Week of July 3, 2012
Selected Funding Opportunities:
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: US-China Collaborative Software Research
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12096/nsf12096.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
US-based researchers with current NSF awards can submit supplemental funding requests to
their awards to collaborate with China-based researchers who are currently funded by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC. Topics must fit the Software Infrastructure
for Sustained Innovation (SI2) program of OCI in the broad area of software development in
support of science and engineering research, or the core programs of the CNS Division of CISE.
NSF Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (𝑺𝑰𝟐 )
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12576/nsf12576.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clic
k This solicitation under the SI2 program is limited to collaborative projects between US and UK
researchers addressing software for grand challenges in the chemical sciences. Only SSI category
awards will be made (SSI awards target large, interdisciplinary teams organized around the
development and application of common software infrastructure aimed at solving common
research problems. SSI awards will result in a sustainable community software framework
serving a diverse community). Preliminary Proposal due: August 27; Full proposal deadline:
September 27
NIH Dimensional Approaches to Research Classification in Psychiatric Disorders (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-13-080.html This FOA seeks applications
designed to develop innovative ways of understanding mental disorders through classifying
patients in clinical studies on the basis of experimental research criteria rather than
traditional diagnostic categories. This FOA stems from the NIMH Research Domain Criteria
(RDoC) project that is intended to further a long-range goal of contributing to diagnostic
systems as informed by research on genetics, neuroscience, and behavior. Deadline: October
22
NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-017.html The NIH Director’s
Transformative Research Awards complements NIH’s traditional, investigatorinitiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists
proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional
research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely
new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies.
Projects must clearly demonstrate the potential to produce a major impact in a
broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. Deadline: September 21
NIH Research on Psychopathology in Intellectual Disabilities (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-219.html The purpose of this
Funding Opportunity Announcement issued by the National Institute of Mental
Health is to invite grant applications for research designed to elucidate the
epidemiology, etiology, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders, including
emotional and behavioral problems, in persons of any age with intellectual
disabilities. Deadline: October 5
NIH Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-218.html The purpose of this
FOA is to invite both descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective
factors, experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging, and
translational studies to explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or
modulating the level of juvenile protective factors in adult life. Deadline: August 29
NASA Leading Edge Aeronautics Research for NASA (LEARN)
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={
5F7ADDFE-6117-C0EB-114E-F8D8697CF933}&path=open The call is intended to
support the early-stage advancement of new processes, novel concepts, or innovative
technologies that have the potential to meet national aeronautics needs, to mature
into the current ARMD research programs, or to enable new avenues of aeronautics
research that are not currently supported by ARMD Program and Project funds.
Deadline: July 18
DARPA Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3), Actuation
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=181534 DARPA is soliciting
research proposals in the area of actuation. The Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3)
program is designed to create and demonstrate significant advances in both science and
engineering for ground robots. Deadline: August 21
USDA-NIFA Critical Agricultural Materials http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/cam.html In
FY 2012, the Critical Agricultural Materials Program will support the development and field
demonstration of new paint, coating, and adhesive products that are both agriculture-based and
environmentally preferable. The objective of this program is to help product developers
demonstrate functional performance and life-cycle environmental and economic performance
against conventional products and applicable industry, military, and eco-labeling
standards. Deadline: August 3
NEH/DFG Bilateral Digital Humanities Program http://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/nehdfgbilateral-digital-humanities-program The National Endowment for the Humanities in the United
States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V., DFG) are
working together to offer support for projects that contribute to developing and implementing
digital infrastructures and services for humanities research. Deadline: September 27
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Target Validation program
https://www.michaeljfox.org/research/grant-detail.php?id=1 The Target Validation program
supports work seeking to determine if manipulating a novel biological target has impact in a
Parkinson’s disease (PD)-relevant animal model—an essential early step to the development of
potentially promising therapies. Pre-proposal due: September 26; Full proposal invitations will
be made in December
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Award
http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/fellowship_award_overview The
Foundation encourages all theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study
of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and
prevention. Deadline August 15
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Senior Scientist Mentor Program
http://dreyfus.org/awards/senior_scientist_mentor.shtml This program supports
emeritus faculty who maintain active research programs with undergraduates in the
chemical sciences. The Senior Scientist Mentor Program provides an award for
undergraduate stipends and modest research support. Deadline: September 10
Limited Submissions:
If interested in a Limited Submission Proposal please contact Kristin Sarver at
research@purduecal.edu.
Limited Submission: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists
http://www.bwfund.org/pages/188/Career-Awards-for-Medical-Scientists/ These awards are for
physician-scientists to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of
faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or
translational research. Candidates must hold an M.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M. degree. An Eligibility
quiz is available online to see if potential applicants are eligible. Purdue may nominate five
faculty members.
Internal Deadline: Contact ovprlimited@purdue.edu by August 6
Sponsor Deadline: October 1
Limited Submission: NSF Critical Zone Observatories (CZO)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12575/nsf12575.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=clic
k This program seeks to establish a networked set of Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) that will
address pressing interdisciplinary scientific questions concerning geological, physical, chemical,
and biological processes and their couplings that govern critical zone system dynamics. The
CZOs are expected, collectively, to:
1) measure and quantify the significant processes of the critical zone on appropriate time and
space scales;
2) develop a unifying theoretical framework that integrates new understanding of coupled
hydrological, geochemical, geomorphological, sedimentological and biological processes; and
3) develop, couple and validate system-level models to predict how the critical zone responds to
external forces such as anthropogenic, climatic, and/or tectonic processes. Each observatory
must contribute to strengthening the scientific basis for decision-making, particularly with
regards to impacts on health, safety, and environment due to observed and predicted changes
in the critical zone.
For this competition, Purdue may submit one proposal as lead institution. Internal deadlines are
as follows:
Monday, July 16: Letters of Intent due to the OVPR.
Monday, August 6: Preproposals due to the OVPR.
Monday August 13: Preproposal rankings due to the OVPR.
Agency deadline is February 13, 2013.
Other:
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: New Programs and Refocusing of Existing Programs in CMMI
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12099/nsf12099.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
The Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) announces two new
programs as well as the refocusing of several existing program descriptions.
DOA/DOI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) FY13
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=180593 The interagency Joint
Fire Science Program (JFSP) intends to request proposals through one or more formal FON
announcements approximately October 1, 2012 through November 16, 2012. The intent of this
notice is to provide an early alert to investigators interested in the possible topics.
Additional funding opportunity resources can be found on the Sponsored Programs Website.