March 2008
Office of Proposal Development
Texas A&M University
March 1, 2008 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Multiscale Mathematics for Complex Systems
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/33BEA2553BD58742852573F40070F1DA?OpenDocument
The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for research addressing multiscale mathematics and optimization for complex natural and engineered systems. Awards for this solicitation will be made in two categories: 1) Multiscale Mathematics for Complex Systems, and 2) Optimization of Complex Systems. Areas of focus within these categories include the development of: " Mathematical tools needed for the modeling, analysis, and simulation of multiscale phenomena, including those associated with complex multiphysics systems or hybrid discrete-continuum models. " Techniques for formulating, analyzing and solving challenging optimization problems arising in complex natural and engineered systems. Additional areas of interest in both categories include sensitivity analysis, risk analysis, and the quantification and mitigation of uncertainty.
LOI due March 3 and full April 28
Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship for Research on Invertebrates at a Field Station
This scholarship, in memory of Libbie H. Hyman, one of America's foremost invertebrate zoologists, provides assistance to students to take courses OR to carry on research on INVERTEBRATES at a marine, freshwater, or terrestrial field station. The amount of the 2007 award was $1000.
March 7
Intelligence Community 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program, Academic
This Broad Agency Announcement by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces the Fiscal Year 2008 competition for the Intelligence Community 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program. Funded primarily by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of the Chief Scientist, the Program was created in response to the Intelligence Community (IC) requirement to address long-term IC research and technology needs. The Program awards multi-year postdoctoral research fellowship grants to address these needs. The mission of the IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program is to establish long-term relationships and mentoring of postdoctoral researchers and to provide research institutions with an understanding of the Intelligence Community’s research requirements.
March 7
American Chemical Society - Division of Medicinal Chemistry - Predoctoral Fellowships
The ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry announces the continuation of its Predoctoral Fellowship program. Nine $24,000 fellowships will be awarded in 2008. The awards are for predoctoral students in their third or fourth year of graduate study (second or third year of graduate study at the time of application) engaged in medicinal chemistry research in a Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Chemistry department listed in the current ACS Directory of Graduate Research.
March 7
David Library of the American Revolution Research Fellowships
The David Library of the American Revolution offers short-term Library Resident Research Fellowships for conducting research in its collections. The Library’s rich resources in microfilm and print on virtually every aspect of the era of the American Revolution (1750-1800) are fully listed at this web site. The stipend is $1600 per month (plus housing), and the term of the Fellowship is a minimum of one month and a maximum of three. Both doctoral and post-doctoral applicants are welcome; doctoral candidates must have passed their general examinations before beginning their fellowships.
March 7
Basic Research/Modeling to Support Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/21D2E680BB53A056852573EF006B1A32?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 grant applications for basic research and modeling to support integrated assessment of climate change impacts and adaptations under the Integrated Assessment Research Program (IARP). The IARP, located within the Climate Change Research Division (CCRD) of BER, supports the U.S. Climate Change Science Program in efforts to understand, model, and assess the complex interaction of the integrated human-natural system on climate forcing as well as the impacts to the human- natural system from climate change. Past work of the IARP has emphasized understanding and predicting anthropogenic drivers of climate change.
Future work seeks to improve our scientific understanding of the impacts to human and natural systems from climate change and the potential capacity to adapt to such change. Applications are requested that advance the fundamental methodologies for analysis of climate change impacts and adaptations, including innovative models and approaches. Grant applications that approach these elements in the context of a critically important area for DOE - potential climate change impacts on energy systems and their capacity to adapt - are especially encouraged.
pre-app March 10, and full April 14
NSBRI Center of Acute Radiation Research for Ground-Based Studies
http://www.nsbri.org/Announcements/rfa08-02.html
This NSBRI Request for Applications (RFA) solicits proposals for an NSBRI Center of Acute Radiation Research (CARR) as part of the NSBRI Radiation Effects Team. A CARR consists of a team of investigators who have complementary skills and who work together to solve a closely focused set of research questions. The home laboratories of CARR team members may be geographically contiguous or dispersed, as long as the CARR team members have a mechanism for working together.
NOI March 10
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Opportunities in the Workforce System
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-473.pdf
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announces the availability of approximately $10 million in grant funds for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Opportunities in the Workforce System Initiative (STEM Initiative). These grants will be awarded through a two-phased competitive process to primarily expand and align current and new STEM workforce education and training strategies, activities, and resources in One Stop Career Centers to promote, attract, and prepare disadvantaged youth and dislocated workers for STEM careers, while simultaneously enhancing the competitive position of local and regional employers.
Prelim March 11; final by invitation
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Opportunities in Workforce Initiative
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-473.pdf
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announces the availability of approximately $10 million in grant funds for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Opportunities in the Workforce System Initiative (STEM Initiative). These grants will be awarded through a two-phased competitive process to primarily expand and align current and new STEM workforce education and training strategies, activities, and resources in One Stop Career Centers to promote, attract, and prepare disadvantaged youth and dislocated workers for STEM careers, while simultaneously enhancing the competitive position of local and regional employers.
March 11 Prelim
21st Century Research Awards
http://www.jsmf.org/apply/research/index.htm
A maximum of $450,000 total costs can be requested and the funds can be expended over a minimum of 3 years or a maximum of 6 years. The James S. McDonnell Foundation accepts applications for 21st Century Research Awards. 21st Century Research Awards are designed to support research projects with a high probability of generating new knowledge and insights. Projects submitted for funding consideration should be at an early, even preliminary stage of development that intend to break new ground or to challenge commonly-held assumptions. Projects submitted should be sufficiently novel, cross-disciplinary, or heterodox so that they have a strong likelihood of influencing the development of new ways of thinking about important problems. It is anticipated that research funded in this program will address issues in fields such as biology, biodiversity, climate, demography, epidemiology, technological change, economic development,
March 12
William T. Grant Foundation - 2008 RFP for the Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/
The William T. Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation have jointly issued the 2008 Request for Proposals for the Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality. The RFP is a grants competition to support research on the development and improvement of the measurement of indicators of classroom quality in grades K through 12. Quality is defined as those features and processes of classrooms that are likely to cause improvements in important youth outcomes such as academic achievement and engagement or reducing disruptive and antisocial behavior. This collaboration was borne of the need to measure classroom features and processes in ways that support demonstrably valid inferences about classroom quality.
LOI due March 14 and full June 13
Department of Defense - Sensor Technology Assessment and Evaluation Research Methodologies (STEM) Program
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLWRS/PKD-08-0003/SynopsisP.html
The Air Force Research Laboratory, RF Assessments Branch, (AFRL/RYRA ) solicits research proposals for the Sensor Technology Assessment and Evaluation Research Methodologies (STEM) Program. Interested offerors may view and/or download the full BAA solicitation, BAA NUMBER PKD-08-0003, by accessing the FedBizOpps homepage at http://www.fbo.gov/ . The Sensor Technology Assessment and Evaluation Research Methodologies (STEM) program will develop/evolve research methodologies for rapid assessments/evaluations (qualitative and quantitative) of layered sensing advanced sensors and EW technologies/systems through IDAL synthetic battlespace simulation. The program will conduct applications assessment/evaluation research through man/hardware-in-the-loop simulation to develop/evolve layered sensing advanced sensor/EW technology, concepts and systems.
March 14
Assembling the Tree of Life
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08515/nsf08515.htm
A flood of new information, from whole-genome sequences to detailed structural information to inventories of earth's biota to greater appreciation of the importance of lateral gene transfer, is transforming 21st century biology. Along with comparative data on morphology, fossils, development, behavior, and interactions of all forms of life on earth, these new data streams make even more critical the need for an organizing framework for information retrieval, analysis, and prediction. Phylogeny, the genealogical map for all lineages of life on earth, provides an overall framework to facilitate information retrieval and biological prediction. Currently, single investigators or small teams of researchers are studying the evolutionary pathways of heredity usually concentrating on taxonomic groups of modest size.
March 14
American Geological Institute - Minority Participation Geoscience Student Scholarships
The American Geological Institute accepts applications for Minority Participation Program Geoscience Student Scholarships. The goal for this program is to develop the professional corps of underrepresented ethnic-minority students in the geosciences. Recipients of AGI Geoscience Student Scholarships are provided with small financial awards and matched with a mentor from the geoscience community to foster whole professional development of the awardee.
March 14
Department of State - Research Position for Doctoral Candidates (Democratic Studies)
http://www.kettering.org/fellowships/index.aspx
The Kettering Foundation offers one-year fellowships to doctoral candidates with research interests in democratic theory and practice. Fellows participate in workshops and meetings. They also engage in research projects, writing reports and reviewing literature related to the foundation's program areas.
March 15
Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards several Research Travel Grants
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/hpgrants.asp
Two grant programs are available to support research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. These holdings focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s.
March 15 and Sept. 15
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program -- Undergraduate and Graduate Students
http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) program has been providing undergraduate and graduate students with valuable educational experiences for more than 80 years. By encouraging close working relationships between students and faculty, the program promotes scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on learning. The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $5,000 for astronomy research and $2,500 for vision related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research.
March 15 and October 15
National Council Eurasian East European Research - 2007 Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/ed_hewett_fellowship.htm
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) offers the Ed A Hewett Policy Research Fellowships, designed to support the field research of recent graduates. The fellowships are meant to support research that is relevant to United States policy towards the former Soviet Union or Central or Eastern Europe. The stipend will be up to $40,000.
March 15
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Regional Partnership Projects
http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/pdf/gom-alliance-regional-partnership-projects-funding-announcement.pdf
Funding Opportunity Description: An estimated amount of up to $3,000,000 for between approximately ten to fifty cooperative agreements may be awarded under this announcement to eligible applicants for projects that improve the health of the Gulf of Mexico by addressing improved water quality and public health, priority coastal habitat protection/recovery, more effective coastal environmental education, improved habitat identification/characterization data and decision support systems, and strategic nutrient reductions. Projects must actively involve stakeholders and focus on support and implementation of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Governors' Action Plan for Healthy and Resilient Coasts.
March 16
Request for Grant Proposals: Summer Institute for European Student
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-2268.htm
The Office of Academic Exchange Programs, European and Eurasian Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EUR) announces an open competition for a five-week Summer Institute for European Student Leaders. Accredited, post-secondary educational institutions in the United States may submit proposals to administer the program. The Summer Institute for European Student Leaders will offer a group of twenty young Europeans from a broad range of ethnic, religious and socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to learn about the United States and build leadership skills during a five-week program on an American campus. The Fulbright Commissions in Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom will recruit participants who are first- or second-year undergraduate students or recent high school graduates who will enter university in fall 2008. The goals of the Institute are to promote study and learning
about the United States, leadership development, and civic engagement through academic coursework and participatory activities that will serve the participants in their academic and professional careers and to promote mutual understanding between the United States and their
home countries.
March 17
FY 2008 Request for Proposals for the Pollution Prevention Information Network Grants
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/p2home/pubs/grants/ppin/ppin08.htm
The goal of the Pollution Prevention Information Network (PPIN) grants program is to assist businesses and industries in identifying better environmental strategies and solutions for reducing or eliminating waste. Funds awarded through this grant program support regional work with businesses to reduce the release of potentially harmful pollutants across all environmental media: air, water, and land. Pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance programs have demonstrated that source reduction can be a cost-effective way of meeting or exceeding Federal and State regulatory requirements.
March 17
Hydrate Detection and Characterization via Remote Sensing Tools
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/B9DB60C416376FC1852573E00056BBC7?OpenDocument
Applications are sought for research on improved remote sensing methods for predicting, detecting, and /or appraising hydrate distribution in the natural environment and the nature of associated sediments and structures. Particularly, advanced geophysical methods such as deep sea electromagnetics (EM) that can be applied to broad regions are desired. DOE emphasis will be on those efforts that include direct calibration of geophysical interpretations through reference to data collected in situ.
March 17
Hydrate Production Systems Research
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/FC37464F4CD0377C852573E000563FF4?OpenDocument
DOE desires to add new production system related projects to the program’s portfolio. Applications are sought to develop, modify, and evaluate, cost-effective tools, technologies and approaches for producing methane from high saturation subsurface gas hydrate accumulations within sandstone reservoirs. This research will be designed to develop technologies/systems that will lead to technically viable production methods and/or provide information on the production rates obtainable from gas hydrate deposits and the most effective suites of drilling, completion, and stimulation methods (including injection of CO2) to optimize production viability for given geologic settings. Research proposed in this area may be supported by modeling and numerical simulation but stand alone Applications based solely on modeling and/or numerical simulation will not be considered. The primary focus is to be the physical development and testing of production technologies and methodologies.
March 17
National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/
Since 1983, National Council for the Social Studies has annually honored the outstanding performance of teachers and encouraged unique and innovative social studies education projects through its award programs. NCSS, which defines social studies as "the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies at all levels and in all settings.
March 17
Research Education Grants for Statistical Training in the Genetics of Addiction (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-081.html
This FOA invites applications focused on research education for the development and testing of new statistical models to address genetics-based research problems in addiction. Applicants are expected to propose a well-integrated research education and training program in statistical models or computational methods in genetics for undergraduate, graduate, and/or postdoctoral level students. Since this is a novel program, participants may be supported for as long as five years, however shorter durations of funding of some individual participants are encouraged. Achieving the capacity of the institution to address the identified research area(s) is an additional goal of this award. During this award, institutions will be expected to implement strategies for enhancing research infrastructure and capacity building at their institution and in collaborative activities.
March 18
Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Digital_Partnership.html
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) invite proposals for innovative, collaborative humanities projects using the latest digital technologies for the benefit of the American public, humanities scholarship, and the nation's cultural institutions.
March 18
Informal Science Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08547/nsf08547.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
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 knowledge and practice of informal science education. Projects may target either public audiences or professionals whose work directly affects informal STEM learning. ISE projects are expected to demonstrate strategic impact, innovation, and collaboration.Prelim March 20 full Sept. 18
Department of Energy
Area of Interest 1 - MEMBRANES
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/016ABDD80E7CC5DE852573EE0074AEB7?OpenDocument
Membrane-based capture uses permeable or semi-permeable materials that allow for the selective transport/separation of CO2 from flue gas. Key technical challenges to the use of membranes to capture CO2 from coal-fired power plant flue gas include: (1) large flue gas volume; (2) relatively low CO2 concentration (less than 15% by volume); (3) low flue gas pressure (i.e., driving force); (4) flue gas contaminants (e.g., SO2, trace elements, uncollected flyash); and (5) the need for high membrane surface area.
Area of Interest 2 - SOLVENTS
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/77EDB5604FDF08E4852573EE00754448?OpenDocument
Solvent-based systems, typically using amines, are in commercial use in scrubbing CO2 from industrial flue gases and process gases. However, they have not been applied to removing large volumes of CO2 as would be encountered in a PC-fired utility boiler flue gas. Key technical challenges to solvent based systems for capturing CO2 from coal-fired power plants include: (1) large flue gas volume; (2) relatively low CO2 concentration; (3) flue gas contaminants; and (4) high parasitic power demand for solvent recovery.
Area of Interest 3 - SOLID SORBENTS
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/75006A0ADA295749852573EE0075AD0A?OpenDocument
Solid particles can be used to capture CO2 from flue gas through chemical absorption, physical adsorption, or a combination of the two effects. Possible configurations for contacting the flue gas with the solid particles include fixed, moving, and fluidized beds. Key technical challenges to sorbent based systems for capturing CO2 from coal-fired power plants include: (1) large flue gas volume; (2) relatively low CO2 concentration; (3) flue gas contaminants; and (4) high parasitic power demand for sorbent recovery.
Area of Interest 4 - OXY-COMBUSTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/7CF50422CAFFD9C2852573EE00761726?OpenDocument
While the key technical components of oxy-combustion systems are commercially available, an integrated commercially operated oxy-combustion power plant has yet to be demonstrated. To support the development of this technology several technical hurdles exist. Research is required to optimize oxy-combustion burners so that flue gas recirculation is minimized and boiler efficiency is maximized. Corrosion characteristics of existing boiler materials under conditions created due to flue gas recycle need to be determined.
Area of Interest 5 - FLUE GAS PURIFICATION
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/A0FAD008B9106050852573EE00768006?OpenDocument
Oxy-combustion systems produce a flue gas that has a high CO2 concentration but may also includes water, excess O2, N2, SOx, NOx, Hg, and other contaminants. Depending on transportation and sequestration requirements, the levels of these compounds present in the flue gas may need to be reduced to acceptable levels.
Area of Interest 6 - OXY-COMBUSTION BOILER DEVELOPMENT
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/13C0990C42D0BA46852573EE0076D30B?OpenDocument
The characteristics of oxy-combustion as compared to air fired combustion have not yet been fully developed. Applications addressing laboratory and bench scale research into oxy-combustion boiler characteristics and innovative oxy-burner design are of interest. Oxy-combustion flame characteristics, burner and coal feed design, and analyses of the interaction of oxy-combustion products with boiler materials are all areas of research sought for coal based combustion systems.
Area of Interest 7 - CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/CF0970AB9DA99498852573EE00772392?OpenDocument
Chemical looping involves the use of a solid O2 carrier particle in the combustion of fuels. The O2 carrier particle is oxidized in one reactor and is used to combust the fuel in another reactor. This funding opportunity announcement is interested in developing systems and O2 carriers for use in chemical looping combustion of coal. Key issues for chemical looping combustion of coal include solids handling along with O2 carrier capacity, reactivity, and chemical and/or physical attrition resistance.
March 20
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08522/nsf08522.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.
March 20
Human Frontier Science Program
http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php
The aim of the HFSP is to support basic research focused on complex mechanisms of living organisms; fields supported range from molecular and cellular approaches to biological functions to systems and cognitive neuroscience. Research Grants are now designed to bring together scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, bioinformatics, nanoscience, engineering and biology to open up new approaches to understanding complex biological systems. Fellowship Programs are aimed specifically to support young scientists who wish to change their field of research either within the life sciences or across major disciplines
March 21
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Education Grant Program; Fiscal Year 2008
Funding Opportunity Description: The primary purpose of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Education Grant Program is to support the educational infrastructure necessary for the nation to safely move forward with its nuclear energy initiatives. The program promotes and strengthens teaching programs in nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear environmental protection, and other fields that the Commission determines to be critical to the NRC’s regulatory mission at higher education institutions, by enhancing curricula and increasing faculty teaching competencies. NRC anticipates as much as $4.7 million may be available through this announcement
March 21
Environmental Economics Workshops
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/Webpages/GrantSolicitations.html
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) is soliciting Proposals for Federal assistance in sponsoring “Environmental Economics Workshops.” NCEE is interested in supporting Environmental and Resource Economics workshops in each of the following categories: (1) Dissertation Workshops – the goal of these workshops is to attract the best and brightest graduate students/new PhDs and improve the quality of current research topics in environmental economics. (2) Methods Development and Training Workshops – these workshops should provide guidance and training on a specific analytical activity of importance in environmental economics. (3) Current Issues Workshops – these workshops should advance the field of environmental economics by exploring current and emerging issues of national or regional significance .
March 24
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-036.html
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others. The NCRR intends to commit approximately $43 million in FY2009 to fund approximately 125 new awards. Since the cost of the various instruments will vary, it is anticipated that the size of awards will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend on the funds available for the SIG program.
March 24
Program on Exposure-Dose Reconstruction and Computational Methods to Quantify Exposures to Hazardous Substances (U01)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TS08-001.htm
CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a funding opportunity announcement entitled, “Program on Exposure-Dose Reconstruction and Computational Methods to Quantify Exposures to Hazardous Substances.” Approximately $500,000 will be available in fiscal year 2008 to fund 1 award. The purpose of the program is to provide (R01) grant funds to develop and evaluate exposure-dose reconstruction methods. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/TS08-001.htm The estimated funding date is August 31, 2008.
March 25
Networking Technology and Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08524/nsf08524.htm
The Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program supports pioneering visions and transformative research agendas that explore the frontiers of networking, provide a better understanding of the dynamics of large-scale networks, expand networking capabilities and use, and help pave the way for the next generation Internet. Since its inception, the NeTS program has continuously sought to ensure that its mission and scope is at the forefront of research. In previous years, the program identified core networking technologies worthy of further investigation, emphasized the importance of future Internet design, and encouraged groundbreaking research in broadly defined areas of networking. In FY 2008, the NeTS program is organized by research challenges, rather than core technologies, and emphasizes multi-disciplinary, holistic approaches that augment our knowledge about the design and deployment of robust, large-scale, heterogeneous networks
March 25
Prelinger Scholarship for Nontraditional (Women) Students of History
The Coordinating Council for Women in History is pleased to announce it will accept applications for the tenth CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award Scholarship of $20,000 which will be awarded to a scholar of excellence by July 1, 2008. This award, named for Catherine Prelinger, a former CCWH president and nontraditional scholar, is intended to enhance the work of a contemporary scholar whose academic path has not followed the traditional path of uninterrupted study, moving from completed secondary, to undergraduate, then graduate degrees, followed by a tenure-track faculty position.
March 26
For the Study of Minorities in American Maritime History
Since 1989, Mystic Seaport's Paul Cuffe fellowship has provided funds to thirty-five researchers from universities, colleges, and museums. The fellowships are offered to encourage research that considers the participation of Native and African Americans in the maritime activities of New England, primarily its southeastern shores. Fellowships support research and writing, a portion of which should normally be carried out in the Mystic area. The fellowships of up to $2,400 are made possible through the generosity of a local private foundation.
March 30
Petascale Computing Resource Allocations
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08529/nsf08529.txt
In 2011, a new NSF-funded petascale computing system, Blue Waters, will go online at the University of Illinois. The goal of this facility is to open up new possibilities in science and engineering by providing computational capability that makes it possible for investigators to tackle much larger and more complex research challenges across a wide spectrum of domains. The purpose of this solicitation is to invite research groups thathave a compelling science or engineering challenge that will require petascale computing resources to submit requests for allocations of resources on the Blue Waters system. Proposers must be prepared to demonstrate that they have a science or engineering research problem that requires and can effectively exploit the petascale computing capabilities offered by Blue Waters. Proposals from or including junior researchers are encouraged as one of the goals of this solicitation is to build a community capable of using petascale computing.
March 31
2008 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program (DP2)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-014.html
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/innovator_award/ ) was created in 2007 to support a small number of new investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and behavioral research. The research proposed need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline but must be relevant to the mission of NIH. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts by NIH and its institutes and centers to fund new investigators through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support for new investigators. Thirty New Innovator Awards were made in 2007. Awards will be for up to a total of $1.5 million in direct costs (average of $300,000 per year) for a five-year budget/project period, Standard F&A costs will be determined at the time of award.
March 31
Administrative Supplements for Making Knockout Mice
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HG-08-002.html
Several NIH Institutes and the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) re-announce the opportunity for investigators to apply for administrative supplements to have mouse knockouts made from existing mutant ES cell resources. The goal of this program is to support use of existing resources and to ensure that ES cell lines are converted into frozen embryos that are available from a repository.
April 1; June 1
U.S.-China Global Climate Change Partnership Program
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=40592
USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) plans to issue a Request for Applications (RFA) on technical assistance activities to be implemented in China relating to global climate change. At this time, USAID/RDMA intends to issue one cooperative agreement to a U.S. university or non-governmental organization (NGO) in partnership with a Chinese university and/or NGO. For the purposes of this RFA, NGOs include any organization other than government. The inclusion of public private partnerships (i.e., Global Development Alliances, or GDAs) will be a significant factor for consideration in the RFA. Except for the above information, no additional information regarding this planned RFA is available at this time. All necessary information will be supplied at the time the RFA is issued, which is currently expected on or about April 1, 2008. Issuance of an RFA will be subject to internal USAID approvals and the availability of funds. NO applications for funding should be submitted until after the RFA is issued.
April 1 expecteon/about
Whitehall Foundation - Basic Biological Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid
http://www.whitehall.org/grants/
The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. Research Grants - Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year. The Grants-in-Aid program is designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity. Grants-in-Aid are awarded for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000.
LOI April 1; Oct. 1
Nuclear Education Program Faculty Development Grants
The Faculty Development Grants Program recognizes the need to attract and retain highly-qualified junior faculty in academic teaching careers. Funding under this announcement is intended to support new faculty in the nuclear-related fields of Nuclear Engineering, Health Physics, and Radiochemistry. The grants specifically target probationary, tenure-track faculty in these academic areas during the first 6 years of their career. Grants could include support for developing proposals for research and small amounts for initiating or continuing research projects in their areas of expertise. Other areas might include course development, equipment stipends, participation in professional society meetings, preparation of papers, travel, and associated expenses. Awards may be increased to the extent that a portion of the award is matched by the institution. The program intends to provide support to enable new faculty to enhance their careers as professors and researchers in the University department where employed.
April 1
Nuclear Education Program Scholarship and Fellowship
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent agency by Congress in 1974 to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements. Funding under this program includes support for education in nuclear science and engineering to develop a workforce capable of supporting the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities and the safe handling of nuclear materials. The total amount of funding available for undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, trade school scholarships, and faculty development grants together in FY08 totals $15 million.
April 1
Nuclear Education Program Trade School Scholarship
This announcement is just for trade school scholarships. The announcements for undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, and faculty development grants are published separately. NRC only awards grants directly to eligible institutions and does not award individual trade school scholarships. Individual students cannot apply directly to NRC for trade school scholarships. As a condition for receiving trade school scholarships, recipients must demonstrate satisfactory academic progress in their fields of study, as determined by criteria contained in this announcement and as established by the NRC. Trade schools must be postsecondary educational institutions or programs accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or be registered apprenticeship programs. The nuclear education supported by this funding is intended to benefit the nuclear sector broadly.
April 1
Energy Intensive Processes 2008 Lab Call
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/1760CE33C44D0CE4852573EF00782615?OpenDocument
Only DOE/NNSA National Laboratories (FFRDCs) are eligible to apply as prime. They are responsible for organizing and leading the project team. Industrial participation is a mandatory requirement. Collaborations involving educational institutions, industrial companies, and R&D organizations (FFRDCs as well as others) are encouraged. The purpose of this Program Announcement, Energy Intensive Processes 2008 Lab Call, is to solicit, select and fund cost-shared R&D projects at DOE National Laboratories (FFRDCs) to develop innovative technologies that, when deployed commercially, would reduce the energy requirements for energy-intensive processes across many industrial sectors. This is in direct support of the EPAct Section 106 goal of voluntary reduction of energy intensity of U.S. manufacturing industries by 25% over next ten years and the concomitant reduction of carbon foot print of the US industries
NL partner-ship due April 1
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grants Program
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/grants/
Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded biannually and are intended to enable graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and other researchers to come to the Harry S. Truman Library for one to three weeks to use its collections. Awards are to offset expenses incurred for this purpose only.
April 1
Gloeckner (Fred C.) Foundation - Floriculture Research Grants
http://www.gloecknerfoundation.org/fundingp.htm
The Gloeckner Foundation awards grants for research and educational projects in floriculture and related fields at universities, colleges and Federal research institutions in the United States. The proposed research and educational projects must be of substantial importance, and the results made available to the interested public.
April 1
APS - John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm
The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship, named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. The John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library, and, therefore, all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the APS Library are especially strong, such as early American history, the study of natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, American Indian linguistics and culture, the development of cultural anthropology, the history of genetics and eugenics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, or computer development.
April 1
Special Focus Competition: European Union-United States Atlantis Program
The purpose of the program is to provide grants for or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible applicants to improve postsecondary education. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116J. Applications for grants under the Atlantis Program, CFDA Number 84.116J, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Atlantis Program at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.116, not 84.116J). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.
April 2
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services invite applications to the Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to encourage innovations in the digital humanities. By awarding relatively low-dollar grants during the planning stages, the goal is to identify projects that are particularly innovative and have the potential to make a positive impact on the humanities. In an effort to foster new collaborations and advance the role of cultural repositories in online teaching, learning, and research, this program is co-sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. NEH and IMLS encourage library and museum officials as well as scholars, scientists, educational institutions, and other non-profit organizations to apply for these grants and to collaborate when appropriate.
April 2
International Research and Studies Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-3261.pdf
The International Research and Studies Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.
April 7
High End Computing University Research Activity
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08531/nsf08531.htm
The HECURA initiative invites research and education projects focused on novel programming models, languages, compilers and underlying communication libraries to enable extreme-scale highly computation- and data-intensive scientific and engineering applications in high-end computing (HEC) environments. Researchers in a wide range of science and engineering fields increasingly depend upon computation and simulation to augment theoretical and experimental studies. In fact, modern HEC systems comprised of thousands to tens-of-thousands of processors now allow researchers to solve previously intractable scientific problems. However, researchers depend not only on access to state-of-the-art HEC systems, but on the availability of state-of-the-art tools that allow them to exploit HEC system capabilities to the fullest extent.
April 8
Systems Biology, Model Organism Development, and Enzyme Discovery for Biological Hydrogen Production
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/9B21DBB378827A0A852573DE006ECCD6?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 that supports the Genomics: GTL research program (http://www.genomicsGTL.energy.gov). In this Solicitation, applications are solicited for: i.) systems-level research to improve understanding of microbial regulatory and metabolic networks related to hydrogen production, ii.) development of new model organisms for microbial hydrogen production, and iii.) targeted approaches for the identification and characterization of enzymes and biochemical pathways relevant to biological hydrogen production in genome and metagenome sequences.
April 9
National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OH-08-006.html
This funding opportunity announcement invites applications for a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for a National Center of Excellence for the Prevention of Childhood Agricultural Injury.
April 10
Research in Disabilities Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08527/nsf08527.txt
The RDE program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. The RDE program has been funding this objective since 1994 under the prior name "Program for Persons with Disabilities." Particular emphasis is placed on increasing the number of students with disabilities successfully completing quality associate, undergraduate and graduate degrees in STEM and increasing the number of students with disabilities entering the professional STEM workforce. This goal is addressed by three RDE program tracks: Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM Education (RDE-RAD); Focused Research Initiatives (RDE-FRI); and Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination projects (RDE-DEI).
April 10, 11, 21
Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (U01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-001.html
To support development of vaccines, vaccine technologies, therapeutics, immunotherapeutics, adjuvants and medical diagnostics for NIAID Category A, B, and C priority pathogens and toxins (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/PDF/cat.pdf ). The objective of this RFA is to support research that will advance the development and/or production of countermeasures (vaccines, adjuvants, therapeutics, immunotherapeutics, and medical diagnostics) specific for NIAID Category A, B, or C priority pathogens or toxins. Developmental research is not required to result in a "final" product but must advance the development of a candidate product. A second objective of this RFA is to stimulate scientifically sound, original, and innovative research requiring a comprehensive team and multidisciplinary effort that will facilitate advancement of a promising candidate product or platform technology through the product development pathway.
LOI due April 11 and full May 12
Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-2372.htm
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 (U.S.), Canada, and Mexico.
April 11
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/NSF Academic Research Initiative
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08534/nsf08534.htm
In FY 2008, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will invest, in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), in frontier research at academic institutions. This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation dispersal devices and related threats. The joint DNDO/NSF effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for the detection of nuclear threats and to develop intellectual capacity in fields relevant to long-term advances in nuclear detection capability. This research and the research community that will be built under the ARI are seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective nuclear detection measures to counter the serious threat of a nuclear terrorist attack.
April 11
AHRQ Grant Program for Large Conference Support (R13) and (U13)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-378.html
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. AHRQ large conference grants are those with up to $100,000 per year in total costs with a total project period not to exceed 3 years.
12th of April, August, and December
Comparative Systems Genetics of Cancer (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-017.html
This NCI-sponsored Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits grant applications for research projects focused on the development and application of comparative (cross-species) systems genetics approaches to address key cancer-relevant problems. The NCI requests applications for research projects that will use these approaches to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms that underlie: (i) human cancer susceptibility and (ii) heterogeneity of human tumors. The NCI expects that, to meet these goals, the proposed projects will involve appropriate interdisciplinary collaborations providing expertise in such areas as human genetics, statistical genetics, model organism genetics, systems biology, mathematical or computational modeling of biological processes, and computer sciences. The NCI requires that all projects propose to use two species, one of which must be human, and that the projects adhere to the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™) standards.
LOI due April 14 and full May 14
Burroughs Wellcome Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
http://www.bwfund.org/programs/interfaces/career_awards_main.html
These grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. The grant provides funding for salary and research during two years of advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a faculty appointment. The total award amount is $500,000, which is divided over five years. Candidates need not complete their postdoctoral training and accept a faculty position at the same institution.
April 15
American Legacy Foundation - Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health
http://www.americanlegacy.org/AdamsScholarship/
The Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship will award a total of $10,000 annually for up to two candidates to pursue undergraduate or graduate studies at an accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. The scholarship will be awarded to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to community service or used the visual arts or media to convey culturally-appropriate health messages on behalf of a disadvantaged population.
April 15
Roche Research Foundation - Fellowship (Postdoctoral Study in Switzerland)
http://www.research-foundation.org/rrf/index.html
The Roche Research Foundation, a charity sponsored by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., subsidizes experimental scientific research in the areas of biology, chemistry, and medicine. The Foundation promotes Swiss research with the goal of enhancing its international standing by supporting scientific investigations of promising young talents in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medicine.
April 15
Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.html
These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest and most distinguished independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks.
April 15
2008 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Predoctoral Fellowships
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/opportunities/fellowships/predoc/
2008 SAO Predoctoral Fellowships: The 2008 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Predoctoral Program invites applications from current graduate students pursuing thesis research in astrophysics or related fields. Applicants in theory, observation, instrument development, or laboratory experiments at a university or college are strongly encouraged to apply.
April 15
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Wildlife Without Borders - Latin American and Caribbean
http://www.fws.gov/international/rfps/lachow.htm
The US Fish and Wildlife Service--International Office accepts applications for the Wildlife Without Borders - Latin American and the Caribbean program. The purpose of this competitive grants program is to protect fish, wildlife and plant resources in the Western Hemisphere through: academic and technical training in conservation and management of biological resources; training in management of nature reserves and other protected areas; community-level conservation education for the protection and sustained use of natural resources; technology transfer and information exchange to promote international collaboration; and promotion of networks, partnerships and coalitions that assist in the implementation of conventions, treaties, protocols and other international activities for the conservation of biological resources.
April 15
Boston Athenaeum Library - Mooney Short-Term Residential Research Fellowships
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/fellowships.html
The Boston Athenaeum Library offers the Mooney Research Fellowships. These short-term fellowships will support the use of the Athenaeum collections for research, publication, curriculum and program development, or other creative projects. The Athenaeum, one of the oldest and most distinguished independent libraries in the United States, has important holdings in the fields of Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American literature, and the fine and decorative arts. Each grant provides a stipend of $1,500 for a residency of four weeks.
April 15
Gilman International Scholarship Program Undergraduate Students Of Limited Means
http://www.iie.org/programs/gilman/overview/overview.html
The Fall 2008 application cycle is for study abroad programs beginning between July 15 and October 15, 2008. The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. Such international study is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world. 820 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being $4,000. Undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding at 2-year or 4-year colleges or universities are eligible to apply. Students who apply for and receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad are now eligible to receive an additional $3,000 Critical Need Language Supplement from the Gilman Program for a total possible award of up to $8,000. 25 Critical Need Language Supplements will be offered to Gilman Scholarship recipients during the 2007-2008 academic year.
April 15
Economic & Social Research Council Collaborative Visiting Fellowship, Britain, Canada, US
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/esrc/
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) accept applications for a fellowship for scholars from the Americas (North, Central, South, and the Caribbean) to visit and engage in collaborative activities with members of ESRC-supported projects in Britain, or for British scholars at ESRC-supported projects to visit collaborators in the Americas, between June 2007 and September 2008. ESRC and SSRC have a common mission of promoting, funding, and disseminating important and socially useful knowledge in the social sciences. The fellowship program is designed to encourage communication and cooperation between social scientists in Great Britain and the Americas, and to explore and develop possibilities for future exchanges to be organized by the two organizations.
April 16
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-075.html
Purpose. The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with a special review issued by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to solicit Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers and targets medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This FOA will use the R01 grant mechanism to encourage studies that specifically target medically underserved areas as well as underserved and underrepresented populations. This focus will allow studies to assess the nature and scope of health problems in underserved communities, formulate hypotheses about the relationship of community dynamics and health problems as they relate to underrepresented populations, design targeted interventions aimed at addressing health disparities in specified communities and specific populations, and track the efficacy of outreach efforts that result from CBPR research in the community. The FOA will ensure that the health issues of underserved communities and populations are addressed using CBPR research strategies.
LOI April 16 and full May 16
Community Participation Research Targeting the Medically Underserved (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-076.html
Purpose: As above.
LOI April 16 and full May 16
Special Focus Competition: U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
The purpose of this program is to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing on problem areas in postsecondary education, or approaches to improve postsecondary education. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116M. Applications for grants under the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, CFDA Number 84.116M, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program at http://www.Grants.gov . You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726.
April 17
Radiochemistry and Instrumentation Research
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/F3DB5F85E4BA1927852573E0006CE8CF?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announce its interest in receiving applications for pilot research project grants in two topic areas. The first topic area is radiochemistry. BER invites applications for conducting fundamental research in radiotracer chemistry, involving particularly improvements in the synthetic methodology for incorporating the radioisotope in a wide range of organic molecules with techniques that result in high specific activities and sufficient protections against auto-radiolysis to ensure the integrity and biological behavior of the intact radiolabeled molecule in vivo. The second topic area is in imaging instrumentation. BER invites applications dealing with the design and development of new, improved radionuclide imaging instrumentation that can significantly increase the accuracy of quantitative assessments of the three dimensional spatial and temporal distribution of radiotracers in living systems. Applications should focus on basic research that will significantly advance the current state of the science underpinning nuclear medicine advances.
April 17
Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-012.html
This FOA invites applications for projects that will examine, through molecular approaches, the relationship between changes in the human microbiome and human health and disease. This program is a component of the NIH Roadmap 1.5 Human Microbiome Project (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/ ). In the UH2/UH3 application for an HMP demonstration project, the applicant must address the following specific objectives: Identification of an important biological system that holds the potential to demonstrate the relationship between the human microbiome and health or disease. Included in this objective is the identification of an existing or readily accessible set or collection of donors/samples, consented in a way consistent with HMP guidelines (will be posted at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/RFA-RM-08-012/ ), which can be studied to determine the role (if any) played by the microbiota in the chosen anatomical region or regions in the specific health condition to be studied; Use of high-throughput, cost-effective technologies to produce a data set that can be used to study the human microbiome in the selected body region(s) under specified conditions, and to make those data publicly available; Design and/or adaptation of analytical tools that will allow conclusions to be drawn about the relationship of the human microbiota to health and disease.
LOI due April 22; full May 22
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08540
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers who will pursue careers in research and education, with the interdisciplinary backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen disciplines, and technical, professional, and personal skills to become, in their own careers, leaders and creative agents for change. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education, for students, faculty, and institutions, by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering workforce.
prelim April 24 and full Oct. 20
Centers of Excellence in Genomic Sciences
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-094.html
The CEGS program establishes academic Centers for advanced genome research. Each CEGS grant supports a multi-investigator, interdisciplinary team to develop innovative genomic approaches to address a particular biological problem. A CEGS project will address a critical issue in genomic science, proposing a solution that would be a very substantial advance. Thus, the research conducted at these Centers will entail substantial risk, balanced by outstanding scientific and management plans and very high potential payoff. A CEGS will focus on the development of novel technological or computational methods for the production or analysis of comprehensive data sets, or on a particular genome-scale biological problem, or on other ways to develop and use genomic approaches for understanding biological systems. Exploiting its outstanding scientific plan and team, each CEGS will nurture genomic science at its institution by facilitating the interaction of investigators from different disciplines, and by providing training of new investigators will expand the pool of professional genomics scientists and engineers. A CEGS has two related training objectives. The first is the training of all Center-associated investigators, and the broader research community at the institution, in the development and use of genomics approaches to the study of biology and medicine. The second is the training of minorities who are underrepresented in genomics.
LOI due April 25 and full May 25
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-054.html
The objective of this NRSA T32 program is to provide research training to predoctoral students interested in establishing research careers that use systems biology approaches to study developmental biology and the formation of structural birth defects.
LOI April 25; full May 25
Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08542
The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) program supports research which addresses three basic issues related to engineering education: (1) how students best learn the ideas, principles, and practices to become creative and innovative engineers, and how this learning is measured; and (2) research that helps the community understand how to better attract a more talented and diverse student body, in particular U.S. citizens and permanent residents, to all levels of engineering study. This would also include research to understand how to increase student interest in engineering by leveraging partnerships among engineering schools, school districts and exemplary non-profit organizations to recruit and retain engineering students. Finally (3), this program will support projects to investigate potential models for the evaluation of and assessment of how successful teaching, advising, and mentoring leads to improved retention and graduation, and ultimately, to a sound business model for engineering education.
April 30
Foundation For the Future - Future of Humanities Research Grants
http://www.futurefoundation.org/awards/rga_home.htm
The Foundation For the Future conducts and funds a Research Grants Program to provide financial support to scholars undertaking research at a macro level that is directly related to better understanding the factors affecting the long-term future of humanity. The Future of Humanity Grants are $5,000–$25,000 only for subjects that are of interest to the Foundation.
Preliminary Grant Applications, in this cycle, will be considered for funding only if they pertain to one of the four specific subject areas described below:
- How will global changes in birth rates, mortality rates, and reproductive technology affect the human genome over the long-term future?
- What effect will the current global immigration and emigration of populations have on the demography of the planet over the long-term future?
- What are likely to be the major global driving forces/initiatives/issues for humanity through the new millennium?
Are mechanisms of biological and cultural evolution in sync with our systems of governance and economy? How are they likely to evolve and develop over the long-term future?
April 30 prelim and full Aug. 1
King Faisal Foundation - International Prize in Medicine and in Science (Physics)
http://www.kff.com/english/homepage/Index.html
The King Faisal International Prize for 2008 in the field of Medicine seeks to recognize outstanding contributions to the topic of Molecular Targeted Therapy. The foundation established the prize to show appreciation to individuals who have benefited humanity by advancing health care or the science that underlies it. The General Secretariat of the King Faisal International Prize also invites universities, scientific societies, research centers and other learned circles throughout the world to nominate qualified candidates for the year 1429H / 2009G Prize for Science in the following topic: Physics.
May 1
NEH Challenge Grants
NEH challenge grants help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Awards are made to museums, public libraries, colleges, research institutions, historical societies and historic sites, public television and radio stations, universities, scholarly associations, state humanities councils, and other nonprofit entities. Because of the matching requirements, these NEH awards also strengthen the humanities by encouraging nonfederal sources of support. Both federal and nonfederal funds must provide long-term benefits to the humanities. Challenge grant funds should not merely replace funds already being expended on the humanities, but instead should reflect careful strategic planning to strengthen and enhance the institution's activities in and commitment to the humanities.
May 1
American Competitiveness in Chemistry-Fellowship
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08541
The American Competitiveness in Chemistry-Fellowship program is a program to support postdoctoral associates in chemistry. It seeks to (1) build ties between academic and industrial, and/or national laboratory, and/or Chemistry Division-funded center researchers (partners) and (2) involve beginning scientists in efforts to broaden participation in chemistry. Fellows will pursue research with industrial, and/or national laboratory, and/or Chemistry Division-funded center partners that will enrich their in-house research program. In addition, fellows will develop and implement their own plans for broadening participation in the chemical sciences. Successful applicants must propose a well-integrated, synergistic research plan with their chosen affiliate as well as an effective outreach plan that will broaden participation by underrepresented groups in chemistry. The research must be in a thematic area that is supported by the NSF Division of Chemistry. The Program will support Fellows for two years of postgraduate study. The Chemistry Division envisions that Postdoctoral Fellows with successful programs who pursue careers in academia will have opportunities for significant additional funding, either through supplements to their original ACC-F award, or through new awards from the Division.
May 1
The Coalition for Western Women’s History
http://www.westernwomenshistory.org/cfp.htm
The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and members of the CWWH. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997.
May 1
Antarctic Research -- Proposals that make use of IPY datasets
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08535
Scientific research and operational support of that research are the principal activities supported by the United States Government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. For projects involving fieldwork, the U.S. Antarctic Program supports only research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that is best done from Antarctica. The program also supports antarctic-related analytical research performed at home organizations. NSF is the designated lead agency for the International Polar Year, 2007-2009, for the United States and has made a number of awards in response to IPY solicitations (see list of awards at http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/ipy/ipy_awards_list.jsp ).
These awards will result in new data sets that could be used in follow-on research such as modeling and synthesis work. Proposals that make use of IPY datasets or that otherwise build on IPY investments are welcome in the regular programs. For information concerning other Federal agencies and their IPY programs, please go to the U.S. government interagency IPY site at http://www.us-ipy.gov/ .
May 2 & June 6
Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) for Fiscal Year 2008
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/nofas/index.html
This Notice announces the availability of $6,255,900 of competitive grant funds for the RCDI program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), an agency within the USDA Rural Development mission area herein referred to as the Agency. Applicants must provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the Federal grant. These grants will be made to qualified intermediary organizations that will provide financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development.
May 5
Department of Defense - Sensors As Robots -- White Papers Accepted
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/Reference-Number-BAA-07-02-IFKA/SynopsisP.html
The Air Force Research Lab requests white papers for Sensors as Robots. Sensors as Robots represents the next evolutionary step in sensor development. The program proposes an autonomous constellation of autonomous sensors utilizing advanced knowledge-based algorithms that leverage knowledge of the environment, targets and past experiences to provide performance gains of orders of magnitude in interference rejection, target detection, identification and tracking. Unlike existing fielded monolithic systems, Sensors as Robots strives to produce sensors that augment existing capabilities by optimally utilizing all available resources in a pervasive and anticipatory manner. It is also envisioned that this technology will facilitate sensing missions that humans are not capable of or available to conduct. In addition, further goals extend to the development of concepts and technology for future weapons systems that eliminate the possibility of involuntarily placing the warfighter and supporting staff in harms way.
May 8 white paper
New Faculty Awards Program
http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/new_faculty_awards_program.shtml
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation supports the scholarly activity of new faculty in Ph.D.-granting departments with an award to help initiate their independent research programs. The New Faculty Awards Program provides an unrestricted research grant of $50,000 that is generally approved before the new faculty members formally begin their first tenure-track appointments.
May 8
Early Career Projects: Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_gcwq.html
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), in cooperation with the EPA Global Change Research Program, announces a competition for projects supporting research into the consequences of climate change for U.S. water quality to support human and aquatic life uses. EPA is interested in the hydrologic and other watershed processes that affect water resources that may be altered by a changing climate. A better national scale understanding of the range of potential consequences of climate change will be useful both for fully accounting for the impacts of climate change and for developing regional adaptive strategies to reduce the risk of harmful impacts. The goal of this solicitation is to assemble modeling systems capable of capturing important linkages between regional climate drivers and terrestrial hydrologic systems and to apply these modeling systems to improve the overall understanding of the sensitivity of key water quality or aquatic ecosystem management targets to the types of climate changes anticipated over the next several decades.
May 8
Career Opportunities in Research Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant (T34)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-093.html
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) announces its support of the NIMH Career Opportunities in Research (NIMH COR) Honors Undergraduate Research Training Grant (T34) program. The goal of the program is to provide support for pre-baccalaureate research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral and clinical research agenda for mental health. The specific objectives are to: (a) increase the number of well-prepared undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds who complete a research training program leading to a research doctorate (Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent) in biomedical, neuroscience, behavioral, or clinical sciences relevant to mental health research; and (b) develop and strengthen the undergraduate research training curricula with relevance to mental health.
May 12
TYLENOL Scholarship program--doctors, nurses and other health professionals
http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc#
We know that dedicating yourself to healthcare is no small commitment. Taking years of hard work and sacrifice. That's why the makers of TYLENOL are once again proud to offer the TYLENOL Scholarship program—now in its 16th year. This year, up to $350,000 in scholarships will be awarded to our future doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Because we think the people who help us feel better, deserve to feel better, too.
May 15
Workforce Program in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov:80/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503233
The long-range goal of the DMS Workforce Program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who successfully pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. Among intermediate goals to this end are improvements in recruitment, retention, education, and placement of trainees in the mathematical sciences. The program's primary interest is in activities centered on education through research involvement for trainees at the undergraduate through postdoctoral educational levels. Activities that broaden participation in the mathematical sciences are of significant interest to the Division of Mathematical Sciences.
May 15
Horses & Humans Foundation 2008 Call for Proposals
http://www.horsesandhumans.org/News.html?CFID=2302979&CFTOKEN=31497182
The purpose of Horses & Humans Foundation (HHF) funded research is to provide evidence for the therapeutic effects of horses on humans. The broad research agenda includes basic research as well as clinical studies that will ultimately impact physical and mental health and the quality of life for people with disabilities who are involved with equine assisted activities (EAA). Interested Applicants: Before completing an application, carefully review the 'Guidelines and Information' document and the 'Application Checklist' documents on the foundation's Web site. You also may be required to submit a Letter of Intent before a full proposal.
May 15
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08546/nsf08546.htm
CCLI program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects.
May 21
Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The award is given to a principal investigator who submits a proposal judged to be exceptional, both in its potential for leading edge contributions to environmental science, and in the arrangements for the education of the fellow. The foundation's goal is to create the next generation of leaders in environmental chemistry. Thus successful applicants are expected to recruit excellent young Ph.D. graduates from the fields of physical, organic, inorganic, biological chemistry or associated fields in chemical engineering, and provide them with the highest caliber of research experience and broad education in environmental science. The expectation is that the postdoctoral research accomplishments and educational broadening under this program should allow the fellow to achieve a position where high quality research related to environmental chemistry and leadership in the field may be anticipated.
May 22
University-Industry Cooperative Research Programs in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05504/nsf05504.htm
Technical innovations flourish through a symbiotic relationship between academia and industry. The mathematical sciences provide the foundation for the scientific progress that generates technical innovations. It is in the national interest to provide more opportunities for mathematical scientists to have the experience of conducting research in an industrial environment and for industrial scientists to return periodically to academia, to acquire new knowledge, and to move it efficiently into technology. The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) supports this relationship through the university-industry postdoctoral research fellowships, university-industry senior research fellowships, industry-based graduate research assistantships, and industry-based graduate cooperative fellowships described in this solicitation.
June 2
Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/5B4C32846AA60FF1852573EF00590B33?OpenDocument
The Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving preapplications for developing outstanding scientific opportunities in nuclear structure and dynamics, nuclear astro-physics, and tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries at leading rare isotope beam (RIB) facilities around the world.
June 2 pre-app; full Nov. 10
Animal Genome (B): Tools and Resources; Agricultural Genomics Program Cluster
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalgenometoolsresourcesnri.cfm
The Tools and Resources program element will emphasize the development of basic tools and resources to accelerate research in agricultural animal genomics. The goal is to develop state-of-the-art tools and resources that will advance the understanding of animal genomes in terms of organization and function.
June 5
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-083.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages the submission of research project grant applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States (U.S.). June 5; Oct. 5
The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R01]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-069.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications that seek to develop a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children.
June 5; Oct. 5
Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology. This BAA is open from December 10, 2007 through December 9, 2008. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008; June 5, 2008; and December 9, 2008 depending upon the cycle (as identified in Section II of this BAA) for which the applicant is requesting funding.
June 5; Dec. 9
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08539).
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 that promotes research and education in areas traditionally supported by the Division (NSF Chemistry Homepage). The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation. Additional funds may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects. Other components of CRIF include: CRIF:ID The Instrument Development component of CRIF (CRIF:ID) provides funds for the design and construction of instruments that will enable new chemical measurements or will significantly broaden the use of chemical instrumentation. CRIF:CRF Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) provides funds to establish and support either centers for the development of cyber-enabled chemical research, or regional or national instrumentation facilities. Awards in CRIF:CRF range from $300,000-1,200,000/yr for up to five years.
June 23
Smith Richardson Foundation
Junior Faculty Research Grants / International Security and Foreign Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/JF_Domestic_Description.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s International Security and Foreign Policy Program is pleased to announce its annual grant competition to support junior faculty research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history. The Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 each to support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. These grants are intended to buy-out up to one year of teaching time and to underwrite research costs (including research assistance and travel). Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the academic institution at which the junior faculty member works. Projects in military and diplomatic history are especially encouraged. Group or collaborative projects will not be considered.
June 29
The Smith Richardson Foundation, Domestic Public Policy Program
http://www.srf.org/grants/Domestic_Public_Policy_Fellowship.php
The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program seeks to support the work of the next generation of public policy researchers and analysts. In 2007, the Foundation will award at least three research grants in the amount of $60,000 each to individuals who are interested in conducting research and writing on domestic public policy issues. Grantees are expected to produce a book or an article suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The grant can be used to cover the salary costs of the researcher and to underwrite research costs, such as travel, research assistance, and data acquisition. Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the institution at which the researcher works.
June 29
Leakey Foundation - General Research Grants( to support research into human origins)
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=11223&Itemid=1
The Leakey Foundation provides General Research Grants to support research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; 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.
July 15
The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-084.html
This funding opportunity announcement encourages Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to: (1) improve the measurement of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection, and statistical and analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States.
July 16
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
http://ecos.fws.gov/partners/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Act authorizes the Secretary of Interior to provide direct technical and financial assistance to private landowners interested in restoring, enhancing, and managing fish and wildlife habitats on their own lands. It is a goal of the program to secure at least 50 percent of project costs from non-Service sources, but this goal applies to the national program as a whole, and does not have to be achieved on a project-by-project basis. Funding above $25,000 for an individual project must be approved at the Washington Office level. If you are interested in pursuing a project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program you must contact your local coordinator. A listing of coordinators by state is available at http://www.fws.gov/partners/
Sept. 30
Coastal Program
http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal/viewContent.do?viewPage=home
Coastal ecosystems comprise less than 10 percent of the Nation's land area, but support far greater proportions of our living resources. Specifically, coastal areas support a much higher percentage of the Nation's threatened and endangered species, fishery resources, migratory songbirds, and migrating and wintering waterfowl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service welcomes your participation in the Coastal Program. If you are interested in exploring the possibility of pursuing a cooperative agreement for habitat assessment, protection, and/or restoration, or simply receiving technical advice, the first step is to contact your local Coastal Program coordinator. A listing of all Coastal Program coordinators is available at: http://www.fws.gov/coastal .
Sept. 30
Climate Change Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
The program seeks to understand the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes of the Earth's atmosphere, land, and oceans and how these processes may be affected by energy production and use. The research is designed to provide data that will enable an objective assessment of the potential for, and the consequences of, human-induced climate change at global and regional scales. It also provides data and models to enable assessments of mitigation options to prevent such a change. The program is comprehensive with an emphasis on: understanding and simulating the radiation balance from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere (including the effect of clouds, water vapor, trace gases, and aerosols); enhancing and evaluating the quantitative models necessary to predict natural climatic variability and possible human-caused climate change at global and regional scales; understanding and simulating both the net exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere, terrestrial and ocean systems, and the effects of climate change on the global carbon cycle; understanding ecological effects of climate change; improving approaches to integrated assessments of effects of, and options to mitigate, climatic change; and basic research directed at understanding options for sequestering excess atmospheric carbon dioxide in terrestrial ecosystems and the ocean, including potential environmental implications of such sequestration.
Sept. 30
Life Sciences Research, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
For Life Sciences, research is focused on using the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) resources and facilities to develop fundamental knowledge of biological systems that can be used to address DOE needs in clean energy, carbon sequestration, and environmental cleanup that will underpin biotechnology based solutions to energy challenges. The objectives are: to develop the experimental and, together with the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, the computational resources, tools, and technologies needed to understand and predict the complex behavior of complete biological systems, principally microbes and microbial communities; to take advantage of the remarkable high throughput and cost-effective DNA sequencing capacity at the Joint Genome Institute to meet the DNA sequencing needs of the scientific community through competitive, peer-reviewed nominations for DNA sequencing; to develop and support DOE national user facilities for structural biology at synchrotron and neutron sources; to develop novel research and computational tools that provide the basis for understanding and predicting the responses of complex biological systems, information needed to develop biotechnology solutions for energy and environmental challenges; to use model organisms to understand human genome organization, human gene function and control, and the functional relationships between human genes and proteins at a genomic scale; to understand and characterize the risks to human health from exposures to low levels of radiation; and to anticipate and address ethical, legal, and social implications arising from BER-supported biological research.
Sept. 30
Applied Mathematics, United States Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-01.html
Research is sought on the mathematical methods and numerical algorithms that enable the effective description, understanding, and prediction of complex physical, biological, and human- engineered systems. For example, the subjects of supported research efforts may include: (1) numerical methods for the parallel solution of systems of partial differential equations, large- scale linear or nonlinear systems, or very large parameter-estimation problems; (2) analytical or numerical techniques for modeling complex physical or biological phenomena, such as fluid turbulence or microbial populations; (3) analytical or numerical methods for bridging a broad range of temporal and spatial scales; (4) optimization, control, and risk analysis of complex systems, such as computer networks and electrical power grids; and (5) mathematical research issues related to petascale science.
Sept. 30
Beckman Young Investigators Program
http://www.beckman-foundation.com:80/byi_guides.html
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants to non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
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