Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
March 4, 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
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date listed in the Funding Bulletin 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.kstate.edu/research/funding/bulletins/
bul11/limits11/index.htm
GENERAL
8-1
Sun Grants (Sun Grant)
The North Central Region Sun Grant Center DOT RFA has been released. This RFA
will focus on drop-in fuels, transportation
logistics, and development of transportation infrastructure to support biobased
industries.
URL: http://www.sungrant.org
Deadline: Preproposals 4/15/2011
8-2 ENGAGE: Learning to Solve
Problems, Solving Problems to Learn
(DARPA)
DARPA is soliciting proposals for innovative research in educational systems that
will ENGAGE young students (Pre-K—
Grade 3) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) studies
while conducting research into the best
methods and practices for teaching these
topics. Specifically, an educational gamebased approach is being sought that will
analyze game-play across thousands of
players to determine the best approaches
for teaching specific STEM topics while
taking into account individual learning
styles, demographics and other factors
identified by the game to impact learning.
These educational games must meet the
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highest industry standards for quality and
engagement while incorporating the best
pedagogical practices and clearly focusing on the ability to measure and identify
metrics critical to teaching STEM topics,
as well as to see if the lessons learned
within the game generalize to the classroom. DARPA-BAA-11-36 (GG 2/25/
11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/13/2011, 5/27/2011
8-3 Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Grants (USDA)
The Distance Learning and Telemedicine
Program (DLT) is designed specifically
to meet the educational and health care
needs of rural America. Through grants,
advanced telecommunications technologies provide enhanced learning and
health care opportunities for rural residents. RDUP-11-01-DLT (GG 2/25/11)
URL: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/
usda/
usdahome?contentidonly=true&contenti
d=2011/02/0082.xml
Deadline: 4/25/2011
8-4 Superfund Hazardous
Substance Research and Training
Program (P42) (NIH)
The National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing
the continuation of the Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training
Program [referred to as Superfund Substance Program (SRP) Centers]. SRP
Center grants will support problembased, solution-oriented research Centers
that consist of multiple, integrated
projects representing both the biomedical
and non-biomedical disciplines; as well
as cores tasked with administrative, community engagement, research translation,
research support, and training functions.
The scope of the SRP Centers includes:
1) advanced techniques for the detection,
assessment, and evaluation of the effect
on human health of hazardous substances; 2) methods to assess the risks to
human health presented by hazardous
substances; 3) methods and technologies
to detect hazardous substances in the
environment; and 4) basic biological,
chemical, and physical methods to
reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances. RFA-ES-10-010
(NIHG 10/29/10)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-ES-10-010.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/16/2010;
Applications 4/15/2011
AGRICULTURE
8-5
(Columbus)
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship
Foundation, a Federal government
agency, is now accepting Nominations for
the 2011 Agriscience Awards. The awards
are presented by the Foundation in partnership with the American Farm Bureau
Federation. The mission of this partnership is to present the Second Annual
Agriscience Awards to recognize, through
eight monetary awards and research
funds, two adult scientists and provide
research funds; three current secondary
school educators; and three current secondary school students who are judged to
exemplify excellence in the field of agriscience and to highlight the importance of
agriculture in the 21st century.
URL: http://www.agriscienceawards.com
Deadline: 3/15/2011
ARTS & HUMANITIES
8-6 Program for Cultural
Cooperation (SPAIN)
On behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Executive Committee, it
gives me great pleasure to invite you and
your department colleagues to present
projects compatible with the Program’s
objective of disseminating Spanish Culture in the United States. Funding is available for the following categories: 1)
Visiting Professors; 2) Individual
Research; 3) Publications; 4) Dissemination and Study of Spanish Culture; 5)
Symposia and Seminars; 6) Subsidies for
Professional Associations; and 7) Dissemination of Spanish Culture through
the Arts.
URL: http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/
pcc/
Deadline: 4/1/2011
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
8-7 ROSES 2011: Astrophysics
Theory (NASA)
The Astrophysics Theory program (ATP)
supports efforts to develop the basic theory for NASA’s space astrophysics programs. Proposals submitted for this
program must both: be directly relevant to
space astrophysics goals by facilitating
the interpretation of data from space
astrophysics missions or by leading to
predictions that can be tested with space
astrophysics observations; and consist
predominantly of theoretical studies or
the development of theoretical models.
NNH11ZDA001N-ATP (GG 3/2/11)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: Notices of Intent 4/8/2011;
Proposals 6/3/2011
2011 Agriscience Awards
8-8
Nuclear Energy University
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Programs—Reactor Upgrades (DOE)
BSF (US-Israel BSF)
This FOA is the fiscal year (FY) 2011
solicitation for Nuclear Energy University
Programs (NEUP) University Reactor
Upgrades Infrastructure Support for the
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of
Nuclear Energy (NE) This FOA is seeking applications from U.S. universities
and colleges with operating research reactors. The purpose of the program is to
upgrade and improve the U.S. university
nuclear research and training reactors and
to contribute to strengthening the academic community’s nuclear engineering
infrastructure. DE-FOA-0000469 (GG 3/
1/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/4/2011
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) has issued three new
CALLS FOR PROPOSALS in its special
programs: 1) “BSF Energy” for research
in Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency. 2) “Transformative Science,” a special program for
ground breaking ideas in scientific
research. 3) “Prof. R. Rahamimoff Travel
Grants for Young Scientists,” a special
program supporting short, research
related, trips of young American scientists to Israel, and young Israeli scientists
to the U.S.
URL: http://www.bsf.org.il
Deadline: Preproposals 4/13/2011;
Travel 5/19/2011
8-9 Basic Research for Combating
Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Broad Agency Announcement
(BAA) (DTRA)
This BAA is focused on soliciting basic
research projects that support the DTRA
mission to safeguard America and its
allies from WMD (e.g., chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield
explosives) by providing capabilities to
reduce, eliminate, and counter the threat
and mitigate its effects. To this end,
DTRA seeks research across broad strategic thrust areas: Science of WMD Sensing and Recognition; Cognitive and
Information Science; Science for Protection; Science to Defeat WMD; and Science to Secure WMD. HDTRA1-11-16BRCWMD-BAA (GG 3/1/11)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 4/8/2011; Proposals 6/13/2011
8-10 ROSES 2011: GNSS Remote
Sensing Science Team (NASA)
This announcement seeks innovative
approaches to the development of GNSS
remote sensing techniques and algorithms
to study the Earth’s environment from the
ionosphere to Earth’s interior in accord
with NASA’s strategic goals and objectives. In addition to the factors given in
the NASA Guidebook for Proposers, the
evaluation criterion “relevance to NASA’s
strategic goals and objectives” specifically includes the following factor: The
value to NASA strategic objectives in
Earth Science including multidisciplinary
science objects in space geodesy, geohazards mitigation, gravity, and geomagnetic
field dynamics as articulated in the Earth
Surface and Interior’s strategic plan entitled “Living on a Restless Planet.” Proposals should focus on upon the
enhancement of our understanding of the
dynamics of the Earth’s surface, atmosphere, and ionosphere through the development of GNSS remote sensing
techniques. NNH11ZDA001N-GNSS
(GG 2/28/11)
URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com
Deadline: Notice of Intent 3/25/2011;
Proposals 5/2/2011
8-11 Special Call for Proposals by the
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
8-12 Dimensions of Biodiversity
(NSF)
The goal of the Dimensions of Biodiversity campaign is to transform, by 2020,
how we describe and understand the
scope and role of life on Earth. The campaign promotes novel, integrated
approaches to identify and understand the
evolutionary and ecological significance
of biodiversity amidst the changing environment of the present day and in the geologic past. This campaign seeks to
characterize biodiversity on Earth by
using integrative, innovative approaches
to fill the most substantial gaps in our
understanding of the diversity of life on
Earth. It will take a broad view of biodiversity, and in its initial phase will focus
on the integration of genetic, taxonomic,
and functional dimensions of biodiversity.
Successful proposals should integrate
these three dimensions to understand
interactions and feedbacks among them.
An individual may appear on Principal
Investigator (PI), or co-PI, or other senior
personnel on only one proposal submitted
in FY 2011 in response to this solicitation.
NSF 11-518
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/
nsf11518/nsf11518.htm
Deadline: 3/28/2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES
8-13 Advanced Seminar Program
(SAR)
Advanced seminars at the School for
Advanced Research (SAR) promote indepth communication among scholars
who are at a critical stage of research on a
common topic and whose interaction has
the potential to move the discipline of
anthropology forward with new insights
into human evolution, behavior, culture,
or society, including critical contemporary issues. Each consists of ten scholars
who meet at SAR’s Santa Fe campus for
five days of intense discussion. Participants appraise ongoing research, assess
recent innovations in theory and methods,
and share data relevant to the broad problems in anthropology and related disciplines.
URL: http://www.seminars.sarweb.org
Deadline: 4/1/2011
8-14 Grants to Reduce Sexual
Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating
Violence, and Stalking on Campus
program (DOJ)
The United States Department of Justice,
Office of Violence Against Women
(OVW) is pleased to announce that it is
seeking applications for the Grants to
Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on
Campus Program. This program furthers
the Department’s mission by strengthening on campus victim services, security,
and investigative strategies to prevent and
prosecute violent crimes against women
on campuses. OVW-2011-2901 (GG 2/
23/11)
URL: http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/docs/
fy2011-campus-solicitation.pdf
Deadline: 3/24/2011
8-15 Research and Evaluation in
Justice Systems (DOJ)
This solicitation seeks proposals to examine topics relevant to State and/or local
criminal and juvenile justice systems policy and practice. Specific focus areas
under this solicitation for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2011 include: a multi-State study on
the impact of incarceration on families of
adults confined to penal institutions; a
national study on State budget shortfalls
and prison closings; and multi-State
research on automated reporting systems
and kiosk supervision. Application titles
should clearly denote the specific focus
area selected. Applications addressing
other areas of research related to criminal
and/or juvenile justice systems policy and
practice also may be considered. However, applicants are strongly encouraged
to consider NIJ’s stated priority areas as
they are outlines in this solicitation. NIJ2011-2825 (GG 12/17/10)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 3/17/2011
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
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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