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February 23, 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 8)
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GENERAL
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NIOSH supports research to identify and investigate the relationships between
hazardous working conditions and associated occupational diseases and injuries;
to develop more sensitive means of evaluating hazards at work sites, as
well as methods for measuring early markers of adverse health effects and
injuries; to develop new protective equipment, engineering control technology,
and work practices to reduce the risks of occupational hazards; and to
evaluate the technical feasibility or application of a new or improved
occupational safety and health procedure, method, technique, or system.
PA-01-032 (NIHG 12/13/00)
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Deadline: 3/1/01, 7/1/01, 11/1/01
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The National Science Foundation is seeking proposals for education projects
in informal science education (ISE). ISE activities provide rich and stimulating
opportunities outside formal school settings where individuals of all ages,
interests, and backgrounds increase their appreciation and understanding
of science, mathematics, engineering and technology. Projects include,
but are not limited to: television series and programs for youth or for
the general public; films on SMT topics; exhibits or educational programs
at science and natural history museums, science-technology centers, aquaria,
nature centers, botanical gardens, arboreta, zoological parks, and libraries;
and educational programs and activities through community/youth-based programs.
(NSF 01-60)
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Deadline: Preliminary Proposals 3/5/01; Proposals 5/31/01
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The Defense Department is seeking applications for the National Security
Education Program (NSEP) Institutional Grants Program to increase and enhance
the study of languages and cultures critical to U.S. national security
and develop a professional cadre with expertise to deal effectively with
global issues. Emphasis areas are improving language acquisition and cultural
knowledge; improving study and work opportunities abroad; stimulating faculty
development; improving information dissemination and linkages across institutions;
and broadening the base of interdisciplinary and institutional relationships.
(FR 2/6/2001)
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Deadline: Preliminary Proposals 4/9/01; Proposals 8/20/01
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The goal of the ADVANCE program is to increase the representation and advancement
of women in academic sciences and engineering careers, thereby contributing
to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce.
Creative strategies to realize this goal are sought from men and women.
Members from underrepresented minority groups and individual with disabilities
are encouraged to apply. In FY 2001 this pilot program will offer three
types of awards: Fellows Awards will enable promising individuals to establish
or reestablish full-time independent academic research and education careers
in institutions of higher learning. Institutional Transformation Awards
will support academic institutional transformation to promote the increased
participation and advancement of women scientists and engineers in academe.
Leadership Awards will recognize the outstanding contributions made to
date by organizations and/or individuals who have enabled the increased
participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering
careers. NSF 01-69
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Deadline: Letters of Intent Institutional Transformation
and Leadership 4/2/01; Proposals 5/8/01; Letters of Intent Fellows 5/16/01;
Proposals 8/21/01
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Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE) is funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF) and administered by the Office for Central
Europe and Eurasia of the National Research Council. The program provides
grants to individual American specialists who plan to establish new research
partnerships with their colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and
the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (NIS). COBASE Project
Development and Initiation Grants support American specialists who wish
to host and/or visit their CEE or NIS colleagues in order to initiate research
project and prepare collaborative research proposals for submission to
NSF. In contrast to previous program rules, U.S. applicants may now request
support for up to two visits in either or both directions (i.e., either
traveling to CEE/NIS or hosting a colleague from the region here in the
U.S.), with the total combined duration of the visit(s) not to exceed eight
weeks. Each individual visits proposed must be at least two weeks (10-14
days) in length.
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Deadline: 4/19/01
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The American Cancer Society makes research grants in a variety of cancer-relevant
areas. Research Scholar Grants for Beginning Investigators are awarded
to investigators in the first eight years of their independent research
careers to support basic, preclinical, clinical and epidemiologic research
projects. Research Scholar Grants in Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
for Beginning and Senior Investigators are awarded to investigators at
any stage of their careers. Research Opportunity Grants provide rapid,
one-time funding for novel ideas or for targeting urgent problems with
immediate human benefit. Postdoctoral Fellowships are also available.
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Deadline: 4/1/01, 10/15/01
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AGRICULTURE
8-7 Kansas Crop Improvement Grants (KCIA)--Correction
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The KCIA grants program announced in the February 9 Funding Bulletin had
an incorrect Deadline Date listed. The correct Deadline is March 20, 2001.
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The purpose of the American Seed Research Foundation is to support research
on seeds. The primary objective is to encourage research which explores
the basic principles underlying why seeds behave as they do. Projects are
funded for a three-year period.
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Deadline: 4/6/01
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ARTS & HUMANITIES
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The Kansas Arts Commission has published its FY 2002 program announcement.
Arts In Education, with a March 13 deadline, includes Community AIE Programs
and AIE Programs for At-Risk Youth. Arts Project Support, also with a March
13 deadline, is open to non-arts organizations such as local governmental
entities, libraries, recreation commissions, community colleges, historical
societies or museums, and chambers of commerce. Operational Support for
Arts and Cultural Organizations has a March 27, 2001 deadline. (KR 2/01/01)
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Deadline: Arts in Education 3/13/01, Operational Support
3/27/01
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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The Energy Department is seeking applications for research to develop and
improve methods and tools that focus on specialized topics in the integrated
assessment of global climate change. Program categories are technology
innovation and diffusion; development of consistent international data;
supply curves for non-carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases; and representation
of anthropogenic release of sequestration of carbon dioxide through land
use changes and carbon sequestration technologies. 01-22
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Deadline: 4/3/01
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The Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Department of Energy,
announces its interest in receiving applications for experimental and theoretical
studies of radiation and clouds in conjunction with the Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement (ARM) Program as part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP). Applications are requested in one or more of the following four
areas: 1) the development of models and parameterization of radiative transfer
or cloud processes, including aerosol effects, or the testing of those
models in GCM's or process-level models; 2) experimental studies at CART
facilities to test elements of models and their performance; 3) experimental
studies to obtain key laboratory data; or 4) the analysis of existing data,
including field data and satellite data, to support model development or
testing. Notice 01-23
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Deadline: Preapplications 4/16/01; Proposals 5/15/01
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NASA's Office of Space Science has released its NRA for proposals supporting
research, analysis, and technology across a broad range of space science
program elements relevant to one or more of the four OSS science themes:
Astronomical Search for Origins, Solar System Exploration, Structure and
Evolution of the Universe, and The Sun-Earth Connection. Proposal due dates
are staggered from April 6 through November 9, 2001. NRA 01-OSS-01
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Deadline: 4/6/01 through 11/9/01
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bioastronautics
Research Division solicits proposals for research investigations in support
of Research Opportunities in Space Life Sciences. This announcement is
specific to the Advanced Human Support Technology (AHST) Program within
the Bioastronautics Research Division and solicits proposals for the following
projects: Advance Environmental Monitoring and Control, Advanced Life Support,
and Advanced Extravehicular Activity. Proposals requested by this announcement
may be for ground-based research investigations, and limited types of space-flight
experiments designed for the Shuttle middeck or for the early phase of
utilization of the International Space Station. NRA-01-OBPR-01
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Deadline: 4/26/01
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
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This initiative is designed to stimulate and solicit studies on gastrointestinal
tract, liver and exocrine pancreas development and stem cells. Key research
issues to be addressed will be: 1) how the developing endoderm gives rise
to heterogeneous populations of cells in these developing and adult tissues;
and 2) the molecular characterization of stem cells and their immediate
descendants. Interdisciplinary projects that focus on basic developmental
biology, stem cell biology and relevant clinical conditions associated
with the GI tract, liver and pancreas are encouraged. This initiative will
also encourage development of new research tools through Exploratory/Developmental
Grants (R21). DK-01-023 (NIHG 11/14/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/9/01; Applications 4/10/01
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The Army's Medical Research and Materiel Command has released the first
of two announcements for prostate cancer research and training. This Program
Announcement I requests proposals in three previously established areas:
Idea Development Awards, new Investigator Awards, and Postdoctoral Traineeship
Awards. The objectives of the program are to: 1) prevent prostate cancer;
2) detect prostate cancer in its earliest states of development; 3) cure
prostate cancer; and 4) improve the quality of life for individuals and
their families living with prostate cancer.
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/7/01; Proposals 3/21/01
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute invites research grant applications
to conduct studies on the immunobiology of health and disease in the cardiovascular,
pulmonary, or blood systems. The intent of this Request for Applications
is to stimulate research that will increase fundamental knowledge of the
cellular and molecular components and mechanisms and signaling processes
that regulate the immune system in cardiovascular, pulmonary, and blood
tissues and are important in healthy tissue maintenance, damaged tissue
repair, or disease pathogenesis. HL-01-003 (NIHG 01/02/01)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/1/01; Applications 3/29/01
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The Lupus Research Program supports clinical, basic or psychosocial research
related to the causes, treatments, prevention and cure of lupus erythematosus.
Seed money is provided to test new approaches and develop experimental
prototypes that may be presented for larger-scale funding through public
or other sources.The award is for junior investigators (assistant professor).
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Deadline: 4/1/01
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The purpose of this Program Announcement is to develop novel technologies
for capturing, enriching, and preserving exfoliated abnormal cells in body
fluids or effusions and to develop methods for concentrating the enriched
cells for biomarker studies. PAR-01-019 (NIHG 11/15/00)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 3/6/01; Applications 4/10/01,
10/11/01, 11/15/01
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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, Rich Doan, 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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