Research Funding Update
Research Funding Update is published monthly by the office of Research Administration to notify the campus community about potential sources of external support for their research and scholarly activities.
Additional information about opportunities listed in the update can be obtained by clicking on the given link or by contacting your Sponsored Research Officer.
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SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Agency: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor announces a program to promote and sustain university research and education focused on small satellites (nanosats) and related technologies. The primary outcome of individual projects funded under this program is the design, fabrication and functional testing of a nanosat. Secondary objectives are to foster research in enabling technologies for nanosats and the design of experiments that can be performed by nanosats in orbit. This competition is limited to institutions of higher education with degree granting programs in science, mathematics and/or engineering. Collaborations with government agencies or industry are highly desirable.
Agency: American Group Psychotherapy Association Foundation
Details: http://www.agpa.org/stdnt/resgrantapp.html
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Funds are available from the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health to support group psychotherapy research that focuses on one of five clinical populations: children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill, substance abusers and significantly ill patients with marked functional impairment. The Group Psychotherapy Foundation is seeking research-focused, rather than program-focused, applications.
Agency: American Honda Foundation
Details: http://corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The American Honda Foundation provides grant support for projects in the area of youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment.
Agency: American Institute of Physics
Details: http://aip.org/history/grants.html
Next Deadline: 11/15/2012
The sponsor provides grants-in-aid for research in the history of modern physics and allied sciences (such as astronomy, geophysics and optics) and their social interactions. Applicants should either be working toward a graduate degree in the history of science (in which case they should include a letter of reference from their thesis adviser), or show a record of publication in the field.
Agency: American Museum of Natural History
Details: http://rggs.amnh.org/pages/academics_and_research/fellowship_and_grant_opportunities
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The sponsor provides support to students, postdoctoral investigators, and research scientists specifically to visit the collections. The awards partially support travel and subsistence for scientists on short term AMNH visits.
Agency: American Psychoanalytic Association
Details: http://www.apsa.org/Programs/Research/Fund_for_Psychoanalytic_
Research/Grants.aspx
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) awards grants of up to $20,000 for a specific project building upon psychoanalytic principles or directly investigating the process and/or outcome of psychoanalytically informed treatments. Applicant must: have master’s degree or higher; prove proposal is relevant to psychoanalysis; provide human subject protection and consent procedures for research studies involving ongoing data collection. Revisions of previously submitted applications are accepted up to four years after the previous submission date. Up to two revised submissions may be submitted within four years of the original submission date.
Agency: American Psychoanalytic Association
Details: http://www.apsa.org/Programs/Research/Fund_for_Psychoanalytic_
Research.aspx
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) awards small grants of $3,000 to permit a beginning scholar to spend time visiting and consulting with a more experienced, senior investigator who has agreed to help the junior investigator begin their investigative work. Typically these awards are made to permit the beginning scholar the funds to travel and/or to reimburse the senior investigator for travel and consultation. These grants may also be used to support travel to a research training seminar in the US or abroad. Applicant must: have masters degree or higher; prove proposal is relevant to psychoanalysis; provide human subject protection and consent procedures for research studies involving ongoing data collection. Revisions of previously submitted applications will be accepted up to four years after the previous submission date. Up to two revised submissions may be submitted within four years of the original submission date.
Agency: American Psychoanalytic Association
Details: http://www.apsa.org/Programs/Research/Fund_for_Psychoanalytic_
Research/Grants.aspx
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) awards small grants of less than $5,000 for one year to permit a beginning scholar to gather pilot data in preparation for the submission of a full grant to the Fund or to another agency. Applicant must: have master’s degree or higher; prove proposal is relevant to psychoanalysis; provide human subject protection and consent procedures for research studies involving ongoing data collection. Revisions of previously submitted applications will be accepted up to four years after the previous submission date. Up to two revised submissions may be submitted within four years of the original submission date.
Agency: Archaeological Institute of America
Details: http://www.archaeological.org/grants/702
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The sponsor supports projects pertaining to the archaeology of Portugal.
Portuguese, American, and other international scholars are invited to apply. At the conclusion of the project, recipients must submit a report to the Chair of the AIA Fellowships Committee. Recipients are also expected to submit an abstract to the Program Committee within two years in order to be considered for participation in the AIA Annual Meeting.
Agency: Archaeological Institute of America
Details: http://www.archaeological.org/grants/706
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The sponsor offers this grant, which is intended to fund projects that uphold the sponsor's mission to preserve and promote the world's archaeological heritage for future generations. The sponsor endeavors to stimulate archaeologists and cultural heritage institutions to work together to implement site preservation. As the AIA encourages partnerships with other organizations to complement rather than duplicate efforts, specific portions of larger preservation projects as well as standalone projects will be considered.
Agency: Australian Society for Antimicrobials
Details: http://www.asainc.net.au/research-grants
Next Deadline: 10/26/2012
The sponsor offers annual grants in amounts up to $25,000 to support original research. Funding is limited to financial members of the Australian Society of Antimicrobials (ASA). The Principal Investigator (PI) must have been a member of ASA for at least twelve months.
Agency: Department of Defense
Details: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=396bd0b3f4ab2b1
8ec1bce849f8ec765&tab=core&_cview=0
Next Deadline: 10/30/2012
The Office of Net Assessment conducts and sponsors analyses that compare the standing, trends, and future prospects of U.S. and foreign military capability and military potential. Priority is given to assessing aspects of the security environment and parts of the world that are likely to change in the future, and that may present threats or opportunities to the U.S. Assessments may focus on specific theaters, regions, functions, mission areas, major weapons categories, doctrine, etc., as well as on demographic, economic, and political developments that may affect the power and strategies of nations. This BAA is open to all profit and non-profit businesses as well as institutions of higher education. All business entities may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the Government.
Agency: Directorate for Biological Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12505/nsf12505.htm
Next Deadline: 12/14/2012
Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSMLs) are off-campus facilities for research and education conducted in the natural habitats of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. FSMLs support environmental and basic biological research and education by preserving access to study areas and organisms, by providing facilities and equipment in close proximity to those study areas, and by fostering an atmosphere of mutual scientific interest and collaboration in research and education. To fulfill these roles, FSMLs must offer modern research and educational facilities, equipment, communications and data management systems for a broad array of users. In recognition of the importance of FSMLs in modern biology, the sponsor invites proposals that address these general goals of FSML improvement.
Only one proposal may be submitted on behalf of any single facility per round of the FSML competition. This limitation does not prevent a single institution from submitting more than one proposal, as long as each proposal is submitted on behalf of a different eligible facility.
Agency: Directorate for Education and Human Resources/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12533/nsf12533.htm
Next Deadline: 10/17/2012
The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program makes resources available to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research. CREST promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. HBCU-RISE awards specifically target HBCUs to support the expansion of institutional research capacity as well as an increase in the production of doctoral students, especially those from groups underrepresented in STEM, at those institutions.
Agency: Directorate for Geosciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12598/nsf12598.htm
Next Deadline: 12/5/2012
The Geophysics Program supports basic research in the physics of the solid earth to explore its composition, structure, and processes from the Earth's surface to its deepest interior. Laboratory, field, theoretical, and computational studies are supported. Topics include seismicity, seismic wave propagation, and the nature and occurrence of geophysical hazards; the Earth's magnetic, gravity, and electrical fields; the Earth's thermal structure; and geodynamics. Supported research also includes geophysical studies of active deformation, including geodesy, and theoretical and experimental studies of the properties and behavior of Earth materials.
Agency: Directorate for Geosciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5750
Next Deadline: 10/18/2012
The sponsor provides funding to utilize key geological, chemical, and biological records of climate system variability to provide insights into the mechanisms and rate of change that characterized Earth's past climate variability, the sensitivity of Earth's climate system to changes in forcing, and the response of key components of the Earth system to these changes. Eligible applicants include colleges and universities, nonprofit, non-academic organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and unaffiliated individuals.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12589/nsf12589.htm
Next Deadline: 11/15/2012
The sponsor provides individual investigator and collaborative research grants for observational, theoretical, laboratory and archival data studies in all areas of astronomy and astrophysics, including but not limited to: Planetary Astronomy; Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics; Galactic Astronomy; and Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology. Eligible applicants include colleges and universities, nonprofit, non-academic organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and unaffiliated individuals.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503417
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The Chemistry of Life Processes program deals with the investigation of novel chemistry in biological systems and the advancement of basic chemical research and transformative technologies through creative applications that address important aspects of life processes.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504827&org=
NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The Division of Materials Research recognizes the scientific opportunities enabled by advances in theory and computation and the application of data-enabled and data-centric approaches in conjunction with experimental activities to advance materials research. This program supports materials research driven by computation, data, or theory.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5610
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The sponsor provides funding to support activities in conjunction with NSF-wide programs such as Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), and programs aimed at women, minorities and persons with disabilities.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5353
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The goal of this program is to advance the field of electronics and photonics through basic, potentially transformative materials science research.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503416
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) Program supports basic research in chemistry that promotes the understanding of natural and anthropogenic chemical processes in our environment.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12593/nsf12593.htm
Next Deadline: 11/14/2012
The National Science Foundation is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. This solicitation promotes joint activities between the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) and funding organizations in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. Proposals may only be submitted by Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) located and accredited in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. An investigator may participate as PI or co-PI in only one proposal submitted in response to this solicitation.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5690
Next Deadline: 11/15/2012
The Mathematical Biology Program supports research in areas of applied and computational mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences. Successful proposals are mathematically innovative and address challenging problems of interest to members of the biological community.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6681
Next Deadline: 11/30/2012
This program is intended to provide support for physics proposals in three subareas: computational physics; information intensive physics; and quantum information science and revolutionary computing.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6673
Next Deadline: 10/24/2012
The program "Physics of Living Systems" (PoLS) in the Physics Division at the National Science Foundation targets theoretical and experimental research exploring the most fundamental physical processes that living systems utilize to perform their functions in dynamic and diverse environments. The focus should be on understanding basic physical principles that underlie biological function. Proposals that use physics only as a tool to study biological questions are of low priority.
Agency: Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5357
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The sponsor provides funding to support basic research and education on polymeric materials.
Agency: Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences/NSF
Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
Support is provided for research in sociology.
Agency: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Details: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Calls/2012/
Next Deadline: 10/1/2012
For the past five years the Physical Sciences Programme of EPSRC has participated in the National Science Foundation solicitation entitled: “International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (ICC)”.
Agency: Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation
Details: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/pdf_files/FRG_Guidelines_&_
Application.pdf
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Faculty members of accredited colleges or universities or individuals affiliated with accredited non-profit human service organizations in the United States or Canada are eligible to apply. The applicant organization must agree to accept administrative responsibility for the project and submit required financial forms and reports to the Fund. The principal investigator must have an earned doctorate in a relevant discipline and relevant experience. The PI must be in full control of the research and be the principal author of the final report.
Agency: Fondation Fyssen
Details: http://www.fondationfyssen.fr/subventionrech_modossier_US.htm
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The sponsor supports research in ethnology, psychology, neurobiology, anthropology, ethnology, human paleontology and archaeology. The grants are intended to support post-doctoral researchers, under 35 years of age in the biological sciences and under 40 years of age in the human sciences, rather already holder of a post, who wish to work independently by establishing around them a research team to achieve a collective scientific operation in a laboratory in France and who will work in keeping with the Foundation's goals. Priority will be given to researchers who will develop their project in a different laboratory from the one they received their doctorate (Ph.D.) and from the laboratory(ies) where they are working at present.
Agency: Harvard Divinity School
Details: http://www.hds.harvard.edu/wsrp/appform/application.htm
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
Harvard Divinity School announces five full-time Research Associate and Visiting Faculty positions for 2013-14 in its Women's Studies in Religion Program. Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing both religion and gender as central categories of analysis are welcomed. They may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences. Positions are open to candidates with doctorates in the fields of religion and to those with primary competence in other humanities, social science, and public policy fields who demonstrate a serious interest in religion and hold appropriate degrees in those fields. Selection criteria emphasize the quality of the applicant's research prospectus, outlining objectives and methods; its fit with the Program's research priorities; the significance of the contribution of the proposed research to the study of religion, gender, and to its field; and an agreement to produce a publishable piece of work. Applicants must have received their PhD by October 1, 2012. Applications from those whose degrees have not yet been awarded will not be considered.
Agency: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Details: http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/for-scientists/fellowships/kitp-scholars
Next Deadline: 11/15/2012
The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics has established a program of visiting researchers in theoretical physics. The purpose of this program is to support the research efforts of faculty at U.S. colleges and universities that are not major research institutions. Applicants from non-Ph.D.-granting institutions and from institutions with greater emphasis on teaching are particularly encouraged. Ongoing research activity is also a criterion.
Agency: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE) Program supports the advanced development of spacecraft-based instruments that show promise for use in future planetary missions. The goal of the program is to develop and demonstrate planetary and astrobiology science instruments to the point where they may be proposed in response to future announcements of flight opportunity without additional extensive technology development. The proposed instrument must address specific scientific objectives of likely future planetary science missions.
Agency: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Next Deadline: 12/3/2012
Proposals are solicited for participation in the Science Team (ST) for the Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) mission. The Soil Moisture Active-Passive mission will use both active (radar) and passive (radiometer) L-band microwave remote sensing to determine the land surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw state. These measurements will advance the study of the water, carbon, and energy cycles, both individually and at their points of interconnection.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-220.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
This Funding Opportunity Announcement, issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations for the development and validation of biomarkers for: a) early detection, prediction of progression, and recurrence of hematopoietic malignancies, especially in high-risk individuals; and, b) for risk assessment of primary and secondary hematopoietic malignancies. This program is also encourages the development and improvement of specific technologies and methods for quantitative detection of novel biomarkers associated with hematopoietic malignancies.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-159.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor offers support for research proposals focused on identifying protein biomarkers for cancers where etiology of the disease is attributed to infectious agents.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-088.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for exploratory research on the role of nutrition in cancer prevention. Specifically, this program seeks to promote cancer prevention research to identify and characterize molecular targets for bioactive food components. For the purpose of this program, a bioactive food component is defined as a dietary constituent that has a health benefit by altering one or more cellular processes when provided in quantities over and beyond that needed for basic nutrition.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-214.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012, 1/7/2013,2 /16/2013, 5/7/2013, 6/16/2013, 9/7/2013, 10/16/2013, 1/7/2014, 2/16/2014, 5/7/2014, 6/16/2014, 9/7/2014, 10/16/2014, 1/7/2015, 2/16/2015, 5/7/2015, 6/16/2015, 9/7/2015
National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects on non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and their targets in preneoplastic lesions and early stage cancers. This program also encourages research projects to assess the usefulness of stable microRNAs (miRNAs) and ncRNAs to predict progression to cancer and as biomarkers for early cancer detection and screening. Building on both basic and biomarker research on microRNAs (miRNA), this PROGRAM will further promote research on all classes of ncRNAs and support the translation of stable miRNAs into cancer screening or diagnostic tests.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-074.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to develop and validate new mitochondrial-related biomarkers for cancer early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, risk assessment, and response to preventive and ameliorative treatments.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-149.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite applications that apply nanoscience and nanotechnology approaches to address problems in biology and medicine. The purpose of this program is to provide support for cutting-edge nanoscience and nanotechnology research that can lead to biomedical breakthroughs and new investigations into the diagnosis, treatment and management of an array of diseases and traumatic injuries. Nanoscience and nanotechnology have the capacity to drive a new wave of medical innovation through the engineering of bioactive nanoscale structures, processes and systems based on the advancement of our understanding of biology at the nanoscale. Therefore, this PROGRAM will also support research projects that develop new or improved nanotechnology and nanoscience-based tools, methods, concepts, and devices that lead to a better understanding of basic biology in addition to conducting translational biomedical studies.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-140.html
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications for multidisciplinary research projects that will advance our mechanistic understanding of microflora influences on Gastro-Intestinal (GI) carcinogenesis. This program seeks applications that leverage and integrate information from large, meta-omic data sets to guide studies that identify critical microbial activities that can be mechanistically linked to GI carcinogenesis. Applicants may draw from existing large data sets, and may also propose to generate appropriate new data, including but not limited to data from both gene and protein analysis, such as DNA sequence and copy number, post-translational modifications, secreted signals, and protein-protein interaction data between host factors and individual microbial species, or communities of microbes. Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of existing methodologies and technologies developed by the microbiome and integrative cancer biology communities as well as other relevant technology sources, and to apply existing or new sophisticated data analysis, integration, and modeling methodologies to inform and guide hypothesis driven mechanistic studies on the role of the GI microflora during carcinogenesis. The common goal of the projects should be to understand how the resident microbes interact with the host and the host environment to prevent or enhance carcinogenesis in the GI tract.
Agency: National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-152.html
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The sponsors invite applications that characterize the effects of microbially generated metabolites of dietary components on host cell biology. Specifically, this program seeks to characterize microbially generated metabolites and better understand their molecular mechanisms of action that affect host cell proliferative/apoptotic responses, cytokine production, inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. This program will also encourage the conduct of human intervention studies that identify inter-individual variability among various racial and ethnic groups in the production of bacterial metabolites and determine their efficacy in cancer prevention.
Agency: National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Details: http://www.nescent.org/science/fullsabbatical.php
Next Deadline: 12/1/2012
The Center provides full-salary sabbaticals to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines.
Agency: National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Details: http://www.nescent.org/science/halfsabbatical.php
Next Deadline: 12/1/2012
The sponsor provides stipends equivalent to half-salary fellowships (matching contribution of home institution) to support ambitious, synthetic research on any aspect of evolutionary biology and relevant disciplines. This program is open to fellows of nationalities.
Agency: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-038.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invites studies that address scientific areas potentially relevant to vaccine safety such as 1) physiological and immunological responses to vaccines and vaccine components, 2) how genetic variations affect immune/physiological responses that may impact vaccine safety, 3) identification of risk factors and biological markers that may be used to assess whether there is a relationship between certain diseases or disorders and licensed vaccines, 4) creation/evaluation of statistical methodologies for analyzing data on vaccine safety, including data available from existing data sources such as passive reporting systems, or 5) the application of genomic/molecular technologies to improve knowledge of vaccine safety.
Agency: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-149.html
Next Deadline: 12/5/2012
The sponsor invites Small Business Technology Transfer grant applications that employ nanotechnology to enable the development of diagnostics and interventions for treating diseases
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-247.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for innovative, multidisciplinary research on the cognitive, neuroplasticity, genetic and environmental factors involved in math learning and learning disabilities. This research will advance our knowledge of the factors that contribute to the development, advancement, and impairment of mathematical cognition, including the ability to apprehend and reason about magnitude, number, temporal and spatial relationships, and concomitantly provide the evidence base to inform the design of effective (i.e., efficacious in "real world" contexts) interventions for the remediation and/or prevention of mathematical learning disabilities (MLD).
Agency: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-202.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsors invite developmental and exploratory studies on the impact of parental military deployment, combat-related stress, and reintegration with the family on child social and affective development as well as family functioning. Intervention studies targeting the particular concerns of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence are also encouraged, as are the development and testing of measures to assess family functioning and child development outcomes.
Agency: National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-13-003.html
Next Deadline: 10/18/2012
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) invites competitive revisions (formerly called "competing supplements") of currently funded NIGMS grants specializing in the analysis of molecular systems and mechanisms in live organelles, cells, tissues, or organisms. Applicants may increase their budgets to extend the scientific scope of their projects or to add new approaches that enhance their capabilities for research on macromolecular interactions in cells. Collaboration is not a requirement of this initiative, but applicants may request support for collaboration (including subcontracts) with investigators who have complementary expertise Support for access of modestly funded laboratories to experimental approaches and research objectives that are otherwise financially out of reach is one priority of this program.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-300.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications directed toward the discovery of the impact of alterations associated with complex brain disorders on the fundamental cellular and molecular substrates of neuronal function.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-11-207.html
Next Deadline: 10/22/2012
The sponsors provide support for multidisciplinary research groups or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction. The objectives of this program are to: accelerate innovative drug discovery; develop pharmacologic tools for basic and clinical research on mental disorders, or drug or alcohol addiction; develop and validate models for evaluating novel therapeutics for mental disorders; and support early phase human clinical testing to rapidly assess the safety and efficacy of promising drug candidates and new indications for IND-ready drugs for the treatment of mental disorders or alcohol addiction. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) invite applications to advance the discovery, preclinical development, and proof of concept testing of new, rationally based candidate medications to treat mental disorders or drug or alcohol addiction, and to develop novel ligands as tools to further characterize existing or to validate new drug targets. Partnerships between academia and industry are strongly encouraged.
Agency: National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-159.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to support research designed to elucidate the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and optimal means of service delivery in relation to autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Basic, clinical, and applied studies are encouraged.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-139.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications for research on the economic and health-related factors that influence older persons’ choices on labor force participation as they near typical retirement age and throughout the later stages of life.
Agency: National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-005.html
Next Deadline: 10/19/2012
National Institute on Aging invites applications for comparative approaches toward understanding the molecular pathways contributing to differences in aging rates, lifespan and healthspan in vertebrate species.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-256.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to examine the mechanisms of behavioral regulation contributing to the behavioral characteristics of alcohol dependence.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-268.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct mechanistic studies on the relationship between alcohol drinking, alcohol dependence and pain. An association between chronic pain conditions and alcohol dependence has been revealed in numerous studies with episodes of alcohol abuse antedating chronic pain in some people and alcohol dependence emerging after the onset of chronic pain in others. Pain transmission and alcohol’s reinforcing effects share overlapping neural substrates giving rise to the possibility that chronic pain states significantly affect alcohol use patterns and promote the development of dependence and addiction. In addition, long term alcohol intoxication and alcohol dependence induce pain symptoms and may exacerbate chronic pain arising from other sources. The objective of this PROGRAM is to understand genetic, pharmacological and learning mechanisms underlying the association between the propensity to drink alcohol and pain responses.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-062.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to investigate the impact of national or local economic fluctuations on alcohol consumption, alcohol drinking patterns, and the prevention and treatment of problem drinking.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-309.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems.
Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-252.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor invites applications to support research on the treatment of individuals with co-occurring alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and posttraumatic stress disorder. The scope of interest includes innovative pharmacological and behavioral treatments based on biological, psychological, behavioral, and social/cultural models of etiology and treatment of comorbid alcohol use disorders and depression/anxiety. In addition, this program accepts Comparative and Effectiveness Research applications which compare two or more different existing treatments in this comorbid population. This program is limited to depression and anxiety because of the high prevalence of these psychiatric disorders in individuals with alcohol use disorders.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce
Details: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=183673&mode=VIEW
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program, as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, provides matching grants of financial assistance through the Domestic Coral Reef Conservation Grant program to institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, commercial organizations, and local and Indian tribal government agencies. These awards are intended to support coral reef conservation projects in shallow water coral reef ecosystems, including reefs at mesophotic depths, in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and coral-dominated banks in U.S. portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Projects may be proposed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA), but these locations are not considered geographic priorities under this announcement. Institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, commercial organizations, and local and Indian tribal government agencies are eligible to apply for funding under this funding category. U.S. federal, state, territory, and commonwealth governments and Regional Fishery Management Councils are not eligible to apply under this funding category.
Agency: National Research Council
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
The sponsor provides opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers at recent postdoctoral and experienced senior levels for tenure as guest researchers at partcipating laboratories. Awardees must hold the PhD, ScD, MD, or other earned research doctoral degree recognized in US academic circles as equivalent to the PhD. An annual stipend is awarded.
Agency: Office of Naval Research
Details: http://www.onr.navy.mil//media/Files/Funding-Announcements/BAA/2012/12-020.ashx
Next Deadline: 10/9/2012
The program supports basic science and/or engineering research at institutions of higher education that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline, for submission to the Office of Naval Research; see also SPIN programs 00555 (Army Research Office) and 09137 (Air Force Office of Scientific Research). This competition is open only to and full proposals are to be submitted only by, U.S. institutions of higher education (universities) including DoD institutions of higher education, with degree-granting programs in science a/or engineering.
Agency: Office of Research Infrastructure Programs/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-138.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2012
The sponsor solicits applications from institutions/ organizations that propose to develop, characterize or improve animal models for human disease or to improve diagnosis and control diseases of laboratory animals that may interfere with research. Models to be considered must be applicable to the research interests of two or more categorical NIH Institutes/Centers. Investigators considering applying are strongly encouraged to consult with NCRR program staff as early as possible to be advised whether this PROGRAM is appropriate. Proposals to develop models that would not have broad applications, but would apply only to a specific disease or category of research, should be proposed to the appropriate categorical institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), e.g., models or model systems with primary focus on cancer or heart diseases should contact those categorical institutes at NIH to discuss alternative funding opportunities.
Agency: Office of Research on Women's Health/NIH/DHHS
Details: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-10-226.html
Next Deadline: 10/16/2010,1/7/2011,10/16/2011,1/7/2012,10/16/2012,1/7/2013
The sponsors provide support for innovative, interdisciplinary research that will advance new concepts in women’s health research and the study of sex/gender differences. Recent research reports have established the importance of studying issues specific to women, including the scientific and clinical importance of analyzing data separately for females and males. ORWH is particularly interested in encouraging extramural investigators to undertake new interdisciplinary research to advance studies on how sex and gender factors affect women's health; however, applications in all areas of women’s health and/or sex/gender research are invited.
Agency: Office of Science/Department of Energy
Details: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx
Next Deadline: 10/1/2012
The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program of the Office of Science (SC) and the Office of Stockpile Stewardship of the Defense Programs (DP) of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), both of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), jointly announce their interests in receiving grant applications for new awards for research in the SC-NNSA Joint Program in High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP). All individuals or groups planning to submit applications for new funding in Fiscal Year 2013 should submit in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Principal Investigators who currently have awards through the joint HEDLP program should not apply. Approximately 8 to 12 awards are expected. It is anticipated that award sizes may range from $50,000 per year to $500,000 per year, typically less than $300,000 per year, with a median award size between $200,000 per year and $250,000 per year.
Agency: Royal Society of Chemistry
Details: http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Funding/ResearchFundRules.asp
Next Deadline: 10/31/2012
The sponsor exists to assist members in their research by the provision of grants of up to £2000, for example for the purchase of chemicals, equipment or for running expenses of chemical education research.
Applications are limited to one per department and must be submitted through the head of that department. Applicants must be members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, though non-member school teachers may apply.
Agency: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Details: http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=730
Next Deadline: 10/20/2012
The SPSSI Committee on Grants-in-Aid wishes to support scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources. The Committee especially encourages proposals involving unique and timely research opportunities, underrepresented institutions, graduate students, and junior scholars, volunteer research teams, and actual, not pilot, projects. The applicant must be a member of SPSSI. Applicants may submit only one application per deadline. If an applicant has applied to the Clara Mayo Grant in the same award year (July 1 – June 30), she or he is not eligible to apply for GIA. Individuals may submit a joint application.
Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Mexico is seeking concept papers and, later, applications from Mexican for-profit and non-for-profit organizations to implement activities to support the Mexican Partnership Program related to global climate change, economic competitiveness, youth, human rights and rule of law. Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, non-government organizations (NGOs), associations, cooperatives, universities, civil society organizations, foundations, and private companies. USAID plans to hold regular information sessions on the APS in different locations in Mexico during February and March 2012. The information sessions will be organized by the five technical areas of the APS. USAID plans to hold information sessions as follows: Global Climate Change (Mexico city, Chiapas, Oaxaca); Competitiveness (Mexico City); Youth (Monterrey, Tijuana, Ciudad, Juarez); and Human Rights and Criminal Justice (Mexico City). Because this program is intended to enhance USAID’s direct relationship with Mexican organizations, to be considered for award, the prime applicant must:
1. if a for-profit organization: a. be organized under the laws of Mexico, b. have its principal place of business in Mexico, and c. be majority beneficially owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Mexico, or
2. if a not-for-profit organization: a. be organized under the laws of Mexico, b. have its principal place of business in Mexico, and c. be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Mexico.
3. have been in operation as a local Mexican organization for no less than two years immediately preceding the date of application.
For the purpose of this APS, educational institutions are considered as not-for-profit organizations. While the prime applicant must be a Mexican organization that meets the criteria listed above, organizations may submit applications individually or in partnership with other international or local organizations. Partnerships between Mexican and U.S. organizations are particularly encouraged.
Agency: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Next Deadline: 10/15/2012
The IGCP is a cooperative enterprise of UNESCO and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The IGCP has financially supported international research teams on geological problems of global importance. Special focus is given to projects related to a safer environment; the relationship between natural geological factors and health problems; biodiversity; climate change; and mineral and groundwater resources extraction. The IGCP promotes collaborative projects with a special emphasis on the benefit provided to society, capacity-building and the advancement and sharing of knowledge between developed and developing nations. Project proposals may be submitted by individuals or groups to the IGCP Secretariat accompanied by a letter of endorsement from one of the project leader’s National IGCP Committees.
Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Details: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/hunt-postdoctoral-fellowships
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Support of up to $40,000 is provided for the write-up of already completed research. The fellowship is awarded to scholars in the earlier stages of their careers, when they frequently lack the time and resources to develop their research for publication. Applicants are individual scholars within ten years of receipt of the doctorate.
Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Details: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/post-phd-research-grants
Next Deadline: 11/1/2012
Awards of up to $25,000 (a maximum of $20,000 under the grant program and up to an additional $5,000 under the Osmundsen Initiative) each support research in all branches of anthropology. Applications are also accepted from scholars who are close to completion of the doctorate or equivalent degree. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation.
Agency: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Details: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/international-collaborative-research-grants
Next Deadline: 12/1/2012
The International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG) supports international research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, and/or skills to the project. Supplemental funds are also available to provide essential training for academic research participants in ICRG-funded projects (co-applicants, students, as well as other professional colleagues). By encouraging international collaborations, the grant contributes to the development of an international anthropology that values and incorporates different national perspectives and resources. By providing training funds, the grant helps to build capacity in countries were anthropology may be under-resourced. Principal Investigators must hold a doctorate or equivalent in anthropology or a related discipline.
Agency: Zoos Victoria
Details: http://www.zoo.org.au/Conservation/Research/Collaborative_research_with_ZV
Next Deadline: 11/9/2012
The sponsor welcomes collaborative research proposals which could involve the use of Zoos Victoria resources, active collaboration with Zoos Victoria staff or independent research at one of Zoos Victoria's three properties: Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo or Healesville Sanctuary.