Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
November 16, 2012
Vol. 21, No. 43
Program Information
AGRICULTURE
To receive program information, please
contact Beverly Page, Information Specialist, Research and Sponsored Programs, phone: (785)532-5045, e-mail:
bbpage@ksu.edu
43-2 Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative: Agriculture and Natural
Resources Science for Climate
Variability and Change (USDA)
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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 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/
bul12/limits12/index.htm
The Agriculture and Natural Resources
Science for Climate Variability and
Change Challenge Area RFA focuses on
the societal challenge to adapt agroecosystems and natural resource systems to
climate variability and change and
implement mitigation strategies in those
systems. In the Agriculture and Natural
Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change Challenge Area RFA,
specific program areas are designed to
achieve the long-term outcome of reducing the use of energy, nitrogen, reducing
GHG emissions from practices, and
water in the production of food, feed,
fiber, and fuel; reducing GHG emissions
from these agroecosystems; and increasing carbon sequestration. Project types
supported by AFRI within this RFA
include multi-function integrated
research, education, and/or extension
projects and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants.
USDA-NIFA-AFRI-003968 (GG 11/15/
12)
URL: http://nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/
afri.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/31/2012;
Applications 4/15/2013
EDUCATION
GENERAL
43-3 Developmental and Learning
Sciences (NSF)
43-1 Research Associateship Programs
(NRC)
The National Research Council of the
National Academies announces the 2013
Graduate, Postdoctoral, and Senior
Research Associateship Programs to be
conducted on behalf of federal research
laboratories and affiliated institutions in
over 100 locations throughout the United
States. These programs provide opportunities for Ph.D., Sc.D. or M.D. scientists and
engineers of unusual promise and ability to
perform research on problems largely of
their own choosing, yet compatible with
the research interest of the sponsoring laboratory. Full-time Associateships will be
awarded on a competitive basis in 2013 for
research in the fields of chemistry; earth,
atmospheric and space sciences; engineering, applied sciences and computer science; life and medical sciences;
mathematics; and physics. Many of the
laboratories are open to both U.S. citizens
and foreign nationals.
URL: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/
pga/rap/
Deadline: 2/1/2013, 5/1/2013, 8/1/2013
DLS supports fundamental research that
increases our understanding of cognitive,
linguistic, social, cultural, and biological
processes related to children’s and adolescents’ development and learning.
Research supported by this program will
add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and the underlying developmental processes that support learning,
with the objective of leading to better
educated children and adolescents who
grow up to take productive roles as
workers and as citizens. Among the
many research topics supported by DLS
are: developmental cognitive neuroscience; development of higher-order
cognitive processes; transfer of knowledge from one domain or situation to
another; use of molecular genetics to
study continuities and discontinuities in
development; development of peer relations and family interactions; multiple
influences on development, including the
impact of family, school, community,
social institutions, and the media; adolescents’ preparation for entry into the
workforce; cross-cultural research on
development and learning; and the role
of cultural influences and demographic
characteristics on development. The program currently is at its capacity for supporting large-scale awards, and is
therefore not considering new IRADS
proposals at this point in time. The program is accepting proposals for individual
investigator projects (average total budget
of approximately $100,000 per year) and
workshops/ small conferences (average
total one-time budget of approximately
$15,000). PD-08-1698 (GG 11/6/12)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671
Deadline: 1/15/2013, 7/15/2013
43-4 Promoting Research and
Innovation in Methodologies for
Evaluation (PRIME) (NSF)
The Promoting Research and Innovation
in Methodologies for Evaluation
(PRIME) program seeks to support
research on evaluation with special
emphasis on exploring innovative
approaches for determining the impacts
and usefulness of STEM education
projects and programs; building on and
expanding the theoretical foundations for
evaluating STEM education and workforce development initiatives, including
translating and adapting approaches from
other fields; and growing the capacity and
infrastructure of the evaluation field. Two
types of proposals will be supported by
the program: Exploratory Projects that
include proof-of-concept and feasibility
studies and more extensive Full-Scale
Projects. NSF 13-515
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13515/nsf13515.htm
Deadline: 2/20/2013
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
43-5 Microsystems Technology OfficeWide (DoD)
The Microsystems Technology Office
(MTO) supports DARPA’s mission of
maintaining technological superiority and
preventing technological surprise by
investing in areas such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), electronics, system architecture, photonics, and
biotechnology. In recent years, the proliferation of commercial components and
manufacturing processes has allowed our
adversaries to achieve capabilities that
were previously not possible. In response,
DARPA/MTO is dedicated to pursuing
avenues that leverage, counter, and transcend these commercial-off-the-shelf
approaches (COTS). MTO aims to leverage and multiply the power of COTS by
aggregating, adapting, and integrating
components into networks and systems
for the benefit of the warfighter. We create methods for countering threats that
emerge from sustained advancements in
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cheap and readily available technologies
that our adversaries may employ. Lastly,
MTO develops high-risk, high-reward
technologies outside and beyond the
scope of the commercial industry to
secure the DoD’s technological superiority. This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being
addressed by ongoing MTO programs or
other published BAA solicitations. This
BAA is primarily, but not solely, intended
for early stage research (studies) that may
lead to larger, focused, MTO programs in
the future. DARPA-BAA-12-64 (GG 8/
30/12)
URL: http://www07grants.gov
Deadline: 9/1/2014
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
43-6 Early-Stage Innovative
Molecular Analysis Technology
Development for Cancer Research
(R21) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), issued by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), solicits grant applications
proposing exploratory research projects
focused on the inception and development
of early stage, highly innovative, technologies or emerging technologies with significant transformative potential that has
not yet been explored in a cancer-relevant
use. An emerging technology is defined
(for the purpose of this FOA) as one that
has passed the initial developmental
stage, but has not yet been evaluated
within the context of a cancer-relevant
intended use and requires significant
modification for the proposed application.
The emphasis of this FOA is on molecular
analysis technologies with a high degree
of technical innovation with the potential
to significantly affect and transform
investigations exploring the molecular
and cellular bases of cancer. RFA-CA-13001 (NIHG 11/9/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-CA-13-001.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/20/2013,
4/20/2013; Applications 2/20/2013, 5/
20/2013
43-7 Early-Stage Development of
Innovative Technologies for
Biospecimen Science (R21) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA), issued by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI), solicits grant applications
proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early-stage development of technologies that address
issues related to pre-analytical variations
in the collection, processing, handling,
and storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens or their derivatives. The overall
goal is to develop technologies capable of
interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or samples
derived from those biospecimens for
downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices,
instrumentation, and associated methods
to assess sample quality, preserve/protect
sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality
control and handling under diverse conditions. RFA-CA-13-003 (NIHG 11/9/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-CA-13-003.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/20/2013,
4/20/2013; Applications 2/20/2013, 5/
20/2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES
43-8 Perception, Action & Cognition
(NSF)
This program area supports research on
perception, action and cognition. Emphasis is on research strongly grounded in
theory. Central research topics for consideration by the Perception, Action, and
Cognition panel include vision, audition,
haptics, attention, memory, reasoning,
written and spoken discourse, and motor
control. The program encompasses a wide
range of theoretical perspectives, such as
symbolic computation, connectionism,
ecological, nonlinear dynamics, and complex systems, and a variety of methodologies including both experimental studies
and modeling. The PAC program is open
to co-review of proposals submitted to
other programs (e.g., Linguistics, Developmental and Learning Sciences, Cognitive Neuroscience, etc). Proposals may
involve clinical populations, animals, or
computational modeling only if the work
has direct impact on basic issues of
human perception, action, or cognition.
PD-09-7252 (GG 11/6/12)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/
pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5686
Deadline: 2/1/2013, 8/1/2013
43-9 Methodology, Measurement, and
Statistics (MMS)(NSF)
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral,
and Economic Sciences that supports the
development of innovative analytical and
statistical methods and models for those
sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are
methodologically innovative, grounded in
theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger
portfolio, the MMS Program partners
with a consortium of federal statistical
agencies to support research proposals
that further the development of new and
innovative approaches to surveys and to
the analysis of survey data. The MMS
Program supports a variety of different
types of awards, including: 1) Regular
Research Awards; 2) Mid-Career
Research Fellowships; 3) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants;
4) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements. NSF 12-510
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12510/nsf12510.htm
Deadline: 1/16/2013, 8/16/2013
43-10 Science, Technology, and Society
(STS) (NSF)
STS considers proposals for scientific
research into the interface between sci-
ence (including engineering) or technology, and society. STS researchers use
diverse methods including social science,
historical, and philosophical methods.
Successful proposals will be transferable
(i.e., generate results that provide insights
for other scientific contexts that are suitably similar). They will produce outcomes that address pertinent problems
and issues at the interface of science,
technology and society, such as those
having to do with practices and assumptions, ethics, values, governance, and policy. NSF 12-509
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12509/nsf12509.htm
Deadline: 2/1/2013, 8/1/2013
43-11 Grants (RRF)
The Retirement Research Foundation’s
mission is to improve the quality of life
for our nation’s elders. It is one of the
nation’s first private foundations devoted
exclusively to aging and retirement
issues. It awards grants each year in support of programs, research, advocacy, and
training to improve the quality of life for
older Americans. Funding for the Foundation’s general program of grant making
is given to efforts that: 1) Improve the
availability and quality of communitybased and long-term services and supports; 2) Provide new and expanded
opportunities for older adults to engage in
meaningful roles in society; 3) Seek
causes and solutions to significant problems of older adults; 4) Increase the number of professionals and paraprofessionals
adequately prepared to serve the elder
population. (TGA 11/12)
URL: http://www.rrf.org/grantsprograms/grants
Deadline: 2/1/2013, 5/1/2013, 8/1/2013
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, Diana McElwain, Katie Small,
Rex Goff, Namrita Berry, Cecilia Scaler,
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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