Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
June 1, 2012
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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/
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GENERAL
21-1 Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to
Support Research at the Interface of the
Biological and Mathematical Sciences
(NSF/NIH)
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in
the Directorate for Mathematical and
Physical Sciences at the National Science
Foundation and the National Institute of
General Medical Sciences at the National
Institutes of Health plan to support
research in mathematics and statistics on
questions in the biological and biomedical
sciences. Both agencies recognize the need
and urgency for promoting research at the
interface between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences. This competition is designed to encourage new
collaborations, as well as to support existing ones. NSF 12-561
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12561/nsf12561.htm
Deadline: 9/17/2012
21-2 Call for Proposals for the BSF
Workshop Program (BSF)
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) has just published a Call for
Proposals in the BSF Workshop Program,
which offers funding for joint applications
Vol. 21, No. 21
from U.S. and Israeli co-PIs to organize
and conduct a workshop that is focused
on bringing together Israeli, American
and Palestinian scientists for the purpose
fo facilitating the development of partnership research programs
URL: http://www.bsf.org
Deadline: 9/6/2012
21-3 Research Interests of the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research
(AFOSR)
The Air Force Office of Scientific
Research (AFOSR) manages the basic
research investment for the U.S. Air
Force (USAF). As a part of the Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL), AFOSR’s
technical experts foster and fund research
within the Air Force Research Laboratory, universities, and industry laboratories to ensure the transition of research
results to support USAF needs. Using a
carefully balanced research portfolio,
research managers seek to create revolutionary scientific breakthroughs,
enabling the Air Force and U.S. industry
to produce world-class, militarily significant, and commercially valuable products. To accomplish this task, AFOSR
solicits proposals for basic research
through this general Broad Agency
Announcement (BAA). This BAA outlines the Air Force Defense Research
Sciences Program. AFOSR invites proposals for research in many broad areas.
BAA-AFOSR-2012-0001 (GG 3/27/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers: Open
AGRICULTURE
21-4 Community Sustainability and
Environmental Stewardship Projects
(NFWF)
Wells Fargo and the National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation have announced
Environmental Solutions for Communities, a new grant program to help communities in the United States create a
more sustainable future through responsible environmental stewardship.The
program seeks to support projects that
link economic development and community well-being to the stewardship and
health of the environment. Collectively,
investments under this initiative will promote a sustainable future for communities by supporting sustainable
agricultural practices and private lands
stewardship; conserving critical land and
water resources and improving local
water quality; restoring and managing
natural habitat, species, and ecosystems
that are important to community livelihoods; facilitating investments in green
infrastructure, renewable energy and
energy efficiency; and encouraging
broad-based citizen participation in
project implementation. (PND 5/18/12)
URL: http://www.nfwf.org
Deadline: 7/2/2012
ARTS & HUMANITIES
21-5 Enduring Questions (NEH)
The NEH Enduring Questions grant program supports faculty members in the
teaching and development of a new
course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring
question. This question-driven course will
encourage undergraduates and teachers to
grapple with a fundamental concern of
human life addressed by the humanities,
and to join together in a deep and sustained program of reading in order to
encounter influential thinkers over the
centuries and into the present day. What is
an enduring question? The following list
is neither prescriptive nor exhaustive but
serves to illustrate. • What is good government? • Can war be just? • What is
friendship? • What is evil? • Are there
universals in human nature? • What are
the origins of the universe? 20120913-AQ
(GG 5/30/12)
URL: http:www.neh.gov/grants/
education/enduring-questions
Deadline: 9/13/2012
21-6 America’s Historical and
Cultural Organizations (NEH)
America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants provide support for museums, libraries, historic places, and other
organizations that produce public programs in the humanities. Grants support
the following formats:• exhibitions at
museums, libraries, and other venues;•
interpretations of historic places, sites, or
regions;• book/film discussion programs;
living history presentations; and other
face-to-face programs at libraries, community centers, and other public venues;
and• interpretive websites. 20210815-GE
(GG 5/18/12)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/ahco
Deadline: 8/15/2012
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
21-7 International Collaboration in
Chemistry between US Investigators
and their Counterparts Abroad (ICC)
(NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between U.S. and foreign investigators. To realize this goal, the
Division of Chemistry at NSF has partnered with the Fonds zur Förderung der
wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF;
Austrian Science Fund) of Austria, the
Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do
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Estado de Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo Research
Foundation) of Brazil (FAPESP), the
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR;
National Research Agency) of France, the
U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)of Israel, Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Fonds
National de la Recherche (FNR; National
Research Fund) of Luxembourg, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
(RFBR), and the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC). The NSF Division
of Chemistry will accept collaborative
research proposals in basic research in
chemistry, written in English, which
establish bilateral collaborations between
US investigators and investigators from
the countries listed above. US PIs may
submit an ICC or an unsolicited proposal
to the Division of Chemistry in 2012 but
not both. NSF 12-562
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12562/nsf12562.htm
Deadline: Preproposals 8/1/2012; Proposals 10/16/2012
21-8 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission Research Announcement
of Opportunity (NRC)
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 will consider applications from institutions or organizations that propose to
conduct independent experiments and
analyses, develop technical bases for supporting realistic safety decisions by the
agency, and evaluate safety issues involving current and new designs and technologies. This FOA allows the PDs/PIs to
define the scientific focus or objective of
the research based on particular areas of
interest and competence. Prior year RES
awards include topics such as nuclear
materials safety research, radioactive
waste safety research, fire research, digital instrumentation and controls,
advanced VHTR gas-cooled reactor,
probabilistic risk assessment training,
basic research on high temperature gas
reactor thermal hydraulics and reactor
physics. RGR-FN-0512-RES (GG 5/30/
12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 6/26/2012
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
21-9 DoD Ovarian Cancer Academy
Award-Early-Career Investigator
(DoD)
The OCRP Ovarian Cancer Academy,
which was initially created in FY09, is
intended to be a unique, interactive virtual
academy providing intensive mentoring,
national networking, and a peer group for
junior faculty. The overarching goal of the
Ovarian Cancer Academy is to develop
successful, highly productive ovarian
cancer researchers in a collaborative
research training environment. The current Ovarian Cancer Academy is a virtual
career development and research training
platform consisting of seven Early-Career
Investigator/Designated Mentor pairs
from different institutions and one Academy Dean. The Academy Dean serves as
a resource for the Early-Career Investigators and Mentors, assesses the progress of
the Early-Career Investigators, and facilitates communication and collaboration
among all of the Early-Career Investigators and Mentors. W81XWH-12-OCRPOCA (GG 2/27/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 7/18/2012
21-10 DOD Breast Cancer Idea Award
(DOD)
The Idea Award is designed to promote
new ideas that are still in the early stages
of development and have potential to
yield highly impactful data and new avenues of investigation. This mechanism
supports conceptually innovative, highrisk/high-reward research that could lead
to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward
ending breast cancer. Applications should
include a well-formulated, testable
hypothesis based on strong scientific
rationale. Innovation and impact are the
most important aspects of the Idea Award.
W81XWH-12-BCRP-IDEA (GG 2/23/
12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/15/2012
to produce specific deliverables that can
address these priority issues, such as outreach to BJA stakeholders, applied
research tools, training curricula or toolkits, articles or publications, and provision of technical subject-matter
assistance. BJA-2012-3339 (GG 5/15/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 6/28/2012
21-13 Rapid Assessment Post-Impact
of Disaster (R03) (NIH)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) is to provide an
expedited funding mechanism for
research in the aftermath of disasters and
mass casualty events. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact
NIMH Program Staff before submitting a
RAPID application to determine whether
or not the proposed work meets the guidelines of this program, whether requested
RAPID funding is likely to be available,
and whether the idea should be considered for initial submission as a fully
developed, non-expedited application via
a regular/parent FOA. RAPID grants
described in this FOA may be used to
facilitate initial research for investigators
who intend to follow up with a full
research application, using the preliminary time sensitive data from a RAPID
grant as the basis for their subsequent
application. PAR-12-180 (NIHG 5/4/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-180.html
Deadline: Open
21-11 Development of Measures to
Determine Successful Hearing Health
Care Outcomes (R01)(NIH)
The goal of this FOA is to encourage
Research Project Grant (R01) applications that seek to identify the variables
contributing to successful hearing health
care outcomes in adults with hearing loss,
and to develop and evaluate clinical measures of those variables. PAR-12-101
(NIHG 2/10/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/par-12-101.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/3/2012, 5/
3/2013; Applications 10/3/2012, 6/3/
2013
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Jim Guikema, Associate Vice President for
Research
Caron Boyce, Administrative Specialist
21-12 BJA FY 12 Visiting Fellows
Program (BJA)
To address emerging issues and build
capacity to improve the administration of
criminal justice, BJA is launching a new
BJA Visiting Fellows Program. The purpose of this program is to leverage state,
local, or tribal subject-matter expertise to
assess areas of need and to develop strategies, tools, and policies in collaboration
with BJA staff for the benefit of the criminal justice field. By hosting up to five
Fellows, BJA will collaborate with practitioners and researchers to build capacity
to address gaps in priority and emerging
issues in the criminal justice field. Fellowships will last 12-18 months, with a
required residency at BJA of at least 6-12
months. These Fellows will be expected
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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