Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
November 13, 2009
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 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 (FB
41-4, 41-5) 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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GENERAL
41-1 Disaster Resilience for Rural
Communities (USDA)
Communities and their residents in the
United States experience droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and
volcanic eruptions as well as accidents at
facilities that handle dangerous materials
such as explosive chemicals. These phenomena will continue, but their consequences need not be disastrous if
communities and people reduce their vulnerabilities and increase their resilience.
There is much research on vulnerabilities
in urban communities, but much less about
how rural communities and their residents
are responding to natural and man-made
hazards. The long term goal of this program is to advance basic research in engineering and in the social, behavioral, and
economic sciences on enhancing disaster
resilience in rural communities USDACSREES-AFRI-002564.
URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/
disasterresilienceforruralcommunities.cfm
Deadline: 1/20/2010
41-2 K-TRAN Research Project
Statement (Preproposal) Solicitation
Vol. 18, No. 41
(KDOT)
The purpose of this note is to solicit
research project statements for the Kansas Transportation Research and NewDevelopments (K-TRAN) Program.
They are requesting research project
statements from University researchers
and faculty on KDOT research needs.
This year’s theme is the environmental.
KDOT is especially interested in determining our carbon footprint, and investigating methods for reducing it. Faculty in
Agriculture, Environmental, and Biology
departments may also be interested in
submitting proposals for this year’s program, as well as those in Engineering.
Please send completed preproposals at
KSU to Sunanda Dissanayake, Sunanda@ksu.edu, for numbering, collation
and copying prior to delivery to KDOT.
URL: http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/
burMatrRes/KTRAN_University_Research_Program.p
df
Deadline: Campus 11/27/2009; Preproposals 12/1/2009
41-3 Increasing Scientific Data on the
Fate, Transport and Behavior of
Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected
Environmental and Biological
Matrices (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) program, the
National Science Foundation (NSF), and
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), are seeking applications proposing research to provide
data that improves the scientific understanding of fate/transport and behavior of
engineered nanomaterials. Under this
RFA, the U.S. EPA, NSF, and USDA/
NIFA are interested in supporting
research related to: 1) Evaluation of
potential exposures to engineered nanomaterials including an exploration of
environmental and biological fate, transport, and transformation of these materials throughout their lifetime, and 2)
Improvements in the scientific understanding of engineered nanoscale additives and ingredients that may be
intentionally introduced into food for
delivery of important micronutrients and
modification of sensory attributes.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/
2010_star_nano.html
Deadline: 2/2/2010
41-4 Engineered Nanomaterials:
Linking Physical and Chemical
Properties to Biology (U19) (NIH)
The National Institutes of Environmental
Health Sciences invites applications that
will 1) determine which physical or
chemical characteristic of an engineered
nanomaterial (ENM), or cluster of characteristics, is integral to ENM-molecular
interactions in a cellular process or organ
system and 2) relate these findings to
potential health effects. NIEHS recognizes that three types of activities need to
converge to accomplish this research
agenda. The first activity should focus on
a detailed understanding how physical
and chemical characteristics of ENMs
influence their molecular interactions at
the cellular level, while the second activity should determine how the physical and
chemical characteristics critical to that
interaction are associated with any
observed physiological or pathobiological
events. Third activity will capitalize on
these multidisciplinary efforts through
integration of biochemical, molecular,
and physiological mechanisms to expand
traditional hazard identification and
health risk assessment. Applicants may
submit only one application. RFA-ES-09001 (NIHG 11/6/09)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-ES-09-011.html
Deadline: Internal 11/27/2009; Letters
of Intent 12/22/2009; Applications 1/22/
2010
AGRICULTURE
41-5 International Science and
Education Grants Program (USDA)
The International Science and Education
Competitive Grants Program (ISE) supports research, extension, and teaching
activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities
to conduct international collaborative
research, extension and teaching. ISE
projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula; ensure that
faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring
lessons learned back home; promote
international research partnerships;
enhance the use and application of foreign
technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen
the role that colleges and universities play
in maintaining U.S. competitiveness.
Each institution may submit no more than
two proposals as the lead institution. No
institution acting as the principal or lead
institution will receive more than one
grant during the current competition.
USDA-NIFA-SERDIP-002675 (GG 11/
10/09)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/intl_science.html
Deadline: Internal 12/11/2009; Applications 1/28/2010
41-6 Extension Integrated Pest
Management-Coordination and
Support Program (USDA)
The FY 2010 Extension Integrated Pest
Management-Coordination and Support
Program (EIPM-CS) contains two com-
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ponents, EIPM-CS Coordination and
EIPM-CS Support. Both components support state and local contributions in
advancing the goal of the National Road
Map for Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) by addressing priority needs associated with the coordinaton, design,
development, implementation, and evaluation of extension IPM programs. EIPMCS funds will help agricultural producers
and other pest managers adopt alternative
pest management practices through training, demonstration, and evaluation of
methods and strategies. USDA-NIFASLBCD-002674 (GG 11/9/09)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/eipm_support_Program.html
Deadline: 1/14/2010
41-7 Specialty Crop Research
Initiative (USDA)
The Specialty Crop Research Initiative
(SCRI) was established to solve critical
industry issues through research and
extension activities. Speciality crops are
defined as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts,
dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery
crops, including floriculture. SCRI will
give priority to projects that are multistate, multi-institutional, or trans-disciplinary; and include explicit mechanisms
to communicate results to producers and
the public. Projects must address at least
one of five focus areas: research in plant
breeding, genetics, and genomics to
improve crop characteristics; efforts to
identify and address threats from pests
and diseases, including threats to speciality crop pollinators; efforts to improve
production efficiency, productivity, and
profitability over the long term; new innovations and technology, including
improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and
methods to prevent, detect, monitor, control, and respond to potential food safety
hazards in the production and processing
of speciality crops. USDA-NIFA-SCRI002672 (GG 11/4/09)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 1/14/2010
ARTS & HUMANITIES
41-8 Challenge Grants in United
States History and Culture (NEH)
NEH invites applications for Challenge
Grants in United States History and Culture. This grant opportunity is designed to
help institutions and organizations
strengthen their ability to explore significant themes and events in American history, so as to advance our understanding
of how—since the nation’s founding—
these events have shaped and been shaped
by American identity and culture. NEH
seeks to support a range of approaches to
the American experience: for example,
approaches might explore significant
events in America’s history, its democratic institutions, the political principles
on which the nation is founded, or the
complicated mix of peoples and cultures
that have formed America. NEH challenges grants are capacity-building
grants, intended to help institutions and
organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities
programs and resources. 20100213-CZ
(GG 11/3/09)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 2/13/2010
Institutions (NASNTIs), or Alaskan
Native and/or Native Hawaiian institutions. CFDA 84.017A-1 & CFDA
84.017A-3 (FR 11/10/09)
URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister
Deadline: 1/12/2010
BUSINESS
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
41-9 Centers for International
Business Education Program (ED)
The purpose of the Centers for International Business Education (CIBE) Program is to coordinate programs of the
Federal government in the areas of
research, education, and training in international business and trade competitiveness; and to provide grants to pay the
Federal share of the cost of planning,
establishing, and operating Centers for
International Business Education that will
1) Be national resources for the teaching
of improved business techniques, strategies, and methodologies that emphasize
the international context in which business is transacted; 2) Provide instruction
in critical foreign languages and international fields needed to provide an understanding of the cultures and customs of
United States trading partners; 3) Provide
research and training in the international
aspects of trade, commerce, and other
fields of study; 4) Provide training to students enrolled in the institution, or combinations of institutions, in which a center is
located; 5) Serve as regional resources to
businesses proximately located by offering programs and providing research
designed to meet the international training
needs of these businesses; and 6) Serve
other faculty, students, and institutions of
higher education located within the
region. CFDA 84.220A (FR 11/5/09)
URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister
Deadline: 12/8/09
EDUCATION
41-10 International Research and
Studies (IRS) Program (ED)
The IRS Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and
strengthen instruction in modern foreign
languages, area studies, and other international fields. Priorities are: Priority 1Instructional Materials Applications. The
development of specialized instructional
or assessment materials focused on any of
the following seventy-eight (78) languages selected from the U.S. Department
of Education’s list of Less Commonly
Taught Languages (LCTLs). Priority 2Research, Surveys, and Studies Applications. Research, surveys, or studies relating to current needs for improving
internationalization (including foreign
language instruction, area studies, and
international studies) in Historically
Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs), Predominately Black Institutions (PBIs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Tribally Controlled Colleges
and Universities (TCCUs), Asian American and Native American Pacific
Islander-serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Native American-serving Nontribal
41-11 Cellular and Molecular
Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffening and
Its Relationship to Development of
Hypertension (NIH)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (NHLBI) invites Research
Project grant applications that propose
basic physiological, cellular and molecular investigations to elucidate the mechanisms that lead to conduit artery stiffening
in the context of hypertension and explore
the temporal relationship between arterial
stiffening and the development of hypertension in animal and models. RFA-HL10-027 (NIHG 10/23/09)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-HL-10-027.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/21/2009;
Applications 1/21/2010
STUDENTS
41-12 National Network for
Environmental Management Studies
(NNEMS) Fellowship Program (EPA)
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the
National Network for Environmental
Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program in 1986 to encourage students to pursue environmental careers.
The NNEMS program is a comprehensive
fellowship program that provides an
opportunity to participate in a fellowship
project that is directly related to their field
of study. EPA-EED-10-01 (GG 11/5/09)
URL: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/
NNEMS/2010pm.html
Deadline: 2/5/2010
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,
Danielle Brunner, Rex Goff, Adassa Roe,
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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