Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
September 2, 2011
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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
33-10) 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
33-1 Ecology and Evolution of
Infectious Diseases (EEID) (NSF)
The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious
Diseases program supports research on the
ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles and processes that regulate
the transmission dynamics of infectious
diseases. The program’s focus is on both
the discovery, and the building and testing
models that elucidate these principles and
processes. Research proposals should
focus on understanding the determinants
of transmission of diseases to humans,
non-human animals, or plants; the spread
of pathogens by environmental factors,
vectors or abiotic agents; the population
dynamics and genetics of reservoir species
or alternate hosts; or the cultural, social,
behavioral, and economic dimensions of
disease transmission. Research may be on
zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vectorborne, or enteric diseases of either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and
organisms, including diseases of nonhuman animals and plants, at any scale
from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research
on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly
encouraged, as are disease systems of con-
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cern in agricultural and coastal marine
systems. NSF 11-580 (GG 8/25/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11580/nsf11580.htm
Deadline: 12/7/2011
33-2 Emerging Frontiers in Research
and Innovation (EFRI) (NSF)
The Directorate for Engineering at the
National Science Foundation has established the Office of Emerging Frontiers
in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to
serve a critical role in focusing on important emerging areas in a timely manner.
The EFRI Office is launching a new
funding opportunity for interdisciplinary
teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental
engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim
to investigate emerging frontiers in the
following three specific research areas:
1) Flexible Bioelectronics Systems
(BioFlex), 2) Origami Design for Integration of Self-assembling Systems for
Engineering Innovation (ODISSEI), and
3) Photosynthetic Biorefineries (PSBR).
This solicitation will be coordinated with
the Directorate for Mathematical &
Physical Sciences and the Directorate for
Biological Sciences within NSF. Additionally, interest within other Federal
agencies, specifically Air Force Office of
Scientific Research (AFOSR), may lead
to an interagency effort in support of certain PSBR and ODISSEI projects.The
principal investigator and co-principal
investigators may participate in only one
proposal submitted to this solicitation.
NSF 11-571 (GG 8/25/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11571/nsf11571.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/30/2011;
Preliminary Proposals 11/9/2011; Proposals 3/30/2012
33-3 NSF Science, Engineering and
Education for Sustainability Fellows
(NSF)
Through SEES Fellows, NSF seeks to
enable the discoveries needed to inform
actions that lead to environmental,
energy and societal sustainability while
creating the necessary workforce to
address these challenges. The program’s
emphasis is to facilitate investigations
that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and address issues of sustainability
through a systems approach, building
bridges between academic inquiry, economic growth, and societal needs. The
Fellow’s proposed investigation should
be interdisciplinary and allow him/her to
obtain research experience beyond his/
her current core disciplinary expertise.
Additionally, Fellows are required to
develop a research partnership that
would broaden the impact and/or scope
of the proposed research activities. Such
activities might include, but are not limited to, a connection with a NSF Research
Coordination Network (RCN), center or
facility; industry; a national laboratory; or
a state, regional, or local resource management agency. Fellows are required to
have two mentors, one for the proposed
research at the host institution (the institution that will administer the award) and
the other for the research partnership. The
mentors can be from the same institution,
but should not be from the same discipline. NSF-11-575 (NIHG 8/19/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11575/nsf11575.htm
Deadline: 12/5/2011
33-4 FDA Small Scientific Conference
Grant Program (R13) (FDA)
The purpose of this FOA is to facilitate
the provision of federal financial assistance in support of scientific conferences
clearly aligned with the FDA mission.
Applicants must identify the FDA Office/
Center best suited to support their proposed conference in the cover letter. Failure to identify the relevant Office/Center
will disqualify an application. PA-11-310
(NIHG 8/19/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-11-310.html
Deadline: 10/15/2011, 1/15/2012, 4/15/
2012
AGRICULTURE
33-5 Basic Research to Enable
Agricultural Development (BREAD)
(NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(BMGF) are partnering to support a new
research program to be administered by
NSF. The objective of the BREAD Program is to support innovative basic scientific research designed to address key
constraints to smallholder agriculture in
the developing world. A significant distinction between BREAD and other NSF
programs is that proposals to BREAD
must make a clear and well-defined connection between the outcomes of the proposed basic research and its direct
relevance and potential application to
agriculture in the developing world. The
BREAD Program takes the activities of
the Plant Genome Research Program
(PGRP) to the next level by supporting a
broader range of scientific research and
by enabling funding to be allocated to
international collaborators through subawards. NSF 10-589 (NIHG 8/26/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11579/nsf11579.htm
Deadline: 11/22/2011
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ARTS & HUMANITIES
33-6 Resident Scholar Fellowships
(SAR)
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. (TGA
10/11)
URL: http://sarweb.org/
index.php?resident_scholars
Deadline: 11/1/2011
specific problems and paradoxes in cancer research identified by the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) as the NCIs Provocative Questions (PQs). These Provocative Questions are not intended to
represent the full range of NCI’s priorities
in cancer research. Rather, they are meant
to challenge cancer researchers to think
about and elucidate specific problems in
key areas of cancer research that are
deemed important but have not received
sufficient attention. A companion FOA is
RFA-CA-11-012, R21 Exploratory/
Developmental Grant. (NIHG 8/26/11)
RFA-CA-11-011
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-CA-11-011.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 10/14/2011;
Applications 11/14/2011
INTERNATIONAL
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
33-7 Research Opportunities in High
Energy Physics (DOE)
The Office of High Energy Physics at the
U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of
Science invites new grant applications for
support of research programs in highenergy physics. Applications are sought
in the following subprogram areas:
Experimental Research at the Energy
Frontier, Experimental Research at the
Intensity Frontier, Experimental Research
at the Cosmic Frontier, Theoretical high
Energy Physics Research, and Advanced
Technology Research and Development.
DE-FOA-0000573 (GG 8/19/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 11/15/2011
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
33-8 Awards for Cancer-Relevant
Research and Training (KSU)
The Johnson Center for Basic Cancer
Research at K-State supports and
enhances cancer-related research and
training at K-State. Faculty performing
cancer-relevant research are invited to
become affiliated researchers and apply
for various awards. Innovative Research
Awards provide seed money to gather preliminary data crucial for future major
grant proposals. Faculty Equipment
Awards provide funds for new equipment.
Travel Awards are provided in modest
amounts for travel to learn new scientific
techniques or visit collaborators at other
institutions. Awards for graduate student
travel and summer stipends are also available.
URL: http://cancer.k-state.edu/awardprograms/
Deadline: 10/1/2011, 3/1/2012
33-9 Research Answers to NCI’s
Provocative Questions (R01) (NIH)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA) is to support
research projects designed to use sound
and innovative research strategies to solve
33-10 India-US Higher Education
Partnerships (USIEF)
The United States-India Educational
Foundation (USIEF) announces an open
competition for the support of projects
through the Obama-Singh 21st Century
Knowledge Initiative (OSI). Announced
by the U.S. and Indian governments, OSI
aims to strengthen collaboration and build
partnerships between American and
Indian institutions of higher education.
Accredited U.S. post-secondary educational institutions may submit proposals
to support the program’s goals of encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating
educational reform, fostering economic
development, and engaging civil society
through academic cooperation with
Indian post-secondary educational institutions, in the thematic areas of agricultural
sciences and food security; energy; sustainable development; climate change;
environmental studies; education and
educational reform; public health; and
community development and innovation.
Only one proposal per institution is
allowed.
URL: http://fulbright.state.gov/
participating-countries/south-andcentral-asia/india/obama-singh-21stcentury-knowledge-initiative
Deadline: Internal 9/16/11; Proposal
11/1/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
33-11 Systems Science and Health in
the Behavioral and Social Sciences
(R01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) issued by the Office of Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
and other NIH Institutes, encourages
Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that
propose to develop basic and applied
projects utilizing systems science methodologies relevant to human behavioral
and social sciences and health. Research
projects applicable to this FOA are those
that are either applied or basic in nature
(including methodological development),
have a human behavioral and/or social
science focus, and feature systems sci-
ence methodologies. PAR-11-314 (NIHG
8/19/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-11-314.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/5/2011, 1/
5/2012; Applications 10/5/2011, 2/5/
2012
33-12 Secondary Analysis of Existing
Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R03)
(NIAAA)
This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA) issued by the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages R03 Small Grant applications for
organizations/institutions that propose to
conduct secondary analysis of existing
data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the
understanding of the patterns of alcohol
consumption and the epidemiology of
alcohol-related problems. PA-11-309
(NIHG 8/12/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-11-309.html
Deadline: 10/16/2011, 2/16/2012, 6/16/
2012
STUDENTS
33-13 Awards for Undergraduate and
Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral
Fellows for Cancer Relevant Research,
Training, and Travel (KSU)
The Johnson Center for Basic Cancer
Research at K-State supports students and
post-doctoral fellows wishing to participate in cancer-related research. Undergraduate students are encouraged to apply
along with center-affiliated faculty
researchers for Cancer Research Awards
for projects in their mentors’ laboratories.
Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows working with affiliated researchers
may apply for Travel Awards to attend
professional meetings or workshops. Faculty may also apply for summer stipends
for their graduate students.
URL: http://cancer.k-state.edu/awardprograms/
Deadline: 10/1/2011, 3/1/2012
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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