Funding Opportunities - January 2007
Texas A&M University
January 10, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-20370.pdf
The purpose of the McNair Program is to award grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study. $42 million to fund 180 awards.
Jan. 21
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-003.html
These mandates include the development of 1) methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; (2) advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; (3) methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; and (4) basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
LOI Jan. 21; full March 21
NIJ FY07 Social Science Research on Emerging Issues in Forensic Science
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11594&mode=
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ solicits research on a broad array of emerging social science research issues in forensic science including, but not limited to, DNA databases, wrongful convictions, and evaluations of new forensic technologies and management practices.
Jan. 23
CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06608
Successful CPATH projects will be systemic in nature, address a broad range of issues, and have significant potential to contribute to the transformation and revitalization of undergraduate computing education on a national scale.
Jan. 23
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11717&mode=VIEW
This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force.
Jan. 25
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260&org=NSF&from=fund
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums and non-profit research organizations.
Jan. 25
Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing: Climate Change Prediction Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/D0793A0892724C0B8525720D0042D18A?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants in the Climate Change Prediction Program (CCPP), which is a component of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Applications should describe research projects supporting the development and application of climate models for climate change projections on time scales of decades to centuries. Proposals should clearly describe how that research will contribute to a measurably improved ability to use high-end computing for climatic change projections.
Jan. 25
Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07502/nsf07502.htm
These grants are intended to support research projects of high quality that require access to advanced computing resources. Requests for routine upgrades of standard desk-environment workstations or laptop computers are not appropriate for this program. Awards are made to provide support for specific research projects rather than to provide general computing capacity. Proposers are encouraged to include projects involving symbolic and algebraic computations, numerical computations and simulations, and graphical representations (visualization) in aid of the research.
Jan. 26
2007 Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program
http://www.nfwf.org/programs/budscholarship/
Anheuser-Busch and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Foundation) are seeking applications for the 2007 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. The Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program seeks to support the next generation of leaders by providing scholarships to eligible graduate and undergraduate students who are poised to make a significant contribution to the field of conservation. Under the 2007 Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program, ten scholarships of up to $10,000 each will be awarded to cover students’ expenses for tuition, fees, books, room and board and other direct expenses related to their studies.
Jan. 27
Proposal Solicitation for Construction and Operation of an Alaska Region Research Vessel
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11347&mode=VIEW
To qualify for an award, an organization must be a U.S. based college, university, non-profit research institution, or association of colleges and universities that have a substantial in-house ocean science research and education programs and can demonstrate the ability to manage a large facility construction project and subsequently operate the facility effectively and economically. The vessel must be able to economically and efficiently carry out science mission operations, the majority of which will be conducted in the ocean and coastal environments of the Alaska region.
Jan. 29
2010 Project -- The Directorate for Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06612/nsf06612.htm
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes.
Jan. 29
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06609/nsf06609.htm
The Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic and applied research and evaluation that enhances science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and teaching. This solicitation calls for two types of proposals—synthesis and empirical.
Jan. 29
Environmental Genomics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06611/nsf06611.htm
Genomics-enabled methods are beginning to be used to increase our understanding of how organisms of all types—plants, animals, and microbes--interact with their environments. The Environmental Genomics Program is intended to enhance the development of fundamental knowledge and strengthen the capacity to apply these methods in research on organisms in their natural environments. Research foci should be appropriate to the themes of interest or purviews of the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Geosciences (GEO).
Jan. 29
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07512/nsf07512.htm
$57 million for 13 awards. The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks: * The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master's-level study, or for the final two years of Ph.D.-level study.
Jan. 29
FY 2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12115&mode=VIEW
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will accept applications for research involving the FY 2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System. Designed to be user-driven and provide sustained data and information in forms and at rates required by decision makers, the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) will efficiently link observations, data management, and modeling to provide required data and information on local to global scales, e.g., from the local scale of beaches and shellfish beds to the global scale of an El Ni[ntilde]o event. $15 million for 14 grants.
LOI due Jan. 31 and full April 17
American Sociological Association - Minority Fellowship Program
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Minority+Fellowship+
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nation’s mental health and drug abuse research agendas.
Jan. 31
Josephine De Karman Fellowship Trust - Graduate Fellowships
http://www.dekarman.org/PriorRecipients
The Josephine De Kármán Fellowship Trust was established in 1954 by the late Dr. Theodore von Kármán, world renowned aeronautics expert and teacher and first director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, in memory of his sister, Josephine, who passed away in 1951. The purpose of this Fellowship program is to recognize and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Professor von Kármán's high standards. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2007. Students in any discipline entering Senior Undergraduate year or a candidate for a PhD who will defend his/her dissertation by June, 2008. Post-doctoral students are not eligible for consideration. Applicants should have manifested exceptional ability and serious purpose. Special consideration will be given to applicants in the Humanities. A minimum of ten (10) fellowships, $16,000 for graduate students or $8,000 for undergraduate students.
Jan. 31
International Education Research Foundation Sepmeyer Research Grant Program
http://www.ierf.org/grants.asp
The mission of the International Education Research Foundation (IERF) is to conduct research and disseminate information on world educational systems and to facilitate the integration of individuals educated outside the United States into the U.S. educational environment and work force. The foundation accomplishes this by conducting and supporting comprehensive, quality research on world educational systems, sharing its research findings with the international community, and providing research-based credentials evaluations and related services. The purpose of the Sepmeyer Research Grant Program is to aid IERF in carrying out this mission. Therefore, IERF invites individuals and organizations to submit appropriate research project proposals for funding.
Feb. 1
NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship for Underrepresented STEM Graduate
http://216.15.33.202/jenkins/about/?page=main
The Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program provides full-time underrepresented graduate students in science, technology and education with financial support for their education in NASA-related disciplines. Students are selected for fellowships that include financial support and a 6-week, hands-on research experience at a NASA Center or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Fellowship tenure is three years for candidates seeking either a master's or Ph.D. degree in the NASA-related fields. The mission of the JPFP is to increase the number of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities participating in mathematics, science, engineering, technology disciplines. Up to 20 Fellows will be selected annually to receive support for graduate education in NASA-related disciplines. The program serves underrepresented students who are matriculating at any accredited U.S. university or college, and engaging in the science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) fields. With stipends, travel allowances and tuition offsets included, JPFP award packages currently start at $24,500 per year.
Feb. 1
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation - Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
Feb. 1
Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program: research in health services
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-016.html
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has established the Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program (M-RISP) to increase the capacity of academic institutions predominantly or substantially serving minority racial and ethnic minority populations and the faculty at these institutions to conduct health services research that has the capacity for being disseminated, implemented, and translated into practice and policy. The intent of the research infrastructure program is to strengthen the research environments of minority institutions through grant support to develop or expand existing capacities for conducting research in health services.
Feb. 1
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Mentoring Travel Grants for Women (NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grants)
http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) offers the Mentoring Travel Grants for Women to help junior women to develop a long-term working and mentoring relationship with a senior mathematician in research in any field that is funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF). This mentoring relationship should help the junior mathematician to establish her research program and eventually receive tenure. Each grant would fund travel, accommodations, and other required expenses for an untenured woman mathematician to travel to an institute or a department to do research with a specified individual for one month.
Feb. 1
Crime, justice, and culture in societal contexts
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Feb. 1
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-554.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to create educational opportunities to attract undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to careers in areas of biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK while fostering the career development of these students and fellows.
Feb. 1
NIJ FY06 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program 2007
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
National Institute of Justice is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts.
Feb. 1
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
http://www.orau.org/consortium/programs/powe/powe-awards.htm
The Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. In 2006, ORAU received 88 applications and awarded 25 grants. The research project must be in one of the following five disciplines: Engineering and Applied Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Sciences, Physical Sciences. Policy, Management, or Education.
Feb. 2
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -Fellowship in Population Dynamics
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9951&mode=VIEW
Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS and work with NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA's mission support goal of: Ecosystems - Protect, Restore, and Manage Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.
Feb. 2
Engineering Centers (GEN-3)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07521/nsf07521.htm
The goal of the Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program is to create a culture of innovation in engineering research and education that links scientific discovery to technological innovation through transformational engineered systems research in order to advance technology and produce engineering graduates who will be creative innovators in a global economy. These ERCs will be at the forefront as the U.S. competes in the 21st century global economy where R&D resources and engineering talent are internationally and domestically distributed. A diverse, cross-disciplinary team of faculty and students from the U.S. and abroad, who embrace and respect gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity, involve persons with disabilities, and mentor students from all backgrounds to succeed in engineering.
LOI Feb. 2; prelim May 3, and full Oct. 30
Strategic Technologies For Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=OCI&from=home
The primary purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) is to support work leading to the development and/or demonstration of innovative cyberinfrastructure services for science and engineering research and education that fill gaps left by more targeted funding opportunities. In addition, it will consider highly innovative cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and training proposals that lie outside the scope of targeted solicitations.
Feb. 8
Defense Sciences Research and Technology
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
New Materials, Materials Concepts, Materials Processing and Devices Advanced Mathematics: Application and development of advanced mathematics for applications of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: Technologies to render biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiation attacks against the U.S. military harmless
Applications of Biology to Defense Applications Novel Technologies to Improve the Human Consequences of Transformation.
Open to Feb. 9
AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award
http://www.aauw.org/fga/awards/fdss.cfm
The AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award honors a woman scholar at the pinnacle of her academic career for a lifetime of outstanding research, teaching, publications, and impact on women in her profession and in the community. The award is open to women in all disciplines.
Feb. 10
National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12103&mode=VIEW
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration requests applications in support of the National Ocean Sciences Competition for High School Students. The goal of this program is to expose high school students in the US and its territories to the excitement of ocean sciences and related fields as well as careers in those fields. Projects should be 5 years in duration, employ one or more of the strategies articulated in the NOAA Education Plan, involve partnerships among academic institutions, free-choice learning venues, NGOs and Federal entities, and have an evaluation that both monitors the quality of the experience for the participants (be they students, teachers, or volunteers) and the impact of the program on the participants. Although it is expected that the project's focal point will be a tiered academic competition with regional and national-level events, it should also provide additional learning experiences for student participants, their peers and their teachers, such as internships and field or research experiences.
Feb. 12
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11176&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
The EMT program seeks to advance the fundamental capabilities of computer and information sciences and engineering by capitalizing on advances and insights from areas such as biological systems, quantum phenomena, nanoscale science and engineering, and other novel computing concepts. To bring fundamental changes to software, hardware and architectural design aspects of future computing models, collaborations among computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists and other disciplinary scientists are imperative.
Feb. 14
Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1075
The purpose of the USDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants (BRAG) Program is to assist federal regulatory agencies in making science-based decisions about the effects of introducing genetically modified organisms into the environment. Investigations of effects on both managed and natural environments are relevant. Applications to the USDA BRAG Program must seek partial funding for a conference or address one of the following areas: 1) Identify and develop practices to minimize risks associated with genetically engineered organisms; 2) Research methods to monitor the dispersal of genetically engineered organisms; 3) Research to increase knowledge about the characteristics, rates, and methods of gene transfer that may occur between genetically engineered organisms, and related organisms; 4) Perform assessments to provide analysis which compares impacts of organisms modified through genetic engineering to other types of production systems; 5) Other areas of research designed to further the purposes of the USDA BRAG program.
Feb. 15
Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History
http://www.historians.org/prizes/SchmittGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants. Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History. The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grants for Research in European, African, or Asian History to support research in the history of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used, for example, for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, for photographs, or for photocopying. Upper Amount: $1,000.
Feb. 15
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants
http://www.historians.org/prizes/KrausGrantInfo.htm
American Historical Association (AHA); Research Grants. Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History. The American Historical Association (AHA) offers the Michael Kraus Research Grant in American Colonial History to recognize the most deserving proposal relating to work in progress on a research project in American colonial history, with particular reference to the intercultural aspects of American and European relations. The grants are intended to further research in progress and may be used, for example, for travel to a library or archive, for microfilms, for photographs, or for photocopying. Upper Amount: $800. Deadline: February 15, 2007.
Feb. 15
Women of Color Caucus-Scott Powell Memorial Student Essay Award
http://www.nwsa.org/communities/WOC/essay.php
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). Women of Color Caucus-Scott Powell Memorial Student Essay Award - Category Two. The NWSA Women of Color Caucus and Catherine Powell are pleased to offer a writing award that is open to students of any race, ethnicity or gender who meet both general and category-specific eligibility and submission requirements. The scholarly essays must provide critical theoretical discussions or analyses of issues or experiences of women and girls of African, Latina, Latino, Asian, Asian-American, Pacific-Islander, Native American, American Indian, Alaskan Native descent.
Feb. 15
American Society of Naval Engineers: ASNE Scholarship Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3074
The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) sponsors a scholarship program to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering. The program also provides support to naval engineers seeking advanced education in the field. The programs of study which apply to the diverse field of naval engineering are naval architecture, marine, mechanical, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical, and electronic engineering, and the physical sciences.
Feb. 15
High Energy Laser Multidisciplinary Research Initiative
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12056&mode=VIEW
The Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, has announced the Fiscal Year 2007 competition for the High Energy Laser Multidisciplinary Research Initiative (HEL MRI) . The HEL MRI is sponsored by the HEL-JTO and the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (DUSD (S&T)) to enhance the capabilities of the US institutions of higher education to perform basic science and engineering research and related education in lasers, optics, and other areas critical to national defense applications of HELs.
The JTO FY07 HEL MRI BAA solicits proposals from US universities to conduct basic research in five thrust areas of High Energy Laser (HEL) technologies: Solid State Laser (SSL), Free Electron Laser (FEL), Gas Laser (GL), Advanced Laser (AL), and Beam Control (BC). These MRIs programs are up to five years duration (3 years basic contract, plus 2 options).
Feb. 16
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-270.html
The National Institutes of Health requests applications for research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine. This funding opportunity (FOA) is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine. (Nanoscience and nanotechnology refer to research and development on the understanding and control of matter at a length scale of approximately 1 - 100 nanometers, where novel properties and functions occur because of the size.) This FOA, issued as an initiative of the trans-NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON), is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research approaches that have the potential to make valuable contributions to biology and medicine. This FOA, PAR-07-033, will utilize the R01 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PAR-07-034, that solicits applications under the R21 mechanism.
Feb. 20
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)(R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html
The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate to “increase the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research.” To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program provides, at research institutions, institutional grants for students from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research with well integrated developmental activities that will increase their preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree.
Feb. 21
EPA Sources and Atmospheric Formation of Organic Particulate Matter
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_organic_pm.html
Seeks applications proposing to understand the sources and formation processes that produce organic compounds in atmospheric fine particulate matter. One of the major air pollutants of concern, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), represents a broad class of chemically and physically diverse substances. PM2.5 can be described by size, formation mechanism, origin, and chemical composition. In many locations, a significant portion of PM2.5 is composed of organic compounds. Despite progress in the past few years, the understanding of the sources and processes that produce organic PM2.5 is incomplete. Research funded as a result of this solicitation will enable accurate modeling of atmospheric concentrations of organic PM2.5.
Feb. 27
Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin, Fellowships & Publication Grants
http://www.cotton-foundation.org/fellowshipawards.html
(1) Awards in Mediterranean Studies. Fellowship Awards. The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for Fellowship Awards for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations. (2) Cotton Foundation, Dr. M. Aylwin; Awards in Mediterranean Studies. Publication Grants. The Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation invites applications for Publication Grants for studies in the archaeology, architecture, history, language, and art of the Mediterranean. In this context the word "Mediterranean" is used without geographical limitations. Publication Grants are available towards the cost of publication of academic research already completed or imminently available for publication.
Feb. 28
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07529/nsf07529.htm
The Robert Noyce Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.
LOI due Feb. 28 and full March 29
Doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, energy
In honor of the late Joseph L. Fisher, president of Resources for the Future (RFF) from 1959-1974, RFF will award fellowships for the coming academic year in support of doctoral dissertation research on issues related to the environment, natural resources, or energy. RFF’s primary research disciplines are economics and other social sciences. Proposals originating in these fields will have the greatest likelihood of success.
Feb. 28
NSF Biotechnology
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11324
Research projects supported through the BTEC program include, but are not limited to, fermentation technology, enzyme technology, recombinant DNA technology, cell culture technology, ex vivo and therapeutic stem cell culture technology, metabolic pathway engineering, biosensor development, bioreactor design and bioprocess optimization, bioseparation and purification processes, bioprocess optimization and integration, monitoring and control of bioprocesses, food processing with special focus on the safety of the nation's food supply, tissue engineering, information technology relevant to biotechnology including bioinformatics, nanobiotechnology and biomimetics, and quantitative systems biotechnology
Feb. 28
Energy for Sustainability
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11349&mode=VIEW
The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable. Most world energy needs are currently met through the combustion of fossil fuels. With projected increases in global energy needs, more sustainable methods for energy production will need to be developed, and production of greenhouse gases will need to be reduced.
Sources of sustainable energy include sunlight, wind, and biomass. Hydrogen and alcohols are potential energy carriers that can be derived from renewable sources. Research to produce and store hydrogen for use in direct combustion or in fuel cells is supported by the program. Potential sources of hydrogen include conversion from biomass and from electrolysis, photolysis or thermolysis of water.
Feb. 28
Rockefeller Foundation - Bellagio Study and Conference Center
http://www.rockfound.org/bellagio/bellagio.shtml
The Bellagio Study and Conference Center in northern Italy offers Individual, Collaborative, and Parallel Residencies for scholars and artists. The center offers one-month stays for 15 residents at a time. Individuals in any discipline or field and coming from any country who expect their work to result in publication, exhibition, performance, or other concrete product are welcome to apply for a period of work uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands.
March 1
Explosives and Related Threats: Frontiers in Prediction and Detection
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07528/nsf07528.htm
In FY 2007, NSF will invest in leading edge, frontier research on sensors and other areas, including social and behavioral sciences, that are potentially relevant to the prediction and detection of explosives and related threats. This is an NSF-wide effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, which seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for sensors and sensor networks, and in the use of sensor data in control and decision making, particularly in relation to the prediction and detection of explosives and related threats. This research is seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective homeland security measures, and to protect civilians and our military forces throughout the world. Proposals outside of the scope described in this solicitation will be returned without review. Research on prediction and detection of biological, toxic chemical, and nuclear weapons is excluded from the scope of this solicitation.
March 1
Raney Fund Award
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) solicits applications for grants to be awarded from the Edward C. and Charlotte F. Raney Fund for Ichthyology. Raney Fund Awards provide support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology. Awards will be given on the basis of both merit and need.
March 1
Assembling the Tree of Life
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07535/nsf07535.htm
The National Science Foundation 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 16
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-105.html
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others.
March 21
Gloeckner Foundation, Fred C. Research Grant
http://www.gloecknerfoundation.org/fundingp.htm
The Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation provides a source of financial aid for research and educational projects in floriculture and in the supporting and allied fields, such as - agricultural economics, - agricultural engineering, - entomology, - plant breeding, - plant pathology, and - plant physiology related to floriculture.
April 1
Knauss 2008
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9981&mode=VIEW
Selected applications from the sponsoring Sea Grant program are to be received in the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) on April 5, 2007 through http://www.grants.gov. Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on April 5, 2007, is in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a United States-accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply.
April 5
Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of research on alternative bioenergy
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12057&mode=VIEW
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 research in the area of Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications (ELSI) of research on alternative bioenergy technologies, synthetic genomics, or nanotechnologies. The aims of this Notice are to support explorations of the potential societal implications arising from scientific research in areas of systems microbiology pertaining to the DOE mission of bioenergy, and, in addition, issues arising from synthetic genomics applied to bioenergy, and research on nanomaterials and nanotechnologies relevant to bioenergy.
April 19
Interdisciplinary Approach To Examining the Links Between Social Stressors, Biodiversity, and Human Health.
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_biodiversity_health.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing to use interdisciplinary approaches to study the relationship between anthropogenic stressors (within ecosystems), changes in host and/or vector biodiversity, and infectious disease transmission. Research will focus on understanding the environmental and social factors that contribute to biodiversity change, the population dynamics of animal reservoirs and vectors of disease, biological mechanisms that influence disease transmission to humans, and the processes by which infectious diseases emerge and spread. Research on the links between anthropogenic stressors, biodiversity and infectious disease can have an important impact on our view of biodiversity, the services provided by natural ecosystems, and how we manage these resources to protect human health and the environment.
April 19
Best Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the field of race, ethnicity
http://www.apsanet.org/section_341.cfm
American Political Science Association (APSA); Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section. Best Dissertation Award. The Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) will present the Best Dissertation Award for the best dissertation completed in the field of race, ethnicity, and politics in the period January 2005 to December 2006. The dissertation must - make an important theoretical contribution to the understanding of historical or contemporary processes of racial and ethnic formation; - address critical substantive issues through which racial and ethnic politics are played out; generate discourse for innovative frameworks (and analyses) for the study of race, ethnicity, and politics; - be well-written; and - be analytically rigorous (primary source data, case material, extant analyses, new or underutilized methodology).
April 25
Advanced Technological Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07530/nsf07530.htm
With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. The ATE program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year institutions; and other activities. A secondary goal is articulation between two-year and four-year programs for K-12 prospective teachers that focus on technological education. The program also invites proposals focusing on applied research relating to technician education. Preliminary proposals are optional, but strongly recommended, especially for institutions or departments that have not previously submitted to the ATE program.
April 26
Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Awards&name=Call+for+Section+Award+Nominations
American Sociological Association (ASA); Section Awards; Section on Environment and Technology. Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism. The American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Environment and Technology gives the Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism to a doctoral student or young investigator whose paper or article that addresses technology and human affairs, social action and social change, conflicts over values, or work that proposes innovative solutions to emerging social issues associated with technology. The honored work should address the concerns of ordinary people, rather than reflecting organizational or institutional agendas.
May 1
United Engineering Foundation Grants
http://www.uefoundation.org/grants.html
The United Engineering Foundation (UEF) advances the engineering arts and sciences for the welfare of humanity. It supports engineering and education by, among other means, making grants. Grants should be consistent with advancing engineering. The UEF Board of Trustees evaluates and judges proposals in view of the UEF mission, the perceived ability of the proposal and proposer(s) to further that mission, and the available funding.
June 1
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Colleges and Universities
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11679&mode=VIEW
Humanities Initiatives for Faculty are intended to strengthen and enrich humanities education and scholarship at Hispanic-serving institutions. These grants may be used to enhance the humanities content of existing programs, develop new programs, or lay the foundation for more extensive endeavors in the future. Each project must be organized around a core topic or set of themes.
June 15
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for Young Investigators
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9535
The objective of the Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (ITMANET) program is to generate and exploit superior theoretical insights concerning the design, deployment, and operation of a new generation of wireless mobile networks. To achieve this objective, a central challenge problem has been devised: to close a longstanding open problem concerning the capacity limits of Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs).
Open to May 7, 2007
BAA for the Mitigation and Prevention of Corrosion in Army Material (DoD)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9249
The Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army TACOM-Picatinny, Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, is soliciting applications via a Broad Agency Announcement for Research, Development, and Engineering Command-Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC), Army Corrosion Office, for programs in new materials, coatings technologies and corrosion detection for mitigation and prevention of corrosion.
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