Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
June 2, 2008
Vol. 17, No.21
Program Information
AGRICULTURE
To receive program information, please
contact Beverly Page, Information Specialist, Research and Sponsored Programs, phone: (785)532-5045, e-mail:
bbpage@ksu.edu
21-2 Abiotic Stress Tolerant
Bioengineered Rice and Wheat (DOS)
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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 Provost 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 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/
bul08/limits08/index.htm
GENERAL
21-1 Sustainable Development
Program (RBF)
Human activity is causing the depletion of
essential resources, global warming, rapid
loss of biodiversity, and accelerating degradation of Earth’s life support systems.
These developments threaten the livelihoods, health, and security of people in all
nations and cultures as well as the well
being of the greater community of life. The
Rockerfeller Brothers Fund’s sustainable
development grantmaking endeavors to
address these challenges by supporting
environmental stewardship that is ecologically based, economically sound, socially
just, culturally appropriate, and consistent
with intergenerational equity. The Fund
encourages government, business, and
civil society to work collaboratively on
environmental conservation and to make it
an integral part of all development planning and activity. (GA 3/08)
URL: http://www/rbf.org/programs/
Deadline: Open
The purpose of this Annual Program
Statement (APS) is to solicit applications
for funding. The United States Government, through USAID, is seeking initial
concept papers and then full applications
to implement activities in support of the
program to develop Abiotic Stress Tolerant Rice and Wheat using biotechnology
as a tool. The geographic focus under
consideration is USAID’s geographic
definition of South Asia. Through this
APS, USAID will facilitate the evaluation of selected technologies under field
conditions in India, the most promising
of which may be selected for further
development and delivery to farmers in
India and, eventually South Asia. MOAA-EGAT-08-1108 (GG 5/20/08)
URL: http://www.grants.gov
Deadline: 5/22/2009
21-3 Nature of Learning Grant
Program (NFWF)
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation seeks applications from organizations interested in initiating the Nature of
Learning in their communities. The
Nature of Learning is a communitybased environmental education initiative
of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Refuge System that
seeks to use National Wildlife Refuges as
outdoor classrooms to promote a greater
understanding of local conservation
issues; encourage an interdisciplinary
approach to learning that seeks to
enhance student academic achievement;
utilize field experiences and student-led
stewardship projects to connect classroom lessons to real-world issues; and
involve a partnership among local
schools, community groups, natural
resource professionals, and local businesses. (RFPB 5/23/08)
URL: http://
fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/
15013189/nfwfgrants
Deadline: 6/16/2008
21-4 Rangeland Research Program
(USDA)
The goal of Rangeland Research Program (RRP) is to contribute to the
improvement of U.S. rangeland
resources and the ecosystem services
they provide by supporting the development of new and emerging rangeland science methodologies which specifically
address the interrelationships between
multiple disciplines. The primary purpose of RRP is to provide U.S. agricultural producers, rural landowners, and
land managers with integrated science
strategies to make informed land management decisions with an emphasis on
enhancing the restoration and sustainable
integrity of rangelands. USDA-CSREESOP-001625 (GG 5/19/08)
URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
funding/rfas/rangelands.html
Deadline: 7/7/2008
ARTS & HUMANITIES
21-5 1772 Foundation (1772)
The 1772 Foundation exists to help preserve and enhance American historical
entities for future generations to enjoy.
The foundation is particularly interested
in farming, industrial development, transportation, and unusual historical buildings. Applicants are asked to use the
foundation’s online inquiry form to initiate contact with the foundation.
URL: http://www.1772foundation.org
Deadline: Open
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
21-6 Communications and
Networking Science and Technology
(D&I) (DOD)
Communications technology that can provide seamless, robust, connectivity is at
the foundation of the Sea Power 21 and
FORCEnet vision...to have the right
information, at the right place, at the right
time... The performance of Command and
Control (C2) systems and decision making at all levels of command depend critically on reliable, interoperable,
survivable, secure and timely communications and networking, and the availability of high capacity multimedia (voice,
data, imagery) communication networks
is fundamental to nearly all Department
of Navy missions. The current evolution
of naval warfighting from a platform-centric to a network-centric paradigm
depends on successfully meeting the
implied need for significantly enhanced
communications and networking capabilities, extending both to fixed shore facilities and to highly mobile air, surface, land
and subsurface platforms, including the
so-called disadvantaged user, e.g., smalldeck combatants, submarines, unmanned
air vehicles (UAVs), dispersed ground
units in urban and radio frequency (RF)
challenged environments. The goal of the
Communications and Networking Program within the Office of Naval Research
(ONR 312) is to support the FORCEnet
vision by developing measurable
advances in technology that can directly
enable and enhance end-to-end connectivity for mission-critical information
exchange among such widely dispersed
naval, joint and coalition forces.
ONRBAA08-008 (GG 5/21/08)
URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
Deadline: 6/30/2008
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21-7 Innovation in Aeronautics
Instruction (IAI) (NASA)
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Headquarters is
releasing a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for foundational research in
support of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). This NASA
Research Announcement (NRA) solicits
fundamental research proposals for the
four programs within ARMD: The Airspace Systems Program, the Aviation
Safety Program, the Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the Aeronautics Test
Program. The Airspace Systems Program
will directly address the Air Traffic Management (ATM) research needs of the
Next Generation Air Transportation Systems (NextGen) initiative as defined by
the Joint Planning and Development
Office (JPDO). The Aviation Safety Program will take a proactive approach to
safety challenges with new and current
vehicles operating in the Nation’s current
and future air transportation system. The
Fundamental Aeronautics Program will
pursue long-term, cutting edge research in
all flight regimes to produce data, knowledge, and design tools that will be applicable across a broad range of air vehicles
that fly through any atmosphere at any
speed. The Aeronautics Test Program
(ATP) is focused on ensuring a healthy
suite of facilities and platforms to meet
the nations testing needs including the
development of new test instrumentation
and test technologies. NNH08ZEA001NIAI1 (GG 5/21/08)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: 7/2/2008
21-8 Decision Support through Earth
Science Research Results (NASA)
The Applied Sciences Program seeks proposals that develop and demonstrate innovative and practicable applications of
NASA Earth science observations and
research in eight application areas: Agriculture; Ecological Forecasting; Weather;
Air Quality; Public Health; Climate;
Disaster Management, and Water
Resources. Proposals that focus on
improving decision making activities for
these eight areas are encouraged, and
those that focus on climate change and
water resources are particularly encouraged. NNH08ZDA001N-DECISIONS
(GG 5/23/08)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: Letters of Intent: 6/17/2008;
Proposals: 8/13/2008
21-9 Earth Science Applications
Feasibility Studies (NASA)
The Applied Sciences Program within the
NASA Earth Science Division manages
this activity. This solicitation seeks proposals: To perform short-term, feasibility
studies of applications of Earth science
research results that will improve decision-making activities. The overall objective of these projects is to generate and
test preliminary ideas for applications of
Earth science products to determine their
potential value and readiness for a more
in-depth Decision Support project.
NNH08ZDA001N-FEASIBILITY (GG
5/23/08)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: Notices of Intent: 6/18/2008;
proposals: 8/27/2008
21-10 University Research
Partnerships (HP)
Hewlett-Packard announced a new strategy for partnering with university
researchers around the world as part of
the company’s recently announced effort
to leverage its own research by focusing
on a short list of priorities. The Palo Alto
tech giant is inviting universities to submit proposals for grants to fund research
in five areas, which the company identified earlier this year as the primary focus
for its HP Labs division: information
analysis, cloud-based computing, transferring content between formats and
devices, creating intelligent infrastructure, and reducing environmental impacts.
URL: http://www.mercurynews.com/
businessheadlines/ci_9191178
Deadline: 6/18/2008
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCE
21-11 Gulf War Illness Research
Program (DOD)
The Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense
Appropriations Act provides $10 million
to the Department of Defense Gulf War
Illness Research Program (GWIRP). The
GWIRP challenges the scientific community to design innovative research that
will improve the health and lives of veterans who have Gulf War Illness (GWI),
which refers to the complex of chronic
symptoms that affect veterans of the
1990-1991 Gulf War at an excess rate.
The illness is characterized by persistent
symptoms such as chronic headache,
widespread pain, cognitive difficulties,
unexplained fatigue, gastrointestinal
problems, respiratory symptoms, and
other abnormalities that are not explained
by familiar medical or psychiatric diagnoses. The GWIRP focuses its funding on
innovative projects that have the potential
to make a significant impact on GWI.
(GG 5/8/08)
URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/
gwirp.htm
Deadline: 7/2/2008
ence and Technology (COSAT), the program was established in 1980 to stimulate
exploration in biomedical science. Funds
from the Family of Companies are administered at the corporate level to support
basic biomedical research in key universities, colleges, and research institutions
around the world. Setting new directions
in science and technology is the cornerstone of the Focused Funding concept.
There are no predefined program areas for
Focused Funding Grants. Johnson &
Johnson is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based provider of health
care products and related services for the
consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical
devices/diagnostics markets. Proposals
that could lead to new scientific knowledge in any related areas of our business
might be considered.
URL: http://jnjcosat.com
Deadline: Open
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
21-13 US-China Global Climate
Change Partnership Program (USAID)
USAID Regional Development Mission
for Asia (RDMA) plans to issue a Request
for Applications (RFA) on technical assistance activities to be implemented in
China relating to global climate change.
At this time, USAID/RDMA intends to
issue one cooperative agreement to a U.S.
university or non-governmental organization (NGO) in partnership with a Chinese
university and/or NGO. RFA486-08-00808-008PRE-SOLICITATIONNOTICE
(GG 2/2/08)
URL: http://www.usaid.gov/university/
Deadline: N/A
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
Jim Guikema, Associate Vice President for
Research
Caron Boyce, Administrative Specialist
21-12 Focused Funding Program (J&J)
Preaward Section
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Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding
Program exemplifies this commitment.
Managed by the Corporate Office of Sci-
Paul Lowe, Director
Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
Kathy Tilley, Rich Doan, Carmen Garcia,
Danielle Brunner, Rex Goff, Adassa Roe,
Sharon Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use,
and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Associate Vice President,
Research Compliance
Ashley Rhodes, Compliance Monitor
Adrian Self, Administrative Specialist
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Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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