OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT

Arts
National Endowment for the Arts – Media Arts - Access to Artistic Excellence
Business
Wells Fargo American Indian Scholarship Program
Education
US Dept. Education, IES Programs
Environment
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation – Environmental Chemistry
National Park Service – South Florida Coastal Program Funding
Toyota/Audubon – TogetherGreen Fellowships
Health Policy
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Health Policy Research
Science
Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
NIH – Mechanisms of Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Dependence
NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – NHLBI Career Transition Award

Arts

National Endowment for the Arts – Media Arts - “Access to Artistic Excellence”
Applications will be accepted under two deadlines: March 12, 2009, and August 13, 2009. The Access to Artistic Excellence category provides support for projects that include but are not limited to:

March: Exhibition of film/video art including the production of program notes and commentary by visiting artists and critics. Film/video festivals that include film/video artists, critics, panels, and seminars, and involve the general public; National or regional distribution of film/video/audio art; Preservation of film/video/audio artworks, and services that support preservation efforts. Deadline: Mar. 12, 2009.

August: Workshops/residencies/conferences that involve film/video/audio artists, critics, and the general public; Facilities access that makes production and post-production equipment available to media artists; Film/video/audio production: Films and documentaries that focus on the arts are encouraged. All phases of a project are eligible for support including research and development, production, and completion costs. Productions where the primary purpose is instructional, journalistic, archival, or promotional will not be competitive; Publications on issues pertinent to the field, both practical and aesthetic; Services to the field including activities that provide media artists and organizations with resources that are essential for artistic growth and development. Deadline: Aug. 13, 2009.

Go to: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP10/MediaAAE.html

Business

Wells Fargo American Indian Scholarships
The Wells Fargo American Indian Scholarship Program supports rising undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a career and degree in fields relating to banking, resort management, gaming operations, management and administration, including accounting, finance, information technology and human resources. Deadlines: May 1, 2009 (undergraduates); Jun. 1, 2009 (graduates). Go to: http://www.aigcs.org/02scholarships/wellsfargo/09-10%20Wells%20Fargo%20App.pdf

Education

U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences - Programs
Programs funded by the IES include: Education Research, Special Education Research, Postdoctoral Education Research Training,* Postdoctoral Special Education Research Training,* Statistical and Research Methodology in Education,* and Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies. The Institute of Education Sciences accepts applications twice each year for its research and research training grant programs. The due dates for 2009 will be: Letter of Intent: Apr. 27, and Aug. 3; Full Proposal: June. 25, and Oct. 1 except for those marked * when it is June only. Go to: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/futureComp.asp. To review all programs, go to: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/overview.asp

Environment

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation – Environmental Chemistry
The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides an award to a principal investigator of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry. Deadline: Aug. 15, 2009. Visit http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/postdoctoral_program.shtml.

National Park Service - South Florida Coastal Program Funding
The US Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program is a non-regulatory, voluntary program capable of providing both technical and financial assistance for on-the-ground habitat restoration projects and is looking for project ideas and proposals to help accomplish its program objectives.

The Coastal Program is an assistance program rather than a grant program, therefore it is important to engage in dialogue regarding project ideas prior to proposal submission. This will allow the NPS to assess the restoration needs of South Florida and ensure that proposals are appropriate. To develop cooperative agreements that provide funding for technically sound and cost effective projects that restore or enhance degraded coastal wetlands, uplands, estuaries, and riparian corridors; including the removal of exotic vegetation from coastal areas; and promoting public awareness of south Florida’s ecological issues; and to form partnerships in south Florida in joint effort to conserve, restore, and enhance coastal resources and habitat.

Projects should: Result in on-the ground restoration or enhancement of coastal habitats, focusing on landscape level initiatives. Improve habitat for fish and wildlife resources, including federally protected species. Collaborate with partners to combine resources and increase effectiveness; Leverage additional funding or other in-kind goods and/or services towards the total project cost; Consider potential climate change effects and resiliency of restoration activities to factors including, but not limited to, sea level rise. Contact the Coastal Program Coordinator for further details and to discuss project ideas. Grants: up to $100,000. Deadline: Apr. 17, 2009. Go to: http://mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/sfcesu/rfp.asp?type=Current

Toyota/Audubon - TogetherGreen Fellowships
Each year, 40 new Fellows will get broad-based training, assistance, and opportunities to help them conduct their own innovative, results-oriented conservation projects; serve as conservation role models; inspire and engage diverse audiences and communities; build leadership skills; connect with other U.S. and international conservation. Applicants may be budding volunteer leaders or mid-career environmental professionals. They must have a passion for conservation, the desire to learn and grow, and a commitment to making a difference. Fellows will receive:

Professional development focused on leadership, innovation, communications, conservation planning, outreach to diverse audiences, and evaluation in a creative and supportive learning environment; financial support to attend a five-day Leadership Institute and a three-day, follow-up Retreat, including costs for travel and lodging; a $10,000 grant to help support a creative Conservation Action Project as well as additional training opportunities; networking opportunities to meet and collaborate with other TogetherGreen Fellows and opportunities to establish strong professional connections with Audubon staff and other leaders in the conservation field; opportunities to secure additional funding through the TogetherGreen Innovation Grants Program; opportunities for public recognition through media and web promotion. Deadline: Apr. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.togethergreen.org/People/FellowsMore.aspx?panel=-1#Accordion1

Health Policy

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Research
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research funds highly-qualified individuals to undertake broad studies of the most challenging health policy issues facing America. Approximately 10 grants of up to $335,000 each will be awarded to investigators from a variety of disciplines to support projects that combine creative and conceptual thinking with innovative, policy-relevant approaches. The program provides one of the few funding opportunities in the United States for investigator-initiated projects that are broad in scope, innovative in approach, and have national policy relevance. Applicants must be affiliated either with educational institutions or with 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations located in the United States or its territories. Past Investigator Awardees are ineligible to apply. Letter of Intent Deadline: Mar. 25, 2009. Go to: http://www.investigatorawards.org.

Science

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
This $25,000 Prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted by him/her during the past three years. This international prize, established in 2002, is intended to encourage and support the work of promising young neurobiologists who are not older than 35 years. The prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted by him/her during the past three years, as described in a 1,000-word entrance essay. Deadline: Jun. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.eppendorf.com/int/index.php?l=1&action=awards&contentid=3&sitemap=7.10.3

NIH – “Mechanisms of Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Dependence”
NIH’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse seek applications for this program (PA 09-099) to promote research to study neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of dependence and how alcohol and nicotine use interact through these mechanisms to promote dependence. Such an understanding is essential to guide the development of better prevention and treatment strategies for alcohol and nicotine co-abuse. Deadline: Jun. 5, 2009. Go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-099.html

NIH, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, “NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22)”
The purpose of the NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22) program (PAR-09-102) is to provide highly qualified postdoctoral fellows with an opportunity to receive mentored research experience in the NHLBI Division of Intramural Research and then to provide them with bridge funding to facilitate the transition of their research programs as new investigators at extramural institutions. To achieve these objectives, the NHLBI Career Transition Award will support two phases of research: an intramural phase (two years) and an extramural phase (three years), for a total of five years of combined support. Deadline: Jun 5, 2009. Go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-102.html

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February 2009