The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development proposals. SERDP is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with DOE and EPA. The Program invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as exploratory development. SERDP pursues solutions to DoD’s most intractable environmental problems. Advances in the understanding and management of DoD’s resources support the long-term sustainability of training and testing ranges and facilities. Innovative environmental technologies significantly reduce current and future environmental liabilities.
Proposals responding to focused Statements of Need (SON) in the following areas are requested:
Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. Separate solicitations are available to federal and non-federal proposers. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available on the SERDP web site.
The Core SERDP Solicitation provides funding in varying amounts for multi-year projects. For the Core Solicitation, pre-proposals from the non-federal sector are due by Thursday, January 7, 2010.
SERDP also will be funding environmental research and development through the SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) Solicitation. The SEED Solicitation is designed to provide a limited amount of funding (not to exceed $150,000) for projects up to one year in duration to investigate innovative approaches that entail high technical risk and/or require supporting data to provide risk reduction or proof of concept. All SEED proposals are due by Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is NSF’s bold five-year initiative to create revolutionary science and engineering research outcomes made possible by innovations and advances in computational thinking. Computational thinking is defined comprehensively to encompass computational concepts, methods, models, algorithms, and tools. Applied in challenging science and engineering research and education contexts, computational thinking promises a profound impact on the Nation’s ability to generate and apply new knowledge. Collectively, CDI research outcomes are expected to produce paradigm shifts in our understanding of a wide range of science and engineering phenomena and socio-technical innovations that create new wealth and enhance the national quality of life.
CDI seeks ambitious, transformative, multidisciplinary research proposals within or across the following three thematic areas:
Our office can facilitate the formation of interdisciplinary teams and help develop the most competitive proposals possible. For more information and proposal development assistance, please contact the Program Development Specialists in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs:
Lesha Agnew, lagnew@olemiss.edu, x7482
Mickey McLaurin, mclaurin@olemiss.edu, x7482
Kendra Rauschenberger, kendra@olemiss.edu, x7482
As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2010, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines:
Fellowships are sponsored by the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the High Performance Computing Modernization program. The NSDEG Fellowship Program is administered by the American Society for Engineering Education.
The application cycle for the NIH extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) is underway and ends on December 1, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Highly-qualified health professionals who are or will be engaged in biomedical or behavioral research and who have started an online application should complete it now; those who have not yet started should visit www.lrp.nih.gov to learn more about the programs and apply.
The extramural LRPs often allow scientific investigators to remain in the research workforce, achieve research independence, and focus their efforts on advancing the health of the nation without having to worry about their student loan debt. Each year, some 1,600 research scientists benefit from the more than $70 million NIH invests in their careers through the extramural LRPs. The extramural LRPs include Clinical Research, Pediatric Research, Health Disparities Research, Contraception and Infertility Research, and Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
BENEFITS: New LRP contracts are awarded for a two-year period and repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt each year. Tax offsets also are provided as an additional benefit. Participants may apply for competitive renewals, which are issued for one or two years. Undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and other health professional school loans qualify for repayment. An NIH grant or other NIH funding is not required to apply for or participate in the LRPs.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the Contraception and Infertility Research LRP); be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident; devote 20 hours or more per week to conducting qualified research funded by a university, nonprofit organization, or federal, state, or local government entity; and have qualified educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their institutional base salary.
QUESTIONS? Visit the LRP website at www.lrp.nih.gov for more information and to access the online application. For additional assistance, call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at (866) 849-4047 or lrp@nih.gov.
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC) has established the DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program to provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate training in basic research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computational sciences, and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and technical talent in the U.S.
Fellows will receive a $35,000 yearly stipend for living expenses, $10,500 per year for tuition and fees and a $5,000 research stipend supplement for research materials and travel expenses. Fellows will be required to participate in the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference to be held each summer at a DOE national laboratory. Travel expenses and accommodations to the Conference will be provided by the DOE SCGF program.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2009.
Faculty interested in serving as reviewers for this program are encouraged to register. Selected reviewers will be contacted in late fall with additional information about the review process, criteria and logistics.
The 2009-2015 Mississippi EPSCoR award promotes research in Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems. The three research focus areas within this grant are computational chemistry (CompChem), computational biology (CompBio) and biosystems simulation (BioSim). The grant provides support for up to six seed grants per year for innovative research in or between the three focus areas. The current research programs within each focus area are:
The intent is to promote a stronger interdisciplinary research network in Mississippi and to make Mississippi researchers more nationally competitive in research in each of the three focus areas and in research that cuts across focus areas. Seed Grant proposals must be for new unfunded research. The grants are targeted to less experienced investigators initiating research in one of these areas or to experienced faculty changing fields and/or initiating a project in a new area that will strengthen research in modeling and simulation of complex systems. Preference will be given to projects that integrate research across the three focus areas of computational chemistry, computational biology, and biosystems simulation. These seed grants are intended to stimulate new research leading to grant proposal submissions in the near future and to the rapid growth of the research network targeted by the EPSCoR proposal. They are not intended for additional support for established research.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation supports transatlantic research cooperation between German, American and/or Canadian scholars in the humanities, social sciences, economics, and law.
Funds can be used:
U.S. or Canadian sources must match funds from the TransCoop Program. Applications should be submitted jointly by at least one German and one U.S. and/or Canadian scholar. A Ph.D. is required of both applicants.
Applications are accepted biannually, with deadlines of April 30 and October 31. Applications and detailed information can be found on the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation webpage.
Federal agencies are posting information on how they plan to allocate funding received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), including in some cases how they will monitor and report their actual spending. Below are links to comprehensive information available via Recovery.gov, Grants.gov, and COS, as well as an alphabetical list of specific agency links and other information. Note that NIH has posted the most details, including special terms and conditions for ARRA awards. These special terms and conditions contain the extensive reporting requirements described in the ARRA and in OMB's guidance to agencies.
Each record in COS Funding Opportunities that falls into this category has now been labeled Recovery Act (ARRA). This label is both in the title and the abstract of the records. Searching for “Recovery Act” or for ARRA in All Fields, Title or Abstract will return the appropriate records.
Appropriations:
- $400m –science
- $150m –aeronautics
- $400m –exploration
- $50m –cross agency support
- $2m –office of inspector general
Will bring solicitations as soon as plans are approved by OMB and Congress
General Information:
NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and Suspension of Appeals Process - Recovery Act of 2009
NIH Standard Terms and Conditions: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
NIH Supplements and Revisions to Active Grants (Institute and Center Web Sites for Supplements and Revisions)
Funding Opportunities and Specific Information:
NIH Administrative Supplements
NIH Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators
NIH Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources — TEMPORARILY REMOVED; to be re-published
NIH Competitive Revision Applications
NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research
NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research: Overview Information - Recovery Act Limited Competition
NIH Construction, Repair, and Renovation Grants (limited submission/internal coordination):
Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program
Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement
UM ORSP Announcement and Internal Deadlines
Applicant Help - Overview Slides
FAQ — Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06)
FAQ — Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement (G20)
NIH Infrastructure Improvement Grants
NIH Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities” (RC2)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NSF Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R2)
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2)
UM Internal Process and Deadlines
Important Notice to Presidents of Universities and Colleges and Heads of Other National Science Foundation Awardee Organizations
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accepting applications for the fourth annual Frank and Sara McKnight Awards in Molecular Sciences. Awards are offered in three areas: Chemistry, Biophysics or Computational Biology and Biological Chemistry. These prizes are designed to recognize undergraduate students with a commitment to scientific research and a record of academic achievement. Approximately fifteen finalists will be chosen from the applicants, and they will be invited to attend a scientific retreat hosted by the Department of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern. There, students will present a poster describing their research. Three young researchers will be awarded prizes in each category (3rd: $500; 2nd: $1000; 1st: $2000).
The application process is simple and requires only a brief description of their research experience, a letter of support from their mentor(s) and the usual numerical metrics. Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2009 via email to McknightPrize@utsouthwestern.edu. Students should include Chemistry Prize, Biophysics Prize or Biological Chemistry Prize in the subject line. More information including previous winners can be found at http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/mcknightprize .
NEH Summer Stipend grants provide individuals with an opportunity to pursue research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public's understanding of the humanities. Projects should be completed during the tenure of an award or represent part of a long-term endeavor. Recipients might eventually produce scholarly articles, a monograph on a specialized subject, a book on a broad topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, a database, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipend recipients may hold other research grants during the tenure of their awards, but they must work full-time on their projects during the two months of their tenure. Summer Stipends normally support work carried out during the summer months, but arrangements can be made for holding tenure at other times of the year.
All scholars who have completed their formal academic training are eligible for Summer Stipends. Applicants should be U.S. citizens, native residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been legal residents in the United States jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
The NEH Summer Stipend Program awards an outright grant of $6,000 for two consecutive months of full-time research and writing.
Proposals will be reviewed and screened by a University committee to select the two nominees to be submitted by the University to the NEH. The selection process will be conducted by the College of Liberal Arts. Questions about the internal review and selection process should be directed to Dr. Holly Reynolds, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts (hreynold@olemiss.edu, 915-1514).
Proposal narratives must be delivered to Dr. Holly Reynolds, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, Ventress Hall, by Thursday, September 10, 2009. The narrative text should follow the requirements outlined in the program guidelines (see sponsor website link below) and should not exceed three single-spaced pages (12,500 characters, approximately 1,785 words).
Final proposals by selected nominees will be submitted by the UM Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (not the individual nominee) via the federal online system, Grants.gov. Questions about NEH guidelines and the Grants.gov online submission process should be directed to the Program Development Specialists in the ORSP.
According to the 1965 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, “The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”