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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.

October 2012

SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

Program: Grants-in-Aid for History of Modern Physics and Allied Fields

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.

Program: Symington Bequest Fund

Agency: Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Details: http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Awards/GrantsandPrizes/TheSymingtonBequest.aspx

Next Deadline: 11/15/2012

The Trustees of the Symington Bequest Fund can make grants to Society Members towards costs associated with anatomical research. These may be for specific purposes or more commonly for a contribution to the costs of travel to scientific meetings. Applicants must be members of the Society.

Program: Reproductive Sciences: Preterm Birth Initiative

Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Details: http://www.bwfund.org/pages/363/PTBI-Index/

Next Deadline: 12/3/2012

The initiative is designed to bring together a diverse interdisciplinary group with expertise in genetics/genomics, immunology, microbiology and proteomics along with the more traditional areas of parturition research such as maternal fetal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics to address scientific issues related to preterm birth. Proposals must be submitted from degree-granting institutions in the United States or Canada. The principal investigator must have a faculty appointment at a degree-granting institution in the U.S. or Canada. Researchers working at research institutes, national laboratories, within the federal government, or outside of North America may be partners or collaborators but all funding must be channeled through the U.S. or Canadian degree-granting institution of the principal investigator. Proposals should address the biomedical causes and mechanisms underlying (preterm) parturition including but not limited to peri-implantational events, placentation, fetal determinants, fetal-maternal immune responses, biological basis for racial-ethnic disparities, mechanisms relating preterm birth to other adverse pregnancy outcomes, biology of normal labor, etc. Proposals seeking to identify biomarkers predicting preterm birth are welcome. Proposals must have an interdisciplinary approach. One member of the team must have training and expertise outside the traditional areas of reproductive science. Proposals that cross institutional boundaries (partnerships between multiple universities or collaborations within larger universities) are encouraged.

Program: NEH Fellowship for Senior Scholars

Agency: Center for Jewish History

Details: http://www.cjh.org/p/36#research

Next Deadline: 12/3/2012

The sponsor offers this fellowship to senior scholars for the support of original research at the Center in the humanities including but not limited to Jewish studies, Russian and East European studies, American studies and Germanic studies, as well as by musicologists, linguists, anthropologists, sociologists and historians. Fellows are expected to conduct original research at the Center, deliver at least one lecture based on the research conducted, actively participate in the scholarly community at the Center, acknowledge the Center and NEH in all publications resulting from research completed during the fellowship and submit a report upon completion of the fellowship describing the experience. The sponsor welcomes applications from any field whose research will benefit considerably from consultation with materials at the Center. Fellowships are open to all college and university faculty who received a Ph.D. more than six years prior to the start of the fellowship.

Program: Linnaeus Fund -- Annual Turtle Research Awards

Agency: Chelonian Research Foundation

Details: http://www.chelonian.org/linnaeus-fund/

Next Deadline: 11/15/2012

The sponsor provides funding for turtle research.

Program: Hibernian Research Award

Agency: Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism

Details: http://cushwa.nd.edu/assets/34845/hibernian_research_award_a.pdfand

Next Deadline: 12/31/2012

Support is provided for scholarly study related to the Irish American experience. Eligible applicants are scholars of any academic discipline engaged in a research project related to the study of the Irish people in the United States.

Program: Research and Studies for the Office of Net Assessment

Agency: Department of Defense

Details: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=396bd0b3f4ab2b18ec1bce849f8ec
765&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.

Program: Research Grants

Agency: Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation

Details: http://www.diabeteswellness.net/Research/GrantGuidelines.aspx

Next Deadline: 12/30/2012

The Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation (DRWF) accepts research applications related to finding the cause, prevention, treatment, and cure of diabetes and its complications. The maximum support of these grants is up to $50,000 per year for up to two years.

Program: Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories

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.

Program: Information and Intelligent Systems: Core Programs

Agency: Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering/NSF

Details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12580/nsf12580.htm

Next Deadline: 11/30/2012

CISE's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Human-Centered Computing program; The Information Integration and Informatics program; and The Robust Intelligence program.

Program: Geophysics

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

Program: Tectonics

Agency: Directorate for Geosciences/NSF

Details: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13673

Next Deadline: 1/6/2013

The Tectonics Program supports a broad range of field, laboratory, computational, and theoretical investigations aimed at understanding the evolution and deformation of continental lithosphere through time. Eligible applicants also include non-profit, non-academic organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, research laboratories, and unaffiliated individuals.

Program: Applied Mathematics