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GrantNet June 1, 2009

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

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/animalgrowthandnutrientutilizationafri.cfm
Due July 8, 2009

Suboptimal nutrition and growth are limiting factors in animal productivity. New information regarding these processes in agriculturally important animals, including aquaculture and aquacultured species, is lacking. The primary objective of the program is to increase our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying animal growth, development of skeletal muscle, lactation, and nutrient digestion and metabolism. New knowledge for contemporary and future agricultural systems is needed to improve animal production and control muscling, growth, metabolism, and mammary function. Novel research is also needed to identify biological mechanisms for improving dietary nutrient availability, directing nutrient partitioning toward more protein and less fat, and minimizing excretion of nutrients as waste products. This program makes single function research awards.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/agriculturalandfoodresearchinitiativeafri.cfm
Due September 30, 2009

AFRI is a new competitive grant program to provide funding for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education to address food and agricultural sciences. While AFRI covers an equally broad scope of topics and will support many of the grant types offered by the former National Research Initiative (NRI), the new authority allows greater flexibility in the types of projects funded to include: single function projects in research, education and extension, and integrated research, education and/or extension awards. AFRI is the new core competitive grant program for research, education, and extension.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Human Nutrition and Obesity
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/humannutritionobesityafri.cfm
Due June 15, 2009

This crosscutting program addresses the complex problem of obesity prevention. Projects funded by this program should lead to the development and evaluation of effective programs to prevent obesity. Obesity is the number one nutritional problem in America. Food is an integral part of the process that leads to obesity and USDA has a unique responsibility for the food system in the United States. To meet the identified needs of agriculture, the long-term (10-year) goals for this program include identifying the behavioral factors that influence obesity to develop effective obesity prevention strategies; developing valid behavioral and environmental instruments for measuring progress in obesity prevention efforts; and promoting effective strategies for preventing overweight and obesity. The ultimate goal of the program is to stem the rising tide of obesity.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/nanoscalescienceandengineeringafri.cfm
September 30, 2010

Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems will not be offered in FY 2009. This program will be offered in alternate years and will be accepting applications for the first time in FY 2010. The goal of this program is to provide knowledge, expertise, and highly qualified research and development in nanotechnology for food and agricultural systems.

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Rapid Response Food and Agricultural Science for Emergency Issues
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/rapidresponseafri.cfm
LOI Due July 30, 2009
Full Proposal Due August 31, 2009

This program provides a mechanism to quickly provide the science necessary to more effectively respond to important emerging issues vital to agriculture, food science and related natural and human resources. Considerable effort in working with stakeholders goes into structuring the programs and priorities for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Request for Applications (RFA) across the six emphasis areas. However, as time moves on there are emerging issues in agriculture and food science that are so critically important that a rapid response before the next AFRI RFA release is justified. This program is designed to meet that need.

Critical Issues: Emerging and New Plant and Animal Pests and Diseases
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/criticalissuesemergingandnewplantandanimalpestsanddiseases.cfm
Due June 25, 2009

The program is designed to provide one-time seed funding to help initiate work requiring immediate attention until other longer-term resources can be secured to address the issue. CSREES will be soliciting proposals on an as-needed basis during the year to address specific new or emerging issues. For this particular solicitation CSREES is requesting proposals that address specific aspects of the following issue: Development of a Rapid Field Assay for Detection of Vibrio Tubiashii and/or its secreted Metalloproteases toxin in Commercial Shellfish Hatcheries and Nurseries.

Expert Integrated Pest Management Decision Support System
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/expertipmdecisionsupportsystem.cfm
Due June 5, 2009

The purpose of the Expert Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Decision Support System (EIPMDSS) program is to support development of expert systems that help guide, demonstrate and multiply impacts of USDA supported IPM programs. The EIPMDSS created and maintained by the successful applicant will help these programs establish and communicate IPM research, education, and extension priorities; allow a diverse group of stakeholders to obtain access to selected program outputs; compile LOGIC model based program reports; and synthesize program impacts.

Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/multiculturalscholarshep.cfm
Due July 28, 2009

The purpose of this competitive undergraduate scholarship grant program is to increase the multicultural diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and universities. The Multicultural Scholars Program is available every year.

Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: Conservation Effects Assessment Project
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/watershedconservationeffectsassessmenticgp.cfm
Due July 1, 2009

CSREES requests applications for the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). FY 2009 Program Priorities include: "Developing case studies at intensively monitored watersheds suitable for investigating the effectiveness of multiple conservation practices in solving watershed health problems related to grazing land use at the watershed scale; "Applying an appropriate range of quantitative interpretive techniques and geographically-based methods, including physical, statistical, and landscape modeling methods to the analysis of the effects of grazing land conservation practices; "Expanding knowledge on the watershed health of grazing land watersheds to better inform decision-making for and management of grazing land watersheds.

Youth Farm Safety and Education Certification Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/youthfarmsafetyeducationandcertification.cfm
June 11, 2009

The Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification Program (YFSEC) supports national efforts to deliver timely, pertinent, and appropriate training to youth seeking employment or already employed in agricultural production. The program has critical ties to the current regulations for youth employment in agriculture, especially the exemptions provided in 29 CFR Part 570, subpart E-1 for youth under the age of 16 employed in some agricultural occupations having obtained certification. Significant changes in agricultural production and in the agricultural workforce since this regulation took effect in the early 1970's have encouraged the USDA to consider training and certification innovations along with developing appropriate training and restrictions on youth employment in hazardous agricultural jobs. YFSEC's funding has appeared under the Smith-Lever 3 (d) line for Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification since 2001 and has awarded nearly $1.43 million in grants.

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)

Recovery Act NIST Construction Grant Program
http://www.nist.gov/recovery/construction_ffo.html
LOI due 3 p.m. E.T., June 25, 2009. Full proposal due 3:00 p.m. E.T. August 10, 2009

NIST intends to issue grant awards for approximately $60 million to unfunded meritorious proposals submitted under the fiscal year 2008 competition and issue grant awards for approximately $120 million under a new fiscal year 2009 competition. The goals and objectives of the program are to provide competitively awarded grant funds for research science buildings through the construction of new buildings or expansion of existing buildings. For purposes of this program, "research science building means a building or facility whose purpose is to conduct scientific research, including laboratories, test facilities, measurement facilities, research computing facilities, and observatories. In addition, "expansion of existing buildings means that space to conduct scientific research is being expanded from what is currently available for the supported research activities. NIST anticipates funding 8-12 projects with the Federal shares in the $10 million - $15 million range and with a project period of performance of up to five (5) years.

Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-29745.pdf
White paper due dates: January 15, 2009, March 9, 2009, May 11, 2009, and July 13, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Technology Innovation Program (TIP) announces that it is seeking white papers from any interested party, including academia; federal, state, and local governments; industry; national laboratories; and professional organizations/societies. White papers will be used to identify and select areas of critical national need to be addressed in future TIP competitions.

Department of Defense

AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP)

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=9332

Deadline: Tuesday, 28 July 2009

AFOSR's YIP supports scientists and engineers who have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years, and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering. Individual awards will be made to U.S. institution of higher education, industrial laboratory or non-profit research organization where the principal investigator is U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident; employed on a full-time basis and hold a regular position. Each award will be funded at the $100K level per year for three years.

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 Deep Learning (DL)
https://www.fbo.gov/download/f45/f451dac7a3cbcd699ca5f4cdcba862a9/Deep_Learning_BAA_Apr_10.pdf
Due date 18 June 2009

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of deeply layered machine learning or, simply, Deep Learning (DL). Over the course of the envisioned program, performer teams will build a universal machine learning engine that uses a single set of methods in multiple layers (at least three internally) to generate progressively more sophisticated representations of patterns, invariants, and correlations from data inputs. The engine is expected to be applicable to multiple input modalities given only changes to the inputs’ preprocessing, and is expected to be able to learn important characteristics of the inputs and produce useful representations solely on the basis of unlabeled inputs. Accomplishing many of the tasks set by the program will require that the engine be able to produce and utilize sophisticated spatio-temporal representations.

DARPA Mathematical Challenges
http://www.darpa.mil/baa/DARPA-BAA08-65.html
Posted Sept. 26, 2008; Open to September 25, 2009

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of DARPA Mathematical Challenges, with the goal of dramatically revolutionizing mathematics and thereby strengthening DoD’s scientific and technological capabilities. To do so, the agency has identified twenty-three mathematical challenges, which were announced at DARPA Tech 2007. DARPA seeks innovative proposals addressing these Mathematical Challenges. Proposals should offer high potential for major mathematical breakthroughs associated to one or more of these challenges. Responses to multiple challenges should be addressed in separate proposals. Submissions that merely promise incremental improvements over the existing state of practice will be deemed unresponsive.

DARPA NEOVISION2
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=36a69675c012ce8c6ec4cccbdc36767b&tab=core&_cview=0
Response date deadline May 12, 2010 4:00 pm Eastern

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 N/MEMS S&T Fundamentals
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=314775bd42e4eb62dd9ae0c82f9e491d&tab=core&_cview=1
Deadline July 01, 2009 12:00 pm Eastern

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative fundamental research proposals in the area of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices and arrays enabled by emerging and maturing nano/micro technologies. The contemplated program on Nanoelectromechanical /Microelectromechanical Science & Technology Fundamentals (N/MEMS S&T Fundamentals) is seeking research by means of highly interactive, multi-performer (university/nonprofit/ industry/other) focus centers dedicated to advancing a number of core technologies considered essential to the continuing advancement of NEMS and MEMS technology and its transition into applications important to the Department of Defense (DoD). Proposed research to be conducted by university and industrial research partners, with possible additional participation by Government laboratories (to the extent such Government organizations can prove their eligibility), should be focused on cross-cutting fundamental issues having pervasive impact to the technical community and capable of enabling revolutionary advances in micro/nano technology science, devices, or systems.

DARPA Remoted Analog-to-Digital Converters with De-serialization and Reconstruction or RADER
https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7f3e1e52c50a94dd353112728acfd0c5&tab=core&_cview=0
Response date deadline July 28, 2009 4:00 pm Eastern

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals for developing power-efficient and remotable high-speed analog to digital converters (ADCs) with high resolution. The proposed program (Remoted Analog-to-Digital Converters with De-serialization and Reconstruction or RADER) research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in analog-to-digital conversion. ADC systems enabled by RADER technology will be capable of operating in continuous time over a 10 GHz input instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) with a resolution of 10 effective number of bits (ENOB). Ultimately, it is desirable to be able to place the 10 GHz IBW so that input signals with frequency content of up to 18 GHz are captured. However, RADER technology demonstrations will focus on 10 GHz IBW at baseband (all Phases) in addition to 6 GHz IBW centered at 15 GHz (Phase III). Of particular interest is achieving these impressive goals within a dense input signal environment while simultaneously limiting the amount of dc power consumed to less than 50 Watts.

DoD 2009 SBIR Solicitation
http://www.dodsbir.net/solicitation/sbir092/default.htm
Deadline June 17, 2009

The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Science & Technology) SBIR Program is sponsoring the Information Assurance Technology theme, the Software Protection Technology theme, the Modeling Advanced Energetic Materials Technology theme, the Energy and Power Technology theme, and the Human, Social, Cultural & Behavioral Technology theme in this solicitation.

Human, Social, Cultural, and Behavior Modeling (HSCB) Program
https://www.bids.tswg.gov/tswg/bids.nsf/DownloadBAAs?OpenView
White Papers Due June 11, 2009

The overarching goal of the Human, Social, Cultural, and Behavior Modeling (HSCB) Program is to provide DoD and the U.S. Government with the ability to understand and effectively operate in human/social/cultural terrains inherent to non-conventional warfare missions. The military capability needs addressed in this BAA center on enabling modeling for Irregular Warfare (IW) and Security, Stability, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) operations and on using computational models to support intelligence analysis, operations planning and analysis, training, and joint experimentation. Multiple awards are anticipated for projects funded under this BAA.

Joint NNSA & AFRL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research & Development
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/5669CF461B004424852575B300759957?OpenDocument
Due Date June 15, 2009

The NNSA and the AFRL invite proposals for research and development (R&D) to improve national capabilities to detect, locate and identify nuclear explosions in support of the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), the U.S. government agency responsible for operation of the nuclear explosion monitoring systems.

Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
https://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/09-001.pdf
Open until 30 September 2009

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in receiving proposals for Long-Range Science and Technology (S&T) Projects which offer potential for advancement and improvement of Navy and Marine Corps operations. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ONR’s broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research across a spectrum of science and engineering disciplines. Prior to preparing proposals, potential offerors are strongly encouraged to contact the ONR point of contact (POC) whose program best matches the offeror’s field of interest. For information on POCs, refer to the ONR “Science and Technology Departments” as listed in the Science and Technology section of the ONR Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://www.onr.navy.mil/ and for ONR’s International Agent located on the ONR Global Homepage at http://www.onrglobal.navy.mil/.

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 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

Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Program
http://www.ed.gov/programs/tqpartnership/index.html
Deadline for Notice of Intent To Apply: June 26, 2009
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 23, 2009

The purposes of the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program are to: improve student achievement; improve the quality of new prospective teachers by improving the preparation of prospective teachers and enhancing professional development activities for teachers; hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable for preparing highly qualified teachers; and recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.

United States-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education
http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipserussia/index.html
Application deadline July 7, 2009

Provides grants that demonstrate partnerships between Russian and American institutions of higher education that contribute to the development and promotion of educational opportunities between the two nations, particularly in the areas of mutual foreign language learning and the cooperative study of mathematics and science.

Department of Energy

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
http://www.grants.gov/search/synopsis.do;jsessionid=pT9wKpnQGTbHhcTzT3xVK1yQgDh2yWdKknMxqMJSw70LWZt1NcGJ!1550745562
Due June 2, 2009

Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is a new organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), created specifically to foster research and development (R & D) of transformational energy-related technologies. Transformational technologies are by definition technologies that disrupt the status quo. They are not merely better than current technologies, they are significantly better. This FOA supports the Nation’s need for transformational energy-related technologies to overcome the threats posed by climate change and energy security, arising from its reliance on traditional uses of fossil fuels and the dominant use of oil in transportation.

Recovery Act - Demonstration of Integrated Biorefinery Operations
https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx
Response due: 06/30/2009 11:59 PM ET

The intent of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will be to select integrated biorefinery projects that have the necessary technical and economic performance data that validates their readiness for the next level of scale-up. In general, integrated biorefineries employ various combinations of feedstocks and conversion technologies to produce a variety of products, with the main focus on producing biofuels and bioproducts. Co- or by-products can include additional fuels, chemicals (or other materials), and heat and power. For the purpose of this FOA, the term integrated biorefinery is a facility that uses an acceptable feedstock (as defined in the FOA), to produce a biofuel or bioproduct as the primary product (as defined in the FOA) and may produce other products including additional fuels, chemicals (or other materials), and heat and power as co-products. These integrated biorefineries would produce, as their primary product, a liquid transportation fuel that supports, depending on topic area, meeting the advanced, renewable or advanced biofuels portion of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) or, depending on topic area, a bioproduct that substitutes for petroleum-based feedstocks and products.

Department of Justice

Building and Enhancing Criminal Justice Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000884.pdf
Deadline: July 20, 2009

National Institute of Justice is seeking applications for funding to support criminal justice researcher-practitioner collaborations. This solicitation is aimed at developing existing partnerships, establishing new partnerships, and capturing significant lessons that have been learned through past and current researcher-practitioner partnerships. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels.

Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000878.pdf
Deadline: June 22, 2009

National Institute of Justice is seeking applications for funding research to improve the understanding of the accuracy, reliability, and measurement validity of forensic science disciplines. Research studies should focus on expanding the scientific basis of forensic methods, development of quantifiable measures of the reliability and accuracy of forensic analyses, and development of an understanding of human factors that may affect forensic analyses. This program furthers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels.

Department of Homeland Security

International Research in Homeland Security Science & Technology Mission Areas
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JHrdQWhTZZ2GRbH69WylMzhcjNYhNcMpbk10S1XwHNN7HdNMl21V!-1513911680?oppId=43220&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
Deadline: September 29, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is soliciting applications for international research projects aligned with the mission and requirements of DHS S&T. These projects should be designed to augment and complement, through international research and collaboration, the depth and breadth of homeland security science and technology research.

Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Science and Technology Competitions
http://www.grants.gov/search/synopsis.do;jsessionid=sQnCKnpFNQcsxn5PZc9JCGmpMcdnF5ZQRBmqPJ90vS3JT8kJpXJn!1330186642
Closing Date for Applications: Jul 15, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is requesting applications from accredited U.S. colleges and universities to conduct multidisciplinary research in one of the four topics as follows: 1) Community Participation and Resilience; 2) Multiple Sensor Integration; 3) Port Systems Resilience; or 4) Immigration Security. Institutions may submit applications for more than one topic. However, they must be separate applications. DHS’s intent in funding this competition is to take advantage of the existing scientific expertise and technological capabilities of multiple research centers and institutions to address complex and difficult problems facing DHS that no one institution can address adequately on its own.

Environmental Protection Agency

Exploring Linkages Between Health Outcomes and Environmental Hazards, Exposures, and Interventions for Public Health Tracking and Risk Management
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_ephi.html
Deadline: August 5, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications to develop new or improved environmental public health indicators (EPHIs) to build linkages between environmental hazards, human exposures, and public health outcomes. The aim of the research is to develop indicators that can be used for long-term tracking and surveillance of environmental public health, making better informed decisions, and assessing the actual impacts of environmental risk management decisions. Proposed projects should capitalize on existing knowledge bases, data sources, or cohorts to develop EPHIs that reflect a better understanding of the relationships between environmental conditions, human exposure, and/or public health outcomes. Novel application of statistical methods or models may be needed to establish probable relationships between existing datasets or investigate the consequences of environmental actions and policy changes.

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program: Understanding the Role of Nonchemical Stressors and Developing Analytic Methods for Cumulative Risk Assessments
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_cumulative_risk.html
Closing Date: June 17, 2009, 4:00 pm Eastern Time

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications from interdisciplinary teams to address research needs that currently limit the ability to conduct cumulative risk assessments. Exposure to different combinations of environmental stressors can contribute to increased risk for negative health consequences. It has become clear that cumulative risk assessments should include both chemical and nonchemical stressors, exposures from multiple routes, and factors that differentially affect exposure or toxicity to communities. This RFA is focusing on two challenges that exist in conducting cumulative risk assessments: (a) STAR-E1: The development of statistical and other analytical techniques that will enable the analysis of disparate types of data, and (b) STAR-E2: The evaluation of the combined effects of nonchemical and chemical stressors.

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.

Research Opportunities in Combustion Science
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47157
NOI due June 18, 2009; Full proposals due August 18, 2009

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) solicits ground-based research proposals to conduct low gravity research on the combustion of materials. This solicitation (NRA NNH09ZTT001N), entitled, "Research Opportunities in Combustion Science," will be available on or about May 18, 2009, by opening the NASA Research Opportunities homepage at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and then linking through the menu listings "Solicitations" to "Open Solicitations." Proposals are solicited by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Advanced Capabilities Division for fundamental studies of material flammability as a function of gravity, flow and orientation; investigations of the relevance of existing flammability test methods for low and partial gravity environments; development and validation of test approaches for assessment of material flammability under microgravity and partial gravity conditions; and quantification of low-gravity gaseous and particulate products of combustion for materials used in the habitable volume of spacecraft developed in NASA’s Constellation program. This call is for ground-based research that may eventually lead to research on the International Space Station (ISS).

Research Opportunities for Flight Experiments in Space Life Sciences
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=187155/NNH09ZTT002N.pdf
NOI Due: June 15, 2009, 11:59 PM Eastern; Proposals Due: September 14, 2009

This NASA Research Announcement (NRA) solicits research proposals for space flight experiments in Space Life Sciences. Proposals submitted to this NRA are restricted to experiments that propose to use plants, insects, nematodes or microbial model specimens. The specific model organisms targeted for use are Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica rapa, Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, bacteria and fungi. NASA will support a limited number of innovative-competitive and multidisciplinary studies selected through this solicitation process. Proposals for purely ground-based research will not be accepted or considered for this NRA. Flight proposals should be supported by a foundation of ground-based data or previous flight data.

Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences: Fundamental Space Biology – Animal Physiology
http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=135135
NOI due June 26, 2009; Proposals due August 26, 2009

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Research Announcement (NRA) solicits hypothesis-driven Fundamental Space Biology (FSB) research proposals that will answer fundamental questions about how physiological systems respond to gravity, or to changes in gravity, using animal (excluding single cell organisms and cell culture) model specimens. Proposals are solicited by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Advanced Capabilities Division for investigations that address systemic and targeted molecular physiological effects of acute and/or chronic exposure to gravitational changes. Research into the effects across various gravity vector loads is also solicited. Examples of gravity dependent physiological variables include, but not limited to, cell development, stress, muscle, bone and immune pathways. This call is for ground-based research that may eventually lead to research on the International Space Station (ISS).

National Endowment for the Arts

The Arts on Radio and Television
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/RadioTV/index.html
Deadline: Sept. 3, 2009

Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. Priority will be given to artistically excellent programs that have the potential to reach a significant national audience, regardless of the size or geographic location of the applicant organization. Only programs of artistic excellence and merit, in both the media production and the subject, will be funded. Projects may include high profile multi-part television and radio series, single documentaries, performance programs, or arts segments for use within an existing series. Programs may deal with any art form (e.g., visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, film/video/audio art, folk & traditional arts). Programs targeted to children and youth are welcome.

National Endowment for the Humanities

Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html
Closing Date for Applications: Jul 15, 2009

Applications may be submitted for projects that include or combine the following activities: arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture; implementing preservation measures, such as basic rehousing, reformatting, deacidification, or conservation treatment; digitizing collections, or preserving and improving access to born-digital resources; developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject field or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials; creating encyclopedias; preparing linguistic tools, such as historical and etymological dictionaries, corpora, and reference grammars (separate funding is available for endangered language projects in partnership with the National Science Foundation); developing tools for spatial analysis and representation of humanities data, such as atlases and geographical information systems (GIS); and designing digital tools to facilitate use of humanities resources.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R²)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09562/nsf09562.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Letter of Intent Due Date (required): July 01, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline: August 24, 2009
Limited submission application (contact Mary Feldenkreiss in OVPR)

The purpose of this program is to enhance the Nation's existing research facilities where sponsored and/or unsponsored research activities and research training take place to enable next-generation research infrastructure that integrates shared resources across user communities. Consistent with NSF's mission to strengthen the U.S. science and engineering enterprise, the ARI-R² program will:
• Update existing research facilities at institutions of higher education (including graduate and undergraduate institutions, among which are included community colleges) and other non-profit research organizations (e.g., independent research museums, independent research laboratories, and research consortia) in order to support research that can address the challenges of the 21st century;
• Enable academic departments, disciplinary and cross-disciplinary units, or multi-organization consortia to renovate research facilities through the addition or augmentation of cyberinfrastructure, other than general-purpose computing systems or data storage systems, to create environments that enhance research and integrate research with education;
• Improve access to and increase use of next-generation research facilities for researchers, educators and students;
• Assist research organizations, including those that have historically received limited Federal research and development funds, to improve their science and engineering research environments.

Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501024
Deadline September 15, 2009

The Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) program deals with fundamental problems involved in the processing and manufacturing of products of economic importance by effectively utilizing renewable resources of biological origin and bioinformatics originating from genomic and proteomic information. The BBBE program emphasizes basic engineering and biological research that advances the fundamental knowledge base that contributes to a better understanding of cellular and biomolecular processes (in vivo, in vitro, and/or ex vivo) and eventually to the development of generic enabling technology and practical application. Quantitative assessments of bioprocesses and their rates at the levels of gene regulation and expression, signal transduction pathways, posttranslational protein processing, enzymes in reaction systems, metabolic pathways, cells and tissues in cultivation, and biological systems including animal, plant, microbial and insect cells, etc. are considered vital to the successful research projects in the BBBE program. Research projects supported through the BBBE program include, but are not limited to:
• Fermentation technology
• Enzyme technology
• Recombinant DNA technology
• Cell culture technology
• Ex vivo and therapeutic stem cell culture technology
• Metabolic engineering
• Tissue engineering
• Nanobiotechnology
• Quantitative systems biotechnology
• Biosensor development
• Food processing with special focus on the safety of the nation's food supply

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: August 1, 2009 - August 30, 2009 Medium Projects
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.

Cognitive Neuroscience
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09563/nsf09563.htm?govDel=USNSF_25

Full Proposal Target Date: August 27, 2009

The Cognitive Neuroscience Program seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time.

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: August 1, 2009 - August 30, 2009 Medium Projects
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.

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: August 1, 2009 - August 30, 2009 Medium Projects
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.

Decision Making Under Uncertainty Collaborative Groups (DMUU)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09544/nsf09544.htm
Full Proposal Deadline: July 14, 2009

The Decision Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) collaborative groups competition offers awards to support teams of researchers who will advance fundamental understanding of decision making under uncertainty for climate change and related long-term environmental risks. The focus of these collaborative groups will be to generate fundamental new knowledge as well as information and tools that decision makers will find useful to help them incorporate climate change and related long-term environmental risks in their decision making.

Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09517/nsf09517.htm
Full Proposal Target Date(s): July 08, 2009

The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas supported by the Division (see http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=EAR). EAR/IF will consider proposals for:
• Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment that will advance laboratory and field investigations, and student research training opportunities in the Earth sciences. The maximum request is $750,000. The maximum request for upgrade of research group computing facilities is $75,000;
• Development of New Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques or Software that will extend current research and research training capabilities in the Earth sciences. The maximum request is $750,000;
• Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities that will make complex and expensive instruments or systems of instruments broadly available to the Earth sciences research and student communities;
• Development of Cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics) that will enable transformative advances in Earth science research and education through novel application, development or adaptation of information technologies.
• Support for Early Career Investigators to facilitate expedient operation of new research infrastructure proposed by the next generation of leaders in the Earth Sciences. This opportunity allows for submission of a proposal for Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment that includes budget line items associated with support of a new full-time technician who will be dedicated to manage the instrument(s) being requested.

EarthScope
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09535/nsf09535.html?govDel=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Deadline: July 16, 2009

EarthScope is an Earth science program to explore the 4-dimensional structure of the North American continent. The EarthScope Program provides a framework for broad, integrated studies across the Earth sciences, including research on fault properties and the earthquake process, strain transfer, magmatic and hydrous fluids in the crust and mantle, plate boundary processes, large-scale continental deformation, continental structure and evolution, and composition and structure of the deep-Earth. In addition, EarthScope offers a centralized forum for Earth science education at all levels and an excellent opportunity to develop cyberinfrastructure to integrate, distribute, and analyze diverse data sets. The EarthScope facilities, consisting of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), and the USArray, are a multi-purpose array of instruments and observatories that greatly expands the observational capabilities of the Earth Sciences and permits us to advance our understanding of the structure, evolution and dynamics of the North American continent. This Solicitation calls for single or collaborative proposals to conduct scientific research associated with the EarthScope Facility and support activities that further the scientific and educational goals of EarthScope.

Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5502&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: July 15, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: January 12, 2010

The goal of the Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program is to create a culture in engineering research and education that links discovery to technological innovation through transformational fundamental and engineered systems research in order to advance technology and produce engineering graduates who will be creative U.S. innovators in a globally competitive economy. These ERCs will be at the forefront as the U.S. competes in the 21st century global economy where R&D resources and engineering talent are internationally distributed.

Evolutionary Processes
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503421&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Target Date: July 9, 2009

The Evolutionary Processes Cluster supports research on microevolutionary processes and their macroevolutionary consequences. Topics include mutation, gene flow, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift, assortative mating acting within species, speciation, and long-term features of evolution. These investigations attempt to explain causes and consequences of genetically-based change in the properties of groups of organisms (at the population level or higher) over the course of generations as well as large-scale patterns of evolutionary change, phylogeography, origin and maintenance of genetic variation, and molecular signatures of evolution at the population or species level. The cluster seeks to fund projects that are transformative -- that is, those that will change the conceptual bases of evolutionary biology and have broad implications for future research. Both empirical and theoretical approaches are encouraged. The Cluster is comprised of two programs, Evolutionary Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology (described below); proposals should be submitted to one of these programs.

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: July 16, 2009
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.

Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&govDel=USNSF_39
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: June 26, 2009

The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development and evolution of the center.

Informal Science Education (ISE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5361&govDel=USNSF_39

Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: June 25, 2009

The ISE program invests in projects that promote lifelong learning of STEM in a wide variety of informal settings. Funding is provided for projects that advance understanding of informal STEM learning, that develops and implement innovative strategies and resources for informal STEM education, and that build the national professional capacity for research, development, and practice in the field. There are five categories of ISE program grants: Research; Pathways; Full-Scale Development; Broad Implementation; and Communicating Research to Public Audiences.

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: August 1, 2009 - August 30, 2009 Medium Projects
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.

International Research Network Connections (IRNC)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503382&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: August 21, 2009

NSF expects to make a set of awards to: provide network connections linking U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world; leverage existing international network connectivity; improve the quality of end-to-end networking on international paths; explore experimental networking; stimulate the deployment and operational understanding of emerging technologies such as IPv6 in an international context. Links funded by this program are intended to support science and engineering research and education applications, and preference will be given to solutions which provide the best economy of scale and demonstrate the ability to support the largest communities of interest with the broadest services. This program supports international research network connections across three areas: Production network environments (IRNC:ProNet); Experimental networking activities in support of cyber-science applications (IRNC:Exp); and special projects including advanced network development, deployment, security, monitoring, and other approaches (IRNC:SP).

Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Projects (IMR-MIP)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09547/nsf09547.htm
Full Proposal Deadline June 29, 2009
Limited submission application, internal RU deadline June 15 (Contact Mary Feldenkreiss in OVPR)

The Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Project (IMR-MIP) program in the Division of Materials Research provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $4 million but less than $20 million. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major user facilities. Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research. The program supports two types of awards: Conceptual and Engineering Design (CED) awards and Construction (CNST) awards. A CED award will enable the proposer to do the necessary engineering design of the instrument.

Living Stock Collections for Biological Research (LSCBR)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09550/nsf09550.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Target Date(s): July 15, 2009

The Living Stock Collections for Biological Research (LSCBR) program supports improvements in and partial operation of existing collections of living organisms (including viruses and bacteriophages) to be used in basic biological research. The program provides support for two types of projects. Short-term projects are one-time awards (up to 36 months) leading to innovative handling of living stocks or to well-defined improvements in existing collections, including those not otherwise supported by LSCBR. Longer-term projects (up to 60 months) help support ongoing operation of collections significant to the NSF research community. Collections receiving longer-term support are expected to receive significant support from user fees or other mechanisms of revenue generation.

Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI-R²)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09561/nsf09561.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Full proposal due August 10, 2009
Limited submission application (contact Mary Feldenkreiss in OVPR)

The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and not-for-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organization use are encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at academic institutions.

Petrology and Geochemistry
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13683&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: June 6, 2009 - July 6, 2009
Full Proposal Window: December 6, 2009 - January 6, 2010

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.

Population and Community Ecology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503414&govDel=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Target Date: July 9, 2009

This program supports fundamental studies in the broadly defined areas of population and community ecology. Topics include the population dynamics of individual species, demography, and fundamental ecological interactions affecting populations, communities, and their environments. Themes include, but are not limited to: population regulation; food-web structure and trophic dynamics; competition, predation, mutualism and parasitism; mechanisms of coexistence and the maintenance of species diversity; community assembly; paleoecology; landscape ecology; conservation and restoration biology; behavioral ecology; and macroecology. The Program particularly encourages studies that can be applied to a wide range of habitats and taxa across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11691&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Target Date: July 23, 2009

The goal of this program is to advance a field or create new directions in research or education. Innovative ideas for implementing novel networking strategies are especially encouraged. Groups of investigators will be supported to communicate and coordinate their research, training and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, institutional, and geographical boundaries. There are two tracks in the RCN program, the research coordination network track (RCN), the original target of the program, and the undergraduate biology education track (RCN-UBE), which was added in 2008. The proposed networking activities should focus on a theme to give coherence to the collaboration. For a research track RCN, the focus could be on a broad research question, a specific group of organisms, or particular technologies or approaches. For an education track RCN, the focus could be on any topic that is likely to lead to improved participation, learning, or assessment in undergraduate biology curricula.

Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084&govDel=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 9, 2009

The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. Research funded by the program thus develops, improves and expands models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have applications across a broad array of SciSIP challenges, including the relationship between broader participation and innovation or creativity. Proposals may also develop methodologies to analyze science and technology data, and to convey the information to a variety of audiences. Researchers are also encouraged to create or improve science and engineering data, metrics and indicators reflecting current discovery, particularly proposals that demonstrate the viability of collecting and analyzing data on knowledge generation and innovation in organizations.

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13691&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: August 7, 2009

Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology supports studies of: (1) the changing aspects of life, ecology, environments, and biogeography in past geologic time based on fossil plants, animals, and microbes; (2) all aspects of the Earth’s sedimentary carapace — insights into geological processes recorded in its historical records and rich organic and inorganic resources locked in rock sequences; (3) the science of dating and measuring the time sequence of events and rates of geological processes of the Earth’s past sedimentary and biological (fossil) record; (4) the geologic record of the production, transportation, and deposition of physical and chemical sediments; and (5) understanding the complexities of Earth's deep time (pre-Holocene) climate systems. The Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology Program especially encourages integrative studies at the national and international levels that seek to link subdisciplines, such as geochronology, paleoclimatology, paleogeography, paleoenvironments and paleoecology.

Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2010 (SBIR)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503361&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 9, 2009

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.

Social-Computational Systems (SoCS)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09559/nsf09559.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
Full Proposal Deadline: September 21, 2009

The Social-Computational Systems (SoCS) program seeks to reveal new understanding about the properties that systems of people and computers together possess, and to develop a practical understanding of the purposeful design of systems to facilitate socially intelligent computing. By better characterizing, understanding, and eventually designing for desired behaviors arising from computationally mediated groups of people at all scales, new forms of knowledge creation, new models of computation, new forms of culture, and new types of interaction will result. Further, the investigation of such systems and their emergent behaviors and desired properties will inform the design of future systems.

Tectonics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13673&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: June 6, 2009 - July 6, 2009
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.

Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) Exploratory Awards (ULTRA-Ex)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503283&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Deadline Date: July 7, 2009

The Urban Long-Term Research Areas: Exploratory Research Projects (ULTRA-Ex) competition will provide support to enable teams of scientists and practitioners to conduct interdisciplinary research on the dynamic interactions between people and natural ecosystems in urban settings in ways that will advance both fundamental and applied knowledge.

FOUNDATION GRANTS

American Council of Learned Societies
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.

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.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
http://www.hfg.org/rg/print.htm
Deadline: August 1, 2009

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.