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October 22, 1999 (Vol. 8, No. 38)
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General
38-1 Disability Research Institute (SSA)
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The Social Security Administration is requesting applications to establish
a $5 million disability research institute. The single university-based
center will receive about $1 million a year for five years to conduct operations-
and policy-relevant research. This institute will have a broad agenda--research,
training, dissemination and close coordination with federal agencies--and
must meet special requirements. SSA emphasizes the research program should
be multidisciplinary, involving economics, sociology, public health policy/administration,
demography and physiology. The institute also is charged with translating
basic behavioral and social research theories and findings into practical
policy alternatives.
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 11/29/99, Applications 1/12/99
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Participating Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health
invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Partnerships
(BRPs) for basic bioengineering research addressing important biological
or medical research problems. A BRP is a multidisciplinary research team
applying an integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge and/or methods
to prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and understand health and
behavior. The partnership must include bioengineering expertise in combination
with basic and/or clinical investigators. A BRP may propose design-directed
or hypotheses- driven research in universities, national laboratories,
medical schools, private industry and other public and private entities.
PAS-00-006 (NIHG 10/15/99)
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Deadline: Notices of Intent 12/1/99, Applications 1/7/00
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The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) is pleased to announce
the creation of the new IREX Consortium for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Consortium, created in response to needs raised from academics in the
field, will strengthen institutions of higher education in Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine. Three synergistic program components within
the Consortium encourage partnership and participation between scholars
from the US, Western and Central Europe, Turkey, Iran, Russia, Ukraine,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. The program components are: The Targeted
Exchanges Program, geared toward individual academics, curriculum developers,
and educational institution administrators; The Small Grants for Partnership
Development Program, in which universities exchange information and cultivate
new partnership linkages; and The Information Resources and Dissemination
Program, which will provide a forum for the creation of on-line databases
and the dissemination of scholarly papers and new curricula over the Internet.
All three programs are interrelated, and IREX encourages individuals and
universities to apply for multiple components of the Consortium to ensure
maximum benefit to both individuals and institutions.
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Deadline: 1/14/00
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Arts & Humanities
38-4 Fellowships in Aviation History (Smithsonian)
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The Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum offers fellowships
for in-residence research into, and writing about, the history of aviation
and space flight. Each fellow will work closely with staff members who
have similar interests. Staff members are currently conducting research
into aviation history including such themes as the growth and impact of
aeronautics on society, the evolution of aircraft technology, and the development
of air transport and military aviation. The Division emphasizes both U.S.
and international aspects of aviation history.
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Deadline: 1/15/00
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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library welcomes application for residential
research fellowships in: American Art; Material Culture & Design; and
American History. Application are welcome from professors, museum and public
history professionals, doctoral students, and independent scholars. Located
near Wilmington, Delaware, Winterthur is an ideal center for the interdisciplinary
study of America's artistic, cultural, social, and intellectual history.
Winterthur has long supported research on pre-industrial crafts, Shaker
history, furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass, metal ware, painting
and graphics. In recent years, it has become a center for the study of
consumerism, foodways, the history of childhood, women's culture, and the
history of everyday life.
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Deadline: 1/15/00
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Education
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The Association for Institutional Research, the National Science Foundation
and the National Center for Education Statistics support a grants program
for Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
There are three components for study: Summer Institutes offering practical
experience in accessing the NSF and NCES databases for postsecondary administrators,
faculty, and doctoral students; one-year Research Grants for postsecondary
administrators and faculty; and one-year Dissertation Grants for doctoral
students.
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Deadline: 1/17/00
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Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Space Science
is releasing a NASA Research Announcement entitled Advanced Cross-Enterprise
Technology Development for NASA Missions. This NRA will solicit proposals
for supporting fundamental technology development across a broad range
of technology theme areas relevant to multiple NASA Space Enterprises:
Earth Science Enterprise, Space Science Enterprise, and Human Exploration
and Development of Space Enterprise. Proposals will be solicited in ten
technology Thrust Areas. NRA-99-OSS-05 (CBD 10/15/99)
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Deadline: Notices of Intent 11/30/99, Proposals 12/23/99
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The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) was set up as a foundation
under Swiss law, with headquarters in Bern, on 31 January 1995. ISSI is
funded through the European Space Agency (ESA), the Swiss Confederation,
and the Canton of Bern. This initiative provides an opportunity to request
NSF funding of up to $100,000 to organize a focused, international, interdisciplinary
team approach to a specific research problem. Proposals submitted to this
initiative must identify a research problem, and identify by name up to
three ``Convenors'' from the United States to organize a project at ISSI
leading to the publication of an edited volume. Upon selection of the US
convenors, and in consultation with them, ISSI will select an appropriate
number of European convenors. The Convenors will meet at ISSI to define
the project structure in detail and to nominate a group of 30-40 participants,
chosen in matching numbers from the US and from Europe. The study project
itself will then develop in the form of one or more workshops at ISSI,
possibly with intervening splinter meetings of subgroups at ISSI or elsewhere.
The project must be completed with the publication of a volume in the Space
Sciences Series of ISSI, which will also appear as a regular volume of
Space Science Reviews. (NSF 99-173)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/4/00, Proposals 3/1/00
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The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, is soliciting applications
for awards of financial assistance that will support educational institutions
in updating their nuclear reactors or related radiation laboratory equipment
and instrumentation. The purpose of this program is to upgrade, purchase,
or maintain equipment and instrumentation related to the performance, control,
or operational capability of the reactor facility. The program will increase
the quality and/or efficiency of the operation of the reactor facility
and/or will improve or expand the research and training capabilities of
the reactor facility. DE-PS07-00ID13865 (FR 10/12/99)
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Deadline: 12/8/99
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The National Space Weather Program (NSWP) is a multi-agency Federal program
whose goal is to mitigate the adverse effects of space weather by providing
timely, accurate, and reliable space environment observations, specifications
and forecasts. Proposals are submitted for basic research aimed at meeting
the goals of the NSWP. Although any proposal meeting the above criteria
will be considered, several basic research areas address significant gaps
in our present understanding and represent particular opportunities to
advance Space Weather goals, among which are: Understanding and prediction
of processes affecting solar activity, such as coronal mass ejections and
solar flares; Coupling between the solar wind and the magnetosphere and
between the magnetosphere and ionosphere; The origin and energization of
magnetospheric plasm; The triggering and temporal evolution of storms and
substorms; and Improved global ionospheric specification and forecast and
the evolution of ionospheric irregularities. (NSF 99-174)
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Deadline: 1/7/00
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The Office of Naval Research sponsors a Summer Faculty Research Program
and a Sabbatical Leave Program for U.S. citizens with teaching or research
appointments at colleges and universities. This program provides science
and engineering faculty members the opportunity to participate in research
at Navy laboratories for a ten-week period during the summer break.
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Deadline: 1/14/00
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is interested in
receiving proposals for research, development and proof-of-concept demonstrations
of multifunctional materials and structures to realize improved, new or
unique systems for military utility. The specific objectives of this program
are the development and demonstration of: 1) synthetic multifunctional
materials, 2) the establishment of rules for their design, and 3) tools
for their incorporation into structures. SOL BAA00-02 (CBD 10/01/99)
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Deadline: 1/14/00
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The Instrumentation for Materials Research (IMR) Program supports the acquisition
or development of research instruments that will provide new capability
and/or advance current capability to: 1) discover fundamental phenomena
in materials; 2) synthesize, process and/or characterize the composition,
structure, properties, and performance of materials; and 3) improve the
quality, expand the scope, and foster and enable the integration of research
and education in research-intensive environments. (NSF 99-170)
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Deadline: 1/3/00
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Health & Life Sciences
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The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), through
the Reproductive Sciences Branch (RSB) in the Center for Population Research
(CPR), provides funding for a limited number of research centers in the
reproductive sciences. These centers provide an arena for multidisciplinary
interactions among basic and clinical scientists interested in establishing
high quality research programs in the reproductive sciences. Center investigators
will be expected to work with NICHD staff in facilitating research collaborations
and interactions within and between centers. HD-99-009 (NIHG 06/22/99)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/12/00, Applications 4/28/00
38-15 Drug Research Grant Program (DIA)
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The Drug Information Association Research Grant Program encourages and
fosters research in areas pertaining to pharmaceutical and biotechnology
product development, regulation, marketing, utilization and surveillance.
One year grants of up to $25,000 are awarded on the basis of the quality
of the research and contribution to the goals and objectives of the DIA.
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Deadline: 12/31/99
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The intent of this request for applications is to establish Programs for
Genomic Applications (PGAs) for Heart, Lung, and Blood Research. The goal
of the PGAs is to link, on a genomic scale, the resources and tools of
the Human Genome Project (HGP) to major biological processes and systems
involved in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep function
and dysfunction. HL-99-024 (NIHG 07/29/99)
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Deadline: Letters of Intent 1/10/00, Applications 3/14/00
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Social Sciences
38-17 Child Care and Development Activities (SRS)
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The Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services is accepting applications
for grants under the Child Care and Development Fund for quality child
care-related activities. Grant component areas include center-based establishment
and expansion, provider training and recruitment, quality enhancement,
employer sponsored child care, family child care home networks and system
building projects. (KR 10/07/99)
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Deadline: Varies
Last Modified: 03:25pm , October 25, 1999
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R. W. Trewyn, 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
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