Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
February 3, 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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guikema@ksu.edu, by the Internal due
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
5-1 Innovative and Early-State
Development of Emerging Technologies
in Biospecimen Science (R21) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), issued by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), solicits grant applications
proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early stage development of technologies that address issues
related to pre-analytical variations in the
collection, processing, handling, and storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens or
their derivatives. The overall goal is to
develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and
utility of biospecimens or samples derived
from those biospecimens for downstream
molecular analyses. This FOA will support
the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to
assess sample quality, preserve/protect
sample integrity, and establish verification
criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions.
RFA-CA-12-004 (NIHG 12/16/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-CA-12-004.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/26/2012, 4/
21/2012; Applications 2/23/2012, 5/21/
2012
Vol. 21, No. 5
5-2 Research Program
(Earthwatch)
Earthwatch’s proposal review processes
are guided by its mission to engage people worldwide in scientific field research
and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. Accordingly, and
in order to build long-term legacies
through the scientific research Earthwatch supports, the Institute has undertaken a strategic review of its program
structure and developed four Research
Areas (RAs): 1) Ecosystem Services; 2)
Climate Change; 3) Oceans; and 4) Cultural Heritage. These RAs allow Earthwatch to focus support on critical
ecological and cultural challenges
encompassing the majority of threats to
environmental sustainability. The RAs
work together to support research, capacity building, education, and environmental action.
URL: http://www.earthwatch.org/
aboutus/research/scientistopps/
reqresprop/
Deadline: Open
ARTS & HUMANITIES
5-3 Library Resident Research
Fellowships (APS)
The American Philosophical Society
Library offers short-term residential fellowships for conducting research in its
collections. The Library is a leading
international center for research in the
history of American science and technology and its European roots as well as
early American history and culture.
(TGA 12/11)
URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
Deadline: 3/1/2012
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
5-4 National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency Academic Research Program
(DOD)
The National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) is releasing this solicitation for its sponsored academic research
program. NGA welcomes all innovative
ideas for path-breaking research that may
advance the GEOINT mission. The NGA
mission is to provide timely, relevant,
and accurate geospatial intelligence
(GEOINT) in support of national security objectives. GEOINT is the exploitation and analysis of imagery and
geospatial information to describe, assess
and visually depict physical features and
geographically referenced activities on
the Earth. GEOINT consists of imagery,
imagery intelligence, and geospatial
information. NGA offers a variety of
critical GEOINT products in support of
U.S. national security objectives and natural disasters, including aeronautical,
geodesy, hydrographic, imagery, targeting
information and topographical. HM017712-BAA-0001 (GG 1/31/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 9/30/2013
5-5 Federal Cyber Service:
Scholarship for Service (SFS) (NSF)
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship
for Service (SFS) program seeks to
increase the number of qualified students
entering the fields of information assurance and cybersecurity and to increase the
capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce
professionals in these fields to meet the
needs of our increasingly technological
society. The SFS program is composed of
two tracks: The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities
to award scholarships to students in the
information assurance and cybersecurity
fields. The Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to
improve the quality and increase the production of high-quality information assurance and cybersecurity professionals by
providing support for efforts within the
higher education system, as well as outreach to K-12 students with related interests. An individual may participate as PI,
Co-PI, or Senior Personnel in at most one
proposal per track in each annual SFS
competition. NSF 12-531
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12531/nsf12531.htm
Deadline: 4/17/2012
5-6 Special Program Announcement
for 2012 Office of Naval Research
Research Opportunity: Basic Research
Challenge: Carbon Molecular
Electronics (DOD)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is
interested in receiving proposals on carbon-based molecular electronics. The
objective of this Basic Research Challenge (BRC) program is to encourage
research and innovation in bottom-up
chemical synthesis and assembly of carbon, particularly graphene, based electronic devices and circuits with atomic
precision and Angstrom resolution. The
program will address the challenges and
limitations in top-down fabricated
graphene nanoelectronic devices, where
structures are too large (limited by lithography) and intrinsic graphene properties
are often masked by edge roughness and
hard to measure. The long term vision of
the program is to enable a new kind of
molecular electronics – a single giant
molecule made of carbon or other related
materials that functions as electronic,
magnetic or optical devices or circuits.
12-SN-0003 (GG 1/19/12)
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URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 3/8/2012
5-7 Chemistry and Materials
Research in Cultural Heritage Science
(CHS) (NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between conservation
scientists, chemists and materials scientists to address grand challenges in the
field of science of cultural heritage. The
program solicits collaborative proposals
between researchers in US museums and
academic institutions that aim to: a)
develop new and improved analytical
techniques and instruments with high sensitivity and spatial resolution (large and
small scale) for restricted volume and/or
standoff detection of component materials, degradation products and deterioration markers that are suitable for nondestructive analysis of cultural heritage
objects; b) study dynamic changes leading to degradation of cultural heritage
objects; c) design new multi-functional
treatment materials for cultural heritage
objects; d) develop new theoretical models to predict dynamic processes in cultural heritage objects that lead to their
degradation while taking into account
their molecular and materials properties
and their surface and bulk interactions
with environmental perimeters. An investigator may be a PI or Co-PI of only one
proposal submitted in response to this
solicitation. NSF 12-530
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12530/nsf12530.htm
Deadline: 4/17/2012
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
5-8 Rapid Response to Requests for
Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific
Rural Research Studies (HRSA)
This announcement solicits applications
for the Rapid Response to Requests for
Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific
Rural Research Studies Cooperative
Agreement. The purpose of this program
is to respond rapidly to requests for rural
data analysis and conduct issue-specific
rural research studies within 9 to 12
months from the date of the request for
the study. Findings will be used to help
inform national, state, and local policy
makers. HRSA-12-090 (GG 1/27/12)
URL: https://grants.hrsa.gov/
webExternal/SFO.asp?id=B392CF27E7FB-4FA3-813F-489A7A1D7939
Deadline: 3/19/2012
5-9
Biodiversity Program (NASA)
There is widespread concern about biodiversity declines across all organizational
levels, particularly given that human
actions may be driving a mass extinction
event comparable to those seen in the
geological record. As a result, the
research community is seeking tools to
understand the condition of biodiversity
and how it is changing over time. To
address biodiversity loss as a global issue
requires us to integrate research efforts
across multiple spatial and temporal
scales and observe biodiversity at all of its
levels of organization. To catalyze
progress in our understanding of biodiversity patters, processes, and change, the
NASA Biodiversity Program is soliciting
proposals in conjunction with the
National Science Foundation Dimensions
of Biodiversity Program for FY 2012.
Through Dimensions of Biodiversity,
NSF seeks to transform how we describe
and understand the scope and role of life
on Earth. While NSF typically supports
research at fine to coarser spatial scales,
NASA, with its use of satellite imagery,
generally supports research at coarse to
finer scales. NNH11ZDA001N
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/
Deadline: 4/10/2012
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
5-10 APS For Food Security,
Nutrition, Biodiversity and
Conservation (USAID)
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) continues its commitment to foster more strategic alliances
with the private sector’s “solution holders” who are often well positioned to
address specific development challenges.
The purpose of this APS is to announce
USAID/Uganda’s plans to fund a limited
number of Public Private Alliances to
enhance food security and address issues
of biodiversity and conservation. Competition under this APS will consist of a
two-step process where applicants first
submit a Concept Paper for an initial
competitive review. This APS seeks PPAs
in two key priority areas: 1) food security
and nutrition; and 2) biodiversity and conservation. In regards to food security and
nutrition, USAID/Uganda is seeking priority partnerships that include promising
methods for substantially advancing coffee, maize, beans, agro-inputs, nutritional
food products, financial services, and
information and communication technologies (ICT) solutions. Biodiversity priorities include innovative methods for
promoting ecotourism as well as averting
ecological and trans-boundary threats.
APS-617-12-000010 (GG 2/1/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 9/15/2013
5-11 The Fulbright Scholar Program
for 2013-2014 (CIES)
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering
teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries
for the 2013-2014 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well
as for professionals, artists, journalists,
scientists, lawyers, independent scholars
and many others. There are awards in 45
specific academic disciplines as well as
167 awards open to all disciplines. Interested faculty and professionals are
encouraged to participate in one of our
weekly webinars. Each deals with a topic
germane to the 2013-2014 competition,
from regional and discipline information
to how to fill out an application. For more
information, visit our website.
URL: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/
Deadline: 8/1/2012
SOCIAL SCIENCES
5-12 Research on Policing (DOJ)
NIJ seeks proposals to conduct research
on policing to improve criminal investigative processes and promote police integrity in law enforcement agencies at the
State and local levels. Effective criminal
investigative practices and improved
police integrity are of critical importance
to ensuring trust and confidence in the
police in communities throughout the
United States. NIJ is interested in proposals addressing the following topics: 1)
Police Investigations and 2) Police Integrity. NIJ-2012-3093 (GG 1/27/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/25/2012
STUDENTS
5-13 Awards for Undergraduate and
Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral
Fellows for Cancer-Relevant Research
and Travel (JCRC)
The Johnson Cancer Research Center at
K-State supports students and post-doctoral fellows of center-affiliated faculty
researchers. Graduate students and postdocs are eligible for Summer Stipends
and Travel Awards to present at professional meetings. Applications must be
submitted by faculty mentors. Applications for the undergraduate student Cancer Research Award mentoring program
are accepted in the fall.
URL: http://cancer.k-state.edu/awardprograms/
Deadline: 3/1/2012, 10/1/2012
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
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