Funding Opportunities - February 2006
Funding Opportunities List
for University Research Council, February 8, 2006
To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: mikecronan@tamu.edu
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health: The 2006-2011 NIEHS Strategic Plan
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/plan2006/home.htm
The NIH Extramural Nexus is a bimonthly update from the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER), NIH. The OER is the hub for grants policy and operations, grants administration, and the coordination of NIH's extramural programs and activities. Through the Nexus, the OER will provide the external scientific community with updates on NIH policies and activities as well as an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the operation of extramural programs. We intend the Nexus to be a two-way communications portal — we will be listening to you and plan to modify the content of the Nexus accordingly.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/outsider/0106Nexus.htm
DOE Office Of Science Publishes Brochure On University Research, January 2006
The Office of Science at the Department of Energy has published Maintaining U.S. Preeminence in Science: University Support, a 14-page brochure commissioned by Director Raymond L. Orbach. The document details the Office of Science's role in research and education at the nation's colleges and universities, including a state-by-state breakdown of the Office's spending. The brochure is available on the DOE Web site at:
Advanced Informatics for Biomedicine: Request for Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-06-001.html
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) intends to issue a call for proposals that address a highly selective set of informatics problems of fundamental importance to biomedicine. To inform planning for such a program NLM solicits responses from the informatics, computer science, information science and engineering communities to the question: What are the major informatics research challenges in biomedicine today? This Request for Information is addressed to all with interest in the application of computation to biomedical research, healthcare, and the education of health professionals (biomedical informatics, bioinformatics and computational biology.). Please send responses of 1-2 pages to Milton Corn, M.D. at cornm@mail.nih.gov. Deadline: Feb. 28.
Concepts Cleared at the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors Meeting
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/concepts/recentcleared.htm
- Small Animal Imaging Resource Program (SAIRPs) (U24 CA) (RFA, pending publication)
- Clinical Proteomic Technology Assessment Consortia (U24 CA) (RFA, pending publication)
- Advanced Proteomic Platforms, Analytical Methods, and Computational Sciences (R01, R21/R33 grants) (RFA, pending publication)
- Clinical Proteomic Reagents Resource (contracts) (RFP, pending publication)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering, and conducting of conferences in the areas of (1) EPA mission related issues connected to protecting, human health and safeguarding the natural environment; (2) advancing the scientific and technical research that promotes environmental protection; (3) exploring current and emerging issues of importance to environmental protection; and/or (4) encouraging collaboration among the nation’s best scientists and engineers in academia, business and nonprofit research institutes. The awards under this BAA may involve the collection of geospatial information.
Due Jan. 18 2007
http://www.epa.gov/ord/grants_funding/pdfs/BAA_conferences_011706.pdf
American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Awards&name=Call+for+ASA+Award+Nominations
The ASA offers varies awards, including: Distinguished Book Award, Dissertation Award, Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues, Jessie Bernard Award, DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award, Award for Public Understanding of Sociology, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award.
Deadlines vary
February 2006
Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce (T90)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-006.html
This funding opportunity will support programs that will enable the development of novel research training and education programs that provide integrated interdisciplinary training for undergraduates, predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees, or independent faculty-level investigators.
LOI Feb. 14; full April 7
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-117.html
The National Institute on Aging is encouraging applications for dissertation support across all areas of research supported by the Institute. The broad research areas supported by the NIA are: Biology of Aging; Behavioral and Social Research on Aging; Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging; and Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology.
LOI Feb. 15; full March 15
FY 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Gaithersburg
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7539
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
The SURF Gaithersburg program is soliciting applications in the areas of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical Science and Technology, Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Building and Fire Research, and Information Technology. The SURF program will provide an opportunity for the NIST laboratories and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to join in a partnership to encourage outstanding undergraduate students to pursue careers in science and engineering. The program will provide research opportunities for students to work with internationally known NIST scientists, to expose them to cutting-edge research and promote the pursuit of graduate degrees in science and engineering.
Feb. 15
FY 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) – Boulder
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7507
The SURF NIST Boulder Program is open to colleges and universities in the United States and its territories with degree granting programs in materials science, chemistry, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or physics. Participating students must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents.
Feb. 15
Geoscience Teacher Training (GEO-Teach)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06526/nsf06526.htm
Through its Geoscience Teacher Training (GEO-Teach) program, the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support projects designed to improve the quality of geoscience instruction, primarily at middle and high school levels. GEO-Teach projects will provide teachers with easy access to high-quality curricular materials as well as the current state of knowledge, and will implement pre-service teacher training and in-service professional development programs designed to enhance middle and high school students' understanding of and appreciation for the importance of the geosciences.
Feb. 15 LOI; full April 7
Semiconductor Research Corporation Fellowship Program
http://www.src.org/member/students/fellowships.asp
Graduate fellowship program (http://www.src.org/member/about/aboutgfp.asp). The Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) addresses the issues of improving educational opportunities at the doctoral level and supplying a relevantly educated work force for the semiconductor industry. The SRC Master's Scholarship Program was created in 1997 for the purpose of attracting qualified students who are also in underrepresented minority categories to graduate study in areas of interest to the semiconductor industry. In 1999, the program was opened to women as a category.
Feb. 15
Instrumentation for Materials Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05522/nsf05522.htm
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.
Feb. 16
Terrestrial Carbon Processes Research
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/F9A15A287E6DF18B8525710A0054DA70?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the Office of Science, Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for carbon cycle research that will improve understanding of terrestrial carbon processes and aid carbon cycle predictions related to climate change. Research to improve understanding of carbon processes includes attention to mechanisms that control net CO2 exchange between the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere.
LOI Feb. 17
Transition to Teaching Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-763.pdf
The Transition to Teaching program encourages (1) the development and expansion of alternative routes to full State teacher certification, as well as (2) the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, recent college graduates who have not majored in education, and highly qualified paraprofessionals as teachers in high-need schools operated by high-need LEAs, including charter schools that operate as high-need LEAs.
Feb. 21 LOI
2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Scholarly Information Resources for Humanists
http://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc/postdoc.html
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is accepting applications for the 2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Scholarly Information Resources for Humanists. The fellowship provides new scholars in the humanities a unique opportunity to develop expertise in the new forms of scholarly research and the information resources that support them, both traditional and digital, that are challenging research institutions. The program is designed to give the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities a unique opportunity to develop as information professionals and scholars. Fellows are placed at different institutions, each with specific goals and projects for the participants. All fields in the humanities will be considered; Fellows must be in residence at a sponsoring institution for the duration of the fellowship.
Feb. 24
2006 Summer Institutes in Literary Studies (NHC)
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/siliterarystudies/index.htm
The National Humanities Center (NHC) is inviting applications for the 2006 Summer Institutes in Literary Studies. From July 9 to 14, 2006, the NHC will offer two innovative seminars on literary understanding: 1) George Eliot's Middlemarch, led by Catherine Gallagher, Eggers Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley and; 2) Herman Melville’s Short Fiction: "Bartleby, the Scrivener," Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd led by Andrew Delbanco, Director of American Studies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University. The seminars will concentrate on the detailed operations of literary texts and are open to scholars who have received a Ph.D. within the last ten years and who teach in departments of literature or other relevant disciplines. NHC will supply all texts and cover travel, meal, and lodging costs. Participants will receive a stipend of $1,500.
Feb. 24
Department of Energy
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7740
Research and Development of Fuel Cell Technology for the Hydrogen Economy
LOI Feb. 28; full April 5
NOAA Marine Aquaculture Program (DoC)
http://grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7474
Department of Commerce (DoC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking proposals for demonstration projects and innovative research for the development of environmentally and economically sustainable marine aquaculture in near shore, open water, and terrestrial environments. The Great Lakes are considered marine for this competition. Projects funded under this competition should support NOAA's overall goals for its marine aquaculture program, which are to: 1) Establish a comprehensive regulatory program for the conduct of marine aquaculture operations; 2) Develop appropriate technologies to support commercial marine aquaculture and enhancement of wild stocks; 3) Establish and implement procedures for the environmental assessment and monitoring of marine aquaculture activities; 4) Conduct education and outreach activities to establish a well informed public on marine aquaculture; and 5) Meet international obligations to promote environmentally sustainable practices for the conduct of marine aquaculture.
Feb. 28
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06528/nsf06528.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 schools.
Feb. 28
NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/InfoUGSP.htm
This URL contains application information for the 2006-2007 academic year which starts in September 2006. The deadline for receipt of complete applications is February 28, 2006. You may apply online or download forms from http://ugsp.info.nih.gov/applying.htm
Feb. 28
March 2006
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Seminars and Institutes
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html
The grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers, and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may be as short as 2 weeks or as long as 6 weeks. The duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of topic.
March 1
Interfacial, Transport, and Thermodynamics
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7637
The Interfacial, Transport, and Thermodynamics Program (ITTP) supports research in engineering science areas related to interfacial phenomena, mass transport phenomena, separation science, and phase equilibrium solution thermodynamics. Recently, emphasis is placed on molecular engineering approaches as applied to processing of soft materials, especially thin films and porous media. New theories and simulation approaches determining the thermodynamic, interfacial, and mass transport phenomena properties of fluids and fluid mixtures in biological and other fluids with complex molecules are supported.
March 1
GeoEnvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13351&org=CMS&from=home
The research portfolio for the Geoenvironmental Engineering and GeoHazards Mitigation (GEH) program element includes projects on geoenvironmental engineering, including physical, chemical, thermal and biological processes that affect the properties of geologic materials; contaminant transport and hydraulic properties of geologic materials involved in surface and subsurface flow; and construction for remediation and containment of geoenvironmental contamination.
March 1
Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Resident Research Scholar Programs
http://www.sil.si.edu/researchintern/index.htm
Application is open to historians, librarians, doctoral students, and postdoctoral scholars.
March 1
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Cyberinfrastructure/Research Facilities
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12769&org=NSF&from=fund
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) Program provides funding to build a foundation for research facilities with unique capabilities in the chemical sciences. This is structured to enable NSF, through its Division of Chemistry, to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure to support basic research and education in chemistry.
March 1
Engineering Sciences Modeling, Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering & Manufacturing
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05616/nsf05616.htm
This is a continuation of a collaborative research program between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) that was started in 1997. The objective of this collaborative program is to fund research projects focused on science-based experimental, computational and theoretical capabilities that enhance our understanding and confidence of the behavior of engineered systems at unprecedented multiple spatial and temporal scales.
March 1
Fellowships (Knauss 2007) Marine Or Aquatic-Related Field
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOC/NOAA/GMC/OAR-SG-2007-2000354/Attachments.html#upload4682
Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on April 6, 2006, 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 may apply.
March 1
James Madison Graduate Fellowships
The maximum amount of each award is $24,000, prorated over the individual period of study, thus making the James Madison Fellowship the leading award for secondary level teachers undertaking study of the Constitution. Fellowship payments cover the actual costs of tuition, required fees, books, and room and board but cannot exceed $12,000 per academic year.
March 1
Microbial Genome Sequencing Program FY 2006
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5688&org=NSF&from=fund
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.
March 2
Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06516/nsf06516.htm
The NeTS program solicitation invites research proposals in the field of networking and covers all aspects of networking research. It includes research on future end-to-end Internet architectures; sub-network architectures enabled by disruptive technologies such as programmable wireless, mobile wireless, wireless sensors, and optical networks; and strategic research on current Internet including measurement, modeling, and understanding of complex networks. The NeTS program also seeks to develop innovative curricular and educational materials that will help prepare the next generation of networking professionals.
March 2
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
Applications are invited for Visiting Research Fellowships of between two and six months, tenable in the period: June 2006 - September 2008. No limitation is placed on the area of research within the Humanities and Social Sciences but priority will be given to those whose work falls within the scope of one of the Institute current Research Themes: Life Writing, Testimony and Self-Construction; Diasporas, Migrations and Identities; Institutions and Oppositions of Enlightenment; The Humanities in the Twenty-First Century University An application form can be downloaded by clicking on the following link: http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/vrf.application.form.html.
March 3
Cyber Trust (CT)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06517/nsf06517.htm
To improve national cyber security and to achieve the Cyber Trust vision, NSF will support a collection of projects that together: advance the relevant knowledge base; creatively integrate research and education for the benefit of technical specialists and the general populace; and effectively integrate the study of technology with the policy, economic, institutional and usability factors that often determine its deployment and use.
March 6
Initiative to Promote Healthy Eating Among Children
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/program/cfp.jsp?ID=19461
A total of approximately $3 million will be awarded in this round of funding for two types of research grants: 1) Studies to identify and/or evaluate promising school food environment and policy changes (12- to 18-month awards of up to $100,000; and 18- to 36-month awards of up to $400,000); and 2) Analyses of macro-level policy or system determinants of school food environments and policies (12- to 18-month awards of up to $75,000).
March 7
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06515
Facilitates reform in geoscience education by funding programs that connect the work of scientists to the practice of teaching and learning science in the classroom. To achieve this goal, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking to establish new partnerships between GLOBE program participants and scientists associated with Integrated Earth Systems Science Programs (IESSP), defined as major NSF- or NASA-funded research programs related to Earth system science. This solicitation seeks proposals from IESSP teams for projects that can be used to facilitate inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth systems via the GLOBE program.
March 8
BAA 2007 Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research Engineering (NEM R E)
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/44D00407BF116D7E85257108005FC4D2?OpenDocument
This is a "Notice of Interest" for the Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Engineering (NEM R&E) program -- Broad Agency Annoucement (BAA) for awards to be made in FY2007 -- the Solicitation # will be DESC52-06NA27305 when issued on or about March 9, 2006 with proposal due dates around May 2006
March 9
Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Research Centers of Excellence (U54)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-06-005.html
The NIH invites applications for the establishment of Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Research Centers of Excellence. The overall mission of the CounterACT Centers is to develop new and improved medical countermeasures against chemical threats. Chemical threats are defined as toxic chemical agents that could be used in a terrorist attack against civilians, or those that could be released at toxic levels by accident or natural disaster.
March 10 LOI; full April 11
Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Research Projects (U01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-06-004.html
The NIH intends to commit approximately $10 million in Fiscal Year 2006 to fund 10-15 CounterACT research projects as cooperative agreements (U01s). This RFA will utilize the cooperative agreement project grant (U01) mechanism, but will be run in parallel with RFAs of identical scientific scope that will utilize the specialized center cooperative agreement (U54; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-06-005.html.
March 10 LOI; full April 11
Codes and Standards for the Hydrogen Economy
http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-PS36-06GO96011/Grant.html
The Department of Energy (DOE) is developing hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to allow the Nation to aggressively achieve the vision of a diverse, secure, and emissions-free energy future. Through widespread commercialization of hydrogen-powered vehicles, national security interests will be supported by reducing and ultimately eliminating our reliance on foreign oil. To support a 2015 industry commercialization decision on hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles, the DOE’s Golden Field Office invites applicants to partner with the DOE in facilitating the development of codes and standards for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and infrastructure.
March 10
Advanced Proteomic Platforms and Computational Sciences for the NCI Clinical Proteomic Technologies Initiative (R01, R21, R21/R33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ca-07-005.html
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research project grants to support highly innovative research in the quantitative analysis of proteins and peptides of interest in clinical cancer studies. This funding opportunity is a component of the NCI’s Clinical Proteomic Technologies Initiative for Cancer (http://proteomics.cancer.gov) that aims to improve the technological capability to reliably identify, quantify, and compare measurements and analyses of proteins and peptides in complex biological mixtures. The NCI intends to commit approximately $10 million in FY 2006 to fund approximately 10 new grants in response to this funding opportunity.
LOI March 11
Materials Use: Science, Engineering, and Society (MUSES)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13654&org=NSF&from=fund
MUSES is aimed at soliciting new multidisciplinary activities that encourage researchers in engineering, physical and life sciences, social and behavioral sciences, economics, mathematics, and education to reach beyond their disciplinary boundaries in order to address complex issues related to materials use in the environment. There are two challenges: (a) to propose exploratory research issues that are viable and (b) to create new teams of researchers with the necessary expertise who can work together.
March 13
Summer faculty fellowships: architectural planning/preservation and related fields
http://www.goodyclancy.com/html/news_article.asp?newsItemID=50
Good Clancy, a firm specializing in architecture, planning, preservation and urban design, is now accepting proposals for its 2006 Summer Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship is open to faculty members in architecture, planning or preservation (or related fields, i.e. engineering, social sciences, fine arts) to pursue an independent research or collaborative project of their choice while in residence at the firm’s Boston office.
March 15
NSF/FDA Scholar-in-Residence at FDA--Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03525/nsf03525.htm
NSF’s Directorate for Engineering's Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems and the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) are establishing the NSF/FDA Scholar-in-Residence Program at FDA. This program comprises an interagency partnership for the investigation of scientific and engineering issues concerning emerging trends in medical device technology. This partnership is designed to enable investigators in science, engineering, and mathematics to develop research collaborations within the intramural research environment at the FDA. This solicitation features four flexible mechanisms for support of research at the FDA: 1) Faculty at FDA; 2) Graduate Student Fellowships; 3) Postdoctoral Fellowships; and, 4) Undergraduate Student Research Experiences.
March 15
Emerging Infections Sentinel Networks
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CI06-601.htm
The purpose of the program is to assist awardees in operating provider-based sentinel networks. These networks will contribute to surveillance for emerging infectious diseases (e.g., SARS, West Nile virus), including drug-resistant, foodborne and waterborne, and vaccine-preventable or potentially vaccine-preventable diseases, and will enhance information exchange.
March 15
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research: Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/ed_hewett_fellowship.htm
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research offer the Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship. The program supports research on the countries of the former Soveit Union or Centeral and Eastern Europe, conducted under the auspices of and placement in a US government agency. Research areas of interest include social, political, economic, environmental, and historical development of Eurasia and Eastern Europe. Citizenship: US. The maximum award is $60,000. Applicants must be U.S.-based scholars or researchers holding a Ph.D. in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration and considerable background in some aspect of the history, culture, politics, and economics of the countries of the FSU and CEE. Individuals with comparable research skills who do not hold a Ph.D. will also be considered.
March 15
Nanomedicine Development Centers (PN2)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-007.html
Each multidisciplinary center will consist of a team of clinicians, biologists, engineers, physical scientists, and mathematicians that work together to investigate the physical properties of molecules and molecular complexes in living cells in order to understand design principles of the native molecular machinery that operates inside cells. The long-term (10-year) goal is to engineer molecular components and complexes in cells to treat disease and/or repair tissue.
Concept Approval Letter March 15
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06527/nsf06527.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.
March 15 LOI; full April 12
Carbon and Water in the Earth System
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06514/nsf06514.htm
This solicitation invites proposals aimed at closing significant gaps in our understanding of the complex relationships between and within the global water and carbon cycles. In particular, we seek proposals that cross the interfaces of land, atmosphere and oceans. Proposals should span traditional interdisciplinary boundaries and should not duplicate efforts currently supported in NSF core programs as determined by discussion with one or more of the cognizant NSF Program Officers. Studies of related biologically or geochemically reactive substances will be considered only if they pertain directly to the carbon or water cycles.
March 15
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.htm
The American Philosophical Society welcomes applications to the Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research. The fund 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, astrobiology and space science, biology, ecology, geography, geology, and paleontology, but grants will not be restricted to these fields.
March 15
Basic Research for Chemical Imaging
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/37351BEDA7214F4385257088004694E2?OpenDocument
Of particular interest are applications that combine molecular-scale spatial resolution and ultrafast temporal resolution to explore energy flow, molecular dynamics, breakage or formation of chemical bonds, or conformational changes in nanoscale systems.
March 15 prelim
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change – new grant program
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19505
Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change is a new national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that seeks to improve the quality of health care provided to patients from racial and ethnic backgrounds most likely to experience lower-quality health care. Finding Answers aims to achieve this goal by: 1) Granting research funds to discover and evaluate practical and replicable solutions designed to reduce and eliminate racial and ethnic health care disparities; 2) Conducting systematic reviews of existing published and unpublished literature regarding racial and ethnic health care disparities interventions; 3) Disseminating results from the research efforts and the systematic reviews to encourage other health care systems to address racial and ethnic gaps in care.
March 16
WateReuse Foundation
http://www.watereuse.org/Foundation/rfp_unsolicited.htm
The WateReuse Foundation is seeking preproposals for funding consideration under its 2006 Unsolicited Research Program. As a result of the success of this program in 2005, the WateReuse Foundation will allocate approximately 15% of its annual research funds for its 2006 Unsolicited Research Program. The total amount of funds approved for the Foundation's 2006 Unsolicited Research Program projects is approximately $500,000. The Foundation anticipates funding between three and six projects with a maximum funding level for any single project of $175,000.
March 17 pre-proposals
Informal Science Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05544/nsf05544.htm
The ISE program invests in projects that develop and implement informal learning experiences designed to increase interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by individuals of all ages and backgrounds, as well as projects that advance the theory and practice of informal science education. Projects may target either public audiences or professionals whose work directly affects informal STEM learning.
March 18
Human Frontier Science Program Organization Research Grants - Young Investigators
The HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms; topics range from molecular and cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience. A clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.
March 20
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation: Special Competition: Astronomical Applications with the Advanced Electro-Optical System
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06519/nsf06519.htm
This special competition makes available to the U.S. astronomical community a 3.67-meter telescope with state-of-the-art passive adaptive optics for imaging through atmospheric turbulence. Seven fixed Coude rooms are available for astronomical observations with user-provided instrumentation. Alternatively, scientific observations can be made using the cameras and instruments provided on-site by the Air Force.
March 20
Undergraduate Research Collaboratives in the Chemical Sciences or Interdisciplinary Areas
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06521/nsf06521.htm
The Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (URC) Program seeks new models and partnerships with the potential (1) to expand the reach of undergraduate research to include first- and second-year college students; (2) to broaden participation and increase diversity in the student talent pool from which the nation's future technical workforce will be drawn; and (3) to enhance the research capacity, infrastructure, and culture of participating institutions.
March 21
Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (U54)
Preapplication for Interdisciplinary Research Consortium (X02)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-122.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-008.html
The Interdisciplinary Research Implementation Group http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/) will invite applications for Interdisciplinary Research Consortia from among those that submit a pre-application in response to PAR-06-122. This RFA with Limited Eligibility for a full consortium is released early to aid those who are writing a pre-application. Only those selected through a peer review of their pre-application are eligible to apply for a full Interdisciplinary Research Consortium. The purpose of this program is to support interdisciplinary approaches to solving significant and complex biomedical problems, particularly those that have been resistant to traditional approaches.
LOI March 21; full April 18 and invite for Dec. 19
IDA Summer Internship Program
http://www.ida.org/IDAnew/Employment/interns.html
The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is inviting applications for students to work as paid interns for approximately 12-18 weeks during the summer months. Each intern is assigned to work with members of the IDA research staff on interesting and challenging tasks associated with various research studies involving national security. Eligible applicants are undergraduate (junior and seniors) and graduate students with strong GPAs (3.3 or above) in any one of a wide variety of disciplines including computer science, mathematics, chemistry, physics, operations research, aero/astronautical engineering, mechanical or electrical engineering, materials science, international relations, policy science, social and behavioral sciences, statistics, finance and economics.
March 21
Biotechnology: Potential Allergenicity of Genetically Engineered Food
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_star_biotech.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to develop methods to assess the potential allergenicity of genetically engineered foods. The development of these methods will help in identifying substances that induce dietary allergy in humans and lead to improved evaluation of the relative potency of unknown proteins.
March 21
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-093.html
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) solicits applications for the Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program. The SIG program accepts 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. Awards are for one year and for direct costs only.
March 22
NSF IGERT (major revisions to the previous program solicitation)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06525/nsf06525.htm
It is limited submit: 4 preliminary (due March 27; previously there were no restrictions on the number of preliminary proposals submitted by an institution) and 3 invited full (Sept. 29).
March 27 prelim
Assembling the Tree of Life
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05523/nsf05523.htm
NSF announces its intention to continue support of multidisciplinary teams to conduct creative and innovative research that will resolve phylogenetic relationships for large groups of organisms on the Tree of Life. Teams of investigators also will be supported for projects in data acquisition, analysis, algorithm development and dissemination in computational phylogenetics and phyloinformatics.
March 27
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation LOI for Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program supports highly qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of America's most challenging policy issues in health and health care. Applications are welcomed from investigators in fields such as anthropology, business, demography, economics, engineering, ethics, genetics, health and social policy, history, journalism, law, medicine, nursing, political science, public health, psychology, science policy, social work, and sociology. The program seeks a diverse group of applicants, including minorities and individuals in non- academic settings. The program will provide 24-36-month grants of up to $275,000 to up to ten highly qualified individuals.
March 29
David Stevenson Minority Junior Faculty Fellowship
http://www.naccouncil.org/stevenson.asp
The David Stevenson Fellowship will be awarded to junior faculty members of color in tenure track positions. (Doctoral candidates of color may also be considered for these awards.)
March 31
William Diaz Fellowship to Faculty Members of Color
http://www.naccouncil.org/diaz.asp
The William Diaz Fellowship will be awarded to faculty members of color at any rank, including senior faculty new to philanthropic and nonprofit management studies whose work focuses on philanthropy, nonprofits and diversity.
March 31
April 2006 & Later
International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
http://monticello.org/research/fellowships/travelgrants.html
Travel grants are available on a limited basis for scholars and teachers wishing to make short-term visits to Monticello to pursue research or educational projects related to Jefferson.
April 1
Biomass Research and Development Initiative
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/C2D6EAD8316FFEE5852570AD0077A88F?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly solicit applications for financial assistance addressing research, development, and demonstration of biomass based products, bioenergy, biofuels and related processes.
April 3
NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-133.html
This initiative will develop and implement a new Pathway to Independence Award Program (PI) designed to facilitate receiving an R01 award earlier in an investigator’s research career. The primary, long-term goal of the PI Award Program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH-supported independent investigators. The Pathway to Independence Award will provide up to five years of support consisting of two phases. The initial phase will provide 1-2 years of mentored support for highly promising, postdoctoral research scientists. This phase will be followed by up to 3 years of independent support contingent on securing an independent research position.
April 7
Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-937.pdf
The purpose of the ECEPD program is to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly disadvantaged young children, and to prevent them from encountering difficulties once they enter school, by improving the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities that have high concentrations of children living in poverty.
April 7
APSA Rowman and Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science
http://www.apsanet.org/section_452.cfm
The Innovative Teaching Award recognizes political scientists who have developed effective new approaches to teaching in the discipline. The award seeks to honor a wide range of new directions in teaching, not a particular new direction.
April 10
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04539/nsf04539.html
The National Science Foundation offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biological Informatics to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in developing and using computational, statistical, and other tools in the collection, organization, dissemination, and use of information to solve problems in biology. The research and training plan of each fellowship is expected to address important scientific questions in contemporary biology and include a bold linkage between computer, information, and computational science and biology and develop and/or apply state of the art informatics tools or approaches to the stated problem. Fellows who accept a tenure track position following the fellowship may apply for research starter grants.
April 10
Tumor Microenvironment Network (TMEN) (U54)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-06-014.html
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites cooperative agreement and NIH intramural applications from groups of investigators interested in becoming components of the NCI Tumor Microenvironment Network (TMEN). The main objective is to delineate mechanisms of tumor-stroma interactions in human cancer and to generate a comprehensive understanding of composition of the stroma in normal tissues as well as its roles in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. A total of $12.0 million/per year for 5 years will be awarded to fund up to six individual multidisciplinary Research Programs using the U54 cooperative agreement mechanism.
LOI April 10; full May 10
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program-National Integrated Water Quality Program-Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/conservation_effects.html
CSREES requests applications for the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program-Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) for fiscal year (FY) 2006 to develop research, education, and extension projects aimed at improving the quality of water resources in agricultural watersheds across the Nation.
April 11
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program-National Integrated Water Quality Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/water_quality.html
The goal of the NIWQP is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of our Nation's surface water and groundwater resources through research, education, and extension activities. Projects funded through this program will facilitate achieving this goal by advancing and disseminating the knowledge base available to agricultural and rural communities.
April 11
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation (R36)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-118.html
Application Submission Dates(s): April 10, August 10, December 10, annually. This Funding Opportunity Announcement will use the dissertation grant (R36) award mechanism. The total direct costs awarded under this FOA for dissertations must not exceed $35,000 for the entire project period, which should be a minimum of nine months and not to exceed 17 months in duration. The proposed grant start date should not be sooner than five months after the submission deadline.
April 10
Whitehall Foundation, Inc, Grant Programs. Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid
http://www.whitehall.org/grants/
It is the foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by federal agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year.
April 15
Residential Fellowships at the Boston Athenaeum
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.html
Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships. These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks.
April 15
James Bradford Ames Fellowship Program
http://www.umb.edu/academics/departments/africana_studies/scholarship/index.html
The James Bradford Ames Fellowship program, administered by University of Massachusetts Boston, is inviting applications for research and publication on all aspects of black and Cape Verdean social life and history in Nantucket. Specifically, the awards are intended to encourage detailed studies of influential families and individuals from the island, people’s professions and major occupational activities, the history of slavery, and the Cape Verdean presence on Nantucket. Scholarly research projects in these areas may be approached from any discipline or comparative perspective that helps to place the Nantucket and New England experience in a broader regional, national or global context. ABD graduate students, full-time faculty, and professional staff in colleges and universities are eligible to apply.
April 15
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13/U13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-041.html
This funding opportunity provides updated guidelines for National Institutes of Health (NIH) support of conferences and scientific meetings. Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to conduct the proposed conference or scientific meeting is invited to work with that individual’s institution to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
April 15
FIPSE Special Focus Competition: North American Mobility in Higher Education
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-7009.pdf
This priority is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American, Canadian, and Mexican institutions to encourage cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with Canada and Mexico.
April 17
Prostate Cancer Research Program Health Disparity Research Award
The intent of the Health Disparity Research Award is to encourage and support investigators who focus their research efforts on the disparity of prostate cancer within an affected population or community. Appropriate disparity focus areas include, but are not limited to, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, access to health care, insurance status, age, geography, and cultural beliefs.
April 17
FIPSE Special Focus Competition: US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-7010.pdf
This priority encourages proposals designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and Brazilian institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the United States and Brazil. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with Brazil.
April 17
National Institute for Climatic Change Research, Center for Riparian & Coastal Ecosystems
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7606
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for a cooperative agreement from U.S. universities to host a new Center for Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems, as part of the new DOE National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR; formerly National Institute for Global Environmental Change, NIGEC).
April 18
NSF/DOE Cooperative Activity Programs for Education and Human Resource Development
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06522/nsf06522.jsp
NSF and the Department of Energy have implemented collaboration between the agencies' programs for the development of human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). NSF will support students and faculty from participating NSF projects who are accepted as participants in one of four DOE initiatives that provide hands-on research opportunities in DOE national laboratories during the summer: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships, Faculty and Student Teams, Community College Institutes, and Pre-Service Teacher Internships. Students and faculty with approved DOE applications may request supplemental funding from NSF to support their participation.
April 20
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - Basic Biology
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/4969D684ED7B69B985257107005BD63F?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Human Research Program (HRP), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), hereby announce their interest in receiving grant applications for new research to develop a better scientific basis for understanding exposures and risks to humans from low doses or low fluences of ionizing radiation.
April 26
Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research (R21, R21/R33, R33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ca-07-002.html
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects to evaluate the usefulness of emerging molecular technologies that are ready for initial application to clinical or biological questions in cancer research. Technology encompasses methods and tools that enable research, including, but not limited to, instrumentation, techniques, and devices. Molecular technologies are distinct from resources such as databases, individual reagents, therapeutic agents, and tissue repositories, and do not include the development of whole body imaging technologies. Repositories, agent development, whole body imaging technologies, and software development are supported through other initiatives.
LOI April 26
Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (R21, R33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ca-07-001.html
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects proposing the development of highly innovative cancer relevant molecular technologies. Technology encompasses methods and tools that enable research, including, but not limited to, instrumentation, techniques, and devices. Molecular technologies are distinct from resources such as databases, individual reagents, therapeutic agents, and tissue repositories, and do not include the development of whole body imaging technologies. Repositories, agent development, whole body imaging technologies, and software development are supported through other initiatives.
LOI April 26
May 2006 & Later
Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-104.html
The National Institutes of Health are interested in promoting innovative research for Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment. Applications may include development of novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse populations; across various age-groups including older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; or statistical methods to assess or correct for measurement errors or biases.
LOI May 1; full June 1
Nursing Research Grants (ANF)
http://www.nursingworld.org/anf/nrggrant.htm
The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) Nursing Research Grants Program is to encourage the research career development of all nurses. To effectively achieve this goal, the program supports research of beginning and experienced nurse researchers. The majority of the grants have subject restrictions required by the funding organization. Several special awards are given in addition to the ANF awards. These awards are administered by ANF and vary in funding levels that are determined by the sponsoring organization. Please refer to the website for more information.
May 1
NEH Challenge Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html
NEH challenge grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Awards are made to museums, public libraries, colleges, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, universities, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities.
May 2 tentative
Advanced Learning Technologies
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06535/nsf06535.htm
Through the ALT program, the CISE and EHR Directorates of NSF support research that (1) enables radical improvements in learning through innovative computer and information technologies, and (2) advances research in computer science, information technology, learning, and cognitive science through the unique challenges posed by learning environments and learning technology platforms. Integrative research approaches that build across disciplines and establish tight linkages among theory, experiment, and design are strongly encouraged.
May 4
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Faculty Start-up Awards
http://www.dreyfus.org/su.shtml
The Faculty Start-up Awards Program is open to all academic institutions in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America that do not grant a doctoral degree in chemistry, biochemistry or chemical engineering. Faculty members who start their first tenure-track appointment in one of these departments in 2006 are eligible for nomination in 2006.
May 11
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-New Faculty Awards Program
http://www.dreyfus.org/nf.shtml
The New Faculty Award provides an unrestricted research grant of $50,000 that is generally made before the new faculty members formally begin their first tenure-track appointment, and is based on institutional nomination.
May 11
Japan Society for Promotion of Science/International Programs-Fellowships for Research
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/short_term.html
The JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan allows researchers employed at designated Japanese research institutions and laboratories to invite fellow researchers from other countries to Japan to participate in discussions, attend seminars, give lectures, or perform similar duties at their institutions. All fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are included under this program.
May 12
Advanced E-Team Grant Guidelines (Texas A&M is a member)
http://www.nciia.org/grants_eteam.html
http://www.nciia.org/grants_cp.html
Lemelson Foundation, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). Advanced E-Team Grants. Advanced E-Team grants provide E-Teams with the support they need to bring an innovative product or technology from idea to prototype, and eventually to market. Successful E-Team grant proposals demonstrate an idea's technical feasibility, social value, and potential for commercialization, Upper Amount: $20,000.; Course and Program grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of strengthening existing curricular programs or building new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Upper Amount: $150,000.
May 12
American Historical Association—Over 40 Various Prizes and Awards
http://www.historians.org/prizes/index.cfm
The American Historical Association (AHA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research.
May 15
Camille, Henry Dreyfus Foundation--Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
http://www.dreyfus.org/ep.shtml
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The award of $120,000 over two years is given to a faculty member who submits a proposal judged to be exceptional, both in its potential for leading edge contributions to environmental science, and in the arrangements for the education of the Fellow.
May 25
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program - Special Experiential Learning Grants
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/multicultural_selg.html
The purpose of SEL grants is to further the development of student scientific and professional competencies through experiential learning programs that provide students with opportunities to solve complex problems in the context of real-world situations.
June 1
Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment (R01)
http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-104.html
This funding opportunity is aimed at advancing the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity pertinent to cancer and/or other pathologies through support of research on improved instruments, technologies, and/or statistical/analytical techniques. Studies proposed in the grant applications should be aimed at optimizing the combined use of objective and self-report measures of physical activity and/or dietary intake for testing in both general and diverse populations.
June 1 LOI May 1
NIH Career Development Awards (K Awards)
http://grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides several Career Development Awards (K awards) that individuals with a research doctorate should consider. Most of these awards support individuals that have accepted or are ready for a faculty position.
PA-06-001: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
PA-00-020: Independent Scientist Award (K02)
PA-00-021: Senior Scientist Award (K05)
PA-00-070: Academic Career Award (K07)
PAR-02-069: Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research (K18)
PA-00-019: Career Transition Award (K22)
PA-06-087: Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
PAR-99-065: Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research Award (K26)
PAR-04-058: International Research Scientist Development Award (K01). Deadline: Feb. 16
June 1, Oct. 1.
Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-119.html
This PA solicits applications to develop research and methods to enhance the rate of membrane protein structure determination and to determine specific membrane protein structures. Innovative methods for expression, oligomerization, solubilization, stabilization, purification, characterization, crystallization, isotopic labeling, and structure determination of unique and biologically significant membrane proteins by x-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron microscopic, mass spectrometry, and other biophysical techniques are encouraged. Projects that will lead in the near term to determining the structures of biologically important membrane proteins are also encouraged.
June 1, Oct. 1
Italian Culture and Heritage Grants
http://www.niaf.org/grants/index.asp
The National Italian American Foundation’s (NIAF) is accepting applications for Culture and Heritage Grant Awards which are available to individuals or organizations pursuing projects to promote, research, educate or preserve Italian American culture, history or heritage. Examples include: documentaries, doctoral research, exhibits, conferences, books, media stereotyping/anti-defamation surveys, campaigns, etc., plays, and course syllabi. Grants range from $2,000 to $15,000.
June 2, 2006 and December 1, 2006
DARPA Integrated Learning
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOD/DARPA/CMO/BAA05-43/Grant.html
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) is soliciting proposals for a new program called Integrated Learning. This program will develop computer software, called an Integrated Learner, that learns plans or processes from human users by being shown one example.
July 2006
Genes and Genome Systems Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12780
The Genes and Genome Systems Cluster supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms, whether prokaryote, eukaryote, phage, or virus. Proposals on the structure, maintenance, expression, transfer, and stability of genetic information in DNA, RNA, and proteins and how those processes are regulated are appropriate. Areas of interest include genome organization, molecular and cellular evolution, replication, recombination, repair, and vertical and lateral transmission of heritable information. Of equal interest are the processes that mediate and regulate gene expression, such as chromatin structure, epigenetic phenomena, transcription, RNA processing, editing and degradation, and translation. The use of innovative in vivo and/or in vitro approaches, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, genomic, and/or computational methods, is encouraged, as is research at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering.
July 12
Leakey Foundation General Research Grants
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/grants/g2.jsp
The Leakey Foundation provides General Research Grants to support research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archeology, and human paleontology; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Advanced doctoral students are eligible. The stipend amount ranges from $3,000 to $13,500 for doctoral students. Larger grants of up to $22,000 are occasionally awarded, most often to postdoctoral students or senior scientists.
July 15
Bellagio Study and Conference Center
http://www.rockfound.org/AboutUs/SpecialPrograms/Bellagio
The Rockefeller Foundation is accepting applications for the use of the Bellagio Study and Conference Center. The Center is located in the small town of Bellagio, Italy situated on a hilly peninsula adjacent to Lake Como, two hours northeast of Milan. Two programs are offered —the individual residency program and the conference and team program—that encourage critical thinking and creative responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. The Foundation provides room and board without charge for all residents and conference/team participants. Personal expenses (phone and fax, for example) are the individual’s responsibility. Next deadline is August 1, 2006 for the following year's date range of August–mid-December 2007. Decisions will be made by January 20, 2007. See website FAQ or E-mail: bellagio_online@rockfound.org
August 1
Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/e9a0fe97bcd5b6208525708c00673ffd?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Energy Research Analyses. Additional information is available on the DOE web site: http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-01.html.
Through Sept. 1, 2006
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Senior Scientist Mentor Program
http://www.dreyfus.org/si.shtml
Faculty with emeritus status on or before July 1, 2005, and who maintain active research programs in the chemical sciences may apply for one of a limited number of awards that will allow undergraduates to do research under their guidance. Successful applicants, who are expected to be closely engaged in a mentoring relationship with the students, will receive grants of $10,000 annually for two years ($20,000 total) for undergraduate stipends and modest research support.
Oct. 5
