October 2015
Grant News
In this issue:
Funding Opportunities
Office of Research &
Sponsored Programs
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Humanities Collaborative Research Grants (NEH)
Grants for Poetry-Related Projects (Witter Bynner Foundation)
Japanese Grant Programs (US-JF)
Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects (NEA)
Media Projects: Development and Production Grants (NEH)
Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants (NEH)
Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants (NEH)
Scholarly Editions and Translations (NEH)
Scholars-in-Residence Program (NEH)
Resident Fellowship Program (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities)
Congressional Fellowship Program (American Political Science Association)
Sparks! Initiation Grants for Libraries (IMLS)
Breast Cancer Breakthrough Awards (DOD)
Conference Grants to Advance Collaborative Research on Aging Biology (NIH)
Health Policy Fellowships Program (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (NIH)
Nutritional Grants (Allen Foundation)
Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (DOD)
Archaeology and Archaeometry (NSF)
Centennial Research Fellowships in Mathematics (AMS)
Computational Mathematics (NSF)
Computational Physics (NSF)
Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (NSF)
Discovery Research K-12 Grant (NSF)
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (NSF)
Geophysics Grants (NSF)
Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (NSF)
National Robotics Initiative (NSF)
Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity Grants (NSF)
Quantum Information Science Grants (NSF)
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
Grants (DOE)
Foundation Spotlight________________________________________________________
Wisconsin Humanities Council
Grants 101____________________________________________________________________
To Get the Feet Wet or Just Jump Right In? The Benefits of and Differences
between Internal and External Funding
Latest News
2016 NSF Policy and Application Changes
2016 NIH and AHRQ Application Changes
Recent Submissions & Awards
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Office of Research &
Sponsored Programs
Melissa Nielsen
Director
Email: mnielsen@uwlax.edu
Brittney Greeno
Grant Writer
Email: bgreeno@uwlax.edu
Dr. Ray Block
Faculty Fellow
Email: rblock@uwlax.edu
Dr. James Peirce
Faculty Fellow
Email: jpeirce@uwlax.edu
Sydni Durrstein
Program Assistant
Email: sdurrstein@uwlax.edu
Chandra Hawkins
Undergraduate Research &
Internal Grants Coordinator
Email: chawkins@uwlax.edu
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Funding Opportunities________________________________________________
Humanities Collaborative Research Grants
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Program summary: NEH supports original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars for research that
requires additional staff and resources. Eligible projects include research that significantly adds to knowledge and
understanding in the humanities; archaeological projects that include the interpretation and dissemination of
results; and conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly research.
Funds can be used for personnel, travel, field work, information technology applications, and technical support.
Awards typically range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year for one to three years, and conference awards range
from $15,000 to $65,000 for one year.
Deadline: December 9, 2015 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants
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Grants for Poetry-Related Projects
Funding agency: The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry
Program summary: Organizations may apply for grant support from $1,000 to $10,000 for up to three years for
projects in the following areas: individual poets (selected by the Poet Laureate); developing the poetry audience;
translation of poetry from languages not currently available to English readers; and the uses of poetry (dramatic,
educational, therapeutic, etc.).
Deadlines: letters of intent (LOIs) due December 31, 2015; full applications due February 15, 2016
Full description: http://www.bynnerfoundation.org/grants/index.htm
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Japanese Grant Programs
Funding agency: United States-Japan Foundation (US-JF)
Program summary: The US-JF supports cooperation between the US and Japan through three programs:
Communication/Public Opinion funds projects that raise awareness and address issues that affect bilateral
relations and stimulate quality media coverage; Pre-college Education supports improved instruction about Japan
in US schools and the US in Japanese schools through creative curriculum development and teacher training; and
US-Japan Policy funds projects in security, trade relations, environmental protection, energy, science, and
technology.
Deadlines: letters of intent (LOIs) due December 15, 2015 and full proposals due January 31, 2016;
LOIs due July 15, 2016 and full proposals due August 31, 2016 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://us-jf.org/programs/grants/
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Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Program summary: NEA provides fellowships ($12,000 or $25,000) to exceptionally talented, published translators
for the translation of specific works of published prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. NEA
encourages translations of writers and of works not well represented in English translation. The work to be
translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve
work that has not yet been translated into English.
Deadline: December 8, 2015
Full description: http://arts.gov/grants-individuals/translation-projects/grant-program-description
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Media Projects: Development and Production Grants
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Program summary: NEH’s Division of Public Programs encourages projects that feature multiple formats to engage
the public in the exploration of humanities ideas in the following areas: interactive digital media, film and
television, and radio. Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop
humanities content and to prepare programs for production. Production grants enable producers and scholars to
continue their engagement with humanities topics.
Deadline: January 13, 2016
Full descriptions:
Development Grants: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/media-projects-development-grants
Production Grants: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/media-projects-production-grants
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Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Program summary: NEH’s Division of Public Programs supports traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, librarybased projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive web sites, or other projects that creatively
engage audiences in exploring the humanities. Applicants should have already done most of the planning,
including the identification of the key themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. Projects with
interdisciplinary perspectives and those that use innovative formats and non-traditional ways of engaging
audiences are eligible. Awards typically range from $50,000 to $400,000 with special exceptions.
Deadline: January 13, 2016
Full description: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/museums-libraries-and-cultural-organizationsimplementation-grants
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Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Program summary: NEH’s Division of Public Programs allows institutions to provide the public with opportunities
to explore the humanities through activities such as exhibitions, reading and film discussion series, catalogs,
lectures, symposia, and websites. Planning grants support the early stages of project development, including
consultation with scholars, refinement of humanities themes, preliminary design, and audience evaluation.
Projects with broad outreach and digital components are strongly encouraged. Grants generally range from
$40,000, to $75,000.
Deadline: January 13, 2016
Full description: http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/museums-libraries-and-cultural-organizations-planning-grants
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Scholarly Editions and Translations
Funding agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Program summary: NEH supports the preparation of editions and translations of pre-existing texts and documents
that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at
least one editor or translator and one other staff member. Grants typically support editions and translations of
significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are
also eligible. Awards normally range from $50,000 to $100,000 per year for one to three years.
Deadline: December 9, 2015
Full description: http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/scholarly-editions-and-translations-grants
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Scholars-in-Residence Program
Funding agency: New Year Public Library (NYPL)
Program summary: The NYPL supports research on black history, literature, and culture with access to resources at
both the Schomburg Center as well as other NY Public Library research units. Projects must focus on the history,
literature, and culture of peoples of African descent from a humanistic perspective or on other fields related to the
center’s collections and program activities. Studies in the social sciences, arts, science and technology, psychology,
education, and religion are eligible with conditions. Stipends are awarded up to $30,000 for six months.
Deadline: December 1, 2015
Full description: http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/schomburg-center-scholars-inresidency/application
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Resident Fellowship Program
Funding agency: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Program summary: The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers residential fellowships to scholars and
writers in the humanities. The foundation seeks applications that are intellectually stimulating, imaginative, and
accessible to the public. There are no restrictions on topic, and applications are invited from across the broad
spectrum of the humanities. Applicants do not need to have an advanced degree. Stipends provide up to $15,000
per semester.
Deadline: December 1, 2015
Full description: http://virginiahumanities.org/fellowships/
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Congressional Fellowship Program
Funding agency: American Political Science Association
Program summary: Supports early- to mid-career political scientists (and journalists) for nine-month internship
assignments in congressional offices. Eligible applicants include political scientists (US citizens or permanent
residents) who have either completed (within the last 15 years) or are nearing completion of their PhD. Fellows will
receive a stipend of $50,000 plus a small travel allowance. In addition, APSA will cover the cost of tuition for
Fellows selected to take the class on Congress and Foreign Policy.
Deadline: December 1, 2015
Full description: http://www.apsanet.org/cfp
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Sparks! Initiation Grants for Libraries
Funding agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Program summary: These small grants encourage libraries and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in
the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and
evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may
propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for
improvement in the ways libraries and museums serve their communities. Projects must demonstrate significant
innovation and have a broad potential impact.
Deadline: February 15, 2016
Full description: https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/sparks-ignition-grants-libraries
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Breast Cancer Breakthrough Awards
Funding agency: Department of Defense (DOD)
Program summary: The DOD supports innovative research aimed at eradicating breast cancer. This program
encourages applications that focus on poorly understood issues such as those related to susceptibility, recurrence,
or metastasis. Research supported by the Breakthrough Award will have the potential for a major impact and
accelerate progress toward ending breast cancer. The impact may be near-term or long-term but must be
significant and move beyond an incremental advancement. Applications must articulate the pathway to making a
clinical impact for individuals with, or at risk for, breast cancer, even if clinical impact is not an immediate
outcome. Two different funding levels, based on the scope of the research, are available under this program
announcement/funding opportunity.
Deadlines: Pre-application due November 18, 2015; full application due December 2, 2015
Full description: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/bcrp.shtml
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Conference Grants to Advance Collaborative Research on Aging Biology
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program summary: The program encourages the submission of conference grant applications in scientific areas
that will foster extramural research on the molecular, biochemical, cellular, genetic, and physiological mechanisms
underlying normal aging and related pathologies. NIA is particularly interested in promoting and facilitating team
science by employing the R13 activity code to allow researchers at all levels of training to come together to
exchange ideas, tools, and approaches in an effort to increase collaborative research.
Deadlines: December 12, 2015; April 12, 2016; August 12, 2016 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-265.html
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Health Policy Fellowships Program
Funding agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Program summary: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fellowships are 12-month residential experiences held in
Washington, DC, and they are an opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and
social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy promoting the health of the nation. Fellows
participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health,
healthcare, and health policy.
Deadline: November 12, 2015
Full description: http://www.healthpolicyfellows.org/fellowship_howtoapply.php
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NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program summary: NIH supports high quality scientific conferences (R13) that are relevant to its mission and to the
public health. This funding opportunity supports symposiums, seminars, conferences, workshops, or formal
meetings where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information and/or explore a
problem or area of knowledge. A conference grant application is required to contain a permission-to-submit letter
from any one of the participating institutes’/centers’ conference grant contact persons. Applicants are urged to
initiate contact well in advance of the chosen application receipt date and no later than six weeks before that date.
Deadlines: December 12, 2015; April 12, 2016; August 12, 2016
Full description: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-347.html
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Nutritional Grants
Funding agency: Allen Foundation
Program summary: The Allen Foundation supports education, training, and research projects in the area of human
nutrition. The connections between diet and health remain a basic and primary priority. Other priorities include
nutritional education and training for new and expectant mothers, training for nutritional educators and trainers,
and dissemination of information regarding healthful nutritional practices and habits. PIs from academic
institutions must be full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members. Proposals received after the deadline will
be considered the following year.
Deadline: December 31, 2015
Full description: https://www.allenfoundation.org/commoninfo/aboutus.asp
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Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Funding agency: US Department of Defense (DOD)
Program summary: The US Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program offers hands-on exposure
to Air Force research challenges through 8- to 12-week research residencies at participating Air Force research
facilities for full-time science, mathematics, and engineering faculty at US colleges and universities. The goal is to
enhance the research interests and capabilities of faculty (both new and experienced researchers) and to elevate
the awareness of Air Force research needs.
Deadline: November 30, 2015
Full description: http://afsffp.sysplus.com/
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Archaeology and Archaeometry
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The goal of the Archaeology Program is to fund research that furthers anthropologically
relevant archaeological knowledge. The goal of the archaeometry program is to fund projects either to
develop/refine anthropologically relevant archaeometric techniques and/or support laboratories that provide
relevant services. Examples of the former include the development of methods to identify specific types of organic
residues on ceramics and sample pre-treatment techniques for radiocarbon analysis. Projects which apply
standard archaeometic techniques with the goal to answer specific archaeological questions should be submitted
to the “senior” archaeology competition.
Deadlines: Archaeometry proposals due December 1, 2015 (annually recurring)
Archaeology proposals due December 20, 2015 and July 1, 2016 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690
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Centennial Research Fellowships in Mathematics
Funding agency: American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Program summary: AMS supports outstanding mathematicians with a one-year fellowship of $89,000 plus $8,900
for expenses. Applicants must have earned a PhD in the previous three to 12 years and must hold a tenured,
tenure-track, or postdoctoral position at a US college or university. Proposals must include a plan for how the
fellowship will be used and must propose travel to at least one other institution. A preference is given to
candidates who have not had extensive fellowship support in the past.
Deadline: December 1, 2015
Full description: http://www.ams.org/programs/ams-fellowships/centennial-fellow/emp-centflyer
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Computational Mathematics
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: This funding opportunity supports mathematical research in areas of science where
computation plays a central and essential role, emphasizing analysis, development, and implementation of
numerical methods and algorithms, and symbolic methods. Proposals ranging from single-investigator projects
that develop and analyze innovative computational methods to interdisciplinary team projects that not only create
and analyze new mathematical and computational techniques, but also use/implement them to model, study, and
solve important application problems are strongly encouraged.
Deadline: December 1, 2015 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390
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Computational Physics
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The Computational Physics program supports research for computational and data-enabled
science. The program emphasizes novel methods for high-performance computing that require significant code
development. Priority will be given to proposals that, in addition to compelling scientific goals, have a
computational advance or new enabling capability. Proposals should include either innovation in computing, such
as algorithm development and efficient use of novel architectures, or provide significant improvement to
community codes.
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505206
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Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: This program integrates opportunities offered by emerging technologies with advances in what
is known about how people learn to advance three interconnected aims: innovation; advancing understanding of
how people learn in technology-rich learning environments; and promoting broad use and transferability of new
genres. Proposals are expected to address all three aims. It is expected that research funded by this program will
shed light on how technology can enable new forms of educational practice. Awards will be made in three research
categories, each focusing on a different stage of research and development: Exploration (EXP), Design and
Implementation (DIP), and Integration (INT). The program will also support small Capacity-Building Projects (CAP) –
e.g., conferences, workshops, and partnership-building activities – and will continue to participate in NSF's
foundation-wide programs: EAGER, RAPID, INSPIRE, and CAREER.
Deadlines: Capacity-Building proposals due December 7, 2015; March 25, 2016; and July 29, 2016
Exploration proposals due December 18, 2015
Development and Implementation proposals due January 18, 2016
LOI for Integration proposals due May 9, 2016; full proposals due July 11, 2016
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504984
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Discovery Research K-12 Grant
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The DRK-12 program supports proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing
pre-K-12 STEM education as well as those that anticipate radically different structures and functions of pre-K-12
teaching and learning. This program has three major research and development strands: (1) assessment; (2)
learning; and (3) teaching. PIs should identify a clear focus of the proposed research efforts (i.e., assessment,
learning, or teaching) consistent with the proposal’s main objectives and research questions. The program
supports five types of projects: (1) Exploratory, (2) Design and Development, (3) Impact, (4) Implementation and
Improvement, and (5) Conferences and Syntheses.
Deadline: December 7, 2015
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047
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Geophysics Grants
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The Geophysics program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its
composition, structure, and processes from the Earth’s surface to its deepest interior. Topics include seismicity,
seismic wave propagation, and the nature and occurrence of geophysical hazards; the Earth’s magnetic, gravity,
and electrical fields; the Earth’s thermal structure; and geodynamics. Supported research also includes geophysical
studies of active deformation, including geodesy, and theoretical and experimental studies of the properties and
behavior of Earth materials.
Deadlines: December 2, 2015; June 1, 2016 (target dates; annually recurring)
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13682
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Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: This program promotes the conduct of interdisciplinary research by teams of investigators in
the social and behavioral sciences. Emphasis is placed on support for research that involves researchers from
multiple social, behavioral, and/or economic (SBE) disciplinary fields and that integrates scientific theoretical
approaches and methodologies from multiple SBE disciplinary fields. Emphasis also is placed on the significance of
expected intellectual contributions that are likely to yield generalizable insights and information that will enhance
theoretical perspectives and advance basic knowledge and capabilities across multiple SBE disciplinary fields.
Deadline: December 1, 2015 (annually recurring)
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504832
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National Robotics Initiative
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The National Robotics Initiative supports innovative robotics research and applications
emphasizing the realization of co-robots acting in direct support of and in a symbiotic relationship with human
partners. This funding opportunity also focuses on understanding long term social, behavioral, and economic
implications of co-robots across all areas of human activity. Collaboration between academic, industry, non-profit,
and other organizations is strongly encouraged. Topics may be related to NASA, USDA, NIH, and NSF priorities.
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503641
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Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity Grants
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The PFI: BIC program provides support to an academic institution to partner with at least two
small technology-based businesses that are not in direct competition with each other to carry out early
translational-research activities. Active collaboration between academe and business could result in solutions with
potential for an impact on more than one market.
Deadlines: letters of intent (LOIs) due December 2, 2015; full proposals due January 27, 2016
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504708
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Quantum Information Science
Funding agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program summary: The Quantum Information Science program supports theoretical and experimental proposals
that explore quantum applications to new computing paradigms or that foster interactions between physicists,
mathematicians, and computer scientists, pushing the frontiers of quantum-based information, transmission, and
manipulation. Although focused on investigations relevant to physics disciplines, the program encourages broader
impacts on other disciplines. Disciplines within the purview of the Physics Division include atomic, molecular,
optical, plasma, elementary particle, nuclear, gravitational and biological physics, particle astrophysics, and
accelerator science.
Deadline: December 3, 2015
Full description: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505207
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Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Grants
Funding agency: US Department of Energy (DOE)
Program summary: SBIR grants support small business-led research and development to drive private sector
technology commercialization. Letters of intent (LOIs) are required, and a single topic and sub-topic from the
potential list must be selected. Eligibility is limited to small businesses; partnering opportunities exist for colleges
and universities. STTR grants support small business-led research and development to drive private sector
technology commercialization. Under STTR (unlike SBIR), a single college, university, or other research institution
must perform 30% of the work.
Deadlines: Phase 1 applications: LOIs due December 21, 2015; full invited proposal due February 9, 2016
Phase 2 applications: LOIs due March 16, 2016; full invited proposal due April 5, 2016
(Note: only Phase 1 awardees are eligible to apply for Phase 2)
Full description: http://science.energy.gov/sbir/funding-opportunities/
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Foundation Spotlight
Wisconsin Humanities Council
The Wisconsin Humanities Council (WHC) supports projects that use history, culture, and discussion to strengthen
communities in Wisconsin. The foundation requires projects to involve humanities experts in ways that bring
diverse and balanced perspectives. WHC defines humanities experts as those who work within disciplines such as
archaeology; cultural anthropology; the history, theory, and criticism of the arts; ethics; ethnic studies; folklore;
history; jurisprudence; languages; linguistics; literature; philosophy; religious studies; women’s studies; and those
aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches, such as human geography.
Projects must be designed for a general audience (i.e., not only a college or university audience). WHC provides the
following funding opportunities:
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2.
Mini Grants: Provides up to $2,000 to support humanities programs that use history, culture, and
discussion to strengthen community life for everyone in Wisconsin.
Major Grants: Provides up to $10,000 to support humanities programs that use history, culture, and
discussion to strengthen community life for everyone in Wisconsin.
Awards: Mini-grants are funded for $2,000 or less; Major grants are funded for $10,000 or less.
*Note: All grants require a one-to-one match of either cash, in-kind contributions, or a combination.
Deadlines: Mini Grants: November 1, February 1, May 1, and August 1 (annually reoccurring). The WHC board
subcommittee will make a decision on funded grants within one month of submission.
Major Grants: December 15, April 15, and August 15 (annually reoccurring). The WHC board
subcommittee will make a decision on funded grants in June, October, or February, respectively.
How to apply: Applications are due in the WHC office (not postmarked) by the day of the deadline. If the deadline
falls on a weekend, applications are due the next official workday.
Website: http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/
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Grants 101_________________________________________________________________
To Get the Feet Wet or Just Jump Right In? The Benefits of and Differences between Internal
and External Funding
Dr. Ray Block and Brittney Greeno
For many faculty, the beginning steps of grant seeking can be the most challenging. Aside from considering the
logistics of the project, such as research scope and broader impacts, as well as budget for personnel, travel, and/or
supplies, faculty need to also consider the best place to start in regards to obtaining funding. For many faculty,
internal grants within the university offer an excellent opportunity to begin practicing grant writing. Some
positives of internal funding are:
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Great opportunity for seed funding: Whether you are in the developing stages of your research/project,
or you want to take your scholarship in a new direction, internal grants provide a great opportunity for
you to begin the initial stages of research that can help produce early data for later external funding
opportunities.
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Less competitive funding pools as compared to external funding: You are competing with a small pool of
faculty on campus versus competing with a larger-scale pool of faculty and researchers from other
universities, nonprofits, and organizations.
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Good practice for external grant writing: While internal grants have many of the same types of
requirements as any external application, the guidelines are typically not as intense as those of external
grants. For many newer faculty who have not had a chance to write grants, this is a great opportunity to
practice framing the research from a grant writing perspective, such as considering the tangible results of
the research, the sustainability of the research beyond the time limit of the grant, the broader impacts,
etc.
Internal funding is a great opportunity for faculty to gain first-time experience with grant writing. While internal
grants are great to support the beginning stages of research or to fund a short-term project, external grants offer
additional opportunities that can help extend the longevity and sustainability of research or a project;
sustainability, in particular, is a critical consideration for many grant application review panels. Furthermore,
external funding is a great way to:
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Offset teaching duties and/or generate summer salary
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Employ undergraduates and graduates as research assistants, which is considered to be a high-impact
teaching practice
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Raise the profile of yourself, your department, and, ultimately, the university
In many ways, grant writing is a form of professional development, as learning to write persuasively to an
organization to fund a project takes skill. In addition to understanding the nuances of the application process for
your particular grant, one must also do a good job of articulating research ideas and justifying their importance to
the audience. These skills are essential for any faculty member, and mastering them will help you succeed as a
researcher. External grant seeking may be more of marathon than a sprint. Even if the first attempt at grant
seeking does not yield funding, many external funding organizations offer substantive feedback to the applicant,
and such feedback can only strengthen your research ideas going forward.
Whether you decide to get your feet wet by beginning with internal funding or by transitioning into the arena of
external grant funding, the Office of Research & Sponsored programs is here to help with this professional
development, and we encourage you to reach out to our office so that we may help you as you seek out funding
sources for the wonderful work you do! If you like to review a list of internal funding opportunities, please see our
webpage. You can also contact us by phone 608-785-7007 or via email at grants@uwlax.edu to schedule an
appointment to discuss your grant seeking needs.
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Latest News
2016 NSF Policy and Application Changes
There will be several significant changes and revisions to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Proposal Award
Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) in effect for applications submitted after January 25, 2016; all applications
pending or planning to be submitted before that date should follow the current PAPPG. NSF has provided the
updated 2016 PAPPG for further information, which also includes a summary of significant changes and
clarifications to the PAPPG. Several key changes and revisions of which PIs need to be aware include the following:
• Submission Deadlines: Failure to submit by 5 p.m. the submitter’s local time will result in the proposal not
being accepted.
• Collaborators & Other Affiliations Information: This is new single-copy document that requires senior
personnel to provide information about their collaborators and other affiliations (this was originally a required
section in the Biographical Sketch). This new document will no longer require senior personnel to identify the
total number of collaborators and other affiliations.
• Biographical Sketches: These documents will need to be uploaded as a single PDF file or inserted as text for all
senior personnel.
• Current and Pending Support: All current projects should be listed in this section of the proposal, including
internal funds allocated towards specific projects. This document must be uploaded as a single PDF file or
inserted as full text for all senior personnel.
• Dual Use Research of Concern: This is a new section that serves as NSF’s implementation of the US
Government policy for Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern (which relates to
life sciences research involving one of the 15 agents/toxins listed in section 6.2.1 of the DURC policy).
• Project Summary: Only project summaries that use special characters may be uploaded as separate
documents in the Supplementary Documents section. Project summaries that do not include separate
headings for Overview, Intellectual Merit, and Broader Impacts will be returned without review.
• Project Description: This document has been updated to state that URLs must not be used in this document.
• Results from Prior NSF Support: This document has been revised to reflect the required information from the
PI or co-PI that has received funding with a start date in the past 5 years (including any current funding and
no-cost extensions). The guidelines will also provide information on which type of NSF awards must be
reported on in this section of the proposal.
• Special Information and Supplementary Documentation: This section will specify the format that must be
used for letters of collaboration.
• Vertebrate Animals: This section contains updated guidance on the information that must be provided in the
project description for projects that involve use of vertebrate animals and the procedure to follow if IACUC
approval has not been obtained prior to submission.
2016 NIH and AHRQ Application Changes
Source: National Science Foundation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have announced a
number of planned changes to policies, forms, and instructions for grant applications submitted in 2016. These
revisions are to take place in two phases, with some applying to NIH or AHRQ only and some applying to
both. Phase 1 will implement some changes using existing forms, and updated instructions and will impact due
dates on or after January 25, 2016. Some changes will include rigor and transparency in application requirements,
updated criteria to be addressed with the use of vertebrate animals, and updated requirements for research
training. Phase 2 will complete the changes by introducing new forms and instructions for applications with due
dates on or after May 25, 2016. Some of these changes will include the following:
• Rigor and transparency: A new “Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources” attachment will
be added to the Research Plan.
• Vertebrate Animals: New questions regarding euthanasia will be added to the Research Plan.
• Data Safety Monitoring Plan: A new “Data Safety Monitoring Plan” will be added to the Research Plan as a
separate attachment.
• Fonts: There will be additional flexibility regarding fonts allowed in PDF attachments included in grant
applications.
• Biographical Sketches: Clarifications being made include that URLS for publications, if provided, must be to a
government website (.gov); publications (peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed) and research products to be
are allowed to be cited in both the personal statement and the contribution to science sections; and graphics,
figures, and tables are not allowed.
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Recent Submissions
October 2015
Principal
Investigator(s)
Department(s)
Funding Agency
Project Title
Jennifer Kosiak
Mathematics
Content Strong: Improving Teaching and
Learning Mathematics
Daniel Sambu,
Gargi Chaudhuri, &
Colin Belby
Joyce Shanks &
Liz Bergeron
GEO/ESC 2
Wisconsin ESEA 1
Improving Teaching
Quality Program
NSF 3
DOS 4, Bureau of
Educational and
Cultural Affairs
Afghanistan Junior Faculty Development
Program 2016 Proposal
Recent Awards
October 2015
Principal
Investigator(s)
Brian Allen
Connie Arzigian
Connie Arzigian
Connie Arzigian
Jean Dowiasch
Jean Dowiasch
Roger Haro &
Jessica Thill
Wendy Holtz-Leith
Wendy Holtz-Leith
Wendy Holtz-Leith
Wendy Holtz-Leith &
Kathy Stevenson
Jennifer Klein
Shelly Lesher
Kate Noelke
John Porcari
Paul Reyerson
Educational
Studies
Department(s)
SHC 5
MVAC 6
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
Biology &
McNair
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
Funding Agency
Synergy Pharmaceuticals
Bolton & Menk
Emmons and Oliver Resources, Inc.
Minnesota Trout Unlimited
Wisconsin DMA 7
Wisconsin DOT 8
US Department of Education (TRIO)
Biology
Physics
Upward Bound
ESS 10
GEO/ESC
NIH 9
NSF
US Department of Education
ACE 11
La Crosse County Disposal Facility
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Geography/Earth Science
3
National Science Foundation
4
Department of State
5
Student Health Center
6
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
7
Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs
8
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
9
National Institutes of Health
10
Exercise and Sports Science
11
American Council on Exercise
1
2
GP EXTRA: Alliance for Geoscience Progress
(AGP)
City of La Crosse
Short, Elliot, & Hendrickson
SRF Consulting
D & M McCluskey
Award
$45,084
$2,500
$999
$999
$38,490
$4,420
$219,500
$1,500
$3,500
$4,153
$2,600
$329,169
$21,981
$420,246
$45,000
$4,928
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Recent Awards (continued)
Principal
Investigator(s)
Kristofer Rolfhus
Mark Sandheinrich,
Roger Haro, &
Kristofer Rolfhus
Kathy Stevenson
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner
Vicki Twinde-Javner &
Jean Dowiasch
Department(s)
Chemistry
Biology and
Chemistry
Funding Agency
DOI via FWS 12
MN Pollution Control Agency via
University of Minnesota-Duluth
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
MVAC
City of Onalaska
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Mead & Hunt
Mead & Hunt
Team Engineering
Thomas F. King PhD LLC
WISDOT
Ayers Associates
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Department of Interior via US Fish and Wildlife Service
Award
$13, 480
$259,844
$3,058
$358
$633
$1,716
$1,716
$2,871
$10,881
$4,425
$3,426