October 2006
Office of Proposal Development
Texas A&M University
October 11, 2006 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List
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Newberry Library research fellowships in the humanities and related fields
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
The Newberry Library is accepting applications for 2007-2008 Fellowships in the Humanities, including Long-Term Fellowships, Short-Term Fellowships, and Special Awards and Fellowships. Each fellowship category includes numerous awards with varying focuses, terms, and eligibility requirements, generally supporting postdoctoral and/or predoctoral research using the library collections.
Application deadlines vary by program, and are available through the website
AAUW Education/career opportunities for women
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/index.cfm
The American Association of University Women Educational Foundation offers a number of fellowships and grants to advance educational and career opportunities for women.
Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) Publications Fund
http://www.mhra.org.uk/Funding/index.html
Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). Publications Fund. The Committee of the Modern Humanities Research Association invites applications for financial assistance towards the costs of publishing scholarly works in the field of the medieval and modern European literatures and languages (including English) which, by their nature, could not expect to be financially self-supporting. Since the works supported would not normally be viable in a commercial market, the association will not entertain applications where the publisher allows a payment of royalties to the author. The Modern Humanities Research Association exists to encourage and promote advanced study and research in the field of the medieval and modern European languages and literatures. English and the Slavonic languages are included in this definition. History, library studies, education and pedagogical subjects, and the medical application of linguistics are excluded.
Deadline varies
Information Institute Research Program
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Information Directorate, has republished the original announcement for BAA-06-01-IFKA, the Information Institute Research Program, and requests submission of white papers for the program. The AFRL has also added an additional focus area to BAA-06-01-IFKA entitled "Visualizing Situations." The Information Institute Research Program research areas of interest include innovative approaches, basic and exploratory research projects in the area of information science and technology. Information science and technology areas of interest include but are not limited to: Information Exploitation; Information Fusion & Understanding; Information Management including JBI & Collaborative Environments; Advanced Computing Architecture including Biocomputing & Quantum Computing; Cyber Operations, active & passive; Command & Control including Effects Based Operations & Decision Sciences; Connectivity including Integrated Transmission & Exploitation.
Various programs and due dates
October
The George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation
http://www.brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/howard/
Approximately ten fellowships will be offered for the 2007-08 year to support persons engaged in independent projects in the following fields: Visual Arts, Media Studies, and the History of Art and Architecture
Oct.17
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05510/nsf05510.htm
The purpose of the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships is to support future leaders in the mathematical sciences by enabling them to participate in research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development. There will be two options for awardees: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. Awards will be made for appropriate research in areas of the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines.
Oct. 20
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its Mission Science Directorate (MSD) [formerly the Office of Space Science (OSS) and Office of Earth Science (OES)] have developed a comprehensive approach to providing education and public outreach (E/PO) to enhance the public's understanding of space science. The Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS) Grant Program is a unique component of the OSS E/PO Strategy that is administered by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). The IDEAS grant program is an independent education and public outreach grant program that does not have direct attachment to a science research program. The spirit of IDEAS is to provide start-up funding to explore innovative, creative ways to integrate astronomy and space science into United States education and public outreach venues through partnerships between the astronomers/space scientists and education professionals.
Oct. 20
Stemmler Fund 2006-2007 --Call for Med-Ed Proposals
http://www.nbme.org/stemmlerfund/
The Edward J. Stemmler, MD Medical Education Research Fund of the National Board of Medical Examiners has announced the 2006-2007 Call for Proposals. The purpose of the Stemmler Fund is to provide support for research and development in innovative evaluation methodologies or techniques, with the potential to advance assessment in medical education or practice, at eligible medical schools. Expected outcomes include advances in the theory, knowledge, or practice of assessment at any point along the continuum of medical education, from undergraduate and graduate education and training, through practice. Pilots, and more comprehensive projects, are both of interest
Oct. 20
Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9906&mode=VIEW
The CSTAR Program represents an NOAA/NWS effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services through collaborative research between operational forecasters and academic institutions which have expertise in the environmental sciences. These activities will engage researchers and students in applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community and will improve the accuracy of forecasts and warnings of environmental hazards by applying scientific knowledge and information to operational products and services.
Oct. 20
Developmental Infrastructure For Population Research (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-362.html
Applicants may request funds under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support infrastructure development designed to: (1) enhance the quality and quantity of population research conducted at an institution; and (2) develop new research capabilities to advance population research through innovative approaches. A central goal of this program is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in population research while providing essential and cost-effective core services in support of the development, conduct, and translation of population research based in centers or comparable administrative units.
LOI Oct 22; Full Nov. 22
Promoting Aging Research Careers In Health Disparities (K01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-06-008.html
For purposes of this funding opportunity, eligible individuals are applicants who have been determined by the grantee institution to be committed to a career in health disparities research related to aging and who are members of or knowledgeable about health disparity population groups. Nationally, health disparity population groups include but are not limited to African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, medically underserved, low socioeconomic populations and rural populations.
LOI Oct. 23; Full Nov. 22
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/rfa-sg-grant-6-13-06.pdf
This is a new Request for Applications (RFA) for the Office of Environmental Justice’s (OEJ) national program, the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG). An earlier RFA for this program was released, but was later cancelled, because OEJ did not receive enough applications to meet national program objectives. If you applied under the previous RFA, you must submit a new application because significant changes have been made; and 2) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (EJ CPS). (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/rfa-cps-grant-6-13-06.pdf). This is a new Request for Applications (RFA) for the Office of Environmental Justice’s (OEJ) national program, the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (EJ CPS). An earlier RFA for this program was released, but was later cancelled, because OEJ did not receive enough applications to meet national program objectives.
Oct. 23
Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies – The $1000 Genome (R21/R33)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-022.html
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) solicits grant applications to develop novel technologies that will enable extremely low-cost DNA sequencing. Current technologies are able to produce the sequence of a mammalian-sized genome of the desired data quality for $5 to $10 million; the goal of this initiative is to reduce costs by at least four orders of magnitude, so that a mammalian-sized genome could be sequenced for approximately $1000. Substantial fundamental research is needed to develop the scientific and technological knowledge underpinning such a major advance. Therefore, it is anticipated that the long-term goals of this FOA may be achieved in about ten years.
LOI Oct. 24; Full Nov. 25
Cooperative Research Partnerships into Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Biodefense Toxins
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-06-035.html
Through this RFA, the NIAID invites research grant applications that will support the discovery, design, and/or development of novel therapeutics and/or post-exposure prophylactics and rapid and sensitive diagnostics for certain biodefense toxins: Shiga toxins, ricin toxin, the Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB), Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin and the botulinum neurotoxins (http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/bandc_priority.htm). Applications that include collaborations between researchers from different disciplines and/or with industry (e.g., pharmaceutical, chemical or biotechnological companies) are strongly encouraged. This RFA will not support basic research.
LOI Oct. 27; Full Nov. 27
Partnerships for International Research and Education
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06589/nsf06589.htm
Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) seeks to catalyze a cultural change in U.S. institutions by establishing innovative models for international collaborative research and education. The program will enable U.S. institutions to establish collaborative relationships with international groups or institutions in order to engender new knowledge and discoveries at the frontier and to promote the development of a globally-engaged, U.S. scientific and engineering workforce.
Prelim Oct. 30; Full Feb. 28 by Invitation
Career Development Program in the Genetics and Genomics of Lung Diseases (K12)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-004.html
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop multidisciplinary career development programs in genetics and genomics of lung diseases that will equip new investigators with the knowledge and skills [to elucidate their role in the etiology and pathogenesis of such diseases. Through this program, the NHLBI will support the early career development of researchers who are expected to become independent investigators and assume academic leadership roles in this rapidly evolving field.
LOI Oct. 30; Full Nov. 30
IBM Ph.D. Fellowships
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/university/scholars/fellowship/phd/index.html
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Ph.D. Fellowship program honors exceptional Ph.D. students in many academic disciplines and areas of study, for example:
1. Computer science and engineering; 2. Electrical and mechanical engineering; 3. Physical sciences (including chemistry, material sciences, and physics); 4. Mathematical sciences (including optimization); 5. Business sciences (including financial services, communication, and learning or knowledge); 6. Service sciences, management, and engineering.
Oct. 31
DARPA Computer Science Study Groups
http://www.darpa.mil/baa/RA06-46.html
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with support from the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), is soliciting applications from U.S. institutions of higher learning (institutions) nominating junior institution faculty to participate in the “Computer Science Study Group,” or CS Study Group. The CS Study Group consists of two principal functional areas: participation in the FY07 Computer Science Study Panel (CS Study Panel) and application for, and conduct of, Computer Science Research Projects (CS Research Projects) in support of Department of Defense (DoD) objectives. The CS Study Panel will focus on computer science technology and its application to associated problems of interest to DoD.
Oct. 31
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - ORNL Instrument Development Fellowships: Novel Concepts for Neutron Instrumentation
The Neutron Scattering Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) invites applications for an Instrument Development Fellowship. This fellowship is for the development of novel neutron instrumentation and instrument components to be used for neutron science at ORNL or other U. S. neutron centers. The call is directed to scientists within 10 years of their PhD who are located at academic, industrial, or government institutions.
Oct. 31
Hesburgh Award to Enhance Undergraduate Teaching And Learning
http://www.tiaa-crefinstitute.org/awards/hesburgh/index.html
This award is given each year to a program judged to have best met the three award criteria: significance of the program to higher education, appropriate program rationale, and successful results and impact on undergraduate teaching and student learning.
Oct. 31
AFWS Grants Fiscal Year 2007
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9957&mode=VIEW
The National Weather Service is soliciting requests to provide capital funds for the creation, renovation, or enhancement of rain and stream gage networks that are locally operated and maintained with non-NOAA resources. The expected period of performance may be up to two years with an anticipated start date of May 1, 2007. The NWS will partner with entities that can demonstrate a long-term ability to operate and maintain an AFWS and provide data to the NWS.
Oct. 31
Plant Biosecurity, United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1112
Supports integrated projects aimed at ensuring a continued supply of safe, high-quality, affordable food and fiber for consumers in the U.S. and international trade partners. The goal of the program is to harness our NationÆs scientific and technological resources to help agricultural producers and professionals implement strategies to safeguard agriculture in the U.S. from high-consequence plant diseases. To accomplish this, the program will focus on integrated research, education and extension projects that counter threats to the agriculture system in the U.S., both by stepwise improvements to current responses and by development of innovative new capabilities.
Oct. 31
Research fellowships in twentieth-century U.S. military or diplomatic history
http://www.marshallfoundation.org/baruch_marshall_fellowships.html
The George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowships are given to encourage doctoral or postdoctoral research in twentieth-century U.S. military or diplomatic history and related fields. Grants of up to $7,500 fund projects covering a broad range of studies in U.S. History and related fields pertaining to the changing role of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century. Research may utilize holdings in the Marshall Research Library in Lexington, Virginia or may be conducted elsewhere.
Nov. 1
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows/index.html
National Academies; National Research Council (NRC) - USA. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government.
Nov. 1
American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize Fellowship Program
The American Academy in Rome is one of the leading American overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the fine arts and the humanities. Through its annual Rome Prize fellowship program, the Academy supports up to thirty individuals working in archaeology, architecture, classical studies, design arts, historic preservation and conservation, history of art, landscape architecture, literature, modern Italian studies, musical composition, post-classical humanistic studies and visual arts.
Nov. 1
TREE Fund announces the 2006 Hyland R. Johns Grant Program
http://www.treefund.org/grants/Grants.aspx#Duling
The TREE Fund announces the 2006 Hyland R. Johns Grant Program. Since 1975, the TREE Fund has awarded small grants to aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of trees. The Hyland R. Johns Grant Program is one of two established grant programs that funds appropriate projects that benefit the arboricultural industry and enhance the many contributions of our urban forests. Awards will range from $7,500 to $25,000.
Nov. 1
Knowles (Janet H. and C. Harry) Foundation - Young Scholars Research Fellowship
The Janet H. and C. Harry Knowles Foundation was established to strengthen the quality of science and mathematics teachers teaching in grades 9-12 in United States schools. The Young Scholars Research Fellowship seeks to support early career scholars engaged in critical research in education. The foundation encourages applications from scholars in all disciplines that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to areas that are consistent with the mission of KSTF, that is, improving high school mathematics and science teaching in U.S. schools via the recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and/or retention of high quality mathematics and science teachers. The fellowship of $110,000 will be awarded to up to three scholars in 2007.
Nov. 1
Immigrant children's education, health, well-being: basic and policy research
http://www.fcd-us.org/ourwork/y-how.html
The Foundation for Child Development is accepting applications to its Young Scholars Program. Program funding enables junior faculty scholars to study issues affecting the development of young immigrant children in the United States. The program is interested in basic and policy-relevant research on the early education, health, and well-being of immigrant children from birth to age ten, particularly children in low-income families. The program is designed to support the career development of young investigators from the behavioral sciences, social sciences, and allied fields such as public policy, public health, education, social work, nursing, and medicine. Selected scholars will receive fellowship awards of up to $150,000 over a period of up to three years.
Nov. 1
American Society of Safety Engineers
http://www.asse.org/founproreq.htm
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE); American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation (ASSEF). Research Grant. The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation (ASSEF) announces a research grant to one or more safety and health researchers to conduct applied research that would enhance management performance in reducing injuries and illness in the workplace. The research goals for this request for proposals is determining and developing innovative methods or systems for advancing safety and health systems and methods that will assist safety and health professionals in mitigating risks of injury and illness in the workplace. Upper Amount: $20,000.
Nov. 1
Graduate Research Fellowship Program--1,000 Graduate Research Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06592/nsf06592.htm
Six separate due dates between Nov. 1 and 13
NSF expects to award 1,000 Graduate Research Fellowships under this program solicitation. The affiliated institution receives a $40,500 award for the costs described below. Fellows Abroad receive direct NSF grant awards up to the same amount.
Nov. 1; Full Nov. 13
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - Scholarships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students German Studies Research Grant
This German Academic Exchange Service program offers German Studies Research Grants to highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/ program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research (one to two months) in either North America or Germany. The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.
Nov. 1
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture - Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/index.htm
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers two Postdoctoral Fellowships in any area of early American studies. The College of William and Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation founded the Institute of Early American History and Culture in 1943 and still jointly sponsor its work. In 1996 the College and Colonial Williamsburg added Omohundro to the Institute's name in recognition of a generous endowment bequest pledged by Mr. and Mrs. Malvern H. Omohundro, Jr.
Nov. 1
American Museum of Natural History - Grants for Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers
http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
Modest short term awards are offered to advanced graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are commencing their careers in the fields of zoology, paleontology, anthropology, astrophysics and earth and planetary sciences.
Nov. 1
Archaeological Institute of America - Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10346
The Institute will award $22,000 as a single fellowship, for work to be conducted between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Preference will be given to projects of at least a half-year's duration. Competition is open to students who are citizens of the United States. The award is to be used for travel and study in Greece (the modern state), the Aegean Islands, Sicily, Southern Italy (that is, the Italian provinces of Campania, Molise, Apulia, Basilicata, and Calabria), Asia Minor (Turkey) or Mesopotamia.The Deed of Trust states that students of the Classics, sculpture, architecture, archaeology and history would be the most suitable recipients of the fellowship, and specifies that the word student shall not be taken to restrict awards to persons registered in academic institutions.
Nov. 1
Folger Shakespeare Library Research Fellowships
http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298
The Folger Shakespeare Library offers research fellowships to encourage access to its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year, scholars may compete for a limited number of long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (one to three months) fellowships.
Nov. 1
International Dissertation Research
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/
The program is open to full-time graduate students in the humanities and social sciences-regardless of citizenship-enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. The Social Science Research Council, in cooperation with the American Council of Learned Societies and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is accepting applications for International Dissertation Research Fellowships. The fellowships enable social science and humanities graduate students to conduct dissertation research in any area or region of the world. The program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about cultures, societies, languages, aesthetics, economies, polities, and histories outside the United States, promoting work that is relevant to a particular discipline while resonating across other fields. The program supports scholarship that treats place and setting in relation to broader phenomena and in particular historical and cultural contexts.
Nov. 1
Getty Scholar and Visiting Scholar Grants
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/research_grischolars.html
These grants are for established scholars, artists, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences: 1) Getty Trust, J. Paul; Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities; Getty Research Institute. Research Grants for Getty Scholars. Getty Scholar grants provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or the Getty Villa in Malibu where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to the 2006-2007 theme of Religion and Ritual, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Amount: $1,500. Upper Amount: $75,000. Deadline: November 01, 2006; March 15, 2007; July 21, 2008; November 21, 2008; 2) Getty Trust, J. Paul; Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities; Getty Research Institute. Research Grants for Visiting Scholars. Visiting Scholar grants provide a unique research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or the Getty Villa in Malibu where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to the theme of Religion and Ritual, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Amount: $1,500. Upper Amount: $10,500. Deadline: November 01, 2006; March 15, 2007; July 21, 2008; November 21, 2008.
Nov. 1; March 15
Conservation Guest Scholar Program at the Getty Conservation Institute
http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/researchGCI.html
The Conservation Guest Scholar Program at the Getty Conservation Institute supports new ideas and perspectives in the field of conservation, with an emphasis on the visual arts (including sites, buildings, objects) and the theoretical underpinnings of the field. The program provides an opportunity for professionals to pursue scholarly research in an interdisciplinary manner across traditional boundaries in areas of wide general interest to the international conservation community.
Nov 1; March 15
Dumbarton Oaks 2007-2008 Fellowships
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies of (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.
Nov. 1
National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program FY07
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9978&mode=VIEW
The Estuarine Reserves Division anticipates that 31 Graduate Research Fellowships will be competitively awarded to qualified graduate students whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one reserve. The National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship program is designed to fund high quality research focused on enhancing coastal zone management while providing students with an opportunity to contribute to the research or monitoring program at a particular reserve site.
Nov. 1
NATO Programme for Security through Science
http://www.nato.int/science/how_to_apply/grant_mechanisms.htm
http://www.nato.int/science/guide/pdf/guide.pdf
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offers Security through Science Programme Grants to scientists in NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to collaborate on priority research topics. Grants are also offered to assist the academic community in Partner countries to set up basic computer networking infrastructure.
Nov. 1;March 1
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
http://www.pdsoros.org/index.html
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program welcomes Fellowship applications for up to two years of graduate study in any subject. The fellowships (30 funded) provide $20,000 maintenance and half tuition. Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents.
Nov. 1
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15487.pdf
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. Specific geographic regions of the world: A group project funded under this priority must focus on one or more of the following geographic regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean),East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East. Priority: Applications that propose short-term projects abroad in the countries in which the following critical languages are spoken: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, as well as Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language families.
Nov. 2
Rural Health Network Development Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?revNum=4&mode=VIEWREVISIONS
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10280&mode=VIEW
The applicant must be a public or non-profit entity that represents a network that includes at least three or more health care providers.
Nov. 2
Computer Science Study Group (CS2G)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10498&mode=VIEW
http://dtsn.darpa.mil/IXO/solicitations.asp
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in conjunction with the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA), is soliciting applications from U.S. institutions of higher learning nominating junior university faculty to participate in the “Computer Science Study Panel.” The study panel will focus on computer science technology and its application to information analysis problems of interest to the U.S. Department of Defense. The goal of the Computer Science Research Projects will be to identify and develop innovative ideas with high payoff in pattern recognition, computer vision, probabilistic reasoning, biological inspired exploitation, abnormal behavior analysis, cognitive psychology, machine learning, and other advanced disciplines in computer science.
Nov. 4
Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Program (84.047M)
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-8102.pdf
The Upward Bound program is one of seven programs known as the Federal TRIO programs. There are three types of grants under the Upward Bound program: Regular Upward Bound grants; Veterans Upward Bound grants; and Upward Bound Math and Science grants. The Upward Bound Math and Science projects are designed to prepare high school students for postsecondary education programs that lead to careers in the fields of math and science
Nov. 6
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06586/nsf06586.htm
The Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields in a host institution only in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences within the purview of NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors and starter research grants for Fellows.
Nov. 6
Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11026&mode=VIEW
USDA request start-up proposals from U.S. land-grant institutions to strengthen agricultural extension and training at select Iraqi agricultural universities so as to revitalize the agriculture sector in Iraq. The Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project (IAER) will be implemented by providing extension training programs for Iraqi nationals in the U.S. and at third country sites in ways that enhance agricultural management, production, and marketing related to small and medium-sized production enterprises. Training will be provided through partnerships that are built between U.S. land-grant institutions and Iraqi agricultural universities in each of five governorates of Iraq. In FY 2007, approximately $5.3 million is available for support of this program.
Nov. 8
Office of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/D9FECBCB903BE033852571C0006D8BC9?OpenDocument
The Office of Nuclear Physics of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), invites grant applications for support under the Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) Program in nuclear physics. The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers. Applications should be from tenure-track faculty who are currently involved in experimental or theoretical nuclear physics research, the U.S Nuclear Data Program (USNDP) or accelerator physics research related to nuclear physics projects, and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution.
Nov. 8
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
http://www.dreyfus.org/tc.shtml#introductionDeadline
The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program is intended to strengthen the teaching and research careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences by providing discretionary funding to faculty at early stages in their careers. Selection criteria include a commitment to education and an independent body of scholarship and research that signals the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The program is focused primarily on individual research attainment and promise, but excellence in teaching is also expected. The program provides a $75,000 unrestricted grant intended to advance the teaching and research programs of the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment in a department focused on the chemical sciences, and are normally expected to be within the first five years of their independent academic careers.
Nov. 9
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to Support Research
http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html#TopOfPage
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow- ship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential postdoctoral
fellowship funds proposals that make significant
scholarly contributions to the field of
education. The program also develops the
careers of its recipients through professional
development activities involving National Academy of Education
members. Fellows will receive $55,000
for one academic year of research, or
$27,500 for each of two contiguous years, working half-time. Fellowships must
begin during the 2007-08 academic year. Fellows
take the equivalent of one year's teaching leave during the fellowship term and will be included in
professional develop-
ment retreats with other fellows
and NAEd members. Up to twenty
postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded in 2007.
Collaborative Humanities Research
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html
The National Endowment for the Humanities/Division of Research Programs invites applications for Collaborative Research Grants. These grants support humanities-related research undertaken by teams of two or more scholars, or coordinated by an individual scholar. The program targets research that, because of its scope or complexity, requires staff or resources beyond the individual's salary.
Nov. 11
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15765.pdf
The purpose of this program is to: (1) Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) provide support for captioning and video description that is appropriate for use in the classroom setting.
Nov. 13
Eurasia Teaching Fellowship
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia/fellowships/
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - USA; Eurasia Program. At the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), postdoctoral research grants have allowed young faculty members to expand upon their research interests after having completed (and often published) their dissertation work. The SSRC Eurasia Program supports faculty in their classroom activities as well. The Eurasia Program's Teaching Fellowships encourage and support faculty members at all career levels in their efforts to impart their own knowledge and expertise to their students. These awards support the creation of original and innovative course curricula. Funds will support the rethinking and reframing of courses in the humanities and social sciences that directly relate to the whole or part of Eurasia.
Nov. 14
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06606/nsf06606.htm
This program provides awards to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a means to broaden participation in the Nation's STEM workforce. Support is available for Implementation Projects, Planning Grants, Education Research Projects, and Targeted Infusion Projects.
LOI Nov. 14; Full Dec. 15
U.S. EPA, Region 6 U.S./Mexico Border Air Quality Program: FY 2006/2007
http://www.epa.gov/region6/air/reg6usmex_10-02-06_.pdf
EPA Region 6 is accepting proposals from eligible applicants to conduct research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects (including health and welfare effects), extent, prevention, and control of air pollution in the U.S./Mexico Border area, and to meeting the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The U.S./Mexico Border area is defined as the area within 100 kilometers of the U.S./Mexico Border. This program supports air pollution control agencies in conducting projects to improve air quality and reduce pollution in the area along the U.S./Mexico Border.
Nov. 15
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
http://fr.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20060926a137
The Department of Education/Office of Postsecondary Education is accepting applications to the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program. The program enables higher education faculty members to conduct international research in modern foreign languages and area studies, focusing on one or more of the following areas: Africa; East Asia; Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands; South Asia; the Near East; East Central Europe and Eurasia; and/or the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Projects focused on Western Europe will not be funded under this competition.
Nov. 15
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15758.pdf
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities to graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.
Nov. 15
Walt Whitman Award
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/110
The Academy of American Poets established the Walt Whitman Award in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet's first book. Contestants should send only one copy of each manuscript, which must consist of original poetry in English. There are no limitations on the style of poetry or subject matter. Translations are not eligible. Amount: $5,000.
Nov. 15
American Council of Learned Societies will Award 65 Early Career Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm
The American Council of Learned Societies is launching a significant new fellowship program that will provide support for young scholars to complete their dissertations and, later, to advance their research after being awarded the Ph.D. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowship Program will award fellowships in two categories: 1) Dissertation Completion Fellowships; and 2) Fellowships for Recent Doctoral Recipients. ACLS will award sixty-five fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2007 for the 2007-20 academic year.
Nov. 15
Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06595/nsf06595.htm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces a program on collaborative research and education in the area of active nanostructures, nanosystems, and on the long-term societal change associated with these innovations. Active nanostructures change or evolve their structure, property, or function during their operation. The goal of this program is to support fundamental research and catalyze synergistic science and engineering research and education in several emerging areas of nanoscale science and engineering, including: Active nanostructures; Nanosystems with improved functionality and new architectures; Hierarchical nanomanufacturing; and Long-term societal and educational implications of scientific and technological advances on the nanoscale.
Nov. 15
NSF Discovery Research K-12
Discovery Research K-12 funds research, development, and evaluation activities through knowledge generation and application to improve K-12 learning and teaching. The program addresses this mission by funding activities in three major areas: Applied Research that supports three categories of projects: Evaluative Studies of NSF-Funded Resources and Tools, Studies of Student Learning Progressions, and Studies of Teachers and Teaching; Development of Resources and Tools that supports two categories of projects: Assessment of Students’ and Teachers’ Learning and Instruction of K-12 Students and Teachers; Capacity Building that supports two categories of projects: STEM Systems Research and STEM Education Research Scholars. In addition to these three areas, conferences related to the mission of the program are also supported.
Prelims Nov. 15 & Dec. 1
American Council of Learned Societies - Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development
http://www.acls.org/csccguid.htm
Fellowships are available for Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities with the M.A., Ph.D., or equivalent from a Chinese institution to carry out one or two semesters of individual or collaborative research at the invitation of a US host scholar. Candidates must be nominated by the US host; Chinese scholars may not apply directly. Nominees must currently reside in China. Scholars who have previously visited the US for five months or more, or who are enrolled in degree programs, are not eligible. Funding for this program is provided by the Li Foundation.
Nov. 15
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
NEH invites proposals for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in all areas of the humanities. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants may involve: * research that brings new digital approaches to the study of the humanities or that examines the implications of the use of emerging technologies for humanities scholarship.
Nov. 15; April 3
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Southeast European Studies
http://www.acls.org/seguide.htm
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS); Southeast European Studies Program. Postdoctoral Fellowships in Southeast European Studies. Pending confirmation of funding, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will offer support for postdoctoral research and writing in Southeast European studies in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. All proposals should be for scholarly work, the product of which is to be disseminated in English.
Nov. 15
The Joan Heller-Diane Bernard Fellowship in Lesbian and Gay Studies
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/awards.htm#heller
This fellowship supports research by a junior scholar (graduate student, untenured university professor or independent researcher) or senior scholar (tenured university professor or advanced independent scholar) into the impact of lesbians and/or gay men on U.S. society and culture.
Nov. 15
Ruth L. Kirschstein Research Awards for Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-481.html
The primary objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that diverse pools of highly trained scientists will be available in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical research agenda. This initiative seeks to improve the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the training of predoctoral students from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented.
Nov. 15
EDMAP - The Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Prog.
http://www.usgs.gov/contracts/EDMAP/2007EDMAPAnn.doc
The primary objective of the EDMAP component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) is to train the next generation of geologic mappers. To do this NCGMP provides funds for graduate and selected undergraduate students in academic research projects that involve geologic mapping as a major component. Through these cooperative agreements NCGMP hopes to expand the research and educational capacity of academic programs that teach earth science students the techniques of geologic mapping and field data analysis.
Nov. 16
The Sea Turtle Grants Program
http://www.helpingseaturtles.org/stgp.htm
The Caribbean Conservation Corporation is inviting applications for projects that benefit the conservation of Florida’s marine turtles. Funds can be requested for projects in one of three categories (conservation, education or research) that clearly add to the preservation of Florida’s marine turtles; that accomplish tasks included in the current recovery plans for marine turtles; and that address the goals of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Marine Turtle Protection Program.
Nov. 17
2007 Nation-wide Environmental Information Exchange Internet Network
http://www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork/grants/FY%202007%20EN%20SN-%209-29-06.pdf
EPA, states, territories, and tribes are working together to develop a nation-wide Environmental Information Exchange Network. The Exchange Network is an Internet- and standards-based, secure information network that facilitates the electronic reporting, sharing, integration, analysis, and use of environmental data from many different sources. The Exchange Network will make it easier to obtain the timely, accurate information needed to make decisions concerning human health and the environment.
Nov. 20
OSWER Innovations Pilot Projects
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/grants/06-08.pdf
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits creative proposals testing innovative and collaborative approaches to: restore contaminated properties to environmental and economic vitality; increase America’s homeland security; promote stewardship and resource conservation consistent with the Agency’s Resource Conservation Challenge.
Nov. 20
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15009.pdf
Areas of National Need: A project must provide fellowships in one or more of the following areas of national need: Biology; General Chemistry; Computer and Information Sciences; General Engineering; General Mathematics; Nursing; and Physics. Within this absolute priority the Secretary is particularly interested in applications that address the following invitational priority: Invitational Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications. This priority is: Engineering programs that promote the development of alternative energy sources to reduce America’s dependency on foreign oil. This invitational priority is consistent with the President’s Advanced Energy Initiative.
Nov. 20
Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06590/nsf06590.htm
Continued progress in fundamental materials and condensed matter research is increasingly dependent upon collaborative efforts among several different disciplines, as well as closer coordination among funding agencies and effective partnerships involving universities, industry, and national laboratories. In addition, because of the growing interdependence of the world's economies, partnerships are important not only at the national level but from an international point of view as well.
Nov. 20
Nanoscale Architectures for Coherent Hyper-Optic Sources
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA06%2D42/Attachments.html
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA06%2D42/listing.html
The objective of the NACHOS program is to develop novel, ultra small lasers that are sub wavelength in all three dimensions, including the feedback structure integrated with the gain medium. Collaborative efforts/teaming are encouraged. A web site (http://www.davincinetbook.com/teams) has been established to facilitate formation of teaming arrangements between interested parties. Specific content, communications, networking, and team formation are the sole responsibility of the participants.
Nov. 21
Biological Response Indicators of Environmental Stress Centers (U54)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-012.html
These Centers represent one part of a comprehensive program that develops and refines panels of biomarkers and biosensors of biological response to environmental stressors. By measuring the cellular, molecular and physiologic responses to environmental stressors in key physiologic and pathophysiologic pathways, the relationships between genetic and non-genetic factors that contribute to disease will be better defined. This program will focus on a product-driven approach for the development, confirmation, and application of innovative biomarkers and biosensors, especially those with potential for scale-up for use in large population studies.
LOI Nov. 22; Full Dec. 22
Biological Response Indicators of Environmental Stress (U01)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-013.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement represents one part of a comprehensive program to develop and refine panels of biomarkers of biological response to environmental stressors. By measuring the cellular, molecular and physiologic responses to environmental stressors in key physiologic and pathophysiologic pathways, the relationships between genetic and non-genetic factors that contribute to disease will be better defined. This program will focus on a product-development approach for the discovery, confirmation, and application of innovative biomarkers, especially those with potential for scale-up for use in large population studies.
LOI Nov. 22; Full Dec. 22
Environmental Sensors for Personal Exposure Assessment (U01)
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-011.html
This FOA is intended to support research projects focused on the development of field-deployable or wearable sensors for monitoring individual exposures to a broad range of airborne chemical and biological agents. A central element is that the sensors produce quantitative, near real-time measurement of multiple analytes at the point of contact with the body (e.g., nose, mouth, skin). It is anticipated that any devices developed through this FOA will be available for applicable to population studies at the end of the funding period.
LOI Nov. 22; Full Dec. 22
Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-007.html
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to develop and validate new and innovative engineering approaches to address clinical problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure. Novel sensors, devices, imaging, and other technologies, including technologies to detect biochemical markers of energy balance, are expected to be developed and evaluated by collaborating engineers, physical scientists, mathematicians, and scientists from other relevant disciplines with expertise in obesity and nutrition.
LOI Nov. 22
Conservation Program Invites Applications for Future Conservationist Awards
http://conservation.bp.com/applications/fcawards.asp
The BP Conservation Program ( http://conservation.bp.com/ ) is offering Future Conservationist Awards of up to $12,500 each to teams of young conservationists who aim to develop their skills through practical conservation projects. These awards are highly competitive and winners are selected from among the highest- quality applications. BP will make $250,000 worth of funding available for winning projects.
Nov. 24
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Graduate Fellowships for MS/PhD Environmental
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_fellow.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is November 28, 2006. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 65 new fellowships by July 20, 2007. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship.
Nov. 28
Graduate Research Fellowship is an NIJ annual program that provides dissertation research
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000747.pdf
Annual program that provides dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline are encouraged to apply and propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice. NIJ encourages diversity in 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
Nursing Workforce Diversity
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11059&mode=VIEW
Grants are awarded to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrpresented among registered nurses) by providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities.
Nov. 30
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships to Increase Diversity Of Nation's College & University Faculties
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html
Awards will be made for study in the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, 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.
Nov. 30
Cyberinfrastructure Biological Sciences: Plant Science Cyberinfrastructure Collaborative
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06594
The goal of this program is to create a new type of organization – a cyberinfrastructure collaborative for plant science – that will enable new conceptual advances through integrative, computational thinking. The collaborative will be fluid and dynamic, utilizing new computer, computational science and cyberinfrastructure solutions to address an evolving array of grand challenge questions in plant science. The collaborative will be community-driven, involving plant biologists, computer and information scientists and experts from other disciplines working in integrated teams. The driving force and organizing principles for the collaborative are the grand challenge questions in plant science.
Nov. 30December
University Scholar-in-Residence Award... gender equity in education
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/university_scholar.cfm
American Association of University Women (AAUW); Educational Foundation; Fellowships and Grants. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation invites letters of intent from colleges and universities in the United States to fund a female scholar to conduct a research project on issues related to gender equity in education or economic security for women and girls. University Scholar-in-Residence Award funds may be used (1) to bring a qualified scholar to the institution for a fixed period, or (2) to designate a scholar currently at the institution to undertake research activities that would not occur without such support. Proposals must include research activities on gender and equity as well as a plan for dissemination of research findings. Successful proposals should strive to achieve impact nationally, rather than within a single university, department, or program. Upper Amount: $100,000.
Dec. 1
ONR sponsors the Summer Faculty Research Program
http://www.asee.org/fellowships/summer/index.cfm
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) sponsors the Summer Faculty Research Program and the Sabbatical Leave Program for US citizens and legal permanent residents who hold teaching or research appointments at US colleges and universities. These programs provide an opportunity for faculty members to participate in research of mutual interest to the faculty member and professional peers at U.S. Navy Laboratories.
Bioenergy Research Centers
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E0680007EC6633FD852571BD005A4502?OpenDocument
The DOE/Genomics: GTL program (GTL) requests that the scientific community submit applications for the establishment of GTL Bioenergy Research Centers that develop novel biological solutions for the production of such fuels as cellulosic ethanol or hydrogen or for other groundbreaking bioenergy research with the potential to revolutionize biology-based energy production. The Centers will involve diverse disciplines that could include genomics, microbial and plant biology genetics, proteomics, physiology, biochemistry, structural and computational biology, bioinformatics, and engineering. This funding announcement does not include funding for construction of new buildings. The DOE intends to fund up to two research Centers.
LOI Dec. 1; Full Feb 1.
American Society of Health System Pharmacists Fostering Young Investigators
http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/100534?id=100534&if=alert
The American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation, also known as the ASHP Foundation, invites applications for the new Fostering Young Investigators: Federal Services Junior Investigator Research Grant Program. This research grant program is custom-designed to meet the needs of junior investigators or practitioners new to research in the federal services sector of health professionals. The ultimate goal of the program is to support research efforts critical to the advancement of care and treatment of patients in federal health care systems. A secondary goal of the program is to develop and strengthen the skills of newer researchers in the federal services and foster mentoring of these researchers by more experienced senior investigators.
Dec. 1
Link Foundation Fellowships And Grants In The Energy Field
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. The applicant must be working toward a Ph.D. in an academic institution.
Dec. 1
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund Summer Research Fellowships
Summer Research Fellowships (SRF). The Petroleum Research Fund (PRF), administered by the American Chemical Society (ACS), seeks to advance scientific education and fundamental research in the petroleum field by supporting research in chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical engineering, and related fields, such as polymers and materials science. ACS PRF Summer Research Fellowships (SRF) are awarded as supplements to active ACS PRF grants-in-aid, to be used exclusively for the support of a regularly appointed faculty member from an institution other than that of the grantee and from a department that does not offer a doctoral program. The ACS PRF Summer Research Fellow must participate in the PRF-funded research project. Amount: $8,000.
Dec. 1
Kristeller-Popkin Travel Fellowships
http://philosophy.duke.edu/jhp/fellowships.html
Sponsored by the Journal of the History of Philosophy, these fellowships are in recognition of the scholarship and generous support that two of the founding members of the JHP Board of Directors have given to the journal: Paul Oskar Kristeller (renowned Renaissance scholar) and Richard Popkin (first editor of JHP and noted historian of skepticism). Two awards of $2,000 each are offered annually to young scholars in the history of philosophy to defray expenses while travelling to do research. Applicants may not have received their Ph.Ds more than six years prior to applying. Applicants who do not receive awards in one year's competition are invited to apply in successive years.
Dec. 1
Wildlife Without Borders - Latin America and the Caribbean (DOI)
http://www.fws.gov/international/rfps/lachow.htm
The purpose of this competitive grants program is to protect fish, wildlife and plant resources in the Western Hemisphere through: academic and technical training in conservation and management of biological resources; training in management of nature reserves and other protected areas; community-level conservation education for the protection and sustained use of natural resources; technology and information exchange to promote international collaboration; and promotion of networks, partnerships and coalitions that assist in the implementation of conventions, treaties, protocols and other international activities for the conservation of biological resources.
Dec. 1
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10043&mode=VIEW
Announcing funding availability for graduate students pursuing masters or doctoral level degrees in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology. Approximately $160,000 will be available through this announcement for fiscal year 2007.
Dec. 1
GTL Bioenergy Research Centers--energy-related systems and synthetic biology
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E0680007EC6633FD852571BD005A4502?OpenDocument
The GTL program is a systems biology research program with the mission goal of developing the science, technology, and knowledge base to harness microbial and plant systems for cost-effective renewable energy production, carbon sequestration, and environmental remediation. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) requests that the scientific community submit applications for the establishment of GTL Bioenergy Research Centers that develop novel biological solutions for the production of such fuels as cellulosic ethanol or hydrogen or for other groundbreaking bioenergy research with the potential to revolutionize biology-based energy production. This FOA describes the establishment of up to two multidisciplinary research and technology development Centers that will conduct comprehensive, integrated research and training programs in energy-related systems and synthetic biology. The Centers will involve diverse disciplines that could include genomics, microbial and plant biology genetics, proteomics, physiology, biochemistry, structural and computational biology, bioinformatics, and engineering. The FOA does not include funding for construction of new buildings. Each Center will be funded for up to $125 million over five years: $25 million in the first year for start-up costs and up to $25 million per year for operations during the subsequent four years. Proposals should focus on the development of a single research Center. DOE intends to fund up to two research Centers.
LOI Dec. 5; Full Feb. 1
DARPA Young Faculty Award
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10908&mode=VIEW
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting research from single-author grant proposals for research and development in the areas of interest to MTO (Microsystems Technology Office). The participation is limited to non-tenured Assistant Professors with tenure-track positions at U.S. institutions of higher learning and a Ph.D. degree obtained in the year 1996 or later. US citizenship or permanent residency is highly preferred. The objective is to encourage new faculty members at institutions of higher education in participating within DARPA/MTO programs. DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following areas: 1. Electronics 2. Photonics 3. Micro-electro-mechanical systems 4. Architectures 5. Algorithms
Dec. 5
High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/72EEB849A87E939A852571E000444C28?OpenDocument
The Office of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Outstanding Junior Investigator (OJI) 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. 5
Basic Research for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/408EC0BC10F58B0885257156005129FE?OpenDocument
The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with its mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's scientific research enterprise through the support of fundamental science and the experimental tools to perform basic research, announces its interest in receiving grant applications for basic research for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (HFI). Areas of focus include: Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage; Functional Membranes; and Nanoscale Catalysts. We seek to support outstanding research programs that will lead to key discoveries to make hydrogen a feasible fuel for the future. Research funded under this initiative will pursue breakthroughs in materials, chemical and physical understandings, and interdisciplinary theory-modeling-simulation-experimentation approaches in order to surpass the existing scientific and technical barriers.
Dec. 5
DoD Infrastructure Support Program for HBCUs and Minority Institutions
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=11122&mode=VIEW
http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/default.cfm?Action=29&Page=29
This is a total set-aside for HBCU/MI. The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2007 competition for the Infrastructure Support Program for Historically Black Colleges and Institutions. Goals of the program include (a) enhancing programs and capabilities at these institutions in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to the national security functions of DoD and (b) increasing the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in the fields of science, mathematics and/or engineering. Awards made under the broad agency announcement (BAA) will be limited to HBCU/MI having an accredited, degree granting program in science, engineering, or mathematics.
Dec. 7
Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Environmental Health Sciences (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-179.html
This initiative is intended to support collaborations between scientists with basic and clinical expertise to advance understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of environmentally-induced human diseases.
LOI Dec. 11; Full Feb. 11
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06602/nsf06602.htm
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 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 laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The institutes last approximately eight weeks from June to August. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-sponsor the Summer Institute in Japan.
Dec. 12
Uncertainty Analyses of Models in Integrated Environmental Assessments
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_uncertainty.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing interdisciplinary research in the formal treatment of uncertainty when models are used to conduct integrated environmental assessments. Integrated assessments use findings, data, and methods across different disciplines to generate information about a particular issue. For example, to assess the impact of mercury on public health and the environment, EPA integrated results from air dispersion models, exposure models, health effects models, and economic models (EPA 2005).
Dec. 13
Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_ephi.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research that uses existing databases of environmental (ambient), biological and/or health-related data to develop indicators that reliably signal the impact of changes in environmental conditions, management approaches or policies on human health. Key to the development of such indicators is a clearer understanding of the sequence of events that link changes in the environment to human exposure and adverse health outcomes.
Dec. 14
Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06607/nsf06607.htm
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health plan to support research in mathematics and statistics related to mathematical biology research. Both agencies recognize the need and urgency for additional research at the boundary between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences. This competition is designed to encourage new collaborations at this interface, as well as to support existing ones.
Dec. 15
Leakey Foundation, L.S.B. General Research Grants
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/grants/g2.jsp
The Leakey Foundation was formed to foster research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Upper Amount: $22,000.
Dec. 15
Advanced Detector Research Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11080
The Office of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Advanced Detector Research Program. Applications should be from investigators who are currently involved in experimental high energy physics, and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution.
Dec. 19
American Association Advancement of Science - Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_index.shtml
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) manages and administers Science and Technology Policy Fellowships in six areas: Congressional; Diplomacy; Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources; Global Stewardship; Health, Education, and Human Services; and National Defense and Global Security. The fellowships provide the opportunity for accomplished scientists and engineers to participate in and contribute to the federal policymaking process while learning firsthand about the intersection of science and policy. AAAS solicits candidates from a broad array of backgrounds and a diversity of geographic, disciplinary, gender, and ethnic perspectives. Fellows come from a range of sectors, including academia, industry, and nonprofits, representing a spectrum of career stages, from recent PhD graduates to faculty on sabbatical, to retired scientists and engineers. The age span in the past five classes of fellows has been from the late twenties to early seventies.
Dec. 20
Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_p3_4thannual.html
The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students to research, develop, and design solutions to challenges to sustainability. P3 highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability – as the next step beyond P2 or pollution prevention. The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the natural systems of the planet, and providing a higher quality of life for its people. EPA and its affiliates offer the P3 Awards competition to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world in moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website (http://www.epa.gov/P3) for more details about this program.
Dec. 21
Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program at the U.S. Department of State
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/
This program, founded in October 2003, establishes a new model for engaging the American academic science, technology and engineering communities in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy. Essentially, it seeks to enlist university faculty as consultants in efforts to reach sound policy conclusions that reflect "good governance." Jefferson Science Fellows will spend one year at the U.S. Department of tate in Washington, D.C., and may periodically travel to U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. Following their one-year tenure, fellows will return to their academic institutions, but will remain available to the U.S. government as experienced consultants for short-term projects over the following five years.
Dec. 31
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington-- Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.gl.ciw.edu/employment/postdoc1.php
The Geophysical Laboratory supports world class staff and research facilities in high-pressure physics and chemistry, organic and biogeochemistry, mineral physics, and petrology. The fellowship committee looks carefully at research proposals for evidence of original thinking and of the ability to formulate and carry out a research project that can be accomplished with the facilities available to the Geophysical Laboratory.
Dec. 31
McGill David Hume Collection Research Grant
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hume/grant-about.htm
The Rare Books and Special Collections Division of the McGill University Library has established the McGill David Hume Collection Research Grant. The McGill David Hume Collection Research Grant, with a value of $5000(Cdn.), is to be offered annually. The Grant is open to established scholars carrying out research on any aspect of the work of David Hume, philosopher, essayist, and historian, and who can spend a minimum of three months utilizing the David Hume Collection and other relevant resources of the Rare Books Division and the McGill libraries.
Dec. 31
January & Later
National Science Foundation: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3747
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.
Jan. 1
American Research Center in Egypt
http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html
The American Research Center in Egypt is accepting applications for Fellowships in Egypt. The fellowships are intended to support scholarly research that will promote a fresh and more profound knowledge of Egypt and the Near East, and to support training for American specialists in Middle Eastern studies, in academic disciplines that require familiarity with Egypt.
Jan 5.
Literature fellowships: translation projects
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/
The National Endowment for the Arts is offering fellowships to supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. 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.
Jan. 8Ecosystem Science Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12822
The Ecosystem Science Cluster supports research on natural, managed, and disturbed ecosystems, including those in terrestrial, freshwater, and wetland (including salt marsh) environments. Descriptive and manipulative approaches in field, mesocosm, and laboratory settings are supported, with the expectation that the bulk of the research is question- or hypothesis-driven. Proposals are encouraged, but not necessarily required to incorporate new or existing quantitative or conceptual models for the purpose of integration or synthesis.
Jan. 9
Ecological Biology Cluster
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12823
The Ecological Biology Cluster supports research on natural and managed ecological systems, primarily in terrestrial, wetland, and freshwater habitats. Research areas include experimental, observational, theoretical, and modeling studies on the structure and function of complex associations that focus on biotic components, and the coupling of small-scale systems to each other and to large-scale systems. Projects are encouraged that develop conceptual and synthetic linkages among theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches; that are conducted at one or more scales of ecological or geographic organization; and that synthesize empirical and theoretical findings into new paradigms.
Jan. 9
Educational Experiences for Research in the Environmental Health Sciences for Undergraduates and High School Students
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-009.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education Project (R25) grant applications from organizations that propose an organized short term program for high school and undergraduate students of research experiences and informational exchanges designed to impart to participants an appreciation of research on the environmental impacts on human health.
Jan. 11
Gates Millenium Scholar Program
https://www.gmsp.org/gmsp_app/default.aspx
Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda; Grants; Education Program. The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African American, American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.
Jan. 12
Council of American Overseas Research Centers - Fellowship Program Research 2006-2007
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.
Jan. 12
Council American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program
http://www.caorc.org/fellowships/multi/
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) announces a fellowship program that supports advanced regional research. Application forms for the 2006-2007 application cycle will be available in early September 2006. 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.
Jan. 12
Cellular Systems Cluster
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10440&mode=VIEW
The Cellular Systems Cluster focuses on the structure, function, and regulation of plant, animal and microbial cells, and their interactions with the environment and with one another. Areas supported include studies of the structure, function, and assembly of cellular elements, such as the cytoskeleton, membranes, organelles, intracellular compartments, intranuclear structures, and extracellular matrix, including eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell walls and envelopes. In addition, support is provided for the study of intracellular and transmembrane signal transduction mechanisms and cell-cell signaling processes, including those that occur in biofilms.
Jan. 12
Biomolecular Systems Cluster
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10441&mode=VIEW
This cluster emphasizes the importance of multi-disciplinary research carried out at the interfaces of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and engineering.
Jan. 12
Eloise Gerry Fellowships
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm#ap
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc.; National Headquarters. Eloise Gerry Fellowships. Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science (SDE/GWS) awards will be made to women holding a degree from a recognized institution of higher learning, of outstanding ability and promise in research, who are performing research at any institution in the United States or abroad. Postdoctoral fellows can expect to be evaluated more rigorously than student applicants. For the Eloise Gerry Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics. Amount: $4,000.
Jan. 15
RAND Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging
http://www.rand.org/labor/fellows/
The Postdoctoral Research Program in Population Studies and the Study of the Aging, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, enables outstanding junior scholars in demographic and aging research to sharpen their analytic skills, learn to communicate research results effectively, and develop a future research agenda. The program blends formal and informal training and extensive collaboration with distinguished researchers in a variety of disciplines. The RAND Fellows program is open to new scholars in the field of demographic and aging research, as well as individuals who already have research experience on these topics. Amount: $47,000. Upper Amount: $61,000.
Jan. 15
Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1936
Various fellowships.
Jan. 15
Association for Institutional Research - Research Grants/Dissertation Fellowships
http://www.airweb.org/?page=818
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions. The goals of the program are to provide professional development opportunities to doctoral students, institutional researchers, educators and administrators, and to foster the use of the federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education.
Jan. 16
Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions
http://www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=40
Association for Institutional Research (AIR); AIR/NCES/NSF/NPEC Grant Program - Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions. Research Grant Program. The Association for Institutional Research (AIR), with support from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC), sponsors a grant program titled: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions. The goals of the program are to provide professional development opportunities to doctoral students, institutional researchers, educators and administrators, and to foster the use of the federal databases for institutional research in postsecondary education. Upper Amount: $30,000.
Jan. 16
Gulf Oyster Industry Program (GOIP)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9992
The goal of the Gulf Oyster Industry Program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research and extension projects that contribute directly to the recovery, efficiency, and profitability of oyster-related businesses and to the safety of oyster products. Oyster businesses seek innovative solutions at all producing and processing levels, including: habitat restoration, planting and production (landings), oyster disease diagnostics, harvesting, post-harvest treatment, processing, distribution, marketing, consumer education, and food safety.
Jan. 19
Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-003.html
These mandates include the development of 1) methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; (2) advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances; (3) methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances; and (4) basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
LOI Jan. 21; Full March 21
CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06608
Successful CPATH projects will be systemic in nature, address a broad range of issues, and have significant potential to contribute to the transformation and revitalization of undergraduate computing education on a national scale.
Jan. 23
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260&org=NSF&from=fund
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums and non-profit research organizations.
Jan. 25
2010 Project -- The Directorate for Biological Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06612/nsf06612.htm
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes.
Jan. 29
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06609/nsf06609.htm
The Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports basic and applied research and evaluation that enhances science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning and teaching. This solicitation calls for two types of proposals—synthesis and empirical.
Jan. 29
Environmental Genomics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06611/nsf06611.htm
Genomics-enabled methods are beginning to be used to increase our understanding of how organisms of all types—plants, animals, and microbes--interact with their environments. The Environmental Genomics Program is intended to enhance the development of fundamental knowledge and strengthen the capacity to apply these methods in research on organisms in their natural environments. Research foci should be appropriate to the themes of interest or purviews of the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO) and Geosciences (GEO). If related to polar species or polar ecosystems, proposals should be responsive to the themes and goals of the International Polar Year (IPY), and submitted to the NSF IPY solicitation.
Jan. 29
Crime, justice, and culture in societal contexts
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Feb. 1
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-554.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to create educational opportunities to attract undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to careers in areas of biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK while fostering the career development of these students and fellows. The NIDDK is especially interested in attracting students and postdoctoral fellows from scientific disciplines underrepresented in disease-oriented biomedical research such as engineering, informatics, computer science, and computational sciences, to encourage them to apply their expertise to research relevant to diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, digestive and liver diseases, nutrition, obesity research and prevention, and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases.
Feb. 1
NIJ FY06 W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program 2007
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000753.pdf
National Institute of Justice is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs. NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship seeks to advance knowledge regarding the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts. The Fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts.
Feb. 1
Strategic Technologies For Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=OCI&from=home
The primary purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) is to support work leading to the development and/or demonstration of innovative cyberinfrastructure services for science and engineering research and education that fill gaps left by more targeted funding opportunities. In addition, it will consider highly innovative cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and training proposals that lie outside the scope of targeted solicitations.
Feb. 8
Defense Sciences Research and Technology
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
New Materials, Materials Concepts, Materials Processing and Devices Advanced Mathematics: Application and development of advanced mathematics for applications of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: Technologies to render biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiation attacks against the U.S. military harmless
Applications of Biology to Defense Applications Novel Technologies to Improve the Human Consequences of Transformation.
Feb. 9
AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award
http://www.aauw.org/fga/awards/fdss.cfm
The AAUW Founders Distinguished Senior Scholar Award honors a woman scholar at the pinnacle of her academic career for a lifetime of outstanding research, teaching, publications, and impact on women in her profession and in the community. The award is open to women in all disciplines.
Feb. 10
American Society of Naval Engineers: ASNE Scholarship Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3074
The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) sponsors a scholarship program to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering. The program also provides support to naval engineers seeking advanced education in the field. The programs of study which apply to the diverse field of naval engineering are naval architecture, marine, mechanical, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical, and electronic engineering, and the physical sciences.
Feb. 15Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)(R25)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html
The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program was created in response to a legislative mandate to “increase the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research.” To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program provides, at research institutions, institutional grants for students from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research with well integrated developmental activities that will increase their preparation and skills as they advance academically in the pursuit and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree.
Feb. 21
Raney Fund Award
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH). The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) solicits applications for grants to be awarded from the Edward C. and Charlotte F. Raney Fund for Ichthyology. Raney Fund Awards provide support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology. Awards will be given on the basis of both merit and need.
March 1
Knauss 2008
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9981&mode=VIEW
Selected applications from the sponsoring Sea Grant program are to be received in the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) on April 5, 2007 through http://www.grants.gov. Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on April 5, 2007, is in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a United States-accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply.
April 5
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for Young Investigators
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9535
The objective of the Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (ITMANET) program is to generate and exploit superior theoretical insights concerning the design, deployment, and operation of a new generation of wireless mobile networks. To achieve this objective, a central challenge problem has been devised: to close a longstanding open problem concerning the capacity limits of Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs).
May 7
BAA for the Mitigation and Prevention of Corrosion in Army Material (DoD)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9249
The Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army TACOM-Picatinny, Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, is soliciting applications via a Broad Agency Announcement for Research, Development, and Engineering Command-Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC), Army Corrosion Office, for programs in new materials, coatings technologies and corrosion detection for mitigation and prevention of corrosion.
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