Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
July 3, 2014
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Research, is the internal coordinator for
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GENERAL
25-1 Sloan Research Fellowships
The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to
stimulate fundamental research by earlycareer scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships
are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in
recognition of distinguished performance
and a unique potential to make substantial
contributions to their field. Candidates
must hold a tenure track (or equivalent)
position at a college, university, or other
degree-granting institution in the United
States or Canada. Tenure track faculty
positions at the candidate’s institution
must include a yearly teaching requirement. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or
equivalent) in chemistry, computational or
evolutionary molecular biology, computer
science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences, physics, or a
related field. (TGA 6/14)
URL: http://www.sloan.org/sloanresearch-fellowships/
Deadline: 9/15/2014
Vol. 23, No. 25
25-2 FY14 Acquisition Research
Program (DOD)
The Government is interested in stimulating and supporting scholarly research
in academic disciplines that bear on public policy and management in the field of
government acquisition. These include
economics, finance, financial management, information systems, organization
theory, operations management, human
resources management, risk management, and marketing, as well as the traditional acquisition areas such as
contracting, program/project management, logistics, test and evaluation and
systems engineering management. The
ARP primarily supports scholarly
research through assistance vehicles that
will benefit the general public and/or private sector to a larger extent than any
direct benefits that may be gained by the
Department of Defense (DOD). Studies
of government processes, systems, or
policies should focus on expanding the
body of knowledge, theory and/or
research methodologies that are also relevant to processes, systems, or policies
outside the DOD. NPS-BAA-14-002
(GG 5/5/2014)
URL: http://www.nps.edu/research/
workingwithnps.html
Deadline: 9/30/2014
ARTS & HUMANITIES
25-3 Collaborative Research
Fellowships (ACLS)
The aim of this fellowship program is to
offer small teams of two or more scholars
the opportunity to collaborate intensively
on a single, substantive project. The fellowship supports projects that aim to
produce a tangible research product
(such as joint print or web publications)
for which two or more collaborators will
take credit. (TGA 6/14)
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/
collaborative/
Deadline: 9/24/2014
25-4 Grammy Foundation Music
Research and Preservation Projects
(Grammy)
The research projects grant program
awards funding of up to $20,000 to organizations and individuals working to
research the impact of music on the
human condition. Examples include the
study of the effects of music on mood,
cognition, and healing; the medical and
occupational well-being of music professionals; and the creative process underlying music. The archiving and
preservation projects grant program
awards grants to organizations and individuals in support of efforts that advance
the archiving and preservation of the
music and recorded sound heritage of the
Americas. (PND 6/6/14)
URL: http://www.grammy.org/grammyfoundation/grants
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry 10/1/2014
25-5 NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital
Humanities Program (NEH)
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the
German Research Foundation (Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V., DFG) are
working together to offer support for
projects that contribute to developing and
implementing digital infrastructures and
services for humanities research. In order
to encourage new approaches and develop
innovative methods in any field of the
humanities, these grants provide funding
for up to three years in any of the following areas: developing innovative methods—as well as standards and best
practices—for building and merging digital collections that are significant and of
major current interest, for use in humanities research; developing and implementing generic tools, methods, and
techniques for accessing and processing
digital resources relevant to humanities
research; creating new digital modes of
scholarly communication and publishing
that facilitate international cooperation
and dissemination of humanities scholarship; and developing models for effectively managing digital data generated in
humanities research projects (for example, texts, audio files, photographs, 3D
objects) and exemplifying those models
in case studies. Collaboration between
U.S. and German partners is a key
requirement for this grant category. Each
application must be sponsored by at least
one eligible German individual or institution, and at least one U.S. institution and
there must be a project director from each
country. 20140925-HG (GG 3/31/14)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/
nehdfg-bilateral-digital-humanitiesprogram
Deadline: 9/25/2014
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
25-6 Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics
and Engineering Mentoring
(PAESMEM) (NSF)
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in
Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring (PAESMEM) is a Presidential
award established by the White House in
1995. The PAESMEM program is administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on behalf of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
PAESMEM recognizes individuals for
their mentoring of persons from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, women,
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persons with disabilities, persons from
disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, and early career scientists and
engineers. Nominations, including selfnominations, are invited for Individual
and Organizational PAESMEM awards.
Individuals and organizations in all public
and private sectors are eligible including
industry, academia, K-12, military and
government, non-profit organizations,
and foundations. Nominations are encouraged from all geographical regions in the
U.S. including, its territories and particularly jurisdictions designated by Congress
under NSF’s Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Multiple programs or individuals
from the same institution may be nominated. However each program or individual may be nominated only once in a
competition. NSF-14-567
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/
nsf14567/nsf14567.htm
Deadline: 10/3/2014
25-7 Computer and Information
Science and Engineering (CISE)
Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
(NSF)
With the goal of encouraging research
independence immediately upon obtaining one’s first academic position after
receipt of the PhD, the Directorate for
Computer and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) will award grants to
initiate the course of one’s independent
research. Understanding the critical role
of establishing that independence early in
one’s career, it is expected that funds will
be used to support untenured faculty or
research scientists (or equivalent) in their
first two years in an academic position
after the PhD. One may not yet have
received any other grants in the Principal
Investigator (PI) role from any institution
or agency, including from the CAREER
program or any other award post-PhD.
Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not
count against this eligibility rule. It is
expected that these funds will allow the
new CISE Research Initiation Initiative PI
to support one or more graduate students
for up to two years. NSF 14-562
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/
nsf14562/nsf14562.htm?
Deadline: 9/24/2014
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
25-8 Outstanding Investigator Award
(R35) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) invites grant applications for the
Outstanding Investigator Award (R35) in
any area of cancer research. The objective
of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) is
to provide long-term support to experienced investigators with outstanding
records of cancer research productivity
who propose to conduct exceptional
research. The OIA is intended to allow
investigators the opportunity to take
greater risks, be more adventurous in their
lines of inquiry, or take the time to
develop new techniques. The OIA would
allow an Institution to submit an application nominating an established Program
Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI)
for a 7-year grant. PAR-14-267 (NIHG 6/
27/14)
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
guide/pa-files/PAR-14-267.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/20/2014,
Applications 10/20/2014
25-9 Methods Development in
Natural Products Chemistry (STTR)
(R41) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) solicits Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications
from small business concerns (SBCs) to
address problems associated with the
methods of collection, bioassay, isolation,
purification, de-replication, yield, and
supply that hamper the full utilization of
natural products. RFA-AT-15-002 (NIHG
6/27/14)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-AT-15-002.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 8/10/2014,
Applications 9/10/2014
25-10 DoD Prostate Cancer Idea
Development Award (DoD)
The Idea Development Award supports
new ideas that represent innovative
approaches to prostate cancer research
and have the potential to make an important contribution to the PCRP mission.
Although groundbreaking research often
involves a degree of risk, applications
should be based on a sound scientific
rationale that is established through logical reasoning and/or critical review and
analysis of the literature. Due to this
award’s emphasis on innovation, the presentation of preliminary data relevant to
prostate cancer and the proposed project
is encouraged but not required. Research
deemed innovative may represent a new
paradigm, challenge current paradigms,
look at existing problems from new perspectives, or exhibit other highly creative
qualities. Research that is an incremental
advance upon published data is not considered innovative. The PCRP seeks
applications from investigators from a
wide spectrum of disciplines including,
but not limited to, basic science, engineering, bioinformatics, population science,
translational research, and clinical
research. In addition, applicants are
expected to address at least one of the
PCRP focus areas and are highly encouraged to address one of the PCRP overarching challenges. W81XWH-14-PCRPIDA (GG 5/6/14)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/
view-opportunity.html?oppId=254793
Deadline: 9/24/2014
SOCIAL SCIENCES
25-11 Methodology, Measurement, and
Statistics (MMS) (NSF)
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdiscipli-
nary program in the Directorate for
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of
innovative, analytical, and statistical
methods and models for those sciences.
MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory,
and have potential utility for multiple
fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the
MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the
development of new and innovative
approaches to surveys and to the analysis
of survey data. NSF 14-574
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/
nsf14574/nsf14574.htm
Deadline: 9/2/2014, 1/20/2015
STUDENTS
25-12 Marshall Sherfield Fellowships
(Marshall)
The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission will be offering one post-doctoral
Marshall Sherfield Fellowship in 2015.
The first such Fellowships were awarded
in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of
the Marshall Plan. The Fellowships,
which are funded by the Marshall Sherfield Fellowship Foundation, and administered by the Marshall Commission,
enable American scientists or engineers to
undertake post-doctoral research for a
period of one to two academic years at a
British university or research institute.
The aim of the Marshall Sherfield Fellowships is to introduce American scientists
and engineers to the cutting edge of UK
science and engineering. It is intended
that this in turn will build longer-term
contacts and international links between
the United Kingdom and the United
States in key scientific areas.
URL: http://
www.marshallscholarship.org
Deadline: 10/10/2014
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
Jim Guikema, Associate Vice President for
Research
Caron Boyce, Administrative Specialist
Preaward Section
Paul Lowe, Director
Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
Kathy Tilley, Rich Doan, Carmen Garcia,
Adassa Roe, Katie Small, Namrita Berry, Rex
Goff, Tim McDaniel, Cecilia Scaler, Sharon
Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Development Director
Mary Lou Marino
Joel Anderson
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use,
and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Associate Vice President,
Research Compliance
Heath Ritter, Compliance Monitor
Petra Jardine, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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