Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
September 24, 2010
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applications will be submitted. Dr. Jim
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Research, is the internal coordinator for
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date listed in the Funding Bulletin (FB
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Vol. 19, No. 36
tering interdisciplinary research on a
wide variety of topics including, but not
limited to: the nature, causes, consequences, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of alcohol abuse and alcoholism;
and in developing new topics,
approaches and methodologies to pursue
these areas of research. PAR-10-187
(NIHG 5/7/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-10-187.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 11/2/2010;
Applications 12/2/2010
36-3 Early Career Award in
Chemistry of Drug Abuse and
Addiction (ECHEM)--NIDA (R21/
R33) (NIH)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), through the issuance of this program announcement, with set aside funds
(PAS), invites Phased Innovation (R21/
R33) grant applications from new-toNIH investigators into basic chemistry
research applied to drug abuse and addiction. NIDA invites newly independent
investigations and investigators who
have not had previous NIH funding to
submit applications for research projects
related to NIDA’s mission.PAS-10-274
(NIHG 8/27/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAS-10-274.html
Deadline: 10/16/2010, 2/16/2011, 6/16/
2011
36-4 Resident Scholar Fellowships
(SAR)
GENERAL
36-1 The Role of Human-Animal
Interaction in Child Health and
Development (R03) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) solicits Research Project Grant
(R03) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to study the impact
of human-animal interaction (HAI) on
children’s health and development and to
test the efficacy of therapeutic uses of HAI
with children. The purpose of this FOA is
to build an empirical research base on how
children perceive, relate to and think about
animals; how pets in the home impact children’s social and emotional development
and health (e.g., allergies, the immune system, asthma, mitigation of obesity); and
whether and under what conditions therapeutics uses of animals are safe and effective. RFA-HD-12-105 (NIHG 9/3/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-HD-12-105.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 11/22/2010;
Applications 12/21/2010
36-2 Program Project on AlcoholRelated Research (P01) (NIH)
The NIAAA Program Project Initiative
provides leadership in conducting and fos-
The School for Advanced Research
(SAR) awards approximately six Resident Scholar Fellowships each year to
scholars who have completed their
research and analysis and who need time
to think and write about topics important
to the understanding of humankind. Resident scholars may approach their
research from anthropology or from
related fields such as history, sociology,
art, and philosophy. Both humanistically
and scientifically oriented scholars are
encouraged to apply.
URL: http://sarweb.org/index.php?
Deadline: 11/1/2010
36-5 Research Fellowship (JFNY)
In order to promote Japanese Studies
overseas, this program provides support
to outstanding scholars in the field by
providing the opportunity to conduct
research in Japan. Applicants must be
American citizens, American citizens
temporarily residing abroad, or permanent residents of the United States. In
principle, Scholars and Researchers
(both Long-Term and Short-Term) must
hold a Ph.D. and have substantial experience in research, teaching and writing in
the fields of the humanities or social sciences.
URL: http://www.jfny.org/grant/
grant.php
Deadline: 11/1/2010
ARTS & HUMANITIES
36-6 Getty Scholar Grants (Getty)
Getty Scholars grants provide a unique
research experience. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute,
where they pursue their own projects free
from academic obligations, make use of
Getty collections, join their colleagues in
a weekly meeting devoted to an annual
theme, and participate in the intellectual
life of the Getty. These grants are for
established scholars, artists, or writers
who have attained distinction in their
fields. Applications are welcome from
researchers of all nationalities who are
working in the arts, humanities, or social
sciences.
URL: http://www.getty.edu/foundation/
funding/residential
Deadline: 11/1/2010
36-7 Research Fellowships (Folger)
The Folger Shakespeare Library offers
research fellowships to encourage access
to its exceptional collections and to
encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern
period.
URL: http://www.folger.edu/Content/
Collection/Research-Fellowships/
Applying/
Deadline: Long Term 11/1/2010, Short
Term 3/1/2011
36-8 Fellowships in Creative NonFiction, Literary Translation (Into
English), Film Studies, Literary Studies
(Howard)
The Howard Foundation awards a limited
number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields. The
Foundation targets its support specifically
to early mid-career individuals, those who
have achieved recognition for at least one
major project.
URL: http://brown.edu/Divisions/
Graduate_School/Howard_Foundation/
Deadline: 11/1/2010
36-9 Fellowships (NHC)
The National Humanities Center offers 40
residential fellowships for advanced study
in the humanities during the academic
year, September 2011 through May 2012.
Young scholars as well as senior scholars
are encouraged to apply, but they must
have a record of publication, and recent
Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center
does not support the revision of a doctoral
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dissertation. In addition to scholars from
all fields of the humanities, the Center
accepts individuals from the natural and
social sciences, the arts, the professions,
and public life who are engaged in
humanistic projects.
URL: http://
www.nationalhumanitiescenter.org/
fellowships/appltoc.htm
Deadline: 10/15/2010
36-10 Museums for America (IMLS)
Museums for America is the Institute’s
largest grant program for museums, supporting projects and ongoing activities
that build museum’s capacity to serve
their communities. Museums for America
grants are designed to be flexible: funds
can be used for a wide variety of projects,
including: ongoing museum work,
research and other behind-the-scenes
activities, planning, new programs, purchase of equipment or services, and activities that will support the efforts of
museums to upgrade and integrate new
technologies. Grants are awarded in the
following categories: Engaging Communities (Education, Exhibitions, and Interpretation); Building Institutional Capacity
(Management, Policy, and Training); and
Collections Stewardship. MFA-FY11
(GG 8/30/10)
URL: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/
grants/forAmerica.shtm
Deadline: 11/1/2010
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
36-11 Integrity and Reliability of
Integrated Circuits (IRIS) (DOD)
DARPA is soliciting innovative research
proposals in the area of integrated circuit
(IC) analysis to determine functionality
and reliability of complex integrated circuits for military applications. The objective of the Integrity and Reliability of
Integrated Circuits (IRIS) program is to
develop the technology to derive the functionality of an IC to determine unambiguously if malicious modifications have
been made to that IC, and to accurately
determine the IC’s useful lifespan from a
physical perspective. DARPA-BAA-1033 (GG 9/15/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: Abstracts 10/8/2010; Proposals 11/23/2010
36-12 Nuclear Education Curricula
Development Grant, Fiscal Year 2011
(NRC)
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the NRC Nuclear Education Grant
Program to support courses, studies, training, curricula, and disciplines pertaining
to nuclear safety, nuclear security, nuclear
environmental protection, and other fields
that the Commission determines to be
critical to the NRC’s regulatory mission.
The NRC Nuclear Education Grant Program’s primary purpose is supporting and
developing the educational infrastructure
necessary to allow the Nation to safely
move its nuclear energy initiatives forward. The NRC currently supports curriculum development in numerous areas
including the following technical areas:
Nuclear Engineering, Criticality safety
courses for nuclear professionals, Thermal-hydraulics model development,
Reactor physics, Nuclear power plant
safety, Nuclear power plant design and
operations (including operating and emergency operating procedures), Fuel performance Radiochemistry and Radiobiology
Health Physics, Health physics modeling,
Dosimetry and measurements, Environmental transport, dissolution, and migration, Decontamination and
decommissioning, Reprocessing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Material
corrosion Reliability and Risk Analysis
Electrical Engineering, Power generation
and distribution or electrical components,
Human factors modeling. HR-FN-0610EDU5 (GG 9/20/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 11/1/2010
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
36-13 NIDCD Otopathology Research
Collaboration Network (U24)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) issued by the National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), will promote timely
human otopathology research relevant to
new discoveries in genetics, physiology
and disease. Emphasis is on collaborative
infrastructure for research on human ear
disorders, where a combined approach
can optimize expertise from a few small
laboratories, improve the targeted procurement and shared use of particular
temporal bone tissues, and coordinate
training of new otopathologists and technicians. Explicit collaborations to link
modern biology, imaging, and informatics
technologies with patient history and
pathology will provide a new approach to
otopathology. Applicants may not submit
more than one application in response to
this FOA. RFA-DC-11-003 (NIHG 9/10/
10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-DC-11-003.html
Deadline: Internal 10/1/2010; Letters of
Intent 11/1/2010; Applications 12/1/
2010
Institutes will be for groups of 18 foreign
university level faculty, focusing on
American Politics and Political Thought,
Contemporary American Literature, Religious Pluralism in the United States, and
U.S. Foreign Policy. The fifth Institute
will be a general survey course on the
study of the United States for a group of
30 foreign educators. Applicants may
propose to submit one proposal to host
only one Institute listed under this competition. ECA-A-E-USS-11-05-09 (GG 9/
17/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: Internal 10/1/2010; 10/27/
2010
STUDENTS
36-15 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA)
Fellowship Program (ED)
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship
Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern
foreign languages and area studies. The
program is designed to contribute to the
development and improvement of the
study of modern foreign languages and
area studies in the United States. EDGRANTS-091710-001 (GG 9/17/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 11/2/2010
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
Jim Guikema, Associate Vice President for
Research
Caron Boyce, Administrative Specialist
Preaward Section
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
36-14 Study of the United States
Institutes for Scholars and Secondary
Educators (State)
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, invites proposal submissions for
the design and implementation of five different Study of the United States Institutes to take place over the course of six
weeks beginning in June 2011, pending
the availability of funds. These Institutes
should provide a multinational group of
experienced educators with a deeper
understanding of U.S. society, culture,
values, and institutions. Four of these
Paul Lowe, Director
Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
Kathy Tilley, Rich Doan, Carmen Garcia,
Adassa Roe, Katie Small, Rex Goff, Susan
Klein, Sharon Zoeller
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Development Director
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and Biosafety
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Heath Ritter, Compliance Monitor
Adrian Self, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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