Current OpportunitiesMulti-disciplinary Science Science (Multi-Disciplinary)National Science Foundation Informal Science Education (ISE) Letter of Intent Due Dates (required): March 20, 2008, September 18, 2008 The ISE program invests in projects that develop and implement informal learning experiences designed to increase interest, engagement, and understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by individuals of all ages and backgrounds, as well as projects that advance knowledge and practice of informal science education. Projects may target either public audiences or professionals whose work directly affects informal STEM learning. ISE projects are expected to demonstrate strategic impact, innovation, and collaboration. Mathematics
BiologyNIH Academic Career Award (K07) The purpose of the NIH Academic Career Award is to provide support to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise to become academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee sponsoring grantee institution. The Academic Career Award supports Development awards for more junior level candidates and Leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills. Important Dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm PA-08-149 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-149.html The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant Program (R13 and U13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. Important Dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS) Target Deadline: July 16, 2008 Three clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (the Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and the Population and Evolutionary Processes clusters) encourage the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing a body of related research projects conducted by a single individual or group of investigators over an extended period. OPUS proposals will often be appropriately submitted in mid-to-late career, but will also be appropriate early enough in a career to produce unique, integrated insight useful both to the scientific community and to the development of the investigator's future work. In cases where multiple scientists have worked collaboratively, an OPUS award will provide support for collaboration on a synthesis. OPUS awards will facilitate critical synthesis, and do so in a way that will acknowledge the prestige of this important component of scientific scholarship. Exploratory/Developmental Grant for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Studies of Humans (R21) (PAR-08-135) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-135.htm Important Dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm Important Dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm NIH Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan (R01) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Small Grants for Lung Tissue Research (R03) This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits research grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to conduct tissue-based research on interstitial fibrotic lung disease and/or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Supported projects will be required to utilize lung biospecimens and data collected by the Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC). The goal of this initiative is to promote tissue-based research on COPD and interstitial fibrotic lung conditions, including studies to establish proof-of-concept in humans for novel mechanisms of pathogenesis. NIH: The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R03] Funding Opportunities from the National Cancer Institute Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (R21) National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program (R03) Application Receipt Date(s): March 19, 2008; July 18, 2008; December 19, 2008 This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to enhance the basic and applied cancer prevention research. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications that propose small and time-limited projects pertinent to the development of cancer chemoprevention agents, biomarkers for early cancer detection, cancer-related nutrition science, and/or clinical prevention studies that focus on specific target organs. Proposed projects may involve basic and/or translational research and/or human subjects-oriented research. National Cancer Institute (NCI) NCI Transition Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K22) ChemistryNIH Academic Career Award (K07) The purpose of the NIH Academic Career Award is to provide support to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise to become academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee sponsoring grantee institution. The Academic Career Award supports Development awards for more junior level candidates and Leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills. NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13) The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant Program (R13 and U13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant Program (R03) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Computer ScienceNational Science Foundation National Science Foundation National Science Foundation Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. Geosciences / EnvironmentNational Science Foundation Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS) Target Deadline: July 16, 2008 Three clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (the Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and the Population and Evolutionary Processes clusters) encourage the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing a body of related research projects conducted by a single individual or group of investigators over an extended period. OPUS proposals will often be appropriately submitted in mid-to-late career, but will also be appropriate early enough in a career to produce unique, integrated insight useful both to the scientific community and to the development of the investigator's future work. In cases where multiple scientists have worked collaboratively, an OPUS award will provide support for collaboration on a synthesis. OPUS awards will facilitate critical synthesis, and do so in a way that will acknowledge the prestige of this important component of scientific scholarship. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Science Foundation Communicating Hurricane Information (CHI) Deadline: June 03, 2008 In a joint announcement, NOAA and NSF call for proposals focusing on advancing fundamental understanding of the communication of hurricane outlooks, forecasts, watches, and warnings both to decision makers (i.e., emergency managers, elected officials) and to the general public.
Arts & HumanitiesNational Endowment for the Humanities Social SciencesNIH Academic Career Award (K07) PA-08-152 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-152.html The purpose of the NIH Academic Career Award is to provide support to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise to become academic researchers and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee sponsoring grantee institution. The Academic Career Award supports Development awards for more junior level candidates and Leadership awards for more senior individuals with acknowledged scientific expertise and leadership skills. NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13/U13) The purpose of the NIH Research Conference Grant Program (R13 and U13) is to support high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Application Receipt Date: May 25 2008, 2009, 2010 This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications to fund the development and evaluation of innovative model programs and materials for enhancing knowledge and understanding of neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse and addiction among K-12 students, the general public, health care practitioners, and other groups. The award provides support for the formation of partnerships between scientists and educators, media experts, community leaders, and other interested organizations for the development and evaluation of programs and materials that will enhance knowledge and understanding of science related to drug abuse. The intended focus is on topics not well addressed in existing efforts by educational, community, or media activities. National Institute on Drug Abuse Prescription Drug Misuse (R01) Prescription Drug Misuse (R21) Prescription Drug Misuse (R03) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Gender, Youth and HIV Risk (R01) Gender, Youth and HIV Risk (R21) National Institute on Drug Abuse Epidemiology Of Drug Abuse (R21) Epidemiology Of Drug Abuse (R03) National Institutes of Health Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan (R01) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan (R21) (PAR-08-113) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-113.html National Institutes of Health Prevention Research with HIV Positive Individuals (R01) Prevention Research with HIV Positive Individuals (R03) Prevention Research with HIV Positive Individuals (R21) National Science Foundation Deadline: August 01, 2008 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) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Innovative Approaches to Personalizing the Treatment of Depression (R34) Letters of Intent Receipt Date: May 20, 2008 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) solicits grant applications for research to develop innovative approaches to personalizing treatment for patients suffering from depression. While effective treatments of depression are available, there is considerable individual variation in treatment response. Progress has been made in identifying potential predictors and moderators of treatment effects, but no specific model for individualizing care has been developed or tested for efficacy. The purpose of this RFA is to advance research on individualizing the treatment of depression by developing models and testing new approaches that, by accounting for patient characteristics, aim to be more specific and thus potentially leading to more effective and efficient treatment interventions. Consistent with the current state-of-the-science in this relatively new area of research, this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is meant to support relatively small projects or preliminary investigations, rather than large studies that definitively test intervention effectiveness. This FOA is therefore an initial step toward advancing research on personalization of care in mental health. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation National Science Foundation Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) Deadline: June 02, 2008 The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Developing Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research (DCISR) (P20) Letters of Intent Receipt Date: May 21 annually The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites research grant applications to support core infrastructure for conducting intervention and/or services research directly addressing the mission of NIMH, which is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. In particular, this initiative addresses the mission of the Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR), as well as that of the NIMH Geriatrics Research Branch. The DSIR supports two main areas of research: a) intervention research to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacologic, psychosocial, somatic, rehabilitative and combination treatment or preventive interventions on mental and behavior disorders, and b) mental health services research that consists of interdisciplinary investigations of the predictors, processes and outcomes of mental health services, including availability, access and acceptability; organization; decision-making; service delivery, utilization and quality of care; costs, cost-effectiveness and financing of mental health care, and the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions into service systems. The Geriatrics Research Branch supports intervention research relevant to older adults. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to establish infrastructure support for groups of investigators to further expand their intervention and/or services research. Applicants under this FOA must have current ongoing research activities relevant to mental health intervention and/or services. This FOA is issued as a companion to the PAR-08-088, Advanced Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research (ACISR), which requires a larger amount of existing research activity than required for this funding opportunity. This FOA is meant to support investigators with active, but still limited research programs, who can benefit from infrastructure support to further develop and expand their research activities. The scope of this initiative is broad and meant to support investigators involved in treatment, prevention, and/or services research. Thus, this center grant mechanism can be utilized for a variety of research activities, such as controlled clinical trials of treatment or preventive interventions, research aimed at optimization and personalization of care, evaluation and improvement of the safety of interventions, research on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions, evaluation and improvement of mental health services, or economics of mental health services. Along the spectrum from effectiveness to services research, the applicant should indicate and justify the specific focus of the center that is being proposed. Novel methodological and organizational approaches and the creation of multidisciplinary research teams are especially encouraged. Based on the type and stage of development of the research activities being pursued, applicants can propose collaborations between academic investigators and relevant partners and justify support of the collaboration as part of the center. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Advanced Centers for Intervention and/or Services Research (ACISR) (P30) Letters of Intent Receipt Date: May 21 annually The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites research grant applications to support core infrastructure for conducting intervention and/or services research directly addressing the mission of NIMH, which is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. In particular, this initiative addresses the mission of the NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research (DSIR), as well as that the NIMH Geriatrics Research Branch. The DSIR supports two main areas of research: a) intervention research to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacologic, psychosocial, somatic, rehabilitative and combination treatment or preventive interventions on mental and behavior disorders, and b) mental health services research that consists of interdisciplinary investigations of the predictors, processes and outcomes of mental health services, including availability, access and acceptability; organization; decision-making; service delivery, utilization and quality of care; costs, cost-effectiveness and financing of mental health care, and the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions into service systems. The Geriatrics Research Branch supports intervention research relevant to older adults. The scope of this initiative is broad and meant to support investigators involved in treatment, prevention, and/or services research. Thus, this center grant mechanism can be utilized for a variety of research activities, such as controlled clinical trials of treatment or preventive interventions, research aimed at optimization and personalization of care, evaluation and improvement of the safety of interventions, research on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions, evaluation and improvement of mental health services, or economics of mental health services. Along the spectrum from effectiveness to services research, the applicant should indicate and justify the specific focus of the center that is being proposed. Novel methodological and organizational approaches, and the creation of multidisciplinary research teams are especially encouraged. Based on the type and stage of development of the research activities being pursued, applicants can propose collaborations between academic investigators and relevant partners and justify support of the collaboration as part of the center. Special Education / DisabilitiesU.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wheeled Mobility Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Health Care Coordination for Individuals with Physical Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133A-1 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Health and Health Care Disparities Among Individuals with Disabilities CFDA 84.133A-3 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Centers Collaborative Research Projects CFDA 84.133A-4 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Vocational Rehabilitation Service Models for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders CFDA 84.133A-6 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer CFDA 84.133A-7 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Asset Accumulation and Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Disabilities CFDA 84.133A-8 Grant Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Technology Access in Resource-Limited Environments CFDA 84.133A-9 Grant Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Research ad Knowledge Translation Center for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families CFDA 84.133A-10 Grant Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Hearing Enhancement CFDA 84.133E-1 Grant U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Deadline: April 1, 2008 Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Universal Interface and Information Technology Access Deadline: April 1, 2008 |
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