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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has invited Duke University to nominate two faculty members for its Summer Stipends program. The $5,000 stipends are intended to support two months of full-time work on projects that will contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. At least one of the University's candidates should be of junior rank (assistant professor or instructor). Nominees must be US citizens, native residents of US jurisdictions, or legal (not necessarily permanent) residents of the U.S. or its jurisdictions for at least three years as of October 3, 2005. Individuals who have recently held a major fellowship or research grant (2002-2003 academic year or later) or received an NEH Summer Stipend in 2001 or later are not eligible. For a definition of "major fellowship or research grant" and additional information on the program, please refer to the program announcement. This is an institutionally limited program, if you are interested in this institutionally limited opportunity; please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, at 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadline: Aug. 22 (Duke internal). New York Public Library -- Scholars and Writers Fellowship Program The New York Public Library invites applications for the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship Program. The program is open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library -- including academics, independent scholars, journalists, novelists, other creative writers, and scientists and lawyers engaged with the humanities. The Humanities and Social Sciences Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, and sports. Deadline: Sep. 30 (application). National Heritage Fellowships The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is accepting applications for the National Heritage Fellowships program. The NEA awards one-time-only NEA National Heritage Fellowships to master folk and traditional artists each year. These fellowships recognize lifetime achievement, artistic excellence and contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of nominations from the public. Award amount is $20,000. Deadline: Oct. 1. NHPRC Grants for Archival Administration The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is now accepting applications for Grants for Archival Administration. Grants support documentary editing and publishing; archival preservation and processing of records for access; developing or updating descriptive systems; creation and development of archival and records management programs; development of standards, tools, and techniques to advance the work of archivists, records managers, and documentary editors; and promotion of the use of records by teachers, students, and the public. Deadline: Oct. 1. National Humanities Center Fellowships The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential Fellowships for advanced study in the humanities. Applicants must hold doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Senior and younger scholars are eligible, though the latter should be engaged in research beyond the revision of a doctoral dissertation. 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. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. The following designated awards, however, are available for the academic year 2005-06:
Deadline: Oct. 15. Stanford Humanities Center's External Faculty Fellowships The Stanford Humanities Center invites applications for its External Faculty Fellowships, designed to offer research opportunities both to members of the humanities departments as traditionally defined and to other scholars seriously interested in humanistic issues. There are two categories of awards:
Stipends are awarded up to $50,000. Deadline: Oct. 17. Southern Humanities Media Fund Grants The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy accepts applications for Southern Humanities Media Fund Grants, which provide production support for significant regional media projects. Projects that take creative approaches to interpreting Southern life and culture will be most competitive. The Southern Humanities Media Fund is particularly interested in film, television, or radio that focuses on the "New Face" of the South, on stories that offer insights into the region's changing social, economic, and political conditions. Preliminary applications should clearly demonstrate that a proposed production, though it may grow out of local or incidental social and cultural features, will have broad appeal within the South and be representative of the region as a whole. Deadline: Oct. 21. Also see these listings:
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seeks applications for Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities. HUD provides capital advances and contracts for project rental assistance. Capital advances may be used for the construction or rehabilitation of a structure or acquisition of a structure with or without rehabilitation to be developed into a variety of housing options for persons with disabilities. Deadline: Sep. 6. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 8, 2005. The Department of Education solicits applications for the State Scholars Initiative. The purpose of the Initiative is to support a national nonprofit organization or agency that will fund and provide technical assistance, monitoring, oversight, and cost reimbursements to State-level business-education partnerships that will encourage and motivate high school students to enroll in and complete rigorous courses of study that will benefit them in their future careers, postsecondary education, or training. An estimated award of $4,800,000 will be made to the successful applicant. Deadline: Sep. 6. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 5, 2005. Centers for Independent Living--Training and Technical Assistance The Department of Education seeks applications for Centers for Independent Living--Training and Technical Assistance. The purpose of the program is to provide training and technical assistance with respect to planning, developing, conducting, administering, and evaluating centers for independent living. Deadline: Sep. 7. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 8, 2005. Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--National Technical Assistance Center on Assessment for Children with Disabilities The Department of Education seeks applications for Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities-National Technical Assistance Center on Assessment for Children with Disabilities. The purpose of this program is to promote academic achievement and improve results for children with disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation activities that are supported by scientifically based research. An estimated award of $1,000,000 will be made to the successful applicant. Deadline: Sep. 7. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 8, 2005. Rural Community Development Initiative The Department of Agriculture announces the availability of approximately $6 million of grant funds for the Rural Community Development Initiative program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS). Applicants must provide matching funds in an amount at least equal to the Federal grant. These grants will be made to qualified intermediary organizations that will provide financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop their capacity and ability to undertake projects related to housing, community facilities, or community and economic development. Deadline: Nov. 3. WEB LINK. Federal Register, August 5, 2005. Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders The National Institute of Health requests applications for Enhancing Practice Improvement in Community-Based Care for Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse or Co-occurring Drug Abuse and Mental Disorders. This initiative is intended to enhance the capacity of community-based providers of drug abuse prevention/treatment services, including services for individuals with co-occurring mental disorders, to conduct practice improvement research. Such research may entail the examination of therapeutic and/or business practices currently in use but lacking scientific evidence of effectiveness, or it may entail examination of the adoption, implementation, and sustained use of science-based therapeutic and/or business innovations. NIH intends to commit approximately $1.9 million dollars in FY 2006 to fund 8-12 new grants in response to this RFA. Deadlines: Nov. 18 (letter of intent), Dec. 19 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide, August 5, 2005. Also see this listing:
NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25) The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) solicits proposals for the Education Grant Program, a flexible, curriculum-driven program aimed to create educational opportunities that will attract undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to careers in areas of biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK and to foster their career development. The NIDDK is especially interested in attracting students and postdoctoral fellows from scientific disciplines underrepresented in disease-oriented biomedical research such as engineering, informatics, computer science, and computational sciences, and encouraging them to apply their expertise to research relevant to diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases and nutrition, obesity research and prevention, and kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases. Deadlines: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, 2006, June 1, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 5, 2005. National Endowment for the Humanities -- Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) welcomes applications for its Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Grants support projects to improve specific areas of humanities education and are intended to serve as national models of excellence. They must draw upon scholarship in the humanities and use scholars and teachers as advisers. NEH is especially interested in projects that offer solutions to problems frequently encountered by teachers. Support is available for two types of projects: Curriculum Development and Materials Development. Curriculum development projects often involve collaboration among schools and institutions of higher education or organizations such as libraries or museums and regional and national consortia. Materials development projects involve groups of teachers and scholars working collaboratively to create resources such as sourcebooks, document collections, or teaching guides on specific humanities topics and texts. Deadline: Oct. 3.
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has again invited Duke University to submit one candidate for its Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Unlike the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, which places primary emphasis on undergraduate teaching and mentoring, the Camille is judged primarily on individual research attainment and promise (though evidence of teaching excellence is also expected). Nominees for the Camille award are normally expected to be within the first five years of their academic careers, and to hold full-time, tenure-track appointments in a department focused on the chemical sciences. Duke has been advised that these appointments could be in environmental sciences or pharmacology, as well as chemistry or biochemistry. The Foundation also has pointed out that, while there is no lower limit on time since beginning their appointments, competitive candidates in recent years have been past the two-year mark. If you are interested in this institutionally limited opportunity, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadline: Sep. 22 (Duke internal). Also see these listings:
FY 2005 NASA Research Announcement Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology: Announcement Postponed The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the postponement until further notice of FY 2005 NASA Research Announcement, Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 3, 2005. Unsolicited proposals to NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences Addressing Cross-Cutting Topics in Analysis, Modeling, and Computation of Stochastic Systems The National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) recognizes the needs and opportunities posed by a recent surge of research activities within the mathematical sciences community on analysis, modeling, and computation of inherently stochastic systems. Unsolicited research proposals to DMS addressing cross-cutting topics in one or more aspects of mathematical analysis, modeling, and computation of stochastic systems will be considered as a division-wide focused topic area. Such proposals will be managed by a team consisting of program directors in Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, and Probability Programs within DMS. (See the NSF web site, http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DMS.) Request for Information: Multinational Concept Development and Experimentation Conference The Naval Supply Systems Command has issued a call for academic papers/presentations and exhibits from industry for potential delivery at the upcoming Multinational Concept Development and Experimentation Conference in Berlin, Germany. The purpose of the conference is to provide a venue where NATO and non-NATO allies and international partners can share information and discuss best practices in the areas of concept development and experimentation which support transformation of their respective armed forces. Selected presenters are expected to cover their own expenses for travel and accommodations. There is no explicit/implicit government funding or future contracts associated with the acceptance of papers/presenters. Deadline: Aug. 31. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 3, 2005. NIH Implements New Process for Reimbursement of Peer Reviewers The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement a New System to Reimburse Reviewers Who Participate in NIH Peer Review Meetings that take place after September 30, 2005. This new system will ensure that expenses incurred while serving as a peer reviewer will be reimbursed at a comparable level to what is now reimbursed. Reviewers will no longer be required to submit vouchers and receipts for standard expenses. Under the new system that NIH is required to use, all peer reviewers must register with the U.S. Treasury Central Contractor Registration (CCR). This is a secure, federally controlled database for all non-federal persons, companies, or other entities doing business with the Federal government. The CCR will be used to reimburse review meeting related expenses and to pay consultant fees through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments directly to reviewer bank accounts. NIH strongly encourages all current and potential reviewers to register with CCR by Sep. 1. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, August 5, 2005. NASA Announcement of Opportunity for Radiation Belt Storm Probes Investigations and Geospace-Related Missions of Opportunity The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to release Announcement of Opportunity NNH05ZDA003O for the opportunity to conduct space science investigations through the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission, which is part of the Living with a Star (LWS) Geospace Program. This Announcement of Opportunity also invites proposals for Missions of Opportunity that effectively fulfill LWS Geospace specific objectives through an investigation that is carried on a mission sponsored by an organization other than NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Deadlines: Sep. 27 (notice of intent), Nov. 22 (proposal). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 3, 2005. Request for Information: Comments on the Identification of Mendelian Disorders by Genomic Sequencing The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is considering a program that would apply NHGRI's established large-scale sequencing capacity to problems of significant and direct medical interest. The Institute is trying to determine the extent to which investigators who are working on projects to identify genetic variations that cause human Mendelian disorders have encountered a barrier to completing their projects, which could be overcome by the acquisition of genomic sequence data. The NHGRI is particularly interested in cases in which a major roadblock to completing those projects could be overcome by large-scale sequencing, and where the amount of sequencing required would be prohibitive to the individual investigator. Investigators who are not currently in such circumstances, but who work in this area, are also invited to comment. The NHGRI invites investigators who are working to identify genetic variations causing human Mendelian disorders to provide the NIH with information about the status of their projects. Deadline: Nov. 4. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, August 2, 2005. Laboratory Animal Welfare Training to be held in St. Louis, Missouri The National Institutes of Health's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare will co-sponsor an IACUC 101 Workshop right before the National American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Conference on November 6, 2005. IACUC 101 is a full-day didactic and interactive training course that provides a basic yet comprehensive overview of the laws, regulations, and policies that govern the humane care and use of laboratory animals with examples and possible approaches for successful and effective administration. Participants will receive an extensive Resources Manual plus other valuable reference materials and information. The IACUC 101 session will be held in St. Louis, MO.
Opportunity to Use Women's Health Initiative Resources -- Advance Notice of BAA The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will publish Broad Agency Announcement BAA-NHLBI-WH-05-21, on or about January 9, 2006, to solicit proposals for the Opportunity to Use Women's Health Initiative Resources. The BAA will seek proposals to maximize the scientific yield from the biologic resource and associated participant exposure and outcome data generated by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) since 1993. The BAA will seek the application of technologies that enable comprehensive yet efficient investigation of sets of markers associated with disease outcomes, or of modulators and mediators that might substantively explain the pathway of exposure or treatment effects on disease outcomes. Primary disease outcomes will be cardiovascular diseases, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and fractures. The NHLBI anticipates awarding approximately 8-10 contracts for a two year period. Prospective offerors are invited to attend a pre-proposal conference on February 27, 2006 on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. WHI program information will be found at http://www.whi.org/ on or about December 1, 2005. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, July 28, 2005. Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening in the Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reissued PAR-05-060, Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening in the Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network (MLSCN). This reissuance introduces a new funding mechanism and new application requirements. Programmatic aspects remain the same. The goal of the MLSCN is to empower the research community to use small molecule compounds in their research, whether as tools to modulate genes and pathways, as imaging probes in basic or clinical applications, or as starting points for the development of new therapeutics for human disease. The MLSCN will be the engine of discovery in the NIH Roadmap Molecular Libraries initiative. Deadlines: Aug. 16, 2005, Dec. 21, 2005 and Apr. 20, 2006 (letter of intent); Sep. 14, 2005, Jan. 18, 2006 and Aug.-Sep. 2006 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, July 29, 2005. Inter-Agency PEPFAR Annual Program Statement for South Africa - Request for Concept Papers The US Agency for International Development has published the Inter-Agency PEPFAR Annual Program Statement (APS). APS solicits applications for funding from prospective new partners to support implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in South Africa. The US is seeking concept papers from prospective partners that will provide good quality, comprehensive and compassionate care for AIDS Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children. The goals of the PEPFAR initiative are to: Prevent 7 million new HIV infections; Treat at least 2 million HIV-infected people; and Care for 10 million HIV-affected individuals and AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. Deadline: Aug. 19. WEB LINK. FedGrants, July 28, 2005. Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities The Health Resources and Services Administration invites applications for the Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities. Under this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators. Communities must provide a scope of project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases for women and infants residing in the proposed project area. Services are to be given to both mother and infant for two years following delivery to promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of unhealthy risk behaviors. Deadline: Aug. 30. WEB LINK. FedGrants, July 28, 2005. Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite applications for the Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS. This RFA requests research on the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Although a variety of structural and environmental interventions have been employed successfully to reduce other drinking-related problems, there has been little research that extends such efforts into the realm of HIV/AIDS risk reduction. Deadline: Sep. 1, Jan. 2, 2006 and May 1, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 2, 2005. President's Malaria Initiative The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks proposals for the President's Malaria Initiative. The purpose of the program is to support malaria prevention and control and relevant ancillary activities (e.g., baseline evaluation, strategy development, training, monitoring and program evaluation) in Angola, Tanzania and Uganda. Applicants must show an established relationship with partner organizations in the country they propose for their project. Deadline: Sep. 2. WEB LINK. Federal Register, August 3, 2005. Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services for Infants of HIV Positive Mothers in the Republic of Haiti through Provision of Improved Pediatric HIV/AIDS Laboratory Diagnosis The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seeks applications that Strengthen HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services for Infants of HIV Positive Mothers in the Republic of Haiti through Provision of Improved Pediatric HIV/AIDS Laboratory Diagnosis. The purpose of this funding announcement is to progressively build an indigenous, sustainable response to the national HIV epidemic through the rapid expansion of innovative, culturally appropriate, high-quality HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions. In Haiti, Emergency Plan goals include treatment of at least 25,000 HIV-infected individuals and care for 125,000 HIV-infected and affected individuals, including orphans. The awardee will either implement activities directly or will implement them through its subgrantees and/or subcontractors; the awardee will retain overall financial and programmatic management under the oversight of HHS/CDC and the strategic direction of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator. Deadline: Sep. 6. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 5, 2005. Capacity-Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Microbiological Laboratory Program Development through Technical Assistance Collaboration The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a new funding opportunity, Capacity-Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Microbiological Laboratory Program Development through Technical Assistance Collaboration. A $2,000,000 cooperative agreement will be available to fund one organization to build progressively an indigenous, sustainable response to national HIV epidemics through the rapid expansion of innovative, culturally appropriate, high-quality HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions, and to support laboratory capacity building assistance for HIV/AIDS program development through technical assistance as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Deadline: Sep. 6. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 5, 2005. Department of Education Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects The Department of Education welcomes proposals for Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP). The purpose of the DRRP program is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities that help to maximize the full inclusion and integration of individuals with disabilities into society and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. One five year award of $750,000/yr is anticipated. Deadline: Sep. 13. WEB LINK. Federal Register, July 15, 2005. Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention and Control The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks applications for the Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention and Control. The purpose of this program is to provide qualified cancer research scientists in the fields of cancer prevention, control, behavioral, and/or population sciences with protected time to devote to research and to mentoring of new investigators. The award provides the recipient with annual salary support (up to the current Federal salary limit) for 25 percent to 50 percent effort, plus fringe benefits. The award also provides $25,000 per year in research-related expenses. Deadlines: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, Jun. 1. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, July 29, 2005. Gene/Environment Interaction in Neurodegenerative Disease The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) seeks applications for Gene/Environment Interaction in Neurodegenerative Disease. The objective of this program is to stimulate research on the relative roles of environmental, endogenous neurochemical and genetic factors in the causation of neurodegenerative diseases. The current year special focus is gene-environment interactions as a risk factor in ALS. Deadlines: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, Jun. 1. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, August 1, 2005. Hispanic Community Health Study Coordinating Center -- Presolicitation Notice The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) solicits proposals for a multicenter epidemiologic study to identify, recruit, examine, and follow up to four community-based cohorts of adults, all of Hispanic origin, of size 4,000 each, ages 18-74. The four cohorts will be majority Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and Central American. Distinctive factors hypothesized to influence risk (protective or harmful) to be measured include social, behavioral, occupational and lifestyle factors, and acculturation (e.g., nutrition habits, access to health care, role of family and community, cigarette smoking, sleep behaviors). Measures of obesity, activity, diabetes, lung function, cognitive function, hearing, dental conditions, and cardiovascular risk factors will also be studied. The Government anticipates that one contract for a Coordinating Center will be awarded. The RFP will be available on or about August 11, 2005. Deadline: Dec. 1 (estimated). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 8, 2005. Hispanic Community Health Study Field Centers -- Presolicitation Notice The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is interested in soliciting proposals for a multicenter epidemiologic study to identify, recruit, examine, and follow up to four community-based cohorts of adults, all of Hispanic origin, of size 4,000 each, ages 18-74. Distinctive factors hypothesized to influence risk to be measured include social, behavioral, occupational and lifestyle factors, and acculturation (e.g., nutrition habits, access to health care, role of family and community, cigarette smoking, sleep behaviors). Measures of obesity, activity, diabetes, lung function, cognitive function, hearing, dental conditions, and cardiovascular risk factors will also be studied. The period of performance is for seven years beginning on or around August 1, 2006. Deadline: Dec. 1 (estimated). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 3, 2005. Biology of RNA Interference: Stability, Delivery and Processing by Tissues The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for research projects to improve uptake, stability, processing, and delivery of RNA-I specific to target tissues and specific cell types. The participating Institutes intend to commit approximately $5,600,000 in FY 2006 to fund 13-17 new grants. Deadlines: Dec. 21 (letter of intent), Jan. 18, 2006 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 2, 2005. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) to Develop New Therapeutics and Monitoring Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes and its Complications The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite the small business community to apply cutting edge technology to investigate the development of new approaches to predict, prevent, treat, and cure Type 1 Diabetes and its complications. The total funds available will be approximately $4,000,000 in FY2006. Deadlines: Feb. 15, 2006 (letter of intent), Mar. 15, 2006 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, July 29, 2005. Also see these listings:
Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships The Association of Asian Studies supports a variety of Grants and Fellowships in Asian Studies, designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching in the field, and to integrate Asian Studies into the major academic disciplines. Citizenship: unrestricted. Deadline: Oct. 1. NSF International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops The National Science Foundation invites applications for the 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. Individual proposals can be submitted for:
It is expected that most Planning Visit/Workshop Award grantees will subsequently apply to disciplinary programs across the National Science Foundation for support of the resulting collaborative research. Deadlines (workshops): Sep. 20, Feb. 20, 2006, May 20, 2006. Cooperative Activities in Chemistry between US and German Investigators (NSF-DFG) The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Research Foundation), which are counterpart national funding organizations in the US and Germany respectively, seek to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in chemistry between US and German investigators. The NSF and DFG will accept collaborative research proposals that establish new partnerships between principal investigators from the US and Germany. Projects must have clear relevance to areas supported by both NSF and DFG Divisions of Chemistry. There are no new funds available for support of these projects. They will compete with unsolicited proposals received by the NSF and DFG Divisions of Chemistry. The NSF and DFG will utilize a common set of reviewers and make joint funding decisions. The use of cyberinfrastructure is strongly encouraged. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006. Also see this listing:
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Visiting Scholars Program The American Academy of Arts and Sciences welcomes applications for the Visiting Scholars Program. The fellowships will be awarded to post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty who can demonstrate that their work will make a substantial contribution in one or more of the Academy's four major research areas: Science and Global Security; Social Policy and American Institutions; Humanities and Culture; and Education. Proposals should take into account the Academy's emphasis on interdisciplinary work, as well as its interest in broadening public understanding of important intellectual trends and contemporary policy choices. In conjunction with its 225th anniversary, the Academy has launched a major archival initiative to preserve its historic papers and invites proposals that will draw upon these holdings as well. Deadline: Oct. 14. Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Grants for Duke Faculty and Staff The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation invites applications for its Grants program. The goal of the Foundation's Directors and Officers is to assist faculty and staff members of Duke University with new projects by providing seed money that might be difficult to obtain from other funding sources. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their projects with the Foundation's staff before submitting a proposal. Support is given to projects that fall within four areas:
These areas of interest may include new and/or ongoing international programs in the University. Grants normally range in size from $500- $5,000 and are available for one-year projects. Deadline: Oct. 31. INQUIRIES: Beth Eastlick 681-0405, beth.eastlick@duke.edu; WEB. Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I Solicitation FY-2006 (SBIR/STTR) The National Science Foundation seeks applications for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I Solicitation FY-2006 (SBIR/STTR) . The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. Deadline: Dec. 8. Also see this listing:
Physical Sciences & Engineering Mobile Networked Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MNM) Technology - Request for White Papers The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Technology Office (ATO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding Mobile Networked Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MNM) Technology Development. DARPA seeks to identify technologies that will result in a system of communications devices and software that are built from the ground-up to support the requirements and potential flexibility of a MNM enabled network. A MNM Workshop will be held at George Mason University, on September 14, 2005 at Arlington. DARPA requests white papers and input to the workshop in support of developing innovative and creative approaches to pursue the goals of the development of MNM technologies. Deadline: Sep. 7. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 9, 2005. Metals, Ceramics, and Nondestructive Evaluation Advanced Technology The Air Force Research Laboratory solicits research proposals for the Metals, Ceramics, and Nondestructive Evaluation Advanced Technology (MCNEAT) Program, a five-year, open-ended BAA. Proposals are being solicited for a new Research Topic/Call Six: "Robust Ceramic Composite Fabrication and Design Technologies". The objectives of this Call are to develop affordable, robust fabrication techniques, and design approaches for advanced ceramic composite materials critical to defense weapon systems and commercial sector applications. Deadline: Sep. 8. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 8, 2005. Imaging Spectrometer Focal Plane Array The Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate (VS), Space Based Infrared Technology Branch (AFRL/VSSS), at Kirtland AFB NM is interested in receiving proposals from all offerors for the Imaging Spectrometer Focal Plane Array (ISFPA) program. The intent of this program is to posture the DOD for current and future-generation hyperspectral sensing applications by developing a single, multipurpose, high performance, large format array that operates simultaneously in the Visible and Short Wavelength Infrared (VIS-SWIR). The Government anticipates that the combined value of the award will be between $3 and $6 Million and will be accomplished within a two year time frame. Deadline: Sep. 22. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 9, 2005. DARPA Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) Program -- Proposers' Day Workshop The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announces a Proposers' Day Workshop for the Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) Program. The NAV Program is a technology development and integration program to demonstrate the capability to develop an extremely small (<5 cm), ultra-lightweight (<10g) air vehicle capable of both hover and forward flight while carrying a 2 gram pay-load. The Proposers' Day will be held on Sep. 29, in Arlington, VA. An $80.00 registration fee is required. The goals of this meeting are: to familiarize participants with DARPA's interest in cutting edge Nano Air Vehicle technology, identify potential bidders and promote their understanding of the goals of the effort, and promote discussion of synergistic capabilities among potential program participants. Deadline: Sep. 26 (pre-registration). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 9, 2005. Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques to Measure the Physical Parameters Involved during the Inflation and Descent Phases of Round Parachutes and Ram-Air Inflated Parafoils The US Army Research requests white papers via a Request for Information on Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques to Measure the Physical Parameters involved during the Inflation and Descent Phases of Round Parachutes and Ram-Air Inflated Parafoils. The objectives of the measurements are to monitor the aerodynamics and structural dynamics of parachutes (full-scale and small-scale parachutes) and t o provide a database for the verification and validation of the mathematical/computer models currently being developed by NSC to predict the performance of parachutes. Information on Broad Agency Announcement 05-07 can be found at https://www3.natick.army.mil/ssbaa.htm. Deadline: Oct. 31. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, August 9, 2005. New Technical Topic added to DARPA BAA -- Advanced Technology Office (ATO): Advanced Technologies The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has added a new technical topic to BAA05-13, Advanced Technology Office (ATO): Advanced Technologies. DARPA is currently soliciting proposals for topic 42, Network Centric Warfare. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, August 8, 2005. Also see these listings:
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US Institute of Peace Grant Competition The US Institute of Peace announces its upcoming Fall 2005 Solicited and Unsolicited Grant Competition. The Solicited Grant competition is restricted to projects that fit specific themes and topics identified in advance by the Institute of Peace for fall 2005 solicited competition: 1) The Rule of Law in African Countries Emerging from Violent Conflict, and 2) Education and Islam. In the Unsolicited Grant program, any project that fits within the Institute's general mandate of international conflict management is eligible. There are no content or disciplinary restrictions. Deadline: Oct. 1. NSF Sociology Program Grants The National Science Foundation (NSF) welcomes applications for Sociology program grants. The Sociology program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. The Sociology Program also funds doctoral dissertation research to defray direct costs associated with conducting research, for example, dataset acquisition, additional statistical or methodological training, meeting with scholars associated with original datasets, and fieldwork away from the student's home campus. Deadlines: Oct. 15 (dissertation), Jan. 15, 2006 (proposal), Feb. 15, 2006 (dissertation). Also see these listings:
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