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MULTIDISCIPLINARY

American Philosophical Society
     Oct. 1. Franklin Research Grants.
     Oct. 15. Franklin Sabbatical Fellowships.

Association for Library & Information Science Education
     Oct. 3. Research Grants and Other Awards.

Environmental Leadership Program
     Oct. 1. Environmental Leadership Fellowships.

Guggenheim (John Simon) Memorial Foundation
      Oct. 1. Guggenheim Fellowships.

Institute of Museum and Library Services
     Oct. 1. Conservation Project Support Program.

Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
     Oct. 31. Grants for Duke Faculty and Staff.

Kosciuszko Foundation
     Oct. 15. Fellowships and Grants for Polish Citizens.

National Library of Medicine
     Oct. 1. NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics Grants (PAR-05-012)

National Science Foundation
     Oct. 3 (preliminary proposal). Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (NSF 05 597).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
     Oct. 15. Health & Society Scholars Program.

HUMANITIES  & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Alex C. Walker Foundation
     Oct. 1. Economics Grants.

American Antiquarian Society
     Oct. 5. Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers.
     Oct. 15. Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellowships.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Corporation
     Oct. 1. History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowships.

American Music Center
     Oct. 1. Composer Assistance Program.

American Political Science Association
     Oct. 25. Minority Graduate Fellowships in Political Science.

American Psychiatric Association
     Oct. 14. GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Award for Research Development in Biological Psychiatry

Center for Hellenic Studies
     Oct. 15. Junior Fellowships.

Columbia University, Center for Comparative Literature and Society
     Oct. 18. Postdoctoral Fellowship.

College Art Association
     Oct. 1. Millard Meiss Publication Fund

Council for a Livable World
     Oct. 15. Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program.

Deloitte & Touche Foundation
     Oct. 15. Doctoral Fellowship Program

Dumbarton Oaks
     Oct. 15 (nomination). Bliss Prize Fellowship in Byzantine Studies.
     Oct. 1 (letter of inquiry). Project Grants in Byzantine Studies.

Education, Department of
     Oct. 3. Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship Program.

Foundation for the Future
     Oct. 31. Research Grants.

German Historical Institute
     Oct. 15. German History Dissertation Scholarships.

Golden Foundation
     Oct. 1. Grants to Artists and Organizations.

Grammy Foundation
     Oct. 1. Research Grants.

Hagley Museum and Library
     Oct. 31. Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship and the Grants-in-Aid Program.

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
     Oct. 14. Academy Scholars Program for Graduate Students.

Howard Foundation
     Oct. 17 (nomination). Fellowships in Literary Criticism, Film Criticism and Translation. Nov. 30 (application deadline).

Institute of Museum and Library Services
     Oct. 1. Conservation Project Support Grant.

Louisville Institute
     Oct. 15. Summer Stipends.

Nakamichi Foundation
     Oct. 15. Grants.

National Archives and Records Administration
     Oct. 1. Preserving and Providing Access to Records.

National Art Education Association
     Oct. 1. Research Grants in Art Education Fund.

National Endowment for the Arts
     Oct. 1. National Heritage Fellowships (nominations).

National Endowment for the Humanities
     Oct. 14. Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development.

National Gallery of Art
     Oct. 1. Senior Fellowships.

National Historical Publications & Records Commission
     Oct. 1. Grants Programs.

National Human Genome Research Institute
     Oct. 1. Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Regular Research Program (R01) (PA-04-050); ELSI Small Grant Research Program (R03) (PA-04-051); Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health (PA-05-029); Research on Ethical Issues in Human Studies (PA-02-103).

National Humanities Center
     Oct. 15. Fellowships.

National Institutes of Health
     Oct. 1. All New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project and Center Grants from Program Announcements and Requests for Applications (unless otherwise noted).
     Oct. 1. Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (PA-04-034); Improving Care for Dying Children and Their Families (PA-04-057); Retirement Economics (PA-05-036); Science and Ecology of Early Development (PA-04-113); Sociobehavioral Data Analysis and Archiving in Aging --Small Grants (PA-04-123).
     Oct. 19 (letter of intent). Population Research Infrastructure Program (RFA-HD-05-028).

National Science Foundation
     Oct. 11. (RET Sites deadline) Research Experiences for Teachers (NSF 03-554).
     Oct. 15. Geography and Regional Science (deadline for dissertation improvement proposals) (PD 98-1352); Sociology (target date for dissertation proposals) (PD 98-1331); Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program (NSF 03-520).
     Oct. 18. Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (implementation proposals) (NSF 04-602).
     Oct. 31. Archaeology and Archaeometry (target date) (PD 98-1391).

Scoville Peace Fellowship Program
     Oct. 15. Scoville Peace Fellowships for Graduate Students

Stanford Humanities Center
     Oct. 17. External Faculty Fellowships.

Theatre Communications Group
     Oct. 28. International Theatre Institute Travel Grants.

Tinker Foundation
     Oct. 1. Field Research Grants.

Trent Memorial Foundation, Josiah Charles
     Oct. 31. Grants for Duke faculty and staff.

Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute
     Oct. 1. Research Grants.

US Institute of Peace
     Oct. 1. Grant Programs.

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy
     Oct. 1. Open Grant Program.
     Oct. 21. Southern Humanities Media Fund Grants.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
     Oct. 1. Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowships.

Woodrow Wilson International Fellowship Foundation
     Oct. 11. Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies.

HEALTH SCIENCES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     Oct. 15. AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (PAR-04-039).

American Cancer Society
     Oct. 15. Grants and Fellowships.

American Health Assistance Foundation
     Oct. 11. National Glaucoma Research Grants.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
     Oct. 31. Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research.

Fyssen Foundation
     Oct. 31. Research Grants.

Hereditary Disease Foundation
     Oct. 15. Hereditary Disease Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation
     Oct. 15. Health & Society Scholars Program.

Keck Foundation, W.M.
     Oct. 11 (Duke internal). Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
     Oct. 1. Career Development Program.

Life Sciences Research Foundation
     Oct. 1. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.

National Hemophilia Foundation
     Oct. 1. Laboratory Grant (letter of intent).

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
     Oct. 1. Career Development Grants in Occupational Safety and Health Research (PAR-04-105); Occupational Health and Safety Research (R01) (PA-04-038); NIOSH Exploratory/Developmental Grant Program (R21) (PA-04-030).

National Institutes of Health
Consult the NIH Guide for a complete listing of active NIH Program Announcements and for information on the following opportunities.
     Oct. 1. All New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project and Center Grants from Program Announcements (unless otherwise noted).

Acute Coronary Syndromes in Old Age (PA-04-026); Age-Related Changes in Tissue Function: Underlying Biological Mechanisms (PA-03-147); Aging Musculoskeletal and Skin Extracellular Matrix (PA-03-167); Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Grants (PAS-05-022); Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Clinical Trials (PAR-05-021); Ancillary Studies to Major Ongoing NIDDK Clinical Research Studies (PAR-04-078); Axonal Damage in Multiple Sclerosis (PAS-05-002).

Basic and Clinical Research on Rett Syndrome and MECP2 (PAS-05-024); Basic and Preclinical Research and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (PA-05-141); Basic and Translational Research in Emotion (PA-03-169); Biobehavioral Pain Research (PA-03-152); Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (PAR-03-146); Biomedical Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowships (PAR-03-070).

Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral and Population Sciences Career Development Award (PAR-04-055); Characterization, Behavior and Plasticity of Pluripotent Stem Cells (PA-04-101); Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment (PA-05-030); Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children (PA-03-159); Circulating Cells in Cancer Detection (PA-04-035); Clinical Cancer Therapy and Prevention Research (PA-04-046); CNS Therapy Development for Lysosomal Storage Disorders (PAS-04-120); Co-Occurring Mental Illness, Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse, and Medical Conditions (PA-05-007); Collaborative Research in Stem Cell Biology (PAS-04-130); Cross-Disciplinary Translational Research Grants (PA-04-109).

Decision Making in Cancer: Single-Event Decisions (PA-05-017); Decision Making in Health: Behavior Maintenance (PA-05-016); Design, Measurement and Statistics in Community Mental Health Research (PA-04-150); Developing Centers for Intervention and Services Research (PAR-01-090); Development of Assays for High Throughput Drug Screening (PA-04-068); Development of Disease Biomarkers (PA-05-098); Developmental Mechanisms of Human Structural Birth Defects (PA-04-052); Developmental Projects in Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care (PA-04-053); Diet Composition and Energy Balance (PA-04-033); Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (PA-04-099); Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, and Blood, and Aging Diseases (PA-05-043); Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (PA-05-118).

Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (PA-05-006); Endometrial Cell Function (PA-04-056); Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (PA-04-100); Erythroid Lineage Molecular Toolbox (PA-03-152); Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention and Control (PAR-05-145); Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (R01 and R21)
(PA-05-137); Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (PA-03-107); Exploratory and Development Research Grants for Investigation in Rare Diseases (PA-03-171);Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (PA-04-034);Exploratory Grant Program in Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism (PA-04-137).

Finding Genes for Alcohol-Related Behaviors and Risk for Alcoholism (PA-03-162); Functional Assessment of People with Mental Disorders (PA-05-037); Gene-Environment Interactions Influencing Alcohol-Related Phenotypes and Diseases (PA-03-141); General Clinical Research Center Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Program (PAR-04-987); Genetics, Behavior, and Aging (PAS-03-128), Genetics and Pathobiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (PAS-04-149).

Health Behavior Change in People with Mental Disorders (PA-05-019); Health Disparities among Minority and Underserved Women (PA-04-153); Health Promotion among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (PA-03-170); Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (PA-05-139); Heterogeneity of Fat Depots (PA-04-098).

Improving Care for Dying Children and Their Families (PA-04-057); Informatics for Disaster Management (PA-03-178); Insulin Signaling and Receptor Cross-Talk (PA-03-156); Integrative and Collaborative Approaches to Research (PA-03-127); In Vivo Cancer Imaging Exploratory/Developmental Grants (PA-04-045); Intestinal Failure, Short Gut Syndrome and Small Bowel Transplantation (PA-02-163); Joint Degeneration: Mouse Models (PA-04-139); Long-Term Weight Maintenance: Basic and Clinical Studies (PA-04-092).

MDMA: Research Areas Needing More Emphasis (PA-04-152); Mechanisms of Adverse Drug Effects in Children (PA-05-045); Mechanisms of Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (PA-05-119); Mechanisms of Alcoholic Pancreatitis (PA-04-005); Mental Health Consequences of Violence and Trauma (PA-04-075); Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (PA-02-127); Metals in Medicine (PA-05-001); Molecular Approaches to Diet and Pancreatic Cancer Prevention (PA-05-040); Molecular Genetics of Drug Addiction Vulnerability (PA-03-155); Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies (PA-05-038).

NEI Small Research Grants for Data Analysis (PAR-03-019); Neurobiology and Persistent Pain Mediated by the Trigeminal Nerve (PAS-03-173); Neuroprotective CNS Barriers in Neurological Diseases (PAS-03-165); Neurovascular Mechanisms of Brain Function and Disease (PAS-04-072); NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (PAR-05-011); NEI Career Transition Award (PAR-04-136); NIDDK Non-Invasive Methods for Diagnosis and Progression of Diabetes, Kidney, Urological, Hematological and Digestive Diseases (PA-04-088); NIGMS Multidisciplinary Conference Grants (NOT-GM-04-106); NINR Career Transition Award (PAR-04-143); NINR Mentored Research Scientist Development Award for Underrepresented or Disadvantaged Investigators (PAR-05-135); Novel Approaches to Enhance Animal Stem Cell Research (PA-04-125); Novel Technologies for In Vivo Imaging (PA-04-095); Novel Approaches to Study Polymicrobial Diseases (PA-04-093).

Pathogenesis and Treatment of Dyskinesias in Parkinson’s Disease (PAS–02-129); Pathogenesis and Treatment of Lymphedema and Lymphatic Diseases (PA-04-071); Pathogenesis of SARS Lung Disease: In Vitro and Animal Models (PA-04-080); Pharmacotherapy for Comorbid Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders (PA-04-067); Pilot and Feasibility Program in Hematologic Diseases (PA-04-144); Pilot and Feasibility Program in Urology (PA-04-146); Precursor Cells in Skeletal Muscle Repair and Hypertrophy (PA-02-136); Preliminary Investigations Leading to Optimal Trials in Neurology (PAR-03-174); Probiotics for Pediatric Illnesses (PA-05-035); Proteomics in Auditory Developmental and Disease Processes (PA-03-151); Proteomics in Diabetes and Other Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (PA-03-052); Proteomics: Diabetes, Obesity, and Endocrine, Digestive, Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (PA-04-081); Psychopharmacology of Widely Available Psychoactive Natural Products (PA-04-084).

Race/Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence of Diabetes Complications (PA-02-165); Reducing Disparities in the Treatment of Epilepsy (PAS-03-164); Reducing Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination (PAR-04-112); Reducing Preterm & Low Birth Weight in Minority Families (PA-04-027); Reducing Stroke Disparities through Risk Factor Self-Management (PAS-03-166); Reproductive Genetics and Epigenetics (PA-04-049); Research Grants for Studies of Hepatitis C in the Setting of Renal Disease (PA-04-043); Research on Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (PA-04-085); Research on Community Reintegration for People with Psychiatric Disabilities (PA-03-144); Research on Co-Morbid Mental and Other Physical Disorders (PA-05-018); Research on the Economics of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (PA-05-009); Research on Mental Health Economics (PA-05-008); Research on Mind-Body Interactions and Health (PA-05-027); Research on Psychopathology in Intellectual Disabilities (PA-04-044); Research on the Reduction and Prevention of Suicidality (PA-03-161); Research on Rural Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders (PA-04-061); Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PA-05-032).

School--Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (PA-04-145); Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award – NIDA (PAR-05-105); Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease and Parkinson-Like Conditions (PAS-03-131); Small Clinical Grants in Digestive Diseases, Nutrition and Obesity (PAR-04-082); Small Grant Program for NIDDK K08/K23 Recipients (PAR-04-070); Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health (PA-05-029); Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans (PA-04-124); Symptom Clusters in Cancer and Immune Disorders (PA-05-004).

Testing Stem Cell Therapy in Mouse Models of Premature Aging (PA-05-136); Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm (PA-04-103); Ubiquitin and Ubiqutin-Like Modifications Regulating Disease Processes (PA-03-145); Understanding and Preventing Brain Tumor Dispersal (PAS-04-079); Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents (PA-04-121); Women, Gender Differences, and Drug Abuse (PA-03-139); Women's Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research (PA-03-143); Women's Mental Health in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (PA-03-135).

     Oct. 8. Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) (PA-00-003).

     Oct. 12. Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (RFA-AI-05-027); Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense (RFA-AI-05-019); Cooperative Study Group for Autoimmune Disease Prevention (RFA-AI-05-026); Partnerships for Hepatitis C Vaccine Development (RFA-AI-05-030).

     Oct. 13. Collaborative Clinical Trials in Drug Abuse (PAR-04-073). International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research (RFA-AI-04-017); Research Partnerships for Improving Functional Outcomes (PAR-04-077); Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy Grants (PAR-04-116 and PAR-04-117).

     Oct. 14. Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (RFA-CA-05-018); NHLBI Clinical Proteomics Programs (RFA-HL-04-019); Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies - The $1000 Genome (RFA-HG-04-003); Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (RFA-HG-04-002); National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (RFA-DA-05-001).

     Oct. 15. Specialized Centers for the Protein Structure Initiative (RFA-GM-05-002); Large-Scale Centers for the Protein Structure Initiative (RFA-GM-05-001).

     Oct. 16. Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (PAR-05-061).

     Oct. 17. Development and Validation of Technologies for Saliva-Based Diagnostics (letter of intent) (RFA-DE-06-003); NIMH Research Career Award for Transition to Independence (PAR-01-065); Partnerships to Develop Tools to Evaluate Women's Health (RFA-AI-05-029).

     Oct. 19. Cultural Competence and Health Disparities Academic Award (RFA-HL-04-012); Technology Development for Biomedical Applications (RFA-RR-05-001).

     Oct. 20. Centers for Innovative Wound Healing Research (RFA-GM-06-002); Silvio O. Conte Centers for Neuroscience Research (PAR-02-121); Silvio O. Conte Centers for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders (PAR-02-122); Silvio O. Conte Centers to Develop Collaborative Neuroscience Research (PAR-02-123).

      Oct. 21. NIBIB Research Supplements to Promote Clinical Resident Research Experiences Program (PAR-04-140); National Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for the Treatment of Mood Disorders or Nicotine Addiction (PAR-04-009).

     Oct. 22. NIDCD Translational Research Grants (letter of intent) (PAR-05-023).

      Oct. 23 (letter of intent). Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research (RFA-ES-05-004).

     Oct. 24. Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology: SBIR/STTR Initiative (PAR-03-119); Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (PAR-03-106); NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators (PAR-04-002).

      Oct. 25. Centers of Research Translation (RFA-AR-05-005); New Ways to Image Neural Activity (RFA-EB-05-001).

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
     Oct. 3. Orthopaedic Career Development Awards.

PhRMA Foundation
     Oct. 1. Pharmaceutical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Society for
     Oct. 1. Research Grants.

Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation
     Oct. 1. Conventional Research Grants.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
     Oct. 31. SAMHSA Conference Grants (PA-06-001).

Skin Cancer Foundation
     Oct. 14. Grants.

Stanley Foundation
     Oct. 1. Treatment Trials for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.

Tourette Syndrome Association
     Oct. 15 (letter of intent). Basic Neuroscience Grants.

Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund
     Oct. 1. Grants.

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

American Water Works Association
     Oct. 1. Doctoral Dissertation Academic Achievement Award.

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (Foundation for Basic Research in Biomedicine)
     Oct. 1. Ph.D. Scholarships in Biomedical Research.

Beckman (Arnold and Mabel) Foundation
     Oct. 1. Beckman Young Investigators Program (in chemical and life sciences).

Department of Defense
     Oct. 15. Air Force Research Laboratory: Request for White Papers -- Network Attack Traceback (BAA-05-04-IFKA).
     Oct. 30. Air Force Materiel Command: Request for White Papers -- Automated COMINT Collection and Processing (BAA-05-05-IFKA).
     Oct. 31. US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command: Request for White Papers -- Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques to Measure the Physical Parameters Involved during the Inflation and Descent Phases of Round Parachutes and Ram-Air Inflated Parafoils.

Energy, Department of
     Oct. 31. Annual Notice for Continuation of Availability of Grants and Cooperative Agreements for Nuclear Physics.

Environmental Protection Agency
     Oct. 18. 2006 Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study; 2006 Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study.
     Oct. 27. Automated Flood Warning Systems (AFWS) Program.

European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
     Oct. 4. Informatics and Mathematics Workshops and Summer Schools.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
     Oct. 31. Robert R. Wilson Fellows Program.

Humboldt (Alexander von) Foundation
     Oct. 24. Max Planck Research Award.

Life Sciences Research Foundation
     Oct. 1. Postdoctoral Research Fellowships.

Maurice A. Biot Fund of the Archives of the California Institute of Technology
     Oct. 1. Grants-in-Aid.

Microsoft Corporation
     Oct. 10. New Faculty Fellowship Program (institutionally limited - Duke internal: 9/12/2005).
     Oct. 28. Trustworthy Computing Curriculum 2005.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
     Oct. 1. Infrared Telescope Facility - observing time.
     Oct. 5. Energy and Water-Cycle Study.

National Institutes of Health
     Oct. 1. All New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project and Center Grants from Program Announcements (unless otherwise noted).
     Oct. 1. Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (PA-02-127); Basic and Preclinical Research and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (PA-05-141); Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (PAR-03-017); Metagenomic Analyses of the Oral Microbiome (PA-04-131); Tools for Genetic and Genomic Studies in Emerging Model Organisms (PA-04-135).
     Oct. 14. Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers Consortium (letter of intent) (RFA-DK-05-008).
     Oct 18. Coordinating and Bioinformatics Unit for the Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers and Animal Models of Diabetic Complications Consortium (letter of intent) (RFA-DK-05-012).
     Oct. 24. Innate Immunity to NIAID Category B Protozoa (letter of intent) (RFA-AI-05-042).

National Security Agency
     Oct. 15. Mathematical Sciences Program.

National Science Foundation
For more information on these programs.
     Oct. 1. Design, Manufacture, & Industrial Innovation; Civil & Mechanical Systems Funding Opportunities; GeoMechanics and GeoTechnical Systems (PD-05-1634).
     Oct. 3. (preliminary proposal) Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research (NSF 05-597).
     Oct. 4. Analysis (PD 04-1281); Algebra, Number Theory and Combinatorics (PD 04-1264); Foundations of Mathematics (PD 04-1268).
     Oct. 5. Opportunities for Collaboration between NSF and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NSF 05-596).
     Oct. 7. Electrical & Communications Systems; Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems (PD-05-7564).
     Oct. 11. (RET Sites deadline) Research Experiences for Teachers (NSF 03-554).
     Oct. 12. Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce in the 21st Century (NSF 05-595); NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (NSF 03-578).
     Oct. 13. Earth System History (NSF 04-597).
     Oct. 15. Biomedical Engineering & Research to Aid Persons with Disabilities (BME/RAPD). Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program (NSF 03-520); Geospace Environment Modeling (NSF 04-576).
     Oct. 17. Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (NSF 05-594); Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (NSF 05-558).
     Oct. 18. Advanced Technological Education (NSF 04-541); Conferences, Workshops, and Special Meetings in the Mathematical Sciences (NSF 05-540).
     Oct. 19. Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (NSF 05-510).
     Oct. 27. Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes (NSF 05-600).

Oak Ridge National Laboratories
     Oct. 1. Higher Education Research Experiences at ORNL for Students.

Research Corporation
     Oct. 3. Research Opportunity Awards (nomination deadline) (Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy).

Sigma Xi
     Oct. 15. Grants-in-Aid for graduate and undergraduate research in any field of science.

Society of Actuaries Risk Management
     Oct. 17 (letter of intent). Individual Grants.

Society of Toxicology
     Oct. 15. Colgate-Palmolive/Society of Toxicology Awards for Student Research Training in Alternative Methods.

Welder (Rob and Bessie) Wildlife Foundation
     Oct. 1. Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Whitehall Foundation
     Oct. 1. Grant Programs to Support Basic Biological Research Scientists.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Fulbright Foundation
     Oct. 14. Fulbright Worldwide Scholar-in-Residence Program.

National Endowment for the Humanities
     Oct. 14. Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development.

National Institutes of Health
     Oct. 1. All New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project and Center Grants from Program Announcements and Requests for Applications (unless otherwise noted).
     Oct. 1. Alcohol Education Project Grants (PAR-04-129); Educational Programs for Population Research (PAR-05-134); NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25) (PAR-04-148); NIMH Research Education Grants (R25) (PAR-05-153); Research Education Grants in Drug Abuse and Addiction (PAR-04-054).
     Oct. 19. Cultural Competence and Health Disparities Academic Award (RFA-HL-04-012).
     Oct. 24. (letter of intent). Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging (RFA-AG-06-005).

National Science Foundation
     Oct. 11. (RET Sites deadline) Research Experiences for Teachers (NSF 03-554).
     Oct. 12. Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce in the 21st Century (NSF 05-595).
     Oct. 15. Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program
(NSF 03-520).
     Oct. 18.Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (implementation proposals) (NSF 04-602); Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (NSF 04-590); Advanced Technological Education (NSF 05-530).

INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

American Academy in Berlin
     Oct. 17. International Fellowships for Advanced Study in the Arts, Culture and Public Affairs.

American-Scandinavian Foundation
     Oct. 1. Visiting Lectureships.

Association of Asian Studies
     Oct. 1. Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships.

Bosch (Robert) Foundation
     Oct. 14. Fellowship Program (in Germany).

Chiang Chiang-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
     Oct. 15. Chinese Studies Doctoral Fellowships.

Education, Department of
     Oct. 19. Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Projects Abroad;
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research;
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (tentative).

Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
     Oct. 15. Villa I Tatti Fellowships in Florence.

Humboldt (Alexander von) Foundation
     Oct. 31. Various Fellowships.

Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
     Oct. 5. 2006 Marshall Scholarships for Study in the UK.
     Oct. 10. Marshall Sherfield Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and Engineering.

National Institutes of Health
     Oct. 1. All New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project and Center Grants from Program Announcements and Requests for Applications (unless otherwise noted).
     Oct. 1. NIAID International Research in Infectious Diseases (PAS-04-111); Alcohol Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Resource-Poor Societies (PA-04-048).
     Oct. 13. International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research (RFA-AI-04-017).

National Science Foundation
     Oct. 11. International Research Fellowships (NSF 05-599).
     Oct. 17. Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (NSF 05-594).

Rotary Foundation
     Oct. 1. Grants for University Teachers.

Social Science Research Council
     Oct. 1. Japan Dissertation Workshop.

State, Department of
     Oct. 11. Junior Scientist Development Visits by US and Egyptian Scientists.
     Oct. 15. Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program.

Tinker Foundation
     Oct. 1. Graduate Student Field Research Travel Grants.

US - Egypt Joint Science and Technology Fund
     Oct. 3. Joint Research Grants.
     Oct. 11. Junior Scientist Development Visit Grant.

US-Ireland Alliance
     Oct. 10. George J. Mitchell Graduate Scholarships.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Department of Agriculture
     Oct. 14. National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Grant Proposals for the Sheep and Goat Industry Grant Initiative.

Prudential Financial
     Oct. 31. Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

Starbucks Foundation
     Oct. 1. Opportunity Grants to Support Community Literacy

Youth Service America and State Farm Insurance Companies
     Oct. 17. State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants.

Last updated August 31, 2005.