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Past Funding OpportunitiesDecember 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. |
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