OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT
Community Programs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Local Funding Partnerships
Education
U.S. Dept. of Education - Research and Research Training Programs
Instrumentation
NSF – Chemical Research and Multi-User Instrumentation
Job Loss and Unemployment
Dept of Commerce, Economic Development Administration - "EDA American Recovery Program"
Music, Political Science, Psychology, Education and Religion
Grawemayer Awards
Pollution Prevention
EPA - Pollution Prevention Grants
Science Education
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Technology Development
NASA – Seed Funding for Technology Development
Tobacco Research
NIH - Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
Water Quality
NIH - Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
Women
NSF - Advance: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
Of Interest
International Conference On Education - International Association of Technology, Education and Development
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FAU Division of Research
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Local Funding Partnerships
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Funding Partnerships program works to forge relationships between RWJF and local grantmakers willing to fund promising original projects with the potential to significantly improve the health of vulnerable people in their communities. To be eligible for funding through the program, projects must be new, innovative, collaborative, and community-based. Significant program expansions into new regions or to new populations may also be considered. Funds may not be used to maintain existing projects.
Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker committed to participating as one of the funding partners. Local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. Funding partners may include independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. In-kind services may not be used to match RWJF funds. Up to $6 million in total funding is available for the 2010 grant cycle. The program expects to award up to fourteen matching grants of between $200,000 to $500,000 each. Stage 1 brief proposals will be accepted beginning April 15, 2009. Full Proposals: Jul. 7, 2009. Go to: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20605 and http://www.localfundingpartnerships.org/
Education
U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Research and Research Training Programs
The Institute of Education Sciences' overarching priority is research that contributes to improved academic achievement for all students, and particularly for those whose education prospects are hindered by inadequate education services and conditions associated with poverty, race/ethnicity, limited English proficiency, disability, and family circumstance. The Institute supports Education Research Programs, Special Education Research Programs, Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences, Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Special Education, Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences, and Centers. Unsolicited Grant Opportunities
Unsolicited Programs
The Institute of Education Sciences announces its interest in considering unsolicited applications for research, evaluation, statistics, and dissemination projects that would make significant contributions to the mission of the Institute. The Institute's mission is to conduct and support rigorous education statistics, research, and evaluation in order to provide reliable information about the condition of education, education practices that improve academic achievement, and the effectiveness of federal and other education programs. Unsolicited applications are defined as those that are not eligible for funding under the Institute's current grant competitions. You may be eligible to apply for a NCER or NCSER research program grant, so please check our Funding Opportunities page before submitting a research application to the unsolicited grants competition.
Deadline: Letter of Intent: Apr. 27, 2009. Proposal: June 25, 2009. Go to: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/
Instrumentation
National Science Foundation - Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation
The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation. Up to an additional $100,000, including indirect cost, may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects if the instrument is cyber-enabled. Deadline: June 23, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13579&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Job Loss and Unemployment
Dept of Commerce, Economic Development Administration - "EDA American Recovery Program"
Under this solicitation (No. EDA03102009RECOVERYACT), EDA will give priority consideration to those applications that will significantly benefit regions "that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring," as stipulated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. EDA provides financial assistance to distressed communities in both urban and rural regions. Such distress may exist in a variety of forms, including high levels of unemployment, low income levels, large concentrations of low-income families, significant declines in per capita income, large numbers (or high rates) of business failures, sudden major layoffs or plant closures, trade impacts, military base closures, natural or other major disasters, depletion of natural resources, reduced tax bases, or substantial loss of population because of the lack of employment opportunities. Deadline: Jun. 30, 2009. Go to: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45786
Music, Political Science, Psychology, Education and Religion
Grawemayer Awards
The Grawemeyer Awards at the University of Louisville are annual $200,000 prizes given in the fields of music, political science, psychology, education, and religion. Created to help make the world a better place, these annual awards accept nominations from around the world.
The Education Grawemeyer Award is designed to stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny, and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment. The award is intended not only to reward the individuals responsible, but also to draw attention to their ideas, proposals, or achievements. The award is designed to recognize a specific recent achievement rather than a lifetime of accomplishment.
The program seeks entries of ideas, policy proposals, technological advances, program initiatives, and research reports that present a well-articulated approach to the advancement of teaching and learning. Nominations will be judged on the basis of originality, creativity, feasibility, and scope of potential applicability. Ideas or achievements must have been presented or published in the recent past.
The awards program invites nominations from around the world by professional educators, educational institutions and organizations, and editors and publishers of journals, books, and software. Self-nominations will not be considered. Nominees may be individuals or nonprofit organizations. The $200,000 prizes will be made in five annual installments of $40,000.Go to: http://www.grawemeyer.org/
Pollution Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency - Pollution Prevention Grants Program
Engaging Partners in Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Work: For the past 12 years, EPA has required P2 Grant applicants to identify major environmental assistance providers in their States and to work with these organizations to educate businesses on P2. EPA believes that applicants who develop strong relationships with other environmental assistance providers can greatly maximize their opportunity for securing State and Federal resources in the future by dedicating time to developing partnerships. EPA continues to seek more cooperation among applicants and environmental and business assistance providers at the State level. These partnerships may include university-based technical assistance and cooperative extension programs, and other environmental assistance programs offered within the State. Deadline: Apr. 17, 2009. Go to: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/pubs/grants/ppis/2009rfpp2grant.html
Science Education
NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution. The program does not make scholarship awards directly to students; students should contact their institution’s Office of Financial Aid for this and other scholarship opportunities.
This program provides educational opportunities for Undergraduate Students. This program provides indirect funding for students at this level or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=DUE&from=home
Technology Development
NASA - Seed Funding for Technology Development
This Call to NASA Centers (NNH09IPP001O) is soliciting proposals for cost-shared partnerships with industry, academia, research institutions, national laboratories and other government agencies for joint development of technology that is of primary interest to NASA. This Call is being distributed through the four Mission Directorates as well as through the Center IPP offices (IPPO). In order to solicit external interest, this call will be posted to FedBizOps via the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS) and the IPP Seed Fund website. Responses to this call must involve partnerships with NASA and be received from NASA personnel participating as a Partnership Manager (PM) in the Center IPP Office. Proposals submitted directly from parties external to NASA will not be accepted. The President’s budget request for FY 2009 included $4.0 million for the IPP FY 09 Seed Fund and that same level each year for the five-year budget runout. The current closing date for applications of Apr. 30, 2009 is on hold but will be extended if funding issues can be resolved. Go to: http://ipp.nasa.gov/pdf/FY2009_SeedFundCall_Final.pdf
Tobacco Research
NIH - Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (PA-09-047 - reissue of PA-06-361) is to stimulate multidisciplinary research on potential reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked and smokeless, through the interplay of basic, biological, behavioral, surveillance, and epidemiology research. The tobacco industry is currently promoting some new products with claims that they are less harmful or less addictive because these products purportedly deliver lower amounts of toxic, carcinogenic, and/or addictive agents to the user compared with conventional products. However, to date, the scientific evidence is insufficient to evaluate whether these new products actually reduce the users exposure or risk for tobacco-related diseases. The key research question of this FOA is, Do potential reduced-exposure tobacco products provide a truly, less-harmful alternative to conventional tobacco products, both on the individual and population level? The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed two years. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year. Deadlines: May 16, 2009. Go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-361.html. For info relating to an accompanying R01 grant mechanism, go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-174.html (reissue of PA-09-046). Deadline May 7, 2009.
Water Quality
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), Gulf Coast CESU
The Surface Water Status and Trends Study of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program seeks to provide financial assistance for research in the development of a new National, Geographic Information System (GIS) database of spatial and tabular data about historical agricultural land use and surface water quality. The emphasis on surface water quality data should be on rare data not already available in online data bases such as the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Information System (NWIS) or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s STORET database. The new online GIS database will be made available to the public upon completion for a period of not less than five years. A copy will also be provided to the USGS. The information compiled in this database will be critical to scientists, managers, and policy makers involved in water quality investigations at a variety of spatial scales. The award (for Opportunity No. 09HQPA0025 will only be made under the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) agreement. FAU is a member of the South Florida-Caribbean CESU so interested faculty should make contact with a Gulf Coast CESU member to participate. Applications must be submitted by Deadline: Mar. 25, 2009. Funding is limited to a maximum of $150,000 for the duration of the proposed work. Funded work must be completed by June 30, 2011. Proposal deadline: Mar. 25, 2009.Go to: http://www07.grants.gov/search/
Women
NSF - Advance: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
The goal of the ADVANCE program (NSF 09-504) is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and women from underrepresented minority groups are particularly encouraged. Deadlines: Letter of Intent - Aug. 4, 2009; Full proposal: Nov.12, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383&org=OCE&sel_org=OCE&from=fund
Of Interest
International Conference On Education - International Association of Technology, Education and Development
The International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN09) will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on Jul. 6-9, 2009. Abstract Submission Deadline: Apr. 1, 2009. The objective of EDULEARN09 is to share experiences in the fields of New Technologies in Education, E-learning and methodologies applied to Education and Research. It is an International Forum for lecturers, researchers, professors, engineers, educational scientists and technologists. This is a call for Abstracts. Oral and poster presentations are welcome. You can present virtually if you cannot attend in person. Go to: http://www.iated.org/edulearn09.
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