Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
September 17, 2010
Program Information
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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
35-8) 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:
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GENERAL
35-1 Validation and Field Testing of
New Tools for Characterizing the
Personal Environment [R01] (NIH)
This FOA solicits applications to conduct
field testing and initial validation of existing prototype tools for characterizing the
personal environment including chemical
exposures, diet, physical activity, psychosocial stress and the use of addicting substances. Applicants must have a functional
prototype which has been validated under
controlled (i.e., laboratory) conditions and
partner with an ongoing human subjects
research study with existing reference
measures to assess the validity and usability of the prototype as well as the additional scientific impact of the exposure
metric. This FOA will utilize the R01
award mechanism and runs in parallel with
an FOA of identical scientific scope, RFAES-10-008, that encourages applications to
pilot test novel candidate biomarkers and
technologies that measure biological
responses to chemical toxicants and other
environmental stressors. RFA-ES-10-007
(NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-ES-10-007.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/21/2010;
Applications 10/21/2010
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35-2 Validation and Field Testing of
Novel Biomarkers of Response to
Environmental Stressors (R01) (NIH)
This FOA solicits grant applications
from institutions/organizations to conduct pilot testing of novel candidate
biomarkers and technologies that measure biological responses to chemical
toxicants and other environmental stressors. Through collaboration with existing
human population studies, investigators
will conduct a rigorous evaluation of the
performance of novel biomarkers and
technologies under a range of exposure
levels and collection and storage conditions, to establish the potential and feasibility of applying these novel approaches
to large-scale epidemiology and geneenvironment studies. This FOA will utilize the R01 award mechanism and runs
in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, RFA-ES-10-007, that
encourages applications to pilot test and
validate new tools for measuring exposure to chemical and lifestyle stressors.
RFA-ES-10-008 (NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-ES-10-008.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/21/2010;
Applications 10/21/2010
35-3 Economics of Prevention (R21)
(NIH)
This FOA solicits R21 applications for
research to conduct economic analyses of
prevention and health. Applications must
be responsive to one of four topic areas
that target research that addresses costs
of health care, benefits to the health care
system and other sectors of the economy
and cost-effectiveness all within the context of prevention and health. RFA-RM10-015 (NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-RM-10-015.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/28/2010;
Applications 10/26/2010
35-4 Arctic Research Opportunities
(NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to conduct
research about the Arctic. Arctic research
includes field and modeling studies, data
analysis, and synthesis about the arctic
region. The goal of the NSF Division of
Arctic Sciences is to gain a better understanding of the Arctic’s physical, biological, geological, chemical, social and
cultural processes; the interactions of
oceanic, terrestrial, atmospheric, biological, social, cultural, and economic systems; and the connections that define the
Arctic. The Division of Arctic Sciences
and other NSF programs support projects
that contribute to the development of the
next generation of researchers and scien-
tific literacy for all ages through education, outreach, and broadening
participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. NSF 10-597
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10597/nsf10597.htm
Deadline: 1/10/2010, 10/8/2011
35-5 Strategies for Treatment of
Young Adults with Alcohol Use
Disorders (R01) (NIH)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invites applications to support new research on the treatment of young adults (18-25 years of age)
with alcohol use disorders. Compared to
all other age groups, the prevalence of
periodic heavy or high-risk drinking is
greatest among young adults aged 18 to
25. Alcohol use disorders, including alcohol dependence, also peak during this
critical period during which profound
development changes occur. Despite having the highest prevalence of drinking,
interventions for this group have been
understudied, Gaps exist in understanding
how to effectively engage this group in
treatment, which treatments are the most
effective, and how to maintain treatment
gains in the longer term after treatment.
This FOA will utilize the R01 grant
mechanism and runs in parallel with two
FOAs of identical scientific scope, PAS10-247 that encourages applications
under the R03 mechanism and PAS-10248 that encourages applications under
the R21 mechanism. PAS-10-246 (NIHG
8/6/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAS-10-246.html
Deadline: 10/5/2010, 2/5/2011, 6/5/2011
EDUCATION
35-6 Discovery Research K-12 (DR K12) (NSF)
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12)
program seeks to enable significant
advances in student and teacher learning
of the STEM disciplines. Projects funded
under this solicitation begin with a
research question or hypothesis about
how to improve preK-12 STEM learning
and teaching and then develop, implement, and study effects of innovative educational resources, models, or
technologies. DR K-12 invites proposals
that meet a variety of educational needs,
from those that address immediate challenges facing preK-12 STEM education
to those that anticipate the future when
expectations, roles and resources are
likely to be aligned in different ways. The
DR K-12 program is primarily concerned
with the goals and effectiveness of formal
education, yet it recognizes that learning
is not limited to traditional school sites
and times. As appropriate, the program
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encourages projects to draw from knowledge and practice of learning in out-ofschool and informal settings. The DR K12 program accepts proposals for exploratory projects, full research and development projects, and synthesis projects, as
well as for conferences and workshops
related to the mission of the program.
NSF 10-610
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10610/nsf10610.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 11/5/2010;
Proposals 1/6/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
35-7 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research (NRC)
The NRC regulates the nation’s civilian
use of byproduct, source, and special
nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security,
and to protect the environment. The
NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research (RES) furthers the agency’s regulatory mission by providing technical
advice, technical tools and information
for identifying and resolving safety
issues, making regulatory decisions, and
promulgating regulations and guidance.
RES awards support a discrete, specified,
circumscribed project to be performed by
named Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) in areas representing
the investigators’ specific interests and
competencies, based on the mission of the
NRC. Proposals to conduct independent
experiments and analyses, develop technical bases for supporting realistic safety
decisions by the agency, and evaluating
safety issues involving current and new
designs and technologies will be
accepted. RGR-FN-0910-RES (GG 9/14/
10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 10/14/2011
35-8 Opportunities for Enhancing
Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)
(NSF)
The Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
supports research and education in the
Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric, and
Geospace Sciences. The Opportunities for
Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences
(OEDG) Program is designed to address
the fact that certain groups are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to
their proportions in the general population. The primary goal of the OEDG Program is to increase participation in the
geosciences by African American, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans
(American Indians and Alaskan Natives),
Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or
Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the program is
to increase the perceived relevance of the
geosciences among broad and diverse
segments of the population. The OEDG
offers three funding Tracks: OEDG Planning Grants; Track 1: Proof-of-Concept
Projects; and Track 2: Full-Scale Projects.
Institutions may submit only one Track 2
proposal as either the Lead Institution of a
Collaborative Proposal or the sole submitting organization. NSF 10-599
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10599/nsf10599.htm
Deadline: Internal 9/22/2010; Letters of
Intent 10/1/2010; Proposals 11/10/2010
35-9 Small University Grants Open 5Year Broad Agency Announcement
(DOD)
This is a 5-year, open-ended Broad
Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit
research proposals for the United States
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)’s
Space Vehicles Directorate, which is
looking to establish a university grant
vehicle that can provide small grants to
students/professors in a timely manner to
engage U.S./U.S. territories’ colleges and
universities in space-related basic,
applied, and advanced research projects
that are of interest to the Department of
Defense. Multiple awards of grants of
various values are anticipated with a
period of performance ranging from one
to two years. BAA-RV-10-03 (GG 8/27/
10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: OPEN
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
35-10 NIDCD Research on Hearing
Health Care (R01) (NIH)
This FOA, issued by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, encourages Research
Project Grant (R01) applications from
institutions/organizations to support
research leading to accessible and affordable hearing health care (HHC). The
overarching emphasis is on the acquisition of knowledge that can be rapidly
translated into new or enhanced
approaches for access, assessment or
interventions with a goal to delivering
better hearing health care outcomes. This
FOA will utilize the R01 grant mechanism and runs in parallel with a FOA of
identical scientific scope, PA-10-254, that
encourages applications under the R21
mechanism. PA-10-253 (NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-10-253.html
Deadline: 10/5/2010, 2/5/2011, 6/5/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-10-256, that
encourages applications under the R21
mechanism. PA-10-255 (NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-10-255.html
Deadline: 10/5/2010, 2/5/2011, 6/5/2011
35-12 Research to Understand and
Inform Interventions that Promote the
Research Careers of Students in
Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
(R01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) issued by the National Institute of
General Medical Sciences (NIGMS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH) solicits applications that propose research
designed to test assumptions and hypotheses regarding social and behavioral factors with the aim of advising and guiding
the design of potential interventions
intended to increase interest, motivation
and preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. NIGMS is
particularly interested in those interventions that are specifically designed to
increase the number of students from
underrepresented groups entering careers
in these disciplines. The proposed
research need not be restricted to underrepresented students. Comparative
research that analyzes the experience of
all groups in order to place that of underrepresented students in context and to
learn whether and how interventions
should be tailored to make more underrepresented students successful in biomedical careers may well be particularly
illuminating and is, therefore, encouraged. RFA-GM-11-004 (NIHG 8/13/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-GM-11-004.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/15/2010;
Applications 10/15/2010
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
35-11 Behavioral Regulation
Mechanisms of Alcohol Dependence
and Related Phenotypes (R01) (NIH)
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
This FOA issued by the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
(NIAAA) encourages Research Project
grants (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to examine the mechanisms of behavioral
regulation contributing to the behavioral
characteristics of alcohol dependence.
This FOA will utilize the Research
Project Grant (R01) award mechanism
Mary Lou Marino
Beverly Page
Development Director
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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