[GrantsAlert] CALS Grants Alert Issue No. 40 08-Sep-09
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1) WOSAC Travel Stipends (UA)
2) Faculty Research Development Grants for International Travel (UA)
3) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Training Coordination Program (USDA)
4) Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF)
5) International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops (NSF)
6) Climate Process and Modeling Teams (NSF)
7) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (NSF)
8) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (NSF)
9) Education and Interdisciplinary Research (NSF)
10) Control Systems (NSF)
11) Science Master's Program (NSF)
12) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (NSF)
13) Geography and Spatial Sciences Program (NSF)
14) Science to Achieve Results STAR Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study (EPA)
15) National Student Design Competition for Sustainability (EPA)
16) Recovery Act - Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (USDI)
17) Bird Habitat Conservation (FWS)
18) National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowships (NOAA)
19) Cooperative Research Units Program (USDI)
20) Recovery Act Funds - Environmental Internship (USDI)
21) Archer Daniels Midland - ADM Cares
22) Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)
23) Homeland Security Grants
24) Canadian Studies
25) Biosphere Reserves Nominations (UNESCO)
26) Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)
27) Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
28) Faculty for the Future Fellowships (Schlumberger Foundation)
29) Expedition Grants (National Geographic Society)
30) Conservation Grants (National Geographic Society)
31) Visiting Fellowships in Comparative International Studies (Kellogg Institute)
32) Dissertation Support for Women (P.E.O. Foundation)
33) Public Health Services and Systems Research (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
34) Community-Based Solutions, Sustainable World (Threshold Foundation)
35) Sustainable Planet and Justice and Democracy (Threshold Foundation)
36) Minority Internships and Visiting Student Awards (Smithsonian)
37) Strategic Research Group Program (Science Foundation Arizona)
38) Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program (State Farm)
39) Community Health Leaders Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
40) Social Problems Affecting Individuals, Families and Communities (Fahs-Beck Fund)
41) Sustainable Development (Sophie Foundation)
42) Human Reproduction Education (Anna Lalor Burdick Program)
43) Predoctoral Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
44) President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (University of California)
45) Child Development in Immigrant Families (Foundation for Child Development)
46) Dissertation Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
47) Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
48) Wildlife Conservation (SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund)
49) Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Fellowships (AAAS)
50) Nutritional Research and Practice Grants (Allen Foundation)
51) NOTICE: GIFT Center Offering Grants for Lunch: Who Cares? Sharing Your Research with Donors and the General Public
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1) WOSAC Travel Stipends (UA)
Travel stipends to professional meetings are available for graduate students presenting papers that focus systematically on women. Awards are competitive and only available to graduate students. Funds are contingent upon acceptance of the paper. Funding is only provided to individuals traveling to a conference to present a paper. Awardees may be asked to present their papers at a WOSAC event during the spring semester.
DEADLINE: Continuous
For more information: http://ws.web.arizona.edu/wosac/funding.php
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2) Faculty Research Development Grants for International Travel (UA)
The Office of the Executive Director of the Division of International Affairs offers Faculty Research Development Grants towards international airfare for tenured faculty to develop or continue international research.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
For more information: http://international.arizona.edu/pageview.aspx?id=19906
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3) Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers Training Coordination Program (USDA)
The purpose of the program is to provide U.S. agricultural producers whose commodities have been certified as adversely affected by imports, and who have been approved through individual application, with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to make adjustments to their operations, business plans, marketing plans for their operations, with the goal of enhancing farm profitability and ability to adjust to imports. Producers of commodities certified by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and who meet the eligibility requirements by USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) are eligible for TAAF program participation. The purpose of the National TAAF Training Coordination Program outlined in this Request for Applications (RFA) is to establish a National TAAF Training Coordination Center responsible for coordinating training and technical assistance required of the TAAF program. Applicants to this RFA must develop a comprehensive proposal which embraces all aspects of the coordination, training and technical assistance, and associated reporting requirements for TAAF and the National TAAF Training Coordination Center as mandated by the ARRA.
DEADLINE: September 17, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49175
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4) Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF)
The program seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community by supporting innovative, international research and education collaborations. The program will enable U.S. scientists and engineers to establish collaborative relationships with international colleagues in order to advance new knowledge and discoveries at the frontiers of science and engineering and to promote the development of a diverse, globally-engaged U.S. scientific and engineering workforce. As science and engineering discoveries result more and more from international collaboration, U.S. researchers and educators must be able to operate effectively in teams comprised of partners from different nations and cultural backgrounds. The program will support bold, forward-looking research whose successful outcome results from all partners - U.S. and foreign - providing unique contributions to the research endeavor. It is also intended to facilitate greater student preparation for and participation in international research collaboration, and to contribute to the development of a diverse, globally-engaged U.S. science and engineering workforce. The program aims to support partnerships that will strengthen the capacity of institutions, multi-institutional consortia, and networks to engage in and benefit from international research and education collaborations. BY INVITATION ONLY.
DEADLINE: September 18, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12819&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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5) International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops (NSF)
This solicitation describes awards to support the early phases of developing and coordinating a research and education activity with a foreign partner(s). This program provides educational opportunities for Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows. This program provides indirect funding for students at this level or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention.
DEADLINE: September 20, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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6) Climate Process and Modeling Teams (NSF)
The key aim of the Teams concept is to speed development of global coupled climate models and reduce uncertainties in climate models by bringing together theoreticians, field observationalists, process modelers and the large modeling centers to concentrate on the scientific problems facing climate models today.
DEADLINE: September 24, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5753&WT.mc_id=USNSF_46
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7) Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (NSF)
The program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry members and the center faculty. An I/UCRC not only contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education, but also encourages and fosters international cooperation and collaborative projects.
DEADLINE: September 25, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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8) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (NSF)
The Program seeks to increase the number of students receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.
DEADLINE: September 29, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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9) Education and Interdisciplinary Research (NSF)
Supports activities in conjunction with programs such as Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and programs aimed at women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. The program also supports activities that seek to improve the education and training of physics students (both undergraduate and graduate), such as curriculum development for upper-level physics courses, and activities that are not included in specific programs elsewhere within NSF. The program supports research at the interface between physics and other disciplines and extending to emerging areas. Broadening activities related to research at the interface with other fields, possibly not normally associated with physics, also may be considered.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5610&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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10) Control Systems (NSF)
The program supports innovative research on control theory and control technology driven by real life applications. The program accepts proposals on transformative research in established topic areas such as model-based control. However, the program emphasis is on paradigm-shifting ideas for control strategies that may be inspired by nature, unconventional applications, and the combined role of feedback and uncertainty in systems that incorporate large numbers of sensors and actuators. New sensor and actuator concepts that integrate feedback and signal processing to achieve a sensing or actuation objective are also funded.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13575&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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11) Science Master's Program (NSF)
The Program prepares graduate students for careers in business, industry, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies by providing them not only with a strong foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, but also with research experiences, internship experiences, and the skills to succeed in those careers. The program is intended to catalyze the creation of institution-based efforts that can be sustained without additional federal funding. This program is also intended to encourage diversity in student participation so as to contribute to a broadly inclusive, well-trained science and engineering workforce.
DEADLINE: November 20, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49161
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12) Ecology of Infectious Diseases (NSF)
This 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 9, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08601/nsf08601.htm
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13) Geography and Spatial Sciences Program (NSF)
The goals of the Program, are (1) to promote scientific research in geography and the spatial sciences that advances theory and basic understanding and that addresses the challenges facing society; (2) to promote the integration of geographers and spatial scientists in interdisciplinary research; (3) to promote education and training of geographers and spatial scientists in order to enhance the capabilities of current and future generations of researchers; and (4) to promote the development and use of scientific methods and tools for geographic research. The GSS Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on the Earth's surface. Investigations are encouraged into the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects on a variety of topics (both domestic and international) qualify for support if they offer promise of contributing to scholarship by enhancing geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. GSS encourages projects that explicitly integrate undergraduate and graduate education into the overall research agenda.
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
For more information: http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/4336
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14) Science to Achieve Results STAR Fellowships for Graduate Environmental Study (EPA)
The program is offering Graduate Fellowships for master's and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of 2 years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of 3 years, usable over a period of 4 years.
DEADLINE: October 22, 2009
For more information: http://epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
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15) National Student Design Competition for Sustainability (EPA)
These grants may involve the collection of Geospatial Information. The Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The Awards program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people - people, prosperity, and the planet - the three pillars of sustainability.
DEADLINE: January 4, 2010
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49241
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16) Recovery Act - Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (USDI)
Under the Act of 2009 additional funding is available for habitat restoration through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. These Recovery Act funds are available for habitat restoration projects that address high priority wetland, upland, or riparian habitats in selected geographic areas. Projects must provide direct benefits to Federal Trust species (i.e., migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fish, certain marine mammals, and species of international concern). If an applicant is interested in requesting assistance for a potential project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program they must contact their local coordinator for information about funding and technical assistance availability.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/synopsis.do;jsessionid=FX71KNGG4J5rnLFHVyQ7dDc9m3sLySvrvJtVT1zXJYJ0KJb0mVVN!-77834959
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17) Bird Habitat Conservation (FWS)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Division of Bird Habitat Conservation (DBHC) is responsible for managing the NMBCA grants program and administers all grants. Applicants submit project proposals to the DBHC during the program's one funding cycle per year, and the proposals are reviewed for eligibility. A panel of FWS staff and outside experts reviews eligible project proposals and makes recommendations for funding to the FWS Director. The Director approves the projects for funding. All organizations applying for a grant must follow the instructions given here. In addition, applicants should review the following guidelines before writing a proposal. - For projects with field activities located exclusively within the United States: U.S. Grant Policies. - For projects with field activities located exclusively outside of the United States: LAC Grant Policies. - For projects with field activities located both inside and outside the United States: both U.S. Grant Policies and LAC Grant Policies apply.
DEADLINE: November 2, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NMBCA/InstructionsENG.shtm
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18) 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 2, 2009
For more information: http://www.biocircleproject.eu/dnn4/home/tabid/61/Default.aspx
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19) Cooperative Research Units Program (USDI)
The Cooperative Research Units Program is a unique collaborative relationship between States, Universities, the Federal government and a non-profit organization. The program is comprised of 40 Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units on university campuses in 38 states. Since the original nine Units were established in the 1930s, additional Units were established by Congress at specified universities. The 40 units in the program are jointly supported by the US Geological Survey, Host Universities, State Natural Resource Agencies, Wildlife Management Institute, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
DEADLINE: July 19, 2010
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49187
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20) Recovery Act Funds - Environmental Internship (USDI)
The goal is to help develop a new generation of enthused and effective conservationists and ecologists. Each selected individual or group is given the opportunity to serve a seasonal on-site assignment, usually scheduled between June 1st and September 30th. During the assignments, individuals or groups are introduced to various real-world conservation and rehabilitation activities such as invasive species management, habitat restoration, wildlife management, and public education and interpretation, mixed with informal and formal training sessions directed by USFWS. Proposals are invited from all potential sources willing and able to cooperatively administer a program for identifying and recruiting individuals or groups for assignments at various USFWS stations.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2010
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47853
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21) Archer Daniels Midland - ADM Cares
Beginning in fiscal 2009, Archer Daniels Midland will further strengthen their corporate-giving strategy with the launch of ADM Cares. ADM Cares will target 1% of pretax earnings to investments to support safe, responsible and environmentally sound agricultural practices in critical growing regions in South America, North America, West Africa and Southeast Asia. These investments will promote: health and safety programs for farm workers and children who live on farms; responsible use of agricultural chemicals; sustainable farming practices; and rehabilitation and preservation of environmentally sensitive lands.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
For more information: http://www.adm.com/en-US/responsibility/community/Pages/default.aspx
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22) Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)
The Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP) offers hands-on exposure to Air Force research challenges through eight to 12 week research residencies at participating Air Force Research Facilities for full-time science and engineering faculty at U.S. colleges and universities. This program is administered by ASEE, which provides the oversight and administrative structure for the selection and appointment of applicants. The objectives of the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program are to: stimulate professional relationships among SFFP participants and the scientists and engineers at Air Force Research Facilities; enhance the research interests and capabilities of faculty (both new and experienced researchers) in the U.S. academic community; elevate the awareness in the U.S. academic community of Air Force research interests; provide the SFFP participant opportunities to perform high-quality and meaningful research at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directorates, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Air Force Institute of Technology; and provide nationally accredited mentoring of academic researchers at Technical Directorates of the AFRL, the United States Air Force Academy, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. During the summer, the faculty, under the mentorship of Air Force researchers, will conduct research at Air Force Research Facilities for a continuous period (other than federal holidays and weekends). SFFP participants may choose to perform their research at Air Force facilities around the United States, but only in those research areas and with those approved advisors listed on the SFFP website.
DEADLINE: November 27, 2009
For more information: http://sffp.asee.org/
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23) Homeland Security Grants
The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting individuals or teams to research, create, develop, deploy and evaluate innovative educational tools, approaches and resources to educate and inspire the next-generation homeland security workforce. Attracting historically underserved and underrepresented populations is a requirement of this initiative. The funded activity should result in one or more of the following outcomes: foster a homeland security culture within the academic community, including K-14, informal education and adult education; strengthen U.S. scientific leadership in homeland security research; disseminate knowledge; integrate homeland security educational activities across agencies; nurture a homeland security science and engineering workforce; and transfer new discoveries from DHS Centers of Excellence to the U.S. population. Topics of strategic interest include: social and behavioral analyses of terrorist threats; community preparedness, response and recovery from catastrophic events; economic assessments of terrorism and catastrophic events; and decision models of terrorist behavior; integration of human factors concerns into homeland security technologies; assessments of public acceptance of homeland security technologies; use of technology to discern critical aspects of human behavior; transportation security; border security; and immigrations studies.
DEADLINE: February 28, 2010
For more information: http://www.fbo.gov/download/c41/c418c2c7574e9672594ff3f76eba6a2a/BAA09-07@dhs.gov.pdf
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24) Canadian Studies
The Canadian Government provides grants of up $20,000 for research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the U.S., and its international affairs. Priority is given to projects that have policy relevance for Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Over the past 3 years, applicants have had a 36% success rate. Topics that are highly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include smart and secure borders; North American economic competitiveness; regulatory cooperation; Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership; energy security and sustainability; environmental sustainability; emergency planning and management; Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation; Canada in Afghanistan; global health policy; and changing demographics in North America. Collaboration with researchers at Canadian institutions is strongly encouraged. Graduate student applicants may request up to $10,000. Deadlines: November 2 for faculty research; December 1, 2009 for dissertation research. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/research-recherche.aspx?lang=eng; http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/doctoral-doctorat.aspx?lang=eng.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/research-recherche.aspx?lang=eng
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25) Biosphere Reserves Nominations (UNESCO)
Biosphere Reserves are areas established to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship between humans and the biosphere. Biosphere reserves are designed to deal with one of the most important questions the world faces today: How can we reconcile conservation of biodiversity and biological resources with their sustainable use? An effective biosphere reserve involves natural and social scientists; conservation and development groups; management authorities, and local communities - all working together on this complex issue. Each biosphere reserve is intended to fulfill the following three complementary functions: 1. A conservation function, to preserve genetic resources, species, ecosystems, and landscapes 2. A development function, to foster sustainable economic and human development 3. A logistic support function, to support demonstration projects, environmental education and training, and research and monitoring related to local, national, and global issues of conservation and sustainable development.
DEADLINE: Continuous
For more information: http://www.unesco.org/mab/wnbrs.shtml#
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26) Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)
The Programme supports the FAO Member Nations through small projects that address specific problems in the agriculture, fisheries, and forestry sectors. The aim of a project is to produce tangible and immediate results in the battle against hunger and to catalyse long-term changes. Assistance should contribute to household or national food security, improved rural livelihoods and poverty reduction, in line with the World Food Summit target, the MDGs, and FAO's strategic goals and objectives, including those related to the provision of global public goods. The Technical Cooperation Programme is one of FAO's tools for contributing to the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals and particularly the goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
DEADLINE: Continuous
For more information: http://www.fao.org/tc/tcp/index_en.asp
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27) Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program supports short-term overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty. Projects must focus on humanities, social sciences and languages in one or more of the following geographic regions: Africa, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western Hemisphere (Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean), East Central Europe and Eurasia, or the Near East and may include short-term seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. Projects that provide substantive training and thematic focus, both during the pre-departure and in-country project phases, on any of the 78 languages on the U.S. Department of Educations list of Less Commonly Taught Languages and projects that develop and improve foreign language or area studies at elementary and secondary schools will receive priority.
DEADLINE: October 6, 2009
For more information: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html
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28) Faculty for the Future Fellowships (Schlumberger Foundation)
Women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for Ph.D. or postdoctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering, and related disciplines to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad. Women from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Honduras and Brazil (countries in which the UA has CONAHEC member institutions) among other
developing and emerging economies
can apply. They can be intending to pursue or already studying doctoral or postdoctoral preparation in institutions of the U.S. or Canada.
DEADLINE: November 30, 2009
For more information: http://www.slb.com/content/about/foundation/facultyfuture.asp?
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29) Expedition Grants (National Geographic Society)
The grant is a program dedicated to funding exploration of largely unrecorded or little-known areas of the Earth, as well as regions undergoing significant environmental or cultural change. The grants support a wide range of projects including marine research, archaeological discoveries, documentation of vanishing rain forests, first ascents, and more. Through these compelling stories the council reinforces its mission to foster a deeper understanding of the world and its inhabitants. Projects must have the potential to yield compelling stories and images.
DEADLINE: Continuous
For more information: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/ec-apply.html
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30) Conservation Grants (National Geographic Society)
The objective 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: Continuous
For more information: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/grants-programs/conservation-trust-application.html
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31) 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.
For more information: http://kellogg.nd.edu/vfellowships/index.shtml
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32) Dissertation Support for Women (P.E.O. Foundation)
The UA Graduate College invites women who will complete a Ph.D. between May 2011 and August 2012 to submit qualifications for review. Those selected for nomination will be able to apply to P.E.O. for a Scholar Award. Typical nominees have a graduate GPA in the 3.6-4.0 range, a history of service or outreach, demonstrated evidence of superior scholarship and focus, and highly supportive referees. Please complete and sign the Pre-application Form and return to the Graduate College along with a brief CV and Personal Statement. To obtain a Pre-application Form, email Georgia Ehlers at gehlers at u.arizona.edu.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2009
For more information: http://grad.arizona.edu/
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33) Public Health Services and Systems Research (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
The program examines the structure, operation and outcomes of the public health system and the impact of the services it provides on the health of the public. Practitioners, researchers and policy-makers are eligible to apply for up to twelve 2-year grants. Researchers who are new to the field are encouraged to apply. Interested applicants should register for a September 3 (1:30 p.m. ET) Web conference.
http://www.nnphi.org/phssr
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20861
DEADLINE: September 22, 2009
For more information: http://www.nnphi.org/phssr
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34) Community-Based Solutions, Sustainable World (Threshold Foundation)
The committee seeks to fund practical, grassroots solutions to building a sustainable world. The committee is looking for projects that have either been successfully replicated at least once, or are currently in the process of being replicated. The committee is particularly interested in localized, but widely applicable, solutions for energy efficiency, reducing consumption of natural resources, alternative and distributed energy, or innovations in local sustainable agriculture and food production. Both the concept and implementation of the project should be so catchy and straightforward that it is already inspiring others, in other communities, to ask for assistance in replicating the work. The committee would like to help fund the expansion and dissemination of these solutions. By "Sustainability," Threshold means meeting the needs of people now without compromising the needs of future generations; and bringing all human activities into harmony with nature for the benefit of all beings.
DEADLINE: September 25, 2009
For more information: http://www.thresholdfoundation.org/index.php?id=274
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35) Sustainable Planet and Justice and Democracy (Threshold Foundation)
The project aims to identify cutting-edge projects not often supported by mainstream funders. Applicants may submit a letter of inquiry to one committee only. The Sustainable Planet Committee supports projects under three focus areas: climate change, community-based solutions, and ecological hotspots. The Justice and Democracy Committee seeks to ensure human rights for youth impacted by the criminal justice and drug policy systems, and political rights for those in historically disenfranchised communities.
DEADLINE: September 25, 2009
For more information: http://www.thresholdfoundation.org/index.php?id=274
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36) Minority Internships and Visiting Student Awards (Smithsonian)
The award offers internships and visiting student awards to increase participation of U.S. minority groups who are underrepresented in Smithsonian scholarly programs, in the disciplines of research conducted at the Institution, and in the museum field. Research fields include: animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science; anthropology, including archaeology; astrophysics and astronomy; earth sciences and paleobiology; evolutionary and systematic biology etc. This program provides undergraduate and beginning graduate students the opportunity to learn more about the Smithsonian and their academic fields through direct experience in research or museum-related internship projects under the supervision of professional staff members at the Institution's museums, research institutes and offices.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.si.edu/ofg/Applications/MIP/MIPapp.htm
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37) Strategic Research Group Program (Science Foundation Arizona)
Science Foundation Arizona has an RFP available for required pre-proposals, for their Strategic Research Group program, which is directed at linking research with industry partners and investors. SRGs seed strategic collaborations between Arizona's research institutions and industry partners to create economic advantages for the state in the strategic areas of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Sustainable Systems (SUS) and Biosciences (BIO). These investments anchor industry R&D, create commercial products, and increase the probability of attracting major federal research funding and large group grants. Industry partners are required, and must match the SFAz investments dollar-for-dollar. There are 3 categories of award, from $100K up to $8M.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009
For more information: http://sfaz.org/our-investments/investmentawarddownloads.aspx
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38) Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program (State Farm)
The Board is a group of thirty diverse youth that helps create and oversee a State Farm-funded grantmaking initiative for student-led service learning projects in the United States as well as Alberta, New Brunswick, and Ontario, Canada. Grants are available for projects that address the issues of environmental responsibility, natural and societal disaster preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap. Grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000 each.
DEADLINE: October 2, 2009
For more information: http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply.php
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39) Community Health Leaders Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
The program honors outstanding and otherwise unrecognized individuals who overcome daunting odds to improve health and health care, especially to underserved populations in communities across the United States. The program aims to elevate the work of these "unsung heroes" through enhanced recognition, technical assistance, and new leadership opportunities. The nominee must: be accomplished in the field of community health at the midcareer level, with a three- to ten-year record of accomplishment; have created or substantially enhanced a health or health-care initiative that improves access to and quality of care or services in his or her community; have positively affected a significant number of people in the targeted community; not have received significant national recognition for their work.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20902
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40) Social Problems Affecting Individuals, Families and Communities (Fahs-Beck Fund)
The program supports research that contributes to a greater understanding of social problems affecting individuals, families and local communities. Dissertation grants 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 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.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html
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41) Sustainable Development (Sophie Foundation)
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, 2009
For more information: http://www.sofieprisen.no/Nomination_Guidelines/index.html
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42) Human Reproduction Education (Anna Lalor Burdick Program)
The Program seeks to educate young women about human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in life. The program focuses particularly on young women who have inadequate access to information regarding reproductive health, including the subjects of contraception and pregnancy termination, and as such may be particularly lacking options in their lives. The funding program emphasizes support for projects that demonstrate realistic plans to achieve greater financial self-sufficiency; support for new or smaller organizations, including grassroots efforts; support for collaborative efforts among nonprofit organizations; and support for new ideas, initiatives, and demonstration projects that may be successfully replicated or provide multiple benefits. The program has no geographic limits.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.lalorfound.org/albguidelines.html
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43) Predoctoral Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
The fellowships provide 3 years of support to underrepresented minorities for study in research-based PhD programs in American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women's studies.
DEADLINE: November 2, 2009
For more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958
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44) President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (University of California)
The Program was established to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoring to qualified scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California. These contributions may include public service addressing the needs of our increasingly diverse society, efforts to advance equitable access to higher education for women and minorities, or research focusing on underserved populations or understanding issues of racial or gender inequalities. The program is seeking applicants with the potential to bring to their academic careers the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
DEADLINE: November 2, 2009
For more information: http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/
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45) Child Development in Immigrant Families (Foundation for Child Development)
The program will award fellowships 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 4, 2009
For more information: http://www.fcd-us.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=447982
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46) Dissertation Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
The dissertation fellowships provide 1 year of support for underrepresented minorities working to complete a dissertation leading to a Ph.D.
DEADLINE: November 9, 2009
For more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047959
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47) Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships (Ford Foundation)
The postdoctoral fellowships provide 1 year of support for underrepresented minorities engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D.
DEADLINE: November 9, 2009
For more information: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960
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48) Wildlife Conservation (SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund)
The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund is a nonprofit private charitable foundation created by the Worlds of Discovery (SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Discovery Cove) to support wildlife conservation, research, and education around the world. Since its launch in 2003, the fund has granted a total of $5 million to more than 350 projects in 60 countries. The fund's grantees include global organizations as well as smaller, grassroots organizations. The fund focuses its resources in four strategic areas Species Research, Habitat Protection, Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation, and Conservation Education. The fund has no set minimum or maximum grant amount. In the past, the fund has supported projects ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each for a one-year term. The fund will consider multi-year proposals.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.swbg-conservationfund.org/grantInfo.htm
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49) Energy, Environment, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Fellowships (AAAS)
The are provided primarily as a professional development opportunity. Fellowships are awarded to highly qualified individuals interested in learning about the science-policy interface while applying their scientific and technical knowledge and analytical skills to the federal policy realm. The fellows engage in projects, policies, risk assessment, evaluation, and outreach initiatives to (1) protect animal, plant and environmental health; (2) address ecosystem degradation, pollution, and biological threats; (3) tackle challenges and opportunities in agriculture, fisheries, climate change, and energy; and (4) safeguard air, water, land, wildlife, and natural resources.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2009
For more information: http://fellowships.aaas.org/02_Areas/02_index.shtml#5
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50) Nutritional Research and Practice Grants (Allen Foundation)
Grants are limited to projects that primarily benefit programs for human nutrition in the areas of health, education, training, and research. The policies and priorities of the Allen Foundation are (1) to make grants to fund relevant nutritional research; (2) to support programs for the education and training of mothers during pregnancy and after the birth of their children, so that good nutritional habits can be formed at an early age; (3) to assist in the training of persons to work as educators and demonstrators of good nutritional practices; (4) to encourage the dissemination of information regarding healthful nutritional practices and habits; and (5) in limited situations, to make grants to help solve immediate emergency hunger and malnutrition problems.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2009
For more information: http://www.allenfoundation.org/commoninfo/aboutus.asp
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51) NOTICE: GIFT Center Offering Grants for Lunch: Who Cares? Sharing Your Research with Donors and the General Public
Our thriving campus is home to amazing research accomplishments that are often known only by close scientific peers. Academic and federal grants systems reinforce this insider-only conversation. Expressing the human and community impact of research accomplishments to the public presents a challenge of translation for many faculty members. Yet understanding this impact is how the general public, charitable grantmakers, and other donors come to care about and support research. (1) What's your elevator speech? (2) How do you talk about your work with your child's teacher, your social club, your neighbor down the street? (3) How does a charitable grant proposal compare to a federal one? Join our panel of faculty experts as they share their experience, tips, and strategies to help with the important task of presenting your exciting research program to a variety of audiences. When: September 30, 2009 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Where: Vine Avenue Annex, Room 102, 1125 N. Vine (southwest corner of Helen and Vine. Kindly RSVP by September 23, 2009 to GIFTCenter at al.arizona.edu, providing names and titles of attendees in your RSVP note. Seating is limited. Bring your brown-bag lunch for this informal and free event. Beverages and snacks are courtesy of the GIFT Center. The nearest available parking is at the Highland Parking Garage and there is plentiful Zone 1 parking nearby.
DEADLINE: September 23, 2009
For more information: http://uafoundation.org/information/faculty_staff/grantseeking/giftcenter/
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