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March 26, 1999 (Vol. 8, No. 12)
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General
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces that grant
applications are being accepted for Injury Prevention and Control Research
Grants for fiscal year 1999. This program addresses the priority area of
injuries as a result of Violent and Abusive Behavior. The purposes of this
program are to: 1) Evaluate current interventions, policies and strategies
for the prevention of violence-related injuries; 2) Identify effective
strategies to prevent violence-related injuries; 3) Build the scientific
base for the prevention of injuries, disabilities, and deaths due to violence
in the following four priority areas: suicidal behavior, firearm-related
injury, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence; 4) Encourage professionals
from a wide spectrum of disciplines such as public health, health care,
medicine, criminal justice, and behavioral and social sciences, to work
together. Announcement 99055 (FR 03/16/99)
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Deadline: 4/30/99
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Science Foundation
(NSF), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announce their intent
to support a special awards competition opening in fiscal year 1999. The
goal of the Water and Watersheds competition is to develop an improved
understanding of the natural and anthropogenic processes that govern the
quantity, quality, and availability of water resources in natural and human-dominated
systems. This program also seeks an improved understanding of the structure,
function, and dynamics of the coupled terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
that comprise watersheds. This competition emphasizes well-integrated,
interdisciplinary research on important scientific, engineering, and social
principles for understanding, protecting, and restoring watershed resources.
A systems approach and general applicability of the research to watershed-scale
questions are required in each proposal.
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Deadline: 5/28/99
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Agriculture
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The Agriculture Department is inviting applications for the Food and Agricultural
Sciences Graduate Fellowship Grants Program, and supplements for current
fellows for international study or thesis/dissertation research, in six
areas: biotechnology--animal; biotechnology-- plant; engineering--food,
forest products or agriculture; human nutrition and/or food science; marketing
or management--food, forest products or agribusiness; and water science.
A maximum of six proposals may be submitted from an institution, and no
more than one proposal may be submitted in any one national need area.
John Murray, Interim Associate Vice Provost for Research will coordinate
KSU's application process. Please send him a short letter of intent, Room
103 Fairchild Hall, by April 14 if you are desirous of submiting a proposal.
(FR 03/17/99)
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Deadline: 6/7/99, 2/16/00
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Arts & Humanities
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The National Endowment for the Humanities awards Fellowships for an uninterrupted
period of from six to twelve months. Projects may contribute to scholarly
knowledge, to the advancement of teaching, or to the general public's understanding
of the humanities. Such work might eventually produce scholarly articles,
a monograph on a specialized subject, a book-length treatment of a broad
topic, an archaeological site report, a translation, an edition, or other
scholarly tool in either traditional or electronic format. A fellow must
devote full time to the fellowship study and may not accept a teaching
assignment or undertake any other major activity during the tenure of the
fellowship.
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Deadline: 5/1/99
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Education
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The National Science Foundation has released a dual announcement for Systemic
Initiatives Research Studies and Rural Systemic Initiatives Evaluative
Studies. The Systemic Initiatives Research Studies is aimed at enhancing
theoretical and empirical understanding of systemic reform. Researchers
are encouraged to identify districts participating in any of the Systemic
Initiatives programs as research sites.The Rural Systemic Initiatives Evaluative
Studies Program is aimed to conduct assessment and accountability studies
of the Rural Systemic Initiatives (RSI) program. NSF plans to support evaluative
studies of the outcomes and impacts of the RSI program that include baseline
information. (NSF 99-95)
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Deadline: 6/1/99
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The Education Department's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research is inviting applications for disability and rehabilitation research
projects to disseminate research findings; provide for international exchange
of information and experts; measure rehabilitation outcomes; and provide
for rehabilitation of persons with disabilities from minority backgrounds.
CFDA 84.133A, B (FR 03/19/99)
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Deadline: 5/3/99
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The Education Department is inviting applications for demonstration projects
to provide technical assistance and professional development for higher
education faculty and administrators to meet the education needs of students
with disabilities. Applicants must outline steps they will take to address
one or more barriers that can impede equitable access to full participation
in higher education; coordinate with other federally funded projects; avoid
duplicating other ongoing federal projects; and include letters of support
from higher education recipients of training. CFDA 84.333 (FR 03/18/99)
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Deadline: 5/5/99
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The Education Department's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
is inviting applications to implement congressional directed priorities
in the fiscal 1999 appropriations law. This program replaces the previously
canceled comprehensive program competition. Although Congressional members
had suggested specific colleges for the award categories, the Education
Department says the intent is to have a competitive process with grants
going to the best proposals. The new priorities include: Demonstration
programs to encourage underrepresented groups, such as women and minorities,
to enter careers in technology and business; Enhanced distance education
and teacher-training activities; Conversion of library catalogs to electronic
format; University-based advanced mathematics teacher-student training
program; Off-campus and community-based delivery of educational programs
and services to improve rural access; Improvement of the skills of physical
science teachers; An inter- and intravideo conferencing project; Demonstration
project that establishes a center for technical education to serve young
people who do not intend to go on to college; Innovative approaches to
connecting community colleges to four-year institutions through a cooperative
curriculum, shared student services, and faculty collaborations; A project
of interinstitutional efforts dedicated to improving the scientific expertise
and interest of undergraduate students; Educational programs to train students
for careers in the hospitality and tourism industry. (FR 03/16/99)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 4/16/99; Applications 4/30/99
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Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences
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This initiative is aimed at providing computer equipment to the university
community for upgrading obsolete equipment, enhancing computer capabilities,
and to draw new institutions into the Unidata community. The Unidata Program
Center (UPC), located in Boulder, Colorado, offers software and services
that enable universities to acquire and use atmospheric and related data
on their own computers, often in real time. The UPC's software and services
are available to any US college or university at no cost. Member institutions
provide their own computers, network connections, human resources, and
other requirements for participation, including access fees for certain
data. NSF 99-88
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Deadline: 5/24/99
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research
and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) seek innovative proposals to continue
the Cold Regions Bibliography Project, which produces the Antarctic Bibliography
and the Bibliography on Cold Regions Science and Technology. Recent advances
in technology, software, bibliographic methods, online research literature,
and online document fulfillment motivate NSF and CRREL to open future operation
of the project to competitive proposals. (NSF 99-94)
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Deadline: 6/2/99
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Understanding the Earth's upper atmosphere is the goal of two complementary
programs that will be poised to take advantage of joint measurement capabilities
in the 2000-2001 timeframe. These are the NSF Coupling Energetics and Dynamics
of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program and the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere
Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) mission. Through this NSF Program
Announcement, NSF and NASA wish to take the best possible advantage of
the complementary nature of these two programs through the support of correlative
studies on the Energetics and Dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere.
(NSF 99-99)
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Deadline: 6/3/99
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The Department of Energy (DOE) plans to issue a Solicitation for Financial
Assistance to invite small business and institutions of higher education
to submit applications for financial assistance for research and development
for advanced vehicle technologies compatible with the Office of Advanced
Automotive Technologies R&D Program. DOE will support high quality
research and development on advanced automotive technology concepts concerning
important scientific or engineering problems and opportunities that could
lead to significant public benefit. DE-PS02-99EE50493 (CBD 03/19/99)
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Deadline: 4/9/99
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The Energy Department is seeking cooperative agreement applications to
support cost-effective technologies to control nitrogen oxide emissions
fine particulate emissions from coal-fired electric utility boilers. DE-PS26-99FT40288
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Deadline: 4/20/99
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Health & Life Sciences
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is continuing to make a special
effort to stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate
training for a significant number of the Nation's research scientists but
that have not been major recipients of NIH support. At KSU the School of
Veterinary Medicine is eligible to apply. AREA funds are intended to support
new and ongoing health-related research projects proposed by faculty members
of eligible schools and components of domestic institutions. The AREA will
enable qualified scientists to receive support for small-scale research
projects. PA-99-062 (NIHG 02/11/99)
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Deadline: 5/25/99, 9/25/99, 1/25/00
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The American Heart Association announces its National Research Program
for 1999. Research programs available are: Scientist Development Grant,
Established Investigator Grant, Grant-in-Aid, and AHA-Bugher Foundation
Awards for the Investigation of Stroke, a new program. The AHA-Bugher Awards
are intended to stimulate the development of better stroke preventive measures
and better stroke interventions in the future and any aspect of brain vascular
function related to stroke. Support is available for basic and clinical
studies.
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Deadline: 6/15/99
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Social Sciences
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The purpose of this program is to provide grants for programs providing
individuals with disabilities recreational activities and related experiences
to aid in their employment, mobility, socialization, independence, and
community integration. Funds may be requested for vocational skills development,
leisure education, leisure networking, leisure resource development, physical
education and sports, scouting and camping, 4-H activities, construction
of facilities for aquatic rehabilitation therapy, music, dancing, handcrafts,
art, and homemaking. CFDA 84.128J (FR 03/15/99)
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Deadline: 4/30/99
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites research grant applications
for Prevention Research Centers (PRCs). The primary goal of this program
is to provide scientific infrastructure support that facilitates the development
and widespread application of new preventive interventions for mental disorders,
including severe mental disorders. Prevention research includes interventions
to reduce the risk of onset, or delay onset, of mental disorders and behavioral
dysfunctions; reduce the severity and course of disorders; prevent comorbid
conditions and disorders; prevent relapse, recurrence, excess disability,
side effects, and inappropriate service of resource use. PA-99-074 (NIHG
03/18/99)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 4/15/99; 11/01/99 Applications 5/12/99,
1/15/00
Last Modified: 02:53pm , March 25, 1999
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R. W. Trewyn, Interim Vice Provost for Research &
Dean of the Graduate School
John P. Murray, Interim Associate Vice Provost
for Research
Ruth Bennett, Secretary
Preaward Section
Paul Lowe, Director, PreAward Services
Anita Fahrny, Assistant Director
Kathy Tilley, Lisa Duer, Carole Lovin, Rex Goff,
Dawn Caldwell
Information Specialist & Editor
Beverly Page
Human Subjects, Animal Care & Use, and Biosafety
Gerald P. Jaax, Research Compliance Officer
Roberta Johnson, Secretary
Congressional Relations
Sue Peterson, R. W. Trewyn
Last Modified: 11:14am , July 17, 1998
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