Funding Opportunities - January 2006
Current Funding Opportunities List
for University Research Council, January 11, 2006
To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: mikecronan@tamu.edu
During the transition to consolidate most federal funding opportunity notices to postings at the grants.gov SITE (http://www.grants.gov/), along with concurrent postings at specific funding agencies, some prior URLs may no longer be active. In the case of an inactive link, a simple Google or Yahoo search on the funding opportunity title or key words will usually provide the agency specific URL, or a search of Grants.gov will provide A CURRENT posting at that site.
The Texas Space Grant Consortium is currently soliciting proposals that are designed to enhance students understanding of the benefits of space exploration and space based research. The Texas Space Grant Consortium anticipates making 4 to 7 new awards in each category: 1) New Investigator Program, 2) K-12 Education; and 3) Higher Education. NOI Feb. 3; full March 3. Applications for the three programs are available as attached Word files from Walter E. Haisler, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Director of Graduate Programs (haisler@tamu.edu), or from Mike Cronan (mikecronan@tamu.edu). Other queries to Talia D. Jurgens, Program Coordinator. Texas Space Grant Consortium, 512-471-3583.
NIST 2006 Small Grant Program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that the following programs are soliciting applications for financial assistance for FY 2006: (1) the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (2) the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (3) the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Grants Program; (4) the Physics Laboratory Grants Program; (5) the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Grants Program; (6) the Building Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program; (7) the Fire Research Grants Program; and (8) the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grants Program.
January 2006
Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-05-011.html
The National Library of Medicine plans to issue a Request for Applications in a single competition for support of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral institutional training in biomedical informatics. This RFA will be released and published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts early in January of 2006. Funding decisions will be made by September or October of 2006 to enable funded sites to begin recruiting trainees for the 2007-2008 academic year. Grants will be awarded July 1, 2007 for the five year project period. It is anticipated that the next competition for NLM training sites will take place in 2011. Deadlines: Jan. 31, 2006 (letters of intent), Mar. 17, 2006 (application).
January upcoming Notice of Intent
Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R01, R21, R21/R33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-05-003.html
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) solicits grant applications to develop novel technologies that will substantially reduce the cost of genomic DNA sequencing. Current technologies are able to produce the sequence of a mammalian-sized genome of the desired data quality for $10 to $50 million; the goal of this initiative is to reduce costs by at least two orders of magnitude.
LOI Jan. 17; full Feb. 17
Fiscal Year 2006 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
ONR's 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 2000 for this FY06 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers.
Jan. 24
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Instrument Development
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04534/nsf04534.htm
The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure--instrumentation and facilities--that promotes basic research and education in areas traditionally supported by the Division.
Jan. 24
Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program with China
http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/grants/scrp.htm
The Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, invites applications to the Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program with the People’s Republic of China (SCEP). The program supports international exchanges that promote agricultural development and economic growth, and mitigate animal and plant health issues that impede trade. This unique program offers excellent opportunities for US teams of up to 5 members to initiate linkages with potential long-term collaborators at Chinese institutions throughout the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Under a special USDA Scientific Technological Exchange Agreement with the PRC, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture specifically tailors two-week visits to China to meet the scientific objectives of each team. US teams are responsible only for their international airfare to and from China. In 2006, the SCEP will accept proposals for food safety, animal and plant health, agricultural biotechnology and other emerging technologies, food and non-food product development, and sustainable plant and animal production, and natural resources management.
Jan. 25
Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories: Prototype Systems to Address Cross-Cutting Needs
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06505/nsf06505.pdf
Spatially extensive observing systems for environmental research, together with the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research on the dynamics of complex environmental systems, create the need for a sophisticated information infrastructure to support these observing systems and to facilitate the integrated use of data from them. There are a number of questions about how to best construct such a cyberinfrastructure.
Jan. 25
Innovative Energy Systems Challenge
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/3E21C5CB3CA26ACD852570A00054E1AC?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications for cost–shared research, development, and demonstration of Innovative Energy Systems that can be widely applied throughout the U.S. Chemical Industry.
Jan. 25
Association for Women in Science Graduate Student Fellowships
http://www.awis.org/careers/edfoundation.html
Female students enrolled in a behavioral, life, physical, or social science or engineering program leading to a Ph.D. degree may apply.
Jan. 26
Major Research Instrumentation Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05515/nsf05515.htm
The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation by organizations that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. Proposals may be for a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
Jan. 26
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05627
Support for the purchase of computing equipment and limited support for professional systems administrators or programmer personnel for research computing needs. 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
2006 Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program
http://www.anheuser-busch.com/
Anheuser-Busch ( http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ ) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ( http://www.nfwf.org/) are seeking applications from graduate and undergraduate students in the United States for the 2006 Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program.
This competitive scholarship program supports and promotes innovative research or study that seeks to respond to today's most pressing conservation issues.
Jan. 27
NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) [R25]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-080.html
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) invites applications for the Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA) program whose goals are to foster the development of novel programs to improve the understanding of the clinical trial process and NIH-funded health science advances by K-12 students, teachers and the general public.
Jan. 27
FY 06 DoD Infrastructure Support Program for HBCUs and Minority Institutions
http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8
Goals of the program include (a) enhancing programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD and (b) increasing the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in the fields of science, mathematics and/or engineering.
Jan. 27
The National Security Education Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
National Security Education Program David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students in engineering, science, humanities, and social sciences to pursue specialization in area and language study or to add an important international dimension to their education. Boren Fellowships support students pursuing the study of languages, cultures, and world regions which are critical to U.S. national security, but which are less frequently studied by U.S. graduate students, i.e., areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Jan. 29
Developing and Modeling Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLPLDED/BAA06%2DDE%2D04/Attachments.html
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Directed Energy Directorate (DE) located at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico is interested in receiving proposals for innovative basic physics techniques and approaches in four technical areas that can lead to improving the state-of-the-art in high power solid state bulk and fiber lasers and amplifiers.
Jan. 30
National Security Education Program: David L. Boren Graduate Fellowships
The fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to pursue studies of the languages and cultures of countries considered critical to U.S. national security, selecting from a listing of more than 85 countries and 45 languages. The program encompasses diverse fields of study, including business, political science, international affairs, science, engineering, health, law, economics, history, and other social sciences.
Jan. 30
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-- Research Fellowships Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-6724.pdf
The purpose of the Research Fellowships Program is to build research capacity by providing support to enable highly qualified individuals, including those who are individuals with disabilities, to conduct research about the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
Jan. 30
Whitaker Foundation International Fellowship Scholarship Program
http://whitakerawards.org/home.html
The goal of the program, which the grant will fund for 15 years, is to give biomedical engineers an international outlook. Whitaker Fellows will have a bachelor's or master's degree (but not a doctorate) in biomedical engineering or bioengineering when they begin their fellowship.
Jan. 30
DARPA Microbial Fuel Cells
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/eps/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA06-12/Attachments.html
US Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Sustained Littoral Presence (SLP) Program. The SLP program objectives are: (1) to develop sustainable, microbial fuel cells (bottom mounted and in the water column) to generate continuous, unattended power for greater than 10 years in both ocean and fresh water regions and (2) to develop unique mobile surveillance systems that utilize these novel microbial power plants and operate with a high degree of autonomy, stealth, and weather tolerance with minimum cost and manpower risk.
Jan. 31
Josephine de Karman Fellowships
http://www.dekarman.org/qualify.htm
Students in any discipline, entering their senior undergraduate year and graduate students entering their terminal year of a Ph.D. program are eligible. Special consideration given to applicants in the humanities and to those who have completed their qualifying examinations for the doctoral degree.
Jan. 31
February 2005
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
Feb. 1, Jun. 1, Oct. 1
2006 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program
http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/FGDC/2006NSDI.doc
The purpose of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) is to fund innovative projects in the geospatial data community to build the infrastructure necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geographic data.
Feb. 1
DARPA Stable Controllable High-Speed Underwater Transport Through Supercavitation
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20051129a2
US Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Underwater Express Program. The DARPA Advanced Technology Office (ATO) is soliciting proposals under this BAA for the Underwater Express Program to demonstrate stable and controllable high-speed underwater transport through supercavitation.
Feb. 1
NRC Research Associateship Programs-Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
The National Academies administers Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards through its Associateship Programs, part of the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The Research Associateship Programs are sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas.
Feb. 1
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program
http://fellowships.hq.nasa.gov/gsrp/nav/
The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) awards fellowships for graduate study leading to masters or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering related to NASA research and development.
Feb. 1
Science and Society
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05588/nsf05588.htm
S&S considers proposals that examine questions that arise in the interactions of engineering, science, technology, and society. There are four components: Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS); History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS); Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS); and Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
Feb. 1
Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05535/nsf05535.htm
The purposes of the Collaboration in Mathematical Geoscience activity are: (A) [Interdisciplinary Group Research Projects] to enable collaborative research at the intersection of mathematical sciences and geosciences, and to encourage cross-disciplinary education through (B) [Interdisciplinary Post-graduate Summer Training] summer graduate training activities and (C) [Interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research] opportunities for interdisciplinary post-doctoral research.
Feb. 1
Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-082.html
The ultimate goal of this program announcement is to encourage the development of empirical research on social work practice, concepts and theory as these relate to the NIH public health goal of improving health outcomes for persons with medical and behavioral disorders and conditions.
Feb. 1, June 1
Dissertation Grants/Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE06-002.htm
The purpose of this program is to encourage doctoral candidates from a wide spectrum of disciplines including: epidemiology, medicine, biostatistics, health economics, public health, law and criminal justice, and the behavioral and social sciences to perform research in order to prevent and control injuries more effectively.
Feb. 1
Drug Abuse as Cause/Correlate/Consequence of Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-068.html
The purpose of this Program Announcement is to encourage epidemiologic, prevention, treatment, and services research on criminal justice related health disparities among African Americans as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. Health disparities among African Americans are a major public health concern in the United States.
Feb. 1
Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-069.html
The purpose of this Program Announcement is to encourage drug abuse and mental health research to better understand the disparities in HIV/AIDS in minority populations, particularly among African Americans, who as a group, have experienced exceptionally high rates of new HIV infections and worse survival rates than other ethnic/racial groups in this country.
Feb. 1
Ransom Center Announces Application Process for Research Fellowships, UT-Austin
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/about/fellowships/
The application process has begun for 2006-2007 research fellowships sponsored by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. About 40 fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities. Priority is given to proposals that concentrate on the center's collections and that require substantial on-site use of them. Each year the fellowship program has a special topic. This year's topic is "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America," a theme that corresponds with the Ransom Center's fall 2006 exhibition on Norman Mailer and American culture from 1945 to 1980, and its spring 2007 exhibition on America in the 1920s.
Feb. 1
Collaborative Research Molecular and Genomic Studies of Basic Behavior in Animal Models
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-038.html
The purpose of the initiative is to facilitate collaborative research, involving behavioral scientists and investigators with expertise in molecular biology and/or genomics, which addresses questions about basic mechanisms of behavior in animal models.
Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 1
Social and Demographic Studies of Race and Ethnicity in the United States
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-057.html
NIH research grant applications on the Social and Demographic Studies of Race and Ethnicity in the US. Demographic and social aspects of race and ethnicity include issues related to understanding how the changing composition and conceptualization of race and ethnicity are affecting the US socially, economically, and demographically, including how increasing racial and ethnic diversity are affecting population health and health disparities; issues related to the development of racial and ethnic identity and to interactions between racial/ethnic identification and demographic, health, and other outcomes; and issues related to the measurement of race and ethnicity, including racial and ethnic self-identification.
Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 1
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-001.html
The goals of NIH-supported career development programs are to help ensure that diverse pools of highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs.
Feb. 1
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hispanic.html
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service requests applications for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program for fiscal year 2006 to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force.
Feb. 1
NIJ W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program (2006)
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000706.pdf
The W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program seeks to advance the field of knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. DuBois Fellows will be asked to focus on policy-relevant questions in a manner that truly reflects their saliency as an integral part of the American past, present, and, increasingly, its future. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts.
Feb. 1
Crime, Justice, and Culture in Societal Contexts
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOJ/HQ/OJP/DOJ-GRANTS-070705-001/Grant.html
The Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice is accepting applications to its W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program. The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts.
Feb. 1
NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-132.html
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program seeks to facilitate and promote, at research institutions with significant number of mentors with NIH or other extramural research support, the entry into biomedical or behavioral research fields of undergraduate and graduate students from groups underrepresented in these fields.
Feb. 1
Special Research Grants Program: Pest Management Alternatives Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pmap.html
The Special Research Grants Program - Pest Management Alternatives Research (PMAP) supports projects that develop and implement integrated pest management practices, tactics and systems for specific pest problems while reducing human and environmental risks.
Feb. 1
National Foundation Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/wtpchallenge.html
We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. These challenge grants are designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of the founding principles of the United States in their full historical and institutional context. Upper Amount: $1,000,000.
Feb. 1
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06507/nsf06507.htm
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; and Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to improve the quality and increase the production of information assurance and computer security professionals.
Feb. 2
Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hep_challenge.html
Enable colleges and universities to provide the quality of education necessary to produce baccalaureate or higher degree level graduates capable of strengthening the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce.
Feb. 2
Teaching American History Grant Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-6912.pdf
Grant awards assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional development.
Feb. 3
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05626/nsf05626.htm
Advances 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. 7
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05587/nsf05587.htm
ONLY be submitted for: Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities; Support Research Technicians; and Development of Cyberinfrastructure for Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics).
Feb. 8
2007 Chemical and Biological Defense Medical Science and Technology Extramural Program: Presolicitation Notice
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DTRA/DTRA01/HDTRA1%2D06%2DCMB%2DBAA/Attachments.html
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has published a presolicitation notice for the Department of Defense (DoD) Chemical and Biological Defense Medical Science and Technology (S&T) Extramural Program. The focus of the Broad Agency Announcement is the development of medical pretreatment and therapeutic countermeaures to chemical, biological, and radiological threats and associated medical diagnostics systems.
Feb. 10
NIH-NSF Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program: A Joint Program
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-TW-06-003.html
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have identified ecological sciences, including field biology and mathematical modeling as essential disciplines to understand and predict transmission of zoonotic and other infectious diseases that involve biotic or abiotic vectors, including diseases of humans, other terrestrial or aquatic animals, and plants.
Feb. 10
NMFS - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOC/NOAA/GMC/OAR-SG-2006-2000357/listing.html
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics (Population Dynamics Graduate Fellowship Program) is accepting applications from institutions of higher education on behalf of PhD students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status.
Feb. 10
NMFS-SG Fellowship in Marine Resource Economics
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOC/NOAA/GMC/OAR-SG-2006-2000358/Grant.html
Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources.
Feb. 10, 2006
AAUW Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars
http://www.aauw.org/fga/awards/raes.cfm
The AAUW Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars honors an untenured woman scholar who has a record of exceptional early professional accomplishments and demonstrates promise of future distinction. The award is open to women in all disciplines.
Feb. 10
Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again (T90)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-06-010.html
This RFA is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a trans-NIH partnership to accelerate neuroscience research. This funding opportunity will support integrated research education and research training programs that provide interdisciplinary training in basic neuroscience and the theoretical and technological approaches of computational neuroscience.
Feb. 13 LOI
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension-Integrated Pest Management
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ipm_integrated.html
The IPM Section 406 Program seeks to solve critical agricultural issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. The Program is designed to fund the development of new integrated pest management (IPM) approaches or the improvement of existing IPM systems.
Feb. 13
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOC/NOAA/GMC/NOS-MB-2006-000367/Attachments.html#upload4684
Provides support for independent graduate-level studies in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology, particularly by women and members of minority groups. A maximum of $64,000 may be provided to masters students (up to 2 years of support) and up to $128,000 may be provided to doctoral students (up to 4 years of support).
Feb. 13, 2006
Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again (T90)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-006.html
This RFA is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a trans-NIH partnership to accelerate neuroscience research. The funding opportunity will support programs that will enable the development of novel basic and clinical research training and education programs that provide integrated interdisciplinary training for undergraduates, predoctoral and/or postdoctoral trainees, or independent faculty-level investigators.
Feb. 14 LOI
Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2006
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678&org=NSF&from=fund
The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area fosters breakthroughs in understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to (1) anticipate the complex consequences of change; (2) understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; (3) understand the cognitive and social structures that create, define, and result from change; and (4) manage profound or rapid change, and make decisions in the face of changing risks and uncertainty. Accomplishing these goals requires multidisciplinary research teams and comprehensive, interdisciplinary approaches across the sciences, engineering, education, and humanities, as appropriate.
Feb. 14 & 21
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
HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
http://grants.hp.com/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html
The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants.
Feb. 15
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
2006 Pathogen And Toxin Concentration Systems For Water Monitoring
http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8
The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to solicit proposals for pathogen and toxin concentration systems. Proposals are being sought in basic and applied research in the following research areas: Pathogen/toxin systems technologies that capture, concentrate and recover trace quantities. Full and partial solutions will be considered and evaluated.
Feb. 15
USDA/CSREES Agricultural Genomics Program Cluster
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1112
Microbial Genome Sequencing (23.2), Microbial Observations (23.3), Animal Genome (43.0), Functional Genomics of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (45.0), Suborganismal Biology and Genomics of Arthropods and Nematodes (51.3), and Plant Genome (52.1). Deadline: Varies by program (February 15, 2006-June 15, 2006).
Feb. 15
Research Institute for the Study of Man Landes Awards for Supervised Field Training
For the 2005-2006 award year, priority will be given to proposals for supervised fieldwork that include student projects related to race and ethnic relations and/or issues in political economy. A full scholarly report (in the style of the discipline) by the grant recipient is due three months after the end of the award period. The RISM Landes Awards are for field research on subjects that were of interest to her as an anthropologist. These subjects include race or ethnic relations, gender issues, education in a comparative perspective, and problems of aging. The awards seek to encourage outstanding scholarship advancing interdisciplinary understanding of the topics specified above.
Feb. 15
Public Service Award
http://www.nationalgridus.com/commitment/d4-1_award.asp
The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award program is inviting applications from a graduating college senior to pursue public service anywhere in the world. Provides for an annual stipend of $10,000. Allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. Proposals may be developed for public service in this country or abroad. The proposal may encompass any activity that furthers the public good.
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
Developmental and Learning Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06511/nsf06511.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.
Feb. 17
National Student Design Competition, Sustainability Focus--People, Prosperity, and Planet
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_p3.html
The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students to research, develop, and design solutions to challenges to sustainability. P3 highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability – as the next step beyond P2 or pollution prevention. The P3 Award program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the natural systems of the planet, and providing a higher quality of life for its people.
Feb. 20
Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Environmental and Human Health Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_star_nano.html
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks applications proposing research for the Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Environmental and Human Health Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials. EPA and collaborators seek applications proposing research about the potential implications of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials on human health and the environment. Research areas can include the toxicology, fate, transport and transformation, bioavailability, exposures of human and other species in natural ecosystems to nanomaterials, and industrial ecology related to nanomaterials.
Feb. 22
Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint Research Solicitation- USDA, DOE
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/3656985C1F5E7E89852570C8006FB10A?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National Research Initiative (NRI) hereby announce their interest in receiving applications for genomics-based research that will lead to the improved use of biomass and plant feedstocks for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks.
Feb. 23
EPA Regional Geographic Initiative Funding
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7516
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit projects proposals that support community driven approaches to solving environmental problems within Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). The Regional Geographic Initiative (RGI) funds unique geographically-based projects that fill critical gaps in the Agency’s ability to protect human health and the environment by fostering and supporting community-driven approaches to long-term, sustainable solutions to environmental challenges.
Feb. 24
Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-042.html
The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. These AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. This program is targeted at institutions that have under $3 million in NIH funding annually.
Feb. 25
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
By Feb. 28
March 2006
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, 2006
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
April 2006 & Later
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 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
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
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
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.
May 1
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
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
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
