Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
November 2, 2012
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
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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
NOTICE
41-1 Kansas NSF EPSCoR Track 2
(KU/NSF)
The National Science Foundation released
the program solicitation for EPSCoR
Track-2 on October 31 with a deadline of
January 30, 2013. Because of this impending deadline, the previous deadline for
Kansas Track-2 White Papers (November
30, 2012) has been moved up to November
9, 2012. Important changes have been
made to the request for White Papers. The
following URLs are for the NSF Track-2
announcement and the updated White
Paper request. (NSF 13-509)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13509/nsf13509.htm
URL: http://www.nsfepscor.ku.edu/
funding.html
Deadline: White Papers 11/9/2012
GENERAL
41-2 Strategic Environmental
Research and Development (DoD)
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to
fund environmental research and development proposals. SERDP is DoD’s environ-
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mental science and technology program,
planned and executed in partnership with
the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other Federal and
non-Federal organizations. Proposals
responding to focused Statements of
Need (SON) in the following areas are
requested: Environmental Restoration—
Research and technologies for the characterization, risk assessment, remediation, and management of contaminants in
soil, sediments, and water; Munitions
Response—Technologies for the detection, classification, and remediation of
military munitions on U.S. lands and
waters; Resource Conservation and Climate Change—Research that advances
DoD’s management of its natural and
cultural resources and improves understanding of climate change impacts; and
Weapons Systems and Platforms—
Research and technologies to reduce,
control, and understand the sources of
waste and emissions in the manufacturing, maintenance, and use of weapons
systems and platforms.
URL: www.serdp-estcp.org/FundingOpportunities/SERDP-Solicitations
Deadline: Preproposals 1/8/2013
ARTS & HUMANITIES
41-3 National Leadership Grants for
Museums (IMLS)
National Leadership Grants (NLG) for
Museums support projects that address
current and future needs of the museum
field and that have the potential to
advance practice in the profession so that
museums can improve services for the
American public. Successful proposals
will generate results such as models, new
tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely
used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to
extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Note to applicants: The
FY2013 expanded National Leadership
Grants for Museums opportunity now
encompasses those types of proposals
that were previously solicited through
the 21st Century Museum Professionals
Grants program. IMLS maintains its
commitment to professional training and
development for museum professionals.
IMLS continues to encourage applications for projects that meet the learning
needs of emerging, mid-career, and seasoned professionals in multiple institutions. What are the distinguishing
features of all National Leadership
Grants for Museums projects? •Broad
Impact: Your proposal should address
key needs and challenges that face museums. Your project should show the
potential for far-reaching impact, influence practice throughout the museum
profession; and reflect awareness and
support of current strategic initiatives
and agendas in the field. •Innovation:
Your proposal should demonstrate a thorough understanding of current practice
and knowledge about the subject matter,
and show how the project has the potential to strengthen and improve museum
services to benefit the audiences and communities being served. •Collaboration:
While partners are not required in all
NLG projects, partnerships can help demonstrate a broad need, field-wide buy-in
and input, access to appropriate expertise,
and sharing of resources. NLG-FY13
(GG 10/15/12)
URL: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/
detail.aspx?GrantId=22
Deadline: 1/15/2013
41-4 National Digital Newspaper
Program (NEH)
NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital
Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP is
creating a national digital resource of historically significant newspapers published
between 1836 and 1922, from all the
states and U.S. territories. This searchable
database will be permanently maintained
at the Library of Congress (LC) and be
freely accessible via the Internet. An
accompanying national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information on the website directs users to
newspaper titles available in all types of
formats. NEH intends to support projects
in all states and U.S. territories, provided
that sufficient funds allocated for this purpose are available. One organization
within each U.S. state or territory will
receive an award to collaborate with relevant state partners. 20130117-PJ (GG 10/
10/12)
URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/
preservation/national-digital-newspaperprogram
Deadline: 1/17/2013
41-5 Residencies for Writers,
Composers, and Artists (Macdowell)
The MacDowell Colony provides time,
space, and an inspiring environment to
artists of exceptional talent. A MacDowell Fellowship, or residency, consists of
exclusive use of a studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day for
up to eight weeks. MacDowell Fellows
are selected by its admissions panels,
which are comprised of a revolving group
of distinguished professionals in each
artistic discipline who serve anonymously
for three years. The Colony accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video
arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature,
music composition, theatre, and visual
arts. The sole criterion for acceptance is
artistic excellence, which the Colony
defines in a pluralistic and inclusive way.
(TGA 10/12)
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URL: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
apply-appguidelines.html
Deadline: 1/15/2013, 4/15/2013, 9/15/
2013
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
41-6 Exploiting Parallelism and
Scalability (XPS) (NSF)
The Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS) program aims to support
groundbreaking research leading to a new
era of parallel computing. XPS seeks
research re-evaluating, and possibly redesigning, the traditional computer hardware and software stack for today’s heterogeneous parallel and distributed systems
and exploring new holistic approaches to
parallelism and scalability. Achieving the
needed breakthroughs will require a collaborative effort among researchers representing all areas—from the application
layer down to the micro-architecture—
and will be built on new concepts and
new foundational principles. New
approaches to achieve scalable performance and usability need new abstract
models and algorithms, programming
models and languages, hardware architectures, compilers, operating systems and
run-time systems, and exploit domain and
application-specific knowledge. Research
should also focus on energy- and communication-efficiency and on enabling the
division of effort between edge devices
and clouds. Each proposal is required to
have two or more PIs providing different
and distinct expertise relevant to the program’s focus areas. NSF 13-507
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13507/nsf13507.htm
Deadline: 2/20/2013
41-7 United States-Israel
Collaboration in Computer Science A
Joint Program of NSF and the USIsrael Binational Science Foundation
(BSF) (NSF)
This program supports research projects
that develop new knowledge in the areas
of theory of computing; algorithm design
and analysis; design, verification, and
evaluation of software systems; and revolutionary computing models based on
emerging scientific ideas. Through this
program, NSF and BSF will jointly support collaborations among US-based
researchers and Israel-based researchers.
US-based researchers will receive funds
from NSF to support travel to Israel to
interact with their Israeli counterparts.
Israel-based and US-based researchers
will receive funds allowable under the
BSF program. NSF 12-603
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12603/nsf12603.htm
Deadline: 2/1/2013
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
41-8 Initiative to Maximize Research
Education in Genomics: Courses (R25)
(NIH)
This funding opportunity supports short,
advanced level courses that are intended
to disseminate new techniques, methods,
and analyses related to the mission of the
NHGRI. NHGRI has also addressed the
many ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) that have been raised by
genomics research. Discussion and dissemination of new and emerging ELSI
issues would keep the community
updated and alerted to issues that should
be anticipated in genomics research
involving human participants. Applications are encouraged for courses designed
to address either of these needs. Courses
designed to cross-train genomic researchers and ELSI scholars are particularly
encouraged. PAR-13-012 (NIHG 10/26/
12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-13-012.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/26/2012,
4/25/2013; Applications 1/25/2013, 5/
25/2013
41-9 Division of Environmental
Biology (NSF)
The Division of Environmental Biology
(DEB) supports fundamental research on
populations, species, communities, and
ecosystems. Scientific emphases range
across many evolutionary and ecological
patterns and processes at all spatial and
temporal scales. Areas of research include
biodiversity, phylogenetic systematics,
molecular evolution, life history evolution, natural selection, ecology, biogeography, ecosystem structure, function and
services, conservation biology, global
change, and biogeochemical cycles.
Research on organismal origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and evolutionary history may incorporate field,
laboratory, or collection-based
approaches; observational or manipulative experiments; synthesis activities; as
well as theoretical approaches involving
analytical, statistical, or computational
modeling. NSF 13-508
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13508/nsf13508.htm
Deadline: Preliminary Proposals 1/23/
2013
INTERNATIONAL/MULTICULTURAL
41-10 Faculty Scholars Grant to teach
in Vietnam (VEF)
The 2013 U.S. Faculty Scholars Grant
provides a grant up to $55,000 to teach
one or more courses in Vietnam, either
face-to-face or via real-time videoconferencing. Applicants must intend to teach in
the STEMM fields (natural sciences,
technology, engineering, mathematics,
and medicine) and must be an associate,
full, or emeritus professor, and a U.S. citizen at the time of application. Academics
who are interested in teaching, but do not
have any contacts in Vietnam, may ask
the VEF staff to help identify appropriate
teaching programs and institutions in
Vietnam.
URL: http://home.vef.gov/
Deadline: 1/31/2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES
41-11 Mechanism for Time-Sensitive
Drug Abuse Research (R21) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) is issued by the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH). The FOA is
intended to support pilot, feasibility or
exploratory research for up to 2 years in 4
priority areas, including: 1) responses to
unexpected and time-sensitive medical
system issues (e.g. opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving
health care system); 2) responses to
emerging drug abuse-related HIV trends
and topics (e.g. rapidly evolving drug
abuse-related epidemics, time-sensitive
policy or environmental changes); 3)
responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal justice opportunities (e.g.
new system and/or structural level
changes) that relate to drug abuse and
access and provision of health care service; and 4) responses to unexpected and
time-sensitive prescription drug abuse
opportunities (e.g., new state or local
efforts). It should be clear that the knowledge gained from the proposed study is
time-sensitive and that an expedited rapid
review and funding are required in order
for the scientific question to be answered.
PAR-12-297 (GG 9/28/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-297.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 4 weeks
prior to submission of applications;
Applications 3/6/2013, 6/14/2013, 12/9/
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
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