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GENERAL

41-1 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (ED)

The Education Department will award fellowships to assist graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate financial need. Applications that propose to provide fellowships in biology, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering, mathematics and physics will receive competitive priority. (FR 11/14/96)

Deadline: 01/06/97

AGRICULTURE

41-2 Integrated Pest Management (USDA)

The United States Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service provides funds for Integrated Pest Management Grant research and extension in the North Central Region. Projects may span the spectrum from development of new IPM tactics to integration of tactics into IPM systems to implementation. The NC-IPM Program requires that funded proposals fit within prescribed areas to assure the development of improved pest management systems for edible horticultural crops, agronomic crops (range and pasture) and urban landscapes.

Deadline: Letters of Intent 01/10/97; Proposals 01/31/97

EDUCATION

41-3 Mobility in Higher Education (ED)

The Education Department's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education is inviting applications to increase cooperative activities and the mobility of undergraduate students between the United States, Mexico and Canada. Projects should encourage cooperation and exchange between nation's institutions; increase knowledge of languages, cultures and institutions; improve the quality of human resource development; augment mobility among students, including promoting mutual recognition, portability of credits and exploring joint curricula and degrees; form partnerships beyond eligible institutions to include business, professional associations, public authorities and other associations; and encourage exchange of expertise in new developments of higher education, including new technologies.

Deadline: 03/15/97

ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICAL SCIENCES

41-4 Precision Measurement (NIST)

Abbreviated applications for grants to support research in the field of fundamental measurement can be submitted to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. While NIST gives latitude in the kind of research that will be considered, experimental research is generally preferred over theoretical. Examples include: (1) experimental and theoretical studies of fundamental physical phenomena which test the basic laws of physics or which may lead to new or improved fundamental measurement methods and standards; (2) determination of important fundamental physical constants; and (3) development of new standards for physical measurement of the highest possible precision and accuracy. (RIN 0693-ZA09)

Deadline: 02/03/97

41-5 Integrated Fuel Cell Systems and Components for Transportation and Buildings (DOE)

Department of Energy (DOE) plans to invite Financial Assistance Applications for research and development of advanced fuel processors and proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The focus of this research is on light-duty transportation applications and on PEM-based cogeneration systems for commercial buildings. This program ) seeks innovative research and development in the following three program topic areas: (1) complete power systems suitable for automobiles in which the fuel cell is integrated with a fuel processor that can operate on common transportation fuels (e.g., methanol, ethanol, gasoline and natural gas); (2) research that addresses critical issue(s) and/or component(s) of the fuel processor or fuel cell systems; and (3) advanced PEM fuel cell systems for commercial buildings that demonstrate the potential of this technology in cogeneration applications. DE-RA02-97EE50443 (CBD 10/21/96)

Deadline: 01/15/97

41-6 Hubble Space Telescope Flight Investigations (NASA)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces the opportunity to propose scientific investigations that use the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and for which flight instrumentation must be developed. NASA plans to place the instrument(s) selected under this AO on the HST during the fourth servicing visit in November 2002. Proposals submitted in response to this AO must address the potential of the investigations that would be conducted with the proposed instrumentation and provide an adequate rationale to justify their selection. Proposals must exhibit technical feasibility within current technology or technology that can reasonably be expected to be developed under the proposed approach and within the proposed schedule and resources. (AO 96-OSS-03)

Deadline: Letters of Intent 12/03/96; Proposals 04/15/97

41-7 Energy Research (DOE)

The Energy Department is inviting grant applications under its standing energy research program. Funding categories include basic energy sciences, biological and environmental research, fusion energy, computational and technology research, multi-program energy laboratories--facilities support, high energy and nuclear physics, and energy research analysis activities. Notice 97-01 (FR 11/14/96)

Deadline: Open

41-8 Microgravity Materials Science: Research and Flight Experiment Opportunities (NASA)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is interested in receiving proposals for basic experimental and theoretical research using microgravity in advance scientific knowledge and technology in materials science. In addition, proposals are sought to provide a fundamental understanding of physical and chemical processes in extraterrestrial environments, such as local resource utilization, radiation protection materials, welding and joining, and energy conversion and storage. (CBD 11/19/96)

Deadline: 03/11/97

41-9 Summer Faculty Research Program (ONR)

The Summer Faculty Research Program provides science and engineering faculty members from institutions of higher education the opportunity to participate in research at Navy laboratories for a ten week period during the summer break. Participants work with professional peers in the Navy laboratories on research tasks of mutual interest. The research for the summer is defined in advance through correspondence and an optional pre-program visit to the research site, for which funds are provided. Three levels of appointment are available: Summer Faculty Fellow, Senior Summer Faculty Fellow, and Distinguished Summer Faculty Fellow. For all appointments, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen and hold a teaching or research position at a U.S. college or university.

Deadline: 01/10/97

41-10 Sabbatical Leave Program (ONR)

The Faculty Sabbatical Leave Program provides science and engineering faculty the opportunity to conduct research at navy laboratories while on sabbatical leave. Participants in the Sabbatical Leave will receive a monthly stipend making up the difference between salary and sabbatical leave pay from their home institution. In addition, participants will receive reimbursement for travel to and from the laboratory site and a relocation allowance for those who must relocate their residence during their sabbatical leave tenure. Appointments are for minimum of one semester and maximum of one year. Since this is a residential sabbatical, participants must conduct research on site.

Deadline: 01/01, 04/01, 07/01, 10/01

41-11 Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (NSF)

The Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides funds to research institutions and consortia thereof for the purchase of multi-user instruments, for major instrumentation development and construction, and for the establishment and support of multi-user research facilities in the chemical sciences. The CRIF Program is designed to support the following types of academic instrumentation research needs: purchase or upgrade of departmental multi-user instrumentation; purchase of departmental research instrumentation for use by junior faculty in establishing their academic careers; instrumentation development, including the construction of new prototype instruments; and establishment and support of unique national or regional instrumentation facilities. (NSF 97-2)

Deadline: 01/13/97

HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES

41-12 Community-Based Prevention/Intervention Research in EHS (NIH)

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) invite research grant applications addressing development of community-based strategies aimed at prevention and intervention activities in economically disadvantaged and/or underserved populations adversely impacted by an environmental contaminant. The purpose of awards in this program of Community-Based Prevention/Intervention Research in Environmental Health Sciences is to: stimulate further advances in the design and implementation of prevention and intervention methods that are appropriately applied to environmental health; develop community-based public health research approaches to diseases and health conditions having an environmentally related etiology and determine the impact of these methods; and bridge the gaps between basic and clinical research in environmental health science as well as gaps between institutional researchers and community members. ES-96-008 (NIHG 11/15/96)

Deadline: Letter of Intent 12/10/96, Application 02/11/97

41-13 Technologies for Genome Analysis (NIH)

The purpose of this request for applications is to stimulate the development of genomic-scale technologies for the study of genome function and sequence variation. Within the next decade, it is anticipated that the complete DNA sequences of the human and numerous model organisms will be determined and available for comprehensive analysis. The next challenge lies in systematically decoding the genomic information, e.g., finding all the genes and understanding how their gene products function; defining common alleles and haplotypes, and associating them with phenotypes; and analyzing the conservation of genes and other features among species. The tools needed to analyze genomic DNA efficiently are just beginning to emerge and many more robust technologies are needed. The Human Genome Project has been successful in generating information and resources rapidly and economically, in part, by developing and applying high-throughput and efficient technologies. Therefore, the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) seeks the development of technologies that can be applied in similar ways to the rapid and efficient analysis of genome function and sequence variation. HG-97-001 (NIHG 11/08/96)

Deadline: Letters of Intent 02/27/97; Applications 03/27/97

41-14 Planning Grants for Biomedical Epidemiologic and Intervention Studies (NIH)

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) will provide grant support for planning and protocol development of biomedical epidemiologic and intervention studies in research areas supported by the Geriatrics Program. The planning grant mechanisms is intended to facilitate careful and detailed protocol development and peer review of proposed complex intervention and epidemiologic studies through a two-stage process (rationale and basic design first, detailed protocol and organization second), in order to minimize unnecessary effort by applicants and reviewers, and allow careful scrutiny of the methods proposed for projects whose basic rationale and design have been judged to be of high quality. PAR-97-011 (NIHG 11/15/96)

Deadline: 02/01, 06/01, 10/01

SOCIAL SCIENCES

41-15 Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse (NIH)

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is firmly committed to support of research in the area of adolescent drug abuse. The purpose of this program announcement is to encourage further investigations in this area, particularly with regard to gaps in current knowledge. Given the increased number of young persons environmentally exposed to and/or directly involved in using drugs, there is currently insufficient scientific knowledge about therapeutic interventions which are cost-effective in treating drug abusing youths in a variety of settinsg or efficacious in treating adolescents with special needs, including those who are runaways or homeless, incarcerated or on probation, gang members, pregnant or parenting, gay or lesbian, HIV positive or diagnosed with a comorbid mental disorder. PA-97-005 (NIHG 11/01/96)

Deadline: 02/01, 06/01, 10/01

STUDENT

41-16 Graduate Fellowship Programs (DOD)

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (NDSEG) is a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens trained in disciplines of science and engineering of military importance. The Department of Defense (DOD) offers these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. Fellowships are awarded for study and research leading to doctoral degrees in mathematical, physical, biological, ocean and engineering sciences. NDSEG Fellows do not incur any military or other service obligation but must be citizens or national of the United States.

Deadline: 01/15/97