November 2007
Texas A&M University
October 10, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Useful Proposal Resources We’ve Recently Found on the Web
Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-20762.pdf
Purpose of Program: The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. See competitive priorities, including listing of less commonly taught languages.
Nov. 26
NIAID Science Education Awards (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-003.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits applications from applicant organizations that propose creative and innovative research education programs that will 1) increase the public’s understanding of biomedical research, or 2) encourage K-12 students to enter areas in biomedical science in the mission area(s) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical researchers through creative and innovative research education programs.
LOI due Nov. 26 and full Jan. 25
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/arthropodnematodemanagedbeescapnri.cfm
Coordinated Agricultural Project proposals will be solicited for a community of researchers, extension specialists and/or educators focusing on an existing or emerging issue of national importance on the biology and management of arthropods or nematodes, and which is poised to lead to practical management solutions for pests or beneficial species.
In FY 2008, the issue will focus on the decline of managed bee pollinators. Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value, particularly for specialty crops, such as almonds and other nuts, berries, fruits, and vegetables. Bee populations throughout the U.S. are in serious decline due to pests, diseases, and environmental stresses, including pesticide exposure, inadequate nutritional resources, and extreme temperatures. In addition, a potentially new phenomenon, tentatively termed Colony Collapse Disorder, is threatening the honey bee industry and potentially may impact the Nation's food supply.
LOI Nov. 26; full Feb. 14
Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/arthropodnematodeorganismalbiologynri.cfm
Several emerging issues are challenging our ability to provide high quality food and fiber to the Nation's global economy. This unprecedented level of population growth will necessitate increased production and protection of agricultural commodities. Our ability to respond to and recover from pests and diseases that threaten our food supply has recently assumed paramount importance. Fundamental knowledge is needed to form the basis of novel management strategies for pests, which will lead to better utilization of beneficial species.
LOI Nov. 26; full Feb. 14
Animal Genome: Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalgenomegenomeenabledselectionnri.cfm
The Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection Project element is seeking applications from a community of researchers to focus on large-scale application and translation of genome discoveries and technologies for whole genome animal selection for animals of agricultural importance, including aquaculture species. The goal of the project is to move animal genome science from the laboratory to the field to the marketplace and, in the process, to solve real world problems. To accomplish this goal, the program is seeking applications that respond to existing or emerging problems, opportunities, and issues through the development and application of science-based knowledge to whole genome animal selection.
Nov. 26
Plant Genome
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/plantgenomenri.cfm
This program supports research ranging from technology development to fundamental science and practical application for crop or forestry improvement in the U.S. Its priorities focus on technological advances and discoveries in areas such as a) analytical methods for mapping genes for complex traits for direct use by plant breeders, b) novel methods for analysis of the genome and its effect on biological function, c) cost-effective sequencing strategies to understand complex genome structure and organization, d) procedures to analyze the total expression patterns of genes under specific conditions, and e) appropriate data handling and analysis capabilities. The ultimate goal of the program is to contribute knowledge about the biology of agriculturally important plant processes and traits, which can be used to develop crops with enhanced economic value and expanded utilities. In FY 2008, the program will have four program elements: (A): Tools, Resources, and Bioinformatics; (B): Functional Genomics; (C): Genome Structure and Organization; and (D): Applied Plant Genomics Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP). More information.
Nov. 26
U.S. Department of Energy FY 2008 SBIR/STTR
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/DFA3C9C3F152538A8525735C004633BB?OpenDocument
Technical Topics: http://www.sc.doe.gov/sbir/Solicitations/FY%202008/table_of_contents_sub.htm
Other than different eligibility requirements (see Part III Eligibility Information), the major difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR grants must involve substantial cooperative research collaboration between the small business and a single research institution (see definitions in Appendices/Reference Material at the end of this Notice). However, it should be noted that the SBIR program also permits substantial collaboration between the small business and other organizations, including research institutions. The difference is that in SBIR, the collaboration is optional, while in STTR, the collaboration is required and must be cooperative in nature.
Nov. 27
Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. The 2008 fellowships competition is currently scheduled to open in early September 2007
Estimate Nov. 27…see 2008 at URL
Department of Justice, NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf?CFID=1020782&CFTOKEN=61967077
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.
Nov. 27
Department of Justice - NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf
The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems
Nov. 28
Ubiquitous Biological and Chemical Sensing - White Paper
http://www.hsarpabaa.com/Solicitations/BAA07-10_CellAll_Published_10292007.pdf
Through this BAA, HSARPA is seeking to accelerate advances in miniaturized biological and chemical sensing (e.g. laboratories on a chip) with integration into common device(s) and a communication systems concept for large scale multi-sensor networks. This proof of concept should be capable of detecting hazardous biological and/or chemical materials with eventual expansion to the detection of explosive and eventually radiological aterials (in future collaborations with other organizations).
Nov. 29 white paper
JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/JISC.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)of the United Kingdom acting through the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom are working together to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for one year of development in any of the following areas: new digitization projects and pilot projects, the addition of important materials to existing digitization projects, or the development of infrastructure (either technical "middleware," tools, or knowledge-sharing) to support U.S.-England digitization work. Collaboration between U.S. and English institutions is a key requirement for this grant category, based in part on the recommendations for international collaboration in Professor Sir Gareth Roberts's "International Partnerships of Research Excellence U.K.-U.S.A Academic Collaboration" (http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/UK-US-Academic-Collaboration/GarethRobertsIPoREx.pdf -- 25-page PDF) and the report of the American Council for Learned Societies' Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/OurCulturalCommonwealth.pdf -- 51-page PDF.)
Nov. 29
Woodrow Wilson Foundation - 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty
http://www.woodrow.org/about/currentprograms.php
The 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty will be funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The objective of the fellowship program is to aid the scholarly research and intellectual growth of junior faculty (men and women) and improve their chances for success as tenured university scholars by offering support for twelve months of research and writing. The award includes a maximum $30,000 stipend, a $1,500 research, travel or publication stipend, and funding to attend the Fall Research in October 2007. The Career Enhancement Fellowship provides pre-tenure assistance and mentoring for junior faculty from underrepresented groups, as well as those committed to promoting cross-racial understanding.
Diversity Dissertation Fellowships, the Ford Foundation
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. This year the program will award approximately 35 dissertation fellowships. The dissertation fellowships provide one year of support for individuals working to complete a dissertation leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree.Dissertation fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council (NRC) on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The 2008 fellowships competition is currently scheduled to open in early September 2007
Estimate Nov. 30…see 2008 at URL
New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The Program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China.
Nov. 30
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships
For the Latin American and Caribbean competition: completed applications should be postmarked not later than December 1, 2007. Final selection of Latin American and Caribbean Fellows for 2008 will be announced in June 2008.
Dec. 1
American Philosophical Society
Franklin Research Grants (for Travel for Research Purposes)
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm
The Franklin Research Grants program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.
Dec. 1
Fellowships: Research in Black Culture
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scholars/aboutscholar.html
The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program assists those scholars and professionals whose research in the black experience can benefit from extended access to the Center's resources. Fellowships funded by the Center will allow recipients to spend six months or a year in residence with access to resources at the Schomburg Center and other centers of The New York Public Library. The program encourages research and writing on black history and culture, facilitates interaction among participating scholars, and provides wide-spread dissemination of findings through lectures, publications, and colloquia and seminars. It encompasses projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture.
Dec. 1
Link Foundation - Energy Fellowship Program
The Link Foundation supports programs to foster the theoretical basis, practical knowledge, and application of energy, simulation, and ocean engineering and instrumentation research, and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications. Fellowships are only tenable at U.S. and Canadian Universities. The award consists of $50,000 paid in two installments of $25,000 and allocated as follows: $21,500 for the Fellow's academic year and summer stipend; $2,500 for expenses associated with the Fellow's research (e.g., supplies, equipment, computing charges); $1,000 to support the Fellow's attendance at one or more technical meetings and/or to defray the cost of publishing the Fellow's research results.
Dec. 1
Social Science Research Council - Berlin Program Advanced German and European Studies
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/%7Ebprogram/
The Social Science Research Council seeks applications for the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies based at the Free University of Berlin. Its purpose is to encourage the comparative and interdisciplinary study of the economic, political, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. Fellows are expected to produce a research monograph dealing with some aspect of German or European studies, including U.S.-European relations. Awards are for 10 to 12 months and include a stipend of EUR 1,100-1,400/month.
Dec. 1
Social Science Research Council - Japan Society Fellowship Program for US Researchers
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/japan/postdoc/
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program for U.S. Researchers provides promising and highly qualified recent PhDs (and ABDs—please see eligibility) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan. JSPS guidelines target the applicant who wishes to conduct cooperative research under the leadership of a host researcher, thereby advancing the Fellow's own research and at the same time stimulating Japanese academic circles through close collaboration with young Japanese researchers. Applications are welcome from all social science and humanities disciplines and need not be explicitly related to the study of Japan. Projects must include work with colleagues and resources in Japan and propose a single, continuous stay in Japan from 3 to 11 months or 12 to 24 months.
Dec. 1
High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/2CFC0036691F576A8525734C00623035?OpenDocument
The Office of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Outstanding Junior Investigator Program. Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators who are currently involved in experimental or theoretical high energy physics or accelerator physics research, and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs by outstanding scientists early in their careers. Awards made under this program will help to maintain the vitality of university research and assure continued excellence in the teaching of physics.
Dec. 4
NSF Phase I Solicitation FY-2008 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07586
2007 Topic: Emerging Opportunities (EO) - encompasses 3 very broad subtopics: Bio & Environmental Technologies (BE); Components & Systems (CS); Software & Services (SS) - Do not submit proposals prior to November 4, 2007. The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. The significant difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution.
Dec. 4
Healthy Start Eliminating Disparities In Perinatal Health-Border Mexico And Alaska
Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators in communities within 62 miles of the U.S. Mexico border or Alaska. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors.
Dec. 6
Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators. Eliminating disparities in Perinatal Health focuses on disparities in Hispanics, American Indians, African Americans, Alaskan Natives, Asian Pacific Islanders, Immigrant Populations or differences occurring by education, income, disability, or living in rural, isolated areas by enhancing a community's service system. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors.
Dec. 6
Nurse Education, Practice and Retention
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects to strengthen and enhance the capacity for nurse education, practice and retention to address the nursing shortage. Applicants must select and focus on one of the nine purposes in the grant application. The Education priority area includes Purpose E1) expanding enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs; Purpose E2)developing and implementing internship and residency programs to encourage mentoring and the development of specialties; and, Purpose E3) providing education in new technologies, including distance learning methodologies. The Practice priority area includes Purpose P1)establishing or expanding nursing practice arrangements in non-institutional settings to demonstrate methods to improve access to primary health care in medically underserved communities; Purpose P2)providing care for underserved populations and other high-risk groups; Purpose P3)providing managed care, quality improvement, and other skills needed to practice in existing and emerging organized health care systems; and, Purpose P4)developing cultural competencies among nurses. The Retention priority area includes Purpose R1)career ladder bridge programs which promote career advancement for registered nurses and nursing personnel; and, Purpose R2)enhancing patient care delivery systems through improving the retention of registered nurses and enhancing patient care.
Dec. 6
ADVANCE: Increasing Advancement of Women Academic Science & Engineering Careers
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07582/nsf07582.htm
The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and of women from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged.
Dec. 6 and Jan. 17
Healthy Behaviors in Women
The goal of this program is to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate novel approaches that concurrently address the relationship between women's healthy eating and mental health during the perinatal period. For the purposes of this grant the perinatal period is defined as during pregnancy and up to one year after delivery, including women who may not have had a positive birth outcome. The interventions must be implemented throughout the entire intervention periods, must be substantive in nature, incorporate nutrition, physical activity and mental health and wellness components, while also positively impacting knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. The mental health component can include addressing depression including post-partum, eating disorders including binge eating, stress/stress reduction to name a few. These approaches should target women in communities who have limited access to preventive health services, and when appropriate linked to other relevant services to comprehensively address their health needs. Proposals must include women who are members of populations who are disproportionately affected by overweight/obesity in your locale, including racial ethnic minorities.
Dec. 7
Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07587/nsf07587.htm
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500027
The Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts (CPA) cluster supports basic research and education projects to advance discovery, learning, and application of scientific and engineering knowledge pertaining to the processes and artifacts for building computing systems. Computing processes and artifacts range from formalisms, methods, models, algorithms and theories to languages, architectures, technology components, and a variety of physical manifestations of computing system software and hardware. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should describe transformative research to advance at a fundamental level the design, verification, evaluation, utilization, and understanding of computing systems to meet the future computational needs of our society.
Dec. 7
Revolution in Fiber Lasers
http://www.darpa.mil/mto/solicitations/baa07-34/index.html
DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 07-34, entitled Revolution in Fiber Lasers, is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest; the submission process; proposal formats; evaluation and selection/funding processes; as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov/ , World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/mto (go to solicitation area) or by fax, electronic mail, or mail request to the administrative contact address given below. Proposals not meeting the format or following the submission instructions described in the BAA may not be reviewed.
Dec. 7
CYFAR Sustainable Community Projects (New)
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/cyfar_scp.html
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.
Dec. 10
Faculty Development: Integrated Technology into Nursing Education & Practice Initiative
The purpose of this initiative is to provide support to nursing collaboratives for faculty development in the use of information and other technologies in order to expand the capacity of collegiate schools of nursing to educate students for 21st century health care practice. Nursing collaboratives will use healthcare information systems to enhance nursing education and practice, optimize patient safety, and drive improvements in health care quality. For this initiative, use of information and other technologies in nursing education and practice, includes, but is not limited to, informatics, telehealth, mannequin-based and patient simulators, computer-based instructions, virtual simulation, interactive simulated case studies, advanced 3D graphics, e-Learning technology, and other simulated or virtual methods to enhance nursing education and practice.
Dec. 10
Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07590
This solicitation requests proposals to create a national Center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales. The Center will address interactions of naturally derived, incidental and engineered nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, devices and systems (herein called “nanomaterials”) with the living world. Essential elements of this Center will include understanding the interactions of nanomaterials with organisms, cellular constituents, metabolic networks and living tissues; understanding environmental exposure and bioaccumulation and their effects on living systems; and determining the biological impacts of nanomaterials dispersed in the environment.
Dec. 10
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20082
The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) generates, disseminates and translates research to improve the quality of patient care, by supporting interdisciplinary teams of scholars from nursing and other disciplines to address gaps in knowledge about the relationship between nursing and health care quality.
Dec. 12
NIH Partners in Research Program (R03)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-07-001.html
The purpose of the NIH Partners in Research program is to support two-year pilot and/or feasibility research studies of innovative activities designed to improve public understanding of biomedical and behavioral science, develop strategies for promoting collaboration between scientists and the community to improve the health of the public, and to identify the conditions (e.g., settings and approaches) that will enhance the effectiveness of such activities.
LOI due Dec. 12 and full Jan. 11
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07584
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last eight weeks from June to August.
Dec. 12
US-Mexico Border Environmental Education Program
http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/07-07.pdf
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation is soliciting proposals from eligible U.S. entities capable of designing and implementing a US-Mexico Border Environmental Education Program to provide both undergraduate and graduate students in science, engineering, and other relevant fields with financial support to encourage students to undertake air quality-related research and training on air quality issues characteristic of those found in the US-Mexico border region. The US-Mexico border region is defined in the 1983 La Paz US-Mexico Agreement as "the region that encompasses 62.5 miles on each side of the US-Mexico border" and spans 1,950 miles from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific Ocean.
Dec. 14
Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15744&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
The Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program (OASDFR) provides funds to organizations to conduct outreach and technical assistance to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and operate farms and ranches and to participate in agricultural programs. The OASDFR will support a wide range of outreach and assistance activities in farm management, financial management, marketing, application and bidding procedures, and other areas. The primary purpose of the OASDFR is to deliver outreach and technical assistance, to assure opportunities for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to successfully acquire, own, operate, and retain farms and ranches; and assure equitable participation in the full range of USDA programs.
Dec. 14
Study of the United States Institutes
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/dec14rfgp.htm
The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of five Study of the United States Institutes to take place over the course of six weeks beginning in June 2008. These institutes should provide a multinational group of experienced educators with a deeper understanding of U.S. society, culture, values and institutions. Four of these institutes will be for groups of 18 foreign university level faculty each, focusing on American Politics and Political Thought, Contemporary American Literature, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Religious Pluralism in the United States. The fifth institute will be a general survey course on the study of the United States, for a group of 30 foreign secondary educators. Applicants may only propose to host one institute listed under this competition.
Dec. 14
Minority Faculty Fellowship Program
Minority Faculty Fellowship Program grants increase the number of under represented minority individuals who are members of the faculty in a health profession school. The grants enable schools to provide a stipend and a training allowance to the faculty fellow.
Grantees must: (1) Identify, recruit and select individuals who are underrepresented racial minorities in the health professions for teaching, administration, or research positions at a health professions institution; (2)Provide such individuals with the skills necessary for tenured faculty positions, which may include training in pedagogy, program administration, design and conduct of research, grant writing, and the preparation of articles suitable for publication in peer review journals;(3)Assist individuals in preparation for an academic career by providing services such as counseling; and (4) Provide health services to rural or medically underserved populations.
Dec. 14
Development of High Resolution Probes for Cellular Imaging (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-009.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) invite applications to support multi-investigator teams to develop new technologies to enable high sensitivity molecular detection in living cells. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to encourage and facilitate novel, high-risk strategies to create fundamentally new probes with enhanced spectral characteristics with the goal of improving detection schemes by a factor of 10 to 100. Parallel improvements in probe targeting, cellular delivery, and signal detection are also encouraged. The ultimate goal will be to develop probes and delivery strategies that can be used routinely to achieve single molecule sensitivity for imaging dynamic processes within living cells.
LOI due Dec. 14 and full Jan. 14
Advanced Education Nursing Grants
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15477&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice. For the purpose of this section, advanced education nurses means individuals trained in advanced degree programs including individuals in combined RN to Master's degree programs, post-nursing Master's certificate programs, or in the case of nurse-midwives, in certificate programs in existence on November 12, 1998, to serve as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators or public health nurses.
Dec. 14
American Association of University Women - Career Development Grants
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
AAUW Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Grants provide support for course work beyond a bachelor's degree, including a master's degree, second bachelor's degree, or specialized training in technical or professional fields. Funds are available for distance learning. Course work must be taken at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or at a technical school that is fully licensed or accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Funds are not available for doctoral-level work.
Dec. 15
American Association of University Women - Engineering Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.act.org/aauw/spfengineer/index.html
The AAUW Educational Foundation awards Engineering Dissertation Fellowships for the writing of the dissertation in engineering to American women who have achieved or show promise of achieving distinction in their scholarly work. An Engineering Dissertation Fellowship applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of the United States at the time of application. It is expected that the Engineering Dissertation Fellowships will be used for the final year of the writing of the dissertation and that the doctoral degree will be received at the end of the fellowship year. This fellowship is not intended to fund field research. Applicants must have completed all coursework, passed all preliminary exams and had the dissertation research prospectus (proposal or plan) submitted and/or approved by the December 15, 2006 application deadline. Students holding a fellowship for the purpose of writing the dissertation the year before the AAUW fellowship year are not eligible to apply. Applicants may apply up to two times for a dissertation fellowship for the same topic. Fellowships are available for all disciplines within the field of engineering. This fellowship program does not provide funding for distance learning programs or for degrees heavily dependent on distance learning components.
Dec. 15
UCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008
http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/cpapp_Clivar15dec07.html
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is pleased to announce the new US CLIVAR Climate Prediction Applications Postdoctoral Program (CPAPP) This program has been developed to encourage and build the pool of scientists qualified to transfer advances in climate science and climate prediction into climate-related decision frameworks and decision tools. (Refer to websites at: http://www.vsp.ucar.edu and http://www.usclivar.org ) The program seeks recent or anticipated PhDs, who are interested in applying their knowledge of the climate system and its prediction to the decision needs of society. The 2008 research theme is water resource management. Two fellowships are available:1) Contribute information on climate variability to municipal water management in the southeastern US, and 2) Work on climate change impacts to regional water management for the western US. Thematic Areas: The CR/DM Partners currently involved in the program jointly determine the thematic areas listed in the annual program announcements, and thus they may change each year. Examples include water, agriculture, ecosystems, coastal risk management, hydrometeorological disasters, and energy.
Dec. 15
Graduate Internships at the Getty
http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html
Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking.
Dec. 15
Huntington 2007-2008 Fellowships for Scholars of British and American History and Culture
http://huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 600,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, History of Science, British Drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California.
Dec. 15
UNCF MERCK Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.uncf.org/Merck/programs/post.htm
The United Negro College Fund and The Merck Company Foundation have collaborated to bring an exciting initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research.
Dec. 17
UNCF MERCK Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowships
http://www.uncf.org/Merck/programs/post.htm
The United Negro College Fund and the Merck Research Laboratories have collaborated to bring an exciting initiative to colleges and universities across the country. This program is designed to increase the number of African Americans in the pipeline of biomedical science education and research.
Dec. 17
Abrupt Climate Change Modeling: Climate Change Prediction Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/CD548F8ACF0EFBE28525736900689456?OpenDocument
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants on the topic of predictive modeling of abrupt climate change in the Climate Change Prediction Program. Applications should describe research projects supporting the development and application of climate and earth system models for abrupt climate change modeling. Applications should clearly describe how that research will contribute to a measurably improved ability to use climate and earth system models for studying abrupt climate change.
Dec. 17
National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=39934&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
The purpose of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program (NSDI CAP) is to fund innovative projects in the geospatial data community to build the infrastructure necessary to effectively discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geographic data. The NSDI consists of the technologies, policies, organizations, and people necessary to promote cost-effective production, and the ready availability and greater utilization of geospatial data among a variety of sectors, disciplines, and communities. Specific NSDI areas of emphasis include: metadata documentation, clearinghouse establishment, framework development, standards implementation, and geographic information system (GIS) organizational coordination.
Dec. 18
New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15595&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
"The purpose of this activity is to support the establishment of new service delivery sites for medically underserved populations to receive comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. This activity is a key factor in the President's Health Centers Initiative, a multi-year plan to strengthen the health care safety net by establishing or expanding health centers in 1,200 of the Nation's neediest communities through Health Centers funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Through the Health Center Program, funded organizations will offer access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and social services (including mental health, substance abuse, and oral health care services) to populations currently with limited or no access to such services.
Dec. 18
Women’s Issues Fund--Department of State- East Asian & Pacific Affairs
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15586&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Proposals (RFP). EAP’s Regional Women’s Issues Fund (WIF), which has supported women’s advancement in the region over the past several years, will soon be available under the Economic Support Fund (ESF) account for FY 2007-2008. EAP welcomes project proposals from credible local or international organizations that address women’s economic empowerment, foster political participation, and/or contribute to women/girls’ freedom from violence. EAP will have approximately $500,000 available to award multiple grants of up to $150,000 per grant. This competition is open to all appropriate applicants through announcement on grants.gov as well as to those recruited by Posts.
Dec. 18
Data Ontologies for Biomedical Research (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-425.html
Optimal use of informatics tools (e.g., tools for analyzing data, etc.) and resources (e.g., databases, data sets, etc.) depend upon explicit understandings of concepts related to the data upon which they compute. This is typically accomplished by a tool or resource adopting a formal controlled vocabulary and ontology. For the purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), an ontology is defined as a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relationships between those objects in a formal way. Generally, an ontology has a grammar that allows the terms of the vocabulary to express something meaningful to the biomedical researcher. In an effort to advance the use of powerful informatics approaches in biomedical research, this FOA solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to develop an ontology that will make it possible for software to understand how two or more existing data sets relate to each other.
LOI Dec. 18; full Jan. 19
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (K08 and K23)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15597&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
This program provides three to five years of mentored career development support to clinically-trained faculty members in strong research environments to enable them to gain skills and experience in aging research, under the guidance of a mentor or mentors, and to establish an independent program of research in this field. It also includes an annual meeting that allows opportunities to partner with national mentors and fellow awardees.
Dec. 19
Food Safety: Biological Approaches
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetybiologicalapproachesnri.cfm
This program supports hypothesis driven research that seeks to increase our knowledge of microbial ecology with regard to the routes of contamination of food; this includes on-farm investigations, post-harvest incidence, processing and distribution of food. One of the main objectives of this program is to fund research efforts which result in a demonstrable reduction in food-borne illness. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.
Dec. 19
Food Safety: Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetyepidemiologicalapproachesnri.cfm
Research that develops an understanding of the multiple factors involved in food safety and provides the science-based data for policy decisions requires epidemiological studies. Epidemiological studies of pre and post-harvest areas are vital to identify and characterize pathogenic organisms, including their sources and reservoirs; and to understand the transmission of the pathogen along the entire continuum.
Dec. 19
2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships Undergraduate Environmental Study
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_gro_undergrad.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is December 19, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
Dec. 19
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
http://fellowships.aaas.org/index.shtml
NEW: The online application system for the 2008-2009 fellowship year is now open. The deadline is 20 December. The Fellowships help to establish and nurture critical links between federal decision-makers and scientific professionals to support public policy that benefits the wellbeing of the nation and the planet. The Fellowships are designed to: educate scientists and engineers on the intricacies of federal policymaking; provide scientific expertise and analysis to support decision-makers confronting increasingly complex scientific and technical issues; foster positive exchange between scientists and policymakers;
empower scientists and engineers to conduct policy-relevant research that addresses challenges facing society; and increase the involvement and visibility of scientists and engineers in the public policy realm.
Dec. 20
Environmental Education Grants -- Solicitation Notice for 2008
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/pdf/solicitationnotice2008.pdf
This document solicits grant proposals to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop aware and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support to seed innovative projects that design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques as described in this notice.
Dec. 20
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-21692.pdf
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is to support early college preparation and awareness activities for low-income students. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.334A (Partnership grants). Applications for grants under the GEAR UP State and Partnership Competitions, CFDA Numbers 84.334S and CFDA 84.334A, must be submitted electronically using the Government wide 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.
Dec. 20
Multidisciplinary Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research (F32 and F33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-003.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support the multidisciplinary training of individuals from the basic, biomedical, clinical, and information sciences and/or engineering who are pursuing research on nanotechnology tools and/or applications for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and/or treatment of cancer. This FOA solicits applications for postdoctoral fellowships from recent doctoral level graduates as well as applications for senior fellowships from candidates with at least 7 years of research experience beyond the doctorate and established independent research positions.
Dec. 20
National Student Design Competition Sustainability Focusing People, Prosperity and Planet
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_p3.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of the P3 Award Program, A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving sustainability. The P3 competition highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website (http://www.epa.gov/ncer/P3 ) for more details about this program.
Dec. 20
Leadership Training in Nursing
The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training of nurses for leadership roles in maternal and child health, including women’s health and the care of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in community public health programs. This is to be accomplished by advancing the knowledge and skills of nursing health professionals and enhancing their effectiveness in community public health programs providing maternal and child health services, academia and or clinical settings.
Dec. 21
Radiation Combined Injury: Radiation Exposure in Combination with Burn, Wound, Trauma or Infection
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-038.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, solicits NIH Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation Grant (R21/R33) award applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to study mechanisms, animal models and/or the development of medical countermeasures for radiation exposure combined with other types of injury. The R21/R33 phased innovation award will support the innovative exploratory and developmental research initiated through a milestone-driven process under the R21 phase to establish the feasibility of possible mechanisms, animal model development and novel countermeasures for radiation combined injury, and through the R33 phase provide the support required to translate the innovation discoveries into the preclinical/clinical development pipeline. For the R21 portion of the grant application, preliminary data are not required, although they may be included when available.
Dec. 21 and full Jan. 24
Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07597/nsf07597.htm
This solicitation requests proposals to establish a Center to stimulate research and education at the interface of the mathematical and biological sciences. The Center will serve the biological and mathematical communities by providing mechanisms to foster synthetic, collaborative, cross-disciplinary studies. It will play a pivotal role by improving understanding and modeling of biological problems that can be gained only by using approaches of mathematical, statistical and computational biology. The Center also will play a critical role in addressing national needs, including the area of plant and animal infectious disease modeling, and provide knowledge that will be useful to policy makers, government agencies, and society.
prelim due Dec. 24 and full by invitation April 2
Cooperative Institute: Earth System Modeling for Climate Applications
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-20973.htm
In its solicitation for a Cooperative Institute (CI) dealing with earth system modeling for climate applications, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has observed that "Current state-of-the-art physical coupled climate models, particularly those that are used to forecast climate conditions on decadal and longer time scales, lack important features that are crucial for understanding how a warming world will affect the world's terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles, and importantly, how ecosystems can affect climate change. This understanding can be achieved in part by a vigorous climate observing program, and by a world class Earth System modeling capability." The proposed Earth System Modeling CI will address these needs by providing capabilities in Earth System Modeling research and Analysis to develop and improve climate models that simulate and predict chemical, physical, and ecosystem changes in the whole Earth system.
Dec. 24
Puffin Foundation - Grants to Encourage Emerging Artists in Art, Music, Theater, Dance, Photography, and Literature
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html
The Puffin Foundation continues to make Grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, music, theater, dance, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The Foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.
Dec. 30
French Consulate - Chateaubriand Fellowships in Science and Humanities
http://www.ambafrance-us.org/sst/chateaubriand_2005/index.htm
The Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the United States offers the Chateaubriand Fellowship to students enrolled in American universities - PhD Candidates or Post docs - to conduct research in a French laboratory (public or private) for a 6 to 12 month period. This program has two main goals: To allow American researchers to benefit from an experience in one of the best laboratories in France. To develop scientific cooperation between France and the United States. The research would be performed in a French university, a school of engineering, a national laboratory or a private enterprise. In such case, the fellowship can be co-sponsored by the interested French company. No particular level of French is required: French lessons may be available upon arrival in France. The number of Chateaubriand Fellowships each year is limited and the awarding of fellowships is highly selective.
Dec. 31
Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html
The Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 2008-2009 Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, less than an hour north of New York City. The Mathematical Sciences Department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with work on technical problems arising in industry. Currently, about 110 permanent members, academic visitors, and post-doctoral fellows are pursuing research in pure and applied mathematics and in theoretical and exploratory computer science. Areas of research include: algorithms (approximation, randomized, and on-line); data mining (machine learning, pattern recognition, and computational statistics); dynamical systems and differential equations; high-performance computing (including scientific computing and parallel computing); numerical analysis; optimization (discrete, continuous, and stochastic); probability theory (stochastic models, risk management, queues and queueing networks); statistics (time-series, multivariate analysis, design, and reliability); and supply-chain and operations management (pricing, optimization and performance modeling).
Jan. 5
Program for Postdoctoral Support in the Atmospheric Sciences
http://www.asp.ucar.edu/pdfp/pd_announcement.jsp
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a research institution located in Boulder, Colorado, operated by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Through its Advanced Study Program (ASP), NCAR offers a continuing program of postdoctoral study in the atmospheric and related sciences.
Jan. 5
2008-2009 IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/goldstine.index.html
The Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 2008-2009 Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. The fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, less than an hour north of New York City.
Jan. 5
National Endowment for the Arts - Literature Translation Fellowships
http://www.nea.gov/Grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) encourages applications for Literature Translation Fellowships for projects that involve the specific translation of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. Translations of writers and of work which are insufficiently represented in English translation are encouraged. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Grants are for $10,000 or $20,000, depending upon the artistic excellence and merit of the project.
Jan. 7
Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07601
Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams. This solicitation addresses that challenge by creating a set of exemplar national and global data research infrastructure organizations that provide unique opportunities to communities of researchers to advance science and/or engineering research and learning.
Jan. 7
U.S. GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics: Pan-Regional Synthesis
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07594/nsf07594.htm
As the culmination of a series of solicitations for the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Program (U.S. GLOBEC), this solicitation seeks a broader understanding of climate impacts on marine ecosystems that builds upon findings from the three regional U.S. GLOBEC studies: the Northwest Atlantic, the Northeast Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. Investigators submitting proposals in response to this solicitation should focus on: (1) synthetic activities, including conceptual and analytical modeling activities that capitalize upon and integrate concepts, methods, and/or data from the prior solicitations; (2) broad-scale studies including comparisons across system types, encompassing both GLOBEC and non-GLOBEC study areas; and/or (3) the development of management strategies at the population, community, and ecosystem levels. Participation of investigators new to the U.S. GLOBEC program is strongly encouraged to maximize the scope of the synthesis.
Jan. 8
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07598/nsf07598.htm
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems competition promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) is a multidirectorate program jointly operated by three NSF directorates (Biological Sciences; Geosciences; and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences). In addition to those three directorates, other NSF units (including the Directorate for Engineering, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Office of Polar Programs) participate in evaluation of proposals. Starting in FY 2008, the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will participate as a partner in the conduct of annual CNH competitions. CNH is a direct successor of a special competition that was part of the Biocomplexity in the Environment emphasis area.
Jan. 8
Earth Sciences awards Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07596
The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to highly qualified investigators within 3 years of obtaining their PhD to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. The research and education plans of each fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplines. The program supports researchers for a period of up to 2 years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize young investigators of significant potential, and provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their career, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.
Jan. 8
American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grants
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program invites applications to the Dissertation Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on U.S. education policy- and practice-related issues using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.
Jan. 8
Instrumentation for Materials Research
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07600
The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments.
Jan. 10
Research Scholars Program--Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
http://www.hhmi.org/research/cloister/program.html
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Scholars Program, also known as the Cloister Program, was established in 1985 to give outstanding students at U.S. medical schools the opportunity to receive research training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Research Scholars spend nine months to a year on the NIH campus, conducting basic research under the direct mentorship of senior NIH research scientists. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides the administration and funding for the program, including the salaries and benefits for the research scholars. The NIH provides advisors, mentors, laboratory space, and equipment and supplies for laboratory work.
Jan. 10
Fiscal Year 2008 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15803&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW
ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on or after 01 November 2002 for this FY08 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. Proposals addressing research areas as described in the ONR Science and Technology (S&T) Department section of ONR's website at www.onr.navy.mil which are of interest to ONR Program Officers and Division Directors will be considered. Contact information for each Division (a subgroup of an S&T Department) is also listed within the S&T section of the website. Potential applicants may contact the appropriate Division Director, or the Program Officer who is the point-of-contact for a specific technical area, to discuss their research ideas. Brief informal pre-proposals may be submitted to facilitate these discussions. Such discussions can clarify the content and breadth of the priority research areas and enhance the match between a subsequent proposal and Department of the Navy research needs.
Jan. 11
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/individuals/medfellows.html
The Medical Fellows Program supports a year of full-time biomedical research training for medical and dental students. Applicants must be enrolled in a US medical or dental school and the fellowship research may be conducted at any academic or nonprofit institution in the United States, except the National Institutes of Health. Research may be conducted abroad if the fellow's mentor is affiliated with a US institution. Support for the 2008 competition: An annual stipend of $27,000, an annual fellow's allowance of $5,500, and an annual research allowance of $5,500.
Jan. 11
Council Of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/
The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. CAORC member centers to which fellows may affiliate include the American Academy in Rome; the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman; the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco); the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies; the American Institute for Yemeni Studies; the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies; the American Institute of Indian Studies; the American Institute of Iranian Studies; the American Institute of Pakistan Studies; the American Research Center in Egypt; the American Research Institute in Turkey; the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; the Center for Khmer Studies, the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute; the Mexico-North Research Network, the Palestinian American Research Center; the West African Research Association (West African Region); and the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. Given changing restrictions to many countries, applicants should contact CAORC before preparing a proposal. It is anticipated that approximately ten awards of up to $9,000 each will be given to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance in the fields of humanities, social sciences, and related natural sciences. Scholars must carry out research in at least one of the countries which host overseas research centers: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal/West Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank/Gaza Strip and Yemen, as well as in other countries unless subject to official security and/or travel restrictions or warnings. Research in Nepal is possible via the Center for South Asia Libraries; please contact CAORC for more information. Fellows are required to obtain their own research permissions in countries that do not host centers.
Jan. 11
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08501/nsf08501.htm
The Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research program supports training and research for recent doctoral degree recipients in any aspect of scientific study of the Antarctic and/or the Arctic within the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) program areas. The program also provides travel grants to those eligible for fellowships for the purpose of meeting prospective mentors and colleagues, presenting seminars, discussing mutual research and/or education interests, evaluating facilities and professional development opportunities, and initiating collaborative relationships.
Jan. 11
Atmospheric Sciences Mid-Size Infrastructure Opportunity
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07602
The Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) recognizes the need for mid-size infrastructure to meet emerging demands of the research community it supports. For the purposes of this solicitation, mid-size infrastructure includes research equipment costing between $4M and $25M. Projects to be funded as mid-size infrastructure must have broad community support, and the facility or the data resulting from the facility must be widely used by researchers traditionally supported by ATM. Examples include in situ and remote sensing instrumentation, airborne platforms for research instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure needed to support observations and field programs, and upgrades to existing facilities. Design, engineering, and prototyping of mid-size infrastructure will be considered for funding only if there is valid justification for why this activity cannot be funded at the program level. Selected projects will be funded for one or more years, not to exceed five years. The development of mid-size infrastructure is intended to be a long-term effort in ATM to phase in high priority science-enabling tools consistent with community needs, ATM goals, and the NSF strategic vision.
Prelim Jan. 11 and full June 2
Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
The purpose of the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge (SPEC) Grants Program is to promote and strengthen teaching programs in agriscience and agribusiness at secondary and 2-year postsecondary institutions by enhancing curricula, increasing faculty teaching competencies, promoting higher education to prepare students for scientific and professional careers, incorporating agriscience or agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, facilitating joint initiatives among other educational institutions, and by responding to identified State, regional, national or international educational needs. Projects are encouraged that include partnerships among several academic institutions to more efficiently deliver coordinated, academic instruction that reduces instructional duplication and costs
Jan. 11
Research Initiation Grants/Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07560/nsf07560.htm
With the goal of broadening participation to all biologists including members from groups under-represented in biology, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at NSF offers two funding opportunities under this solicitation:
- Research Initiation Grants (RIG) and
- Career Advancement Awards (CAA).
Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to:
- Initiate research programs early in their careers and
Advance their careers by adding new approaches or directions to their on-going research programs.
Jan. 14
Smithsonian's Fellowship and Internship Opportunities
The Office of Research Training and Services (ORTS) has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's programs of research grants, fellowships, and other scholarly appointments. One of its primary objectives is the facilitation of the Smithsonian's scholarly interactions with students and scholars at universities, museums, and other research institutions around the world. The Office administers Institution-wide research support programs, and encourages and assists other Smithsonian museums, research institutes and research offices in the development of additional fellowships and visiting appointments.
Jan. 15
Rockefeller Foundation - Bellagio Study and Conference Center
http://www.rockfound.org/bellagio/bellagio.shtml
The Bellagio Study and Conference Center in northern Italy offers Individual, Collaborative, and Parallel Residencies for scholars and artists. The center offers one-month stays for 15 residents at a time. Individuals in any discipline or field and coming from any country who expect their work to result in publication, exhibition, performance, or other concrete product are welcome to apply for a period of work uninterrupted by the usual professional and personal demands.
Jan. 15
Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03506/nsf03506.htm
The Pan American Advanced Study Institutes (PASI) Program, is a jointly supported initiative between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Pan American Advanced Studies Institutes are short courses ranging in length from ten days to one month duration, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars and discussions at the advanced graduate and post-doctoral level. PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, and in engineering fields. Whenever feasible, an interdisciplinary approach is recommended.
Jan. 15
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.
Due 15th of Jan., Apr., July, Oct.
Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-021.html
To stimulate research in fundamental aspects of developmental biology at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. In order to ensure that the field of developmental biology will attract the best and brightest minds, potential students need to be exposed to the excitement of the research enterprise at an early stage in their training. These AREA grants are intended to support small-scale developmental biology research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions including many small primarily undergraduate and historically minority institutions.
LOI due Jan. 15 and full Feb. 15
AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htm
NEH fellowships are for persons who have already completed their formal professional training. Degree candidates and persons seeking support for work in pursuit of a degree may not hold AAS-NEH fellowships. Foreign nationals who have been residents in the United States for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the fellowship are eligible. Mid-career scholars are encouraged to apply. AAS Fellows are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections.
Jan. 15
Humane Studies Fellowships
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/
http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/id.783/default.asp
Each year IHS awards over $400,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world. IHS also sponsors the attendance of hundreds of students at its summer seminars and provides various forms of career assistance. Through these and other programs, the Institute promotes the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving.
Jan. 15
Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm
Awards will be made as follows: For the SDE, Eloise Gerry, and Vessa Notchev Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics. For the Nell I. Mondy Fellowships, awards are for research in the same areas as for the other Fellowships, with preference given to applications in the areas of food science, nutrition, and toxicology.
Jan. 15
American Association of University Women Applications for Community Action Grants
The American Association of University Women Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents.
Jan. 15
Gates (Bill & Melinda) Foundation - Gates Cambridge Scholarships
http://www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk/
In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust. This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others. The Trust expects there to be ~230 Gates Cambridge Scholars studying at the University at any one time. Although there may be variation in the actual number of awards made each year, the Trust seeks to elect approximately 100 new scholars annually. Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded only to students who gain admission to the University through the University's regular procedures.
Jan. 15
Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program at the U.S. Department of State
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/
The contribution of state-of-the-art science, technology, and engineering (STE) to the formulation and implementation of U.S. government policy, both domestic and foreign, has been recognized throughout the second half of the 20th-century as a critical element in reaching sound, comprehensive conclusions that reflect “good governance”. Without an accurate, timely understanding of rapidly advancing STE issues, it is increasingly difficult to identify and establish sound governmental policy that effectively meets the needs of modern societies. The articulation of “accurate science for statecraft” to policy makers has become an essential element in establishing effective international relationships in the 21st century. Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science Fellows. Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions.
Jan. 15
Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm
The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. AAS also offers long-term fellowships (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm), intended for scholars beyond the doctorate. The following short-term fellowships are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Candidates holding a recognized terminal degree appropriate to the area of proposed research, such as the master's degree in library science or M.F.A., are also eligible to apply. A single form is used to apply for short-term fellowships offered by the Society in each of the categories below; a link to obtaining application material follows the description of each of the fellowships the Society offers.
Jan. 15
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/AfricanAmerican.shtm
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture are intended to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through professional training, technical assistance, internships, outside expertise, and other tools. Successful proposals will focus on one or more of the following three goals: 1) developing or strengthening knowledge, skills, and other expertise of current staff at African American museums; 2) attracting and retaining professionals with the skills needed to strengthen African American museums; and 3) attracting new staff to African American museum practice and providing them with the expertise needed to sustain them in the museum field.
Jan. 15
Development and Application of Nanotechnology-based Tools to Understand Mechanisms of Bioremediation (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-007.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing a new funding opportunity to support individual research projects as part of the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SBRP). The objective for this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance our understanding of the basic structural and functional properties of biological populations that are involved in the bioremediation of hazardous substances by integrating or adapting innovative nanotechnology based tools for sensing, detecting, and elucidating processes at the molecular and nano-scale.
LOI due Jan. 16 and full Feb. 15
DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
http://www.krellinst.org/csgf/index.shtml
The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) is a program funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration. Now in its 16th year, the DOE CSGF trains scientists to meet the nation’s workforce needs and helps to create a nationwide interdisciplinary community. The fellowship provides support and guidance to some of the nation’s best scientific graduate students, and these graduates now work in DOE laboratories, private industry and educational institutions. The fellowship currently supports 63 students at 35 universities in 22 states. Over 250 students at more than 50 U.S. universities have trained as Fellows, and the demand is only growing.
Jan. 16
African Americanists or scholars researching the African Diaspora, postdoctoral fellowships
http://www.aasrp.uiuc.edu/education/postDoc.html
An applicant must demonstrate promise for a tenure track appointment at a research college or university. An applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and must have received a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree within the past four years, or have completed this requirement by June of the fellowship year. The candidate’s primary research focus must be African-American, and/or African Diaspora Studies.
Jan. 16
International Science and Education Competitive Grants
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/intl_science.html
The International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program (ISE) supports research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching. ISE projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula; ensure that faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring lessons learned back home; promote international research partnerships; enhance the use and application of foreign technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen the role that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.
Jan. 17
Request for Proposals: Digital Humanities Workshops
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digital.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities invites proposals for workshops that offer academically rigorous professional development programs for K-12 educators seeking to use digital resources to strengthen the teaching of the humanities. Workshops must have a cohesive course of study, address well-defined topics, and foster deeper and more informed engagement with the content-rich resources of the Internet, particularly the materials and lesson plans available through NEH's EDSITEment, a nationally recognized gateway to the best humanities materials on the World Wide Web.
Jan. 17
Campus Suicide Prevention Grants
http://www.samhsa.gov:80/Grants/2008/sm_08_002.aspx
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 for Campus Suicide Prevention Grants. The purpose of this program is to facilitate a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide in institutions of higher education. This program is designed to assist colleges and universities in their efforts to prevent suicide attempts and completions and to enhance services for students with mental and behavioral health problems, such as depression and substance abuse, which put them at risk for suicide and suicide attempts.
Jan. 18
Fellowships in Egypt
http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html
ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding, fellowships are granted for periods of between 3 and 12 months. Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Economics, Egyptology, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Humanities, Islamic Studies, Literature, Political Science, Religious Studies
Jan. 18
Economics Program
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=SES&from=home
The Economics Program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. The program strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. Topics of current interest are computational economics, the transformation of command economies, human resource-related issues (poverty, labor productivity, the family, gender and racial discrimination, etc.), and global environmental change.
Jan. 18
NSF RIDGE 2000
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07571/nsf07571.htm
RIDGE 2000 is a community-based science initiative focused on integrated geological and biological studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the RIDGE 2000 science plan is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle, through the volcanic and hydrothermal systems of the oceanic crust, to the deep ocean. The complex linkages between life and planetary processes at the mid-ocean ridge can be understood only through tightly integrated studies that span a broad range of disciplines in geophysics, geology, geochemistry, biology and oceanography.
Jan. 18
Software for Real-World Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07599/nsf07599.htm
Software is a critical element in a broad range of real-world systems ranging from micro- and nano-scale embedded devices in highways, household appliances, and medical devices to continental- and global-scale critical infrastructures, such as communications and electrical power grids and transportation, health care, and enterprise systems. While software’s role in governing overall system behavior can ultimately determine success or failure, the science and engineering of designing and building software for real-world systems remain elusive and poorly understood.
Jan. 19
International Affairs Fellowships
http://www.cfr.org/about/fellowships/iaf.html
Launched in 1967, the International Affairs Fellowship Program is designed to advance the professional development of outstanding young Americans between the ages of 27 and 35. Each year, approximately a dozen men and women receive an opportunity to broaden their experience in the field of international affairs and to add a unique dimension to their careers. The fellowships seek to bridge the gap between thought and action in foreign policy by supporting both a variety of policy studies and active exposure to policymaking. The distinctive character of the program lies in the contrasting experiences it provides at the juncture of policy research and policy formulation. Thus, it encourages academics and others from the private sector to serve in a policy-oriented environment through operational experience in public service. Conversely, it permits government officials on leave to study key issues in a scholarly atmosphere free from operational pressure.
Jan. 19
Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-008.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites applications from qualified institutions for support of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Core Centers. These Centers are designed to establish innovative programs of excellence in the field of environmental health sciences by providing scientific and programmatic support for promising investigators and areas of research. A Core Center Grant is an institutional award to support centralized scientific resources and facilities shared by investigators with existing research projects. By providing a Center structure and Core resources this support is intended to enhance the ability of scientists working the field of environmental health sciences to identify and capitalize on current and emerging opportunities that will lead to outstanding research advances to improve our understanding of the relationship between environmental exposures and both human biology and human disease.
LOI Jan. 21 & full Feb. 21
NSF 2010 Project
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07591
The Directorate for Biological Sciences of the National Science Foundation announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes. This year, as in FY 2007, the Program will focus on: (1) research on exemplary networks using high throughput methods and integrating modeling with experimental data to understand the gene circuitry underlying basic plant processes; (2) projects that will develop experimental and computational methods, tools, and resources for enabling a broad community of scientists to conduct functional genomics research on Arabidopsis; and (3) projects to perform genome-wide analyses of the gene function.
Jan. 21
National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS)
http://www.epa.gov/Education/students.html
EPA established the National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) in 1986 to foster a growing interest among higher education students in environmental careers. The NNEMS program is a comprehensive fellowship program that provides undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to participate in a fellowship project that is directly related to their field of study. The NNEMS program is sponsored by EPA's Environmental Education Division (EED), Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education (OCHPEE). Students who are awarded NNEMS fellowships are offered a unique opportunity to gain research and training experience directly linked to their undergraduate or graduate studies. NNEMS fellows conduct research projects to augment their academic studies, which EPA supports with financial assistance. EPA has awarded more than 1,400 fellowships under this program and awarded 16 fellowships in 2007.
Jan. 22
FY 2008 National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/NNEMS/pdf/solicitation2008.pdf
Provide students with practical research opportunities and experiences in EPA’s program and regional offices and in its laboratories; • Increase public awareness of and involvement in environmental issues; Encourage qualified individuals to pursue environmental careers; and Help defray the costs associated with the pursuit of academic programs related to the field of environmental protection, such as pollution control, science, engineering, technology, social science, and specialty areas.
Jan. 22
NIGMS Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) [R25]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-432.html
The goal of the PREP is to encourage individuals from underrepresented groups who have recently obtained their baccalaureate degrees to complete for Ph.D. degree programs in biomedically relevant sciences through extensive academic enhancements and research experience. Through this program, it is anticipated that a steady supply of Ph.D. candidates from underrepresented groups will be established. It is also the expectation and hope that some of the PREP participants will eventually become the scientists who conduct research in areas that address reducing health disparities.
Jan. 22
National Endowment for the Humanities
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html
America's Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. Planning grants can be used to plan, refine, and develop the content and interpretive approach of a project. Applicants should have already conducted preliminary consultation with scholars to help shape the humanities content of the project and with other programming advisers appropriate to the project's format.
Jan. 23
Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint Research Solicitation – USDA, DOE
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/1A749FE781C1AA8C8525736F00611D99?OpenDocument
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program hereby announce their interest in receiving applications for genomics-based research that will lead to the improved use of biomass and plant feedstocks for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Specifically, applications are sought for fundamental research on plants that will improve biomass characteristics, biomass yield, or sustainability. Systems biology approaches to identify genetic indicators enabling plants to be efficiently bred or manipulated, or research that yields fundamental knowledge of the structure, function and organization of plant genomes leading to improved feedstock characterization and sustainability are also encouraged.
Jan. 23
Major Research Instrumentation Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners. The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. For proposals over $2 million, requests must be for the acquisition of a single instrument. For proposals requesting $2 million or less, investigators may seek support for instrument development or for acquisition of a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus.
Jan. 24
Science Student Internships at NSF--Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
http://qemnetwork.qem.org/internship.htm
Science [engineering] Student Internships at the National Science Foundation (NSF) provide undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to be mentored by program officers involved in making science policy and in implementing national programs focused on science and engineering. The experience is designed to increase students' understanding of how science policy is made as well as to further develop their potential for becoming leaders and proponents of increased participation in science and engineering by students from underrepresented minority groups. The ten-week internship includes a one-week pre-internship professional development session, a nine-week site assignment with a mentor or advisor, and a post-internship reflection session. Interns also participate in several special enrichment activities during the summer.
Students enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or Tribal Colleges and Universities who meet the eligibility criteria are particularly encouraged to apply.
Jan. 25
Genetic and Genomic Resources for Emerging Non-Mammalian Model Organisms (R24)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-457.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites investigator-initiated applications for research designed to generate genetic tools and genomic resources that will enable researchers to exploit the full potential of novel or developing model systems for comparative and functional genomic studies. The typical organism to be considered should have a publicly available draft of the genomic DNA sequence with a minimum of 5X coverage. In addition, the organism should show promise as, or is, a model for basic biological, developmental, or behavioral mechanisms. -Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.
Jan. 25
NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-456.html
The overall goal of NINDS's research training and research education programs is to ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate scientific areas to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The NINDS Research Education Grant is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers through creative and innovative research educational programs including regional and national programs. Applications will be accepted in response to this funding opportunity from organizations that propose diversity educational research experiences at the following levels of professional career development: undergraduate, medical/graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, medical resident, and/or independent scientist.
Jan. 25
Discovery Research K-12
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08502/nsf08502.htm
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12) program seeks to enable significant advances in K-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through research about, and development and implementation of, innovative resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policy makers. Activities funded under this solicitation begin with a research question or hypothesis about K-12 STEM learning or teaching; develop, adapt, or study innovative resources, models, or technologies; and demonstrate if, how, for whom, and why their implementation affects learning. This solicitation calls for proposals that are responsive to either the Contextual Challenges strand or the Frontier Challenges strand. The former invites proposals that address the more immediate and pressing challenges facing K-12 STEM education at the national level. The latter anticipates opportunities for the future and supports initiatives on the frontiers of knowledge which challenge existing assumptions about learning and teaching within or across STEM fields, envision needs of learners in 10 to 15 years, and consider new and innovative ways to reach learners. Within these strands, the program calls for full research and development projects, exploratory projects, and synthesis projects. A DR-K12 Resource Network will be funded to support these efforts in FY 2008. In addition, conferences related to the mission of the DR-K12 program are also supported.
Jan. 28
American Sociological Association - Minority Fellowship Program
http://www.asanet.org/page.ww?section=Funding&name=Minority+Fellowship+Program
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nation’s mental health and drug abuse research agendas.
Jan. 29
Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Summer 2008 Research Seminar on Extreme Materialist Approaches to Medieval Manuscripts
http://www.uiowa.edu/obermann/medievalbooks/
Call for Proposals: Up to 10 Fellowships for Participating Scholars. Scholars of the Middle Ages have long engaged deeply with medieval manuscripts, yet they rarely confront the practical, technological, and artistic challenges of making books. Book artists solve these very challenges as they fabricate books—sometimes drawing on medieval techniques—yet they rarely come into contact with scholars of book history or of the Middle Ages. In summer 2008, the Obermann Center in collaboration with the Center for the Book will offer participants an exciting new research opportunity by bringing book artists and medieval scholars together in a two-week seminar that integrates scholarly study and engaged artistic practice. We welcome applications from book artists with demonstrated interest in medieval production techniques and from scholars of the Middle Ages whose study of manuscripts would most benefit from intimate, engaged materialist knowledge of the book. We encourage applicants from a broad range of disciplines that rely on manuscripts. Scholars in art history, history, languages, literature, musicology, and religion are encouraged to apply. Our objective is to advance scholarship of the medieval disciplines through an informed understanding of material manuscript evidence.
Jan. 30
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship--Social Science Research Council
http://programs.ssrc.org/dpdf/
The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions.
Jan. 30
Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08504/nsf08504.htm
The Division of Chemistry of the National Science Foundation (NSF) , under the umbrella of the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF), has provided support to research institutions and consortia for the establishment of regional or national instrumentation facilities, the purchase of departmental research instrumentation, and the development of state-of-the-art equipment. In FY05, the instrumentation facilities component of the CRIF Program was expanded to address the growing importance of cyber-enabled chemistry in the research endeavor. Preference will be given to cyber-enabled chemistry proposals that are distinct from the projects represented by the FY05 and FY06 awards (CHE-0535542; CHE-0535640; CHE-0535656; CHE-0535710; CHE-0625419; CHE-0626111; CHE-0626305; CHE-0626354). The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) Program provides funding to build a foundation for cyber-enabled chemical research and education, and to establish and support multi-user instrumentation research facilities with unique capabilities in the chemical sciences. This is structured to enable NSF, through its Division of Chemistry, to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure to support basic research and education in chemistry.
Feb. 1
Ph.D. Scholarships, Travel Grants for Biomedical Research in Europe
http://www.bifonds.de/cgi-bin/show.pl/about_us/about_us.html?sid=xdgz2jior3ah9gqzmtjm9b4xalt6r3kq
The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds is a public foundation - an independent, not-for-profit institution for the exclusive and direct promotion of basic research in biomedicine. It supports researchers and projects aimed to experimentally elucidate basic phenomena of human life and pays particular attention to the promotion of junior scientists. The Foundation awards long-term scholarships to PhD students, supporting some 110 PhDs worldwide at the same time. It grants travel allowances to PhD students and post-doctoral scientists to enable them to participate in short-term practicals in laboratories further afield or in scientific courses, e.g. summer or winter schools. In both programmes, the Foundation supports Europeans working in Europe and overseas and students from overseas when working in Europe. It awards scholarships to German medical students to give them the opportunity of pursuing excellent research. Senior scientists are mainly addressed by the International Titisee Conferences.
Feb. 1
USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hep_challenge.html
Projects supported by the Higher Education Challenge Grants Program will: (1) address a State, regional, national, or international educational need; (2) involve a creative or non-traditional approach toward addressing that need that can serve as a model to others; (3) encourage and facilitate better working relationships in the university science and education community, as well as between universities and the private sector, to enhance program quality and supplement available resources; and (4) result in benefits that will likely transcend the project duration and USDA support.
Feb. 1
UCLA Center for 17th &18th Century Studies; William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm
Various fellowships for senior and postdoctoral scholars.
Feb. 1
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - Research Fellowships
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/about/fellowships/application/
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin invites applications for the 2006-2007 Research Fellowships to scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research projects in all areas of the humanities with priority given to proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections and require substantial on-site use of them. The stipends are $3,000 per month for up to four months. This year's special topic will be "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America." Projects will be welcomed that examine how the major wars of the last century reshaped American consciousness and left in their wake distinct post-war cultures.
~Feb. 1
W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000793.pdf
The Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice is accepting applications to its W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program. The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Feb. 1
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19847&c=EMC-FA137
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program is an advanced leadership program for nurses in senior executive roles in health services, public health and nursing education who aspire to help lead and shape the U.S. health care system. The three-year fellowships allow participating nurses to remain in their current positions while they gain the experiences, insights, competencies and skills necessary to advance in executive leadership positions in a health care system that is undergoing unprecedented change. The program is designed to give nursing and nurses a more influential role across many sectors of the economy.
Feb. 1
American Seed Research Foundation – Grants
http://www.amseed.com/asrf/index.html
The American Seed Research Foundation (ASRF) supports public research in plant and seed biology, applied research projects with broad or crop-specific applications, public-private cooperation in seed-related research, and educational opportunities in seed-related sciences
Feb. 2
Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08505/nsf08505.htm
The goal of research funded under the interdisciplinary P2C2 solicitation is to utilize key geological, chemical, and biological records of climate system variability to provide insights into the mechanisms and rate of change that characterized Earth's past climate variability, the sensitivity of Earth's climate system to changes in forcing, and the response of key components of the Earth system to these changes. Important scientific objectives of P2C2 are to: 1) provide comprehensive paleoclimate data sets that can serve as model test data sets analogous to instrumental observations; and 2) enable transformative syntheses of paleoclimate data and modeling outcomes to understand the response of the longer-term and higher magnitude variability of the climate system that is observed in the geological record.
Feb. 4
Technology and Methods Development for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-458.html
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), along with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites grant applications for research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications). NHGRI places a high priority on research projects that address technology and methods development in all relevant areas, new approaches to bioinformatics that facilitate data management and data dissemination, new computational biology approaches to data analysis, new strategies to apply genomics to clinical problems, new approaches that combine genomics and population studies, and studies of the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research including the exploration of new policy approaches to address social issues raised by new capabilities in genomics.
Feb. 5
RGK Foundation Education, Community, and Medicine/Health
http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php
RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Medicine/Health. The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Feb. 8
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/hispanic.html
This competitive grants program is intended to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences. Programs aim to attract outstanding students and produce graduates capable of enhancing the Nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional work force. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CSREES requests applications for the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI) for fiscal year (FY) 2008 to promote and strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain, and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation’s food and agricultural scientific and professional work force. CSREES anticipates the total amount available for support of the HSI in FY 2008 will be approximately $5.5 million. This notice identifies the objectives for HSI projects, the eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for an HSI grant. CSREES additionally requests stakeholder input from any interested party for use in the development of the next RFA for this program.
Feb. 8
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07589/nsf07589.htm
With the goal of broadening participation to all engineers including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at NSF offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive ENG funding to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from under-represented groups, engineers at minority serving.institutions, and persons with disabilities.
Feb. 8
National Sea Grant College Program Aquatic Invasive
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15337&mode=VIEW
The National Sea Grant College Program seeks to fund research and outreach projects addressing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species. The goal of the program is to discover and develop information and tools that can lead to the prevention, detection, monitoring and control of aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and Great Lakes communities, resources and ecosystems. The opportunity seeks especially to support NOAA-relevant regional research and outreach priorities identified by the Regional Panels of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Gulf of Mexico/Southeast Atlantic Regional Priorities: (Outreach) Research to determine the most effective means to change the attitudes and behaviors of people in regards to practices leading to the release or spread of non-indigenous species. (Research) Investigations into the methodology for predicting range extensions for known invaders based upon their basic life history biology, with particular reference to the potential effects of natural disasters (hurricanes and floods) and extreme climatic events.
Feb. 14
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/opd/2008_grad_app.htm#eli
The EISENHOWER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (GRAD) provides funding for the pursuit of Master's Degrees or Doctorates in transportation related fields. The program objective is to attract qualified students to the fields of transportation education and research, and advance transportation workforce development. The Program is intended to help upgrade the scope of knowledge of the entire transportation community in the United States and encompasses all modes of transportation. The Department of Transportation encourages students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to apply for the Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships.
Feb. 15
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-006.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) invites qualified investigators from domestic institutions of higher education to submit an application for a Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SBRP) multi-project program grant. With the assignment of the SBRP to NIEHS, the emphasis for this Program is the protection of human health. A secondary emphasis which complements the activities of its sister agencies, EPA and ATSDR, is to understand both the potential risk for being exposed to hazardous substances by characterizing environmental fate and movement, and the effects of these exposures on biological processes that determine disease risk. By understanding both components, strategies for mitigating risk can be developed that encompass approaches based on either reducing exposure through environmental remediation methods and/or through public health/clinical interventions.
LOI Feb. 15 and Full April 15
ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-013.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. This announcement is specifically designed to:
1) encourage the development of small, focused research projects by legal, historical, ethics, humanities, social sciences and behavioral scholars; 2) support exploratory studies that may provide preliminary findings or pilot data for larger research proposals;
3) support the secondary analysis of existing data;
4) support the development of new methodologies; and
5) stimulate and facilitate the entry of promising new investigators into ELSI Research.
Feb. 16
Feasibility Studies to Develop Technology and Methods for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-459.html
To support feasibility studies to conduct innovative high risk/high payoff research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications).
Feb. 16
NMFS/Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-4225.htm
The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. This solicitation is responsive to NOAA Mission Goal 1: protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management.
Feb. 27
Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01)
http://grants1.nih.gov:80/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-008.html
The NICHD invites applications from investigators willing to participate under a cooperative agreement in a multi-site research consortium designed to perform experimental or quasi-experimental efficacy trials on integrative early childhood programmatic approaches that promote school readiness for children ages 3-5 who are English Language Learners (ELL) and at-risk for later school difficulties. The purpose of this solicitation is to increase our understanding of the types of integrative programmatic approaches that promote ELL child learning and development across multiple domains of early childhood competence, as well as those that address teacher and parent behaviors that promote ELL children’s development in these areas.
LOI Feb. 27 and full March 27
Tinker Foundation Awards Institutional Grants
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/tinker/institu.html
The Tinker Foundation awards Institutional Grants to organizations and institutions that promote the interchange and exchange of information within the community of those concerned with the affairs of Spain, Portugal, Ibero-America, and Antarctica. (For the foundation's purposes, Ibero-America is defined as the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere.)
March 1
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
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. 21st Century Research Awards provide adequate, flexible funding over a sufficient time period to allow investigators to pursue and develop innovative directions to their research programs. Studying Complex Systems - The Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, nonlinear systems. 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
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
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
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. The John Hope Franklin Fellow will be expected (1) to devote full time for 12 months - with no teaching obligations - to researching on his or her dissertation project or the writing of his or her dissertation; and (2) to spend a minimum of three months in Philadelphia in residence at the APS Library, with full encouragement to conduct research at other libraries and archives in and around the city.
April 1
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
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
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
