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January 26, 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 4)
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GENERAL
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The purpose of this announcement is to solicit applications from eligible
candidates under the Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community
Tracking Grants Program, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The ultimate goal of EMPACT is to assist communities to provide
sustainable public access to environmental monitoring data and information
that are clearly communicated in real-time (or timely), useful, and accurate
in the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. While the principal investigating
organization must be a local government (Wichita or Kansas City), or Native
American tribe, universities can be part of the consortium.
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Deadline: 2/21/01
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AGRICULTURE
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The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
announces the availability of grant funds and requests proposals for the
Special Research Grants Program, Citrus Tristeza Research for fiscal year
(FY) 2001. The purpose of the program is to support research that focuses
on problems caused by Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV) and the Brown Citrus
Aphid. (FR 01/19/01)
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Deadline: 2/15/01
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EDUCATION
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The State Department is inviting applications for community colleges to
help partner education institutions in the new Independent States provide
targeted training in professional fields. Projects must focus on curriculum,
faculty and staff development at the NIS partner institution in one or
more eligible disciplines. Eligible fields are: business, accounting and
trade; education, continuing education or educational administration; journalism
and communications; and social, political or economic sciences. Eligibility
includes accredited institutions offering the two-year associate degree
and consortia that may include other higher education organizations. ECA/A/S/U/01/10
(FR 11/9/2000)
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Deadline: 2/23/01
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The Education Department is inviting applications for a rehabilitation
technical assistance center to expand vocational opportunities for Latinos
and Hispanics and another center for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Centers must provide culturally appropriate technical assistance to organizations,
state vocational rehabilitation agencies and other service agencies, individuals
and families that focuses on improving vocational, education and independent
living outcomes for these populations. CFDA 84.235N (FR 12/14/00)
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Deadline: 2/20/01
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting research
proposals in the area of Advanced Lithography. Proposed research should
investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in
science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research which primarily
results in evolutionary improvement to the existing state of practice.
DARPA seeks innovative proposals in the following areas: Nanolithography
for emerging devices and structures (35 nanometers and below); Lithography
for integrated circuits with features 70 nm and below; Lithography Support
Technologies to reduce critical technical barriers and associated risks;
and Device and Lithography Tool Demonstrations in the fabrication of mixed
technology microsystems or in the implementation of high performance circuit
functions. SOL 01-08 (CBD 10/23/00)
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Deadline: 2/12/01
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The Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) program
addresses the problem of underrepresentation of certain groups across the
geosciences. The primary goal of the OEDG program is to increase the participation
in geoscience education and research by students from these groups. The
initial year of the competition will focus on increasing participation
and/or opportunities for African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans
(American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians
or Micronesians) and persons with disabilities. A secondary goal of the
program is to strengthen the understanding of the geosciences and their
contribution to modern society by a broad and diverse segment of the population.
The OEDG program supports activities that strengthen geoscience teaching
and learning in ways that improve access and retention of these underrepresented
groups in the geosciences. Typical project strategies include enhanced
research experiences for students, strengthening of infrastructure at institutions
that serve underrepresented groups, and support of collaborations between
minority institutions and established research groups at colleges and universities
or centers. NSF 01-36
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/16/01; Proposals 3/16/01
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The Energy Department is seeking cooperative agreement proposals for proof-of-concept
projects for innovative technologies with the potential for significant
energy savings in residential and commercial buildings. The objective of
the solicitation is to accelerate high-risk high-payoff technologies. Areas
are building equipment, including energy conversion and control equipment;
building envelope, including materials, components and systems; and whole
building technolgies. DE-PS26-01NT41092 (FR 12/12/00)
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Deadline: 2/9/01
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The Energy Department is issuing a solicitation to support advanced coal
research at U.S. colleges and universities to complement and enhance research
being conducted in related fossil energy programs. Projects focus on development
of clean, efficient, competitively priced coal-derived products and low-cost
environmental compliance and energy systems. Applications must address
one of six core areas, one of three innovative concept phase I areas, or
innovative concept phase II work on areas previously included in the phase
I program. The six core areas are: advanced sensors for advanced efficient
energy production with zero emission; materials development for advanced
systems through nanostructure science and technology; solid oxide fuel
cells; modeling of refractory materials in coal gasification systems. The
innovative concept areas are: mercury and other trace emissions in advanced
power systems; thermodynamic measurements for mixtures of asymmetric hydrocarbons;
and carbon sequestration. DE-PS26-01NT40951 (FR 12/12/00)
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Deadline: 2/8/01
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NASA is pleased to call to the attention of members of the U.S. scientific
community the release by the European Space Agency (ESA) of the Announcement
of Opportunity (AO), "Integral Call for Observing Proposals," soliciting
Guest Observing proposals for ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Laboratory mission (Integral). The subject announcement solicits proposals
for observations to be performed during the first 12 months of the mission.
AN 00-OSS-02
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Deadline: 2/16/01
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
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The objective of this initiative is to stimulate
research that addresses the pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms of
vascular calcification, and the possible links between vascular calcification,
bone formation, and cardiovascular disease. Suggested research areas for
this initiative include: (a) the relationship between cardiovascular disease,
osteoporosis, and related pathologies and the delineation of potential
mechanisms of vascular calcification and bone mineralization; and (b) the
determination of the effects of statins, bisphosphonates, and other commonly
used therapeutic agents on the skeleton and the cardiovascular system.
Collaborations among investigators from the cardiovascular and bone research
communities are strongly encouraged as are multidisciplinary approaches
including molecular, cellular and whole animal studies which can be applied
to the human condition. HL-01-014 (NIHG 01/02/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/15/01; Applications 3/19/01
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The NIEHS has initiated a national program to develop and accelerate research
using microarray technology to assess global gene expression profiles and
characteristics associated with physiological mechanisms linking environmental
agent exposures to environmental diseases and dysfunctions. The overall
NIEHS program has as its goal a coordinated effort to define how the entire
genetic complement of an organism responds to environmental agents, including
chemicals, physical agents, and physiological stresses. The present Request
for Application (RFA) initiative is to develop a natural Toxicogenomics
Research Consortium (TRC) that will increase the capacity of the extramural
research community to apply microarray gene expression profiling to the
understanding of biological responses to environmental stress by: 1) accelerating
research in the broad area of environmental stress responses using microarray
gene expression profiling, 2) developing standards and practices that will
allow analysis of gene expression data across platforms and provide intra-
and inter- laboratory validations, and 3) contributing to the development
of a relational database for gene expression data. ES-01-002 (NIHG 11/07/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/15/01; Applications 3/15/01
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invites applications
to participate in an interactive Severe Asthma Research Program. Severe
asthma affects a small subset of asthma patients but uses a disproportionate
amount of health care resources. It is also responsible for a significant
amount of the morbidity and mortality associated with asthma. The purpose
of this RFA is to establish a collaborative program to investigate the
mechanistic basis for severe asthma and how it differs from mild-to-moderate
asthma. The objective of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to establish
a collaborative program to perform research investigating the pathophysiology
of severe asthma. HL-01-012 (NIHG 01/17/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/9/01; Applications 3/12/01
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The purpose of this initiative is to broaden the base of inquiry in fundamental
biomedical, biobehavioral, and biomedical technology research by encouraging
applications for research projects that involve an especially high degree
of innovation and novelty and, therefore, require a preliminary test of
feasibility. The research projects proposed under this Request for Applications
(RFA) may involve substantial experimental risks such that their potential
for highly significant outcomes may be difficult to judge by the standard
criteria used in evaluating investigator initiated (R01) proposals. Preliminary
data are not required. AR-01-004 (NIHG 01/10/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/15/01; Applications 3/26/01
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The purpose of this solicitation is to encourage basic research to identify
genetic and other biological factors that increase the susceptibility to
hypertension-related injury and damage to target organs. Two broad scientific
areas will be considered responsive to this Request for Applications (RFA):
1) mapping and identification of genes responsible for the susceptibility
to target organ damage associated with high blood pressure in humans or
animal models; and 2) mechanistic studies on the biological consequences
of variations of these genes and on the interaction of genetic and non-genetic
factors that modulate the susceptibility to target organ damage. Innovative,
multidisciplinary approaches are encouraged, especially integrative molecular,
cellular, and whole animal studies which can applied to the human condition.
HL-01-002 (NIHG 01/16/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/13/01; Applications 3/13/01
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
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The National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) invites qualified researchers to submit applications for
planning grants (R21) to assist in the design, testing and preliminary
evaluation of prevention and treatment interventions for HIV/AIDS in the
middle-aged and older population. Effective strategies for AIDS prevention
and treatment through behavior change interventions for the major populations
at risk have been identified but not yet applied to the fifty-plus population.
AG-01-004 (NIHG 01/08/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 2/23/01; Applications 3/26/01
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The Research and Advanced Concepts Office (RACO) of the U.S. Army Research
Institute of the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) solicits new proposals
for its Fiscal Year 2001 contract program of fundamental research in behavioral
science. Scientific Problems for Basic Research are: Training, Soldiers
Recruiting, Leadership, and Social Structures Affecting Army Performance.
SOL DASW01-01-K (CBD 10/16/00)
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Deadline: 2/21/01
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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
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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
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