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April 27, 2001 (Vol. 10, No. 17)
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GENERAL
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The Environmental Protection Agency is inviting applications for
research to anticipate and analyze future environmental issues over the
next 25 to 100 years. Projects should demonstrate the value of nanoscale
science and technology to prevent and solve future environmental problems;
target emerging environmental problems and new approaches and techniques
that can be pursued to solve them; and identify significant socio-economic
trends and their effects.
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Deadline: 6/18/2001, 7/11/2001
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The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State announces
an open competition for grants under the Israel-Arab Peace Partners Program.
Organizations may submit proposals to develop and implement exchange programs
involving participants from Israel and one or more Arab countries or entities
in the Middle East or North Africa. Participants should include college
and graduate students as well as leaders and public policy advocates in
various professions. The Office of Citizen Exchanges solicits proposals
in five areas of focus: 1) Dispute Resolution/Conflict Prevention; 2) Environmental
Protection and Environmentally Responsible Development; 3) Democratization
and Building Civil Society; 4) Enhancing the Rights and Opportunities of
Women and/or the Disabled; and 5) A Community-based Exchange.
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Deadline: 6/3/2001
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The purpose of this RFA is to reannounce the National Institute of
General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) program of the Large-Scale Collaborative
Project Awards, (commonly called Large Glue Grants). The intention is to
make resources available for independently funded scientists to form research
teams to solve a complex biological problem that would be beyond the means
of any one research group, and that is of central importance to biomedical
science and to the mission of the NIGMS. Participating investigators should
already hold externally peer reviewed and funded research grants in the
area of the proposal, and in general, support of the new individual research
projects will not be a part of these large scale project awards. Grants
for this initiative will be awarded in two phases. The purpose of the Phase
I award is to provide resources for detailed planning to applicants who
have demonstrated the selection of an appropriate complex biological problem,
an innovative plan, and appropriate commitments to its solution from participating
investigators and institutions. GM-01-004
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Deadline: 6/18/2001
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The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) is seeking research
proposals that draw on the rules and operation of biological systems to
address issues such as communication and control between biomolecular structures.
Areas include: sensing, stimulation and signal transduction; structures
and materials; energy storage and conversion; and guidance and control
systems, for example, for navigation, communication and threat avoidance.
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Deadline: 6/15/2001
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The Biological Information Technology and Systems (BITS) Program
will support high risk/ high return research at the interface of biology
and information technology. Biological systems have enormous capabilities
as powerful and agile control systems for robotic and regulatory systems,
and for pattern recognition, adaptability, information storage, retrieval
and processing, sensor fusion and other information-handling tasks. Determining
what needs to and what can be learned about information processing in biological
systems should lead to important new information systems (algorithms, software
and systems) and technologies (computer platforms, sensors, robotic devices,
etc.) The initial phase of this program will focus on developing computational
models and theories for the information processing mechanisms encountered
in biological systems. NSF 01-02
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 6/8/2001; Proposals 7/8/2001
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The Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
announces a research initiative jointly sponsored with the U.S. Department
of Transportation (USDOT) for Exploratory Research on Information and Communications
Systems for Surface Transportation. The goal of the NSF/USDOT program is
to support basic research aimed at discovering ways innovative information
and information/communication technologies can be integrated into surface
transportation systems in order to meet challenges and constraints related
to competitiveness, congestion, safety, land use, energy and environment.
This program is intended to offer opportunities to address technical as
well as non-technical influences by engaging supporting disciplines, such
as computer science and engineering, natural and social sciences, operations
research, systems engineering, and telecommunications. NSF 01-87
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Deadline: 6/8/2001
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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 Fund for Rural America (FFRA) for fiscal year (FY) 2001 to support
competitively awarded research, extension and education grants addressing
key issues that contribute to economic diversification and sustainable
development in rural areas. FY 2001 Program areas are: 1) Rural Community
Innovation (RCI); and 2) Harnessing Demographic Change to Increase Rural
Opportunity.
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Deadline: 6/19/2001
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EDUCATION
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The Department of Education provides grants to implement schoolwide
bilingual education programs or schoolwide special alternative instruction
programs for reforming, restructuring, and upgrading all relevant programs
and operations that serve all or virtually all limited English proficient
children and youth in one or more schools with significant concentrations
of these children and youth. CFDA 84.290U (FR 04/16/01)
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Deadline: 6/15/2001
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The Department of Education is inviting applications for the Early
Childhood Educator Professional Development Program. The purpose of this
program is to provide replicable high-quality professional development
programs to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators
who work in programs located in urban or rural high-poverty communities,
and who serve primarily children from low-income families. These programs
must primarily provide research-based training that will improve early
childhood pedagogy and will further children's language and literacy skills
to prevent them from encountering reading difficulties when they enter
school. CFDA 84.349A (FR 04/24/01)
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Deadline: 6/25/2001
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ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is soliciting proposal
concept papers for various research projects, technology advancements and/or
demonstrations directed at enhancing the deployment of high-speed rail
service in the United States. Technologies most likely to enhance the deployment
of high-speed rail service in the U.S. are those which will enhance the
revenue-generating capability of high-speed operations; bring about capital
cost reductions and economy in producing equipment and facilities; reduce
operating costs; improve the reliability of equipment and infrastructure
components; improve safety; and/or enhance the social benefits and/or environmental
aspects of high speed rail. BAA 2000-1 (CBD 06/19/00)
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Deadline: 6/30/2001
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The purpose of the Strategic Technologies program is to improve the
operational or functional capabilities of the Internet and to enable related
collateral efforts for the benefit of the research and education research
community. Areas of support include but are not limited to: complex network
monitoring; problem detection and resolution mechanisms; development of
automated and advanced network tools, networked applications tools or network-based
middleware; creation of usable and widely deployable networking applications
that promote collaborative research and information sharing, and innovative
access network technologies. NSF 01-90
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Deadline: 6/21/2001
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The Whitaker Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated
to improving human health through the support of biomedical engineering.
The Teaching Materials Program is designed to enhance the education of
biomedical engineers through the development of high-quality teaching materials.
Grants will be made for writing textbooks for core biomedical engineering
courses at the undergraduate or early graduate levels and visionary, seminal
books dealing with topics in the field. The foundation will also consider
electronically based teaching materials. Awards under the Teaching Materials
Program will support selected authors through institutional grants for
release time or sabbaticals during the later stages of textbook writing.
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Deadline: 6/29/2001
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of
Space Science (OSS) is releasing a Cooperative Agreement Notice soliciting
proposals from organizations interested in serving as regional Education
and Public Outreach (E/PO) Broker/Facilitators. The Broker/Facilitator
program is aimed at expanding the impact of OSS's E/PO program by encouraging
and facilitating the development of partnerships between the space science
and education communities and by providing meaningful opportunities for
underserved and underutilized groups to participate in OSS research and
education programs. CAN-01-OSS-01
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Deadline: 6/7/2001
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES
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Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC) is a component of
the U.S. Global Change Research Program, with the goals of understanding
and ultimately predicting how populations of marine animal species (holozooplankton,
fish and benthic invertebrates) respond to natural and anthropologic changes
in global climate. (FR 03/20/01)
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Deadline: 7/10/2001
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The objective for this Request for Application (RFA) is to stimulate
investigator-initiated research to elucidate the mechanisms underlying
persistent, asymptomatic infection (also referred to as as latency) with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RFA-AI-01-009
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 6/16/2001; Applications 7/16/2001
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SMALL BUSINESS
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The SBIR/STTR Program stimulates technological innovation in the
private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in
meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial
application of federally supported research results, and fostering and
encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged persons
and women-owned small businesses. NSF has formulated four broad solicitation
topics for SBIR/STTR that conform to the high-technology investment sector's
interest: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Systems (AM); Biotechnology
(BT); Electronics (EL); and, Information-Based Technologies (IT). NSF 01-28
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Deadline: AM, IT 6/12/2001, BT, EL 1/17/2002
SOCIAL SCIENCES
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The Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs in the Department of State announces an open competition
for an assistance award to support the New Bulgarian University in its
efforts to develop a curriculum and improve its program of instruction
and outreach in public administration. The means for achieving this objective
may include faculty training, case study development, consultation, teaching,
research, interactive distance education, internship training and professional
outreach to local government officials and public sector managers.
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Deadline: 6/1/2001
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Advanced Training Institutes in Social Psychology will provide quality
training in new methodologies, statistical procedures, and other tools
that support and enhance social psychological research. Funding will be
provided to establish training institutes where researchers can spend time
acquiring basic skills and knowledge. Proposals will be considered from
investigators or groups of investigators who want to serve as the host
for an Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology. NSF 01-88
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Deadline: 6/18/2001
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R. W. Trewyn, Vice Provost for Research &
Dean of the Graduate School
Ted R. Knous, Associate Vice Provost for Research
Jim Guikema, Associate Dean
Secretary, vacant
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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