December 2007
Office of Proposal Development
Texas A&M University
December 6, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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American Association of University Women - Career Development Grants
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
AAUW Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields.
Dec. 15
American Association of University Women - Engineering Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.act.org/aauw/spfengineer/index.html
The AAUW Educational Foundation awards Engineering Dissertation Fellowships for the writing of the dissertation in engineering to American women who have achieved or show promise of achieving distinction in their scholarly work. An Engineering Dissertation Fellowship applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time of application. It is expected that the Engineering Dissertation Fellowships will be used for the final year of the writing of the dissertation and that the doctoral degree will be received at the end of the fellowship year. This fellowship is not intended to fund field research.
Dec. 15
UCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/cpapp_Clivar15dec07.html
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is pleased to announce the new US CLIVAR Climate Prediction Applications Postdoctoral Program (CPAPP) This program has been developed to encourage and build the pool of scientists qualified to transfer advances in climate science and climate prediction into climate-related decision frameworks and decision tools. (Refer to websites at: http://www.vsp.ucar.edu and http://www.usclivar.org ) The program seeks recent or anticipated PhDs, who are interested in applying their knowledge of the climate system and its prediction to the decision needs of society. The 2008 research theme is water resource management.
Dec. 15
Graduate Internships at the Getty
http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html
Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking.
Dec. 15
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
UNCF MERCK Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.uncf.org/Merck/programs/post.htm
The United Negro College Fund and The Merck Company Foundation have collaborated to bring an exciting initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research. Dec. 17
UNCF MERCK Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships
http://www.uncf.org/Merck/programs/post.htm
The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Research Laboratories have collaborated to bring an exciting initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research.
Dec. 17
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions to provide financial support through traineeships for registered nurses enrolled in advanced education nursing programs to prepare nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse- midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse administrators, nurse educators, public health nurses and nurses in other specialties requiring advanced education. The traineeship program is a formula program so all approved applicants will receive funds.
Dec. 17
Abrupt Climate Change Modeling: Climate Change Prediction Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/CD548F8ACF0EFBE28525736900689456?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants on the topic of predictive modeling of abrupt climate change in the Climate Change Prediction Program. Applications should describe research projects supporting the development and application of climate and earth system models for abrupt climate change modeling.
Dec. 17
National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=39934&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
The purpose of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP) is to fund innovative projects in the geospatial data community to build the infrastructure necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geographic data. The NSDI consists of the technologies, policies, organizations, and people necessary to promote cost-effective production, and the ready availability and greater utilization of geospatial data among a variety of sectors, disciplines, and communities. Specific NSDI areas of emphasis include: metadata documentation, clearinghouse establishment, framework development, standards implementation, and geographic information system (GIS) organizational coordination.
Dec. 18
New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15595&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
"The purpose of this activity is to support the establishment of new service delivery sites for medically underserved populations to receive comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. This activity is a key factor in the President's Health Centers Initiative, a multi-year plan to strengthen the health care safety net by establishing or expanding health centers in 1,200 of the Nation's neediest communities through Health Centers funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
Dec. 18
Women’s Issues Fund--Department of State- East Asian & Pacific Affairs
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15586&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Proposals (RFP). EAP’s Regional Women’s Issues Fund (WIF), which has supported women’s advancement in the region over the past several years, will soon be available under the Economic Support Fund (ESF) account for FY 2007-2008. EAP welcomes project proposals from credible local or international organizations that address women’s economic empowerment, foster political participation, and/or contribute to women/girls’ freedom from violence.
Dec. 18
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.
LOI Dec. 18; full Jan. 19
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (K08 and K23)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15597&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
This program provides three to five years of mentored career development support to clinically-trained faculty members in strong research environments to enable them to gain skills and experience in aging research, under the guidance of a mentor or mentors, and to establish an independent program of research in this field. It also includes an annual meeting that allows opportunities to partner with national mentors and fellow awardees.
Dec. 19
Food Safety: Biological Approaches
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetybiologicalapproachesnri.cfm
This program supports hypothesis driven research that seeks to increase our knowledge of microbial ecology with regard to the routes of contamination of food; this includes on-farm investigations, post-harvest incidence, processing and distribution of food. One of the main objectives of this program is to fund research efforts which result in a demonstrable reduction in food-borne illness.
Dec. 19
Food Safety: Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetyepidemiologicalapproachesnri.cfm
Research that develops an understanding of the multiple factors involved in food safety and provides the science-based data for policy decisions requires epidemiological studies. Epidemiological studies of pre and post-harvest areas are vital to identify and characterize pathogenic organisms, including their sources and reservoirs; and to understand the transmission of the pathogen along the entire continuum.
Dec. 19
2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships Undergraduate Environmental Study
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_gro_undergrad.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is December 19, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
Dec. 19
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
http://fellowships.aaas.org/index.shtml
NEW: The online application system for the 2008-2009 fellowship year is now open. The deadline is 20 December. The Fellowships help to establish and nurture critical links between federal decision-makers and scientific professionals to support public policy that benefits the wellbeing of the nation and the planet. The Fellowships are designed to: educate scientists and engineers on the intricacies of federal policymaking; provide scientific expertise and analysis to support decision-makers confronting increasingly complex scientific and technical issues; foster positive exchange between scientists and policymakers; empower scientists and engineers to conduct policy-relevant research that addresses challenges facing society; and increase the involvement and visibility of scientists and engineers in the public policy realm.
Dec. 20
Environmental Education Grants -- Solicitation Notice for 2008
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/pdf/solicitationnotice2008.pdf
This document solicits grant proposals to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop aware and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support to seed innovative projects that design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques as described in this notice.
Dec. 20
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-21692.pdf
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is to support early college preparation and awareness activities for low-income students. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.334A (Partnership grants). Applications for grants under the GEAR UP State and Partnership Competitions, CFDA Numbers 84.334S and CFDA 84.334A, must be submitted electronically using the Government wide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov.
Dec. 20
Multidisciplinary Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research (F32 and F33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-003.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support the multidisciplinary training of individuals from the basic, biomedical, clinical, and information sciences and/or engineering who are pursuing research on nanotechnology tools and/or applications for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and/or treatment of cancer. This FOA solicits applications for postdoctoral fellowships from recent doctoral level graduates as well as applications for senior fellowships from candidates with at least 7 years of research experience beyond the doctorate and established independent research positions.
Dec. 20
National Student Design Competition Sustainability Focusing People, Prosperity and Planet
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_p3.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of the P3 Award Program, A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving sustainability. The P3 competition highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website (http://www.epa.gov/ncer/P3 ) for more details about this program.
Dec. 20
Leadership Training in Nursing
The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training of nurses for leadership roles in maternal and child health, including women’s health and the care of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in community public health programs. This is to be accomplished by advancing the knowledge and skills of nursing health professionals and enhancing their effectiveness in community public health programs providing maternal and child health services, academia and or clinical settings.
Dec. 21
Radiation Combined Injury: Radiation Exposure in Combination with Burn, Wound, Trauma or Infection
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-038.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, solicits NIH Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation Grant (R21/R33) award applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to study mechanisms, animal models and/or the development of medical countermeasures for radiation exposure combined with other types of injury.
Dec. 21 and full Jan. 24
Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07597/nsf07597.htm
This solicitation requests proposals to establish a Center to stimulate research and education at the interface of the mathematical and biological sciences. The Center will serve the biological and mathematical communities by providing mechanisms to foster synthetic, collaborative, cross-disciplinary studies. It will play a pivotal role by improving understanding and modeling of biological problems that can be gained only by using approaches of mathematical, statistical and computational biology.
prelim due Dec. 24 and full by invitation April 2
Cooperative Institute: Earth System Modeling for Climate Applications
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-20973.htm
In its solicitation for a Cooperative Institute (CI) dealing with earth system modeling for climate applications, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has observed that "Current state-of-the-art physical coupled climate models, particularly those that are used to forecast climate conditions on decadal and longer time scales, lack important features that are crucial for understanding how a warming world will affect the world's terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles, and importantly, how ecosystems can affect climate change.
Dec. 24
Puffin Foundation - Grants to Encourage Emerging Artists in Art, Music, Theater, Dance, Photography, and Literature
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html
The Puffin Foundation continues to make Grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The Foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.
Dec. 30
French Consulate - Chateaubriand Fellowships in Science and Humanities
http://www.ambafrance-us.org/sst/chateaubriand_2005/index.htm
The Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States offers the Chateaubriand Fellowship to students enrolled in American universities - PhD Candidates or Post docs - to conduct research in a French laboratory (public or private) for a 6 to 12 month period. This program has two main goals: To allow American researchers to benefit from an experience in one of the best laboratories in France. To develop scientific cooperation between France and the United States. The research would be performed in a French university, a school of engineering, a national laboratory or a private enterprise
Dec. 31
Bringing Diversity to RWJF Grantmaking
http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org/
RWJF New Connections Initiative: Bringing Diversity to RWJF Grantmaking and Increasing Secondary Data Analyses. Welcome to the New Connections Initiative, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). New Connections is designed to expand the diversity of perspectives that inform RWJF programming and introduce new researchers and scholars to the Foundation, while simultaneously helping to meet Foundation staff needs for data analysis that measures progress towards program objectives. This program seeks early to mid-career scholars who have been underrepresented in research activities. This includes researchers who are historically underrepresented ethnic or racial minorities, first-generation college graduates, and individuals from low-income communities. This 3rd round will consider proposals addressing questions from the Health Insurance Coverage, Building Human Capital, Childhood Obesity, Pioneer, Public Health, Quality/Equality, and Vulnerable Populations teams. We are pleased to invite scholars to participate in the 2008 program.
Jan. 5
Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html
The Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 2008-2009 Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, less than an hour north of New York City. The Mathematical Sciences Department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with work on technical problems arising in industry. Currently, about 110 permanent members, academic visitors, and post-doctoral fellows are pursuing research in pure and applied mathematics and in theoretical and exploratory computer science. Areas of research include: algorithms (approximation, randomized, and on-line); data mining (machine learning, pattern recognition, and computational statistics); dynamical systems and differential equations; high-performance computing (including scientific computing and parallel computing); numerical analysis; optimization (discrete, continuous, and stochastic); probability theory (stochastic models, risk management, queues and queueing networks); statistics (time-series, multivariate analysis, design, and reliability); and supply-chain and operations management (pricing, optimization and performance modeling).
Jan. 5
Program for Postdoctoral Support in the Atmospheric Sciences
http://www.asp.ucar.edu/pdfp/pd_announcement.jsp
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a research institution located in Boulder, Colorado, operated by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Through its Advanced Study Program (ASP), NCAR offers a continuing program of postdoctoral study in the atmospheric and related sciences.
Jan. 5
2008-2009 IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html
The Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 2008-2009 Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, less than an hour north of New York City.
Jan. 5
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
The 2007-2008 application is now open! Click "Apply Online" on the left navigation bar to apply. For eligibility requirements, please click here. http://www.asee.org/fellowships/ndseg/instructions.cfm
The Department of Defense (DoD) is committed to increasing the number and quality of our nation's scientists and engineers. Toward that end, the DoD annually supports approximately 8,000 graduate students in fields important to national defense needs.
Jan. 7
Homeland Security, Department of - Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/2008pages/fellowship.html
The DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. This education program is intended to ensure a diverse and highly talented science and technology community to achieve the DHS mission and objectives. Areas of study that are eligible include: physical sciences, mathematical sciences, computer and information sciences, life sciences, social sciences, psychology, and engineering.
Jan. 7
National Endowment for the Arts - Literature Translation Fellowships
http://www.nea.gov/Grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) encourages applications for Literature Translation Fellowships for projects that involve the specific translation of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. Translations of writers and of work which are insufficiently represented in English translation are encouraged. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value.
Jan. 7
Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07601
Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams.
Jan. 7
Kellogg Foundation, W.K. - Kellogg Health Scholars Programs
http://www.cfah.org/programs/healthscholars/index.cfm
The Kellogg Health Scholars Program seeks to develop new leadership in the effort to reduce and eliminate health disparities and to secure equal access to the conditions and services essential for achieving healthy communities. Through this Program, leaders will emerge with the competence to undertake research adding to our knowledge about the nature of social disparities in health and about interventions to reduce those disparities; the capacity to partner with communities in carrying out research and building policy advocacy; and the skills to inform and support policy makers who seek to reduce and eliminate health disparities. This new and enhanced post-doctoral program combines two prior highly successful Kellogg-funded programs: Community Health Scholars Program (CHSP) and Scholars in Health Disparities Program (SHDP). These two antecedent programs are combining their proven strengths and are partnering with allies in policy and practice organizations across the country to build a movement for the elimination of health disparities and the securing of equal access to the conditions and services essential for the achievement of healthy communities.
Jan. 8
U.S. GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics: Pan-Regional Synthesis
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07594/nsf07594.htm
As the culmination of a series of solicitations for the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Program (U.S. GLOBEC), this solicitation seeks a broader understanding of climate impacts on marine ecosystems that builds upon findings from the three regional U.S. GLOBEC studies: the Northwest Atlantic, the Northeast Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. Investigators submitting proposals in response to this solicitation should focus on: (1) synthetic activities, including conceptual and analytical modeling activities that capitalize upon and integrate concepts, methods, and/or data from the prior solicitations; (2) broad-scale studies including comparisons across system types, encompassing both GLOBEC and non-GLOBEC study areas; and/or (3) the development of management strategies at the population, community, and ecosystem levels.
Jan. 8
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07598/nsf07598.htm
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems competition promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) is a multidirectorate program jointly operated by three NSF directorates (Biological Sciences; Geosciences; and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences). In addition to those three directorates, other NSF units (including the Directorate for Engineering, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Office of Polar Programs) participate in evaluation of proposals.
Jan. 8
Earth Sciences awards Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07596
The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to highly qualified investigators within 3 years of obtaining their PhD to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. The research and education plans of each fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplines. The program supports researchers for a period of up to 2 years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize young investigators of significant potential, and provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community.
Jan. 8
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.
Jan. 8
Instrumentation for Materials Research
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07600
The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments.
Jan. 10
Research Scholars Program--Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
http://www.hhmi.org/research/cloister/program.html
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Scholars Program, also known as the Cloister Program, was established in 1985 to give outstanding students at U.S. medical schools the opportunity to receive research training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Research Scholars spend nine months to a year on the NIH campus, conducting basic research under the direct mentorship of senior NIH research scientists. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides the administration and funding for the program, including the salaries and benefits for the research scholars. The NIH provides advisors, mentors, laboratory space, and equipment and supplies for laboratory work.
Jan. 10
Fiscal Year 2008 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15803&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on or after 01 November 2002 for this FY08 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. Proposals addressing research areas as described in the ONR Science and Technology (S&T) Department section of ONR's website at www.onr.navy.mil which are of interest to ONR Program Officers and Division Directors will be considered. Contact information for each Division (a subgroup of an S&T Department) is also listed within the S&T section of the website.
Jan. 11
National Outreach Technical Assistance Center Discretionary Awards Minority Institutions
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-23080.pdf
Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel--in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work with infants, toddlers and children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.325R. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application.
Jan. 11
RFP EPA-OPEI-DCED-08-01: Organize the National Smart Growth Conference
http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/grants/index.htm
EPA is seeking proposals for organizing a national smart growth conference. This conference will be a multi-disciplinary event that focuses on diverse smart growth issues and attracts a diverse audience of practitioners, researchers and policy makers. This conference should be at least a 3 full days and should be convened in January or February 2009. Proposals should specify that expected attendance at the conference will be over 1500 people and should provide documentation of how this will be achieved. In order to promote the conference effectively and attract a wide variety of attendees, the conference should be co-sponsored by numerous associations, organizations, and governmental entities whose members have an interest in smart growth. EPA will award one cooperative agreement, which will involve substantial federal involvement.
Jan. 11
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/medfellows.html
The Medical Fellows Program supports a year of full-time biomedical research training for medical and dental students. Applicants must be enrolled in a US medical or dental school and the fellowship research may be conducted at any academic or nonprofit institution in the United States, except the National Institutes of Health. Research may be conducted abroad if the fellow's mentor is affiliated with a US institution. Support for the 2008 competition: An annual stipend of $27,000, an annual fellow's allowance of $5,500, and an annual research allowance of $5,500.
Jan. 11
Council Of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/
The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center.
Jan. 11
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08501/nsf08501.htm
The Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program supports training and research for recent doctoral degree recipients in any aspect of scientific study of the Antarctic and/or the Arctic within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) program areas. The program also provides travel grants to those eligible for fellowships for the purpose of meeting prospective mentors and colleagues, presenting seminars, discussing mutual research and/or education interests, evaluating facilities and professional development opportunities, and initiating collaborative relationships.
Jan. 11
Atmospheric Sciences Mid-Size Infrastructure Opportunity
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07602
The Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) recognizes the need for mid-size infrastructure to meet emerging demands of the research community it supports. For the purposes of this solicitation, mid-size infrastructure includes research equipment costing between $4M and $25M. Projects to be funded as mid-size infrastructure must have broad community support, and the facility or the data resulting from the facility must be widely used by researchers traditionally supported by ATM. Examples include in situ and remote sensing instrumentation, airborne platforms for research instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure needed to support observations and field programs, and upgrades to existing facilities.
Prelim Jan. 11 and full June 2
Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
The purpose of the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge (SPEC) Grants Program is to promote and strengthen teaching programs in agriscience and agribusiness at secondary and 2-year postsecondary institutions by enhancing curricula, increasing faculty teaching competencies, promoting higher education to prepare students for scientific and professional careers, incorporating agriscience or agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, facilitating joint initiatives among other educational institutions, and by responding to identified State, regional, national or international educational needs.
Jan. 11
KSTF Teaching Fellowships
(http://kstf.org/userfiles/doccenter/PDF%20files/KSTF%20Flyer%202008.pdf ).
KSTF is now accepting applications for the 2008 Teaching Fellowships in Physical Sciences and Mathematics as well as a new, experimental Biological Sciences Teaching Fellowship. All applications must be submitted online. The deadline for Teaching Fellowship applications is January 14, 2008. Applications for Young Scholars Research pre-proposals have closed. The next cycle of applications will begin in May, 2008. KSTF Teaching Fellows are young men and women who have received a bachelor's or advanced degree in science, engineering or mathematics and are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in U.S. schools. The fellowship supports them professionally and financially for up to five years through a teacher preparation program to eligibility for tenure.
Jan. 14
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
American School of Classical Studies at Athens - 2008-2009 Fellowships and Grants
http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowship/fellowships.htm
Predoctoral Fellowships offered by the School for its Regular Academic Program and for second year or advanced students provide a stipend of $11,000 plus room at Loring Hall on the School grounds, board and waiver of School fees. Fellows who choose not to live at Loring Hall, even though they can be accommodated, must make other arrangements with the Director. If for some reason a Fellow cannot be accommodated at Loring Hall, a cash allowance equal to the value of the room will be made.
Jan. 15
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies - Visiting Research Fellowships
http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies will offer a number of Visiting Research Fellowships to be held in residence during the 2008-09 academic year. These awards will support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. The duration of the fellowship can be from 3-12 months, depending on the requirements of the project, but full academic year projects are preferred. Stipends for predoctoral Fellowships are approximately $2,400 per month.
Jan. 15
Health Effects of Near-Roadway Exposures to Air Pollution
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_healtheffects.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking initial proposals to study the health effects of near-roadway exposures to air pollution. To respond to this Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP), applicants will submit: a research proposal (not to exceed five pages); budget summary; 424 form and Key Contacts form; and two-page resumes of investigators (see Section IV for further information). EPA will review the initial proposals and the submitters of the highest-ranked proposals will be asked to submit full applications. After review of the full applications, one application will be selected for funding as a cooperative agreement.
Jan. 15
Smithsonian's Fellowship and Internship Opportunities
The Office of Research Training and Services (ORTS) has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's programs of research grants, fellowships, and other scholarly appointments. One of its primary objectives is the facilitation of the Smithsonian's scholarly interactions with students and scholars at universities, museums, and other research institutions around the world. The Office administers Institution-wide research support programs, and encourages and assists other Smithsonian museums, research institutes and research offices in the development of additional fellowships and visiting appointments.
Jan. 15
Rockefeller Foundation - Bellagio Study and Conference Center
http://www.rockfound.org/bellagio/bellagio.shtml
The Bellagio Study and Conference Center in northern Italy offers Individual, Collaborative, and Parallel Residencies for scholars and artists. The center offers one-month stays for 15 residents at a time. Individuals in any discipline or field and coming from any country who expect their work to result in publication, exhibition, performance, or other concrete product are welcome to apply for a period of work uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands.
Jan. 15
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03506/nsf03506.htm
The Pan American Advanced Study Institutes (PASI) Program, is a jointly supported initiative between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Pan American Advanced Studies Institutes are short courses ranging in length from ten days to one month duration, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars and discussions at the advanced graduate and post-doctoral level. PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in engineering fields. Whenever feasible, an interdisciplinary approach is recommended.
Jan. 15
Roche Research Foundation - Fellowship (Postdoctoral Study in Switzerland)
http://www.research-foundation.org/rrf/index.html
The Roche Research Foundation, a charity sponsored by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., subsidizes experimental scientific research in the areas of biology, chemistry, and medicine. The Foundation promotes Swiss research with the goal of enhancing its international standing by supporting scientific investigations of promising young talents in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medicine.
Due 15th of Jan., Apr., July, Oct.
Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-021.html
To stimulate research in fundamental aspects of developmental biology at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. In order to ensure that the field of developmental biology will attract the best and brightest minds, potential students need to be exposed to the excitement of the research enterprise at an early stage in their training. These AREA grants are intended to support small-scale developmental biology research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions including many small primarily undergraduate and historically minority institutions.
LOI due Jan. 15 and full Feb. 15
AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htm
NEH fellowships are for persons who have already completed their formal professional training. Degree candidates and persons seeking support for work in pursuit of a degree may not hold AAS-NEH fellowships. Foreign nationals who have been residents in the United States for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the fellowship are eligible. Mid-career scholars are encouraged to apply. AAS Fellows are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections.
Jan. 15
Humane Studies Fellowships
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/id.783/default.asp
Each year IHS awards over $400,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world. IHS also sponsors the attendance of hundreds of students at its summer seminars and provides various forms of career assistance. Through these and other programs, the Institute promotes the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving.
Jan. 15
Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm
Awards will be made as follows: For the SDE, Eloise Gerry, and Vessa Notchev Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics. For the Nell I. Mondy Fellowships, awards are for research in the same areas as for the other Fellowships, with preference given to applications in the areas of food science, nutrition, and toxicology.
Jan. 15
American Association of University Women Applications for Community Action Grants
The American Association of University Women Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents.
Jan. 15
Gates (Bill & Melinda) Foundation - Gates Cambridge Scholarships
http://www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk/
In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust. This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.
Jan. 15
Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program at the U.S. Department of State
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/
The contribution of state-of-the-art science, technology, and engineering (STE) to the formulation and implementation of U.S. government policy, both domestic and foreign, has been recognized throughout the second half of the 20th-century as a critical element in reaching sound, comprehensive conclusions that reflect “good governance”. Without an accurate, timely understanding of rapidly advancing STE issues, it is increasingly difficult to identify and establish sound governmental policy that effectively meets the needs of modern societies. The articulation of “accurate science for statecraft” to policy makers has become an essential element in establishing effective international relationships in the 21st century.
Jan. 15
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.
Jan. 15
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/AfricanAmerican.shtm
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture are intended to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through professional training, technical assistance, internships, outside expertise, and other tools. Successful proposals will focus on one or more of the following three goals: 1) developing or strengthening knowledge, skills, and other expertise of current staff at African American museums; 2) attracting and retaining professionals with the skills needed to strengthen African American museums; and 3) attracting new staff to African American museum practice and providing them with the expertise needed to sustain them in the museum field.
Jan. 15
Development and Application of Nanotechnology-based Tools to Understand Mechanisms of Bioremediation (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-007.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing a new funding opportunity to support individual research projects as part of the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SBRP). The objective for this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance our understanding of the basic structural and functional properties of biological populations that are involved in the bioremediation of hazardous substances by integrating or adapting innovative nanotechnology based tools for sensing, detecting, and elucidating processes at the molecular and nano-scale.
LOI due Jan. 16 and full Feb. 15
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/index.shtml
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) is a program funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration. Now in its 16th year, the DOE CSGF trains scientists to meet the nation’s workforce needs and helps to create a nationwide interdisciplinary community. The fellowship provides support and guidance to some of the nation’s best scientific graduate students, and these graduates now work in DOE laboratories, private industry and educational institutions. The fellowship currently supports 63 students at 35 universities in 22 states. Over 250 students at more than 50 U.S. universities have trained as Fellows, and the demand is only growing.
Jan. 16
African Americanists or scholars researching the African Diaspora, postdoctoral fellowships
http://www.aasrp.uiuc.edu/education/postDoc.html
An applicant must demonstrate promise for a tenure track appointment at a research college or university. An applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and must have received a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree within the past four years, or have completed this requirement by June of the fellowship year. The candidate’s primary research focus must be African-American, and/or African Diaspora Studies.
Jan. 16
International Science and Education Competitive Grants
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/intl_science.html
The International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program (ISE) supports research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching. ISE projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula; ensure that faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring lessons learned back home; promote international research partnerships; enhance the use and application of foreign technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen the role that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.
Jan. 17
Request for Proposals: Digital Humanities Workshops
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digital.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for workshops that offer academically rigorous professional development programs for K-12 educators seeking to use digital resources to strengthen the teaching of the humanities. Workshops must have a cohesive course of study, address well-defined topics, and foster deeper and more informed engagement with the content-rich resources of the Internet, particularly the materials and lesson plans available through NEH's EDSITEment, a nationally recognized gateway to the best humanities materials on the World Wide Web.
Jan. 17
Special Education Preservice Training Improvement Grant
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-23080.pdf
Purpose of Program: The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel--in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work with infants, toddlers and children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.
Jan. 18
International Research in Homeland Security Science & Technology Mission Areas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is soliciting applications for international research projects aligned with the mission and requirements of DHS S&T. These projects should be designed to augment and complement, through international research and collaboration, the depth and breadth of homeland security science and technology research.
Jan. 18
Campus Suicide Prevention Grants
http://www.samhsa.gov:80/Grants/2008/sm_08_002.aspx
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 for Campus Suicide Prevention Grants. The purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education. This program is designed to assist colleges and universities in their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions and to enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression and substance abuse, which put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts.
Jan. 18
Fellowships in Egypt
http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html
ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding, fellowships are granted for periods of between 3 and 12 months. Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Economics, Egyptology, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Humanities, Islamic Studies, Literature, Political Science, Religious Studies
Jan. 18
Economics Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=SES&from=home
The Economics Program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. The program strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. Topics of current interest are computational economics, the transformation of command economies, human resource-related issues (poverty, labor productivity, the family, gender and racial discrimination, etc.), and global environmental change.
Jan. 18
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
Software for Real-World Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07599/nsf07599.htm
Software is a critical element in a broad range of real-world systems ranging from micro- and nano-scale embedded devices in highways, household appliances, and medical devices to continental- and global-scale critical infrastructures, such as communications and electrical power grids and transportation, health care, and enterprise systems. While software’s role in governing overall system behavior can ultimately determine success or failure, the science and engineering of designing and building software for real-world systems remain elusive and poorly understood.
Jan. 19
International Affairs Fellowships
http://www.cfr.org/about/fellowships/iaf.html
Launched in 1967, the International Affairs Fellowship Program is designed to advance the professional development of outstanding young Americans between the ages of 27 and 35. Each year, approximately a dozen men and women receive an opportunity to broaden their experience in the field of international affairs and to add a unique dimension to their careers. The fellowships seek to bridge the gap between thought and action in foreign policy by supporting both a variety of policy studies and active exposure to policymaking. The distinctive character of the program lies in the contrasting experiences it provides at the juncture of policy research and policy formulation.
Jan. 19
Microsoft Corporation - Computational Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/rfps/GWAS_RFP.aspx
Microsoft has issued a Request for Proposals for the Computational Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS). The ultimate objective of this RFP is to accelerate the rate of discovery of common genetic factors that influence health and disease. Areas of Interest: Data Access - Development of applications and online interfaces that enable researchers to access new and existing genomic data sources in faster and more and intuitive ways. Of particular interest are systems that combine access to publically available genomic databases, such as dbGaP, with data-access models. This includes tools for data search, federation, query optimization, sorting and filtration for SNP and expression data. Data Standardization - Enabling standardized, interoperable capture of genomic data. This includes analysis of existing systems and new solutions, as well as methods of lossless data federation. Tool Development - Enabling the development and improvement of analytic algorithms for GWAS. This includes interfaces that enable access to these tools more ubiquitously and simultaneously enables higher throughput through optimization and parallelization. Data Visualization - Creation of new or improvement of existing data visualization tools to be deployed in the analysis of genomic data. These tools should facilitate the identification and extraction of patterns in order to help identify relationships between different components of genomic data. Ideally these applications would be integrated with existing genomic analysis tools.
Jan. 21
Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-008.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites applications from qualified institutions for support of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Core Centers. These Centers are designed to establish innovative programs of excellence in the field of environmental health sciences by providing scientific and programmatic support for promising investigators and areas of research. A Core Center Grant is an institutional award to support centralized scientific resources and facilities shared by investigators with existing research projects. By providing a Center structure and Core resources this support is intended to enhance the ability of scientists working the field of environmental health sciences to identify and capitalize on current and emerging opportunities that will lead to outstanding research advances to improve our understanding of the relationship between environmental exposures and both human biology and human disease.
LOI Jan. 21 & full Feb. 21
NSF 2010 Project
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07591
The Directorate for Biological Sciences of the National Science Foundation announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes. This year, as in FY 2007, the Program will focus on: (1) research on exemplary networks using high throughput methods and integrating modeling with experimental data to understand the gene circuitry underlying basic plant processes; (2) projects that will develop experimental and computational methods, tools, and resources for enabling a broad community of scientists to conduct functional genomics research on Arabidopsis; and (3) projects to perform genome-wide analyses of the gene function.
Jan. 21
National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS)
http://www.epa.gov/Education/students.html
EPA established the National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) in 1986 to foster a growing interest among higher education students in environmental careers. The NNEMS program is a comprehensive fellowship program that provides undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to participate in a fellowship project that is directly related to their field of study. The NNEMS program is sponsored by EPA's Environmental Education Division (EED), Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education (OCHPEE). Students who are awarded NNEMS fellowships are offered a unique opportunity to gain research and training experience directly linked to their undergraduate or graduate studies. NNEMS fellows conduct research projects to augment their academic studies, which EPA supports with financial assistance. EPA has awarded more than 1,400 fellowships under this program and awarded 16 fellowships in 2007.
Jan. 22
FY 2008 National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/NNEMS/pdf/solicitation2008.pdf
Provide students with practical research opportunities and experiences in EPA’s program and regional offices and in its laboratories; • Increase public awareness of and involvement in environmental issues; Encourage qualified individuals to pursue environmental careers; and Help defray the costs associated with the pursuit of academic programs related to the field of environmental protection, such as pollution control, science, engineering, technology, social science, and specialty areas.
Jan. 22
NIGMS Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) [R25]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-432.html
The goal of the PREP is to encourage individuals from underrepresented groups who have recently obtained their baccalaureate degrees to complete for Ph.D. degree programs in biomedically relevant sciences through extensive academic enhancements and research experience. Through this program, it is anticipated that a steady supply of Ph.D. candidates from underrepresented groups will be established. It is also the expectation and hope that some of the PREP participants will eventually become the scientists who conduct research in areas that address reducing health disparities.
Jan. 22
National Endowment for the Humanities
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Planning grants can be used to plan, refine, and develop the content and interpretive approach of a project. Applicants should have already conducted preliminary consultation with scholars to help shape the humanities content of the project and with other programming advisers appropriate to the project's format.
Jan. 23
Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint Research Solicitation – USDA, DOE
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/1A749FE781C1AA8C8525736F00611D99?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program hereby announce their interest in receiving applications for genomics-based research that will lead to the improved use of biomass and plant feedstocks for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Specifically, applications are sought for fundamental research on plants that will improve biomass characteristics, biomass yield, or sustainability. Systems biology approaches to identify genetic indicators enabling plants to be efficiently bred or manipulated, or research that yields fundamental knowledge of the structure, function and organization of plant genomes leading to improved feedstock characterization and sustainability are also encouraged.
Jan. 23
Major Research Instrumentation Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners.
Jan. 24
Support of Competitive Research Pilot Project Award for Early Stage Faculty Research at Minority Institutions
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-027.html
This FOA provides updated guidelines for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Program SC2 mechanism for Pilot Project Awards. -Mechanism of Support. The SCORE Program is a developmental program to increase the research competitiveness of faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and the institution s faculty research capabilities. To better achieve these objectives, three funding opportunities exist for individual investigator-initiated research awards according to their developmental level. The mechanisms used for these funding opportunities are the SC1 (PAR- 08-026), SC2 and SC3 (PAR-08-028) for individual investigators. Descriptions of the SC1 and SC3 may be found at the NIGMS website, http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/MBRS . This announcement for the SC2 award outlines the individual investigator-initiated pilot research project for faculty members who are in their early stages of development and are seeking to gather preliminary data or more advanced investigators interested in switching to a different research field from the one in which an individual has been engaged and published. -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards.
Jan. 25, May 25 and Sept. 25
Science Student Internships at NSF--Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
http://qemnetwork.qem.org/internship.htm
Science [engineering] Student Internships at the National Science Foundation (NSF) provide undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to be mentored by program officers involved in making science policy and in implementing national programs focused on science and engineering. The experience is designed to increase students' understanding of how science policy is made as well as to further develop their potential for becoming leaders and proponents of increased participation in science and engineering by students from underrepresented minority groups. The ten-week internship includes a one-week pre-internship professional development session, a nine-week site assignment with a mentor or advisor, and a post-internship reflection session. Interns also participate in several special enrichment activities during the summer.
Students enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or Tribal Colleges Universities who meet the eligibility criteria are particularly encouraged to apply.
Jan. 25
Genetic and Genomic Resources for Emerging Non-Mammalian Model Organisms (R24)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-457.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites investigator-initiated applications for research designed to generate genetic tools and genomic resources that will enable researchers to exploit the full potential of novel or developing model systems for comparative and functional genomic studies. The typical organism to be considered should have a publicly available draft of the genomic DNA sequence with a minimum of 5X coverage. In addition, the organism should show promise as, or is, a model for basic biological, developmental, or behavioral mechanisms. -Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.
Jan. 25
NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-456.html
The overall goal of NINDS's research training and research education programs is to ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate scientific areas to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The NINDS Research Education Grant is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers through creative and innovative research educational programs including regional and national programs. Applications will be accepted in response to this funding opportunity from organizations that propose diversity educational research experiences at the following levels of professional career development: undergraduate, medical/graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, medical resident, and/or independent scientist.
Jan. 25
Discovery Research K-12
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08502/nsf08502.htm
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) program seeks to enable significant advances in K-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through research about, and development and implementation of, innovative resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policy makers. Activities funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or hypothesis about K-12 STEM learning or teaching; develop, adapt, or study innovative resources, models, or technologies; and demonstrate if, how, for whom, and why their implementation affects learning. This solicitation calls for proposals that are responsive to either the Contextual Challenges strand or the Frontier Challenges strand. The former invites proposals that address the more immediate and pressing challenges facing K-12 STEM education at the national level. The latter anticipates opportunities for the future and supports initiatives on the frontiers of knowledge which challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10 to 15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to reach learners.
Jan. 28
Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20001
Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) that funds research to enhance the quality and impact of interactive games that are used to improve health. The goal of the program is to advance the innovation, design and effectiveness of health games and game technologies so that they help people improve their health-related behaviors and, as a result, achieve significantly better health outcomes. Read the related news release, $8.25-Million Research Program to Investigate Design Strategies and Benefits of Interactive Games to Improve Health and Health Care (http://www.rwjf.org:80/programareas/pioneer/resources/product.jsp?id=23452&pid=1140 ).
Jan. 29
Technology Development for Biomedical Applications (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-08-001.html
The goal of this FOA is to solicit innovative applications for (1) the development of new and improved instruments or devices, (2) the development of new methodologies using existing instruments, or (3) the development of software related to instrumentation. The primary intent of this FOA is to stimulate the development of new techniques for biomedical research that will support achievement of biomedical breakthroughs. High-risk applications are encouraged, and the innovative nature of the application is emphasized in the review criteria. Because the research plan is limited to 15 pages, this R21 application does not need to include extensive background material or preliminary information as is expected for an R01 application.
Jan. 29, May 21
American Sociological Association - Minority Fellowship Program
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Minority+Fellowship+Program
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nation’s mental health and drug abuse research agendas.
Jan. 29
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Summer 2008 Research Seminar on Extreme Materialist Approaches to Medieval Manuscripts
http://www.uiowa.edu/obermann/medievalbooks/
Call for Proposals: Up to 10 Fellowships for Participating Scholars. Scholars of the Middle Ages have long engaged deeply with medieval manuscripts, yet they rarely confront the practical, technological, and artistic challenges of making books. Book artists solve these very challenges as they fabricate books—sometimes drawing on medieval techniques—yet they rarely come into contact with scholars of book history or of the Middle Ages. In summer 2008, the Obermann Center in collaboration with the Center for the Book will offer participants an exciting new research opportunity by bringing book artists and medieval scholars together in a two-week seminar that integrates scholarly study and engaged artistic practice
Jan. 30
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship--Social Science Research Council
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.
Jan. 30
Department of Energy - Fusion Energy Sciences Fellowship (Graduate) Program
The US Department of Energy offers talented students the opportunity to engage in the study and research of fusion energy sciences and technology, while fostering practical work experiences at recognized research facilities. The Fusion Energy Science Fellowship Program, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, provides incentive and support to students as they continue their education in graduate school and prepare for careers in fusion energy.
Jan. 31
National Institute of Statistical Sciences - Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.niss.org/postdoc_info.html
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) will offer distinctive postdoctoral fellowships in 2008, and invites applications from statistical, computer and applied mathematical scientists, as well as disciplinary scientists whose interests align with NISS projects. Appointments will be for two or more years. The salary is currently $70,000 per year. NISS is located at Research Triangle Park, NC. Postdoctoral fellows at NISS participate in high-impact, applied cross-disciplinary and cross-sector research projects. They collaborate with, and are mentored by, senior researchers from NISS, universities, industry, national laboratories and government agencies.
Jan. 31
Crane-Rogers Foundation - Institute of Current World Affairs
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.
Feb. 1 & August 1
AFOSR Fiscal Year 2008 Test and Evaluation Research Program
The topics listed in the BAA represent basic research needs identified by the Air Force Test and Evaluation Community. AFOSR and the T&E Community agree that successful research efforts in these areas have the potential to significantly improve future capabilities in the Test and Evaluation community. Please refer to the BAA for a description of each Topic.
Feb. 1
National Academies Research Associateships for Scientists and Engineers
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/index.html
The Research Associateship awards are open to doctoral level scientists and engineers (U.S and Foreign Nationals) who can apply their special knowledge and talents to research areas that are of interest to them and to the participating host laboratories and centers. Awards are available for Postdoctoral Associates (within 5 years of the doctorate) and Senior Associates (normally 5 years or more beyond the doctorate). Associates conduct research in residence at the participating host laboratory they have chosen.
Feb. 1
NASA - Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship (for Underrepresented STEM Graduate Students
http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/programs/jpfp.jsp
The Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program provides full-time underrepresented graduate students in science, technology and education with financial support for their education in NASA-related disciplines. Students are selected for fellowships that include financial support and a 6-week, hands-on research experience at a NASA Center or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Fellowship tenure is three years for candidates seeking either a master's or Ph.D. degree in the NASA-related fields. The program serves underrepresented students who are matriculating at any accredited U.S. university or college, and engaging in the science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) fields. With stipends, travel allowances and tuition offsets included, JPFP award packages currently start at $24,500 per year.
Feb. 1
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation - Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. In addition to our program of support for postdoctoral research, ten or more dissertation fellowships are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year. These fellowships of $15,000 each are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner, and it is only appropriate to apply for support for the final year of Ph.D. work. Applications are evaluated in comparison with each other and not in competition with the postdoctoral research proposals. Applicants may be citizens of any country and studying at colleges or universities in any country. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence.
Feb. 1
Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute for National and International Affairs - Dissertation Year Fellowships
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants.htm
Dissertation Year Fellowships - Grants of $16,000 will be given to support graduate students working on some aspect of the life and career of Harry S. Truman or of the public and foreign policy issues which were prominent during the Truman years. One or two dissertation year fellowships will normally be awarded each year.
Feb. 1
UCLA - Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm
The UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library support postdoctoral, predoctoral, and undergraduate research in areas of interest to the Center and the Clark Library
Feb. 1
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
http://www.soars.ucar.edu/appdownload.php?CFID=2178116&CFTOKEN=53687064
The SOARS program is a four-year undergraduate and graduate program for African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Hispanic/Latino students interested in pursuing careers in the atmospheric and related sciences. The program includes a 10-week summer experience at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or other national laboratories. Other components of the program are educational and research opportunities, mentoring, a science-writing workshop, career counseling and guidance, and financial support for students accepted into a graduate-level program. General Fields Supported: Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Technology, Other (specify): Atmospheric Science; Specific Fields Supported: Computer Sciences, Earth Systems, Ecology/Environmental Sciences, Geology, Other (specify): Meteorology; Oceanography; Social Science
Feb. 1
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08504/nsf08504.htm
The Division of Chemistry of the National Science Foundation (NSF) , under the umbrella of the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF), has provided support to research institutions and consortia for the establishment of regional or national instrumentation facilities, the purchase of departmental research instrumentation, and the development of state-of-the-art equipment.
Feb. 1
Ph.D. Scholarships, Travel Grants for Biomedical Research in Europe
http://www.bifonds.de/cgi-bin/show.pl/about_us/about_us.html?sid=xdgz2jior3ah9gqzmtjm9b4xalt6r3kq
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is a public foundation - an independent, not-for-profit institution for the exclusive and direct promotion of basic research in biomedicine. It supports researchers and projects aimed to experimentally elucidate basic phenomena of human life and pays particular attention to the promotion of junior scientists. The Foundation awards long-term scholarships to PhD students, supporting some 110 PhDs worldwide at the same time. It grants travel allowances to PhD students and post-doctoral scientists to enable them to participate in short-term practicals in laboratories further afield or in scientific courses, e.g. summer or winter schools.
Feb. 1
USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hep_challenge.html
Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
Feb. 1
UCLA Center for 17th &18th Century Studies; William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm
Various fellowships for senior and postdoctoral scholars.
Feb. 1
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
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19847&c=EMC-FA137
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program is an advanced leadership program for nurses in senior executive roles in health services, public health and nursing education who aspire to help lead and shape the U.S. health care system. The three-year fellowships allow participating nurses to remain in their current positions while they gain the experiences, insights, competencies and skills necessary to advance in executive leadership positions in a health care system that is undergoing unprecedented change. The program is designed to give nursing and nurses a more influential role across many sectors of the economy.
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
Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08505/nsf08505.htm
The goal of research funded under the interdisciplinary P2C2 solicitation is to utilize key geological, chemical, and biological records of climate system variability to provide insights into the mechanisms and rate of change that characterized Earth's past climate variability, the sensitivity of Earth's climate system to changes in forcing, and the response of key components of the Earth system to these changes. Important scientific objectives of P2C2 are to: 1) provide comprehensive paleoclimate data sets that can serve as model test data sets analogous to instrumental observations; and 2) enable transformative syntheses of paleoclimate data and modeling outcomes to understand the response of the longer-term and higher magnitude variability of the climate system that is observed in the geological record.
Feb. 4
Technology and Methods Development for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-458.html
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), along with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites grant applications for research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications). NHGRI places a high priority on research projects that address technology and methods development in all relevant areas, new approaches to bioinformatics that facilitate data management and data dissemination, new computational biology approaches to data analysis, new strategies to apply genomics to clinical problems, new approaches that combine genomics and population studies, and studies of the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research including the exploration of new policy approaches to address social issues raised by new capabilities in genomics
Feb. 5
Landing Sensor Advanced Component Technologies
http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=127873
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) plans to release a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for the Explopration Technology Technology Development Program Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology Project. The purpose of this NRA is to solicit partners to research, develop, and demonstrate component- and subsystem-level technologies specifically related to ALHAT that will increase performance, reduce risk, cost, size, and mass of a state of the art sensor capable of enabling a descent vehicle to autonomously perform a safe and accurate landing.
Feb. 5
RGK Foundation Education, Community, and Medicine/Health
http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php
RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Medicine/Health. The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Feb. 8
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hispanic.html
This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CSREES requests applications for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI) for fiscal year (FY) 2008 to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation’s food and agricultural scientific and professional work force. CSREES anticipates the total amount available for support of the HSI in FY 2008 will be approximately $5.5 million.
Feb. 8
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07589/nsf07589.htm
With the goal of broadening participation to all engineers including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at NSF offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive ENG funding to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from under-represented groups, engineers at minority serving institutions, and persons with disabilities.
Feb. 8
Promoting Careers In Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-033.html
The goals of NIH-supported career development programs are to help ensure that diverse pools of highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. The focus of this FOA is limited to health disparities related to aging. For purposes of this funding opportunity, eligible individuals are applicants who have been determined by the grantee institution to be committed to a career in health disparities research related to aging and who are members of or knowledgeable about health disparity population groups. Nationally, health disparity population groups include but are not limited to African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, the medically underserved, low socioeconomic populations and rural populations. This FOA is related to the NIA Health Disparities Strategic Plan and will help to build capacity in aging and health disparity research. See: http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/StrategicPlan/DirectorsMessageHD.htm
Feb. 12
Short Term Career Development Award in the Environmental Health Sciences for Established Investigators
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-402.html
The National Institutes of Health accept applications for the Short Term Career Development Award in the Environmental Health Sciences for Established Investigators (K18). The purpose of these short term career development awards is to allow established, well funded clinician investigators to expand research programs to answer questions relevant to the environmental health sciences, and to provide established environmental health sciences research investigators the tools to expand their efforts to translational research. This award is intended for mid-career and senior investigators holding a research or health professional doctorate who are at the academic rank of Associate Professor or Professor, or the equivalent in nonacademic settings, who have established records of independent, peer-reviewed Federal or private research grant funding, primarily from NIH, who seek an intense, mentored career development experience which will substantially impact upon their ability to pursue future research in the environmental health sciences.
Feb. 12
National Sea Grant College Program Aquatic Invasive
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15337&mode=VIEW
The National Sea Grant College Program seeks to fund research and outreach projects addressing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species. The goal of the program is to discover and develop information and tools that can lead to the prevention, detection, monitoring and control of aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and Great Lakes communities, resources and ecosystems. The opportunity seeks especially to support NOAA-relevant regional research and outreach priorities identified by the Regional Panels of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Gulf of Mexico/Southeast Atlantic Regional Priorities: (Outreach) Research to determine the most effective means to change the attitudes and behaviors of people in regards to practices leading to the release or spread of non-indigenous species. (Research) Investigations into the methodology for predicting range extensions for known invaders based upon their basic life history biology, with particular reference to the potential effects of natural disasters (hurricanes and floods) and extreme climatic events.
Feb. 14
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.htm
The Lewis and Clark Fund (initially supported by the Stanford Ascherman/Baruch Blumberg Fund for Basic Science, established by a benefaction from the late Stanford Ascherman, MD, of San Francisco) encourages exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. Applications are invited from disciplines with a large dependence on field studies, such as archeology, anthropology, biology, ecology, geography, geology, linguistics, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields. Graduate students and postdoctoral.
Feb. 15
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/astrobiology.htm
In 2006 the American Philosophical Society and the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) partnered to promote the continued exploration of the world around us through a program of research grants in support of astrobiological field studies. The NAI-supported Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology awarded over $25,000 to 6 scholars in 2006, its first year of existence, and expects to award at least that amount in 2007.
Feb. 15
Department of State - Request for Grant Proposals: Professional Exchange Programs
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-22659.htm
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has announced an open competition for Grants that support exchanges and build relationships between U.S. non-profit organizations and civil society and cultural groups in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Central Asia and the Western Hemisphere.
Projects should promote mutual understanding and partnerships between key professional and cultural groups in the United States and counterpart groups in other countries through multi-phased exchanges taking place over one to two years. Proposals should encourage citizen engagement in current issues, with a particular focus on youth and those who influence them, and promote the development of democratic societies and institutions, with a view toward creating a more stable world. To the fullest extent possible, programs should be two-way exchanges supporting roughly equal numbers of participants from the U.S. and foreign countries.
Feb. 15
American Councils for International Education - NEH Grants for Collaborative Research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
http://www.americancouncils.org/programs.php?program_id=NTc=
The National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Fellowship provides support of up to $40,000 for U.S. scholars conducting humanities research in any country of East-Central Europe and Eurasia. A wide range of humanities topics are eligible for support (see below); however, all projects must involve at least one collaborator from the region and field-based research in the region itself. In addition, applicants must hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree and have a working knowledge of one or more of the languages of East-Central Europe or Eurasia, or be able to demonstrate that such language proficiency is not critical for the successful completion of their particular projects. Applications with a strong regional focus and the potential to strengthen academic linkages beyond the traditional centers are particularly encouraged. American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS administers this program in conjunction with the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER). Scholars conducting research in East-Central Europe should contact NCEEER for information and advice on preparing applications; scholars conducting research in Eurasia (Central Asia, South Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus) should contact American Councils. Both NCEEER and American Councils are prepared to assist applicants in locating potential collaborators.
Feb. 15
American Historical Association - AHA Research Grants (for Graduate Students)
http://www.historians.org/prizes/Grants.htm
The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the following grant opportunities for graduate students: Bernadotte Schmitt Grants to support research in the history of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Individual grants will not exceed $1,000; Albert J. Beveridge Grants to support research in the history of the Western hemisphere (US, Canada, and Latin America). Individual grants will not exceed $1,000; Littleton-Griswold Research Grant to support research in US legal history and in the general field of law and society. Individual grants will not exceed $1,000; Michael Kraus Research Grant to support research in colonial American history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations. Individual awards will not exceed $800. Funds may be used for, but are not limited to, travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses.
Feb. 15
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/opd/2008_grad_app.htm#eli
The EISENHOWER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (GRAD) provides funding for the pursuit of Master's Degrees or Doctorates in transportation related fields. The program objective is to attract qualified students to the fields of transportation education and research, and advance transportation workforce development. The Program is intended to help upgrade the scope of knowledge of the entire transportation community in the United States and encompasses all modes of transportation. The Department of Transportation encourages students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to apply for the Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships.
Feb. 15
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-006.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites qualified investigators from domestic institutions of higher education to submit an application for a Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SBRP) multi-project program grant. With the assignment of the SBRP to NIEHS, the emphasis for this Program is the protection of human health. A secondary emphasis which complements the activities of its sister agencies, EPA and ATSDR, is to understand both the potential risk for being exposed to hazardous substances by characterizing environmental fate and movement, and the effects of these exposures on biological processes that determine disease risk. By understanding both components, strategies for mitigating risk can be developed that encompass approaches based on either reducing exposure through environmental remediation methods and/or through public health/clinical interventions.
LOI Feb. 15 and Full April 15
ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-013.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This announcement is specifically designed to:
1) encourage the development of small, focused research projects by legal, historical, ethics, humanities, social sciences and behavioral scholars; 2) support exploratory studies that may provide preliminary findings or pilot data for larger research proposals;
3) support the secondary analysis of existing data;
4) support the development of new methodologies; and
5) stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into ELSI Research.
Feb. 16
Feasibility Studies to Develop Technology and Methods for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-459.html
To support feasibility studies to conduct innovative high risk/high payoff research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications).
Feb. 16
Microbial Genome Sequencing Program FY 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08511/nsf08511.htm
As a collaborative, interagency effort, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture invite research proposals (i) to support high-throughput sequencing of the genomes of microorganisms (including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, oomycetes, protists and agriculturally important nematodes) and (ii) to develop and implement strategies, tools and technologies to make currently available genome sequences more valuable to the user community. The availability of genome sequences provides the foundation for understanding how microorganisms function and live, and how they interact with their environments and with other organisms. The sequences are expected to be available to and used by a community of investigators to address issues of scientific and societal importance including: novel aspects of microbial biochemistry, physiology, metabolism, development and cellular biology; the diversity and the roles microorganisms play in complex ecosystems and in global geochemical cycles; the impact that microorganisms have on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture and natural resources (e.g., forestry, soil and water), and on the safety and quality of the nation's food supply; and the organization and evolution of microbial genomes, and the mechanisms of transmission, exchange and reshuffling of genetic information.
Feb. 19
Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08510/nsf08510.htm
The goal of the Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM) activity is to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare undergraduate biology or mathematics students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences.
The core of the activity is jointly-conducted long-term research experiences for interdisciplinary balanced teams of at least two undergraduates from departments in the biological and mathematical sciences. Projects should focus on research at the intersection of the mathematical and biological sciences. Projects should provide students exposure to contemporary mathematics and biology, addressed with modern research tools and methods. That is, projects must be genuine research experiences rather than rehearsals of research methods. Projects must involve students from both areas in collaborative research experiences and include joint mentorship by faculty in both fields. In addition, it is expected that projects will strengthen the research and education capacity, infrastructure, and culture of the participating institutions.
Feb. 21
Morris K Udall Foundation - Environmental Public Policy & Conflict Resolution Dissertation Fellowship
http://udall.gov/udall.asp?link=400
The Udall Foundation awards two one-year Fellowships of up to $24,000 to doctoral candidates whose research concerns U.S. environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the dissertation. Dissertation Fellowships are intended to cover both academic and living expenses from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Feb. 21
Human and Social Dynamics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678
The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area fosters breakthroughs in understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to (1) understand the complexities of change; (2) understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; (3) understand the cognitive and social structures that create, define, and result from change; and (4) manage profound or rapid change, and make decisions in the face of changing risks and uncertainty. Accomplishing these goals requires multidisciplinary research teams and comprehensive, interdisciplinary approaches across the sciences, engineering, education, and humanities, as appropriate.
Feb. 19 & 22
Advancing Theory in Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08513/nsf08513.htm
The Biological Sciences Directorate invites submission of proposals that advance our conceptual and theoretical understanding of living systems. The Advancing Theory in Biology (ATB) solicitation supports the development of new theoretical approaches that will improve our understanding of fundamental biological principles that integrate phenomena across levels of biological organization.
Feb. 25
Human Origins (HOMINID)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08512/nsf08512.htm
This competition is directed towards increasing our knowledge of the complex biological, physical, and behavioral interrelationships that led to the development of our species and that are responsible for both the shared and variable features that characterize living human populations. It recognizes that understanding of the processes and pathways of human evolution requires input from a wide range of disciplines which examine our species from multiple perspectives and across both time and space. Accomplishing this goal requires a large scale initiative which allows research activities that go beyond the smaller, shorter duration, single investigator awards that disciplinary programs have been able to provide in the past. The Human Origins: Moving In New Directions (HOMINID) competition will support large scale, long term, integrative research and infrastructure projects through awards of up to $500,000 per year for up to five years. Contingent on the availability of funds, the program expects to make two awards in each fiscal year. It is intended that HOMINID awards will provide for transformative approaches to long-standing questions about the history of our species. Infrastructure development is also eligible for support either as a stand alone project or as part of a research award. One goal of the competition is to develop a portfolio of awards that reflects the multiple approaches to the understanding of human origins. It is expected that the combination of awards will complement each other and prove to be mutually informative as they progress.
Feb. 25
Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (GAPP): Translation Research (U18)
This FOA solicits applications to conduct research that will accelerate the translation of genomic applications into public health practice. Research supported by this FOA will advance knowledge about the validity, utility, utilization and population health impact of genomic applications for improving health and preventing disease in large, well-defined populations or practice settings in the United States, specifically research that will move genomics applications along the translation research continuum phases T2 through T4 (i.e., from development of evidence-based guidelines to outcomes research).
Feb. 27
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08514
Computational neuroscience provides a theoretical foundation and a rich set of technical approaches for understanding the functions of complex neurobiological systems, building on the theory, methods, and findings of computer science, neuroscience, and numerous other disciplines. Through the CRCNS program, participating NSF Directorates and NIH Institutes support innovative interdisciplinary collaborative research to make significant advances in the understanding of nervous system function, mechanisms underlying nervous system disorders, and computational strategies used by the nervous system. Two classes of proposals will be considered in response to this solicitation: Research proposals describing new collaborative research projects, and Data sharing proposals to enable sharing of data and other resources. As detailed in the solicitation, appropriate scientific areas of investigations may be related to any of the participating funding organizations.
Feb. 26
NMFS/Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-4225.htm
The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. This solicitation is responsive to NOAA Mission Goal 1: protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management.
Feb. 27
Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01)
http://grants1.nih.gov:80/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-008.html
The NICHD invites applications from investigators willing to participate under a cooperative agreement in a multi-site research consortium designed to perform experimental or quasi-experimental efficacy trials on integrative early childhood programmatic approaches that promote school readiness for children ages 3-5 who are English Language Learners (ELL) and at-risk for later school difficulties. The purpose of this solicitation is to increase our understanding of the types of integrative programmatic approaches that promote ELL child learning and development across multiple domains of early childhood competence, as well as those that address teacher and parent behaviors that promote ELL children’s development in these areas.
LOI Feb. 27 and full March 27
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science
http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/regular_fellowships/
Fellows from universities or institutes outside the Netherlands receive financial stipends, which are determined by the Rector on the basis of individual circumstances. NIAS strives to ensure a reasonable level of support, but the stipend may not always be sufficient. Fellows are responsible for supplementing their means of support. The maximum stipend that NIAS can award does not exceed half the gross annual salary of a university professor of equal rank and seniority in the Netherlands. In practice, this means that full financial stipends range from approximately € 2000 to € 4100 per month.
March 1
Newberry Library - Newberry Library Programs
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/short-term.html
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies offers the Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship for post-doctoral scholars who wish to use the Newberry's extensive holdings in late medieval and Renaissance history and literature. Provides a stipend of $4,000. Check the Newberry Library web site for additional fellowship listings.
March 1
Folger Shakespeare Library Short-term Fellowships
http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298
Short-term fellowships are supported by the Library’s endowments and carry a stipend of $2,000 per month. The criteria for success in the annual short-term fellowship competition are the same as those for long-term fellowships. Each year the Folger awards 30 to 35 short-term fellowships. The Folger joins the American Council of Learned Societies in support of fellowships for recently tenured faculty in the humanities. Applicants must apply directly to the ACLS for a Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship, which carries a stipend of $75,000. Contact the ACLS.
March 1
Phillips Fund Grant for Native American Research
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm
The Phillips Fund of the American Philosophical Society provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. Grants are not made for projects in archaeology, ethnography, psycholinguistics, or for the preparation of pedagogical materials. The committee distinguishes ethnohistory from contemporary ethnography as the study of cultures and culture change through time. The grants are intended for such costs as travel, tapes, films, and consultants' fees but not for the purchase of books or permanent equipment.
March 1
Tinker Foundation Awards Institutional Grants
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/institu.html
The Tinker Foundation awards Institutional Grants to organizations and institutions that promote the interchange and exchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Spain, Portugal, Ibero-America, and Antarctica. (For the foundation's purposes, Ibero-America is defined as the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere.)
March 1
Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research Program
http://www.orau.gov/fusion/Postdoc/postdoc_geninfo.htm
The Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Research Program offers recent doctoral degree recipients the opportunity to conduct research in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) fusion energy research and development programs. Participants acquire experience and training in areas of fusion energy, interact with outstanding scientists and engineers, and have access to advanced equipment and facilities. Appointments are made to designated DOE laboratories, universities, and contractor fusion energy centers.
March 1
National Endowment for the Arts - Literature Fellowships: Creative Writing: Poetry
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html
If you have questions concerning the Literature Fellowships please call the Literature Fellowship Hotline at 202/682-5034 or email davisg@arts.gov. Instructions For The March 2008 Deadline (For Fy 2009 Fellowships In Poetry) Will Be Available In January 2008. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) offers Creative Writing Literature Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry to exceptionally talented, published creative writers. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
March 3
Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08509/nsf08509.htm
The COSEE Network, which consists of eleven coordinated COSEE Centers, fosters the integration of ocean research into high-quality educational materials, enables ocean researchers to gain a better understanding of educational organizations and pedagogy, provides educators with an enhanced capacity to understand and deliver high-quality educational programs in the ocean sciences, and provides material to the public that promotes a deeper understanding of the ocean and its influence on each person's quality of life and our national prosperity.
March 3
David Library of the American Revolution Research Fellowships
The David Library of the American Revolution offers short-term Library Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Library’s rich resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed at this web site. The stipend is $1600 per month (plus housing), and the term of the Fellowship is a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are welcome; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships.
March 7
21st Century Research Awards
http://www.jsmf.org/apply/research/index.htm
A maximum of $450,000 total costs can be requested and the funds can be expended over a minimum of 3 years or a maximum of 6 years. The James S. McDonnell Foundation accepts applications for 21st Century Research Awards. 21st Century Research Awards are designed to support research projects with a high probability of generating new knowledge and insights. Projects submitted for funding consideration should be at an early, even preliminary stage of development that intend to break new ground or to challenge commonly-held assumptions. Projects submitted should be sufficiently novel, cross-disciplinary, or heterodox so that they have a strong likelihood of influencing the development of new ways of thinking about important problems. It is anticipated that research funded in this program will address issues in fields such as biology, biodiversity, climate, demography, epidemiology, technological change, economic development,
March 12
Assembling the Tree of Life
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08515/nsf08515.htm
A flood of new information, from whole-genome sequences to detailed structural information to inventories of earth's biota to greater appreciation of the importance of lateral gene transfer, is transforming 21st century biology. Along with comparative data on morphology, fossils, development, behavior, and interactions of all forms of life on earth, these new data streams make even more critical the need for an organizing framework for information retrieval, analysis, and prediction. Phylogeny, the genealogical map for all lineages of life on earth, provides an overall framework to facilitate information retrieval and biological prediction. Currently, single investigators or small teams of researchers are studying the evolutionary pathways of heredity usually concentrating on taxonomic groups of modest size.
March 14
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program -- Undergraduate and Graduate Students
http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program has been providing undergraduate and graduate students with valuable educational experiences for more than 80 years. By encouraging close working relationships between students and faculty, the program promotes scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on learning. The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $5,000 for astronomy research and $2,500 for vision related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research.
March 15 and October 15
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
Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Digital_Partnership.html
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) invite proposals for innovative, collaborative humanities projects using the latest digital technologies for the benefit of the American public, humanities scholarship, and the nation's cultural institutions.
March 18
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-036.html
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others. The NCRR intends to commit approximately $43 million in FY2009 to fund approximately 125 new awards. Since the cost of the various instruments will vary, it is anticipated that the size of awards will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend on the funds available for the SIG program.
March 24
2008 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-014.html
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/innovator_award/ ) was created in 2007 to support a small number of new investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The research proposed need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline but must be relevant to the mission of NIH. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its institutes and centers to fund new investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for new investigators. Thirty New Innovator Awards were made in 2007. Awards will be for up to a total of $1.5 million in direct costs (average of $300,000 per year) for a five-year budget/project period, Standard F&A costs will be determined at the time of award.
March 31
Aril (Top)
Gloeckner (Fred C.) Foundation - Floriculture Research Grants
http://www.gloecknerfoundation.org/fundingp.htm
The Gloeckner Foundation awards grants for research and educational projects in floriculture and related fields at universities, colleges and Federal research institutions in the United States. The proposed research and educational projects must be of substantial importance, and the results made available to the interested public.
April 1
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.
April 1
Gilman International Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Students Of Limited Financial Means
http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/overview/overview.html
The Fall 2008 application cycle is for study abroad programs beginning between July 15 and October 15, 2008. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. 820 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply. Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. 25 Critical Need Language Supplements will be offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients during the 2007-2008 academic year.
April 15
Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-012.html
This FOA invites applications for projects that will examine, through molecular approaches, the relationship between changes in the human microbiome and human health and disease. This program is a component of the NIH Roadmap 1.5 Human Microbiome Project (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/ ). In the UH2/UH3 application for an HMP demonstration project, the applicant must address the following specific objectives: Identification of an important biological system that holds the potential to demonstrate the relationship between the human microbiome and health or disease. Included in this objective is the identification of an existing or readily accessible set or collection of donors/samples, consented in a way consistent with HMP guidelines (will be posted at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/RFA-RM-08-012/ ), which can be studied to determine the role (if any) played by the microbiota in the chosen anatomical region or regions in the specific health condition to be studied; Use of high-throughput, cost-effective technologies to produce a data set that can be used to study the human microbiome in the selected body region(s) under specified conditions, and to make those data publicly available; Design and/or adaptation of analytical tools that will allow conclusions to be drawn about the relationship of the human microbiota to health and disease.
LOI due April 22; full May 2
Foundation For the Future - Future of Humanities Research Grants
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm
The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. The Future of Humanity Grants are $5,000–$25,000 only for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.
Preliminary Grant Applications, in this cycle, will be considered for funding only if they pertain to one of the four specific subject areas described below:
- How will global changes in birth rates, mortality rates, and reproductive technology affect the human genome over the long-term future?
- What effect will the current global immigration and emigration of populations have on the demography of the planet over the long-term future?
- What are likely to be the major global driving forces/initiatives/issues for humanity through the new millennium?
Are mechanisms of biological and cultural evolution in sync with our systems of governance and economy? How are they likely to evolve and develop over the long-term future?
April 30 prelim and full Aug. 1
Horses & Humans Foundation 2008 Call for Proposals
http://www.horsesandhumans.org/News.html?CFID=2302979&CFTOKEN=31497182
The purpose of Horses & Humans Foundation (HHF) funded research is to provide evidence for the therapeutic effects of horses on humans. The broad research agenda includes basic research as well as clinical studies that will ultimately impact physical and mental health and the quality of life for people with disabilities who are involved with equine assisted activities (EAA). Interested Applicants: Before completing an application, carefully review the 'Guidelines and Information' document and the 'Application Checklist' documents on the foundation's Web site. You also may be required to submit a Letter of Intent before a full proposal.
May 15
Smith Richardson Foundation
Junior Faculty Research Grants / International Security and Foreign Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s International Security and Foreign Policy Program is pleased to announce its annual grant competition to support junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. These grants are intended to buy-out up to one year of teaching time and to underwrite research costs (including research assistance and travel). Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the academic institution at which the junior faculty member works. Projects in military and diplomatic history are especially encouraged. Group or collaborative projects will not be considered.
June 29
The Smith Richardson Foundation, Domestic Public Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/Domestic_Public_Policy_Fellowship.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program seeks to support the work of the next generation of public policy researchers and analysts. In 2007, the Foundation will award at least three research grants in the amount of $60,000 each to individuals who are interested in conducting research and writing on domestic public policy issues. Grantees are expected to produce a book or an article suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The grant can be used to cover the salary costs of the researcher and to underwrite research costs, such as travel, research assistance, and data acquisition. Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the institution at which the researcher works.
June 29
Climate Change Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
The program seeks to understand the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes of the Earth's atmosphere, land, and oceans and how these processes may be affected by energy production and use. The research is designed to provide data that will enable an objective assessment of the potential for, and the consequences of, human-induced climate change at global and regional scales. It also provides data and models to enable assessments of mitigation options to prevent such a change. The program is comprehensive with an emphasis on: understanding and simulating the radiation balance from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere (including the effect of clouds, water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols); enhancing and evaluating the quantitative models necessary to predict natural climatic variability and possible human-caused climate change at global and regional scales; understanding and simulating both the net exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, terrestrial and ocean systems, and the effects of climate change on the global carbon cycle; understanding ecological effects of climate change; improving approaches to integrated assessments of effects of, and options to mitigate, climatic change; and basic research directed at understanding options for sequestering excess atmospheric carbon dioxide in terrestrial ecosystems and the ocean, including potential environmental implications of such sequestration.
Sept. 30
Life Sciences Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
For Life Sciences, research is focused on using the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) resources and facilities to develop fundamental knowledge of biological systems that can be used to address DOE needs in clean energy, carbon sequestration, and environmental cleanup that will underpin biotechnology based solutions to energy challenges. The objectives are: to develop the experimental and, together with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, the computational resources, tools, and technologies needed to understand and predict the complex behavior of complete biological systems, principally microbes and microbial communities; to take advantage of the remarkable high throughput and cost-effective DNA sequencing capacity at the Joint Genome Institute to meet the DNA sequencing needs of the scientific community through competitive, peer-reviewed nominations for DNA sequencing; to develop and support DOE national user facilities for structural biology at synchrotron and neutron sources; to develop novel research and computational tools that provide the basis for understanding and predicting the responses of complex biological systems, information needed to develop biotechnology solutions for energy and environmental challenges; to use model organisms to understand human genome organization, human gene function and control, and the functional relationships between human genes and proteins at a genomic scale; to understand and characterize the risks to human health from exposures to low levels of radiation; and to anticipate and address ethical, legal, and social implications arising from BER-supported biological research.
Sept. 30
Applied Mathematics, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
Research is sought on the mathematical methods and numerical algorithms that enable the effective description, understanding, and prediction of complex physical, biological, and human- engineered systems. For example, the subjects of supported research efforts may include: (1) numerical methods for the parallel solution of systems of partial differential equations, large- scale linear or nonlinear systems, or very large parameter-estimation problems; (2) analytical or numerical techniques for modeling complex physical or biological phenomena, such as fluid turbulence or microbial populations; (3) analytical or numerical methods for bridging a broad range of temporal and spatial scales; (4) optimization, control, and risk analysis of complex systems, such as computer networks and electrical power grids; and (5) mathematical research issues related to petascale science.
Sept. 30
