2-2 Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25) (NIH)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to develop recent baccalaureate science graduates from diverse backgrounds so that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue PhD or MD-PhD degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences. The program provides support for well-designed academic enhancements and extensive research experiences aimed at preparing individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences to complete PhD or MD-PhD degree programs in these disciplines. Only one application per institution is allowed. PAR-12-056 (NIHG 12/16/12)

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-056.html

Deadline: Internal 1/24/2012; Applications 2/24/2012

February

2-1 Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) (NSF)

The Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) program funds research and educational projects that improve ethics education in all fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, with priority consideration given to interdisciplinary, inter-institutional, and international contexts. Although the primary focus is on improving ethics education for graduate students in NSF-funded fields, the proposed programs may benefit advanced undergraduates as well. An eligible organization may submit only one proposal as the lead organization. NSF 11-514

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11514/nsf11514.htm

Deadline: Internal 2/1/2012; Proposal 3/14/2011

4-2 Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering (NSF)

This solicitation aims at introducing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate engineering education. The focus of the FY 2012 competition is on nanoscale engineering education with relevance to devices and systems and/or on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology. Only one proposal may be submitted by a US academic institution, College/Department of Engineering or College/Department of Engineering Technology as the lead institution with the following exception: A US academic institution may submit a second proposal as the lead institution, only if it is focused on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology. NSF 12-534

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12534/nsf12534.htm

Deadline: Internal 2/23/2012; Proposal 4/23/2012

7-8 Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R31) (NIH)

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: 1) establish and/or enhance academic-community partnerships; 2) identify community-driven research priorities, and 3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Thus, it is expected these partnerships will lead to grant applications for the support of CBPR projects designed to meet identified community needs. The areas of focus for these partnerships may include one or more of the following community-health issues: infant mortality; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; health literacy; techniques for outreach and information dissemination; pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS prevention; and violence prevention. Only one application per institution is allowed. PAR-12-102 (NIHG 2/10/12)

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-12-102.html

Deadline: Internal 2/27/2012, 8/17/2014; Applications 4/10/2012, 10/17/2013

10-2 Challenge Grants (NEH)

NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Through these awards, many organizations and institutions have been able to increase their humanities capacity and secure the permanent support of an endowment. Grants may be used to establish or enhance endowments or spend-down funds that generate expendable earnings to support ongoing program activities. Challenge grants may also provide capital directly supporting the procurement of long-lasting objects, such as acquisitions for archives and collections, the purchase of equipment, and the construction or renovation of facilities needed for humanities activities. controlled by, other federal entities in their projects. Institutions may apply for only one NEH challenge grant in a calendar year20120502-CH (GG 2/29/12)

• URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/challenge.html

Deadline: Internal 3/31/12; Applications 5/2/12

11-11 High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) (DARPA)

DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of the clean-slate development of software for high-assurance cyber-physical systems. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. Technical Areas are as follows: Military Vehicle Experts; Operating Systems; Control Systems; Research Integration; and Red Team--This technical area is focused on assessing the security of the targeted vehicles, including the defense vehicles provided by Military Vehicle Experts, the challenge problems, and the open-source vehicle(s). A proposer should submit no more than one proposal as a prime contractor. Such a proposal may cover one to five technical areas. DARPA-BAA-12-21 (GG 3/1/12)

• URL: http://www.darpa.mil/Opportunities/Solicitations/I2O_Solicitations.aspx

Deadline: Internal 5/1/2012; Applications 7/12/2012

15-3 Farm to School Grant Program (USDA)

The Farm to School Grant Program is part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which authorized and funded USDA to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools. The new investments will assist schools in procuring food from local producers. Farm to school initiatives can also include agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as school gardens, field trips to local farms, and cooking classes. Applicants are encouraged to first submit a Letter of Intent and then apply for either a Planning Grant or an Implementation Grant. Only one application per eligible entity is permitted. USDA-FNS-F2S-2012 (GG 4/16/12)

• URL: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/F2S/

Deadline: Internal 5/10/2012; Letters of Intent 5/18/2012; Proposals 6/15/2012

15-1 Scholarship Program (Grant)

The Scholars Program supports the professional development of early-career researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. The goal is to help Scholars tackle important questions that will advance theory, policy, and practice for youth and to do so with an expanded array of expertise that includes different methods, disciplinary perspectives, and content knowledge. Potential Scholars should have a promising track record of conducting high-quality research, but want to pursue a qualitative shift in their trajectory as researchers. The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the everyday settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. Major divisions (e.g., College of Arts and Sciences, Medical School) of an institution may nominate only one applicant each year.

• URL: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_scholars/william_t_grant_scholars

Deadline: Internal 5/15/2012; Nominations 7/3/2012

23-11 Developing and Improving Institutional Animal Resources (G20) (NIH)

This FOA issued by the Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from biomedical research institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve individual animal resources. Support can be requested to alter and renovate (A&R) the animal facilities, as well as to improve the animal care equipment in the facility. Only one application per institution is allowed. RFA-OD-12-008 (NIHG 6/8/12)

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-12-008.html

Deadline: Internal 6/30/2012; Applications 8/7/2012 23

27-5 Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI: BIC) (NSF)

This program solicitation, Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI: BIC) starts with an existing sound scientific and/or engineering-based research discovery that can be translated to market-valued solutions through a partnership between academe and small technology-based businesses. The funds will provide support to an academic institution to partner with at least two small technology-based businesses that are not in direct competition with each other to carry out early translational-research activities The primary aims of the activities of this partnership are three-fold: 1) to build the innovation capacity of the individual participants from academe and from business; 2) to increase the viability of the small business concerns; and 3) to develop the next-generation workforce by providing opportunities for students at different levels to effectively learn from, participate in, and be profoundly changed by exposure to the process of building innovation capacity that occurs in BIC projects. Lead academic institutions are limited to participation on one proposal as a lead institution. A lead academic institution may NOT participate as a subawardee on any other proposal submitted under this solicitation. NSF 12-578

• URL: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12578/nsf12578.htm

Deadline: Internal Deadline 7/27/2012; Letters of Intent 9/26/2012; Proposals 12/12/2012

17-1 Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) (NSF)

AGEP is committed to the national goal of increasing the numbers of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (URMs), including URMs with disabilities entering and completing graduate education and postdoctoral training to levels representative of the available pool of URMs. The AGEP program will support the development, implementation, study, and dissemination of innovative models and standards of graduate education and postdoctoral training that are designed to improve URM participation, preparation, and success. AGEP projects must focus on URM U.S. citizens in STEM graduate education, and/or postdoctoral training, and their preparation for academic STEM careers at all types of institutions of higher education. AGEP intends to support the following types of projects: AGEP-Transformation - Strategic alliances of institutions and organizations to develop, implement, and study innovative evidence-based models and standards for STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and academic STEM career preparation that eliminate or mitigate negative factors and promote positive practices for URMs. AGEP-Knowledge Adoption and Translation (AGEP-KAT) - Projects to expand the adoption (or adaptation) of research findings and evidence-based strategies and practices related to the participation and success of URMs in STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and academic STEM careers at all types of institutions of higher education. AGEP-Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education (AGEP-BPR) - Investigator initiated empirical research projects that seek to create and study new theory-driven models and innovations related to the participation and success of URMs in STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and academic STEM careers at all types of institutions of higher education. NSF 12-554

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12554/nsf12554.htm

Deadline: Internal, Transformation 7/28/2012; Proposals 9/28/2012; AGEP-KAT, AGEP BPR Proposals 10/30/2012

28-1 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) (NSF)

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM. An institution that awards baccalaureate degrees is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal. There are no restrictions on the number of Type 2 proposals that an individual or organization may submit. NSF 11-550

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11550/nsf11550.htm

Deadline: Internal 8/1/2012; Proposals 9/25/2012

27-2 ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers (NSF)

The overall goal of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby developing a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Proposed strategies to achieve this goal are based on and justified by relevant theoretical frameworks that often include, but are not limited to: Organizational models and mechanisms of institutional transformation that lead to a STEM climate that is conducive to achieving gender equity; Structural and cultural factors, intrinsic and extrinsic to institutions of higher education and the STEM disciplines, that impact gender equity; The impact of intersectionality on gender equity in STEM fields; The differential impact of academic culture at different institution types (i.e., liberal arts institutions, minority serving institutions, community colleges) on gender equity; The structural and cultural factors, intrinsic and extrinsic to institutions of higher education and STEM disciplines, in particular, that impact academic STEM career choice and persistence; The overall impact of broadening participation of women in higher education. Proposer organizations may submit only one Institutional Transformation proposal or one IT-Catalyst proposal. There is no limit on the number of PAID proposals that can be submitted. NSF 12-584 (GG 7/10/12)

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12584/nsf12584.htm

Deadline: Internal 8/5/2012; Letters of Intent10/5/2012; Proposals 11/8/2012

22-11 Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) (NSF)

This program seeks to enhance and expand the national resource of digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States. The information associated with various collections of organisms, such as geographic, paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution, environmental habitat data, phenology, information about associated organisms, collector field notes, and tissues and molecular data extracted from the specimens, is a rich resource providing the baseline from which to further biodiversity research and provide critical information about existing gaps in our knowledge of life on earth. The national resource is structured at three levels: a central coordinating organization, a series of thematic networks based on an important research theme, and the physical collections. Only one TCN proposal may be submitted by any one organization as the lead organization. NSF 12-565

• URL: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12565/nsf12565.htm

Deadline: Internal 8/19/2012; Proposals 10/19/12

28-2 Innovation Corps - Regional Node Program (I-Corps Node) (NSF)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon fundamental research to guide the output of scientific discoveries closer to the development of technologies, products and processes that benefit society. The National Science Foundation plans to build upon the I-Corps program and establish a National Innovation Network comprised of I-Corps Regional Nodes that will support the needs for innovation research and education. NSF is seeking to build a network of regional nodes that will work cooperatively to establish, utilize and sustain a national innovation ecosystem that further enhances the development of technologies, products and processes that benefit society. The interconnected nodes of this network may be diverse in research areas, resources, tools, programs, capabilities, and in geographic locations--while the network will have the flexibility to grow or reconfigure as needs arise. I-Corps Regional Nodes will foster understanding on how to: 1) identify, develop and support promising ideas that can generate value, 2) create and implement tools and resources that enhance our nation's innovation capacity, 3) gather, analyze, evaluate and utilize the data and insight resulting from the experiences of those participating in the I-Corps program and 4) share and leverage effective innovation practices on a national scale--to improve the quality of life for the U.S. citizenry. The limit on number of proposals per PI is 1. The limit on the number of proposals per organization is 1. NSF 12-586

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12586/nsf12586.htm

Deadline: Internal 8/19/2012; Proposals 10/19/2012, 10/18/2013

30-3 Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (NIH)

The purpose of the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) Program is to develop a diverse group of highly trained biomedical and behavioral scientists to address the Nation's biomedical and behavioral research needs. The program promotes consortia between research-intensive institutions (RII) and partner institutions that have a historical mission and a demonstrated commitment to the training, encouragement and assistance to students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of the nation. The IRACDA program provides support for a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at an RII combined with an opportunity to develop the academic skills, including teaching, through workshops and through mentored teaching assignments of postdoctoral fellows at a partner institution. Only one application per institution is allowed. PAR-12-245 (NIHG 7/27/12)

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-245.html

Deadline: Internal 8/24/2012; Applications 9/24/2012

31-8 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (BWF)

The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease program provides opportunities for assistant professors to bring multidisciplinary approaches to the study of human infectious diseases. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study what happens at the points where human and microbial systems connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of this encounter: how colonization, infection, commensalism and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones. Studies supported by the program may have their roots in pathogen or host biology but the focus of the work should be on the interplay of host and microbe. A U.S. or Canadian institution including its medical school, graduate schools, and all affiliated hospitals and research institutes may nominate up to two candidates. To encourage applications from veterinarians, institutions that nominate a researcher who holds the D.V.M. will be allowed three nominations.

• URL: http://www.bwfund.org/pages/75/Infectious-Diseases/

Deadline: Internal 9/1/2012; Applications 11/1/2012

31-10 Summer Institutes for European Student Leaders (DoS)

The Europe/Eurasia Branch of the Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of two Summer Institutes for European Student Leaders. The Institutes will take place over the course of five weeks, beginning mid-June 2013. The Institutes should take place at U.S. academic institutions and provide groups of highly motivated undergraduate students or recent high school graduates from selected countries in Europe with in-depth seminars on the topics detailed in the RFGP. Each Institute should conclude with a two or three day session in Washington, D.C. ECA welcomes applications from accredited U.S. colleges and universities in the United States. Only one proposal per institution is allowed. ECA-A-E-EUR-13-02-OY-B (GG 10/10/12)

• URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=191193&mode=VIEW

Deadline: Internal 9/4/2012; Applications 10/4/2012

SOCIAL SCIENCES

33-3 Bridges to the Doctorate Program (R25) (NIH)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to increase the pool of master's degree students from underrepresented backgrounds who go on to research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, and who are trained and available to participate in NIH-funded research. This initiative promotes partnerships/consortia between colleges or universities granting a terminal master's degree with institutions that offer the doctorate degree. The program expects that the joint efforts of doctorate degree-granting and master's degree-granting institutions will foster the development of a well-integrated institutional program that will provide students with the necessary academic preparation and skills to enable their transition and successful completion of the Ph.D. degree in biomedical and behavioral sciences. Only one application per institution is allowed. PAR-12-276 (NIHG 8/31/12)

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-276.html

Deadline: Internal 9/21/2012; Applications 10/26/2012

33-8 Research Faculty Fellowship Program (Microsoft)

Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship grant recipients will be selected from applicants from four regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the United States and Canada; and Australia and New Zealand. Microsoft Research selects a handful of top early-career professors in the field of computer science and provides them each with a cash award. Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field.

• URL: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/msrff.aspx

Deadline: Internal 9/24/2012; Nominations 10/22/2012

33-11 Obama Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (USIEF)

The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) announces an open competition for the support of projects through the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI). Announced by the US and Indian governments, OSI aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education. Accredited US post-secondary educational institutions may submit proposals to support the program's goals of encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating educational reform, fostering economic development, and engaging civil society through academic cooperation with Indian post secondary educational institutions. Exchange activities may include but are not limited to curriculum design, research collaboration, team teaching, focused series of exchanges, and seminars, among other activities. Proposals in the following fields are eligible: Energy; Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Environmental Studies; Education and Educational Reform; Public Health; and Community Development and Innovation. Note: USIEF will only accept one proposal per institution. Institutions that have received an OSI grant in the past are not eligible to apply again.

• URL: www.usief.org.in

Deadline: Internal 10/1/2012; Proposals 11/1/2012

36-2 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) (NSF)

The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM. An institution that awards baccalaureate degrees is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal. NSF 11-550

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5488

Deadline: Internal 10/10/2012; Proposals 12/10/2012

39-2 NIH Directors Early Independence Awards (DP5) (NIH)

The NIH Director's Early Independence Award Program supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period. Only up to two applications per institution are allowed. RFA-RM-12-018

• URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-018.html

Deadline: Internal 10/30/2012; Letters of Intent 12/30/2012; Applications 1/30/2013

37-1 Major Research Instrumentation Program: Instrument Aquistion or Development (NSF)

The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) program assists with the acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development of a single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual). The limit on the number of proposals per organization is 3. If three proposals are submitted, at least one of the proposals must be for instrument development (i.e., no more than two proposals may be for instrument acquisition). NSF 11-503

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11503/nsf11503.htm

Deadline: Internal 11/2/2012; Proposals 1/24/2013

26-5 Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) (NSF)

NSF seeks proposals to establish a networked set of Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) that will address pressing interdisciplinary scientific questions concerning geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and their couplings that govern critical zone system dynamics. The CZOs are expected, collectively, to 1) measure and quantify the significant processes of the critical zone on appropriate time and space scales; 2) develop a unifying theoretical framework that integrates new understanding of coupled hydrological, geochemical, geomorphological, sedimentological and biological processes; and 3) develop, couple and validate system-level models to predict how the critical zone responds to external forces such as anthropogenic, climatic, and/or tectonic processes. An overarching goal of the critical zone observatory network, which will be comprised of US-based sites, is to offer scalable and transferable information that could enhance the scale and scope of the knowledge building and societal benefits that will accrue beyond where the specific CZOs are located. Any one institution may submit only one CZO proposal as Lead institution. NSF 12-575

• URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12575/nsf12575,htm

Deadline: Internal 11/5/2012; Proposals 2/5/2012

42-3 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program (Dreyfus)

The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship attained within the first five years of their appointment as independent researchers, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The program is open to academic institutions in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America that grant a bachelor's or higher degree in the chemical sciences, including biochemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical engineering. Institutions may make only one nomination annually. (TGA 11/12)

• URL: http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/camille_dreyfus_teacher_award.shtml

Deadline: Internal 12/10/2012; Nominations 2/10/2013