OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT

COS Workshops

Aging Research

Brookdale Foundation - Leadership In Aging Fellowships
Each Leadership in Aging Fellowship provides two years of support to junior academics to focus on a project that will help establish them in an area of aging research. The Fellowship is open to a broad range of disciplines including, but not limited to, medical, biological and basic sciences, nursing, social sciences, the arts and humanities. We seek candidates who: (1) display leader-ship potential; (2) demonstrate an ongoing commitment to a career in aging; (3) have support from a mentor (or mentors); (4) and will commit at least 75% of his or her time for career development during each of the two years of the Fellowship. The grant amount of up to $125,000 each year is intended to cover 75% of the Fellow's time, base salary and fringe benefits. Deadline Nov. 5, 2009. Go to: http://www.brookdalefoundation.org/Leadership/Fellows/fellows.html

Arts & Letters

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association
NCSA is pleased to announce the 2009 Article Prize, which recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (French Revolution to World War I). The winner will receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the Annual NCSA Conference, "Theatricality and the Performative in the Long Nineteenth Century," in Tampa, FL, March 2010. Articles published between Sept. 1, 2008 and Aug. 31, 2009 are eligible for consideration for the 2009 prize and may be submitted by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays. The submission of essays that take an interdisciplinary approach is encouraged. Deadline: Nov. 16, 2009. Go to: http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/ncsa/prizes.htm

Gap Fund

FAU Division of Research - Gap Fund
Division of Research has limited "Gap" program funding available for fall 2009. These funds are to help fill the "gap" between basic research and the stage at which commercial development can begin. The gap funds are intended to translate University research into viable products or services for the benefit of the public either through licensing the inventions to existing companies or creating new companies to commercialize the research results. If you are considering submitting a Gap Fund proposal, contact the proposal in advance with Kurt Moore, at 7-1165 or kmoore34@fau.edu or Michelle Webb at 7-0673 or mwebb18@fau.edu. Deadline: Oct. 12, 2009. Go to: http://www.fau.edu/research/ott/gap.php

Geological Sciences

Cave Research Foundation - Graduate Student Research in Cave and Karst Studies
The Foundation (CRF) seeks proposals for graduate student research in cave and karst studies in any field of the earth, natural, or social, sciences. CRF may award up to $10,000 annually, distributed among one or more grant recipients. Typically, awards range from $1,000 to $3,000. The truly exceptional proposal, which involves two or more scientific disciplines, may receive a Thomas C. Kane Memorial Award and up to an additional $2,000 in grant support. Research at either the Master's or Ph.D. level is eligible. Thomas C. Kane Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Karst Science. Tom Kane (1945-2004), professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Cincinnati represented the best in combining a strong theoretical grasp of the issues with tremendous amounts of fieldwork. His research ranged from predacious interaction between cave beetles and cricket eggs (his Ph.D. research at Notre Dame) to the evolution of troglomorphy to the ecological analysis of a chemoautotrophic groundwater ecosystem in Movile Cave, Romania. This memorial award is given at the discretion of the review committee for proposed work that shows a creative merging of two or more disciplines in a way that is likely to result in innovative methods or novel interpretations. Deadline - March 2010 (TBA). Go to: http://www.cave-research.org/grants/grants.html

Environmental Systems Research Institute - GIS Grant Programs
The Environmental Systems Research Institute provides many resources and avenues for non-profit organizations interested in developing GIS capacity but who lack the funds to pay retail costs. The ESRI Conservation Program (ECP) was ESRI's first non-profit grant program and is its largest and broadest, reaching well beyond conservation groups to support all types of non-profits. ECP has helped to create and develop spatial analysis, computer mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) capability among thousands of non-profit organizations and individual projects of all sizes and types worldwide. Besides ECP there are other ESRI grant programs of different types and durations (see list below) Go to: http://www.conservationgis.org/aaesrigrants.html

Health

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Grand Challenges in Global Health
Grand Challenges in Global Health is a family of grants programs focused on one unifying purpose: To overcome persistent bottlenecks in creating new tools that can radically improve health in the developing world. The Grand Challenges initiative is modeled after the grand challenges formulated more than 100 years ago by mathematician David Hilbert. His list of important unsolved problems has encouraged innovation in mathematics research ever since. Similarly, the Grand Challenges in Global Health focuses on 14 major global health challenges with the aim of engaging creative minds across scientific disciplines - including those who have not traditionally taken part in health research - to work on solutions that could lead to breakthrough advances for those in the developing world.

Explorations is an agile, accelerated grant initiative with short two-page applications and no preliminary data required. Anyone with a bold idea that shows great promise can apply. Applications are submitted online, and winning grants are chosen approximately 4 months from the submission deadline. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded twice a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of $1 million or more, and could eventually evolve into Grand Challenges project. The topics for this round are: Create New Technologies for Contraception; Create New Ways to Induce and Measure Mucosal Immunity; Create Low-Cost Diagnostics for Priority Global Health Conditions; and Create New Ways to Protect Against Infectious Disease. Deadline: Nov. 2, 2009. Go to: http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/ApplicationInstructions.aspx

International Education

Institute for International Study - Goren Awards
As an addendum to last week's announcement, please note that while applications for the Boren awards for graduate students are sent to the Institute for International Study directly, FAU's authorized Boren advisor, Dr. Catherine Meschievitz, Director, Office of International Programs, SU-106, has offered to meet with and advise any graduate student who wants to apply. (Undergraduate applicants for scholarships must go through this Office). Her e-mail address is cmeschie@fau.edu; Tel: (561) 297-1039. Deadline: Jan. 28, 2010. Go to: http://www.borenawards.org/boren_fellowship/basics.html.

Multiple Sclerosis

Department of Defense, Department of the Army (USAMRAA) - Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Synergistic Idea Award Grant
The Synergistic Idea Award is designed to promote innovative ideas and scientific collaborations by supporting novel approaches to MS research that will move the field toward preventing the occurrence, reversing or slowing the progression and disability, and lessening the impact of MS. This award mechanism is designed to support new ideas, not ideas that are extensions of existing collaborative efforts. Collaborative partnerships must involve at least two, and up to a maximum of four, Principal Investigators from different research disciplines. Deadline: Nov. 24, 2009. Funding: $3,000,000. Go to: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48029

Native American Veterans Films

National Museum of the American Indian Seeks Submissions of Films on Native American Veterans
The National Museum of the American Indian is seeking submissions of four-minute films about Native American veterans that illustrate the impact and meaning of participation in the military for native people. All types of nonfiction film, including documentary, experimental, and animation, will be accepted. Prizes will be awarded to winners, and selected films will be shown on Veterans Day 2009 during a special program at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Visit the Web site of the National Museum of the American Indian for further information. Deadline: Oct. 18, 2009. Go to: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/fvc/veterans/.

Nursing

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - New Careers in Nursing
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing is a scholarship program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates with degrees in other fields who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's degree nursing programs. A school of nursing may apply for between five and 30 scholarships per year to be awarded to students from underrepresented groups in nursing or disadvantaged backgrounds. Up to 400 scholarship awards will be made during this funding cycle. Optional Information Applicant Web Conferences: Oct. 21, 2009 (2 p.m. ET) and Nov, 6, 2009 (11 a.m. ET) Registration information can be found at www.newcareersinnursing.org. Deadline: Dec. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20905

Parkinson's Diease

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research - Neurotrophic Factor Therapies Research
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Researchhttp://www.michaeljfox.org/ has announced a total commitment of up to $5 million for research to successfully translate neurotrophic factor advances from pre-clinical and early-phase clinical work into a practical, patient-relevant treatment for Parkinson's disease. Deadline: Nov. 18, 2009. Go to: http://www.michaeljfox.org/research_openFundingPrograms_program.cfm?ID=31

Photojournalism

Getty Images - Editorial Photography Awards
Getty Images annually awards five Grants for Editorial Photography to professional photo- journalists. Each grant provides $20,000, plus editorial, logistical, and promotional support. The program also awards four student grants of $5,000 each to photojournalism students at accredited schools. Professional applicants must be currently engaged as a professional journalist and apply as an individual. Grants will fund new work from both established and up-and-coming photojournalists. Student award applicants must be under the age of 30 and currently enrolled in photojournalism courses at an accredited college or university. Complete program guidelines are available at the Getty Images Web site. Deadline: Nov. 15, 20009. Go to: http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx

Physics

National Science Foundation - Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF)
This program is intended to provide support for physics proposals in three subareas: 1) computational physics, 2) information intensive physics, and 3) quantum information science and revolutionary computing. # PD 0d5-7555. Deadline: Oct. 28, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6681&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

Plant Genome Research

National Science Foundation - Plant Genome Research
The NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences has $20 million for its Plant Genome Research Program (NSF 09-611) and expects to fund 15-20 new awards. The goal of the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPFI) is to develop a basic knowledge of the structures and functions of plant genomes and translate this knowledge to a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of economically important plants and plant processes of potential economic value. By bridging basic research and plant performance in the field, the NPGI will accelerate basic discovery and innovation in economically important plants and enable enhanced management of agriculture, natural resources, and the environment to meet societal needs. Deadline: Jan. 26, 2010. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09611/nsf09611.htm

Social Sciences

University of Notre Dame - Science of Generosity RFP Competition
The University of Notre Dame request for proposals (RFP) initiative on the Science of Generosity is supported with funding from the John Templeton Foundation. The aim of this initiative is to stimulate scientific research on the practice of generosity in human life and society. We are particularly interested in better understanding three key aspects of generosity: The sources, origins, and causes of generosity; the variety of manifestations and expressions of generosity; the consequences of generosity for both the givers and receivers involved. Some examples of topics and questions that may be of interest for funding from this initiative include: 1. How people originally learn to be generous and not generous; 2. The relationship between generosity of money, time, helping, and emotional support; 3. Causal mechanisms generating voluntary religious and charitable financial giving; 4. Survey data, experimental data, ethnographies, focus groups, and interviews each have their strengths and weaknesses. In order to increase the value of investigations in the field of generosity, it will be important to combine these methods.

Social psychological obstacles to generosity and how they are reinforced and overcome; comparative cross-national research on political, economic, and cultural influences on generosity; institutional and cultural generators of generosity; social network dynamics shaping generosity; empirical tax policy implications for generosity; innovations in experimental studies of generosity; ethnographic studies of financial giving and volunteering in organizations; mechanisms promoting pro-social planned estate and corporate giving; intergenerational transmission of generosity; the mental and physical health consequences of generosity; contributions of voluntary generosity to the common good of society. Deadlines: Letter of Inquiry due Dec. 1, 2009; Full proposal due May 1, 2010. Go to: http://generosityresearch.nd.edu/request-for-proposals

Transportation

Florida Dept. of Transportation - 3 Requests for Proposals
1. RFRP 09/10-002 Sealing of Cracks on Florida Bridge Decks with Steel Girders http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Program_Information/RFRP%2009%2010%20002.pdf - Deadline: Nov. 10, 2009. RFRP 09/10-003
2. Trip Internalization in Multi-Use Developments http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Program_Information/RFRP%2009%2010%20003.pdf - Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009.
3. RFRP 09/10-004 Development of Tiered Aggregate Specifications for FDOT Use http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Program_Information/RFRP%2009%2010%20004.pdf - Deadline: Nov. 12, 2009.

Universities submitting proposals must have an executed University Master Agreement, Form #375-040-64 (version 04/08 or later) on file with the Department. Go to: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/RFRPs.shtm

Vision

Hope For Vision - Funding
Visionary Awards - Hope for Vision supports research aimed at developing treatments and cures for retinal degenerative diseases including retinitis pigmentosa, Usher syndrome, Stargardt's disease and macular degeneration. Visionary Awards are awarded annually, generally for a period of one-year. Awards range from $25,000 to $100,000, and the grant amount is based on the current or potential value of the research to the field of retinal degeneration. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.hopeforvision.org/files/file/Visionary_Grants.pdf

New Investigator Award - The New Investigator Award is meant for scientists in the early phase of their career. The goal of this award is to provide substantial funding over a two-year period, which will allow the new investigator to become established in the field and pursue grant support from the National Institutes of Health. New Investigator Awards are awarded every two years, generally for a period of two years. The Award ranges from $75,000 to $150,000, per year and is generally non-renewable after the two-year period. Deadline: Oct. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.hopeforvision.org/files/file/New_Investigator_Grants.pdf

Women

American Association of University Women - Fellowships for 2010-2011 Academic Year
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer one-year support for women who will have earned a doctoral degree by Nov. 15, 2009 Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Limited additional funds may be available when matched by the fellow's institution.

Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between April 15, 2011 and June 30, 2011. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2011. To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by Nov. 15, 2009. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.

Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants fund women, college, and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. Applicants may be tenure track, part-time, or temporary faculty or new or established scholars and researchers at universities. Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final writing, editing, and responding to issues raised in critical reviews. Funds cannot be used for undertaking research. Applicants must have received their doctorates by the application deadline. Scholars with strong publishing records should seek other funding. Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009. Go to: http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

Of Interest

Community of Science - Workshop - Oct. 16, 2009
Sponsored by the Office of Sponsored Research and the Wimberly Library Information Literacy and Instructional Services Department, a Community of Science workshop will be presented by Dr. Darlene Parrish and Bruce Barron; on Friday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m-12:30 p.m. in Rm. 136, Wimberly Library, Boca Raton campus. Register online at http://www.fau.edu/research/osr/registration-cos.php.

US Dept. of Education - Major Upgrade for the ERIC Digital Library
The U.S. Department of Education will spend $29 million over the next five years to enhance and operate the ERIC digital library of education literature, which offers free access to a broad array of scholarly materials. ERIC is the world's largest and most frequently used digital library of education, containing more than 1.3 million bibliographic records indexed from 1966 to the present. Its website (http://eric.ed.gov) provides free access to the ERIC digital library, which received more than 40 million visits in 2008 from educators, researchers, and the general public.

The National Academies Report - "A New Biology for the 21st Century"
The establishment of a National New Biology Initiative of comprehensive scope and magnitude is the centerpiece of a new report issued on September 17 by the National Academies Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century. Culminating a year's effort funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Energy, the report identifies food, environment, energy, and health as interlocking and interconnecting areas that require new, non-duplicative research approaches. The full text of the report and briefing materials, including PowerPoint slides, are at http://www.nas.edu/morenews/20090917.html.

Federal SBIR/STTR Training
Phase I Proposal Preparation Workshop, Orlando, FL, Oct. 22, 2009. If you are new to SBIR/STTR, you can't do better than this. It will enable you to get up to speed on both programs. It will show you how to go about applying for a Phase I grant or contract (and if you don't know the difference, or did not realize that some agencies make SBIR/STTR awards as grants and some as contracts, then it is a sign you need to attend!) For details, contact kchadwick@mail.ucf.edu. For more workshops, go to: http://g-jgreenwood.home.att.net/conferences.htm

Federal SBIR/STTR Application Due Dates - The Federal agencies that have Phase I proposal due dates in the next several months. Those agencies with an asterisk (*) next to their name will be accepting both SBIR and STTR proposals on the dates shown.

National Institutes of Health: Contracts
Nov. 9, 2009
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

Dept of Transportation FY10.1
Nov. 16, 2009
http://www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir/

National Science Foundation STTR
Nov. 17, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/oii/about.jsp

Dept of Energy
Nov. 20, 2009
http://www.science.doe.gov/sbir

National Science Foundation SBIR
Dec. 3, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/oii/about.jsp

National Institutes of Health*, CDC, FDA
Dec. 5, 2009
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

Dept of Commerce: NIST
Jan. 22, 2010
http://nist.gov/sbir

Dept of Defense, FY10.1
Jan. 13, 2010
http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir

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