OPPORTUNITY FUNDING ALERT

COS Workshops

Army Medical Research and Development
Department of the Army - USAMRAA Program
Citrus Research
Citrus Research and Development Foundation
Doctoral Dissertation Research
National Science Foundation - Doctoral Dissertation Research
Economic Recovery
Open Society Institute - Promoting Transparency and Equity in the Economic Recovery in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana
Education, Community, & Medicine/Health
RGF Foundation - Education, Community, & Medicine/Health Grants
Energy
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation - Special Funding Program
Film
Film Dependent - 2010 Directors Lab
Information Technology
National Science Foundation, Division of Information & Intelligent Systems - CreativeIT
Lung Disease
American Lung Association - Funding for Training, Independent Research
Marine Science
Florida Sea Grant Elise Newell Seminar Series Student Fellowship and Scholarship Opportunities Florida Sea Grant / Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation - Guy Harvey Excellence Award
News Technology
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks Innovative Digital Projects
Nordic Research Opportunity
NSF Graduate Research Fellows Nordic Research Opportunity
Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - "Partners Investing in Nursing's Future"
Oceanographic Centers
National Science Foundation - Oceanographic Centers and Facilities
Sociology
National Science Foundation - Sociology Grants
Women
Schlumberger Foundation - Faculty for the Future
Of Interest
Division of Research/Research Integrity - IRBNet Workshops
NOTICE: All FAU eligible for NIH R15s October 25 Deadline

Army Medical Research and Development

Department of the Army - USAMRAA - Applied Research & Advanced Technology Development Award
This program (# W81XWH-09-DMRDP-ARATDA), funded at $97 million, will provide support for research that is designed to advance state-of-the-art solutions for world class medical care with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), TBI, prosthetics, restoration of eye sight and advancing eye care, and other conditions directly relevant to the injuries our service members are currently receiving on the battlefield, as well as the capability needs of the JFHP CONOPS. DMRDP efforts will assess scientific and/or military field deployment feasibility of promising new products, pharmacologic agents (drugs and biologics), behavioral and rehabilitation interventions, diagnostic and therapeutic devices, clinical guidance, supporting medical information and training systems, and/or emerging approaches and technologies. Go to: http://www.usamraa.army.mil/dmrdp.cfm [select click here to submit a pre-proposal, then select Program Announcements and Forms] and at http://www.usamraa.army.mil/ [select PA].

Citrus Research

The Citrus Research and Development Foundation - Disease Research
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation is pleased to announce its August 2009 Request for Proposals. Citrus cultivation is threatened by a very serious disease called Citrus Greening or Huanglongbing (HLB). Symptoms are latent, and then become lethal. The spread and cause of HLB are associated with a phloem feeding insect (Asian Citrus Psyllid) and a fastidious bacterium (Candidatus Liberibacter). The overall goals of this research program are to rapidly find both short- and long-term solutions to the current disease crises affecting the Florida citrus industry. Projects should be planned so they facilitate rapid commercialization of solutions. Deadlines: October 2, 2009: Preproposal Submission, Proposal Submission (by invitation only): December, 2009. Go to: http://www.fcprac.com/proposals-2009.html

Doctoral Dissertation Researach

National Science Foundation - Doctoral Dissertation Research
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research (NSF 06-605). These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question. For a list of cognizant program officers, please visit the SBE Doctoral Dissertation Contact List http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ddrig_contacts.jsp. Deadlines: Various. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06605/nsf06605.htm

Economic Recovery

Open Society Institute - Promoting Transparency and Equity in the Economic Recovery in Colorado, Florida, and Louisiana
The Open Society Institute (OSI) requests proposals to support alliances of state-based organizations working to ensure that federal and state economic recovery efforts are transparent and accountable, benefit those most in need, and enhance equity rather than reinforce structures of inequality. In July, the Open Society Institute issued a request for proposals http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/staterfp_20090723 from state-based advocates in New York, California, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. They are now issuing a second request directed at groups in Louisiana, Florida, and Colorado. OSI seeks to fund alliances that will: (1) seek comprehensive and timely collection and dissemination of recovery-related spending data; (2) advocate for equitable spending; (3) promote a strong social safety net; (4) spotlight the role of decision-makers in the success or failure of economic recovery programs. OSI plans to fund alliances that will seek comprehensive and timely collection and dissemination of recovery-related spending data, advocate for equitable spending, promote a strong social safety net, and spotlight the role of decision makers in the success or failure of economic recovery programs. OSI will consider grants of up to $500,000 per state to be distributed over two years. Deadline: October 8, 2009. Go to: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/usprograms/focus/special/news/staterfp_20090723

Education, Community, & Medicine/Health

RGF Foundation - Education, Community, & Medicine/Health Grants
The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Community Program supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the Foundation include children and family services, early childhood development, and parenting education. The Foundation supports a variety of Community Improvement programs including those that enhance non-profit management and promote philanthropy and voluntarism. Youth development programs supported by the Foundation typically include after-school educational enrichment programs that supplement and enhance formal education systems to increase the chances for successful outcomes in school and life. The Foundation is also interested in programs that attract female and minority students into the fields of mathematics, science, and technology. The area of Medicine/Health includes programs that promote the health and well-being of children, programs that promote access to health services, and Foundation-initiated programs focusing on ALS. All applicants must complete an electronic Letter of Inquiry from the Web site as the first step. RGK Foundation will entertain one electronic Letter of Inquiry per organization in a twelve-month period. FAU faculty must advise Camille Coley, Interim Director of Sponsored Programs, at ccoley@fau.edu mailto:ccoley@fau.edu, if planning to submit a Letter of Inquiry to this Foundation. Deadline: None. Go to: http://www.rgkfoundation.org/public/guidelines#programs

Energy

US-Israel Binational Science Foundation - Special Funding Program
The U.S. - Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) offers special funding for projects in alternative energy, renewable energy and energy efficiency. This special program is supported by the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures and the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Deadlines: Regular research program: October 15, 2009; special funding initiative: November 12, 2009. Go to: http://www.bsf.org.il/BSFPublic/Defaultage1.aspx?PageId=21&innerTextID=21

Film

Film Dependent - 2010 Directors Lab
Sponsored by Kodak http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=8&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=10205, the Directors Lab is an intensive eight-week program designed to help directors who are prepping feature-length narrative films. The lab takes place in Los Angeles each winter. The primary focus of the lab is on learning to work with actors and the rehearsal process. Fellows go through a mini-production, learning how to break down a script into a short list, collaborate with cinematographers, and construct a scene in the editing process. A secondary goal of the program is to help advance the careers of lab fellows by introducing them to established film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of directing. The program is open to first-time directors as well as filmmakers who previously directed shorts and features. Documentary projects are not eligible for application. The lab is provided free to accepted filmmakers. Upon completion of the lab, filmmakers become Film Independent Fellows and receive year-round support, including access to Film Independent's annual film education offerings, the on-staff Filmmaker Advisor, and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Lab filmmakers are provided a cash stipend for their project and access to camera and sound packages. A maximum of eight projects will be selected. The application fee is $55 for Film Independent members and $75 for non-members. Deadline: October 5, 2009. Go to: http://filmindependent.org/content/directors-lab

Information Technology

National Science Foundation, Div. of Information & Intelligent Systems - CreativeIT The CreativeIT Program
NSF 09-572 solicits proposals for projects that explore synergistic cross disciplinary research in creativity and computer science and information technology. Information technology is playing an increasing role in extending the capability of human creative thinking and problem solving. The study of creativity and computing as a way to advance computer science and information technology, cognitive science, engineering, education, or science can lead to new models of creativity and creative computational processes, innovative approaches to education that encourage creativity, innovative modes of research that include creative professionals, and new technology to support human creativity. Deadline: October 13, 2009. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09572/nsf09572.htm

Lung Disease

American Lung Association - Funding for Training, Independent Research

TRAINING AWARDS
Lung Health Dissertation Grant: $21,000/yr. Pre-doctoral support for nurses or students with an academic career focused on the various disciplines of social science. Research areas of particular interest to the American Lung Association are: psychosocial, behavioral, health services, health policy, epidemiological, biostatistical and educational matters related to lung disease.

Senior Research Training Fellowship: $32,500/yr. Post-doctoral support for MDs and/or PhDs receiving further academic training as scientific investigators. Research areas of particular interest to the American Lung Association are: adult pulmonary medicine, pediatric pulmonary medicine and lung biology.

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
Biomedical Research Grant: $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for investigators researching the mechanisms of lung disease and general lung biology.

Clinical Patient Care Research Grant: $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for investigators working on traditional clinical studies examining methods of improving patient care and/or treatment for lung disease.

Social-Behavioral Research Grant: $40,000/yr. Provides seed monies for investigators working on epidemiological and behavioral studies examining risk factors affecting lung health. This grant includes studies concerning the ethical, legal and economic aspects of health services and policies.

ALLIANCE AWARDS

American Lung Association / AAAAI Allergic Respiratory Diseases Award: $50,000/yr. Supports research on allergic respiratory disease.

American Lung Association / The CHEST Foundation: $40,000/yr. Supports clinical research on asthma. Duration: up to two years.

American Lung Association Dalsemer Research Grant: $40,000/yr. Supports research on interstitial lung disease. Duration: up to two years.

American Lung Association / LUNGevity Foundation Lung Cancer Discovery Award: $100,000/yr. Supports research on novel medical treatments or cures for lung cancer.

Deadline: Oct. 21, 2009. Go to: www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.486859/k.6F8D/Awards_and_Grants_Program.htm

Marine Science

1. Florida Sea Grant Elise Newell Seminar Series Florida Sea Grant is now taking proposals for their annual seminar series in memory of Elise Newell. Last year there were nine outstanding seminars at eight Florida universities. The deadline is October 15, Sea Grant will provide results by October 30th so you have plenty of time to invite speakers for the Spring 2010 semester. Go to this link for details: http://www.flseagrant.org/funding/rfp/Newell_Seminar_2010_Request.html

2. Student Fellowship and Scholarship Opportunities- As always, there will be several scholarship and fellowship opportunities for FL students this upcoming year (http://www.flseagrant.org/students/scholarships/index.htm). It is important to note that the federal fellowships offered by NOAA require serious advance planning. The two NOAA NMFS fellowships require that the student have a mentor at one of the research laboratories, and obviously that takes careful advance preparation, and the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship requires a 1,000 word career goal statement that needs to be fine-tuned before the package makes its way to DC.

3. Florida Sea Grant / Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation - Guy Harvey Excellence Award The Guy Harvey Excellence Award in marine science recognizes undergraduate and graduate students enrolled fulltime at a Florida university who are conducting work related to bettering our renewable, finite marine resources through science. Up to two awards will be given each year to highly qualified students. Awardees receive a framed certificate designed and signed by Guy Harvey and $2,000 to be used toward their research. Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009. Applications for the Guy Harvey Excellence Award are due at Florida Sea Grant November 15, 2009.Go to: http://flseagrant.org/students/scholarships/

News Technology

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks Innovative Digital Projects
The Knight News Challenge, an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation http://www.knightfoundation.org/, seeks innovations that use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities. This international contest awards up to $5 million per year for innovative platforms, tools, and services with the potential to inform and transform community news, conversations, and information distribution and visualization. Anyone may nominate a project from anywhere in the world. To be eligible, projects must use open-source digital technology, must distribute news in the public interest, and must be tested in a local community. Deadline: Oct.13, 2009. Go to: http://www.newschallenge.org/

Nordic Research Opportunity

NSF Graduate Research Fellows Nordic Research Opportunity
The Division of Graduate Education and the Office of International Science and Engineering announce an international research opportunity, available as a Supplemental Award, for NSF Graduate Research Fellows (GRFs) to enable Fellows to gain international research experience and establish collaborations with counterparts at Norwegian, Finnish or Danish research institutions.

Through a pilot collaboration, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Research Council of Norway http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://rcn.no/usa (RCN), the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.tekes.fi/NSFfellows/ (TEKES), and the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye?http://www.dg.dk/ will support research visits of between two and twelve months on a competitive basis. This international research opportunity is intended to enrich the GRF experience by exposing Fellows to leading Nordic scientists and institutions, thus enabling them to develop early-career collaborations with European research partners. Results are expected to expand opportunities for innovation and add an international dimension to GRF research projects. Deadline: Dec.15, 2009. Announcement of supplement awards will be made in early April, 2010. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09064/nsf09064.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25

Nursing

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - "Partners Investing in Nursing's Future"
Nurses are the largest component of the health care workforce, and their vigilance is critical to keeping our communities safe and healthy. Despite the fact that an economic downturn has temporarily lessened the current nursing shortage in some settings, our nation faces a growing shortage of experienced nurses in the near future. Addressing the underlying causes of the nursing workforce shortage is central to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's goal of building and retaining a diverse, high-quality health care workforce in the United States and to Northwest Health Foundation's focus on developing collaborative and sustainable solutions to advance, support and promote the health of the people of their region. Partners Investing in Nursing's Future is a collaborative effort between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation to create unique partnerships with local and regional grantmaking foundations to encourage sustained investment in nursing workforce solutions. Deadline: October 29, 2009. Go to: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20903

Oceanographic Centers

National Science Foundation - Oceanographic Centers and Facilities
NSF supports construction, conversion, acquisition, and operation of major shared-use oceanographic facilities. The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) schedules these facilities and expeditionary programs. This program supports expensive facilities that are necessary for NSF-funded research and training of oceanographers. Examples of these facilities are ships, submersibles, large shipboard equipment, and shared-use instruments to collect and analyze data. NSF encourages local contributions from nonfederal funds; however, there is no fixed requirement for institutional contributions. Deadlines: Oceanographic Instrumentation: October 15, 2009; Ship Operations Program: November 1, 2009; Oceanographic Technical Services, November 15, 2009; Ocean Technology and Interdisciplinary Coordination, February 15, 2010, August 15, 2010. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12725

Sociology

National Science Foundation - Sociology Grants
The NSF's Division of Social and Economic Sciences sociology program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. The program also funds doctoral dissertation research to defray direct costs associated with conducting research, for example, dataset acquisition, additional statistical or methodological training, meeting with scholars associated with original datasets, and fieldwork away from the student's home campus. (See http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/soc/socckl1.jsp). Deadlines: Regular Research: Jan.15, 2010; Aug.15, 2010. Dissertation Research: Oct. 15, 2009; Feb. 15, 2010. Go to: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39

Women

Schlumberger Foundation - Faculty for the Future
Fellowships will be awarded to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for Ph.D. or postdoctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering, and related disciplines to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad. Grant recipients are therefore selected as much for their leadership capabilities as their scientific talents and are expected to return to their home countries to continue their academic careers and inspire other young women. Faculty for the Future grants are in the range of $25,000 to $50,000 each per year, and may be renewed through to completion of studies subject to performance, self-evaluation, and recommendations from supervisors. Deadline: November 30, 2009. Go to: http://www.slb.com/content/about/foundation/facultyfuture.asp

Of Interest

Division of Research/Research Integrity - IRBNet Workshops
The Division of Research has implemented one of the industry's leading Institutional Review Board (human subjects research) software programs, IRBNet, which provides electronic protocol management, on-line submissions and many other important features. In addition to being an intuitive system, IRBNet's secure web-based solution is accessible anytime, anywhere. All studies being submitted to the IRB must be submitted electronically through IRBNet. The department of Research Integrity has scheduled two training workshops for IRBNet this month. The training schedule for IRBNet is:

* Tuesday, September 22, 12-1 p.m. in Administration, 2nd Fl., Rm. 246, Boca Raton Campus

* Thursday, September 24, 12-1 p.m. in Administration, 2nd Fl., Rm. 246, Boca Raton Campus

Contacts: Tina Horton x7-2509, thorton@fau.edu; Angela Clear, X7-1348, aclear@fau.edu; Elisa Gaucher, X7-2318, egaucher@fau.edu.

Register online by going to: http://www.fau.edu/research/rcs/IRBNet.php.

NOTICE: NIH R15s October 25 Deadline
For the October 25, 2009, parent R15 deadline, the expanded eligibility requirements (up to $6M) will apply to FAU for previous 4 of 7 years. The award limit will be $300,000 per award, and all FAU units are now eligible. If you have further questions about this announcement, please contact: Eion J. Ramcharan, Ph.D., (561) 297-7233 (7-7233;Boca Raton Campus; Mon-Thursday), (561) 799 8115 (6-8115;Jupiter Campus; Friday), email: eramchar@fau.edu.

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September 2009