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GrantNet November 2008
Beginning this month, the Rutgers GrantNet will consist of two separate newsletters: The familiar GrantNet, and the new Life Sciences GrantNet. The Life Sciences GrantNet is a new information communication tool directed toward faculty interested in research and education programs focused on life sciences and technologies. It provides a compendium of notices, program announcements, and requests for applications from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Health Quality Research, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Army Medical Research and Material Command, and a number of private foundations providing funding for life science research.
Even faculty who do not necessarily identify their research interests with having potential life science applications are encouraged to review the Life Sciences GrantNet, as many opportunities involve interdisciplinary research with behavioral, natural, and computer science and engineering applications. Both the GrantNet and Life Sciences GrantNet will be available electronically via email to subscribers, and also on the ORSP website.
Also visit http://www.grants.gov to conduct your own search for funding opportunities.
Note: Rutgers' Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) internal deadline for completed applications is 5 days prior to the funding agency deadline. Submit proposals on-line using the ORSP Proposal Delivery System (PDS), or contact the Grant Specialist for your department or program.
INDEX
STATE OF NEW JERSEY OPPORTUNITIES
FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
STATE OF NEW JERSEY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
NJ Commission on Cancer Research
New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services Cancer Research Funding Initiative:
New Jersey Cancer Research Development Awards (NJCRDA)
http://nj.gov/health/ccr/documents/njcrda_rfa.pdf
Application Receipt Date: December 1, 2008
The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, in collaboration with the New Jersey
Commission on Cancer Research, seeks to support and promote high impact and innovative cancer research that is directed towards strengthening the New Jersey cancer research infrastructure strategically through institutional support aimed at fostering interactions between basic laboratory, clinical, and population scientists; expanding access for investigators to shared services and technologies that are necessary to their research efforts; and other scientific infrastructure or program development projects with significant potential to advance cancer research in New Jersey.
New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services Cancer Research Funding Initiative:
(Cancer Investigator Bridging Grant Awards)
RFA Available: October 6, 2008
http://nj.gov/health/ccr/documents/bridge_rfa_grant.pdf
Application Receipt Dates: November 5, 2008, April 6, 2009
The New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services invites grant applications to be considered in a single competition to provide interim support for promising cancer-related investigator-initiated research projects that have been highly rated in competitive merit review of major cancer funding organizations including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the American Cancer Society (ACS) but were not funded due to budgetary constraints.
NJ Commission on Science and Technology
Edison Innovation Centers of Excellence Federal Matching Program
http://www.state.nj.us/scitech/university/cemprogram/index.html
Applications for this program are accepted on a rolling basis but must be submitted at least FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FEDERAL APPLICATION DEADLINE.
The Edison Innovation Centers of Excellence Federal Matching Program seeks to build research excellence at New Jersey’s universities and research institutions in ways that will benefit our technology economy. Funds will be provided to match federal grants for research centers of excellence in the state’s priority technology areas. These matching grants will leverage federal investment in New Jersey’s research and development base.
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES
Department of Agriculture
Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Northeastern Region
Deadline: Nov. 17, 2008
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ipm_northeastern.html
The Regional IPM Competitive Grants Program (RIPM) supports the continuum of research and extension efforts needed to increase the implementation of IPM methods. The RIPM program supports projects that develop individual pest control tactics, integrate individual tactics into an IPM system, and develop and implement extension and education programs. The program is administered by the land-grant university system's four regional IPM Centers (North Central, Northeastern, Southern, Western) in partnership with CSREES.
Department of Commerce
See solicitations for NOAA and NIST below.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released an omnibus solicitation announcing the availability of fiscal year 2009 grant funds. The solicitation is available at:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15720.htm
National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15720.htm
http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/fellowship/
Due November 1
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System of NOAA announces the availability of graduate research fellowships. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) consists of estuarine areas of the United States and its territories which are designated and managed for research and educational purposes. Each reserve within the system is chosen to reflect regional differences and to include a variety of ecosystem types in accordance with the classification scheme of the national program as presented in 15 CFR part 921. Each reserve supports a wide range of beneficial uses of ecological, economic, recreational, and aesthetic values which are dependent upon the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Measurement, Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grants Programs
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/grants.htm
See site for deadlines
(1) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL); (2) the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL); (3) the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL); (4) the Physics Laboratory; (5) the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL); (6) the Building Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program; (7) the Fire Research Program; (8) the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Program; (9) the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR); and (10) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST.)
Department of Defense
DARPA Mathematical Challenges
http://www.darpa.mil/baa/DARPA-BAA08-65.html
Posted Sept. 26, 2008; Open to September 25, 2009
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of DARPA Mathematical Challenges, with the goal of dramatically revolutionizing mathematics and thereby strengthening DoD’s scientific and technological capabilities. To do so, the agency has identified twenty-three mathematical challenges, which were announced at DARPA Tech 2007. DARPA seeks innovative proposals addressing these Mathematical Challenges. Proposals should offer high potential for major mathematical breakthroughs associated to one or more of these challenges. Responses to multiple challenges should be addressed in separate proposals. Submissions that merely promise incremental improvements over the existing state of practice will be deemed unresponsive.
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080212-048.pdf
AFOSR plans, coordinates, and executes the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) basic research program in response to technical guidance from AFRL and requirements of the Air Force; fosters, supports, and conducts research within Air Force, university, and industry laboratories; and ensures transition of research results to support USAF needs. The focus of AFOSR is on research areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to our national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities. These areas are organized and managed in three scientific directorates: Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Sciences, Physics and Electronics, and Mathematics, Information and Life Sciences.
ARO Development of Quantum Computing Algorithms
http://www.arl.army.mil/www/DownloadedInternetPages/CurrentPages/DoingBusinesswithARL/research/09-r-0001.pdf
White Papers due Nov. 25, 2008; Full Proposals due Jan. 27, 2009
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) together with the National Security Agency (NSA) is soliciting proposals to: (1) develop new quantum computing algorithms for hard computational problems; (2) characterize the efficiency of candidate quantum algorithms; and (3) develop insights into the power of quantum computation and consider issues of quantum complexity and computability.
Advanced Materials and Fabrication for Coherent Superconducting Qubits
http://www07.grants.gov/search/synopsis.do;jsessionid=LFgGJMVpps7qk1GxnTTlTDk70MQZrWw2VZ2xQCQL3lr1wJDcppMV!-632872378
Deadline Dec. 16, 2008
Coherent Superconducting Qubits Program within the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). This BAA solicits proposals that will lead to substantially extended coherence times in superconducting qubits. Two Levels of proposals are sought, with particular interest in application to the phase qubit: Level I proposals will seek to accomplish all of the following Program Goals: (1) fundamental understanding and insights into defects in superconducting qubits that currently limit coherence time and readout contrast; (2) means to characterize, measure and definitively discriminate between these separate defects; and (3) advanced materials, constructions and fabrication methods to eliminate these defects. Level II proposals will seek to accomplish Level I goals as well as the following additional Program Goal: (4) demonstrate substantially extended coherence times in superconducting qubits fabricated from foregoing developments.
ONR Multi-Disciplinary Basic Research in the Science of Autonomy with Naval Relevance
https://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/09-008.pdf
White Papers: 21 November 2008; Full Proposals: 23 January 2009
The ONR is seeking proposals that address basic science and engineering research in the science of autonomy at U.S. institutions of higher learning (hereafter referred to as “universities). The focus is on problems of critical interest to the Navy and Marine Corps. The research topics of interest are: (1) Human Collaboration and Interaction with Unmanned Systems, (2) Autonomous perception and intelligent decision making, (3) Scalable and robust distributed collaboration, and (4) Intelligent Architecture Enablers.
ONR Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
https://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/
White Papers due Oct. 31, 2008; Proposals due Jan. 9, 2009
The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") 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 to address issues of critical concern to the DoD. The FY 2009 MURI competition is for the 32 topics listed below. Detailed descriptions of the topics can be found in Section VIII entitled, “Specific MURI Topics”, of this BAA. The detailed descriptions are intended to provide the proposer a frame of reference and are not meant to be restrictive to the possible approaches to achieving the goals of the topic and the program. Innovative ideas addressing these research topics are highly encouraged.
ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP)
https://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/09-005.pdf
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2009
ONR's Young Investigator Program (YIP) seeks to identify and support academic scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on or after 01 November 2003 for this FY09 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of Institutions of Higher Education (hereafter also called "universities") to the Department of the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers
Software and Cyberspace Information Assurance
https://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/BAA_09_002.pdf
Deadline: Dec. 4, 2008
ONR is interested in receiving proposals for basic scientific research that will forge major advancements in software and systems research. It will lead to new insights and understanding of software producibility, systems engineering, and trust in cyberspace. It will address new and emerging challenges for the extended naval information infrastructure, which by 2020 is expected to be a highly mobile, extremely heterogeneous, globally connected, very widely dispersed, partly trusted, federated enterprise environment.
Department of Education
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsfra/index.html
Deadline: Dec. 3, 2008
This program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of modern foreign language and area studies in the U.S. by providing opportunities for scholars to conduct research abroad.
Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsddrap/applicant.html
Deadline: Nov. 13, 2008
The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. The program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States.
Annual Notice Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN09-01.html
APPLICATION DUE DATE: December 31, 2008, 8:00 PM Eastern Time.
The Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists. It is anticipated that approximately $400 million will be available for grant and cooperative agreement awards in FY 2009.
Annual Notice For Continuation of Availability Of Grants and Cooperative Agreements
For Nuclear Physics
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN08-32.html
APPLICATION DUE DATE: November 15, 2008, 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time
The Office of Nuclear Physics (NP), within the Office of Science (SC) of the Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving NEW applications for support of research in Nuclear Physics. The Nuclear Physics program supports basic research, technical developments and world- class accelerator facilities to expand our fundamental understanding of the interactions and structures of atomic nuclei and nuclear matter, and an understanding of the forces of nature as manifested in nuclear matter.
Advanced Detector Research Program
Due Dec. 2
The Office of High Energy Physics of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy, hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for support under its Advanced Detector Research Program. Applications should be from investigators who are currently involved in experimental high energy physics, and should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution. The purpose of this program is to support the development of the new detector technologies needed to perform future high energy physics experiments.
Department of Energy Fusion Simulation Program
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/DFD124DCA68AC818852574D7006D1EE1?OpenDocument
Due December 12, 2008
The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) and the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (OASCR) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announce their interest in receiving Cooperative Agreement applications for carrying out a detailed planning study for the Fusion Simulation Program (FSP). The goal of the FSP is to develop a world-leading, experimentally validated, predictive simulation capability for fusion plasmas in the regimes and geometries relevant for practical fusion energy. To accomplish this objective, the FSP will take advantage of the emergence of petascale computing capabilities and the scientific knowledge enabled by the OFES and OASCR research programs, in particular those under the auspices of the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program.
Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000836.pdf
Deadline: Nov. 21, 2008
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice is seeking applications for funding under the NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship program. NIJ’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program is an annual program that provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. Students from any academic discipline may propose original research that has direct implications for criminal justice in the United States. NIJ encourages a variety of approaches and perspectives in its research programs. NIJ awards these fellowships in an effort to encourage promising doctoral students in the application of critical and innovative thinking to pressing criminal justice problems.
Department of Homeland Security
DHS S&T Long Range BAA
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1913d8a7e717662c36a39feebce267b8&tab=core&_cview=1&cck=1&au=&ck=
December 31, 2008
HSARPA manages a broad portfolio of solicitations and proposals for the development of homeland security technology. HSARPA performs this function in part by awarding procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions for research or prototypes to public or private entities, businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. DHS Science and Technology (S&T) is interested in receiving proposals for Long Range Science and Technology Projects and innovative prototypes which offer potential for advancement and improvement of homeland security missions and operations.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rebuilding the Research Capacity at HUD
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12468
Today, the nation faces an array of housing and urban policy challenges. No federal department other than the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) focuses explicitly on the well-being of urban places or on the spatial relationships among people and economic activities in urban areas. If HUD, Congress, mayors, and other policy makers are to respond effectively to urban issues, they need a much more robust and effective Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). With adequate resources, PD&R could lead the nation’s ongoing process of learning, debate, and experimentation about critical housing and urban development challenges. This book makes seven major recommendations about PD&R’s resources and responsibilities, including more active engagement with policy makers, formalizing various informal practices, strengthening surveys and data sets, and more. Acknowledging that the current level of funding for PD&R is inadequate, the book also makes several additional recommendations to help enable PD&R to reach its full potential.
HUD Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program
http://www.hud.gov/progdesc/ddrg.cfm
Deadline: TBA. Funding announcement typically opens mid-January
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant program is intended to stimulate policy-relevant urban research in several ways: by encouraging doctoral candidates to pursue research topics in community, housing, and urban development; by assisting doctoral candidates in the timely completion of the dissertation research; and by providing an arena for new scholars to share their research findings.
Department of State
Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Independent States of the Former Soviet Union)
http://www.state.gov/s/inr/grants/
2009 Solicitation expected Jan. 2, 2009
The Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, invites organizations with substantial and wide-reaching experience in administering research and training programs to serve as intermediaries conducting nationwide competitive programs for U.S. scholars, students and institutions pertaining to advanced research and language training on the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. U.S.-based public and private nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may submit proposals to carry out Title VIII-funded programs that 1) support and sustain American expertise on the countries of Eurasia and Southeast Europe, 2) bring American expertise to the service of the U.S. Government, and 3) further U.S. foreign assistance and policy goals. An explicit connection must be made to current policy relevant issues, broadly defined. The grants will be awarded through an open, merit-based competition.
Environmental Protection Agency
Integrated Design, Modeling, and Monitoring of Geologic Sequestration of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide to Safeguard Sources of Drinking Water
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_gsc02.html
Due January 6, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications to conduct research to support the development of sound risk management strategies for the underground injection of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) in candidate subsurface geologic formations. To further the scientific understanding of this practice, research is needed to investigate how integrating approaches in design, siting, modeling and monitoring of CO2 in the subsurface can provide safe and effective storage, mitigate potential risks, and prevent endangerment of existing and potential sources of drinking water.
6th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_p3.html
Due December 23
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the P3 Award Program, is seeking applications proposing to research, develop, and design solutions to real world challenges involving the overall sustainability of human society. The P3 competition highlights the use of scientific principles in creating innovative projects focused on sustainability. The P3 Awards program was developed to foster progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the planet, and improved quality of life for its people-- people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability. The EPA offers the P3 competition in order to respond to the technical needs of the world while moving towards the goal of sustainability. a. EPA-G2009-P3-Q1 – Agriculture; b. EPA-G2009-P3-Q2 – Materials and Chemicals; c. EPA-G2009-P3-Q3 – Energy; d. EPA-G2009-P3-Q4 – Information Technology; e. EPA-G2009-P3-Q5 – Water; f. EPA-G2009-P3-Q6 – Built Environment
2009 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_gro_undergrad.html
Due December 11
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of pre-applications is December 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 20 new fellowships by July 31, 2009. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and up to $8,000 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
Novel Approaches for Assessing Exposure for School-Aged Children in
Longitudinal Studies
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_novelapproaches.html
Open Date: 08/20/2008 - Close Date: 11/18/2008
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is soliciting applications proposing research to develop and evaluate novel, innovative approaches for classifying exposure for children 2 to <11 years of age to toxic chemicals in their environment for use in large-scale longitudinal exposure assessment and epidemiological studies.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/21centuryLibrarian.shtm
Deadline: December 15, 2008
This program supports projects to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, to conduct research on the library profession, and to support early career research on any area of library and information science by tenure-track, untenured faculty in graduate schools of library and information science. It also supports projects to attract high school and college students to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff.
National Leadership Grants (NLG)
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm
Deadline: Feb. 1, 2009
National Leadership Grants (NLG) support projects having potential to elevate museum and library practice. The Institute seeks to advance the ability of museums and libraries to preserve culture, heritage and knowledge while enhancing learning. Successful proposals will have national impact and generate results—new tools, research, models, services, practices, or alliances—that can be widely adapted or replicated to extend the benefit of federal investment.
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.naeducation.org/NAEd_Spencer_Postdoctoral_Fellowship.html#TopOfPage
Due November 7
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This nonresidential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. The program also develops the careers of its recipients through professional development activities involving National Academy of Education members.
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/fordpost.html
Due November 28
Through its program of Diversity Fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards will be made for study in the following major disciplines and related interdisciplinary fields: American studies, anthropology, archaeology, art and theater history, astronomy, chemistry, communications, computer science, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, ethnomusicology, geography, history, international relations, language, life sciences, linguistics, literature, mathematics, performance study, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, urban planning, and women’s studies. Also eligible are interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs, such as African American studies and Native American studies, and other interdisciplinary programs, such as area studies, peace studies, and social justice.
Research Associateship Programs of the National Research Council
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap
The Research Associateship Programs of the National Research Council are accepting applications for Postdoctoral and Senior Research awards in U.S. government laboratories. Submission deadline is November 1, 2008.
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/policyfellows
Applications from graduate and postdoctoral students are now being accepted for the 2009 sessions of the National Academies’s Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program. The program is designed to engage science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis and creation of public policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. The next deadline for receipt of applications is November 1, 2008, for the Winter 2009 program, which runs from January 12, 2009 to April 3, 2009.
Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral, Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fordfellowships/index.html
The 2009 Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral, Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships competition is now open. Online submission deadlines are November 14 for Predoctoral and November 28 for Dissertation and Postdoctoral.
A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring that the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=48967
An ad hoc committee will examine the current state of biological research in the United States and recommend how best to capitalize on recent technological and scientific advances that have allowed biologists to integrate biological research findings, collect and interpret vastly increased amounts of data, and predict the behavior of complex biological systems. The committee will organize a Biology Summit to garner input from a broad spectrum of stakeholders-government and private agencies that fund biological research, the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, universities and medical schools-to consider barriers to progress and to highlight exciting new areas of research that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Transportation Research Programs to address Energy and Climate Change
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=48968
This project will develop research program proposals that would address major questions and technical issues regarding transportation strategies to mitigate energy consumption and GHG emissions, replace or supplement fuel taxes with an alternative user fee system, and adapt to expected climate changes. Given the relatively short time frame available for the project, the research program proposals will be conceptual in nature. Nonetheless, they will have enough detail to provide policy makers with information about the nature of the research programs that are needed, the approximate cost of these programs, and how they could be most effectively organized to deliver implementable results in a timely manner. The project is sponsored by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2008
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=129170/Summary%20of%20Solicitation%20Amend29.pdf
ROSES-2008 is an omnibus NASA Research Announcement. It contains over 50 different proposal opportunities. Current open programs:
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
NOI Due: 12/5/2008; Proposal due: 2/6/2009
Ocean Salinity Science Team
NOI Due: 1/16/2009; Proposal due: 3/18/2009
Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis
NOI Due: 2/13/2009; Proposal due: 3/27/2009
National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects, FY2010
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html
Due January 9, 2009
Through fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work which are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Application materials are available online only. The deadline is January 9, 2009. Grants are for $12,500 or $25,000, depending upon the artistic excellence and merit of the project. If you have questions concerning the Literature Fellowships please call the Literature Fellowship Hotline at 202/682-5034 or email davisg@arts.gov.
National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH Collaborative Research
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html
Due November 5, 2008
Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual's salary.
Eligible projects include: research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities; conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit ongoing research; archaeological projects that include the interpretation and communication of results (projects may encompass excavation, materials analysis, laboratory work, field reports, and preparation of interpretive monographs); translations into English of works that provide insight into the history, literature, philosophy, and artistic achievements of other cultures; and research that uses the knowledge, methods, and perspectives of the humanities to enhance understanding of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences.
NEH/DFG Symposia and Workshops Program http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/DFG_BSW.html
Due November 4,2008
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the United States and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V., DFG) in Germany are working together to offer support for digital humanities projects. These grants provide funding for up to two bilateral symposia or workshops in the area of digital humanities. Collaboration between U.S. and German partners is a key requirement for this grant category. The goal of this request for proposals is to promote stronger bilateral cooperation and increased competencies in the digital humanities communities in the two countries by initiating or intensifying contact between distinguished scholars, junior researchers, scientists, librarians, information professionals, and others working on humanities projects. Each application must be sponsored by one eligible institution (U.S.) and one individual (Germany), and there must be a project director from each country (see Eligibility requirements below). The partners will collaborate to write a single application package, which the U.S. partner will submit to the NEH (via Grants.gov) and the German partner will submit to the DFG via regular postal service (original plus duplicate; additional submission of a PDF version via e-mail is encouraged). All potential applicants should note that while NEH and DFG each host a version of the guidelines on their respective Web sites, the requirements for the application package as outlined in the section.
NEH Scholarly Editions
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html
Due November 15, 2008
Scholarly Editions Grants support the preparation of editions of pre-existing texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. Projects must be undertaken by a team of at least one editor and one other staff member. Grants typically support editions of significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but other types of work, such as musical notation, are also eligible. Contact the staff of NEH's Division of Research Programs at 202-606-8200 and editions@neh.gov.
Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html
November 13
The purpose of the Enduring Questions grant program is to encourage faculty and students at the undergraduate level to grapple with the most fundamental concerns of the humanities, and to join together in deep, sustained programs of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day. Enduring questions are, to an overarching degree, pre-disciplinary. They are questions to which no discipline or field or profession can lay an exclusive claim. Enduring questions can be tackled by reflective individuals regardless of their chosen vocations, areas of expertise, or personal backgrounds. They are questions that have more than one plausible or interesting answer. They have long held interest for young people, and they allow for a special, intense dialogue across generations.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Cyber-Physical Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08611/nsf08611.htm
Due February 27
The term cyber-physical systems refers to the tight conjoining of and coordination between computational and physical resources. We envision that the cyber-physical systems of tomorrow will far exceed those of today in terms of adaptability, autonomy, efficiency, functionality, reliability, safety, and usability. Research advances in cyber-physical systems promise to transform our world with systems that respond more quickly (e.g., autonomous collision avoidance), are more precise (e.g., robotic surgery and nano-tolerance manufacturing), work in dangerous or inaccessible environments (e.g., autonomous systems for search and rescue, firefighting, and exploration), provide large-scale, distributed coordination (e.g., automated traffic control), are highly efficient (e.g., zero-net energy buildings), augment human capabilities, and enhance societal wellbeing (e.g., assistive technologies and ubiquitous healthcare monitoring and delivery).
Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08600/nsf08600.htm
Due December 2, 2008
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks: The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. The Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to improve the quality and increase the production of information assurance and computer security professionals. Professional development of information assurance faculty and development of academic programs can be funded under this track.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08593/nsf08593.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due November 3-12, 2008 by discipline
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 900-1,600 graduate fellowships in this competition pending availability of funds. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation. For each hosted Fellow, the affiliated institution receives a $40,500 award per Fellow tenure year to cover the costs described below. Fellows Abroad receive direct NSF grant awards up to the same amount per year on tenure. The Graduate Research Fellowship stipend currently is $30,000 for a 12-month tenure period, prorated monthly at $2,500 for shorter periods as approved by NSF. The cost of education allowance currently is $10,500 per tenure year and is to be used by the affiliated institution to cover the costs of educating the Fellow.
Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08610/nsf08610.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due March 9,2008
The Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure (IEECI) program supports research which addresses four aspects of engineering education: (1) how students best learn the ideas, principles, and practices to become creative and innovative engineers, and how this learning is measured (2) how application of cyberlearning resources of networked computing and communication, interactive visualization capabilities, and well designed user interfaces can be used to develop easily transportable tools and systems with low barriers to adoption which significantly improve learning, (3) integration of sustainability into engineering education, and (4) future directions of U.S. engineering doctoral programs.
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08591/nsf08591.htm
LOI January 2, 2009
The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in their development and evolution. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry and the center. An I/UCRC not only contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education, but also encourages and fosters international cooperation and collaborative projects.
International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08602
Preliminary Due November 4, 2008; full January 30, 2009
Proposals may only be submitted by the following: Universities and two- and four-year colleges (including community colleges) located and accredited in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Such organizations also are referred to as academic institutions. A U.S. Investigator must establish a partnership with an investigator in either Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, China, or France. The collaborating foreign investigator must be eligible for funding from the DFG (Germany), FWF (Austria), EPSRC (UK), NSFC (China) and ANR (France) respectively. The solicitation calls for new projects in areas that are supported by the Division of Chemistry programs in Analytical and Surface Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry and Theoretical and Computational chemistry. It is generally not the practice of the Chemistry Division to make multiple awards to the same individual. Therefore, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to choose between submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation and submitting an unsolicited proposal to the Chemistry Division. Potential applicants are also advised to choose between submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation and submitting a proposal to the Materials World Network program of the Division of Material Research (DMR) of NSF.
Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (MWN)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08590/nsf08590.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due Nov. 17, 2008
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 describes an activity to foster opportunities for such collaborations. It includes joint activities between NSF and funding organizations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Proposals submitted to NSF in response to this solicitation must have clear relevance to research supported by the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR), as they will be evaluated within the context of programmatic areas within DMR: condensed matter physics, solid state and materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, metals, ceramics, electronic materials, and condensed matter and materials theory.
Proactive Recruitment in Introductory Science and Mathematics (PRISM)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08596/nsf08596.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due February 19, 2009
The goal of the program in Proactive Recruitment in Introductory Science and Mathematics is to strengthen the nation's scientific competitiveness by increasing the numbers of well-prepared, successful U.S. undergraduate majors and minors in science and mathematics. The program will fund innovative, potentially transformational partnerships between the mathematical sciences and other science or engineering disciplines that widen the cross section of the mathematical sciences to which freshman and sophomore students are exposed and that provide these students increased opportunities for research experiences involving the mathematical sciences. Proposals must include a Principal Investigator from a department of mathematical sciences and at least one co-Principal Investigator from another science or engineering department. Under this solicitation proposals may be submitted for funding durations from three to five years. The proposal budget, between $100,000 and $600,000 per year, must be commensurate with the project and thoroughly justified in the proposal.
Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08586/nsf08586.htm
Due Dec. 16, 2008
The SciSIP program underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models, analytic tools and datasets designed to inform the nation’s public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering (S&E) research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. SciSIP’s goals are to understand the contexts, structures and processes of S&E research, to evaluate reliably the tangible and intangible returns from investments in research and development (R&D), and to predict the likely returns from future R&D investments within tolerable margins of error and with attention to the full spectrum of potential consequences. Specifically, the research, data collection and community development components of SciSIP’s activities will: (1) develop usable knowledge and theories of creative processes and their transformation into social and economic outcomes; (2) develop, improve and expand models and analytical tools that can be applied in the science policy decision making process; (3) improve and expand science metrics, datasets and analytical tools; and (4) develop a community of experts across academic institutions and disciplines focused on SciSIP. The FY 2009 competition includes three emphasis areas: Analytical Tools, Model Building, and Data Development and Augmentation.
Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08605/nsf08605.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
LOI November 11, 2008; various due dates
The Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation supports research and education in the Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences. The Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) Program is designed to address the fact that certain groups are underrepresented in the geosciences relative to the proportions of those groups in the general population. The primary goal of the OEDG Program is to increase participation in the geosciences by African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the program is to increase the perceived relevance of the geosciences among broad and diverse segments of the population. The OEDG Program supports activities that will increase the number of members of underrepresented groups who: Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs; Pursue bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences; Enter geoscience careers; and Participate in informal geoscience education programs.
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08604/nsf08604.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Preliminary proposals due Nov. 8 & 9, 2008 (depending on type) and full April 20, 2009
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is NSF’s bold five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in computational thinking. Computational thinking is defined comprehensively to encompass computational concepts, methods, models, algorithms, and tools. Applied in challenging science and engineering research and education contexts, computational thinking promises a profound impact on the Nation’s ability to generate and apply new knowledge. Collectively, CDI research outcomes are expected to produce paradigm shifts in our understanding of a wide range of science and engineering phenomena and socio-technical innovations that create new wealth and enhance the national quality of life.
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08603/nsf08603.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due December 9, 2008
The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately ten weeks from June to August (specific dates are available and updated at www.nsf.gov/eapsi).
Ecology of Infectious Diseases (EID)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08601/nsf08601.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Due Dec. 10, 2008
The Ecology of Infectious Diseases program solicitation supports the development of predictive models and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of infectious disease agents. To that end, research proposals should focus on understanding the ecological and socio-ecological determinants of transmission by vectors or abiotic agents, the population dynamics of reservoir species, the transmission to humans or other hosts, or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease communication. Research may be on zoonotic, vector-borne or enteric diseases of either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of non-human animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged. Investigators are encouraged to include links to the public health research community, including for example, participation of epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, medical social scientists, medical entomologists, virologists, or parasitologists.
Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08607/nsf08607.txt
Due January 20, 2009
Four kinds of activity will be supported in FY 2009: Genome-Enabled Plant Research (GEPR) awards to tackle major unanswered questions in plant biology on a genome-wide scale; Transferring Research from Model Systems (TRMS) to apply basic biological findings made using model systems to studying the basic biology of plants of economic importance; Tools and Resources for Plant Genome Research (TRPGR) awards to support development of novel technologies and analysis tools to enable discovery in plant genomics; and Heterosis Challenge Grants (HCG)
Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (BRIGE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08606/nsf08606.htm
Due February 13, 2009
The Directorate for Engineering (ENG) at the National Science Foundation offers a research initiation grant funding opportunity with the goal of broadening participation to all engineers including members from groups underrepresented in the engineering disciplines. These grants are intended to increase the diversity of researchers in engineering disciplines to initiate research programs early in their careers, including those from underrepresented groups, engineers at minority serving institutions, and persons with disabilities. By providing these funding opportunities, ENG intends to further broaden participation of engineering researchers who share NSF's commitment to diversity in the following ways:
Expand the population of role models who will interact with an increasingly diverse student population, the workforce of the future; Increase the number of engineering researchers at minority serving institutions actively and competitively engaged in research as independent investigators, thereby creating new research opportunities for students from underrepresented groups; Fund engineering research projects that use innovative ways to attract and retain members of underrepresented groups to careers in engineering.
FOUNDATION GRANTS
AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars
http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/index.cfm
View all deadlines: http://www.aauw.org/About/deadlines.cfm
One of the world's largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women, the AAUW Educational Foundation supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grants for Research on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce
http://www.phds.org/content/grants-for-research-on-the-science-and-engineering-workforce ; http://www.grantsnet.org/search/pgm_info.cfm?pgm_id=5292
Due November 17, 2008
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is pleased to announce the second round of its small grants program to support creative research on the U.S. workforce and labor markets in science and engineering (“S&E”). In the second round of this research competition, the Foundation wishes especially to encourage proposals that focus on the complex nexus between the U.S. science and engineering workforce and international migration.
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) announces its annual Grants Program
http://aimsnorthafrica.org/fellowships/lstuscitz_grants.cfm?menu=2
Due Dec. 31, 2008
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) announces its annual Grants Program for the academic year beginning in May 2009. The program offers grants to US scholars interested in conducting research on North Africa in any Maghrib country, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, or Mauritania. AIMS sponsors three Overseas Research Centers in the region and all AIMS grants are categorized by where research will be conducted. AIMS does not fund research outside the Maghrib. These awards are made possible through grants from U.S. Department of State.
American Philosophical Society - Franklin Research Grants (for Travel for Research Purposes)
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008
The Franklin Research Grants program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus. Disciplinary Category:
Arts & Humanities; International Opportunities; Social Sciences; Medical - Basic Science; Physical Sciences & Engineering; Environmental & Life Sciences.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Research Award
http://www.asms.org/Default.aspx?tabid=93
Due November 30, 2008
To promote academic research by young scientists in mass spectrometry. Open to academic scientists within four years of joining the tenure track faculty or equivalent in a North American university. Applicants may not have previously received an award under this program. The awards of $25,000 each will be made to a university in the name of the selected individual and for the researcher’s exclusive use.
Gilder Lehrman Institute Research Fellowships, Dissertation Fellowships in American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html
Various submission dates.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships in several categories: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing, and Research Fellowships for journalists and independent scholars. The Gilder Lehrman Fellowships support work in one of five archives:
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
One of the premier archives of African-American history, art, and culture, the Center's archives contain extensive materials on the history of slavery and abolition, the African diaspora, religion, African- American culture, and the Civil Rights Movement. For further information, visit www.nypl.org/research/sc/index.html.
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society
The Gilder Lehrman Collection consists of letters and diaries, maps, pamphlets, sketchbooks, printed books, photographs, and other materials. The Collection's holdings range from Columbus to recent times but concentrate in the period from 1760 to 1876. For further information, as well as a searchable database of the Collection, click here.
Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm
Due January 15, 2009
The Guidelines for the SDE/GWIS Fellowships (SDE, Eloise Gerry, Vessa Notchev, and Nell I. Mondy Fellowships) are listed below. Following the Guidelines are links to the checklist and the single application form which is used for all SDE/GWIS Fellowships. It is unnecessary for applicants to designate specific Fellowships on the application form. The Fellowships committee will match the overall top-scoring applicants to the appropriate Fellowship awards based on scientific merit, fields of study and requested funding amounts. All Fellowships committee decisions are final. Please note that the application deadline is January 15 of each year, and awards will be announced on or before July 1 of the following year. Please direct any questions to the Fellowships Coordinator, Jennifer Ingram, fellowshipsquestions@gwis.org or (919) 668-1439.
2009-2010 Fellowships at The Huntington
http://www.huntington.org/ResearchDiv/Fellowships.html
Application deadline for all fellowships: December 15, 2008
The Huntington is an independent research center with holdings in British and American history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine. The Library collections range chronologically from the eleventh century to the present and include a half-million rare books, nearly six million manuscripts, 800,000 photographs, and a large ephemera collection, supported by a half-million reference works. The Burndy Library consists of some 67,000 rare books and reference volumes in the history of science and technology, as well as an important collection of scientific instruments. Within the general fields listed above there are many areas of special strength, including: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, British Drama, Colonial America, American Civil War, Western America, and California.
Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant Program
http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=89
The Kresge Foundation is broadening the reach of its Challenge Grant Program to better support nonprofit organizations that are working to address society’s pressing issues in six fields of interest: health, the environment, arts and culture, education, human services, and community development.
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/programs.php
Various due dates
Various opportunities for social science and humanities research in Eurasia and Eastern Europe.
National Endowment for Democracy - Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program http://www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html
Nov. 10, 2008
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications for the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. The program enables democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the research arm of the Endowment, located in Washington, DC. The Forum hosts 12 to 15 Reagan-Fascell fellows per year for periods ranging from three to ten months. Each fellow receives a monthly stipend for living expenses as well as an office and support services, including access to the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and Library. While the program's scholarly track is intended primarily for accomplished or promising scholars from new and emerging democracies, distinguished scholars from the US are also eligible to apply. Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies (the Forum), the research arm of the Endowment, located in Washington, D.C. The Forum hosts 16 to 20 Reagan-Fascell Fellows per year for periods ranging from five to ten months. The program offers two tracks, a practitioner track and a scholarly track.
National Physical Science Consortium - Graduate Fellowships in the Physical Sciences
http://www.npsc.org/
Due Nov. 5, 2008
NPSC offers a unique Ph.D.-track graduate fellowship in the physical sciences and related engineering fields. It is open to all U. S. Citizens, but with emphasis on recruitment of applications from historically underrepresented minorities and women. An NPSC Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, depending on the employer who sponsors the fellowship, with the possibility of continuation for several more years providing all the conditions of the fellowship continue to be met. The maximum duration is six years, in which case the overall value (stipend, tuition, fees, summer salary for two summers) of an NPSC fellowship typically well exceeds $200,000. Downloads: http://www.npsc.org/downloads/#brochure
The Newberry Library--Special Awards and Fellowships
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/special.html
Various due dates in early 2009
Various opportunities.
Social Science Research Council - Academia in the Public Sphere: Islam and Muslims in World Contexts
http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/public_scholarship/
Due November 17, 2008
SSRC accepts applications for small grants intended to promote public engagement and public scholarship among university faculty and area studies centers on the topic of Islam and Muslims in world contexts. The program supports the development of scholarship that can be made available as a public resource, and the grants are available to all Title VI National Resource Centers funded by the Department of Education. Applicants may seek up to $50,000 per center, while collaborative projects involving multiple centers may request up to $100,000. The activities funded by the grants may include the development of communications infrastructure, programming that enables partnerships between scholars and advocacy groups or other community organizations, and projects that engage new and traditional media.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities http://www.virginiafoundation.org/research/fellowships/index.html
Deadline Dec. 15, 2008
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities is committed to humanities research in the public interest. The VFH Fellowship program offers time, space, and resources to scholars applying the tools of history, philosophy, ethics, cultural studies, and literary criticism to matters of public concern. The disciplines of economics, medicine, architecture, engineering, psychology, and the sciences have entered public consciousness and achieved public trust because they are seen as practical. While humanities topics weave through all public dialogue about our most pressing issues—from racism to business ethics and global warming—the disciplines themselves are rarely consulted to guide or inform those discussions. At VFH, the stimulating scholarly debate and careful analysis that produce subtlety of thought and elegance of argument are brought to bear on issues of daily life. We are concerned with what it means to be human in the 21st century, and with how our humanity is included in our discussions of war, globalization, and the environment.
NCIIA Sustainable Vision grants: Breakthrough technologies for people living in poverty
http://www.nciia.org/g_sustainable.html
Due Oct. 17, 2008
Through our Sustainable Vision grants program, the NCIIA funds transformational education programs where breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad. Sustainable Vision program has a domestic or global outlook. In the past two years the NCIIA has funded U.S. programs with partners in Afghanistan, Burma, Cameroon, Ecuador, Honduras, Mali, Pakistan and Vietnam, as well as local partners. Grants range from $10,000 to $50,000.
International Dissertation Research Fellowship
http://programs.ssrc.org/idrf/
November 5, 2008
The International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) program supports distinguished graduate students in the humanities and social sciences conducting dissertation research outside the United States. Seventy-five fellowships will be awarded in 2009 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Program encourages research that is relevant to societies, cultures, economies and/or politics outside the United States. Supports 9 to 12 months in the field. The IDRF program is committed to empirical and site-specific research that advances knowledge about non-U.S. cultures and societies (involving fieldwork, research in archival or manuscript collections, or quantitative data collection). The program promotes research that is situated in a specific discipline and geographical region and is engaged with interdisciplinary and cross-regional perspectives. Fellowships will provide support for nine to twelve months of dissertation research. Individual awards will be approximately $20,000. No awards will be made for proposals requiring less than nine months of on-site research. The 2009 IDRF fellowship must be held for a single continuous period within the eighteen months between July 2009 and December 2010.
Title VIII Short-Term Travel Grants for Research in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/STTG/sttg.php
Due December 15, 2008 and April 15, 2009
The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) invites proposals for its Title VIII Short-term Travel Grant Program for Research on Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans. This fellowship provides a maximum award of $3,000 for research on the countries of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans. To qualify, applicants must be U.S.-based scholars or researchers holding a Ph.D., or individuals with comparable research experience in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences or other professional terminal graduate degree.
ACLS Collaborative Research Awards
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=3154
Due November 11, 2008
ACLS invites applications for the inaugural competition for the ACLS Collaborative Research Awards. These awards support collaborative research in the humanities and related social sciences (1). A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program. Collaborations need not be interdisciplinary or inter-institutional, but must involve at least two scholars; applicants at the same institution must demonstrate why local funding is insufficient to support the project. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help demonstrate the range and value of both collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities, and model how such collaboration may be carried out successfully. Collaborations that involve the participation of assistant and associate faculty members, or that of scholars at different kinds of institutions, are particularly encouraged. Fellowship Details: a. Maximum award: up to $140,000 per project, with no more than $60,000 awarded to a single participant for salary replacement; b. Tenure: up to a total tenure period of 24 months, to be initiated between July 1, 2009 and September 1, 2011. Appropriate fields of specialization include but are not limited to: American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies.
Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
http://www.russellsage.org/programs/other/behavioral/
Continuous submission
The Russell Sage Behavioral Economics Roundtable supports a small grants research program to support high quality research in behavioral economics and to encourage young investigators to enter this developing field. There are no limitations on the disciplinary background of the principal investigator, and the proposed research may address any economic topic. Interdisciplinary efforts are welcome. Appropriate projects will demonstrate explicit use of psychological concepts in the motivation of the design and the preparation of the results. This program will be administered under the auspices of the Behavioral Economics Roundtable, a group of researchers in behavioral economics formed by the Russell Sage Foundation to encourage inter-disciplinary research in behavioral economics.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=sf.welcome
See due dates specific to program
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars supports research in the social sciences and humanities. Men and women from a wide variety of backgrounds, including government, the non-profit sector, the corporate world, and the professions, as well as academia, are eligible for appointment. Through an international competition, it offers 9-month residential fellowships to academics, public officials, journalists, and business professionals. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff. The Center also hosts Public Policy Scholars and Senior Scholars who conduct research and write in a variety of disciplines. In addition to the Wilson Center Fellowships Program, several of our regional programs have their own grant competitions (Africa, Asia, Canada, East Europe, Southeast Europe, Russia). Read more about these programs.
Partner University Fund
http://facecouncil.org/puf/guidelines.html
Due December 15, 2008
Grants provided by the Partner University Fund support research and graduate education partnerships between French and American Universities with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and, when relevant, interdisciplinary approaches that involve exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Applicants are expected to develop new or deeper partnerships through the collaboration. The PUF Grant Review Committee will value, when applicable, evidence of institutional commitment to the development of joint or dual degrees even when the partnership starts with simple shared teaching and research exchanges. PUF seeks to fund research and graduate education projects in all disciplines without exception. It also encourages interdisciplinary projects when relevant.
Metanexus Global Network Initiative Catalyst Grant
http://www.metanexus.net/globalnetwork/mgngrant.asp
Due: February 15, 2009
The Metanexus Institute announces grants in support of transdisciplinary exploration of fundamental questions of life, the cosmos, and humanity. Metanexus invites proposals from networked teams of five or more investigators who: Intend to examine questions that range beyond those normally studied within established academic disciplines; Span an adventurous diversity of such disciplines; May engage religious and spiritual points of view; Seek to forge new and enduring links among different fields of study; and Aspire to have a transformational impact upon human knowledge and education. Awards of $30,000 will be made through the Metanexus Global Network Initiative (MGNI) Basic Grant. Winning proposals will demonstrate academic rigor in program content, imagination and creativity in program planning, and cost-effectiveness in program execution.
Semiconductor Research Corporation Global Research Collaboration - Memory Technologies
http://grc.src.org/fr/S200808_Call.asp
White papers due Dec. 11, 2008
The Device Sciences area of the Semiconductor Research Corporation Global Research Collaboration is soliciting white papers in. Two page white papers addressing needs in a new research needs document are due Thursday, DECEMBER 11, 2008 at 3 PM ET/12 PM PT. A limited number of full proposals will be accepted based on the white paper submissions and a subset of these proposals will be selected for anticipated two-year contracts beginning July 1, 2009, rather than the normal three-year due to some special circumstances. Interested researchers should note the proposal and review schedule, needs document, and instructions for web-based white paper submissions on the SRC GRC Web site at: