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Funding Supplement for SSTI
Weekly Digest 11/14/05
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In the November 14, 2005 Supplement:
Federal Funding Opportunities
Foundation Funding Opportunities
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Federal Funding Opportunities
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA invites
applications for funding under the
Technical Assistance and Training Grant program. This program
seeks to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal
problems in rural areas. Applicants are provided assistance in preparing
applications for water and waste grants made at the state level offices.
Approximately $17 million is expected to be available for five awards.
Eligible are nonprofit organizations other than institutions of higher
education. Applications are due Dec. 31, 2005. More information is
available at:
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/RD/RUS/USDA-GRANTS-110805-001/listing.html
USDA invites applications for funding under the FY 2006 Tribal Colleges Extension Service Program. This program is designed to enable the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions to conduct non-formal education and outreach activities to help meet the needs of Native American people and to provide essential services to their communities. Approximately $3.142 million is expected to be available for 33 awards. The 33 Land-Grant Institutions are eligible to submit applications, which are due Jan. 13, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/CSREES/OEP/USDA-GRANTS-110705-001/listing.html
USDA invites applications for funding under the FY 2006 Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program. This program is designed to strengthen the ability of Hispanic-Serving Institutions to carry out higher education programs that attract, retain and graduate outstanding students capable of enhancing the nation's food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce. Eligible are public or other nonprofit Hispanic-Serving Institutions of which the enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students is at least 25 percent Hispanic and the number of students who are low-income individuals is not less than 50 percent. Approximately $5.65 million is expected to be available for 20 awards. Applications are due Feb. 1, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/CSREES/OEP/USDA-GRANTS-110405-003/listing.html
USDA invites applications for funding under the FY 2006 Integrated Organic Program. This program aims to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities in two program areas: (1) Organic Transitions Program (ORG) and (2) Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI). For ORG applications, colleges and universities are eligible. For OREI applications, colleges and universities, other research institutions and organizations, state agricultural experiment stations, federal agencies, national laboratories, private organizations or corporations, and individuals are eligible. Approximately $4.7 million is expected to be available for awards. Applications are due Dec. 20, 2005. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/CSREES/OEP/USDA-GRANTS-110405-001/listing.html
USDA invites applications for funding under the Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program to support the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative. This initiative promotes food safety projects that demonstrate an integrated approach to solving problems in applied food safety research, education or extension. Approximately $12.6 million is expected to be available for awards. Public and private institutions of higher education are eligible to submit applications. For special emphasis grants only, letters of intent are due Dec. 16, 2005; applications are due Jan. 13, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USDA/CSREES/OEP/USDA-GRANTS-110405-002/listing.html
Department of Commerce
The National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites small business firms to submit
research proposals for the FY 2006
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This program
supports creative advanced research in scientific and engineering areas
that encourage the conversion of government-funded research into a
commercial application. Research is sought in 20 topic areas.
Approximately 14 Phase I awards of up to $75,000 for project periods of up
to six months are anticipated. Proposals are due Jan. 28, 2005. More
information is available at:
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NIST%2D06%2DSBIR/listing.html
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also invites small business firms to submit proposals for the FY 2006 SBIR program. This solicitation highlights four broad topic areas for research: (1) ecosystems, (2) climate, (3) weather and water, and (4) commerce and transportation. Phase I awards of up to $95,000 for a project period of six months are anticipated. Proposals are due Jan. 18, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/AGAMD/NRMC0009%2D6%2D00001/listing.html
Department of Defense
DoD is soliciting
proposals for funding under its FY 2006
SBIR program. Firms capable of
conducting R&D in any of the solicitation's 12 critical technology areas,
and commercializing their results, are eligible to apply. Phase I awards
are typically $60,000 to $100,000 in size over a period of 6-9 months.
Proposals may be submitted between Dec. 13, 2005, and Jan. 13, 2006. More
information is available at:
http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir/
The Department of the Army is soliciting proposals for funding under the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. This program is designed to provide initial funding for high-risk, high payoff projects in four core thrust areas: (1) environmental restoration (2) munitions management (3) sustainable infrastructure and (4) weapons systems and platforms. Awards of up to $100,000 are anticipated. Preproposals from non-federal sources are due Jan. 5, 2006; full proposals from federal sources are due March 16, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.serdp.org/funding/index.cfm
The Army is soliciting proposals for its FY2006 Deployed War Fighter Protection Research Program. Proposals are sought for original research designed to help protect the deployed military ground forces through control of insects that carry diseases of military significance, with emphasis on the benefits of insecticides. Approximately $500,000 is expected to be available for 2-3 renewable awards. Eligibility is unrestricted. Preproposals are due Dec. 16, 2005; full proposals are due Jan. 30, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USA/SMDC/DASG60/W9113M-06-S-0001/listing.html
The Army is soliciting proposals for FY 2006 Infrastructure Support Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs). Goals of this program include (1) enhancing programs and capabilities in scientific and engineering disciplines critical to national security functions and (2) increasing the number of graduates, including underrepresented minorities, in the fields of science, mathematics or engineering. Approximately $8 million is expected to be available for 30 awards. Only HBCUs and MIs named in the U.S. Department of Education Accredited Postsecondary Minority Institutions List are eligible to submit proposals, which are due Jan. 27, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USA/AMC1/DAAD19/W911NF-06-R-0001/listing.html
The Department of the Navy and the Department of Homeland Security are jointly soliciting proposals for research in the discrete sciences. This includes three priority areas: (1) information management and knowledge discovery, (2) discrete simulation, and (3) discrete mathematical foundations. Eligible are public and state controlled institutions of higher education. White papers are due Dec. 9, 2005; proposals are due Feb. 24, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USN/ONR/HQ/BAA%26%23032%3B06-003/listing.html
Department of Education (ED)
ED invites small
business firms to submit research proposals for funding under its FY 2006
SBIR Program. This highly
competitive program encourages small businesses to explore their
technological potential and profit from its commercialization. Firms with
strong research capabilities in educational technologies in any of the
priority areas listed in the solicitation are encouraged to participate.
Approximately 35 Phase I awards of up to $100,000 for project periods of
up to six months are anticipated. Applications are due Jan. 6, 2006. More
information is available at:
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/errd080008/listing.html
Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE and USDA jointly
invite applications for funding to support the
Biomass Research and Development
Initiative. This initiative is intended to promote research,
development and demonstration of biomass-based products, bioenergy,
biofuels and related processes. Approximately $14 million is expected to
be available for 10-20 awards having a project period of up to three
years. Cost-sharing of at least 20 percent is required. All types of
domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except other federal agencies,
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and some nonprofit
organizations. Letters of intent are due Nov. 22, 2005; applications are
due April 3, 2006. More information is available at:
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-PS36-06GO96002P/listing.html
Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) invite applications for funding to develop
methodologies to determine the prevalence
of autism spectrum disorders in early childhood and young adult
populations. Approximately $600,000 is expected to be available
for four awards having an initial one-year project period. Eligible are
for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Optional letters
of intent are due Dec. 5, 2005; applications are due Jan. 5, 2006. More
information is available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/DD06-001.htm
CDC invites applications for funding to support research that aims to better understand the care of the acutely injured. Approximately $1.8 million is expected to be available for 3-5 awards having a project period of up to three years. Eligible are for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Principal investigators must have conducted injury prevention and control research and had their findings published in a peer-reviewed journal. Optional letters of intent are due Jan. 3, 2006; applications are due Feb. 3, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE06-005.htm
CDC also invites applications for funding to support research that aims to better understand what works to prevent unintentional injuries and how what works can best be translated for maximum impact in public health. Approximately $750,000 is expected to be available for 2-3 awards having a project period of up to three years. Eligible are for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Principal investigators must have conducted injury prevention and control research and had their findings published in a peer-reviewed journal. Optional letters of intent are due Jan. 3, 2006; applications are due Feb. 3, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE06-001.htm
The Health Resources and Services Administration invites applications for funding to support Centers of Excellence. These centers are intended to assist eligible schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minority individuals. Approximately $15.5 million is expected to be available for 11 awards. Eligible are schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, graduate programs in behavioral or mental health, or other public and nonprofit health or educational entities, including faith- and community-based organizations. Applications are due Jan. 26, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/HRSA/GAC/HRSA-06-021/listing.html
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites applications that examine epigenetic changes as a part of the mechanisms of action of environmental agents in the etiology, prevention or progression of disease dysfunction. Applicants may use in vitro systems, eukaryotic animal models or human specimens. Approximately $3.75 million is expected to be available for 8-12 awards having a project period of up to four years. Eligible are for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Optional letters of intent are due Dec. 19, 2005; applications are due Jan. 18, 2005. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-05-007.html
NIH invites applications for Center Core Grants to advance the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Approximately $4.7 million in FY 2006 funding is expected to be available for up to four awards having a project period of up to five years. Eligible are domestic for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Proposed centers must provide core support for at least 10 projects funded from non-university sources. Optional letters of intent are due Nov. 21, 2005; applications are due Dec. 21, 2005. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-05-030.html
NIH invites applications
for funding to support Institutional
Clinical and Translational Science Award programs. The goal of
these programs is to create an academic home environment that will develop
the discipline of clinical and translational science, increase the
efficiency and speed of clinical research, and train the next generation
of clinical and translational scientists. Approximately $11.5 million in
FY 2006 funding is expected to be available for 50 planning grant awards.
Another $30 million is expected to be available for 4-7 cooperative
agreement awards having a project period of up to five years. Eligible are
domestic institutions, including universities, academic health centers or
other research organizations, that conduct clinical and translational
research. Optional letters of intent are due Feb. 27, 2006; applications
are due March 27, 2006. More information is available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-001.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-002.html
NIH invites applications for an initiative of its Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, a trans-NIH partnership to accelerate neuroscience research. This initiative is intended to provide core research facilities that are not otherwise available in order to further the understanding of the functions and disorders of the nervous system. Approximately $7.5 million is expected to be available for awards. Applicants may request a project period of up to five years and a budget for direct costs of up to $1.5 million per year. Eligible are domestic for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Institutions must have at least 15 qualifying Blueprint institute-funded research projects at the time of application submission, and the projects must be funded by at least four different Blueprint institutes. Optional letters of intent are due Dec. 19, 2005; applications are due Jan. 19, 2006. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-06-003.html
NIH invites applications that will link epigenetics changes to other biological changes from gene expression to behavior. This funding opportunity also supports the acquisition of preliminary data on epigenetic mechanisms related to addiction through a modified small grant funding mechanism. Approximately $2 million in FY 2006 funding is expected to be available for 7-9 awards having a project period of up to five years. Eligible are for-profit or nonprofit, public or private organizations. Optional letters of intent are due Dec. 23, 2005; applications are due Jan. 23, 2006. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-06-007.html
NIH invites applications for funding to support its Mentored Research Scientist Development Award program. This award program is intended to provide support and “protected time” for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral or clinical sciences leading to research independence. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or non-citizen nationals, or an individual lawfully admitted for permanent residence, who hold a research or health-professional doctoral degree or its equivalent and can commit at least 75 percent of full-time professional effort conducting research and relevant career development activities specified in the application. Applications may be submitted on behalf of candidates by domestic for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Applications are due on or before the receipt dates described at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm. More information is available at: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/NIH/NIH/PA-06-001/listing.html
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA is soliciting
proposals for the study and analysis of
strategies for technology innovation in
the transportation sector. Strategies should encourage the
development and adoption of new vehicle and fuel technologies for control
of emissions, including consideration of impact on criteria pollutants,
toxic emissions and greenhouse gas emissions. One award of up to $1
million over three years is anticipated. Eligible are nonprofit
organizations, state governments, public and private institutions of
higher education, and tribal governments. Proposals are due Dec. 14, 2005.
More information is available at:
http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/EPA/OGD/GAD/EPA-OAR-DOD-05-19/listing.html
EPA invites applications proposing approaches directed at avoiding or minimizing the generation of pollutants at the source. A new generation of cleaner industrial manufacturing and processing technologies is needed that supports pollution avoidance and prevention, efficient resource and energy use, and industrial ecology. Approximately $1.4 million is expected to be available for four awards. Fully accredited four-year U.S. institutions of higher education are eligible are eligible to submit applications, which are due Jan. 31, 2006. More information is available at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_gro_solicitation.html
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF is soliciting
proposals for funding under the
Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories program.
This program supports development of practical environmental
cyberinfrastructure prototypes and demonstration of their capability to
answer significant environmental research questions. Approximately $8.5
million is expected to be available for four awards. The categories of
proposers identified in the
Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit proposals, which are due
Jan. 25, 2006. More information is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06505
NSF is soliciting proposals for funding under the Ecology of Infectious Diseases program. This program supports development of predictive models and discovery of principles for relationships between anthropogenic environmental change and transmission of infectious agents. Proposals may focus on either terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms. Approximately $8 million is expected to be available for seven awards. The categories of proposers identified in the Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit proposals, which are due Feb. 10, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06506
NSF is soliciting proposals for funding under the Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service program. This program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the U.S. higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields. Approximately $3.5 million is expected to be available for 13-16 awards, including scholarship track awards and capacity building track awards. Scholarship awards are usually funded as continuing grants over a three-year period. Proposals are due Feb. 2, 2006. Eligibility and additional information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06507
NSF is soliciting proposals for funding under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Undergraduate Program. This program provides awards to build the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research capacity at HBCUs as a means to broaden participation in the nation's STEM workforce. Eligible are accredited HBCUs that currently offer associate or baccalaureate degrees in the STEM fields. Support is available for implementation projects, planning grants, education research projects, and targeted infusion projects. Approximately $7 million is expected to be available for 16 awards. Optional letters of intent are due Jan. 30, 2006; proposals are due Feb. 28, 2006. More information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06508
Foundation Funding Opportunities
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
AFSP invites
applications for clinical, biological or psychosocial
research on the problem of suicide.
Such research is encouraged from a variety of disciplines, including
psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology and
others. Grants are awarded for one- or two-year periods over the five
categories detailed below. Applications are due Dec. 15, 2005. More
information is available at:
http://www.afsp.org/index-1.htm
Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
DDCF is accepting
applications for its Clinical Research
Fellowship program, which affords medical students the
opportunity to experience clinical research firsthand. At least 50
one-year fellowships will be awarded for the 2006-07 fellowship year.
Fellows receive a stipend of $25,000, health insurance, supplementary
research and training funds, and other benefits. Students matriculated at
any U.S. medical school who are in good academic standing and have
completed two or more years of medical school prior to the start of the
fellowship are eligible to apply to any of the participating schools:
Columbia University, Harvard, Mount Sinai, University of California at San
Francisco, University of Iowa, University of North Carolina, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Texas Southwestern, Washington University, and
Yale University. Applications are due Jan. 18, 2006. More information is
available at:
http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=292
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF)
MJFF invites
applications for its Clinical Discovery
Grants for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Research 2005 program. This
program supports novel or critical clinical research relevant to the cure,
cause, prevention, or improved treatment of PD and its complications. Up
to $3 million is expected to be available for awards. Applicants may
request a project period of up to three years and a budget for direct
costs of up to $200,000 per year and indirect costs of up to 25 percent of
direct costs. Applications may be submitted by public and private
nonprofit entities, such as colleges and universities, hospitals,
laboratories, units of state and local governments and eligible agencies
of the federal government, and for-profit entities. Required letters of
intent are due Nov. 21, 2005; applications are due Dec. 2, 2005. More
information is available at:
http://www.michaeljfox.org/research/fundingopps.php?id=16
National Sleep Foundation
The National Sleep
Foundation invites applications for its
Pickwick Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
program, which provides funds to enable young researchers to
devote full-time professional effort to mentored research in sleep or
sleep disorders. Fellowships are available for basic, applied or clinical
research. Pickwick Fellow awards range from $35,568 to $45,048 for 1-2
years and include a benefit allowance of up to $5,500. Applicants must
conduct research in recognized American or Canadian programs of study or
laboratories with strong mentorship in the appropriate area and must have
received an M.D., D.V.M., Ph.D. or D.O. degree by the time the fellowship
begins in July 2006. Applications are due Dec. 1, 2005. More information
is available at:
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/activities/index.php?secid=&id=23
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
RWJF invites
applications for its Clinical Scholars
Program. The goal of this program is to integrate scholars’
clinical training with skills in program development and research
methodology to help them find solutions for issues in public policy,
community health and health services research. To achieve this, the
program offers graduate-level study and research as part of a
university-based postresidency training program. Up to 28 scholars will be
awarded a stipend of $48,000 to $50,000 for 2007 appointments. To be
eligible, physicians must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who plan
to complete the clinical requirements of their residency or fellowship
training by the date of entry into the program. Applications are due Feb.
15, 2006. More information is available at:
http://www.rwjf.org/applications/program/cfp.jsp?ID=19275
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