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In addition to this GrantNet newsletter, faculty are encouraged to also review the Life Sciences GrantNet, as many opportunities involve interdisciplinary research with behavioral, natural, and computer science and engineering applications. Both the GrantNet and Life Sciences GrantNet are available on the VPR website.
Also visit http://www.grants.gov to conduct your own search for funding opportunities.
Note: Rutgers' Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) internal deadline for completed applications is 5 days prior to the funding agency deadline. Submit proposals on-line using the ORSP Proposal Delivery System (PDS), or contact the Grant Specialist for your department or program.
FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES
Department of Agriculture
Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Sustainable Community Projects
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/childrenyouthfamiliessustainablecommunityprojects.cfm
Deadline: October 23, 2009
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA announces the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) funding program to improve the quality and quantity of comprehensive community-based programs for at-risk children, youth, and families supported by the Cooperative Extension System. The CYFAR program mission is to marshal resources of the Land-Grant and Cooperative Extension Systems to develop and deliver educational programs that equip limited resource families and youth who are at-risk for not meeting basic human needs with the skills they need to lead positive, productive, contributing lives.
Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/educationchallengesecondaryhep.cfm
Deadline: January 15, 2010
The Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants (SPECA) program seeks to: (a) promote and strengthen secondary education and two-year postsecondary education in agriscience and agribusiness in order to help ensure the existence in the United States of a qualified workforce to serve the food and agricultural sciences system; and (b) promote complementary and synergistic linkages among secondary, two-year postsecondary, and higher education programs in the food and agricultural sciences in order to advance excellence in education and encourage more young Americans to pursue and complete a baccalaureate or higher degree in the food and agricultural sciences.
Department of Commerce
See solicitations for NOAA and NIST below.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released an omnibus solicitation announcing the availability of fiscal year 2009 grant funds. The solicitation is available at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15720.htm
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
No current open solicitations
Department of Defense
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
https://www.fbo.gov/download/a30/a30e14da0a9ff0e9de00e9823f82320d/AFOSR-BAA-2009-1.pdf
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) manages the basic research investment for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). As a part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), AFOSR’s technical experts foster and fund research within the Air Force Research Laboratory, universities, and industry laboratories to ensure the transition of research results to support USAF needs. Using a carefully balanced research portfolio, research managers seek to create revolutionary scientific breakthrough, enabling the Air Force and U.S. industry to produce world-class, militarily significant, and commercially valuable products. To accomplish this task, AFOSR solicits proposals for basic research through this general Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). This BAA outlines the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. AFOSR invites proposals for research in many broad areas.
ARO Broad Agency Announcement for Basic and Applied Scientific Research
http://www.arl.army.mil/www/DownloadedInternetPages/CurrentPages/DoingBusinesswithARL/research/07-r-0003-03.pdf
The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) solicits proposals for basic and scientific research in mechanical sciences, environmental sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, electronics, computational and information sciences, physics, chemistry, life sciences, and materials science.
DARPA Computer Science Study Group
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48147
Deadline June 25, 2010
DARPA seeks junior faculty with research interest in computer science, to serve as Principal Investigators to explore novel ideas that lead to fundamental technological advances that benefit the US Department of Defense. The opportunity is for Phase I of the Computer Science Study Group (CSSG), which is a multi-phase developmental and research program.
DARPA Coal to Liquids (CTL)
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b1c905a0d505832b897799652558c5f1&tab=core&_cview=1
Response date deadline Jan 08, 2010 4:00 pm Eastern
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of coal utilization as an energy resource. In particular DARPA is interested in processes that will ultimately enable the United States to economically extract energy from its coal resources in the form of liquid fuels using coal to liquid conversion technologies that are environmentally friendly and cost competitive with petroleum based fuels.
DARPA NEOVISION2
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=36a69675c012ce8c6ec4cccbdc36767b&tab=core&_cview=0
Response date deadline May 12, 2010
DARPA is soliciting research proposals to revolutionize the underlying technologies for unmanned sensor systems. This effort seeks to emulate the mammalian visual pathway by implementing advanced models and algorithmic emulations of the entire visual pathway - from retina to the visual cortex.
DARPA Physical Intelligence
http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa09-63.htm
June 14, 2010
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of physical intelligence. The Physical Intelligence Broad Agency Announcement seeks proposals addressing the physical basis of intelligence through the development of theory, demonstrations, and analytic tools. The Physical Intelligence program aspires to address challenges in three areas: (1) theory, (2) implementation/demonstration, and (3) analysis. While each area demands different skills, the whole is intended to create a comprehensive approach to this very challenging problem. The following paragraphs outline the objectives in each of these areas.
Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics (PoP)
http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa09-45.htm
Current Response Date: Apr 21, 2010 4:00 pm Eastern
DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of photovoltaic power sources that excel in efficiency, portability, flexibility, durability, and ease of manufacture.
National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship (NDSEG)
http://ndseg.asee.org/
Deadline: January 4, 2010
Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2010, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree.
National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47524
Closing date for proposals Oct 16, 2009
This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks outstanding researchers for the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) program for the purpose of conducting innovative basic research in areas of interest to the Department of Defense (DoD) and fostering long-term relationships between the NSSEFF Fellows and the DoD. As defined by the DoD, “basic research is systematic study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena and of observable facts without specific applications towards processes or products in mind. It includes all scientific study and experimentation directed toward increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding in those fields of the physical, engineering, environmental, and life sciences related to long-term national security needs. It is farsighted high payoff research that provides the basis for technological progress.” (www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/fmr/02b/02b_05.pdf). The DoD’s basic research program invests broadly in many scientific fields to ensure that it has early cognizance of new scientific knowledge. Areas of research that have produced significant improvement in military capabilities include electronics, materials science, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, mechanics, biological and life sciences, atmospheric and space sciences, cognitive and neural sciences, terrestrial sciences, and ocean sciences.
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080212-048.pdf
Open until superseded
AFOSR plans, coordinates, and executes the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) basic research program in response to technical guidance from AFRL and requirements of the Air Force; fosters, supports, and conducts research within Air Force, university, and industry laboratories; and ensures transition of research results to support USAF needs. The focus of AFOSR is on research areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to our national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities. These areas are organized and managed in three scientific directorates: Aerospace, Chemical and Materials Sciences, Physics and Electronics, and Mathematics, Information and Life Sciences.
Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences Education Research Grant Programs
http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncer_progs.asp
Various
The Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education has established 14 long-term programs of research under its Education Research Grant Programs. Each of these research programs accepts applications twice a year. Application deadlines are announced in the Federal Register and on the IES website.
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities-- Research and Development Center on Digital Images and Graphic Content in Accessible Instructional Materials
http://www.ed.gov/programs/oseptms/applicant.html#84327b
Deadline: October 19, 2009
The purposes of the Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program are: (1) to improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) to support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) to provide support for captioning and video description of educational materials that are appropriate for use in the classroom setting.
Department of Energy
Biological Systems Research on the Role of Microbial Communities in Carbon Cycling
http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/4d9531493f2c51438525759800535a7d/0b1cb154de869b8a852575e600519350?OpenDocument
Deadline November 9, 2009
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for research that supports the Genomics: GTL research program (www.genomicsGTL.energy.gov). In this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), applications are solicited for: i.) Systems-level studies on regulatory and metabolic networks of microbes and microbial consortia involved in biogeochemical cycling of carbon, ii.) Development of metatranscriptomic, metaproteomic, and other genome-enabled approaches to understand how shifts in environmental variables impact microbially-mediated carbon cycling processes in terrestrial ecosystems, and iii.) Development of methods and techniques for imaging and analysis of microbially-mediated carbon cycling processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5602&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Target Date: October 20, 2009
The Directorates for Engineering, Geosciences, and Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science/Office of Fusion Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy are continuing in FY2009 the joint Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering begun in FY1997. The goal of this three year (FY09-FY11) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed.
Department of Homeland Security
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
https://baa.st.dhs.gov/
Various deadlines
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate currently has several active solicitations on a broad range of topics. These solicitations are arranged by solicitation number in the left hand navigation section. Within each link, relevant information is posted and access to the teaming portal, conference registration and white paper/proposal registration and submission is provided, as applicable. In addition, historical information about past Solicitations and Workshops is maintained.
Office of University Programs
http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0555.shtm
The Office of University Programs engages the academic community to conduct research and analysis, and provide education and training to enhance the Department’s homeland security capabilities. University Programs' three thrust areas include:
Centers of Excellence
Education Programs
Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Programs
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA)
http://www.dhs.gov/files/grants/gc_1247254578009.shtm
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) focuses on homeland security research and development that could lead to significant technology breakthroughs and greatly enhance departmental operations. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established HSARPA to support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies; advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies; and accelerate the prototyping of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities.
HSARPA manages a broad portfolio of programs and projects for developing homeland security technology. It performs this function in part by awarding procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions for research or prototypes to public or private entities, businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. HSARPA funding opportunities are posted on the Solicitations Portal.
Environmental Protection Agency
Announcement of Intent to Issue an RFA on Fate and Transport of Engineered Nanomaterials in Coordination with the EC
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/
The EPA, NSF, USDA and NIOSH will issue a solicitation entitled "Increasing Scientific Data on the Fate, Transport and Behavior of Engineered Nanomaterials in Selected Environmental and Biological Matrices". The solicitation is expected to open on or before November 1, 2009 and will remain open for 90 days. The solicitation is being coordinated with the following call from the European Commission (EC) published on the 30th of July: The EC call reference is: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CooperationDetailsCallPage&call_id=276
Clean Air Research Centers
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_clean_air.html
Deadline: November 16, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications for Clean Air Research Centers. EPA is interested in supporting research on the health effects of exposure to particulate matter (PM), ozone, and other air pollutants, both singly and in multipollutant atmospheres. Priority research areas include: explaining regional and temporal differences in air pollution risk; determining the origins and transformations of multipollutant atmospheres and their constituents; defining exposure/concentration-response relationships; assessing susceptibility; understanding PM effects in a multipollutant context; and developing greater understanding of PM and ozone health effects. EPA is seeking proposals for integrated, multidisciplinary research centers that will advance understanding air pollution and human health effects.
Approaches to Assessing Potential Food Allergy from Genetically Engineered Plants
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_star_biotech.html
Deadline: January 7, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is issuing this request for applications (RFA) for applied research on innovative or improved methods to predict whether or not a pesticide protein is a food allergen. Research to characterize the key factors that influence human immune responses to dietary proteins is needed in order to better assess potential food allergy from genetically engineered plants. Proposals are requested on the role of dose, route of sensitization, and/or the physicochemical properties of ingested proteins and their influence on the development of immune sensitization, oral tolerance, or the elicitation of allergic symptoms. Also of interest is how the food matrix and gastrointestinal environment in which proteins are ingested may affect these immune responses. The overall aim of the research program is to improve safety assessment for genetically engineered plants by enhancing the ability to estimate the potency of unknown proteins relative to known allergenic and non-allergenic proteins. Because there is no single, definitive test for determining the allergenic potential of novel pesticide proteins in the diet, risk assessment associated with the regulation of foods derived from modern biotechnology currently uses a “weight-of-evidence” approach. The research will contribute to improved methods for assessing the potential dietary allergenicity of pesticide proteins in genetically engineered plants.
Fall 2009 EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships For Graduate Environmental Study
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_gradfellow.html
Deadline: October 22, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is offering Graduate Fellowships for master’s and doctoral level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline is October 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM for receipt of paper applications, and October 22, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 120 new fellowships by June 30, 2010. Master's level students may receive support for a maximum of two years. Doctoral students may be supported for a maximum of three years, usable over a period of four years. The fellowship program provides up to $37,000 per year of support per fellowship.
2010 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2010/2010_gro_undergrad.html
Deadline: December 10, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of paper applications is December 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM and December 10, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 30 new fellowships by July 30, 2010. Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and up to $8,000 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2009)
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=177033/Summary%20of%20Solicitation_Amend3.pdf
Proposals due no later than April 30, 2010
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA), entitled Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – 2009, solicits basic and applied research in support of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). This NRA covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences, including, but not limited to: theory, modeling, and analysis of SMD science data; aircraft, stratospheric balloon, and suborbital rocket investigations; development of experiment techniques suitable for future SMD space missions; development of concepts for future SMD space missions; development of advanced technologies relevant to SMD missions; development of techniques for and the laboratory analysis of both extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft, as well as terrestrial samples that support or otherwise help verify observations from SMD Earth system science missions; determination of atomic and composition parameters needed to analyze space data, as well as returned samples from the Earth or space; Earth surface observations and field campaigns that support SMD science missions; development of integrated Earth system models; development of systems for applying Earth science research data to societal needs; and development of applied information systems applicable to SMD objectives and data.
Multi-Cycle Treasury Programs Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
http://www.stsci.edu/institute/org/spd/mctp.html/
Multi-Cycle Treasury programs using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Up to 750 orbits per cycle, starting in Cycle 18, will be available for MCT Programs. The intent is to provide astronomers with the opportunity to tackle key scientific questions that cannot be fully addressed through the standard time allocation process.
Research Opportunities in Aeronautics
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={8AA62753-0F6B-3791-4A43-3DEF562FA257}&path=open
NOI due October 19. 2009; Full proposal due see announcement
Research Opportunities in Aeronautics solicits foundational research in support of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This NRA covers a variety of topics in aeronautics fundamental research that are being pursued by NASA personnel.
Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=201886/NNJ09ZSA002N%207-31-2009.pdf
Deadline: December 3, 2009
This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) jointly solicits proposals for NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) in support of the Human Research Program (HRP). Proposals are solicited by NASA in the areas of Sensorimotor, Muscle and Bone, Cardiovascular and Muscular Endurance, Intervertebral Disc Damage, and Advanced Food Technology. Proposals are solicited by the NSBRI in the areas of Cardiovascular Alterations and Smart Medical Systems and Technology.
Research Opportunities for Flight Experiments in Space Life Sciences: Biological Research In Canisters for Arabidopsis thaliana
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=207502/NNH09ZTT004N_September_11_2009.pdf
Deadline: November 12, 2009
This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits research proposals for space flight experiments that propose to use Arabidopsis thaliana within the Biological Research In Canisters - Light Emitting Diode (BRIC-LED) hardware.
Stand Alone Missions of Opportunity (SALMON)
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=160495/SALMON_AO_Amend3.pdf
Deadline: September 2, 2013
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces the opportunity to conduct science investigations and technology demonstrations of modest cost and scope as Missions of Opportunity (MO). Proposed investigations must address one or more of the goals established in the 2006 NASA Strategic Plan, which establishes six major Strategic Goals over the next 10 years to achieve the national vision of extending the human presence across the Solar System, developing innovative technologies, and promoting international and commercial participation in exploration to further U.S. scientific, security, and economic interests.
National Endowment for the Arts
Various funding opportunities.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Collaborative Research Grants
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html
Collaborative Research Grants support original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual’s salary.
National Humanities Center Fellowships 2010-1011
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/fellowships/appltoc.htm
Deadline October 15, 2009
The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new Ph.D.s should be aware that the Center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The Center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States. Most of the Center's fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Archaeology and Archaeometry
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Target Date: October 31, 2009 Archaeometry
Full Proposal Target Date: December 1, 2009 Archaeology - Senior Research
Full Proposal Target Date: July 1, 2010 Archaeology - Senior Research
Doctoral Dissertation Research - Proposals accepted at any time
High Risk Research in Anthropology - Proposals accepted at any time
The Archaeology Program provides support for anthropologically relevant archaeological research at both a "senior" and doctoral dissertation level. It also funds anthropologically significant archaeometric research. High risk exploratory research proposals are accepted for consideration and a description of these competitions is provided in the Archaeology Program Overview.
Biomaterials (BMAT)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13699&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
September 1 - October 31, Annually Thereafter
The Biomaterials Program supports fundamental research at the intersection of the physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Proposals focused on the preparation, characterization, structure-property relationships, and applications of biomaterials are encouraged. Emphasis is on novel design of biomaterials, including bioderived, bioinspired, biomimetic and biocompatible materials, discovery of new phenomena, and the combination of experiment with theory and/or simulation. General areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, self- and directed molecular assemblies, surfaces and interfaces, membranes and vesicles, gels and networks, carriers and drug delivery systems, smart and self-healing systems, tissue culture scaffolds, mineralization, hybrids and composites, multi-functional biomaterials such as photonic and electronic biomaterials, biomaterials for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, and biomaterials for sensors and actuators.
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501023&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The mission of the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Program is to provide opportunities to develop novel ideas into discovery-level and transformative projects that integrate engineering and life science principles in solving biomedical problems that serve humanity in the long-term, and advance both engineering and life sciences with biomedical engineering projects that are at the interface of engineering and biomedical sciences. The BME program supports fundamental, transformative, and discovery research applied to biological systems.
Biophotonics, Advanced Imaging, and Sensing for Human Health (BISH)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501025&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The BISH program supports innovative research of biophotonic, imaging, and sensing technologies for applications in human health. Developing molecularly specific sensing (molecular photonics), imaging, and monitoring systems with high sensitivity and resolution would be an enormous accomplishment with powerful applications to both biology and medicine. Low cost diagnostics will require novel integration of photonics, molecular biology, and material science. Complex biosensors capable of detecting and discriminating among large classes of biomolecules could be important not only to biology and medicine, but also to environmental sensing and homeland security.
Catalysis and Biocatalysis
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13360&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Catalysis and Biocatalysis program primarily supports fundamental and applied research on: Kinetics and mechanisms of important catalyzed chemical reactions as they relate to the production of chemicals, fuels, and specialized materials; Fundamental aspects of reactive deposition and processing for thin film materials; Characterization of chemical and biochemical phenomena occurring at or near solid surfaces and interfaces;
Kinetic modeling and theory of heterogeneous, homogeneous, and biocatalysis; and electrocatalytic processes having engineering significance or commercial potential
Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13635&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: October 21, 2009 for Phase I proposals
Full Proposal Deadline Date: April 5, 2010 for Phase I proposals, by invitation only
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 21, 2009 for Phase II proposals
The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program supports research centers focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges. CCIs that address these challenges will produce transformative research, lead to innovation, and attract broad scientific and public interest. CCIs are agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and make full use of cyberinfrastructure to enhance collaborations. CCIs may partner with researchers from industry, government laboratories and international organizations. CCIs integrate research, innovation, education, and public outreach and include a plan to broaden participation of underrepresented groups. The CCI program is a two-phase program. Both phases are described in this solicitation. Phase I CCIs receive significant resources to develop the science and integrative elements of a CCI before requesting Phase II funding. Phase I proposals funded in FY2010 will seek Phase II funding in FY2013. Only organizations receiving Phase I awards in FY2007 are eligible to request Phase II funding in FY2010.
Ceramics (CER)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5352&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: October 31, 2009
This program supports fundamental research including combined experiment and theory projects in ceramics (e.g., oxides, carbides, nitrides and borides), glasses, ceramic-based composites and inorganic carbon-based materials. The objective of the program is to increase fundamental understanding and develop predictive capabilities for relating synthesis, processing, and microstructure of these materials to their properties and ultimate performance in various environments and applications. Development of new experimental techniques or novel approaches to carry out projects is encouraged. Topics supported include basic processes and mechanisms associated with nucleation and growth of thin films; bulk crystal growth; phase transformations and equilibria; morphology; surface modification; corrosion, interfaces and grain boundary structure; and defects. The microstructures investigated range from crystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous to composite and nanostructured materials.
Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13363&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Chemical and Biological Separations (CBS) program supports fundamental research on novel methods and materials for separation processes. These processes are central to the chemical, biochemical, materials, energy, and pharmaceutical industries. A fundamental understanding of the interfacial, transport, and thermodynamic behavior of multiphase chemical systems as well as quantitative descriptions of processing characteristics in the process-oriented industries is critical for efficient resource management and effective environmental protection. The program encourages proposals that address emerging research areas and technologies, have a high degree of interdisciplinary thought coupled with knowledge creation, and integrate education and research.
CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2010
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13451&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: November 1, 2009 - November 28, 2009 Large Projects
Full Proposal Window: December 1, 2009 - December 17, 2009 Small Projects
This solicitation seeks proposals in cross-cutting areas that are scientifically timely, and that benefit from the intellectual contributions of researchers with expertise in a number of computing fields and/or sub-fields. The cross-cutting programs for FY 2010 are: Data-intensive Computing; Network Science and Engineering; and Trustworthy Computing.
Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12765&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: November 1, 2009 - November 28, 2009 Large Projects
Full Proposal Window: December 1, 2009 - December 17, 2009 Small Projects
CISE’s Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs:
The Computer Systems Research (CSR) program; and
The Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program.
Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13366&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Combustion, Fire, and Plasma Systems program supports fundamental research and education relevant to these subjects. Among the broader societal impacts of the program are cleaner global and local environments, enhanced public safety, improved energy and homeland security, useful new materials, and more efficient manufacturing. This program is not an applied research program, but rather it provides broad, basic knowledge that can be used by others in development of systems for combustion and plasma applications and for mitigating the effects of fire. Broad-based tools - - computational, experimental, or diagnostic - - that can be applied to a variety of problems in combustion, fires, and/or plasmas are major products of this endeavor. Note that the plasma science is generally in support of plasma processing; atmospheric-science or fusion-energy plasmas are funded elsewhere.
Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503220&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: November 1, 2009 - November 28, 2009 Large Projects
Full Proposal Window: December 1, 2009 - December 17, 2009 Small Projects
CISE’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs:
The Algorithmic Foundations program;
The Communications and Information Foundations program; and
The Software and Hardware Foundations program.
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13623&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
This program supports theoretical and computational materials research and education in the topical areas represented in DMR programs, including condensed matter physics, polymers, solid-state and materials chemistry, metals and nanostructures, electronic and photonic materials, ceramics, and biomaterials. The program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual, analytical, and computational techniques for materials research. A broad spectrum of research is supported using electronic structure methods, many-body theory, statistical mechanics, and Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, along with other techniques, many involving advanced scientific computing. Emphasis is on approaches that begin at the smallest appropriate length scale, such as electronic, atomic, molecular, nano-, micro-, and mesoscale, required to yield fundamental insight into material properties, processes, and behavior and to reveal new materials phenomena. Areas of recent interest include, but are not limited to: strongly correlated electron systems; low-dimensional systems; nonequilibrium phenomena, including pattern formation, microstructural evolution, and fracture; high-temperature superconductivity; nanostructured materials and mesoscale phenomena; quantum coherence and its control; and soft condensed matter, including systems of biological interest.
Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (NSF, NOAA, NMFS)
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=48356
This announcement solicits proposals for the Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO) Program which is implemented as a partnership between the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The purpose of CAMEO is to strengthen the scientific basis for an ecosystem approach to the stewardship of our ocean and coastal living marine resources. The program will support fundamental research to understand complex dynamics controlling ecosystem structure, productivity, behavior, resilience, and population connectivity, as well as effects of climate variability and anthropogenic pressures on living marine resources and critical habitats. CAMEO encourages the development of multiple approaches, such as ecosystem models and comparative analyses of managed and unmanaged areas (e.g., marine protected areas) that can ultimately form a basis for forecasting and decision support. Further information is available on the CAMEO web site (http://cameo.noaa.gov ).
Condensed Matter Physics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5666&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
The Condensed Matter Physics program supports experimental, as well as combined experiment and theory projects investigating the fundamental physics behind phenomena exhibited by condensed matter systems. Representative research areas in such systems include: 1) phenomena at the nano- to macro-scale including: transport, magnetic, and optical phenomena; classical and quantum phase transitions; localization; electronic, magnetic, and lattice structure or excitations; superconductivity; and nonlinear dynamics. 2) low-temperature physics: quantum fluids and solids; 1D & 2D electron systems. 3) soft condensed matter: partially ordered fluids, granular and colloid physics, and 4) understanding the fundamental physics of new states of matter as well as the physical behavior of condensed matter under extreme conditions e.g., low temperatures, high pressures, and high magnetic fields. Questions of current interest that span these research areas are: How and why do complex macroscopic phenomena emerge from simple interacting microscopic constituents? What new physics occurs far from equilibrium and why? What is the physics behind the behavior of matter confined to the nanoscale in one or more dimensions? What is the physics of spin systems and quantum states of matter that could lead to their coherent manipulation and control?
CreativeIT
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501096&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline October 13, 2009
The CreativeIT Program solicits proposals for projects that explore synergistic cross disciplinary research in creativity and computer science and information technology. Information technology is playing an increasing role in extending the capability of human creative thinking and problem solving. The study of creativity and computing as a way to advance computer science and information technology, cognitive science, engineering, education, or science can lead to new models of creativity and creative computational processes, innovative approaches to education that encourage creativity, innovative modes of research that include creative professionals, and new technology to support human creativity.
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5423&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: January 18, 2010
The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research, and workshops are funded in the areas of judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; societal and public policy decision making; management science and organizational design
Economics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: January 18, 2010
The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5353&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
The goal of this program is to advance the field of electronics and photonics through basic, potentially transformative materials science research. The scope of the program encompasses the discovery and understanding of materials and material combinations with potential for major technological advantages. Program focus is on identification and understanding of fundamental atomic and molecular level mechanisms and phenomena associated with synthesis and processing of electronic and photonic materials. High risk, high payoff research is encouraged. For example, novel materials are sought that may offer new paradigms in critical computing and communications components, or enable low cost, highly efficient, and stable photovoltaics, solid state lighting, and displays. Research topics include, but are not limited to, nucleation and growth of thin films and nanostructures; self-assembly; nanostructure definition and etching processes; interface bonding and structure; crystal and interface defects; doping; bulk crystal growth; and interrelationships between synthesis/processing, structure, and properties.
Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09606/nsf09606.htm
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
October 09, 2009
Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
November 13, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
March 31, 2010
The Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation has established the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) to serve a critical role in focusing on important emerging areas in a timely manner. The EFRI Office is launching a new funding opportunity for interdisciplinary teams of researchers to embark on rapidly advancing frontiers of fundamental engineering research. For this solicitation, we will consider proposals that aim to investigate emerging frontiers in the following two specific research areas: (1) Renewable Energy Storage (RESTOR), and (2) Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED): Engineering Sustainable Buildings. This solicitation will be coordinated with NSF Directorates listed above, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EFRI seeks proposals with transformative ideas that represent an opportunity for a significant shift in fundamental engineering knowledge with a strong potential for long term impact on national needs or a grand challenge. The proposals must also meet the detailed requirements delineated in this solicitation.
Energy for Sustainability
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501026&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Energy for Sustainability program supports fundamental research and education in energy production, conversion, and storage and is focused on energy sources that are environmentally friendly and renewable. Most world energy needs are currently met through the combustion of fossil fuels. With projected increases in global energy needs, more sustainable methods for energy production will need to be developed, and production of greenhouse gases will need to be reduced. Sources of sustainable energy include: Sunlight; Wind/Wave; Biomass; and Geothermal.
Environmental Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501029&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Environmental Engineering program supports fundamental research and educational activities across the broad field it serves. The goal of this program is to encourage transformative research which applies scientific principles to minimize solid, liquid, and gaseous discharges into land, inland and coastal waters, and air that result from human activity, and to evaluate adverse impacts of these discharges on human health and environmental quality. The program fosters cutting-edge scientific research based on fundamental science for identifying, evaluating, and developing new methods and technologies for assessing the waste assimilative capacity of the natural environment and for removing or reducing conventional and emerging contaminants from polluted air, water and soils. The program is based on four types of engineering tools - - measurement, analysis, synthesis, and design.
Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501030&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Environmental Implications of Emerging Technologies program provides support to develop and test the environmental effects of new technologies. Fundamental and basic research is sought to establish and understand outcomes as a result of the implementation of new technologies such as nanotechnology and biotechnology. The program also supports research on the development and refinement of sensors and sensor network technologies that can be used to measure a wide variety of physical, chemical, and biological properties of interest in characterizing, monitoring, and understanding environmental impacts.
Environmental Sustainability
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501027&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Environmental Sustainability program supports engineering research with the goal of promoting sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems. These systems provide ecological services vital for human survival. The long-term viability of natural capital is critical for many areas of human endeavor. Research in Environmental Sustainability typically considers long time horizons and may incorporate contributions from the social sciences and ethics. This program supports engineering research that seeks to balance society's need to provide ecological protection and maintain stable economic conditions. There are four principal general research areas which are supported, but others can be proposed: Industrial Ecology; Green Engineering; Ecological Engineering; and Earth Systems Engineering.
Fluid Dynamics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13365&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Fluid Dynamics program supports fundamental research and education on mechanisms and phenomena governing fluid flow. Topics include: hydrodynamic stability; transitional flows and turbulence; Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; sediment transport; waves and coastal engineering; hydraulics; multi-scale, multi-phenomena models and computations; micro- and nano-scale flow phenomena; and biofluid mechanics. Proposed research should contribute to basic understanding, thus enabling the better design, predictability, efficiency, and control of systems that involve fluids. Proposals addressing innovative uses of fluids in materials development, manufacturing, biotechnology, nanotechnology, clinical diagnostics and drug delivery, sensors development and integration, energy and the environment, are encouraged.
Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13689&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 16, 2010
The Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry Program supports research on 1) the interactions between biological and geological systems at all scales of space and time; 2) geomicrobiology and biomineralization processes; 3) the role of life in the transformation and evolution of the Earth's geochemical cycles; 4) inorganic and organic geochemical processes occurring at or near the Earth's surface now and in the past, and at the broad spectrum of interfaces ranging in scale from planetary and regional to mineral-surface and supramolecular; 5) mineralogy and chemistry of soils and sediments; 6) surficial chemical and biogeochemical systems and cycles and their modification through natural and anthropogenic change; and 7) development of tools, methods, and models for low-temperature geochemistry and geobiological research - such as those emerging from molecular biology - in the study of the terrestrial environment.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09603/nsf09603.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Various due dates Nov. 2 to Nov. 12 depending on discipline
The National Science Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the United States and to reinforce its diversity by offering approximately 1,654 graduate fellowships in this competition pending availability of funds. The Graduate Research Fellowship provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees and is intended for students who are in the early stages of their graduate study. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) invests in graduate education for a cadre of diverse individuals who demonstrate their potential to successfully complete graduate degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation. For each matriculated Fellow, the affiliated institution receives a $40,500 award per Fellow tenure year to cover the costs described below. Fellows Abroad receive direct NSF grant awards up to the same amount per year on tenure. The Graduate Research Fellowship stipend currently is $30,000 for a 12-month tenure period, prorated monthly at $2,500 for shorter periods as approved by NSF. The cost of education allowance currently is $10,500 per tenure year and is to be used by the affiliated institution to cover the costs of educating the Fellow. The affiliated institution is responsible for tuition and required fees in excess of the cost of education allowance. For Fellows Abroad, all tuition and assessed fees will be reimbursed to the Fellow up to a maximum of $10,500 per tenure year. In these cases, the Fellow is responsible for educational expenses beyond the GRFP cost of education allowance. Refer to the Information for Graduate Fellows document for restrictions on the use of the cost-of-education allowance. Fellows are allowed an additional one-time $1,000 International Research Travel Allowance upon submission of an approved travel request. The planned travel must involve a structured research or research dissemination activity approved by NSF.
Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13707&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: November 1, 2009 - November 28, 2009 Large Projects
Full Proposal Window: December 1, 2009 - December 17, 2009 Small Projects
CISE’s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs:
The Human-Centered Computing program;
The Information Integration and Informatics program; and
The Robust Intelligence program.
IIS is also responsible for managing the review process for proposals in computer graphics and visualization; these proposals may be submitted to any of the three core programs described above.
Innovation and Organizational Sciences (IOS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5378&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: February 2, 2010
The Innovation and Organizational Sciences (IOS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing understanding of innovation and organizational phenomena. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups and/or institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) organization theory, organizational behavior, organizational sociology, social and industrial psychology, public administration, computer and information sciences, complexity sciences, decision and management sciences. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to) archival analyses, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. Research may involve industrial, educational, service, government, not-for-profits, voluntary organizations or interorganizational arrangements.
Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13362&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Interfacial Processes and Thermodynamics program supports fundamental research in engineering areas related to: Interfacial phenomena; Mass transport phenomena; Solution phase equilibrium thermodynamics. Research is supported in the three fundamental areas that could lead to more economical and environmentally benign processing, improved water quality, and novel functional materials for sensors, both in industrial and biomedical settings.
International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Accepted Anytime for Planning Visits
Full Proposal Target Date: February 20, 2010
Full Proposal Target Date: May 20, 2010
This solicitation describes International Planning Visit/Workshop awards to support the early phases of developing and coordinating a research and education activity with a foreign partner(s).
Marine Geology and Geophysics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11726&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: February 15, 2010
The Marine Geology and Geophysics program supports research on all aspects of geology and geophysics of the ocean basins and margins, as well as the Great Lakes. The Program includes: Structure, tectonic evolution and volcanic activity of the ocean basins, the continental margins, the mid-ocean ridges, and island arc systems; Processes controlling exchange of heat and chemical species between seawater and ocean rocks; Genesis, chemistry, and mineralogic evolution of marine sediments; Processes controlling deposition, erosion and transport of marine sediments; Past ocean circulation patterns and climates; and Interactions of continental and marine geologic processes.
Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (MWN)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09600/nsf09600.htm
Deadline: November 11, 2009
Continued progress in fundamental materials and condensed matter research is increasingly dependent upon collaborative efforts among different disciplines, as well as closer coordination among funding agencies and effective partnerships involving universities, industry, and national laboratories. In addition, because of the growing interdependence of the world's economies, partnerships are important not only at the national level but from an international point of view as well. The National Science Foundation is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. This solicitation describes an activity to foster opportunities for such collaborations. It includes joint activities between NSF and funding organizations in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Proposals submitted to NSF in response to this solicitation must have clear relevance to research supported by the NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR), as they will be evaluated within the context of programmatic areas within DMR: condensed matter physics, solid state and materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, metallic materials and nanostructures, ceramics, electronic and photonic materials, and condensed matter and materials theory.
Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5351&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
Using the combined tools of experiment, theory and computer simulations, the goals of this program are to enable the advancement of fundamental understanding of metallic materials from the atomic to nano-structural to bulk length scales via imaginative and, especially, transformational research. A primary objective is to foster the expansion of the activities of synthesis, processing and characterization so that advanced metallic materials and nanostructures with superior physical, mechanical, and/or chemical properties can be predicted and designed, leading to enhanced knowledge of nano- and micro-structure/composition/property relationships at all the relevant length scales.
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (MPRF)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503424&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline October 19, 2009
The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States. These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: January 16, 2010
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences.
Particulate and Multiphase Processes
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13364&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: February 1, 2010 - March 3, 2010
The Particulate and Multiphase Processes program supports fundamental and applied research on mechanisms and phenomena governing particulate and multiphase processes, including granular and granular-fluid flows, particle/bubble/droplet interactions, aerosol science and technology, suspensions, micro- and nano-structured fluids, self- and directed-assembly of nanostructures involving particulates, and related instrumentation and diagnostics. Innovative research is sought that contributes to improving the basic understanding, design, predictability, efficiency, and control of particulate and multiphase processes with particular emphasis on: new frontiers in nanotechnology, novel manufacturing techniques, nano-metrology, multiphase transport in biological systems, environmental sustainability, critical infrastructure systems, and complex engineering systems. Collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged; proposals that include a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches are more likely to receive funding than solely theoretically or experimentally oriented work.
Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5602&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Target Date: October 20, 2009
The Directorates for Engineering, Geosciences, and Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science/Office of Fusion Energy Sciences of the Department of Energy are continuing in FY2009 the joint Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering begun in FY1997. The goal of this three year (FY09-FY11) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed.
Petrology and Geochemistry
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13683&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: December 6, 2009 - January 6, 201
The Petrology and Geochemistry Program supports basic research that address the formation and evolution of our planet using petrological and geochemical characteristics of Earth materials in the crust, mantle, and core. Proposals in this program generally address the petrology and high-temperature geochemistry of igneous and metamorphic rocks (including mantle samples), mineral physics, economic geology, and volcanology. Proposals that bridge disciplinary boundaries or that include development of analytical tools for potential use by the broad community are also encouraged.
Physical Anthropology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: January 20, 2010
The Physical Anthropology Program supports basic research in areas related to human evolution and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supported by the program include, but are not limited to, human genetic variation, human adaptation, human osteology and bone biology, human and nonhuman primate paleontology, functional anatomy, and primate socioecology. Grants supported in these areas are united by an underlying evolutionary framework, and often a consideration of adaptation as a central theoretical theme. Many proposals also have a biocultural orientation. The program frequently serves as a bridge within NSF between the social and behavioral sciences and the natural and physical sciences, and proposals are commonly jointly reviewed and funded with other programs.
Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6681&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Target Date: October 28, 2009
This program (PIF) 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. The computational physics subarea focuses on computational problems in physics requiring significant long-term code development, and/or medium to large collaboratories involving physicists or physicists interacting with applied mathematicians and computer scientists. Priority will be given to proposals which 1) advance computational capabilities crossing intellectual boundaries in physics, 2) result in dramatic new computational advances within a specific sub-area of physics or 3) provide generally useful software tools for the physics commu nity. Information intensive physics seeks proposals to develop rapid, secure and efficient access to physics data stores rising from Petabytes (today) to Exabytes (in 10 years) via heterogeneous and distributed computing resources and networks of varying capability and reliability and to develop internally consistent approaches to the usage of common resources required in the multiple collaborations and serving virtual science organizations on a global scale. Priority will be given to proposals which 1) develop tools which can serve a broad community within physics or reach out to other communities in need of rapid, secure access to large data stores or 2) which bring dramatic new capabilities to a specific sub-area of physics. Quantum information and revolutionary computing supports theoretical and experimental proposals that explore applications of quantum mechanics to new computing paradigms for physics or that foster interactions between the physical, mathematical and computer scientists which push the frontiers of quantum-based information, transmission and manipulation. Priority will be given to proposals which utilize the tools of modern physics to foster new approaches to our understanding of quantum computation, quantum cryptography and/or quantum communication. Programs which cross Divisional lines are welcome but the Physics Division encourages the PI to request a co-review by mentioning the other divisional program on the cover sheet. This ensures a co-review and the participation of the other program in the review process. Proposals may include an educational component.
Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09611/nsf09611.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 26, 2010
This program is a continuation of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) that began in FY 1998 as part of the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI). A new five-year plan for the NPGI was published in January 2009
(http://www.nsf.gov/bio/pubs/reports/npgi_five_year_plan_2009_2013.pdf). The goal of the PGRP 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 PGRP 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.
Political Science
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: January 15, 2010
The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions.
Polymers (POL)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5357&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
The DMR Polymers Program supports fundamental research and education on polymeric materials. The program portfolio is mainly experimental and highly diverse with components of materials science, chemistry, physics, and related disciplines. While interdisciplinarity is stressed, central goals include advancing the foundations of polymer science through innovative research and education and pushing back the wide horizon of the field. Polymers are studied from the molecular level through the nano-to-macro continuum using fundamental materials-focused scientific approaches. Broad areas addressed include synthesis, molecular assembly, characterization, phase behavior, structure, morphology, and properties. Particular focus is on transformative approaches to innovative materials with superior properties, as well as on fundamental understanding and optimization of structure-property relationships. Materials-focused proposals of high promise that integrate research, education, and other broader impacts are welcome.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12720&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline October 14, 2009
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in selected areas of biology supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource development in biology. The fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the research career to permit Fellows to pursue their research and training goals in the most appropriate research locations regardless of the availability of funding for the Fellows at that site. For FY 2010, these BIO programs are (1) Broadening Participation in Biology and (2) Biological Informatics.
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09601/nsf09601.htm
Deadline: November 12, 2009
The Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE) program seeks to advance research at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation, and to provide the foundational knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all settings. This solicitation calls for four types of proposals—Pathways, Knowledge Diffusion, Empirical Research, and Large Empirical Research. The goals of the REESE program are: (1) to catalyze discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation; (2) to stimulate the field to produce high quality and robust research results through the progress of theory, method, and human resources; and (3) to coordinate and transform advances in education, learning research, and evaluation. REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning in current and emerging learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, and from before school through to graduate school and beyond into the workforce. REESE places particular importance upon the involvement of young investigators in the projects, at doctoral, postdoctoral, and early career stages, as well as the involvement of STEM disciplinary experts. In addition, research questions related to educational research methodology and evaluation are central to the REESE activity.
Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5482&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: August 25, 2009; Innovation through Institutional Integration
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 3, 2010; Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 10, 2010; Demonstration, Enrichment or Dissemination
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 17, 2010; Research
The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program seeks to broaden the participation and achievement of people with disabilities in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and associated professional careers. The RDE program has been funding this objective since 1994 under the prior name "Program for Persons with Disabilities." Particular emphasis is placed on contributing to the knowledge base by addressing disability related differences in secondary and post-secondary STEM learning and in the educational, social and pre-professional experiences that influence student interest, academic performance, retention in STEM degree programs, STEM degree completion, and career choices. Projects also investigate effective practices for transitioning students with disabilities across critical academic junctures, retaining students in undergraduate and graduate STEM degree programs, and graduating students with STEM associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: October 22, 2009; Deadline for REU Site proposals except for those requiring access to Antarctica.
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 4, 2010; Deadline for REU Site proposals requiring access to Antarctica.
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for support of student research: (1) REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department, or on interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme. Proposals with an international dimension are welcome. A partnership with the Department of Defense supports REU Sites in DoD-relevant research areas. (2) REU Supplements may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects or may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements.
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&govDel=USNSF_39
Various Due Dates, by discipline
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research.
Science of Learning Centers
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5567&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: February 1, 2010
The Science of Learning Centers program (SLC) offers awards for large-scale, long-term Centers that create the intellectual, organizational and physical infrastructure needed for the long-term advancement of Science of Learning research. It supports research that harnesses and integrates knowledge across multiple disciplines to create a common groundwork of conceptualization, experimentation and explanation that anchor new lines of thinking and inquiry towards a deeper understanding of learning.
Solid State and Materials Chemistry (SSMC)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5356&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Window: September 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009
This multidisciplinary program supports basic research in solid state and materials chemistry comprising the elucidation of the atomic and molecular basis for material development and properties in the solid state from the nanoscale to the bulk. General areas of interest include but are not limited to innovative approaches to design, synthesis, bulk crystal and/or film growth, and characterization of novel organic, inorganic, and hybrid materials, as well as liquid crystal materials and multi-component material systems exhibiting new phenomena and/or providing new scientific insights into structure/composition/property relationships in the solid state. Relevant topics include original material design principles, new approaches to assembly or crystalline material growth, characterization of new material phenomena or superior behavior, investigations of surface and interfacial effects on material system structures and properties, and unraveling the relationships between structure/composition (e.g. self- or program-assembled materials, crystalline material growth, and nanostructured material systems) and properties (e.g. charge, ionic, thermal or spin transport, exciton diffusion, chemical reactivity and selectivity, etc.). Development of new organic solid state materials, environmentally-safe and sustainable materials, and fundamental studies of novel material and material systems for efficient energy harvesting, conversion and storage are encouraged. The SSMC program works closely with other programs within the Division of Materials Research (DMR) and in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and Engineering (ENG) directorates to accommodate the multidisciplinary nature of proposal submissions.
Solar Energy Initiative (SOLAR)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09604/nsf09604.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Deadline: Prelim due Dec. 8; full March 10
The purpose of the CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative is to support interdisciplinary efforts by groups of researchers to address the scientific challenges of highly efficient harvesting, conversion, and storage of solar energy. Groups must include three or more co-Principal Investigators of whom one must be a researcher in chemistry, a second in materials, and a third in mathematical sciences in areas supported by the Divisions of Chemistry, Materials Research, and Mathematical Sciences, respectively. The intent is to encourage new collaborations in which the mathematical sciences are linked in a synergistic way with the chemical and materials sciences to develop novel, potentially transformative approaches in an area of much activity but largely incremental advances. Successful proposals will offer potentially transformative projects, new concepts, and interdisciplinary education through research involvement based on the integrated expertise and synergy from the three disciplinary communities.
Tectonics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13673&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: December 6, 2009 - January 6, 2010
The Tectonics Program supports a broad range of field, laboratory, computational, and theoretical investigations aimed at understanding the formation, evolution, and deformation of continental lithosphere through time. Proposals to elucidate the processes that act on the lithosphere at various time-scales and length-scales, either at depth or the surface, are encouraged. Because understanding such large-scale phenomena commonly requires a variety of expertise and methods, the Tectonics Program supports integrated research involving the disciplines of structural geology, petrology, geochronology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, rock mechanics, paleomagnetics, geodesy, and other geophysical techniques.
FOUNDATION GRANTS
AAUW American Fellowships
http://www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm
Deadline: November 15, 2009
American Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations or scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave from accredited institutions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Candidates may apply for only one of the awards described below. Former recipients of these awards are not eligible to apply for additional American Fellowships or publication grants.
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.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/comps
Various Deadlines
ACLS offers fellowships and grants in more than a dozen programs for research in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels. The specifics of the competitions vary. Program descriptions, eligibility requirements, and application procedures for each program can be found on the Competitions and Deadlines page.
ALCS East European Studies Program
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=530&linkidentifier=id&itemid=530
Various Deadlines
Dissertation Fellowships
Early-Career Postdoctoral Fellowships
Conference Grants
Travel Grants
Language Grants to Individuals for Summer Study
Language Grants to Institutions for Summer Courses
Request for Proposals for Research on Heritage Speakers of East European Languages
The funding of the East European Studies Program is appropriated by the U.S. Congress and administered by the U.S. Department of State under the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983 as amended (Title VIII), whose purpose is the development of expertise in the United States needed for broad knowledge and analysis of developments in this critical world area. Every application for these fellowships and grants should, therefore, state clearly how the proposed research will contribute to a better understanding of the region and policy-making related to it.
Support is once again available from Title VIII for language study and research related to all East European Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art
http://www.acls.org/programs/american-art/
Deadline November 11, 2009
ACLS invites applications for the Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art designated for graduate students in any stage of Ph.D. dissertation research or writing. Ten fellowships are available for a non-renewable, one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year. The grants may be carried out in residence at the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. The fellowships, however, may not be used to defray tuition costs or be held concurrently with any other major fellowship or grant.
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Grants to Individuals in East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=518&linkidentifier=id&itemid=518
Deadline November 13, 2009
The American Council of Learned Societies’ fourth annual competition for grants to individuals in the archaeology and early history of East and Southeast Asia, undertaken in cooperation with the Henry Luce Foundation. Research fellowships and training grants will be awarded for study of the peoples and cultures of early East Asia. Comparative projects and those that build scholarly networks are especially encouraged. Proposals may cover prehistoric or historical periods, but must focus on research or training that involves excavations and/or excavated materials. For the purposes of this program, "East and Southeast Asia" refers to Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. ACLS grants to individuals are part of the comprehensive Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History, which also includes a competition for invited institutions—universities and museums—administered by the Luce Foundation’s Asia Program.
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=512
Due November 11, 2009
ACLS invites applications for the fourth annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships. These fellowships are to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2011. ACLS will award 65 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year. The total award of up to $33,000 includes a stipend plus additional funds for university fees and research support. These Fellowships may not be held concurrently with any other fellowship or grant.
Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/grants/Default.aspx?id=514
Deadline December 9, 2009
ACLS invites applications for the third annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowships. These Fellowships are to assist young scholars in the humanities and related social sciences in the first or second year following completion of the Ph.D. This program aims to assist recent doctoral recipients to position themselves for further scholarly advancement. Eligibility for these Fellowships will be limited to scholars awarded Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships in the prior year’s competition, the Alternates selected in that competition, and those awarded other dissertation fellowships of national stature that require applicants to complete their dissertations within a specified period. ACLS will award 25 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2010 for the 2010-2011 academic year, or between June and September 2011 for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Mellon/ACLS awards are designed for research and writing; accordingly, Fellows may not teach during the tenure of the Fellowship. The Fellowships provide a stipend of $35,000 to allow the Fellow to devote an academic year to research.
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
http://www.cckf.org.tw/e-dornation.htm
Various Deadlines
The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It also maintains a regional office in McLean, Virginia near Washington D.C. in the United States. In 1987, a group of professors of Chinese descent at major American universities wrote a joint letter to President Chiang Ching-kuo expressing their concern about the gradual decline of programs of Chinese Studies in overseas academic institutions. They suggested that, given the increased prosperity of the country, a foundation for international scholarly exchange should be established to support and promote the understanding of Chinese culture and society overseas. Today the Foundation awards Research Grants, Fellowship Grants, Conference/Workshop Grants, Publication Subsidies, and Doctoral Fellowships. The Foundation's grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences providing differing amounts of funding depending on the grant.
FINRA Investor Education Foundation Announces 2009 Grant Program
http://www.finrafoundation.org/guidelines.asp
Deadline: Open
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation, formerly known as the NASD Investor Education Foundation, supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools and information they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing.
Gilder Lehrman Institute Research Fellowships, Dissertation Fellowships in American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/fellowship1.html
Various deadlines.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History invites applications for short-term fellowships in several categories: Research Fellowships for post-doctoral scholars at every faculty rank, Dissertation Fellowships for doctoral candidates who have completed exams and begun dissertation reading and writing, and Research Fellowships for journalists and independent scholars. The Gilder Lehrman Fellowships support work in one of five archives:
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (NYPL)
www.nypl.org/research/sc/index.html
One of the premier archives of African-American history, art, and culture, the Center's archives contain extensive materials on the history of slavery and abolition, the African diaspora, religion, African- American culture, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant Program
http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=89
Various due dates
The Kresge Foundation is broadening the reach of its Challenge Grant Program to better support nonprofit organizations that are working to address society’s pressing issues in six fields of interest: health, the environment, arts and culture, education, human services, and community development.
Microscopy Society of America Annual Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program
http://www.microscopy.org/awards/scholarships.cfm
Deadline: December 31, 2009
The MSA Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program has been providing funding for undergraduate research for over 25 years. Over 100 projects covering a wide range of topics in the physical and biological sciences have received support through this program. Nearly all the scholarship recipients have maintained a strong interest in imaging and analytical sciences and have gone on to graduate school, professional school, teaching, or industry positions.
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/programs.php
Various due dates
Various opportunities for social science and humanities research in Eurasia and Eastern Europe.
Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
http://www.russellsage.org/programs/other/behavioral/
Continuous submission
The Russell Sage Behavioral Economics Roundtable supports a small grants research program to support high quality research in behavioral economics and to encourage young investigators to enter this developing field. There are no limitations on the disciplinary background of the principal investigator, and the proposed research may address any economic topic. Interdisciplinary efforts are welcome. Appropriate projects will demonstrate explicit use of psychological concepts in the motivation of the design and the preparation of the results. This program will be administered under the auspices of the Behavioral Economics Roundtable, a group of researchers in behavioral economics formed by the Russell Sage Foundation to encourage inter-disciplinary research in behavioral economics.
Smithsonian Institution Senior and Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fell.htm
Deadline: Various
Provide scholars with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff.
Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships
http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/external_fac.htm#ApplicationProcess
Deadline October 15, 2009
Since its inception in 1980, the Humanities Center has offered fellowships to more than 550 faculty from nearly 100 universities in the United States and other countries. External fellows come from all ranks of the professoriate and from a wide variety of disciplinary fields, colleges and universities. The Center typically offers six to eight external fellowships each year.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=sf.welcome
See due dates specific to program
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars supports research in the social sciences and humanities. Men and women from a wide variety of backgrounds, including government, the non-profit sector, the corporate world, and the professions, as well as academia, are eligible for appointment. Through an international competition, it offers 9-month residential fellowships to academics, public officials, journalists, and business professionals. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff. The Center also hosts Public Policy Scholars and Senior Scholars who conduct research and write in a variety of disciplines. In addition to the Wilson Center Fellowships Program, several of our regional programs have their own grant competitions (Africa, Asia, Canada, East Europe, Southeast Europe, Russia). Read more about these programs.
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