Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
April 22, 2011
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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
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date listed in the Funding Bulletin 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.kstate.edu/research/funding/bulletins/
bul11/limits11/index.htm
GENERAL
15-1 Google Exacycle for Visiting
Faculty (Google)
Google Exacycle for Visiting Faculty is a
new grant program for high-performance
CPU-intensive computing. In its first year,
the program invites proposals for largescale, computationally intensive research
projects. The program awards sizable allocations on Google’s computing infrastructure to address grand challenges in science
and engineering. They will award a total of
approximately one billion core-hours to
drive transformational research in diverse
fields such as astronomy, biology and
medicine, earth sciences, mathematics and
physics.
URL: http://research.google.com/
university/exacycle_program.html
Deadline: 5/31/2011
15-2 Grant Proposals to Study
Therapeutic Effects of Horses on
Humans HHRF
The Horses and Humans Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated
to facilitating universal understanding and
appreciation of the significant influence of
horses on humans, is accepting grant proposals for research into the therapeutic
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effects of horses on humans. The foundation’s broad research agenda includes
basic research as well as clinical studies
that ultimately impact the physical and
mental health and quality of life for people with disabilities who are in involved
with equine-assisted activities/therapies.
(PND 4/15/11)
URL: http://www.horsesandhumans.org/
Research.html
Deadline: 5/15/2011
tive funding of meritorious research initiatives across a spectrum of science and
engineering, business and policy, operational and informational sciences, and
interdisciplinary disciplines that support
the NPS’s graduate education and
research mission. NPS-BAA-11-001 (GG
3/21/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 3/31/2012
BUSINESS
15-3 Biomass Research and
Development Initiative (DOE)
This FOA is a joint effort between the
U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA)
and the U.S Department of Energy
(DOE) for fiscal year (FY) 2011 BRDI
which requires that funded projects integrate all three legislatively mandated
technical areas. These areas include A)
Feedstocks development, B) Biofuels
and biobased products development, and
C) Biofuels and biobased products development analysis. DE-FOA-0000510 (GG
4/15/11)
URL: https://www.fedconnect.net
Deadline: Preapplications 5/31/2011;
Applications 10/4/2011
15-4 Understanding User Needs and
Context to Inform Consumer Health
Information Technology (IT) Design
(R01) (AHRQ)
This is a Large Research Project (R01)
FOA to express AHRQ’s interest in
funding research projects that will build
a knowledge base of individual’s personal health information management
(PHIM) needs and practices and the
design principles related to these activities. This FOA is focused on five areas of
interest: 1) The needs and preferences of
diverse user groups in different contexts;
2) User goals, activities, and personal
health information management practices; 3) User capacities (e.g., cognitive,
physical, health literacy); 4) User motivation (including beliefs and preferences); and 5) Identifying “expert” user
groups (e.g., frequent health care consumers and their caregivers) and studying them as models. PA-11-199 (NIHG
4/8/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-11-199.html
Deadline: 6/5/2011, 10/5/2011, 2/5/2012
15-5 Research Initiatives at The
Naval Postgraduate School (DOD)
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is
interested in receiving proposals for
research initiatives which offer potential
for advancement and improvement in the
NPS core mission of graduate education
and research. This is an announcement to
declare NPS’s solicitations in competi-
15-6 Financial Literacy Research
Projects (NEFE)
The National Endowment for Financial
Education (NEFE) grants program seeks
to fund innovative research and researchbased development projects that can make
a profound contribution to the field of
financial literacy. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse
as behavior, economics, neuroscience,
sociology, psychology, marketing,
finance, education, change theory, decision sciences, and others. Of particular
interest are pro-active research projects
whose findings may cultivate critical
thinking in the financial literacy community. Also of interest are development
projects that put research recommendations into action. Project outcomes must
be capable of achieving traction and measurable impact with audiences such as
financial education intermediaries,
researchers, practitioners, decision makers, and others who can achieve effective
outreach to a target population with an
unmet financial literacy need or to the
general public. (PND 2/4/11)
URL: http://www.nefe.org/tabid/127/
Default.aspx
Deadline: Concept Inquiries 6/7/2011,
12/6/2011
EDUCATION
15-7 Education Grants (Lumina
Foundation)
The foundation supports the following
types of efforts to increase awareness of
the benefits of higher education,
improved student access to and preparedness for college, improved student success in college and increased productivity
across the higher education system: 1)
Work that stimulates broad-based and
systematic change, 2) Work that focuses
on promoting educational access and success for underserved populations, especially low-income students, students of
color, first-generation college students
and adult learners, 3) Collaboration
among multiple organizations and institutions to ensure comprehensive and enduring attention to students’ postsecondary
preparation, enrollment and attainment, 4)
Projects that demonstrate capacity for
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long-term growth and sustainability,
5) Research or evaluation that results in
new knowledge and evidence to
strengthen opportunities for postsecondary access and success, 6) Work that
addresses increasing efficiency, effectiveness and productivity to more cost-effectively educate a significantly larger share
of the United States population.
URL: http://www.luminafoundation.org/
grants/faq.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent OPEN
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
15-8 Research Training Groups in the
Mathematical Sciences (RTG) (NSF)
The long-range goal of the Division of
Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Workforce
program is to increase the number of
well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals,
and permanent residents who pursue
careers in the mathematical sciences and
in other NSF-supported disciplines. The
Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) activity is a part
of the Workforce program. RTG supports
education through research involvement
in groups centered on a common research
interest that span the entire spectrum of
educational levels from undergraduates
through postdoctoral associates. NSF 11540
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11540/nsf11540.htm
Deadline: 7/19/2011
15-9 Engineering Research Centers
(ERC) Partnerships in
Transformational Research, Education
and Technology—A Focused Call for
Nanosystems ERCs (NERCs) (NSF)
At this time, some discoveries are at the
phase to explore their integration into
nanosystems, thus leading to adoption in
applications critical for their commercial
use. To enable this integration, the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) program
is launching this new competition targeting the Transformational Nanotechnology
of Engineered Systems Center or NanoSystems ERCs (NERCs). These new centers will adopt and follow all the features
of Generation-3 (Gen-3) ERCs. The goal
of the Gen-3 Engineering Research Centers Program is to create a culture in engineering research and education that links
discovery to technological innovation
through transformational fundamental
and engineered systems research in order
to advance technology and product engineering graduates who will be creative
U.S. innovators in a globally competitive
economy. NSF 11-537 (GG 4/5/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11537/nsf11537.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 7/15/2011;
Proposals 9/16/2011
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
15-10 Ribosomal Disorders and Their
Role in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure
Syndromes (R01) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute and the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases encourages
applications from institutions/organizations that propose collaborative research
projects by multi-disciplinary teams to
advance our understanding of molecular
and cellular mechanisms underlying ribosomal dysfunction. These research areas
include effects on hematopoiesis and their
role in bone marrow failure syndromes.
Multi-disciplinary expertise across basic
and clinical components is encouraged.
To meet the objectives of this FOA applicants are encouraged to integrate ribosomal biology with bone marrow failure to
develop and characterize models of ribosomopathies. Collaborative teams supported by this FOA could include
researchers from such fields as biomedical, physical, and informatics disciplines.
Applications that do no include biomedical experiments to validate models of
ribosomopathies will not fit the stated
goals of this FOA. PA-11-121 (NIHG 2/
18/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-11-121.html
Deadline: 6/5/2011, 10/5/2011, 2/5/2012
15-11 Cancer Prevention Research
Small Grant Program (R03) (NIH)
This FOA is designed to enhance both
basic and applied cancer prevention
research. The National Cancer Institute
(NCI) 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 animal
and/or translational research and/or
human subjects-oriented research. PAR11-079 (NIHG 12/20/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-11-079.html
Deadline: 7/21/2011, 12/16/2011, 3/18/
2012
11-005661 (GG 4/8/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/8/2012
SOCIAL SCIENCES
15-13 Core Grants (RRF)
Funding priority for the Retirement
Research Foundation’s Core Grant is
given to efforts that:1) Improve access to
and quality of community-based and residential health and long-term care; 2) Promote economic security for all older
adults by strengthening social insurance,
pension, and personal savings programs;
and 3) Support adequate training of those
working directly with older persons and
their families to bring higher quality of
care to larger numbers of older adults.
TGA 2/11
URL: http://www.rrf.org/grants/coregrants
Deadline: 5/1/2011, 8/1/2011, 2/1/2012
15-14 Education Research in Sleep
Health and Sleep-Circadian Biology
(R25) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Institutes of Health invites the submission of
Education Research (R25) grant applications focused on scientific advances in
sleep health and circadian and sleep biology. Proposed projects may include the
development of innovative education
tools, platforms and programs that will
transfer health information and scientific
advances in sleep and circadian biology to
research scientists, health care providers,
educators from diverse disciplines, and to
specific populations including youth,
older adults, women, racial and ethnic
minorities, and veterans. PAR-11-098
(NIHG 1/14/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-11-098.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 5/3/2011, 1/
12/2012; Applications 6/2/2011, 2/2/
2012
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
15-12 Economic Research Partnership
(USAID)
USAID is looking to support research in
economic development that is in line with
Agency priorities in economic growth.
Research proposals must focus on economic growth topics in the areas of
Enabling Environments, Fiscal Policy,
Trade and Investment Capacity, the Implications of International and Domestic
Macroeconomics Policies and Trends on
Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
in Low-income Countries, and Project/
Policy Analysis. Priority will be given to
proposals that take a cross-country
approach. While all proposals must have
an economic problem as its main focus,
proposals are encouraged that also touch
on other Agency priorities. APS-OAA-
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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