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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program The Institute of Museum and Library Services welcomes application to the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The program supports efforts to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians and the faculty who will prepare them for careers in library science. It also supports grants for research related to library education and library staffing needs, curriculum development, and continuing education and training. Program priorities include Research, Programs to Build Institutional Capacity, Continuing Education and Training, Master's Level Program, Doctoral Programs, and Preprofessional Programs: Deadline: Dec. 15. WEB LINK. The Also see this listing:
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership has announced funding opportunities for small-scale education initiatives in the WEB LINK. The The United States Golf Association (USGA) supports tax-exempt organizations that use the game of golf and its life lessons as a vehicle to improve the quality of life for individuals and for society in general. The USGA will consider funding requests for the following items: golf course and practice range access; golf instruction; golf equipment, including adaptive golf equipment for individuals with disabilities; transportation; and construction costs for alternative, beginner-friendly golf courses and golf facilities in areas where there are obstacles to affordable access to the game. Deadline: Jan. 20, 2006. WEB LINK. The Giant Step Award Program Thomson Gale and School Library Journal (SLJ) accept applications for the Giant Step Award Program to recognize outstanding school and public libraries that are providing the type of excellent programs and services that greatly impact student learning and development, both in school and beyond. Thomson Gale will distribute $10,000 in cash prizes. In addition, the winning library or libraries will receive a gala celebration at the American Library Association Annual Conference as well as a cover story in the June issue of School Library Journal. SLJ will also highlight other entrants deemed to be high achievers. Deadline: Feb. 15, 2006. Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund Talbots welcomes applications for the Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund. This program annually awards five $10,000 scholarships and fifty $1,000 scholarships to women seeking a bachelor's or associate's degree later in life. To be eligible, applicants must be women currently residing in the Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Program The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accepts applications for the Mainstream Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Program. The purpose of the Mainstream Program is to provide vouchers under the Housing Choice Voucher Program to enable persons with disabilities (elderly and non-elderly) to access affordable private housing. Public housing agencies and nonprofit organizations that provide services to the disabled are eligible to apply. Approximately $10.2 million for the five-year budget authority is anticipated to fund approximately 250 vouchers. Deadline: Jan. 3, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 2, 2005. Z. Smith Reynolds Fellowship The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation offers a Foundation Fellowship each year for up to two years for a North Carolinian who demonstrates an interest in philanthropy, public policy, the nonprofit sector and/or community service. The fellowship begins July 1 each year, and applications must be postmarked by January 21. The fellow acts as a junior program officer and works with the Foundation staff in evaluating grant proposals and visiting with grant applicants. The fellow performs specific duties on established Foundation projects, but is also allowed flexibility to work on projects of personal interest. Fellows in years past have done very significant work with long-lasting benefits to the Foundation and the people of 2006 CiviConnections Grants for Service-Learning Projects The Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Council for the Social Studies request applications for CiviConnections, a three-year teacher grant program. A team of three teachers can apply for a $7,500 grant to cover their costs for attending a CiviConnections summer workshop, implementing the program during the fall of 2006, and attending the 2006 NCSS Annual Conference in WEB LINK. The OVC FY06 Training &Technical Assistance for Children's Justice Grantees The Office of Justice Programs welcomes applications for OVC FY06 Training &Technical Assistance for Children's Justice Grantees. The purpose of the program is to provide nonprofit grantees with hands-on training and technical assistance that is culturally relevant. This training should be designed to enhance their ability to improve the investigation, prosecution, and handling of child abuse cases, especially cases of child sexual abuse, in a manner that increases support for and lessens trauma to child abuse victims. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. Balance Bar Individual/Team Grants and Community Grants The Balance Bar Food Company offers grants to help individuals, teams, and community organizations pursue their goals.
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NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program The National Science Foundation (NSF) again invites applications for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Talent Expansion Program (STEP). STEP seeks to increase the number of students (US citizens or permanent residents) pursuing and receiving associates or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within STEM disciplines. For the NSF Feb. 9 deadline, Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. As a school with between 5,000 and 15,000 undergraduate students, An institution is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal (there are no institutional limitations on Type 2 proposals). Anyone interested in submitting a Type 1 STEP proposal, or participating in a Type 1 STEP consortium proposal for the 9 February 2006 full proposal deadline, should submit the following items to Ken Macdonald in the Office of Research Support (kwmac@duke.edu, 681-5988) by the Dec. 5 internal deadline.
Deadlines: Dec. 5 (Duke internal for Type 1 STEP proposal). Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intends to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) soliciting applications that focus on Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again. This RFA is expected to be published in November 2005. This funding opportunity will enable the development of novel programs that provide integrated research education and research training in neuroscience and the theoretical and technological approaches of computational neuroscience. Applications in response to this RFA must include a full-time undergraduate research training component that will combine coursework and hands-on laboratory research experience and may also include a short-term research education component for scientists at all stages of the career continuum and/or a predoctoral research training component. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Training in Neuroscience Imaging: Integrating First Principles and Applications The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intends to publish a Request for Applications (RFA) soliciting applications that focus on Training in Neuroscience Imaging: Integrating First Principles and Applications. This RFA is expected to be published in November 2005. This funding opportunity will enable the development of novel, interdisciplinary training programs that integrate comprehensive training in basic neuroscience, the technologies of in vivo neuroscience imaging, and the application of these technologies to understanding questions in neuroscience across the lifespan. Applications in response to this RFA must include a predoctoral institutional research training program that provides: 1) integrated training in the technologies of in vivo imaging and their application; 2) training that spans multiple imaging modalities; and 3) training for graduate students from the quantitative, engineering and physical/chemical sciences, as well as from biomedical/biological disciplines. In addition, each training program must offer short term research education opportunities for scientists at all stages of the career continuum who are interested in neuroscience imaging. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. Also see this listing:
Academia Resource Management Laboratory Cooperative Program -- Faculty Fellowships Academia Resource Management (ARM) (formerly Associated Western Universities, Inc.) offers fellowships to provide faculty members the opportunity to participate in and contribute to research and applied technology at a sponsoring facility. This cooperative program facilitates the development and strengthening of long-term collaborative relationships and technology transfer between facility and faculty researchers. Budget requests may include a stipend up to the faculty member's certified college/university salary and travel expenses to and from the facility with a modest relocation or housing allowance. Generally, awards are made during the summer or during authorized sabbatical leaves. Renewals are competitive and require reapplication annually. Deadline: Continuous. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert, October 10, 2005. NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is announced a new amendment to ROSES-2005, NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities. This amendment solicits investigations as part of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities experiment, to be conducted during the special Observation Period (SOP-3) of September 2006. Deadlines: Nov. 21 (Notice of Intent), Jan. 20, 2006 (proposal). Support for National Environmental Monitoring Conference The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering financial assistance to a technically qualified, eligible organization (nonprofit and universities) interested in sponsoring the National Environmental Monitoring Conference (NEMC). The conference encompasses all environmental media (e.g., water, air, solid waste, pesticides) and all of the EPA's monitoring programs with the exception of criteria pollutants in air (e.g., hazardous waste, wastewater, drinking water, source emissions, Superfund, pesticides). Deadline: Nov. 30. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 2, 2005. Valuation for Environmental Policy in Environmentally-Related Human Health Risks The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research in three areas of interest concerning the Valuation for Environmental Policy in Environmentally-Related Human Health Risks. The areas of interest are: 1) studies developing values, functions, and models for estimating the economic value of changes in morbidity risks, 2).studies developing or improving benefit transfer methods for morbidity valuation and, 3) studies improving primary methods for morbidity valuation. Deadline: Dec. 1. Leakey Foundation General Research Grants The Leakey Foundation provides General Research Grants to support research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archeology, and human paleontology; into the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and into the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Advanced doctoral students are eligible. The stipend amount ranges from $3,000 to $13,500 for doctoral students. Larger grants of up to $22,000 are occasionally awarded, most often to postdoctoral students or senior scientists. Deadlines: Dec. 15, Jul. 15, 2006. EPA Regional Priorities Grant Program The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a RFP for the Fiscal Year 2006 Regional Priorities Grant Program. EPA Region 8 seeks project proposals that will achieve measurable environmental and public health results within the following priority areas: Energy, Agriculture, and Enhancing Capacity to Provide Public Health and Environmental Protection in Region 8 States and on Tribal Lands Deadlines: Dec. 20. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. EPA Region 4 Environmental Priorities The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) solicits proposals for projects to address Region 4 Environmental Priorities that meet national Regional Geographic Initiative (RGI) and Environmental Priorities Program (EPP) funding criteria. Some grants awarded under this announcement may involve geospatial information. Deadlines: Dec. 20. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. 2007-2009 Kleinhans Fellowship The Rainforest Alliance accepts applications for the Kleinhans Fellowship. The fellowship supports research to better understand and improve the impacts of non-timber forest product harvest and marketing on rural livelihoods and tropical forest ecosystems. A successful application will outline the need for research, its potential applications and its likely impact on local communities and forest ecosystems. The Kleinhans Fellowship research area is restricted to EPA Greater Research Opportunities: Environmentally Benign Manufacturing and Processing The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks applications proposing approaches directed at avoiding or minimizing the generation of pollutants at the source. A new generation of cleaner industrial manufacturing and processing technologies is needed that supports pollution avoidance/prevention, efficient resource and energy use, and industrial ecology. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. NSF National Space Weather Program The National Science Foundation (NSF) solicits proposals for research in support of the National Space Weather Program (NSWP), a multi-agency Federal research program seeking to mitigate the adverse effects of space weather. The NSWP goal is to ultimately achieve timely, accurate, and reliable space environment observations, specifications, and forecasts. Proposals may be submitted for basic research in solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric, ionospheric, and thermospheric physics aimed at meeting the goals of the NSWP. Deadlines: Jan. 16, 2006 (annual). Ecology of Infectious Diseases The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the John E. Fogarty International Center requests applications for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases program. The revised solicitation supports the development of predictive models and discovery of principles for relationships between anthropogenic environmental change and transmission of infectious agents. Research should focus on understanding the ecological determinants of transmission by vectors or abiotic agents, the population dynamics of reservoir species, and transmission to humans or other hosts. Proposals may focus on either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms. Proposals that focus on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged. Proposals are encouraged to include links to the public health research community, including epidemiologists, medical entomologists, virologists, and parasitologists. The agencies anticipate funding 7 awards from $8,000,000 in FY 2006. Deadlines: Feb. 10, 2006. Lewis and The American Philosophical Society welcomes applications to the Lewis and Assembling the Tree of Life The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks applications for Assembling the Tree of Life. An assembly of a framework phylogeny, or Tree of Life, for all 1.7 million described species is the overall goal of the Assembling the Tree of Life activity. The NSF announces its intention to continue support of multidisciplinary teams to conduct creative and innovative research that will resolve phylogenetic relationships for large groups of organisms on the Tree of Life. Teams of investigators also will be supported for projects in data acquisition, analysis, algorithm development and dissemination in computational phylogenetics and phyloinformatics. Each award, whether single-institution or collaborative project, may range up to $3M total, for durations up to five years. Deadlines: Mar. 27, 2006. Also see these listings:
Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on IRB Operations The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) understands that the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been devastating to areas in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi, and as a result, some human subject protection programs at institutions in the affected areas are unable to function, and may be unable to for some time. OHRP has prepared information to help institutions and institutional review boards (IRBs) manage the hurricanes' impact on oversight of research and research subject interventions. WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research: Amendments and Corrections to RFA-ES-05-004 The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has issued an amendment to RFA-ES-05-004, Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research. The amendment contains important information for applicants. The deadline is unchanged. Deadline: Nov. 23 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives On December 8, the White House and the Departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health & Human Services, Housing & Urban Development, and Education, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration will host a conference in Duke University School of Medicine Faculty Development Program As part of its Faculty Development Program, the Duke University School of Medicine offers a series of faculty seminars. The seminars provide interesting and helpful information for grant managers and administrators as well.
Joint ADL Co-Laboratory BAA - FY06 Prototype Programs: Change in Due Date The Naval Air Systems Command announces a change in due date for the FY06 Prototype Program Focus Areas research program. The original due date of Nov. 15 is extended to Nov. 25 (white paper submission). WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, November 2, 2005. National Children's Study Vanguard Centers Meeting Announced The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development invites registration for the National Children's Study Assembly Meeting, November 29-30, 2005 at the Omni Shoreham in WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, November 2, 2005.
Michael J. Fox Foundation -- 2005 Clinical Discovery Program The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research announces the launch of the 2005 Clinical Discovery Program. The program seeks out proposals that stimulate well-designed clinical research projects focused on potentially high-impact approaches to the field of Parkinson's disease. Proposals may range from studies that focus on understanding Parkinson's disease in humans and developing scales for measuring Parkinson's, to research supporting experimental new therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Applicants may request a project period of up to three years, with an annual budget of up to $200,000. Deadline: Nov. 21 (letter of intent). WEB LINK. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs The National Institutes of Health accept applications for its Loan Repayment Programs, which can repay up to $35,000 a year of qualified educational debt for health professionals pursuing careers in clinical, pediatric, contraception and infertility, or health disparities research. The programs also provide coverage for Federal and state tax liabilities. Applicants must have a doctoral-level degree, devote 50% or more of their time to non-profit or government-funded research, and have education debt equaling at least 20% of their institutional base salary. National Osteoporosis Foundation 2006 Research Grants The National Osteoporosis Foundation is accepting applications for Research Grants from investigators in not-for-profit institutions in the American Federation for Aging Research Grant Program The American Federation for Aging Research seeks application for the following Grant Programs:
Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars & Fellows Program The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York City, seeks applicants wishing to pursue a business degree at a highly ranked school of business, anticipating a career focus on the management/leadership of institutions serving the elderly. Exceptions to the MBA requirement will be considered to support MHA programs when the course of study is well beyond that required for licensure as a nursing home administrator. The Scholars Program offers grant support of $50,000 to successful candidates who will commence or continue education by July 1, 2006 or no later than September 1st 2006. This $50,000 award may be used over a one or two year period. Deadline: Jan. 10, 2006. WEB LINK. The Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials Network: Clinical Coordinating Center The National Institutes of Health requests applications for the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) Network: Clinical Coordinating Center (U01) initiative The goal of this initiative is to create a clinical research network of emergency medicine physicians, neurologists, and neurosurgeons who will work together to efficiently develop more and better treatments for patients with acute neurological disorders through execution of NINDS-sponsored clinical trials. Funding of the clinical sites (hubs) and funding of the statistical coordinating center will be through separate RFAs. The statistical center RFA will follow the clinical coordinating center RFA by 6-12 months. Approximately $1,000,000 in direct costs will be set aside for the first year, FY 2006 cooperative agreement. Deadlines: Dec. 12 (letter of intent), Jan. 10, 2006 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Research Programs The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) funds innovative science and clinical research aimed at accelerating progress toward a cure for juvenile diabetes. Research programs include Regular and Innovative Grants, Program Projects, Clinical Investigations, Training Awards, Industry Discovery & Development Partnerships, and Research Centers Grants.
Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights The Global Health Council invites nominations for the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights to honor a leading practitioner in health and human rights, and to help call attention to the vital links between health and human rights. The award will be presented to a practitioner in health and human rights, be it an individual or organization. The award is a substantial cash prize and is intended to allow its recipients a measure of freedom to pursue their work in the area of global health and human rights. Deadline: Jan. 30, 2006. Rett Syndrome Research Grants The Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (RSRF) accepts applications for Research Grants for international biomedical research for the treatment and cure of Rett Syndrome. RSRF seeks to encourage research that encompasses innovative approaches and techniques that will lead to National Institutes of Health and other funding sources. Grants are made for technical support, supplies, equipment, and relevant travel. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2006. Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine seeks proposal for Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CERC). The purpose of the program is to provide a vehicle for accomplished researchers to apply their expertise to address complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research questions, with an emphasis on applying cutting-edge scientific approaches to elucidating the mechanisms of action of WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health The National Institutes of Health (NIH) encourages investigators to submit research grant applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies that test models to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. Deadlines: Jan. 23, 2006, Jan. 12, 2007, Jan. 12, 2008 (letter of intent); Feb. 23, 2006, Feb. 12, 2007, Feb. 12, 2008 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. Non-injection Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requests applications for a study of Non-injection Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the PA is to encourage drug abuse research that elucidates the contribution of non-injection drug abuse to the acquisition and/or transmission and/or disease progression of HIV/AIDS. Deadlines: Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 1 (application); May 1, Sep. 1, Jan. 2 (AIDS application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. Cure Autism Now Awards Cure Autism Now (CAN) annually solicits proposals that advance the state of knowledge in critical areas of autism, from basic research to clinical applications.
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International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Awards The Fogarty International Center (FIC) invites applications for International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Awards to develop graduate level curricula and provide opportunities for developing country academics, researchers and health professionals in international research ethics related to performing research involving human subjects. New applications focusing on research ethics education/training for WEB LINK. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, October 28, 2005. The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at US organizations to submit proposals for Arctic Research Opportunities and to perform research and data analysis. The goal is to gain a better understanding of the Earth's physical, biological, geological, chemical, social and cultural processes, and the interactions of ocean, land, atmosphere, biological, and human systems in the Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program The Council of American Overseas Research Centers seeks applications for the Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program. The program is open to US doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in a field in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. It is anticipated that approximately ten awards of up to $9,000 each will be given to scholars who wish to carry out research on broad questions of multi-country significance. Scholars must carry out research in at least one of the countries that host overseas research centers -- namely, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal/West Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, West Bank/Gaza Strip, and Yemen -- as well as in other countries, unless subject to official security and/or travel restrictions or warnings. Doctoral candidates who have completed all Ph.D. requirements with the exception of the dissertation as well as established postdoctoral scholars are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams. Preference will be given to candidates planning to examine comparative and/or cross-regional questions requiring research in two or more countries. All applicants must be US citizens. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006. International Research Collaboration on Drug Addiction The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 2, 2005.
Major Research Instrumentation Program The National Science Foundation (NSF) accepts proposals for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. The purpose of the program is to assist institutions in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. Proposals will be considered for instrumentation used for any NSF-supported field of science, mathematics, or engineering. Proposals may be for a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common focus. Awards for instrumentation will normally range from $100 K to $2 M. Ph.D.-granting institutions may submit requests for less than $100 K only for the mathematical, social, behavioral, and/or economic sciences. Proposers may request an award period up to three years for acquisition proposals and up to five years for development proposals. An institution may submit or be included as a partner or subawardee on up to three proposals: two proposals for instrument acquisition or development, plus a third solely for instrument development. If you are interested in this institutionally limited opportunity, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadlines: Dec. 5. (Duke internal review). INQUIRIES: Dragana Brzakovic (Staff Associate, NSF Office of Integrative Activities) 703/292-8040, dbrzakov@nsf.gov; WEB. 2006 Medical Science and Technology Chemical and Biological Defense Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative The Department of Defense (DoD) solicits proposals for the 2006 Medical Science And Technology Chemical And Biological Defense Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) This BAA is focused on developing medical counter-measures to emerging threats, genetically engineered and nontraditional toxins, virulence factors and microorganisms as biological warfare (BW) threat agents. It is anticipated that these counter-measures would include pre-treatments (including vaccine enhancement technology), therapeutics and basic science to characterize the nature of the threat and identify key targets for intervention or disruption of these agents. The agent classes that are to be focused on are: intra-cellular bacterial pathogens, hemorrhagic fever viruses and bioregulators. Approaches include studying the genetic diversity and pathogenicity of natural isolates, identifying common structural elements of specific agents or classes of agents (preferred), elucidating common virulence mechanisms (such as type III secretory proteins), identifying functional domains in toxins and virulence factors, and using this information to develop rapid and effective medical countermeasures protecting against genetically engineered or emerging BW threats. Deadline: Jan. 3, 2006. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, October 31, 2005. The Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense (SERCEB) invites applications for Developmental Project Program awards. The goal of SERCEB is to develop vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for select agents and emerging infections to protect society from these pathogens. The program invites new projects from both established and new investigators in all areas, including vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, new technologies, and bioinformatics from member or affiliate member institutions within Region IV. Deadline: Jan. 1, 2006.
Physical Sciences & Engineering Visiting Industrial Scholar Program Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) announces the Visiting Industrial Scholar Program to help support visits by senior industrial scientists to ORAU member institutions. The primary goal of the program is to foster interactions between faculty and students at member institutions and industrial scientists. The form of the interaction is left to the individual institution: seminars, lectures, cooperative project development, etc. Deadline: Dec. 9. Analog Spectral Processors The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) solicits research proposals in the area of Radio Frequency Analog Spectral Processors. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices or systems. DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following areas: Tunable RF filters and filter banks, RF switches, and high-speed high-performance component integration strategies. Advances in these areas will be applied towards the realization of a compact low-power RF front-end for handheld communications applications. Specifically excluded is research which primarily results in evolutionary improvement to the existing state of practice. Deadline: Dec. 20. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, October 31, 2005. Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) invites applications for the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. The awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at ORAU member institutions. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. Full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their initial tenure track appointment (2/3/2004 through 2/3/2006) at the time of application are eligible. Deadline: Feb. 3, 2006. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle 3 Call for Proposals On behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Spitzer Space Telescope Project, the Spitzer Science Center (SSC) at Caltech is pleased to announce the release of the Cycle-3 Call for Proposals (CP) for Spitzer Space Telescope Observations and funding for Archival and Theoretical Research programs. Investigators worldwide from all types of institutions are eligible to submit proposals in response to this CP. Deadline: Feb. 16, 2006. CISE Computing Research Infrastructure The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks proposals for the CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) program. The CRI program supports the acquisition, development, enhancement, and operation of research infrastructure that enables discovery, learning, and innovation in all computing fields supported by CISE. The CRI program will make three kinds of awards: 1) Infrastructure Acquisition -- These awards have budgets up to 2,000,000. 2) Community Resource Development -- These awards have budgets from $300,000 to over $800,000. 3) Planning -- These awards facilitate the preparation of a proposal for a medium or large infrastructure acquisition grant. Deadlines: July 24, 2006 (letter of intent - fourth Monday in July annually), Aug. 28, 2006 (full proposal - fourth Monday in August annually). Also see these listings:
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Title VIII Research Scholarships The Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies accepts applications for Title VIII Research Scholarships. The scholarships, lasting three to nine months, are available to academic participants in the early stages of their career (before tenure) or scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed. For non-academics, an equivalent degree of professional achievement is expected. Eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level for academic participants, although doctoral candidates in the process of completing a dissertation may apply (the dissertation must be successfully defended before taking residence at the Kennan Institute). Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. Research proposals examining the countries of 2006-2007 Congressional Fellowships The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is accepting applications for Congressional Fellowship positions. The SRCD seeks candidates who want to have an impact on the way child development research informs public policy. Fellowships offer scholars an exciting opportunity to come to Executive Branch Policy Fellowship Program The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) seeks applications for the Executive Branch Policy Fellowship Program, which is designed to provide greater interaction between the developmental research community and federal research programs and policies. Following a two-week science policy orientation program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), fellows spend a year working as resident scholars in a federal agency that sponsors developmental research, providing advice and guidance to programs. The SRCD Washington Office is available as a resource for the fellows throughout the year. Deadline: Dec. 15. Research Grants for Suicide Prevention The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) awards Research Grants for investigators conducting clinical, biological, or psychosocial research on the problem of suicide. Grants are designed to support research on suicide from a variety of disciplines, including psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, and others. Deadline: Dec. 15. Oak Institute Fellowship: Human Rights and the Environment The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Research on Mental Health Economics The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites applications for the Research on Mental Health Economics program to develop more efficient and equitable mechanisms of financing mental health services. The purpose of this program is to continue encouraging investigator-initiated research on mental health economics in order to further advance this scientific knowledge base which can assist finding and applying innovative strategies for financing and reimbursing mental health care. The research invited under this program announcement is also intended to maintain the contribution of applied economic analysis to the integration and expansion of psychiatric care into non-specialty settings and to enhance interdisciplinary approaches to scientific inquiry. Deadlines: Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 1. Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research: Youth Violence, Suicidal Behavior, Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests applications for Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research: Youth Violence, Suicidal Behavior, Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence. The purpose of the program is to help expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies. The CDC will provide $1,960,000 to fund six to eight grants in FY2006. Deadlines: Feb. 1, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, November 3, 2005. New Voices accepts applications for the New Voices National Fellowship Program, a capacity-building and leadership development grant program that assists nonprofit organizations and professionals entering fields related to human rights and social justice. The program is designed to help community-based and nonprofit organizations bring innovative, fresh talent to their staffs and to cultivate and strengthen the leadership potential of these "new voices." New Voices Fellows are offered financial assistance, training, and other opportunities for personal and professional development. Their host organizations are provided salary-support grants and other benefits to employ the fellow for two years. Deadline: Feb. 13, 2006. Also see these listings:
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