Posted by: thindes57 | 12.01.09

Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) Grants

Funding Source: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $19 Million
Award Ceiling: $3 Million
Deadline: 02.09.10
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education, Local Governments, For profits

Description:
The OREI seeks to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to fund projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. Priority concerns include biological, physical, and social sciences, including economics. The OREI is particularly interested in projects that emphasize research and outreach that assist farmers and ranchers with whole farm planning and ecosystem integration. Projects should plan to deliver applied production information to producers. Fieldwork must be done on certified organic land or on land in transition to organic certification, as appropriate to project goals and objectives.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 12.01.09

Grants.gov Annual Report Released

Ever wonder the processing scale of the Grants.gov portal? Wonder no more…

The federal government grant web portal released its annual report detailing its record year for funding opportunities. In a release from Grants.gov:

 

Fiscal year 2009 was a year of tremendous growth for Grants.gov. In fiscal year 2009 Grants.gov processed 309,771 applications which was a 53% increase over the 202,133 applications processed in fiscal year 2008. There were 64,409 applications processed for Recovery Act specific opportunities posted on the site. This represents 21% of the total applications processed in fiscal year 2009.

 

Click to view the entire Grants.gov 2009 Annual Report.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 12.01.09

Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Cooperative Agreement
Total Available: $11.3 Million
Award Ceiling: $2.5 Million
Deadline: 02.02.10
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education

Description:
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) 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 United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks:The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master’s-level study, or for the final two years of Ph.D.-level study. These students will participate as a cohort during their two years of study and activities, including a summer internship in the Federal Government. A limited number of students may be placed in National Laboratories and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). This number shall be set by the program office each year.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.30.09

Limits of Thermodynamic Storage (LOTS) of Energy Grants

Funding Source: DARPA – Defense Sciences Office
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant/Agreement/Procurement
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 04.01.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals to develop revolutionary new approaches to portable energy sources.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.30.09

Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: $4 Million
Deadline: 01.25.10
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education and Nonprofits

Description:
A virtual organization is a group of individuals whose members and resources may be dispersed geographically, but who function as a coherent unit through the use of cyberinfrastructure. Virtual organizations are increasingly central to the science and engineering projects funded by the National Science Foundation. Focused investments in sociotechnical analyses of virtual organizations are necessary to harness their full potential and the promise they offer for discovery and learning. The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports fundamental scientific research, particularly advances in social, organizational and design science understanding, directed at advancing the understanding of how to develop virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, political science and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses. VOSS funded research must be grounded in theory and rooted in empirical methods. It must produce broadly applicable and transferable results that augment knowledge and practice of virtual organizations as a modality. VOSS does not support proposals that aim to implement or evaluate individual virtual organizations.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.30.09

Solar Probe Plus Investigation Grants

Funding Source: NASA Headquarters
Funding Type: Discretionary, Cooperative Agreement
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 03.26.10, Letter of Intent due 01.11.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing a NASA Announcement of Opportunity (NNH10ZDA002O), Solar Probe Plus Investigations. This AO solicits Principal Investigator (PI)-led instrument science investigations and Observatory Scientist investigations for the Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission. NASA expects to select sufficient instrument science investigations to address the Solar Probe Plus mission science objectives; NASA expects to select one Observatory Scientist investigation. All proposed investigations must describe a science investigation with goals and objectives that address the Solar Probe Plus mission science objectives.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.30.09

Grants for Translational Tools for Clinical Studies of CAM Interventions

Funding Source: National Institutes of Health
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $6 Million
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Deadline: 03.23.10
Eligibility: Virtually Unrestricted

Description:
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) encourages investigator(s)-initiated applications that propose to develop, enhance, and validate translational tools to facilitate rigorous study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches that are in wide use by the public. Recent data from the National Health Interview Survey establish that Americans are utilizing CAM approaches to promote health and well-being, to treat or prevent disease, and for symptom relief. CAM approaches being widely used include massage and manipulative therapies, meditation, yoga, non-vitamin/non-mineral natural products, and acupuncture with chronic pain, back pain and musculoskeletal pain being the most commonly cited reasons for their use. This FOA focuses on encouraging the development of improved research methodology to study safety, efficacy, and clinical effectiveness of mind-body interventions (such as meditation), manual therapies, and/or yoga therapy. Investigations of other CAM interventions (including natural products and dietary supplements) are not allowed for this FOA.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.27.09

Grants for Arctic Research Opportunities

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Cooperative Agreement
Total Available: $16 Million
Award Ceiling: $1.5 Million
Deadline: 01.14.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to conduct research about the Arctic. Arctic research includes field and modeling studies and data analysis in and about the arctic region. The goal of the NSF Division of Arctic Sciences is to gain a better understanding of the Arctic’s physical, biological, geological, chemical, social and cultural processes, and the interactions of ocean, land, atmosphere, biological, and human systems in the Arctic. The Division of Arctic Sciences and other NSF programs support projects that contribute to the development of the next generation of researchers and scientific literacy for all ages through education, outreach, and broadening participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Program representatives from OPP and other non-OPP NSF programs that support arctic research coordinate across NSF, including joint review and funding of arctic proposals and mutual support of special projects with high logistical costs.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.27.09

Electronic and Photonic Materials Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Cooperative Agreement
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 10.31.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The goal of this program is to advance the field of electronics and photonics through basic, potentially transformative materials science research. The scope of the program encompasses the discovery and understanding of materials and material combinations with potential for major technological advantages. Program focus is on identification and understanding of fundamental atomic and molecular level mechanisms and phenomena associated with synthesis and processing of electronic and photonic materials. High risk, high payoff research is encouraged. For example, novel materials are sought that may offer new paradigms in critical computing and communications components, or enable low cost, highly efficient, and stable photovoltaics, solid state lighting, and displays. Research topics include, but are not limited to, nucleation and growth of thin films and nanostructures; self-assembly; nanostructure definition and etching processes; interface bonding and structure; crystal and interface defects; doping; bulk crystal growth; and interrelationships between synthesis/processing, structure, and properties.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.27.09

Prediction Models for Cancer Risk and Prognosis Grants

Funding Source: National Institutes of Health
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Deadline: 01.07.13
Eligibility: Virtually Unrestricted

Description:
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), encourages research applications from clinicians, epidemiologists, geneticists, statisticians, and translational researchers working in the field of cancer control and prevention to improve existing models for cancer risk and prognosis by developing innovative research projects that use existing data; develop new models for cancer risk and prognosis; and validate new models and evaluate their utility in research and clinic settings. To explore this opportunity, the NCI Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) and the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) encourage applications for research projects to develop, apply, and evaluate new and existing cancer risk and prognostic prediction models for use by researchers, clinicians, and the general public. This FOA is designed to provide a mechanism of support for investigators to address two major challenges in model development, which are: integrating diverse types of data (e.g., clinical, demographic, pathologic, environmental, epidemiologic, outcomes, and genetic data from varied data marts or warehouses); and ensuring adequate validation (i.e., using multiple separate populations to define sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values).

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.27.09

Geometric Analysis Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $8.8 Million
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 11.02.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The program in Geometric Analysis supports research on differential geometry and its relation to partial differential equations and variational principles; aspects of global analysis, including the differential geometry of complex manifolds and geometric Lie group theory; geometric methods in modern mathematical physics; and geometry of convex sets, integral geometry, and related geometric topics.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.26.09

RFI: Innovative Systems for Military Missions

Funding Source: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Funding Type: None, RFI
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 11.16.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The Tactical Technology Office (TTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting executive summaries, white papers and proposals for advanced research and development of Innovative Systems for Military Missions. Innovative Systems are integrated systems or critical systems components, which often incorporate emerging advanced technologies, and which enable revolutionary improvements to the capability, efficiency and effectiveness of the military. TTO seeks responses relating to three (3) mission thrust areas (“mission thrusts”): * Advanced Weapons Systems * Advanced Platforms * Advanced Space Systems Responses to the thrust areas may be submitted at any time during the open period of this solicitation. TTO’s solicitation focuses on the high risk/high payoff development, integration, demonstration and evaluation of innovative systems or critical systems components enabled by, and incorporating, new or emerging technologies. Proposed efforts must also show significant promise to provide the U.S. military with revolutionary new mission capabilities, and/or enable significant increases in mission effectiveness.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Condensed Matter Physics Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 10.31.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The Condensed Matter Physics program supports experimental, as well as combined experiment and theory projects investigating the fundamental physics behind phenomena exhibited by condensed matter systems. Representative research areas in such systems include: 1) phenomena at the nano- to macro-scale including: transport, magnetic, and optical phenomena; classical and quantum phase transitions; localization; electronic, magnetic, and lattice structure or excitations; superconductivity; and nonlinear dynamics. 2) low-temperature physics: quantum fluids and solids; 1D & 2D electron systems. 3) soft condensed matter: partially ordered fluids, granular and colloid physics, and 4) understanding the fundamental physics of new states of matter as well as the physical behavior of condensed matter under extreme conditions e.g., low temperatures, high pressures, and high magnetic fields. Questions of current interest that span these research areas are: How and why do complex macroscopic phenomena emerge from simple interacting microscopic constituents? What new physics occurs far from equilibrium and why? What is the physics behind the behavior of matter confined to the nanoscale in one or more dimensions? What is the physics of spin systems and quantum states of matter that could lead to their coherent manipulation and control?

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Condensed Matter and Materials Theory

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 10.31.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
This program supports theoretical and computational materials research and education in the topical areas represented in DMR programs, including condensed matter physics, polymers, solid-state and materials chemistry, metals and nanostructures, electronic and photonic materials, ceramics, and biomaterials. The program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual, analytical, and computational techniques for materials research. A broad spectrum of research is supported using electronic structure methods, many-body theory, statistical mechanics, and Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, along with other techniques, many involving advanced scientific computing. Emphasis is on approaches that begin at the smallest appropriate length scale, such as electronic, atomic, molecular, nano-, micro-, and mesoscale, required to yield fundamental insight into material properties, processes, and behavior and to reveal new materials phenomena. Areas of recent interest include, but are not limited to: strongly correlated electron systems; low-dimensional systems; nonequilibrium phenomena, including pattern formation, microstructural evolution, and fracture; high-temperature superconductivity; nanostructured materials and mesoscale phenomena; quantum coherence and its control; and soft condensed matter, including systems of biological interest.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Biomaterials Grant Program

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 10.31.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
The Biomaterials Program supports fundamental research at the intersection of the physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Proposals focused on the preparation, characterization, structure-property relationships, and applications of biomaterials are encouraged. Emphasis is on novel design of biomaterials, including bioderived, bioinspired, biomimetic and biocompatible materials, discovery of new phenomena, and the combination of experiment with theory and/or simulation. General areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, self- and directed molecular assemblies, surfaces and interfaces, membranes and vesicles, gels and networks, carriers and drug delivery systems, smart and self-healing systems, tissue culture scaffolds, mineralization, hybrids and composites, multi-functional biomaterials such as photonic and electronic biomaterials, biomaterials for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, and biomaterials for sensors and actuators.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Solid State Electrical Distribution Unit Grants

Funding Source: Air Force — Research Lab
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant/Agreement
Total Available: N/A
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 01.27.10
Eligibility: Unrestricted

Description:
AFRL/RZPE seeks to develop and demonstrate a solid state electrical distribution unit (SSEDU) suitable for use in more electric aircraft. The hardware deliverable will be a working unit capable of switching large currents and being integrated into the INVENT systems integration facility (ISIF).

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Grants

Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $36 Million
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: 02.04.10
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofits

Description:
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:

  1. From Data to Knowledge: enhancing human cognition and generating new knowledge from a wealth of heterogeneous digital data;
  2. Understanding Complexity in Natural, Built, and Social Systems: deriving fundamental insights on systems comprising multiple interacting elements; and
  3. Virtual Organizations: enhancing discovery and innovation by bringing people and resources together across institutional, geographical and cultural boundaries.

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Learn and Serve America Summer of Service Grants

Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Project Grants to Deliver Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services

Funding Source: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Adminis.
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $2.2 Million
Award Ceiling: $350,000
Deadline: 02.10.10
Eligibility: Nonprofits, Local Governments

Description:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces the availability of FY 2010 funds for grants to deliver peer-to-peer recovery support services that help prevent relapse and promote sustained recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders. Successful applicants will provide peer-to-peer recovery support services that are responsive to community needs and strengths, and will carry out a performance assessment of these services. RCSP is intended to support peer leaders from the recovery community in providing recovery support services to people in recovery and their family members, and to foster the growth of communities of recovery that will help individuals and families, achieve and sustain long-term recovery. Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP) grants are authorized under section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 26 (Substance Abuse).

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Posted by: thindes57 | 11.25.09

Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program Grants

Funding Source: National Institutes of Health
Funding Type: Discretionary, Grant
Total Available: $2.1 Million
Award Ceiling: $160,000
Deadline: 12.17.09
Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofits

Description:
The Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program provides grants to strengthen and improve undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign languages.

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