Funding
Agencies and Foundations
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Qualtiy
Agency for International Development
Army Research Office
Department of Agriculture
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Air Force
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS)
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Department of the Navy
Department of State
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ford Foundation
National Center for Environmental Research
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA)
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
National Science Foundation (NSF)
United States Institute
of Peace
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
Building
the Evidence to Promote Bioterrorism and other Public
Health Emergency Preparedness in Health Care Systems
•
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-03-130.html
• Posted: May 30, 2003
• January 17, 2006
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) announces the availability of 1-2 year (maximum
2 years) research grants that will examine and promote
the health care system's readiness for a bioterrorist
event and other public health emergencies through
the development of new evidence, tools and models.
In light of recent events in the U.S., there is considerable
urgency to develop a public health infrastructure
that is prepared to respond to acts of bioterrorism
and other public health emergencies. AHRQ recognizes
that community clinicians, hospitals, and health care
systems have essential roles to play in this infrastructure.
To inform and assist these groups in meeting the health
care needs of the U.S. population in the face of bioterrorist
threats and other public health emergencies, AHRQ
intends to support research that emphasizes the following
research objectives: (1) Emergency preparedness of
hospitals and health care systems for bioterrorism
and other public health emergencies; (2) Enhanced
capacity needs of ambulatory care, home and long term
care, care of psycho-social consequences, and other
related services during and after a bioterrorist event
and other public health emergencies; (3) Information
technology linkages and emerging communication networks
to improve the linkages between the personal health
care system, emergency response networks and public
health agencies; (4) Novel uses of health care system
training strategies that can prepare community clinicians
to recognize and manage a bioterrorist event and other
public health emergencies.
Agency
for International Development
Transition to Democracy in Cuba
• http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OP/WAS/M-OAA-GRO-LMA-05-LAC-CUBA/Modification1.html
• Posted: November 30, 2004
• Deadline: March 15, 2005
• Funding Available: $1,000,000
• Expected Number of Awards: 5
• To design and implement a program to encourage
the emergence of independent civil society in Cuba
and thereby promote a peaceful transition to democracy
in Cuba.
Army Research
Office
BAA for the Army Research Laboratory
• http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USA/RTP/RTP/DAAD19-03-R-0017/Grant.html
• Posted March 1, 2004
• Deadline September 30, 2006
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Department
of Agriculture
Higher Education Multicultural
Scholars Programs – Special Experiential Learning
Grants
• http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/04_highered_selg.pdf
• Posted: September 30, 2004
• Funding Level: $75,000
• CSREES announces the availability of grant
funds and requests applications for the Higher Education
Multicultural Scholars Grants Program – Special
Experiential Learning Grants (SEL) for fiscal year
(FY) 2004 to fund competitive supplemental grants
that support one- or two-year experiential learning
activities for current USDA Multicultural Scholars.
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Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Solicitations
• http://www.darpa.mil/baa/
Defense against Cyber Attacks
on Mobile Ad Hoc Network Systems (DCAMANETS)
• http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa04-18.htm
• http://www.darpa.mil/ato/solicit/MANETdefense/index.htm
• Deadline: March 5, 2005
• Funding Level:
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Department
of the Air Force
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Department
of Defense
Defense
Sciences Research and Technology
• http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOD/DARPA/CMO/BAA05-19/Grant.html
• Posted: Feb 08, 2005
• The mission of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office
(DSO) is to identify and pursue the most promising
technologies within a broad spectrum of the science
and engineering research communities and to develop
those technologies into important, radically new military
capabilities. In addition, DSO is looking for research
ideas and areas that might lead to innovations in
science and engineering. To this end, DSO is soliciting
proposals for advanced research and development in
a variety of enabling technical areas as described
below.
Proposals may be either basic or applied research.
However, in all cases, proposers should demonstrate
that their proposed effort is aimed at high-risk/high-payoff
technologies that have the potential for making, in
the 5-10 year timeframe, revolutionary rather than
incremental improvements to national security, including
emerging threats and operational challenges. Proposals
that are not within the topical areas described below
may be considered out of scope and not evaluated.
Likewise, proposals that are the integration of technologies
or systems development will also be considered out
of scope and will not be evaluated.
Learning Applied to Ground Robots
(LAGR)
• http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOD/DARPA/CMO/BAA04-25/Grant.html
• Posted: May 05, 2004
• Deadline: Apr 29, 2005
• The envisioned outcome of the LAGR program
is a revolutionary methodology for developing autonomous
navigation software systems. Current systems typically
rely on hand-crafted, hand-tuned algorithms for obstacle
detection and avoidance. In LAGR, algorithms will
be created that learn how to navigate based on their
own experience and by mimicking human teleoperation.
It is expected that systems developed in LAGR will
provide a performance breakthrough in navigation through
complex terrain.
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Department
of Energy
Arms Control and Non-proliferations
Policy Analysis
• http://www.cfda.gov/
• No close date
• Funding Level: $10,000 to $250,000 per year
• Summary: To conduct basic and applied research
and development that enhances U.S. national security
and reduces the global danger from the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction and special nuclear
materials through needs-driven research and development.
The emphasis is on developing the requisite technologies
to detect and deter nuclear proliferation and to meet
U.S. nuclear explosion monitoring goals. Research
focuses on advanced detection systems and concepts
to support current and future USG policies.
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Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS)
Bioterrorism
Training and Curriculum Development Program
• https://grants.hrsa.gov/webexternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=A001884E-9063-4692-B052-DC5E689075EE&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=False&pageNumber=1&version=&NC=&Popup=
• Application Availability: January 24, 2005
• Deadline: April 05, 2005 5:00 PM ET
• Award: September 01, 2005
• Funding Level: $25,500,000
• Estimated Number of Awards 35 (Approximately
25-30 cooperative agreement awards for Continuing
Education and approximately 5 cooperative agreement
awards for Curriculum Development)
• Award Size: Continuing Education Awards: $400,000
to $1,000,000 for each of two years; Curriculum Development
Awards: $150,000 to $400,000 for each of two years.
• Project Period: 2 years
• The goal of this program is the development
of a health care workforce with the knowledge, skills,
abilities and core competencies to: (1) recognize
indications of a terrorist event; (2) meet the acute
care needs of patients, including pediatric and other
vulnerable populations, in a safe and appropriate
manner; (3) participate in a coordinated, multidisciplinary
response to terrorist events and other public health
emergencies, and include consideration of surge capacity
issues; and (4) rapidly and effectively alert the
public health system of such an event at the community,
State, and national level. Emergency preparedness
and response issues include other forms of terrorism
(such as the use of chemical, explosive, incendiary
or nuclear agents against civilian populations), natural
disasters and catastrophic accidents. Effective responses
to public health emergencies require close collaboration
among all types of health professionals involved in
patient care including allied health professionals,
medical and dental specialists, nurses, pharmacists,
mental health and other professionals, the public
health system, and the emergency response system.
To achieve such a collaborative environment, it will
be necessary to implement new and enhanced models
of undergraduate/graduate curricula and continuing
education and training for health professionals.
Biodefense Research Training and
Career Development Opportunities
•
http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/biodtraining020529.htm
• NIAID biodefense
research focuses on the need for basic studies on
the biology of the microbe, the host response, as
well as basic and applied research aimed at the development
of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines against
these agents. In addition, NIAID recognizes the need
to enhance the areas of research resources, facilities,
and biosafety. Further, it is clear that a growing
cadre of highly trained investigators is needed in
order to address the biodefense research agenda proposed
by the NIAID. NIAID recognizes that in order to effectively
conduct research on this rapidly evolving area of
emerging infectious disease, new researchers will
need to be trained to work with special agents, reagents,
and animals necessary to pursue this line of research.
In addition, expertise in a wide variety of areas
including structural biology, medicinal chemistry,
bioinformatics, diagnostics, and therapeutic and vaccine
candidate production is needed.
Healthcare Information Technology
Resource Center
• Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality/DHHS
• Contact: Sharon Williams
• Tel: 301-427-1781
• Fax: 301-427-1740 • Email: swilliam@ahrq.gov
• Request for Proposal
Terrorism and Bioterrorism Related
Research Opportunities
• http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/extramural/terrorism.htm
• Deadline: open
• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA) wishes to encourage currently funded
investigators and future applicants to consider the
expansion of existing projects, or development of
new research projects, to address questions arising
from the challenges posed by recent events of terrorism
and bioterrorism. This issue may be considered in
the context of any of NIAAA’s Program Announcements.
Mental Health Consequences of
Violence and Trauma
• http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/HHS/NIH/NIH/PA-04-075/Grant.html
• Posted: Mar 22, 2004
• Deadline: March 2, 2007
• Through this Program Announcement (PA), the
National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) seeks to encourage investigator-initiated research
to enhance scientific
understanding about the etiology of psychopathology
related to violence and trauma,
as well as studies to develop and test effective treatments,
services, and
prevention strategies in this area. The NIMH mission
encompasses the conduct and
support of biomedical and behavioral research, as
well as the translation and
testing of scientifically generated information into
clinical applications,
interventions, and services.
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Department
of Homeland Security
Department
of Homeland Security (DHS Centers) Program
• http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USN/ONR/HQ/BAA05-008/Attachments.html#upload4232
• Posted: January 14, 2005
• Deadline: April 22, 2005
• Funding Level: $15,000,000
• Number of Awards: 1
• The Department of Homeland Security Center,
in conjunction with previously established Centers,
brings the intellectual capital of our higher educational
institutions to bear on helping to ensure the security
of the Nation. Accordingly, this Broad Agency Announcement
invites eligible institutions, partners, and groups
of investigators to form consortia capable of mounting
a sustained and innovative research and education
effort in the specific area of the Study of High Consequence
Event Preparedness and Response. Respondents to this
BAA should be cognizant of the fact that the Science
and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland
Security is a mission-driven program dealing with
the security of the U.S., focusing on weapons of mass
destruction, resultant disruptions and other possible
effects. Consequently, outcomes derived from the research
and education of this center should emphasize applications
related to the organizational, technical and educational
tools required to prepare for and respond to high
consequence events, particularly those resulting from
acts of terrorism. Further, approaches to develop
the future intellectual capital and workforce necessary
to respond to the challenges raised in this BAA should
be broadly integrated across all lines of research.
Homeland Security Fellowship
Program for Students and Universities
• http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/default.htm
• Deadline: First Friday of December annually
• It is the Department's intent to support up
to 100 new students each year, at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels, when the program is fully implemented.
The mission of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United
States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism,
and minimize the damage and recovery efforts from
attacks that occur. DHS is also dedicated to protecting
the rights of American citizens and enhancing public
services, such as natural disaster assistance and
citizenship services. These awards are intended for
students interested in pursuing the basic science
and technology innovations that can be applied to
the DHS mission. DHS realizes that the country's strong
science and technology human resource base provides
a critical advantage in the development and implementation
of counter-terrorist measures. This education program
is intended to ensure a diverse and highly talented
science and technology human resource base to achieve
the DHS mission and objectives. Areas of study include:
physical, biological, social and behavioral sciences,
engineering, mathematics, and computer science.
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HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Evolutionary Mechanisms in Infectious
Disease
•
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-113.html
• Deadline: July 2, 2005
• The goal of the announcement is to encourage
development of a predictive science of infectious
disease by applying the perspectives, theories, and
methods from relevant scientific disciplines to important
issues of disease emergence, prevention, and the consequences
of treatment. Research projects involving interdisciplinary
collaborations are an explicit goal of this announcement.
Approaches might include, but are not limited to,
evolutionary biology, microbiology, population dynamics,
chemistry, biochemistry, and computational biology.
The focus is limited to discovery of fundamental biological
principles rather than to detailed knowledge or treatment
of specific diseases.
Biotechnology Research Training
Program
•
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/training/biotech.html
• Durration: Up to 5 year of support for Ph.D.
students
• These grants support multidisciplinary training.
While the core of this training consists of the in-depth
dissertation research and coursework of a Ph.D. program,
students also gain a firm understanding of the concepts
and experimental approaches of some related research
areas. With the increased applicability of quantitative
and engineering approaches to biomedical research,
NIGMS particularly encourages students and faculty
from engineering and other quantitative disciplines
who have strong interests in biotechnology to participate
actively in the training programs. The training also
includes a mechanism, such as a summer internship,
to give students a meaningful research experience
in the biotechnology industry. Graduates of these
training programs receive their Ph.D.s in a number
of disciplines, including biochemistry, bioengineering,
cell biology, chemical engineering, genetics, microbiology,
and pharmacology. They differ from other graduates
in these fields in that they have had an opportunity
to experience the industrial environment and they
have the ability to work successfully on research
problems requiring interdisciplinary approaches. Program
graduates typically go on to careers in industry or
academia.
Biodefense and Emerging Infectious
Disease Research Opportunities
• http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-080.html
• Deadline: expires March 2, 2006, Applications
must be mailed on or before the receipt dates described
at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm.
• Funding Level: Varies
• Summary: In response to growing concerns about
the use of biological agents in acts of terrorism,
NIAID has expanded its biodefense research program.
The ultimate goal of that expansion is to develop
effective diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics to
protect the public in the event of a biological attack
or the sudden emergence of select rare or eradicated
diseases.
Bioengineering Research Partnerships
• http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-023.html
• Deadline: Unclear
• Funding Level: Maximum of $2,000,000
• Participating Institutes and Centers (ICs)
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite
applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering
Research Partnerships (BRPs) for basic, applied, and
translational multi- disciplinary research that addresses
important biological or medical research problems.
In the context of this program, a partnership is a
multi- disciplinary research team that applies an
integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge
and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat
disease or to understand health and behavior.
Informatics for Disaster Management
• http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-178.html
• Deadline: standard application deadlines
• Funding Level: tailored to needs of project,
generally no more than $200,000
• The National Library of Medicine, the National
Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute
of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering wish to support
informatics research that addresses biomedical information
management problems relevant to management of disasters.
Disasters can be caused by nature or by man, through
accident or by malice. Terrorism, particularly bioterrorism,
is now an important focus of federal activity, but
terrorism is only one of a number of threats to public
safety classified as disasters. Disaster management
is heavily dependent on efficient flow of information
and extraction of critical knowledge. How best to
utilize information technology in a disaster situation
poses a number of problems for which relevant informatics
research is necessary.
Biocontainment Facilities
• http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AI-04-031.html
• Posted: May 17, 2004
• Deadline: Unclear
• Funding Level: $125 million in FY 2005
• Number of Awards: 5-8
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
and the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
are announcing the intent to issue two separate Requests
for Applications (RFAs) to support biomedical laboratory
facility construction and laboratory alteration/renovation.
NIAID intends to issue an RFA for the Regional Biocontainment
Laboratories Construction Program (RFA-AI-04-032).
This program will fund new construction of stand-alone
biosafety level three (BSL-3) facilities for biomedical
research and research training.
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Department
of the Interior
Personal Security Thesis, Dissertation,
and Institutional Research Awards
• http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOI/NBC/FH/DOI-GRANTS-050604-001/Grant.html
• Posted: May 06, 2004
• Deadline: Sep 30, 2008
• Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000.00
• Award Ceiling: $30,000.00
• Award Floor: $5,000.00
• The Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC)
announces the continuation of a program to help fund
(through its contracting agency, the Department of
the Interior, National Business Center (DOI/NBC))
research addressing issues pertinent to personnel
security policy. The areas covered by this funding
program include financial and credit, candidate screening
and crime detection procedures, prescreening, background
investigation, adjudication, continuing evaluation,
employee assistance programs, security awareness,
and security education. By providing financial support
for master’s theses, doctoral dissertations
and institutional research, PERSEREC intends to respond
to needs identified by the industrial and personnel
security research communities and to reiterate the
Department of Defense's commitment to fostering innovation
within the field of personnel security.
Technology Assessment and Research
Program
• Contact: Susan Benik; Susan.Benik@mms.gov;
703-787-1350
• RFP--White Papers Sought for Proposed Research
to Support the Technology Assessment and Research
Program
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Department
of Justice
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Department
of the Navy
Fiscal
Year 2005 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary
Research Program of the University Research Initiative
• Contact: Donald Polk, Program Officer
• Tel: 703-696-4111
• Email: polkd@onr.navy.mil
Technology Development for Homeland
Security
• Contact: Oralee Martin
• Tel: 619-553-5347
• Fax:
• Email: oralee.martin@navy.mil
• Request for Proposal
Office of Naval Research
http://www.onr.navy.mil/
(select “Science and Technology”)
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Department of State
Human
Rights and Democratization Initiatives in Countries
with Significant Muslim Populations
• http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/State/DRL/PHD/State-GRANTS-020905-002/Grant.html
• Posted: Feb 09, 2005
• Deadline: Mar 23, 2005
• Funding Available: $15,000,000.00
• Expected Number of Awards: 20
• Summary: The Office for the Promotion of Human
Rights and Democracy of the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights and Labor (DRL/PHD) announces an open competition
for assistance awards. Organizations may submit grant
proposals that focus on promotion of human rights,
political participation, media freedom, rule of law,
women's rights and civil society in countries with
significant Muslim populations. The Bureau is particularly
interested in proposals that focus on these issues
in Eurasia, South Asia, the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, and North or Sub-Saharan Africa. This RFP will
not address proposals for Iraq, except when included
in regional projects, but DRL will consider proposals
for projects in other countries/regions with significant
Muslim populations. DRL will also consider proposals
that combine activities in more than one of the regions
listed above.
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Environmental Innovations: Development
and Transportation
• Contact Amanda J. Kreusch; 202-564-4439
• Kreusch.amanda@epa.gov
• Request for Proposal
Ford Foundation
Peace and Social Justice Grant Program
• http://www.fordfound.org/grants_db/view_grant_detail1.cfm?expand1=Peace+and+Social+Justice&office=&grant_year=2005
• Applications are considered throughout the
year. Normally applicants may expect to receive within
six weeks an indication of whether their proposals
are within the foundation’s program interests
and budget limitations. Activities supported by grants
and program-related investments must be charitable,
educational or scientific, as defined under the appropriate
provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and Treasury
Regulations. The foundation monitors grants through
regular financial and narrative reports submitted
by the grantee.
National
Center for Environmental Research
FALL 2004 EPA Greater Research
Opportunities (GRO)
• Undergraduate Student Fellowships: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/2004_gro_undergrad_fellow.html
• Graduate Student Fellowships:
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/current/2004_gro_grad_fellow.html
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National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA)
Research Announcements
• http://research.hq.nasa.gov/allhqsearch.cfm
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National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency
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National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Biodefense Funding
• http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Research/funding.htm#B
• Posted:
June 23, 2004
• Deadline:November
2, 2007
• Funding
Level: at least $200,000
• The
NIAID wants to encourage the submission of investigator-initiated
research grant applications in biodefense. The goal
is to expedite research leading to the diagnosis,
prevention and treatment of diseases caused by potential
bioterrorism agents.
• See: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-119.html
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National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Fire Research Grants
• http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/866/extramuralprogram.htm
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National Science
Foundation (NSF)
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03577/nsf03577.htm
• Posted: Jul 16, 2003
• Deadline: Sep 15, 2006
• The Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) program supports active research participation
by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research
funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects
involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research
programs or in research projects specially designed
for the purpose. This solicitation features two mechanisms
for support of student research: REU Supplements and
REU Sites. REU Supplements may be included in proposals
for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements
or as supplements to ongoing NSF-funded projects.
REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate
and conduct undergraduate research participation projects
for a number of students. REU Sites projects may be
based in a single discipline or academic department
or be based on interdisciplinary or multi-department
research opportunities with a strong intellectual
focus. Proposals with an international dimension are
welcomed. A partnership with the Department of Defense
supports REU Sites in DoD-relevant research areas.
Undergraduate student participants in either Supplements
or Sites must be citizens or permanent residents of
the United States or its possessions.
Frontiers in Integrative Biological
Research (FIBR)
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04596/nsf04596.htm
• Deadline: February
16, 2005
• Funding Level: $8,000,000
• Estimated number of awards: Approximately
8 awards in FY2005
• The Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research
(FIBR) Program supports integrative research that
addresses major questions in the biological sciences.
FIBR encourages investigators to identify major under-studied
or unanswered questions in biology and to use innovative
approaches to address them by integrating the scientific
concepts and research tools from across disciplines
including biology, math and the physical sciences,
engineering, social sciences and the information sciences.
Proposers are encouraged to focus on the biological
significance of the question, to describe the integrative
approaches, and to develop a research plan that is
not limited by conceptual, disciplinary, or organizational
boundaries. Particularly encouraged are the inclusion
of young scientists trained in an interdisciplinary
environment or in non-biological disciplines, and
partnerships with underrepresented minority serving
and primarily undergraduate institutions and community
colleges.
Political Sciences
• http://fedgrants.gov/Applicants/NSF/OIRM/HQ/NSF-GRANTS-042004-010/Modification1.html
• Posted: Apr 30, 2004
• Deadline: January 15 and August 15, annually
• The Political Science Program supports scientific
research that advances knowledge and understanding
of citizenship, government, and politics. Research
proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated,
conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and
empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but
are not limited to, American government and politics,
comparative government and politics, international
relations, political behavior, political economy,
and political institutions. In recent years, program
awards have supported research projects on bargaining
processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice,
and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging
and established democracies; democratization, political
change, and regime transitions; domestic and international
conflict; international political economy; party activism;
political psychology and political tolerance. The
Program also has supported research experiences for
undergraduate students and infrastructural activities,
including methodological innovations, in the discipline.
Geospace Environment Modeling
(GEM)
• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04576/nsf04576.htm
• Posted: April 22. 2004
• Deadline: October 15, annually
• Funding Level: $750,000 for awards annually
• GEM is a broad-based, community-initiated
research program on the physics of the Earth's magnetosphere
and the coupling of the magnetosphere to the atmosphere
and to the solar wind. The purpose of the GEM program
is to support basic research into the dynamical and
structural properties of geospace, leading to the
construction of a global Geospace General Circulation
Model (GGCM) with predictive capability. This GGCM
model will be modularized and will complement parallel
developments of magnetohydrodynamic models. The strategy
for achieving GEM goals is to undertake a series of
campaigns, in both theory and observational modes,
each focusing on particular aspects of the geospace
environment.
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United
States Institute of Peace
Unsolicited
Grants
• http://www.usip.org/grants/unsolicited.html
• Deadline: March 1st, 2005
• Funding Level: $25,000-$45,000 (larger grants
are awarded), numerous
• The United States Institute of Peace offers
financial support for research, education and training,
and the dissemination of information on international
peace and conflict resolution. Unsolicited grants
are offered across a broad range of relevant disciplines,
skills, and approaches. Topic areas of interest to
the Institute include, but are not restricted to:
international conflict resolution; diplomacy; negotiation
theory; functionalism and "track two" diplomacy;
methods of third-party dispute settlement; international
law; international organizations and collective security;
deterrence and balance of power; arms control; psychological
theories about international conflict; the role of
nonviolence and nonviolent sanctions; moral and ethical
thought about conflict and conflict resolution; and
theories about relationships among political institutions,
human rights, and conflict. The Institute sets no
disciplinary restrictions. It welcomes proposals of
an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature.
Solicited
Grants
• http://www.usip.org/grants/solicited.html
• Deadline: March 1st, 2005
• Funding Level: $25,000-$45,000 (larger grants
are awarded), numerous
• Solicitation A: Promoting
Sustainable Peace in Societies Emerging from Violent
Conflict. Proposals should be innovative, policy-oriented,
and empirically grounded. They may be research-oriented
in nature or may entail training and education projects,
including curriculum development. Projects may focus
on, but need not be limited to, the following topics:Disarmament,
Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR), and Security
Sector Reform; Building Political Systems; Establishing
the Rule of Law; The Political Economy of Sustainable
Peace; Dealing with the Past and Rebuilding Civic
Culture; Capabilities and Roles of Outside Actors.
• Solicitation B: Conflict
and Peacemaking in the Muslim World. Against
this complex backdrop, the Institute invites proposals
for policy-oriented research that advances understanding
of social, political, and religious dynamics affecting
societal conflict and peacemaking in Muslim-majority
states and those with significant Muslim minorities.
The Institute also encourages proposals for training,
education, and pilot projects designed to strengthen
the capacity of domestic and other groups to mediate
violent, or potentially violent, conflicts and promote
peaceful approaches to resolving conflict and advancing
understanding across ethnic and religious lines.Topics
may include, but need not be limited to, the issues
raised in the following sub themes:Challenges of Governance;
Dynamics of Religious Interpretation; Intercommunal
Relations; Global Trends and Tensions; Education and
Religion.
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