Funding Opportunities December 13, 2006
Texas A&M University
December 13, 2006 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Radiologic education research and seed grants
http://www.rsna.org/Foundation/EducationResearchDevelopmentGrant.cfm
http://www.rsna.org/Foundation/EducationSeedGrant.cfm
Education Research Development Grants - designed to encourage innovation and improvement in health sciences education by providing research opportunities to individuals in pursuit of advancing the science of radiology education. Education Seed Grant Program - designed to provide funding opportunities for individuals with an active interest in radiologic education. Any area of education related to the radiologic sciences is eligible for Educational Seed Grant support.
Jan. 1
National Science Foundation: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3747
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.
Jan. 1
Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11739&mode=VIEW
The Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program promotes diversity among health professions students and practitioners by providing scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Eligible health professions and nursing schools apply for grants to make scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds that have financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at the schools.
Jan. 3
Computational Challenges in Synthetic Biology
http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/RFPs/eScience_RFP_2006.aspx
Microsoft invites proposals to identify and address Computational Challenges in Synthetic Biology. The first research area relates to the re-engineering of natural biological pathways to produce interoperable, composable, standard biological parts. Examples of research topics include, but are not limited to, the specification, simulation, construction, and dissemination of biological components or systems of interacting components. The second research area for proposals focuses on tools and information repositories relating to the use of DNA in the fabrication of nanostructures and nanodevices. In both cases, proposals combining computational methods with biological experimentation are seen as particularly valuable.
Jan. 5
American Educational Research Association - Research Grants
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html
The American Educational Research Association invites education policy- and practice-related research proposals using National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Science Foundation (NSF), and other national data bases. Research Grants are available for faculty at institutions of higher education, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level researchers. Applicants for Research Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. Applicants must have received the doctoral degree by the start date of the grant. Please note a recent policy change that researchers who have previously received a Research Grant as a PI or Co-PI, a Postdoctoral Fellowship, or an AERA Fellowship through the AERA Grants Program may not apply for a Research Grant. Awards for Research Grants are up to $20,000 for 1-year projects, or up to $35,000 for 2-year projects. Minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Jan. 5
Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07514/nsf07514.htm
ITEST is designed to increase the opportunities for students and teachers to learn about, experience, and use information technologies within the context of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including Information Technology (IT) courses. It is in direct response to the concern about shortages of information technology workers in the United States. Supported projects are intended to provide opportunities for middle and high school children and teachers to build the skills and knowledge needed to advance their study, and to function and to contribute in a technologically rich society.
Prelim due Jan. 5 and full May 10
Program for Ecosystem Research
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/03958C13FC1D4E8F8525722E005A6739?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), a part of DOE's Office of Science, hereby announces interest in receiving grant applications for new experimental research to develop a better scientific understanding of potential effects of climatic change on U.S. terrestrial ecosystems and their component organisms. Research should focus on the following question, directed at terrestrial vascular plants or animals in the United States: Do temperature increases projected by coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models for the coming 100 years have the potential to affect the abundance and/or geographic distribution of plant or animal species in the United States, and if so, to what extent?
Pre app Jan. 5; full April 10
American Research Center in Egypt
http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html
The American Research Center in Egypt is accepting applications for Fellowships in Egypt. The fellowships are intended to support scholarly research that will promote a fresh and more profound knowledge of Egypt and the Near East, and to support training for American specialists in Middle Eastern studies, in academic disciplines that require familiarity with Egypt.
Jan. 5
National defense science and engineering graduate fellowships
The Department of Defense is accepting applications for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships. The fellowships will support graduate study and research leading to doctoral degrees in the following fields or closely related specialties: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; Biosciences; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering;
Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral Sciences; Computer and Computational Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Geosciences; Materials Science and Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Physics
Jan. 8
American Heart Association research award programs
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004142
The American Heart Association’s National Center and Heartland Affiliate have announced their January 2007 application cycles and forms, inviting applications to a number of grant and fellowship programs. The National Center is accepting applications for Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Awards and Scientist Development Grants. Applications must be submitted electronically by January 8, with paper sets to follow by January 16.
Jan. 8
Literature fellowships: translation projects
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/
The National Endowment for the Arts is offering fellowships to supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. 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. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English.
Jan. 8
Ecosystem Science Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12822
The Ecosystem Science Cluster supports research on natural, managed, and disturbed ecosystems, including those in terrestrial, freshwater, and wetland (including salt marsh) environments. Descriptive and manipulative approaches in field, mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation that the bulk of the research is question- or hypothesis-driven. Proposals are encouraged, but not necessarily required to incorporate new or existing quantitative or conceptual models for the purpose of integration or synthesis.
Jan. 9
Ecological Biology Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12823
The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research on natural and managed ecological systems, primarily in terrestrial, wetland, and freshwater habitats. Research areas include experimental, observational, theoretical, and modeling studies on the structure and function of complex associations that focus on biotic components, and the coupling of small-scale systems to each other and to large-scale systems.
Jan. 9
Department of Energy 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 15th 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 62 students at 31 universities in 20 states. Over 250 students at more than 50 U.S. universities have trained as Fellows, and the demand is only growing.
Jan. 10
Newberry Library - Long-Term Fellowships in the Humanities
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
Fellowships at the Newberry Library provide assistance to researchers who wish to use the collections, but who cannot finance a visit on their own. Fellowships at the Newberry Library are of two types: short-term fellowships with terms of one week to two months and long-term fellowships of six to eleven months. Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to individuals from outside the metropolitan Chicago area and are primarily intended to assist researchers with a need to examine specific items in the Library's collection. Long-term fellowships are generally available without regard to an applicant's place of residence and are intended to support significant works of scholarship that draw on the Library's strengths. Long-term fellowships are available to post-doctoral scholars for periods of six to eleven months.
Jan. 10
Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR)
http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5452&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The NSF's Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Project (IMR-MIP) program in the Division of Materials Research provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $2 million at major US facilities. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major national facilities. Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research. The program supports two types of awards: Conceptual and Engineering Design (CED) awards and Construction (CNST) awards.
Jan. 11
Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/07_sec_challenge.pdf
The Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants (SPEC) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.
Jan. 11
Educational Experiences for Research in the Environmental Health Sciences for Undergraduates and High School Students
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-009.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education Project (R25) grant applications from organizations that propose an organized short term program for high school and undergraduate students of research experiences and informational exchanges designed to impart to participants an appreciation of research on the environmental impacts on human health.
Jan. 11
Camargo Foundation - Residential Fellowships for Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars
http://www.camargofoundation.org/
The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is a residential center for scholars pursuing studies in the humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures as well as for composers, writers, and visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, and new media artists) pursuing creative projects. Residencies are one semester (either early-September to mid-December or mid-January to the end of May) and are accompanied by a stipend of $3,500. The Foundation’s campus includes thirteen furnished apartments, a reference library, and three art/music studios.
Jan. 12
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=minorityaffairs\index.html
Increasing underrepresented minority participation in the chemical sciences is a major focus of the American Chemical Society. Many of the activities and programs to encourage the participation and leadership of minorities are under the purview of the Committee on Minority Affairs and are administered through the Minority Affairs Program. Activities are listed in three major areas: student programs, member programs, and collaborations with minority advocacy organizations.
Jan. 12
ONR's Young Investigator Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11246&mode=VIEW
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
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 2001 for this FY07 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. Proposals may request up to $100,000 per year for three (3) years. These funds may be budgeted against any reasonable costs related to the conduct of the proposed research, for example, salary for the Young Investigator, graduate student support, supplies, and operating expenses. Additional funds (beyond the basic $100,000 yearly amount) for capital equipment which enhances the Young Investigator's proposed research may be requested for the first budget period, based on the needs of the research.
Jan. 12
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/cgc.html
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) announces the continuation of the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. UCAR manages this NOAA-sponsored program, which pairs recently graduated postdoctorates with host scientists at U.S. institutions to work in an area of mutual interest. The objective of this program is to help create the next generation of researchers needed for climate studies. It endeavors to attract recent PhD's in sciences that address studies of relevance to the NOAA Climate and Global Change Program (refer to NOAA's Web site at: http://www.climate.noaa.gov
Jan. 12
Gates Millenium Scholar Program
https://www.gmsp.org/gmsp_app/default.aspx
Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda; Grants; Education Program. The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.
Jan. 12
Council of American Overseas Research Centers - Fellowship Program Research 2006-2007
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. 12
Council American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) announces a fellowship program that supports advanced regional research. Application forms for the 2006-2007 application cycle will be available in early September 2006. 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. 12
Cellular Systems Cluster
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10440&mode=VIEW
The Cellular Systems Cluster focuses on the structure, function, and regulation of plant, animal and microbial cells, and their interactions with the environment and with one another. Areas supported include studies of the structure, function, and assembly of cellular elements, such as the cytoskeleton, membranes, organelles, intracellular compartments, intranuclear structures, and extracellular matrix, including eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell walls and envelopes. In addition, support is provided for the study of intracellular and transmembrane signal transduction mechanisms and cell-cell signaling processes, including those that occur in biofilms.
Jan. 12
Biomolecular Systems Cluster
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10441&mode=VIEW
This cluster emphasizes the importance of multi-disciplinary research carried out at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering.
Jan. 12
Diversity Scholars Program
http://www.aibs.org/diversity/diversity_scholars_program.html
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is accepting nominations/applications for its Diversity Scholars Program. This program recognizes outstanding minority undergraduate and graduate students. The goals of the program are to encourage and support the biology careers of underrepresented minorities and people with disabilities, and to increase the participation of students from these groups in AIBS programs and activities.
Jan. 15
Binational Agricultural Research and Development
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD). BARD Postdoctoral Fellowships. The BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship program enables new scientists to acquire new skills and techniques while becoming professionally established in the agricultural research community. The program promotes cooperative agricultural research between postdoctoral fellows from one country (the United States or Israel) and senior scientists from the other. BARD prefers innovative research topics that are relevant to agricultural issues. The BARD Senior Research Fellowship program promotes joint agricultural research or other scientific activities between established Fellows from the United States and their Israeli counterparts.
Jan. 15
American Antiquarian Society - 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, 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.
· Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowships are for research on any topic supported by the collections. Stipends derive from the income on an endowment provided by the late Hall J. Peterson and his wife, Kate B. Peterson.
· The Legacy Fellowship, also for research on any topic supported by the collections, is funded by the gifts of former fellows and research associates. Stephen Botein Fellowships are for research in the history of the book in American culture. Funding is derived from an endowment established by the family and friends of the late Mr. Botein.
· The Joyce Tracy Fellowship is for research on newspapers and magazines or for projects using these resources as primary documentation. This award derives from an endowment established in memory of the Society's longtime curator of newspapers and periodicals.
· AAS-Northeast Modern Language Association Fellowships are for research in literary history of America and the Atlantic World in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that can be supported by the collections of the American Antiquarian Society. The award is jointly funded by the Northeast Modern Language Association and AAS. AAS-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Fellowships are for research on projects related to the American eighteenth century. The award is jointly funded by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and AAS.
· American Historical Print Collectors Society Fellowship is for research on American prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries or for projects using prints as primary documentation. The award is jointly funded by the American Historical Print Collectors Society and AAS.
· The Reese Fellowship supports research in American bibliography and projects in the history of the book in America. Funding for this award is provided by the William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut. The "Drawn to Art" Fellowship supports research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. Funds have been provided by Diana Korzenik, a painter, author, and historian of art education. Jay and Deborah Last Fellowships are for research on American art, visual culture, or other projects that will make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. The awards are funded from the gift of Jay and Deborah Last.
The Christoph Daniel Ebeling Fellowship is jointly funded by the German Association for American Studies (DGfA) and AAS. Application for this short-term fellowship is made through the DGfA. Scholars in American studies at the dissertation or habilitation research level at a university in Germany are eligible to apply.
Jan. 15
American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Predoctoral Fellowships
http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/fellowship/fellowships.htm
Up to thirteen fellowships are available for the School's Regular Program. All awards are made on the recommendation of the Committee and are based on the results of the qualifying examinations and materials submitted with the application. Fellowships include the Heinrich Schliemann and the John Williams White Fellowships in archaeology, the Thomas Day Seymour Fellowship in history and literature, and ten Fellowships unrestricted as to field - the Virginia Grace, the Michael Jameson, the Philip Lockhart, the Lucy Shoe Meritt, the Martin Ostwald, the James and Mary Ottaway, Jr., the James Rignall Wheeler, and one School Fellow. The Bert Hodge Hill is unrestricted, but with a preference for a student in art history, and the Emily Townsend Vermeule is unrestricted, but with a preference in Bronze Age archaeology.
Jan. 15
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI)
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 of two to four weeks duration, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars and discussion 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
NSF Law and Social Science Program
http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5422&org=NSF&from=fund
The Law and Social Science Program continues to solicit proposals that take account of the growing interdependence and interconnections of the world. Thus proposals are welcome that advance fundamental knowledge about legal interactions, processes, relations, and diffusions that extend beyond any single nation as well as about how local and national legal institutions, systems, and cultures affect or are affected by transnational or international phenomena. Thus, proposals may locate the research within a single nation or between or across legal systems or regimes. The Law and Social Science program also accepts applications for SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants. Deadline: Jan. 15, 2007.
Jan. 15; Aug. 15
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/nsf07524.htm
This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution.
Jan. 15
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy - Grants and Special Awards
http://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant.htm
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy makes targeted Grants for work in major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference will be given to projects that deal the contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance, and to scholars in the initial stages of research. Awards are allocated solely on the basis of merit.
Jan. 15
Smithsonian Institution Fellowships for Students, Scholars
The Smithsonian Institution offers a variety of in-residence fellowships at its museums, research institutes, and offices, enabling students and scholars to conduct research and study using Smithsonian resources. The fellowships will support research in the following areas: Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the tropics. Anthropology, including archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and physical anthropology. Astrophysics and astronomy. Earth sciences and paleobiology. Evolutionary and systematic biology. Folklife. History of science and technology. History of art, especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art; twentieth-century American crafts; and decorative arts. Materials research. Molecular biology. Social and cultural history of the United States.
Jan. 15
Eloise Gerry Fellowships
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm#ap
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc.; National Headquarters. Eloise Gerry Fellowships. Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science (SDE/GWS) awards will be made to women holding a degree from a recognized institution of higher learning, of outstanding ability and promise in research, who are performing research at any institution in the United States or abroad. Postdoctoral fellows can expect to be evaluated more rigorously than student applicants. For the Eloise Gerry Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics. Amount: $4,000.
Jan. 15
RAND Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging
http://www.rand.org/labor/fellows/
The Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to communicate research results effectively, and develop a future research agenda. The program blends formal and informal training and extensive collaboration with distinguished researchers in a variety of disciplines.
Jan. 15
Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1936
Various fellowships.
January 15, 2007
NIJ FY07 Social Science Research on Terrorism
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11240&mode=VIEW
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. NIJ is seeking proposals to conduct social science research on terrorism that will inform national criminal justice policy and practice.
Jan. 16
Association for Institutional Research - Research Grants/Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.airweb.org/?page=818
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions. The goals of the program are to provide professional development opportunities to doctoral students, institutional researchers, educators and administrators, and to foster the use of the federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education.
Jan. 16
Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions
http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=40
Association for Institutional Research (AIR); AIR/NCES/NSF/NPEC Grant Program - Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions. Research Grant Program. The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program titled: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
Jan. 16
NEH Digital Humanities Workshops
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digital.html
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
Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing: Accelerator Science and Simulation
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E3DB1DE09E6FCD3A85257237005ECA17?OpenDocument
The Offices of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), High Energy Physics (HEP), Nuclear Physics (NP), and Basic Energy Sciences (BES), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announce their interest in receiving applications for basic Research and Development (R&D) projects relevant to the development of advanced simulations of particle accelerators and associated technologies. This research should provide the capability for comprehensive 3-dimensional, end-to-end modeling of existing and proposed particle accelerators, and advanced acceleration concepts, particularly aimed at HEP and NP applications, to optimize operations of current facilities and the design of future facilities. Subject to appropriations, funds are anticipated to be available within the SciDAC programs of ASCR, HEP, and NP to support this research
Jan. 17
Women’s history and culture
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/grants/index.html
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture invites applications for the Mary Lily Research Grants Program. These grants are for research using the collections held by the Sallie Bingham Center. Grant money may be used for travel to the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, costs of copying pertinent archival resources, and living expenses while pursuing research here. The maximum award per applicant is $1,000. The next cycle of awards will be for use between March 2007 and August 2008.
Jan. 17
NSF Developmental and Learning Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07508/nsf07508.htm
This program supports studies that increase our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. Additional priorities are to support developmental research that: incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develops new methods and theories; examines transfer of knowledge from one domain to another and from one situation to another; assesses peer relations, family interactions, social identities, and motivation; examines the impact of family, school, and community resources; assesses adolescents' preparation for entry into the workforce; and investigates the role of demographic characteristics and cultural influences on children's development.
Jan. 19
Gulf Oyster Industry Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9992
The goal of the Gulf Oyster Industry Program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research and extension projects that contribute directly to the recovery, efficiency, and profitability of oyster-related businesses and to the safety of oyster products. Oyster businesses seek innovative solutions at all producing and processing levels, including: habitat restoration, planting and production (landings), oyster disease diagnostics, harvesting, post-harvest treatment, processing, distribution, marketing, consumer education, and food safety.
Jan. 19
Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-20370.pdf
The purpose of the McNair Program is to award grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study. $42 million to fund 180 awards.
Jan. 21
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-003.html
These mandates include the development of 1) methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; (2) advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; (3) methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; and (4) basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
LOI Jan. 21; full March 21
NIJ FY07 Social Science Research on Emerging Issues in Forensic Science
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11594&mode=
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ solicits research on a broad array of emerging social science research issues in forensic science including, but not limited to, DNA databases, wrongful convictions, and evaluations of new forensic technologies and management practices.
Jan. 23
CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06608
Successful CPATH projects will be systemic in nature, address a broad range of issues, and have significant potential to contribute to the transformation and revitalization of undergraduate computing education on a national scale.
Jan. 23
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11717&mode=VIEW
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.
Jan. 25
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260&org=NSF&from=fund
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.
Jan. 25
Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing: Climate Change Prediction Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/D0793A0892724C0B8525720D0042D18A?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the Climate Change Prediction Program (CCPP), which is a component of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Applications should describe research projects supporting the development and application of climate models for climate change projections on time scales of decades to centuries. Proposals should clearly describe how that research will contribute to a measurably improved ability to use high-end computing for climatic change projections.
Jan. 25
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07502/nsf07502.htm
These grants are intended to support research projects of high quality that require access to advanced computing resources. Requests for routine upgrades of standard desk-environment workstations or laptop computers are not appropriate for this program. Awards are made to provide support for specific research projects rather than to provide general computing capacity. Proposers are encouraged to include projects involving symbolic and algebraic computations, numerical computations and simulations, and graphical representations (visualization) in aid of the research.
Jan. 26
Proposal Solicitation for Construction and Operation of an Alaska Region Research Vessel
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11347&mode=VIEW
To qualify for an award, an organization must be a U.S. based college, university, non-profit research institution, or association of colleges and universities that have a substantial in-house ocean science research and education programs and can demonstrate the ability to manage a large facility construction project and subsequently operate the facility effectively and economically. The vessel must be able to economically and efficiently carry out science mission operations, the majority of which will be conducted in the ocean and coastal environments of the Alaska region.
Jan. 29
2010 Project -- The Directorate for Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06612/nsf06612.htm
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) 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.
Jan. 29
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06609/nsf06609.htm
The Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic and applied research and evaluation that enhances science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and teaching. This solicitation calls for two types of proposals—synthesis and empirical.
Jan. 29
Environmental Genomics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06611/nsf06611.htm
Genomics-enabled methods are beginning to be used to increase our understanding of how organisms of all types—plants, animals, and microbes--interact with their environments. The Environmental Genomics Program is intended to enhance the development of fundamental knowledge and strengthen the capacity to apply these methods in research on organisms in their natural environments. Research foci should be appropriate to the themes of interest or purviews of the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Geosciences (GEO).
Jan. 29
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07512/nsf07512.htm
$57 million for 13 awards. The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks: * The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master's-level study, or for the final two years of Ph.D.-level study.
Jan. 29
American Sociological Association - Minority Fellowship Program
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Minority+Fellowship+
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. 31
Josephine De Karman Fellowship Trust - Graduate Fellowships
http://www.dekarman.org/PriorRecipients
The Josephine De Kármán Fellowship Trust was established in 1954 by the late Dr. Theodore von Kármán, world renowned aeronautics expert and teacher and first director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, in memory of his sister, Josephine, who passed away in 1951. The purpose of this Fellowship program is to recognize and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Professor von Kármán's high standards. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2007. Students in any discipline entering Senior Undergraduate year or a candidate for a PhD who will defend his/her dissertation by June, 2008. Post-doctoral students are not eligible for consideration. Applicants should have manifested exceptional ability and serious purpose. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities. A minimum of ten (10) fellowships, $16,000 for graduate students or $8,000 for undergraduate students.
Jan. 31
International Education Research Foundation Sepmeyer Research Grant Program
http://www.ierf.org/grants.asp
The mission of the International Education Research Foundation (IERF) is to conduct research and disseminate information on world educational systems and to facilitate the integration of individuals educated outside the United States into the U.S. educational environment and work force. The foundation accomplishes this by conducting and supporting comprehensive, quality research on world educational systems, sharing its research findings with the international community, and providing research-based credentials evaluations and related services. The purpose of the Sepmeyer Research Grant Program is to aid IERF in carrying out this mission. Therefore, IERF invites individuals and organizations to submit appropriate research project proposals for funding.
Feb. 1
NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship for Underrepresented STEM Graduate
http://216.15.33.202/jenkins/about/?page=main
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 mission of the JPFP is to increase the number of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities participating in mathematics, science, engineering, technology disciplines. Up to 20 Fellows will be selected annually to receive support for graduate education in NASA-related disciplines. 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
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.
Feb. 1
Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program: research in health services
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-016.html
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has established the Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) to increase the capacity of academic institutions predominantly or substantially serving minority racial and ethnic minority populations and the faculty at these institutions to conduct health services research that has the capacity for being disseminated, implemented, and translated into practice and policy. The intent of the research infrastructure program is to strengthen the research environments of minority institutions through grant support to develop or expand existing capacities for conducting research in health services.
Feb. 1
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Mentoring Travel Grants for Women (NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grants)
http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) offers the Mentoring Travel Grants for Women to help junior women to develop a long-term working and mentoring relationship with a senior mathematician in research in any field that is funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF). This mentoring relationship should help the junior mathematician to establish her research program and eventually receive tenure. Each grant would fund travel, accommodations, and other required expenses for an untenured woman mathematician to travel to an institute or a department to do research with a specified individual for one month.
Feb. 1
Crime, justice, and culture in societal contexts
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
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
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-554.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to create educational opportunities to attract undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to careers in areas of biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK while fostering the career development of these students and fellows.
Feb. 1
NIJ FY06 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program 2007
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
National Institute of Justice is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts.
Feb. 1
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
http://www.orau.org/consortium/programs/powe/powe-awards.htm
The Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. In 2006, ORAU received 88 applications and awarded 25 grants. The research project must be in one of the following five disciplines: Engineering and Applied Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences. Policy, Management, or Education.
Feb. 2
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -Fellowship in Population Dynamics
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9951&mode=VIEW
Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and work with NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA's mission support goal of: Ecosystems - Protect, Restore, and Manage Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.
Feb. 2
Engineering Centers (GEN-3)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07521/nsf07521.htm
The goal of the Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program is to create a culture of innovation in engineering research and education that links scientific discovery to technological innovation through transformational engineered systems research in order to advance technology and produce engineering graduates who will be creative innovators in a global economy. These ERCs will be at the forefront as the U.S. competes in the 21st century global economy where R&D resources and engineering talent are internationally and domestically distributed. A diverse, cross-disciplinary team of faculty and students from the U.S. and abroad, who embrace and respect gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity, involve persons with disabilities, and mentor students from all backgrounds to succeed in engineering.
LOI Feb. 2; prelim May 3, and full Oct. 30
Strategic Technologies For Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=OCI&from=home
The primary purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) is to support work leading to the development and/or demonstration of innovative cyberinfrastructure services for science and engineering research and education that fill gaps left by more targeted funding opportunities. In addition, it will consider highly innovative cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and training proposals that lie outside the scope of targeted solicitations.
Feb. 8
Defense Sciences Research and Technology
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
New Materials, Materials Concepts, Materials Processing and Devices Advanced Mathematics: Application and development of advanced mathematics for applications of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: Technologies to render biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiation attacks against the U.S. military harmless
Applications of Biology to Defense Applications Novel Technologies to Improve the Human Consequences of Transformation.
Open to Feb. 9
AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award
http://www.aauw.org/fga/awards/fdss.cfm
The AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award honors a woman scholar at the pinnacle of her academic career for a lifetime of outstanding research, teaching, publications, and impact on women in her profession and in the community. The award is open to women in all disciplines.
Feb. 10
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11176&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The EMT program seeks to advance the fundamental capabilities of computer and information sciences and engineering by capitalizing on advances and insights from areas such as biological systems, quantum phenomena, nanoscale science and engineering, and other novel computing concepts. To bring fundamental changes to software, hardware and architectural design aspects of future computing models, collaborations among computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists and other disciplinary scientists are imperative.
Feb. 14
Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History
http://www.historians.org/prizes/SchmittGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants. Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History. The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History to support research in the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used, for example, for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, for photographs, or for photocopying. Upper Amount: $1,000.
Feb. 15
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants
http://www.historians.org/prizes/KrausGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants. Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History. The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History to recognize the most deserving proposal relating to work in progress on a research project in American colonial history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used, for example, for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, for photographs, or for photocopying. Upper Amount: $800. Deadline: February 15, 2007.
Feb. 15
Women of Color Caucus-Scott Powell Memorial Student Essay Award
http://www.nwsa.org/communities/WOC/essay.php
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). Women of Color Caucus-Scott Powell Memorial Student Essay Award - Category Two. The NWSA Women of Color Caucus and Catherine Powell are pleased to offer a writing award that is open to students of any race, ethnicity or gender who meet both general and category-specific eligibility and submission requirements. The scholarly essays must provide critical theoretical discussions or analyses of issues or experiences of women and girls of African, Latina, Latino, Asian, Asian-American, Pacific-Islander, Native American, American Indian, Alaskan Native descent.
Feb. 15
American Society of Naval Engineers: ASNE Scholarship Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3074
The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) sponsors a scholarship program to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering. The program also provides support to naval engineers seeking advanced education in the field. The programs of study which apply to the diverse field of naval engineering are naval architecture, marine, mechanical, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical, and electronic engineering, and the physical sciences.
Feb. 15
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)(R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html
The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate to “increase the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research.” To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program provides, at research institutions, institutional grants for students from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research with well integrated developmental activities that will increase their preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree.
Feb. 21
EPA Sources and Atmospheric Formation of Organic Particulate Matter
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_organic_pm.html
Seeks applications proposing to understand the sources and formation processes that produce organic compounds in atmospheric fine particulate matter. One of the major air pollutants of concern, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), represents a broad class of chemically and physically diverse substances. PM2.5 can be described by size, formation mechanism, origin, and chemical composition. In many locations, a significant portion of PM2.5 is composed of organic compounds. Despite progress in the past few years, the understanding of the sources and processes that produce organic PM2.5 is incomplete. Research funded as a result of this solicitation will enable accurate modeling of atmospheric concentrations of organic PM2.5.
Feb. 27
Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin, Fellowships & Publication Grants
http://www.cotton-foundation.org/fellowshipawards.html
(1) Awards in Mediterranean Studies. Fellowship Awards. The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for Fellowship Awards for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations. (2) Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin; Awards in Mediterranean Studies. Publication Grants. The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for Publication Grants for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations. Publication Grants are available towards the cost of publication of academic research already completed or imminently available for publication.
Feb. 28
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07529/nsf07529.htm
The Robert Noyce Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.
LOI due Feb. 28 and full March 29
Doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, energy
In honor of the late Joseph L. Fisher, president of Resources for the Future (RFF) from 1959-1974, RFF will award fellowships for the coming academic year in support of doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy. RFF’s primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences. Proposals originating in these fields will have the greatest likelihood of success.
Feb. 28
NSF Biotechnology
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11324
Research projects supported through the BTEC program include, but are not limited to, fermentation technology, enzyme technology, recombinant DNA technology, cell culture technology, ex vivo and therapeutic stem cell culture technology, metabolic pathway engineering, biosensor development, bioreactor design and bioprocess optimization, bioseparation and purification processes, bioprocess optimization and integration, monitoring and control of bioprocesses, food processing with special focus on the safety of the nation's food supply, tissue engineering, information technology relevant to biotechnology including bioinformatics, nanobiotechnology and biomimetics, and quantitative systems biotechnology
Feb. 28
Energy for Sustainability
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11349&mode=VIEWThe Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable. Most world energy needs are currently met through the combustion of fossil fuels. With projected increases in global energy needs, more sustainable methods for energy production will need to be developed, and production of greenhouse gases will need to be reduced.
Sources of sustainable energy include sunlight, wind, and biomass. Hydrogen and alcohols are potential energy carriers that can be derived from renewable sources. Research to produce and store hydrogen for use in direct combustion or in fuel cells is supported by the program. Potential sources of hydrogen include conversion from biomass and from electrolysis, photolysis or thermolysis of water.
Feb. 28
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.
March 1
Explosives and Related Threats: Frontiers in Prediction and Detection
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07528/nsf07528.htm
In FY 2007, NSF will invest in leading edge, frontier research on sensors and other areas, including social and behavioral sciences, that are potentially relevant to the prediction and detection of explosives and related threats. This is an NSF-wide effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, which seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for sensors and sensor networks, and in the use of sensor data in control and decision making, particularly in relation to the prediction and detection of explosives and related threats. This research is seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective homeland security measures, and to protect civilians and our military forces throughout the world. Proposals outside of the scope described in this solicitation will be returned without review. Research on prediction and detection of biological, toxic chemical, and nuclear weapons is excluded from the scope of this solicitation.
March 1
Raney Fund Award
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) solicits applications for grants to be awarded from the Edward C. and Charlotte F. Raney Fund for Ichthyology. Raney Fund Awards provide support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology. Awards will be given on the basis of both merit and need.
March 1
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-105.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.
March 21
Gloeckner Foundation, Fred C. Research Grant
http://www.gloecknerfoundation.org/fundingp.htm
The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation provides a source of financial aid for research and educational projects in floriculture and in the supporting and allied fields, such as - agricultural economics, - agricultural engineering, - entomology, - plant breeding, - plant pathology, and - plant physiology related to floriculture.
April 1
Knauss 2008
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9981&mode=VIEW
Selected applications from the sponsoring Sea Grant program are to be received in the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) on April 5, 2007 through http://www.grants.gov. Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on April 5, 2007, is in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a United States-accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply.
April 5
Best Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the field of race, ethnicity
http://www.apsanet.org/section_341.cfm
American Political Science Association (APSA); Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section. Best Dissertation Award. The Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) will present the Best Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the field of race, ethnicity, and politics in the period January 2005 to December 2006. The dissertation must - make an important theoretical contribution to the understanding of historical or contemporary processes of racial and ethnic formation; - address critical substantive issues through which racial and ethnic politics are played out; generate discourse for innovative frameworks (and analyses) for the study of race, ethnicity, and politics; - be well-written; and - be analytically rigorous (primary source data, case material, extant analyses, new or underutilized methodology).
April 25
Advanced Technological Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07530/nsf07530.htm
With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities. A secondary goal is articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective teachers that focus on technological education. The program also invites proposals focusing on applied research relating to technician education. Preliminary proposals are optional, but strongly recommended, especially for institutions or departments that have not previously submitted to the ATE program.
April 26
Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Awards&name=Call+for+Section+Award+Nominations
American Sociological Association (ASA); Section Awards; Section on Environment and Technology. Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism. The American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Environment and Technology gives the Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism to a doctoral student or young investigator whose paper or article that addresses technology and human affairs, social action and social change, conflicts over values, or work that proposes innovative solutions to emerging social issues associated with technology. The honored work should address the concerns of ordinary people, rather than reflecting organizational or institutional agendas.
May 1
United Engineering Foundation Grants
http://www.uefoundation.org/grants.html
The United Engineering Foundation (UEF) advances the engineering arts and sciences for the welfare of humanity. It supports engineering and education by, among other means, making grants. Grants should be consistent with advancing engineering. The UEF Board of Trustees evaluates and judges proposals in view of the UEF mission, the perceived ability of the proposal and proposer(s) to further that mission, and the available funding.
June 1
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Colleges and Universities
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11679&mode=VIEW
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-serving institutions. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.
June 15
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for Young Investigators
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9535
The objective of the Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (ITMANET) program is to generate and exploit superior theoretical insights concerning the design, deployment, and operation of a new generation of wireless mobile networks. To achieve this objective, a central challenge problem has been devised: to close a longstanding open problem concerning the capacity limits of Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs).
Open to May 7, 2007
BAA for the Mitigation and Prevention of Corrosion in Army Material (DoD)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9249
The Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army TACOM-Picatinny, Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, is soliciting applications via a Broad Agency Announcement for Research, Development, and Engineering Command-Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC), Army Corrosion Office, for programs in new materials, coatings technologies and corrosion detection for mitigation and prevention of corrosion.
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