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December 1, 2000 (Vol. 9, No. 43)
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GENERAL
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The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies, is seeking
applications from private and public institutions of higher learning to
promote multidisciplinary education and training programs for graduate
students at the Masters or Ph.D. levels in the area of biobased products.
These grants will cover both the costs for establishing a new cross-cutting
academic and research program in this field as well as full stipends for
2 or so deserving graduate students at the Masters or Ph.D. level. The
objective of this new education initiative is to produce graduates who
can enter the complex biobased products industry and effectively integrate
knowledge from the wide range of technologies that are necessary for this
industry to grow. DE-PS07-01ID14037 (CBD 11/20/00)
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Deadline: 1/17/01
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Fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution provide students and scholars
with opportunities to pursue independent research projects in association
with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff. Predoctoral
Fellowships allow students to conduct research for periods of three to
twelve months. Applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary
examinations for the doctoral degree, and must be engaged in dissertation
research. Postdoctoral Fellowships of three to twelve months are available
for scholars who have held the doctoral degree or equivalent for fewer
than seven years as of the application deadline. Senior Fellowships of
three to twelve months are available for scholars who have held the doctoral
degree or equivalent for more than seven years as of the application deadline.
(TGA 10/00)
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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The Labor Department is inviting applications to test the ability of the
workforce development system to create projects or industry-led consortia
to upgrade current workers' skills. Projects will focus on designing or
adapting training curricula in skills shortage occupational areas; regionally
important business/industry areas, including manufacturing and machining;
and specialized industrial areas such as plastics, telecommunications and
the environment; and recruiting and retraining workers in these occupations.
Projects may provide intensive training in basic core areas and offer supportive
services to enable individuals to participate. (FR 10/31/00)
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Deadline: 1/16/01
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AGRICULTURE
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The Bedding Plant Foundation, Inc. funds floriculture research and education
to improve plant production for the benefit of people and the environment.
The bedding and container plant industry relies upon the research funded
by the Foundation to develop the scientific knowledge needed for the production
of flowers, plants, and vegetables, as well as to fund scholarships to
attract high caliber people to floriculture research, marketing, retailing,
and related fields.
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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The Agriculture Department's Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service is inviting applications for potato research that focuses
on varietal development/testing. (FR 10/04/00)
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Deadline: 1/22/01
43-6 Kansas Corn Commission Grants (KCC)
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The Kansas Corn Commission is soliciting research and education Pre-Proposals
for FY 2002. Pre-Proposals will be accepted in the following areas: 1)
Production/Environmental Programs should address cropping systems for the
Kansas corn industry for the year 2001 and beyond and should focus on the
most economical/efficient cropping systems with minimal impact on the environment.
Pre-Proposals must include principal investigators from at least two disciplines
including an economic impact analysis. 2) Animal/Human Nutrition Studies
should address animal nutrition needs that will increase the utilization
of corn in the livestock feeding industry in the U.S./Kansas. Human nutritional
topics will be considered, if appropriate. 3) Value-Added Projects should
be commercially significant and have the potential to use large quantities
of corn. 4) Marketing Extension Program and Transportation should include
extensive educational training of corn pricing, crop disappearance/market
share, crop insurance options, yield protection, farm program considerations
and options in marketing available to Kansas Corn producers.
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Deadline: 12/13/00
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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The Energy Department is soliciting cost-shared applications for research
and development of technologies enabling development of energy resources
to ensure the availability of affordable energy in the future. DOE expects
to support applications in 17 areas under the broad categories of coal
and environment systems; fuel processing; oil technologies; and a strategic
center for natural gas. Applicants must select and target only one area
of interest per proposal. DE-PS26-01NT41048 (FR 11/22/00)
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Deadline: 12/20/00
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The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting proposals for National
Brownfields Assessment Pilots to test assessment models and facilitate
coordinated assessment and cleanup of contaminated sites at the federal,
state and local level. EPA also is seeking applications for supplements
for existing National Brownfields Assessment Pilots. (FR 11/16/00)
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Deadline: Supplements 1/8/01; Pilots 1/12/01
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The National Science Foundation is seeking proposals to encourage large-scale
group efforts to advance research in the mathematical sciences and/or at
the intersection of mathematics and other disciplines; address diverse
opportunities and challenges to which mathematics can contribute; and integrate
mathematics research and education. Examples of possible institute models
are: an institute focusing on an emerging field of science in which fundamental
mathematical research is essential, such as application to the biological
and/or social sciences, geosciences, engineering and technology; and an
institute that links the statistical sciences with other branches of the
mathematical sciences to develop new statistical theory and methods. NSF
00-86
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Deadline: 1/16/01
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The MARGINS research program has been formulated to understand the complex
interplay of processes that govern continental margin evolution globally.
Mechanical, chemical, biological and fluid processes act in concert to
govern the initiation, evolution and eventual destruction of continental
margins, as well as accumulation of resources in these regions. MARGINS
investigations must be aimed toward a comprehensive understanding of the
observable system properties, together with self-consistent theory (or
models) that relate these properties to processes which govern the evolution
of the system. MARGINS projects should also enhance an understanding of
the key processes relevant to societal concerns. NSF 01-17
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Deadline: FY 2001 Support 1/16/01; FY 2002 Support 11/1/01
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
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The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting applications to establish
a technical resource center for promoting adoption of integrated pest management
in schools and day care centers. The Center will provide information, guidance,
education, training and other tools for schools and day care centers to
launch and sustain programs aimed at reducing children's exposure to pests
and pesticides. (FR 11/17/00)
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Deadline: 12/15/00
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The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid,
assists scholarly research in the life sciences. The foundation is currently
interested in basic research in neurobiology defined as follows: Invertebrate
and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations
of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions
of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should
be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior.
The Foundation emphasizes the support of young scientists at the beginning
of their careers and productive senior scientists who wish to move into
new fields of interest. Consideration is given, however, to applicants
of all ages. The chief criteria for support are the quality and the creativity
of the research.
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/15/01; Applications 6/1/01
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The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting applications for research
on airborne particulate matter (PM) health effects in areas where there
are serious knowledge gaps, such as research on the combined effects of
PM and co-pollutants, and on toxicity mechanisms. Research on co-pollutants
should disentangle the effects of particulate matter from the effects of
other pollutants and clarify the effects of exposure to PM in the presence
of other pollutants. Topics include target tissue dose and new approaches
to evaluating data. Research on mechanisms of injury should clarify the
mechanisms by which PM produces toxicity, especially neurologic, systemic,
immunologic and direct cardiac responses. Areas include studies to identify
the molecular and physiological mechanisms by which PM generates adverse
health effects and studies on health conditions that would enhance susceptibility
to adverse effects. (FGCW 08/07/00)
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Deadline: 1/17/01
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STUDENT
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The Udall Foundation established the Native American Congressional Internship
Program to give Native American college students an opportunity to learn
about the federal government from the inside. Each year, twelve candidates
are selected for a ten-week, intensive internship in Washington, D.C. Interns
work full time in congressional offices, fulfilling a variety of tasks
ranging from general support work to special research and writing projects.
This enables interns to observe government decision-making processes on
a daily basis, including attending hearings and votes in the House and
Senate. Candidates for the internship program must: be an enrolled member
of a recognized tribe; be a college junior, senior, graduate student, law
student or graduating from a tribal college; have a minimum 3.0 GPA or
"B" average; and, have an interest in tribal government and policy.
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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The French government offers scholarships to doctoral students for research
in France. Research can be in French Literature, Cinema, the Humanities,
the Arts, History, Philosophy, Political Sciences, etc. Scholarships include
a monthly stipend for a period of nine months, health insurance and a round
trip ticket to France.
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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The purpose is to support scholarly research and writing among qualified
civilian graduate students preparing dissertations in the history of war
on land. For purposes of this program, the history of war on land is broadly
defined, inciting such areas of biography, military campaigns, military
organization and administration, policy, strategy, tactics, weaponry, technology,
training, logistics, and the evolution of civil-military relations. In
the selection of proposals for funding, preference is given to topics on
the history of the U.S. Army. (TGA 10/00)
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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The National Security Education Program addresses the need to increase
the ability of Americans to communicate and compete globally by knowing
the languages and cultures of other countries. NSEP embodies a recognition
that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the
traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but
the new challenges of global society, including stainable development,
environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth
and migration, and economic competitiveness. NSEP Graduate International
Fellowships offer a unique opportunity to expand understanding of countries
and languages critical to U.S. national security. Each year, NSEP makes
it possible for 90-100 graduate students to pursue the study of languages
and cultures in areas of the world other than Western Europe, Canada, Australia
and New Zealand.
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Deadline: 1/15/01
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R. W. Trewyn, Vice Provost for Research &
Dean of the Graduate School
Jim Guikema, Associate Dean
Ruth Bennett, Secretary
Preaward Section
Paul Lowe, Director, PreAward Services
Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
Kathy Tilley, Lisa Duer, Carole Lovin, Rex Goff,
Dawn Caldwell, Cheryl Brooks
Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use, and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, University Veterinarian and Research Compliance Officer
Marissa McClelland, Secretary
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R. W. Trewyn
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