Funding Bulletin
Funding Opportunities for Research, Instruction, Service, Creative Activities
Fellowships and International Programs
May 31, 2013
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
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
GENERAL
20-1 National Center for Innovation in
Small Drinking Water Systems (EPA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve
Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications for a National Research Center that
will: identify, develop, demonstrate and
facilitate widespread acceptance and applicability of novel and innovative technologies and approaches to measure or treat
groups of microbiological or chemical
contaminants, or their precursors; apply
novel new information technology systems; and improve the sustainability of
small drinking water systems. While larger
Community Water Systems (CWS) serve a
greater proportion of the overall population, ninety-two percent of the nation’s
CWS serve communities with populations
of 10,000 or less and supply drinking
water for more than fifty-three million
Americans. These small systems do not
typically have the resources to seek out,
evaluate and apply innovative approaches
that could provide better drinking water
contamination solutions and improve public health protection. Public health-associated violation rates are consistently more
than 3 times higher among those CWS that
serve less than 10,000 than the larger sys-
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tems. Because it is so challenging for
these small systems to comply with
existing standards, progression of public
health standards on a national level is
hindered. This National Center for Innovation in Small Drinking Water Systems
(Center) will: conduct research; develop
and demonstrate innovative and sustainable technologies; advance the state-ofthe-art nationally and internationally;
leverage modern data and information
systems; foster interaction among technology developers, end-users, and other
stakeholders; provide education, training
and technical assistance; and collaborate
with local, regional (multi-state), and
national water technology innovation
efforts. To be successful, an application
should demonstrate a macro-level understanding of: the current state of small
systems in the United States; EPA regulations and factors contributing to noncompliance; financial and operational
constraints; technologies generally used
as well as cutting edge technologies; barriers and successful approaches to adoption of innovative technologies; and
approaches to improve the long-term
resilience of small systems in the face of
constant economic and environmental
challenges. Innovations in technologies
and approaches must have strong potential for adoption by U.S. small drinking
water systems. For example, proposed
technologies and approaches should be
able to efficiently treat or mitigate groups
of contaminants or contaminant precursors in drinking water sources and systems, while allowing for a more costeffective, streamlined approach. EPAG2013-STAR-G1
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2013/
2013_star_drinkingwater.html
Deadline: 8/21/2013
20-2 Sloan Research Fellowships
(Sloan)
The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to
stimulate fundamental research by earlycareer scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126
researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to
their field. Candidates must hold a Ph.D.
(or equivalent) in chemistry, computational or evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics,
mathematics, neuroscience, ocean sciences (including marine biology), physics, or a related field; Candidates must
hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position at a college, university or other
degree-granting institution in the United
States or Canada; Candidates must normally be no more than six years from
completion of their most recent Ph.D. (or
equivalent) as of the year of their nomination. Candidates must be nominated by
a department head or other senior
researcher. More than one candidate from
a department may be nominated, but no
more than three.
URL: http://www.sloan.org/sloanresearch-fellowships
Deadline: Nominations 9/16/2013
20-3 Data-Intensive Research to
Improve Teaching and Learning - An
Ideas Lab to Foster Transformative
Approaches to Teaching and
Learnining (NSF)
The goal of this activity is to foster novel,
transformative, multidisciplinary
approaches that address the use of large
data sets to create actionable knowledge
for improving STEM teaching and learning environments (formal and informal)
in the medium term, and to revolutionize
learning in the longer term. These
approaches will involve the work of
learning scientists, STEM disciplinary
experts, computer scientists, statisticians,
database experts and educational
researchers who design and study learning environments. Among the potential
benefits of integrating approaches from
these disciplines are improving student
learning and engagement, optimizing personalized instruction, and supporting
rapid decision making to help educators
respond more effectively to the learning
needs of individuals and groups of learners in multiple settings. These approaches
may be risky but should have the potential
to rapidly advance the field. The scope of
this activity does not include infrastructure development focused on data base
design and development for education
domains. The new approaches envisioned in this solicitation will require the
generation and use of data that range from
micro-level data on individual learners, to
data from online learning sources (such as
massively open online courses), to mesolevel data from the classroom that provide
information to students and teachers
about how learning is progressing, to
macro-level data such as school, district,
state, and national data, including data
from federal science and policy agencies.
Participants in the Ideas Lab, selected
through an open application process, will
engage in an intensive five-day residential
workshop, the development of multidisciplinary collaborative proposals through a
real-time and iterative review process,
and, for the participant teams invited to
submit full proposals, the subsequent submission of full proposals. NSF 13-565
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/
nsf13565/nsf13565.htm
Deadline: Preproposals 8/19/2013; Proposals 12/9/2013
20-4 Bringing Theory to Practice
(AACU)
Bringing Theory to Practice Project, an
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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
independent project established by the
Association of American Colleges and
Universities, is accepting proposals from
universities and colleges in the United
States for projects aimed promoting the
nexus of engaged learning, civic engagement, and psychosocial well-being among
college and university students. Seminar
grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded for
projects that bring together diverse members of the campus community to discuss
the civic mission of the institution and
how the full expression of that mission
can be achieved. Program Development
grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to
enhance or extend a program that is consistent with BTtoP’s objective of promoting engaged learning, civic engagement,
and the psychosocial well-being of students. Institutional matching support is
required for all grants. (PND 5/24/13)
URL: http://www.aacu.org/
bringing_theory/
FundingOpportunities.cfm
Deadline: 6/15/2013, 9/15/2013, 12/15/
2013, 3/15/2014
20-5 DoD Autism Award (DoD)
The ARP Pilot Award supports conceptually innovative, high-risk/high-reward
research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements
that will drive the field of ASD forward.
Research projects should include a testable hypothesis based on a strong scientific rationale. This award is not intended
to support the continuation of existing
studies or the next logical extension and/
or incremental step. The Pilot Award is
designed to support innovative ideas with
the potential to yield impactful data and
new avenues of investigation. The existence of preliminary data suggests that the
proposed research does not meet the
intent of this award mechanism. Therefore, preliminary data are not allowed.
The strength of the application should be
based on sound scientific rationale and
logical reasoning. W81XWH-13-ARP-PA
(GG 5/13/13)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/
Deadline: 10/8/2013
AGRICULTURE
20-6 International Agricultural
Research Projects (Gates)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is
accepting pre-proposals for agricultural
research with the potential to increase the
sustainable productivity of smallholder
farmers in developing countries. Through
its Program for Emerging Agricultural
Research Leaders, the foundation will
award grants for projects led by scientists
at national agricultural research institutions and universities in sub-Saharan
Africa working in collaboration with
other researchers internationally (either
within Africa or beyond the continent).
Priority will be given to projects that have
potential applicability to one or more of
the following crop or livestock species:
maize, wheat, rice, millet, sorghum, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams, beans, cowpeas, chickpeas, groundnuts, banana,
chickens, small ruminants (e.g., goats),
and cattle. (PND 5/24/13)
URL: http://www.gatesfoundation.org
Deadline: Preproposals 9/30/2013
EDUCATION
20-7 Child Care Access Means
Parents in School (CCAMPIS)
Program (ED)
The CCAMPIS Program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary education through provision of
campus-based child care services. Each
application must address these priorities— Absolute Priority 1: Projects that
are designed to leverage significant local
or institutional resources, including inkind contributions, to support the activities assisted under section 419N of the
HEA. Absolute Priority 2: Projects that
are designed to utilize a sliding fee scale
for child care services provided under
section 419N of the HEA in order to support a high number of low-income parents
pursuing postsecondary education at the
institution. ED-GRANTS-052413-001
(GG 5/24/13)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/
Deadline: 6/24/2013
Aging Americans (RRF)
The Retirement Research Foundation is
accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations for local and national projects
designed to improve quality of life for
older Americans. Grants will be awarded
for projects that provide direct services,
advocacy, education and training for professionals working with elders, and
research that investigates causes of and
solutions to significant problems of older
adults. Projects and the organizations
leading them must have a local focus on
communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, or Florida. However, advocacy, training, and
research projects of national relevance are
considered from organizations located
anywhere in the United States. (PND 5/
24/13)
URL: http://www.rrf.org/apply/the-newrrf-website-learn-more
Deadline: Letters of Intent 7/11/2013;
Applications 8/1/2013
SMALL BUSINESS
20-8 Improvement of Animal Models
and Development of Technologies for
Stem Cell-Based Regenerative
Medicine (SBIR) (R43/R44) (NIH)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement
(FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns that
propose to develop or improve technologies for obtaining, characterizing and testing animal and human stem cells and their
derivatives as models for stem cell-based
regenerative medicine using animal models. The program is intended to support
projects devoted to the creation of informative animal models for regenerative
medicine, which will facilitate testing the
safety and therapeutic potential of animal
and human stem cells and their derivatives for pre-clinical evaluation. The initiative focuses on the following areas: 1)
comparative analysis of animal and
human stem cells to provide information
for selection of the most predictive and
informative model systems; 2) development of new technologies for stem cells
and their derivatives, including production, characterization and transplantation;
and 3) improvement of animal disease
models for stem cell-based therapeutic
applications. The ultimate objective of
these efforts should be to provide commercial products and technologies that
can help develop future clinical therapies.
PA-13-223 (NIHG 5/17/13)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/
pa-files/PA-13-223.html
Deadline: 8/5/2013, 12/5/2013, 4/5/2014
SOCIAL SCIENCES
20-9 Projects to Improve Lives of
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
Petra Jardine, Administrative Specialist
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R.W. Trewyn
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