Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
August 23, 2013
Program Information
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Limited Submissions
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
29-3, 29-5) 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/
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Notice
29-1 NSF EPSCoR Research
Infrastructure Improvement (RII)
Track-2 (NSF EPSCoR/KU)
In January 2014, Kansas NSF EPSCoR
(KNE) will submit a Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track - 2 proposal
in collaboration with one or more other
EPSCoR states to the National Science
Foundation for funding. KNE is seeking
white papers that will make up the components of this multi-jurisdiction request to
NSF. Each EPSCoR jurisdiction may submit only one such proposal. Because of the
restriction submission, the internal request
in Kansas is available only to faculty and
administrators at the Regents’ universities
who are already in the process of seeking
collaborations with EPSCoR - eligible
states. While proposed projects will be
selected based on scientific merits, some
preference will be given to those in the
areas of other KNE initiatives in order to
leverage current strategies for infrastructure building. This includes research in climate, energy and other sustainability
sciences broadly defined. Researchers who
have already submitted or plan to submit
white papers, letters of intent, or pre -proposals as collaborators to other EPSCoR eligible states are eligible for this funding
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opportunity. KNE is asking that you forward that white paper as an email attachment to nsfepscor@ku.edu for
consideration. Only proposals that
include collaborations between two or
more eligible EPSCoR jurisdictions
(states) will be considered. Current eligible jurisdictions are Alaska, Alabama,
Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Puerto
Rico, South Carolina, Virgin Islands, and
West Virginia.
URL: http://www.nsfepscor.ku.edu/
funding.html
Deadline: White Papers 8/31/2013
GENERAL
29-2 Collaborative Science,
Technology, and Applied Research
(CSTAR) Program (DOC)
The CSTAR Program represents an
NOAA/NWS effort to create a costeffective transition from basic and
applied research to operations and services through collaborative research
between operational forecasters and academic institutions which have expertise
in the environmental sciences. These
activities will engage researchers and
students in applied research of interest to
the operational meteorological community and will improve the accuracy of
forecasts and warnings of environmental
hazards by applying scientific knowledge
and information to operational products
and services. The long term objective of
the CSTAR Program is to improve the
overall forecast and warning capabilities
of the operational hydrometeorological
community by addressing the following
science and technology themes through
collaborative research efforts between
the NWS and academic institutions:
Warn on Forecast for High Impact
Events; Next Generation Forecast System; Integrated Observing and Analysis
System; Decision Support Information
Systems; and Integrating Social Science
into Weather and Water Research and
Operations. NOAA-NWS-NWSPO2014-2003851 (GG 8/20/13)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/web/
grants/viewopportunity.html?oppId=240273
Deadline: 10/31/2013
29-3 NIH Director’s Early
Independence Awards (DP5) (NIH)
The NIH Director’s Early Independence
Award Program supports exceptional
investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research
degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry
into an independent research career. Only
two applications per institution are
allowed. RFA-RM-13-009 (NIHG 8/16/
13)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-RM-13-009.html
Deadline: Internal 10/31/2013; Letters
of Intent 12/31/2013; Applications 1/31/
2014
29-4 2014 Department of Defense
Multidisciplinary Research Program
(DoD)
The DoD Multidisciplinary University
Research Initiative (MURI), one element
of the University Research Initiative
(URI), is sponsored by the DoD research
offices: the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), the Army Research Office
(ARO), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The MURI program supports basic research in science
and engineering at U.S. institutions of
higher education that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on
multidisciplinary research efforts where
more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD. As
defined by the DoD, “basic research is
systematic study directed toward greater
knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of
observable facts without specific applications towards processes or products in
mind. It includes all scientific study and
experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding in those fields of the physical,
engineering, environmental, and life sciences related to long-term national security needs. ONRBAA13-022 (GG 8/19/
13)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/viewopportunity.html?oppId=240153
Deadline: White Papers 10/15/2013;
Proposals 12/16/2013
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
29-5 Partnerships for Innovation:
Building Innovation Capacity (NSF)
The Partnerships for Innovation: Building
Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC) program
supports academe-industry partnerships,
which are led by an interdisciplinary academic research team with a least one
industry partner, to collaborate in building
technological and human innovation
capacity. This innovation capacity is
intended to endure beyond the initial
award. Partnerships that build the capacity to innovate are expected to be effective at innovating and able to continue to
innovate. They are highly intentional
about creating an environment that fosters
innovation. These partnerships not only
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develop new technology but also foster
the development of human capital that
embraces a culture of change, nurtures the
generation of new ideas, and considers
feedback an integral part of the innovation processes. The PFI:BIC partnership
team should focus on technological innovations with potential for significant economic/societal impact. The team
collaborates on research, focusing on
novel applications motivated by existing
research discoveries and based on a platform technology with the potential to
achieve transformational change in existing service systems or to spur entirely
new service systems. To attain this goal,
these partnerships, which inherently
require interdisciplinary research, must
address what is needed to advance this
technology so as to enable a smart service
system or systems to enter into the commercialization process, succeed in the
marketplace, and achieve positive economic, social, and environmental outcomes. Such advancement involves not
only engineering, computer science, and
other fields of science, but also an understanding of the potential interaction of the
technology with customers and the
broader public affected by the technology,
the socio-technical system. A full understanding of the socio-technical system
will require interdisciplinary teams that
include social, behavior, and/or cognitive
sciences. Finally, the team should demonstrate an understanding of potential commercial applications and markets, which
should contribute to guiding the project
activities. Academic institutions are limited to participation on two (2) proposals
as a lead institution. NSF 13-587
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13587/nsf13587.htm
Deadline: Internal 9/18/2013; Letters of
Intent 11/18/2013; Proposals 1/27/2014
29-6 Computer and Network Systems
(CNS): Core Programs (NSF)
CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research
and education projects that develop new
knowledge in two core programs: Computer Systems Research (CSR) program;
and Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program. Proposers are
invited to submit proposals in three
project classes: Small Projects - up to
$500,000 total budget with durations up
to three years; Medium Projects $500,001 to $1,200,000 total budget with
durations up to four years; and Large
Projects - $1,200,001 to $3,000,000 total
budget with durations up to five years.
NSF 13-581
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13581/nsf13581.htm
Deadline: Medium 10/15/2013; Large
11/19/2013; Small 1/17/2014
29-7 Dear Colleague Letter: OFRNSF Partnership in Support of
Research Collaborations in Finance
Informatics (NSF)
The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and the Office of Financial Research
(OFR) of the Department of Treasury
share an interest in advancing basic and
applied research centered on Computational and Information Processing
Approaches to and Infrastructure in support of, Financial Research and Analysis
and Management (CIFRAM). NSF and
OFR have established a collaboration
(hereafter referred to as CIFRAM) to
identify and fund a small number of
exploratory but potentially transformative
CIFRAM research proposals. The collaboration enables OFR to support a broad
range of financial research related to
OFR’s mission, including research on
potential threats to financial stability. It
also assists OFR with the goal of promoting and encouraging collaboration
between the government, the private sector, and academic institutions interested in
furthering financial research and analysis.
Proposals that involve collaborations
between Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, Statisticians, and experts in Financial Risk Analysis and Management are
especially welcome. NSF 13-093
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13093/nsf13093.jsp
Deadline: Open
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
29-8 Breast Cancer Research (BCR)
Susan G. Komen is excited to announce
the release of Requests for Applicants
(RFAs) for Career Catalyst Research
Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowship
Grants. Career Catalyst Research (CCR)
Grants provide unique opportunities for
scientists in the early stages of their career
to achieve research independence with an
independent award of up to $450,000
over three years. CCR investigators lead a
research project addressing an important
question in breast cancer research and
complete a self-defined career development plan with support from a mentor
committee. CCR grants provide support
for hypothesis-driven research projects
that have significant potential to advance
our understanding of breast cancer, lead
to reducing in breast cancer incidence
and/or mortality, and move us toward the
goal of a world without breast cancer.
Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) Grants
seek to attract and support promising scientists who are embarking on careers dedicated to breast cancer research. PDF
grants provide support for basic research
projects that have significant potential to
advance our understanding of breast cancer, lead to reductions in breast cancer
incidence and/or mortality, and move us
toward the goal of a world without breast
cancer.
URL: http://ww5.komen.org/
ResearchGrants/
FundingOpportunities.html
Deadline: Preapplications 9/5/2013;
Applications 12/5/2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES
29-9 Implications of New Digital
Media Use for Underage Drinking,
Drinking-Related Behaviors, and
Prevention Research (R01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) encourages R01 research grant
applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate whether,
and how, heavy involvement in new digital media usage, particularly social media
and social networking sites, may influence adolescent alcohol use and drinking
patterns, as well as drinking-related problems. This FOA also encourages applications proposing to explore the ways in
which new digital media may be utilized
as platforms for preventive interventions
aimed at underage drinking and related
problems. Companion funding opportunity is PA-13-263, R21 Exploratory/
Developmental Grant. PA-13-262 (NIHG
7/12/13)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-13-262.html
Deadline: 10/5/2013, 2/5/2014, 6/5/2014
29-10 NIDA Program Project Grant
Applications (P01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) announces the availability of support for collaborative research by multidisciplinary teams which is of high priority to NIDA and leads to synergistic outcomes based on the synthesis of multiple
research approaches. The NIDA Program
Projects funding opportunity will support
research in which the funding of three or
more highly meritorious projects as a
group enriches both the component
projects and the overall program to offer
significant scientific advantages over supporting the same projects as individual
research grants. PAR-13-259 (NIHG 7/5/
13)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-13-259.html
Deadline: 9/25/2013, 1/25/2014, 5/25/
2014
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, Namrita Berry, Rex
Goff, Tim McDaniel, Cecilia Scaler, Sharon
Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Development Director
Mary Lou Marino
Joel Anderson
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use,
and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Associate Vice President,
Research Compliance
Heath Ritter, Compliance Monitor
Petra Jardine, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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