Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
March 16, 2012
Program Information
To receive program information, please
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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
11-10, 11-13) 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/
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GENERAL
11-1 Roadmaps to Health: Community
Grants (Johnson)
The Roadmaps to Health Community
Grants program will support communities
to implement policy or system changes to
address one of the social or economic factors that, as defined by the County Health
Rankings, most strongly influence health
outcomes in their community. These
include: education; employment and
income; family and social support; and
community safety. Grantees will be organizations that participate in established
coalitions or networks that span multiple
sectors and perspectives and may include
representatives from business; education;
public health; health care; community
organizations; community members; policy advocates; foundations; and policymakers. Applicants must engage community members in the planning and implementation of projects, and must
collaborate with organizations having
expertise in improving the health of the
public.
URL: http://www.rwjf.org
Deadline: 5/2/2012
11-2 Innovative Food Defense
Vol. 21, No.11
Program (R18) (FDA)
The Innovative Food Defense Program
(IFDP) grants are designed to generate
food defense tools and resources that are
easily replicated and can complement,
aid in the development of, or improve
State, local, Tribal and territorial (SLTT)
food defense programs. The known overlap between food safety (unintentional
contamination) and food defense (intentional contamination) is extensive and
the pool of resources available is often
the same. As the Food Safety Modernization Act recognizes the evolution of the
relationship between food safety and
food defense, it is critical that these programs be integrated to the maximum
extent possible in order to ensure the
most efficient use of resources, as well as
to optimize response to an incident or
event. PAR-12-116 (NIHG 3/9/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-12-116.html
Deadline: 6/15/2012
AGRICULTURE
11-3 Conservation Innovation Grant
(USDA/KS)
The purpose of CIG is to stimulate the
development and adoption of innovative
conservation approaches and technologies, while leveraging the Federal investment in environmental enhancement and
protection in conjunction with agricultural production. CIG projects are
expected to lead to the transfer of conservation technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as
market-based systems) into NRCS policy, technical manuals, guides, and references or to the private sector. CIG does
not fund research projects. USDANRCS-KS-12-01 (GG 2/12/12)
URL: http://www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/
Deadline: 4/27/12
11-4 Regional Integrated Pest
Management Centers (USDA)
The overarching goals of the Regional
Integrated Pest Management Centers
(IPM Centers) program are to improve
the cost benefit analyses of adopting IPM
practices and to reduce the environmental and human health risks associated
with managing pests. The IPM Centers
will promote the development and implementation of IPM by facilitating collaboration across states, disciplines, and
purposes. They will serve as focal points
for regional pest management information networks, collaborative team building, and broad-based stakeholder
participation. The end result will be
increased coordination of IPM research,
education and extension efforts and
enhanced responsiveness to critical, priority pest management and global food
security challenges. USDA-NIFA-ICGP003710 (GG 3/12/12)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/reg_ipm_centers.html
Deadline: 5/14/12
11-5 Women and Minorities in
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)
(USDA)
This program supports research and
extension projects that have robust collaborations to increase the participation of
women and underrepresented minorities
from rural areas in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics fields that
are relevant to USDA priorities identified
by the Secretary: i) Promotion of a safe,
sufficient, and nutritious food supply for
all Americans and for people around the
world; ii) Sustainable agricultural policies
that foster economic viability for small
and mid-sized farms and rural businesses,
protect natural resources, and promote
value-added agriculture; iii) national leadership in climate change mitigation and
adaptation; iv) Building a modern workplace with a modern workforce; and v)
Support for 21st century rural communities. USDA-NIFA-WAMS-003711 (GG
3/12/12)
URL: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/
rfas/wams.html
Deadline: 4/12/2012
ARTS & HUMANITIES
11-6 Preservation Assistance Grants
(NEH)
Preservation Assistance Grants help small
and mid-sized institutions—such as
libraries, museums, historical societies,
archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices,
and colleges and universities—improve
their ability to preserve and care for their
significant humanities collections. These
may include special collections of books
and journals, archives and manuscripts,
prints and photographs, moving images,
sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art
objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical
objects, and digital materials. 20120501PG (GG 1/9/12)
URL: http:www.neh.gov/grants/
guidelines/PAG.html
Deadline: 5/1/2012
EDUCATION
11-7 Relation Between Education and
Social Opportunity (Spencer)
The Spencer Foundation provides funding
for research projects that study education
in the United States and abroad. The foun-
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dation seeks to shed light on the role education plays in reducing economic and
social inequalities—as well as, sometimes, reinforcing them—and to find
ways to more fully realize education’s
potential to promote more equal opportunity. Expanded opportunity is important
not only to a society’s economic well
being but to the character of its civic, cultural, and social life as well.
URL: http://www.spencer.org/
content.cfm/education-and-socialopportunity
Deadline: 4/30/2012, 7/9/2012, 10/3/
2012
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
11-8 NIST Consortium for PostComplementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor (CMOS)
Nanoelectronics Research Grant
Program (NIST)
NIST is soliciting proposals for financial
assistance from eligible proposers to support basic research focused on the longterm research needs of industry in the area
of post-CMOS nanoelectronics. There is a
critical need to create novel nanoelectronics technologies that operate at low energies and that can outperform today’s
CMOS technologies. These technologies
should include innovative device, circuit,
and architecture approaches which can
involve logic, memory, sensors, or analog
components. 2012-NIST-POST-CMOS01 (GG 3/15/12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: 4/16/2012
11-9 Computational Methods for
Decision Making (DoD)
This announcement describes an applied
research program, entitled Computational Methods for Decision Making, to
be launched under the ONRBAA12-001,
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science
and Technology. The Office of Naval
Research (ONR) is interested in receiving
white papers on the Computational Methods for Decision Making Applied
Research Program which are partitioned
into four (4) thrusts areas, (1) Resource
Optimization, (2) Automated Image
Understanding, (3) Information Integration, and (4) Cyber Security thrusts.
Together these thrusts seek to develop
new technological capabilities that support Naval Operations across a wide variety of missions. 12-SN-0009 (GG 3/14/
12)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov
Deadline: White Papers 4/13/2012;
Proposals 7/3/2012
tions of the large-scale implementation of
nanomanufacturing innovations. The
mode of support is Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT). Proposals submitted to this program must
address at least one, and preferably more
than one, of the following interconnected
themes: Novel processes and techniques
for continuous and scalable nanomanufacturing; Directed (e.g. physical/chemical/biological) self-assembly processes
leading to heterogeneous nanostructures
with the potential for high-rate production; Fundamental scientific research in
well-defined areas that are compellingly
justified as critical roadblocks to scale-up;
Principles and design methods to produce
machines and processes to manufacture
nanoscale structures, devices and systems; and/or Long-term societal and educational implications of the large-scale
production and use of nanomaterials,
devices and systems, including the lifecycle analysis of such nanomaterials,
devices and systems. An academic institution- a university, or a campus in a
multi-campus university - may submit no
more than one proposal on which it is the
lead organization in response to this solicitation. NSF 12-544
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/
nsf12544/nsf12544.htm
Deadline: Internal 4/4/2012; Proposals
6/4/2012
11-11 High-Assurance Cyber Military
Systems (HACMS) (DARPA)
DARPA is soliciting innovative research
proposals in the area of the clean-slate
development of software for high-assurance cyber-physical systems. Proposed
research should investigate innovative
approaches that enable revolutionary
advances in science or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily
results in evolutionary improvements to
the existing state of practice. Technical
Areas are as follows: Military Vehicle
Experts; Operating Systems; Control Systems; Research Integration; and Red
Team—This technical area is focused on
assessing the security of the targeted vehicles, including the defense vehicles provided by Military Vehicle Experts, the
challenge problems, and the open-source
vehicle(s). A proposer should submit no
more than one proposal as a prime contractor. Such a proposal may cover one to
five technical areas. DARPA-BAA-12-21
(GG 3/1/12)
URL: http://www.darpa.mil/
Opportunities/Solicitations/
I2O_Solicitations.aspx
Deadline: Internal 5/1/2012; Applications 7/12/2012
school students. STEP-UP is a national
program designed to provide eight to
twelve weeks of summer research education and training for students underrepresented in biomedical research on a
national basis, including individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals
from underrepresented racial and ethnic
groups, and individuals with disabilities.
STEP-UP aims to expose students to and
increase interest in NIDDK mission areas
including diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and digestive,
liver, urologic, kidney, and hematologic
diseases. RFA-DK-12-005 (NIHG 3/9/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
rfa-files/RfA-DK-12-005.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 4/9/2012;
Applications 5/9/2012
11-13 NCRR Science Education
Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25)
(NIH)
NCRR encourages applications to its Science Education Partnership Award
(SEPA) program for the development and
evaluation of innovative research education programs to improve PreK-12
research career opportunities and the
community’s understanding of the health
science advances supported by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)funded clinical and basic research. SEPA
encourages dynamic partnerships
between biomedical and clinical researchers and PreK-12 teachers and schools and
other interested organizations. Particular
importance will be given to applications
that target PreK-12 and/or ISE/media topics that may not be addressed by existing
curriculum, community-based or ISE/
media activities. An applicant organization or institution may submit only one
application. PAR-10-206 (GG 3/7/12)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-10-206.html
Deadline: Internal 4/22/2012; Applications 6/22/2012
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, Katie Small, Rex Goff, Susan
Klein, Sharon Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Development Director
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
11-10 Scalable Nanomanufacturing
(SNM) (NSF)
11-12 NIDDK Short-Term Education
Program for Underrepresented
Persons (STEP-UP) (R25) (NIH)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
announces a second year of a program on
collaborative research and education in
the area of scalable nanomanufacturing,
including the long-term societal implica-
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) invites applications from institutions to coordinate a NIDDK Short-Term
Education Program for Underrepresented
Persons (STEP-UP) that targets high
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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