Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
July 22, 2011
Program Information
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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
27-10, 27-11) 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/
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GENERAL
27-1 Biochronicity (DARPA)
DARPA seeks to define the spatio-temporal instructive components encoded in
cells in the context of their biological systems, through the application of advanced
principals from evolutionary biology,
genomics, mathematics, algorithm development, data mining, and the physical sciences. DARPA is soliciting research
proposals for the Biochronicity program
that will identify common spatio-temporal
instructions or clock signatures in the
genome, epigenome, proteome, and/or
transcriptome across prokaryotic and
eukaryotic species. The focus of the program will be on unraveling biological
clock systems in prokaryotes and eukaryotes and the efforts of this initiative will
contribute to the understanding and management of disease, trauma, human combat performance, and emerging infectious
disease countermeasures. Additionally, a
greater understanding of molecular oscillators and the evolution of biological clocks
will lead to fundamental advancements in
developmental science, drug development, aging, and cell death.DARPA-BAA11-66 (GG 7/14/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/30/2011
Vol. 20, No. 27
27-2 Research to Understand and
Inform Interventions that Promote the
Research Careers of Students in
Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
(R01) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications that
propose research designed to test
assumptions and hypotheses regarding
social and behavioral factors with the
aim of advising and guiding the design of
potential interventions intended to
increase interest, motivation and preparedness for careers in biomedical and
behavioral research. NIGMS is particularly interested in those interventions that
are specifically designed to increase the
number of students from underrepresented groups entering careers in these
disciplines. The proposed research need
not be restricted to underrepresented students. RFA-GM-12-002 (NIHG 7/15/11)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-GM-12-002.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/21/2011;
Applications 10/21/2011
27-3 Office of Science Early Career
Research Program (CSC)
The Office of Science of the Department
of Energy invites grant applications for
support under the Early Career Research
program in the following program areas:
Advanced Scientific Computing
Research (ASCR); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Basic
Energy Sciences (BES), Fusion Energy
Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics
(HEP), and Nuclear Physics (NP). The
purpose of this program is to support the
development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in
their careers and to stimulate research
careers in the areas supported by the
DOE Office of Science. DE-FOA0000572 (GG 7/19/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: Preapplications 9/1/2011;
Applications 11/29/2011
AGRICULTURE
27-4 Emerald Ash Borer ProgramRFP (APHIS)
The priorities for the emerald ash borer
program are to 1) develop management
tools and strategies that minimize the
impacts of the emerald ash borer, 2) minimize the spread, and 3) facilitate trade in
impacted items. The focus of this RFP is
to promote the development or improvement in technology for management of
this pest. Preference will be given to
those proposals that are focused on biological control, development of resistant
host trees, and improvements in survey
technology. Secondarily, other areas of
proposed investigations will be consid-
ered, such as development of regulatory
treatments, pesticides, strategies to slow
or stop the spread, and strategies to
exploit the behavior or biology of these
insects to lower populations and lessen
damage. USDA-GRANTS-071411-001
(GG 8/8/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/8/2011
27-5 Regional Integrated Pest
Management Centers (NIFA)
The overarching goals of the Regional
Integrated Pest Management Centers
(IPM Centers) program are to improve the
cost benefit analyses of adopting IPM
practices and to reduce the environmental
and human health risks associated with
managing pests. The IPM Centers will
promote the development and implementation of IPM by facilitating collaboration
across states, disciplines, and purposes.
They will serve as focal points for
regional pest management information
networks, collaborative team building,
and broad-based stakeholder participation. The end result will be increased
coordination of IPM research, education
and extension efforts and enhanced
responsiveness to critical, priority pest
management and global food security
challenges. USDA-NIFA-ICGP-003498
(GG 7/14/11)
URL: http://nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/
reg_ipm_centers.html
Deadline: 8/19/2011
ARTS & HUMANITIES
27-6 Digital Humanities Start-Up
Grants (NEH)
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
museum digital assets, scholarship or
studies that examine the philosophical or
practical implications and impact of the
use of emerging technologies in specific
field or disciplines of the humanities, or
in interdisciplinary collaborations involving several fields or disciplines; innovative uses of technology for public
programming and education utilizing both
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dissemination of humanities scholarship
in advanced academic as well as informal
or formal educational settings at all academic levels. 20110927-HD (GG 7/14/11)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
Deadline: 9/27/2011
27-7 Enduring Questions: Pilot
Course Grants (NEH)
The NEH Enduring Questions grant program supports the development of a new
course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring
question. This course will encourage
undergraduates and teachers to grapple
with a fundamental question addressed by
the humanities, and to join together in a
deep and sustained program of reading in
order to encounter influential thinkers
over the centuries and into the present
day. The course is to be developed by one
or more (up to four) faculty members, but
not team taught. Enduring Questions
courses must be taught from a common
syllabus and must be offered during the
grant period at least twice by each faculty
member involved in developing the
course. 20110915-AQ (GG 7/14/11)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html
Deadline: 9/15/2011
EDUCATION
27-8 Arts in Education National
Program (ED)
The Arts in Education National Program
supports national level high-quality arts
education projects and programs for children and youth, with special emphasis on
serving students from low-income families and students with disabilities. EDGRANTS-071411-011 (GG 7/14/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/15/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
27-9 Chemical and Biological
Separations (NSF)
The Chemical and Biological Separations
(CBS) program supports fundamental
research on novel methods and materials
for separation processes. These processes
are central to the chemical, biochemical,
materials, energy, and pharmaceutical
industries. A fundamental understanding
of the interfacial, transport, and thermodynamic behavior of multiphase chemical
systems as well as quantitative descriptions of processing characteristics in the
process-oriented industries is critical for
efficient resource management and effective environmental protection. The program encourages proposals that address
emerging research areas and technologies,
have a high degree of interdisciplinary
thought coupled with knowledge creation,
and integrate education and research. PD12-1417 (GG 6/8/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13363
Deadline: 9/15/2011
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
27-10 Parker B. Francis Fellowship
Program (FFF)
The fellowship is intended to support the
development of outstanding investigators
who plan careers in pulmonary research.
The foundation seeks to help them as they
make the transition to independent, selfsupporting, faculty members. Fellowship
grants are awarded to institutions for the
purpose of providing stipends, fringe benefits, and modest travel expenses in support of qualified post-doctoral fellows or
newly appointed assistant professors.
Award recipients will thereby be enabled
to devote the major part of their professional effort to research related to pulmonary disease and lung biology. Each
department may submit only one application annually.
URL: http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/
3316
Deadline: Internal 9/12/2011; Applications 10/12/2011
27-11 Investigators in the Pathogenesis
of Infectious Disease (BWF)
Awards are for assistant professors to
study infectious disease pathogenesis,
with a focus on the intersection of human
and pathogen biology. The program is
intended to shed light on the overarching
issues of how human hosts handle infectious challenge. Candidates will generally
have an M.D., D.V.M., or Ph.D. degree.
BWF particularly encourages human
health-relevant applications from veterinary scientists. Candidates must have an
established record of independent
research and hold a tenure-track position
as an assistant professor or equivalent (at
the time of application) at a degree-granting institution. A U.S. or Canadian institution- including its medical school,
graduate schools, and all affiliated hospitals and research institutes- may nominate
up to two candidates.
URL: http://www.bwfund.org/
Deadline: Internal 9/1/2011; Applications 11/1/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
27-12 Research to Further Social
Change (SIF)
The Sociological Initiatives Foundation
was established to support research that
furthers social change, including language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions.
The foundation specifically supports
research in the U.S. and its territories that
focuses on social policy objectives; institutional and educational practices; legislative and regulatory changes; linguistic
issues (e.g., literacy, language loss and
maintenance, language policy, language
and national security, bilingualism, language and gender, language and law, language disabilities, language and health,
language and education, different language cultures); and development of community capacity and organization of
previously unorganized groups. The foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or
behavioral change. It seeks to fund
research and initiatives that provide
insight into sociological and linguistic
issues that may be useful to specific
groups and or communities. (PND 7/15/
11)
URL: http://www.sifoundation.org
Deadline: Concept Papers 8/15/2011
27-13 Minerva Research Initiative
(MRI) (Army)
The Minerva Research Initiative competition is for research related to the following seven topics. The detailed
descriptions are intended to provide the
proposer a frame of reference and are not
meant to be restrictive. Innovative proposals related to these research topics are
highly encouraged. White papers and full
proposals are solicited which address the
following topics: 1) Strategic Impact of
Religious and Cultural Changes; 2) Terrorism and Terrorist Ideologies; 3) Science, Technology and Military
Transformations in China and Developing
States; 4) National Security Implications
of Energy and Environmental Stress; 5)
New Theories of Cross-Domain Deterrence; 6) Regime and Social Dynamics in
Failed, Failing, and Fragile Authoritarian
States; and 7) New Approaches to Understanding Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation. Proposals
will be considered both for single-investigator awards as well as larger teams.
W911NF-11-R-0011 (GG 7/18/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 9/1/2011; Proposals 11/7/2011
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
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