Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
May 18, 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
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EDUCATION
19-1 Personnel Preparation in Special
Education, Early Intervention, and
Related Services (ED)
The purposes of this program from the
Department of Education are to 1) help
address State-identified needs for highly
qualified personnel—in special education,
early intervention, related services, and
regular education—to work with children,
including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and 2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and
knowledge, derived from practices that
have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be
successful in serving those children. EDGRANTS-051112-001 (GG 5/11/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 6/25/2012
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
19-2 Sensor Innovative Research
(AFRL)
The Electromagnetics Technology Division (RYH), Sensors Directorate (RY), Air
Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), is
Vol. 21, No. 19
looking to conduct research in the following areas: Antenna Technology,
Opto-Electronic Technology, Electromagnetic Scattering, Infrared Sensor
Technology. BAA-12-02-PKS (GG 4/5/
12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/5/2017
19-3 NSF/DOE Partnership on
Advanced Combustion Engines 20122015 (NSF/DOE)
The Directorate for Engineering at the
National Science Foundation (NSF) has
established a partnership with the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in
order to address critical fundamental and
applied research challenges associated
with advanced combustion engine technologies. The goal of the partnership is to
leverage the complementary missions of
deployment and commercialization
(DOE) and fundamental research and
education (NSF) to address issues of
national importance that impact the efficiency of the internal combustion engine
(ICE). The Directorate for Engineering
seeks proposals with transformative
ideas that meet the detailed requirements
delineated in this solicitation. NSF 12559
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12559/nsf12559.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 6/18/2012;
Proposals 8/8/2012
19-4 Special Grant Program in the
Chemical Sciences (Dreyfus)
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation provides support for the chemical
sciences through programs designed to
advance young faculty of early accomplishment, develop leadership in environmental chemistry, and enhance
chemistry education and public interest.
The foundation’s Special Grant Program
in the Chemical Sciences provides funding for innovative projects in any area
consistent with the Dreyfus Foundation’s
broad objective to advance the chemical
sciences. Examples of areas of interest
include but are not limited to the increase
in public awareness, understanding, and
appreciation of the chemical sciences;
innovative approaches to chemistry education at all levels (K-12, undergraduate,
and graduate); and efforts to make chemistry careers more attractive. Research
proposals are not customarily considered. (PND 5/11/12)
URL: http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/
special_grant_program_chemical.shtml
Deadline: 6/4/2012
19-5 Plug and Play Photovoltaics
(DOE)
Through the Plug and Play Photovoltaics
Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), the Department of Energy will
invest up to $25 million over five years to
advance the development of a commercial
plug-and-play photovoltaic system, which
is envisioned as an off-the-shelf product
that is fully inclusive with little need for
individual customization. Homeowners
can install the system without special
training or tools. The homeowner simply
plugs the system into a PV-ready circuit
and an automatic PV discovery process
initiates communication between the system and the utility. The plug-and-play
concept has been implemented very successfully in the computer and automotive
industries. The Department of Energy
believes that these same innovations can
be applied to the PV industry to reduce
costs and simplify installations. This
funding opportunity seeks to fundamentally change the design and installation of
residential PV systems and help automate
utility interconnection and permitting processes. DE-FOA-0000653 (GG 4/16/12)
URL: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/
default.aspx#bf5631a6-44d3-4d22-90349d0dc0bdf3d3
Deadline: 6/18/2012
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
19-6 Dear Colleague Letter: Research
Experience for Teachers (RET):
Funding Opportunity in the Biological
Sciences (NSF)
This letter is to call your attention to a
long-standing opportunity that enables K12 science educators to participate in
projects funded by the Directorate for
Biological Sciences (BIO) at the National
Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of
the Research Experiences for Teachers
(RET) activity is to enhance the professional development of K-12 science educators through research experience at the
emerging frontiers of science in order to
bring new knowledge into the classroom.
BIO strongly encourages all its grantees
to make special efforts to identify talented
teachers who can participate in this RET
activity to integrate research and education. NSF 12-075
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12075/nsf12075.pdf
Deadline: Varies
19-7 DOD FY12 Lung Cancer
Research Program Idea Development
Award (DoD)
The Lung Cancer Research Program Idea
Development Award is designed to promote new ideas that are still in the early
stages of development and have the
potential to yield impactful data and new
avenues of investigation. This mechanism
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supports conceptually innovative, highrisk/high-reward research that could lead
to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress toward
eradicating deaths from lung cancer.
Applications should include well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong
scientific rationale. W81XWH-12-LCRPIDA (GG 4/17/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 9/20/2012
19-8 Role of Environmental Chemical
Exposures in the Development of
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic
Syndrome (R01) (NIH)
The Funding Opportunity Announcement, issued by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
encourages grant applications to understand the role of environmental chemical
exposures in the development of obesity,
type 2 diabetes and/or metabolic syndrome. Applications must link an environmental exposure to the increased
incidence of weight gain, glucose tolerance/insulin sensitivity and aspects of
metabolic syndrome in animal models or
human studies. While any exposure window is acceptable it is anticipated that the
most sensitive time for exposures to affect
the disease outcomes will be during
development e.g. in utero and/or neonatal
or early childhood. For human studies
developmental exposures (in utero and
early childhood) should be linked to early
biomarkers of disease onset. Animal studies should focus on identifying environmental chemicals that alter endpoints
indicative of affecting disease development and the site and mechanism(s) of the
effects that lead to the increased disease
incidence. PA-12-185 (NIHG 5/11/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/pa-12-185.htm
Deadline: 10/5/2012, 2/5/2013, 6/5/2013
19-9 New Investigator Grant for
Arthritis Health Professionals
(Arthritis Foundation)
New Investigator Awards are intended to
provide the support for young Arthritis
Health Professionals such as physical
therapists as they initiate independent
research related to arthritis. These grants
typically cover the cost of salaries, consumable supplies, equipment, travel and
other items to conduct the proposed
research. Applicants must be establishing
their first independent, self-directed laboratory for whom the institution provides
space and other resources. The New
Investigator Award provides funding for a
period of up to two years and is not for
wet bench laboratory research. Suitable
studies include, but are not limited to,
functional, behavioral, nutritional, occupational, or epidemiological aspects of
patient care and management. (TGA 5/
12)
URL: http://www.arthritis.org/researchfunding-opportunities.php
Deadline: 8/1/2012
19-10 U.S. - China Program for
Biomedical Collaborative Research
(R01) (NIH)
The purpose of the U.S.-China Program
for Biomedical Collaborative Research is
to stimulate collaborative basic, translational, and applied research between
United States (U.S.)-based researchers
and Chinese researchers in the areas of
allergy, immunology, and infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and its comorbidities and co-infections, cancer,
mental health, Parkinson’s disease (PD),
and stroke. RFA-AI-12-021 (NIHG 4/6/
12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-ai-12-021.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 8/18/2012;
Applications 9/18/2012
19-11 DoD Ovarian Cancer Pilot
Award (DoD)
The OCRP Pilot Award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward
research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements
that will drive the field of ovarian cancer
research forward. The proposed research
should include a testable hypothesis based
on strong scientific rationale and serve as
a catalyst to expand or modify current
thinking about and/or approaches in ovarian cancer research. Preliminary data are
not required, but are allowed. The
strength of the application should be
based on sound scientific rationale and
logical reasoning. Clinical trials will not
be supported by this award mechanism.
W81XWH-12-OCRP-PA (GG 2/27/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 7/18/2012
19-12 DOD Breast Cancer Innovator
Award (DOD)
The Innovator Award supports visionary
individuals who have demonstrated creativity, innovative work, and leadership in
any field including, but not limited to,
breast cancer. The Innovator Award will
provide these individuals with the funding
and freedom to pursue their most novel,
visionary, high-risk ideas that could ultimately lead to ending breast cancer.
W81XWH-12-BCRP-INNOV (GG 2/23/
12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/2/2012
SOCIAL SCIENCES
19-13 Project Awards (Sage)
The Foundation’s awards are restricted to
support for basic social science research
within its announced programs. Currently,
the Foundation is pursuing five principle
areas: 1) A program of research on the
Future of Work concerned principally
with the causes and consequences of
changes in the quality of low-wage work
in the United States and other advanced
economies; 2) A program of research on
current U.S. Immigration aimed at discovering how well immigrants and their
children are adapting socially, politically,
and economically to life in the United
States, particularly as they move beyond
the traditional immigrant gateway cities;
3) A program on Cultural Contact concerned with understanding and improving
relations between racial and ethnic groups
in schools, workplaces, neighborhoods,
and other key institutional settings; 4) A
program on Social Inequality, focused on
the social effects of rising economic inequality, with particular attention to the
ways in which the U.S. political and educational systems have responded to growing economic disparities; and 5) A
program of research on Behavioral Economics which incorporates the insights of
psychology and other social sciences into
the study of economic behavior. (TGA 5/
12)
URL: http://www.russellsage.org/how-toapply/apply-project-awards
Deadline: Letters of Inquiry 8/1/2012,
3/1/2013
19-14 Cutting-Edge Basic Research
Awards (CEBRA) (R21) (NIH)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse
Cutting-Edge Basic Research Award
(CEBRA) is designed to foster highly
innovative or conceptually creative
research related to drug abuse and addiction and how to prevent and treat them. It
supports research that is high-risk and
potentially high-impact that is underrepresented or not included in NIDA’s current portfolio. The proposed research
should: 1) test a highly novel and significant hypothesis for which there are scant
precedent or preliminary data and which,
if confirmed, would have a substantial
impact on current thinking; and/or 2)
develop or adapt innovative techniques or
methods for addiction research, or that
have promising future applicability to
drug abuse research. PAR-12-086 (NIHG
1/27/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-086.html
Deadline: 8/20/2012, 8/20/2013
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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