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Use the Links at the Right to navigate amongst the various sections of this archived Funding Alert newsletter. Download Issue: The Yard -- Bessie Schonberg Choreographers and Dancers Residency The Yard, a performing artists' colony on Martha's Vineyard, supports the creation of new work by providing choreographers and dancers with housing, stipends, rehearsal space, public performance, artistic guidance when needed, and uninterrupted time to explore and experiment. Deadline: Nov. 9. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. Harold Morton Landon Translation Award The WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005.
Nickelodeon Let's Just Play Giveaway Program Nickelodeon, the children's TV network, has launched the 2005-2006 Let's Just Play Giveaway Program. For ten months, Nickelodeon will award a minimum of 20 winners per month with $5,000 each to help facilitate play in their community. To enter, kids (6-15 years of age), partnering with teachers and other community-based leaders, must tell Nickelodeon what they need for their public or private school (grades K-9) or community-based after-school organization to help them play better and why, and give three reasons why play is important. Deadline: Rolling (until May 31, 2006). WEB LINK. The Community Technology Centers' Network Neighborhoods Grants Program The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) will award Youth Visions grants to eight WEB LINK. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Innovation Fund The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation invites brief proposals for grants to its Innovation Fund. The grants will support new or existing programs that provide individualized mentorships and/or internships serving high-achieving, low- to moderate-income high school or college-age students. The fund provides one-time grants to spark the creation or expansion of innovative education programs focusing on mentorship or internship programs serving high-achieving, low- to moderate-income high school or college students. Each grant will total up to $150,000, cover one or two years of program work, and is non-renewable. The foundation anticipates awarding three grants. Deadline: Oct. 3. WEB LINK. The 2006 Harris Wofford Awards for Youth Service Youth Service America is accepting applications to the 2006 Harris Wofford Award. Sponsored by State Farm Companies Foundation, the award recognizes extraordinary achievements in three categories: Youth (ages 5-25), Organization (nonprofit, corporate, foundation), and Media (organization or individual) for actively contributing towards making service and service-learning the common expectation and common experience of every young person. The recipient in the Youth category will receive a $500 award and a $500 award for the non-profit organization of choice. Deadline: Oct. 12. HUD CD-TA CDBG Program The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is accepting applications for the CD-TA CDBG Program. The purpose of the CD-TA Programs is to provide assistance to achieve the highest level of performance and results for six separate community development program areas: HOME, CHDO-HOME, HOMELESS, HOPWA, CDBG, and YOUTHBUILD. Deadline: Oct. 13. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 13, 2005. James Patterson PageTurner Awards Bestselling author James Patterson and the Time Warner Book Group announce the creation of the James Patterson PageTurner Award, an annual cash prize intended to single out and support the people, companies, schools, and other institutions who find original and effective ways to promote the excitement of books. The $25,000 PageTurner Award will go to a person, group, company, or institution that spreads the excitement of books in an effective and original way. The $25,000 PageTurner School Award will go to an elementary school, middle school, high school, or college that inculcates the joy of reading for pleasure in its students. There will also be twenty-five $1,000 awards of merit to individuals and organizations that have made notable contributions to promoting the excitement of books and reading. Deadline: Oct. 15. WEB LINK. The State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Youth Service America is accepting applications for State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants. One hundred $1,000 grants are available for teachers, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day, April 21-23, 2006 (US applicants only). Deadline: Oct. 17. The Grammy Foundation accepts applications to the Grammy Signature Schools program which annually honors exceptional WEB LINK. The EPA President's Environmental Youth Awards Program The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) welcomes applications for the President's Environmental Youth Awards. The program recognizes young people across WEB LINK. The Self-Help Homeownership The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seeks applications for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP). SHOP funds are intended to facilitate and encourage innovative homeownership opportunities on a national geographically diverse basis through self-help housing programs that require a significant amount of sweat-equity by the homebuyer towards the construction or rehabilitation of the dwelling. Deadline: Nov. 7. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 9, 2005. Environmental Support Center's Leadership and Enhanced Assistance Program The Environmental Support Center provides assistance to grassroots environmental groups through LEAP (Leadership and Enhanced Assistance Program), a two-year organizational development program. Participant organizations attend a workshop in which they undertake an organizational assessment, receive training to prepare to lead organizational change, and exchange information with their peers. After the workshop, each participant group receives up to $10,000 to hire consultants and trainers to work with it to address two to three organizational development issues. To be eligible for LEAP, groups should be local, state, or regional nonprofit organizations working on environmental issues; be environmental justice organizations, environmental activist organizations, or networks and coalitions made up of and formed by environmental justice and/or activist groups; have 501(c)(3) status or an eligible fiscal sponsor; and have a budget between $50,000 and $500,000. Deadline: Nov. 18. WEB LINK. The Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program The Department of Agriculture, WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. VSA arts Young Soloists Award The VSA arts Young Soloists Award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians with disabilities, ages 25 and under, who have exhibited exceptional talents as vocalists or instrumentalists. All types of music are accepted - country, classical, jazz, rap, rock, bluegrass, world, etc. A committee of distinguished music professionals selects the award recipients who receive $5,000 awards and the opportunity to perform at the WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. Also see this listing:
The National Science Foundation welcomes application for the revised Geoscience Education (GeoEd) program. The GeoEd program considers proposals submitted under one of two tracks.
Pharmaceutical Public Education Grants -- Prescriber Curriculum Development and Dissemination The Public Health Trust is accepting applications for a Pharmaceutical Public Education Grants program. The program will fund the development, dissemination, and evaluation of curricula to provide practicing health professionals, and those in training, with the critical skills necessary to evaluate prescription drug information and industry marketing techniques, and to apply this knowledge to their own prescribing practices. The total amount requested should not exceed $400,000, and the project period should not exceed two years. The grants program is part of a 2004 settlement with Warner-Lambert that resolved off-label marketing allegations involving the W-L division of Pfizer, Inc. The grants represent the first phase of a multi-phase funding strategy developed by a special committee of state attorneys general. The Special Committee is comprised of six permanent members: the Attorneys General of WEB LINK. The NSF-NIBIB Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes Program The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) are collaborating on an effort, the Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Institutes Program. The purpose of the program is to provide undergraduate and early-stage graduate students majoring in the biological sciences, computer sciences, engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences with well-planned, interdisciplinary bioengineering or bioinformatics research and education experiences in active 'Summer Institutes', thereby increasing the number of individuals pursuing careers in bioengineering and bioinformatics at the graduate level and beyond. The last proposal solicitation for this program was in 2002. If you are interested in this institutionally limited opportunity, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadlines: Oct. 11 (Duke internal), Nov. 29 (NSF). Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY 2006 The National Science Foundations seek applications for Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY 2006. The program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by supporting research, dissemination of research, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce. Typical projects will contribute to the knowledge base addressing gender-related differences in learning and in the educational experiences that affect student interest, performance, and choice of careers; and how pedagogical approaches and teaching styles, curriculum, student services, and institutional culture contribute to causing or closing gender gaps that persist in certain fields. Projects will disseminate and apply findings, evaluation results, and proven good practices and products. The Research on Gender in Science and Engineering program has been funding these objectives since 1993, under the prior names: Program for Women and Girls, Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, and Gender Diversity in STEM Education. The estimated number of awards is 20-25 grants per year. Deadlines: Nov. 4 (preliminary research proposal), Jan. 6, 2006 (preliminary extension services proposal), Feb. 24, 2006 (research proposal), Apr. 24, 2006 (extension services proposal), Apr. 24, 2006 (full dissemination proposal). NSF Centers for Learning and Teaching: Accumulating What We've Learned Initiative The National Science Foundation's Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT) program seeks to fund supplements to awards made under the Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Centers for Learning and Teaching solicitations. The Accumulating What We've Learned initiative is intended to document CLT program contributions to a growing knowledge base supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The initiative goals include exemplifying rigorous qualitative and quantitative methods to synthesize what has been learned through the collective work of the centers; disseminating that knowledge to key audiences (e.g., policymakers, researchers, practitioners); and identifying directions for further research and development. Deadline: Dec 12.
Ford Motor Company Conservation & Environmental Grants for Programs in the The Ford Motor Company welcomes applications to the Conservation & Environmental Grants program for work in the WEB LINK. The Completion of a Comprehensive Mouse Knockout Resource The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks applications for Completion of a Comprehensive Mouse Knockout Resource. The ultimate aim of the Knockout Mouse Project is to generate a null-mutant mouse resource comprising a null mutation marked with a reporter of high utility for each gene in mouse strain C57BL/6. The purpose of this RFA is to make maximum progress toward this goal using gene targeting, transposon-mediated mutagenesis or gene trapping. Up to $50 million in total costs over 5 years is to be awarded through this RFA. It is anticipated that 1-4 cooperative agreements will be made. Deadlines: Oct. 20 (letter of intent), Nov. 22 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) seeks applications for the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES). The award is intended to identify outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who intend to make a long term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease. NIEHS intends to commit $3.6 million in total costs in FY2006 to fund approximately 6 new awards. This is an institutionally limited opportunity. If you are interested in applying, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadlines: Oct. 24 (Duke internal) Nov. 20 (letter of intent), Dec. 21 (application). The Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (CSREES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will accept applications to the Interagency Microbial Observatories (MO) Program. The program supports microbial observatories with the long-term goal to develop sites in different habitats to study and understand microbial diversity over time and across environmental gradients. New to the MO Program, and of specific interest to CSREES, is the characterization of microbial communities relevant to agroecosystems. Deadline: Oct. 27. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. 2006 Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program Request for Pre-Proposals from the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council welcomes applications to the 2006 Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program. The program supports urban and community forestry projects that have national, or widespread, significance in their impact or application. Approximately $1 million in grant funds will be awarded and grants of any dollar amount up to the $1 million dollar limit will be considered. All grant funds must be matched at least equally (dollar for dollar) with non-Federal source funds. This match may include in-kind donations, volunteer assistance, and private and public (non-Federal) monetary contributions. Deadline: Nov.1. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 13, 2005. Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Program -- Request for Information The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology Program is seeking interested sources capable of innovative or novel capabilities in multiple disciplines including materials science, computer science, chemistry, biology, medical research and systems engineering. DTRA plans to hold an initial Industry Day on or about December 1, 2005 for interested parties. Deadline: Nov. 10. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, September 8, 2005. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) solicits applications for a project to develop and implement a Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) research network. The DCC will be funded primarily to develop, house, and maintain databases to track the progress of the pipelines for producing the knockout mutations, and to deliver this information to the members of the KOMP research network, NIH staff, and the public. A cooperative agreement for a total of $0.5 million per year in total costs for 5 years is to be awarded through this RFA. Deadlines: Oct. 22 (letter of intent), Nov. 22 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide, September 8, 2005. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program The US Fish & Wildlife Service accepts applications for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program. The program funds projects that promote the conservation of these birds in the WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. Also see these listings:
NSF's Response to the Research Community Regarding Hurricane Katrina The National Science Foundation (NSF) has pledged its strong and continuing sponsorship of research and education in the areas affected by the Hurrican Katrina and its aftermath. The NSF web page, After Katrina: NSF Response, provides information to assist researchers, educators and students. NIH Response to Hurricane Katrina Disaster: Information for Investigators and Institutions The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has posted information relevant to investigators and their institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina. The website is intended to be a resource for all the biomedical research community during the recovery of the affected area. Writing for the Reader Faculty Workshop The Office of Research Support presents an intensive, interactive Writing for the Reader Faculty Workshop with Dr. George Gopen. Dr. George Gopen holds both a J.D. and a Ph.D. from Harvard, and has taught writing for the past 30 years. Since 1978 he has acted as a writing consultant to major corporations, law firms, and government agencies, specializing in both legal and scientific prose. His faculty workshops have changed participants' writing habits permanently, often resulting in improved grant writing success. These sessions are not single events; it is one connected, 13.5-hour workshop. Registrants are encouraged to attend all of the sessions as each session builds upon the previous one. Dates/Times
Registration: Deadline is Wednesday, October 12. The workshop is open to all
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Funding for Duke Graduate Students in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Science The Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) invites participation in the new Interdisciplinary Dissertation Working Group for Duke graduate students in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences. The Working Group will offer peer feedback, new perspectives on both the problems under study and the process of writing, professional development assistance, and other forms of intellectual and practical support. Up to 12 students will be chosen to participate for the 2005-06 year. Students must have passed their preliminary exams and be actively engaged in writing their dissertations. The Working Group will have available a pool of funds ($1000 for each student) with which to support activities related to the members' work. The uses to which the funds will be put will be discussed between the group members, the FHI Faculty Director, and the Mellon Project Manager, but $500 per student will be earmarked for travel to a conference or an archive. Deadline: Oct. 1. Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation welcomes application to the Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies. The fellowships encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Candidates must have completed all pre-dissertation requirements, including approval of the dissertation proposal, and expect to complete their dissertations by the summer of 2007. (Candidates who are within a few months of completing their work should not apply.) Fellows will receive $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation. Deadline: Oct. 11. WEB LINK. The Foundation Center RFP Bulletin, September 9, 2005. Orchestra Management Fellowship Program The American Symphony Orchestra League welcomes applications to the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, a year-long leadership training program designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management through the observation of management practices in host orchestras, an intense course of study, and valuable hands-on work experiences. Through residencies with orchestras of various sizes, as well as seminars in leadership development and a comprehensive overview of the concert music industry, fellowship program and host orchestra staff nurture the abilities in each fellow. The program stipend is $27,500. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006. WEB LINK. The
Preclinical Development Facility for Medical Countermeasures against Chemical Threats -- Request for Information The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is exploring the market interest and capabilities relating to preclinical studies of new or improved pharmaceutical preparations to be used as medical countermeasures against chemical agents that could be used in a terrorist attack. As a first step, the Institute is attempting to identify expert sources to conduct safety, pharmacokinetic/biodistribution, and developmental chemistry studies with candidate drugs. Deadline: Sep. 19. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, September 9, 2005. OPHS-OGH: Strengthening the Management of the Women's and Children's Hospitals and Hospital Services in The Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA) announces that up to $475,000 is available for one cooperative agreement to provide support to Strengthen the Management of Women's and Children's Hospitals in Kabul. This effort is a joint undertaking by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). The OGHA anticipates substantial HHS scientific and programmatic involvement in the administration of the quality improvement program. The project will be approved for up to a one-year period for a total of $475,000 (including indirect costs). Deadline: Sep. 19. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. OPHS-OGH: Indira Ghandi Children's Hospital The Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA) announces that up to $200,000 in fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds is available for a cooperative agreement to provide support for a quality of care improvement project based in a partner healthcare institution in WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. OPHS-OGH: Quality Health Care Within the Rabia Balkhi Women's Hospital The Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA) announces that an estimated $1.5 million in fiscal year (FY) 2005 funds are available for one cooperative agreement to strengthen leadership, healthcare administration and facility management and to improve operations and improve health care delivery at Rabia Balkhi Women's Hospital in WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 8, 2005. CDC Implementation of President's Emergency Plan for Global AIDS Relief The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) solicits applications to funding opportunities that implement President Bush's Emergency Plan for Global AIDS Relief. The plan calls for immediate, comprehensive and evidence-based action to turn the tide of global HIV/AIDS, and supports programs in more than 100 countries. Deadlines: Sep. 29.
Advanced Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research The National Institute of Mental Health seeks applications for Advanced Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research. This PA is designed to help researchers develop the capacity necessary to test the effectiveness of interventions in community settings (e.g., primary care, criminal justice, schools) and develop effective strategies for disseminating research findings among providers and consumers of care. In addition, this PA is intended to support research within existing community settings that can provide information for later research on access, use, quality of care, and dissemination of successful programs for children, adolescents, and adults. Deadlines: Oct. 1, May 1, 2006, May 1, 2007 (letter of intent); Nov. 1, Jun. 1, 2006, Jun. 1, 2007 (application). WEB LINK. NIH Guide, September 1, 2005. Keck Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research The W.M. Keck Foundation has invited WEB LINKS: http://www.wmkeck.org/programs/scholars.html Collaborative Research on Mental and Neurological Disorders The National Institute for Health invites applications to support Collaborative Research on Mental and Neurological Disorders between mental health specialists and neurological specialists dedicated to understanding the neurobiology relevant to the etiology and treatment of comorbid mental and neurological disorders. All applications must include significant participation from at least one mental health specialist (psychiatrist, psychologist, or basic scientist with a clear focus on mental health issues) and one neurological specialist (neurologist, neurosurgeon, or basic scientist with a clear focus on neurological issues) to be considered responsive. The participating NIH institutes intend to commit approximately $3.5M to this project in FY 2006 The estimated number of awards is 6-10 grants Deadline: Oct. 18 (letter of intent) Nov. 18 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 9, 2005. NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health The National Library of Medicine awards NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to US health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers, and historians of the health sciences. Grants are awarded for major critical reviews, state-of-the-art summaries, historical studies, and other useful organizations of knowledge in clinical medicine, public health, biomedical research, and the informatics/information sciences relating to them. The scholarly work may be prepared for publication in print or non-print media, or both. Deadlines: Nov. 1, Feb 1, Jun. 1. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. International AIDS Education and The Health Resources and Services Administration seeks applications for the International AIDS Education and WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 12, 2005. Alzheimers Disease Clinical Scientist Development Award The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will accept applications for the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) or Mentored Research Scientist Award (K01) in the area of Alzheimers disease and related dementias research to support the development of outstanding academic physician scientists to continue or to focus their research effort in Alzheimers disease related to clinical practice. Deadline: Jan. 23, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Neurodevelopment and Neuroendocrine Signaling in Adolescence: Relevance to Mental Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) requests applications to identify Neurodevelopmental and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms that Impact Emotional and Cognitive Development and Emerging Psychopathology during Adolescence. The PA encourages both basic neurobiological studies in model systems as well as studies in normal adolescent humans and in clinical populations. Studies aimed at identifying the molecular signals regulating the onset of puberty are not appropriate for this solicitation. However, studies focusing upon the impact of these signals in brain systems regulating cognitive and emotional processes are appropriate. Research with implications for the development of targeted intervention strategies is of particular interest. Deadlines: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, Jun. 1. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Also see these listings:
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: Sep. 20, Feb. 20, May. 20. Also see these listings:
National Academies - The National Academies has announced a call for nominations for the 2006 Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology The National Institutes of Health invite applications for innovative research in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology to promote the progress of biomedical research. As defined here biomedical computing or biomedical information science and technology includes: database design, graphical interfaces, querying approaches, data retrieval, data visualization and manipulation, data integration through the development of integrated analytical tools, and tools for electronic collaboration, as well as computational research including the development of structural, functional, integrative, and analytical models and simulations. Deadlines: Sep. 24, Jan. 24, 2006 (letter of intent), Oct. 24, Feb. 26, 2006 (application). WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. NSF Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems Program The National Science Foundation invites applications for the Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems program. The goal of this program is to support fundamental research and catalyze synergistic science and engineering research and education in several emerging areas of nanoscale science and technology, including: fundamental nanoscale phenomena and processes in active nanostructures; nanosystems with improved functionality and new architectures; hierarchical nanomanufacturing; and long-term societal and educational implications of scientific and technological advances on the nanoscale. This solicitation will provide support for Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) and Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER). Applications to this program are institutionally limited; if you are interested, please contact Ken Macdonald, Duke ORS, 681-5988 or kwmac@duke.edu. Deadlines: Oct. 5 (Duke internal); Nov. 29 (NSF proposal). Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities The Department of Education seeks applications for Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities. The purpose of the 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 that is appropriate for use in the classroom setting. Deadline: Oct. 18. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Adipogenic Phenotype in Aging Musculoskeletal Tissues The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications for RFA-AG-06-003, Adipogenic Phenotype in Aging Musculoskeletal Tissue. This RFA invites grant applications for basic research on aging-related mechanisms involved in formation, function and effects of adipocytes and fat-accumulating parenchymal cells within tissues of the aging musculoskeletal system. NIH intends to commit up to $3.5 million in total costs in FY 2006 to fund 7-9 new and/or competing continuation grants in response to this RFA. Direct costs for R01 applications may not exceed $300,000 per year and may be for up to 5 years. Deadlines: Oct. 16 (letter of intent), Nov. 15 (application). WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences - Presoliciation Notice The National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a requirement to provide the research community with needed functional genomic resources, data and reagents to study infectious diseases. These include gene expression analysis reagents, whole genome functional expression clones, microbial comparative genomics and genotyping, bioinformatics and computational software tools, proteomic analysis and purification, high quality protein arrays, and comparative microbial protein profiling. In addition, there is a requirement for providing reagents and resources for discovery of potential candidates for clinically useful pathogen or host protein biomarkers in well-defined clinical samples. It is anticipated that a single cost reimbursement, completion type contract will be awarded for a 5-year period of performance beginning on or about September 1, 2006. This RFP will be available electronically on/about September 15, 2005, and may be accessed through the NIAID Contract Management Program (CMP) Home Page at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/contract and on FedBizOpps. Deadline: Dec. 15. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, September 2, 2005. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range Science and Technology which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations. The Broad Agency Announcement, BAA06-001, declares ONR's broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Prior to preparing proposals, potential offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the ONR technical point of contact whose program best matches the offeror's field of interest. Deadline: Sep. 30, 2006 (open for proposals). WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Also see these listings:
Physical Sciences & Engineering Olympus America, Inc. and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) are accepting applications for the Olympus Innovation Award Program. Deadlines: Sep. 30 (nomination).
Cooperative Research and Development for Spin Test Facility (Dynamometer) The Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, seeks a CRADA partner to collaborate in developing a Dynamometer Spin Test capability for testing large scale wind turbines. The DOE's goal is development of alternative testing capabilities from those at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), as the NWTC facilities are greatly backlogged. Deadline: Oct. 7. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, September 8, 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 Program. The five-year, open-ended BAA solicits research proposals that focus on sensor and sensing technologies that can be used in harsh environments such as those found in turbine and rocket engines and thermal protection systems. This effort is aimed primarily at sensor development and demonstration, which includes full sensor characterization (durability, sensitivity and reliability) for sustained operation in excess of temperatures as high as 1,000ºC. Deadline: Oct. 11. WEB LINK. FedBizOpps, September 8, 2005. Application Communities The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals to perform research, development, modeling, design, and testing to support the Application Communities (AC) program. The AC program seeks to develop a software execution infrastructure for existing Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) programs. This infrastructure will monitor and augment COTS application behavior so multiple active copies of application X running under the infrastructure behave as a self-aware Application-X-Community. Deadline: Oct. 26. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 7, 2005. Nuclear Engineering Education Research Program (NEER) The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking applications for research and development projects from WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 1, 2005. Integration of Heterogeneous Data Sources (SBIR/STTR) The National Institutes of Health invite applications for the Integration of Heterogeneous Data Sources program. The purpose of the program is to encourage small businesses to develop innovative software for addressing the integration of distributed cross-disciplinary data sources into coherent knowledge bases for biomedical research. Federating such data sources requires solving a large number of technical, scientific, financial, social, and legal issues, and new tools are needed for aiding in almost every aspect of this problem. Applications are expected to describe at least one biomedical research problem that will benefit from the proposed tool or tool set, as well as to describe how the approach will scale when applied to additional data sources and/or to other biomedical problems. Deadline: Dec. 1, Apr. 1, Aug. 1. WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. American Chemical Society Public Policy Fellowships The American Chemical Society is seeking applicants from among experienced chemical professionals for Congressional, Diplomacy, and Science Policy Fellowships. Each program allows the fellow to gain experience and insights into the working of the policy process and the role that science plays in government decisions about a wide range of issues. The fellows also have the opportunity to apply their technical expertise to real-life policy decisions. Fellows bring a unique perspective to WEB LINK. IRIS Alert Service, September 12, 2005. Early Career Principal Investigator Program in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and High-Performance Networks The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), has announced its interest in receiving grant applications in support of its Early Career Principal Investigator Program (ECPI). The overall objective the ECPI program is to stimulate academic research in scientific areas of interest to ASCR programs, especially among faculty in the early stages of their academic profession. The specific research areas of interest to ASCR include applied mathematics, computer science, and high-performance networks. Deadlines: Oct. 31 (letter of intent), Jan. 31, 2006. WEB LINK. FedGrants, September 9, 2005. Engineering Sciences for Modeling and Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing The National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with the Sandia National Laboratories, accepts proposals for research projects focused on science-based experimental, computational and theoretical capabilities that enhance the understanding and confidence of the behavior of engineered systems at unprecedented multiple spatial and temporal scales. Focus areas for this solicitation are thermal transport and fluid mechanics; solid mechanics and structural dynamics; micro/nanoscale phenomenology and metrology; predictive modeling for manufacturing and process optimization; and micro/nanomanufacturing technologies. The estimated number of awards is 8-12. The anticipated founding amount is $ 3,000,000, pending availability of funds. Deadline: Mar. 1, 2006. Also see these listings:
2006 L'Oréal The L'Oréal USA fellowship program for Women in Science will provide grants to postdoctoral researchers who are pursuing studies and research in the life and physical/material sciences, engineering, computer science and mathematics. Postdoctoral candidates in these additional areas of research are also eligible: immunology, chemistry, earth science, epidemiology, and medical field research. Five $20,000 fellowship grants/stipends will be offered for a one-year term only. Deadline: Oct. 27. WEB LINK. The Orchestra Management Fellowship Program The American Symphony Orchestra League welcomes applications to the Orchestra Management Fellowship Program, a year-long leadership training program designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management through the observation of management practices in host orchestras, an intense course of study, and valuable hands-on work experiences. Through residencies with orchestras of various sizes, as well as seminars in leadership development and a comprehensive overview of the concert music industry, fellowship program and host orchestra staff nurture the abilities in each fellow. The program stipend is $27,500. Deadline: Jan. 13, 2006. WEB LINK. The
Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) to Study the Human Aspects of Hurricane Katrina The Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Divisions of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences and Social and Economic Sciences, will be accepting proposals to support time-sensitive research related to the Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health The National Institutes of Health welcomes applications to the Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health program. The program encourages the development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. This program announcement invites applications for research on the social and cultural dimensions of health in the following five areas: Basic social and cultural constructs and processes used in health research, etiology of health and illness, consequences of poor health for individuals and social groups, linking science to practice to improve prevention, treatment, health services, and dissemination, and ethical issues in social and cultural research. Deadlines: Oct. 1, Feb. 1, Jun. 1. Also see these listings:
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