Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
March 11, 2011
Program Information
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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
notify him at 785-532-6195, email:
guikema@ksu.edu, by the Internal due
date listed in the Funding Bulletin (FB
9-3) 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/bul11/limits11/index.htm
GENERAL
9-1 Faculty Early Career
Development (CAREER) Program
(NSF)
The Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide
activity that offers the National Science
Foundation’s most prestigious awards in
support of junior faculty who exemplify
the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and
the integration of education and research
within the context of the mission of their
organizations. Each year NSF selects nominees for the Presidential Early Career
Awards for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE) from among the most meritorious recent CAREER awardees. Selection
for this award is based on two important
criteria: 1) innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology that is relevant to the mission of the sponsoring
organization or agency, and 2) community
service demonstrated through scientific
leadership, education or community outreach. NSF 11-690
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11690/nsf11690.htm
Deadline: 7/22/2011-7/26/2011
Vol. 20, No. 9
9-2 Research Coordination
Networks (RCN) (NSF)
The goal of the RCN program is to
advance a field or create new direction in
research or education. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate
and coordinate their research, training
and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic and
international boundaries. RCN provides
opportunities to foster new collaborations, including international partnerships, and address interdisciplinary
topics. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies, collaborative technologies, and development of
community standards for data and metadata are especially encouraged. Proposed
networking activities directed to the
RCN program should focus on a theme
to give coherence to the collaboration,
such as a broad research question or particular technologies or approaches. NSF
11-531
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11531/nsf11531.htm
Deadline: Varies by program
9-3 Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship Program
(IGERT) (NSF)
The Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship (IGERT) program
has been developed to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists
and engineers with interdisciplinary
backgrounds, deep knowledge in chosen
disciplines, and technical, professional,
and personal skills. The program is
intended to establish new models for
graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative
research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. It is also intended to
facilitate diversity in student participation and preparation, and to contribute to
a world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged science and engineering
workforce. Building upon the IGERT
platform, the purpose of this IGERT
solicitation is to support new models in
graduate education in which students are
engaged in an environment that supports
innovation to learn through hands-on
experience how their own research may
contribute in new ways to benefit society
and to learn the processes for the successful implementation of such contributions. NSF 11-533
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11533/nsf11533.htm
Deadline: Internal 4/2/2011; Letters of
Intent 5/2/2011; Proposals 7/1/2011
9-4 Environmental Education
Regional Grants (EPA)
EPA is seeking grant proposals from eligible applicants to support environmen-
tal education projects that promote
environmental stewardship and help
develop knowledgeable and responsible
students, teachers, and citizens. This grant
program provides financial support for
projects that design, demonstrate, and/or
disseminate environmental education
practices, methods, or techniques as
described in this notice. Under this solicitation EPA expects to award environmental education grants from the 10 EPA
Regional offices. EPA-EE-11-02 (GG 3/3/
11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 5/2/2011
EDUCATION
9-5 Steppingstones of Technology
Innovation for Children With
Disabilities (ED)
The purposes of the Technology and
Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are to: 1) Improve
results for children with disabilities by
promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; 2) support
educational media services activities
designed to be of educational value in the
classroom setting to children with disabilities; and 3) provide support for captioning and video description that are
appropriate for use in the classroom setting. CFDA 84.327A (FR 3/7/11)
URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister
Deadline: 4/21/2011
9-6 Education Research and Special
Education Research Grant Programs
(ED)
The central purpose of the Institute of
Education Sciences’ research grant programs is to provide parents, educators,
students, researchers, policymakers, and
the general public with reliable and valid
information about educational practices
that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to education opportunities for all students. In
carrying out its grant programs, the Institute provides support for programs of
research in areas of demonstrated national
need. ED-GRANTS-030311-006 (GG 3/
3/11)
URL: http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/
FedRegister/announcements/2011-1/
030111a.html
Deadline: 6/23/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
9-7 Unique and Innovative Space
Technology (NASA)
The Game Changing Technology Division (GCT), within NASA’s Office of the
Chief Technologies (OCT) is soliciting
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executive summaries, white papers, and
proposals for research and development
(R&D) for technology that is innovative
and unique and promises to enable revolutionary (game-changing) improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness
of our country’s space capability. Novel
(unique) capabilities are sought in any of
the NASA Space Technology Grand
Challenges or the NASA draft Space
Technology Roadmaps. Responses may
be submitted at any time while this solicitation is open. Responses will be
reviewed and award decisions made
throughout the year. NNH11ZUA001K
(GG 3/2/11)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: Executive Summary 10/1/
2011; White Papers 11/1/2011; Proposals 1/3/2012
9-8 Research Experiences for
Teachers (RET) in Engineering and
Computer Science (NSF)
The Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
and the Directorate for Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE),
Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
in Engineering and Computer Science
program supports the active involvement
of K-12 science, technology, engineering,
computer and information sciences, and
mathematics (STEM) teachers and community college faculty in engineering and
computer science research in to order to
bring knowledge of engineering, computer science, and technological innovation into their classrooms. This
announcement features two mechanisms
for support of in-service and pre-service
K-12 STEM teachers and community college faculty: RET supplements to ongoing
ENG or CISE awards and new RET Site
awards may be included in proposals for
new or renewed NSF Directorate for
Engineering (ENG) or CISE grants or as
supplements to ongoing NSF ENG or
CISE funded projects. NSF 11-509
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11509/nsf11509.htm
Deadline: 10/3/2011
9-9 Scientific Discovery through
Advanced Computing Institutes (DOE)
The Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announces its
interest in receiving grant applications to
the Scientific Discovery through
Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program
for SciDAC Institutes. The mission of the
SciDAC Institutes is to provide intellectual resources in applied mathematics and
computer science, expertise in algorithms
and methods, and scientific software tools
to advance scientific discovery through
modeling and simulation in areas of strategic importance to the Office of Science
and the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA). DE-FOA00000505 (GG 2/23/11)
URL: http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/
Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/30/2011;
Applications 5/2/2011
9-10 Cottrell Scholars Awards
(RESCORP)
The Cottrell Scholars Awards are
designed for institutions and faculty
members who are committed to excel at
both teaching and research. Awards are
made to U.S. universities to further the
teaching and research of faculty members
in a Bachelor’s and Ph.D. degree-granting
department of astronomy, biochemistry,
biophysics, chemistry, or physics, but not
in school of medicine or engineering.
Applicants must be in the third full calendar year after their first tenure-track
appointment (i.e., faculty members who
assumed their first tenure-track position
anytime in calendar year 2008 may apply
only in 2011, observing the April deadline). TGA 2/11
URL: http://www.rescorp.org/cottrellscholar-awards
Deadline: 4/1/2011
9-11 Early Stage Innovation NASA
Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
(NASA)
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters is releasing
a NASA Research Announcement (NRA)
for initial studies of innovative advanced
concepts. This NRA solicits multiple
studies, each of which will investigate an
architecture, mission or system concept
that has the potential to change the possible in aeronautics or space. NASA Innovative Advance Concepts (NIAC) is part
of the Office of Chief Technologist
(OCT). Concepts proposed for NIAC
Phase I studies must be innovative and
visionary, technically substantiated, and
very early in development (10+ years out;
Technology Readiness Level 1, 2, or early
3). Focused technology maturation and
incremental improvement are explicitly
not of interest in this program.
NNH11ZUA001N (GG 3/2/11)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: 5/2/2011
to mechanical engineering disciplines.
BAA-AFOSR-2011-03 (GG 3/9/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/25/2011
9-13 Machine Reasoning and
Intelligence (ONR)
The proposed topic will develop fundamental understanding and methods that
lead to autonomous systems that can successfully execute a variety of missions in
complex environments through machine
reasoning while exploiting all sources of
sensor and open domain data. Applicants
shall apply using the Application Instructions and Package under ONRBAA11001. 11-SN-0008 (GG 3/8/11)
URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/ContractsGrants/Funding-Opportunities/BroadAgency-Announcements.aspx
Deadline: White Papers 4/1/2011;
Applications 5/15/2011
9-14 FY 2011 Indoor Air Quality
Projects in Region 7 (EPA)
EPA Region 7 is soliciting proposals from
organizations to fund indoor air quality
(IAQ) projects that address the following
two program priority areas: 1) Assistance
with training schools on EPA’s IAQ Tools
for Schools program, to aid in a school’s
adoption of an IAQ Management Program, and 2) Indoor environmental
asthma triggers and exposure education
and/or training. EPA-R7AWMD-11-001
(GG 3/9/11)
URL: http://www.epa.gov/region7/
grants_funding/
r7_grant_opportunities.htm
Deadline: 4/22/2011
9-12 University Engineering Design
Challenge Program (AFOSR)
AFOSR, in conjunction with the AFRL
Rapid Reaction Team, announces a program to promote and sustain university
research and education focused on innovative military systems and related technologies. This program will be structured
as a yearly design challenge, with the
objectives and constraints of the design
specified by the AFRL management team
at the beginning of the academic year and
a competition amongst the undergraduate
university teams to determine the best
design to be held at the end of the academic year. The winner of this yearly
competition will be encouraged to apply
for additional projects as they are
announced to continue their exemplary
research, possibly incorporating elements
of the other design solutions. This
announcement is to select a set of university contestants that will conduct this
research and participate in the design
challenges for three years, primarily
focused on problems and research related
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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