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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers Program The National Science Foundation invites applications for the NSF Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. The program provides opportunities for scholars in the humanities (painting, photography, writing, history, and other liberal arts) to work in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. These visitors will be able to make observations at US Antarctic Program stations and research camps and in wilderness areas. The purpose is to enable serious writings and the arts that increase understanding of the Antarctic and help document Antarctic heritage. Deadline: June 1. Research Fellowships The Folger Shakespeare Library offers Research Fellowships to encourage access to its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. Each year, scholars may compete for a limited number of long-term (six to nine months) and short-term (one to three months) fellowships. Long-Term Fellowships are supported by funds
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Two Mellon Research Fellowships will be awarded and carry
stipends of $50,000 and $35,000. Three National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowships will be awarded and carry maximum stipends of $40,000. NEH
Fellowships are restricted to US citizens or to foreign nationals who
have been living in the Short-Term Fellowships are supported by the Library's endowments and carry a stipend of $2,000 per month. The criteria for success in the annual short-term fellowship competition are the same as those for long-term fellowships, though the internal selection committee tends to value need for the collection above other considerations. Each year the Folger awards 20 to 30 short-term fellowships Deadline: Mar. 1. Also see these listings:
Plan for Social Excellence Grants The Plan for Social Excellence, Inc. seeks applications for Plan for Social Excellence Grants. There are two ways of receiving grants from the Plan. One is to receive an invitation to submit a proposal for the purpose of replicating one of the current projects sponsored by the Plan. This invitation comes in the form of an RFP - a Request for Proposal - and it is sent by the Plan to selected schools or school districts. Typically, these RFPs are specially tailored for the particular project whose replication is desired. The other is to submit a proposal for the funding of a project or program that the applicant considers to be in line with the vision and the mission of the Plan. If a school wishes to replicate one of our projects and has not been invited to do so, it may still submit a proposal with this intent and specify that it wishes to replicate an existing project. Deadline: May. 6. WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 8, 2005. Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems The Department of Education invites applications for Grants for the Integration of Schools and Mental Health Systems. These grants provide funds to increase student access to high-quality mental health care by developing innovative approaches that link school systems with the local mental health system. Deadline: May. 16. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 6, 2005. Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Community Parent Resource Centers The Department of Education invites applications for Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Community Parent Resource Centers. This priority supports community parent training and information centers in targeted communities that will provide underserved parents of children with disabilities (including low-income parents, parents of limited English proficient children and parents with disabilities in that community) with the training and information they need to enable them to participate effectively in helping their children with disabilities. The program is designed to assist parents of children with disabilities to help their children meet developmental and functional goals, and challenging academic achievement goals that have been established for all children; and be prepared to lead productive, independent adult lives, to the maximum extent possible. Deadline: May. 20. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 6, 2005. Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Parent Training and Information Centers The Department of Education invites applications for Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities--Parent Training and Information Centers. The purpose of this program is to ensure that parents of children with disabilities receive training and information to help improve results for their children. In addition, a purpose of this priority is to ensure that children with disabilities and their parents receive training and information on their rights, responsibilities, and protections under IDEA in order to develop the skills necessary to cooperatively and effectively participate in planning and decision making relating to early intervention, educational, and transitional services. Deadline: May. 25. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 6, 2005. Serbia and Montenegro High School Exchange Program The Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for a new Serbia and Montenegro High School Exchange Program. Interested public and private non-profit organizations may submit proposals to recruit and select high school students aged 15-17 from Serbia and Montenegro, place them with host families and schools for an academic semester or year of study in the United States, provide activities that will enable the students to learn about civic responsibility, community activism, democracy, and American society, as well as to educate Americans about their country and culture, and to support alumni in projects at home. Deadline: Jun. 2. WEB LINK. Federal Register, April 7, 2005. Medicare Program; Rural Hospice Demonstration The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks applications for the Medicare Program; Rural Hospice Demonstration. This notice provides interested parties with the information necessary to apply for participation in the rural hospice demonstration. The demonstration is designed to test whether hospice services provided by a demonstration hospice program to Medicare beneficiaries who lack an appropriate caregiver and who reside in rural areas results in wider access, improved hospice services, benefits to the rural community, and a sustainable pattern of care. A competitive application process will be used to select up to three hospice organizations or agencies to participate in this demonstration. The demonstration is planned for up to 5 years. Deadline: Jun. 6. WEB LINK. Federal Register, April 7, 2005. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation solicits applications from organizations interested in initiating or expanding the Nature of Learning program in their communities. The Nature of Learning program is the National Wildlife Refuge System's new community-based environmental education initiative that seeks to:
WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 7, 2005. Also see these listings:
NSF-Funded Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement The National Science Foundation is accepting proposals for Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI). The CCLI program has changed substantially for FY 2006. The program has increased its emphasis on projects that build on prior work and contribute to the knowledge base of undergraduate STEM education research and practice. In addition, projects should contribute to building a community of scholars who work in related areas of undergraduate education. Finally, the revised program requires proposals to explicitly identify a set of measurable outcomes that will be used in the project management and evaluation. The program will accept proposals that may combine one, several, or all of the following components:
Deadline: May 18. Also see these listings:
Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is soliciting proposals for the Pesticides and National Strategies for Health Care Providers Program. The program will provide financial assistance to continue an effort to improve the training of health care providers in recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pesticide poisonings among those who work with pesticides. OPP will award cooperative agreements with two different organizations whose work collectively will cover a range of activities needed to improve the recognition and management of pesticide-related health conditions. Funded projects will focus on creating significant institutional change in health care providers' educational and practice settings through education, professional training, and the development of new resources and tools on pesticide-related health conditions. Deadline: May 2. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 6, 2005. Tribal Community: Reducing Toxic Air Pollutants Project (RFA) The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting proposals for the Tribal Community: Reducing Toxic Air Pollutants Project. The outputs of this project will include education, training, and outreach on the application of voluntary activities that effectively reduce the risk of exposure to indoor and outdoor toxic air pollutants. Deadline: May 4. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 14, 2005. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Program Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 requests applications for grants or cooperative agreements. The grants or cooperative agreements will support activities that directly assist schools/districts in reducing school occupant's exposure to indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution through the identification, development and resolution of activities or pollutant sources that potentially lead to poor IAQ. Districts/schools will develop a plan to help them respond and reduce occupant exposure to poor IAQ. The grant or cooperative agreement may also provide training for staff. Deadline: May 13. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 6, 2005. Cooperative Agreement for the Development and Coordination of a National Environmental Laboratory Network The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) anticipates awarding a Cooperative Agreement for the Development and Coordination of a National Environmental Laboratory Network. The agreement will address the following priority topic areas: serve as a National Point of Contact for state environmental laboratory membership in the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Laboratory Response Network; establish a National Environmental Laboratory 'Home Base;' and organize and sponsor conferences/task forces/workgroups and training. Applications submitted must address approaches to all priority topic areas that facilitate the development of guidance, communications, and tools to increase nationwide environmental testing processes and procedures. Approximately $600,000 is budgeted for the agreement. Deadline: May 16. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 4, 2005. Region 6 Water Quality Cooperative Agreement Allocation Proposals Request Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is soliciting proposals for Federal assistance for Water Quality Cooperative Agreements (WQCA) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 104(b)(3). Funding is for projects conducted within the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Region 6 EPA intends to award an estimated $700,000 to eligible applicants through assistance agreements ranging in size, on average, from $40,000 up to $200,000 (Federal) for innovative projects/demonstrations/studies relating to the prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. From the proposals received, EPA estimates up to 4-7 projects may be selected to submit full applications. Deadline: May 16. WEB LINK. Federal Register, March 30, 2005. Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accepts applications for the Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program. Eight of EPA's ten Regional Pollution Prevention Program offices expect to have approximately $163,000 available, per region, in fiscal year 2005, to fund projects supporting source reduction, pollution prevention and/or resource conservation activities. The EPA is interested in supporting source reduction/pollution prevention and resource conservation projects that will provide an overall benefit to the environment by preventing the generation of pollutants at the source. Deadline: May 20. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 7, 2005. Research to Stimulate Assessment of Virulence of Waterborne Pathogens The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for a cooperative agreement to carry out laboratory and theoretical studies to improve the understanding of microbial virulence and the use of virulence factors and/or virulence factor activity relationships in characterizing currently recognized pathogens, or identifying future emerging pathogens. Deadline: May 23. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 7, 2005. Resource Conservation Grant Program Environmental Protection Agency invites small business firms to submit research proposals to the Resource Conservation Grant Program under Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Solicitation (No. PR-NC-05-10246). The SBIR program is a phased process uniform throughout the Federal Government of soliciting proposals and awarding funding agreements for research or research and development to meet stated Agency needs or missions. Deadline: May 23. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 5, 2005. EPA Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Environmental Protection Agency Region 8, under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program, is providing funding for projects that are unique and innovative. This funding supports EPA's strategic goal of land preservation restoration. The purpose of this grant program is to preserve and restore land by using innovative waste management practices and by reducing the risks posed by releases of harmful substances. Deadline: May 25. Region 7 Indoor Air Quality Allocation Proposals Request Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 is soliciting Indoor Air Quality Allocation Proposals for projects which use outreach, education and/or training methods comparable to or consistent with such efforts as EPA's Smoke-free Home Pledge Campaign, the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for schools kit, or asthma outreach and education campaign. Deadline: May 26. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 13, 2005. Woodstove Changeout Pilot Study The Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting project proposals to demonstrate that a new model for conducting a Woodstove Changeout Pilot Study for low income homeowners can be developed and can be more successful in removing uncertified woodstoves than a rebate-based model. The successful applicant will be capable of leveraging the grant dollars provided by EPA to purchase a large number of highly efficient low-emitting wood burning heating appliances for qualified applicants in the pilot communities. Other appliances such as gas or propane-fired heating units, or wood pellet stoves may also be purchased at the discretion of the recipient after considering costs and the availability of fuels. Deadline: May 30. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 14, 2005. Foresight and the Future of Environmental Quality Through a cooperative agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development will fund projects that promote the learning and application of foresight techniques among a diverse group of environmental stakeholders to improve long-range planning, inform decision making and support policy development. Deadline: May 31. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 15, 2005. USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office FY2005-2006 Funding Guidance The Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office is requesting Great Lakes Great Lakes National Program Office FY2005-2006 Funding Guidance submissions addressing one or more of the following topics: Pollution Prevention and Toxics Reduction, Habitat (Ecological) Protection and Restoration, Emerging or Strategic Issues (including Invasive Species), Remedial Action Plan (RAP) Priorities, and Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) Priorities. Some grants awarded under this announcement may involve geospatial information. Deadline: May 31. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 14, 2005. Notice of Request for Proposals for Projects to be Funded from the Water Quality Cooperative Agreement Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 is soliciting Proposals for Water Quality Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.463) activities which support the Clean Water Act 104(b)(3). These proposals support developing, implementing, and demonstrating innovative approaches relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. Deadline: May 31. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 14, 2005. 2005 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program and Asthma Management Training Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 is soliciting proposals for its 2005 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program. The goal of the program is to decrease the health effects associated with poor indoor air quality (IAQ) by increasing the public's knowledge of IAQ and actual indoor environmental conditions. Deadline: Jun. 8. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 15, 2005. Ecological Biology Research at the National Science Foundation At the National Science Foundation, the Ecological Biology Cluster supports research on natural and managed ecological systems, primarily in terrestrial, wetland, and freshwater habitats. Research areas include experimental, observational, theoretical, and modeling studies on the structure and function of complex associations that focus on biotic components, and the coupling of small-scale systems to each other and to large-scale systems. Projects are encouraged that develop conceptual and synthetic linkages among theoretical, modeling, and empirical approaches; that are conducted at one or more scales of ecological or geographic organization; and that synthesize empirical and theoretical findings into new paradigms. Deadlines: Jul. 9, Jan. 9, 2006. Revisionary Syntheses in Sytematics Research at the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation encourages the submission of proposals for the Revisionary Syntheses in Systematics program aimed at synthesizing available and new species-level taxonomic information in the context of providing revisionary treatments and predictive classifications for particular groups of organisms. The goals of the program are to help revitalize revisionary sytematics so that it fully utilizes modern information technology at all stages, from data capture and analysis through to electronic presentation and dissemination of the results. Deadlines: Jul. 9, Jan. 9, 2006. Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories at the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation supports the general science of systematics, whose three main missions are: to discover, describe, and inventory global species diversity; to analyze and synthesize the information derived from this global discovery effort into predictive classification systems that reflect the history of life; and to organize the information derived from this global program in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society. Deadlines: Jul. 9, Jan. 9, 2006. Also see these listings:
Tri-Service AIDS Clinical Consortium Data Analysis and Coordinating Center Due Date Change The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announces a modification to the Tri-Service AIDS Clinical Consortium Data Analysis and Coordinating Center (TACC/DACC) presolicitation notice. The response date is changed from March 21 to April 21 and the intended contract award date is currently December 15. Partnership to Promote Innovation in Environmental Practice Due Date Change The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a modification to the Partnership to Promote Innovation in Environmental Practice grants notice. The due date is changed from Apr. 21 to May 2. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005: Sun-Solar System Connection Guest Investigators As part of the NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that a multiple-year Sun-Solar System Connection (S3C) Guest Investigators Program is offered for investigations that draw extensively upon the data sets from NASA's S3C space flight missions. This program is intended to maximize the return from currently operating missions by providing support for research of breadth and complexity beyond those typically being carried out by the presently funded investigations. Proposal due date: May 13. NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005: Amendment 6. Planetary Atmospheres Program Due Date Change The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced Amendment 6 to NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2005, the Planetary Atmospheres Program. The due date for Notice of Intent submission is changed from April 29 to July 11. INQUIRIES: Dr. Denis Bogan, Solar System Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. 202/358-0359, dbogan@nasa.gov. WEB. Seventh National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering The US Department of Energy's Office of Science will sponsor the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering on August 14-28 at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois. The school educates graduate students on the utilization of major neutron and x-ray facilities. Lectures, presented by researchers from academia, industry, and national laboratories, will include basic tutorials on the principles of scattering theory and the characteristics of the sources, as well as seminars on the application of scattering methods to a variety of scientific subjects. Students will conduct four short experiments at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source Division and Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Division to provide hands-on experience for using neutron and synchrotron sources. Amendment to RFA-MH-05-007: Identifying Autism Susceptibility Genes On December 13, 2004, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
issued RFA-MH-05-007, Identifying Autism Susceptibility Genes."
NIH has issue am amendment to RFA-MH-05-007 to inform the scientific community
that the Medical Research Council (MRC) of the INQUIRIES: Leslie Boggs, NIMH Grants Management Branch, Bethesda, MD, boggsl@mail.nih.gov, 301/443-0433. WEB. NIH Guide, April 8, 2005. Amendment to English Language Fellow Program for Academic Year 2006-2007 The Department of State has amended its Request for Grant Proposals in support of Funding Opportunity Number ECA/A/L-06-01, "English Language Fellow Program for Academic Year 2006-2007." Pending the availability of FY-2006 funds, the office anticipates several revisions to the original program design. Under Award Information, Section II: Approximate total funding available may increase from $6,000,000 to $6,800,000. Proposals should be based on a level of $6.8 million. The Bureau still intends to make one award under this competition. INQUIRIES: Catherine Williamson, 202/619-5878. WEB. Federal Register, April 7, 2005. NSF Dear Colleague Letter - A Submission Window Deadline Date for Unsolicited Proposals to DMR Beginning October 1, 2005, National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research (DMR), in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), will accept unsolicited proposals only during a submission window beginning the first Monday in October and ending the first Friday in November, annually. This change replaces the annual November 1 target date with a submission window for all unsolicited proposals and will stay in effect until further notice.
WEB LINK. Federal Register, February 10, 2005. Interventions for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Transitioning Science to Community Projects The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeks applications for Interventions for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Transitioning Science to Community Projects. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to implement the continuation of a directive within the Children's Health Act of 2000 to develop and scientifically evaluate interventions for children and adolescents affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or other conditions resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure and their families. Interventions were developed to (1) improve developmental outcomes, (2) prevent secondary conditions, and (3) provide education and support to caregivers and families. The primary objective of this program is to translate successful or promising scientifically evaluated interventions for children with FAS to community settings. Deadline: May. 26. WEB LINK. Federal Register, April 11, 2005. Operations Research on AIDS Care and Treatment in Africa The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation seeks applications for Operations Research on AIDS Care and Treatment in Africa. The Doris Duke Operations Research on AIDS Care and Treatment in Africa (ORACTA) program seeks to improve the care and treatment of AIDS patients in resource-limited settings, inform antiretroviral therapy policy and practice, and improve outcomes of the roll-out and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Africa. For this program, operations research is defined broadly and includes the use of analytical techniques to achieve better health outcomes, define optimal processes of service delivery, and develop more cost-effective systems. It encompasses a wide range of studies, including observational and outcomes studies, epidemic modeling, and cost-effectiveness studies. The ORACTA program will provide up to 10 two-year grants of up to $100,000 per year to teams of investigators conducting health operations research on AIDS care and treatment in Africa. This award will not support indirect costs. Proposals will be accepted from investigators or teams of investigators who are working with healthcare teams that provide care and treatment to AIDS patients in Africa. The principal investigator must be working in a U.S. academic medical center, other tax-exempt public charity as defined by Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or at an African institution with an affiliated public charity that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. This institution must agree to serve as the sponsoring institution. Awards will be made only to sponsoring institutions that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and that are publicly supported under Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Deadline: Jun. 1. Child Health Research Career Development Award The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development seeks applications for the Child Health Research Career Development Award. The primary objective of the award program is to provide pediatric research institutions with a greater capacity for mentoring junior investigators and, ultimately, to foster translational research on clinically relevant questions enabling basic science findings to be more rapidly applied to clinical problems. This RFA encourages innovative basic research related to pediatric diseases with the goal of accelerating progress in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of these conditions. Deadline: Jun. 23. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, April 8, 2005. Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation Grants The Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation seeks applications for Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation Grants. At the current time the foundation will only fund projects that have broad implications for the learning and use of spoken language in children with developmental language disorders. No funding is available for particular programs unless they involve a project with such broad implications. Deadlines: Sep. 15, 2005, Feb. 15, 2006. WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 4, 2005. Also see these listings:
The National Science Foundation invites applications
for the Antarctic Research program to perform research in Antarctica
and to perform related research and data analysis in the NSF International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops The National Science Foundation invites applications for the NSF International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops program. International Planning Visit/Workshop Awards can support the initial phases of developing and coordinating integrated research and education activities with foreign partners. Support is primarily for travel and subsistence expenses; salaries and stipends are not typically supported.
Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants The Sasakawa Peace Foundation seeks applications for Grants. The foundation seeks to contribute to the welfare of humankind and the sound development of the international community, and thus to world peace, by conducting activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation, as well as efforts to promote these activities The foundation funds activities necessary to accomplish its mission, such as undertake surveys and research, develop human resources, invite and dispatch personnel, organize international conferences and other forums, as well as collect, disseminate, and propagate information. SPF sets priorities and gives precedence to providing forward-looking and flexible support for projects addressing problems in terms of what the world needs now in the fields of international understanding, exchange, and cooperation. Deadline: Continuous. WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 4, 2005. Also see these listings:
Alcohol Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Resource-Poor Societies The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism seeks applications for Alcohol Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Resource-Poor Societies. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks applications for cross-national and international multidisciplinary research on the intersection of alcohol consumption and the HIV epidemic. Deadlines: May 1, Sep. 1, Jan. 2, 2006. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, January 6, 2004. NIH Roadmap Administrative Supplements to Support Interdisciplinary Research in the Behavioral/Social and Biological Sciences The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applications for NIH Roadmap Administrative Supplements to Support Interdisciplinary Research in the Behavioral/Social and Biological Sciences. NIH announces the availability of one-year administrative supplements aimed at stimulating interdisciplinary research, in humans, that integrates the behavioral or social sciences with the biological sciences. The short-term supplemental funds provided under this initiative are intended to support partnerships between behavioral or social scientists and biological scientists to foster the melding of these disciplines' typically disparate perspectives, approaches and methodologies into interdisciplinary research efforts that will improve our ability to prevent, detect, diagnose and treat disease and disability and to improve symptom management and health. An interdisciplinary approach is distinguished from a multidisciplinary approach in that a multidisciplinary approach brings experts from diverse disciplines to address collectively a common complex problem, each from his or her unique perspective. By contrast, an interdisciplinary approach results from the melding of two or more disciplines to create a new (interdisciplinary) science. Deadline: Jun. 15. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, April 6, 2005. Joint NSF/NIH Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health announce plans to support the Joint NSF/NIH Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology. Both agencies recognize the need for additional research at the boundary between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences. This competition is designed to encourage new collaborations at this interface, as well as to support existing ones. Deadline: Jun. 15. NSF Physical Anthropology Grants National Science Foundation's Physical Anthropology Grant Program supports basic research in areas related to human evolution and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supported by the program include, but are not limited to, human genetic variation, human adaptation, human osteology and bone biology, human and nonhuman primate paleontology, functional anatomy, and primate socioecology. Grants supported in these areas are united by an underlying evolutionary framework, and often a consideration of adaptation as a central theoretical theme. Many proposals also have a biocultural orientation. The program frequently serves as a bridge within NSF between the social and behavioral sciences and the natural and physical sciences, and proposals are commonly jointly reviewed and funded with other programs. Deadline: Jul. 1. Also see these listings:
Physical Sciences & Engineering DDDAS: Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems The National Science Foundation invites applications for Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems, a promising concept in which the computational and experimental measurement aspects of a computing application are dynamically integrated, creating new capabilities in a wide range of science and engineering application areas. The research scope described here requires strong, systematic collaborations between applications domain researchers and mathematics, statistics and computer sciences researchers, as well as researchers involved in the design and implementation of measurement methods and instruments. Deadline: Jun. 13. WEB LINK. FedGrants, March 11, 2005. Open Architecture Research Interface for Cochlear Implants The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is soliciting proposals to develop an Open Architecture Research Interface for Cochlear Implants. Hardware and software development will be supported to create this device, which shall be optimized for use by the NIDCD neural prosthesis research community to provide enhanced recording, stimulating and processing capabilities. An open system architecture will be required for both hardware and software designs, where possible, to provide documentation of device operation and facilitate continued enhancement by the research community. An application programming library suitable for neural prosthesis research and development will be developed under this contract to produce source code that will be released for widespread use and further development. A three-year, cost-reimbursement type contract is anticipated, with award made on or about March 1, 2006. Deadline: Jun. 15. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 15, 2005. Also see these listings:
Help America Vote Policy Research The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is currently seeking qualified sources to conduct Help America Vote Policy Research and development. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) directs the EAC to conduct studies on a variety of election administration topics for the purpose of developing information and guidance to assist the States in implementing HAVA. EAC is interested in receiving capabilities statements from parties interested in bidding on any of this work. Deadline: Apr. 30. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 8, 2005. William T. Grant Scholars Program The William T. Grant Foundation is again soliciting nominations from institutions for its Scholars Program. Tthis program annually provides four to six awards of $300,000 each ($60,000 per year for five years) to early career investigators from diverse disciplines conducting research related to youth. This research should deepen and broaden the knowledge base in areas that contribute to creating a society that values young people (ages 8-25) and helps them live up to their potential. Priority research areas are: youth development; improving programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people; and adults' use of evidence and their views of youth. Because of limits placed on the number of proposals allowed per institution, there is an internal review process for prospective submissions; if you are interested in applying, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadlines: May 16 (Duke internal); July 1 (WT Grant). Cooperative Agreement for Building System Capacity To Apply Law as a Public Health Tool The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds for a Cooperative Agreement for Building System Capacity To Apply Law as a Public Health Tool. The CDC will fund the cooperative agreement program to assist public health related professions and organizations to strengthen their capacity to apply law as a tool for improving the health of the public through prevention and health. Deadline: May 23. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 15, 2005. Innovation and Organizational Change The National Science Foundation seeks applications for the Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC) program. The IOC program seeks to create and apply fundamental new knowledge with the aim of improving the effectiveness of the design, administration, and management of organizations, including industrial, educational, service, government, nonprofit and voluntary organizations. Additionally, the program seeks a better understanding of how teamwork, coordination, and institutional arrangements contribute to innovation. The program encourages dissemination of knowledge gained from research to organizations and institutions that can implement reforms based on what has been learned. Deadlines: Aug. 15, Feb. 1, 2006. WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 7, 2005. Service Enterprise Engineering The National Science Foundation seeks applications
for Service Enterprise Engineering (SEE). The SEE program addresses
focused research on design, planning and control of operations and processes
in commercial and institutional service enterprises. Contributions should
extend the range of analytical and computational techniques addressed
to these systems, and/or advance novel models offering policy insight
or the prospect of implementable solutions. Service enterprises dominate
the WEB LINK. COS Funding Opportunities, April 7, 2005. Also see these listings:
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