Career Development : Articles
February 2008 Issue
64 new programs
Funding News, February 2008
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention (GAPP): Translation Research (U18)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits applications to conduct research that will accelerate the translation of genomic applications into public health practice. Research supported by this FOA will advance knowledge about the validity, utility, utilization, and population health impact of genomic applications for improving health and preventing disease in large, well-defined populations or practice settings in the United States, specifically research that will move genomics applications along the translation research continuum phases T2 through T4 (i.e., from development of evidence-based guidelines to outcomes research).
Deadline: 2008-02-27
Charles H. Hood Foundation
Child Health Research Grants
The Charles H. Hood Foundation, a New England-based entity, was incorporated in 1942 for the support of child health research. Its emphasis is on the initiation and furtherance of medical research that will help to diminish health problems affecting large numbers of children. Grants must have direct relevance to pediatric diseases. The intent of the award is to support initial independent investigations, provide the opportunity to demonstrate creativity, and assist in the transition to other sources of research funding.
Deadline: 2008-03-25
Department of Agriculture
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program - Methyl Bromide Transitions
The goal of the Methyl Bromide Transitions program is to support the discovery and implementation of practical pest management alternatives to methyl bromide uses or minimize methyl bromide emissions for which the United States is requesting critical use exemptions. The program is focused on integrated commercial or field-scale research that targets short- to medium-term solutions.
Deadline: 2008-02-22
Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Transformational Antenna Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of transformational antenna technologies. The proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable transformational and revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
Deadline: 2008-12-20
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH)
Computing has permeated and transformed almost all aspects of our everyday lives. As computing becomes more important in all sectors of society, so does the preparation of a globally competitive U.S. work force with the ability to generate and apply new knowledge to solve increasingly complex problems and understand human behavior. Unfortunately, despite the deep and pervasive impact of computing and the creative efforts of individuals in a small number of institutions, undergraduate computing education today often looks much as it did several decades ago. The field of computing has broadened to include applications that often require integration of multidisciplinary domains to support computationally intense e-science environments. Emerging information technology disciplines offer unique opportunities to develop the next generation of computing-education models that respond to technological trends and that meet many stakeholders⬢ needs and expectations. At the same time, new transformative educational models have the potential to respond to current challenges such as addressing fluctuating enrollments in undergraduate computing, increasing relevance of educational experiences through industry connections, developing leaders and communities to foster revitalization efforts, and integrating fast-paced computing innovations into the curriculum. Future students will expect to see academic pathways that allow them to pursue careers that require blended experiences in multiple disciplines with a strong computational and computing core of knowledge. Models and methods based on computational thinking offer particular promise in meeting these expectations. Computational thinking involves solving problems and designing complex systems using a range of mental tools reflecting the breadth of the fields of computer science and computing. Computational thinking has already influenced the nature of many scientific disciplines and the range of scientific challenges that can be realistically conquered. Thus, computational thinking skills can provide the basis for transformative models for undergraduate computing education that offer exciting, relevant academic pathways in which students and faculty members can thrive. Through the CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) program, the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is challenging its partners⬝colleges, universities, and other stakeholders committed to advancing the field of computing and its impact⬝to transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale and to meet the challenges and opportunities of a world in which computing is essential to U.S. leadership. The CPATH vision is of a U.S. work force with the computing competencies and skills crucial to the nation⬢s health, security, and prosperity in the 21st century. This work force includes a cadre of professionals with the computing depth and breadth needed for sustained leadership in a wide range of application domains and career fields, and a broader professional work force with deep knowledge and understanding of critical computing concepts, computational thinking methodologies and techniques. To achieve this vision, CISE is calling for colleges and universities to work together and with other stakeholders to formulate and implement plans to revitalize undergraduate computing education in the United States. The full engagement of faculty members and other individuals in CISE disciplines will be critical to success. Successful CPATH projects will be systemic in nature and will demonstrate significant potential to contribute to the transformation and revitalization of undergraduate computing education on a national scale. CPATH will support three types of projects in two major track categories, Community Building and Institutional Transformation: Community Building Track, Community Building Grants Institutional Transformation Track, Conceptual Development and Planning Grants, and Transformative Implementation Grants
Deadline: 2008-03-11
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT)
The goal of the emerging models and technologies program is to enable radical innovations in the software, hardware, and architecture of computing and communication systems through the support of projects that capitalize upon research opportunities at the intersection of computing and biological systems, nanoscale science and engineering, quantum information science, and other promising areas of science and technology. Interdisciplinary collaborations involving computer scientists, engineers in various fields, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, and biologists are highly encouraged.
Deadline: 2008-03-13
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Theoretical Foundations 2008 (TF08)
The Theoretical Foundations (TF) program supports basic research into the central issues underlying computer and information science and technology. Research and education projects sponsored by the program strengthen the intellectual foundations of algorithms and theoretical computer science, cryptography, network and communication theory, information theory, numeric and scientific computing, signal processing, and geometric algorithms, and bring advanced mathematical capabilities from these areas to bear on fundamental problems throughout science and engineering. The program encourages investigators to include in their proposals innovative curricula or educational materials to help advance the training of new experts in the cognate areas served by TF.
Deadline: 2008-03-31
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement, issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, encourages research project grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to better understand the role of adipose tissue in the normal physiological regulation of reproduction, to discern its possible role in the etiology of diseases and disorders that impact human fertility, and to probe its potential importance in different racial/ethnic prevalence rates of certain reproductive disorders.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Reducing Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination (Collaborative R01)
This funding opportunity announcement, issued by the National Institute of Mental Health and conceived in collaboration with the Center for Mental Health Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will provide funding for partnerships to assess the effectiveness of existing stigma and discrimination-reduction programs and approaches, including media-oriented approaches such as public service announcements; develop innovative new programs and approaches; and examine the role of media in perpetuating and changing mental-illness stigma and discrimination.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources (R21)
This agencywide funding opportunity announcement is a program announcement to encourage new research applications proposing research on human pluripotent stem cells from nonembryonic sources. The executive order requires that the secretary of health and human services shall conduct and support research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions but are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine. Nanoscience and nanotechnology refer to research and development on the understanding and control of matter at a length scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometers, a measurement at which novel properties and functions occur because of the size. A major challenge facing medicine is to develop novel and more sophisticated approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of an array of diseases and traumatic injuries. Nanotechnology and nanoscience have the capacity to drive a new wave of medical innovation through the engineering of bioactive nanoscale structures, processes, and systems based on the advancement of our understanding of biology at the nanoscale.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Understanding and Preventing Brain Tumor Dispersal (R01)
The goal of this program announcement is to promote studies that 1) identify the properties of brain tumor cells that cause them to migrate, 2) determine how interaction of tumor cells with normal brain elements affects migration, and 3) translate understanding of these parameters into interventions that target invading tumor cells.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Alzheimer s Disease Pilot Clinical Trials (R01)
In this funding opportunity announcement, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the National Institute of Nursing Research invite qualified investigators to submit research grant applications for pilot clinical trials using pharmacologic and/or behavioral interventions directed toward the prevention and treatment of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and age-related cognitive decline.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Long Acting, Sustainable Therapies for Opiate Addiction (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose the development of sustained pharmacotherapies and behavioral treatments to reduce the risk of contraction and transmission of HIV. Specifically, this FOA supports applications directed at the development of (1) heroin/morphine-protein conjugates (heretofore referred to as heroin/morphine conjugate vaccines, or HCVs) for the treatment of opiate addiction, (2) clinical systems for the application of currently available long-acting (30-day or longer sustained-release) dosage forms for opiate pharmacotherapies to optimize these sustained pharmacotherapies to effect the reduction of the risk for acquisition and transmission of HIV, and (3) effective clinical treatment modalities, including behavioral treatment in conjunction with pharmacotherapies, to improve the effectiveness of opiate treatment and reduce the risk behaviors associated with transmission of HIV. Clinical studies should include the assessment of HIV risk behaviors as an outcome measure.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Special Topic Education Course: Exploring Auditory and Vestibular Biology (R25)
This is an education grant mechanism to fund a newly developed and dedicated educational course in the auditory and vestibular biological sciences. It is anticipated that during a 5-year award period, three courses will be held (2009, 2011, and 2013). It is also anticipated that each year of the course will cover a breadth of knowledge in fundamental auditory/vestibular biology, including disease and disorders, and be combined with hands-on exposure to current technologies and methodologies used in auditory and vestibular research laboratories.
Deadline: 2008-05-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Design, Synthesis, and Preclinical Testing of Potential Treatment Agents for Drug Addiction (R01)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invites research applications aimed at design, synthesis, and preclinical testing of potential treatment agents for drug addiction and/or relapse prevention. Recent advances in molecular neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addiction provide a basis for development of new therapeutic targets and chemical entities to treat and prevent relapses of drug addiction.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Developing Complex Models of Oral Health Behavior (R21)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to encourage research that develops and tests new conceptual frameworks, models, and theories that explain the complex relationships between behavioral and social factors and oral health.
Deadline: 2008-10-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program (R03)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is designed to enhance basic and applied cancer-prevention research. The National Cancer Institute invites applications that propose small and time-limited projects pertinent to the development of cancer chemoprevention agents, biomarkers for early cancer detection, cancer-related nutrition science, and/or clinical prevention studies that focus on specific target organs. Proposed projects may involve basic and/or translational research and/or human subjects-oriented research. However, treatment-related quality-of-life population-based studies, as well as projects focused on cancer etiology, metastasis, or treatment will be considered nonresponsive to this FOA. New, as well as established, investigators in relevant fields and disciplines (e.g., chemoprevention, nutritional science, genetics, infectious agents, and early detection, including biomarker development and validation) are encouraged to apply for these small grants to test the feasibility of innovative ideas or carry out pilot studies. Ultimately, these small grants are expected to facilitate the development of full research projects (e.g., research project grants/parent R01)
Deadline: 2008-03-19
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22)
This funding opportunity announcement represents the continuation of an National Cancer Institute program to facilitate the transition of investigators, primarily those with clinical doctoral degrees as well as those with doctoral degrees working in the areas of cancer prevention, control, behavioral, or population science research, from the mentored stage of career development in academic cancer research to the independent stage. This goal is achieved by providing protected time through salary and research support for 3 years to postdoctoral individuals or junior faculty in mentored positions transitioning into their first independent position and investigators within the first 2 years of their first independent cancer research position to initiate and develop their independently supported cancer-research programs.
Deadline: 2008-06-12
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) [U54]
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to continue support for the Regional Centers of Excellence (RCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research program. The overall goal of the RCE program is to establish and maintain strong infrastructure and multifaceted research and development activities to provide scientific information and translational research capacity that will facilitate the next generation of therapeutics, diagnostics, and vaccines against the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Category A-C Priority Pathogens and emerging infectious disease agents.
Deadline: 2008-05-03
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
CAM Approaches in the Management of HIV Disease and Its Complications (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement solicits applications proposing research on complementary interventions that are frequently used and hypothesized to be effective in the management of HIV disease and the complications associated with antiretroviral therapy.
Deadline: 2008-02-25
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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Continuation and Expansion of the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN)[U01]
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to solicit applications from qualified investigators for the continuation and expansion of the Drug-induced Liver Injury Network. This network will consist of up to eight clinical center sites and a single data-coordinating center.
Deadline: 2008-02-26
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
The National Institute on Drug Abuse HIV/AIDS Pilot Proteomics Centers (P20)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications to establish Pilot Proteomics Centers that will address the complex biological mechanisms of interactions among drugs of abuse and HIV pathogenesis, their treatments, and host responses. The centers will use proteomics technologies and other related technologies (i.e., gene-expression profiling) to look for protein changes and molecular signatures of disease progression of HIV/AIDS in combination with substance abuse/addiction, HIV treatment, and/or treatments for substance abuse. These proteomics centers are expected to help identify mechanisms related to susceptibility to and progression of HIV infection, viral replication, and viral evolution, particularly related to neuroAIDS. The use of advanced tools to better understand the molecular and cellular consequences of HIV-1 infection and substance abuse in the era of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy will likely lead to the identification of new biomarkers for disease progression and new avenues for clinical research and interventions.
Deadline: 2008-02-27
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54)
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) initiative assists institutions to create an integrated academic home for clinical and translational science that has the resources to train and advance multi- and interdisciplinary investigators and research teams with access to innovative research tools and information technologies that apply new knowledge and techniques to patient care. CTSAs will attract basic, translational, and clinical investigators, community clinicians, clinical practices, networks, professional societies, and industry to develop new professional interactions, programs, and research projects. Through innovative advanced degree programs, CTSAs will foster a new discipline of clinical and translational science that will be much broader and deeper than their separate components.
Deadline: 2008-05-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in Systems Biology
This program announcement encourages applications for predoctoral National Research Service Award T32s to provide research training in systems biology of developmental biology and/or structural birth defects research. Because the nature and scope of the training proposed in each application may vary, it is anticipated that the size of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the number, quality, and costs of the applications received.
Deadline: 2008-04-25
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Human Microbiome Demonstration Projects (UH2/UH3)
This funding opportunity announcement invites applications for projects that will examine, through molecular approaches, the relationship between changes in the human microbiome and human health and disease. This program is a component of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap 1.5 Human Microbiome Project.
Deadline: 2008-04-22
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Construction of a Reference Sequence Data Set for the Human Microbiome Project (U54)
The overall objective of this limited competition request for applications is to support continued generation of sequenced microbial genomes isolated from the human body and exploration, through metagenomic sequencing, of the microbial flora at a set of designated anatomical sites of the human body.
Deadline: 2008-04-22
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Role of Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ in Reproduction and Infertility (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, encourages Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications from institutions/organizations that propose research to better understand the role of adipose tissue in the normal physiological regulation of reproduction, as well as to discern its possible role in the etiology of diseases and disorders that impact human fertility.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R21)
This funding opportunity is aimed at enhancing nanoscience and nanotechnology research focused on problems in biology and medicine. Nanoscience and nanotechnology refer to research and development on the understanding and control of matter at a length scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometers, in which novel properties and functions occur because of the size.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Competing Renewal Awards of SBIR Phase II Grants for Brain and Behavior Tools (R44)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience Research is a framework to enhance cooperative activities among the NIH Office of the Director and 15 NIH institutes and centers that support research on the nervous system. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is released in affiliation with the Neuroscience Blueprint, with institutes and centers participating independently. This FOA solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to continue the process of developing complex instrumentation, clinical research tools, or behavioral interventions and treatments. This FOA specifically invites applications for the competing renewal of previously funded Phase II SBIR grants to further develop the aforementioned types of technologies. For more information about research opportunities for small business at National Cancer Institute, see their Web site at http://sbir.cancer.gov.
Deadline: 2008-04-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Biomedical Informatics Research Network Coordinating Center (U24)
Sharing data and data analysis tools across a research community adds tremendous value to the efforts of that community. Search engines such as Google show the power of sharing text-based data. Although progress has been made, the infrastructure necessary to share and query data sets that have more than just textual biomedical data is still under development. Examples of such heterogeneous data sets include those that contain images, clinical data, or genomic/gene-expression data.
Deadline: 2008-03-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources (R01)
This agencywide funding opportunity announcement is a program announcement to encourage new research applications proposing research on human pluripotent stem cells from nonembryonic sources. The executive order requires that the secretary of health and human services shall conduct and support research on the isolation, derivation, production, and testing of stem cells that are capable of producing all or almost all of the cell types of the developing body and may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions but are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding, or subjecting to harm a human embryo.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
HIV-1 and Host Genetics in Drug Using Populations and Model Organisms (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, solicits research project grant applications that propose to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which genetic variations provide protection from or vulnerability to infection, and how drugs of abuse, medications for drug addiction, and HIV-1 treatment interact with both host and viral genes.
Deadline: 2008-02-27
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award (DP2)
The goal is to support exceptional new investigators who propose creative new research approaches that have the potential to produce a major impact on important problems in biomedical and behavioral research relevant to type 1 diabetes and its complications. Although R01 grants will continue to be the primary source of National Institutes of Health support for new investigators, the Type 1 Diabetes Pathfinder Award is designed to support a small number of exceptionally creative new investigators whose research is focused on type 1 diabetes research. The research proposed need not be in a conventional biomedical or behavioral discipline but must be relevant to type 1 diabetes.
Deadline: 2008-03-10
Eppendorf AG & Science Magazine
The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
This international prize, established in 2002, is intended to encourage and support the work of promising young neurobiologists who are not older than 35 years. The prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted by him/her during the past 3 years, as described in a 1000-word entrance essay.
Deadline: 2008-06-15
Fondation Jerome Lejeune
Call for Tender
The Fondation Jérôme Lejeune invites interested teams and researchers to submit fundamental or clinical research projects to its Scientific Committee (neurosciences, behavior, genetics, molecular biology, therapeutics, adult or cord blood stem cells, etc.) aimed at leading to the discovery of treatments improving abilities of patients suffering from genetic diseases with mental deficiency, especially trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). The Fondation also considers support for congresses or courses organization.
Deadline: 2008-03-27
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Lance Armstrong Foundation
Cancer Research and Community Grants Programs
The Lance Armstrong Foundation offers community and research grants to empower the cancer community to address the unmet needs of cancer survivors. Through its community program, the foundation awards grants to community-based nonprofit organizations to serve the needs of people living with cancer as identified by the National Action Plan for Cancer Survivorship: Advancing Public Health Strategies. Through its research grants program, the foundation seeks to facilitate the development of significant improvements in cancer survivors' quality of life.
Deadline: 2008-03-14
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Response Innovation Awards
Having funded $2 million in total awards to support 27 high-risk, high-reward approaches to Parkinson's disease research in the first year of its Rapid Response Innovation Awards (RRIA) initiative, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has announced that it will commit a total of $2 million to a second round of funding in 2008. RRIA is designed to ensure that researchers can pursue good ideas without delay. Under this program, the foundation accepts proposals on a rolling basis with no deadline, makes funding decisions within 6 weeks of application, and speeds up to $75,000 to 1-year basic, preclinical, or clinical research projects in any Parkinson's-relevant arena. The program is designed to provide funding for strong ideas being tested for the first time. RRIA allows for the submission of applications at any time of year. There is no pre-proposal stage, and the standard application has been shortened to three pages. Additionally, postdoctoral researchers are permitted to apply as principal investigators (PI) under this initiative, provided the head of their lab serves as administrative PI to assist with the provision of institutional documents and sign the award contract. Applications may be submitted by U.S. and non-U.S. entities, public and private nonprofit entities such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government and for-profit entities. Collaborative efforts are welcome.
Deadline: 2008-12-31
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ROSES 2007: Moon and Mars Analogue Missions Activities
This NASA Research Announcement solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics.
Deadline: 2008-03-14
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the fiscal year 2008 research announcement for the NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Each funded NASA EPSCoR proposal is expected to establish research activities that will make significant contributions to the strategic research and technology development priorities of one or more of NASA's four Mission Directorates- Aeronautics Research, Exploration Systems, Science, and Space Operations-and contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and economic development of the proposing jurisdiction.
Deadline: 2008-03-14
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ROSES 2007: NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study
This NASA research announcement solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics.
Deadline: 2008-03-12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ROSES 2007: Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets
This NASA research announcement solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA research programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics.
Deadline: 2008-03-18
National Science Foundation
High End Computing University Research Activity (HECURA)
The High-End Computing University Research Activity initiative invites research and education projects focused on novel programming models, languages, compilers, and underlying communication libraries to enable extreme-scale highly computation- and data-intensive scientific and engineering applications in high-end computing environments. This solicitation is concerned exclusively with research in novel programming models, languages, compilers, and underlying communication libraries for extreme-scale highly computation- and data-intensive scientific and engineering applications. The target hosts for these tools are next-generation systems comprised of tens-of-thousands to hundreds-of-thousands of processors.
Deadline: 2008-04-08
National Science Foundation
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering
The Ethics Education in Science and Engineering program accepts proposals for research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that the National Science Foundation supports, especially in interdisciplinary or interinstitutional contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields, although the proposed programs may benefit advanced undergraduates in addition to graduate students.
Deadline: 2008-04-03
National Science Foundation
Petascale Computing Resource Allocations
In 2011, a new National Science Foundation-funded petascale computing system, Blue Waters, will go online at the University of Illinois. The goal of this facility is to open up new possibilities in science and engineering by providing computational capability that makes it possible for investigators to tackle much larger and more complex research challenges across a wide spectrum of domains. The purpose of this solicitation is to invite research groups that have a compelling science or engineering challenge that will require petascale computing resources to submit requests for allocations of resources on the Blue Waters system. Proposers must be prepared to demonstrate that they have a science or engineering research problem that requires and can effectively exploit the petascale computing capabilities offered by Blue Waters.
Deadline: 2008-03-31
National Science Foundation
Math and Science Partnership
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations. In order to improve the mathematics and science achievement of the nation's students, MSP projects contribute to the knowledge base for mathematics and science education and serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence base to be replicated in educational practice. In this solicitation, National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to support six types of awards: 1) Targeted Partnerships focus on studying and addressing issues within a specific grade range or at a critical juncture in education, and/or within a specific disciplinary focus in mathematics or the sciences; 2) Institute Partnerships--Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century are designed to meet national needs for teacher leaders/master teachers who have deep knowledge of disciplinary content and are school- or district-based intellectual leaders in mathematics and science; 3) MSP-Start Partnerships are for awardees new to the MSP program, especially from minority-serving institutions, community colleges, and primarily undergraduate institutions, to support the necessary data analysis, project design, evaluation, and team-building activities needed to develop a full MSP Targeted or Institute Partnership; 4) Phase II Partnerships for prior MSP Partnership awardees focus on specific innovative areas of their work where evidence of significant positive impact is clearly documented and where an investment of additional resources and time would produce more robust findings and results; 5) Research, Evaluation, and Technical Assistance projects directly support the work of the partnerships, especially by developing tools to assess teachers' growth in the knowledge of mathematics or the sciences needed for teaching, conducting longitudinal studies of teachers and their students who participate in the MSP projects, or engaging the national disciplinary and professional societies in MSP work; and 6) Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) but not limited to those awards. For fiscal year 2008, proposals are being solicited in six EHR programs that advance I3 goals: Centers of Research Excellence in Science Technology, Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Math and Science Partnership, Noyce, Research in Disabilities Education, and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.
Deadline: 2008-03-25
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National Science Foundation
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers
The program responds to current concerns and projections about shortages of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals and information technology workers in the United States and seeks solutions to help ensure the breadth and depth of the STEM work force. Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) supports the development, implementation, testing, and scale-up of models, as well as research studies to address these questions and to find solutions. There are a variety of possible approaches to improving the STEM work force and to building students' capacity to participate in it. The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to expand the existing ITEST portfolio by addressing students at any age for grades kindergarten through high school and by including all areas of the STEM work force, while retaining an emphasis on technology-related areas. This ITEST announcement extends the previous ITEST announcement by placing greater emphasis on capturing and establishing a reliable knowledge base about the dispositions toward and knowledge about STEM work force skills among U.S. students. The previous awards by the ITEST program have established a strong foundation upon which to enlarge a scientific basis for educational programs in STEM education. Three types of projects are invited. Strategies projects will include the design, implementation, and evaluation of models for classroom, afterschool, summer, virtual, and/or year-round learning experiences for students and/or teachers to encourage students' readiness for, and their interest and participation in, the STEM work force. Scale-up projects would implement and test models about preparing students for information technology or the STEM work force in a large-scale setting such as a state or national level based on evidence of demonstrated success. Studies projects are research projects to enrich understanding of issues related to enlarging the STEM work force, including efficacy and effectiveness studies of intervention models, longitudinal studies of efforts to engage students in the STEM areas, development of instruments to reliably and validly assess engagement, persistence, and other relevant constructs, or studies to identify predictors of student inclination to pursue STEM career trajectories. NSF is especially interested in projects that target students who are underserved and underrepresented in STEM Information and Communication Technology-intensive careers, including those residing in rural and economically disadvantaged communities. Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2008, proposals are being solicited in six EHR programs that advance I3 goals: Centers of Research Excellence in Science Technology, ITEST, Math and Science Partnership, Noyce, Research in Disabilities Education, and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.
Deadline: 2008-04-11
National Science Foundation
Research in Disabilities Education
The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. The RDE program has been funding this objective since 1994 under the prior name "Program for Persons with Disabilities." Particular emphasis is placed on increasing the number of students with disabilities successfully completing quality associate, undergraduate, and graduate degrees in STEM and increasing the number of students with disabilities entering the professional STEM work force. This goal is addressed by three RDE program tracks: Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM Education; Focused Research Initiatives; and Demonstration, Enrichment, and Information Dissemination projects. Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) projects enable institutions to think and act strategically about the creative integration of NSF-funded awards, with particular emphasis on awards managed through programs in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) but not limited to those awards. For Fiscal Year 2008, proposals are being solicited in six EHR programs that advance I3 goals: Centers of Research Excellence in Science Technology, Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers, Math and Science Partnership, Noyce, RDE, and Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.
Deadline: 2008-04-11
National Science Foundation
Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Phase I
The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) program is designed to support the formation of centers that can address major, long-term basic chemical research problems that have a high probability of producing transformative research that leads to innovation. Appropriate research problems are high-risk but potentially high-impact and will attract broad scientific and public interest. Centers are expected to be agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and make full use of cyberinfrastructure to enhance collaborations. Center teams may include researchers from disciplines other than chemistry and from academia, industry, government laboratories, and international organizations. CCIs are expected to integrate research, education, and outreach and to include a plan to broaden participation to underrepresented groups.
Deadline: 2008-04-17
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) April 17, 2008. Full Proposal Deadline(s): July 25, 2008
National Science Foundation
Antarctic Research
Scientific research and operational support of that research are the principal activities supported by the United States government in Antarctica. The goals are to expand fundamental knowledge of the region, to foster research on global and regional problems of current scientific importance, and to use Antarctica as a platform from which to support research. For projects involving fieldwork, the U.S. Antarctic Program supports only research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that is best done from Antarctica. The program also supports Antarctic-related analytical research performed at home organizations.
Deadline: 2008-05-02, 2008-06-06
Full Proposal Deadline(s): May 02, 2008 For proposals for research on the Oden during Nov-Dec 2008. June 06, 2008 For all proposals for antarctic work other than work proposed on Oden for Nov-Dec 2008
National Science Foundation
High-Risk Research in Anthropology
Anthropological research may be conducted under unusual circumstances, often in distant locations. As a result, the ability to conduct potentially important research may hinge on factors that are impossible to assess from a distance, and some projects with potentially great payoffs may face difficulties in securing funding. This program gives small awards that provide investigators with the opportunity to assess the feasibility of an anthropological research project. The information gathered may then be used as the basis for preparing a more fully developed research program. Projects that face severe time constraints because of transient phenomena or access to materials may also be considered. Investigators must contact the cognizant National Science Foundation Program Director before submitting a High-Risk Research in Anthropology (HRRA) proposal. This will facilitate determining whether the proposed work is appropriate for HRRA support.
Deadline: 2008-12-31
National Science Foundation
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher-education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks: The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final 2 years of undergraduate study or for 2 years of master's-level study or for the final 2 years of Ph.D.-level study. These students will participate as a cohort during their 2 years of study and activities, including a summer internship in the federal government. A limited number of students may be placed in National Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This number shall be set by the program office each year.
Deadline: 2008-03-20
National Science Foundation
Science of Science and Innovation Policy
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to foster the development of the knowledge, theories, data, tools, and human capital needed to cultivate a new Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP). The SciSIP program underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models, analytic tools, and data sets designed to inform the nation's public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering (S and E) research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. SciSIP's goals are to understand the contexts, structures, and processes of S and E research, to evaluate reliably the tangible and intangible returns from investments in research and development (R and D), and to predict the likely returns from future R and D investments within tolerable margins of error and with attention to the full spectrum of potential consequences. Specifically, the research, data collection, and community-development components of SciSIP's activities will: (1) develop usable knowledge and theories of creative processes and their transformation into social and economic outcomes; (2) develop, improve, and expand models and analytical tools that can be applied in the science policy decision-making process; (3) improve and expand science metrics, data sets, and analytical tools; and (4) develop a community of experts across academic institutions and disciplines focused on SciSIP. For purposes of this solicitation, the term "science metrics" refers to quantitative measures or indicators that provide summary information on the size, scope, quality, and impact of science and engineering activities, with particular focus on inputs and outputs of the science, technology, and innovation system. Characterizing the dynamics of discovery and innovation is important for developing valid metrics, for predicting future returns on investments, for constructing fruitful policies, and for developing new forms of work-force education and training. The fiscal year 2008 competition includes three emphasis areas: Analytical Tools, Model Building, and Data Development and Augmentation. The emergent body of research will develop and utilize techniques for retrospective and prospective analyses. In addition, research will provide insight into factors that propagate new ideas at levels from the molecular functioning of the human brain to the organizational, state, national, and international levels. This solicitation also calls for research that improves and expands science metrics and data sets. The utilization of virtual organizations or collaborators by social and behavioral scientists in the discovery process is included in this call for research proposals.
Deadline: 2008-03-18
National Science Foundation
George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research
The Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation in the Directorate for Engineering of the National Science Foundation invites proposals for research that uses the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) to advance knowledge, discovery, and innovation for (1) earthquake and tsunami loss reduction of our nation's civil infrastructure, and (2) new experimental simulation techniques and instrumentation for NEES. NEES comprises a network of 15 earthquake engineering experimental equipment sites available for experimentation on-site or in the field and through telepresence. NEES equipment sites include shake tables, geotechnical centrifuges, a tsunami wave basin, unique large-scale testing laboratory facilities, and mobile and permanently installed field equipment. The NEES networking cyber infrastructure connects, via Internet2, the equipment sites as well as provides telepresence, a curated central data repository, simulation tools, and collaborative tools for facilitating online planning, execution, and post-processing of experiments. Projects proposed and funded under this solicitation must use one or more of the 15 NEES equipment sites and their related cyber infrastructure.
Deadline: 2008-03-18
National Science Foundation
Cyber Trust
People depend on computers and communication, including the networks for electronic mail, the systems that monitor the nation's critical infrastructure, and the embedded RFID devices for tracking in transportation systems. These systems are expected to work and work as intended without placing people at needless risk. Unfortunately, vulnerabilities still exist that allow attackers to corrupt or commandeer systems, including those that provide support for critical societal infrastructure. Moreover, many systems are vulnerable to actions that can inhibit operation, corrupt valuable data or expose private information. In fact, the news is replete with stories of vulnerabilities that were exploited for ill. Future advances in computing promise substantial benefits for society and individuals; yet, unless trust in computing and communications can be assured, these benefits are at risk. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyber Trust (CT) program promotes a vision of a society in which trust enables technologies to support individual and societal needs without violating confidences and exacerbating public risks. It is a vision of cyberspace that is supportive of our basic principles of fairness and safe information access. The goal of the NSF CT program is to develop new insights and fundamental scientific principles that lead to software and hardware technologies on which people can justifiably rely.
Deadline: 2008-03-24
National Science Foundation
Joint Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/National Science Foundation: Academic Research Initiative (ARI)
This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors, or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation-dispersal devices, and related threats. The joint effort, in coordination with the efforts of other agencies, seeks to advance fundamental knowledge in new technologies for the detection of nuclear threats and to develop intellectual capacity in fields relevant to long-term advances in nuclear detection capability. This research and the research community that will be built under the Academic Research Initiative are seen as critical to our nation's ability to deploy effective nuclear-detection measures to counter the serious threat of a nuclear attack by terrorists.
Deadline: 2008-04-11, 2009-04-01
First Wednesday in April, annually thereafter through 2011
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
The Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation support highly qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of America's most challenging policy issues in health and health care. Grants of up to $335,000 are awarded to investigators from a variety of disciplines for innovative research projects that have national policy relevance.
Deadline: 2008-03-26
The Endocrine Society
2008 Genentech Clinical Fellows Travel Grants
Through the support of an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, The Endocrine Society offers travel grants to U.S. pediatric and adult clinical endocrinology fellows to support their travel to ENDO 08, the society's annual meeting in San Francisco, California, 15⬜18 June 2008.
Deadline: 2008-02-29
The Endocrine Society
2008 Endocrine Scholars Award
The Endocrine Society created these awards in 2005 to recognize research trainees for outstanding achievements in basic endocrine research. Nominated trainees must be currently enrolled as a graduate student in a Ph.D.-granting program or as a first through third year postdoctoral fellow in a basic science postdoctoral fellowship program.
Deadline: 2008-03-07
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American Chemical Society
ACS Scholars Program
The American Chemical Society Scholars Program is now accepting applications for the 2008⬜2009 academic year. This is a renewable undergraduate scholarship program for African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students majoring in or planning to major in a chemical science, such as chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or other chemical science-related discipline.
Deadline: 2008-03-01
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Four Directions Summer Research Program
The Four Directions Summer Research Program began in 1994 as an idea among Native American students attending Harvard Medical School (HMS). The program is looking for students with a demonstrated commitment to the health of Native American communities and evidence of motivation to achieve the highest goals possible.
Deadline: 2008-02-28
Department of Energy. Golden Field Office
DOE's Tribal Energy Program Student Internships
Current college upperclassmen and graduate students who are familiar with Native American culture and tribal issues are needed to support Tribal Energy Program efforts with technical project tasks. College students are needed to assist a cross-disciplinary team to perform specific tasks at Sandia National Laboratories. Interactions will be with Sandia's renewable energy staff, Native American tribes interested in renewable systems, and Sandia's American Indian Outreach Committee. Instant immersion in these activities is offered to work directly with experienced and internationally recognized peers. Travel will be required, including field visits to renewable energy projects.
Deadline: 2008-02-22
National Science Foundation
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program
This program provides awards to enhance the quality of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and outreach programs at Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaskan Native-serving institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. Support is available for the implementation of comprehensive institutional approaches to strengthen STEM teaching and learning in ways that improve access to, retention within, and graduation from STEM programs. Through this program, assistance is provided to eligible institutions in their efforts to bridge the digital divide and prepare students for careers in information technology, science, mathematics and engineering fields.
Deadline: 2008-04-10, 2008-10-20
National Science Foundation
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts.
Deadline: 2008-04-09
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (optional): 28 February 2008
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