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October 2007 Issue
36 new programs
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New Research Funding Programs
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Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
AHRQ Independent
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its continued interest in supporting the Independent Scientist Award (K02) in health services research. The K02 provides specialized study support for clinically trained (e.g., M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.O., D.C., O.D., D.N.S., Pharm.D.) or research-trained (e.g., Dr.P.H., Ph.D., Sc.D.) doctoral individuals who are committed to a career in health services research and have not been out of their latest research training experience (e.g., master's degree, Ph.D. degree, postdoctoral training, clinical residency, or career development award) for more than 7 years. The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Applications submitted in response to this funding opportunity announcement must be responsive to agency goals and priorities, as described below.
Deadline: 2008-10-13
Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
AHRQ Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its continued interest in supporting the Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) in health services research. The K08 provides specialized study support for clinically trained doctorates (e.g., M.D., D.O., O.D., D.C., D.N.S., Pharm.D., D.D.S., D.M.D.) who are committed to a career in health services research and have the potential to develop into independent investigators. The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. Applications submitted in response to this funding opportunity announcement must be responsive to agency goals and priorities.
Deadline: 2008-10-13
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Exploratory/Developmental Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R21)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support innovative exploratory/developmental investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models, including novel clinical strategies for detecting, identifying the molecular basis of, or developing innovative therapies for primary immunodeficiency diseases. Investigators who have no prior history of receiving independent National Institutes of Health funding or no prior history of receiving independent NIH funding in this field are encouraged to apply to this FOA.
Deadline: 2009-11-20
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Exploratory/Developmental Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R03)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support small grants in primary immunodeficiency diseases focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models, including novel clinical strategies for detecting or identifying the molecular basis of, or developing innovative therapies for, primary immunodeficiency diseases. Typical grants propose pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small, self-contained research projects, development of research methodology, or development of new research technology. Investigators who have no prior history of receiving independent National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, or no prior history of receiving independent NIH funding in primary immunodeficiency diseases research, are encouraged to apply to this FOA.
Deadline: 2009-11-09
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Collaborative Research on Tinnitus (R01)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to promote multidisciplinary collaborative research teams to investigate tinnitus, not research that consists of only one discipline. Applications that do not demonstrate a collaborative approach across two or more disciplines are not being solicited under this FOA and will not be accepted. Mechanism of Support: This FOA will utilize the R01 grant mechanism only.
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)
The Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award is intended to identify outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who intend to make a long-term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology, and human disease.
Deadline: 2007-12-11
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Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Advanced Genomic Data Analysis and Visualization Methodsforthe Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)Data (R21)
This National Cancer Institute-sponsored funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is a request for grant applications that describe exploratory projects aimed at the development of highly innovative and novel advanced genomic data-analysis methods and visualization technologies. This FOA is a component of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA; http://cancergenome.nih.gov) Pilot Project, which tests the technical feasibility and clinical relevance of conducting a systematic, comprehensive, large-scale analysis of genomic alterations found in human cancers. The purpose of this FOA is to stimulate the development of new and improved computational and statistical tools for integrative analysis of the TCGA data sets covering alterations in the cancer genome, epigenome, and/or transcriptome (e.g., somatic mutations, changes in DNA segment copy number, translocations, loss of heterozygosity, epigenomic modifications, and gene-expression profiles from multiple platforms), and linked pathological/clinical information. Of particular interest is the development of tools and methods for analyzing, mining, and visualizing TCGA data to reveal previously unknown associations between genomic alterations, pathways, and cancer. Proposed projects should facilitate extensive evaluation and visualization of molecular changes that occur in human cancer through cross-domain queries to interrogate diverse sets of genomic data as well as clinical, laboratory, and pathology data from patients. All projects must adhere to the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) standards. Mechanism of Support: This FOA will utilize the National Institutes of Health R21 award mechanism for pilot exploratory research projects.
Deadline: 2007-12-11
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Exploratory Investigations in Food Allergy (R21)
The goal of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support high-impact, innovative exploratory/developmental investigations to determine the mechanisms of and risk factors associated with IgE-mediated food allergy and related comorbid conditions, focusing on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new animal models of food allergy. Investigators who have no prior history of receiving independent National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in food-allergy research or have no history of receiving such funding after January 2003 are encouraged to apply to this FOA. This initiative is supported by the cosponsoring U.S. federal agencies, NIH and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as by the Food Allergy Project and the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. Application and submission requirements and peer-review processes will follow NIH guidelines. Assignment to NIH or EPA will be determined postreview by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and EPA program officials. Mechanism of Support: This FOA will utilize the Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant mechanism. Funds
Deadline: 2007-12-11
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R01)
The National Human Genome Research Institute solicits R01 grant applications to develop novel technologies that will reduce the cost of genomic DNA sequencing by two orders of magnitude. As some technologies that have potential to achieve this goal are already in or near the commercial market, applications to this funding opportunity announcement will need to show clear advantage over current and emerging technologies.
Deadline: 2007-11-10
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R21)
The National Human Genome Research Institute solicits R21 grant applications to develop novel technologies that will substantially reduce the cost of genomic DNA sequencing. The goal of this initiative is to reduce costs by at least two orders of magnitude. As some technologies that have potential to achieve this goal are already in or near the commercial market, applications to this funding opportunity announcement will need to show clear advantage over current and emerging technologies.
Deadline: 2007-11-10
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics
Those involved with science, engineering, commerce, health, and national security all increasingly face the challenge of synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic, ambiguous, and possibly conflicting digital data. The goal of collecting and examining these data is not merely to acquire information but to derive increased understanding from it and to facilitate effective decision-making. To capitalize on the opportunities provided by these data sets, a new, interdisciplinary field of science is emerging called data and visual analytics, which is defined as the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces. Data and visual analytics requires interdisciplinary science, going beyond traditional scientific and information visualization to include statistics, mathematics, knowledge representation, management and discovery technologies, cognitive and perceptual sciences, decision sciences, and more. This solicitation is concerned only with a subset of the overall problem; namely, the creation of the mathematical and computational sciences foundations required to transform data in ways that permit visual-based understanding. To facilitate visual-based data exploration, it is necessary to discover new algorithms that will represent and transform all types of digital data into mathematical formulations and computational models that will subsequently enable efficient, effective visualization and analytic reasoning techniques. With this solicitation, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invite research proposals that capitalize on knowledge and expertise in the fields of mathematics, computational science, and intelligent systems to produce new data representations and transformations to enable data stakeholders to detect the expected and discover the unexpected in massive data sets. New mathematical and computational algorithms and techniques are sought that will fundamentally improve our ability to transform large, often streaming data sets into representations that better support visualization and analytic reasoning. In order to provide a cohesive structure for advancing the science of data and visual analytics, two types of proposals are sought: Foundations of Data and Visual Analytics (FODAVA)-Lead proposals will be submitted by research teams in which all team members belong to a single academic institution willing to assume a leadership and coordination role. FODAVA-Lead proposals will compete for a single award, with the successful institution expected to play a key role in the development of FODAVA. In addition to forming the lead scientific research team, the FODAVA-Lead organization will be responsible for performing a variety of functions as defined in section II of this solicitation in order to assure that results are disseminated to the FODAVA community, that effective liaison between FODAVA researchers and the DHS National Visualization and Analytics Center takes place, that test-bed data sets are developed and disseminated, and that the mathematics and computer science research communities become increasingly aware of the need for FODAVA-related research. FODAVA-Partner proposals will be submissions for 2-to-3-year research grants. Recipients will perform fundamental research but will also actively participate with the FODAVA-Lead institute in developing FODAVA as a field. Awards made are expected to develop the mathematics and computational science required to transform data in ways that will better enable the visual-based analysis of massive data sets. The solicitation's goal is to develop new data-reduction and transformation algorithms that will be applicable across broad application areas, laying the scientific base for systems of the future. Proposals should focus on fundamental research advances that will be widely applicable across scientific, engineering, commercial, and governmental domains that utilize visualization and analytics to gain insight and derive knowledge from massive data sets. FODAVA is focused on highly innovative, transformational research that offers the potential to fundamentally change data transformation algorithms. Proposals to extend ongoing research thrusts should be directed elsewhere.
Deadline: 2007-11-20
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Department of Health and Human Services,
Office of Planning Research and Evaluation
Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Developing Teacher Effectiveness
The Administration for Children and Families announces that funds are available for Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness. These grants fund research activities to identify and assess effective strategies/interventions that develop and sustain the Head Start teacher behaviors likely to improve child outcomes. This grant program is part of a larger Head Start research effort.
Deadline: 2007-12-19
Environmental Protection Agency
Fall 2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering GRO graduate fellowships for master's and doctoral-level students in environmental fields of study. Subject to availability of funding, the agency plans to award approximately 15 new fellowships. 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: 2007-10-23
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
The Knauss Fellowship is a program initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Sea Grant Office to fulfill its broad educational responsibilities and legislative mandate of the Sea Grant Act and to provide educational experience in the policies and processes of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government to graduate students in marine and aquatic-related fields.
Deadline: 2008-02-29
National Science Foundation
Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
This solicitation requests proposals to create a national center to conduct fundamental research and education on the implications of nanotechnology for the environment and living systems at all scales. The center will address interactions of naturally derived, incidental, and engineered nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, devices, and systems (herein called "nanomaterials") with the living world. Essential elements of this center will include understanding the interactions of nanomaterials with organisms, cellular constituents, metabolic networks, and living tissues; understanding environmental exposure and bioaccumulation and their effects on living systems; and determining the biological impacts of nanomaterials dispersed in the environment. Additional elements of the center may include the development of methods and instrumentation for the detection and characterization of nanomaterials. For the purpose of this solicitation, nanomaterials have at least one dimension with a length of approximately 1 to 100 nanometers. A multidisciplinary research approach involving the biological, chemical, physical, computational, mathematical, social, and behavioral sciences will be needed to understand the fundamental processes associated with the interaction of nanomaterials with the environment and living systems. This center is expected to interact with other Nanoscale Science and Engineering Centers as appropriate.
Deadline: 2007-12-10
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National Science Foundation
Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program
This program provides awards to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as a means to broaden participation in the nation's STEM workforce. Support is available for implementation projects, planning grants, education research projects (ERPs), and Targeted Infusion Projects (TIPs). Implementation projects provide support to implement a comprehensive institutional project to strengthen STEM education and research. Proposed activities and strategies should be the result of an institutional STEM self-analysis; address institutional and National Science Foundation goals; and have the potential to result in significant and sustainable improvements in STEM program offerings. Typical project implementation strategies include curriculum enhancement, faculty professional development, undergraduate research, academic enrichment, student support services, infusion of technology to enhance STEM instruction, collaborations with research institutions and industry, and other activities that enhance the quality of the undergraduate STEM education program. Proposers are encouraged to analyze the strengths of the institution and design innovative educational strategies, based on proven best practices, to place the institution at the forefront of undergraduate STEM education. Planning grants provide support to undertake self-analysis of the institution's undergraduate STEM programs to identify components that need improvement or enhancement in order to provide a high-quality undergraduate STEM education. Planning grants should also research existing activities and strategies that could be implemented to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM education at the institution. Typical activities include data collection and analysis, stakeholder consultation, research of potential activities and strategies, site visits to model programs, and writing an implementation project proposal. ERPs provide support to undertake a 3-year education research project that has the potential to strengthen the STEM education and research programs at HBCUs. ERPs must be based on sound education research methodologies and theories. Potential education research topics include retention, diffusion of innovations, curricula enhancements, technology in education, STEM teacher education, and the identification of successful models. This is not a supplemental program; HBCUs do not need to have an implementation project in order to submit ERP proposals. TIPs provide support to achieve a short-term, well-defined goal to improve the quality of undergraduate STEM education. Typically, projects are focused on one activity within a single STEM department; however, interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary projects are encouraged. Potential goals include specialized accreditation or certifications, establishing new programs or concentrations, establishing collaborations between STEM disciplines and teacher education programs, and updating programs to reflect advances in the field and workforce requirements. This is not a supplemental program; HBCUs do not need to have an implementation project in order to submit a TIP proposal.
Deadline: 2007-12-07
National Science Foundation
Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts
The Foundations of Computing Processes and Artifacts (CPA) cluster supports basic research and education projects to advance discovery, learning, and application of scientific and engineering knowledge pertaining to the processes and artifacts for building computing systems. Computing processes and artifacts range from formalisms, methods, models, algorithms, and theories to languages, architectures, technology components, and a variety of physical manifestations of computing system software and hardware. Proposals submitted in response to this solicitation should describe transformative research to advance at a fundamental level the design, verification, evaluation, utilization, and understanding of computing systems to meet the future computational needs of our society. Research areas of interest for the CPA cluster include the following: topics concerning the foundations of software and software engineering, including analysis and testing of software, components and composition, formal methods, verification and synthesis, and programming-language semantics, design, and implementation; software/hardware systems and techniques for reliable and high-performance computing, including parallel compilers, programming models, and run-time support for resource allocation and scheduling; computer system architecture spanning memory and I/O subsystems, interconnection networks, on-chip networks, processor microarchitecture, reconfigurable and application-specific architectures; multicore, multithreaded, and systems-on-a-chip; hardware and software tools for design, simulation, benchmarking, performance measurement, and tuning, including performance metrics and evaluation tools; very-large-scale integration electronic design and pertinent analysis, synthesis and simulation algorithms; architecture and design for mixed media or future media (e.g., microelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology); computer graphics and visualization topics, such as photorealistic and nonphotorealistic rendering of geometry, lighting and materials, mathematical modeling, physically based graphics, scientific and information visualization, graphics and display hardware, computational photography, and mixed reality. There are three categories of proposals described in this solicitation: single investigator or small group projects, team projects, and major team projects.
Deadline: 2007-12-07
National Science Foundation
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering
With the goal of broadening participation to all engineers, including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines, the Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers who apply for and receive ENG funding to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from underrepresented groups, engineers at minority-serving institutions, and persons with disabilities. By providing these funding opportunities, ENG intends to further broaden participation of engineering researchers who share NSF's commitment to diversity in the following ways: Expand the population of role models who will interact with an increasingly diverse student population, the work force of the future; increase the number of engineering researchers at minority-serving institutions actively and competitively engaged in research as independent investigators, thereby creating new research opportunities for students from underrepresented groups; and fund engineering research projects that use innovative ways to attract and retain members of underrepresented groups to careers in engineering.
Deadline: 2008-02-08
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program is designed to encourage experts in public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice, economics, psychology, and other behavioral and policy sciences to address issues related to substance use, one of the most pressing public health problems facing the United States. Projects are expected to increase understanding of public and private policy interventions to prevent, treat, and reduce the harm caused by the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Deadline: 2007-11-07
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research program helps develop a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science, and sociology. Each year, the program selects a maximum of 12 highly qualified individuals for 2-year fellowships at one of three nationally prominent universities--Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley (in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco), and the University of Michigan--with the expectation that the scholars will make important research contributions to future health policy in the United States. Recent graduates of doctoral programs in economics, political science, and sociology, including junior faculty, are invited to apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously worked extensively in health or health-policy research. Applicants must have received a doctoral degree after 1 January 2003 but no later than July 2008. For those expecting to receive degrees in 2008, all degree requirements must be completed by 15 July 15 2008. All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of the application deadline. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation embraces racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in this program and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.
Deadline: 2007-10-22
Social Science Research Council
International Dissertation Research Fellowships
The Social Science Research Council's International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2008 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF program is committed to scholarship that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies grounded in empirical and site-specific research (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographic region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives.
Deadline: 2007-11-06
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2009 Small Grant for Imaging Informatics Training
The mission of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is to advance computer applications and information technology in medical imaging through education and research. In support of this mission, the SIIM Research and Development Committee offers a grant targeted at providing training opportunities in the field of imaging informatics for students and imaging informatics professionals.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2009 Micro Grant
The mission of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is to advance computer applications and information technology in medical imaging through education and research. In support of this mission, the SIIM Research and Development Committee offers a grant for hypothesis-driven experiments of short duration and high risk. Prior preliminary data is not required.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2009 Small Grant for Product Support Development
The mission of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is to advance computer applications and information technology in medical imaging through education and research. In support of this mission, the SIIM Research and Development Committee offers a grant to support the development of a product or tool for use in the field of imaging informatics.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
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Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
2009 Emeritus Mentor Grant
The mission of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is to advance computer applications and information technology in medical imaging through education and research. In support of this mission, the SIIM Research and Development Committee offers a grant for a retired or semiretired expert in imaging informatics to act as a mentor for a trainee (student, resident, fellow) or junior faculty member for hypothesis-driven research. A retired or semiretired expert in imaging informatics jointly applies with a trainee (student, resident, fellow) or junior faculty member.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Promise Grants
Promise Grants provide a grant annually over 5 years for integrated research programs that bring together laboratory and clinical investigators from different disciplines to work together to solve common causes of breast cancer mortality.
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Investigator Initiated Research Grants
Investigator-Initiated Research Grants provide a grant 3 years to stimulate exploration of new ideas and novel approaches in breast cancer research and clinical practice that will lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade.
Deadline: 2007-10-09
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Career Catalyst Research Grants
Career Catalyst Research (CCR) Grants provide unique opportunities for scientists in the early stages of their career to achieve research independence with an independent award of a grant over 3 years. CCR investigators lead a research project addressing an important question in breast cancer research and complete a self-defined career-development plan with support from a mentor committee.
Deadline: 2007-10-09
Symantec Corporation
Symantec Graduate Fellowship
This is a multiple-award, 1-year fellowship for graduate students pursuing innovative research related to information security and availability. It provides a stipend, plus tuition and fees, and is distinguished by an opportunity to work alongside our leading researchers.
Deadline: 2007-11-30
The Arete Initiative of The University of Chicago.
Defining Wisdom
The Arete Initiative of the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a new research program on the nature and benefits of wisdom. In 2008, we will award as many as 20 2-year research grants to scholars from institutions around the world who have received their Ph.D.s within the past 10 years. In addition to research grants and annual research meetings, award winners will also be connected through a Web-based research portal that will enable ongoing collaborations among researchers around the world. At the end of the project period, a paper summarizing the work and its connection to the interdisciplinary research program may become part of an edited book.
Deadline: 2007-11-19
GrantsNet Express
GrantsNet Express -- for AAAS members only -- offers a new listing each week of science funding opportunities from private foundations and organizations, as well as new U.S. government science grant announcements.
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New Student and Institutional Support Programs
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American Society for Microbiology
ASM Scientific Achievement Awards
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) administers 23 scientific achievement awards. These are prestigious awards given at ASM's two large meetings where scientists are honored for their outstanding accomplishments in research, mentoring, education, leadership, and other practices of microbiology.
Deadline: 2007-12-31
Variable dates please check website.
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences (F05)
The goal of this Americas Fellowship in Reproductive Sciences program is to provide a unique opportunity to qualified Latin American reproductive scientists, at junior or midcareer level, to receive a maximum of 3 years of research training in the United States or Canada.
Deadline: 2008-11-08
Environmental Protection Agency
Fall 2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Undergraduate Environmental Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2008. 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: 2007-12-19
Institute of International Education
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA)
The Freeman-ASIA Program aims to increase the number of U.S. undergraduates who study in East and Southeast Asia by providing them with the information and financial assistance they will need. Award recipients are expected to share their experiences with their home campuses to encourage study abroad in Asia and to spread greater understanding of Asian peoples and cultures within their home communities. Since the launch of the program in 2000, Freeman-ASIA has supported more than 3000 U.S. undergraduates with their study-abroad plans in East and Southeast Asia. Applicants must currently receive need-based financial aid or demonstrate through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid a verifiable need for financial assistance to study abroad in Asia. Applicants must also plan to study in one of the following countries or regions: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam.
Deadline: 2007-10-17
National Science Foundation
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) firsthand research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) orientation to the society, culture, and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asian and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. The institutes last approximately 8 weeks from June to August.
Deadline: 2007-12-12
Oracle Education Foundation
ThinkQuest International 2008
ThinkQuest is open to students between the ages of 9 and 19 and their teacher-coaches worldwide. Students are encouraged to team with peers in other regions to develop Web sites on educational topics. The program is designed to help participants develop important skills, such as teamwork, critical thinking, self-direction, problem solving, and technology skills. In addition, students become published Web authors in the popular ThinkQuest Library, sharing their work with 30 million Web learners each year.
Deadline: 2008-04-02
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Deadline Watch
Research Funding Deadlines
Indo-US Science Technology Forum.
Call For Workshop Proposals
Deadline: 2007-10-15
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO)
Deadline: 2007-10-15
American Philosophical Society.
Sabbatical Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadline: 2007-10-15
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Digital Media and Learning Competition
Innovation Awards
Deadline: 2007-10-15
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Digital Media and Learning Competition
Knowledge-Networking Awards
Deadline: 2007-10-15
The Lymphatic Research Foundation.
Lymphatic Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program
Deadline: 2007-10-16
National Science Foundation.
Chemical Bonding Centers Phase II
Deadline: 2007-10-16
National Science Foundation.
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: 2007-10-17
Department of Energy. Office of Science
Research and Development For Rare Isotope Beam
Deadline: 2007-10-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Pharmacological Approaches to Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-18
Letter of intent due: 2007-09-18
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Female Health and Egg Quality (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-19
Letters of intent receipt date: 2007-09-19
National Institutes of Health/NIH.
Protein Homeostasis in Aging: Repair and Degradation (R21)
Deadline: 2007-10-19
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ROSES 2007: Living with a Star Targeted Research and Technology
Deadline: 2007-10-19
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research
Deadline: 2007-10-22
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Collaborative Research on Tinnitus (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Environmental Protection Agency.
Fall 2008 EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Collaborative Studies on Systems Biology of Complex Phenotypes (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-23
National Institutes of Health.
Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Promise Grants
Deadline: 2007-10-23
National Science Foundation.
Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence
Deadline: 2007-10-23
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-24
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54)
Deadline: 2007-10-24
Letters of intent receipt date: 2007-09-24
National Institutes of Health.
Program Projects for Basic Research on Human Embryonic Stem Cells (P01)
Deadline: 2007-10-24
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
ROSES 2007: Earth Surface and Interior
Deadline: 2007-10-25
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Diagnostic and Pharmacokinetic Research in Pediatric HIV/TB and Effects of Co-infection on the Central Nervous System (R01)
Deadline: 2007-10-28
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Translational Research Grant
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Preliminary application, 2008-03-01. Complete application, 2008-03-15
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Specialized Center of Research
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Preliminary application, 2007-11-01. Complete application, 2007-12-30
Department of Education.
National Center for Education Research (NCER)--Education Research Training--Predoctoral Research Training
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Foundation for Child Development.
Young Scholars Program
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Department of Education.
National Center for Education Research (NCER)--Education Research & Development Centers
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Applications available: 2007-05-15
Department of Education.
National Center for Education Research (NCER)--Education Research
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Department of Education.
National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)--Special Education Research
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Department of Education.
National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)--Special Education Research & Development Centers
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Applications available: 2007-05-15
Department of Education.
National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)--Special Education Research Training--Postdoctoral Research Training
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Environmental Protection Agency.
Demonstration of Enhancing Radiological Incident Response and Recovery
Deadline: 2007-11-02
The Lemelson-MIT Program.
Lemelson-MIT Prize
Deadline: 2007-11-02
The Lemelson-MIT Program. .
The Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
Deadline: 2007-11-02
International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
Translational Research Funding Program
Deadline: 2007-11-02
The Spencer Foundation.
Dissertation Fellowship Program to Fund Education Research
Deadline: 2007-11-02
Social Science Research Council.
International Dissertation Research Fellowships
Deadline: 2007-11-06
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
Deadline: 2007-11-07
Department of Energy.
Office of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator
Deadline: 2007-11-08
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R21)
Deadline: 2007-11-10
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Near-Term Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R01)
Deadline: 2007-11-10
National Science Foundation.
Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad
Deadline: 2007-11-13
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
A Systems Approach to Salivary Gland Biology (R01)
Deadline: 2007-11-14
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: 2007-10-15
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
George M. O Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30)
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Letter of intent due: 2007-10-24
The Gill Center.
2008 Distinguished Neuroscience Investigator Award
Deadline: 2007-11-15
The Gill Center.
2008 Young Neuroscience Investigator Award
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
New Approaches for the Prevention and Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (R01)
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Letters of intent receipt date: 2007-10-15
National Institutes of Health. National Cancer Institute
Biology of Breast Pre-Malignancies (R01)
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Mechanisms of Immune Modulation (R21)
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
NIDCR Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award in A Systems Approach to Salivary Gland Biology (K25)
Deadline: 2007-11-15
Letters of Intent Receipt Date: 2007-10-15
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Student and Institutional Deadlines
Gilman International Scholarship Program.
Gilman International Scholarship Program
Deadline: 2007-10-09
Institute of International Education.
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-ASIA)
Deadline: 2007-10-17
Environmental Protection Agency.
Fall 2008 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Deadline: 2007-10-24
National Science Foundation.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: 2007-11-01
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships.
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Deadline: 2007-11-01
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
Deadline: 2007-11-02
Next deadline: 2008-11-07
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program
Deadline: 2007-11-02
KAUST Scholarships.
KAUST Discovery Scholarship
Deadline: 2007-11-09
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