[GrantsAlert] CALS Grants Alert Issue No. 96 26-Aug-11
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1) ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (NSF)
2) Centers for Chemical Innovation (NSF)
3) Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) (NSF & BMGF)
4) Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I (NSF)
5) Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows (NSF)
6) Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) (NSF)
7) Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and Coordinating Center (P30) (NIH)
8) Economic Research on Incentives for Efficient Use of Preventive Services (R01) (NIH)
9) Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Studies in Humans, NHLBI (R01) (NIH)
10) Single Cell Studies in Aging Research (R01) (NIH)
11) Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01) (NIH)
12) Single Cell Studies in Aging Research (R21) (NIH)
13) Scalable Assays for Unbiased In Vitro Analysis of Neurobiological Function (R21/R33) (NIH)
14) Gulf of Mexico Regional Partnerships (EPA)
15) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Undergraduate Environmental Study (EPA)
16) Effectiveness Monitoring for Adaptive Management to Conserve Desert Tortoise (BLM)
17) Military Infectious Diseases Basic Reserach Award (DoD)
18) 2012 Young Investigator Grant Program (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation)
19) Health & Society Scholars (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
20) Alzheimer's Disease Research Grants (American Health Assistance Foundation)
21) Venture for America Fellowships
22) NOTICE: Dear Colleague Letter: Trustworthy Computing (NSF)
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1) ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (NSF)
The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. ADVANCE focuses on ensuring that women faculty with earned STEM degrees consider academia as a viable and attractive career option. This program does not support projects to increase or retain the number of women entering into or persisting in STEM doctoral degree programs. Thus, efforts to impact the STEM pipeline are not considered appropriate for the ADVANCE Program.
Creative strategies to realize the ADVANCE program goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of academic STEM women from underrepresented minority groups and women with disabilities are particularly encouraged. Further, given the increasing emphasis on international collaborations in many STEM disciplines, and the importance of international recognition to career advancement, proposal components that systemically enhance and provide access to international collaborations are encouraged.
Proposals from community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, minority-serving institutions (e.g. Tribal Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges and Universities), women's colleges, and institutions primarily serving persons with disabilities are encouraged.
In 2011-2012, this program will support the following types of ADVANCE Projects:
Institutional Transformation (IT)
Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst)
Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID)
**ADVANCE Webinar I
September 1, 2011 2 pm to 3:30 pm (EST)
http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121447&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13
**ADVANCE Webinar II
September 14, 2011 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (EST)
http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121448&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13
All ADVANCE webinars will have the same content; please, register for only one webinar.
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: October 3, 2011
Institutional Transformation (IT) and Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: November 7, 2011
Institutional Transformation (IT) and Institutional Transformation Catalyst (IT-Catalyst)
DEADLINE: October 3, 2011
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383
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2) Centers for Chemical Innovation (NSF)
The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program supports research centers focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges. CCIs that address these challenges will produce transformative research, lead to innovation, and attract broad scientific and public interest. CCIs are agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and make full use of cyberinfrastructure to enhance collaborations. CCIs may partner with researchers from industry, government laboratories and international organizations. CCIs integrate research, innovation, education, and public outreach and include a plan to broaden participation of underrepresented groups.
The CCI program is a two-phase program. Both phases are described in this solicitation. Phase I CCIs receive significant resources to develop the science and integrative elements of a CCI before requesting Phase II funding. Phase I proposals funded in FY 2012 will seek Phase II funding in FY 2015. Only organizations receiving Phase I awards in FY2009 are eligible to request Phase II funding in FY 2012.
For the FY 2012 Phase I competition, only projects addressing the theme of sustainable chemistry will be considered. The preliminary proposal and proposal must address how the topic addresses sustainable chemistry. Areas of focus include but are not limited to:
1. Developing clean, safe, and economical alternatives to traditional chemical products and practices.
2. Exploring alternatives to petroleum as a source of feedstock chemicals, including biorenewables.
3. Exploring earth-abundant, inexpensive and benign alternatives to rare, expensive and toxic chemicals. Examples include indium, germanium, rare earth elements and platinum catalysts.
4. Developing efficient recognition/sequestration and recycling of key elements essential for sustainability, for example phosphorus and rare earth elements.
Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: October 5, 2011 - Phase I preliminary proposals
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 25, 2011 - Phase II full proposal
Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 27, 2012 - Phase I full proposal, by invitation only
Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Phase I Webcast
September 7, 2011 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Interested in submitting a proposal for a Phase I Center for Chemical Innovation? Learn about the program and the important changes for this year at this webcast. A presentation about the CCI Program and the Phase I awards will be followed by an open question-and-answer session for general questions.
http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121428&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13
DEADLINE: October 5, 2011
For more information: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11552/nsf11552.htm
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3) Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD) (NSF & BMGF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are partnering to support a new research program to be administered by NSF. The objective of the BREAD Program is to support innovative basic scientific research designed to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world. A significant distinction between BREAD and other NSF programs is that proposals to BREAD must make a clear and well-defined connection between the outcomes of the proposed basic research and its direct relevance and potential application to agriculture in the developing world. The BREAD Program takes the activities of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) to the next level by supporting a broader range of scientific research and by enabling funding to be allocated to international collaborators through subawards.
The Program's focus is on novel, transformative basic research at the proof-of-concept stage rather than its application or development. Especially encouraged are original proposals that address major constraints to the productivity of crops important to smallholder farmers, or on the development of novel and efficient production practices. Although the Program places an initial emphasis on crop improvement, it will also consider innovative basic research proposals from scientists in all fields of research in the biological and physical sciences and engineering as long as the proposed research is consistent with the Program objectives. Proposals are also expected to address project outcomes in the context of broader societal impacts, and as appropriate to the research proposed, engage international partners in scientific collaborations.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10 to 20
Anticipated Funding Amount: $12,000,000 Up to $12 million is anticipated to be available for funding of this program in FY 2012, subject to availability of funds.
DEADLINE: November 22, 2011
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11579/nsf11579.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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4) Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I (NSF)
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.
The SBIR program solicits proposals from the small business sector consistent with NSF's mission. The program is governed by Public Law 112-17. A main purpose of the legislation is to stimulate technological innovation and increase private sector commercialization. The NSF SBIR program is therefore in a unique position to meet both the goals of NSF and the purpose of the SBIR legislation by transforming scientific discovery into both social and economic benefit, and by emphasizing private sector commercialization. Accordingly, NSF has formulated broad solicitation topics for SBIR that conform to the high-technology investment sector's interests.
The four broad topics are:
* Biological and Chemical Technologies (BC)
* Education Applications (EA)
* Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (EI)
* Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, and Manufacturing (NM)
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): December 02, 2011
Proposals submitted outside the window of November 02, 2011 - December 02, 2011 will be returned without review.
DEADLINE: December 2, 2011
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11577/nsf11577.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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5) Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows (NSF)
Through SEES Fellows, NSF seeks to enable the discoveries needed to inform actions that lead to environmental, energy and societal sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges. The program's emphasis is to facilitate investigations that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and address issues of sustainability through a systems approach, building bridges between academic inquiry, economic growth, and societal needs. The Fellow's proposed investigation should be interdisciplinary and allow him/her to obtain research experience beyond his/her current core disciplinary expertise. Additionally, Fellows are required to develop a research partnership that would broaden the impact and/or scope of the proposed research activities. Such activities might include, but are not limited to, a connection with a NSF Research Coordination Network (RCN), center or facility; industry; a national laboratory; or a state, regional, or local resource management agency. Fellows are required to have two mentors, one for the proposed research at the host institution (the institution that will administer the award) and the other for the research partnership. The mentors can be from the same institution, but should not be from the same discipline.
The challenge of sustainability, maintaining and improving the quality of life for the nation within a healthy Earth system, is of global concern. The NSF SEES Fellows may strengthen connections and collaborations with the broader international science and engineering community by having an international research partnership. Fellows are also expected to devote some time to a professional development activity such as, but not limited to, broadening participation of under-represented groups in sustainability science, an education activity, or a project that focuses on public engagement.
DEADLINE: December 5, 2011
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11575/nsf11575.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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6) Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE) (NSF)
To address the need to enhance diversity in its programs, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at the National Science Foundation is offering research initiation grants under the Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering program, BRIGE. ENG offers this BRIGE funding opportunity to all beginning engineers with the intent of increasing the diversity of researchers in the engineering disciplines. The goal of the BRIGE solicitation is to increase the number of proposals to the Directorate for Engineering from individuals who can serve as role models and mentors for an increasingly diverse engineering student population who will become the workforce of the future. BRIGE aims to support innovative research and diversity plans that contribute to recruiting and retaining a broad representation of engineering researchers especially those from groups that are underrepresented in the engineering population. Throughout this solicitation, the term underrepresented groups will refer to and include the following: women, persons with disabilities, and ethnic/racial groups which are in the minority in engineering such as African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25 to 30 awards
Anticipated Funding Amount: $5,000,000 anticipated program budget for FY 2012 pending the availability of funds.
DEADLINE: January 20, 2012
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11576/nsf11576.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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7) Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and Coordinating Center (P30) (NIH)
This FOA invites applications from qualified institutions to create or continue Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and a RCMAR Coordinating Center. The RCMAR Programs mission is to address the national priority of reducing health disparities with special emphasis on health disparities in an aging population. The RCMARs will organize themselves so as to create an infrastructure that will: (1) increase the number of researchers focusing upon the health and well-being of minority elders and (2) enhance diversity in the professional workforce by mentoring diverse academic researchers for sustained careers in minority elder health-related research.
Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000
Award Ceiling: $400,000
Letter of Intent Due Date: October 9, 2011
Application Due Date(s): November 9, 2011
DEADLINE: November 9, 2011
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-12-012.html
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8) Economic Research on Incentives for Efficient Use of Preventive Services (R01) (NIH)
This FOA solicits R01 applications for economic research on the role of incentive arrangements in promoting efficient use of preventive services and interventions, specifically considering both costs and health outcomes. The objective of the research program is to advance general knowledge about how incentives can be structured to improve both health and cost outcomes through more efficient use of preventive services; it is not primarily to advance specific knowledge about any particular preventive intervention or prevention of any particular health condition. This FOA is a component of the Common Fund initiative on Health Economics for Health Care Reform (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/healtheconomics).
Many different services, interventions, and behaviors contribute to preventing future health problems, either by reducing occurrences (primary prevention) or by reducing the severity of the consequences of health problems once they have occurred (secondary prevention). Preventive interventions may operate through a wide range of medical, social, and individual avenues that influence health behaviors and outcomes. Examples include:
* screening procedures and vaccines that may be applied to entire populations or subpopulations identified as having elevated risk for a particular condition or infectious disease;
* medications and clinical interventions, such as aspirin, anti-hypertensive medications, or diabetes management, that reduce risk or improve outcomes of other therapeutic interventions;
* policies, regulations, services, and accommodations that enhance access to health care services;
* school-, employment-, or community-based activities and arrangements that promote health and safety and reduce risky behaviors;
* public facilities and features of the built environment that contribute to healthy lifestyles and activities;
* food, product, and construction standards, inspections, and labeling;
* transportation safety policies;
* counseling interventions, educational programs, and information campaigns to increase awareness of health improvement strategies;
* taxes, subsidies, and regulations that affect either risky or health-promoting behaviors; and
* individual behaviors that promote health (including reducing or refraining from behaviors that increase health risks).
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-RM-11-012
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,600,000
DEADLINE: November 15, 2011
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-11-012.html
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9) Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Studies in Humans, NHLBI (R01) (NIH)
This FOA, issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to investigate the early origins of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease and the mechanisms involved in development and progression of pulmonary abnormalities in young children with this condition. Studies may explore novel strategies for detecting early lung disease in infants and young children with CF, including minimally invasive biomarkers and/or imaging approaches, and utilize these methods to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms of early lung disease onset and progression. The ultimate goal is development of novel approaches for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of early CF lung disease.
Letter of Intent Due Date: December 12, 2011
Application Due Date(s): January 11, 2012, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
DEADLINE: December 12, 2011
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-035.html
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10) Single Cell Studies in Aging Research (R01) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to develop research on single cell biology to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms of normal aging and of age-related diseases. Applications using -omics technologies, imaging, optofluidic platforms, mass spectroscopy, whole genome sequencing, and other tools and technologies at the single cell level are encouraged since it is expected that the single cell approach will improve the determination of unique and biologically significant properties of tissues and organs during the aging process.
Although we know that cells are heterogeneous, for example they might be at different stages in the cell cycle or at different stages in tumor progression, most contemporary studies use population of cells, thus providing a limited average view of cellular and tissue function. This is due mainly to the lack of tools to study single cells. This is now changing. Advances in technology have made more single cell studies feasible and will convert cellular heterogeneity from a source of noise to a source of new discoveries.
DEADLINE: February 5, 2012
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-320.html
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11) Behavioral and Social Genomics of Aging: Opportunities in the Health and Retirement Study (R01) (NIH)
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS; see at http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/ ) is a longitudinal, nationally representative sample of the US population aged 50 years and older (plus spouses) with an oversample of African and Hispanic Americans and a total sample size of over 20,000). Using funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the HRS is currently conducting genome-wide scans of DNA samples from approximately 20,000 participants, using the Illumina HumanOmni 2.5 Quad chip. It is anticipated that the genotype data for the first 13,000 subjects will be released to the public via dbGaP in the Fall of 2011, with data from the remaining participants to be released by the end of 2012. This FOA encourages applications taking advantage of the newly available genetic data to advance our understanding of how genetic, behavioral, and psychosocial factors affect the health and well-being of older Americans.
Originally designed to provide a rich longitudinal dataset for the community of scientific and policy researchers who study the health, economics and demography of aging, the HRS has become a uniquely multidisciplinary study, collecting data in the domains of income, work, assets, pension plans, health insurance, family structure, disability, physical health and functioning (including biomarkers, DNA, anthropometric and physical performance data), cognitive functioning, psychosocial factors (including well being, mental health symptoms, personality, social networks, and stress) , and health care expenditures. The study has also been used as a sampling frame to support several studies including the ADAMS sub-study of dementia prevalence; and studies of consumption and time use, parents' human capital investments in children, diabetes management, and internet interviewing among others. A critical feature of the HRS is the commitment to data dissemination and user support. Public use data products are made available as quickly as possible through online dissemination at http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/ , and the HRS also makes available by special licensing restricted data sets including linkages to sensitive administrative data (such as Social Security earnings and benefit records, Medicare utilization and diagnostic records, employer pension records, geographic information, and National Death Index information).
An Expert Meeting was convened by the Committee on Population of the National Academy of Sciences to discuss the role of genetics in the Health and Retirement Study, as well as in behavioral and social sciences more broadly. The summary of that meeting can be found here: http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms/BehavioralAndSocialResearch/Genetics.htm
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-11-318
DEADLINE: February 5, 2012
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-318.html
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12) Single Cell Studies in Aging Research (R21) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to develop research on single cell biology to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms of normal aging and of age-related diseases. Applications using -omics technologies, imaging, optofluidic platforms, mass spectroscopy, whole genome sequencing, and other tools and technologies at the single cell level are encouraged since it is expected that the single cell approach will improve the determination of unique and biologically significant properties of tissues and organs during the aging process.
Although we know that cells are heterogeneous, for example they might be at different stages in the cell cycle or at different stages in tumor progression, most contemporary studies use population of cells, thus providing a limited average view of cellular and tissue function. This is due mainly to the lack of tools to study single cells. This is now changing. Advances in technology have made more single cell studies feasible and will convert cellular heterogeneity from a source of noise to a source of new discoveries.
Application budgets are limited to $275,000 Direct Cost for 2 years, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year. Scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is 2 years.
DEADLINE: February 16, 2012
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-321.html
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13) Scalable Assays for Unbiased In Vitro Analysis of Neurobiological Function (R21/R33) (NIH)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations to develop novel, robust analytical platforms using in vitro assays to reveal changes in neuronal and/or glial function. The goal is to adapt state-of-the-art measures of basic cellular processes or molecular events that are key mediators of nervous system function with the intent to probe mechanisms and/or perturbations in an unbiased and efficient manner. The novel assay platforms would provide opportunities to measure neurobiological endpoints and build a pipeline to be used in the context of target identification and drug discovery.
The R21 phase may not exceed $275,000 in direct costs, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs in any single year. Direct costs for the R33 phase must be less than $500,000 per year.
The total project period for a combined R21/R33 application submitted in response to this FOA may not exceed four years, with no more than two years for the R21 phase and no more than two years for the R33 phase.
DEADLINE: February 16, 2012
For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-12-012.html
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14) Gulf of Mexico Regional Partnerships (EPA)
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals for projects that improve the health of the Gulf of Mexico by addressing improved water quality and public health, priority coastal habitat conservation and restoration, more effective coastal environmental education, improved ecosystems integration and assessment, strategic nutrient reductions and coastal community resilience. Projects must actively involve stakeholders and focus on one of the six priority issue areas contained in this document; and/or the goals and objectives of the EPA Gulf of Mexico Program (acres restored, impaired stream/river segments removed and water quality improved.) For more information go to http://www.epa.gov/gmpo
The total estimated funding for this competitive opportunity is approximately $3,000,000. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 10 - 50 cooperative agreement(s) from this announcement, subject to availability of funds, the quality of proposals received and other applicable considerations.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2011
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=115073
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15) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Undergraduate Environmental Study (EPA)
EPA-F2012U-GRO-P1 Natural and Life Sciences
EPA-F2012U-GRO-P2 Environmental Sciences and Interdisciplinary Programs
EPA-F2012U-GRO-P3 Engineering
EPA-F2012U-GRO-P4 Social Sciences
EPA-F2012U-GRO-Q1 Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences
EPA-F2012U-GRO-Q2 Mathematics and Computer Science
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 66.513
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of applications is December 12, 2011 4:00 PM ET for receipt of paper applications, and December 12, 2011, at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, and other applicable considerations, the Agency plans to award approximately 40 new fellowships by July 30, 2012. 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 of their junior year. The fellowship provides up to $19,700 per academic year of support and $9,500 of support for a three-month summer internship.
DEADLINE: December 12, 2011
For more information: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2012/2012_gro_undergrad.html
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16) Effectiveness Monitoring for Adaptive Management to Conserve Desert Tortoise (BLM)
BLM proposes to partner with applicant to address pressing questions associated with required mitigation measures (e.g. fencing roads, constructing culverts, rehabilitating disturbed habitat) to offset impacts to desert tortoise and determine how effective these measure are in improving tortoise conditions (e.g. reducing mortality and increasing recruitment). Effectiveness monitoring measures the success of the mitigation effort given the expected outcomes and resulting environmental effects, which can improve agency decision-making by providing feedback on the effectiveness of mitigation actions.
Expected Number of Awards: 4
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000
Award Ceiling: $100,000
Award Floor: $10,000
CFDA Number(s): 15.231
DEADLINE: August 31, 2011
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=115273
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17) Military Infectious Diseases Basic Reserach Award (DoD)
The primary purpose of the DMRDP is to invest in research outcomes that will expedite translation of health care solutions toward advancement of the health and welfare of military personnel, families, and communities, by executing innovative approaches to basic and applied research. The objectives of the DMRDP are to discover and explore innovative approaches to protect, support, and advance the health and welfare of military personnel, families, and communities; to accelerate the transition of medical technologies into deployed products; and to accelerate the translation of advances in knowledge into new standards of care in multiple military-relevant areas. This mechanism will support systematic research and discovery aimed at identifying, characterizing, and/or clarifying basic biological mechanisms related to microbes responsible for combat-related wound infections.
All applications must address at least one of the following focus areas related to combat-related wound infections:
" Discovery and characterization of the factors that regulate the dynamic states between normal tissue, injury, healing, and infection, to include biofilm formation processes.
" Identification and characterization of microbial virulence factors (including drug resistance mechanisms) and other potential therapeutic targets of metabolic or signaling
DOD FY11 DMRDP Military Infectious Diseases Basic Research Award 4
pathways associated with wound infection and/or biofilm formation, maintenance, and propagation processes.
" Identification and characterization of novel chemotypes (chemical classes/materials) and/or biologics (e.g., drugs, immunomodulators, etc.) with potential as therapeutics or prophylactics for wound infection and/or biofilm processes.
Funding Opportunity Number: W81XWH-11-DMRDP-MID-BRA
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 12.420
" Pre-application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), September 13, 2011
" Invitation to Submit an Application: October 2011
" Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, December 7, 2011
DEADLINE: September 13, 2011
For more information: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=115354
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18) 2012 Young Investigator Grant Program (Brain and Behavior Research Foundation)
The NARSAD Young Investigator Grant provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research. One and two year awards up to $30,000 per year are provided to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
A few Young Investigators are selected each year to present at the foundation's annual Scientific Symposium in New York City. Young Investigators are also eligible to be selected for the foundations Freedman Award for Outstanding Basic Research and Klerman Award for Outstanding Clinical Research. Selection is based upon outstanding research as outlined in the final progress report of the NARSAD Grant project.
DEADLINE: September 15, 2011
For more information: http://bbrfoundation.org/?q=node/124/apply_for_grants/124
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19) Health & Society Scholars (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program provides two years of support to postdoctoral scholars at all stages of their careers to build the nation's capacity for research and leadership to address the multiple determinants of population health and contribute to policy change. The program is based on the principle that progress in the field of population health depends upon multidisciplinary collaboration and exchange. Its goal is to improve health by training scholars to:
*investigate the connections among biological, genetic, behavioral, environmental, economic and social determinants of health; and
*develop, evaluate and disseminate knowledge, interventions and policies that integrate and act on these determinants to improve health.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2011
For more information: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21368
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20) Alzheimer's Disease Research Grants (American Health Assistance Foundation)
Alzheimer's Disease Standard, Pilot and Research Fellowships
Since the Alzheimer's Disease Research (ADR) program began, AHAF has awarded more than $74.4 million to support promising Alzheimer's investigations in fields ranging from molecular biology to epidemiology. ADR is currently supporting 61 outstanding biomedical researchers.
DEADLINE: October 12, 2011
For more information: http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/main.html
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21) Venture for America Fellowships
The Venture for America Fellowship consists of the following components:
*Training - Venture Fellow Summer Institute held at Brown University in Summer 2012
*Company Placement - 2 years of work at a start-up or early stage company
*Programming and Capstone - Regular assignments, readings, and meetings, including a $100k prize at the conclusion of the program
Venture for America will recruit the best and brightest college grads to work for two years at start-ups and early stage companies in lower-cost cities (e.g., Detroit, Providence, New Orleans). The first class of Venture Fellows will be selected in Spring 2012, and the first Venture Fellow Summer Institute will be held at Brown University in June 2012.
Fellows are fully employed by their host company and receive health benefits through their employer. Salaries are estimated at $32,000 - $38,000. All Fellowship programs and benefits are provided at no charge to each Venture Fellow.
Prospective companies should have the potential to enhance American competitiveness and job growth. Current industries of focus for Venture for America include:
*Energy, particularly renewable or sustainable energy development, including green manufacturing
*Biotech and healthcare innovation
*Materials sciences, including nanotechnology
*Information technology
*Internet applications, including consumer markets
*Education innovation, particularly application of technology
Application deadlines: November 1st, 2011 or February 1st, 2012
DEADLINE: November 1, 2011
For more information: http://ventureforamerica.org/fellows
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22) NOTICE: Dear Colleague Letter: Trustworthy Computing (NSF)
The lack of real-world data has hampered many cybersecurity researchers, making it difficult to tune algorithms and validate results. This letter is to let you know that new data resources are becoming available and to encourage you to take advantage of them in your research.
NSF's Trustworthy Computing program recently convened an invitational workshop on Cyber Security Data for Experimentation with the collaboration of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Office of Naval Research, the Treasury Department, as well as other agencies. The workshop goal was to find new ways for industrial partners to exchange data with academic researchers. Access to data in DHS's PREDICT repository was also discussed. Academic, industry, and government participants engaged in spirited discussion and developed a deeper understanding of the issues involved in gaining access to industrial data sources and sharing research results based on those data.
Slides, videos of talks, and notes from the workshop can be found at the workshop website http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/nsf_workshop10. One positive outcome of the workshop was the offer from some companies to work with researchers to provide access to their data. The workshop website has links to brief descriptions of what each company is willing to consider and how to contact someone for details.
For more information: http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/nsf_workshop10
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