GrantNet February 2007 

Sorted by Disciplines

AH - Arts & Humanities
ED - Education
GS - Graduate Student
HM- Health & Medicine
ID - Interdisciplinary
IN - International Programs
LIM - Limited Programs
OTH - Other
SB - Social and Behavioral
SEM - Science, Engineering & Math

AH - Arts & Humanities

AH-6393
University of Southern California
USC Annenberg / Getty Arts Journalism Fellowship Program

Synopsis
The sponsor is accepting applications from mid-career journalists for an expense-paid opportunity to establish a new standard of excellence in arts and culture coverage. The three-week (May 20 – June 10, 2007) residency in Los Angeles familiarizes the Fellows with the city's vibrant cultural scene as a means to strengthen their intellectual and analytical journalism skills, fill them with new story ideas and make them consider their hometowns in new lights.
Objectives
The program seeks six to eight arts writers, critics, reporters or editors from print, broadcast and online journalism who are passionately interested in learning more about artistic disciplines outside of and within their area of expertise, as well as examining the business and politics of making art in the 2007 global community.
Eligibility
Fellowships are open to international and national journalists. Applicants must have been practicing arts journalism professionally for at least five years, and have brought distinction to the field.
http://annenberg.usc.edu/CentersandPrograms/ProfessionalEducation/GettyArtsJourn.aspx
Deadline:03/09/07

AH-6400
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
Novak Award

This $10,000 award rewards new research by scholars early in their academic careers who demonstrate outstanding intellectual merit in advancing the understanding of theology’s connection to human dignity, the importance of the rule of law, limited government, religious liberty, and freedom in economic life.
Objectives
Scholars who have received a doctorate from an accredited domestic or international program in the previous five calendar years are eligible for nomination. Current doctoral candidates in the process of completing their dissertations are also eligible. Nominees also must be studying theology, religion, economics, philosophy, business, or a related field.
Eligibility
Professors, university faculty members, and other scholars may nominate qualified individuals for the Novak Award.
http://www.acton.org/programs/students/novak/
Deadline:11/01/07
 

ED - Education

ED-6376
US Department of Education
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training

The Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program provides financial assistance for-- (1) Projects that provide basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in areas of personnel shortages in rehabilitation as identified by the Assistant Secretary; (2) Projects that provide a specified series of courses or program of study leading to award of a certificate in areas of personnel shortages in rehabilitation as identified by the Assistant Secretary; and (3) Projects that provide support for medical residents enrolled in residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-90.htm
Deadline:02/20/07

ED-6377
Department of State
Turkish Student Teacher Internship Project

The Turkish Student Teacher Internship Project will bring forty graduate student teachers of education from Bilkent University and other universities in Turkey to the U.S. to learn about student- centered teaching and technology in the classroom. Approximately twenty-six participants will be enrolled in a two-year Master's in Teacher Education program, a Teaching English as a Foreign Language program, or other innovative degree programs which train high school level teachers of other subjects to use student-centered teaching methods. Most of the students will have completed one year of M.A.- level academic work before beginning the program in the U.S. The English-speaking student teachers will be selected by the Commission for Educational Exchange between the U.S.A. and Turkey (Fulbright Commission) in coordination with the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. At least twelve of the participants will come from universities other than Bilkent University. Some of these other students may be upper-level undergraduate students with strong English language skills, subject field knowledge, and a background in education. The group will demonstrate diversity in terms of their home regions in Turkey, gender, and socio-economic background, and will prepare to teach in the subject fields of English as a Foreign Language, Turkish language and literature, mathematics, history, and biology. Following their program, the students will return to their home institutions for additional graduate study before starting careers as high school teachers in Turkey.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-631.htm
Deadline:03/21/07

ED-6378
US Department of Education
Strengthening Institutions (SIP)

Under the SIP, TCCU, and ANNH programs, (Title III, Part A programs) authorized under Part A of Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), institutions of higher education (IHEs or institutions) are eligible to apply for grants if they meet specific statutory and regulatory eligibility requirements. Similarly, IHEs are eligible to apply for grants under the HSI program, authorized under Title V of the HEA, if they meet specific statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition, an institution that is designated as an eligible institution under those programs may also receive a waiver of certain non-Federal cost-share requirements under the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), the Federal Work Study (FWS), the Student Support Services (SSS) and the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) programs. The FSEOG, FWS, and SSS programs are authorized under Title IV of the HEA; the UISFL program is authorized under Title VI of the HEA.
DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS: March 9, 2007 for an applicant institution that wishes to be designated as eligible to apply for a FY 2007 new grant under the Title III, Part A programs or the HSI program; and April 30, 2007 for an applicant institution that wishes to apply only for cost-sharing waivers under the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, or UISFL programs.
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-1/010807c.html
Deadline: Vary by program.

ED-6382
US Department of Education
International Research and Studies Program

The International Research and Studies Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1019.htm
Deadline:03/12/07

ED-6391
Mississippi State University
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates--Chemistry: Chemical Engineering - The Bonds Between Us

Objectives
The program combines the research strengths of the chemistry and chemical engineering disciplines in a synergistic relationship. Participants will gain experience, techniques, and perspectives from both fields. Research Teams featured for 2007 are Biotechnology & Bioanalytical Applications and Nanomaterials & Structural Studies. Participants thrive through close mentoring relationships with graduate students and faculty. Professional development and research skills training is interspersed with laboratory research, site visits of chemical plants and national research labs, social activities, interactive workshops in diversity and research ethics, and an end-summer symposium.
Eligibility
Any undergraduate student majoring in a chemical sciences or engineering related field and who will continue to be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program during Fall 2007 is eligible to apply. Ideal applicants have completed their sophomore or junior year. Chemistry students should have completed the second semester of organic chemistry, and chemical engineering students should have completed mass and energy balances prior to participation. Applicants must be citizens and permanent residents of the United States. Funding Participants earn stipends of $3500 for the 10-week program. Additionally, participants are provided dormitory-style housing in the comfortable Herbert Hall and access to university recreational facilities, all within walking distance of the chemistry and chemical engineering buildings. Travel expenses must be pre-approved, but are reimbursed in accordance with MSU policy.
The deadline for applications for early decision is February 15, 2007. The deadline for applications for regular admission is March 15, 2007.
http://www.msstate.edu/org/reubonds/index.php
Deadline:02/15/07

OTH-6384
Department of Commerce
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program

The Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program was established through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447). The purposes of the program include: (1) To increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and to foster multidisciplinary training opportunities; (2) to increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and to improve environmental literacy; (3) to recruit and prepare students for public service careers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other natural resource and science agencies at the Federal, State and local and tribal levels of government; and, (4) to recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1010.htm
Deadline:02/22/07

GS - Graduate Students
 

GS-6399
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Graduate Student Symposium in Drug Design and Discovery

The sponsor provides an award to recognize excellence in graduate education in the fields of drug design and discovery. Eligibility Students in their third and/or final year of graduate studies leading to the Ph.D. degree will be selected to participate in the Graduate Student Symposium in Drug Design and Discovery. There are no citizenship requirements for this award. Funding Four students will be selected to present their research in the Graduate Student Symposium in Drug Design and Discovery at the AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Each student selected will receive a cash award of $250 and a complimentary Annual Meeting registration. The cash award and a certificate will be presented at the conclusion of the poster/podium session. In addition, travel expenses will be reimbursed (up to $250) following the meeting.
http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/inside/Awards_Fellows/documents/07Awards/07GradStudentSymposiumDDD.pdf
Deadline:04/13/07

HM - Health and Medicine

HM-6389
American Diabetes Association
Diabetes Research Center

The DRC is soliciting letters of intent (LOI) for research projects to be conducted in the second half of 2007. LOIs should include a description of the applicant’s current area of type 1 diabetes research (1-2 pages) and specific research questions to be addressed (< 1 page). LOI’s will be reviewed by an ADA-sponsored scientific review committee. Projects of scientific value will be selected, and researchers will be invited to develop a detailed research plan in collaboration with DRC staff. The review committee will then award research grants. The in silico research results provided by the DRC are expected to complement laboratory research and enhance the understanding of diabetes pathogenesis and treatment.
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/research-grant-application-forms/ADA-grant-opportunities/ADA-current-grant-opportunities.jsp
Deadline:02/28/07

HM-6397
McDonnell Foundation
Scholar Awards

Scholar Awards provide largely unrestricted funding over a sufficient time period to allow investigators to pursue and develop new directions to their research programs. The Brain, Mind, and Behavior (BMB) Program supports research studying how neural systems are linked to and support cognitive functions and how cognitive systems are related to an organism’s (preferably human) observable behavior. The program is intended to help investigators pursue experiments designed to answer well-articulated questions.
Eligibility
Eligible Scholar Award nominees must have completed all doctoral, postdoctoral, or fellowship training and hold an independent research position. Nominees in the earlier career stages are encouraged. Senior scientists are welcome to apply but must put forward a compelling argument as to why funds are needed above and beyond traditional research support.
http://www.jsmf.org/apply/scholar/application.htm
Deadline:04/10/07

HM-6398
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Investigator Grant in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism

The purpose of the award is to support the research efforts of an outstanding individual who is engaged in carrying out research in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug metabolism. Nominees must demonstrate a commitment to conduct research in the fields of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and/or drug metabolism. This research may include animal or human experimental studies or involve in vivo or in vitro experimental studies or involve in vivo or in vitro experimental designs. The research should be innovative and encompass a new frontier of science.
Eligibility
Nominees must have less than four years of academic experience and less than seven years of total postdoctoral experience. The award is open to individuals conducting their research in a university setting or other nonprofit environment.
http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/inside/Awards_Fellows/documents/07Awards/07NewInvGrantPPDM.pdf
Deadline:05/11/07

ID - Inter-Disciplinary 

There are no new opportunities for inter-disciplinary this month.  Please see other categories of interest.

IN - International Programs 

IN-6366
Department of Labor
Strengthening Career Civil Service Systems of Labor Inspectorates in Central America

USDOL is seeking qualified organizations that will promote and support the implementation of a career civil service by establishing systems and norms within the Labor Ministry Inspectorates of the beneficiary countries. Specific project objectives are identified in this Section. Applicants should submit proposals that encompass El Salvador and one or two of the following countries (Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) and demonstrate the organization's capabilities to implement a project in accordance with the Statement of Work and the selection criteria. Applicants, however, will not be penalized for lacking previous experience working with multiple country projects. For example, organizations with experience in only one country will be judged based on the success they achieved in that country and their proposal for working successfully throughout the rest of the targeted countries. USDOL encourages applicants to be creative in proposing innovative and cost-effective interventions that will produce a demonstrable and sustainable impact.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E6-22457.htm
Deadline:02/23/07

IN-6367
Department of Labor
Strengthening Labor Systems in Central America; Establishing Worker Rights Centers

The Grantee(s) must implement, in partnership with USDOL, a project whose overarching objective is to improve labor law compliance in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic by strengthening the capacity of local organizations to provide advice to workers about the scope and applicability of relevant labor laws, and when necessary, provide legal services explaining the procedural and documentation requirements to exercise those rights.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E6-22454.htm
Deadline:02/23/07

IN-6368
Department of Labor
Strengthening Labor Law Compliance in the Agricultural Sector in Central America and the Dominican Republic

The Grantee(s) must implement, in cooperation with USDOL, a project whose overarching objective is to improve labor law compliance in targeted areas in the agricultural sector in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and either Honduras or Guatemala. Intermediate objectives include: i. Increased awareness among workers and employers in targeted agricultural communities about national labor laws, with particular emphasis on safety and health regulations. ii. Increased ability of workers in targeted agricultural communities to exercise their labor rights.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E6-22456.htm
Deadline:02/23/07

IN-6383
US Department of Education
U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program

To provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing on problem areas or improvement approaches in postsecondary education. Priority: Under this competition, we are particularly interested in applications that address the following priority. Invitational Priority: For FY 2007 this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications. This priority encourages proposals designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and Brazilian institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the United States and Brazil. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with Brazil. These awards support only the participation of U.S. institutions and students in these consortia. Brazilian institutions participating in any consortium proposal responding to the invitational priority may apply, respectively, to the Coordination of Improvement of Personnel of Superior Level (CAPES), Brazilian Ministry of Education, for additional funding under a separate but parallel Brazilian competition.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1016.htm
Deadline:04/30/07

IN-6386
US Department of Education
American Overseas Research Centers Program

The American Overseas Research Centers (AORC) Program provides grants to any American overseas research center that is a consortium of United States institutions of higher education to enable the center to promote postgraduate research, exchanges, and area studies. AORC grants may be used to pay all or a portion of the cost of establishing or operating a center or program, including the cost of operation and maintenance of overseas facilities; the cost of organizing and managing conferences; the cost of teaching and research materials; the cost of acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of library collections; the cost of bringing visiting scholars and faculty to the center to teach or to conduct research; the cost of faculty and staff stipends and salaries; the cost of faculty, staff, and student travel; and the cost of publication and dissemination of material for the scholarly and general public.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-354.htm
Deadline:03/15/07

LIM - Limited Programs 

LIM-6369
National Science Foundation
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE)

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

The Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) program considers proposals for research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, including in interdisciplinary or inter-institutional contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields, or on developing summer post-baccalaureate ethics education activities or activities that transition students from undergraduate to graduate education. The program will entertain proposals in graduate ethics education in science and engineering generally, but is particularly interested in proposals addressing issues involving the international or global context and those addressing issues of intellectual property, including scientific publishing.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07541/nsf07541.htm
Deadline:04/10/07

LIM-6370
National Science Foundation
Competition for the Management and Operation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

The National Science Foundation is soliciting proposals for the management and operation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR, an NSF Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), is a center of excellence supporting the atmospheric and broader sciences community. NCAR operates world-class observational facilities and computing infrastructure, conducts an extensive in-house research program and a vigorous program of education, training and outreach, and maintains extensive national and international collaborations. NCAR also carries out research and development on behalf of other organizations, most commonly other US government agencies. This work, which can only be undertaken if it is consistent with the NCAR mission, currently accounts for approximately 30% of NCAR's total funding.
PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL DUE DATE (required): April 13, 2007
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07542/nsf07542.htm
Deadline:08/31/07

LIM-6371
DHHS-PHS-NIH-NIAID
Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation in Children (U01)

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invite new and/or competing continuation applications from teams of institutions to participate in a clinical trials program to improve graft acceptance and patient/graft survival in pediatric organ transplant recipients, i.e., children up to 20 years of age, who have undergone heart, lung, liver, kidney or intestinal transplantation. The Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOT-C) program will support a cooperative, multi-institutional consortium for the conduct of interventional or observational clinical studies with associated mechanistic studies, to further our understanding of and ultimately reduce the immune-mediated morbidity and mortality in pediatric transplant recipients. These studies will be designed to: (1) evaluate new therapies and approaches to overcome immunologic barriers to graft acceptance and/or long-term graft and patient survival; (2) evaluate novel approaches to treatment or prevention of immune mediated complications in pediatric transplant patients; (3) investigate underlying mechanisms of action for pathological processes and therapeutic regimens under evaluation; and (4) develop diagnostic tests and critical biomarkers that will facilitate routine surveillance, early diagnosis and ongoing monitoring of those processes that contribute to post-transplant morbidity and mortality.
LETTER OF INTENT RECEIPT DATE: May 14, 2007
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-006.html
Deadline:06/13/07

LIM-6379
DHHS-PHS-NIH-NIEHS
Human Genes and the Environment Research Training Program (T32)

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

This new Human Genes and the Environment Research Training Program seeks to build upon the established foundations in exposure biology and high throughput genomics and expands the base to include additional scientific disciplines, such as human genetics, population genetics/genomics, statistics, epidemiology, environmental genomics/genetics, mechanistic environmental health sciences, systems biology, metabolomics, engineering, computational biology, behavioral medicine, other clinical and biomedical elements, and other relevant areas, to define a new interdisciplinary science which can address the relative roles of genes and environmental exposures in complex diseases. The goal is to produce a new generation of scientists who are equally at home in genomics and environmental health sciences and can seamlessly interact with both groups of scientists. This cadre of scientists will not only be equipped to advance methodologies and technologies in Environmental Genomics/Genetics, but also use these tools and resources to disentangle and evaluate the enormous number of environmental factors which directly influence or interact with some genotypes to determine the resultant phenotypic expression and clinical or physiologic endpoints.
LETTER OF INTENT RECEIPT DATE: May 29, 2007
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-07-002.html
Deadline:06/29/07

LIM-6380
DHHS-PHS-NIH-NICHD
Data Coordinating Center for the NICHD Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research Network (U10)

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications from investigators willing to participate as the Data Coordinating Center for the NICHD Neonatal Research Network under a cooperative agreement in an ongoing multicenter clinical research program designed to perform interventional and observational clinical studies in newborn infants, particularly low birth weight infants. The model of multi-site clinical centers for research is well established. The objective of this program is to facilitate the advancement of neonatal care by establishing a network of academic centers that, by rigorous patient evaluation using common protocols, can study the required numbers of patients and can provide answers more rapidly that individual centers acting alone.
LETTER OF INTENT RECEIPT DATE: June 15, 2007
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-002.html
Deadline:07/17/07

LIM-6388
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface

***This program is limited in the number of applications that can be submitted by the university. If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Dr. David Pramer of ORSP (pramer@orsp.rutgers.edu or 932-1050 x3027) or Mary Feldenkreiss (felden@orsp.rutgers.edu or 732-932-0150 x3015) with questions about the internal peer review process. See the ORSP website for internal deadlines - http://orsp.rutgers.edu/limited.php.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND Advances in genomics, quantitative structural biology, and modeling of complex systems have created opportunities for an exciting research career at the interface between the physical/computational sciences and the biological sciences. Tackling key problems in biology will require scientists trained in areas such as chemistry, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Recognizing the vital role such cross-trained scientists will play in furthering biomedical science, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund has developed the Career Awards at the Scientific Interface. These grants are intended to foster the early career development of researchers with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research.
http://www.bwfund.org
Deadline:05/01/07

OTH - Other

OTH-6374
US Department of Agriculture
Quality Samples Program

QSP projects are the activities undertaken by a QSP participant to provide an appropriate sample of a U.S. agricultural commodity to a foreign importer, or a group of foreign importers, in a given market. The purpose of the project is to provide information to an appropriate target audience regarding the attributes, characteristics, and proper use of the U.S. commodity. A QSP project addresses a single market/commodity combination.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-57.htm
Deadline:02/12/07

OTH-6375
US Department of Agriculture
Specialty Crops Program

The TASC program is designed to assist U.S. organizations by providing funding for projects that address sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of U.S. specialty crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the purpose of the TASC Program, are defined to include all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the U.S., except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-58.htm
Deadline:02/12/07

OTH-6384
Department of Commerce
Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program

The Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program was established through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447). The purposes of the program include: (1) To increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and to foster multidisciplinary training opportunities; (2) to increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and to improve environmental literacy; (3) to recruit and prepare students for public service careers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other natural resource and science agencies at the Federal, State and local and tribal levels of government; and, (4) to recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1010.htm
Deadline:02/22/07

SB - Social and Behavioral Studies 

SB-6387
Social Security Administration
Cooperative Agreements for Early Identification and Intervention Demonstrations (EIID)

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making cooperative agreement funding available to support a project that will design and implement effective, replicable, and sustainable models which will increase the number of children (birth to age 5) who receive developmental screening and improve the early identification of children with developmental delays and/or disabilities. This cooperative agreement will target children from birth to age 5 from the following populations: minority, unserved, underserved, native populations, homeless, premature infants, parental depression or serious emotional disturbance, foster care, low-income, inner city, rural, children affected by substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure, and children involved in a substantiated case of child abuse. Applicants should show how they intend to assure that participants from diverse populations are served by the project. Applicants must specify the geographic area to be covered by the project.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1347.htm
Deadline:03/14/07

SEM - Science, Engineering & Math

SEM-6372
STARS
Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series Invites Applications for Planning and Research Grants

STARS (Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series), a program administered by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, in Berkeley, California, seeks to sponsor research by small teams of scientists and humanities scholars on "the ways science, in light of philosophical and theological reflection, points towards the nature, character, and meaning of ultimate reality." Priority will be given to young scientists with outstanding potential who are relatively new to interdisciplinary research. STARS will award up to twenty-seven grants totaling $1.3 million to research teams on a highly competitive basis.
RESEARCH PLANNING GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MAY 1, 2007 and
RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2007
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=166100034
Deadline: May 1 and Nov 1, 2007

SEM-6381
Human Frontier Science Program Organization
Human Frontier Science Program Announces 2008 Call for Letters of Intent

Research Grants provided by HFSP support basic research in the life sciences with emphasis placed on novel, innovative, and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. Research grants are awarded for novel collaborations involving extensive collaboration among teams of scientists working in different countries and in different disciplines. Two types of grants are available: Young Investigator Grants and Program Grants. Young Investigators’ Grants: Newly appointed investigators will be expected to propose projects with team members having distinct expertise and coming from different areas of the life sciences (if not from outside the life sciences). Typically, "Young Investigators" will have completed one or two periods of postdoctoral training and be appointed to staff positions that allow them to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research. Program Grants: These grants are designed to help teams of independent researchers develop new lines of research through collaboration. Priority will be given to new, innovative research projects for which preliminary results might not necessarily be available. Applications from independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged. All members of a Program Grant team must be in a position to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research, have responsibility for their own laboratories, and show evidence of independence.
Important Deadlines :
Compulsory pre-registration for password: 22 MARCH 2007
Submission of Letters of Intent: 03 APRIL 2007
http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.php
Deadline: Mar 22 and April 3, 2007

SEM-6385
Department of Commerce
Measurement, Science and Engineering Grants Programs

The Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL) Grants Program will provide grants and cooperative agreements for the development of fundamental electrical metrology and of metrology supporting industry and government agencies in the broad areas of semiconductors, electronic instrumentation, radio-frequency technology, optoelectronics, magnetics, superconductors, electronic commerce as applied to electronic products and devices, the transmission and distribution of electrical power, national electrical standards (fundamental, generally quantum-based physical standards), and law enforcement standards.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-1285.htm
Deadline:09/30/07

SEM-6390
DOD-Dept of the Army
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contract (SETAC)

In support of air, space, and missile defense, the USASMDC/ARSTRAT executes a requirement to fulfill advisory and assistance services under the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance Contr acts (SETAC) program. The contractor will be expected to provide non-personal services for systems engineering and technical assistance in support of the Mission and Function Statements for the USASMDC/ARSTRAT and Other Government Agencies related to air, space, and/or missile defense. This support is both broad ranging and ever changing. The SETAC scope of work (SOW) is anticipated to have ten (10) functional areas: (1) Requirements Definition, Integration, and Planning; (2) Technology Development, Sys tem Development, Assessment, and Validation; (3) Threat Estimation/Projections; (4) Weapons Lethality and Effects Estimation; (5) Modeling, Simulation and Interfacing; (6) Program/Project Analysis, Evaluation, Experimentation, and Support; (7) Production and Fielding Support; (8) Homeland Defense and Homeland Security; (9) Warfighter Support; and 10) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear.
http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/USA/SMDC/DASG60/W9113M%2D06%2DR%2D0012%2D01/listing.html
Deadline:03/31/07

SEM-6392
DOD-DARPA
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 07-22 Quantum Sensors

It is anticipated that the majority of funding for this program will be committed during the first selections. Full proposals must be submitted to DARPA, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714 (Attn.: BAA07-22). POC: Dr. Michael Zatman, DARPA/STO; Email: quantum@darpa.mil; Website: https://dtsn.darpa.mil/qsp.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is soliciting proposals under this BAA for the Quantum Sensors Program (QSP). The objective of QSP is to develop practical sensors operating outside of a controlled laboratory environment that exploit non-classical photon states (e.g. entangled, squeezed, or cat) to surpass classical sensor resolution.
Deadlines: 3/1/2007 and1/29/2008
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07%2D22/listing.html
Deadline:03/01/07

SEM-6394
Earthwatch Institute - US/International
Research Grants

The sponsor provides support for scholarly field research worldwide in the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences.
Objectives
The sponsor supports field research that explores: Environmental Impacts: How human activities affect ecosystems, endangered habitats, and threatened species. Biodiversity: How ecological and cultural forces relate to ecosystem processes that maintain biological diversity. Human Ecology: How the environment shapes human adaptation, indigenous knowledge, and socio-economic responses. Conservation Management: How to foster habitat connectivity, sustainable agriculture, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and other management practices.
Eligibility
The sponsor supports doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, or researchers with equivalent scholarship or commensurate life experience. The Research Program welcomes proposals from advanced scholars and professionals of any nationality. Applicants from the Americas, Asia (excluding Japan and Australia/New Zealand), Africa and the Middle East are encouraged to apply to this program. Researchers from Europe should apply to the Earthwatch - Europe program.
http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=392425
Deadline:04/15/07

SEM-6395
Federal Highway Admininstration
Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program

Synopsis
The sponsor is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for programs designed to improve students', particularly women and minorities, skills in science, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Objectives
The sponsor is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for programs designed to improve students', particularly women and minorities, skills in science, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Eligibility
Local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs), which may enter into a partnership agreement with institutions of higher education, businesses, or other entities, are eligible to apply for grants.
Funding
Currently, total federal funding in the amount of $1,000,000 is available for up to 10 awards. It is possible another $1,000,000 maybe made available prior to award. In such case, up to 10 additional awards may be made. The project period for this grant is 12 months.
http://apply.grants.gov/opportunities/instructions/oppDTFH61-07-RA-00108-cfda20.200-instructions.doc
Deadline:03/05/07

SEM-6396
DOD-DON-Office of Naval Research
Air Warfare and Naval Weapons Applications Division

Naval unique or essential projects in this program are involved with applied research and advanced technology aligned with current and future Naval capability (FNC) gaps and the Electro-Magnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype (INP). The Portfolio of current FNC projects include intelligent autonomy, unmanned vehicle systems, precision strike, power generation advanced gun barrel, and turbine engine propulsion. Objectives Naval unique or essential projects in this program are involved with applied research and advanced technology aligned with current and future Naval capability (FNC) gaps and the Electro-Magnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype (INP). The Portfolio of current FNC projects include intelligent autonomy, unmanned vehicle systems, precision strike, power generation advanced gun barrel, and turbine engine propulsion. Deadline is open.
http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/35/352/
Deadline: See program announcement.

SEM-6401
Department of Homeland Security
Tunnel Detection Technologies Project

DHS S&T will consider a broad range of technologies but focuses on the high risk/high payoff development and demonstration of complete systems or subsystems rather than advances in basic sciences. Proposed systems and subsystems need not be composed entirely of newly developed components, and may integrate new technology into existing systems and/or subsystems. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed at high-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges.
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/BAA07-01/listing.html
Deadline:09/15/07

SEM-6402
Department of Homeland Security
Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Demonstration Laboratory

Security screening to evaluate the risk of individuals entering transportation and other critical infrastructure, and attending Special Security Events requires efficient, rapid and accurate examination of a person, their belongings and credentials. Through this BAA, DHS S&T is seeking responses to develop a reconfigurable FAST Demonstration Laboratory facility to support human behavior screening research, development and demonstration in the field at a variety of locations. The FAST Demonstration Laboratory will be used to host screening experiments as well as tests and evaluations to characterize the utility of behavioral, physical, and sensor based components of human screening to enhance the performance of security staff that is responsible for discerning intent to cause damage or harm. Field research will be conducted in multiple venues including high volume transportation, border and special security events applications, as well as access control for critical infrastructures. This effort is intended to result in the delivery of an initial prototype system in 6 months and a final prototype of the FAST Demonstration Laboratory within one year of contract award.
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS%2DOCPO/BAA07%2D03/listing.html
Deadline:03/17/07

SEM-6403
Department of Homeland Security
SAFE Container (SAFECON) Program

DHS S&T will consider a broad range of technologies but this HSARPA BAA focuses on the high risk/high payoff development and demonstration of complete systems or subsystems rather than advances in basic sciences. Proposed systems and subsystems need not be composed entirely of newly developed components. Instead, they may be new or existing technologies integrated into existing systems and/or subsystems in unique and innovative ways. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed at high-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making, in the 2-5 year timeframe, revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges.
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS%2DOCPO/BAA07%2D02/listing.html
Deadline:09/15/07

SEM-6404
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Consulting on Effects of Man-Made Nanoparticles

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to award a purchase order, using FAR Part13 procedures, for consultation services with the best available chemical and or physical/biomedical expert who can provide advice regarding the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterial products that may potentially become environmental contaminants and potential hazards to human health. In particular, expertise is needed regarding the following: (1) the properties of nanomaterial products likely to enter the marketplace or otherwise become environmental contaminants; (2) the properties of nanomaterial products most likely to become sources of environmental exposures to humans; (3) the appropriate procedures for preparation and characterization of nanomaterial containing dosing solutions to be used in vitro or in vivo toxicity testing, so as to best evaluate potential human healthrisks; (4) the appropriate analytical approaches and methodology to fully characterize the nature and stability of nanomaterial dosing solutions; and, (5) the appropriate analytical approaches to measure the properties such as concentration, stability, particle size, and form of nanomaterials in biological media such as blood, urine, feces, or in biological tissue samples such as lung, gut, liver, other visceral organs, muscle, brain, bone, etc.
http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/CMD/RFQ%2DRT%2D07%2D00028/listing.html
Deadline:03/01/07

SEM-6405
Department of Energy
Development of Diagnostic Systems for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Experiments

The sponsor will provide funding for projects to conduct experimental research for the development of new measurement capabilities in magnetic fusion plasmas, leading to improved understanding of plasma behavior in fusion experiments relevant to the U.S. program in magnetic fusion energy sciences. Objectives In order to ensure continued progress in plasma experiments for the magnetic fusion energy sciences program, grant applications are sought for new techniques to measure quantities not previously accessible or at a level of detail greater than previously possible. The fusion community and the OFES must recognize the measurement as necessary for advancing the magnetic fusion energy sciences program. Interest for this Announcement is in experimental programs for the development of hardware for the measurement of magnetic fusion plasma parameters. However, it is recognized that part of a coordinated application may include a minimal amount of theory and/or modeling in support of the proposed experimental research.
The deadline for Letters of Intent is March 5, 2007. Full applications are due April 3, 2007.
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/BBAC89A42919029285257275006A32BF/$file/FOA_Notice_07-10_Diagnostics.pdf
Deadline:03/05/07

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