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January 5, 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 1)
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GENERAL
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The Short-Term Travel Grants provide support to US scholars for visits
of up to two months to conduct postdoctoral research, present papers at
conferences, or consult with colleagues in countries of Central and Eastern
Europe, Eurasia, Iran and Turkey. Funding for projects in Central and Eastern
Europe is very limited; please contact IREX regarding your eligibility
before submitting an application. Note: Projects in Turkey and Iran must
be comparative and address these countries in relation to Central and Eastern
Europe or Eurasia.
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Deadline: 2/1/01
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ARTS & HUMANITIES
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The Challenge America initiative's goals are to foster arts education and
community-wide public outreach initiatives in rural or underserved areas
and to engage artists, arts organizations and american communities in partnership
to make the arts central to community life. For FY 2001, Challenge America
Fast Track Grants will address the priority areas of Positive Alternatives
for Youth: Creative Links (deadline February 1) and Community Arts Development:
ArtsREACH (deadline May 1). Positive Alternatives for Youth projects generally
should concentrate on youth participants in grades 6 through 12. The Community
Arts Development program supports partnerships between arts organizations
and community groups that highlight the potential of the arts to address
key community concerns.
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Deadline: Positive Alternatives for Youth 2/1/01; ArtsREACH 5/1/01
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BUSINESS
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The Upjohn Institute invites submission of proposals to conduct policy-relevant
research on employment issues. The Institute offers a range of funding
opportunities. Grants for research that lead to book-length manuscripts
have higher funding limits than in previous years. A Grant-in-Residence
program allows grantees to conduct research at the Institute. A Mini-Grant
program provides funds for innovative research papers that have special
funding needs. The Institute is particularly interested in funding proposals
that address policy-relevant issues in the three areas listed: Employment
Relationships; Low Wages and Public Policy; and, Social Insurance.
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Deadline: Mini-Grant Proposals 2/2/01; Full Proposals 4/10/01
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EDUCATION
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The Department of Education has announced its 2001 Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education Comprehensive Program. Invitational Priorities
are: 1) make more productive use of resources; 2) disseminate innovative
programs which have already been locally developed, implemented, and evaluated;
3) support new ways of ensuring equal access to postsecondary education
and improve rates of retention for low-income and underrepresented minority
students; 4) improve campus climates for learning by creating a safe, welcoming,
environment; 5) support innovative reforms of undergraduate, graduate and
professional curricula; 6) support the professional development of full-
and part-time faculty by assessing and rewarding effective teaching; 7)
promote innovative school- college partnerships and improve the preparation
of K-12 teachers. Reminder: a Grant proposal Workshop will be held January
9, 9:30 a.m. in the K-State Union Council Chambers. Please contact PreAward
services, 532-6804, if you wish to attend. CFDA 84.116A, B (FR 12/12/2000)
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Deadline: Preapplications 1/26/01; Final Applications 4/27/01
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The Education Department is inviting applications to develop and implement
new comprehensive bilingual education or special alternative instructional
programs for limited English proficient students, including programs of
early childhood, K-12, gifted and talented, and vocational and applied
technology education. ED will give competitive preference to applications
for projects that contribute to systemic education reform in empowerment
zones and enterprise communities. ED also is particularly interested in
applications that focus on reading and mathematics, preparation for postsecondary
education and safe and drug-free schools. (FR 12/14/00)
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Deadline: 1/26/01
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The State Department's Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau is seeking
applications to provide a six-week academic training program for about
28 English language educators from South Africa. The institute will provide
training in content-based English as a second language (ESL) materials
development and delivery, classroom management and curriculum design. The
problems of teaching in a multi-cultural society should be a component.
ECA/A/E/AF-01-01 (FR 12/14/00)
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Deadline: 1/26/01
1-7 IERF Research Grants (IERF)
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The purpose of the International Education Research Foundation (IERF) Research
Grants is to aid IERF in carrying out the following mission: To investigate
educational systems of the world and publish and distribute findings exclusively
for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes to interested persons
and organizations on a non-discriminatory basis.
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Deadline: 2/1/01
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is soliciting proposals for research
and development of new materials, devices, components and subsystems using
spins in semiconductors. DARPA is seeking innovative ways to utilize the
spin degree of freedom in semiconductors. Areas of particular interest
are: Spin Quantum Devices; Spin Coherent Devices; and Spin Quantum Information
Processing and Communication. In addition, DARPA is also interested in
other highly innovative ways to utilized the spin degree of freedom to
provide significantly enhanced performance or totally new functionality
in electronics, microelectronics, opto-electronics or quantum information
processing. SOL BAA 00-30 (CBD 02/14/00)
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Deadline: 2/1/01
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability
of fiscal year (FY) 2001 funds for grant applications for research on evaluation
of the effectiveness of currently used community-based interventions in
reducing childhood agricultural injury and disease. The research needs
identified in this announcement are consistent with the National Occupational
Research Agenda (NORA) developed by NIOSH and partners in the public and
private sectors. NORA priorities with specific relevance to this announcement
are: traumatic injuries; special populations at risk; control technology
and personal protective equipment; and intervention effectiveness research.
OH-01-007 (NIHG 12/20/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/2/01; Applications 3/14/01
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The objective of this initiative is to promote the thorough exploration
and characterization of stem cell plasticity in hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic
tissue. Research efforts are needed to test stem cell plasticity in a rigorous
manner. It is of particular importance to characterize cellular and molecular
mechanisms that lead to the capacity of adult stem cells with hematopoietic
potential to express other potentials and precursor cells of adult non-hematopoietic
tissues to express hematopoietic potential. Other areas of high interest
include the ability of stem cells from non-neuronal tissues to differentiate
along neuronal and glial lineages. HL-01-007 (NIHG 11/13/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/6/01; Applications 3/12/01
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The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
(NIAMS) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(NINDS) invite exploratory and developmental research grant applications
(R21) that will broaden the base of inquiry on Facioscapulohumeral muscular
dystrophy (FSHD). Because exploratory projects may require a preliminary
test of feasibility, this initiative will provide short-term support for
such preliminary work. Each research plan should begin with a short paragraph
describing the feasibility of the approach to increase knowledge about
disease pathogenesis and disease processes that might be ameliorated. AR-01-002
(NIHG 11/08/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/1/01; Applications 3/14/01
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The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to determine the
role of infectious and inflammatory processes leading to preterm birth
and adverse neonatal outcomes in different ethnic populations. The research
proposed in response to this solicitation should involve multidisciplinary
investigations to clarify the potential role of infectious diseases and
the associated immune response as a cause of early preterm birth and fetal
and neonatal morbidity. HD-01-005 (NIHG 12/14/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/29/01; Applications 3/12/01
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
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The Health and Human Services Department's Administration on Children,
Youth and Families is inviting applications for universities to conduct
longitudinal cross-site research on the Early Head Start program in partnership
with the original 17 Early Head Start research sites. (FR 12/13/00)
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Deadline: 1/29/01
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The Energy Department is inviting applications for research on the ethical,
legal and social implications of using information and knowledge resulting
from the Human Genome Program. Applications should focus on issues of genetics
and the workplace; storage of genetic information and tissue samples; education,
including creation and dissemination of relevant education materials; and
complex or multigenic characteristics and conditions (for example, behavioral
conditions, diseases of aging and susceptibility to workplace exposure
hazards). Notice 01-13 (FR 12/14/00)
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Deadline: Preapplications 1/19/01; Formal Applications 3/29/01
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks to
grant applications to conduct research on comprehensive interventions to
prevent and reduce alcohol use and misuse among adolescents in racially,
ethnically and economically diverse urban communities. These prevention
strategies should seek to change or strengthen community norms, school
environments, and parental norms and practices regarding alcohol use by
youth, improve adolescent knowledge, attitudes, cognitions, intentions,
and refusal skills regarding alcohol use and its consequences, and reduce
the availability of alcohol to youth. Additional intervention strategies,
such as modifications of after-school environments, are not precluded.
Applicants are encouraged to develop and/or test interventions for young
adolescents in later grades of elementary school and middle or junior high
school, the majority of whom have not yet begun to use alcohol or other
substances. AA-01-001 (NIHG 10/12/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/9/01; Applications 4/10/01
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STUDENT
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), established by members
of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is an educational organization dedicated
to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. The Fellowship Program
offers individuals with a BA/BS or graduate degree or currently enrolled
graduate students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the federal
level in the public policy area of their choice. The Summer Internship
Program is an eight week program in the nation's capital for college undergraduates
who are assigned to congressional offices to gain first-hand knowledge
of how government works. CHCI Scholarship Awards are offered to students
who have demonstrated a strong commitment toward exercising leadership
in their community and who plan to continue contributing to the future
in their area of study and/or interest for the social, political or economic
good of the country. Scholarships are available for students attending
community college, four-year colleges or graduate school.
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Deadline: Summer Internship Program 1/31/01; Fellowship Program 3/1/01;
Scholarship Awards 4/1/01
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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
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Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
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Dawn Caldwell, Cheryl Brooks
Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use, and Biosafety
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Congressional Relations
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