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2008 Funding Opportunities January-JuneJune 16, 2008NSF: 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 30, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08569/nsf08569.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 NSF: CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) Description: The CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI) program drives discovery and learning in the computing disciplines by supporting the creation, enhancement and operation of world-class computing research infrastructure. Further, through the CRI program CISE seeks to ensure that individuals from a diverse range of academic institutions, including minority-serving and predominantly undergraduate institutions, have access to such infrastructure. The CRI program supports two classes of awards:
Deadline: September 22, 2008. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08570/nsf08570.htm?govDel=USNSF_25 May 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: Development award: Foster academic career development of promising junior teacher-investigators by providing them salary and research development support for mentored career development in areas of biomedical research related to the research mission of the supporting NIH Institute or Center (IC). Individuals applying for a Development Award are also encouraged to include a curriculum development component in their career development plan. Leadership award:Develop and implement excellent multidisciplinary curricula through an interchange of ideas and enable the grantee institution to strengthen its existing teaching program by providing more senior investigators salary and research development support to improve the curriculum and enhance the health-related research capacity within an academic institution. 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:
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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 |
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