Rutgers GrantNet

GrantNet October 1, 2009

2009-10-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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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.

Foundation Prize Competitions

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Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Nominations are requested in January of each year from the presidents of 50 universities selected by the Advisory Panel

Allows the nation's most promising professors to pursue science and engineering research early in their careers with few funding restrictions and limited paperwork requirements. The Foundation invites the presidents of 50 universities to nominate two professors each from their institutions. 20 Fellows receive individual awards of $875,000, payable over five consecutive years.

Case/Carnegie US Professor of the Year
2009 Deadline Friday, April 17, 2009; 2010 Deadline to be announced

To increase awareness of the importance of undergraduate instruction. The program recognizes faculty members for their achievements in teaching undergraduates.

Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship

To provide support for faculty members of exceptional quality in the Humanities and humanistic social sciences whose research would benefit from acquiring systematic training outside of their own discipline.

NEH Summer Stipend Program
Deadline October 1, 2009

To provide scholars with an opportunity to pursue research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public’s understanding of the humanities.

PEW Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Deadline November 2, 2009

To support young investigators of outstanding promise in basic and clinical sciences relevant to the advancement of human health.

Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship
Nominations for the 2010 Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellows will be opened in September 2009

To stimulate and support creative research by promising researchers who have the potential of making a profound impact on the state of the art in their research discipline.

John Merck Scholars
Deadline September 15, 2009

Chosen from the ranks of the most promising assistant professors currently working, or planning to work, in neurobiological and cognitive sciences relating to the biology of mental disability and developmental disabilities.

Maison de la Chimie Foundation Prize

The Prize is intended to reward an original work in chemistry, of benefit to mankind, society or nature. The Grand Prix will be awarded for the eleventh time in 2010 to one or several persons, irrespective of nationality. It carries a monetary award of 35,000 Euros.

Enrico Fermi Award
Nominations ongoing

The Enrico Fermi Award is a Presidential award, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology awards given by the U.S. Government. It recognizes scientists of international stature for their lifetimes of exceptional scientific, technical, engineering, and/or management achievements related to the development, use, control, or production of energy (broadly defined to include the science and technology of nuclear, atomic, molecular, and particle interactions and effects). Award amount: $100,000 and gold medal.

Robert Welch Award in Chemistry
Nomination Deadline February 1 of each year

The Welch Award in Chemistry fosters and encourages basic chemical research and to recognize, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of mankind. Nominations are due in the Foundation offices by February 1 of each year. The monetary amount of the award is $300,000.

Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning
2010 Deadline to be announced

This award recognizes one faculty member each year for exemplary engaged scholarship, including leadership in advancing students’ civic learning, conducting community-based research, fostering reciprocal community partnerships, building institutional commitments to service-learning and civic engagement, and other means of enhancing higher education’s contributions to the public good. Award amount: $2,000.

Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences
Nominations ongoing

This prize is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence by rewarding outstanding young scientists. It alternates between physics & chemistry annually. The age limit is 45 years. Prize amount: $50,000.

World Food Prize
Nominations due April 1 of each year

The World Food Prize is the foremost international award recognizing the accomplishments of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. Nominations are sought of an individual or individuals having demonstrated exceptional achievement in any field involved in enhancing food production and distribution and increasing food availability and accessibility to those most in need. Any academic or research institution, private or public organization, corporate entity, or governmental unit may submit a nomination for The World Food Prize. Prize amount: $250,000.

Electrochemical Society Olin Palladium Award
Calls for nomination March of even numbered years

ECS recognizes outstanding technical achievements in electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology. ECS awards are grouped according to one of four types: Society Awards, Division Awards, Section Awards, and Student Awards. ECS also offers a number of Travel Grants for students and young faculty members. Award: palladium medal, wall plaque, $7,500.

Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition
2010 Nominations accepted October 1, 2009 through February 1, 2010

Individuals of outstanding musical achievement as demonstrated by a substantial body of creative work. Award: $100,000; performance of a composition by the recipient.

McGraw Prize in Education
2010 Nomination call to be announced

The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education annually recognizes outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education in this country and whose accomplishments are making a difference today. Honorees are chosen by a distinguished panel of judges made up of thoughtful and influential members of the education community. Each winner receives a gift of $25,000 and a bronze sculpture.

Balzan Prize
Nominations due March 15 of each year

The Balzan Prize’s aim is to foster culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples throughout the world. The Prizes are awarded in the subject areas: literature, moral sciences, and the arts; physical, mathematical and natural sciences and medicine; humanities, peace and brotherhood among peoples. The four subject areas, two in literature, the moral sciences and the arts, and two in the physical, mathematical and natural sciences and medicine, change every year. Award: four prizes of 1 million Swiss francs (around $700,000 USD)

National Medal of Arts
2010 Nomination call to be announced

The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States Government. The National Medal of Arts is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals or groups who, in his judgment, "...are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support and availability of the arts in the United States." Award: National Medal of Arts.

Charles Stark Draper Prize
2010 Nomination call to be announced

The Draper Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering for outstanding achievement in engineering and technology contributing to the advancement of human welfare and freedom. The Draper Prize is awarded annually*, the recipient receives a $500,000 cash award, and the prize recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines. NAE members and non-members worldwide are eligible to receive the Draper Prize. It is anticipated that these awards will next be presented in February 2011. Nominations submitted in anticipation of awards in 2010 will be considered for the 2011 prizes. The Call for Nominations for the 2011 prizes will begin on January 4, 2010 and end on April 1, 2010. Award: $500,000

Gustav O. Lienhard Award (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
2010 Nomination call to be announced

Gustav O. Lienhard Award (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) recognizes individuals for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States. Award: medal and $25,000.

U.S. Professors of the Year Program
2010 Application Deadline to be announced

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and CASE sponsor this program recognizing faculty members for their achievement as undergraduate professors. Award: $5,000 and certificate.

International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Dirac Medal
Deadline September 30, 2009

ICTP's Dirac Medal is given in honour of P.A.M. Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of the Centre. It is awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made outstanding contributions to theoretical physics and mathematics. Award: Dirac Medal and $5,000.

Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medals
2010 Nomination deadline has passed; 2011 nomination deadline to be announced

Recognizes outstanding achievement in science and technology, chemistry, computer and cognitive science, earth science, engineering, life science, and physics. Award: Endowed medals

King Faisal International Prize
Nominations ongoing

King Faisal International Prize recognizes those who exceptionally serve Islam and Muslims, and the scientists and scholars whose research results in significant advances in specific areas that benefit humanity. This incentive also encourages expanded research that may lead to important medical and scientific breakthroughs. Awards made in four categories: Islamic Studies, Arabic Literature, Medicine, and Science. Award: US $200,000 for each category.

American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Awards
2010 deadline has passed; 2011 deadline to be announced

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. The Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems. The Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology recognizes excellent young psychologists. Award: citation and cash prize.

Materials Research Society's the Von Hippel Award
Deadline April 1 of each year

Recognizes those qualities most prized by materials scientists and engineers--brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines. Award: $10,000, honorary membership, & trophy.

Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship in Philosophy

Awarded annually, on a nonrenewable basis, to scholars in the field of philosophy, without restriction to any one school of philosophical thought. The Professorship is intended to recognize not only distinguished achievement but also the recipient's contribution or potential contribution to public understanding of philosophy. Nominations by institution's Phi Beta Kappa Chapter. Award: $7,500 and series of three lectures.

National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture

Recognizes an individual who has made significant scholarly contributions to the humanities and who has the ability to communicate the knowledge and wisdom of the humanities in a broadly appealing way. The Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual and public achievement in the humanities. Award: $10,000 honorarium and the lecture is delivered annually in the spring in Washington, D.C.

National Endowment for the Humanities National Humanities Medal

Honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities. Award: bronze medal

Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
Nominations due April 1 of each year

The Lawrence Award honors scientists and engineers, at mid- career, showing promise for the future, for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting the Department of Energy and its mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the United States. The Lawrence Award is given in each of the following seven categories: Chemistry, Materials Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Life Sciences (including Medicine), Nuclear Technologies (Fission and Fusion), National Security and Non-Proliferation, and High Energy and Nuclear Physics. The Lawrence Awards are administered by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Award: Citation signed by the Secretary of Energy, a gold medal, and a $50,000 honorarium.

Presidential Medal of Science
2010 nomination deadline November 5, 2009

The Presidential Medal of Science is the highest honor in the U.S. for scientists and engineers who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." Award: Medal presented annually by the President of the United States.

American Physical Society (APS) Prizes and Awards
Various deadlines

APS offers approximately 40 prizes, awards, medals, and lectureships. Award: Varies.

Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics
2011 Nomination deadline to be announced

Recognizes and encourages outstanding interdisciplinary research in chemistry and physics, in the spirit of Irving Langmuir. This prize is made to one person who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of chemical physics or physical chemistry within the ten years prior to the prize. In even-numbered years, the American Chemical Society selects the prize recipient and presents the prize. In odd-numbered years, the American Physical Society selects the prize recipient and presents the prize. Award: $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient.

National Medal of Technology
2010 Nomination deadline has passed; 2011 nomination deadline to be announced

The highest honor bestowed by the President of the United States to America's leading innovators. The Medal is given annually to individuals, teams, or companies for accomplishments in the innovation, development, commercialization, and management of technology, as evidenced by the establishment of new or significantly improved products, processes, or services. Award: Medal awarded by the President of the United States.

American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) International Scientific Cooperation Award

Seeks to recognize individuals/individuals working together in the scientific or engineering community for making an outstanding contribution to furthering international cooperation in science and engineering. Award: $5,000 and a commemorative plaque.

American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
Deadline September 1 of each year

The Prize is awarded annually either to a public servant, in recognition of sustained exceptional contributions to advancing science, or a scientist, whose career has been distinguished both for scientific achievement and for other notable services to the scientific community. Award: $5,000 and a commemorative plaque.

Electrochemical Society Electronics Division Award
Various Award deadlines

Established to encourage excellence in electronics research and outstanding technical contribution to the field of Electronics Science. This encouragement is provided by bringing recognition to Active Members of the Society who have made noteworthy scientific contributions and enhanced the scientific stature of the Society by the presentation of well received papers in the JOURNAL and at Society Meetings. Award: certificate and $1,500 plus expenses up to $1000 or payment of Life Membership in the Society.

Wolf Prizes to Promote Science and Art for the Benefit of Mankind

Five or six yearly prizes are awarded for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples in arts and science: agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, architecture, music, painting, and sculpture. Nominations accepted by: University Rector, Research Institute Director, Dean, the Head of a Conservatory - in the field of Music, the Head of a Museum of Art - in the field of Painting or Sculpture, the recipient of a Wolf Prize - in his field, and scientists or artists if invited to submit candidates by the Foundation. Award: $100,000 and diploma.

Epilepsy Research Awards Program
2010 Nomination deadline to be announced

Designed to encourage and reward clinical and basic science investigators whose research contributes importantly to understanding and conquering epilepsy. Award: $50,000.

March of Dimes Research Prize in Developmental Biology
Nominations September 15, 2009

The March of Dimes Prize is awarded to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlines our understanding of birth defects. Awards: medal and $100,000.

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Awards
Deadline September 15, 2009

Designed to identify innovation by full-time faculty members in incorporating evolving information technologies in the curricula of accredited masters degree programs in library & information studies. Alise Award for Professional Contribution to Library and Information Science Education; Alise Service Award; Alise Award for Teaching Excellence in the Field of Library and Information Science Education; Alise Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award or $2000.

Protein Society Awards
2010 nomination deadline October 1, 2009

Amgen Award: annual lectureship award in recognition of a recent, highly significant contribution to the science of proteins. Young Investigator Award: important contribution to the study of proteins by a scientist not yet 38 years of age at the time of the award. Hans Neurath Award: for an individual's recent contribution of unusual merit to basic research in the field of protein science. Christian B. Anfinsen Award: recognizes significant technical achievements in the field of protein science. Stein and Moore Award: recognizes contributions at the highest level to the study of proteins. Funding information not released for these awards

Tyler Prize
Nomination deadline September 15 of each year

Prizes are awarded for any one of the following: The protection, maintenance, improvement or understanding of an ecological or and environmental condition anywhere in the world; The discovery, further development, improvement, or understanding of known or new sources of energy; Medical discoveries or achievements with such worldwide implications that they significantly benefit environmental aspects of human health. Award: $200,000 award and gold medallion.

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Various deadlines
Honors achievement in research, education, and service--and encompasses the many subspecialties of microbiology. Award: varies.

Electrochemical Society Carl Wagner Memorial Award
Call for nominations in March of even numbered years

To recognize (a) mid-career achievement and excellence in research in areas of interest of the Society, and (b) significant contributions in the teaching or guidance of students or colleagues in education, industry, or government. Present biennially in odd-numbered years. Award: Life membership in the Society, certificate, sterling silver medal.

Centre de recherches mathematiques and the Fields Institute Prize (CRM-Fields Institute Prize)
Nominations October 1 of each year

Aimed at recognizing excellence in research in the mathematical sciences. The candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university. Award: $5,000.

Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
Deadline November 30, 2009

These awards honor outstanding educators who excite a commitment in their students to the free enterprise system. 20 awards of $7,500 each, and a special award of $15,000 for an unusually meritorious entry may be awarded.

Electrochemical Society Research Award of the Energy Technology Division
Call for nominations August 1 of each year

Established to encourage excellence in energy related research and to encourage publication in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Inc. The Award recognizes outstanding and original contributions to the science and technology of energy related research areas that include scientific and technological aspects of fossil fuels and alternative energy sources, energy management and environmental consequences of energy utilization. Award: scroll, $1,500, membership in Energy Technology Division.

Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognizes outstanding individuals whose pioneering spirit and demonstrated inventiveness throughout their careers has improved our society and inspired others. They are U.S. citizens or permanent residents whose life-long careers in invention and innovation have had a significant impact on society. Award: $100,000.

Lemelson-MIT Prize

Purpose is to foster invention and innovation, and raise the status of inventors. Candidate must have two or more patents. Nominations by leaders from industry, research, academia and government. Award: $500,000.

Harvey Prize
Nomination deadline to be announced

Rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. Recipients are asked to come to the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology to receive their awards. While in Israel, recipients give lectures and meet with Israeli scientists, academicians, and leaders at Technion and other universities. Material from these lectures is published in a continuing library, the Harvey Prize Papers. Two awards of $50,000 each.

Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
2012 Nomination deadline November 1, 2010

To honor great teachers, to stimulate discussion in the academy about the value of teaching, and to encourage departments and institutions to value their own great teachers. Award: $215,000 and will teach in residence at Baylor University during the spring semester following the award, plus travel and housing. Winner's home department will receive $35,000.

Jose Vasconcelos World Award of Education
2010 Nomination deadline to be announced

Granted to a renowned educator, an authority in the teaching field or to a legislator of education with significant influence on the advancement of culture for mankind. Acceptable nominating authorities: rectors of universities, directors of institutes and organizations, members of the World Cultural Council, outstanding personalities in science and culture. Award: diploma, commemorative medal and $10,000.

Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts
2010 Nomination deadline to be announced

Grants to artists for outstanding labor in benefit of mankind. Acceptable nominating authorities: rectors of universities, directors of institutes and organizations, members of the World Cultural Council, outstanding personalities in science and culture. Award: diploma, commemorative medal, and $10,000.

Albert Einstein World Award of Science
2010 Nomination deadline to be announced

Recognizes scientific and technological research and development that has brought benefit and well being to mankind. Acceptable nominating authorities: rectors of universities, directors of institutes and organizations, members of the World Cultural Council, outstanding personalities in science and culture. Award: diploma, commemorative medal, and $10,000.

Dan David Prize
Deadline November 30, 2009

The Prize covers three time dimensions (past, present, and future) that represent realms of human achievement. Nominees may be individuals and organizations. The 2010 topics are - Past: March Toward Democracy; Present: Literature—Rendition of the 20th Century; Future: Computers and Telecommunication. Awards: three prizes of $1 million each per year.

International Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis
Nomination Deadline December 1, 2009

Open to applicants who have contributed outstanding innovations to applied laser technology through development or research on application or generation of laser light. Award: three prizes: 20,000 Euros, 10,000 Euros, and 5,000 Euros.

NSF Alan T. Waterman Award
Nomination deadline November 5, 2009

Presented annually to an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering funded by NSF. Award: citation, bronze medal, and nonrestrictive 3-year research grant of $500,000.

Ernest Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Technology
Nomination deadline December 1, 2009

Award recognizes exceptional faculty achievements in enhancing the learning process. Award: $5,000, trophy, engraved plaque.

Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
Nomination deadline December 1, 2009

Candidacy for both Prizes are open to individuals with careers of outstanding achievement in their discipline, as demonstrated by major contributions to new knowledge or the development of significant new modes of analysis. The recipient of either Prize will deliver a public lecture and participate in other scholarly activities at Northwestern University for 10 weeks during the academic year. Award: $150,000.

Volvo Environment Prize
Nomination deadline November 15, 2009

Acknowledges persons who have made outstanding innovations or discoveries - scientific, socio-economic, or technological - which have a direct or indirect significance in the environmental field and are of global or regional importance. Award: ~$180,000.

Francis Bacon Award in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Nomination deadline December 1, 2009

Biennial award to advance the field by recognizing and supporting first-rate scholarship that has been, and shows every sign of continuing to be, influential. Particularly seeking nominees whose work engages directly with scientific and technological concepts and processes. Limited to 1 - 2 nominations. Award: $20,000, serve 3 months as a visiting professor at Caltech.

National Science Board's Vannevar Bush Award
Nomination deadline November 4, 2009

Recognizes a senior statesperson who through public service activities in science and technology has made an outstanding contribution toward the welfare of mankind and the nation. Award: bronze medal, honored at an awards dinner.

Bodossaki Foundation Academic Prizes

Greek scientists or scholars of Greek origin who have earned international renown in science, technology and medicine. Awarded to scientists who have made decisive contributions towards furthering their scientific field. Award: four prizes of €20.500 each (around $22,500 USD).

Sheikh Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence
Nomination deadline November 30, 2009

Honors innovative methods and research that resulted in novel discoveries and inventions, which have made an enormous impact in their fields. Topics for 2009-2010 are: 1. Obesity; 2. Osteoporosis; 3. Thyroid Disease. Award: approximately US $27,000, trophy, certificate.

American Astronomical Society (AAS) Prizes
Various Deadlines

AAS awards and prizes recognize outstanding contributions in fields of astronomy. Awards: Approximately 15 awards. Varies.

John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences

The John W. Kluge Prize rewards lifetime achievement in the study of humanity with focus on disciplines not recognized by Nobel prizes. Such disciplines include history, philosophy, politics, anthropology, sociology, religion, criticism in the arts and humanities, and linguistics. The award is near the financial level of the Nobel awards.

GrantNet August 1, 2009

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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 AgricultureAgriculture 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.

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09566/nsf09566.htm?govDel=USNSF_25
LOI Due August 5, 2009; Full Proposal Due September 9, 2009

The objective of the BREAD Program is to support innovative scientific research designed to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world. A significant distinction between BREAD and other NSF programs is that proposals to BREAD must make a clear and well-defined connection between the outcomes of the proposed research and its direct relevance and potential application to agriculture in the developing world. The BREAD Program will take the activities of the PGRP to the next level by supporting a broader range of scientific research and by enabling funding to be allocated to international collaborators through subawards.

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 Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ag_risk_mgt.html
Deadline August 10, 2009

CSREES announces the availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Agriculture Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program (RME) for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to provide resources for regional risk management education centers for the purpose of developing and delivering agricultural risk management education materials to agricultural producers and their families in the United States and its territories that will assist them to better manage risk. This program will also provide a grant to an electronic support center to provide associated support to the regional centers. The amount available for support of this program in FY 2009 is approximately $4,800,000.

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)
Department of Defense
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 Mathematical Challenges http://www.darpa.mil/baa/DARPA-BAA08-65.htmlPosted 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

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 Centers In Integrated Photonics Engineering Research (CIPHER)
http://www.darpa.mil/mto/solicitations/ra09-35/index.html
Deadline August 25, 2009

DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals for university research centers in the area of integrated photonics engineering. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems.

DARPA Physical Intellegence
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.

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.pdfOpen 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

Special Focus Competition: Graduate Programs at Institutions of Higher Education Serving Hispanic Americans, CFDA 84.116V
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48013
Deadline August 3, 2009

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. The Special Invitational Priority seeks projects that propose innovative efforts to expand graduate level academic offerings at colleges that enroll a significant number of Hispanic American students.

Department of Energy

Early Career Research Program
http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/4d9531493f2c51438525759800535a7d/7828cb6f4f50e9a7852575e70060c340?OpenDocument
Deadline September 1, 2009

The Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby invites grant applications for support under the Early Career Research Program in the following program areas: Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); High Energy Physics (HEP), and Nuclear Physics (NP). The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and to stimulate research careers in the areas supported by the DOE Office of Science.

Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory
http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/4d9531493f2c51438525759800535a7d/1f029be2cb017864852575e4006a0878?OpenDocument
Deadline September 1, 2009

The Office of Nuclear Physics (NP), Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving proposals for Topical Collaborations in Nuclear Theory. Topical Collaborations are fixed-term, multi-institution collaborations established to investigate a specific topic in nuclear physics of special interest to the community, which is well aligned with programmatic NP goals. They also provide a mechanism for maintaining a robust community, by encouraging the creation of tenured university appointments and permanent laboratory positions in nuclear theory.

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.

Office of Science Financial Assistance Program
http://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/4d9531493f2c51438525759800535a7d/1822d414fb0c1064852574d50071644c?OpenDocument
Deadline September 30, 2009

The Office of Science of the Department of Energy hereby announces its continuing interest in receiving grant applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists.

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.

Environmental Protection AgencyExploring 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.

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.

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.

Design And Usage Of Massively Multiplayer Online Games And Persistent Immersive Synthetic Environments
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=47782
Deadline August 10, 2009

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight Center's Learning Technologies Project Office (LTPO) is releasing a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) to conduct research and evaluation on the design and usage of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) and Persistent Immersive Synthetic Environments (Virtual Worlds) for NASA Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Training. The LTPO MMOG Research and Evaluation CAN will consider proposals that communicate the required approach and skills to: •Contribute to NASA, other Federal Agencies, private industry and academia’s research initiatives to improve STEM content and delivery approaches that promote the development of our Nation’s future workforce, workforce applications and missions. Provide experiences and activities that are grounded in education research or utilize evidence-supported approaches, techniques, and tools; and stimulate linkages and connections to and from secondary education and higher education and informal education communities using NASA content within a gaming context

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
Enduring Questions Grant Program
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/EnduringQuestions.html
Deadline September 15, 2009

The Enduring Questions grant program supports a faculty member’s development of a new course that will foster intellectual community through the study of an enduring question. This course will encourage undergraduate students and a teacher to grapple with a fundamental question addressed by the humanities, and to join together in a deep and sustained program of reading in order to encounter influential thinkers over the centuries and into the present day.

NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=48020
Deadline September 15, 2009

NEH Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers (FDHC) support collaboration between digital centers and individual scholars. An award provides funding for both a stipend for the fellow and a portion of the center’s costs for hosting a fellow. Awards are for periods of six to twelve months of continuous full-time research.

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.

Summer Stipends
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html
Deadline October 1, 2009

Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Summer Stipends support projects at any stage of development. Summer Stipends are awarded to individual scholars.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5444&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 11, 2009

The Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI) program seeks to encourage new approaches to the analysis and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. The ABI program is especially interested in the development of informatics tools and resources that have the potential to advance, or transform, research in biology supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation.

Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503285&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: August 5, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 9, 2009

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are partnering to support a new research program to be administered by NSF. The objective of the BREAD Program is to support innovative scientific research designed to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world. A significant distinction between BREAD and other NSF programs is that proposals to BREAD must make a clear and well-defined connection between the outcomes of the proposed research and its direct relevance and potential application to agriculture in the developing world. The BREAD Program will take the activities of the PGRP to the next level by supporting a broader range of scientific research and by enabling funding to be allocated to international collaborators through subawards.

Biological Oceanography
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11696&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009

The Biological Oceanography Program supports research in marine ecology broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program for consideration are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs.

Biomedical Engineering (BME)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501023&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

Biosensing
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503353&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009

The Biosensing Program supports innovative, transformative, and insightful investigations of fundamental problems with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated devices to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification, and/or quantification of biological phenomena and will support potential technological breakthroughs that exist at the intersection of engineering, life science, and information technology. Projects submitted to the Program must advance both engineering and life sciences. Projects in the program may range from single investigator to multi-investigator collaborative research efforts.

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
Catalysis and Biocatalysis
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13360&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

Chemical Oceanography
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11698&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009

The Chemical Oceanography Program supports research into the chemical components, reaction mechanisms, and geochemical pathways within the ocean and at its interfaces with the solid earth and the atmosphere. Major emphases include: studies of material inputs to and outputs from marine waters; orthochemical and biological production and transformation of chemical compounds and phases within the marine system; and the determination of reaction rates and study of equilibria. The Program encourages research into the chemistry, distribution, and fate of inorganic and organic substances introduced into or produced within marine environments including those from estuarine waters to the deep sea.

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.

Climate Process and Modeling Teams (CPT)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5753&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline September 24, 2009

The key aim of the Climate Process Modeling Team (CPT) concept is to speed development of global coupled climate models and reduce uncertainties in climate models by bringing together theoreticians, field observationalists, process modelers and the large modeling centers to concentrate on the scientific problems facing climate models today.

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.

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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: 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.

Conferences, Workshops, and Special Meetings in the Mathematical Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11701&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: August 27, 2009
Special meetings ONLY; see section I. Submit regular proposals according to cognizant program dates.

For conferences, workshops, and special meetings, the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) invites proposals of two types: (1) regular conference, symposia, and workshop proposals, and (2) proposals for special meetings, which comprise longer-term or larger-scale activities that more widely engage and connect the mathematical sciences community, such as special research years or semesters, multi-institutional regional meetings, and "summer schools." Regular proposals are submitted to the cognizant DMS programs according to those programs' usual deadlines or target dates. These proposals normally request funding in the range of $5,000 to $25,000, although awards of up to $50,000 have occasionally been made.

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.

Cultural Anthropology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5388&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 200

The Cultural Anthropology Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: Senior Research proposals (that is, research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degree); proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants; Cultural Anthropology Scholars awards (for research-related, post-PhD training); and CAREER proposals. The Program will also consider proposals for workshops and training programs, as well as supplements to current awards to support Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Graduate Studies (REG). Research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology is eligible. Successful proposals are characterized by clear research questions and propositions that will be put to the test through meticulous attention to research design, data collection, and analysis.

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: August 18, 2009
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

Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: September 15, 2009

This multi-year funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning endangered human languages. Made urgent by the imminent death of an estimated half of the 6000-7000 currently used human languages, this effort aims also to exploit advances in information technology. Funding will support fieldwork and other activities relevant to recording, documenting, and archiving endangered languages, including the preparation of lexicons, grammars, text samples, and databases. Funding will be available in the form of one- to three-year project grants as well as fellowships for up to twelve months. At least half the available funding will be awarded to projects involving fieldwork.

Economics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5437&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 18, 2009
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.

Energy for Sustainability
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501026&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

Expeditions in Computing
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503169&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: September 10, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: February 10, 2010

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has created the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program to provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. In planning Expeditions, investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come. Funded at levels up to $2,000,000 per year for five years, Expeditions represent some of the largest single investments currently made by the directorate.

Fluid Dynamics
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13365&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Full Proposal Window: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (FRG)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5671&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: August 21, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 18, 2009

The purpose of the FRG activity is to allow groups of researchers to respond to recognized scientific needs of pressing importance, to take advantage of current scientific opportunities, or to prepare the ground for anticipated significant scientific developments in the mathematical sciences. Groups may include, in addition to mathematical scientists, researchers from other science and engineering disciplines appropriate to the proposed research. The activity supports projects for which the collective effort by a group of researchers is necessary to reach the scientific goals. Projects should be scientifically focused and well-delineated. It is not the intent of this activity to provide general support for infrastructure. Projects should also be timely, limited in duration to up to three years, and substantial in their scope and impact.

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.

Geography and Spatial Sciences
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5410&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009

The Geography and Spatial Sciences Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on the Earth's surface. Investigations are encouraged into the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects on a variety of topics (both domestic and international) qualify for support if they offer promise of contributing to scholarship by enhancing geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. GSS encourages projects that explicitly integrate undergraduate and graduate education into the overall research agenda.

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.

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: September 3, 2009
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.

Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=9187&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 28, 2009

The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Program supports the development of novel instrumentation or instrumentation that has been significantly improved by at least an order of magnitude or more in fundamental aspects. Supported instruments are expected to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level. The development of new instrumentation must be firmly based in biological research need. The IDBR Program supports the development or major improvement of software for the operation of instruments only as associated with the development of the instrument. Data analysis and acquisition software are only supported to the extent that the availability of the software, in connection with new instrumentation, will clearly advance biological research.

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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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: September 20, 2009
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).
International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5179&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: September 8, 2009

The objective of the International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP) is to introduce scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers to international collaborative research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacity and global perspective and forging long-term relationships with scientists, technologists and engineers abroad. These awards are available in any field of science and engineering research and education supported by NSF.

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).
Law and Social Science
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5422&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009

The Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions

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: August 15, 2009
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.

Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5756&govDel=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Deadline Date: August 25, 2009
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations.

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: August 16, 2009
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: August 15, 2009 - September 17, 2009
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.

Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501046&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: August 3, 2009

The objective of PAARE is to enhance diversity in astronomy and astrophysics research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, collaborative research and education partnerships among minority-serving institutions and partners at research institutions, including academic institutions, private observatories and NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST) supported facilities.

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: August 20, 2009
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.

Political Science
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009
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.

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.

Physical Anthropology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407&govDel=USNSF_39
Full Proposal Target Date: August 20, 2009
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.
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.

Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5475&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: August 25, 2009; Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3)

The Research on Gender in Science and Engineering program supports efforts to understand and address gender-based differences in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce participation through research, the diffusion of research-based innovations, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce. Typical projects will contribute to the knowledge base addressing gender-related differences in learning and in the educational experiences that affect student interest, performance, and choice of careers; how pedagogical approaches and teaching styles, curriculum, student services, and institutional culture contribute to causing or closing gender gaps that persist in certain fields. Projects will communicate and apply findings, evaluation results, and proven good practices and products to a wider community.

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement 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: August 3, 2009
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.

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.

Science, Technology and Society (STS)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 1, 2009
STS considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. STS has four components:
Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS),
History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS),
Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS),
Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
The components overlap, but are distinguished by the different scientific and scholarly orientations they take to the subject matter, as well as by different focuses within the subject area. STS encourages the submission of hybrid proposals that strive to integrate research involving two or more of these core areas. STS provides the following modes of support:
Scholars Awards,
Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research,
Postdoctoral Fellowships,
Professional Development Fellowships,
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants,
Small Grants for Training and Research,
Conference and Workshop Awards,
Other Funding Opportunities.
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.

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.

Sociology
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 15, 2009

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.

Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5749&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Deadline Date: August 19, 2009

The solar and heliospheric research communities are dedicated to promoting enhanced understanding of, and predictive capabilities for, solar disturbances that propagate to the Earth. Broad-based, grass-roots associations such as SHINE have developed to focus community effort on these scientific questions. Proposals are solicited for research directly related to topics under consideration and discussion at community workshops organized by SHINE.

NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Letter of Intent Deadline August 11, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline September 14, 2009

This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate; baccalaureate; or graduate-level degree in science and engineering disciplines. Grantee institutions are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, reporting demographic information about student scholars, and managing the S-STEM project at the institution.

Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Proposal Target Date: August 13, 2009

The primary purpose of the Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI) is to support work leading to the development and/or demonstration of innovative cyberinfrastructure services for science and engineering research and education that fill gaps left by more targeted funding opportunities. In addition, it will consider highly innovative cyberinfrastructure education, outreach and training proposals that lie outside the scope of targeted solicitations.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: August 18, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: September 29, 2009

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.

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.

Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM)
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500036&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date: September 15, 2009
Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 2, 2010

The goal of the Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences (URM) program is to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing graduate studies in all areas of biological research supported by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Support will be provided to academic institutions to establish innovative programs to engage undergraduates in a year-round research and mentoring activity. Particular emphasis will be placed on broadening participation of members of groups historically underrepresented in science and engineering: African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities.

FOUNDATION GRANTS

Abe Fellowship--International Multidisciplinary Research on Topics of Pressing Global Concern
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/
Deadline September 1st 2009

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship Program competition. The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving. Research support to individuals is at the core of the Abe Fellowship Program. Applications are welcome from scholars and non-academic research professionals. The objectives of the program are to foster high quality research in the social sciences and related disciplines, to build new collaborative networks of researchers around the three thematic foci of the program, to bring new data and new data resources to the attention of those researchers, and to obtain from them a commitment to a comparative or transnational line of inquiry.

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.

ACLS Fellowships including ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/acls/
Deadline September 30, 2009
The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences (1). The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects. The ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing. An ACLS Fellowship may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate's current academic year salary. Tenure of the grant may begin no earlier than July 1, 2010 and no later than February 1, 2011.

ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/digital/
Deadline September 30, 2009

ACLS invites applications for the fifth annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships, thanks to the generous assistance of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences (1). It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help advance digital humanistic scholarship by broadening understanding of its nature and exemplifying the robust infrastructure necessary for creating further such works.

American Research in the Humanities in China
http://www.acls.org/programs/arhc/
Deadline September 15, 2009

This program is open to scholars in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences who have received a Ph.D. or its equivalent by the time of application. Fellowship tenure is from four months to one year of continuous research in China. The fellowship period must fall between July 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011.

Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/ryskamp/
September 30, 2009

ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for the Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowships, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in honor of Charles A. Ryskamp, literary scholar, distinguished library and museum director, and long-serving trustee of the Foundation. These fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and related social sciences (1) whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well-designed and carefully developed plans for new research. The fellowships are intended to provide time and resources to enable these faculty members to conduct their research under optimal conditions. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects. ACLS will award up to 12 Ryskamp Fellowships in the 2009-2010 competition. Each fellowship carries a stipend of $64,000, a fund of $2,500 for research and travel, and an additional 2/9 of the stipend ($14,222) for one summer's support, if justified by a persuasive case.

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.

Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
http://www.acls.org/programs/burkhardt/
Deadline September 30, 2009

ACLS invites applications for the eleventh annual competition for the Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars. The fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences (1). The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

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.

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
http://www.acls.org/programs/chinese-culture/
Deadline September 15, 2009

This program supports projects in the humanities and related social sciences that bridge disciplinary or geographic boundaries, engage new sources, develop fresh approaches to traditional materials and issues, or otherwise bring innovative perspectives to the study of Chinese culture and society. Proposals are expected to be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The program especially encourages proposals concerning pre-modern China. The program will support collaborative work of three types: Planning Meetings: Grants up to $6,000 will be offered for one-day meetings to plan conferences or workshops, or for less structured explorations (e.g., brainstorming sessions) on issues of Chinese culture and society. Workshops: Grants up to $15,000 will be offered for workshops designed to facilitate ongoing research on newly available or inadequately researched data or texts. Workshops are understood to last three to four days and provide an opportunity for participants to discuss and analyze new approaches and/or new sources in a seminar-like setting. Conferences: Grants up to $25,000 will be offered for formal research conferences intended to produce significant new research that will be published in a conference volume.

Dumbarton Oaks Project Grants
http://www.doaks.org/research/info_project_grants.html
Contact Program Officer before Oct. 1, 2009
Dumbarton Oaks makes a limited number of grants to assist with scholarly projects in Byzantine Studies, Pre-Columbian Studies, and Garden and Landscape Studies. The normal range of awards is $3,000–$10,000. Support is generally for archeological research, as well as for the recovery, recording, and analysis of materials that would otherwise be lost.

FINRA Investor Education Foundation Announces 2009 Grant Program
Deadline: Open
http://www.finrafoundation.org/guidelines.asp

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.htmlVarious 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.
The Gilder Lehrman Collection, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society

The Gilder Lehrman Collection consists of letters and diaries, maps, pamphlets, sketchbooks, printed books, photographs, and other materials. The Collection's holdings range from Columbus to recent times but concentrate in the period from 1760 to 1876. For further information, as well as a searchable database of the Collection, click here.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant
http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.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.
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.

National Council for Eurasian and East European Researchhttp://www.nceeer.org/Programs/programs.phpVarious 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.

SSRC/DPDF Faculty Field Competition
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-faculty-fields-competition/
Deadline October 2, 2009

The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is designed to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals. Senior tenured faculty serve as research directors who identify research fields for groups of 12 graduate students. The faculty research directors design two workshops: one to prepare students to undertake summer research that will inform the design of their dissertation proposal, held in spring; the other to help students apply their summer research experiences to writing dissertation and funding proposals, held in the fall. Working together, research directors and graduate students help shape emerging fields in the humanities and social sciences. Each year, the DPDF’s Faculty Field Selection and Advisory Committee selects five research fields, each proposed by two tenured senior faculty with different institutional affiliations and, as relevant, different disciplinary specializations. Selected faculty serve as research directors for their proposed research fields, design the two workshops for their research field, and lead 12 selected fellows in those workshops. The DPDF program is open to tenured faculty teaching in different doctoral-degree-granting programs at U.S. universities. Faculty must apply as teams and must be tenured at the time of application. Research directors are required to be present and participate in both workshops. Each research director receives a stipend of $10,000 for preparing and running the workshops that bracket the student summer research fellowships, as well as for sustained mentorship of the graduate student cohort throughout the summer.

Smithsonian Institution
Senior and Postdoctoral Fellowshipshttp://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.