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OSP Dates, Updates and Insights
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November 17, 2011
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Art & Communication
National Endowment for the Humanities; Landmarks of American History and Culture: is
seeking applications for a series of one-week, residence-based workshops for a national
audience of K-12 educators. NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops use
historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature,
art, music, and other related subjects in the humanities. Applications are due March 1, 2012.
For more information, visit
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html
Business and Economics
U.S. Department of Agriculture; Office of Advocacy and Outreach; Outreach and Assistance
for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program: is seeking proposals to build lasting
relationships between USDA and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to improve their
ability to start and maintain successful agricultural businesses. Applications are due December
5, 2011. For more information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=129933
Education
U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; The Future Leaders
Exchange (FLEX) Program: Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring: is seeking
applications to provide approximately 1,000 high school students from Eurasia with an
opportunity to live in the United States for the purpose of promoting mutual understanding
between our countries. Applications are due December 22, 2011. For more information, visit
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/rfgps/fy12_flex_rfgp_final.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple
Institutes; Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15): is seeking applications to
stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees
for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major
recipients of NIH support. Applications are due February 25, 2011. For more information, visit
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-006.html
Environment
U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; 2012 National Spatial Data
Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program: is seeking applications to fund innovative
projects in the geospatial data community to build the infrastructure necessary to effectively
discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geospatial data. Applications are due January
24, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=129893
Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Data Coordinating Center for Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Research and
Epidemiologic Studies (U10): is seeking proposals to coordinate and manage data from the
Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology. Applications are
due January 13, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=130554
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services
Administration; Area Health Education Centers: is seeking applications to improve the
distribution, diversity, supply, and quality of health personnel, particularly primary care
personnel, in the health care services delivery system and more specifically in delivery sites in
rural and other underserved areas. Applications are due February 15, 2012. For more
information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=130613
Humanities and Language
National Endowment for the Humanities; Landmarks of American History and Culture: is
seeking applications for a series of one-week, residence-based workshops for a national
audience of K-12 educators. NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops use
historic sites to address central themes and issues in American history, government, literature,
art, music, and other related subjects in the humanities. Applications are due March 1, 2012.
For more information, visit
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarks.html
National Endowment for the Humanities; Office of Challenge Grants; Challenge Grants for
Two-Year Colleges: is seeking applications to enable two-year colleges to strengthen programs
in the humanities; to support model humanities curricula at two-year colleges that may be
replicated at other institutions; and to encourage two-year colleges to broaden the base of
financial support for the humanities. Grant recipients must raise, from nonfederal donors, two
times the amount of federal funds offered. Applications are due February 2, 2012. For more
information, visit
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge_2yr.html
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences; Division
of Social and Economic Sciences; Science, Technology, and Society: is seeking proposals for
scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology,
and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and
philosophical methods. Applications are due February 1, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12509
International Studies
U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy Kabul Public Affairs; Bureau of South and Central
Asian Affairs; U.S. Embassy Kabul PAS Annual Program Statement: is seeking applications to
strengthen civil society and secure the fullest participation of women in all aspects of Afghan
society, and to deepen the partnership between communities within the Afghan region and the
United States. Applications are due September 30, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=130653
U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Youth Leadership
Program: TechGirls: is seeking proposals to conduct a three- to five-week exchange program in
the United States in Summer 2012 focused on promoting high-level study of technology for high
school girls from the Middle East and North Africa. Applications are due December 15, 2011.
For more information, visit
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-03/html/2011-28420.htm
U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; The Future Leaders
Exchange (FLEX) Program: Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring: is seeking
applications to provide approximately 1,000 high school students from Eurasia with an
opportunity to live in the United States for the purpose of promoting mutual understanding
between our countries. Applications are due December 22, 2011. For more information, visit
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/rfgps/fy12_flex_rfgp_final.pdf,
Multidisciplinary
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Museum Grants for African American History and
Culture: is seeking proposals to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through
professional training, technical assistance, internships, outside expertise, and other tools.
Topics of interest include: (1) developing or strengthening knowledge, skills, and other
expertise of current staff at African American museums; (2) attracting and retaining
professionals with the skills needed to strengthen African American museums; and (3)
attracting new staff to African American museum practice and providing them with the
expertise needed to sustain them in the museum field. Applications are due January 17, 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=12
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Biological Sciences; Division of Environmental
Biology; Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS): is seeking
applications encouraging synthetic studies, the Population and Community Ecology, Ecosystem
Science, Evolutionary Processes, and Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Clusters in
the Division of Environmental Biology. Awards target investigators who have produced
important papers from a series of related research projects, but have not yet integrated that
series in a single synthesis. OPUS will fund single or multiple investigators to synthesize the
body of work they themselves have generated. Funds requesting support for the production of
new data or for synthesizing other investigators' research are not appropriate. Applications are
due August 1, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12506/nsf12506.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; Multiple
Institutes; Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15): is seeking applications to
stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees
for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major
recipients of NIH support. Applications are due February 25, 2011. For more information, visit
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-006.html
Physical Sciences and Math
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Education & Human Resources; Research on
Learning in Formal and Informal Settings; Promoting Research and Innovation in
Methodologies for Evaluation: is seeking proposals to support research on evaluation with
special emphasis on exploring innovative approaches for determining the impacts and
usefulness of STEM education projects and programs; building on and expanding the theoretical
foundations for evaluating STEM education and workforce development initiatives, including
translating and adapting approaches from other fields; and growing the capacity and
infrastructure of the evaluation field. Two types of proposals will be supported by the program:
Exploratory Projects that include proof-of-concept and feasibility studies and more extensive
Full-Scale Projects. Applications are due January 25, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12508/nsf12508.htm
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Geomechanics & Geomaterials: is
seeking proposals for fundamental research on the mechanical and engineering properties of
geologic materials including natural, mechanically stabilized, and biologically or chemically
modified soil and rock. Applications are due January 15, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13350
National Science Foundation; Partnerships for Innovation: is seeking applications for an
umbrella program combining two complementary subprograms into a single solicitation that
consists of: 1) Building Innovation Capacity (BIC), based on NSF 10-581; and 2) Accelerating
Innovation Research (AIR option 2: Research Alliance Competition), based on NSF 10-608. One
involves an earlier stage that focuses on building innovation capacity, and the other involves a
later stage that focuses on the acceleration of innovation research. The former emphasizes the
transformation of knowledge into market-accepted innovations created by the research and
education enterprise; while the latter emphasizes the translation of research to
commercialization by NSF-funded research alliances. Applications are due March 1, 2012. For
more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12511/nsf12511.htm
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Biological Sciences; Division of Environmental
Biology; Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS): is seeking
applications encouraging synthetic studies, the Population and Community Ecology, Ecosystem
Science, Evolutionary Processes, and Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Clusters in
the Division of Environmental Biology. Awards target investigators who have produced
important papers from a series of related research projects, but have not yet integrated that
series in a single synthesis. OPUS will fund single or multiple investigators to synthesize the
body of work they themselves have generated. Funds requesting support for the production of
new data or for synthesizing other investigators' research are not appropriate. Applications are
due August 1, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12506/nsf12506.htm
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Materials Processing and
Manufacturing: is seeking proposals for hypothesis-driven research on the interrelationship of
materials processing, structure, properties, performance and process control. Applications are
due January 15, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13344
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences; Division
of Social and Economic Sciences; Science, Technology, and Society: is seeking proposals for
scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology,
and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and
philosophical methods. Applications are due February 1, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12509
U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; 2012 National Spatial Data
Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program: is seeking applications to fund innovative
projects in the geospatial data community to build the infrastructure necessary to effectively
discover, access, share, manage, and use digital geospatial data. Applications are due January
24, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=129893
Social Science
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences; Division
of Social and Economic Sciences; Science, Technology, and Society: is seeking proposals for
scientific research into the interface between science (including engineering) or technology,
and society. STS researchers use diverse methods including social science, historical, and
philosophical methods. Applications are due February 1, 2012. For more information, visit
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12509
Women Studies
U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Study of the U.S.
Institutes for Women Student Leaders on Women's Leadership: is seeking proposals for the
design and implementation of two Study of the United States Institutes for Women Student
Leaders on Women's Leadership. Applicants may also submit a proposal to administer one
institute. Applications are due December 30, 2011. For more information, visit
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-03/html/2011-28426.htm
U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Youth Leadership
Program: TechGirls: is seeking proposals to conduct a three- to five-week exchange program in
the United States in Summer 2012 focused on promoting high-level study of technology for high
school girls from the Middle East and North Africa. Applications are due December 15, 2011.
For more information, visit
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-03/html/2011-28420.htm
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