Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
September 6, 2013
Program Information
To receive program information, please
contact Beverly Page, Information Specialist, Research and Sponsored Programs, phone: (785)532-5045, e-mail:
bbpage@ksu.edu
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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/
bul13/limits13/index.htm
Notice
31-1 Office of Research & Sponsored
Programs Workshops
Grant Writing Basics Workshop—An
introduction /refresher on finding funding,
proposal planning and preparation, budget
development, and proposal submission.
1:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 17, K-State
Union. Reserve a seat and packet by emailing name, department and phone number
to orsp@ksu.edu.
University Small Research Grants/ Faculty Development Awards—Question
and Answer Session at 3:45 p.m., Tuesday,
September 17, K-State Union, following
the Grant Writing Workshop.
Deadline: 9/17/2013
ARTS & HUMANITIES
31-2 External Humanities Faculty
Fellowships (SHC)
External fellowships from the Stanford
Humanities Center are intended primarily
for individuals currently teaching in or
affiliated with an academic institution, but
independent scholars may apply. Faculty
fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associ-
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ate, and full professor) and a goal of the
selection process is to create a diverse
community of scholars. Applicants who
are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.
There are no citizenship requirements for
these fellowships; non-U.S. nationals are
welcome to apply. Research projects
must be in the humanities; creative arts
projects are not eligible. The Center is
open to projects employing information
technology in humanities research. All
applicants must have a PhD and be at
least three years beyond receipt of the
degree at the start of the fellowship year.
Junior fellowships are for scholars who
will be at least three and no more than
ten years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. by
the start of the fellowship year. Senior
fellowships are for established scholars
who are more than ten years beyond
receipt of the PhD. (TGA 9/13)
URL: http://shc.stanford.edu/
fellowships/non-stanford-faculty/
#exfac_answer_1
Deadline: 10/1/2013
31-3 Senior Fellowships in Visual
Arts (NGA)
The Center for Advanced Study in the
Visual Arts announces its program for
senior fellowships. Fellowships are for
full-time research, and scholars are
expected to reside in Washington and to
participate in the activities of the Center
throughout the fellowship period. Lectures, colloquia, and informal discussions complement the fellowship
program. Each senior fellow is provided
with a study. In addition, senior fellows
who relocate to Washington are provided
with housing in apartments near the Gallery, subject to availability. Senior fellows have access to the notable resources
represented by the collections, the
library, and the image collections of the
National Gallery of Art, as well as to the
Library of Congress and other specialized research libraries and collections in
the Washington area. One Paul Mellon
Fellowship and four to six Ailsa Mellon
Bruce, Samuel H. Kress, and William C.
Seitz Senior Fellowships will be awarded
for the academic year, early fall to
spring. Applications for a single academic term are also considered. (TGA 9/
13)
URL: http://www.nga.gov/casva/
casvasen.htm
Deadline: 10/15/2013
EDUCATION
31-4 Discovery Research K-12 (DRK12) (NSF)
The Discovery Research K-12 program
(DRK-12) seeks to significantly enhance
the learning and teaching of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research and development of
innovative resources, models and tools
(RMTs). Projects in the DRK-12 program
build on fundamental research in STEM
education and prior research and development efforts that provide theoretical and
empirical justification for proposed
projects. Teachers and students who participate in DRK-12 studies are expected
to enhance their understanding and use of
STEM content, practices and skills. DRK12 invites proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing preK-12
STEM education as well as those that
anticipate radically different structures
and functions of pre-K 12 teaching and
learning. The DRK-12 program has four
major research and development strands:
1) Assessment; 2) Learning; 3) Teaching;
and 4) Implementation Research. The
program recognizes that there is some
overlap among the strands. Proposals may
address more than one strand. NSF 13601
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13601/nsf13601.htm
Deadline: 12/6/2013, 10/16/2014
ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS
& PHYSICAL SCIENCES
31-5 NOAA/National Weather
Service: Collaborative Science,
Technology, and Applied Research
(CSTAR) (DOC)
The CSTAR Program represents an
NOAA/NWS effort to create a cost-effective transition from basic and applied
research to operations and services
through collaborative research between
operational forecasters and academic
institutions which have expertise in the
environmental sciences. These activities
will engage researchers and students in
applied research of interest to the operational meteorological community and will
improve the accuracy of forecasts and
warnings of environmental hazards by
applying scientific knowledge and information to operational products and services. The CSTAR Program addresses
NOAA’s Mission Goal 3-- Weather Ready
Nation. NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-20142003851 (GG 8/20/13)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/
view-opportunity.html?oppId=240273
Deadline: 10/31/2013
31-6 AAAS Science & Technology
Policy Fellowships (AAAS)
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science manages and
administers Science & Technology Policy
Fellowships in five program areas to provide the opportunity for accomplished
scientists and engineers to participate in
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and contribute to the federal policymaking process while learning firsthand about
the intersection of science and policy. The
fellowships in congressional offices are
funded by approximately 30 partner scientific and engineering societies. The fellowships in executive branch agencies are
funded by the hosting offices. Applicants
must have a PhD or an equivalent doctoral-level degree at the time of application. Individuals with a master’s degree in
engineering and at least three years of
post-degree professional experience also
may apply. (TGA 9/13)
URL: http://fellowships.aaas.org/
01_About/01_index.shtml
Deadline: 11/1/2013
31-7 NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic
Plasma Science and Engineering (NSF/
DOE)
The Directorates for Engineering (Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental & Transport Systems),
Geosciences (Division of Atmospheric
and Geospace Sciences) and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Divisions of
Astronomical Sciences and Physics) of
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and the Office of Science/Office of
Fusion Energy Sciences (SC/FES) of the
Department of Energy (DOE) are continuing in FY2014 the joint Partnership in
Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
begun in FY1997. The goal of the initiative is to enhance plasma research and
education in this broad, multidisciplinary
field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The
current solicitation also encourages submission of proposals to perform basic
plasma experiments on the Large Aperture Plasma Device (LAPD) at the University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), a unique user facility designed
to serve the needs of the broader plasma
community. NSF 13-596 (GG 8/29/13)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13596/nsf13596.htm
Deadline: 11/26/2013, 10/3/14
HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
31-8 Sunflower Trails (Sunflower)
The Sunflower Foundation: Health Care
for Kansas announces a new Request for
Proposals (RFPs) for the Sunflower Trails
program, as well as a change in the submission process that should enhance the
experience for all applicants. The trail
funding initiative is designed to support
the concept of the built environment as a
strategy to increase opportunities for outdoor physical activity and therefore
reduce the prevalence of obesity. The
foundation invites Kansas communities
and schools to submit proposals for the
development or improvement of trails.
Sunflower Trails RFP categories include
the following: RFP #14-101 supports the
construction of community based new
trails or expansion of existing trails, minimum length of 1/2 mile (maximum funding $55,000). RFP #14-102 supports the
addition of improvements/enhancements
such as lighting and distance signage to
existing trails (maximum funding
$25,000). RFP #14-103 supports the construction of trail connectors in order to
link existing trails or improve access to
trails (maximum funding $35,000). RFP
#14-104 supports the construction of
school-based new trails, minimum length
of 1/4 mile (maximum funding $25,000).
URL: http://
www.sunflowerfoundation.org
Deadline: 11/1/2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES
31-9 Minerva Research Initiative
(ONR)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is
interested in receiving proposals for the
Minerva Research Initiative (http://minerva.dtic.mil), a DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research
program initiated by the Secretary of
Defense. This program is a multi-service
effort. Ultimately, however, funding decisions will be made by OSD personnel,
with technical inputs from the Services.
The program focuses on areas of strategic
importance to U.S. national security policy. It seeks to increase the Department’s
intellectual capital in the social sciences
and improve its ability to address future
challenges and build bridges between the
Department and the social science community. Minerva brings together universities, research institutions, and individual
scholars and supports multidisciplinary
and cross-institutional 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. ONRBAA13-024 (GG 8/22/
13)
URL: http://www07.grants.gov/web/
grants/viewopportunity.html?oppId=240549
Deadline: White Papers 11/18/2013;
Proposals 2/14/2014
31-10 NIA Program Project
Applications (P01) (NIH)
The National Institute on Aging invites
the submission of investigator-initiated
program project (P01) applications. The
applications should address scientific
areas relevant to the NIA mission. Each
P01 application submitted to this FOA
must include at least three related
research projects that share a common
central theme, focus, and/overall objective and an administrative core to lead the
project. PAR-13-258 (NIHG 7/5/13)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PAR-13-258.html
Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/27/2013;
Applications 1/27/2014
STUDENTS
31-11 Graduate Research Fellowship
Program (GRFP) (NSF)
The purpose of the NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is
to help ensure the vitality and diversity of
the scientific and engineering workforce
of the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate
students who are pursuing research-based
master’s and doctoral degrees in fields
within NSF’s mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have
demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. NSF 13-584
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13584/nsf13584.htm
Deadline: 11/4/2013 - 11/8/2013
31-12 US-Australia Fellowships (AAA)
The American Australian Association is
currently accepting applications for its US
to Australia Fellowship Program. The
program offers fellowships to American
researchers or students wishing to undertake advanced research or study in Australia. The Fellowships are intended to
support part of the costs of one year of
research or study in Australia. Through
these Educational Fellowships the Association encourages intellectual collaboration and innovation, building on the
strong social and economic partnerships
between Australia and the United States.
Fields of study/research includes: Life
sciences, Medicine, Sustainability, and
Engineering.
URL: https://
www.americanaustralian.org/
usa_to_aust_apps/
Deadline: 10/15/2013
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, Katie Small, Namrita Berry, Rex
Goff, Tim McDaniel, Cecilia Scaler, Sharon
Zoeller
Funding Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Development Director
Mary Lou Marino
Joel Anderson
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use,
and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Associate Vice President,
Research Compliance
Heath Ritter, Compliance Monitor
Petra Jardine, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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