Funding Opportunities July 2006
Office of Proposal Development
Texas A&M University
Current Research Funding Opportunities List
for University Research Council, July 7, 2006
To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: mikecronan@tamu.edu
Presentation Files (pdf & PP) NIH Regional Grants Seminar at UC-Riverside, June 2006
http://www.ora.ucr.edu/event/TocItemDisplay.aspx?i=11;
http://opd.tamu.edu/what-s-new-on-the-opd-website.html
Presentations from NIH Day at Rutgers 4/10/2006 (PDF Versions)
http://orsp.rutgers.edu/2006NSF_Presentation.php
http://opd.tamu.edu/what-s-new-on-the-opd-website.html
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Engineering Directorate Reorganization, Date: 06/08/06
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06033
Effective October 1, 2006, the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation will put in place a new organizational structure to further enhance agility within disciplines, broaden multidisciplinary research, and enable discovery at the emerging frontiers of engineering.
Joint Science Academies' Statement: Energy Sustainability and Security
http://www.interacademycouncil.net/CMS/News/JointStatements/energy.aspx
Input Requested to NSF Strategic Plan
http://www.nsf.gov/about/performance/nsfplandraft.pdf
The National Science Foundation asks for Input on the Next NSF Strategic Plan. Last December, the NSF asked for thoughts on the current plan and the changing environment for science and engineering research and education. That input together with comments from NSF staff, the Advisory Committees, and the National Science Board led to development of the draft plan now available for review by the public at large and the research communities. The draft FY 2006-2011 Strategic Plan communicates NSF’s vision, goals, objectives, priorities and strategies over this time period. In particular, NSF requests comments on the following questions to assist in finalizing the new plan: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the draft plan? Does NSF’s draft Strategic Plan effectively communicate NSF’s investments and priorities in supporting the S&E community? If not, what is lacking and specifically how can it be improved?
Deadline: Jul. 17
Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm?CFID=685195&CFTOKEN=69211342
This URL includes descriptions of fellowships, internships and other programs available at the Institution. As part of its mandate for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge," including the diverse ideas, skills, and cultures of our nation, the Smithsonian Institution pursues policies of equal opportunity and cultural diversity. Smithsonian fellowships and internships are awarded on the basis of these policies. Applicants are evaluated on their academic standing, scholarly qualifications, experiences, the quality of the research project or study proposed and its suitability to Smithsonian collections, facilities, and programs. Scholars and students with outside sources of funding are also encouraged to utilize the Institution's resources and facilities. The Office of Fellowships can facilitate visiting appointments in such cases provided that the investigator obtains approval from the staff member with whom he/she would consult.
Various deadlines.
Postdoctoral Environmental Management Participation at the U.S. Army Environmental Center
http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/USARMY/gi-pdEMP.htm
Continuous opportunities to participate in
environmental projects involving cultural and natural resources, restoration,
compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, validation, demonstration,
technology transfer, quality assurance and quality control, training,
information management and reporting, and related issues. Discipline(s): archaeology, biology,
chemistry, ecology, engineering, entomology, environmental sciences, forestry,
history, information sciences, plant pathology, wildlife biology, zoology,
related scientific disciplines.
USDA Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/nri/nri.html
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepts proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships in the following program areas: natural resources and the environment; nutrition, food safety, and health; animals; biology and management of pests and beneficial organisms; plants; markets, trade, and rural development; enhancing value and use of agricultural and forest products; and agricultural systems research.
Various due dates.
Morton Arboretum: Horticulture Internships
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3320
The Research Program at The Morton Arboretum is diverse and offers one of the largest such programs of any arboretum in North America. Arboretum researchers engage in practical scientific study in the following areas; Plant Conservation, Plant Pathology, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy, Research Horticulture, Root Systems Biology, and Tree Breeding. The Research Scientists at The Morton Arboretum typically have a variety of research-oriented positions available each year for undergraduate students and recent graduates who have an interest in gaining tree and plant research experience and/or internship credit. These positions may have flexibility in start date but typically are full-time, usually beginning in May and lasting a minimum of 3 months. These are a great opportunity for students to gain practical working experience in majors relating to horticulture, plant sciences, or biology among others.
Deadline: None
Fiscal Year 2007 Young Investigator Research Program
http://www.afosr.af.mil/YIP%20-%202007%20%20BAA%20-%20f.pdf
The AFOSR’s Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) is to support scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years (on or after 1 May 2001) and who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.
July 20
Selecting Treatment Trains for Seasonal Storage of Reclaimed Water
http://www.watereuse.org/Foundation/rfp.htm
The goal of this study is to document water quality and cost tradeoffs associated with storage options of reclaimed water. In addition, this project will examine the tradeoffs associated with treatment, management, and operation alternatives at wastewater treatment facilities compared to options downstream of storage. A guidance manual will be produced to provide a decision-making framework (decision matrix) for utilities and consulting engineers considering long-term or short-term storage of reclaimed water.
July 21
SBIR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (SBIR [R43/R44])
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-002.html
This funding opportunity
announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant
applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to further the
development of Advanced Technology Training (ATT) Products for the health and
safety training of hazardous materials workers, emergency responders, and
skilled support personnel.
July 21
Development of
Advanced Genomic Characterization Technologies (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-021.html
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are soliciting applications for research projects to develop highly innovative and novel genomic analysis technologies to provide new insights and understanding into the role of genetic alterations in cancer.
LOI July 24; full Aug. 24
Development of Advanced Genomic Characterization Technologies (STTR [R41/R42])
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-030.html
This funding opportunity is part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA, http://cancergenome.nih.gov/) Pilot Project recently announced by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to accelerate the understanding of genomic alterations associated with the initiation and pathological progression of human cancers. The Cancer Genome Atlas Pilot Project will explore the feasibility and benefits of a systematic effort to rigorously and comprehensively characterize molecular alterations of specific tumor types and sub-types.
LOI July 24; full Aug. 24
Evaluation of Processes to Reduce Activated Sludge Solids Generation and Disposal
http://www.werf.us/funding/avail_funding.cfm
The objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate an evaluation methodology that will be used to independently assess the effectiveness of at least one selected commercially available process that claims to: [a] minimize generation and quantities of waste activated sludge (WAS) solids, [b] improve mechanical dewatering of WAS, or [c] improve destruction of WAS solids before dewatering, all with a strong emphasis on WAS-only sludges (i.e., excluding primary sludges). The evaluation should specifically include the degree of sludge quantity reduction*, cost, design criteria, and effectiveness.
July 24
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-8751.pdf
The MSEIP is designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into scientific and technological careers.
July 24
EPA Cooperative Training Partnership in Aquatic Toxicology and Ecosystem Research.
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_oth_coop_training.html
The purpose of this RFA is to solicit proposals for a cooperative agreement between the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory/Mid-Continent Ecology Division (NHEERL-MED) of the U.S. EPA, and a University or College or consortium of university programs to train students and postdoctoral scientists in environmental sciences. Upper Amount: $900,000.
July 25
Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/pfeiffer/
The Foundation makes grants of up to $75,000 to tax exempt institutions for projects or programs carried out in the United States for advancement of medicine and pharmacy, including scientific research, post-graduate scholarship and fellowship assistance, and studies in nutrition, blindness, deafness and other physical disabilities. It will no long accept new applications for cancer or other basic biomedical research.
July 25
Climate Program Office for FY 2007
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9283&mode=VIEW
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Climate Program publishes this notice to announce the availability of funding for proposals that address the NOAA Climate Program's overall goal, which is to better understand climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and respond. The NOAA Climate Program represents a contribution to national and international programs designed to improve our ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to changes in the global environment.
July 25
Smithsonian Institution: Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Grants Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=2964
CTFS of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is intended to provide opportunities for senior researchers, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students to support research associated with the CTFS network of Forest Dynamics Plots. Anyone working directly in a Forest Dynamics Plot (FDP), analyzing data from a plot, or generating complementary data that strengthens FDP research programs is eligible to apply. Projects can be field-oriented, laboratory-based, or analytical, and scientifically, basic or applied in nature.
July 28
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Caring Across Communities
http://rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19607
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) accepts proposals for the Caring across Communities initiative. The program addresses the mental health needs of underserved children and youth by supporting school-connected mental health services for students who require them. Special emphasis will be given to projects that help children of immigrant and refugee families overcome the cultural and language barriers to mental health services.
July 28
Smithsonian Institution: Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Grants Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=2964
The Research Grants Program of the Center for Tropical Forest Science of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is intended to provide opportunities for senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to support research associated with the CTFS network of Forest Dynamics Plots. Anyone working directly in a Forest Dynamics Plot, analyzing data from a plot, or generating complementary data that strengthens FDP research programs is eligible to apply. Projects can be field-oriented, laboratory-based, or analytical, and scientifically, basic or applied.
July 28
Biological Research Collections
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06569/nsf06569.htm
The Biological Research Collections Program provides support for biological collection enhancement, computerization of specimen-related data, research to develop better methods for specimen curation and collection management, and activities such as symposia and workshops to investigate support and management of biological collections. Biological collections supported include those housing natural history specimens and jointly curated collections such as frozen tissues and other physical samples, e.g. DNA libraries and digital images.
July 28
North American
Wetlands Conservation Act (Act) Grants Program
http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/Standard/US/Overview.shtm
The purpose of the 1989 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), as amended is to promote long-term conservation of North American wetland ecosystems, and the waterfowl and other migratory birds, fish and wildlife that depend upons such habitat. Principal conservation actions supported by NAWCA are acquisition, establishment, enhancement and restoration of wetlands and wetland-associated uplands.
July 28
Distinguished
Dissertation Awards: Social Sciences; Math, Physical Sciences, Engineering
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/2006phySci.pdf
Sponsored jointly by CGS and UMI Dissertations Publishing, a Division of ProQuest Information and Learning, and first presented in 1981, these awards are made annual to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. Two awards are given annual in two different broad areas (biological sciences; social sciences; mathematics, physical sciences and engineering; and humanities and fine arts). Individuals must be nominated for these awards by a member institution.
July 29
Society of Computer
Applications in Radiology (SCAR): 2007 Research Grants Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3749
The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM, formerly SCAR) has announced its support of original research in imaging informatics with two $40,000 grants for 2007. The grants are part of a continuing program that has already produced innovative research that promises benefits throughout the medical enterprise. The purpose of the grant program is to support original and practical research projects that have the potential to impact the practice of medicine and ultimately improve patient care. Any area of research involving medical imaging informatics is eligible for support, as well as development of new hardware, software, or processes to support medical practice, education, or research.
August 1
National Academies
Research Associateship
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf
The National Academies administers Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards through its Associateship Programs, part of the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The Research Associateship Programs are sponsored by federal laboratories at over one hundred locations in the United States and overseas.
August 1
NEH Summer Stipends
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
Beginning August 1, 2006, NEH will accept applications for Summer Stipends electronically at http://grants.neh.gov. Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce scholarly articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
August 1 forward
Research for
Understanding and Reducing Violence, Aggression and Dominance
http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
August 1
Tools to Mitigate and
Understand the Mental Health Effects of National Disasters: SBIR
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-335.html
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) for support of research and development of novel, or the enhancement of existing, commercializable products to mitigate (e.g., tools to be used in assessment, preventive or treatment interventions, and information dissemination) or understand (e.g., research tools) the mental health effects brought on or exacerbated by the aftermath of national disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including victims and those who responded to their needs.
August 1
Bellagio Study and Conference Center
http://www.rockfound.org/AboutUs/SpecialPrograms/Bellagio
The Rockefeller Foundation is accepting applications for the use of the Bellagio Study and Conference Center. The Center is located in the small town of Bellagio, Italy situated on a hilly peninsula adjacent to Lake Como, two hours northeast of Milan. Two programs are offered —the individual residency program and the conference and team program—that encourage critical thinking and creative responses to some of the most pressing issues of our time. The Foundation provides room and board without charge for all residents and conference/team participants. Personal expenses (phone and fax, for example) are the individual’s responsibility. Next deadline is August 1, 2006 for the following year's date range of August–mid-December 2007. Decisions will be made by January 20, 2007. See website FAQ or E-mail: bellagio_online@rockfound.org
August 1
Guggenheim Foundation, Harry Frank Research Grants
http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
August 1
Center on the Social
and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-OHS-YD-0137.html
The purpose of this grant is to improve the social and emotional outcomes and enhance the school readiness of children, birth to age five, through: (1) analysis of research on evidence-based, user-friendly strategies and the development and national dissemination of these strategies for use in early childhood classrooms and care settings; (2) the creation of partnership networks to build the capacity and foster the sustainability of Head Start and Child Care programs; and (3) the implementation of process and outcome evaluations on the impact of evidence-based, user-friendly strategies on improving the social and emotional outcomes and school readiness of children, birth to age five.
August 2
Mellon Awards for
Technology Collaboration
The awards will provide the recipients with opportunities to strengthen their commitment to inter-organizational collaboration and open source software development. Awards will be given at two levels: $25,000 awards to recognize important organizational contributions to open source projects which currently or potentially provide significant benefits to at least one traditional Mellon constituency; and $100,000 awards to recognize highly significant contributions to open source projects offering larger benefits to more or larger constituencies. Multiple awards will be bestowed at each level, at the discretion of the Award Committee and the Trustees.
August 6
Fate and Effects of
Hormones in Waste From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_cafos.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking
applications proposing to characterize the occurrence, magnitude, and extent of
the impact of natural and synthetic steroid hormones in liquid and solid animal
waste from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on the environment
and human health.
August 9
Production of Liquid
Transportation Biofuels, Biobased Chemicals, Substitutes for Petroleum-based
Feedstocks and Products
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/6EF8A6AD174A69B08525711D007E834C?OpenDocument
Biomass Program. Commercial Demonstration of an Integrated Biorefinery System for Production of Liquid Transportation Biofuels, Biobased Chemicals, Substitutes for Petroleum-based Feedstocks and Products, and Biomass-based Heat/Power.
August 10
NMFS Cooperative Research Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9891&mode=VIEW
The NMFS is inviting the public to submit research and development projects that seek to increase and improve the working relationship between researchers from the NMFS, state fishery agencies, universities, and fishermen. The program is a means of involving commercial and recreational fishermen in the collection of fundamental fisheries information.
August 11
Research on Research
Integrity (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-07-001.html
The Office of Research Integrity, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Library of Medicine, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality invite applications to support empirical research on research integrity. Proposals must have clear relevance to biomedical, behavioral health sciences, and health services research. Applicants are strongly encouraged to take into consideration problems or issues that have relevance to specific missions of DHHS, AHRQ, or NIH institutes and centers.
LOI August 14; full Sept. 14
Information Resource
Supporting Resiliency of Coastal Areas in US Portion of Gulf of Mexico
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9902&mode=VIEW
The Coastal Services Center (the Center) seeks proposals for a two-year cooperative agreement under which the cooperator and the Center will jointly develop a regional framework for a Community Resilience Index (CRI) to increase the capacity of coastal communities to survive, mitigate the effects of, and recover from the effects of natural and other hazards.
August 15
University Transportation Centers Program: Tier I UTCs
http://utc.dot.gov/comp2006.html
Advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many disciplines comprising transportation through the mechanisms of research, education, and technology transfer at university-based centers. $30 million for 10 transportation centers.
August 15
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06571/nsf06571.htm
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program that supports the development of innovative methods and models for the social and behavioral sciences.
August 16
Childhood Agricultural Safety And Health Research
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OH-07-002.html
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of funds for fiscal year (FY) 2007 to support grant (R01) applications testing interventions designed to reduce health and safety impacts that affecting children in agriculture. The purpose of this announcement is to reduce the risk of childhood agricultural workplace injuries through the development and evaluation of new intervention strategies and evaluation of existing interventions.
August 16
National Sea Grant College Program Aquatic Invasive Species Research and Outreach
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9953&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, monitoring and control of aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and Great Lakes communities, resources and ecosystems. The program seeks especially to support NOAA-relevant regional research and outreach priorities identified by the Regional Panels of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. Consult the full Federal Funding Opportunity for these priorities.
August 17
Efficacy of Interventions to Promote Research Careers
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-07-005.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) supports research that test assumptions regarding the Efficacy of Interventions to Promote Research Careers (R01) in biomedical research, with a particular interest in those interventions specifically designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering careers in biomedical and behavioral research.
Aug. 19 (letter of intent), Sep. 19 (applic)
Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP) [R01]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-459.html
The primary objective of this program announcement is to encourage basic, applied, and translational bioengineering research that could make a significant contribution to improving human health. Bioengineering integrates physical, engineering, and computational science principles for the study of biology, medicine, behavior, or health. It advances fundamental concepts, creates knowledge from the molecular to the organ systems level, and develops innovative biologicals, materials, processes, implants, devices, and informatics approaches for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, for patient rehabilitation, and for improving health.
LOI Aug. 20; full Dec. 20
Human Frontier Science Program: Long-term Fellowships
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1492
Postdoctoral fellowships for individuals who wish to obtain research training in another country. Fellowships are awarded for 3 years. For those returning to their home country, the third repatriation year can be delayed for up to 2 years while being supported on other funds.
August 24
Instrument Development for Biological Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06570/nsf06570.htm
The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Program supports the development of novel or of substantially improved instrumentation likely to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level. The development of new, or substantial improvement of existing, software for the operation of instruments, analysis of data, or the analysis of images is also supported where these have the effect of improving instrument performance. Proposals aimed at concept or proof-of-concept development for entirely novel instrumentation are encouraged. Support for the conduct of eligible activities in academic environments is emphasized.
August 25
Engineering Information Foundation Grants
http://www.eifgrants.org/index.html
Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) is accepting applications to support developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit the foundation's fields of interest. These currently include the availability and use of published information, women in engineering, and information access in developing countries.
August 31
Social Science Research Council - Abe Fellowship Program
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe/
The Social Science Research Council accepts applications for the Abe Fellowship. The fellowship encourages international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program supports professional research in the social sciences or humanities on contemporary policy-relevant issues, especially those which promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between Japan and America.
Sept. 1
Continuation of Solicitation for the DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/e9a0fe97bcd5b6208525708c00673ffd?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Energy Research Analyses. Additional information is available on the DOE web site: http://www.sc.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-01.html.
Through Sept. 1, 2006
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
http://www.nfwf.org/programs/nfwfusga_rfp.cfm
Wildlife Links is a partnership between the United States Golf Association (www.usga.org/turf) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Wildlife Links provides grants for cutting-edge research, management, and education projects that improve golf courses as habitat for wildlife, while also enhancing playing conditions for golfers.
Sept. 1; April 1
Brookhaven National Laboratory: Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3118
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/erulf/dates.html
This program places students in paid internships in Science and Engineering at any of several Department of Energy facilities. Many of the participants in the program have decided on a career in science and engineering because of the nature of the experience. Students work with scientists or engineers on projects related to the laboratories' research programs. The different laboratories each offer different research opportunities. The summer programs at the various laboratories will run from late May to mid-August, fall programs run from August through December and spring programs from January through May. The exact start date will depend on the laboratory and will be given to participants who have been accepted at that specific laboratory. Students are required to participate for the full term of the program.
Sept. 1; Oct. 2
Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/E75A7A81CBCF2990852571A0004F945F?OpenDocument
A principal goal of this program is to identify exceptionally talented faculty members early in their careers in plasma physics and to assist and facilitate the development of their research programs. Eligibility for awards under this notice is, therefore, restricted to tenure-track regular academic faculty investigators.
Sept. 6
Scientific Research Exploring Relationship Between Music Physical And Emotional Wellness
http://www.music-research.org/Grants/guidelines.html
The Research Division seeks proposals from leading researchers and research teams in the fields of music, music education, neuroscience, psychology, education and/or health to explore the benefits of hands-on music making in various education, health-wellness or therapeutic settings. Short-term (less than one year) as well as longitudinal studies (up to three years) will be considered.
Sept. 8
Research and Development for On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/53A7A27BA6C302DB8525713E007E32A3?OpenDocument
The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is soliciting applications with the objective of supporting the President’s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative in developing a pathway to a hydrogen economy. To support this initiative, this DOE Hydrogen Program Funding Opportunity Announcement seeks to fund the research and development of viable hydrogen storage technologies for on-board vehicular applications.
Sept. 8
Predoctoral Research Training in Biostatistics
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-132.html
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) accepts applications to the Predoctoral Research Training Grant Program in Biostatistics. The program provides support for predoctoral training in biostatistical theory and evolving methodologies related to basic biomedical research, including, but not limited to, bioinformatics, genetics, molecular biology, cellular processes, and physiology, as well as epidemiological, clinical and behavioral studies.
Sept. 10
Coastal Hypoxia Research Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9898&mode=VIEW
NOAA, National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Center for Sponsored Coastal Oceans Research (CSCOR) is soliciting proposals for projects of 2 to 5 years in duration that advance understanding, predicting, and managing the causes and ecological and economic impacts of hypoxia in representative coastal ecosystems. The program priorities for this opportunity support NOAA's mission support goal of: Ecosystems - Protect, Restore, and Manage use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through Ecosystem-Based Management.
Sept. 11
Fiscal Year 2007 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
http://www.afosr.af.mil/ResearchAreas/funding_otherOpp.htm
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2007 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), a part of the University Research Initiative (URI). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as “universities”) to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment.
Sept. 12
Medical Foundation: The Patterson Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3737
Bank of America is pleased to announce the creation of a new Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Brain Circuitry. This 2-year award will fund postdoctoral fellows whose research has direct relevance to the understanding of brain circuitry. Research conducted by Patterson Trust Fellows will seek fundamental insights into the mechanisms by which neural circuits control behavior. Through these insights, it may become possible to clarify the root causes of diseases that affect millions, including schizophrenia, mood disorders, degenerative brain disorders, epilepsy, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. Examples of funding areas include, but are not limited to: molecular genetic analysis of neural circuit assembly and function, in vivo and in vitro studies that link brain circuitry to behavior, the development of innovative methodologies to probe brain function at the synaptic and circuit level, and theoretical approaches to brain function and circuitry. Clinical research and trials are outside the scope of the Program.
Sept. 12
International Literature Awards
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/InternationalLiterature.html
The NEA International Literature Awards will provide American readers with greater access to the contemporary literature of Europe and increase the number and quality of foreign literary works that are published in the United States each year. This year the NEA International Literature Awards will focus on Europe with partnerships between the Arts Endowment and the countries of Greece and Spain.
Sept. 14
Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06576/nsf06576.htm
The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests within and across Earth science disciplines.
Sept. 14
International peace and conflict resolution: senior research fellowships
The United States Institute of Peace is accepting applications to the 2007-2008 Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace, inviting applications under the Senior Fellowships component. Senior Fellowships enable scholars, policymakers, journalists, and foreign affairs professionals to conduct research at the USIP in Washington, DC. Proposed research must concern the sources and nature of international conflict and ways of preventing, managing, or resolving conflict.
Sept. 15
Sloan Research Fellowships for young faculty
http://www.sloan.org/programs/fellowship_brochure.shtml?CFID=571671&CFTOKEN=40013295
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is accepting nominations for Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships are designed to recognize and support young faculty within the early stages of research careers in chemistry; computational and evolutionary molecular biology; computer science; economics; mathematics; neuroscience; and physics. The foundation selects scholars who show great promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge.
Sept. 15
Biomaterials (BMAT)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13699&org=NSF&from=fund
The focus of the Biomaterials Program is the study of biologically related materials and phenomena, including biological pathways to new materials. The materials and systems of interest include biomolecules, biomolecular assemblies (systems of strongly interacting biomolecules), biomolecular systems (vesicles, membranes, and various other assemblies and networks of biomolecules), and biomimetic, bioinspired, or biocompatible materials.
Sept. 18-Nov. 3
U.S. Science Support Program Associated with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06575/nsf06575.htm
This solicitation seeks the services of a qualified provider to facilitate and enhance the participation of the U.S. scientific community in all aspects of the IODP. The initial period of the award, to be administered as a Cooperative Agreement, is intended to cover the full period of IODP beginning on March 1, 2007 through September 30, 2013.
Sept. 20
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Programs (K12)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-06-010.html
This RFA invites applications to coordinate the mentoring and career development of rehabilitation researchers in one of the following domains: allied health professionals, clinicians involved in neurological rehabilitation, or engineers. The program will be responsible for identifying qualified candidates (scholars) and supporting them in appropriate research environments throughout the country.
LOI August 22 and full Sept. 22
High-Accuracy Protein Structure Modeling (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-07-003.html
Near-Crystal Structure Quality for Close Homologs of Known Structures; and High-Accuracy Models for Remote Homologs of Known Structures
LOI Sept. 25 and full Oct. 23
ONR Navigation and Timekeeping Technology BAA
http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/baa_06_022.pdf
In accordance with the guidance promulgated by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (NII), concerning Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR), which deals with the mitigation of denial of Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), this effort is concerned with the first two of the three elements: Electronic Protection (EP) and Electronic Support (ES).
Sept. 25
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm
The ACLS will award up to 10 Burkhardt Fellowships, depending on the availability of funds, in this competition year. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $75,000. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant that will take the form of a monograph or other equally substantial form of scholarship.
Sept. 27
Beckman Young Investigators Program
http://www.beckman-foundation.com/byi_guides.html
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation makes grants to non-profit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences, broadly interpreted, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science. The Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program is intended to provide research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.
Sept. 29
Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation and Institutional Research Awards Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10086
Department of Defense Polygraph Institute began in 1999 an effort to broaden its presence in the scientific and academic communities in response to the need for more advanced technical expertise to fulfill DoDPIs research mission. The Personnel Security Thesis, Dissertation, and Institutional Research Awards Program seeks to give the DoDPI a research workforce that is competitive with the best minds from the complex cerebral worlds of academia, and the emerging technologies.
Sept. 30
Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grants Program
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-24424.htm
The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Grants Program will provide grants and cooperative agreements in the broad areas of mathematical and computational sciences, advanced network technologies, and information access. Specific objectives of interest in these areas of research include: Quantum information theory, computational materials science, computational nanotechnology, mathematical knowledge management, visual data analysis, verification and validation of computer models, software testing, human-robot interaction, human factors in voting systems, security for the IPv6 transition from and coexistence with IPv6, and device mobility among heterogeneous networks.
Sept. 30
Flat Tailed Horned Lizard Study
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Region, Yuma Area Office is requesting proposals to fund projects for activities in support of their Endangered Species program in federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 (October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006). The Yuma Area Office periodically makes funding available for conducting activities for Threatened and Endangered (T&E) species and their habitats under Section 7.(a).(1). of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The objective is to fund opportunities for collecting field data of the Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcalli) in accordance with the Flat Tailed Horned Lizard (FTHL) Range-wide Management Strategy (2003 revision).
Sept. 30
DOE Solar Energy Technology Program (SETP)
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/8CB1060444F7907A852571260063ECD1?OpenDocument
The remainder of this NOPI describes preliminary concepts and considerations for industry’s role in the first area identified above (R&D on PV component and system designs). As industry’s role in the program expands, so too will the roles for the National Laboratories and universities that have been primary contributors throughout the history of the SETP.
Sept. 30
Fellowships for Graduate Students in Wildlife Ecology and Related Areas
http://hometown.aol.com/welderwf/fellowships.html
The Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation accepts applications for Fellowships for Graduate Students in Wildlife Ecology and Related Areas. The scholarship program includes animal behavior, biology, botany, conservation education, ecology, mammalogy, ornithology, parasitology, range science, veterinary pathology, and wildlife sciences.
Oct. 1
Life Sciences Research Foundation--Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
http://www.lsrf.org/geninfo.htm
The Life Sciences Research Foundation awards fellowships across the spectrum of the life sciences: biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural, organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology; virology. Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees.
Oct. 1
Behavioral and Social Research on Disasters and Health (R21, R03, R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-452.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-453.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-454.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate research in the behavioral and social sciences on the consequences of natural and man-made disasters for the health of children, the elderly, and vulnerable groups, with an ultimate goal of preventing or mitigating harmful consequences. Examples of disasters include severe weather-related events, earthquakes, large-scale attacks on civilian populations, technological catastrophes or perceived catastrophes, and influenza pandemics.
Oct. 1
School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01 & R03)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-415.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-416.html
Partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood.
Oct. 1
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) [R01 & R21]
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-419.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-418.html
Many major biomedical research problems are best addressed using a multi-disciplinary approach that extends beyond the traditional biological and clinical sciences. Principles and techniques in allied quantitative sciences such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer sciences, and engineering are increasingly being applied to good effect in biomedical research.
Oct. 1
Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and Culture (PBK)
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and Culture. The Fellowship, which includes a stipend of $10,000 plus round-trip airfare, is available to support six months of continuous study and residency in France in the interests of providing scholars and educators a thorough and accurate understanding of French language, literature, and culture. The scholarship may be ideal for recent graduates of French and/or Education programs, especially those committed to teaching French at the secondary level or above.
Oct. 1
Franklin Research Grants Program
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm
The American Philosophical Society's Franklin Research Grants program awards small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of noncommercial research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The grants are intended to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. The grants are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2007.
Oct. 1; Dec. 1
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9904&mode=VIEW
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Sponsored Coastal Oceans Research is soliciting proposals for two types of research projects MERHAB-targeted and MERHAB-regional. MERHAB-targeted proposals will incorporate tools, approaches and technologies from HAB research programs into existing harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring programs.
Oct. 2
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Awards for Medical Scientists
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3742
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is committed to fostering the development of the next generation of academic medical scientists. By providing funding to help bridge the gap between the postdoctoral and early faculty years, the Fund hopes to bolster the careers of the most promising up-and-coming scientists. The Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) addresses the on-going problem of increasing the number of physician scientists and keeping them in research. BWF believes that this bridging award, supporting the last year(s) of a mentored position in addition to supporting the beginning years of an independent position, will facilitate the transition to a career in research and buy time from service commitments. CAMS program provides $700,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service.
Oct. 2
Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather, Climate, and Environmental Forecast Systems
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9947&mode=VIEW
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Research and Applications (ORA) and the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) announces the availability of Federal assistance for research in the area of Satellite Data Assimilation in Numerical Weather, Climate, and Environmental Forecast Systems. The goal of the JCSDA is to accelerate the use of observations from earth-orbiting satellites in operational numerical prediction models for the purpose of improving weather, ocean mesoscale, and other environmental forecasts, improving seasonal to interannual climate forecasts, and increasing the physical accuracy of climate reanalysis.
Oct. 2
Fellowships at The Wilson Center 2007-2008
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Fellowships.welcome
Awards approximately 20-25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance.
Oct. 2
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships--Social Sciences, Humanities
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3745
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is announcing the opening of its 2007-2008 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 20 to 25 academic year residential fellowships to individuals from any country with outstanding project proposals on national and/or international issues. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illuminate policy issues of contemporary importance. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent professional experience. Fellows are provided stipends (which include round trip travel), private offices, access to the Library of Congress, Windows-based personal computers, and research assistants.
Oct. 2
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Senior Scientist Mentor Program
http://www.dreyfus.org/si.shtml
Faculty with emeritus status on or before July 1, 2005, and who maintain active research programs in the chemical sciences may apply for one of a limited number of awards that will allow undergraduates to do research under their guidance. Successful applicants, who are expected to be closely engaged in a mentoring relationship with the students, will receive grants of $10,000 annually for two years ($20,000 total) for undergraduate stipends and modest research support.
Oct. 5
Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies (DARPA)
The rate at which asymmetric threats evolve has increased the speed with which new systems and platforms must be produced and increased the need to distribute new technologies (e.g., upgraded body armor) to a larger number of troops. Ironically, at the same time, increased lethality of our modern weapon systems has resulted in a reduction of the number of large systems required to accomplish missions. Furthermore, when the cost of manufacturing spare parts is taken into consideration, it becomes clear that new approaches to defense manufacturing are critically needed to guarantee the future success of the military.
Oct. 5
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars
http://www.healthandsocietyscholars.org/
This two-year program is designed to build the nation's capacity for research, leadership, and action to address the broad range of factors affecting health, enabling up to 18 outstanding individuals to engage in an intensive interdisciplinary training program at one of six prominent universities – Columbia University; Harvard University; the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley; The University of Michigan; The University of Pennsylvania; or The University of Wisconsin. The program will train these scholars to rigorously investigate and respond to the connections among the biological, behavioral, environmental, economic, and social determinants of health. Application is open to individuals who have completed doctoral training in one of variety of disciplines, ranging from the behavioral and social sciences to the biological and natural sciences and health professions.
Oct. 13
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Grants-in-Aid of Research
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1108
The Sigma Xi, Grants-in-Aid of Research fund offers small research grants for direct costs of scientific research projects for college students only (salaries and stipends are excluded). Sigma Xi has a long-standing commitment to providing young scientists with "seed money" for research projects in all fields of the sciences and engineering. Today, Sigma Xi grant awards range from under $100 to $1000, with some special funds permitting larger grants.
Oct. 15
National Humanities Center: 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2007 through May 2008. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and recent Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. Scholars from any nation may apply. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.
Oct. 15
Stemmler Fund 2006-2007 --Call for Med-Ed Proposals
http://www.nbme.org/stemmlerfund/
The Edward J. Stemmler, MD Medical Education Research Fund of the National Board of Medical Examiners has announced the 2006-2007 Call for Proposals. The purpose of the Stemmler Fund is to provide support for research and development in innovative evaluation methodologies or techniques, with the potential to advance assessment in medical education or practice, at eligible medical schools. Expected outcomes include advances in the theory, knowledge, or practice of assessment at any point along the continuum of medical education, from undergraduate and graduate education and training, through practice. Pilots, and more comprehensive projects, are both of interest.
Oct. 20
Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9906&mode=VIEW
The CSTAR Program represents an NOAA/NWS effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied research to operations and services through collaborative research between operational forecasters and academic institutions which have expertise in the environmental sciences. These activities will engage researchers and students in applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community and will improve the accuracy of forecasts and warnings of environmental hazards by applying scientific knowledge and information to operational products and services.
Oct. 20
Developmental Infrastructure For Population Research (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-362.html
Applicants may request funds under this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to support infrastructure development designed to: (1) enhance the quality and quantity of population research conducted at an institution; and (2) develop new research capabilities to advance population research through innovative approaches. A central goal of this program is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation in population research while providing essential and cost-effective core services in support of the development, conduct, and translation of population research based in centers or comparable administrative units.
LOI Oct. 22; full Nov. 22
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/rfa-sg-grant-6-13-06.pdf
This is a new Request for Applications (RFA) for the Office of Environmental Justice’s (OEJ) national program, the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program (EJSG). An earlier RFA for this program was released, but was later cancelled, because OEJ did not receive enough applications to meet national program objectives. If you applied under the previous RFA, you must submit a new application because significant changes have been made; and 2) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (EJ CPS). (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/rfa-cps-grant-6-13-06.pdf). This is a new Request for Applications (RFA) for the Office of Environmental Justice’s (OEJ) national program, the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (EJ CPS). An earlier RFA for this program was released, but was later cancelled, because OEJ did not receive enough applications to meet national program objectives.
Oct. 23
Cooperative Research Partnerships into Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Biodefense Toxins
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-06-035.html
Through this RFA, the NIAID invites research grant applications that will support the discovery, design, and/or development of novel therapeutics and/or post-exposure prophylactics and rapid and sensitive diagnostics for certain biodefense toxins: Shiga toxins, ricin toxin, the Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB), Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin and the botulinum neurotoxins (http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/bandc_priority.htm). Applications that include collaborations between researchers from different disciplines and/or with industry (e.g., pharmaceutical, chemical or biotechnological companies) are strongly encouraged. This RFA will not support basic research.
LOI due Oct. 27 and full
Nov. 27
Career Development Program in the Genetics and Genomics of Lung Diseases (K12)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-004.html
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop multidisciplinary career development programs in genetics and genomics of lung diseases that will equip new investigators with the knowledge and skills [to elucidate their role in the etiology and pathogenesis of such diseases. Through this program, the NHLBI will support the early career development of researchers who are expected to become independent investigators and assume academic leadership roles in this rapidly evolving field.
LOI Oct. 30; full Nov. 30
AFWS Grants Fiscal Year 2007
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9957&mode=VIEW
The National Weather Service is soliciting requests to provide capital funds for the creation, renovation, or enhancement of rain and stream gage networks that are locally operated and maintained with non-NOAA resources. The expected period of performance may be up to two years with an anticipated start date of May 1, 2007. The NWS will partner with entities that can demonstrate a long-term ability to operate and maintain an AFWS and provide data to the NWS.
Oct. 31
Plant Biosecurity, United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1112
Supports integrated projects aimed at ensuring a continued supply of safe, high-quality, affordable food and fiber for consumers in the U.S. and international trade partners. The goal of the program is to harness our Nation’s scientific and technological resources to help agricultural producers and professionals implement strategies to safeguard agriculture in the U.S. from high-consequence plant diseases. To accomplish this, the program will focus on integrated research, education and extension projects that counter threats to the agriculture system in the U.S., both by stepwise improvements to current responses and by development of innovative new capabilities.
Oct. 31
Dumbarton Oaks 2007-2008 Fellowships
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies of (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies.
Nov. 1
National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program FY07
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9978&mode=VIEW
The Estuarine Reserves Division anticipates that 31 Graduate Research Fellowships will be competitively awarded to qualified graduate students whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one reserve. The National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship program is designed to fund high quality research focused on enhancing coastal zone management while providing students with an opportunity to contribute to the research or monitoring program at a particular reserve site.
Nov. 1
NATO Programme for Security through Science
http://www.nato.int/science/how_to_apply/grant_mechanisms.htm
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offers Security through Science Programme Grants to scientists in NATO, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to collaborate on priority research topics. Grants are also offered to assist the academic community in Partner countries to set up basic computer networking infrastructure.
Nov. 1; March 1
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
http://www.pdsoros.org/index.html
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans Program welcomes Fellowship applications for up to two years of graduate study in any subject. The fellowships (30 funded) provide $20,000 maintenance and half tuition. Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents.
Nov. 1
The Sea Turtle Grants Program
http://www.helpingseaturtles.org/stgp.htm
The Caribbean Conservation Corporation is inviting applications for projects that benefit the conservation of Florida’s marine turtles. Funds can be requested for projects in one of three categories (conservation, education or research) that clearly add to the preservation of Florida’s marine turtles; that accomplish tasks included in the current recovery plans for marine turtles; and that address the goals of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Marine Turtle Protection Program.
Nov. 17
Graduate Research Fellowship is an NIJ annual program that provides dissertation research
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/SL000747.pdf
Annual program that provides dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline are encouraged to apply and propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice. NIJ encourages diversity in approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage doctoral students to contribute critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.
Nov. 28
Wildlife Without Borders - Latin America and the Caribbean (DOI)
http://www.fws.gov/international/rfps/lachow.htm
The purpose of this competitive grants program is to protect fish, wildlife and plant resources in the Western Hemisphere through: academic and technical training in conservation and management of biological resources; training in management of nature reserves and other protected areas; community-level conservation education for the protection and sustained use of natural resources; technology and information exchange to promote international collaboration; and promotion of networks, partnerships and coalitions that assist in the implementation of conventions, treaties, protocols and other international activities for the conservation of biological resources.
Dec. 1
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10043&mode=VIEW
Announcing funding availability for graduate students pursuing masters or doctoral level degrees in oceanography, marine biology, or maritime archaeology. Approximately $160,000 will be available through this announcement for fiscal year 2007.
Opens Dec. 1
Basic Research for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/408EC0BC10F58B0885257156005129FE?OpenDocument
The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with its mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's scientific research enterprise through the support of fundamental science and the experimental tools to perform basic research, announces its interest in receiving grant applications for basic research for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (HFI). Areas of focus include: Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage; Functional Membranes; and Nanoscale Catalysts. We seek to support outstanding research programs that will lead to key discoveries to make hydrogen a feasible fuel for the future. Research funded under this initiative will pursue breakthroughs in materials, chemical and physical understandings, and interdisciplinary theory-modeling-simulation-experimentation approaches in order to surpass the existing scientific and technical barriers.
Dec. 5
National Science Foundation: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3747
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.
Jan. 1
Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=1936
Various fellowships.
January 15, 2007
Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Environmental Health Sciences (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-179.html
This initiative is intended to support collaborations between scientists with basic and clinical expertise to advance understanding of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of environmentally-induced human diseases.
LOI Dec. 11; full Jan. 11
Gulf Oyster Industry Program (GOIP)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9992
The goal of the Gulf Oyster Industry Program is to encourage multi-disciplinary research and extension projects that contribute directly to the recovery, efficiency, and profitability of oyster-related businesses and to the safety of oyster products. Oyster businesses seek innovative solutions at all producing and processing levels, including: habitat restoration, planting and production (landings), oyster disease diagnostics, harvesting, post-harvest treatment, processing, distribution, marketing, consumer education, and food safety.
Jan. 19
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5260&org=NSF&from=fund
The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums and non-profit research organizations.
Jan. 25 2007
Defense Sciences Research and Technology
http://www.grants.gov/search/announce.do
New Materials, Materials Concepts, Materials Processing and Devices Advanced Mathematics: Application and development of advanced mathematics for applications of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: Technologies to render biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiation attacks against the U.S. military harmless.
Applications of Biology to Defense Applications Novel Technologies to Improve the Human Consequences of Transformation.
Open to Feb. 9, 2007
American Society of Naval Engineers: ASNE Scholarship Program
http://grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=3074
The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) sponsors a scholarship program to encourage college students to enter the field of naval engineering. The program also provides support to naval engineers seeking advanced education in the field. The programs of study which apply to the diverse field of naval engineering are naval architecture, marine, mechanical, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical, and electronic engineering, and the physical sciences.
Feb. 15
Knauss 2008
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=9981&mode=VIEW
Selected applications from the sponsoring Sea Grant program are to be received in the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) no later than 5 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) on April 5, 2007 through http://www.grants.gov. Any student, regardless of citizenship, who, on April 5, 2007, is in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a United States-accredited institution of higher education in the United States or U.S. Territories may apply.
April 5
Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks for Young Investigators
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9535
The objective of the Information Theory for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (ITMANET) program is to generate and exploit superior theoretical insights concerning the design, deployment, and operation of a new generation of wireless mobile networks. To achieve this objective, a central challenge problem has been devised: to close a longstanding open problem concerning the capacity limits of Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs).
Open to May 7, 2007
BAA for the Mitigation and Prevention of Corrosion in Army Material (DoD)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9249
The Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. Army TACOM-Picatinny, Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, is soliciting applications via a Broad Agency Announcement for Research, Development, and Engineering Command-Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDECOM-ARDEC), Army Corrosion Office, for programs in new materials, coatings technologies and corrosion detection for mitigation and prevention of corrosion.
