[GrantsAlert] CALS Grants Alert Issue No. 15 08-Sep-08
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1) Visiting Scholar Grants (UA)
2) Junior Faculty International Conference Travel Grant (UA)
3) Staff Professional Development Grant in International Collaborations (UA)
4) WOSAC Travel Stipends for Graduate Students (UA)
5) Provost's Author Support Fund (UA)
6) Arizona Water Issues (Arizona Water Institute)
7) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (NSF)
8) Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF)
9) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2009 (NSF)
10) Major Research Instrumentation Program (NSF)
11) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (NSF)
12) Science of Science and Innovation Policy (NSF)
13) Women, Gender Differences and Drug Abuse (NIH)
14) Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (NIH)
15) Functioning of People with Mental Disorders (NIH)
16) Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (NIH)
17) Integration of Mouse Models into Human Cancer Research (NIH)
18) Public Health Research Dissertation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
19) Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (NIH)
20) Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (NIH)
21) Support for the CARE Program Annual Training Workshop (EPA)
22) National Risk Management Research Laboratory Advanced Decentralized Water/Energy Network Design for Sustainable Infrastructure (EPA)
23) Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies: Use of Existing Data and Cohort(s) (EPA)
24) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study (EPA)
25) North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Small Grants (Fish and Wildlife Service)
26) Economic and Community Development (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
27) Water Conservation Program (Bureau of Reclamation)
28) Global Climate Change Education (NASA)
29) Nonproliferation Graduate Program (Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation)
30) National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowships (NOAA)
31) Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (USGS)
32) Conservation Grants (National Geographic Society)
33) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (DOD)
34) Fulbright European Union Scholar-in-Residence (Council for International Exchange of Scholars)
35) Building Capacity for Tourism and Transportation Management in South Africa (HED)
36) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
37) Fulbright International Education Administrators Program (Center for the International Exchange of Scholars)
38) Rural Problems of Latin America (Chorlavi Fund)
39) Food Price Crisis in the Sahel Region West Africa (USAID)
40) Higher Education Support for Legal Reforms in Mexico: TIES U.S.-Mexico University Partnerships (HED)
41) Abiotic Stress Tolerant Bionengineered Rice and Wheat (USAID)
42) Social Problems Affecting Individuals, Families and Communities (Fahs-Beck Fund)
43) Kresge Foundation New Health Program
44) Seeking Technology Solutions to Global Problems (Intel)
45) Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowship Grants (Kauffman Foundation)
46) TSA Research Grant Awards (Tourette Syndrome Association)
47) Participatory Learning (Digital Media & Learning Competition)
48) Library Residential Fellowships (American Geographical Society)
49) Sustainable Development (Sophie Foundation)
50) Fellowships for New Americans (Paul and Daisy Soros)
51) Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality (William T. Grant Foundation)
52) Visiting Fellowships in Comparative International Studies (Kellogg Institute)
53) Child Development in Immigrant Families (Foundation for Child Development)
54) Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships (National Academy of Education)
55) Collaborative Research Awards (American Council of Learned Societies)
56) Eating Disorders (Klarman Family Foundation)
57) Cat Health Research (Winn Feline Foundation)
58) NEWS ITEM: CSREES Implements New Programs and Solicits Stakeholder Input
59) NEWS ITEM: CSREES to Make Web Site Changes for Funding Opportunities
60) NEWS ITEM: Skoll Foundation Extends Support for Social Entrepreneurs
61) NEWS ITEM: Google.org Awards $10.7 Million to Advance Geothermal Energy Technology
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1) Visiting Scholar Grants (UA)
The Division of International Affairs, Office of the Executive Director has made $5,000 available for this fiscal year to fund Visiting Scholar Grants (VSG) to assist departments in bringing distinguished international scholars to the University of Arizona. Funds are to be used for domestic portions of airfare only (between U.S. port of entry and Tucson) and cannot be used for overseas or international portions of travel. Clear evidence of cost-sharing from at least two UA funding sources must be shown (not including VSG funds). The maximum award amount is $400 per award. DEADLINE: Until funds are depleted.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://ialogin.catnet.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?id=19138
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2) Junior Faculty International Conference Travel Grant (UA)
The Junior Faculty Conference Grant provides funding to tenure-eligible junior faculty for travel to conferences and presentations held outside the U.S. Conferences must be multinational and three or more countries must be represented among the formal participants. There are three annual granting cycles for the Junior Faculty Conference Grant. The awards are limited to a maximum of $1,500 for airfare only. Awards are not applicable to meals, lodging, conference fees, or other incidental travel expenses. Funding is provided only to tenure-eligible junior faculty (i.e., those who have not yet attained tenure or higher professorial rank). DEADLINES: January 14, 2009 for travel February 1, 2009-April 30, 2009; April 14, 2009 for travel May 1-September 30, 2009.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://international.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?id=19818
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3) Staff Professional Development Grant in International Collaborations (UA)
The Staff Professional Development Grant (SPDG) provides funding to University of Arizona (UA) staff members for short-term staff exchanges with partner institutions of the UA. A foundation of collaboration between the UA department, staff member, and the partner institution must exist for funding under this program. A list of current UA partner institutions is available at http://ialogin.catnet.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?id=19144.
There are two annual granting cycles for the SPDG. The awards are limited to a maximum of $2,000 and five awards are granted per fiscal year. Awards are applicable to airfare, meals, lodging, and other incidental travel expenses. Funding is provided to classified staff and appointed personnel only.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2008
For more information: http://ialogin.catnet.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?menu=5818&id=19866
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4) WOSAC Travel Stipends for Graduate Students (UA)
The Women's Studies Advisory Council (WOSAC) offers stipends for travel to professional meetings June 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 to graduate students presenting papers that focus systematically on women. For more information, contact Laura Fry, 621-5656.
DEADLINE: October 21, 2008
For more information: http://ws.web.arizona.edu/wosac/funding.php
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5) Provost's Author Support Fund (UA)
The Provost's Author Support Fund helps defray publication charges to faculty members who have written book manuscripts or who have produced other creative work which, if published, would likely bring distinction to the author(s) and to the University. Awards generally do not exceed $1,500 and are more likely to be in the $500-$1,000 range.
DEADLINE: November 14, 2008
For more information: http://academicaffairs.arizona.edu/authors/
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6) Arizona Water Issues (Arizona Water Institute)
The Arizona Water Institute has allocated $600,000 for collaborative research projects, $115,000 for faculty incentive grants and $30,000 for graduate student internships across the three state university campuses. Collaborative Grants will be up to $100,000. Although research proposals related to water sustainability are encouraged in any field, AWI has chosen to emphasize the following focal areas for this year's research program: Arizona Hydrologic Information System (AHIS); climate change/drought/adaptation; energy/water sustainability; capacity building/watershed research and support; salinity management and technologies; and emerging contaminants and treatment technologies. Interdisciplinary projects and projects with social science components are particularly encouraged. Faculty Incentive Grants will be up to $10,000 to cover summer salary and expenses for faculty to develop large grant proposals to external funding agencies and foundations. Incentive grants may also be used to develop curriculum or other products that are directly related to the AWI mission and focus on critical, interdisciplinary sustainability issues connected to water. Graduate Student Internships are intended to provide real-world, applied experience related to water sustainability-related issues within local, regional, state or federal agencies or non-governmental entities. Faculty members, agencies, non-governmental organizations, or students may propose internships. DEADLINES: October 12 for 300-word conceptual proposals for Collaborative Grants; November 15, 2008 for Faculty Incentive proposals and proposals for Student Internships for the spring semester.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://www.azwaterinstitute.org/index.html
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7) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (NSF)
The NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. Fellowships support training and research in a host institution in the areas of social, behavioral, and economic sciences supported by NSF. Supporting activities are starter research grants for Fellows and travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors.
DEADLINES: November 3, 2008 for fellowships: anytime for travel grants, but at least 3 months before intended travel.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06586/nsf06586.htm
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8) Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF)
The National Science Foundation offers about 900 graduate fellowships with a $30,000/year stipend, a $10,500 cost-of-education allowance, and a one-time $1,000 international research travel allowance. Fellowships provide 3 years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees in the fields of science, mathematics, and engineering supported by the NSF and are intended for seniors and first- and second-year graduate students. DEADLINES: November 3 for Interdisciplinary Fields; November 6, 2008 for Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=EHR&from=home
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9) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation 2009 (NSF)
The Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation has established the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to serve a critical role in focusing on important emerging areas in a timely manner. The EFRI Office is launching a new funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two specific research areas: (1) BioSensing & BioActuation: Interface of Living and Engineered Systems (BSBA), and (2) Hydrocarbons from Biomass (HyBi). EFRI seeks proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge. Letter of Intent Due: October 14, 2008; Preliminary Proposal Due: December 02, 2008; Full Proposal Deadline: April 30, 2009.
DEADLINE: October 14, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08599/nsf08599.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
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10) Major Research Instrumentation Program (NSF)
The National Science Foundation supports the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation in any field normally supported by NSF. Proposals may be for a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus. Awards range from $100,000 to $4 million. Because institutions may submit only three proposals, the Office of the Vice President for Research is requesting nominations from all Deans consisting of: 1) a two-page summary of the proposed program; 2) curriculum vitae of the PI; and 3) a brief memo indicating the expertise and resources that the faculty member brings to the research, how the proposal fits with the strategic emphasis of the respective College and the University, and the competitive advantage of the proposal nationally. DEADLINE: October 15, 2008 for preproposals.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm
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11) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (NSF)
The Ecology of Infectious Diseases program solicitation supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents. To that end, research proposals should focus on understanding the ecological and socio-ecological determinants of transmission by vectors or abiotic agents, the population dynamics of reservoir species, the transmission to humans or other hosts, or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease communication. Research may be on zoonotic, vector-borne or enteric diseases of either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of non-human animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged. Investigators are encouraged to include links to the public health research community, including for example, participation of epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, medical social scientists, medical entomologists, virologists, or parasitologists.
DEADLINE: December 10, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08601/nsf08601.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
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12) Science of Science and Innovation Policy (NSF)
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation aims to foster the development of the knowledge, theories, data, tools, and human capital needed to cultivate a new Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP). SciSIP underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models and analytic tools designed to inform the nation's public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. The FY 2009 competition includes three emphasis areas: Analytical Tools, Model Building, and Data Development and Augmentation. In addition to these three emphasis areas, the FY 2009 competition encourages proposals that demonstrate the viability of collecting and analyzing data on knowledge generation and innovation in organizations. These demonstration projects should also address three specific aspects of the data collection: scalability and sustainability; protection of the confidentiality of respondents in computerized, widely accessible databases; and evaluation and assessment of the project's progress towards its scientific goals.
DEADLINE: December 16, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08586/nsf08586.htm
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13) Women, Gender Differences and Drug Abuse (NIH)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourage research on women and sex/gender differences in drug/alcohol abuse and dependence. DEADLINES: October 5, 2008; February 5, June 5, 2009 for R01s; October 16, 2009; February 16, June 16 2009 for R03s and R21s.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-329.html
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14) Impact of Health Communication Strategies on Dietary Behaviors (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health solicits applications for research projects focused on the development and implementation of effective communication strategies related to diet and health. This funding program is designed to promote interdisciplinary research, conducted at multiple levels (e.g., individual, community/environment, and policy) and across diverse populations, to evaluate effective communication approaches for changing dietary behaviors. DEADLINES: October 5, 2008; February 5 and June 5, 2009 for R01s; October 16, 2008; February 16 and June 16, 2009 for R21s.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-239.html R01
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15) Functioning of People with Mental Disorders (NIH)
The National Institute of Mental Health seeks research proposals to: 1) develop and refine definitions and measures of function, disability, and daily participation relevant to those with mental disorders; 2) understand the ecological mechanisms, independent of symptom severity, that contribute to functioning and disability in this population; and 3) develop and test novel interventions that specifically and directly target functional capacity and performance deficits of this population. Emphasis will be on the application of basic behavioral processes (e.g., cognition, affect, knowledge, attitudes, motivation, learning, decision-making, interpersonal processes), and environmental parameters (e.g., social support, structural adaptations, community involvement) that influence functional outcome. DEADLINES: October 5, 2008; February 5 and June 5, 2009 for R01s; October 16, 2008; February 16 and June 16, 2009 for R03s and R34s.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-255.html
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16) Reducing Risk Behaviors by Promoting Positive Youth Development (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health solicits applications for research projects to enhance our understanding of effective positive youth development programs and the mechanisms responsible for positive health and developmental outcomes. This will be accomplished through the development, implementation, and evaluation of new or improved positive youth development programs, the evaluation of existing "successful" programs, or the evaluation of effective, evidence-based, gender-inclusive programs that are adapted, translated, or disseminated for new populations of youth and adolescents. DEADLINES: October 5, 2008; February 5 and June 5, 2009 for R01s; October 16, 2008; February 16 and June 16, 2009 for R03s.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-241.html R01
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17) Integration of Mouse Models into Human Cancer Research (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), extends the NCI-Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium (NCI-MMHCC) for a third project period. The previous periods resulted in generation, validation, and utilization of many novel mouse cancer models. Having successfully attained the original specific program goals, the NCI-MMHCC is poised to enter the next stage that stresses the use of biologically relevant mouse models as effective tools for human research. The overall objective of the NCI-MMHCC is integration of mouse models into basic, translational, epidemiological, and clinical cancer research. Goal 1 of the NCI-MMHCC is to support individual research projects that promote innovation in use of mouse models to address crucial questions in human cancer research. All applicants who respond to this FOA must submit applications for regular research project awards that address Goal 1. To facilitate the overall research and integration goals, the NCI-MMHCC will also support up to four Science Leadership components to coordinate activities in defined scientific areas (research clusters) under Goal 2 Science Leadership and Integration. Goal 2 includes (a) coordinating intra-NCI-MMHCC projects in specific research clusters; (b) enhancing collaborations throughout the NCI-MMHCC and with NCI networks and consortia; and (c) expanding the NCI cancer models bioinformatics infrastructure and integrating it with human cancer bioinformatics. The Science Leadership components must be based on the science of appropriate research projects. Therefore, only applicants who submit research project applications may also submit separate applications for Science Leadership components to serve Goal 2.
DEADLINE: November 14, 2008
For more information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18259
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18) Public Health Research Dissertation (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of public health dissertation research. This program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. The CDC dissertation award supports dissertation research costs for students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Territories or possessions). Dissertation applications must focus on methodological and research topics that address the mission and research interests of CDC noted below. Grants to support dissertation research will provide no more than $35,000 in direct costs per year, and are awarded for up to one year, with the possibility of extension without additional funds for up to 12 months. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.
DEADLINE: February 9, 2009
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-231.html
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19) Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (NIH)
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) announces the reissuance of a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that provides dissertation awards (R36) in all areas of research within NIA's mandate to increase diversity of the research workforce on research on aging and aging-related health conditions. These awards are available to qualified Predoctoral students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions). This funding opportunity will use the Dissertation Award R36 grant mechanism -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. The NIA expects to award $250,000 to $300,000 annually beginning in Fiscal Year 2009 to support up to 5 dissertation awards.
DEADLINE: January 7, 2011
For more information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18298
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20) Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (NIH)
With this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) encourage grant applications that: (a) address the etiology and etiologic mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); (b) propose development of animal models for HCC; (c) propose novel approaches to prevent HCC malignancy; (d) propose therapeutic or diagnostic tools for reliable prognostic indicators for HCC; and/or (e) develop therapeutic approaches to minimize morbidity and mortality associated with HCC in humans. The primary focus of the proposed project must be on the basic biology, prevention, and/or treatment of liver cancer. Applications solely concerned with population studies and epidemiology will not be supported in connection with this FOA.
DEADLINE: September 7, 2011
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-244.html
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21) Support for the CARE Program Annual Training Workshop (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics is soliciting proposals from eligible entities in support of the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Annual Training Workshop. The CARE Annual Training Workshop is held each year to support CAREs community-based, community-driven, partnership program designed to help communities understand and reduce risks due to toxics and environmental pollutants from all sources. The objective of the training workshop is to educate the CARE program in working collaboratively within the community to increase understanding of new approaches, to facilitate use of proven concepts, and to encourage more innovation in environmental programs. EPA anticipates awarding one cooperative agreement under this solicitation to support the annual training workshop. The amount of the award will be $150,000 for a period of two years. The grant will be incrementally funded in the first year for approximately $75,000.
DEADLINE: October 3, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42666
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22) National Risk Management Research Laboratory Advanced Decentralized Water/Energy Network Design for Sustainable Infrastructure (EPA)
The objective of this research effort is to produce, evaluate, and summarize the cost, performance, and long-term reliability of coupling energy and water conservation technologies, modeling capabilities, and decision-support tools to reduce and optimize energy consumption in the treatment, conveyance, and use of water while utilizing water in the most efficient manner possible and in turn, increasing water supplies by virtue of reusing wastewater, stormwater, and preventing excess runoff. Outputs are sought that will include technical reports, journal articles, expert workshops, design models, and decision-support templates of benefit to the user community that consists of drinking water and wastewater utilities, state enforcement agencies, regulators, consulting engineers, and the academic community.
DEADLINE: October 7, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42672
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23) Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in Longitudinal Studies: Use of Existing Data and Cohort(s) (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications proposing research to identify novel, innovative, quantitative, low-cost, low burden methods and approaches to classify exposures for children as they age and begin to spend more time in places outside the home such as child care locations, schools and playgrounds. By improving the scientific understanding of the key factors influencing exposures for children as they age, this research could potentially lead to development of an "exposure index" that could be used to characterize and classify individual exposure status (for example, high, medium, or low) of children across life stages.
DEADLINE: November 18, 2008
For more information: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_novelapproaches.html
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24) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is December 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2009. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and up to $8,000 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
DEADLINE: December 11, 2008
For more information: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_gro_undergrad.html
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25) North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Small Grants (Fish and Wildlife Service)
The purpose of the 1989 North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), as amended, is to promote long-term conservation of North American wetland ecosystems, and the waterfowl and other migratory birds, fish and wildlife that depend upon such habitat. Principal conservation actions supported by NAWCA are acquisition, creation, enhancement and restoration of wetlands and wetland-associated uplands. The Small Grants program is intended to promote long-term wetlands conservation activities through encouraging participation by new grantees and partners who may not otherwise be able to compete in the Standard Grants program. The program can be important in developing a pool of new partners/grantees that might eventually participate in the Standard Grants program. Funding priority will be given to projects from new grant applicants (individuals or organizations who have never received a NAWCA grant) with new partners, where the project ensures long-term conservation benefits. This does not preclude former NAWCA grant recipients from receiving Small Grants funding. Amount: $75,000.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2008
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/index.shtm
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26) Economic and Community Development (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
The Department of Economic and Community Development of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy requests proposals for working papers for its new initiative, Race to the Top: Investments in Human, Social, Cultural, Political, and Environmental Capital as Economic Development Strategies. The Institute is interested in papers from a variety of disciplines that take a variety of approaches, including theoretical, empirical, and evaluation of policies, on how communities and regions can invest in land, people and places for the purposes of economic and community development and how public investments can produce a long-term public return. Authors of selected research proposals will receive $10,000 for each paper and will be invited to present their papers at a Lincoln Institute conference to be held in September 2009.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2008
For more information: http://www.lincolninst.edu/education/rfp_ecd_eds_fy09.doc
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27) Water Conservation Program (Bureau of Reclamation)
The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting proposals for soil and moisture conservation. This funding opportunity will provide assistance in developing effective water management and conservation plans; encourage and promote implementation of water efficiency measures; demonstrate conservation technologies; and promote and support water education within the Yuma area. Total Federal assistance available is $240,000. Award of between 2 and 5 cooperative agreements will be made, generally not to exceed $80,000 per agreement. Cooperative agreements will be awarded to responsive, responsible and eligible recipients and will be based on technical merit at the fixed assistance amount. Cost sharing or cost matching is required. All applications shall be reviewed and evaluated by a technical panel.
DEADLINE: October 10, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42691
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28) Global Climate Change Education (NASA)
NASA's Office of Education, in cooperation with NASA's Science Mission Directorate, solicits proposals for the NASA Global Climate Change Education (GCCE) project. The GCCE project is designed to improve the quality of global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA's unique contributions in climate science to enhance students' academic experiences and/or to improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students. NASA's GCCE project is motivated by recommendations made in the National Research Council report Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond. This Earth decadal study identifies responding to our changing planet as one of the greatest and most important intellectual challenges facing humanity. It specifies that both the acquisition of new knowledge about the Earth system and the utilization of Earth observation data are equally important in meeting the complex challenges of global change. It is anticipated that approximately 20 small awards and 4 larger awards will be made under this announcement. Small awards may be up to $150,000, in total, dispersed over a period of up to 2 years. Larger awards may be up to $500,000, in total, dispersed over a period of up to 3 years.
DEADLINE: October 24, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42372
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29) Nonproliferation Graduate Program (Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation)
Graduate students with academic specialization in International Affairs, Political Science, Economics, Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering and who can qualify for high-level security clearance can explore a career in international security and nonproliferation through the National Nuclear Security Administration's Nonproliferation Graduate Program. Fellows receive specialized training and practical experience working on projects and initiatives within NNSA's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation designed to detect, prevent, and reverse the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, while mitigating the risks from nuclear operations. The 12-month, full-time fellowship program provides an annual salary of $43,000 plus benefits.
DEADLINE: October 30, 2008
For more information: http://ngp.pnl.gov/index.html
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30) National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowships (NOAA)
The Estuarine Reserves Division of NOAA anticipates awarding graduate research fellowships to 31 qualified graduate students whose research occurs within the boundaries of at least one estuarine reserve. Each reserve supports a wide range of beneficial uses of ecological, economic, recreational, and aesthetic values which are dependent upon the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem. The amount of the fellowship is $20,000; at least 30% of total project cost match is required by the sponsoring institution.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/Fellowship/welcome.html
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31) Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (USGS)
U.S. accredited university Geoscience or related Departments are eligible for EDMAP funds. EDMAP cooperative grants are intended to fund students doing geologic mapping in the field. While it is proper for the professors/advisors to ask for some logistical support so that they may be with their student(s) in the field for a credible amount of time, the bulk of the award is intended to support the student's mapping efforts. EDMAP cooperative grants do not support faculty salaries. Masters and Doctoral students of Geoscience or related Departments at accredited United States colleges and universities are eligible applicants to the EDMAP Program. In addition, qualified undergraduate Juniors and Seniors are also eligible. These undergraduates should have received some basic mineralogy, petrology and structural geology training prior to the time they will do the geologic mapping proposed in this proposal.
DEADLINE: November 13, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42744
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32) Conservation Grants (National Geographic Society)
The objective of the Conservation Trust is to support conservation activities around the world as they fit within the mission of the National Geographic Society. The trust will fund projects that contribute significantly to the preservation and sustainable use of the Earth's biological, cultural, and historical resources. While the Conservation Trust acknowledges the need to preserve archaeological sites and artifacts, the current budget limits prevents the trust from funding such requests. The Conservation Trust's strength lies in supporting cutting edge programs that might be overlooked by other organizations, due to the risk involved in working with new investigators and in new fields.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2008
For more information: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/conservation-trust-application.html
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33) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (DOD)
The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. The FY 2009 MURI competition is for the 32 topics listed below. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in Section VIII entitled, "Specific MURI Topics", of this BAA. The detailed descriptions are intended to provide the proposer a frame of reference and are not meant to be restrictive to the possible approaches to achieving the goals of the topic and the program. Innovative ideas addressing these research topics are highly encouraged. Please see the attached full announcement.
DEADLINE: January 9, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42747
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34) Fulbright European Union Scholar-in-Residence (Council for International Exchange of Scholars)
Through an arrangement with the European Union, grants are available to bring European scholars specializing in EU affairs to U.S. campuses as resident fellows for one term of the academic year. The program is devised for scholars in the humanities and social sciences or in fields where there is an international, comparative or policy component. The scholars give guest lectures and conduct seminars as appropriate, consult with faculty and students on research, engage in collaborative study, and provide outreach to neighboring institutions and the local community.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2008
For more information: http://www.cies.org/sir/eusir/
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35) Building Capacity for Tourism and Transportation Management in South Africa (HED)
Higher Education for Development expects to make two awards of up to $250,000 each for 3-year higher education partnerships with Tshwane University of Technology, focusing on tourism/hospitality and with the University of Johannesburg, Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, focusing on Transportation, contingent on USAID funding.
DEADLINE: October 28, 2008
For more information: http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/96/itemid/169/South-Africa-Building-Capacity-for-Tourism-and-Tr.aspx#Focus%20Area%201
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36) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately ten weeks from June to August (specific dates are available and updated at www.nsf.gov/eapsi).
DEADLINE: December 9, 2008
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi
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37) Fulbright International Education Administrators Program (Center for the International Exchange of Scholars)
U.S international education administrators are invited to apply for 2- to 3-week summer seminars in Japan or Korea or a fall seminar in Germany. Seminars are designed to introduce participants to the society, culture and higher education systems of these countries through campus visits, meetings with foreign colleagues and government officials, attendance at cultural events and briefings on education. DEADLINES: November 1, 2008 for Japan and Korea; February 1, 2009 for Germany.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://www.cies.org/IEA/
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38) Rural Problems of Latin America (Chorlavi Fund)
The Chorlaví Group calls public and private organizations and civil society institutions interested in the rural problems of Latin America, to participate in the Mink'a de Chorlaví Fund 2008 Contest. The subject of this years contest is: "Rise in agricultural prices: a chance for small rural producers?" In this contest, the Fund will allocate an estimated sum of $175,000 among 10 and 12 projects. The Call for Projects comprises two stages - the selection of project profiles and the selection of systematization final projects. DEADLINE: September 30 for project profiles; December 5, 2008 for full proposals
DEADLINE: September 30, 2008
For more information: http://www.grupochorlavi.org/webchorlavi/concurso2008/Convocatoria2008_ing.htm
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39) Food Price Crisis in the Sahel Region West Africa (USAID)
In order to address the impact of food price increases in the Sahel, OFDA is targeting five countries for funding: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. Key points related to program funding: (a) Programs can be short or medium term in length (up to three years). (b) Programs should address the issues related to food insecurity caused by increasing food prices. (c) Programs can be regional or country specific as appropriate, as long as partner capacity and assessed need are fully incorporated into the decision. (4) OFDA will prioritize interventions based on representative and methodologically sound assessment data. (d) OFDA will prioritize interventions that align with the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) and that focus on Pillar III. (e) OFDA will prioritize interventions that link into Development Assistance funded initiatives where possible and practical. OFDA's primary objective will be dual-fold: 1) to address high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition while 2) reducing the risk of increased food insecurity, malnutrition and further deterioration of livelihoods. OFDA realizes that the most affected households may not be located in the same geographic areas where potential partners are currently operating. Populations that are most vulnerable to market shocks and subsequent rising food prices will be prioritized for all interventions. Specifically, OFDA will aim to 1) improve the purchasing power of food insecure populations; 2) improve access to markets among rural, urban, and pastoral populations; 3) increase productivity of subsistence farmers and pastoralists; 4) reduce current spikes in acute malnutrition; and 5) reduce the risk of increased acute malnutrition. Expected Number of Awards: 25; Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000.
DEADLINE: October 17, 2008
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42684
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40) Higher Education Support for Legal Reforms in Mexico: TIES U.S.-Mexico University Partnerships (HED)
Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), anticipates making at least two awards of up to $450,000 each for three-year partnerships as part of the US-Mexico Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Initiative. The awards will provide higher education support for legal reforms in Mexico. Collaborative partners will update legal education curricula at Mexican institutions, provide training-of-trainers, develop a continuing education program, and create a legal clinic so that Mexican law students may gain practical experience in trying criminal cases.
DEADLINE: November 3, 2008
For more information: http://www.hedprogram.org/tabid/66/itemid/171/Higher-Education-Support-for-Legal-Reforms-in-Mexi.aspx
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41) Abiotic Stress Tolerant Bionengineered Rice and Wheat (USAID)
USAID is seeking initial concept papers and then full applications to implement activities in support of the program to develop Abiotic Stress Tolerant Rice and Wheat using biotechnology as a tool. The geographic focus under consideration is USAID's geographic definition of South Asia. Through this APS, USAID will facilitate the evaluation of selected technologies under field conditions in India, the most promising of which may be selected for further development and delivery to farmers in India and, eventually South Asia. Expected Number of Awards: 5; Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,200,000.
DEADLINE: May 20, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=41839
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42) Social Problems Affecting Individuals, Families and Communities (Fahs-Beck Fund)
The Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation supports research that contributes to a greater understanding of social problems affecting individuals, families and local communities. Dissertation grants up to $5,000 support dissertation expenses of doctoral students whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. Grants up to $15,000 are available to faculty and postdoctoral researchers to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. DEADLINES: November 1, 2008; May 1, 2009.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html
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43) Kresge Foundation New Health Program
The Kresge Foundation has recently announced a new Health program for their grantmaking activities. The initiative addresses social issues that particularly affect minority, low-income and other under-served communities, with an emphasis on women and children. The Health initiative is currently focusing on 3 environmental vantage points. Areas of particular concern in the natural environment include the impact of hazardous facilities on a neighborhood's natural resources, the effects of air-borne pollutants, and environmental justice and health status of children and women of child-bearing age. The built environment includes increasing access to fresh foods to combat obesity and diabetes, high quality parks and playground equipment, healthy housing, community health services, and the study of effects of chemicals on human health. The social environment needs to address building organizational capacity of communities - both human and financial - to give residents the skills and resources to positively impact their community through developed leadership and the ability of influencing decisions that affect them. The Kresge Foundation is currently accepting "idea e-mails" of no more than 500 words describing the project and how it advances Kresge's values and accomplishes one or more of the Health Program's goals.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=151
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44) Seeking Technology Solutions to Global Problems (Intel)
Intel's Inspire/Empower Challenge seeks proposals for technology solutions to address four areas of global need - education, healthcare, economic development, and the environment. The contest will award seed funding of $100,000 to one winner in each category. The challenge is designed to inspire developers, individuals, and organizations to innovate and empower them to deliver new ways to apply technology to these issues. The contest is open to all individuals, developers, and organizations worldwide as well as the general public. An expert panel of judges will select winning technology solutions based on their sustainability and innovativeness.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2008
For more information: http://www.intelchallenge.com/
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45) Entrepreneurship Dissertation Fellowship Grants (Kauffman Foundation)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008-09 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program. The program will award up to fifteen Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A., or other doctoral students for the support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship. Recipients may use the grant to pay for costs associated with their dissertation, including data collection and analysis, databases, specialized hardware/software, and travel. Proposals submitted to the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program must address research issues of theoretical and practical importance to the domain of entrepreneurship. Ph.D., D.B.A., or other students seeking doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. institutions of higher education are eligible to apply. This program is intended for students who are in the process of formulating their dissertation proposal as well as doctoral candidates with recently approved dissertation proposals. Graduate students interested in applying for the program can find the complete Request for Proposal at the Kauffman Foundation Web site.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.kauffman.org/kdfp/
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46) TSA Research Grant Awards (Tourette Syndrome Association)
Description: The Research Award program interest is any research study that has the potential to contribute to the understanding of Tourette Syndrome, including genetics, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical treatments and animal model development. Amount: $40,000-$75,000.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.tsa-usa.org/research.html
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47) Participatory Learning (Digital Media & Learning Competition)
The Digital Media and Learning Competition, supported through a grant to the University of California, Irvine and administered by HASTAC, has announced a second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. Awards will be given in two categories: 1) Innovation in Participatory Learning Awards will support projects that demonstrate new modes of participatory learning, in which people take part in virtual communities, share ideas, comment on one another's projects, and advance goals together. Successful projects will promote participatory learning in a variety of environments: through the creation of new digital tools, modification of existing ones, or use of digital media in some other novel way. Winners will receive between $30,000 and $250,000. 2) Young Innovator Awards are designed to encourage young people aged 18-25 to think boldly about "what comes next" in participatory learning and to contribute to making it happen. Winners will receive funding to do an internship with a sponsor organization to help bring their ideas to implementation. Winners will receive between $5,000 and $30,000.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2008
For more information: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/
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48) Library Residential Fellowships (American Geographical Society)
The American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, welcomes applications for two short-term fellowship programs from individuals whose research would benefit from extensive use of the collections: 1) McColl Research Program fellowships are $3,000, 4-week residential fellowships for individuals who wish to communicate their geographical research results to a broad, educated general audience, and 2) Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowships provide stipends of $375/week, for up to 4 weeks.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2008
For more information: http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/fellowships.html
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49) Sustainable Development (Sophie Foundation)
The Sophie Foundation seeks nominations for the $100,000 Sophie Prize. This international prize is awarded to individuals or entities that have created awareness of alternatives to modern day development or initiated such alternatives in a pioneering or inventive manner.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.sofieprisen.no/Nomination_Guidelines/index.html
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50) Fellowships for New Americans (Paul and Daisy Soros)
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans support graduate study in any professional or scholarly discipline for immigrants or children of immigrants who possess at least a green card. Fellows receive an annual maintenance grant of $20,000 and a tuition grant equivalent to one-half the tuition cost of the fellow's U.S. graduate program (up to $16,000 per academic year).
DEADLINE: November 1, 2008
For more information: http://www.pdsoros.org/
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51) Development and Improvement of the Measurement of Classroom Quality (William T. Grant Foundation)
The William T. Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation have released their joint 2009 request for proposals for research on the development and improvement of the measurement of indicators of classroom quality in grades K through 12. The Foundations will consider three types of proposals: new, stand-alone measurement development studies; add-on studies in which new measurement development work supplements an existing field study; and further analysis of existing data to improve measurement. Awards will range from $50,000 to $500,000, and projects will be 1-3 years in duration. A total of $1 million/year will be available for these projects. DEADLINES: November 3, 2008 for letters of inquiry; February 16, 2009 for invited full proposals.
DEADLINE: November 3, 2008
For more information: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url5243/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=646411
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52) Visiting Fellowships in Comparative International Studies (Kellogg Institute)
The Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame offers Visiting Fellowships for research in comparative international studies. Research should fit one of the major themes of democratization and the quality of democracy; economic growth, development and welfare in a globalizing economy; public policies for social justice; religion and society; and social movements and organized civil society. Visiting Fellows have the option of a one-semester research fellowship or an academic-year fellowship with both teaching and research responsibilities. Stipends vary with seniority and, if applicable, teaching load.
DEADLINE: November 3, 2008
For more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/vfellowships/index.shtml
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53) Child Development in Immigrant Families (Foundation for Child Development)
The Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program will award three to four fellowships of up to $150,000 to full-time, tenure-track faculty members in the behavioral and social sciences who have earned their doctoral degrees within the last 15 years to conduct both basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health and well-being of immigrant children from birth to age 10, particularly those who are living in low-income families. Research areas should include one of the following: 1) factors contributing to both positive and negative outcomes for young immigrant children in their communities and schools; 2) individual and group identity formation among young children from a variety of groups living in different environments; 3) the characteristics of early education, kindergarten, and elementary school programs that foster the cognitive, social, and emotional well-being of newcomer children; 4) language development among immigrant children and how different approaches to instruction for English language learners during the early years affect educational achievement; and 5) the impact of public policies in health and in education on the life prospects of newcomer children.
DEADLINE: November 5, 2008
For more information: http://www.fcd-us.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=447982
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54) Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships (National Academy of Education)
The National Academy of Education will award up to 20 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2009 to applicants who received their doctorate between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2008. The Academy encourages applications from scholars in all disciplines that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education research. Fellows will receive $55,000 for one academic year of research, or $27,500 for each of two contiguous years, working half-time.
DEADLINE: November 7, 2008
For more information: http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html
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55) Collaborative Research Awards (American Council of Learned Societies)
The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the inaugural competition for the ACLS Collaborative Research Awards. These awards provide up to $140,000 per project over 2 years to support collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences. Collaborations need not be interdisciplinary or inter-institutional, but must involve at least two scholars; applicants at the same institution must demonstrate why local funding is insufficient to support the project. Collaborations that involve the participation of assistant and associate faculty members, or that of scholars at different kinds of institutions, are particularly encouraged.
DEADLINE: November 12, 2008
For more information: http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=3154
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56) Eating Disorders (Klarman Family Foundation)
The Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research was established in 2008 to expand the number of outstanding scientists whose research explores the basic biology of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and/or binge eating disorder. The long-term goal is to accelerate progress in developing effective treatments for these disorders. There are two award categories: 2-year projects of $400,000 and 1-year pilot studies up to $150,000. Examples of funding areas include brain imaging approaches that identify neurochemical pathways in patients with these disorders.
DEADLINE: November 20, 2008
For more information: http://www.tmfnet.org/grantmake.html#klarman
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57) Cat Health Research (Winn Feline Foundation)
The Winn Feline Foundation is a nonprofit organization that funds research into medical problems affecting cats. During the fiscal year ending April 30, 2008, Winn funded ten grants totaling $118,131 in areas such as feline infectious peritonitis, renal & liver diseases, mammary and oral cancers, genetics, and drug therapies. The maximum grant amount is $15,000. The foundation does not fund the salaries of principal investigators, major equipment expenditures, travel, or indirect costs. Studies applicable to all cats are encouraged. The foundation is also interested in projects that address problems in individual breeds. The foundation is interested in all areas of feline health, but also has dedicated funds for research into mediastinal lymphoma, feline infectious peritonitis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Applicants may be faculty veterinarians, post-doctoral fellows, practicing veterinarians, or veterinary students.
DEADLINE: December 8, 2008
For more information: http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/Pages/Researchers.html
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58) NEWS ITEM: CSREES Implements New Programs and Solicits Stakeholder Input
CSREES is establishing four new programs and initiatives in FY 2009 as a part of implementing the 2008 Farm Bill (The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008): (1) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), (2) Hispanic Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities (HSACU), a new group of cooperating educational institutions, (3) Beginner Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), and (4) Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP). CSREES seeks stakeholder input through public meetings and written comments as it establishes these new programs and initiatives. Notices announcing the public meetings and the solicitation of stakeholder input will be published in the Federal Register with directions on how to provide oral and written comments. Information also will be provided on the CSREES Web page. The AFRI and VMLRP notices were published in the Federal Register on August 29, and CSREES expects the HSACU and BFRDP notices to be published shortly.
For more information: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/newsroom.html
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59) NEWS ITEM: CSREES to Make Web Site Changes for Funding Opportunities
A major change to the CSREES Web site will occur within the next weekin the upper navigation bar on every Web site page, we will remove "Funding Opportunities" and "Business with CSREES" and reorganize the information under them within a new upper navigation bar section called "Grants." The new Grants section will feature three sub-sections: (a) Looking for Funding; (b) Applying for a Grant; and (c) Managing a Grant. Each section will have its own subpage, with associated subpages. The content on these pages will not be new; instead, it will be the old content (from Funding Opportunities and Business with CSREES) reorganized into new pages and sections, which we hope will help users find information more easily and intuitively. webcomments at csrees.usda.gov.
For more information: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
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60) NEWS ITEM: Skoll Foundation Extends Support for Social Entrepreneurs
The Skoll Foundation in Palo Alto, California, has announced new grants to the inaugural 2005 recipients of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (SASE). The foundation also awarded grants to two new SASE recipients and centers working to build a global system to support social entrepreneurs, bringing the total of new grants awarded to $19.2 million. The foundation's flagship program, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship is designed to identify and support social entrepreneurs who are effectively addressing key challenges in six key areas: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and economic and social equity. The thirteen original awardees, all of whom received unrestricted three-year awards, will receive new grants totaling $15.2 million to help scale their organizations and drive permanent social change. The newest SASE recipients are Teach for All and Apopo. Teach For All, a new organization created by Teach For America and Teach First in the United Kingdom, will receive more than $1 million to help entrepreneurs in other countries who are pursuing local development of the Teach For America model. And Apopo, which trains rats to detect landmines, will receive more than $1 million to expand its mine-detection model in Africa. To expand the "global ecosystem" that social entrepreneurs need to succeed, Skoll also awarded $1.1 million to the Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University in California and almost $900,000 to the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University.
For more information: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=225600041
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61) NEWS ITEM: Google.org Awards $10.7 Million to Advance Geothermal Energy Technology
Google.org ( http://www.google.org/ ), the philanthropic arm of the Internet search giant, has announced $10.7 million in grants to three organizations working to advance Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) energy technology. While the traditional geothermal approach relies on finding naturally occurring pockets of steam and hot water, EGS expands the potential of geothermal energy by replicating these conditions, fracturing hot rock, circulating water through the system, and using the resulting steam to produce electricity in a conventional turbine. A recent MIT report on EGS estimates that just 2 percent of the geothermal heat in the continental United States at a depth between three and ten kilometers -- within the range of current drilling technology -- is the equivalent of more than 2,500 times the country's total annual energy use. Awarded as part of Google.org's Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative, which focuses on solar thermal power, advanced wind, EGS, and other potential breakthrough technologies, grants include $6.25 million to AltaRock Energy to develop innovative technologies to achieve significant cost reductions and improved performance in EGS projects, and $4 million to Potter Drilling to develop new approaches to lower the cost and expand the range of the deep hard-rock drilling necessary for large-scale EGS applications. In addition, $489,521 was awarded to the Southern Methodist University Geothermal Lab to improve understanding of the size and distribution of geothermal energy resources in North America, and to update its geothermal mapping.
For more information: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014769/story
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