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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: Subvention Program for Nonprofit Presses The National Archives and Records Administration seeks proposals for the Subvention Program for Nonprofit Presses. These grants provide funding for nonprofit presses to help pay for the costs of manufacturing and distributing documentary volumes produced by projects that have been supported or formally endorsed by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Deadlines: Mar. 1, Sep. 1. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 21, 2005. Also see these listings:
Workforce Investment Act-Demonstration Grants; Preparing Youth Offenders To Enter High Growth and High Demand Industries The Department of Labor seeks applications for its Workforce Investment Act-Demonstration Grants; Preparing Youth Offenders to Enter High Growth and High Demand Industries. Approximately $15 million in Responsible Reintegration of Youthful Offender grant funds will be available to address the specific workforce challenges of youth offenders and to utilize strategies that prepare them for new and increasing job opportunities in high-growth/high-demand and economically vital industries and sectors of the American economy. Deadline: May 23. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 22, 2005. Office of Community Services Economic Development Grants The Office of Community Services invites eligible entities to submit competitive grant applications for the Community Services Economic Development programs. Deadlines: May 23.
FedGrants, April 22, 2005. Patagonia Enviro Action Small Grants Patagonia supports small, grassroots activist organizations with provocative direct-action agendas through its Enviro Action Small Grants progam. The company helps local groups working to protect local habitat. Most grants are in the range of $3,000 to $8,000. Deadlines: Aug. 31, Apr. 30.
Fulbright Worldwide Scholar-in-Residence Program The Fulbright Worldwide Scholar-in-Residence Program brings visiting scholars and professionals from abroad to lecture at U.S. colleges and universities for one semester or one academic year. Fulbright Scholars-in-Residence can have a significant impact on U.S. colleges and universities. In addition to teaching courses, scholars give campus-wide and community lectures, help initiate international programs and contribute to curriculum development. Although preference is given to proposals in the humanities or social sciences, other fields focusing on international issues will be considered. The program is especially appropriate for small liberal arts colleges, minority-serving institutions, and community colleges, many of which do not often have the opportunity to host visiting scholars. Deadline: Oct. 14. Also see this listings:
2006-2008 North Carolina Sea Grant Proposals North Carolina Sea Grant invites preproposals for coastal and marine research and education projects for the program period of Feb. 1, 2006 through Jan. 31, 2008. Project preproposals are solicited now for review and consideration prior to a call for full proposals for inclusion in the upcoming Sea Grant institutional proposal. All preproposals will be reviewed for need and relevance. Full proposals will be requested only from investigators who have submitted preproposals, although anyone may submit a full proposal. Deadline: May 6. NOAA Climate and Global Change Program for FY 2006 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) seeks applications for NOAA Climate and Global Change Program for FY 2006. The overall goal of the NOAA climate program is to understand climate variability and change to enhance society's ability to plan and respond. Deadlines: May 20 (letter of intent), Jul. 15 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 25, 2005. Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation invites proposals for the Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation programs. The Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) supports research and education related to the earth's terrestrial regions, interior, and freshwater systems. Projects may employ any combination of field, laboratory, and computational studies with observational, theoretical, or experimental approaches. Support is available for research and research infrastructure through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements awarded in response to investigator-initiated proposals from US universities and other eligible institutions. Multidisciplinary work is strongly encouraged. Projects involving disciplines outside the earth sciences will be recommended for joint support with other programs within the Foundation. EAR will consider co-funding of projects with other agencies and supports international work and collaborations. Deadlines: Jun. 1 (Geophysics; Hydrologic Sciences; Petrology and Geochemistry; Tectonics); Jul. 16 (EarthScope; Geobiology and Environmental Geochemistry; Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics; Instrumentation and Facilities; Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology); Aug. 17 (REU-Site proposals accepted only by Education and Human Resources Program once per year on the annual NSF-wide deadline); Nov. 15 (Continental Dynamics). Interactions between Stem and Progenitor Cells and the Microenvironment In Vivo The National Institute of Health seeks applications for Interactions Between Stem and Progenitor Cells and the Microenvironment In Vivo. The objective of this initiative is to promote a thorough exploration and characterization of the bi-directional communication between multipotent cells and the three-dimensional local milieu or niche that they encounter in vivo under normal and compromised states, such as with aging or following injury, disease or drug exposure. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 21, 2005. Also see these listings:
Broad Agency Announcement Issued on Behalf of the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences to Solicit New Proposals for its FY 2006 Fundamental Research in Behavioral Science -- Change in Due Date The US Army Research Institute extended the Broad Agency response due date for solicitation number W74V8H-06-BAA-BRO proposals from May 1 to Jun. 1. WEB LINK. FedGrant, April 25, 2005. Western Hemisphere Information Exchange (WHIX) Research and Development Project to Support Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH), Energy Requirements and Infrastructure Associated with Military Operations -- Change in Due Date The Department of Defense, Defense Contracting Command, extended Solicitation Number W74V8H-05-R-0035, Western Hemisphere Information Exchange Program, response due date for proposals from Apr 22 to Jun. 1. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 21, 2005. NSF Encourages Unsolicited Proposals to the Division of Chemistry Relevant to Cyber-enabled Chemistry Because the National Science Foundation (NSF) recognizes the transformational potential of cyber-based tools, its Division of Chemistry continues to update instrumentation and multi-investigator programs (see http://www.nsf.gov/chem for a complete listing) to encourage projects that contribute to the development of cyber-enabled chemistry. However, the Division recognizes that its core traditional source of bold transformative ideas - individual investigators - has much to contribute to this important effort. Therefore, unsolicited research proposals to the Division that include innovative uses of cyber-based tools that can impact chemistry broadly are strongly encouraged. Support for both research and cyber-infrastructure innovation can be requested in the budgets. As is standard practice, these proposals should be submitted to divisional programs (Analytical & Surface Chemistry; Inorganic, Bioinorganic & Organometallic Chemistry; Organic & Macromolecular Chemistry; Physical Chemistry) during the proposal window that opens the second Monday of July and closes the second Friday of January (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf0076/nsf0076.htm). Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006. INQUIRIES: Dr. Celeste Rohlfing, NSF Division of Chemistry, 703/292-4962, crohlfin@nsf.gov, WEB. Request for Papers on Robotics and Remote Systems and Emergency Preparedness and Response The Department of Energy seeks Papers on Robotics and Remote Systems and Emergency Preparedness and Response. Emergency preparedness professionals are invited to submit papers and attend the first Joint ANS ESD/RRSD Topical Meeting in Salt Lake City Feb 12-15, 2006. Papers on Robotics and Remote Systems and Emergency Preparedness and Response are being accepted with a submission deadline of Jun. 6. The meeting's theme is "Sharing Solutions for Emergencies and Hazardous Environments," and Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Michael Brown is the invited speaker. DOE Idaho Manager Beth Sellers is serving as the Honorary Chair. More details are available at www.2006sharingsolutions.com or by contacting Eric Loewen (eric.loewen@inl.gov) or Ron Lujan (ronl@inel.gov). Deadline: May 30. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 21, 2005.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities-Technology and Standards-Based Reform The Department of Education seeks applications for Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities-Technology and Standards-Based Reform. The purpose of this program is to improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology, support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities, and provide support for captioning and video description of programs appropriate for use in the classroom setting. Deadline: Jun. 6. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 22, 2005. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) -- Research Fellowships Program The Department of Education seeks application for National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) -- Research Fellowships Program. The purpose of the Research Fellowships Program is to build research capacity by providing support to enable highly qualified individuals, including those who are individuals with disabilities, to conduct research about the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. Deadline: Jun. 24. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 25, 2005. Grants for Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Research The Department of Health and Human Services welcomes proposals in reply to the Announcement of Availability of Funds for Grants for Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Research. This program funds grants for applied research addressing AFL program goals related to adolescent premarital sexual relations, pregnancy, and parenthood: helping adolescents avoid health risk behaviors; ensuring that adolescents have the supports necessary to pursue healthy and productive lives; and strengthening families. Deadlines: Sep. 15 (letter of intent), Aug. 15 (application). WEB LINK. Federal Register, July 30,2004. Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invites applications from qualified institutions for support of Alzheimer's Disease Core Centers. These Centers are designed to serve as shared research resources that will facilitate research on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, distinguish them from the process of normal brain aging and mild cognitive impairment, and lead to better diagnostic and treatment strategies. The NIA intends to commit approximately $10,500,000 and expects to fund approximately 8 applications. Deadline: Sep. 20. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 21, 2005. Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) welcomes applications for Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) to foster highly innovative or conceptually creative research that advances our understanding of drug abuse and addiction and how to prevent and treat them. The CEBRA is a new mechanism specifically designed to support research that is high-risk and potentially high-impact and that is underrepresented or not included in NIDA's current portfolio. It is aimed at experienced drug abuse research investigators who wish to develop or adapt new methods or techniques and at new investigators or scientists with expertise in fields other than drug abuse who wish to establish innovative programs in drug abuse research. Deadline: Oct. 1. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, October 30, 2002. Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy Grants The National Institutes of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality invite investigators to submit research grant applications on Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy. The purpose of these programs is to increase scientific understanding of the nature of health literacy and its relationship to healthy behaviors, illness prevention and treatment, chronic disease management, health disparities, risk assessment of environmental factors, and health outcomes including mental and oral health. Deadlines: Sep. 13 (letter of intent), Oct. 13 (application). WEB LINKS: PAR-04-116 and PAR-04-117. Collaborative Awards in Epilepsy Research for Junior Investigators The National Institute of Health invites applications for Collaborative Awards in Epilepsy Research for Junior Investigators. The goal of this program announcement is to stimulate basic, translational and clinical research in the field of epilepsy by promoting collaborations among junior investigators. Eligible principal investigators include: Postdoctoral trained individuals with institutional appointments through Assistant Professor, or equivalent, position. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 25, 2005. Biological Basis of Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome (HGS): Relationship to Mutation in the Lamin A/C Gene (LMNA) and to Other Known Laminopathies The National Institutes of Health seeks applications for the Biological Basis of Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome (HGS): Relationship to Mutation in the Lamin A/C Gene (LMNA) and to Other Known Laminopathies. This program seeks to encourage mechanistic research projects that will shed light on the molecular basis of Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome and the other laminopathies arising from defects in LMNA. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, February 10, 2003. Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research The National Institutes of Health seeks proposals for the Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research. The purpose of this program is to encourage investigators to obtain the training they need to appropriately use stem cells in their research. The award will enable investigators to change the direction of their research careers or to take time from their regular professional responsibilities to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities, specifically in the use of human or animal embryonic, adult, or cord blood stem cells. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, March 1, 2002. Development of Assays for High Throughput Drug Screening The National Institutes of Health requests proposals for the Development of Assays for High Throughput Drug Screening. The purpose of this PA is to encourage the use of high throughput small molecule screening in both research and drug discovery programs by funding the development of innovative assays that may be adapted for automated screening. The assays would aim to identify new tools for basic research and promising new avenues for therapeutics development, especially in areas related to the missions of NIDDK, NCI and NIAID. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, February 25, 2004. Development and Application of Pet and Spect Ligands for Brain Imaging Studies (Phased Innovation Award) The National Institutes of Health request research grant applications for the Development and Application of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Ligands for Brain Imaging Studies. Projects can incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, April 21, 2003. Also see these listings:
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering lecturing and research awards in some 140 countries for the 2005-2006 academic year. Opportunities are available not only to college and university faculty and administrators but also for professionals from business and government, as well as artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. There are awards in 45 different disciplines and professional fields. Traditional Fulbright awards are available from two months to an academic year or longer. A short-term grants program-the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program-offers two-to six-week grants in a variety of disciplines and fields. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most Fulbright lecturing assignments are in English. Deadlines: Aug. 1 (Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide); Nov. 1 (summer German Studies Seminar and for spring/summer seminars in Germany, Korea and Japan for academic and international education administrators); Continuous (Fulbright Senior Specialists Program). Also see this listing:
Long Range Marine Corps Engineering, Scientific Research and Business/Logistics Projects The Marine Corps System Command (MCSC) has a requirement to provide the Marine Corps with continued capability to respond effectively and rapidly to growing research and development requirements in the areas of Engineering, Scientific Research and Business/logistics. MCSC desires to establish a contractual arrangement with academia that will foster an education institution/academic research strategic relationship. Key areas for possible tasks under Engineering include; but are not limited to; non-lethal technologies, alternative power sources, human factors, imaging technologies and sensor systems. Key areas for possible tasks under Scientific Research include; but are not limited to; modeling and simulation research, applied research, quantitative analysis, and independent evaluations. Key areas for possible tasks under Business/Logistics include; but are not limited to; supply chain and logistics technologies, manpower analysis, and developmental technology investment analysis. The period of performance for this effort shall is a base period of 12 months followed by four (4), one (1) year option periods. Deadline: May 17. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 26, 2005. Perception, Action and Cognition Grants Program The National Science Foundation seeks applications for the Perception, Action and Cognition program. Research topics include vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, reasoning, written and spoken discourse, motor control, and developmental issues in all topic areas. The program encompasses a wide range of theoretical perspectives, such as symbolic computation, connectionism, ecological, nonlinear dynamics, and complex systems, and a variety of methodologies including both experimental studies and modeling. Research involving acquired or developmental deficits is appropriate if the results speak to basic issues of perception, action, and cognition. Deadlines: July 15, Jan. 15. WEB LINK. COS, April 17, 2005. Also see this listings:
Physical Sciences & Engineering NSF Information and Intelligent Systems Grants The National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems is seeking NSF Information and Intelligent Systems Grant proposals that describe ambitious research and/or education projects that will extend the state-of-the-art in two areas.
Additionally, the Division is seeking research and/or education proposals that use or extend Collaborative Systems and Robust Intelligence theories or methods and apply them in three application areas.
Single or multidisciplinary research and/or education projects will be supported that explore innovative ideas, theories and experiments that move beyond incremental advances to enable fundamentally different intelligent or collaborative systems approaches or paradigms. The development of curricular materials that have the potential to greatly improve higher education in Collaborative Systems and Robust Intelligence and their applications will also be supported. Curriculum development projects may be submitted as stand-alone proposals or may be included as part of broader research and education proposals under the above categories. NSF has released a document re this new solicitation: FAQs for IIS Solicitation NSF-05551. Deadlines: May 3 (Collaborative Systems, Universal Access); May 5 (Robust Intelligence, Digital Government, Digital Libraries and Archives). Technology Acquisition Intramural Call for Proposals (ICP) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is in the process of developing a Technology Acquisition Intramural Call for Proposals that could be released as early as Apr. 25 for the Human System Research & Technology, Exploration Systems Research & Technology, and Project Constellation technology areas. NASA is seeking partners to participate with NASA principal investigators. Deadline: May 5. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 21, 2005. Low Vapor Pressure Chemicals Detection Systems (LVPCDS) Program (BAA 04-10) The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) welcomes proposals that offer the potential for revolutionary changes in technologies that promote homeland security and accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that reduce homeland vulnerabilities. The goal of the HSARPA Low Vapor Pressure Chemicals Detection Systems (LVPCDS) Program is to develop, field-test, and transition to commercialization existing, state-of-the-art and next generation systems that can detect toxic compounds having low vapor pressures (≤ 10-4 Torr) without coming in contact with the contaminated surface. Deadline: May. 6. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, April 25, 2005. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program The US Geological Survey and collaborators facilitate partnerships between the Federal and non-Federal sectors to assist in building the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement program. The program highlights three funding areas.
Deadline: Jun. 16. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 25, 2005. Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Grants The Department of Education announces three funding priorities for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program. The program funding goal is to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Deadline: Jun. 24. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 25, 2005. Aviation Research Grants The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Research Grants program encourages and supports innovative, advanced research of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation and commercial space transportation. The intent of the program is to encourage applied research and development to enhance technology assimilation, transfer, and development in the FAA. The agency encourages submission of proposals that embrace the entire spectrum of physical, chemical, biological, medical, psychological, mathematical, and engineering sciences. Deadline: Jan. 1, 2011. WEB LINK. FedGrants, April 21, 2005. Also see these listings:
Population Research Infrastructure Program The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for Population Research Infrastructure Program grants in support of relevant to the mission of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research (CPR. The NICHD intends to commit approximately $2.9 million in total costs in FY 2006 to fund five - seven new and/or competing continuation grants in response to this RFA. Deadlines: Oct. 19 (letter of intent, Nov. 16 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide, April 20, 2005. Economic Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services for HIV/AIDS The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks applications for Economic Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Services for HIV/AIDS. Applications are sought that would employ the methods of economic analysis to pressing problems in the financing and delivery of HIV/AIDS services and drug abuse treatment and/or prevention services. Deadline: Multiple Receipt Dates. WEB LINK. NIH Guide, September 9, 2002. Also see these listings:
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