Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
August 31, 2012
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Vol. 21, No. 32
32-2 Psychological Health and
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Program (DoD)
Applications to the Fiscal Year 2012
(FY12) Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research
Program (RP) are being solicited by the
United States Army Medical Research
Acquisitions Activity (USAMRAA). The
PH/TBI Research Program was established in FY07 for the purpose of complementing ongoing Department of
Defense (DoD) efforts toward promoting
a better standard of care for PH (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
and TBI in the areas of prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. This includes research to benefit
Service Members, their family members, Veterans, and other beneficiaries of
the Military Health System (MHS). A
preproposal is required. Applications
must specifically address the following
research area: Identify and Characterize
Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injuryrelated Neurodegenerative Diseases,
including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, with emphasis on those mechanisms of injury that may be amendable to
targeted therapy approaches, including
biomarkers that would identify mechanistic targets of therapeutic approaches.
URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil
Deadline: 9/21/2012
AGRICULTURE
GENERAL
32-3 Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative: Food Safety (USDA)
32-1 Department of Defense
Multidisciplinary Research Program of
the University Research Initiative (DoD)
USDA/NIFA has made several modifications to the FY2012 AFRI Food Safety
Challenge Area RFA released on June
25, 2012. The FY 2012 RFA has now
been combined with the FY 2013 RFA
and funding amounts have been
increased. For the combined FY 2012/
2013 RFA, the new due date for letters of
intent will be September 17, 2012. The
new application due date will be December 5, 2012. This modification will allow
NIFA to meet the needs of the food
safety and related sciences research community by increasing the amount of
funds available, while enabling the program to establish a new timeline for the
release of future RFAs. This AFRI Challenge Area promotes and enhances the
scientific discipline of food safety, with
an overall aim of protecting consumers
from microbial and chemical contaminants that may occur during all stages of
the food chain, from production to consumption. This requires an understanding
of the interdependencies of human, animal, and ecosystem health as it pertains
to foodborne pathogens. The long-term
outcome for this program is to reduce
foodborne illnesses and deaths by
improving the safety of the food supply,
The MURI program supports basic
research in science and engineering at U.S.
institutions of higher education that is of
potential interest to DoD. The program is
focused on multidisciplinary research
efforts where more than one traditional
discipline interact to provide rapid
advances in scientific areas of interest to
the DoD. As defined by the DoD, basic
research is systematic study directed
toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without
specific applications towards processes or
products in mind. It includes all scientific
study and experimentation directed toward
increasing fundamental knowledge and
understanding in those fields of the physical, engineering, environmental, and life
sciences related to long-term national
security needs. ONR-BAA-12-020 (GG 8/
29/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 10/9/2012; Proposals 12/10/2012
which will result in reduced impacts on
public health and on our economy. In
order to achieve this outcome, this program will support single-function
Research Projects and multi-function
Integrated Research, Education, and/or
Extension Projects, and Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE)
Grants that address one of the Program
Area Priorities. USDA-NIFA-AFRI003850 (GG 8/15/12)
URL: http://www07grants.gov
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/12/2012;
Applications 12/5/2012
ARTS & HUMANITIES
32-4 ACLS Collaborative Research
Fellowships (ACLS)
ACLS invites applications for the fifth
annual competition for the ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships for collaborative research in the humanities and
related social sciences. The program is
supported by a generous grant from The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The aim
of this fellowship program is to offer
small teams of two or more scholars the
opportunity to collaborate intensively on
a single, substantive project. The fellowship supports projects that aim to produce
a tangible research product (such as joint
print or web publications) for which two
or more collaborators will take credit. The
fellowships are for a total period of up to
24 months, to be initiated between July 1,
2013 and September 1, 2015, and provide
salary replacement for each collaborator.
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/
collaborative/
Deadline: 10/2/2012
32-5 Charles A. Ryskamp Research
Fellowships (ACLS)
ACLS invites applications for the Charles
A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in memory of Charles A.
Ryskamp, literary scholar, distinguished
library and museum director, and longserving trustee of the Foundation. These
fellowships support advanced assistant
professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related
social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who
have well-designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships are intended to provide time and
resources to enable these faculty members
to conduct their research under optimal
conditions. The ultimate goal of the
project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does
not fund creative work (e.g., novels or
films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/
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ryskamp/
Deadline: 10/2/2012
32-6 ACLS Fellowships (ACLS)
The ACLS Fellowship program invites
research applications in all disciplines of
the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project
should be a major piece of scholarly work
by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or
pedagogical projects. The ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement
to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and
writing. ACLS Fellowships are portable
and are tenable at the fellow’s home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate
site for research. An ACLS Fellowship
may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical
pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate’s current academic year salary. Tenure of the fellowship may begin no earlier
than July 1, 2013 and no later than February 1, 2014.
URL: http://www.acls.org/programs/acls/
Deadline: 10/2/2012
EDUCATION
32-7 Innovative Technology
Experiences for Students and Teachers
(ITEST) (NSF)
ITEST supports the research and development of innovative models for engaging
K-12 students in authentic experiences
that build their capacity to participate in
the science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) and information
and communications technology (ICT)
workforce of the future. ITEST projects
must include students and may include
teachers. NSF 12-597
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12597/nsf12597.htm
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/20/2012;
Proposals 11/13/2012
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
32-8 CyberCorps: Scholarship for
Service (SFS) (NSF)
Cyberspace has transformed the daily
lives of people for the better. The rush to
adopt cyberspace, however, has exposed
its fragility and vulnerabilities: corporations, agencies, national infrastructure
and individuals have been victims of
cyber-attacks. The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks proposals that address cybersecurity
education and workforce development.
The Scholarship Track provides funding
to award scholarships to students in
cybersecurity. In return for their scholarships, recipients will work after graduation for a Federal, State, Local, or Tribal
Government organization in a position
related to cybersecurity for a period equal
to the length of the scholarship. The
Capacity Track seeks innovative propos-
als leading to an increase in the ability of
the United States higher education enterprise to produce cybersecurity professionals. NSF 12-585
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12585/nsf12585.htm
Deadline: 10/12/2012
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
32-9 Molecular Mechanisms of
Circadian Clocks in Aging Tissues
(R01) (NIH)
This FOA issued by the National Institute
on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of
Health (NIH), solicits grant applications
from institutions/organizations that propose research to enhance the understanding of the molecular mechanisms that
control circadian clocks in aging tissues.
This FOA encourages studies on the roles
of peripheral and extra suprachiasmatic
nucleus (SCN) circadian clocks during
aging. These studies include understanding the impact of alterations in the clock
system on chromatin remodeling, gene
expression, translation, signaling, and
function of individual cells. In addition,
studies are solicited on the pathophysiology of alterations to circadian clock regulation in aged tissues, with particular
attention to the response of the clock system to metabolic/nutritional, environmental and pharmacological challenges. RFAAG-13-007 (NIHG 8/17/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-007.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 10/5/2012;
Applications 11/7/2012
32-10 Secondary Analyses of
CALERIE Data Set and Stored
Biospecimens to Address Research
Questions Related to Effects of Caloric
Restriction in Humans and Adherence
to Caloric Restriction Interventions
(R01) (NIH)
The National Institute on Aging (NIA)
invites applications for short-term (up to
two years) projects involving secondary
analysis of CALERIE (Comprehensive
Assessment of Long-term Effects of
Restricting Intake of Energy) data set and/
or stored biospecimens. The goal of these
studies is to test the hypotheses about
effects of sustained caloric restriction
(CR) on protective and risk factors for
aging processes and diseases associated
with aging, psychological effects and
safety of CR, and other specific candidate
hypotheses based on pre-clinical animal
and cell culture data on mechanisms
affecting aging. Applicants are strongly
encouraged to apply tools capturing an
integrated, global picture of the effects of
CR on multiple systems simultaneously.
These approaches may include screening
in domains such as the proteome, metabolome, transcriptome, and others. RFAAG-13-008 (NIHG 8/17/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-008.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 9/30/2012;
Applications 10/30/2012
32-11 Awards for Cancer Relevant
Research and Training (JCRC)
The Johnson Cancer Research Center
supports cancer research and training at
K-State. Faculty members conducting
cancer-relevant research are invited to
affiliate with the center and apply for various awards. Innovative Research Awards
provide seed money to gather preliminary
data crucial for future major grant proposals. Faculty Equipment Awards provide
funds for new equipment. Travel Awards
are provided in modest amounts for travel
to learn new scientific techniques or visit
collaborators at other institutions.
URL: http://cancer.k-state.edu/awardprograms/
Deadline: 10/1/2012, 3/1/2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES
32-12 Minerva Research Initiative
(DoD)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is
interested in receiving proposals for the
Minerva Research Initiative, a DoD-sponsored, university-based social science
research program initiated by the Secretary of Defense. This program is a multiservice effort. The program focuses on
areas of strategic importance to U.S.
national security policy. Minerva brings
together universities, research institutions, and individual scholars and supports multidisciplinary and crossinstitutional projects addressing specific
topic areas determined by the Department
of Defense. The MRI aims to promote
research in specific areas of social science
and to promote a candid and constructive
relationship between DoD and the social
science academic community.
ONRBAA12-016 (GG 8/14/12)
URL: http://www07grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 9/30/2012;
Proposals 12/12/2012
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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