Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
February 26, 2010
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Limited submission programs have
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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
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date listed in the Funding Bulletin (FB
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submit to a limited submission program.
Currently posted Internal Deadlines:
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GENERAL
8-1 Fostering Interdisciplinary
Research on Education (FIRE) (NSF)
FIRE is a new strand of the Research and
Evaluation on Education in Science and
Engineering (REESE) program (NSF 09601) and it is anticipated that after this first
competition, FIRE will be incorporated
into the REESE solicitation. The FIRE
program seeks to facilitate the process by
which scholars can cross disciplinary
boundaries to acquire the skills and knowledge that would improve their abilities to
conduct rigorous research on STEM learning and education. The primary goal is to
facilitate the development of innovative
theoretical, methodological, and analytic
approaches to understanding complex
STEM education issues of national importance and, by so doing, make progress
toward solving them. A secondary goal of
the strand is to broaden and deepen the
pool of investigators engaged in STEM
educational research. In order to address
this goal, investigators must pair with a
mentoring scientist in a to-be-learned field
of interest. Proposals therefore have both a
research and a professional development
component. NSF 10-541
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10541/nsf10541.htm
Vol. 19, No. 8
AGRICULTURE
Deadline: 5/20/2010
8-2 NEI Ruth L. Kirschstein
National Research Service Award
(NRSA) Institutional Research
Training Grants (T32) for Statistical
Genetics and Genome Informatics
(NIH)
The NEI Institutional Research Training
Grants (T32) for Statistical Genetics and
Genome Informatics is a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service
Award program that is intended to support predoctoral and postdoctoral training at institutions having the potential to
develop meritorious training programs in
genomic medicine, computational
genomics, and statistical genetics. The
goal of this program is to initiate a training program to develop opthalmic statistical genetics and bioinformatics research
skills critical for investigators seeking to
identify genes and genetic variations
underlying ocular diseases. Applicants
may submit only a single application in
response to this FOA. RFA-EY-10-001
(NIHG 1/29/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-EY-10-001.html
Deadline: Internal 3/18/2010; Applications 5/18/2010
8-3 Indoor Air Quality Projects in
Region 7 (EPA)
EPA Region 7 is soliciting proposals
from organizations to fund indoor air
quality (IAQ) projects that address the
following two program priority areas:
Assistance with the adoption of EPA’s
IAQ Tools for Schools program, and
indoor asthma triggers and exposure education. Projects must occur within the
states of EPA Region 7—Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri and/or Nebraska. EPAR7AWMD-10-001 (GG 2/23/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/12/2010
8-4 Technology Development for
Protein Modeling (R01) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS), National Institutes of Health,
encourages grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to
develop novel technologies that will significantly improve the accuracy of comparative modeling methods for protein
structure prediction. This FOA will utilize the R01 research grant mechanism
and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, PAR-10-075, that
encourages applications under the P01
mechanism. PAR-10-076 (GG 1/5/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-10-076.html
Deadline: 6/5/2010, 10/5/2010, 2/5/2011
8-5 Scientific Cooperation Exchange
Program (USDA)
The Scientific Cooperation Exchange
Program with the People’s Republic of
China (SCEP) supports international
exchanges that promote agricultural
development and economic growth, and
mitigate animal and plant health issues
that impede trade. This unique program
offers excellent opportunities for U.S.
teams of up to 5 members to initiate linkages with potential long-term collaborators at Chinese institutions throughout the
People’s Republic of China (PRC). Under
a special USDA Scientific Technological
Exchange Agreement with the PRC, the
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture specifically tailors two-week visits to China to
meet the scientific objectives of each
team. U.S. team are responsible only for
their international airfare to and from
China. In 2010, the Scientific Cooperation Exchange Program will accept proposals for food security, climate change,
alternative energy, food safety, animal and
plant health, agricultural biotechnology
and other emerging technologies, food
and non-food product development, and
sustainable plant and animal production,
and natural resources management.
USDA-GRANTS-122904-001 (GG 12/
15/09)
URL: http://www.fas.usda.gov/icd/
grants/scep/scep.asp
Deadline: 3/26/2010
8-6 Pesticide Safety Program for
Agricultural Workers and
Farmworker Children (EPA)
EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
is soliciting proposals from eligible parties for an EPA cooperative agreement to
provide financial assistance to an eligible
organization for an education and training
pesticide safety program aimed to reducing exposure to pesticides for agricultural
workers, their families and the agricultural community. The grantee will conduct a national train-the-trainer program
to educate Farmworkers about how to
reduce risks from pesticides. As part of
this program, the grantee will also train
pesticide safety educators who will work
with farmworker service organizations,
growers and other members of the agricultural community in key rural areas
with high pesticide use and large numbers
of farmworkers to conduct interactive
pesticide safety programs for agricultural
workers and their families. EPA-OPP2010-001 (GG 2/18/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/5/2010
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8-7 Digital Humanities Start-Up
Grants (NEH)
8-9 Environmental Community
Grants (EPA)
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invites applications to the
Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants program. This program is designed to
encourage innovations in the digital
humanities. By awarding relatively small
grants to support the planning stages,
NEH aims to encourage the development
of innovative projects that promise to
benefit the humanities. Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants may involve research
that brings new approaches or documents
best practices in the study of the digital
humanities; planning and developing prototypes of new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible
digital resources, including libraries’ and
museums’ digital assets; scholarship that
examines the philosophical implications
and impact of the use of emerging technologies; innovative uses of technology
for public programming and education
utilizing both traditional and new media;
and new digital modes of publication that
facilitate the dissemination of humanities
scholarship in advanced academic as well
as informal or formal educational settings
at all academic levels. 20100323-HD (GG
11/18/09)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
Deadline: 3/23/2010
EPA is making $2 million available in
2010 to reduce pollution at the local level
through the Community Action for a
Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that works with county and local
governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities to help the public
understand and reduce toxic risks from
numerous sources. EPA will award CARE
cooperative agreements in two levels.
Level 1 awards range from $75,000 to
$100,000 and will help establish community-based partnerships to develop local
environmental priorities. Level 2 awards,
ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 each,
will support communities that have established broad-based partnerships, have
identified the priority toxic risks in the
community, and are prepared to measure
results, implement risk-reduction activities and become self-sustaining.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/care/
Deadline: 3/9/2010
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
8-8 Climate Change Education
(CCE): Climate Change Education
Partnership (CCEP) Program, Phase I
(CCEP-I) (NSF)
The Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) program seeks to establish a
coordinated national network of regionally- or thematically-based partnerships
devoted to increasing the adoption of
effective, high quality educational programs and resources related to the science
of climate change and its impacts. Each
CCEP is required to be of a large enough
scale that they will have catalytic or transformative impact that cannot be achieved
through other core NSF program awards.
Each CCEP must include representation
from at least each of the following communities: climate scientists, experts in the
learning sciences, and practitioners from
within formal or informal education venues. The CCEP program is a two-phase
program. This solicitation seeks proposals
for development of Phase I Partnerships
(CCEP-I). CCEP-I grantees will receive
up to 2 years of funding to support synthesis, network-building, and strategic
planning activities leading toward potential Phase II Partnerships (CCEP-II). An
institution may submit only one CCEP-I
proposal as Lead institution. Institutions
may be a non-Lead partner on more than
one proposal. NSF 10-542
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10542/nsf10542.htm
Deadline: Internal 3/5/2010; Letters of
Intent 4/23/2010; Proposals 5/24/2010
8-10 Rapid Response Research
(RAPID) Proposals: Effects of the
January 2010 Haitian Earthquake
(NSF)
The Engineering Directorate (ENG) and
the Office of International Science and
Engineering (OISE) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting proposals to conduct research on the effects
of the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the island nation of
Haiti on January 12, 2010. Proposals must
conform to the guidelines for preparation
of Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
proposals. The RAPID funding mechanism is used for proposals having a severe
urgency with regard to availability of, or
access to data, facilities or specialized
equipment, including quick-response
research on natural or anthropogenic
disasters and similar unanticipated events.
Given the international dimension, submitted proposals should address access to
expertise, facilities, and resources at the
Haitian site. Whenever feasible, the proposal should involve true intellectual collaboration with counterparts in Haiti. NSF
10-024
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10024/nsf10024.jsp
Deadline: 3/5/2010
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
8-11 Partnerships for Biodefense
(R01) (NIH)
The National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National
Institutes of Health (NIH), supports extramural research focused on understanding, controlling and preventing diseases
caused by virtually all infectious agents.
In response to threats presented by bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases,
the NIAID Division of Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases (DMID) has established research programs to facilitate
development of countermeasures for cer-
tain pathogens and toxins. Through this
FOA, the NIAID invites research applications for projects focused on preclinical
development of lead candidate vaccines,
vaccine technologies, adjuvants, therapeutics, immunotherapeutics, and/or medical diagnostics that address one or more
NIAID Category A, B, or C priority
pathogens and toxins (agents). RFA-AI10-003 (NIHG 2/19/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-AI-10-003.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 4/20/2010;
Applications 5/20/2010
8-12 NIDDK Education Program
Grants (R25) (NIH)
This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA) encourages Research Education
(R25) grant applications from applicant
organizations that propose the create educational opportunities to attract undergraduate students, graduate students, and
postdoctoral fellows to careers in areas of
biomedical or behavioral research of particular interest to the NIDDK, while fostering the career development of these
students and fellows. The NIDDK is
especially interested in attracting students
and postdoctoral fellows from scientific
disciplines underrepresented in diseaseoriented biomedical research, such as
engineering, informatics, computer science, and computational sciences, to
encourage them to apply their expertise to
research relevant to diabetes and other
endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive and liver diseases; nutrition; obesity
research and prevention; and kidney, urologic and hematological diseases. PAR10-092 (NIHG 1/29/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-10-092.html
Deadline: 3/26/2010, 5/25/2010, 9/25/
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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