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Current and Recent Funding OpportunitiesMay 15, 2008UW-System: ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Grants. Description: These grants support partnerships intended to increase the academic achievement of students in core subjects by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Project participants may consist of teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals including pre-service teacher candidates from public and private schools. Partnerships between faculty in teacher education, faculty arts and sciences, and school districts are at the foundation of these efforts. One of the school districts in an eligible partnership must be a high-need LEA. Other partners may include additional LEAs, charter schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. The core subjects are defined to be arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science. Deadline: October 10, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/rfp.htm#Intro NSF: Advances in Biological Informatics Description: 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. Deadline: August 12, 2008 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08563/nsf08563.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 May 2, 2008NEH: Summer Stipends Description: 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, and 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. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Summer Stipends may not be used for: research for doctoral dissertations or theses by students enrolled in a degree program; specific policy studies or educational or technical impact assessments; the preparation or publication of textbooks; studies of teaching methods or theories, surveys of courses and programs, or curriculum development; inventories of collections; works in the creative or performing arts (e.g., painting, writing fiction or poetry, dance performance, etc.); projects that seek to promote a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view; or projects that advocate a particular program of social action. Deadline: October 1, 2008 URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/stipends.html April 23, 2008EPA: Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting applications from eligible applicants for the planning, arranging, administering and/or conducting of conferences, workshops, and/or meetings (hereinafter referred to as “conferences”) that focus on research to protect human health and safeguard the environment. Specifically, EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology. This BAA is open from December 10, 2007 through December 9, 2008. Applications must be received by January 7, 2008; June 5, 2008; and December 9, 2008 depending upon the cycle (as identified in Section II of this BAA) for which the applicant is requesting funding. Deadline: December 9, 2008. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html April 21, 2008NIH: Academic Career Awards Description: The objectives of the NIH Academic Career Award (K07) are to increase the pool of individuals with academic and research expertise in a specific area of biomedical research and to enhance the educational or research capacity at the grantee institution. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) provides support for either of two types of activities:
Deadline: May 7, 2008. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-152.html Dept of State, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs: Junior Faculty Dev't Program Description: The Office of Academic Exchange Programs/European Programs Branch of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/A/E) announces an open competition for the Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP). Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501 (c) (3) may submit proposals to place visiting faculty in the early stages of their careers from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at U.S. universities for a one academic semester (five months) program. The recipient organization for this program will also support and oversee the activities of the fellows throughout their stay in the United States. In addition, the recipient organization will recruit and select candidates for the JFDP in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to begin the program in the United States in January 2009. The total amount of funding requested from ECA may not exceed $1,450,000 and should support a minimum of 70 fully funded participants, three (3) to six (6) per participating country. Deadline: May 30, 2008 URL: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/maio30rfgp.htm April 10, 2008EPA: Environmental Justice Small Grants Description: The purpose of this grant program is to support and empower communities that are working on local solutions to local environmental and/or public health issues. The EJSG Program is designed to assist recipients in building collaborative partnerships that will help them understand and address the environmental and/or public health issues in their communities. Successful collaborative partnerships with other stakeholders involve well-designed strategic plans to build, maintain and sustain the partnerships, and to work towards addressing the local environmental and/or public health issues. Deadline: June 30, 2008 URL: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html#overview March 25, 2008USED/FIPSE Comprehensive grant program Description: The sponsor provides support for grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities. It supports reforms, innovations, and improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance serve as national models. Deadline: May 5, 2008 URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-5782.htm March 13, 2008NSF: Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grants Description: The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects. Deadlines: Phase 1, May 20/21, 2008; Phase 2 & 3, January 12, 2009. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08546/nsf08546.htm February 22, 2008USED: International Research and Studies grants Description: The International Research and Studies Program provides grants to conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields. This year, ED gives extra points to proposals that: Address critical languages:
Or provide for:
Deadline: April 7, 2008. URL: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-1/022108a.html February 20, 2008NSF: Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grants Description: The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create, adapt, and disseminate new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects. Deadline: Phase 1, May 21, 2008; Phase 2 & 3, January 12, 2009 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08546/nsf08546.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 February 18, 2008USDA: Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) Description: The primary objective of VPAG is to help eligible independent producers of agricultural commodities, agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures develop strategies to create marketing opportunities and to help develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities. Eligible agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority controlled producer-based business ventures must limit their proposals to emerging markets. These grants will facilitate greater participation in emerging markets and new markets for value-added products. Grants will only be awarded if projects or ventures are determined to be economically viable and sustainable. No more than 10 percent of the program funds can go to applicants that are majority controlled producer-based business ventures. Deadline: May 16, 2008 URL: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm USDA: Rural Cooperative Dev't Grants (RCDG) Description: Rural Cooperative Development grants are made for establishing and operating centers for cooperative development for the primary purpose of improving the economic condition of rural areas through the development of new cooperatives and improving operations of existing cooperatives. The U.S. Department of Agriculture desires to encourage and stimulate the development of effective cooperative organizations in rural America as a part of its total package of rural development efforts. Deadline: May 20, 2008. URL: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/rcdg/rcdg.htm USDA: Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives (REIC) Description: The primary objective of this cooperative research agreement program is to facilitate university research on the national economic impact of cooperatives. The research program will need to develop a methodology for collecting and assembling basic impact data on a periodic basis; apply the methodology to collect data and estimate economic impact of cooperatives; estimate cooperative specific community impact multipliers; and conduct other appropriate studies to examine the socio-economic impact of cooperatives on their local communities. Deadline: Not yet announced, likely August/September. URL: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/reic.htm February 6, 2008UW-System/OPID: Undergraduate Teaching & Learning Grants Description: UW System Office of Academic Affairs announces two grant programs: the ongoing Office of Professional and Instructional Development Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grant Program and the new Office of Academic Diversity and Development Grant Program on Closing the Achievement Gap. The Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Grants (UTLG) for 2008-09, Institutional Projects “Going Systemwide,” will be used to bring to the System level successful examples of campus initiatives that foster teaching and learning. The grant is designed to expand the scope of programs that have moved institutions forward with important new strategies for enhancing teaching and focusing on student learning in order to make those programs available across the UW System. The goals for this grant
Grant funding is available for up to $40,000 per project. There are no specific categories but projects MUST build from demonstrably successful programs that are either currently in existence or have had recent success (e.g. there may be examples of effective programs ended because they had only one year of funding). Evidence must be provided to demonstrate a record of success in the project either upon completion or to date. Contact Doug Johnson, UWRF OPID representative, for assistance in preparing a proposal. Deadline: April 15, 2008 URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/index.htm UW-System/OADD: Closing the Achievement Gap Description: The goal of the new OADD grant program, Closing the Achievement Gap, is to develop and support programs that are effective in promoting institutional change to foster access and excellence for historically underrepresented populations. A total of $300,000 will be available for academic year 2008-09 to fund projects in the following categories:
For 2008-09, it is expected that 5-6 awards will be made in the range of $10,000 to $75,000 Deadline: April 18, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/oadd/home/index.htm February 4, 2008USED/FIPSE: Special Focus Competition: EU-U.S. Atlantis Program Description: The purpose of this program is to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible applicants to improve postsecondary education opportunities by developing and implementing undergraduate joint or dual degree programs or short-term exchange programs. The EU-U.S. Atlantis program is a revision of the European Union-United States Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training. Under this competition, the sponsor is particularly interested in applications that address the following invitational priority. This priority is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and European institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the United States and the European Union. This priority relates to the purpose of the program to develop and implement undergraduate joint or dual degree programs or short-term exchange programs. This invitational priority is established in cooperation with the European Union. Deadline: April 2, 2008. URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-1918.pdf January 23, 2008UW-System Institute on Race and Ethnicity grants Description: Four categories of grant support are being made available by the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity for implementation during the upcoming 2008-09 fiscal year. Below is a general description of each category. For a more complete explanation of each category, including eligibility and format requirements, see the website.
Deadline: April 7, 2008. URL: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/grant_programs/support_grants.html January 10, 2008NSF: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Description: The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. Deadline: April 9, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08532/nsf08532.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 January 4, 2008NEH: Summer Seminars and Institutes Description: These grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may be as short as two weeks or as long as six weeks. The duration of a program should allow for full and thorough treatment of the topic. The program supports four models:
Deadline: March 3, 2008. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html January 2, 2008NSF: Cyber Trust (CT) Description: People depend on computers and communication, ranging from the networks for electronic mail, to systems that monitor the nation’s critical infrastructure, to embedded RFID devices for tracking in transportation systems. These systems are expected to work and work as intended without placing people at needless risks. Unfortunately, vulnerabilities still exist that allow attackers to corrupt or commandeer systems, including those that provide support for critical societal infrastructure. Moreover, many systems are vulnerable to actions that can inhibit operation, corrupt valuable data or expose private information. In fact, the news is replete with stories of vulnerabilities that were exploited for ill. Future advances in computing promise substantial benefits for society and individuals; yet, unless trust in computing and communications can be assured, these benefits are at risk. The NSF Cyber Trust (CT) program promotes a vision of a society where trust enables technologies to support individual and societal needs without violating confidences and exacerbating public risks. It is a vision of cyber space that is supportive of our basic principles of fairness and safe information access. The goal of the NSF CT program is to develop new insights and fundamental scientific principles that lead to software and hardware technologies on which people can justifiably rely. Proposals funded will cover a broad range of disciplines contributing to the CT vision. Four types of CT projects will be supported, as defined below.
Deadline: March 24, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08521/nsf08521.htm NSF: Sensor Innovation and Systems Description: The Sensor Innovation and Systems program supports research on acquiring and using information about civil and mechanical systems to improve their safety, reliability, cost, and performance; knowledge base for development of advanced sensors for engineering solutions and strategic decision-making for safety, security, and reliability and for implementation of real-time adaptive system performance through dynamic response control, smart sensing, and innovative actuating capabilities that use the sensed information; innovative sensor technology development including micro devices based on five senses and their embedment, micro and wireless networks, analytical tools and strategies for health monitoring and diagnosis, and engineering for smart structures. Deadline: February 15, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13349 NSF: Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Description: The 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. In order to improve the mathematics and science achievement of the Nation's students, MSP projects contribute to the knowledge base for mathematics and science education and serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence base to be replicated in educational practice. In this solicitation, NSF seeks to support six types of awards:
Deadline: letter of intent, February 18, 2008; proposals, March 25, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08525/nsf08525.htm USDA CSREES: Integrated Pest Management Description: CSREES requests applications for the following programs:
Both of these are Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs designed to support integrated, multifunctional/multidisciplinary agricultural research, extension, and education activities that address complex pest management priorities in United States agriculture. The anticipated amount available for support of CAR in FY 2008 is approximately $1,300,000. The anticipated amount available for support of RAMP in FY 2008 is approximately $4,200,000. Deadline: February 29, 2008. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/ipm_integrated.html December 21, 2007Japan Foundation: Center for Global Partnership Grant Program (CGP) Description: The rapid acceleration of globalization has deepened interdependence among nations, expanded economic transactions, and enhanced collaborative undertakings in diverse fields. It has also given rise to a multiplicity of actors on the international scene; not only sovereign governments but also a host of non-state actors including the business sector, academia, non-profit organizations and other segments of civil society. CGP intends to fulfill its mission by creating new networks and providing opportunities for advancing research and candid discussion of issues arising from this profound transformation of societies. To this end, CGP’s Grant Program supports Japan-U.S. collaborative policy-oriented projects in the target areas listed below. In addition, CGP recognizes the value of including a multinational dimension within projects, and therefore gives priority to those that incorporate Asiainto its agenda. 1. Traditional & non-traditional approaches to security and diplomacy. Issues include transnational terrorism, internal ethnic and religious strife, infectious diseases, environmental degradation, and climate change. 2. Global and regional economic issues. Issues include regional and bilateral trade arrangements, globalization and the mitigation of its adverse consequences with the active participation of the business sector, and sustainable urbanization. 3. Role of civil society. Issues include immigration and achieving balance in increasingly diverse societies as well as capacity building of civil society actors through various networking opportunities. Deadline: March 1, 2008 (letters of inquiry, required). URL: http://cgp.org/index.php?option=article&task=default&articleid=354 December 17, 2007NSF: Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT) Description: The goal of the EMT program is to enable radical innovations in the software, hardware and architecture of computing and communication systems through the support of projects that capitalize upon research opportunities at the intersection of computing and biological systems, nanoscale science and engineering, quantum information science, and other promising areas of science and technology. Interdisciplinary collaborations involving computer scientists, engineers in various fields, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, and biologists are highly encouraged. Competitive proposals will move beyond incremental and evolutionary technological advances, stimulating seminal discoveries and innovations that will allow computing and communication systems to both work in radically different ways and make much greater contributions to society. In addition to advancing the research frontiers of computing and communications, the EMT program supports the development of innovative curricula and courseware that will help train future generations of engineers and scientists in emerging models and technologies for computation and communication. In FY 2008, the EMT program will fund research projects of three different types:
Deadline: March 13, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08517/nsf08517.htm December 14, 2007NSF: CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) Description: Computing has permeated and transformed almost all aspects of our everyday lives. As computing becomes more important in all sectors of society, so does the preparation of a globally competitive U.S. workforce with the ability to generate and apply new knowledge to solve increasingly complex problems and understand human behavior. Unfortunately, despite the deep and pervasive impact of computing and the creative efforts of individuals in a small number of institutions, undergraduate computing education today often looks much as it did several decades ago. Through the CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) program, NSF's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is challenging its partners – colleges, universities and other stakeholders committed to advancing the field of computing and its impact - to transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale, to meet the challenges and opportunities of a world where computing is essential to U. S. leadership. The CPATH vision is of a U.S. workforce with the computing competencies and skills crucial to the Nation’s health, security and prosperity in the 21st century. This workforce includes a cadre of professionals with the computing depth and breadth needed for sustained leadership in a wide range of application domains and career fields, and a broader professional workforce with deep knowledge and understanding of critical computing concepts, computational thinking methodologies and techniques. To achieve this vision, CISE is calling for colleges and universities to work together and with other stakeholders to formulate and implement plans to revitalize undergraduate computing education in the United States. The full engagement of faculty and other individuals in CISE disciplines will be critical to success. Successful CPATH projects will be systemic in nature and will demonstrate significant potential to contribute to the transformation and revitalization of undergraduate computing education on a national scale. CPATH will support three types of projects in two major track categories, Community Building and Institutional Transformation: Community Building Track
Institutional Transformation Track:
Deadline: March 11, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08516/nsf08516.htm December 6, 2007NSF: Assembling the Tree of Life (ATL) Description: A flood of new information, from whole-genome sequences to detailed structural information to inventories of earth's biota to greater appreciation of the importance of lateral gene transfer, is transforming 21st century biology. Along with comparative data on morphology, fossils, development, behavior, and interactions of all forms of life on earth, these new data streams make even more critical the need for an organizing framework for information retrieval, analysis, and prediction. Phylogeny, the genealogical map for all lineages of life on earth, provides an overall framework to facilitate information retrieval and biological prediction. Currently, single investigators or small teams of researchers are studying the evolutionary pathways of heredity usually concentrating on taxonomic groups of modest size. Assembly of a framework phylogeny, or Tree of Life, for all 1.7 million described species requires a greatly magnified effort, often involving large teams working across institutions and disciplines. This is the overall goal of the Assembling the Tree of Life activity. The National Science Foundation announces its intention to continue support of creative and innovative research that will resolve evolutionary relationships for large groups of organisms throughout the history of life. Investigators also will be supported for projects in data acquisition, analysis, algorithm development and dissemination in computational phylogenetics and phyloinformatics. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08515/nsf08515.htm Deadline: March 14, 2008. November 20, 2007Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB): three grant programs Description: The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) was created by 1989 Act 299, becoming law in 1990. One of the Board's responsibilities is to award grants for the development, dissemination, and implementation of environmental education programs. During the 2008-2009 grant cycle the WEEB anticipates allocating funds in three categories:
Deadline: February 15, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb/GrantProgram/GrantProgram.htm November 19, 2007NSF: Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM) Description: The goal of the Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM) activity is to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare undergraduate biology or mathematics students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences. The core of the activity is jointly-conducted long-term research experiences for interdisciplinary balanced teams of at least two undergraduates from departments in the biological and mathematical sciences. Projects should focus on research at the intersection of the mathematical and biological sciences. Projects should provide students exposure to contemporary mathematics and biology, addressed with modern research tools and methods. That is, projects must be genuine research experiences rather than rehearsals of research methods. Projects must involve students from both areas in collaborative research experiences and include joint mentorship by faculty in both fields. In addition, it is expected that projects will strengthen the research and education capacity, infrastructure, and culture of the participating institutions. To this end, projects should create models for education in the mathematical and biological sciences and influence the direction of academic programs for a broad range of students. It is expected that project leadership will come from faculty in both the mathematical and biological sciences. UBM is a joint effort of the Education and Human Resources (EHR), Biological Sciences (BIO), and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorates at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Deadline: February 28, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08510/nsf08510.htm November 13, 2007UW-System/WiSys: Release Time Grants Description: UW System and WiSys Technology Foundation are offering limited funds to System faculty to support release time to write extramural grant applications. The funding is to encourage faculty to apply for extramural funds to conduct research and development. Funding can also be used for a summer salary as long the grant recipient devotes the time for grant development. Total funding is limited to $7000 per campus and may be requested for any disciplines, but preference will be given for science, technology, engineering and mathematics applications. Grant applications for humanities are also encouraged. Release Time Grant applications must be processed and approved by each campus grants office and forwarded to WiSys with the signature of the Provost. The extramural funding opportunity must be for at least $50,000 or more. Deadline: none--applications will be accepted at any time; early applications may have an advantage. URL: none; contact the Grants Office for more information. November 6, 2007USED: Business and International Education (BIE) Description: An estimated twenty awards, averaging $84,000 each per year, are available to institutions of higher education to enhance international business education programs and expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities. The project period is up to twenty months. The BIE Program provides grants to institutions of higher education to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities. The sponsor is particularly interested in applications that meet the Competitive Preference Priority: Innovation and improvement of international education curricula to serve the needs of the business community, including the development of new programs for nontraditional, mid-career, or part-time students. Invitational Priorities: Applications from institutions of higher education that propose educational projects that include activities focused on the targeted world areas of the Middle East, East Asia, South Asia, Russia, and Africa. These projects should be integrated into the curricula of the home institution or institutions; and, Applications that focus on developing, improving and/or disseminating best practices of international business training programs, teaching, and curriculum development to increase American competitiveness. Deadline: December 12, 2007. URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-16827.htm UW-System Curricular Redesign Grant Program: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Technology Description: The UW System Administration and the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) seek proposals
for projects that will advance the innovative use of technology for teaching and learning, and/or;
for proposals related to faculty and instructional development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning. Funding will support collaborative multi-institutional projects within and across disciplines.
Additional project topics are welcome and will be considered. Deadline: March 7, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/crg/08-09/CRG_RFP_0809.pdf October 29, 2007NSF: Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) Program Description: The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities (CRIF:CRF) Program provides funding to build a foundation for cyber-enabled chemical research and education, and to establish and support multi-user instrumentation research facilities with unique capabilities in the chemical sciences. This is structured to enable NSF, through its Division of Chemistry, to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure to support basic research and education in chemistry. Deadline: February 1, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08504/nsf08504.htm October 26, 2007UW-System: Curricular Redesign Grants Description: Curricular Redesign Grant proposals are requested for projects to be supported by Systemwide Curricular Redesign Funds for the fiscal year 2008-2009. The purpose of this fund is to support curriculum redesign and related faculty and staff development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning within the University of Wisconsin System. Narrative length: 5 pp. maximum. Maximum grant: $66,000+? Deadline: March 7, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/crg/index.html
October 25, 2007NSF: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) Description: The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our Nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and non-profit research organizations. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. The MRI program encourages the development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use and in concert with private sector partners. The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. For proposals over $2 million, requests must be for the acquisition of a single instrument. For proposals requesting $2 million or less, investigators may seek support for instrument development or for acquisition of a single instrument, a large system of instruments, or multiple instruments that share a common or specific research focus. Deadline: December 21, 2007 (mandatory pre-proposal for some projects); January 24, 2008 (full proposals) URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08503/nsf08503.htm October 24, 2007USDA: International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program Description: The International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program (ISE) supports research, extension, and teaching activities that will enhance the capabilities of American colleges and universities to conduct international collaborative research, extension and teaching. ISE projects are expected to enhance the international content of curricula; ensure that faculty work beyond the U.S. and bring lessons learned back home; promote international research partnerships; enhance the use and application of foreign technologies in the U.S.; and strengthen the role that colleges and universities play in maintaining U.S. competitiveness. Deadline: January 17, 2008. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/educationinternationalscience.cfm US Dept of Education: Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program Description: The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages. This year, the program imposes two competitive priorities:
Deadline: November 26, 2007. URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-20762.htm October 22, 2007USED: Teaching American History Grants (TAHG) Description: The Teaching American History Grant Program Competitive Priority: Projects that help school districts implement academic and structural interventions in schools that have been identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Funding per grant: $500k-$2M for three years. Length of proposal: 25 pp. Deadline: December 10, 2007. URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory October 12, 2007UW-System OPID: Conference Development Grants Description: The Office of Professional and Instructional Development is pleased to announce a special focus for this spring’s Conference Development Grants. This round will exclusively support the development and sponsorship of regional and systemwide workshops and conferences for faculty and staff in a specific discipline or set of related disciplines. The goal of these workshops should be to focus on pedagogical strategies related to the development and/or assessment of student learning outcomes in the discipline. Deadline for Spring Conference Development Grants: November 16, 2007, for events taking place between January 1 and June 30, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/ October 11, 2007UW-System: PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative (TQI) Description: Proposals are sought for projects that will advance the successful implementation and evaluation of quality teacher preparation, involve faculty from both education and subject-matter disciplines, and engage partners from PK-12. Funding will support campus activities related to initial preparation and/or on-going professional development of teachers, including mentoring and new teacher induction. Successful proposals will explicitly document how their activities will further specific aspects of The Wisconsin Quality Educator Initiative (PI-34), within a culture of all university responsibility and broad-based collaboration. Deadline: February 18, 2008. URL: http://tqi.uwsa.edu/grants.htm October 10, 2007NIH: Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) Description: The purpose of the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program is to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate or advanced degrees for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists, but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. These AREA grants create opportunities for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs, to contribute to the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research effort. AREA grants are intended to support small-scale health-related research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. Eligible Project Director/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) include individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research. Applicants may not be the PD/PI of any active NIH research grant, including another AREA grant, at the time of award of an AREA grant. Applicants may request up to $150,000 direct costs plus applicable Facilities & Administrative (F&A)/indirect costs for the entire project period of up to three (3) years. Note when a consortium is involved, the $150,000 direct cost limit is exclusive of consortium F&A costs. These can be requested in addition to the $150,000 direct costs limit. Deadline: Febrary 25, June 25, October 25 of every year. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-042.html University of Chicago: Arete Initiative Description: The Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago is pleased to announce a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of Wisdom. Once regarded as a subject worthy of the most rigorous inquiries in order to discern its nature and benefits, wisdom is currently overlooked as a topic for serious scholarly and scientific investigation in many fields. Yet it is difficult to imagine a subject more central to the human enterprise and whose exploration holds greater promise in shedding light and opening up creative possibilities for human flourishing. In 2008, up to twenty (20), two-year research grants will be awarded to scholars from institutions around the world who have received their Ph.D. within the past ten years. We seek to support highly original, methodologically rigorous projects from a broad range of disciplines: neuroscience, psychology, genetics, evolutionary biology, game theory, computer science, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy, ethics, education, human development, history, theology, and religion. Although individual projects will likely take root in a particular area or in two related areas, award recipients will participate in annual research meetings and quarterly conference calls with the other grantees and the Project Council, opening the door for richer conversations and enabling further collaborations. Deadline: November 19, 2007 (letters of intent). URL: http://www.wisdomresearch.org/ October 2, 2007 UW-S Institute on Race and Ethnicity: Campus Reading Seminars Description: Campus Reading Seminar grants support reading groups and scholarly exchanges on racial/ethnic subjects by making funds available for the purchase of books that focus on racial/ethnic themes. Participants in Campus Reading Seminars may include faculty, academic and classified staff, students, and people from the community. The interdisciplinary composition and diversity of the participants foster intracampus and cross-disciplinary exchanges, stimulate curricular and pedagogical innovations, and encourage campus-community interaction. Deadline: November 2, 2007. URL: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE/grant_programs/reading_seminars.html October 1, 2007NSF: Software for Real-World Systems (SRS) Description: The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) is calling for researchers to discover, define, and apply new scientific principles, engineering processes and methods, and educational pedagogy to the design, development, and use of software for real-world systems. The Software for Real-World Systems (SRS) Program specifically intends to bridge and transcend CISE disciplines by encouraging collaborations that might include any of the sub-disciplines of computer and information science and engineering (e.g., a new logic for reasoning about software systems complexity) to answer the question: How can software for real-world systems be designed, built, and analyzed in elegant and powerful new ways? Collaborative activities that include researchers from both the foundations of software (including for example, programming languages, formal methods, and software engineering) community and the computer and network systems community are encouraged. Bold rethinking of the science and engineering of software for real-world systems – from the basic concepts of design, evolution, and adaptation to the integration of human capabilities – is needed. Emerging technologies, such as multicore processors and pervasive computing, heighten the urgency for new thinking as we build software for future systems. SRS is looking for multi-investigator teams or single investigators who will integrate diverse ideas and novel approaches in the design, development, and use of software for real-world systems. Deadline: January 17, 2008 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07599/nsf07599.htm NSF: Sustainable Digital Data Preservation and Access Network Partners (DataNet) Description: Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new scientific insights and driving innovation. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop the new methods, management structures and technologies to manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams. This solicitation addresses that challenge by creating a set of exemplar national and global data research infrastructure organizations (dubbed DataNet Partners) that provide unique opportunities to communities of researchers to advance science and/or engineering research and learning. The new types of organizations envisioned in this solicitation will integrate library and archival sciences, cyberinfrastructure, computer and information sciences, and domain science expertise to:
By demonstrating feasibility, identifying best practices, establishing viable models for long term technical and economic sustainability, and incorporating frontier research, these exemplar organizations can serve as the basis for rational investment in digital preservation and access by diverse sectors of society at the local, regional, national, and international levels, paving the way for a robust and resilient national and global digital data framework. These organizations will provide:
Potential applicants should note that this program is not intended to support narrowly-defined, discipline-specific repositories. Deadline: March 21, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07601/nsf07601.htm September 24, 2007UW-System: ARG, ARG-WiTAG. Description: Through the Applied Research Grant program, System again anticipates awarding approximately $425,000 to UW System faculty and/or academic staff from any UW institution for projects of no more than one year’s duration that address issues that would have a demonstrable impact on the state's economy. The new ARG-WiTAG program is funded through a $1,000,000 gift from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) to WiSys to advance research and develop-ment at UW System campuses. The ARG-WiTAG program is open to faculty and academic staff in science and technology fields for longer-term research (up to three years) to develop high-value intellectual property and/or marketable products, while laying the foundation for future extramural funding. Deadline: Pre-proposals (invited, not mandatory) November 15, 2007; full proposals January 15, 2008. URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/applres/ September 20, 2007UW-System: OPID Lesson-Study grants Description: The Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID) invites applications from UW System faculty and teaching staff for $2,500 grants to support small teams of instructors to engage in lesson study to focus on the design and study of lessons that address essential liberal education learning outcomes in introductory courses (See Essential Liberal Education Outcomes, p 2.) In lesson study a small group of teachers jointly designs a class lesson and explores how it affects student learning and thinking. Although the focus is a single lesson, instructors question, examine and reflect on the entire teaching and learning process. The lesson study culminates in a scholarly report that describes the lesson, explains student performance and recommends how to further improve the lesson. Deadline: November 2, 2007 URL: http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/grants/ September 11, 2007ADC Foundation Description: The ADC Foundation makes direct grants to two strategic focus areas: mathematics and science education, and nonprofit access to technology. Although the Foundation will continue to match ADC employee gifts to a wide spectrum of types of nonprofits and causes, the foundation will consider grant requests only in the following two areas:
ADC Foundation will consider proposals to support projects in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Deadline: none; letter of inquiry may be submitted at any time. URL: http://www.adc.com/aboutadc/adcfoundation/ September 5 , 2007NSF: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I Solicitation FY-2008 (SBIR/STTR) Description: The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. The significant difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution. Deadline: December 4, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07586/nsf07586.htm September 4 , 2007USED: Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Description: The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program supports overseas projects in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign languages and area studies for groups of teachers, students, and faculty engaged in a common endeavor. Projects are short-term and include seminars, curriculum development, or group research or study. This competition also will support advanced overseas intensive language projects, which give advanced language students the opportunity to study languages overseas. Deadline: October 4, 2007. URL: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-3/083107c.html USED: Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program Description: The Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program offers opportunities to faculty of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. As part of the application process, faculty submit individual applications to the IHE. The IHE then officially submits all eligible individual faculty applications with its grant application to the Department. Deadline: October 30, 2007. URL: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-3/083107b.html AT&T Foundation Description: The AT&T Foundation supports initiatives that help students (especially nontraditional and underserved students) successfully complete high school and/or prepare for and gain access to college and successfully complete college; integrate technology into K–16 instruction and administration; develop community and civic leadership capacity; and encourage higher education technology-workforce development in areas such as computer science, information technology, math, science and engineering. Funding priorities are: educational programs that develop community and civic leadership capacity; programs that help students successfully complete high school and/or prepare for and gain access to college (especially nontraditional and underserved students); programs that help students successfully complete college (especially nontraditional and underserved students); technology integration into K-16 instruction and administration; and higher education technology workforce development (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology, Math, Science & Engineering). This year, the AT&T Foundation will invest the majority of its grant making activity in special grants programs, such as the AT&T Excelerator technology grant program. Deadline: none. URL: http://www.att.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=7763 August 30, 2007NSF: Geoscience Education (GeoEd) Description: The goals of the Geoscience Education (GeoEd) Program are to:
The GeoEd Program considers proposals submitted under one of two tracks: Track 1 Pilot Projects: Proposals should describe a plan to initiate or pilot innovative geoscience education activities. Track 1 projects should integrate research and education. Proposals for projects that will make use of current geoscience research results and/or methods are sought, as are proposals that will promote the geosciences and geoscience careers as highly relevant to modern society. Projects that are informed by the results of current education-related research or will conduct new educational research within a geoscience education venue will be considered under this solicitation. Awards are intended to provide start-up or proof-of-concept funding to enable projects to reach a level of maturity that will allow them to compete for longer-term funding from other sources or become self-sustaining. All proposed projects should have strong evaluation and dissemination plans. Projects designed to recruit and retain students during the critical transition from high-school to college are highly appropriate for consideration by the GeoEd Program. Track 2 Integrative Collaborations: Proposals should describe a plan to integrate geoscience research and education activities into existing Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), and/or Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) projects. Track 2 proposals must provide documentation of collaboration between the proposed GeoEd project and the associated LSAMP, AGEP, and/or CREST project(s). The LSAMP program supports sustained and comprehensive projects designed to increase the number of students from populations underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that earn doctoral degrees. The specific objectives of the AGEP program are to (1) develop and implement innovative models for recruiting, mentoring, and retaining minority students in STEM doctoral programs; and (2) develop effective strategies for identifying and supporting underrepresented minorities who want to pursue academic careers. The CREST program provides substantial support for research at minority-serving institutions across the United States. The main goal of CREST and its awardees is to build the research competitiveness of minority-serving institutions while increasing the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds in STEM fields. Deadline: November 15, 2007 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05609/nsf05609.htm August 20, 2007 UW-System OPID: Emerging Technology Pilot Grant Program: Enhancing Teaching Description: The UW System Administration and the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC)
Funding will support single institutional or collaborative multi-institutional projects; proposals may request up to $5,000. Deadline: none; proposals will be accepted until funds are exhausted. URL: http://blogs.uww.edu/other/ltdc/archive/2007/08/emerging_techno.html August 13, 2007NSF: ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers Description: To meet the continuing, strong demand for a highly educated and technologically savvy workforce, it is important that every American has an opportunity to achieve and to contribute in mathematics, engineering, and science. Women comprise an increasing percentage of the overall U.S. workforce, and of science and engineering majors at academic institutions, but constitute only 27 percent of the science and engineering workforce at large. Although women earn half of the bachelors degrees in science and engineering, they continue to be significantly underrepresented in almost all science and engineering fields, constituting 29 percent (in 2003) of doctoral science and engineering faculty in four-year colleges and universities and only 18 percent of full professors. Women from minority groups are particularly underrepresented in science and engineering, constituting approximately 3 percent of science and engineering faculty in four-year colleges and universities. The goal of the ADVANCE program is to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from women and men. Members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Proposals that address the participation and advancement of women with disabilities and of women from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged.
Deadlines: January 17, December 6, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07582/nsf07582.htm August 10, 2007Collaborative Research in Chemistry (CRC)Description: The CRC Program is designed to promote collaborative research in a coherent, defined project at the forefront of the chemical sciences. CRC proposals will involve three or more investigators with complementary expertise. Co-investigators may include researchers with backgrounds in diverse areas of chemistry and other science and engineering disciplines appropriate to the proposed research. The use of cyber-infrastructure to enable and enhance collaborations is encouraged. Projects should be scientifically focused in areas supported by the NSF Division of Chemistry, limited in duration, and substantial in their scope and impact. The CRC Program will use preliminary proposals to identify promising projects. Full CRC proposals will be considered by invitation only, based on peer review of preliminary proposals. Deadline: November 12, 2007 (pre-proposals); March 31, 2008 (full proposals) URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07581/nsf07581.htm July 30, 2007Sloan Foundation: Sloan Industry Studies FellowshipDescription: Industry Studies Fellowships support the development of industry studies, a multidisciplinary field of research on industries that is grounded in direct observation. Modeled after the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships for early-career scientists, Industry Studies Fellowships are intended to recognize and support junior faculty members in a wide range of academic disciplines. Awards are made to scholars who show the most outstanding promise of making important contributions to understanding the complex systems of companies, product and labor markets, institutions and their interactions that shape the multifaceted environment of modern industrial enterprises. Candidates for Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships are required to hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in economics, management, engineering, political science, sociology, or in a related or interdisciplinary field, and must be members of the regular faculty (i.e., tenure track) of a college or university in the United States or Canada. They may be no more than six years from completion of the most recent Ph.D. or equivalent as of the year of their nomination, unless special circumstances such as military service, a significant change of field, or child rearing are involved or unless they have held a faculty appointment for less than two years. Awards pay $45,000 for a two year period. Deadline: October 15, 2007. URL: http://sloan.org/programs/fellow_announ.shtml July 24, 2007UW-System: WiscAMP Small GrantsDescription: The purpose of the Small Grants Program is to allow participating institutions to submit proposals that will support their efforts in increasing the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded to underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. Institutions should address obstacles and barriers identified at their institution and identify how their proposal will support the WiscAMP effort. Priority will be given to institutions working with other member institutions or to proposals working to enhance cooperation among institutions. Recipients will be required to provide a brief presentation of results at WiscAMP annual meeting. Funds are flexible, but will range from $5,000 to $25,000 and institutions can apply independently or in partnership with other member institutions. Deadline: August 25, 2007. URL: http://wiscamp.engr.wisc.edu/index_files/small_grants_program_description.php July 20, 2007EPA: Strategic Agricultural Initiative, Pesticide ReductionDescription: The U.S. EPA, Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, & Wisconsin) is soliciting proposals to help implement the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) and to support efforts by the agricultural community to transition away from high risk pesticides to the use of less and reduced risk pesticides, alternative methods of agricultural pest control, and sustainable practices in food production. U.S. EPA, Region 5 seeks to establish a Cooperative Agreement to develop and administer a Region-wide competitive small grants program for pesticide risk reduction. We seek public-private partnerships that bring together key stakeholders involved in the agricultural production of minor crops in order to reduce risks to the food supply and the environment posed by pesticide use. Preference will be given to those partnerships that involve cooperation between diverse organizations and involve farmers as active participants and decision-makers. Experience with the Outcome Funding framework to quantify pesticide risk-reduction strategies and environmental impacts, and a track record of successful, on-farm pesticide reduction research and demonstration programs is sought. EPA intends to make one, three-year coop agreement @ $200,000 per year. Deadline: September 6, 2007. URL: http://www.epa.gov/region5/pesticides/documents/R5-LCD-2007-1.pdf NEH: Teaching and Learning Resources, Curriculum DevelopmentDescription: Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development support projects that improve specific areas of humanities education and serve as national models of excellence. Projects must draw upon scholarship in the humanities and use scholars and teachers as advisers. Projects may:
Deadline: October 1, 2007. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/teachinglearning.html July 19 , 2007American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research GrantsDescription: Since 1933 the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2006-2007 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded over $332,000 to 75 scholars, and the Society expects to make at least that many awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000 for use in calendar year 2008. Deadline: October 1, December 1, 2008 URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm July 16 , 2007NSF: Biotechology, Biochemical and Biomass EngineeringSummary: The Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering (BBBE) program deals with problems involved in economic 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 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:
The duration of unsolicited awards is generally one to three years. The average annual award size for the program is $100,000. Deadline: September 15, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501024&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund NSF: Environmental SustainabilityThe 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 - - which 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 considers long time horizons and incorporates 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 general research areas which are supported:
Deadline: September 15, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501027 July 3 , 2007NSF: Research Opportunity Award (ROA), Supplement Opportunity--BiologyROAs enable faculty at predominantly undergraduate institutions, including community colleges, to pursue research as visiting scientists with NSF-supported investigators at other institutions. The goal of this activity is to enhance the research productivity and professional development of science faculty at undergraduate institutions through research activities that enable them to explore the emerging frontiers of science. Such research not only contributes to basic knowledge in science but also provides an opportunity to integrate research and undergraduate education. Deadline: varies URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07041/nsf07041.jsp June 18 , 2007NSF: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)Description: 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. Deadline: September 18, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07570/nsf07570.htm June 15 , 2007NSF: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites and SupplementsDescription: 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. Deadline: September 13, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07569/nsf07569.htm May 18 , 2007NASD: Investor Education Foundation Grant ProgramsDescription: The NASD Investor Education Foundation, established in 2003 by NASD, supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing. The NASD Investor Education Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for Financial Education, is pleased to announce its 2007 grant opportunities. This year, in order to provide greater flexibility to applicants, there are two cycles to apply for funding under the General Grant Program. The Foundation also announced an RFP for projects to improve investor protection. Deadlines: Improving Investor Protection, June 11, 2007; General Grant Program, August 10, 2007. URL: http://www.nasdfoundation.org/grants.asp May 14 , 2007UW-System: ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Grants.Description: These grants support partnerships intended to increase the academic achievement of students in core subjects by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Project participants may consist of teachers, principals, and paraprofessionals including pre-service teacher candidates from public and private schools. Partnerships between faculty in teacher education, faculty arts and sciences, and school districts are at the foundation of these efforts. One of the school districts in an eligible partnership must be a High-need LEA. Other partners may include additional LEAs, charter schools, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. The core subjects are defined to be arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science. Deadline: October 12, 2007. URL: http://www.uww.edu/ESEA/rfp.htm May 4 , 2007USDA: SAREDescription: The national Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program supports and promotes sustainable farming and ranching. SARE offers competitive grants and educational opportunities for producers, scientists, educators, institutions, organizations and others exploring sustainable agriculture. Deadline: preproposals (required), June 19; full proposals, late October. URL: http://ncr.sare.org/ April 27 , 2007W.K. Kellogg FoundationDescription: The sponsor provides support for projects guided by its mission: to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations. Grants are giving in four areas: health; food systems and rural development; youth and education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. Grants are made in three geographic regions: United States; Southern Africa; and Latin American and the Caribbean. Funding varies from proposal to proposal Deadline: none. URL: http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=63&ItemID=6&NID=41&LanguageID=0 April 23 , 2007USED: Mathematics and Science Education Research Grants ProgramDescription: The Institute intends for the Mathematics and Science Education research program to develop and evaluate mathematics and science interventions (e.g., curricula, instructional approaches) and assessments. The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., curricula, programs) that have been demonstrated to be effective for improving mathematics and science learning and achievement. Deadlines: May 24, 2007; September 9, 2007. URL: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/doc/2008305.doc#PII_MS2 USED: Teacher Quality Research Grants--Mathematics and Science EducationDescription: The sponsor invites applications for research projects that will contribute to its research program on Teacher Quality. The purpose of this program is to identify effective strategies for preparing future teachers or improving the performance of current classroom teachers in ways that increase student learning and school achievement in mathematics and science. Through this program, the Institute will support research on the development and evaluation of teacher preparation programs, teacher professional development programs, and assessments of teacher knowledge. Long term outcomes of the Teacher Quality program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., pre-service and in-service programs, policies, assessments) that have been demonstrated to be effective for improving and assessing teacher performance in ways that are linked to increases in student achievement. Deadlines: May 5, 2007; September 9, 2007. URL: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/doc/2008305.doc#PII_TQ5 April 5 , 2007NSF: Advancing Theory in Biology (ATB)Description: The Biological Sciences Directorate invites submission of proposals that advance our conceptual and theoretical understanding of the dynamics of living systems. The emergence of complex biological phenomena from dynamic interactions among less complex elements is a central theme in modern biology, and it permeates inquiries at all levels of biological organization from macromolecules to ecosystems. Such interactions are typically non-linear, distributed, and often span many levels of biological organization. These properties limit the understanding that can be gained by traditional experimental analyses. The program is designed to develop new conceptualizations and theoretical approaches to identify fundamental principles that traverse levels of biological complexity. Proposals may vary in size (up to $250,000 per year) and duration (up to three years), in the number of investigators involved, and in the nature of collaborations. Deadline: July 3, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07556/nsf07556.htm USED/FIPSE: Special Focus Competition: EU-U.S. Atlantis ProgramDescription: The purpose of this program is to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible applicants to improve postsecondary education opportunities by developing and implementing undergraduate joint or dual degree programs or short-term exchange programs. The EU-U.S. Atlantis program is a revision of the European Union-United States Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training. Under this competition, the sponsor is particularly interested in applications that address the following invitational priority. This priority is designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and European institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the United States and the European Union. This priority relates to the purpose of the program to develop and implement undergraduate joint or dual degree programs or short-term exchange programs. This invitational priority is established in cooperation with the European Union. Deadline: May 31, 2007. URL: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-6261.htm April 3 , 2007NSF: Enhancing the Mathematical Sciences Workforce in the 21st Century (EMSW21)Description: The long-range goal of the EMSW21 program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. EMSW21 tries to do this with three separate components: The Vertical Integration of Research and Education (VIGRE) program supports activities that involve the entire department and span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates; Research Training Groups (RTG) support the training activities of a group of faculty who have a common research interest; Mentoring through Critical Transition Points (MCTP) involves a larger group of faculty but focuses on specified stages in the professional development of the trainees. Deadline: October 12, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05595/nsf05595.htm March 20 , 2007NASD: Investor Education Foundation Grant ProgramsDescription: The NASD Investor Education Foundation, established in 2003 by NASD, supports innovative research and educational projects that give investors the tools they need to better understand the markets and the basic principles of saving and investing. Of particular interest to the Foundation are projects that: * Expand the body of knowledge and/or provide practical materials that will have a positive impact on investor education or protection Grants are available for educational programs, research, or a combination of the two. Deadlines: Improving Investor Protection grants, June 11, 2007; General Grants, June 14, 2007. URL: http://www.nasdfoundation.org/grants.asp March 14 , 2007NSF: Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-user Instrumentation (CRIF:MU)Description: The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Program (CRIF) is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure that promotes research and education in areas traditionally supported by the Division. The Departmental Multi-User Instrumentation component of CRIF (CRIF:MU) provides funds to universities, colleges, and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments. The maximum request is $500,000 for instrumentation. Additional funds may be requested for personnel who are needed to support cyber-enhanced projects. Deadline: June 25, 2007 URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07552/nsf07552.htm NSF: Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF)Description: The Instrumentation and Facilities Program in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR/IF) supports meritorious requests within and across Earth science disciplines. EAR/IF will consider proposals for: 1. Acquisition or Upgrade of Research Equipment that will advance laboratory and field investigations, and student research training opportunities in the Earth sciences; Planned research uses of requested instruments must include basic research on solid-Earth and surface-Earth processes. Deadline: July 11, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07553/nsf07553.htm March 11 , 2007CIES: Fulbright Scholars ProgramDescription: The Fulbright Program provides over 900 grant opportunities in approximately 150 countries for U.S. college and university faculty, administrators, professionals and independent scholars. Awards are listed in 45 different fields or disciplines and a variety of sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, and are open to every academic rank—from instructor to professor emeritus—as well as untenured faculty, adjuncts, professionals outside academe and retirees. Some awards call for a specific discipline or field, a specific host institution and prescribed grant activities. Other awards—called All Disciplines—offer applicants greater latitude to propose their own project and host institution. For these awards, applications in all disciplines or fields will be considered. Awards vary in activity and length of stay, and grant stipends and benefits vary by country program and type of award. Deadline: May 1 for most lecture/research opportunities URL: http://www.cies.org/download/2008_09_AwardsCat_web.pdf NSF: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (SBIR/STTR)Description: The SBIR/STTR Programs stimulate technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses. The significant difference between the SBIR and STTR programs is that STTR requires researchers at universities and other research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These university-based researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution. Deadline: June 13, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07551/nsf07551.htm March 7 , 2007NSF: Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)Description: The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing: women, persons with disabilities, and minorities. Included minorities are African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The BPC program seeks to engage the computing community in developing and implementing innovative methods to improve recruitment and retention of these students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Because the lack of role models in the professoriate can be a barrier to participation, the BPC program also aims to develop effective strategies for encouraging individuals to pursue academic careers in computing and become these role models. There are three components to the BPC program: * Alliances. Broad Alliances of institutions and organizations will design and carry out comprehensive programs that address underrepresentation in the computing disciplines. Deadline: June 4, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07548/nsf07548.htm February 8, 2007Americorps: VISTA Host Service-Learning SitesDescription: Wisconsin Campus Compact affiliates (including UWRF) and their partners are invited to submit applications to become a host site for the Wisconsin K-16 AmeriCorps*VISTA Service-Learning Project. AmeriCorps*VISTA members earn a $9,996 annaul living allowance and a $4,725 education award while serving as a coordinator for sustainable K-16 community service and service-learning projects that improve educational achievement and aspirations among low-income K-8 students. Deadline: Review of applications begins March 1, 2007. URL: http://www.uwp.edu/departments/community.partnerships/wicampuscompact/Vista/SiteApplication.cfm January 22, 2007NSF: Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Description: The Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program seeks to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students. The program supports efforts to create new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. The program supports three types of projects representing three different phases of development, ranging from small, exploratory investigations to large, comprehensive projects. Deadlines: Phase 1, May 9, 2007; Phase 2 & 3, January 10, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07543/nsf07543.htm January 12, 2007 NSF: Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) Description: The Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) program considers proposals for research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, including in interdisciplinary or inter-institutional contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields, or on developing summer post-baccalaureate ethics education activities or activities that transition students from undergraduate to graduate education. The program will entertain proposals in graduate ethics education in science and engineering generally, but is particularly interested in proposals addressing issues involving the international or global context and those addressing issues of intellectual property, including scientific publishing. Deadline: April 10, 2007. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07541/nsf07541.htm January 8, 2007 NSF: Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM) Description: The goal of the Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM) activity is to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare undergraduate biology or mathematics students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences. The core of the activity is long-term research experiences for interdisciplinary balanced teams of at least two undergraduates. Projects should focus on research at the intersection of the mathematical and biological sciences. Projects should provide students exposure to contemporary mathematics and biology, addressed with modern research tools and methods. That is, projects must be genuine research experiences rather than rehearsals of research methods. Projects must involve students from both areas in collaborative research experiences and include joint mentorship by faculty in both fields. In addition, it is expected that projects will strengthen the research and education capacity, infrastructure, and culture of the participating institutions. To this end, projects should create models for education in the m |