October 2007

Office of Proposal Development

Texas A&M University

October 10, 2007 Monthly Research Funding Opportunities List

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Weekly Postings of Funding Opportunities

Useful Proposal Resources We’ve Recently Found on the Web

Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/post-diss.htm

Scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of the doctorate are eligible to apply for a special year-long residential fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society to revise their dissertation for publication. Established as the Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowship in 1998, the fellowship has been renamed in honor of John B. Hench, who retires in August 2007 as vice president for collections and programs after thirty-three years on the staff of the American Antiquarian Society. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, generous sponsor of this fellowship, has made a challenge grant to the Society, which is currently raising money to endow this fellowship. The purpose of the post-dissertation fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication.

Oct. 15

Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program; US Department State; Educational Cultural Affairs

http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/

The following countries are anticipated to be participating in the exchange this year: Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe.

Oct. 15

Young Investigators Grant: National Security Agency; Mathematical Sciences Program

http://www.nsa.gov/msp/msp00002.cfm

The National Security Agency (NSA) Mathematical Sciences Program (MSP) is interested in supporting self-directed research in the following areas of mathematics: algebra, number theory, discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics. NSA is especially interested in supporting pure mathematics relating to the underlying theory, development, analysis, implementation, and application of mathematical algorithms in these areas. The Young Investigators Grant is available to promising investigators within ten years of beginning an academic career.

Oct. 15

Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program CFDA 84.170A

http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15355&mode=VIEW

Eligible Applicants: Individuals who at the time of application--(1) Have not completed their first full year of study for a doctoral degree or a master's degree in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study, or will be entering a doctoral degree program or a master's degree program in those fields in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree awarded in the selected field of study in academic year 2008-2009; (2) are eligible to receive grant, loan, or work assistance pursuant to section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA); and (3) intend to pursue a doctoral or master's degree in fields selected by the JKJ Fellowship Board at accredited U.S. institutions of higher education. This program provides fellowships to students of superior academic ability—selected on the basis of demonstrated achievement, financial need, and exceptional promise—to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts level in selected fields of arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Oct. 15

Rural Health Network Development Program

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14815&mode=VIEW

To support the development of rural health networks, whose purpose is to increase access to care by overcoming the fragmentation and vulnerability of providers in rural areas. Grant funds are used to support activities that strengthen capabilities of these networks.

Oct. 15

Dumbarton Oaks - Bliss Prize Fellowship in Byzantine Studies

http://www.doaks.org/Blissprize.html

This award is intended to provide encouragement, assistance, and training to outstanding college seniors who plan to enter the field of Byzantine studies. The Bliss Prize Fellowship covers graduate school tuition and living expenses (as estimated by the graduate school in which the successful candidate enrolls) for two academic years. It also includes summer travel (up to a maximum of $5,000) for the intervening summer to areas that are important for an understanding of Byzantine civilization and culture. Students who have successfully completed two years as Bliss Prize Fellows, have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for a higher degree, and are working on a dissertation will be offered a Junior Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks. The academic year for which the Junior Fellowship is offered will be determined by Dumbarton Oaks, in consultation with the student and the academic advisor, taking into consideration the timing deemed likely to be of most benefit to the student’s progress on the dissertation and the availability of space.

Oct. 15 nom. and Nov. 1 app.

American Philosophical Society - Sabbatical Fellowships Humanities and Social Sciences

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/sabbatical.htm

The Sabbatical Fellowships program is open to mid-career faculty of universities and 4-year colleges in the United States who have been granted a sabbatical/research leave but for whom financial support from the home institution is available for only part of the year. Candidates must not have had financially supported leave at any time subsequent to September 1, 2004. The total of institutional and external support should not exceed the academic year salary for the year in which the fellowship is held. There is no restriction on where the fellow resides; indicate the appropriateness of available resources. The candidate's doctoral degree must have been conferred no later than 1999 and no earlier than 1986.

Oct. 15

NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-180.html

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Investigator-Initiated Small Grant (R03) funding opportunity supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. Investigator-initiated research, also known as unsolicited research, is research funded as a result of an investigator submitting a research grant application to NIH in an investigator's area of interest and competency. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.

Oct. 16

Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR)(R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-382.html

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and co-sponsoring NIH institutes and centers (ICs), is to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences. Recent research reports have established the importance of studying issues specific to women, including the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. ORWH is particularly interested in encouraging extramural investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women’s health and/or sex/gender research are invited.

Oct. 16

Advancing Novel Science in Women’s Health Research (ANSWHR) [R21]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-381.html

Oct. 16

Research and Development For Rare Isotope Beam Capabilities

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/3CF4FC2AA0303F128525733800491CB6?OpenDocument

The Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for Research and Development efforts directed at rare isotope beam capabilities. A next generation facility for nuclear structure and astrophysics is under consideration to address emerging research opportunities in low energy nuclear physics, and DOE is sponsoring pre-conceptual R&D activities on next generation rare isotope beam capabilities.

Oct. 17

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07573

The purpose of the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) 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. 17

AT&T Foundation Announces Wireless Technology Grant Program

http://www.att.com/foundation/

Program to help nonprofits integrate wireless communications technology into educational outreach projects. Open to 501(c)(3) public charities and government instrumentalities across the United States, the program will help nonprofits deliver educational content and enhance learning opportunities in the communities they serve.

Oct. 19

National Center Environmental Research, Fellowships Graduate Environmental Study

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_gro_grad.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Greater Research Opportunities program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities Graduate Fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is October 23, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 15 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. 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

Oct. 23

Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07577/nsf07577.htm

NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems intends to fund science and engineering research and education projects that develop new knowledge in the following three core technical areas: Human-Centered Computing (HCC); Information Integration and Informatics (III); and Robust Intelligence (RI). In addition to the three core technical areas, IIS will support research in two cross-cutting technical areas: Integrative Intelligence (INT2); and Next-Generation Networked Information (NGNI). The Division also encourages investigators to include in their proposals innovative curricula or educational materials to help advance literacy about and expertise in IIS areas. To ensure that proposals with roughly comparable scope and objectives are reviewed together, IIS proposals are divided into three classes by budget size: Small Projects (up to $450,000 total budget); Medium Projects ($450,001 to $900,000 total budget); and Large Projects ($900,001 to $3,000,000 total budget). Proposals with budgets that exceed $3,000,000 will be returned without review.

Oct. 23

Fall 2008 EPA Graduate Fellowships for masters and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_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 masters and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is October 23, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 65 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. 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.

Oct. 23

Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)

http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/ http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14519&mode=VIEW

The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. The FY 2008 MURI competition is for the 19 topics listed solicitation. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in Section VIII entitled, “Specific MURI Topics”, of this BAA. The detailed descriptions are intended to provide the proposer a frame of reference and are not meant to be restrictive to the possible approaches to achieving the goals of the topic and the program.

Oct. 23

Collaborative Studies on Systems Biology of Complex Phenotypes (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-001.html

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) invites applications for collaborative research projects that use systems biology approaches to investigate the mechanisms that underlie genetic determination of complex phenotypes. These projects will combine computational modeling approaches and experimental validation of predictive models. It is expected that a team of at least two principal investigators (PIs), one with expertise in systems biology and the other with expertise in the genetics of humans or model organisms, will apply for funding under this FOA. Applications from a single investigator or that propose solely data production and accumulation will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed.

Oct. 23

Young Faculty Award

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=39764&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW

DARPA would like to encourage new faculty members at institutions of higher learning to participate in its programs. This Research Announcement offers a venue by which research ideas proposed by young faculty can be sponsored and promoted within the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) at DARPA. The Young Faculty Award (YFA) is expected to provide MTO with revolutionary research ideas that are critical to future technology developments. This solicitation is for single-author grant proposals for concept development and validation in one, or combinations of, the following thrust areas of interest to MTO: 1) electronics, 2) photonics, 3) micro and nano electro mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), 4) architectures, and 5) algorithms. Proposers must select one of these thrust areas for their proposal and identify this thrust on the cover page. Proposed research should focus on innovations that enable revolutionary advances in physics, materials, and devices. Speculative and high-risk ideas are strongly encouraged.

Abstract Oct. 25; full Jan. 10

US-Egypt Joint Science and Technology Fund - Junior Scientist Development Visits Grants

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/usegypt/jrgrants.htm

This grant provides opportunities for short-term (maximum of six months) practical training of junior scientists. A junior scientist is someone who has earned a Ph.D. within the last 10 years. (U.S. applicants may also have a Master’s degree or currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program). The maximum grant award is $15,000 (U.S. dollars). Researchers representing the private sector and American and Egyptian institutions, such as Universities and Government research centers, may apply. Priority Areas for Research Grants: Biotechnology, Standards and Metrology, Environmental Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies, Information Technologies, Energy Other Fields including; Geology, Anthropology, New Materials and Nanotechnology, Economics, and other Social Sciences, etc.

Oct. 29

Mathematical Cognition and Specific Learning Disabilities (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-005.html

This Funding Opportunity Announcement is intended to stimulate innovative, multidisciplinary research which will contribute to our knowledge of the key factors that influence the development and expression of learning disabilities in mathematics, and concomitantly provide the evidence base to inform the design of effective instructional interventions.

Oct. 29 and full Nov. 29

AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Program

http://www.corp.att.com/ehs/ind_ecology/fellow_guidelines.html#proposals

The AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship Program is intended to stimulate interdisciplinary research and curriculum development that involve social issues, engineering, the sciences, economics, management, business, law, and public policy issues. Up to three (3) new awards of $25,000 each will be made in 2007. Applications will be solicited electronically. The overarching objectives of the program are (1) to produce university faculty and students who can contribute to solving global and regional environmental problems, (2) to advance the theoretical basis for the field of industrial ecology and its application in service sectors, industrial activity, and regulatory arenas, and (3) provide guidance for the telecommunications industry.

Oct. 30

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program CFDA 84.019A

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17362.pdf

Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.019A. Applications for grants under the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program -CFDA Number 84.019A must be submitted electronically using e-Application available through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov . While completing the electronic application, both the IHE and the faculty applicant will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. Neither the IHE nor the faculty applicant may e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. The telephone number for the e-Grants Helpdesk is 1-888-336-8930.

Oct. 30

World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship

http://www.srf.org/grants/world_politics.php

The Smith Richardson Foundation is pleased to announce a new annual grant competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history.

The fellowship’s objective is to support the research and writing of policy-relevant dissertations through funding of fieldwork, archival research, and language training. In evaluating applications, the Foundation will accord preference to those projects that could directly inform U.S. policy debates and thinking, rather than dissertations that are principally focused on abstract theory or debates within a scholarly discipline.The Foundation will award up to twenty grants of $7,500 each.

Oct. 31

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Science and Technology Fundamentals

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-61/SynopsisP.html

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15506&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

DARPA is soliciting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals in the area of Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Science and Technology Fundamentals (SERS S&T Fundamentals). The goal of this program is to understand the physical origin of SERS enhancement factor and to prepare functionalized nanoparticles and other substrates optimized for future chemical and biochemical nanosensor technologies. The ability to reproducibly achieve a large SERS enhancement factor on metal surfaces represents an extremely powerful technique for the sensitive and selective detection of low-concentration analytes as commonly encountered in the detection of toxic industrial chemicals, chemical warfare agents, biochemicals, and in other sensing applications. The detailed understanding of the physical origins of SERS associated with nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces and associated reproducibility is the fundamental research topic of this BAA.

Oct. 31

Ocean Surface Topography Science Team

http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B0808A658-833C-4448-4DD4-0BF059CE8E3B%7D&path=open

The joint NASA/CNES Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST) supports basic research and analysis activities associated with joint satellite altimetry missions (TOPEX/Poseidon (TP), Jason-1, and Ocean Surface Topography Mission) and other ocean altimetry data sets. This solicitation calls for U.S. and non-European proposals for the Science Team. A similar announcement will be made by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) for European proposals, and a joint selection and announcement will be coordinated by the two agencies in early 2008.

Oct. 31

ORNL Instrument Development Fellowships: Novel Concepts for Neutron Instrumentation

http://neutrons.ornl.gov/jobs/fellowships.shtml

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. Proposals are requested to develop novel concepts for neutron instrumentation that will enable hitherto unexplored areas of science to be addressed or which will significantly improve current methods in the field. The proposals may describe an entire instrument concept or a major component of an instrument including, but not be limited to, detectors, polarization techniques, optical components, analysis software, or source components.

Oct. 31

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. Awards range from $200-$2000 with an average of $1400.

Nov. 1

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

http://www.wesleyan.edu/chum/mellon.html

Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree after June 2005 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences—broadly conceived—are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University. The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D.’s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.

Nov. 1

McNeil Center for Early American Studies - Barra Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010

http://www.mceas.org/postdoctoralfellowship.htm

The McNeil Center will appoint a recent recipient of the PhD as a Postdoctoral Fellow for a two-year term beginning 1 July 2008. The fellow will receive a starting stipend of at least $40,000; health insurance; private office space in the Center's building at the northeastern gateway to the University of Pennsylvania's historic campus; library, computer, and other privileges at the university; and access to the Philadelphia area's magnificent manuscript, rare book and museum collections. Limited travel and research funding is available. During the two-year term of appointment, the fellow will teach three courses in an appropriate department at the University of Pennsylvania. All McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence during the academic year and to participate in the Center's program of seminars and other activities. Applicants must have earned the PhD no earlier than 2003 in American History, American Literature, American Studies, or a closely allied field and must have the degree in hand when the term of appointment commences.

Nov. 1

Loeb Classical Library Foundation - Classical Studies Research and Publication Grants

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lclf/

The Loeb Classical Library Foundation will award grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies during the academic year 2008-2009. Grants will normally range from $1,000 to $35,000 and may occasionally exceed that limit in the case of unusually interesting and promising projects. Three years must elapse between applications for regular salary replacement. From time to time a much larger grant may be available, as funding permits, to support a major project. Applicants must have faculty or faculty emeritus status at the time of application. Grants may be used for a wide variety of purposes. Examples include publication of research, enhancement of sabbaticals, travel to libraries or collections, dramatic productions, excavation expenses, or cost of research materials. Individual grant requests may be only partially funded. In exceptional circumstances a grant may be extended or renewed.

Nov. 1

Central Intelligence Agency - Graduate Studies Program

https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/index.html

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) looks for bright graduate students who are focusing on international affairs, languages, economics, geography, cartography, physical sciences and engineering. Other majors may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Students selected for this program should be entering either their first or second year of graduate studies following this assignment.

Nov. 1

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Nov. 1-9 depending on discipline

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07576/nsf07576.htm

The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,100 graduate fellowships in this competition. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation.

Nov. 1-9

NOAA - National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship FY08

http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Fellowship/welcome.html

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Estuarine Reserves Division, funds Graduate Research Fellowships to provide master’s degree students and Ph.D. candidates with an opportunity to conduct research of local and national significance that focuses on enhancing coastal zone management. Fellows conduct their research within a National EstuarineResearch Reserve and gain hands-on experience byparticipating in their host reserve's research and monitoring programs. Graduate Research Fellowship projects are based on the reserves' local needs, the reserve system's national priorities and the students' interest. For detailed descriptions of the reserves and to view the full funding opportunity, refer to the NERRS Web site at http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov .

~Nov. 1 (Estmate)

Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies

http://www.doaks.org/project_grants.html

Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000 to $10,000. Support is generally for archaeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost. Funding is typically awarded for transportation, meals, housing, vehicle rental, workmen’s wages, costs of technical analysis, etc.; grants are not normally made for the purchase of computers nor the salary of the principal investigator.

Nov. 1

Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities - Research Grants

http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/index.html

The Getty provides nonresidential grants to support scholars in the history of the visual arts and related fields throughout the world, as well as residential grants and fellowships at the Getty Center and Getty Villa. Grant amounts generally range from $25,000 to $250,000; the majority of grants are under $100,000. Grant periods range from one to three years, depending on the type of grant, and grants are not renewable.

Nov. 1

American Schools of Oriental Research - Fellowships for Research in the Near East

http://www.asor.org/ASORCAP.html

The American Schools of Oriental Research offer a variety of Fellowships for research in the Near East, including Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq. Citizenship: unrestricted.

Nov. 1

Social Science Research Council - International Dissertation Research Fellowship

http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Fifty fellowships will be awarded in 2007 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is at once located in a specific discipline and geographical region and engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. The program is administered by the Social Science Research Council in partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies.

Nov. 1

Wenner-Gren Foundation, Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships

http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=368531&attrib_id=13233

The Wenner-Gren Foundation accepts applications for Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships. Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships support the writing-up of already completed research. The fellowship is awarded to scholars in the earlier stages of their careers, when they frequently lack the time and resources to develop their research for publication. By providing funds for scholars to devote themselves full-time to writing, the Foundation aims to enable a new generation of scholars to publish significant works that will impact the development of anthropology. Scholars with a Ph.D. in hand for no more than ten years (from the application deadline) are eligible to apply. A maximum of eight Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships are awarded annually.

Nov. 1

Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grants

http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.

Nov. 1

Wenner-Gren Foundation, Conference and Workshop Grants

http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=370402&attrib_id=13235

The Wenner-Gren Foundation accepts applications for Conference and Workshop Grants. Conference and Workshop Grants are for amounts up to $15,000. In accordance with the mission of the Foundation, priority is given to events that foster the creation of an international community of research scholars in anthropology and advance significant and innovative anthropological research.

Nov. 1 prelim

National Center for Special Education Research--Development Centers

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13425&mode=VIEW

SUMMARY: The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 2008 competitions for grants to support education and special education research and research training. The Director takes this action under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, title I of Public Law 107–279. The intent of these grants is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood education through postsecondary and adult education.

Various programs due Nov. 1

Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15356&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

The USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Technology Marketing Unit, located at the Forest Products Laboratory, requests proposals for forest product projects that increase the use of woody biomass from National Forest System lands. The woody biomass utilization grant program is intended to help improve forest restoration activities by using and creating markets for small-diameter material and low-valued trees removed from forest restoration activities, such as reducing hazardous fuels, handling insect and diseased conditions, or treating forestlands impacted by catastrophic weather events. These funds are targeted to help communities, entrepreneurs, and others turn residues from forest restoration activities into marketable forest products and/or energy products.

Nov. 2

Demonstration of Enhancing Radiological Incident Response and Recovery

http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0710

“Demonstration of Enhancing Radiological Incident Response and Recovery: Enhancing Capability and Capacity of Environmental Radioanalytical Laboratories Across the Nation”

This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals that demonstrate an approach to enhance the capability and capacity of State, local and Indian tribal governmental environmental radioanalytical laboratories, and university laboratories that are currently adjunct environmental radioanalytical laboratories connected to state laboratories or regulatory agencies, to rapidly and accurately analyze samples in the event of a radiological or nuclear incident resulting from a terrorist attack or other emergency situation.

Nov. 2

Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program

http://php.aaas.org/programs/education/merck/?CFID=1648865&CFTOKEN=29274146

http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1810

The Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program is a national competitive awards program available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Up to 15 new awards will be made annually. Each award provides up to $60,000 paid over 3 years at $20,000 per year for joint use by the biology and chemistry departments at each recipient institution. The funding supports research stipends for undergraduate students and ancillary programs that foster interactions between these departments

Nov. 2

Spencer Foundation - Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Improvement

http://www.spencer.org/programs/fellows/dissertation.htm

The Dissertation Fellowship Program seeks to encourage a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. These $25,000 fellowships support individuals whose dissertations show potential for bringing fresh and constructive perspectives to the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal education anywhere in the world. Although the dissertation topic must concern education, graduate study may be in any academic discipline or professional field. In the past, fellowships have been awarded to candidates in anthropology, architecture, art history, economics, education, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health, religion, and sociology, but eligibility is not restricted to these academic areas. Candidates should be interested in pursuing further research in education once the doctorate is attained.

Nov. 2

Expeditions in Computing

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07592/nsf07592.htm

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has created the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program to provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. In planning Expeditions, investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come.

LOI due Nov. 5, prelim due Dec. 5 and full due April 1

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program CFDA 84.022A

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17526.pdf

Purpose of Program: The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.

Nov. 5

Hertz Foundation, Fannie and John - Graduate Fellowships in Applied Physical Sciences

A&M is a listed tenable university (http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/Fellowships/Guidelines/Schools.aspx

The official announcement and description of this opportunity may be found on the funding agency's website: http://www.hertzfoundation.org/awards.shtml

The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation is a tax exempt, not-for-profit organization which provides Graduate Fellowships tenable at over 40 of the nation's finest universities for graduate work leading to award of the PhD degree in applications of the physical sciences. Each year the Foundation conducts a national competition for new Hertz Fellows. The Foundation looks to support the graduate education of America's most promising technical talent, the PhD-directed effort of the young men and women who can be expected to have the greatest impact on the application of the physical sciences to human problems during the next half-century.

Nov. 5

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07595/nsf07595.htm

The Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) 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. The Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program aims at advancing research at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation, and at providing the foundation knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all settings. This solicitation calls for four types of proposals—Knowledge Diffusion, Empirical Research, Large Empirical Research, and Diffusion and Evaluation.

LOI Nov. 5 and full Jan. 8

National Physical Science Consortium - Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences

http://www.npsc.org/

NPSC offers a unique Ph.D.-track graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000.

Nov. 5

Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY2008

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07578/nsf07578.htm

The program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by supporting research, the diffusion of research-based innovations, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce. Typical projects will contribute to the knowledge base addressing gender-related differences in learning and in the educational experiences that affect student interest, performance, and choice of careers; how pedagogical approaches and teaching styles, curriculum, student services, and institutional culture contribute to causing or closing gender gaps that persist in certain fields.

Prelim Nov. 5; full Jan. 7

Hyperadsorptive Atmospheric Sampling Technology

http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-64/SynopsisP.html

The Hyperadsorptive Atmospheric Sampling Technology (HAST) program will develop systems that permit exhaustive, accurate, and economical collection of atmospheric trace constituents to support chemical mapping of urban and military environments. The system, which integrates three technical components, will demonstrate materials, packaging, and extraction technologies that sample atmospheric impurities whose concentration ranges from 10 parts per trillion to 100 parts per million by volume from 100 liter-atmospheres of gas in less than five minutes. In the second phase, a complete system that weighs less than one kilogram including power, indexing for one hundred samples, and GPS geolocation will be demonstrated.

Nov. 6

International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators & Counterparts in Germany, United Kingdom, China

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07593/nsf07593.htm

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between U.S. and foreign investigators. To realize this goal the Chemistry Division at NSF has partnered with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Research Foundation), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom and the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). NSF Chemistry will accept collaborative research proposals in chemistry that establish new bilateral collaborations between U.S. investigators and investigators from Germany, United Kingdom or China.

Nov. 6 prelim; full Jan. 30

International Dissertation Research Fellowship

http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/

The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2008 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.

Nov. 6

International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)[U01]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-08-003.html

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invite applications for the establishment or continuation of "International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups" (ICBG) to address the interdependence of biodiversity exploration for potential applications in health, agriculture and energy, with investments in research capacity that support sustainable use of these resources, the knowledge to conserve them, and equitable partnership frameworks among research and development organizations in the U.S. and low and middle income countries.

LOI Nov. 6; full Dec. 4

Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences (F05)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-453.html

The goal of this Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences Program is to provide a unique opportunity to qualified Latin American reproductive scientists, at junior or mid-career level, to receive up to three years of research training in the United States (U.S.) or Canada.

LOI Nov. 8 and full Dec. 8

Office of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/CAAE64D7AA6DA4538525735200677F0F?OpenDocument

The Office of Nuclear Physics of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, invites grant applications for support under the Outstanding Junior Investigator 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. Applicants must be no more than ten (10) years beyond the Ph.D. at the deadline for the application.

Nov. 8

Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Advanced Development Cooperative Agreement

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-08-003.html

The NIH invites applications for Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Advanced Development Cooperative Agreements (U01s). The overall mission of the CounterACT Research Network is to develop new & improved medical countermeasures against chemical threats (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/research/counterterrorism/index.htm). These include pulmonary agents such as chlorine, industrial chemicals such as cyanide, and nerve agents such as sarin. Unlike the previous CounterACT Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs), sulfur mustard research will not be supported by this announcement, research on diagnostic technologies will not be supported, and the focus will be on therapies that can be used after exposure to a chemical threat as opposed to pre-exposure prophylactic treatments. The expected outcome of each of these accelerated three-year projects is a lead compound or validated model for screening relevant therapeutics.

LOI due Nov. 9 and full Dec. 10

Exploratory Investigations in Food Allergy (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-032.html

The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support high impact, innovative exploratory/developmental investigations to determine the mechanisms of and risk factors associated with IgE-mediated food allergy and related co-morbid conditions, focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models of food allergy. Investigators who have no prior history of receiving independent NIH funding in food allergy research, or have no history of receiving such funding after January, 2003, are encouraged to apply to this FOA. This initiative is supported by the co-sponsoring U.S. Federal agencies, the NIH and EPA, as well as by the Food Allergy Project and the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network.

LOI Nov. 9; full Dec. 10

National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html

The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This nonresidential 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.

Nov. 9

Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-005.html

The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award is intended to identify outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who intend to make a long term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease.

FYI LOI due Nov. 10 and full Dec. 10

Advanced Genomic Data Analysis and Visualization Methods for the Cancer Genome Atlas

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-005.html

This NCI-sponsored funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is a request for grant applications that describe exploratory projects aimed at the development of highly innovative and novel advanced genomic data analysis methods and visualization technologies. This FOA is a component of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA; http://cancergenome.nih.gov) Pilot Project, which tests the technical feasibility and clinical relevance of conducting a systematic, comprehensive large-scale analysis of genomic alterations found in human cancers.

LOI Nov. 10 and full Dec. 10

Collaborative Research in Chemistry

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07581/nsf07581.htm

The CRC Program is designed to promote collaborative research in a coherent, defined project at the forefront of the chemical sciences. CRC proposals will involve three or more investigators with complementary expertise. Co-investigators may include researchers with backgrounds in diverse areas of chemistry and other science and engineering disciplines appropriate to the proposed research. The use of cyber-infrastructure to enable and enhance collaborations is encouraged. Projects should be scientifically focused in areas supported by the NSF Division of Chemistry, limited in duration, and substantial in their scope and impact.

Nov. 12

Eurasia Fellowship Program

http://programs.ssrc.org/eurasia/fellowships/

The Eurasia Program is pleased to announce a fellowship program for research on the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the New States of Eurasia. Research related to the non-Russian states, regions, and peoples is particularly encouraged. Funding for this program is provided by the US Department of State under the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). All fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon the receipt of funding from the US Department of State. Regions and countries currently supported by the program include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Funding is not presently available for research on the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).

Nov. 13

Materials World Network: Materials Research US Investigators and Counterparts Abroad

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07574/nsf07574.htm

Continued progress in fundamental materials and condensed matter research is increasingly dependent upon collaborative efforts among 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. The National Science Foundation is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. This solicitation describes an activity to foster opportunities for such collaborations. It includes joint activities between NSF and funding organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe and other regions.

Nov. 13

Micro Space Propulsion

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-39/Attachments.html

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-39/listing.html

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of Micro Space Propulsion (MSP). Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems that enable demonstration of a prototype that meets program goals. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice, or research that primarily results in theoretical data or devices suitable only to laboratory usage.

Nov. 14

American Research Humanities in China; Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development

http://www.acls.org/csccguid.htm#ar ; http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm

(1) This program is for scholars in the humanities to do research in China. US citizens and permanent residents who have lived in the United States continuously for at least three years prior to the application deadline are eligible to apply. This program supports individuals with the PhD or equivalent to do in-depth research on China or the Chinese portion of a comparative study. Grants are offered for 4 to 12 months of continuous research in China. Applicants should demonstrate that they have fully utilized the available resources in the United States and are prepared by virtue of study, training, and planning to take full advantage of an opportunity to do research in China. The program has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

(2) Fellowships are available for Chinese scholars in the social sciences and humanities with the MA, PhD, 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 United States 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. 14

Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-021.html

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to stimulate research in fundamental aspects of developmental biology at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. In order to ensure that the field of developmental biology will attract the best and brightest minds, potential students need to be exposed to the excitement of the research enterprise at an early stage in their training. These AREA grants are intended to support small-scale developmental biology research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions including many small primarily undergraduate and historically minority institutions.

LOI due Jan. 15 and full Feb. 15

Animal Reproduction, United States Department of Agriculture

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalreproductionnri.cfm

The objective of this program is to increase the knowledge base for reproductive biology of agriculturally important animals with the goal of reducing infertility and improving overall reproductive management in animal production systems. New knowledge is needed to improve fertility and facilitate implementation of integrated animal production systems that will contribute to sustainability of the animal production unit. More information

Nov. 15

Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies Opportunities Scholars 2008-09

http://www.hs.ias.edu/hsannoun.htm

The Institute for Advanced Study is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, without the obligations and distractions associated with the teaching of undergraduates. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research. Those chosen are offered membership for a set period and a stipend. The Institute provides access to extensive resources including offices, libraries, subsidized restaurant and housing facilities, and some secretarial services.

Open to all fields of historical research, the School of Historical Studies's principal interests are the history of western, near eastern and far eastern civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, the history of art, the history of science, modern international relations, and music studies.

Nov. 15

Howard Foundation: Music: Composition, Performance, Musicology, Playwriting and Theatre Studies

http://brown.edu/Divisions/Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/

Application materials for the 2008-2009 competition in Music as well as Playwriting and Theatre Studies should be printed out and mailed to the Howard Foundation with a postmark dated not later than November 15, 2007. Please note that the two required copies of application materials should be placed in pocket folders. Unlike previous years, a separate nomination form is not required. The signature of your nominator is now part of the application form.

Nov. 15

AAUW American Fellowships for Dissertation or Postdoctoral Research

http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research.

Nov. 15

ACLS Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine

http://www.acls.org/humanities-byruuk.htm

ACLS provides support to the humanities in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine through this program, established in academic year 1998-1999 with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Its principal activity is the distribution of grants to individuals in these three countries. ACLS works closely with scholars in the region representing a variety of disciplines: they advise on program design, and help to distribute and review applications. The review process includes pre-screening by scholars in the United States; final awards are made by the Selection Committee in New York. The objective of these grants is to sustain individuals doing exemplary work, so as to assure continued future leadership in the humanities. Awards are made for projects in various fields, including history, archeology, literature, linguistics, film studies, art history and studies of the performing arts, ethnographic and cultural studies, gender studies, philosophy, and religious.

Nov. 15

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources

http://www.clir.org/fellowships/fellowships.html

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offer Fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities in original sources. The program offers ten competitively awarded fellowships. Each provides a stipend of $1,600 per month for up to 12 months. Each fellow will receive an additional $800 upon participating in a symposium on research in original sources and submitting an acceptable report to CLIR on the research experience. Thus the maximum award will be $20,000. Details for the 2008 fellowships will be posted on this Web site by late summer, 2007 (http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/mellon.html ). The information below contains instructions used during the 2007 application period and is for reference only. The instructions may change for the 2008 application period.

Nov. 15

Council on Library and Information Resources - Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation

http://www.clir.org/fellowships/fellowships.html

~Nov. 15

Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=CE4BB1FD-B6A0-4E19-A115-F100F2A8AAFA&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

Grants are awarded to increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses) by providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities.

Nov. 16

Soil Processes, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/soilprocessesnri.cfm

Soil is a vital natural resource that not only sustains plant and animal productivity, but also has profound effects on the health and quality of the environment. As such, agriculturally-related sustainability hinges on the interactions among the biological, chemical and physical properties and processes in this below-ground ecosystem. More science-based knowledge is needed to fill gaps regarding the combined interactions of the properties and processes affecting soil quality as it relates to agricultural sustainability

LOI Nov. 19; full Feb. 14

Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago --20 2-year research grants @ ~$100K each

http://www.wisdomresearch.org/?CFID=1826052&CFTOKEN=70129494

In 2008, up to twenty (20), two-year research grants will be awarded to scholars from institutions around the world who have received their Ph.D. within the past ten years. We seek to support highly original, methodologically rigorous projects from a broad range of disciplines: neuroscience, psychology, genetics, evolutionary biology, game theory, computer science, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy, ethics, education, human development, history, theology, and religion.

Nov. 19

Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07583/nsf07583.htm

Those involved with science, engineering, commerce, health, and national security all increasingly face the challenge of synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous and possibly conflicting digital data. The goal of collecting and examining these data is not to merely acquire information, but to derive increased understanding from it and to facilitate effective decision-making. To capitalize on the opportunities provided by these data sets, a new, interdisciplinary field of science is emerging called Data and Visual Analytics, which is defined as the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces.

Nov. 20

Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Teacher Effectiveness

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-OPRE-YR-0060.html

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces that funds are available for Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness. These grants fund research activities to identify and assess effective strategies/interventions that develop and sustain the Head Start teacher behaviors likely to improve child outcomes. This grant program is part of a larger Head Start research effort. For more information, see the Head Start Graduate Student Research announcement listed on http://www.Grants.Gov, or on http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/index.html, or send an email inquiry to opre@xtria.com. Award amounts for these grants will be up to $150,000 for the first budget period, and up to $250,000 for each of two additional budget periods, subject to availability. (Total of up to $650,000).

Nov. 20

NIAID Science Education Awards (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-003.html

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits applications from applicant organizations that propose creative and innovative research education programs that will 1) increase the public’s understanding of biomedical research, or 2) encourage K-12 students to enter areas in biomedical science in the mission area(s) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The NIH Research Education (R25) grant mechanism is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical researchers through creative and innovative research education programs.

LOI due Nov. 26 and full Jan. 25

Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/arthropodnematodemanagedbeescapnri.cfm

Coordinated Agricultural Project proposals will be solicited for a community of researchers, extension specialists and/or educators focusing on an existing or emerging issue of national importance on the biology and management of arthropods or nematodes, and which is poised to lead to practical management solutions for pests or beneficial species.

In FY 2008, the issue will focus on the decline of managed bee pollinators. Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value, particularly for specialty crops, such as almonds and other nuts, berries, fruits, and vegetables. Bee populations throughout the U.S. are in serious decline due to pests, diseases, and environmental stresses, including pesticide exposure, inadequate nutritional resources, and extreme temperatures. In addition, a potentially new phenomenon, tentatively termed Colony Collapse Disorder, is threatening the honey bee industry and potentially may impact the Nation's food supply.

LOI Nov. 26; full Feb. 14

Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/arthropodnematodeorganismalbiologynri.cfm

Several emerging issues are challenging our ability to provide high quality food and fiber to the Nation's global economy. This unprecedented level of population growth will necessitate increased production and protection of agricultural commodities. Our ability to respond to and recover from pests and diseases that threaten our food supply has recently assumed paramount importance. Fundamental knowledge is needed to form the basis of novel management strategies for pests, which will lead to better utilization of beneficial species.

LOI Nov. 26; full Feb. 14

Animal Genome: Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalgenomegenomeenabledselectionnri.cfm

The Whole Genome Enabled Animal Selection Project element is seeking applications from a community of researchers to focus on large-scale application and translation of genome discoveries and technologies for whole genome animal selection for animals of agricultural importance, including aquaculture species. The goal of the project is to move animal genome science from the laboratory to the field to the marketplace and, in the process, to solve real world problems. To accomplish this goal, the program is seeking applications that respond to existing or emerging problems, opportunities, and issues through the development and application of science-based knowledge to whole genome animal selection.

Nov. 26

Plant Genome

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/plantgenomenri.cfm

This program supports research ranging from technology development to fundamental science and practical application for crop or forestry improvement in the U.S. Its priorities focus on technological advances and discoveries in areas such as a) analytical methods for mapping genes for complex traits for direct use by plant breeders, b) novel methods for analysis of the genome and its effect on biological function, c) cost-effective sequencing strategies to understand complex genome structure and organization, d) procedures to analyze the total expression patterns of genes under specific conditions, and e) appropriate data handling and analysis capabilities. The ultimate goal of the program is to contribute knowledge about the biology of agriculturally important plant processes and traits, which can be used to develop crops with enhanced economic value and expanded utilities. In FY 2008, the program will have four program elements: (A): Tools, Resources, and Bioinformatics; (B): Functional Genomics; (C): Genome Structure and Organization; and (D): Applied Plant Genomics Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP). More information.

Nov. 26

U.S. Department of Energy FY 2008 SBIR/STTR

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/DFA3C9C3F152538A8525735C004633BB?OpenDocument

Technical Topics: http://www.sc.doe.gov/sbir/Solicitations/FY%202008/table_of_contents_sub.htm

Other than different eligibility requirements (see Part III Eligibility Information), the major difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR grants must involve substantial cooperative research collaboration between the small business and a single research institution (see definitions in Appendices/Reference Material at the end of this Notice). However, it should be noted that the SBIR program also permits substantial collaboration between the small business and other organizations, including research institutions. The difference is that in SBIR, the collaboration is optional, while in STTR, the collaboration is required and must be cooperative in nature.

Nov. 27

Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpredoc.html

Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in research-based Ph.D. or Sc.D. programs that include the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice. The 2008 fellowships competition is currently scheduled to open in early September 2007

Estimate Nov. 27…see 2008 at URL

Department of Justice, NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf?CFID=1020782&CFTOKEN=61967077

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). NIJ provides objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety. NIJ solicits proposals to inform its search for the knowledge and tools to guide policy and practice. The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.

Nov. 27

Department of Justice - NIJ FY08 Graduate Research Fellowship

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000794.pdf

The Graduate Research Fellowship is an annual NIJ program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.

Nov. 28

JISC/NEH Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grants

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/JISC.html

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)of the United Kingdom acting through the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the United Kingdom are working together to offer support for digitization projects in the humanities. These grants provide funding for one year of development in any of the following areas: new digitization projects and pilot projects, the addition of important materials to existing digitization projects, or the development of infrastructure (either technical "middleware," tools, or knowledge-sharing) to support U.S.-England digitization work. Collaboration between U.S. and English institutions is a key requirement for this grant category, based in part on the recommendations for international collaboration in Professor Sir Gareth Roberts's "International Partnerships of Research Excellence U.K.-U.S.A Academic Collaboration" (http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/UK-US-Academic-Collaboration/GarethRobertsIPoREx.pdf -- 25-page PDF) and the report of the American Council for Learned Societies' Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/OurCulturalCommonwealth.pdf -- 51-page PDF.)

Nov. 29

Woodrow Wilson Foundation - 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty

http://www.woodrow.org/about/currentprograms.php

The 2007 Career Enhancement Fellowships for Junior Faculty will be funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The objective of the fellowship program is to aid the scholarly research and intellectual growth of junior faculty (men and women) and improve their chances for success as tenured university scholars by offering support for twelve months of research and writing. The award includes a maximum $30,000 stipend, a $1,500 research, travel or publication stipend, and funding to attend the Fall Research in October 2007. The Career Enhancement Fellowship provides pre-tenure assistance and mentoring for junior faculty from underrepresented groups, as well as those committed to promoting cross-racial understanding.

Diversity Dissertation Fellowships, the Ford Foundation

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/forddiss.html

Estimate Nov. 30…see 2008 at URL

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society

http://www.acls.org/cck.htm

This program is intended to support projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new kinds of information, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The Program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China.

Nov. 30

Fellowships: Research in Black Culture

http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scholars/aboutscholar.html

The Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence Program assists those scholars and professionals whose research in the black experience can benefit from extended access to the Center's resources. Fellowships funded by the Center will allow recipients to spend six months or a year in residence with access to resources at the Schomburg Center and other centers of The New York Public Library. The program encourages research and writing on black history and culture, facilitates interaction among participating scholars, and provides wide-spread dissemination of findings through lectures, publications, and colloquia and seminars. It encompasses projects in African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture.

Dec. 1

Link Foundation - Energy Fellowship Program

http://www.linkenergy.org/

The Link Foundation supports programs to foster the theoretical basis, practical knowledge, and application of energy, simulation, and ocean engineering and instrumentation research, and to disseminate the results of that research through lectures, seminars and publications. Fellowships are only tenable at U.S. and Canadian Universities. The award consists of $50,000 paid in two installments of $25,000 and allocated as follows: $21,500 for the Fellow's academic year and summer stipend; $2,500 for expenses associated with the Fellow's research (e.g., supplies, equipment, computing charges); $1,000 to support the Fellow's attendance at one or more technical meetings and/or to defray the cost of publishing the Fellow's research results.

Dec. 1

Social Science Research Council - Berlin Program Advanced German and European Studies

http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/%7Ebprogram/

The Social Science Research Council seeks applications for the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies based at the Free University of Berlin. Its purpose is to encourage the comparative and interdisciplinary study of the economic, political, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German and European affairs. Fellows are expected to produce a research monograph dealing with some aspect of German or European studies, including U.S.-European relations. Awards are for 10 to 12 months and include a stipend of EUR 1,100-1,400/month.

Dec. 1

Social Science Research Council - Japan Society Fellowship Program for US Researchers

http://fellowships.ssrc.org/japan/postdoc/

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Program for U.S. Researchers provides promising and highly qualified recent PhDs (and ABDs—please see eligibility) with opportunities to conduct research in Japan. JSPS guidelines target the applicant who wishes to conduct cooperative research under the leadership of a host researcher, thereby advancing the Fellow's own research and at the same time stimulating Japanese academic circles through close collaboration with young Japanese researchers. Applications are welcome from all social science and humanities disciplines and need not be explicitly related to the study of Japan. Projects must include work with colleagues and resources in Japan and propose a single, continuous stay in Japan from 3 to 11 months or 12 to 24 months.

Dec. 1

High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/2CFC0036691F576A8525734C00623035?OpenDocument

The Office of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Outstanding Junior Investigator Program. Applications should be from tenure-track faculty investigators who are currently involved in experimental or theoretical high energy physics or accelerator physics research, and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs by outstanding scientists early in their careers. Awards made under this program will help to maintain the vitality of university research and assure continued excellence in the teaching of physics.

Dec. 4

NSF Phase I Solicitation FY-2008 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07586

2007 Topic: Emerging Opportunities (EO) - encompasses 3 very broad subtopics: Bio & Environmental Technologies (BE); Components & Systems (CS); Software & Services (SS) - Do not submit proposals prior to November 4, 2007. The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. The significant difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution.

Dec. 4

Nurse Education, Practice and Retention

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=7B3F0A47-D2F2-44AE-AE62-894FC9A29C9E&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects to strengthen and enhance the capacity for nurse education, practice and retention to address the nursing shortage. Applicants must select and focus on one of the nine purposes in the grant application. The Education priority area includes Purpose E1) expanding enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs; Purpose E2)developing and implementing internship and residency programs to encourage mentoring and the development of specialties; and, Purpose E3) providing education in new technologies, including distance learning methodologies. The Practice priority area includes Purpose P1)establishing or expanding nursing practice arrangements in non-institutional settings to demonstrate methods to improve access to primary health care in medically underserved communities; Purpose P2)providing care for underserved populations and other high-risk groups; Purpose P3)providing managed care, quality improvement, and other skills needed to practice in existing and emerging organized health care systems; and, Purpose P4)developing cultural competencies among nurses. The Retention priority area includes Purpose R1)career ladder bridge programs which promote career advancement for registered nurses and nursing personnel; and, Purpose R2)enhancing patient care delivery systems through improving the retention of registered nurses and enhancing patient care.

Dec. 6

ADVANCE: Increasing Advancement of Women Academic Science & Engineering Careers

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07582/nsf07582.htm

The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and of women from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged.

Dec. 6 and Jan. 17

Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07587/nsf07587.htm

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500027

The Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts (CPA) cluster supports basic research and education projects to advance discovery, learning, and application of scientific and engineering knowledge pertaining to the processes and artifacts for building computing systems. Computing processes and artifacts range from formalisms, methods, models, algorithms and theories to languages, architectures, technology components, and a variety of physical manifestations of computing system software and hardware. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should describe transformative research to advance at a fundamental level the design, verification, evaluation, utilization, and understanding of computing systems to meet the future computational needs of our society.

Dec. 7

Revolution in Fiber Lasers

http://www.darpa.mil/mto/solicitations/baa07-34/index.html

DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 07-34, entitled Revolution in Fiber Lasers, is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest; the submission process; proposal formats; evaluation and selection/funding processes; as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov/ , World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.darpa.mil/mto (go to solicitation area) or by fax, electronic mail, or mail request to the administrative contact address given below. Proposals not meeting the format or following the submission instructions described in the BAA may not be reviewed.

Dec. 7

Faculty Development: Integrated Technology into Nursing Education & Practice Initiative

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=24031593-7220-4224-A7C6-FEAD8CC3F38F&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

The purpose of this initiative is to provide support to nursing collaboratives for faculty development in the use of information and other technologies in order to expand the capacity of collegiate schools of nursing to educate students for 21st century health care practice. Nursing collaboratives will use healthcare information systems to enhance nursing education and practice, optimize patient safety, and drive improvements in health care quality. For this initiative, use of information and other technologies in nursing education and practice, includes, but is not limited to, informatics, telehealth, mannequin-based and patient simulators, computer-based instructions, virtual simulation, interactive simulated case studies, advanced 3D graphics, e-Learning technology, and other simulated or virtual methods to enhance nursing education and practice.

Dec. 10

Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07590

This solicitation requests proposals to create a national Center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales. The Center will address interactions of naturally derived, incidental and engineered nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, devices and systems (herein called “nanomaterials”) with the living world. Essential elements of this Center will include understanding the interactions of nanomaterials with organisms, cellular constituents, metabolic networks and living tissues; understanding environmental exposure and bioaccumulation and their effects on living systems; and determining the biological impacts of nanomaterials dispersed in the environment.

Dec. 10

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07584

The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last eight weeks from June to August.

Dec. 12

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=74576F12-84ED-4702-A2D6-9C3C43EAC7B1&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program grants increase the number of under represented minority individuals who are members of the faculty in a health profession school. The grants enable schools to provide a stipend and a training allowance to the faculty fellow.

Grantees must: (1) Identify, recruit and select individuals who are underrepresented racial minorities in the health professions for teaching, administration, or research positions at a health professions institution; (2)Provide such individuals with the skills necessary for tenured faculty positions, which may include training in pedagogy, program administration, design and conduct of research, grant writing, and the preparation of articles suitable for publication in peer review journals;(3)Assist individuals in preparation for an academic career by providing services such as counseling; and (4) Provide health services to rural or medically underserved populations.

Dec. 14

Development of High Resolution Probes for Cellular Imaging (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-08-009.html

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) invite applications to support multi-investigator teams to develop new technologies to enable high sensitivity molecular detection in living cells. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to encourage and facilitate novel, high-risk strategies to create fundamentally new probes with enhanced spectral characteristics with the goal of improving detection schemes by a factor of 10 to 100. Parallel improvements in probe targeting, cellular delivery, and signal detection are also encouraged. The ultimate goal will be to develop probes and delivery strategies that can be used routinely to achieve single molecule sensitivity for imaging dynamic processes within living cells.

LOI due Dec. 14 and full Jan. 14

Advanced Education Nursing Grants

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15477&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice. For the purpose of this section, advanced education nurses means individuals trained in advanced degree programs including individuals in combined RN to Master's degree programs, post-nursing Master's certificate programs, or in the case of nurse-midwives, in certificate programs in existence on November 12, 1998, to serve as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators or public health nurses.

Dec. 14

Graduate Internships at the Getty

http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html

Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, information management, public programs, and grantmaking.

Dec. 15

Huntington 2007-2008 Fellowships for Scholars of British and American History and Culture

http://huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html

The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 600,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, History of Science, British Drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California.

Dec. 15

Abrupt Climate Change Modeling: Climate Change Prediction Program

https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/CD548F8ACF0EFBE28525736900689456?OpenDocument

The Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research grants on the topic of predictive modeling of abrupt climate change in the Climate Change Prediction Program. Applications should describe research projects supporting the development and application of climate and earth system models for abrupt climate change modeling. Applications should clearly describe how that research will contribute to a measurably improved ability to use climate and earth system models for studying abrupt climate change.

Dec. 17

New Access Points in Programs Funded Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15595&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

"The purpose of this activity is to support the establishment of new service delivery sites for medically underserved populations to receive comprehensive primary and preventive health care services. This activity is a key factor in the President's Health Centers Initiative, a multi-year plan to strengthen the health care safety net by establishing or expanding health centers in 1,200 of the Nation's neediest communities through Health Centers funded under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Through the Health Center Program, funded organizations will offer access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and social services (including mental health, substance abuse, and oral health care services) to populations currently with limited or no access to such services.

Dec. 18

Women’s Issues Fund--Department of State- East Asian & Pacific Affairs

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15586&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

The Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Proposals (RFP). EAP’s Regional Women’s Issues Fund (WIF), which has supported women’s advancement in the region over the past several years, will soon be available under the Economic Support Fund (ESF) account for FY 2007-2008. EAP welcomes project proposals from credible local or international organizations that address women’s economic empowerment, foster political participation, and/or contribute to women/girls’ freedom from violence. EAP will have approximately $500,000 available to award multiple grants of up to $150,000 per grant. This competition is open to all appropriate applicants through announcement on grants.gov as well as to those recruited by Posts.

Dec. 18

Data Ontologies for Biomedical Research (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-425.html

Optimal use of informatics tools (e.g., tools for analyzing data, etc.) and resources (e.g., databases, data sets, etc.) depend upon explicit understandings of concepts related to the data upon which they compute. This is typically accomplished by a tool or resource adopting a formal controlled vocabulary and ontology. For the purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), an ontology is defined as a controlled vocabulary that describes objects and the relationships between those objects in a formal way. Generally, an ontology has a grammar that allows the terms of the vocabulary to express something meaningful to the biomedical researcher. In an effort to advance the use of powerful informatics approaches in biomedical research, this FOA solicits Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to develop an ontology that will make it possible for software to understand how two or more existing data sets relate to each other.

LOI Dec. 18; full Jan. 19

Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (K08 and K23)

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15597&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

This program provides three to five years of mentored career development support to clinically-trained faculty members in strong research environments to enable them to gain skills and experience in aging research, under the guidance of a mentor or mentors, and to establish an independent program of research in this field. It also includes an annual meeting that allows opportunities to partner with national mentors and fellow awardees.

Dec. 19

Food Safety: Biological Approaches

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetybiologicalapproachesnri.cfm

This program supports hypothesis driven research that seeks to increase our knowledge of microbial ecology with regard to the routes of contamination of food; this includes on-farm investigations, post-harvest incidence, processing and distribution of food. One of the main objectives of this program is to fund research efforts which result in a demonstrable reduction in food-borne illness. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the entire Program Description section for current priorities and additional information relative to the program of interest. Please carefully review the RFA guidelines to ensure application acceptance.

Dec. 19

Food Safety: Epidemiological Approaches for Food Safety

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/foodsafetyepidemiologicalapproachesnri.cfm

Research that develops an understanding of the multiple factors involved in food safety and provides the science-based data for policy decisions requires epidemiological studies. Epidemiological studies of pre and post-harvest areas are vital to identify and characterize pathogenic organisms, including their sources and reservoirs; and to understand the transmission of the pathogen along the entire continuum.

Dec. 19

2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships Undergraduate Environmental Study

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_gro_undergrad.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is December 19, 2007 at 4:00 PM EST. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for a three-month summer period.

Dec. 19

Multidisciplinary Fellowships in Cancer Nanotechnology Research (F32 and F33)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-003.html

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support the multidisciplinary training of individuals from the basic, biomedical, clinical, and information sciences and/or engineering who are pursuing research on nanotechnology tools and/or applications for the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and/or treatment of cancer. This FOA solicits applications for postdoctoral fellowships from recent doctoral level graduates as well as applications for senior fellowships from candidates with at least 7 years of research experience beyond the doctorate and established independent research positions.

Dec. 20

National Student Design Competition Sustainability Focusing People, Prosperity and Planet

http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_p3.html

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of the P3 Award Program, A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving sustainability. The P3 competition highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. Please see the P3 website (http://www.epa.gov/ncer/P3 ) for more details about this program.

Dec. 20

Leadership Training in Nursing

https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=DF8EC7B2-2996-4FB3-BFDC-021BC2A0203C&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=

The purpose of this program is to provide graduate training of nurses for leadership roles in maternal and child health, including women’s health and the care of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in community public health programs. This is to be accomplished by advancing the knowledge and skills of nursing health professionals and enhancing their effectiveness in community public health programs providing maternal and child health services, academia and or clinical settings.

Dec. 21

Radiation Combined Injury: Radiation Exposure in Combination with Burn, Wound, Trauma or Infection

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-038.html

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, solicits NIH Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation Grant (R21/R33) award applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to study mechanisms, animal models and/or the development of medical countermeasures for radiation exposure combined with other types of injury. The R21/R33 phased innovation award will support the innovative exploratory and developmental research initiated through a milestone-driven process under the R21 phase to establish the feasibility of possible mechanisms, animal model development and novel countermeasures for radiation combined injury, and through the R33 phase provide the support required to translate the innovation discoveries into the preclinical/clinical development pipeline. For the R21 portion of the grant application, preliminary data are not required, although they may be included when available.

Dec. 21 and full Jan. 24

Center for Research at the Interface of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07597/nsf07597.htm

This solicitation requests proposals to establish a Center to stimulate research and education at the interface of the mathematical and biological sciences. The Center will serve the biological and mathematical communities by providing mechanisms to foster synthetic, collaborative, cross-disciplinary studies. It will play a pivotal role by improving understanding and modeling of biological problems that can be gained only by using approaches of mathematical, statistical and computational biology. The Center also will play a critical role in addressing national needs, including the area of plant and animal infectious disease modeling, and provide knowledge that will be useful to policy makers, government agencies, and society.

prelim due Dec. 24 and full by invitation April 2

Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07601

Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams. This solicitation addresses that challenge by creating a set of exemplar national and global data research infrastructure organizations that provide unique opportunities to communities of researchers to advance science and/or engineering research and learning.

Jan. 7

U.S. GLOBEC - Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics: Pan-Regional Synthesis

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07594/nsf07594.htm

As the culmination of a series of solicitations for the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Program (U.S. GLOBEC), this solicitation seeks a broader understanding of climate impacts on marine ecosystems that builds upon findings from the three regional U.S. GLOBEC studies: the Northwest Atlantic, the Northeast Pacific, and the Southern Ocean. Investigators submitting proposals in response to this solicitation should focus on: (1) synthetic activities, including conceptual and analytical modeling activities that capitalize upon and integrate concepts, methods, and/or data from the prior solicitations; (2) broad-scale studies including comparisons across system types, encompassing both GLOBEC and non-GLOBEC study areas; and/or (3) the development of management strategies at the population, community, and ecosystem levels. Participation of investigators new to the U.S. GLOBEC program is strongly encouraged to maximize the scope of the synthesis.

Jan. 8

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07598/nsf07598.htm

The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems competition promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. The Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) is a multidirectorate program jointly operated by three NSF directorates (Biological Sciences; Geosciences; and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences). In addition to those three directorates, other NSF units (including the Directorate for Engineering, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, the Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Office of Polar Programs) participate in evaluation of proposals. Starting in FY 2008, the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will participate as a partner in the conduct of annual CNH competitions. CNH is a direct successor of a special competition that was part of the Biocomplexity in the Environment emphasis area.

Jan. 8

Earth Sciences awards Postdoctoral Fellowships

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07596

The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) awards Postdoctoral Fellowships to highly qualified investigators within 3 years of obtaining their PhD to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. The research and education plans of each fellowship must address scientific questions within the scope of EAR disciplines. The program supports researchers for a period of up to 2 years with fellowships that can be taken to the institution or national facility of their choice. The program is intended to recognize young investigators of significant potential, and provide them with experience in research and education that will establish them in leadership positions in the Earth Sciences community. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their career, doctoral advisors are encouraged to discuss the availability of EAR fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

Jan. 8

American Educational Research Association - Dissertation Grant

http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/diss_grants/DGFly.html

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program invites applications to the Dissertation Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on U.S. education policy- and practice-related issues using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. Applicants for Dissertation Grants may be U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, or non-U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

Jan. 8

Instrumentation for Materials Research

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07600

The IMR Program supports the acquisition and/or development of research instruments that will provide new capability and/or advance current capability to: (1) discover fundamental phenomena in materials; (2) synthesize, process, and/or characterize the composition, structure, properties, and performance of materials; and (3) improve the quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research and education in research-intensive environments.

Jan. 10

Research Scholars Program--Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

http://www.hhmi.org/research/cloister/program.html

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Scholars Program, also known as the Cloister Program, was established in 1985 to give outstanding students at U.S. medical schools the opportunity to receive research training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Research Scholars spend nine months to a year on the NIH campus, conducting basic research under the direct mentorship of senior NIH research scientists. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute provides the administration and funding for the program, including the salaries and benefits for the research scholars. The NIH provides advisors, mentors, laboratory space, and equipment and supplies for laboratory work.

Jan. 10

Atmospheric Sciences Mid-Size Infrastructure Opportunity

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07602

The Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) recognizes the need for mid-size infrastructure to meet emerging demands of the research community it supports. For the purposes of this solicitation, mid-size infrastructure includes research equipment costing between $4M and $25M. Projects to be funded as mid-size infrastructure must have broad community support, and the facility or the data resulting from the facility must be widely used by researchers traditionally supported by ATM. Examples include in situ and remote sensing instrumentation, airborne platforms for research instrumentation, cyberinfrastructure needed to support observations and field programs, and upgrades to existing facilities. Design, engineering, and prototyping of mid-size infrastructure will be considered for funding only if there is valid justification for why this activity cannot be funded at the program level. Selected projects will be funded for one or more years, not to exceed five years. The development of mid-size infrastructure is intended to be a long-term effort in ATM to phase in high priority science-enabling tools consistent with community needs, ATM goals, and the NSF strategic vision.

Prelim Jan. 11 and full June 2

Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html

The purpose of the Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge (SPEC) Grants Program is to promote and strengthen teaching programs in agriscience and agribusiness at secondary and 2-year postsecondary institutions by enhancing curricula, increasing faculty teaching competencies, promoting higher education to prepare students for scientific and professional careers, incorporating agriscience or agribusiness subject matter into other instructional programs, facilitating joint initiatives among other educational institutions, and by responding to identified State, regional, national or international educational needs. Projects are encouraged that include partnerships among several academic institutions to more efficiently deliver coordinated, academic instruction that reduces instructional duplication and costs.

Jan. 11

Research Initiation Grants/Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in Biology

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07560/nsf07560.htm

With the goal of broadening participation to all biologists including members from groups under-represented in biology, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) at NSF offers two funding opportunities under this solicitation:

Research Initiation Grants (RIG) and
Career Advancement Awards (CAA).

Currently, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are under-represented in biology. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive BIO funding to:

Initiate research programs early in their careers and

Advance their careers by adding new approaches or directions to their on-going research programs.

Jan. 14

Enhancing Developmental Biology Research at Undergraduate Institutions (R15)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-021.html

To stimulate research in fundamental aspects of developmental biology at educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. In order to ensure that the field of developmental biology will attract the best and brightest minds, potential students need to be exposed to the excitement of the research enterprise at an early stage in their training. These AREA grants are intended to support small-scale developmental biology research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions including many small primarily undergraduate and historically minority institutions.

LOI due Jan. 15 and full Feb. 15

AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehfellowship.htm

NEH fellowships are for persons who have already completed their formal professional training. Degree candidates and persons seeking support for work in pursuit of a degree may not hold AAS-NEH fellowships. Foreign nationals who have been residents in the United States for at least three years immediately preceding the application deadline for the fellowship are eligible. Mid-career scholars are encouraged to apply. AAS Fellows are selected on the basis of the applicant's scholarly qualifications, the scholarly significance or importance of the project, and the appropriateness of the proposed study to the Society's collections.

Jan. 15

Humane Studies Fellowships

http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/

http://www.theihs.org/scholarships/id.783/default.asp

Each year IHS awards over $400,000 in scholarships to students from universities around the world. IHS also sponsors the attendance of hundreds of students at its summer seminars and provides various forms of career assistance. Through these and other programs, the Institute promotes the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving.

Jan. 15

Graduate Women in Science Fellowships

http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Awards will be made as follows: For the SDE, Eloise Gerry, and Vessa Notchev Fellowships, awards are for research in all the natural sciences, including: physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology and statistics. For the Nell I. Mondy Fellowships, awards are for research in the same areas as for the other Fellowships, with preference given to applications in the areas of food science, nutrition, and toxicology.

Jan. 15

American Association of University Women Applications for Community Action Grants

http://aauw.org/

The American Association of University Women Community Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents.

Jan. 15

Gates (Bill & Melinda) Foundation - Gates Cambridge Scholarships

http://www.gates.scholarships.cam.ac.uk/

In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust. This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. The Trustees are required to award scholarships on the basis of a person's intellectual ability, leadership capacity and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others. The Trust expects there to be ~230 Gates Cambridge Scholars studying at the University at any one time. Although there may be variation in the actual number of awards made each year, the Trust seeks to elect approximately 100 new scholars annually. Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded only to students who gain admission to the University through the University's regular procedures.

Jan. 15

Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program at the U.S. Department of State

http://www7.nationalacademies.org/jefferson/

The contribution of state-of-the-art science, technology, and engineering (STE) to the formulation and implementation of U.S. government policy, both domestic and foreign, has been recognized throughout the second half of the 20th-century as a critical element in reaching sound, comprehensive conclusions that reflect “good governance”. Without an accurate, timely understanding of rapidly advancing STE issues, it is increasingly difficult to identify and establish sound governmental policy that effectively meets the needs of modern societies. The articulation of “accurate science for statecraft” to policy makers has become an essential element in establishing effective international relationships in the 21st century. Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection to be Jefferson Science Fellows. Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions.

Jan. 15

Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships

http://www.americanantiquarian.org/acafellowship.htm

The American Antiquarian Society offers short-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for one to three months each year. AAS also offers long-term fellowships (http://www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm), intended for scholars beyond the doctorate. The following short-term fellowships are available for scholars holding the Ph.D. and for doctoral candidates engaged in dissertation research. Candidates holding a recognized terminal degree appropriate to the area of proposed research, such as the master's degree in library science or M.F.A., are also eligible to apply. A single form is used to apply for short-term fellowships offered by the Society in each of the categories below; a link to obtaining application material follows the description of each of the fellowships the Society offers.

Jan. 15

African Americanists or scholars researching the African Diaspora, postdoctoral fellowships

http://www.aasrp.uiuc.edu/education/postDoc.html

An applicant must demonstrate promise for a tenure track appointment at a research college or university. An applicant must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and must have received a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree within the past four years, or have completed this requirement by June of the fellowship year. The candidate’s primary research focus must be African-American, and/or African Diaspora Studies.

Jan. 16

Fellowships in Egypt

http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html

ARCE administers fellowships for study in Egypt by students enrolled in doctoral programs at North American universities and by post-doctoral scholars and professionals affiliated with North American universities and research institutions. Depending on the source of funding, fellowships are granted for periods of between 3 and 12 months. Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Economics, Egyptology, History, Humanistic Social Sciences, Humanities, Islamic Studies, Literature, Political Science, Religious Studies

Jan. 18

Economics Program

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=SES&from=home

The Economics Program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. The program strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. Topics of current interest are computational economics, the transformation of command economies, human resource-related issues (poverty, labor productivity, the family, gender and racial discrimination, etc.), and global environmental change.

Jan. 18

NSF RIDGE 2000

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07571/nsf07571.htm

RIDGE 2000 is a community-based science initiative focused on integrated geological and biological studies of the Earth-encircling mid-ocean ridge system. Central to the RIDGE 2000 science plan is the recognition that the origin and evolution of life in deep-sea ecosystems are inextricably linked to, and perhaps an inevitable consequence of, the flow of energy and material from Earth's deep mantle, through the volcanic and hydrothermal systems of the oceanic crust, to the deep ocean. The complex linkages between life and planetary processes at the mid-ocean ridge can be understood only through tightly integrated studies that span a broad range of disciplines in geophysics, geology, geochemistry, biology and oceanography.

Jan. 18

Software for Real-World Systems

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07599/nsf07599.htm

Software is a critical element in a broad range of real-world systems ranging from micro- and nano-scale embedded devices in highways, household appliances, and medical devices to continental- and global-scale critical infrastructures, such as communications and electrical power grids and transportation, health care, and enterprise systems. While software’s role in governing overall system behavior can ultimately determine success or failure, the science and engineering of designing and building software for real-world systems remain elusive and poorly understood.

Jan. 19

International Affairs Fellowships

http://www.cfr.org/about/fellowships/iaf.html

Launched in 1967, the International Affairs Fellowship Program is designed to advance the professional development of outstanding young Americans between the ages of 27 and 35. Each year, approximately a dozen men and women receive an opportunity to broaden their experience in the field of international affairs and to add a unique dimension to their careers. The fellowships seek to bridge the gap between thought and action in foreign policy by supporting both a variety of policy studies and active exposure to policymaking. The distinctive character of the program lies in the contrasting experiences it provides at the juncture of policy research and policy formulation. Thus, it encourages academics and others from the private sector to serve in a policy-oriented environment through operational experience in public service. Conversely, it permits government officials on leave to study key issues in a scholarly atmosphere free from operational pressure.

Jan. 19

NSF 2010 Project

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07591

The Directorate for Biological Sciences of the National Science Foundation announces its intention to continue support of research to determine the functions of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes. This year, as in FY 2007, the Program will focus on: (1) research on exemplary networks using high throughput methods and integrating modeling with experimental data to understand the gene circuitry underlying basic plant processes; (2) projects that will develop experimental and computational methods, tools, and resources for enabling a broad community of scientists to conduct functional genomics research on Arabidopsis; and (3) projects to perform genome-wide analyses of the gene function.

Jan. 21

NIGMS Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) [R25]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-432.html

The goal of the PREP is to encourage individuals from underrepresented groups who have recently obtained their baccalaureate degrees to complete for Ph.D. degree programs in biomedically relevant sciences through extensive academic enhancements and research experience. Through this program, it is anticipated that a steady supply of Ph.D. candidates from underrepresented groups will be established. It is also the expectation and hope that some of the PREP participants will eventually become the scientists who conduct research in areas that address reducing health disparities.

Jan. 22

Genetic and Genomic Resources for Emerging Non-Mammalian Model Organisms (R24)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-457.html

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites investigator-initiated applications for research designed to generate genetic tools and genomic resources that will enable researchers to exploit the full potential of novel or developing model systems for comparative and functional genomic studies. The typical organism to be considered should have a publicly available draft of the genomic DNA sequence with a minimum of 5X coverage. In addition, the organism should show promise as, or is, a model for basic biological, developmental, or behavioral mechanisms. -Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.

Jan. 25

NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience (R25)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-456.html

The overall goal of NINDS's research training and research education programs is to ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate scientific areas to reduce the burden of neurological disease. The NINDS Research Education Grant is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers through creative and innovative research educational programs including regional and national programs. Applications will be accepted in response to this funding opportunity from organizations that propose diversity educational research experiences at the following levels of professional career development: undergraduate, medical/graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, medical resident, and/or independent scientist.

Jan. 25

UCLA Center for 17^th &18^th Century Studies; William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm

Various fellowships for senior and postdoctoral scholars.

Feb. 1

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center - Research Fellowships

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/about/fellowships/application/

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin invites applications for the 2006-2007 Research Fellowships to scholars pursuing post-doctoral or equivalent research projects in all areas of the humanities with priority given to proposals that concentrate on the Center's collections and require substantial on-site use of them. The stipends are $3,000 per month for up to four months. This year's special topic will be "The Post-War Cultures of 20th-Century America." Projects will be welcomed that examine how the major wars of the last century reshaped American consciousness and left in their wake distinct post-war cultures.

~Feb. 1

W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship Program

http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000793.pdf

The Department of Justice/National Institute of Justice is accepting applications to its W.E.B. DuBois Fellowship Program. The program enables researchers to investigate the confluence of crime, justice, and culture in various societal contexts, focusing on policy-relevant questions as an integral part of the American past, present, and future. The fellowship places particular emphasis on crime, violence, and the administration of justice in diverse cultural contexts. Researchers from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Feb. 1

American Seed Research Foundation – Grants

http://www.amseed.com/asrf/index.html

The American Seed Research Foundation (ASRF) supports public research in plant and seed biology, applied research projects with broad or crop-specific applications, public-private cooperation in seed-related research, and educational opportunities in seed-related sciences

Feb. 2

Technology and Methods Development for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-458.html

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), along with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites grant applications for research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications). NHGRI places a high priority on research projects that address technology and methods development in all relevant areas, new approaches to bioinformatics that facilitate data management and data dissemination, new computational biology approaches to data analysis, new strategies to apply genomics to clinical problems, new approaches that combine genomics and population studies, and studies of the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research including the exploration of new policy approaches to address social issues raised by new capabilities in genomics.

Feb. 5

Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07589/nsf07589.htm

With the goal of broadening participation to all engineers including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at NSF offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive ENG funding to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from under-represented groups, engineers at minority serving.institutions, and persons with disabilities.

Feb. 8

National Sea Grant College Program Aquatic Invasive

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15337&mode=VIEW

The National Sea Grant College Program seeks to fund research and outreach projects addressing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species. The goal of the program is to discover and develop information and tools that can lead to the prevention, detection, monitoring and control of aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and Great Lakes communities, resources and ecosystems. The opportunity seeks especially to support NOAA-relevant regional research and outreach priorities identified by the Regional Panels of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Gulf of Mexico/Southeast Atlantic Regional Priorities: (Outreach) Research to determine the most effective means to change the attitudes and behaviors of people in regards to practices leading to the release or spread of non-indigenous species. (Research) Investigations into the methodology for predicting range extensions for known invaders based upon their basic life history biology, with particular reference to the potential effects of natural disasters (hurricanes and floods) and extreme climatic events.

Feb. 14

Feasibility Studies to Develop Technology and Methods for Genomics, Population Genomics and ELSI (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-459.html

To support feasibility studies to conduct innovative high risk/high payoff research related to genomics, including analysis of genome structure and function, genetic variation, population genomics, and ELSI (ethical, legal, and social implications).

Feb. 16

NMFS/Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Population Dynamics

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-4225.htm

The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the population dynamics of living marine resources and the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. This solicitation is responsive to NOAA Mission Goal 1: protect, restore and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management.

Feb. 27

Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01)

http://grants1.nih.gov:80/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-008.html

The NICHD invites applications from investigators willing to participate under a cooperative agreement in a multi-site research consortium designed to perform experimental or quasi-experimental efficacy trials on integrative early childhood programmatic approaches that promote school readiness for children ages 3-5 who are English Language Learners (ELL) and at-risk for later school difficulties. The purpose of this solicitation is to increase our understanding of the types of integrative programmatic approaches that promote ELL child learning and development across multiple domains of early childhood competence, as well as those that address teacher and parent behaviors that promote ELL children’s development in these areas.

LOI Feb. 27 and full March 27

National Council Eurasian East European Research - 2007 Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship

http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/ed_hewett_fellowship.htm

The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) offers the Ed A Hewett Policy Research Fellowships, designed to support the field research of recent graduates. The fellowships are meant to support research that is relevant to United States policy towards the former Soviet Union or Central or Eastern Europe. The stipend will be up to $40,000.

March 15

APS - John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship

http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/johnhopefranklin.htm

The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship, named in honor of a distinguished member of the American Philosophical Society, is designed to support an outstanding doctoral student at an American university who is conducting dissertation research. The John Hope Franklin Fellow is expected to spend a significant amount of time in residence at the APS Library, and, therefore, all applicants should be pursuing dissertation topics in which the holdings of the APS Library are especially strong, such as early American history, the study of natural history in the 18th and 19th centuries, American Indian linguistics and culture, the development of cultural anthropology, the history of genetics and eugenics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, or computer development. The John Hope Franklin Fellow will be expected (1) to devote full time for 12 months - with no teaching obligations - to researching on his or her dissertation project or the writing of his or her dissertation; and (2) to spend a minimum of three months in Philadelphia in residence at the APS Library, with full encouragement to conduct research at other libraries and archives in and around the city.

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