Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
June 24, 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
32-4) 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
23-1 Land-Cover Land-Use Change
for Early Career Scientists (NASA)
The NASA Land-Cover Land-Use Change
(LCLUC) program supports research at the
intersection of physical and social science
involving the use of remotely sensed data.
The program encourages the development
of early career scientists that excel in this
area of research. There is a growing community within academia, including students, that is engaging in the
interdisciplinary research of societal relevance. NNH10ZDA001N
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/
Deadline: Step 1 12/1/2011, Step 2 6/1/
2012
23-2 Fellowships to Assist Research
and Artistic Creation (Guggenheim)
The Foundation makes awards to
advanced professionals—writers, scholars, or scientists who have a significant
record of publication; or artists, playwrights, filmmakers, photographers, composers, or the like, who have a significant
record of exhibition or performance of
their work. Often characterized as “midcareer” awards, Guggenheim Fellowships
are intended for men and women who have
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already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. (TGA 6/
11)
URL: http://www.gf.org/about-thefoundation/the-fellowship/
Deadline: 9/17/2011
AGRICULTURE
23-3 Multicultural Scholars Program
(NIFA)
The purpose of the Higher Education
Multicultural Scholars Program is to provide scholarships to support recruiting,
engaging, retaining, mentoring, and
training committed, eligible multicultural
scholars, resulting in either baccalaureate
degrees within the food and agricultural
sciences disciplines or the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree. The
scholarships are intended to encourage
outstanding students from groups that are
traditionally underrepresented and underserved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
specifically for the USDA mission sciences, to pursue and complete baccalaureate degrees in food and agricultural
sciences, or achieve a D.V.M. that would
lead to a diverse and highly skilled work
force. USDA-NIFA-HEMS-003458 (GG
6/20/11)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/multicultural_scholars.html
Deadline: 8/22/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
23-4 Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics Talent
Expansion Program (STEP) (NSF)
The Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or
permanent residents) receiving associate
or baccalaureate degrees in established or
emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited
that provide for full implementation
efforts at academic institutions. Type 2
proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or
baccalaureate degree attainment in
STEM. An institution that awards baccalaureate degrees is allowed to submit
only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of
only one consortium submitting a Type 1
proposal. There are no restrictions on the
number of Type 2 proposals that an individual or organization may submit. NSF11-550
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11550/nsf11550.htm
Deadline: Internal 7/27/2011, Propos-
als 9/27/2011
23-5 Basic Scientific Research
Opportunities (Navy)
Basic Research Opportunity Titles are:
Radiation Effects in Spintronic Structures; Effects of Hot Carrier Induced
Hardware Degradation and the Implications on Integrated Circuits Reliability;
Ambient Sampling for Materials Analysis
of Electronic Components by Mass Spectrometry; Perception for Stereotype
Learning in Human-Robot Interaction;
Research of Wireless Networked Sensor
System Attack/Exploitation Vulnerabilities; Modeling and Analysis of High
energy Ultra-short Laser - Condensed
Matter Interaction; and Transmission
Velocity Estimation using Channel Polarization State. CRANBAA11-0002 (GG 6/
23/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov/
Deadline: 7/27/2011
23-6 Centers for Chemical Innovation
(MPS)
The Centers for Chemical Innovation
(CCI) Program supports research centers
focused on major, long-term fundamental
chemical research challenges. The CCI
program is a two-phase program. Phase I
CCIs receive significant resources to
develop the science and integrative elements of a CCI before requesting Phase II
funding. For the FY 2012 Phase I competition, only projects addressing the theme
of sustainable chemistry will be considered. Areas of focus include but are not
limited to: 1) Developing clean, safe, and
economical alternatives to traditional
chemical products and practices. 2)
Exploring alternatives to petroleum as a
source of feedstock chemicals, including
biorenewables. 3) Exploring earth-abundant, inexpensive and benign alternatives
to rare, expensive and toxic chemicals.
Examples include indium, germanium,
rare earth elements and platinum catalysts. 4) Developing efficient recognition/
sequestration and recycling of key elements essential for sustainability, for
example phosphorus and rare earth elements. An investigator may participate
(as PI or senior personnel) in only one
CCI proposal submitted to this competition. NSF 11-552 (GG 6/22/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11552/nsf11552.htm
Deadline: Phase I Preliminary 10/5/
2011, Phase II 10/25/2011
23-7 Research and Demonstration of
Innovative Drinking Water Treatment
Technologies (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) program, is
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seeking applications proposing to conduct
research necessary to identify, develop
and demonstrate novel and innovative
treatment technologies and approaches
for small public drinking water systems.
Successful technologies should be robust,
sustainable and be able to treat or mitigate
groups of contaminants or contaminant
precursors in drinking water sources and
systems. EPA is seeking new, or innovative, modifications of current technologies. These technologies may include
those which are used to retrofit or augment existing treatments trains; treatment
practices or technologies aimed at contaminant or contaminant precursor reduction in source waters; and technologies
used within the distribution system
including point-of-use (POU) devices.
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2011/
2011_star_drinkingwater.html
Deadline: 8/25/2011
23-8 Process and Reaction
Engineering (NSF)
The Process and Reaction Engineering
program supports fundamental and
applied research on: rates and mechanisms of important classes of catalyzed
and uncatalyzed chemical reactions as
they relate to the design, production, and
application of catalysts, chemical process,
biochemical process, and specialized
materials; chemical and biochemical phenomena occurring at or near solid surfaces and interfaces; electrochemical and
photochemical processes of engineering
significance or with commercial potential; design and optimization of complex
chemical and biochemical processes;
dynamic modeling and control of process
systems and individual process units;
reactive processing of polymers, ceramics, and thin films; and interactions
between chemical reactions and transport
processes in reactive systems, and the use
of this information in the design of complex chemical and biochemical reactors.
PD-12-1403 (GG 6/8/11)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13361
Deadline: 9/15/2011
ture, which will further the research and
education mission of NSF, and which
leverages and extends the capabilities of
major existing NSF investments. NSF 11063
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11063/nsf11063.jsp
Deadline: 7/18/2011
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-11-130.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 8/19/2011,
Applications 9/19/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
23-13 Visiting Scholars Program (Sage)
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
23-10 Sunflower Trails (Sunflower)
The Sunflower Foundation is pleased to
announce a new Sunflower Trails Request
for Proposals (RFP). The goal of this
funding initiative is to improve the health
of students, families and communities by
offering support to build new or expanded
public trails to increase the opportunity
for physical activity. The primary focus of
this Request for Proposals (RFP) is on
recreational walking trails, though multiuse trails will also be considered. This
RFP targets two types of applicants:
Community-based (organizations or
groups interested in building trails in a
community or regional setting); and
school based (schools or school districts
interested in building a trail on school
property). RFP 11-101
URL: http://
www.sunflowerfoundation.org
Deadline: 7/26/2011, 1/5/2012
23-11 DoD Ovarian Cancer Pilot
Award (DOD)
The OCRP Pilot Award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward
research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements
that will drive the field of ovarian cancer
research forward. Research priorities
should include a testable hypothesis based
on strong scientific rationale. Successful
projects should provide a catalyst to
expand or modify current thinking about
and/or approaches in ovarian cancer
research. W81XWH-11-OCRP-PA (GG
4/20/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 8/18/2011
The Russell Sage Foundation has established a center where Visiting Scholars
can pursue their writing and research.
Each year, the Russell Sage Foundation
invites a number of scholars to its New
York headquarters to investigate topics in
social and behavioral sciences. The Foundation particularly welcomes groups of
scholars who wish to collaborate on a specific project during their residence at Russell Sage. While Visiting Scholars
typically work on projects related to the
Foundation’s current programs, a number
of scholars whose research falls outside
the Foundation’s active programs also
participate. (TGA 6/11)
URL: http://www.russellsage.org/
visiting-scholars
Deadline: 9/30/2011
23-14 Economics Grants (Kazanjian)
While the Kazanjian Foundation maintains a vital interest in the overall efforts
to increase economic literacy, the Board
of Trustees will give special attention to
proposals and projects with national
impact that address the following issues:
a) elevating the nation’s understanding of
the need for economic education; b) the
application of new strategies for teaching
economics including on-line and webbased instruction; c) Projects, policy studies, or programs that encourage measurement of economic understanding more
often and/or more effectively are of specific interest; and d) The large number of
students at risk of leaving school, and
hence never effectively participating in
the nation’s economic system are of concern to the Foundation. (TGA 6/11)
URL: http://www.kazanjian.org
Deadline: 9/15/2011, 2/15/2012
R.W. Trewyn, Vice President for Research
23-9 Dear Colleague Letter for
Software Infrastructure for Sustained
Innovation (S12) program (NSF)
The Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI)
has partnered with other directorates and
offices within the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the crosscutting
Software Infrastructure for Sustained
Innovation (S12) program, a long-term
investment with the overarching goal of
transforming innovations in research and
education into software resources that are
an integral part of cyberinfrastructure.
S12 envisions a software ecosystem that
scales from individual or small groups to
large hubs, all focused on innovation,
development, and stewardship of a sustainable software infrastructure that can
enhance productivity and accelerate science and engineering. OCI is interested in
developing a portfolio of software that
best contributes to an integrated,
advanced and sustainable cyberinfrastruc-
Deadline:
23-12 Genetic Screens to Enhance
Zebrafish Research (R01) (NIH)
This FOA encourages investigator-initiated NIH Research Project Grant (R01)
applications designed to exploit the power
of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for
biomedical and behavioral research.
Applications proposing to develop new
genetic screens of high priority to the
zebrafish community that will advance
the detection and characterization of
genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior,
sensory processes, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome. In addition, applications for pilot
projects seeking to adapt existing phenotypic screen to support high-throughput
characterization of mutants generated by
large-scale mutagenesis projects are
encouraged. PAR-11-130 (NIHG 4/1/11)
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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