Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
December 2, 2011
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 President 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
45-3, 45-7 ) 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/funding/bulletins/bul11/
limits11/index.htm
GENERAL
45-1 First Awards (KS/ NSF EPSCoR)
The First Award program helps early
career faculty become competitive for
funding from the research directorates at
the National Science Foundation by 1)
encouraging early career faculty to submit
proposals to the NSF as soon as possible
after their first faculty appointment, and 2)
by accelerating the pace of their research
and the quality of their subsequent proposals. Eligible to apply is any individual tenure track faculty member at Kansas State
University, University of Kansas, or Wichita State University who: is within the first
three years of his/her faculty appointment,
has not previously received a First Award
or similar funding from another EPSCoR
or EPSCoR-like (COBRE) program in
Kansas, is not currently nor has previously
been a lead principal investigator of a
research grant funded by a federal agency.
In addition, one of the following conditions must apply: The principal investigator must have the proposed research
pending at NSF or a plan to submit the
proposed research to the NSF by July 31,
2013, or the principal investigator must
have had the proposed research declined
by the NSF and a plan to re-submit the
proposed research to the NSF by July 31,
Vol. 20, No. 45
2013. Only projects with research in
areas that are funded by the NSF and
related to the current Kansas NSF EPSCoR focus of climate and energy are eligible for First Awards.
URL: http://www.nsfepscor.ku.edu
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/22/2011;
Proposals 2/13/2012
45-2 Grant Opportunities for
Academic Liaison with Industry (NSF)
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes
university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix
of industry-university linkages. Special
interest is focused on affording the
opportunity for: Faculty, postdoctoral
fellows, and students to conduct research
and gain experience in an industrial setting; Industrial scientists and engineers
to bring industry’s perspective and integrative skills to academe; and Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to
conduct research projects. This solicitation targets high-risk/high-gain research
with a focus on fundamental research,
new approaches to solving generic problems, development of innovative collaborative industry-university educational
programs, and direct transfer of new
knowledge between academe and industry. GOALI seeks to fund transformative
research that lies beyond that which
industry would normally fund. NSF 12513
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12513/nsf12513.htm
Deadline: Varies
45-3 Urban Waters Small Grants
(EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals
from eligible applicants for projects that
will contribute to improved water quality
in urban areas. The goal of the Urban
Waters Small Grants is to fund research,
studies, training, and demonstration
projects that will advance the restoration
of urban waters by improving water
quality through activities that also support community revitalization and other
local priorities. In general, projects
should promote a comprehensive understanding of local water quality issues;
identify and support activities that
address these issues at the local level;
engage, educate and empower communities surrounding the urban water body;
and benefit surrounding communities
including those that have been adversely
impacted by the water pollution issues
affecting the urban water body. Under
this competition, only one proposal can
be submitted per applicant. EPA-OW-IO12-01
URL: http://www.epa.gov/
Deadline: Internal 12/12/2011, Proposals 1/23/2012
45-4 NIA MSTEM: Advancing
Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR)
through Undergraduate Education
(R25) (NIH)
This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA) issued by the National Institute on
Aging (NIA), encourages institutional
Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose creative and innovative research education
programs to diversify the workforce in
aging by: 1) supporting undergraduate
competency and completion in medicine,
science, technology, engineering and
mathematics ((MSTEM), as they relate to
aging and, also, by 2) application and
transition to graduate study that advances
a cadre of students from diverse backgounds into NIA MSTEM fields. The
interests of the NIA span biological, biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social
sciences research across the lifespan with
a focus on processes of aging through
midlife and into old age. PAR-12-016
(NIHG 11/18/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-016.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/25/2011;
Applications 1/25/2012, 5/25/2012, 9/25/
2012
45-5 Accelerating the Integration and
Translation of Technologies to
Characterize Biological Processes at
the Single Cell Level (R01) (NIH)
This NIH Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA), supported by
funds from the NIH Common Fund,
invites applications for R01 awards that
will accelerate the translation of promising technologies for single cell analysis
from prototype into practice, by taking
them through the downstream development and validation process and establishing them as robust, well-characterized
tools ready to transform our understanding of cell-level heterogeneity in a wide
variety of clinical and research settings.
Awards will focus on supporting multidisciplinary teams that apply an integrative,
quantitative approach to developing these
technologies so they fulfill a critical
unmet need by offering compelling
advantages to end-users, but can be
applied to multiple types of cell populations. It is expected that applications will
have well-defined goal(s) with intermediate quantitative milestones. RFA-RM-11015 (NIHG 11/23/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-RM-11-015.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/23/2011;
Applications 1/23/2012
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
45-6 FY12 DoD High Energy Laser
Multidisciplinary Research Initiative
(HEL-MRI) (DoD)
The primary focus of the FY2012 HEL
MRI is to enhance the capabilities of US
institutions of higher education to perform fundamental science and engineering research related to lasers, optics, laser
interaction physics, and relevant
advanced concepts. There are eight major
topic areas for the FY2012 HEL MRI.
The specific research topic descriptions
are: FEL-1: Investigate methods to
improve free electron laser; GL-1: Optically and electrically pumped gas lasers;
SSL-1: Novel Fiber Lasers; SSL-2: Novel
laser gain materials; SSL-3: Non-linear
optics (NLO) effects modeling and material development; BC-1: Robust optics in
adverse environments; BC-2: Propagation
through the low atmosphere; and BC-3:
Airborne aero-optic aberration measurement and prediction. W911NF-12-R-0003
(GG 2/21/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 2/1/2012
45-7 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Awards Program (Dreyfus)
The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
Awards Program supports the research
and teaching careers of talented young
faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on
institutional nominations, the program
provides discretionary funding to faculty
at an early stage in their careers. Criteria
for selection include an independent body
of scholarship attained within the first
five years of their appointment as independent researchers, and a demonstrated
commitment to education, signaling the
promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.
The program is open to academic institutions in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America that
grant a bachelor’s or higher degree in the
chemical sciences, including biochemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical
engineering. Nominees must hold a fulltime tenure-track academic appointment,
and are normally expected to have been
appointed no earlier than mid-year 2006.
Awardees are from Ph.D. granting departments in which scholarly research is a
principal activity. Undergraduate education is an important component of the
nominee’s activities. Only one nominee
per institution is allowed. (TGA 11/11)
URL: http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/
camille_dreyfus_teacher_award.shtml
Deadline: Internal 12/20/2011; Nominations 2/9/2012
45-8 Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
(ENG)
The Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers (I/UCRC) program
develops long-term partnerships among
industry, academe, and government. The
centers are catalyzed by a small invest-
ment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by
industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development
and evolution of the center. Each center is
established to conduct research that is of
interest to both the industry members and
the center faculty. An I/UCRC contributes
to the Nation’s research infrastructure
base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research
and education. As appropriate, an I/
UCRC uses international collaborations
to advance these goals within the global
context. NSF 12-516
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12516/nsf12516.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/2/2012, 6/
29/2012; Proposals 3/6/2012, 9/28/2012
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENECES
45-9 Application of Genomic
Advances to Wound Repair (R01)
(NIH)
The National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR) seeks to stimulate
research that will increase the understanding of the genomic mechanisms associated with development and repair of
chronic wounds (wounds that have not
proceeded through a reparative process in
three months), and to develop and test
genomic-based interventions aimed at
preventing chronic wounds and/or expediting the healing process. It is anticipated
that the findings from this research will
expand the body of knowledge needed to
identify individuals at the highest risk for
developing chronic wounds and to inform
the search for customized therapeutics
and interventions tailored to an individual’s genomic profile. RFA-NR-12-002
(NIHG 11/18/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-NR-12-002.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/23/2011;
Applications 1/23/2012
45-10 Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
Development Program (U01) (NIH)
The goal of this funding opportunity
announcement (FOA) is to support preclinical development of new therapies
aimed at modifying the behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD); or
delaying the onset or slowing the progression of AD, mild cognitive impairment
(MCI), or age-related cognitive decline.
This program is specifically directed at
projects focused on the optimization of
therapeutic leads with demonstrated
activity against an intended disease target.
Projects must be sufficiently advanced
that an IND or IDE application to the
FDA can be submitted by the end of the
funding period. The program does not
support early-stage therapeutic discovery
activities such as high throughput screening. The program also excludes clinical
research and basic, mechanistic research.
PAR-12-015 (NIHG 11/18/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-015.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/5/2012;
Applications 2/5/2012, 6/5/2012, 10/5/
2012
45-11 Stem/Progenitor Cell-Derived
Human Micro-organs and-tissues
(U18) (NIH)
This NIH Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA), supported by
funds from the NIH Common Fund and
participating NIH Institute(s) and Center(s), invites applications for the development of human multi-cellular models
that can replicate aspects of human organ
physiology. Disease pathogenesis, celltype diversity, genomic complexity, monitoring of cell to cell and cell to matrix
interactions and microenvironment regulation are key aspects to be addressed by
these model systems. The multi-cellular
architecture will represent characteristics
of the organ being modeled and will demonstrate reproducible cellular signatures
and functional outputs under physiological conditions. It is anticipated that these
human cell/tissue models could lead to
the development and commercialization
of cellular 3D modules that would eventually become part of larger organ systems
targeted for rapid and high fidelity safety
and efficacy evaluation of candidate therapeutics. RFA-RM-12-001 (NIHG 11/23/
11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-001.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/26/2011;
Applications 1/26/2012
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,
Adassa Roe, Katie Small, Rex Goff, Susan
Klein, 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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