OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT

Student Funding Opportunities

Aging Research
American Federation for Aging Research - 2010 Award Programs
Computer Security
NSF - Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
Education – Innovative Teacher Awards
ING Unsung Heroes - Awards for Teachers
Educational Assessment, Learning, and Teaching
Educational Testing Service - Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Engineering: Concrete
Florida Department of Transportation Research Center - "Reduction of Service Life due to Stress Development in High Performance Concrete"
Entrepreneurship
National College Inventors and Innovators Alliance Course and Program Grants
Fellowships
Islamic Society of North America - Nonprofit Management Fellowships Program
Department of Defense - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program in the Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Business and Engineering
Hydrologic Sciences
National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences
Mental Health
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) - Young Investigator Award Program
Native American Indian Art
National Museum of the American Indian - Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
Scholarships
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Millennium Scholarships
Solar Energy
National Science Foundation - CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative
Theater Arts
Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Science & Technology Project
Transformative Research
NIH Director's Transformative Research Projects Program
Violence
HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury
Of Interest
Community of Science Workshop - November 20, 2009

Student Funding Opportunities

Aging Research

American Federation for Aging Research - 2010 AFAR Award Programs
The AFAR Research Grant provides up to $75,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s) to do research that will serve as the basis for longer term research efforts. AFAR-supported investigators study a broad range of biomedical and clinical topics including the causes of cellular senescence, the role of estrogen in the development of osteoporosis, the genetic factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, the effects of nutrition and exercise on the aging process, and much more. Since 1981, over 650 AFAR Research Grants have been awarded. Deadline: December 15, 2009. For complete list of grants, go to: http://afar.org/grants.html

Computer Security

National Science Foundation - Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service
The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program (NSF 10-505) seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. The SFS program is composed of two tracks: 1. The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students in the information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients shall pursue academic programs in information assurance for the final two years of undergraduate study, or for two years of master's-level study, or for the final two years of Ph.D.-level study. These students will participate as a cohort during their two years of study and activities, including a summer internship in the Federal Government. 2. The Capacity Building Track provides funds to colleges and universities to improve the quality and increase the production of information assurance and computer security professionals. Professional development of information assurance faculty and development of academic programs can be funded under this track. Deadline: February 2, 2010. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10505/nsf10505.htm

Education – Innovative Teacher Awards

ING Unsung Heroes - Awards for Teachers
ING Unsung Heroes began in 1995 as a way for ING to demonstrate its commitment to the education community. Grants are given to K-12 educators utilizing new teaching methods and techniques that improve learning. Each year, educators submit applications for an ING Unsung Heroes grant by describing projects they have initiated or would like to pursue. Each project is judged on its: innovative method, creativity, and ability to positively influence the students. Each year, 100 finalists are selected to receive a $2,000 grant, payable to both the winning teacher and his or her school. Winners are selected by Scholarship America, a national non-profit educational support and student aid service organization. Of the 100 finalists, three are selected for additional financial awards: $25,000 for first place; $10,000 for second place; and $5,000 for third place. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000. Deadline: April 30, 2010. Go to: www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/Education/INGUnsungHeroes/index.htm

Educational Assessment, Learning, and Teaching

Educational Testing Service - Postdoctoral Fellowship
Individuals selected for fellowships conduct independent research in ETS offices in Princeton, N.J. A wide variety of research is acceptable including: measurement theory, validity, natural language processing and computational linguistics, cognitive psychology, learning theory, linguistics, speech recognition and processing, teaching and classroom research, and statistics. The program aims to provide research opportunities to individuals who hold a doctorate in the fields indicated above and to increase the number of professionals from diverse backgrounds - especially traditionally underrepresented groups such as African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and American Indians - conducting research in educational measurement and related fields. The $55,000 fellowship is for a period of up to two years, renewable after the first year by mutual agreement and includes limited relocation reimbursement expenses. The fellow must have received a doctorate in a relevant discipline within the past three years and have evidence of prior research. Deadline: February 1, 2010. Go to: http://www.ets.org/

Engineering: Concrete

Florida Dept. of Transportation Research Center - "Reduction of Service Life due to Stress Development in High Performance Concrete"
This is a Request for Proposals from the Florida Dept. of Transportation. The objectives of this project are to develop a testing regime that can be utilized to identify the types of stresses that are typical in Florida Bridges, the type(s) of environmental effects that would accelerate the deterioration of Florida Bridges with the typical types of stresses determined previously, the best way to simulate these types of stress under simulated environmental conditions in the laboratory, practical testing procedures (such as IDT or pressure tension) that would evaluate high performance concrete, and changes or improvements to existing testing procedures required to render them useful for the HPC testing. The expected result of this research is the development of a procedure and test equipment for evaluating High Performance Concrete in a laboratory setting to assist in evaluation of the potential service life of a structure. To accomplish this work, it is anticipated that the researcher would thoroughly review the current state of the art, develop solutions and perform sufficient testing to validate the solutions. The deliverables for this project would be a testing regime, test procedures, and any equipment needed to accomplish this task. Deadlines - Pre-Proposal Teleconference, November 23, 2009 at 8:00 am; Proposal: December 18, 2009. Go to: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/RFRPs.shtm

Entrepreneurship

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance - Course and Program grants
Course and Program grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of strengthening existing curricular programs or building new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Successful Course and Program grant proposals present creative pedagogical approaches that generate and deploy E-Teams, bringing real-life applications into the classroom setting and beyond. NCIIA defines an E-Team as a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and industry mentors working together to bring a product or technology to market. The "E" stands for excellence and entrepreneurship. Course and Program grants range in size from $2,000 to $50,000; the grant period is one to three years. Deadlines: December 4, 2009; May 7, 2010. Go to: http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram

Fellowships

Islamic Society of North America - Nonprofit Management Fellowship Program
The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Society of North America Fellowship Program is designed to prepare Muslim graduate students to become effective and knowledgeable leaders of nonprofit organizations in North America. Fellows will be given the opportunity to study nonprofit management, fundraising, capacity development, and other relevant subjects. These courses will be offered at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy or other similar institutions of higher education and centers of philanthropic studies. In addition to fulfilling university academic requirements, fellows will serve as interns in the summer or on a part-time basis during the school year with the Islamic Society of North America or another nonprofit organization approved by ISNA. During the internship, fellows will receive relevant hands-on experience that they can carry to any nonprofit institution. An important component of the Program will be a service-based project in addition to the academic and institutional training that fellows will receive. The program will provide each of the ten participating fellows with a scholarship award of up to $11,000 per year for tuition and a stipend of $1,000 per month for nine months. Muslim graduate students pursuing a degree in nonprofit management, philanthropy, or other related fields are eligible for the fellowship. Applicants must have graduated from a college or university (with a B.A./B.S. or graduate degree) within a year of the application deadline, or be currently enrolled as a graduate student; and must have U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency.

Department of Defense (DoD) - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
As a means of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award approximately 200 new three-year graduate fellowships in April 2010, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and engineering. Fellowships last for three years and pay for full tuition and all mandatory fees, a monthly stipend, and up to $1,000 a year in medical insurance. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or closely related to, an area of DoD interest within one of the following disciplines: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, biosciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, cognitive, neural, and behavioral sciences, computer and computational sciences, electrical engineering, geosciences, materials science and engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, naval architecture and ocean engineering, oceanography, physics. Deadline: January 4, 2010. Go to: http://ndseg.asee.org/

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program in the Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Business and Engineering
The Program provides full tuition or up to $5,000 per year plus an annual stipend of $12,000 for students pursuing Ph.D. degrees at Florida Atlantic University (and eight other Florida universities) and is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the State of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university levels. Eligible fields of study include any field in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Health Sciences, Nursing, or the Visual and Performing Arts. Fellowships are especially encouraged in, but not limited to, the following disciplines: agriculture, biology business administration, chemistry, computer science, engineering, marine biology, mathematics, physics and psychology. Deadline: January 15, 2010. Go to: http://www.fefonline.org/mdfapply/

Hydrologic Sciences

National Science Foundation - Hydrologic Sciences
This funding opportunity (NSF 09-538) from the NSF's Division of Earth Sciences focuses on the flow of water and transport processes within streams, soils, and aquifers. Particular attention is given to spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fluxes and storages of water, particles, and chemicals coupling across interfaces with the landscape, microbial communities, and coastal environments, to upscaling and downscaling given these heterogeneities and interfaces and how these processes are altered by climate and land use changes. Studies may address aqueous geochemistry as well as physical, chemical, and biological processes within water bodies. These studies commonly involve expertise from many basic sciences and mathematics, and proposals often require joint review with related programs.

Deadline: December 5, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09538/nsf09538.htm

Mental Health

National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) - Young Investigator Award Program
The Young Investigator Award Program provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research. The program provides one- and two-year awards of up to $30,000 per year to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders. To be eligible, the applicant must have a doctoral level degree (e.g., M.D., Ph.D., Psy.D., etc.) and already be employed in research training, or be in a faculty or independent research position. The award is intended to support postdoctoral fellows, instructors, and assistant professors (or equivalent). Pre-doctoral students or investigators at the rank of associate professor or equivalent are not eligible. The applicant must have an on-site mentor or senior collaborator who is an established investigator in areas relevant to psychiatric disorders.

Recently, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) has adopted the business name "NARSAD, The World's Leading Charity Dedicated to Mental Health Research" to reflect the broader funding interests of the organization. In addition to funding research about schizophrenia and depression, NARSAD funds research such as childhood psychiatric disorders, bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders. Deadline: January 25, 2010. Go to: http://www.narsad.org/?q=node/124/apply_for_grants/124

Native American Indian Art

National Museum of the American Indian Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program
The National Museum of the American Indian's Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with the goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of contemporary Native American arts. The NMAI considers the recognition of living artists of the Western Hemisphere and Hawaii to be of primary importance and will give awards to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.

NMAI's Exhibitions and Publications program awards grants of $7,500 to $15,000 to support exhibitions, installations, publications, and critical writing that interpret and present the work of contemporary Native visual artists to the public and encourage dialogue and critical commentary. At least one-half of the proposed project team (artists, authors, curators, etc.) must be Native American or Native Hawaiian. Awards are given to nonprofit or education-based organizations. Project budgets must show a minimum 50 percent match by the applicant organization or other anticipated sources.

NMAI's Expressive Arts program awards grants of up to $10,000 to support the creation and presentation of new works through the collaboration of two or more Native artists. Awards will specifically support the creation of new works for public performance that may include, but is not limited to, music, dance, spoken word, electronic media, costume design, mask making, set design, performance art, photography, painting, and other forms of expressive culture. The award is open to all indigenous peoples who hold citizenship in the Americas. Deadline: January 15, 2010. Go to: http://www.americanindian.si.edu/icap/

Scholarships

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Millennium Scholarships
Students are eligible to be considered for a GMS scholarship if they: are African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific Islander American, or Hispanic American; are a citizen/legal permanent resident or nationals of the United States, have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (un-weighted), will be enrolling for the first-time at a U.S. accredited college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking, first-year student in the fall of 2010; The GMS program is more than just a scholarship. The GMS program offers Gates Millennium Scholars with ACademic Empowerment (ACE) services to encourage academic excellence; mentoring services for academic and personal development; and an online resource center that provides internship, fellowship and scholarship information. Deadline: January 11, 2010. Go to: http://www.gmsp.org/publicweb/AboutUs.aspx

Solar Energy

National Science Foundation - CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative
The purpose of the CHE-DMR-DMS Solar Energy Initiative (NSF 09-604) is to support interdisciplinary efforts by groups of researchers to address the scientific challenges of highly efficient harvesting, conversion, and storage of solar energy. Groups must include three or more co-Principal Investigators of whom one must be a researcher in chemistry, a second in materials, and a third in mathematical sciences, in areas supported by the Divisions of Chemistry, Materials Research, and Mathematical Sciences, respectively. The intent is to encourage new collaborations in which the mathematical sciences are linked in a synergistic way with the chemical and materials sciences to develop novel, potentially transformative approaches in an area of much activity but largely incremental advances. Successful proposals will offer potentially transformative projects, new concepts, and interdisciplinary education through research involvement based on the integrated expertise and synergy from the three disciplinary communities. Deadline: December 8, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503298&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

Theater Arts

Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Science & Technology Project
The Ensemble Studio Theatre collaborates with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and produce full-length and one-act plays and musicals that address the questions and dilemmas faced by "hard" scientists. The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling work exploring the worlds of science and technology and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in the popular imagination. Commissions will be awarded to individuals, groups, and creative teams for full-length and one-act plays and musicals. The project is open to a broad range of topics related to the issues, people, ideas, processes, leading-edge discoveries, inventions, and/or history of the "hard" sciences and technology. Works about psychology, human behavior, medical conditions, victims of disease, and science fiction will not be considered. Commissions between $1,000 and $10,000 each are available for script proposals, and rewrite commissions of between $1,000 and $5,000 each are available for existing scripts. The deadline for commission proposals is November 30, 2009; the deadline for script submissions is December 31, 2009. Go to: http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/est_sloan.html

Transformative Research

NIH Director's Transformative Research Projects Program
A major goal of the NIH is to foster bold and creative investigator-initiated research. In pursuit of this goal, the Transformative Research Projects Program has been created under the auspices of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research to enhance submission and support of exceptionally innovative, high-risk, original and/or unconventional research that has the potential to have a profound impact in clinical, basic or behavioral/social science arenas.

NIH Roadmap Transformative Research Awards provide up to $25 million total costs per year for a single project. The NIH encourages applications for the Transformative Research Projects Program (RFA-RM-09-022) from scientists representing all disciplines relevant to the NIH mission, including the biological, behavioral, clinical, social, physical, chemical, computational, engineering, and mathematical sciences. Interdisciplinary teams as well as individual investigators with bold ideas are encouraged to apply.

Deadlines: Letter of Intent: December 22, 2009; Full Proposal: January 22, 2010. Additional information, including Frequently Asked Questions about the Transformative Research Projects Program is available at: http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/T-R01/. Send questions to T_R01@mail.nih.gov. http://nexus.od.nih.gov/nexus/nexus.aspx?ID=336&Month=11&Year=2009

Violence

HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury
The CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research (R01) that will help expand and advance our understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies. The following research objectives are the focus of this solicitation:

1. Dissemination/Implementation Research - Conduct studies aimed at identifying and evaluating efficient and effective methods for the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based strategies, programs or policies to prevent child maltreatment or youth violence.

2. Efficacy/Effectiveness Research - Evaluate the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost effectiveness of primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies to prevent the perpetration of interpersonal violence or suicidal behavior. These strategies, programs or policies can be targeted universally or at selected or high-risk populations, but cannot be targeted at individuals who have already engaged in the perpetration of violence or suicidal behavior. Funds are available to conduct such studies aimed at preventing the perpetration of child maltreatment, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, suicidal behavior, or youth violence.

3. Etiologic Research - Conduct studies to identify protective or buffering factors that can alter adverse developmental trajectories or moderate the impact of risk factors to prevent interpersonal violence or suicidal behavior from occurring. Deadline: January 27, 2010. Go to: http://apply07.grants.gov/apply/UpdateOffer?id=14360

Of Interest

Community of Science Workshop - November 20, 2009.
The FAU Division of Research and the S. E. Wimberly Library Information Literacy and Instructional Services Department present a Community of Science Workshop on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. In the Library, Room 136, Boca Campus, Instructors: Dr. Darlene Parrish and Bruce Barron. To ensure there are enough work stations available for this hands-on workshop, please complete the form found at: http://www.fau.edu/research/osr/registration-cos.php. Who Should Attend? New Faculty, Current Faculty, Graduate Students, Administrators, Researchers.

For Additional Information, contact Penny Ashwanden, M.P.H., Senior Coordinator, Division of Research/Sponsored Programs, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, ADM 234, Boca Raton, FL 33431, E-mail: Penny Ashwanden, Tel: (561) 297-2311; Fax: (561) 297-2319

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Prior Opportunity Alerts

November 2009