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NSF Releases New "Dear Colleague" letter on Broader Impacts Proposal Requirements
This letter clarifies that NSF proposals must specifically address broader impacts in three separate sections of the proposal:
- the Project Summary
- the Project Description
- and (where applicable) the Results of Prior Support section
The letter also provides links to NSF Representative Activities (to address the broader impacts criterion) and to the American Chemical Society Broader Impacts Showcase.
- AAAS Analysis of R&D in the FY 2009 budget
- Agency analyses of R&D in the FY 2009 Budget
- Big Increases for DOE Science Proposed
- NASA research down, spacecraft funding up in 2009
- NIST Labs up, NIST external and NOAA R&D down in 2009 budget
- USGS proposes sharp cuts in 2009
- USDA proposes steep cuts in R&D funding
NIH Announces Fiscal Policy for FY2008
Information on the STC program was included in the NSF Director’s budget rollout presentation held on February 4th at NSF. The funding request for next round STC was $76 million. An overview of the STC was given in a presentation on Feb. 23, 2008 to the QEM Network by Margaret E. M. Tolbert of NSF
U.S. Department of Energy FY 2009 Research and Development Budget Proposal
Statement of Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy, March 5, 2008. In FY 2009 the Office of Science will initiate Energy Frontier Research Centers. They will pursue innovative basic research to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st century. These Centers will pursue fundamental basic research areas mentioned above as well as solar energy utilization; geosciences related to long term storage of nuclear waste and carbon dioxide; advanced nuclear energy systems; solid state lighting; and superconductivity.
NSF Recently Launched Research.gov
A new initiative that modernizes FastLane and enables institutions and grantees to access streamlined research grants management services and other resources for multiple federal research agencies, beginning with NASA and the Department of Defense. During NSF’s FY 2009 budget presentation, NSF Director Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., remarked, “Research.gov is a modernization of FastLane, tailored to the needs of the research community. This new system provides the latest award information and exciting research content.”
Highlights of Resources for Finding Funding
Research Funding Opportunities in the Humanities: see Texas A&M’s Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research’s blog
Email Funding Alert Services, OPD-Web Listing - subscribe to daily and weekly automated listings of current funding opportunities by federal agencies and foundations.
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Global Change Education Program, End of Summer Workshop, 2007
http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/Information/2007EOSWorkshopAgenda.html
Downloadable PowerPoint presentations from the August 12-14 workshop. Other climate change links: http://niccr.mtu.edu:80/links.htm
Institute of Education Sciences Unsolicited Grant Opportunities (FY 2008) - IES accepts unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, statistics, and dissemination projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Institute.
NIH Supplemental Awards to Study Interactions Among Social, Behavioral, Genetic Factors in Health
NIH invites investigators to submit supplement applications to currently funded research to study how interactions among genetic and behavioral/social factors influence health and disease.
Sloan Foundation Programs in Science & Technology link to http://www.sloan.org/programs/scitech_supresearch.shtml
Support in selected areas or sub-areas of research that are of scientific significance and where its support can make a difference, i.e., no major government funders when Sloan support begins. Areas in this program include the indoor environment, molecular evolution, theoretical neurobiology, computational molecular biology, astrophysics (Sloan Sky Survey), limits to knowledge (The Known, Unknown, Unknowable), marine science (Census of Marine Life) and bioterrorism. Grant requests can be made at any time. The Foundation has no deadlines or standard forms. For application details, see http://www.sloan.org/grant/index.shtml .
Defense Sciences Research & Technology -- BAA08-22 solicitation dated February 29, 2008
Office of Naval Research Currently Active BAA
U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open BAAs
Defense Sciences Office Current Solicitations
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research: AFOSR-BAA-2008-1
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Open Funding Opportunities
NASA Open and Future Research Solicitations
Center for Disease Control & Prevention Open FOAs
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for FY08
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Open Opportunities
Helpful Background Information – Workshops, Presentations, Articles
A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner
Do's & Don't's for [NEH] Fellowship Applicants by Guinevere L. Griest. Director, Division of Fellowships and Seminars, NEH
The Science of Scientific Writing by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
Presentation: This is Not Your Mentor’s NIH! How to get Funded and Stay Funded by Scott Rivkees, M.D., Director, Yale Child Health Research Center, Associate Chair of Pediatrics for Research
Insider’s Guide to Peer Review For Applicants (Center for Scientific Review)
To help new and established applicants submit better applications, Center for Scientific Review asked six current and retired study section chairs to share their personal insights on what makes a good NIH grant application. They responded with great enthusiasm. We present some of their responses in their own words to preserve their sprit and impact. NIH Center for Scientific Review, January 18, 2008
Writing the NIH Grant Application & Understanding the Review Process
- NIH Grant Application Basics
- NIH Grants Process Overview
- NIH All About Grants Tutorials
- NIH Grant Writing Tips Sheets
- NIH Peer Review of Grants
- Guideline Reviewers and Chairs
Proposal Writing: The Business of Science, by Wendy Sanders, Whitaker Foundation
The essence of a successful NIH grant application is the idea underlying it. How can we evaluate whether our idea is a good idea, the definition of a good idea being one with the potential to be funded?
Narrated Advice Presentations for NIH SBIR and STTR Proposals
These narrated tutorials are an excellent source of information on developing SBIR and STTR proposals. They offer general advice and information on applying, as well as a visual step-by-step overview of the process from the knowledge and experience of NIAID staff, including former NIH grantees.
[Agricultural]Federal Competitive Grants: Where to Find Them and How to Get Them
The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE), and The National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators (NAAEA) cosponsored a pre-conference at the 2002 AAEA
Annual Meetings. This brochure is a summary of the information provided, including background on a variety of government grants, as well as tips and useful web sites. Even though this is several years old, most of the information is still helpful.
Funding and Writing Successful Proposals [to NSF], 2007
By Timothy M. Pinkston, Program Director, tpinksto@nsf.gov; Professor, USC,
A Guide for Proposal Writing, an NSF booklet prepared by staff in DUE
Proposal Preparation Presentation from April 3, 2002 NSF workshop at College of William & Mary.