Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
February 12, 2010
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Vol. 19, No. 6
6-2 Cyberinfrastructure Training,
Education, Advancement, and
Mentoring for Our 21st Century
Workforce (CI-TEAM) (NSF)
The CI-TEAM program supports
projects that position the national science
and engineering community to engage in
integrated research and education activities promoting, leveraging and utilizing
cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and
services. This solicitation seeks three
types of project proposals. One type of
proposal, the Demonstration Project, is
exploratory in nature and may be somewhat limited in scope and scale. Demonstration Projects have the potential to
serve as exemplars to effective largerscale implementation and diffusion activities in the future. The second project
type, the Implementation Project, is generally large in scope or scale and draws
on prior experience with the activities or
the teams proposed. The third project
type, the Diffusion Project, is expected to
engage broad national audiences with
research results, resources, models, and/
or technologies. An organization may
submit only one proposal as the lead
organization in response to this solicitation. NSF 10-532
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10532/nsf10532.htm
Deadline: Internal 2/27/2010; Proposals 4/27/2010
AGRICULTURE
GENERAL
6-3 Beginning Farmers and
Ranchers Development (USDA)
6-1 Nanotechnology Undergraduate
Education (NUE) in Engineering (NSF)
This solicitation aims at introducing
nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate
engineering education. The focus of this
year’s competition is on nanoscale engineering education with relevance to
devices and systems and/or on the societal,
ethical, economic and/or environmental
issues relevant to nanotechnology. An
individual may serve as the Principal
Investigator (PI) or co-Principal Investigator (co-PI) on no more than one proposal.
Only one (1) proposal may be submitted
by a US academic institution, College/
Department of Engineering or College/
Department of Engineering Technology as
the lead institution with the following
exception: A US academic institution may
submit a second proposal as the lead institution, only if it is focused on the societal,
ethical, economic and/or environmental
issues relevant to nanotechnology. NSF
10-536
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10536/nsf10536.htm
Deadline: Internal 3/7/2010; Proposals
5/7/2010
The primary goal of BFRDP is to
enhance food security by providing
beginning farmer and rancher producers
and their families in the U.S., as appropriate, with the knowledge, skills and
tools needed to make informed decisions
for their operations, and enhance their
sustainability. USDA-NIFA-BFR002918 (GG 2/5/10)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/bfrdp.html
Deadline: 4/6/2010
ARTS & HUMANITIES
6-4
Grants for Arts (NEA)
An organization may submit only one
application through one of the following
FY2010 Grant for Arts Projects categories. Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge America Fast-Track, Learning in
the Arts for Children and Youth. Introduction Access to Artistic Excellence
encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves our diverse cultural heritage, and makes the arts more widely
available in communities throughout the
country. While projects in the category
may focus on just one of these areas, the
Arts Endowment recognizes that many of
the most effective projects encompass
both artistic excellence and enhanced
access. Particularly relevant at this time
are projects that domesticate innovation
by generating new forms of art making,
new directions in the field, and/or innovative uses of creative resources. The Arts
Endowment is particularly interested in
projects that extend the arts to underserved populations—those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited
by geography, ethnicity, economics, or
disability. This is achieved in part through
the use of Challenge America funds.
2010NEA01AAE1 (GG 1/12/10)
URL: http://www.nea.gov
Deadline: 3/11/2010
EDUCATION
6-5 Education Research and Special
Education Research Grant Programs
(ED)
The Director of the Institute of Education
Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute’s FY 2011 competitions for grants to
support education research and special
education research. The Institute will conduct 12 research competitions in FY 2011
through two of its National Education
Centers. The National Center for Education Research (NCER) will hold eight
competitions. Two competitions for education research; one competition for education research training; one competition
for education research and development
centers; one competition for research on
statistical and research methodology in
education; and three competitions for
evaluations of State and local education
programs and policies. The National Center for Special Education Research
(NCSER) will hold four competitions;
two competitions for special education
research, one competition for special education research training; and one competition for special education research and
development centers. (CFDA 84.305,
84.324 (FR 2/4/10)
URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister
Deadline: 6/24/10, 9/16/10
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
6-6 Chemistry and Materials
Research at the Interface between
Science and Art (SCIART) (NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between conservation
scientists and chemists and materials scientists to address grand challenges in the
field of science of cultural heritage. A
recent workshop, which was co-sponsored by NSF and the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, concluded that the field of
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cultural heritage science could greatly
benefit from collaboration between conservation scientists, primarily located in
US museums, and chemists and materials
scientists in academic institutions. The
program solicits collaborative proposals
that aim to: a) develop new and improved
analytical techniques and instruments
with high sensitivity and spatial resolution (large and small scale) for restricted
volume and/or standoff detection of component materials, degradation products
and deterioration markers and which are
suitable for non-destructive analysis of
cultural heritage objects; b) study
dynamic changes leading to degradation
of cultural heritage objects; c) design new
multi-functional treatment for cultural
heritage objects; d) develop new theoretical models to predict dynamic processes
in cultural heritage objects that lead to
their degradation while taking into
account their molecular and materials
properties and their surface and bulk
interactions with environmental perimeters. An investigator may be a PI or co-PI
of only one proposal submitted in
response to this solicitation. NSF 10-534
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/
nsf10534/nsf10534.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/12/2010;
Proposals 5/4/2010
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
6-7 Sunflower Foundation Grants
(Sunflower)
The Sunflower Foundation is pleased to
announce three new Requests for Proposals: Bridge Grants (RFP 10-102) to provide transitional financial support for new
or expanded services for medical, behavioral or dental care; Capacity Building
Grants (RFP 10-103) to develop or
strengthen an organization’s effectiveness, efficiency, quality, safety, impact
and sustainability; Sunflower Trails
Grants (RFP 10-104) to help increase
physical activity by building communitybased and school-based walking and
multi-use trails. Please note that proposals
may be submitted using a new online
application process.
URL: http://
www.sunflowerfoundation.org/
applying_for_a_grant-open_rfps.php
Deadline: 2/25/2010, 4/29/2010, 7/1/
2010, 10/28/2010
6-8
Polio Research (Gates)
The Polio Research Committee (PRC)
identifies unmet research needs, directs
research, and assists in identifying investigators and designing studies to answer
unanswered research questions in the
fight to end polio. The PRC is currently
soliciting research proposals with particular focus on the following: 1) Understanding mucosal immunity in India and 2)
Addressing low vaccine coverage in
Nigeria.
URL: http://www.polioeradication.org/
content/fixed/opvcessation/
opvc_researchproposals.asp
Deadline: 3/30/2010
6-9 DoD Bone Marrow Failure
Exploration-Hypothesis Development
Award (DOD)
This award supports the initial exploration of innovative, untested, novel, and
potential groundbreaking concepts in
bone marrow failure research. Results of
studies conducted through this award may
provide the scientific rationale upon
which a new hypothesis can be based, or
provide initial principles of an innovative
hypothesis. Because of this award is
designed to provide investigators with the
opportunity to pursue serendipitous
observations, some gaps in the supporting
rationale may exist due to lack of available information. The award mechanism
is not intended to support the continuation
of existing studies. W81XWH-10BMFRP-EHDA (GG 1/27/10)
URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/
bmfrp.htm
Deadline: Preapplications 3/25/2010;
Applications 4/8/2010
6-10 DoD Bone Marrow Failure New
Investigator Award (DOD)
The intent of the BMFRP NIA is to support the career transition and/or continued
development of promising, independent,
non-mentored investigators, who are in
the early stages of their scientific careers,
in the field of BMF disease research.
Experience in BMF research is not
required. PIs with a limited background in
BMF research are strongly encouraged to
include a collaborator who is experienced
and has published in the field of BMF
research. W81XWH-10-BMFRP-NIA
(GG 1/27/10)
URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/
bmfrp.htm
Deadline: Preapplications 3/11/2010;
Applications 4/27/2010
6-11 Technology Development for
High-Throughput Structural Biology
Research (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 and methodologies underpinning high-throughput structural biology. Applications for new ideas and
approaches for protein production and
structure determination for classes of
challenging proteins are appropriate. This
FOA will utilize the R01 research grant
mechanism and runs in parallel with an
FOA of identical scientific scope, PAR10-074, that encourages applications
under the P01 mechanism. PAR-10-073
(NIHG 1/8/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-10-073.html
Deadline: 2/5/2010, 6/5/2010, 10/5/2010
6-12 Prioritizing Molecular Targets
for Cancer Prevention with Nutritional
Combinations (R01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), issued by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), and the Office of Dietary
Supplements (ODS), of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), invites
research applications to enhance our
understanding about the dynamic interrelationship that exists between bioactive
food components (and/or combinations
thereof) and cancer prevention. The interactions among dietary bioactive compounds and food combinations remains
under-investigated. Applications are
encouraged to consider either multiple
dietary bioactive components, intact
foods or multiple foods utilizing physiologically relevant concentrations of the
agents PA-10-035 (GG 11/24/09)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-10-035.html
Deadline: 6/5/2010, 10/5/2010, 2/5/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
6-13 Science of Behavior Change:
Finding Mechanisms of Change in the
Laboratory and the Field (R01) (NIH)
This FOA solicits Research Project Grant
(R01) applications that will improve
understanding of the basic mechanism of
behavior change by bridging work in the
laboratory and the field. This initiative
seeks to establish the groundwork for a
unified science of behavior change, capitalizing on emerging basic science to
accelerate investigation of common
mechanisms that play a role in initiating
or maintaining behavior change and are
applicable across a broad range of healthrelated behaviors. Approaches from
behavioral economics; the social, behavioral, cognitive and affective neurosciences; neuroeconomics; behavior
genetics and genomics; and systems science are specifically encouraged. RFARM-10-002 (NIHG 2/5/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-RM-10-002.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/29/2010;
Applications 4/26/2010
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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