[GrantsAlert] CALS Grants Alert Issue No. 41 21-Sep-09
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1) Faculty Research Development Grants for International Travel (UA)
2) Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowships from the Grad College (UA)
3) Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Program Sustainable Community Projects (USDA)
4) Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grants (USDA)
5) Science Master's Program (NSF)
6) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (NSF)
7) Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (NSF)
8) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (NSF)
9) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (NSF)
10) Water-Related Issues of Importance to Arizona (USGS)
11) Undergraduate Fellowships in Environmental Research (EPA)
12) National Student Design Competition for Sustainability (EPA)
13) North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants (FWS)
14) African Elephant Conservation Program (FWS)
15) Asian Elephant Conservation Program (FWS)
16) Great Apes Conservation Program (FWS)
17) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Program (FWS)
18) Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants (FWS)
19) Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring Projects (DOD)
20) Ecological Mitigation Projects (DOD)
21) Military Land Management Projects (DOD)
22) Wetlands Research Projects (DOD)
23) Endangered Species and Land Management Pre-Proposals (U.S. Army)
24) Freshwater Fishery Investigations (DOD)
25) Network for the Future Program (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
26) U.S. - Egypt Joint Board on Scientific and Technological Cooperation: Research Grants
27) Yemeni Studies (American Institute for Yemeni Studies)
28) Cambodian Studies (Center for Khmer Studies)
29) Public Private Alliances (USAID)
30) K-12 Education Grants (RGK Foundation)
31) Research Proposals (Earthwatch Institute)
32) Educational Opportunty Grants (Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation)
33) Medication Optimization Diffusion Grants Program (Center for Technology and Aging)
34) St. Andrews Prize for the Environment
35) Social Problems Affecting Individuals, Families and Communities (Fahs-Beck Fund)
36) Global Security, Intelligence Studies, or Foreign Languages (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)
37) Anmal and Wildlife Research (Morris Animal Foundation)
38) American Association of University Women American Fellowships
39) Graduate Student Grants-in-Aid (Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science)
40) Faculty for the Future Fellowships (Schlumberger Foundation)
41) Predoctoral Fellowships (American Society of Nutrition)
42) Feline Health (Winn Feline Foundation)
43) Nutritional Research and Practice Grants (Allen Foundation)
44) Awards in Tropical Botany (Garden Club of America)
45) NOTICE: Funding Innovation through the SBIR/STTR Programs Training Sessions
46) NOTICE: CSREES is Changing to NIFA
47) NOTICE: Building Partnerships for Youth - State Team Opportunity
48) NOTICE: Tucson Grants Forum
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1) 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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2) Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowships from the Grad College (UA)
The UA Graduate College has announced the Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowships ($10,788 plus in-state waiver of tuition for two semesters) to be paid Spring 2010 for doctoral candidates whose dissertation proposal has been approved and who expect to complete and defend their doctoral dissertation within the 1-year period of the award, who are U.S. citizens, residents of Arizona with 3.5 GPA or higher, and can demonstrate financial need.
DEADLINE: November 9, 2009
For more information: http://grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources/ua-resources/meritorious-awards
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3) Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Program Sustainable Community Projects (USDA)
The goal of the program is to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.
DEADLINE: October 23, 2009
For more information: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/childrenyouthfamiliessustainablecommunityprojects.cfm
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4) Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grants (USDA)
The program is a request for proposal of projects that increase the use of woody biomass that is removed during hazardous fuels treatment projects on both public and private forestlands. The Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization (WBU) Grant Program is intended to improve the effectiveness of forest restoration activities by creating and expanding markets for small-diameter material, low-value trees, and woody biomass removed during hazardous fuel reduction and forest health activities. These funds are intended to assist communities, entrepreneurs, and others turn low-value woody biomass materials from forest restoration activities into marketable forest products and/or energy products.
DEADLINE: November 20, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49423
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5) 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: October 5, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503428&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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6) Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (NSF)
The program will fund interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation proposals should aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two specific research areas: (1) Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR), and (2) Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering Sustainable Buildings. 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 are being sought.
DEADLINE: October 9, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13708&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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7) Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (NSF)
The goal of research funded under the interdisciplinary P2C2 solicitation is to utilize key geological, chemical, and biological records of climate system variability to provide insights into the mechanisms and rate of change that characterized Earth's past climate variability, the sensitivity of Earth's climate system to changes in forcing, and the response of key components of the Earth system to these changes. Important scientific objectives of P2C2 are to: 1) provide comprehensive paleoclimate data sets that can serve as model test data sets analogous to instrumental observations; and 2) enable transformative syntheses of paleoclimate data and modeling outcomes to understand the response of the longer-term and higher magnitude variability of the climate system that is observed in the geological record.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5750&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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8) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (NSF)
NSF's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question.
DEADLINE: October 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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9) Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (NSF)
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.
DEADLINE: October 19, 2009
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503424&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
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10) Water-Related Issues of Importance to Arizona (USGS)
The UA's Water Resources Research Center invites proposals for research that explores new ideas to address water problems in Arizona or expand understanding of water and water-related phenomena. Funded by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Water Resources Research Act Section 104(b) program provides support for small research projects on water-related issues of importance to the state and region. The WRRC expects to fund three grants of about $10,000 for 12 months. Researchers in any of the social, biological, physical, and engineering sciences and fields such as water management, water law, economics and public health are invited to apply. http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/events.php?rcd_id=124; http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/programs/104b/index.html
DEADLINE: November 12, 2009
For more information: http://ag.arizona.edu/azwater/programs/104b/index.html
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11) Undergraduate Fellowships in Environmental Research (EPA)
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. 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.
DEADLINE: December 10, 2009
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49442
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12) National Student Design Competition for Sustainability (EPA)
The program aims to generate research outputs in the form of innovative, inherently benign, integrated, and interdisciplinary designs that will advance the scientific, technical, and policy knowledge necessary to further the goals of sustainability. The desired outcomes of the research are to simultaneously achieve three goals: (1) to maintain or improve human health; (2) to advance economic competitiveness; and (3) to protect and preserve the environment by effectively and efficiently using water, materials, and energy and minimizing the generation, emission and use of hazardous substances. The Phase I competition is designed to foster creativity by allowing interdisciplinary teams of students to identify the technical challenge to sustainability their design will address; discuss how the identified technical challenge relates to people, prosperity, and the planet; propose a scientifically based design approach to address the challenge; and propose an approach to communicate relevant data and information to users and stakeholders.
DEADLINE: January 4, 2010
For more information: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_p3.html
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13) North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants (FWS)
The purpose 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.
DEADLINE: October 29, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/nawca/USsmallgrants.html
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14) African Elephant Conservation Program (FWS)
The African Elephant Conservation Fund is soliciting project proposals for the conservation of the African elephant throughout its range. The African Elephant Conservation Fund supports projects that promote conservation through applied research on elephant populations and their habitat, including surveys and monitoring; development and execution of elephant conservation management plans; compliance with applicable treaties and laws the prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of elephants or regulate the use and management of elephant habitat; conservation education and community outreach; enhanced protection of at-risk elephant populations; efforts to decrease human-elephant conflict; habitat conservation and management etc.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/international/DIC/species/afe/afe_howtoapply.html
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15) Asian Elephant Conservation Program (FWS)
The Asian Elephant Conservation Fund is soliciting project proposals for the conservation of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) throughout its range. The Asian Elephant Conservation Fund supports projects that promote conservation through applied research on elephant populations and their habitat, including surveys and monitoring; development and execution of elephant conservation management plans; compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of elephants or regulate the use and management of elephant habitat; conservation education and community outreach; enhanced protection of at-risk elephant populations; efforts to decrease human-elephant conflict; habitat conservation and management etc.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/international/DIC/species/ase/ase_howtoapply.html
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16) Great Apes Conservation Program (FWS)
The purpose of this competitive grants program is to assist in the conservation of great apes by enhancing: protection of at-risk ape populations; transfrontier ape conservation; habitat/ecosystem conservation and management; applied research on ape populations and their habitat including surveys and monitoring; conservation education; protected area/reserve management in important ape range; development and execution of ape conservation management plans; strengthening of local capacity to implement conservation programs; wildlife inspection, law enforcement and forensics skills; and efforts to decrease human-ape conflict.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/international/DIC/species/great_apes/ga_howtoapply.html
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17) Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Program (FWS)
The purpose of this competitive grants program is to assist in the conservation of rhinoceros and tiger populations by enhancing: protection of at-risk populations; transfrontier rhinoceros and tiger conservation; habitat conservation and management; applied research on rhinoceros and tiger populations and their habitat including surveys and monitoring; conservation education and community outreach; protected area/reserve management in important rhinoceros and tiger range; development and execution of rhinoceros and tiger conservation management plans; strengthening of local capacity to implement conservation programs; wildlife inspection, law enforcement and forensics skills; and efforts to decrease human-rhinoceros and human-tiger conflict.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.fws.gov/international/DIC/species/rhino/rhino.html
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18) Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants (FWS)
A panel of Fish and Wildlife Service staff and outside experts reviews eligible project proposals and makes recommendations for funding to the FWS Director. The Director approves the projects for funding. Applicants should review the 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://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=49346
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19) Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring Projects (DOD)
This research develops innovative and improved technologies and procedures for (1) inventorying threatened and endangered plant and animal populations and assessing long-term population viability and habitat health and (2) inventorying archeological sites, traditional cultural sites, and historic structures and landscapes; assessing their eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; and monitoring impacts to significant sites, structures, and landscapes. Research efforts should consider ecosystem and regional as well as local installation contexts when evaluating population viability, habitat health, and the significance of cultural sites. Specific research efforts are requested in the following areas: 1. Improved methods for inventorying threatened and endangered species and collecting related environmental data pertaining to endangered species management. 2. Improved methods for measuring a full range of habitat conditions and biological and abiotic environmental parameters. 3. Inventory and assessment of invasive species. 4. Predictive modeling of archeological sites. 5. Environmental reconstruction and geomorphological analysis related to identifying areas of past human habitation and use, etc.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
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20) Ecological Mitigation Projects (DOD)
An avoidance, minimization, and/or compensation process is required for impacts from water resources projects on ecological resources (fish, wildlife, habitat, or installation activities). Planning and implementing mitigation is a complex process, and new ideas that contribute to success of mitigation are invited. Subjects such as best management practices for avoiding or minimizing impacts, planning for mitigation based on impact analysis, incremental analysis to justify mitigation, mitigation banking, future predictions, and mitigation for indirect or cumulative impacts are included. Deadline: continuous.
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
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21) Military Land Management Projects (DOD)
The goal of research in land management is to develop and improve planning and management tools and procedures that enable land managers to address the priorities of the military mission, meet the requirements of environmental legislation, and support the stewardship of natural and cultural resources on military lands. Specific research efforts are requested in the following areas: 1. Impacts of military land use activities on species listed pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and developing management plans and mitigation strategies 2. Fragmentation of habitat of threatened and endangered species 3. Developing technologies for integrating cultural and natural resources management planning 4. Predicting and controlling erosion and dust associated with military training activities 5. Evaluating the carrying capacity of training lands and improving understanding of the impacts of military training on the environment 6. Developing new technologies designed to mitigate environmental effects of training on the landscape 7. Assessing and modeling the effects of helicopter, aircraft, blast, and small arms noise on animals and humans 8. Developing technologies for control of invasive species 9. Developing sustainability indices and risk assessments for military training lands etc. Deadline: continuous.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
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22) Wetlands Research Projects (DOD)
This research is expected to continue as part of a series of wetlands task areas. Research task areas outlined below will be conducted both in-house, with other agencies, or will be contracted. Studies must be short term due to funding and time constraints, and must address one or more of the research tasks. 1. Critical Processes of Wetlands. To examine the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes that cause wetlands to provide important functions and to relate those processes and functions to other aspects of wetlands work in the Corps of Engineers. 2. Wetlands Delineation and Evaluation. Objectives of this task are to examine technical assumptions in the 1987 "Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual" and to develop techniques to assess wetland functions. The first objective will be accomplished through a combination of field and laboratory studies to examine hydrology/vegetation/soil relationships, morphological development of hydric soils, and physiological response of vegetation to soil saturation in relation to the growing season. The second objective will also be accomplished through field and laboratory studies. 3. Wetlands Restoration, Protection and Creation. To study existing wetlands restoration, protection and creation sites built from dredged material for compensatory mitigation, and for other non-regulatory purposes such as shoreline stabilization and erosion control. Deadline: continuous
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
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23) Endangered Species and Land Management Pre-Proposals (U.S. Army)
The program requests pre-proposals for 1) innovative and improved technologies and procedures for inventorying threatened and endangered plant and animal populations and assessing long-term population viability and habitat health; inventorying archeological sites, traditional cultural sites, and historic structures and landscapes; assessing their eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; and monitoring impacts to significant sites, structures, and landscapes and 2) research in land management to develop and improve planning and management tools and procedures that enable land managers to address the priorities of the military mission, meet the requirements of environmental legislation, and support the stewardship of natural and cultural resources on military lands.
DEADLINE: continuous
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/BAA.pdf
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24) Freshwater Fishery Investigations (DOD)
Primary areas of research are predicting environmental impacts of navigation and flood control projects on fishes and other aquatic fauna, restoration of aquatic habitats, conservation of endangered fish species, evaluating wetland fish communities, and fishery management in vegetated waterbodies. New and innovative approaches to determine physiological, behavioral, population, and community level responses of fishes to dynamic habitat variables are of interest, along with technological advancements in sampling capability. Demographic and landscape models are anticipated products of this research. Deadline: continuous.
DEADLINE: Varies
For more information: http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/other.asp
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25) Network for the Future Program (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation)
Nonprofit organizations that work to promote understanding and cooperation among the nations and peoples of Asia and the United States, and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership have initiated the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program, a new program intended to foster a network of "next generation" Japan specialists. Applicants must be American citizens or permanent residents and should be committed to the Japan-U.S. dialogue and have a working knowledge of the Japanese language. Applicants should have a graduate degree and at least two years experience in their field. In keeping with the aim of this program to identify the "next generation" of scholars and practitioners, applicants should, in principle, be between 27 and 45 years of age. The program will cover the costs of travel, accommodations, and meals associated with project meetings and study trips.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.mansfieldfdn.org/programs/networkforthefuture.htm
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26) U.S. - Egypt Joint Board on Scientific and Technological Cooperation: Research Grants
The U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology (S&T) Joint Fund was established to help Egypt and the U.S. utilize science and apply technology by providing opportunities to exchange ideas, information, skills, and techniques and to collaborate on scientific and technological endeavors of mutual interest. Joint Fund support for research and development cooperation takes the form of: (1) Research grants (as described in this program announcement): Grant Type A: up to a maximum of $100,000; Grant Type B: from $101,000 to a maximum of $200,000. (2) Workshop grants (Workshop proposals are presented to the Joint Board by Board members; for information on submitting a workshop proposal idea for funding, please contact the Board member within the appropriate field.); and (3) Junior Scientist Visits. Joint Fund grants provide financial resources to promote international cooperation and to support the add-on costs of bilateral cooperation. U.S. and Egyptian researches submit their Joint Applications to both a U.S. program administrator and the Egyptian Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF). The Joint Board will entertain proposals from a range of fields including: Agriculture, ICT, Pharmaceutical and chemistry, Engineering, Medical sciences, Humanities, Materials, Basic sciences, and other fields.
DEADLINE: October 20, 2009
For more information: http://www.stdf.org.eg/files/Research%20Grants.pdf
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27) Yemeni Studies (American Institute for Yemeni Studies)
The American Institute for Yemeni Studies grants up to $10,000 to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars for feasibility studies or research projects in Yemen. AIYS also offers the opportunity for students and scholars to obtain intensive Arabic language training in Yemen through AIYS' ECA-funded individual fellowship program.
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.aiys.org/fellowships.html
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28) Cambodian Studies (Center for Khmer Studies)
The Center for Khmer Studies invites applications from scholars in all disciplines who wish to conduct research in Cambodia. Doctoral dissertation fellowships (up to 11 months) and senior long-term (6-9 months) and short-term (4 months or less) fellowships are available for scholars who hold a Ph.D. Scholars can pursue research in other countries in mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Southern China) provided that part of their research is undertaken in Cambodia. Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens only.
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.khmerstudies.org/fellowships/senior.htm
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29) Public Private Alliances (USAID)
The USAID/Malawi mission invites interest from prospective local and international partner organizations to form Global Development Alliances to carry out activities in support of USAID/Malawi's development objectives. Alliance partners are expected to bring significant new resources, ideas, technologies, and/or partners to address development problems that USAID/Malawi is currently working to address. This APS is inviting potential partners to submit GDA concept papers for partnerships in Education and Workforce Preparation; Care and support for orphans and vulnerable children; and, Agricultural Development. (1) The USAID/Malawi Education team is interested in building strong alliances to prepare the next generation of Malawian citizens in the workforce. Proposed activities should be responsive to the National Education Sector Plan goals and targets and should help promote knowledge, skills and self-reliance of in and out of school children and youth. (2) Agriculture: The USAID/Malawi Economic Growth team is interested in initiating new alliances to strengthen the agribusiness sector. Potential activities should support the growth of small and medium sized agro-enterprises, including producer organizations, which are engaged in producing, marketing, or adding value (e.g. processing and quality enhancement) to crop, livestock, forestry, and/or fishery products. Additional activities may focus on the agro-processing, irrigation, and agricultural production. All activities must be linked to the Agricultural Sector Capacity Program Element/Agribusiness and Producer Organizations Program Sub-Element in the Foreign Assistance Framework. (3) Orphans and Vulnerable Children: The USAID/Malawi Health team is interested in initiating new public-private partnerships to strengthen care for orphans and vulnerable children in HIV-affected communities in Malawi.
DEADLINE: November 30, 2009
For more information: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=49399
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30) K-12 Education Grants (RGK Foundation)
The Foundation's primary interests within the education area include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science, and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Within the funding area of Community, the foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the foundation include children and family services, early childhood development, and parenting education. The foundation supports a variety of community improvement programs including those that enhance nonprofit management and promote philanthropy and voluntarism. Youth development programs supported by the Foundation typically include after-school educational enrichment programs that supplement and enhance formal education systems to increase the chances for successful outcomes in school and life. The foundation is also interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology.
DEADLINE: continuous
For more information: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines
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31) Research Proposals (Earthwatch Institute)
The institute supports scholarly field research worldwide in the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. The priority research areas are climate change, oceans, sustainable cultures, and sustainable resource management. The institute provides scientists with the funding and labor they need in the form of motivated, dedicated, paying volunteers. This funding model enables the institute to support research in a variety of disciplines, on the basis of a researcher's need for volunteers and the institute's ability to find them. Deadline: continuous
For more information: http://www.earthwatch.org/aboutus/research/scientistopps/reqresprop
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32) Educational Opportunty Grants (Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation)
The Foundation's goal is to help empower America's youth. Consistent with this vision, the Foundation's Philanthropy and Education initiatives focus the majority of their resources on developing and supporting programs/partnerships that promote educational opportunities for diverse populations in the USA. Proposals submitted to the Foundation for review for educational and cultural programs must address the following priorities: Target K-12 and college students; (1) Expose students to career opportunities; Develop skills in new technologies; (2) Leverage teacher/administrator, parental, and community involvement; (3) Include hands-on program activities; (4) Lead to comprehensive, systemic change on a regional and/or national basis; (5) Involve collaborative partnerships; (6) Demonstrate capacity to gain continuing support; Will result in dissemination and replication of lessons learned; (7) Have broad and positive impact on diverse populations with a special emphasis on women, minorities, and at-risk students; (8) Develop evaluation component with measurable results.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2009
For more information: http://companyinfo.tommy.com/#/tommy_foundation/overview
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33) Medication Optimization Diffusion Grants Program (Center for Technology and Aging)
The Center works to promote more rapid implementation of technologies that improve home and community-based care for older adults. The program awards grants to organizations successfully proposing programs that directly benefit older adults. Medication optimization refers to a wide variety of technologies designed to help manage medication information, dispensing, adherence, and tracking. Programs eligible for grants must use technologies that are ready to be used more broadly. Grantees will be expected to have prior experience with medication optimization technologies and will need to demonstrate a positive and measurable impact in the near term, including reducing the likelihood that older adults will be moved to more intensive, high-cost care settings. Most important, programs receiving grants will need to propose a strategy for successfully integrating their technology into the fabric of state and national healthcare delivery and reimbursement systems.
DEADLINE: October 2, 2009
For more information: http://www.techandaging.org/grants_home.html
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34) St. Andrews Prize for the Environment
The St. Andrews Prize for the Environment provides seed funding to help promote implementation of innovative environmental ideas and solutions. Entries for the prize should be practical and combine good science, economic reality and political acceptability. They should also have the potential for wider application. In most circumstances, they should not already have received widespread recognition. The Prize consists of an award of $75,000 and a medal. Additional awards of $25,000 are given to the runners-up.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2009
For more information: http://www.thestandrewsprize.com/awards/index.htm
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35) 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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36) Global Security, Intelligence Studies, or Foreign Languages (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association)
The AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Educational Foundation offers two $2,250 scholarships for undergraduates and three $5,000 scholarships for graduate students pursuing academic degrees in global security, intelligence studies, and/or foreign languages. These new Intelligence Scholarships will complement the AFCEA Educational Foundation's existing academic outreach in the hard science disciplines.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.afcea.org/education/scholarships/undergraduate/intelligence.asp
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37) Anmal and Wildlife Research (Morris Animal Foundation)
The goal of the program is to offer veterinary or doctoral (Ph.D.) investigators opportunities early in their career by providing research funding for their first project in companion animal or wildlife research; and pairing them with a seasoned researcher (mentor) to facilitate launching a successful, long-term, scientific career in advancing companion animal and wildlife health. Mentors must have a track record in companion animal or wildlife research. Applications are judged on the merits of the mentor, the merits of the applicant, the training environment, and the scope of research proposed. The mentor must have a track record in training (preferably Ph.D. candidates or postdoctoral fellows). The research topic can be basic or applied research or a combination, however, the topic must be directed toward animal health issues relevant to companion animals or wildlife species. It must have clear objectives and be hypothesis-driven. Projects oriented to animal models for human disease are inappropriate.
DEADLINE: November 13, 2009
For more information: http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/scientists
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38) American Association of University Women American Fellowships
AAUW American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations ($20,000 Dissertation Fellowships); scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions ($30,000 Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships); or scholars preparing research for publication ($6,000 Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants).
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
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39) Graduate Student Grants-in-Aid (Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science)
The Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science awards Graduate Student Grants-in-Aid of $300 for any activity directly associated with an ongoing research project. Students enrolled in a graduate program at Nevada or Arizona universities who are members of the Academy are eligible. DEADLINES: November 15, 2009; March 15, 2010.
DEADLINE: November 15, 2009
For more information: http://www.arizonanevadaacademyofscience.org/grants.html
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40) 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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41) Predoctoral Fellowships (American Society of Nutrition)
Predoctoral fellowships are offered to support nutrition research projects. Eligibility is based upon membership in the American Society of Nutrition (ASN) and enrollment in a program listed on the ASN website in the ASN Directory of Graduate Programs in Nutritional Sciences.
DEADLINE: December 1, 2009
For more information: http://www.nutrition.org/about-asn/awards/pre-doctoral/
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42) Feline Health (Winn Feline Foundation)
Over the years, the Foundation has helped advance veterinary knowledge in all areas of feline health. Since its inception, grants have been awarded by the Foundation for scientific studies, encouraging veterinarians and researchers to focus attention on the health needs of cats. The next round of grants will be awarded in February 2010, and applications are now being accepted. The Foundation supports studies about cat health. Projects must provide information that is used every day to treat cat diseases. Winn shares important goals with all who value cats - to improve cat health care, and to help cats live longer and healthier lives.
DEADLINE: December 14, 2009
For more information: http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/Pages/Researchers.html
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43) 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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44) Awards in Tropical Botany (Garden Club of America)
The award program was established to promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging the body of botanists with field experience. The program enables doctoral candidates to pursue independent field study in the tropics. Their research has the potential to significantly contribute to critical issues of tropical botany and notably impact tropical conservation. One award is granted for a systematics study and one for ecology.
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
For more information: http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarship/tropical.html
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45) NOTICE: Funding Innovation through the SBIR/STTR Programs Training Sessions
"Getting a grant" to cover various costs for the development of new technology is the focus of these training sessions:
Session I, October 1, 1-4pm: Find Solicitation
* Introducing the programs
* Unique STTR requirements
* Getting started
* Finding opportunities that fit
* Licensing from The University of Arizona
Session II, October 22, 1-4pm: Proposal Writing
* Introducing proposal writing
* Preparing proposal budget
* Preparing for and writing a commercialization plan
* Grants that get funded-success stories
Session III, October 29, 1-4pm: Pre-Award
* SBIR Intellectual Property rights
* Government accounting system
* Government property system
* Preparing sub awards and Consulting agreements
For more information: http://azinnovation.com
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46) NOTICE: CSREES is Changing to NIFA
On September 30, 2009, 12:00 AM, CSREES email and Internet site names will change to reflect the Agency's new name, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The new Internet site URL will be www.nifa.usda.gov and staff email addresses will change to first initial and last name at nifa.usda.gov. In both instances, the old Internet site URL and the old email addresses will remain functional.
DEADLINE: Varies per program
For more information: http://www.nifa.usda.gov
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47) NOTICE: Building Partnerships for Youth - State Team Opportunity
Supporting the positive development of America's young people is critical to ensure their success as adults. Building Partnerships for Youth announces a professional development opportunity that will facilitate the development of state or community teams from education, health, faith-based and voluntary youth serving organizations that will commit to work together to promote adolescent health and well-being through the integration of positive youth development approaches into policies and programs, and the coordination of youth services across sectors. "Spotlighting Positive Youth Development Kickoff Event" will be held February 3-5, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
DEADLINE: October 2, 2009
For more information: http://cals-cf.calsnet.arizona.edu/fcs/bpy/content.cfm?content=teamApp
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48) NOTICE: Tucson Grants Forum
The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits in partnership with the YWCA of Tucson will present the Alliance Grants Forum - Tucson on October 8, 2009 from 9:00am to 11:00am. This forum connects grant seekers from nonprofits with funders to learn about opportunities for partnership, network with other nonprofits, and knowledge sharing.
DEADLINE: October 8, 2009
For more information: http://www.arizonanonprofits.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?id=237
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