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Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
October 29, 2010
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partnership to accelerate neuroscience
research. Sixteen Institutes and Centers
(ICs) are participating in the Neuroscience Blueprint. This FOA will support
integrated research education and
research training programs that provide
interdisciplinary training in basic neuroscience and the theoretical and technological approaches of computational
neuroscience. RFA-DA-11-005 (NIHG
10/1/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-DA-11-005.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/13/2010;
Applications 1/13/2011
Limited Submissions
Limited submission programs have
sponsor restrictions on the number of
proposals that may be submitted by a
single institution and will require institutional screening to determine which
applications will be submitted. Dr. Jim
Guikema, Associate Vice President for
Research, is the internal coordinator for
limited submission programs. Please
notify him at 785-532-6195, email:
guikema@ksu.edu, by the Internal due
date listed in the Funding Bulletin (FB
41-11) or by at least two months prior to
the sponsor deadline if you wish to submit to a limited submission program.
Currently posted Internal Deadlines:
http://www.k-state.edu/research/funding/bulletins/bul10/limits10/index.htm
41-3 Dynamics of Coupled Natural
and Human Systems (CNH) (NSF)
The Dynamics of Couple Natural and
Human Systems (CNH) Program promotes interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes
and complex interactions among human
and natural systems at diverse scales.
Through its annual competitions, CNH
intends to support three types of activities: A) CNH Large Interdisciplinary
Research Projects, B) CNH Interdisciplinary Team Exploratory Projects, and C)
CNH Research Coordination Networks
(CNH-RCNs). NSF 10-612
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10612/nsf10612.htm
Deadline: 12/9/2010, 11/15/2011
AGRICULTURE
GENERAL
41-1 Residencies at the Bellagio Center
(Rockefeller)
Through conferences and residencies, the
Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center
in northern Italy brings together people of
diverse expertise and backgrounds in a
though-provoking, collegial environment
that helps to promote impact on a wide
range of world issues. The center’s residency program allows for one month of
disciplined work, uninterrupted by the professional and personal demands of daily
life, in a diverse and stimulating community of fellow residents. Residents include
an international cohort of scholars, scientists, journalists, writers, artists, non-governmental organizations practitioners, and
policy makers. PND 10/22/10
URL: http://
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagiocenter
Deadline: 12/1/2010
41-2 Training in Computational
Neuroscience: From Biology to Model
and Back Again (T90/R90) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) is an initiative of the NIH Blueprint
for Neuroscience Research, a trans-NIH
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/bfrdp.html
Deadline: 12/22/2010
ARTS & HUMANITIES
41-5 America’s Historical and
Cultural Organizations (NEH)
America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the
humanities that explore stories, ideas, and
beliefs in order to deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the
development of humanities content and
interactivity that excite, inform, and stir
thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways.
Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement,
and they should foster learning among
people of all ages. To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants
to consider more than one format for presenting humanities to the public. NEH
offers two categories of grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations: planning and implementation
grants. Planning grants are available for
projects that may need further development before applying for implementation.
Implementation grants support the final
preparation of a project for presentation to
the public. 20110112-GE (GG 10/25/10)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/AHCO.htm
Deadline: 1/12/2011
41-4 Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Development Program (USDA)
The Farm Bill has made available $19
million in fiscal year (FY) 2010 to fund a
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). The purpose of
BFRDP is to develop and offer education, outreach, mentoring and internships
programs by making two types of competitive grants: a) Standard Projects: new
and established local and regional training, education, outreach and technical
assistance initiatives that address the
needs of beginning farmers and ranchers
in one or more of the beginning farmers
or ranchers in areas including: acquiring
land from retiring farmers and ranchers;
innovative farm and ranch transfer strategies; entrepreneurship and business training; financial management training;
conservation assistance; risk management education; diversification and marketing strategies; basic livestock and
crop farming practices; the acquisition
and management of agricultural credit;
environmental compliance; and information processing. b) Educational Enhancement Teams: for evaluation, coordination
and enhancement of Standard Projects.
USDA-NIFA-BFR-003356 (GG 10/26/
10)
EDUCATION
41-6 Secondary Education, Two-Year
Postsecondary Education, and
Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom
Challenge Grants (USDA)
The Secondary Education, Two-Year
Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge
Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: a)
promote and strengthen education and
two-year postsecondary education in agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified
workforce to serve the food and agriculture science system; and b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages
among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the
food and agriculture sciences in order to
advance excellence in education and
encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or
higher degree in the food and agriculture
sciences.USDA-NIFA-SAECP-003355
(GG 10/26/10)
URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
funding/rfas/sec_challenge.html
Deadline: 1/18/2011
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41-7 Next Generation Learning
Challenges (Gates)
41-10 K-INBRE Pilot Grants (KINBRE)
The Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation has
announced the Next Generation Learning
Challenges, a collaborative, multiyear initiative that aims to dramatically improve
college readiness and college completion
in the United States through the use of
technology. The first-wave RFP seeks
proposals that address four specific challenges: 1) increasing the use of blended
learning models, which combine face-toface instruction with online learning
activities; 2) Deepening students’ learning and engagement through use of interactive applications, such as digital games,
interactive video, immersive simulations,
and social media; 3) Supporting the availability of high-quality open courseware,
particularly for high-enrollment introductory classes like math, science, and
English, which often have low rates of
student success; and 4) Helping institutions, instructors, and students benefit
from learning analytics, which can monitor student progress in real-time and customize proven supports and interventions.
PND 10/22/10
URL: http://nextgenlearning.org/thegrants
Deadline: 11/19/2010
A Pilot Grant is a new project in Cell and
Development Biology, not currently supported by ongoing NIH or NSF grants,
from a junior or senior investigator who
would use the data to compete for NIH
funds. Tenure and Research Track Faculty
Investigators, on the ten K-INBRE campuses, in all areas of Cell and Development Biology are eligible to compete for
these funds. There are no restrictions on
the number of proposals that may be submitted per institution or within a category.
Although all areas of Cell and Development biology will be considered, provided that the research project meets the
requirements of being new and innovative, the funding is specifically designed
to foster the development of research
activity in specific areas in which there is
a critical need. These areas are: 1) Reproduction and embryonic development; 2)
Organogensis; 3) Development neuroscience; and 4) Cellular and development
pathologies.
Email: hchapman@kumc.edu
Deadline: 11/18/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
41-8 Reliable Peripheral Interfaces
(RPI) (DARPA)
DARPA seeks to develop reliable in-vivo
peripheral motor-signal recording sensory-signal stimulating interfaces. Such
efforts will involve design, fabrication,
testing, and analysis of new materials and
technologies to demonstrate substantial
improvements in reliability and quantity
of peripheral motor-signal information.
Ultimately DARPA desires to develop
clinically viable technologies, enabling
wounded service members to control
state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs. DARPABAA-11-08 (GG 10/25/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 12/9/2010
41-9 AAAS Science & Technology
Policy Fellowships (AAAS)
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science manages and
administers Science & Technology Policy
Fellowships in six areas to provide the
opportunity for accomplished scientists
and engineers to participate in and contribute to the federal policy making process while learning firsthand about the
intersection of science and policy. The
fellowships in congressional offices are
funded by approximately 30 partner scientific and engineering societies. The fellowships in executive branch agencies are
funded by the hosting offices.
URL: http://fellowships.aaas.org/
01_About/01_index.shtml
Deadline: 12/5/2010
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
41-11 Advancing Digitization of
Biological Collections (ADBC) (NSF)
This program seeks to create a national
resource of digital data documenting
existing biological collections and to
advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information
(including images) residing in vouchered
scientific collections across the United
States. The information associated with
various collections of organisms, such as
geographic distribution, environmental
habitat data, phenology, information
about associated organisms, collector
field notes, tissues and molecular data
extracted from the specimens, etc. is a
rich resource for providing the baseline
from which to further biodiversity
research and provide critical information
about existing gaps in our knowledge of
life on earth. The national resource will
be structured at three levels: a national
hub, thematic networks based on collaborative groups of collections, and the physical collections. It will be an invaluable
tool in understanding the biodiversity and
societal consequences of climate change,
species invasions, natural disasters, the
spread of disease vectors and agricultural
pests, and other biological issues. Only
one proposal may be submitted by any
one organization as the lead organization
in this competition for the HUB or for a
TCN. NSF 10-603
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10603/nsf10603.htm
Deadline: Internal 11/10/10; Proposals
12/10/2010
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
41-12 French Embassy Partner
University Fund (PUF) (France)
The Embassy of France to the United
States and the FACE Foundation are
pleased to announce the fourth call for
project proposals of the Partner University Fund (PUF). PUF promotes innovative collaborations of excellence in
research and education between French
and American institutions of higher education. PUF supports emerging transatlantic partnerships with the potential for
continuation after the end of the grant.
Partnerships may combine elements such
as: Joint initiatives in research and publications; Faculty and postdoctoral mobility; Collaboration in teaching; Shared
programs; Joint and dual degrees at the
master’s and PhD levels. PUF currently
supports more than 40 multifaceted partnerships in all fields of study.
URL: http://www.facecouncil.org/puf
Deadline: 12/15/2010
SOCIAL SCIENCES
41-13 Center for the Study of
Terrorism and Behavior (CSTAB)-Center Lead (DHS)
DHS requests applications from U.S. colleges and universities to serve as a lead
institution for a university-based Center
of Excellence (COE) focusing on research
and education in the study of terrorism
and behavior (CSTAB). This funding
opportunity announcement (FOA)
requests applications to serve as a lead
institution, i.e., Center Lead. Applicants
for lead institution need to include in their
application their proposed projects from
their institution and their partner institutions. The Center will be a multi-disciplinary university-based research and
education Center that will conduct rigorous, innovative and path-breaking
research. DHS is also posting a separate
FOA (DHS-11-ST-061-001B) for eligible
applicants to submit single project proposals for consideration as a partner to the
CSTAB COE. DHS-11-ST-061-001A
(GG 10/28/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 12/23/2010
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, Rex Goff, Susan
Klein, Sharon Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Development Director
Mary Lou Marino
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use,
and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Associate Vice President,
Research Compliance
Heath Ritter, Compliance Monitor
Adrian Self, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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