancement of science/technology and the preservation of the natural/human environment.
June 14
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Colleges and Universities
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11679&mode=VIEW
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-serving institutions. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.
June 15
Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-013.html
The overall goal of the program is to provide research opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, racial and ethnic minorities, and others who are underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research (e.g., individuals with disabilities), that will significantly contribute to a diverse research workforce in the future. Only one application per health professional school may be submitted for a given receipt date. Although a university may have more than one Short-Term Research Education Grant Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research, they may not be in the same school.
LOI due June 19 and full July 19
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-OPRE-YD-0068.html
The purpose of this announcement is to report the availability of funds for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support research activities in partnership with Head Start programs. Thus, the goals of the Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant program can be summarized as follows: Provide direct support for graduate students as a way of encouraging the conduct of research with Head Start populations, thus contributing to the knowledge base about the best approaches for delivering services to diverse, low-income families and their children; Promote mentor-student relationships that support students' graduate training and professional development as young researchers engaged in policy-relevant, applied research; Emphasize the importance of developing true working research partnerships with Head Start programs and other relevant entities within the community, thereby fostering skills necessary to build a student's trajectory of successful partnership-building and contributions to the scientific community; and Support active communication, networking and collaboration among graduate students, their mentors and other prominent researchers in the field, both during their graduate training, as well as into the early stages of their research careers.
June 23 and full July 14
AFOSR Fiscal Year 2008 Young Investigator Research Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13435
The AFOSR’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) is to support scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years (on or after 1 May 2002) and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering, enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators, and increase opportunities for the young investigators to recognize Air Force mission and the related challenges in science and engineering. Proposals addressing the research areas of interest for the Air Force Research Laboratory will be considered.
June 24
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Multi-User Instrumentation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07552/nsf07552.htm
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas traditionally supported by the Division.
June 25
Ecological Impacts Interactions of Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_ecoimpacts.html
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program are seeking applications for research on the ecological impacts from interactions of climate change, land use change, and invasive species. An invasive species is an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. The purpose of this joint solicitation is to quantitatively investigate how climate change, climate variability, and land use change: (1) influence the establishment, abundance and distribution of invasive species; (2) interact with invasive species to create feedbacks that increase their success; (3) interact with invasive species to cause threshold responses in natural and managed systems; or (4) affect the chemical, biological and mechanical management of invasive species. The EPA is interested in proposals addressing aquatic ecosystems and the USDA in proposals addressing managed terrestrial systems, both of which can be used to enhance decision support tools used by decision makers to respond to invasive species.
June 26
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
http://www.dreyfus.org/th.shtml
Through the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation supports and encourages young scholars who demonstrate excellence in both research and teaching. The Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is based on accomplishments in scholarly research with undergraduates, as well as a compelling commitment to teaching but the reference is with respect to primarily undergraduate institutions.
June 28
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Measurement, Science and Engineering Research Grants Programs
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12347&mode=VIEW
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces that the following programs are soliciting applications for financial assistance for FY 2007:
(1) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Grants Program;
(2) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Grants Program;
(3) Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Grants Program;
(4) Physics Laboratory Grants Program;
(5) Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Grants Program;
(6) Building Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program;
(7) Fire Research Grants Program;
(8) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grants Program; and
(9) NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Grants Program.
July 1 & Sept. 30
MARGINS Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07546/nsf07546.htm
The MARGINS program was initiated by the scientific community and the National Science Foundation and has been designed to elevate our present largely descriptive and qualitative knowledge of continental margins to a level where theory, modeling and simulation, together with field observation and experiment, can yield a clearer understanding of the processes that control margin genesis and evolution.
July 1
Advancing Theory in Biology
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13351&mode=VIEW
The Biological Sciences Directorate invites submission of proposals that advance our conceptual and theoretical understanding of the dynamics of living systems. The emergence of complex biological phenomena from dynamic interactions among less complex elements is a central theme in modern biology, and it permeates inquiries at all levels of biological organization from macromolecules to ecosystems. Such interactions are typically non-linear, distributed, and often span many levels of biological organization. These properties limit the understanding that can be gained by traditional experimental analyses. The program is designed to develop new conceptualizations and theoretical approaches to identify fundamental principles that traverse levels of biological complexity. Proposals may vary in size (up to $250,000 per year) and duration (up to three years), in the number of investigators involved, and in the nature of collaborations.
July 3
Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13349&mode=VIEW http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ResearchDemoGrantsOpt
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the availability of funds under its Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program to inform researchers of funding opportunities to conduct health disparities research affecting Hispanic American communities for 2007. This announcement seeks competitive applications for small applied research projects that relate to identifying and evaluating solutions for eliminating health disparities among Hispanic Americans. Investigators should be associated with a university, college, community-based health organization, or a professional association that has a health services research component. We encourage researchers to use CMS data as part of their research projects. Researchers are expected to become involved in the design, implementation, and operation of research projects that address health care issues such as financing, delivery, access, quality, and barriers affecting the Hispanic American community. CMS is seeking these types of research projects because of the importance in finding solutions to the many difficult health issues that have a significant impact on the health of Hispanic Americans.
July 3
NSF Ecosystem Science Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12822&org=NSF&from=fund
The National Science Foundation (NSF)/Directorate for Biological Sciences is accepting applications to its Ecosystem Science Cluster program. This program supports research on natural, managed, and disturbed ecosystems, including those in terrestrial, freshwater, and wetland (including salt marsh) environments. Descriptive and manipulative approaches in field, mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation that the bulk of the research is question- or hypothesis-driven. Proposals are encouraged, but not necessarily required to incorporate new or existing quantitative or conceptual models for the purpose of integration or synthesis. The Ecosystem Science Cluster funds research in the following areas. Ecosystem Studies: Supports investigations of whole-system ecological processes and relationships in ecosystems across a diversity of spatial and temporal (including paleo) scales. Proposals may focus on areas such as: biogeochemistry; decomposition of organic matter; belowground nutrient cycling and energy flow; primary productivity; radiatively active gas flux; element budgets on watershed, regional, continental, or global scales; relationships between diversity and ecosystem function; ecosystem services; and landscape dynamics. Proposals will be considered that focus on advancing ecosystem science through either the pursuit of new theoretical paradigms or novel modeling efforts. Proposals that, in whole or in part, strive to develop new techniques can be supported when a compelling argument exists that there is the potential for a major advance in ecosystem research.
July 9
Linguistics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5408&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund;
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/ling/suppdiss.jsp
Through the Linguistics program, the National Science Foundation supports scientific research of all types that focus on human language as an object of investigation. The program supports research on the syntactic, semantic, phonetic, and phonological properties of individual languages and of language in general; the psychological processes involved in the use of language; the development of linguistic capacities in children; social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change; the acoustics of speech and the physiological and psychological processes involved in the production and perception of speech; and the biological bases of language in the brain. Full Proposal Deadlines: Jul.15, 2007; Jan. 15, 2008. The Linguistics program also accepts proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants. For additional information, visit the Linguistics specific page: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/ling/suppdiss.jsp . DDRI Proposal Deadlines: Jul.15, 2007; Jan. 15, 2008.
July 15
American Diabetes Association - Research Awards, CAREER awards, Junior Faculty Awards, Innovation Awards, and Clinical Awards
July 16
U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation - Azerbaijan 2007 Bilateral Grants
The Azerbaijan National Science Foundation (ANSF), the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), and the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) jointly announce the 2007 Azerbaijan-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program (BGP-II). The program provides up to 2 years of support to research teams of Azerbaijani and U.S. scientists and engineers in
- Biological/biomedical sciences;
- Mathematics/Information technology;
- Geology;
- Chemistry;
- Physics; and
Electrical/Materials/Manufacturing sciences.
July 16
Accelerating Discovery Through Petascale Simulations And Analysis
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501015
This solicitation seeks proposals to develop the future simulation, optimization and analysis tools that can use petascale computing to advance the frontiers of scientific and engineering research. Proposals are sought from researchers aiming to capitalize on emerging petascale computing architectures, catalyzing progress in science and engineering beyond the current state-of-the-art. NSF's emphasis is on implementation and exploitation of forefront techniques.
July 23
Department of Education - National Center for Special Education Research
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1713.pdf
Under the first special education research competition, NCSER will consider only applications that address one of the following special education research topics:
- Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, and Assessment for Young Children with Disabilities.
- Mathematics and Science Special Education.
- Reading, Writing, and Language Development.
- Serious Behavior Disorders.
- Individualized Education Programs
and Individualized Family Service Plans.
July 26
National Science Foundation, Biological Research Collections
http://nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06569/nsf06569.htm
The Biological Research Collections Program provides support for biological collection enhancement, computerization of specimen-related data, research to develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management, and activities such as symposia and workshops to investigate support and management of biological collections. Biological collections supported include those housing natural history specimens and jointly curated collections such as frozen tissues and other physical samples, e.g. DNA libraries and digital images. Such collections provide the materials necessary for research in a broad area of biological sciences.
July 27
Crane-Rogers Foundation - Institute of Current World Affairs - John O. Crane Fellowship
The Crane-Rogers Foundation Institute of Current World Affairs invites applications for the John O. Crane Memorial Fellowship. The primary purpose of the institute is to provide talented individuals an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of an issue, country, or region outside the United States and to share that understanding with interested segments of the English-speaking public. Fellowships are offered for people who are interested in the study of East-Central Europe or the Middle East. The Fellow will spend two years in the fellowship site of her/his choice, exploring an appropriate fellowship topic of his or her own design.
Aug. 1
Trust for Mutual Understanding - Grants (for International Travel Assistance-Cultural & Environmental Exchange)
http://www.tmuny.org/about.html
The Trust for Mutual Understanding is an American foundation supporting cultural and environmental exchange between the United States, Russia, and Eastern and Central Europe. The Trust makes grants to American nonprofit organizations to support the international travel component of cultural and environmental exchanges conducted in partnership with institutions and individuals in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe. Priority consideration is given to projects in which direct, professional interaction plays a major role.
Aug. 1
Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Scholar Program (Traditional) - Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals
http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/
The traditional Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) assists in the administration of the Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty and professionals.
Aug. 1
Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Scholar Program (Traditional): Building a General Education Curriculum in Hong Kong Universities - Grants for U.S. Faculty and Professionals - New!
http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2008/award/Bui8133.htm
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) will grant more than 20 awards for the new Fulbright Hong Kong General Education Program. This is a Traditional Fulbright Scholar's Program, which is designed to support Hong Kong's universities as they prepare to introduce four-year undergraduate degree programs in 2012. Applicants should have experience, preferably in a leadership role, in the development of a university or college’s general education curriculum or first-year program. They should also have experience in developing interdisciplinary courses and in organizing and presenting faculty workshops on effective modes of teaching and learning. Familiarity with outcomes-based evaluation, curriculum alignment and online teaching strategies will be an advantage. Applicants will be expected to be active team participants and be willing to engage in a dialogue about curriculum development with their Hong Kong colleagues. All grantees will be expected to produce a chapter for a published anthology on general education based upon their experience in Hong Kong.
Aug. 1
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine - Research Grants
http://www.siimweb.org/index.cfm?id=63
Any area of research involving medical imaging informatics is eligible for support as well as development of new hardware, software, or processes to support electronic imaging practice, education, or research. Residents, fellows, graduate students, or faculty may apply for SIIM research grants. Preference is given to projects at SIIM institutions and projects that contribute to the careers of new or prospective researchers.
Aug. 1
National Academies National Energy Technology Laboratory Methane Hydrates Fellowship
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/
The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announces a new Academies Research Fellowship program designed to support the development of METHANE HYDRATE science and enable highly qualified postgraduate students to pursue advanced degrees in an area of increasing importance to the Nation.
August 1
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associates as Chemical and Biological Defense Postdoctoral
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) offer the Resident Research Associateship Program to provide postdoctoral and senior scientists and engineers with opportunities to conduct research on projects, largely of their own choice, which are compatible with the research interests of the sponsoring laboratories, thereby contributing to the overall research efforts of the federal government. The Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Research Council announce a special focus area for research related to the Department of Defense (DoD) Chemical and Biological Defense Program. JSTO will provide funds directly to sponsoring DoD Laboratories/Centers to support selected NRC Postdoctoral Research Associates as Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) Postdoctoral Fellows.
August 1
Research Associateship Program: NIOSH Master's Level Fellowship Program – New
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) offer the Resident Research Associateship Program to provide postdoctoral and senior scientists and engineers with opportunities to conduct research on projects, largely of their own choice, which are compatible with the research interests of the sponsoring laboratories, thereby contributing to the overall research efforts of the federal government. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces a new Master's Level Program (MLP) for individuals with a Master's Degree in public health and related disciplines. MLP Fellowships are awarded for one year and renewable for one additional year. MLP Internships are awarded for twelve weeks, with an extension possible.
August 1
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, W.E. Mini-Grants
http://www.upjohninst.org/grantann.html
Grants made under this program are expected to result in research of a rigorous nature that is accessible and of interest to practitioners and policymakers. The research is expected to produce a book-length manuscript publishable by the Upjohn Institute. Issues that the institute focuses on include the following:- Causes and Consequences of Unemployment - Workforce Quality: Childcare, Education, and Training- Unemployment Insurance and Workers Compensation- Regional Economic Development and Local Labor Markets- Poverty, Inequality, and Welfare Reform - Employee Benefits, Compensation, and Retirement- International Trade and Labor Market Comparisons- Labor-Management Relations.
August 1
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
Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards, Methodological 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.
August 16
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/research/grant/rg1.htmlThe 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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