From grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu Tue Jul 8 17:03:52 2008 From: grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu (grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:03:52 -0400 Subject: [Grants-dist] Research Opportunities Message-ID: <6FAABD1159263A4B84B126D9C2FCFD52019FB80C@CUMAIL1.CAMPUS.CU.CLEMSON.EDU> The Committee for TCRP Project J-7, the synthesis studies, met on May 15, 2008 and selected 6 primary topics for study. The titles and topic numbers for the 6 primary topics are shown below, and the scopes can be found on our website at: http://www.trb.org/Studies/Synthesis/SynthesesTCRPNew.asp Topic Panels are being formed to further develop the scope of study and to oversee the technical content of these studies. Nominees should be knowledgeable in the topic and willing to serve on a panel that will meet twice and provide intensive review of materials developed by the consultant. Travel costs will be paid by TCRP. Recommendations for topic panel members may be made by sending an email indicating the topic of interest and a resume to Ms. Donna Vlasak (dvlasak at nas.edu) by August 15, 2008. Project Number Project Title TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SA-21 Operating Agreements between Commuter Rail Transit Agencies and Freight Railroads TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SA-22 Bus Arterial and Light Rail Transit Preferential Treatments TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SE-05 Preventive Maintenance Intervals for Transit Buses TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SH-09 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Savings from Transit TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SH-10 Effective Use of Citizen Advisory Committees for Transit Planning and Operations TCRP Synthesis J-07/Topic SH-11 Pass Fare Arrangements for Public Employees Tentative scopes for these topics are posted (in PDF format) at http://www.trb.org/Studies/Synthesis/SynthesesTCRPNew.asp * * * * * * * Dear Science & Technology Colleague, Important updates have been posted to the official web site for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) 2008 Naval Science & Technology Partnership Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC, 12-14 August. This year's conference places a very high emphasis on direct access to ONR Program Officers. We will be using ONR's new online appointment request feature called "Pitch a Principal". This has been developed to encourage participants to submit advance requests to discuss particular ideas with or pose specific questions to an ONR Program Officer, to learn how to do business with ONR, or to join the ONR team. Click here to learn more: http://www.onr.navy.mil/conferences/science_technology_partnership_2008/ pitch_principal.asp For more information a bout the CNR Challenge for innovative (up to 100K reward) ideas visit http://www.onr.navy.mil/conferences/science_technology_partnership_2008/ challenge.asp You can also reserve a booth in the Exhibit Hall for your organization. Check the ONR web site often for more updates . Early bird registration ends 13 July! http://www.onr.navy.mil Questions about Exhibit Hall reservations should be directed to Alden Davidson at adavidson at ndia.org or (703)247-2582. * * * * * * * Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts July 04, 2008 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=07-04-2008 NIH Requiring Mandatory Use of the Electronic Financial Status Report System in the eRA Commons Beginning October 1, 2007 * * * * * * * Commerce Business Daily for this week: http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-04-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-03-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-02-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-01-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-06-30-08.htm NSF, NIH and ACS deadlines have been updated in the Research Opportunities continuous list at the bottom of the page. To view the continuous list of Research Opportunities and items you may have missed please click on the following URL: http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/opportunities.htm * * * * * * * * To view The Grant Advisor http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/ * * * * * * * To see what's in the (State Science and Technology Institute) STTI Weekly Digest go to the bottom of this document. * * * * * * * * Current Fringe Rates, Indirect Rates, and Tuition Remission Rates are listed at the bottom. * * * * * * * * July 15, 2008 DOT U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline &Hazardous Material Safety Administration PHMSA HMIT Modification 2 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =41281 July 16, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory LED Based Integrated Luminaire Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 681 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Phospors or Encapsulants Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 685 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Low cost substrates and encapsulation for OLEDs Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 688 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory High Efficiency LEDs or Arrays Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 695 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Electronics Development Modification 5, Modification 7 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 696 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Lighting Panel Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 697 DOE US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Off Grid SSL Products Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 698 August 11, 2008 DOT U.S. Department of Transportation DOT/Federal Transit Administration Passenger Protection In Rail Transit Vehicles Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42224 August 15, 2008 DOT U.S. Department of Transportation DOT/Federal Transit Administration Research Hybrid Fuel Technology Transit System Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42233 August 18, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA - MTO - BAA0718 Dual-Mode Detector Ensemble (DUDE) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42225 September 1, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Geomechanics & Geotechnical Systems (GGS) Modification 8 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=12 56 September 3, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA - MTO - BAA0718 Self-HEALing mixed-signal Integrated Circuits (HEALICs) Modification 1 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =41735 September 30, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Arctic Observing Network Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 003 NSF National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 004 October 1, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Geomechanics & Geomaterials Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 006 EPA Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42215 October 8, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 040 October 15, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services Food & Drug Administration Support for Small Scientific Conference Grant Program Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=13 31 October 31, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2009 and FY 2010 Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 001 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Harnessing Inflammation for Reconstruction of Oral and Craniofacial Tissues (R01/R21) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42195 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42197 NSF National Science Foundation Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 995 NSF National Science Foundation Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 997 NSF National Science Foundation Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 998 * * * * * * * * New F&A Schedule (Pending Federal approval) Effective April 1, 2008, all newly submitted proposals must include the correct F&A rate(s) for the appropriate year(s), including multi-year proposals. The Clemson F&A agreement, effective March 5, 2007, includes an increase of one-half percent each year for the next two years for On-campus Organized Research. The negotiated rate for FY 07/08 is 47.5%, FY 08/09 is 48%, and FY 09/10 is 48.5%. The 48.5% rate should be used for fiscal years after FY10 until we have a new rate agreement. New Fringe Rates Faculty - 27.9% Staff & Post-Docs - 32.8% Students - 6.2% Part-time & Retired - 20.8% FY Per Semester Per Summer Session Total for Year 2009 2,826 788 7,228 2010 2,967 827 7,588 2011 3,115 868 7,966 2012 3,271 911 8,364 Dianne M. Myers Grants Administrator College of Engineering and Science 113 Riggs Hall, Box 340901 Clemson, SC 29634-0901 864-656-5534 (p) 864-656-7244 (f) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To view the continuous list of Research Opportunities and items you may have missed please click on the following URL: http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/opportunities.htm * * * * * * * * To view The Grant Advisor http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/ * * * * * * * To see what's in the (State Science and Technology Institute) STTI Weekly Digest go to the bottom of this document. * * * * * * * * Current Fringe Rates, Indirect Rates, and Tuition Remission Rates are listed at the bottom. * * * * * * * * July 31, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters DRAFT STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PI-LED MISSIONS Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42292 August 8, 2008 USDA United States Department of Agriculture CSREES Biodiesel Fuel Education Program Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 066 August 25, 2008 EPA Environmental Protection Agency Research Apprenticeship Program for High School Students Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42266 August 27, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy Golden Field Office Research, Development, and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Technologies for Automotive, Stationary, and Portable Power Applications Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 781 August 31, 2008 DOI Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology (CMRET) Gas Hydrates Research Program at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MA Modification 1 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 063 September 8, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Air Force -- Research Lab Non-Metallic Materials Research Thrust (NMMRT), Call 12, Organic Matrix Composites (OMCs) Thrust, "Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) Case and Insulation Material" Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 067 October 1, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 062 September 9, 2011 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers Modification 1 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 010 * * * * * * * SSTI Weekly Digest A Publication of the State Science and Technology Institute SSTI, 5015 Pine Creek Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081 Phone: (614) 901-1690 http://www.ssti.org In the July 9, 2008 Supplement: SSTI Funding Supplement Guidelines Federal Funding Opportunities * Department of Commerce * Proposals to establish a cooperative institute that will explore and research continental shelf frontier ecosystems * Department of Defense * Innovative R&D proposals in the area of an integrated day/night sight * Optical radiation effectiveness and safety services in support of the Optical Radiation Branch * System development and demonstration of an integrated aircrew ensemble * Five-year open-ended solicitation intended to support innovation in solving war-fighter needs * Rotary Thermal Cycler Project * Development of a production-capable metal-to-ceramic seal-brazing process that effectively seals xenon gas inside a sapphire flash lamp tube having metal electrodes * Rapid Response Acquisition Thrust * Three-dimensional facial recognition and multi-spectral fingerprinting technology * Sources and cost estimates for an automated system for access control * Cyber behavior research * Innovative evaluation tools and/or methods in assessing security-risks related to allegiance, foreign influence and foreign preference in the evaluation of personnel for national security positions * Information regarding light detection and ranging technologies to measure meteorological conditions * Concepts from industry that can advance Navy operational logistics capabilities through component advancement and/or integrated demonstration and evaluation * Research efforts aimed at addressing the nanofabrication challenge * Technologies and methodologies to prevent concrete deterioration from alkali silica reaction * Concepts for real-time and non-real-time automated sensing and understanding of the battlespace using multiple distributed unmanned platforms * Network centric engineering technology projects * Engineering technical services and support of submarine tactical and weapons control systems of the AN/BYG-1 Combat System * Research and information technology architecture, high performance computing, high performance networking, and related digital streams technology * Labor, engineering and computer analysis support for a builder developer tool set * Technical Engineering and Support Services contract * Department of Education * Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects program * Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers program * Department of Energy * Solid-State Lighting Product Development Program * Optical coating design and demonstration for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera optics * Department of Health and Human Services * NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (5 such programs) * Department of Homeland Security * Smart Card biometric readers * NASA * 2008 SBIR and STTR Programs * Advanced Component Technologies program * National Science Foundation * Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships Foundation Funding Opportunities * American Council of Learned Societies * Digital Innovation Fellowships program * Social Science Research Council * Abe Fellowship Program Copyright State Science & Technology Institute 2008. NOTICE: All opportunities posted herein may be subject to change, modification, revision or cancellation at the discretion of the originating source. SSTI is not an originating or authoritative source for any of the announcements posted in the funding supplement. Readers are advised to address all questions and concerns about a particular opportunity to the appropriate point(s) of contact in the detailed solicitation or request for proposals. Readers also are strongly encouraged to monitor any new developments released by the originating sources. ________________________________ SSTI Funding Supplement Guidelines It has been over a year since the SSTI Weekly Funding Supplement became a members-only publication. We hope our membership finds great value in the publication for yourself and your constituents. It has been brought to our attention that some of our members are not following the redistribution guidelines. 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If you have any questions, please contact Noelle Sheets, director of membership services, at sheets @ ssti.org. ________________________________ Federal Funding Opportunities Department of Commerce The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is soliciting proposals to establish a cooperative institute that will explore and research continental shelf frontier ecosystems, advance the state of knowledge of both shallow and deep coral ecosystems under U.S. jurisdiction, and develop, test and evaluate advanced ocean technologies and tools. This institute will give NOAA the benefit of working with complementary capabilities at one or more research institutions that contribute to its ocean exploration, research and technology priorities on the eastern U.S. Continental Shelf. Approximately $2.5 million is expected to be available to support the first year of the institute. The Task I budget should not exceed $150,000. Cost-sharing is required. Eligibility is limited to nonfederal public and private nonprofit universities, colleges and research institutions that offer accredited graduate level degree-granting programs in NOAA-related sciences. Proposals are due Oct. 6, 2008. For more information, visit: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15313.htm Department of Defense The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting innovative R&D proposals in the area of an integrated day/night sight. This funding opportunity seeks to develop on a single chip the integration of a sensor that is vertically stacked and can sense light in the Visible/Near Infrared/SWIR and long wave infrared sensor region. Multiple awards are anticipated; eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals may be submitted at any time until July 3, 2009; however, they are due Aug. 18, 2008, for the initial evaluation phase. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=726af814e1d84ca951b 320913346ccbd&tab=core&_cview=0 The Department of the Air Force is soliciting proposals for optical radiation effectiveness and safety services in support of the Optical Radiation Branch in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Bioeffects Division. The research portfolio sponsored by the Optical Radiation Branch spans the fields of laser bioeffects, vision science, modeling and simulation, and safety engineering. This research aims to enhance combat survivability by enabling U.S. forces to counter optical hazards and threats while exploiting optical systems. Approximately $19.6 million over fiscal years 2008-13 is expected to be available for one award having a project period of 78 months. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Aug. 21, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=dec95e18850ba0d5b8e 3a6429eb4a087&tab=core&_cview=0 The Air Force will be soliciting proposals for contract awards to support system development and demonstration of an integrated aircrew ensemble. This funding opportunity seeks to replace the current aircrew flight ensemble of multi-layered garments with a fully integrated and configurable system, using as few layers as possible. This is a 100 percent small business set-aside. A full solicitation is expected to be released on or about Aug. 29, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9bea50c59bd0ae0244d 1aa03063c31ec&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force will be soliciting proposals for a five-year open-ended solicitation intended to support innovation in solving war-fighter needs through the coupling of different disciplines. Future calls for proposals will be released to enable the rapid formation of teams to formulate and conduct innovative strategies that address complex research opportunities impacting current or projected adversary threats. Such teams will represent diverse expertise and knowledge. Multiple awards are anticipated; eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=364fc68edc4804ca288 8e5f1e8301c53&tab=core&_cview=0 The Department of the Army is soliciting proposals Rotary Thermal Cycler Project. The objective of this project is to continue to design, develop and build the prototype for a handheld DNA detection system capable of detecting and identifying a broad spectrum of biological threats on-site in less than 30 minutes. The period of performance for the project will continue for one year after contract award. Proposals are due Aug. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=24e019ac3d592f35f78 6b975a3a510f8&tab=core&_cview=1 The Army is seeking sources for the development of a production-capable metal-to-ceramic seal-brazing process that effectively seals xenon gas inside a sapphire flash lamp tube having metal electrodes. The selected offeror will be required to develop and demonstrate a process to seal a sapphire flash lamp tube through optimization of weld materials and/or brazing techniques. Eligibility is unrestricted. No awards will be made for responses, which are due Sept. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7a5ad5d38ff2a8abb79 c4830936b946e&tab=core&_cview=1 The Army will be soliciting proposals for the Rapid Response (R2) Acquisition Thrust. The R2 is the major part of a Command Pilot Program to increase the Armament, Research, Development and Engineering (ARDEC) responsiveness to meeting its customers' immediate requirements. In support of the Global War on Terror, ARDEC's mission, including lethality and counter-lethality efforts, has expanded to include providing expedited developmental solutions to meet the customers needs at various stages of the lifecycle of a product. One contract with multiple prime contractor awards is anticipated; eligibility is unrestricted. A full solicitation is expected to be released on or about July 14, 2008, with proposals due 45 days thereafter. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a5b5e31a82c9dfeba76 318d6dec38bed&tab=core&_cview=0 The Army will be soliciting proposals for three-dimensional facial recognition and multi-spectral fingerprinting technology for the Army's Language and Technology Center at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. This includes the production, installation and support of a prototype system implementing all of the software components specified under the solicitation's statement of objectives. Two contract awards are anticipated. The solicitation is expected to be released on or about July 28, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e1b12fa63a0ac7b7308 913893dad8d1a&tab=core&_cview=0 The Department of the Navy is seeking potential sources and cost estimates for an automated system for access control. This system should be able to independently verify that workers have satisfied the criteria for entry into a high radiation area and grant the workers access, based on satisfactory verification of those criteria. No awards will be made for responses, which are due July 11, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1acdff39622ef52e237 39be60dc61b02&tab=core&_cview=1 The Navy is soliciting white papers for cyber behavior research in support of the Special Security Center. This program consists of two interrelated tasks in which investigators advance research programs to (1) survey information technology activities in a sample generalized to personnel holding active security clearances and (2) identify robust indicators signifying a heightened risk or resilience for individuals to engage in risky IT activities or problematic cyber behaviors within the workplace. Eligibility is open to U.S.-owned or U.S.-based firms. White papers are due July 18, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Aug. 29, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=35880931b8966fc67dc 90801571688df&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy is soliciting white papers to develop innovative evaluation tools and/or methods in assessing security-risks related to allegiance, foreign influence and foreign preference in the evaluation of personnel for national security positions. Offerors should advance a research program of one or more studies to develop and validate an assessment tool that (1) accurately and reliably measures these indicators and (2) can be fully implemented into personnel evaluation and monitoring procedures. Eligibility is open to U.S.-owned or U.S.-based firms. White papers are due July 18, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Aug. 29, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=894c2bb93cf2eb6a4b2 27cab952c11a1&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy is requesting information regarding light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technologies to measure meteorological conditions, as a method of improving direct and indirect fires accuracy. A LIDAR Artillery Meteorology System would provide direct measurement of the meteorological data from the firing position to the target direction for as far along the projectiles flight path as can be measured. Responses are due July 23, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=691e0748e8a1ebebce5 6aa4187eabd65&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy is soliciting white papers for concepts from industry that can advance Navy operational logistics capabilities through component advancement and/or integrated demonstration and evaluation. This funding opportunity focuses on one topic that is divided into four subtopics: (1) advanced replenishment complements, (2) shipboard materiel transport, (3) standardized packaging and interface technologies, and (4) asset visibility and planning. Approximately $1 million is expected to be available for Phase I awards having a project period of 3-6 months. Eligibility is open to all responsible sources other than government entities and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. White papers are due July 23, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=08a2688dfc8be4ba391 a3952904c52d7&tab=core&_cview=1 The Navy is soliciting white papers for research efforts aimed at addressing the nanofabrication challenge. Of particular interest are various forms of bottom-up, self-assembly techniques that are capable of assembling electronic materials into arbitrarily shaped sub-1 Onm resolution patterns, while providing significant throughput enhancement over scanning probe microscopy based techniques. Approximately $3.5 million is expected to be available for awards having a project period of 18 months to two years. Awards ranging from $500,000 to $1 million are anticipated; however, lower- and higher-cost proposals will be considered. Eligible are all responsible sources from academia and industry. Required white papers are due July 24, 2008; full proposals are due Sept. 9, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 973 The Navy is soliciting proposals for technologies and methodologies to prevent concrete deterioration from alkali silica reaction (ASR), which has resulted in significant damage to airfield pavements and expenses in the tens of millions of dollars at each airfield. While mitigation of existing ASR deterioration may be considered, the main emphasis of this announcement is on prevention of deterioration. Work will be conducted in up to five phases, with each of the phases costed and negotiated separately and lasting approximately not more than one year each. Multiple awards may be made; the initial award will be for Phase I only and is estimated for up to $100,000. Abstracts may be submitted at any time, but to ensure review by the first meeting of the Technical Evaluation Board, they should be received by July 31, 2008. The solicitation will remain open until June 1, 2009. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ed615a75119eef754e3 47323a3151381&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy is soliciting white papers for concepts for real-time and non-real-time automated sensing and understanding of the battlespace using multiple distributed unmanned platforms. This technology should apply to three scenarios of interest: (1) at-sea battle force area awareness, (2) littoral region of interest, and (3) inland convoy/area force protection. Approximately $5.6 million over fiscal years 2009-12 is expected to be available for 1-2 awards having a project period of up to four years. Eligible are all responsible sources from academia and industry. Required white papers are due Aug. 7, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Oct. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c21db9715e11624e300 326c7413fa84c&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy is soliciting white papers for network centric engineering technology projects that offer potential for advancement and improvement of Department of Defense operations. This research opportunity is divided into six functional areas: (1) federated network engineering, (2) wireless and interior communications, (3) network services engineering, (4) network design and analysis, (5) network operations, and (6) enterprise network solutions. The amount and period of performance of selected proposals will vary depending on the research area and the technical approach to be pursued by selected offerors. Eligible are all responsible sources from government agencies, academia and industry. White papers may be submitted at any time until Sept. 30, 2011; however, specific high-interest topics may occasionally be assigned cutoff dates or may be skipped completely (in which case formal proposals will be required) to allow for timely contract award and project initiation. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b2b1c9149753ac9602b 27f823ce00ff4&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for engineering technical services and support of submarine tactical and weapons control systems of the AN/BYG-1 Combat System. This includes providing materials and support for the development and implementation of technical insertions and advanced processing build integration. Two contract awards having a project period of up to five years are anticipated. Eligibility is unrestricted. A full solicitation is expected to be released in late July or early August of 2008. Responses to the draft solicitations are due July 11, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=09518c09bfeb680e18e 7ee7a104d9dc7&tab=core&_cview=1 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for R&D support for a wide range of research and information technology architecture, high performance computing, high performance networking, and related digital streams technology. Two awards to one contractor are expected to result from a full solicitation, once released. The awards will have a project period of up to five years. Eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=932750e41b0d17aaa99 a714e49708872&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for labor, engineering and computer analysis support for a builder developer tool set for the Counter Radio-controlled Improvised Explosive Devices Electronic Warfare C-Mast Program. This includes radio frequency (RF) use and propagation and analysis of temporal and spatial patterns; new technologies relating to the field of RF; modeling and simulation in the area of electronic warfare; situational awareness and threat assessment in air and surface domains; RF related software and tools; software engineering; RADAR systems, and jammers. One award having a project period of up to five years is expected to result from a full solicitation, once released. Eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=444e968115 0fe744956be96968138fa2&_cview=1 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for the Technical Engineering and Support Services contract. This acquisition will provide research, development and engineering services for the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate and any successor organization that may evolve its elements at other locations, as well as customers developing intelligence and information warfare systems and working within the intelligence community. The support services to be acquired include technical, engineering, program management, prototype development and fabrication and operations expertise in support of intelligence, electronic warfare and information system development. Up to four awards may be made, including two awards reserved for small business concerns. Eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e1de4d2d2fc0be02fdf 72ba1b192ec7a&tab=core&_cview=0 return to the top of the page Department of Education (ED) The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) invites applications for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) program. This program seeks to develop methods, procedures and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. For the purposes of this announcement, the program has two priorities, (1) general DRRP requirements and (2) centers on research and capacity building to improve outcomes for individuals with disabilities from traditionally underserved racial and ethnic populations. Approximately $1.1 million is expected to be available for three grants having a project period of up to five years. Cost-sharing is required and will be negotiated at the time of the grant award. Eligible are states; public or private entities, including for-profit agencies or organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Applications are due Aug. 21, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/070708c.h tml NIDRR also invites applications for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) program. The purpose of this program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. For the purposes of this announcement, the program has two priorities, (1) general RRTC requirements and (2) an RRTC on individuals with disabilities living in rural areas. Approximately $850,000 is expected to be available for one award having a project period of up to five years. Eligible are states; public or private entities, including for-profit agencies or organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Applications are due Aug. 21, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/070708e.h tml Department of Energy (DOE) DOE invites applications for applied research in the Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Product Development Program. The focus of this program is product development of general illumination SSL sources, luminaires, and enabling products. The program highlights seven areas of interest targeting innovations in both light-emitting diodes and organic light-emitting diodes. Approximately $7.5 million is expected to be available for 2-5 cooperative agreement awards having a project period of up to two years and a cost-sharing requirement of at least 20 percent. Awards of up to $900,000 per year may be made. All types of domestic applicants are eligible to apply, except other federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Center contractors, and nonprofit organizations described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engaged in lobbying activities after Dec. 31, 1995. Applications are due July 16, 2008. For more information, visit: https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/3b3cff0a4a1f243485256ec100490e1 a/555a91f533dd1e8b8525744700605a51?OpenDocument DOE is soliciting proposals for optical coating design and demonstration for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) camera optics. The LSST aims to perform the most comprehensive astronomical survey in history by imaging most of the visible sky in a continuous series of short exposures. Proposals are due Aug. 8, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1ffb9d6c28b8ca2ad16 2a8264ea188a5&tab=core&_cview=0 Department of Health and Human Services The National Institute of Health (NIH) agencies invite applications for the NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs. Five such programs are described below. The overall objective of these programs is the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals to careers in clinical, pediatric, health disparities, or contraception and infertility research. Each program provides for the repayment of educational loan debt of up to $35,000 annually for qualified health professionals performing research within the mission of NIH at domestic, nonprofit or government entities. In general, applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals or permanent residents and have a health professional doctoral degree from an accredited institution. Applications may be submitted annually between Sept. 1 and Dec. 1. The master announcement is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-083.html * Extramural Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program. This program is designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals as pediatric investigators. Approximately $17 million is expected to be available annually to support contracts under this program. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-085.html * Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research. The focus of this program is the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals to research careers that focus on minority health or other health disparity issues. Approximately $9 million is expected to be available annually to support contracts under this program. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-086.html * Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Contraception and Infertility Researchers. The purpose of this program is to recruit and retain highly qualified health and/or allied health professionals as contraception and/or infertility investigators. Approximately $1 million is expected to be available annually to support contracts under this program. More information is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-087.html * Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Research. This program aims to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals as clinical investigators. Approximately $42 million is expected to be available annually to support contracts under this program. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-088.html * Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. This program focuses on the recruitment and retention of highly qualified health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to clinical research careers. Approximately $1.5 million is expected to be available annually to support contracts under this program. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-089.html Department of Homeland Security The Transportation Security Administration is seeking sources that can provide Smart Card biometric readers capable of reading the Transportation Worker Identification Credential currently being issued to workers in the maritime transportation industry. Information on both fixed and handheld portable readers is of interest. No awards will be made for responses, which are due July 21, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c66c2eb295768e0333b 4f94f523912b3&tab=core&_cview=1 NASA NASA is soliciting proposals for its 2008 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. The NASA 2008 SBIR technical topics and subtopics support the agency's Mission Directorates of Space Operations, Aeronautics Research, Science, and Exploration Systems. The NASA STTR 2008 research areas are aligned with the needs associated with the core competencies of the NASA Centers. Phase I STTR proposals must be jointly developed by a small business concern and a research institution, with at least 40 percent of the work being performed by the small business as the prime contractor and at least 30 percent of the work being performed by the research institution. A combined SBIR/STTR solicitation was expected to be released on or about July 7, with proposals due Sept. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html NASA is seeking partners to participate in developing proposals addressing the goals and objectives of its Advanced Component Technologies program. The goals of this program are to research, develop and demonstrate component- and subsystem-level technology developments that (1) reduce the risk, cost, size, volume, mass, and development time of Earth observing instrument and platforms and (2) enable new Earth observation measurements. The most recent announcement made in support of the program focuses on the development of advanced avalanche photodiodes. Contract awards or other agreements are anticipated; eligibility is unrestricted. All responses are due July 16, 2008. The two announcements are available at: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=065a97fa6ea62c45af6 7d402b5f21911&tab=core&_cview=0 National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF is soliciting proposals for Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships. These fellowships provide an opportunity for highly qualified, recent doctoral scientists to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. Fellows may engage in observational, instrumental, theoretical, laboratory or archival data research in any area of astronomy and astrophysics, in combination with a coherent educational plan for the duration of the fellowship. Approximately $750,000 in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for 8-9 fellowship grants of $83,000 per year for a period of up to three years. Grants are awarded to individuals who (1) are citizens, nationals or permanent residents of the U.S., (2) have earned the doctoral degree in an appropriate scientific field within five years prior to the proposal deadline or will complete the doctoral degree by Oct. 1 of the award year, and (3) have not participated in postdoctoral training for a combined full-time-equivalent duration of more than three years prior to the proposal deadline. Eligible host institutions include U.S. institutions of higher education; NSF-funded national centers, facilities or institutes; and U.S. nonprofit organizations with research and educational missions. International sites operated by U.S. organizations also are eligible. Proposals are due Oct. 8, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08581 ________________________________ Foundation Funding Opportunities American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) ACLS invites applications for the Digital Innovation Fellowships program. This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. Fellowships are intended to support an academic year dedicated to work on major scholarly projects that take a digital form, such as digital research archives or innovative databases, research that depends on or is greatly enhanced by the use of such tools, or some combination of these features. Up to five fellowship awards are anticipated. Each award carries a stipend of up to $55,000 towards an academic year's leave and provides for project costs of up to $25,000. To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have a Ph.D. degree conferred prior to the application deadline, which is Oct. 2, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.acls.org/grants/Single.aspx?id=352 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) SSRC invites applications for the Abe Fellowship Program. This program provides Abe Fellows with 3-12 months of full-time support over a two-year period to support international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. Specifically, the program encourages research focusing on policy-relevant and contemporary issues that have a comparative or transnational perspective and that draw the study of the U.S. and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates. Areas of interest include problems traditional and nontraditional approaches to security and diplomacy, global and regional economic issues, and the role of civil society. Eligibility is open to U.S. and Japanese citizens and to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in the U.S. or Japan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience. Applications are due Sept. 1, 2008. For more information, visit: http://fellowships.ssrc.org/abe/ * * * * * * * New F&A Schedule (Pending Federal approval) Effective April 1, 2008, all newly submitted proposals must include the correct F&A rate(s) for the appropriate year(s), including multi-year proposals. The Clemson F&A agreement, effective March 5, 2007, includes an increase of one-half percent each year for the next two years for On-campus Organized Research. The negotiated rate for FY 07/08 is 47.5%, FY 08/09 is 48%, and FY 09/10 is 48.5%. The 48.5% rate should be used for fiscal years after FY10 until we have a new rate agreement. New Fringe Rates Faculty - 27.9% Staff & Post-Docs - 32.8% Students - 6.2% Part-time & Retired - 20.8% FY Per Semester Per Summer Session Total for Year 2008 2,691 1,035 7,452 2009 2,826 788 7,228 2010 2,967 827 7,588 2011 3,115 868 7,966 2012 3,271 911 8,364 Dianne M. Myers Grants Administrator College of Engineering and Science 113 Riggs Hall, Box 340901 Clemson, SC 29634-0901 864-656-5534 (p) 864-656-7244 (f) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.clemson.edu/pipermail/grants-dist/attachments/20080711/b93f3608/attachment.html From grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu Fri Jul 18 16:47:02 2008 From: grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu (grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:47:02 -0400 Subject: [Grants-dist] Research Opportunities Message-ID: <6FAABD1159263A4B84B126D9C2FCFD5201ADB984@CUMAIL1.CAMPUS.CU.CLEMSON.EDU> Dear Colleagues, Below is a scientific opportunity in the area of Nanoferroelectrics and Multiferroics. I have worked with Dr. Greg Salamo before and he is a good scientist with a good reputation at the National Science Foundation. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Dr. Salamo directly at salamo at uark.edu. Thank you, Scott Little, PhD SC EPSCoR/IDeA State Manager _____________________________ Dear Project Directors, We are currently putting together a team composed of researchers from EPSCoR states in the area of Nanoferroelectrics and Multiferroics. This team will compete in the future to obtain support for a Center for Nanoferroelectrics and Multiferroics. I am asking your help in distributing the attached invitation to researchers in your state. The workshop is open to interested faculty and students from all EPSCoR states capable of contributing to this vision. The workshop will provide travel support for as many as 40 faculty or students. The workshop will be held in Fayetteville Arkansas on this August 18 and 19, 2008 as described further on the attached invitation. We feel that we have a real opportunity to bring the talent together on this topic within the EPSCoR community and we hope you can assist us in this effort. You are our best link to individuals whom we may not know but who are researching in this area. Thank you for your help Greg Gregory J. Salamo Distinguished Professor of Physics University of Arkansas Physics Dept Fayetteville AR 72701 Phone: 479-575-5931 Fax: 479-575-4580 salamo at uark.edu * * * * * * * Dear Colleague: We are pleased to announce that the 5th International Congress of Nano-Bio & Clean Tech will be held on October 27-30 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel. The event will feature more than 100 distinguished speakers from 25 countries discussing the latest scientific advancement, state-of-the art product development and business opportunities in nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, and clean tech. For more information about the event, please visit our web site at http://www.ianano.org/CallforPapers.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/EPSCoRWorkshop-v7.pdf If you are interested in a speaking opportunity or presenting a poster at the Congress please complete an online speaker form: http://www.nanotechcongress.com/speaking.htm The deadline to submit an abstract has been extended to July 31, 2008. Topics: * Nanomaterials * Nanoparticles * Nanodevices * Nanoelectronics * Nanofabrication * MEMS & NEMS * Nanobiotechnology * Nano scale characterization * Standards & Nomenclature * Nano Tools * Molecular Engineering * Nano Manufacturing * Nanoparticles Toxicology * Heath Safety Implications * Renewable Energy * Biofuels * Photovoltaic * Electric Car * Sustainable Energy Public Policy * Nanostructured Solar Cell Manufacturing * Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer * Venture capital investment & Investment Opportunities * Education & Workforce Training * Societal & Environmental Impacts and other related topics * * * * * * * Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts July 18, 2008 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=07-18-2008 NIH Requiring Mandatory Use of the Electronic Financial Status Report System in the eRA Commons Beginning October 1, 2007 * * * * * * * Commerce Business Daily for this week: http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-18-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-17-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-16-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-15-08.htm http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/CBDs/CBD-07-14-08.htm NSF, NIH and ACS deadlines have been updated in the Research Opportunities continuous list at the bottom of the page. To view the continuous list of Research Opportunities and items you may have missed please click on the following URL: http://people.clemson.edu/~wahba/opportunities.htm * * * * * * * * To view The Grant Advisor http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/ * * * * * * * To see what's in the (State Science and Technology Institute) STTI Weekly Digest go to the bottom of this document. * * * * * * * * Current Fringe Rates, Indirect Rates, and Tuition Remission Rates are listed at the bottom. * * * * * * * * August 27, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy Golden Field Office Research, Development, and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Technologies for Automotive, Stationary, and Portable Power Applications Modification 6 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 781 September 10, 2008 EPA Environmental Protection Agency Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42338 October 2, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters Roses 2008: Terrestrial Ecology Modification 2 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42355 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome (R01/R21) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 096 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 098 October 3, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Office of Naval Research Naval Supply Systems Command NATIONAL SECURITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY FELLOWSHIP (NSSEFF) PROGRAM Modification 2 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =41961 October 10, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program Modification 2, 4 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 062 October 15, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 079 October 17, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (CSUMS) Modification 4 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=87 46 NSF National Science Foundation Multicore Chip Design and Architecture Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 116 October 22, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 085 October 28, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Renewal of the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways Program (U54) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 100 October 30, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 087 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Sexually Transmitted Infections Cooperative Research Centers (U19) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 112 November 10, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV (HIT-IT) (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 114 November 25, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases (U34) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 109 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications (R21) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 110 December 31, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 113 January 9, 2009 NSF National Science Foundation Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Modification 6 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=10 706 June 29, 2009 NSF National Science Foundation Research Coordination Networks in Biological Sciences (RCN) Modification 3 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=96 67 November 12, 2010 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (NSADA) (K12) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 080 * * * * * * * SSTI Weekly Digest A Publication of the State Science and Technology Institute SSTI, 5015 Pine Creek Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081 Phone: (614) 901-1690 http://www.ssti.org In the July 16, 2008 Supplement: SSTI Funding Supplement Guidelines Federal Funding Opportunities * Department of Agriculture * Specialty Crop Research Initiative * Department of Commerce * Technology Innovation Program * FY 2009 NOAA omnibus solicitation (12 program areas) * Department of Defense * Improved Methods for Determining Thermophysical and Thermochemical Properties program * Solid rocket motor case and insulation material * Technologies to support command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence applications * System technologies that support command and control applications * Sensor Technology Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Open-Ended Broad Agency Announcement * Sources capable of providing muzzle flash detection devices * Labor, engineering and technical support for electronic warfare R&D * Department of Energy * Sources capable of developing the Universal Non Destructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform * Department of Health and Human Services * Information regarding how best to accelerate research in noninvasive imaging of human brain structure and function * Mechanistic studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities believed to modulate immune function * Basic and/or preclinical research on CAM using cells, cell lines, tissues, cadavers or animal model systems * Applications to study the factors that mediate initiation, use and cessation of smokeless tobacco * Projects to improve outcomes of smoking cessation in low-income adult populations within the U.S. * Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies program * Pilot clinical studies of medications for investigation as possible treatments for Substance Related Disorders * Medication discovery and development focused on the treatment of patients who are simultaneously addicted to multiple substances * Development of an evidence-based program to improve global policy and guide the implementation of programs designed to prevent and treat iron deficiency disorders * Information regarding the identification and selection of critical cellular toxicity pathways for interrogation in cell-based high throughput screens * Department of Transportation * Exploratory Advanced Research Program * Environmental Protection Agency * State Innovation Grant Program * NASA * Optical system design and performance analysis * Information in support of the American Student Moon Orbiter * National Science Foundation * Projects that will contribute to the further development of the Arctic Observing Network and enable the Study of Environmental Arctic Change * Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships program * Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships * Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster Foundation Funding Opportunity * Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research * Technologies to image alpha-synuclein and/or Lewy body-related pathology associated with Parkinson's disease in living brain tissue Copyright State Science & Technology Institute 2008. NOTICE: All opportunities posted herein may be subject to change, modification, revision or cancellation at the discretion of the originating source. SSTI is not an originating or authoritative source for any of the announcements posted in the funding supplement. Readers are advised to address all questions and concerns about a particular opportunity to the appropriate point(s) of contact in the detailed solicitation or request for proposals. Readers also are strongly encouraged to monitor any new developments released by the originating sources. ________________________________ SSTI Funding Supplement Guidelines It has been over a year since the SSTI Weekly Funding Supplement became a members-only publication. We hope our membership finds great value in the publication for yourself and your constituents. It has been brought to our attention that some of our members are not following the redistribution guidelines. Please read the guidelines below and, if needed, take the necessary steps to regain compliance. If your organization is not in compliance, SSTI will discontinue your Funding Supplement subscription. The following guidelines apply: * Under no circumstances should the Funding Supplement be placed on a website accessible to the general public. * If the Funding Supplement is redistributed, SSTI should be included in that distribution list. Please include skinner at ssti.org in the list. * Recipients of the Funding Supplement may only post back-issues on internal/password-protected sites - with prior permission from SSTI. If you have any questions, please contact Noelle Sheets, director of membership services, at sheets @ ssti.org. return to the top of the page ________________________________ Federal Funding Opportunities Department of Agriculture The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service invites applications for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. This initiative is designed to solve critical U.S. specialty crop issues, priorities or problems through the integration of research and extension activities that take systems-based, transdisciplinary approaches. Approximately $28.4 million is expected to be available for awards, the size and duration of which will vary according to project type. Cost-sharing of 100 percent is required. Eligible are federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations or corporations, state agricultural experiment stations, individuals, or groups consisting of two or more of these entities. Award recipients may subcontract to organizations not eligible to apply, provided such organizations are necessary for the conduct of the project. Applications are due Aug. 14, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/specialty_crop.html Department of Commerce The National Institute of Standards and Technology is soliciting proposals for the Technology Innovation Program. This program supports high-risk research projects to develop innovative technologies for inspecting, monitoring and evaluating critical components of the nation's roadways, bridges, and drinking and wastewater systems. Approximately $9 million in first-year funding is expected to be available for nine cooperative agreement awards having a cost-sharing requirement of at least 50 percent. Single companies can receive an award of up to $3 million for a project period of up to three years. Joint ventures can receive up to $9 million for a project period of up to five years. Small- and medium-sized businesses, institutions of higher education, nonprofit research organizations, and national laboratories are eligible for program support, with some restrictions on the size of companies, ownership and the types of research that are eligible. Proposals are due Sept. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=4 2274 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released an omnibus solicitation announcing the availability of fiscal year 2009 grant funds. Some programs of possible interest are highlighted below (in the order they appear in the solicitation). The solicitation is available at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15720.htm * FY 2009 Monkfish Research Set-Aside. This program provides a mechanism to reduce the cost for vessel owners to participate in cooperative monkfish research. No federal funds are provided for this research; rather, projects funded under the program would be provided with additional opportunity to harvest monkfish and generate income off of the catch sold to offset research costs. Up to five awards are anticipated. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, and state, local and Native American tribal governments. Applications are due Sept. 9, 2008. * FY 2009 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside. This program funds scallop research and compensates participating vessels through the sale of scallops harvested under a research set-aside (RSA) quota. No federal funds are provided for such research. Funds generated from RSA landings may be used to cover the cost of research activities, including vessel costs, and to compensate vessels for expenses incurred during the collection of set-aside scallops. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, and state, local and Native American tribal governments. Applications are due Aug. 25, 2008. * Cooperative Research Program. This program provides financial assistance for projects that seek to increase and improve the working relationship between researchers from the National Marine Fisheries Service, state fishery agencies, universities, and fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico and off the South Atlantic states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The program is a means of involving commercial and recreational fishermen in the collection of fundamental fisheries information. Approximately $2 million is expected to be available for awards ranging from $25,000 to $400,000. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, and state, local, and Indian tribal governments. Applications are due Sept. 9, 2008. * Marine Fisheries Initiative. This initiative supports R&D projects that optimize the use of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and off the South Atlantic states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina involving the U.S. fishing industry, including fishery biology, resource assessment, socioeconomic assessment, management and conservation, selected harvesting methods, and fish handling and processing. Approximately $2 million is expected to be available for awards ranging from $25,000 to $300,000. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, nonprofits, commercial organizations, individuals, and state, local and Indian tribal governments. Applications are due Aug. 11, 2008. * Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program. This program provides grants or cooperative agreements for fisheries R&D projects addressing aspects of U.S. fisheries, such as harvesting, processing, marketing and associated infrastructures. Approximately $5 million is expected to be available for 20-25 grants ranging from $100,000 to $250,000. Cost-sharing of at least 10 percent, but not more than 50 percent, of total costs is required. Eligible institutions generally include corporations, partnerships, associations and other nonfederal entities based in the U.S. or Northern Mariana Islands. Applications are due Oct. 1, 2008. * National Coastal and Estuarine Research and Technology Program. This program is designed to support collaborative research and to transform the best available science into practical innovative tools that coastal managers can use to detect, prevent and reverse the impacts of coastal pollution and habitat degradation. Up to $5.2 million is expected to be available for one or more awards. Eligible applicants include nonfederal institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, and state and local governments that possess the statutory authority to receive financial assistance. Applications are due Sept. 9, 2008. * National Estuarine Research Reserve Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This program is designed to fund high-quality research focused on enhancing coastal zone management while providing students with an opportunity to contribute to the research or monitoring program at a particular reserve site. Applicants must be admitted to or enrolled in a full-time master's or doctoral program at a U.S. accredited university. Approximately 25 fellowships of $20,000 are anticipated. Cost-sharing of at least 30 percent is required. Institutions eligible to receive awards include institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, and state and local governments. Applications are due Nov. 1, 2008. * Climate Program Office for FY 2009. This program represents a contribution to national and international programs designed to better observe, understand, predict and respond to changes in the global environment. The program builds on NOAA's mission requirements and long-standing capabilities in climate and global change research and prediction. In FY 2007, approximately $8 million in first-year funding was available for 94 new awards having a project period of up to three years. Similar funds and number of awards are anticipated in FY 2009. Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, other nonprofits, commercial organizations, international organizations, and state, local and Indian tribal governments. Letters of intent are due Aug. 11, 2008; full applications are due Oct. 9, 2008. * 2009 NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship Program in Marine Resource Economics. This program generally awards two new Ph.D. fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing their status or the economics of the conservation and management of living marine resources. Fellows work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. Two new fellowships of $38,500 per year for up to two years are anticipated. Cost-sharing of $6,417 is required. Fellows must be U.S. citizens who are, at the time of application, admitted to a Ph.D. degree program in natural resource economics or a related field at an institution of higher education in the U.S. or its territories. Alternately, fellows may submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a Ph.D. degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship. Applications are due Feb. 20, 2009. * 2009 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics. This program bears the same objective as that of its companion in marine resource economics above, but with population dynamics as the focus. At least two fellowship awards are anticipated. The award for each fellowship will be a cooperative agreement of $38,500 per year for up to three years, with a cost-sharing requirement of $6,417. Fellows must be U.S. citizens who are, at the time of application, admitted to a Ph.D. degree program in population dynamics or a related field, such as applied mathematics, statistics or quantitative ecology, at an institution of higher education in the U.S. or its territories. Alternately, fellows may submit a signed letter from the institution indicating provisional acceptance to a Ph.D. degree program conditional on obtaining financial support such as this fellowship. Applications are due Feb. 20, 2009. * 2010 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. This program matches graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy and management decisions affecting these resources, with hosts in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government for a one-year paid fellowship. No fewer than 30 applicants will be selected for cooperative agreement awards of $44,000. Up to 10 selected applicants will be assigned to the Congress. There will be a one-third cost-sharing requirement for applicants selected as legislative fellows. Eligible are students who, on Feb. 20, 2009, are in a graduate or professional program in a marine or aquatic-related field at a U.S.-accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. or its territories. Applications are due Feb. 20, 2009. * FY 2009 Joint Hurricane Testbed. The program supports the transfer of relevant research and technology advances into tropical cyclone analysis and forecast operations. Researchers are encouraged to submit proposals to test and evaluate, and modify if necessary, in a quasi-operational environment their own scientific and technological research applications. Approximately $1.25 million is expected to be available for 10-15 awards having a project period of 1-2 years. Awards ranging from $50,000 per year to $200,000 per year may be made. Eligible are institutions of higher education; other nonprofits; commercial organizations; foreign governments and organizations under their jurisdiction; state, local and Indian tribal governments; and federal agencies. Letters of intent are due July 31, 2008; full proposals are due Oct. 30, 2008. Department of Defense The Department of the Air Force is seeking sources capable of developing and harnessing technologies supporting the Improved Methods for Determining Thermophysical and Thermochemical Properties program. New test methods are sought to determine the thermochemical and thermophysical properties of advanced fluids and lubricants, including coolants with tailorable properties such as nanofluids and phase-change materials, hydraulic fluids, gas turbine engine oils and greases. The period of performance will be 65 months. Responses are due July 25, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=988a118ef98939468ce 05d19b0540dc7&tab=core&_cview=0 The Air Force is soliciting proposals to develop solid rocket motor case and insulation material under the Non-Metallic Materials Research Thrust program. Composite and hybrid materials and processes are sought for the development of structural load-bearing compositions of matter which can improve the operation and maintenance of aerospace systems. Approximately $1.2 million over fiscal years 2008-11 is expected to be available for one award having a duration of 39 months. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Aug. 25, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=4fa19dfcf5 9cc5915109d991942adc80&_cview=1 The Air Force continues to solicit white papers for innovative technologies to support command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence applications. The most recent topic added to the solicitation aims to provide automated decision aids for better course of action analysis and selection, dynamic resource management, timely feedback to assess effectiveness of ongoing operations and agile command and control enterprise management system approaches to allow more adaptable and resilient operations. Approximately $49.9 million over fiscal years 2006-10 was expected to be available for awards when this solicitation was released in 2005. Awards ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 per year for a project period of up to two years may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. White papers for the topic described above are due Sept. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=caa017e20aeb6c7002b de81a5e668eaa&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force continues to solicit white papers to develop, integrate and demonstrate system technologies that support command and control applications. Innovative technologies are sought to significantly reduce the time between information technology availability and its employment into R&D programs that support and improve legacy and new military electronic systems operations. Approximately $24.5 million over fiscal years 2006-09 was expected to be available for awards when this solicitation was released in 2006. Awards ranging from $40,000 to $1.2 million per year for a project period of up to three years may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted; however, foreign allied participation is limited. White papers may be submitted at any time until Oct. 31, 2009. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a8530c4e1d9e09e2ec9 34d74d45cc9c8&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force continues to solicit proposals for its Sensor Technology Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Open-Ended Broad Agency Announcement. The most recent call for proposals focuses on multi-mode radio frequency (RF) processing, with the goal of developing the capability to produce a timely single understanding of the ground environment that is the fusion of the output of multiple RF sensing systems (i.e., modes). Approximately $3.8 million over fiscal years 2008-13 is expected to be available for one award having a five-year project period. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Aug. 15, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c2a12de89a948f45448 13afa3992c50f&tab=core&_cview=1 The Department of the Navy is seeking sources capable of providing muzzle flash detection devices for the purpose of determining their utility in detecting hostile small arms fire that may be procured in the near future. The ability of a dismounted system to locate, by muzzle flash, incoming enemy fire and then transmit the relative bearing and absolute position of the source of fire to distributed friendly forces for engagement should be demonstrated at a technology readiness level of 7 or above. No awards will be made for responses, which are due July 21, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=43f504b817bd2a3e877 543394396cb4f&tab=core&_cview=1 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for labor, engineering and technical support for electronic warfare R&D. This includes (1) electronic warfare analysis and (2) computer modeling and simulation development. One contract award having a project period of up to five years is anticipated. Eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7f42b01bfedfe369b0f 172c5cf215702&tab=core&_cview=1 Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory is seeking sources capable of developing the Universal Non Destructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform (UNAP) for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The UNAP will be the next-generation data acquisition system for IAEA attended and unattended nondestructive assay. The primary goal of the UNAP development is for this module to become the IAEA standard and replace most, if not all, existing nondestructive assay modules. Responses are due July 25, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a4c5417cbb1afc86c29 39e14fefdeb25&tab=core&_cview=0 return to the top of the page Department of Health and Human Services Note on deadlines and award terms: Application deadlines for the funding opportunities below adhere to the schedule of submission dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm, unless specified differently. The various funding mechanisms (e.g. R01, R03, R21) supported by these opportunities adhere to the descriptions and limitations described at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm. Some of the opportunities utilize the R01 (i.e. research project grant) funding mechanism, and these opportunities sometimes run in parallel with earlier announcements of identical scope that utilize different funding mechanisms. Links are provided within the solicitations to the related announcements in such cases. Specific funding information (e.g. anticipated funding amount, number of awards, project duration) will depend upon the quality, duration and costs of the applications received, unless specified otherwise. Note on eligibility: Unless otherwise noted in the description, eligibility for the opportunities below is defined as "open" by SSTI. Open eligibility is understood to include all of the following domestic or foreign entities: institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; nonprofit organizations, including faith- or community-based organizations; eligible agencies of the federal government; state governments; tribal governments or organizations; minority-serving institutions; regional organizations; and U.S. territories or possessions. The National Institute of Health (NIH) agencies are requesting information regarding how best to accelerate research in noninvasive imaging of human brain structure and function. Comments pertaining to emerging capabilities and technologies related to human brain imaging, from molecular imaging to neural connectivity imaging, are encouraged. No awards will be made for responses, which are due Aug. 1, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-08-005.html The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) invite R01 and R21 applications for mechanistic studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities believed to modulate immune function. This initiative is open to the study of multiple CAM modalities held to alter innate and/or adaptive immunity. NCCAM especially encourages determinations of humoral and cellular responses to CAM using animal challenge disease models that examine both immune mechanisms and disease endpoints. Approximately $1.8 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for up to three new R01 awards and two new R21 awards. Applicants for R01 awards may request a project period of up to four years and a budget for direct costs ranging from $200,000 to $400,000 per year. Applicants for R21 awards may request a project period of up to two years and a budget for total direct costs of up to $275,000. Applications are due Oct. 17, 2008. More information on R01 awards is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-08-003.html. For R21 awards, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-08-004.html. NCI, NCCAM and the Office of Dietary Supplements invite R21 applications for basic and/or preclinical research on CAM using cells, cell lines, tissues, cadavers or animal model systems, with an aim to understand the mechanisms of action of a CAM modality. Applicants may request a project period of up to two years and a budget for total direct costs of up to $275,000. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-185.html NCI and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research invite R01 and R21 applications for proposing to study the factors that mediate initiation, use and cessation of smokeless tobacco, to understand the relationship of smokeless tobacco with other tobacco products, and to develop methods for studying smokeless tobacco products and related behaviors in humans. The overall goal is to develop an evidence base to inform smokeless tobacco control efforts and to develop effective ways to limit the spread and promote cessation of smokeless tobacco use. Approximately $2.5 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for up to 8-10 grants. Applicants for R01 awards may request a project period of up to five years and a budget for direct costs of up to $500,000 per year. Applicants for R21 awards may request a project period of up to two years and a budget for total direct costs of up to $275,000. Letters of intent are due Oct. 24, 2008; applications are due Nov. 24, 2008. More information on R01 awards is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-024.html. For R21 awards, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-025.html. NCI and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) invite R01 and R21 applications for projects designed to improve outcomes of smoking cessation in low-income adult populations within the U.S. This funding opportunity ultimately seeks to reduce the excess disease burden of tobacco use within the aforementioned groups and decrease the prevalence of smoking in the U.S. as a whole. Approximately $2.4 million is expected to be available annually to support 5-6 R01 awards having a project period of up to five years; applicants for these awards may request a budget for direct costs of up to $500,000 per year. In addition, approximately $1.5 million is expected to be available annually to support 4-6 R21 awards having a project period of up to two years; applicants for these awards may request a budget for total direct costs of up to $275,000. Letters of intent are due Oct. 24, 2008; applications are due Nov. 24, 2008. More information on R01 awards is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-022.html. For R21 awards, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-023.html. NIDA invites U01 applications from organizations proposing to participate as research centers in the second phase of the national Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies program. The goal of this cooperative research program is to develop and test systems-level models that integrate public health and public safety approaches for criminal justice-involved adults and adolescents with drug abuse and addictive disorders. Approximately $3.5 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for 4-6 grants. Direct costs are limited to $500,000 per year for a five-year period. Letters of intent are due July 28, 2008; applications are due Aug. 28, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-006.html NIDA invites R01 applications for pilot clinical studies of medications for investigation as possible treatments for Substance Related Disorders (SRDs). This funding opportunity does not support clinical studies of nicotine or alcohol related disorders, except as comorbid disorders with other SRDs. Approximately $3 million in FY2009 funding is expected to be available for 8-9 new grants having a project period of up to three years. Applicants may request a budget for direct costs of up to $250,000 per year. Letters of intent are due Sept. 23, 2008; applications are due Oct. 23, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-005.html NIDA invites R01 and R21 applications for medication discovery and development focused on the treatment of patients who are simultaneously addicted to multiple substances, including alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and/or prescription drugs. Novel proposals for clinical or preclinical testing of potential medications, as well as relevant animal model development and medicinal chemistry efforts, are encouraged. Approximately $3 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for 4-7 awards. Applicants for R01 awards may request a project period of up to five years and a budget for direct costs of up to $500,000 per year. Applicants for R21 awards may request a project period of up to two years and a budget for total direct costs of up to $275,000. More information on R01 awards is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-08-186.html. For R21 awards, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-08-187.html. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) invite U01 applications to support the development of an evidence-based program to improve global policy and guide the implementation of programs designed to prevent and treat iron deficiency disorders. This funding opportunity is intended to address those factors affecting the safe and effective use of iron interventions for the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency and anemia in women of reproductive age (including adolescent girls), infants and children, particularly in areas of endemic malaria. Approximately $1.86 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for 6-9 awards having a project period of up to four years. Applicants may request a budget for direct costs of up to $200,000 per year. In addition, ODS will provide support to one or more meritorious grants that address any of the solicitation's three core areas (i.e., mechanisms, biomarkers or safety/efficacy studies). Letters of intent are due Aug. 8, 2008; applications are due Sept. 9, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-028.html The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is requesting information regarding the identification and selection of critical cellular toxicity pathways for interrogation in cell-based high throughput screens. In addition to information on cellular pathways and targets, information also is sought regarding technologies and assay systems that might be used in the development of a comprehensive approach to high throughput toxicity screening. No awards will be made for responses, which are due Aug. 11, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-ES-08-007.html Department of Transportation The Federal Highway Administration is requesting information regarding the Exploratory Advanced Research Program. The purpose of this notice is to announce exploratory advanced research that will take place under the program, to encourage interest in such work by organizations or individuals conducting related work or anticipating the results of such work, and to solicit comments about the long-term impact of such work on future research, technical innovation, or transportation industry practices. Responses are due Oct. 6, 2008. For more information, visit: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15477.htm Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EPA will be soliciting preproposals for the State Innovation Grant Program. This program encourages states to undertake strategic innovation projects that promote larger-scale models for next-generation environmental protection that promise better environmental outcomes and other beneficial results. EPA is interested in funding projects that (1) go beyond a single facility experiment and provide change that is systems-oriented; (2) provide better results from a program, process or sector-wide innovation; and (3) promote integrated (multimedia) environmental management with a high potential for transfer to other states, U.S. territories, and tribes. Approximately 38 awards totaling more than $7 million have been made from the six prior program competitions. Eligibility is generally limited to state agencies with the primary delegations from EPA for permitting programs; however, EPA also may consider regional, county or municipal agencies with delegated authority from state agencies. Responses concerning the topic areas for the solicitation and specifying a point of contact, as designated by each state environmental regulatory agency, are due Aug. 8, 2008. For more information, visit: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15580.htm NASA The California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operating under a prime contract with NASA, invites interested proposers to participate in a competitive procurement for optical system design and performance analysis. Given a sufficiently well-specified set of performance requirements and other constraints, the subcontractor will be required to develop one or more optical element or optical system designs capable of meeting such requirements and constraints. The subcontractor also will be required to perform analyses of the sensitivities of optical system and element performance to fabrication imperfections and misalignments. A full solicitation was expected to be released this week, with proposals due Aug. 1, 2008. Initial responses are due July 18, 2008. For more information, visit: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=131187 NASA is requesting information in support of the American Student Moon Orbiter (ASMO), a distributed university-based, student-led satellite development initiative. Input is sought from appropriate officials and decisionmakers from colleges, universities and potential industry contributors with experience in university-level, student-led flight projects focusing on on spaceflight satellite and/or payload development, payload integration, spacecraft and/or payload launch, mission operations, or scientific data analysis. Specifically, the information sought includes opinion of and experience applicable to the feasibility of the effort (to include financial, technical and educational elements), budget and financial expectations, realism of launch expectations, and the education and scientific merit. No awards will be made for responses, which are due Sept. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=130821 National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF is soliciting proposals for projects that will contribute to the further development of the Arctic Observing Network (AON) and enable the Study of Environmental Arctic Change. The goal of AON is to enhance the environmental observing infrastructure required for the scientific investigation of Arctic environmental change and its global connections. Three types of activities will be supported: (1) continuation of existing NSF-supported AON projects, (2) the initiation of new AON projects, and (3) projects that address environmental observing system coverage, design and optimization. Up to $24 million is expected to be available for 15-20 continuing grants having a project period of 3-5 years. Eligible are U.S. colleges and universities acting on behalf of their faculty members; nonprofit, nonacademic organizations, including independent museums, observatories, research labs, professional societies and similar organizations in the U.S. associated with educational or research activities; and other Federal Agencies and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. Proposals are due Sept. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08579 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Science and Technology Centers (STC): Integrative Partnerships program. This program supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs foster a climate of interaction and effective knowledge transfer among departments within the lead institution and between the lead institution and its partners, which may include other colleges and universities, industry, government, local communities and the public. Approximately $25 million in first-year funding is expected to be available for 5-7 cooperative agreement awards having a project period of five years, with the possibility of one five-year renewal. Proposed annual budgets may range from $1.5 million to $5 million per year. Eligible are U.S. academic institutions that have research and degree-granting education programs in any area of research supported by NSF. Required preliminary proposals are due Sept. 30, 2008; invited full proposals will be due April 30, 2009. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08580 NSF is soliciting proposals for Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. These fellowships are intended to support future leaders in the mathematical sciences by enabling them to participate in research environments that will have maximum impact their future scientific development. Fellowship awards are for a total of $135,000 and are made for appropriate research in areas of the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines. Awardees may select either a research fellowship or research instructorship. Approximately $4.8 million is expected to be available for 30-35 awards having a four-year project period. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals or legally admitted permanent resident aliens who have not held a doctoral degree more than two years as of Jan. 1 of the year of the award. Applicants also must affiliate with institutions or organizations (e.g., colleges and universities, government and national laboratories and facilities, privately sponsored nonprofit institutes and museums, and for-profit organizations under certain conditions). Proposals are due Oct. 15, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08582 NSF is soliciting proposals for various programs under the Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster. This cluster supports research in taxonomy and systematics that contributes to (1) using phylogenetic methods to understand the evolution of life in time and space, (2) discovery, description and cataloging global species diversity, and (3) organizing information from the above in efficiently retrievable forms that best meet the needs of science and society. Eligible are the categories of proposers identified in the Grant Proposal Guide . Proposals may be submitted by either of two deadlines in 2009, Jan. 9 or July 9. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12825 return to the top of the page ________________________________ Foundation Funding Opportunity Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) MJFF is soliciting proposals to develop and test technologies to image alpha-synuclein and/or Lewy body-related pathology associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) in living brain tissue. Projects can include the development and/or testing of specific probes (e.g., small molecule compounds or modified peptides/antibodies) or methods for detecting alpha-synuclein/Lewy body components appropriate for use in MRI, PET/SPECT or other imaging modality. Up to $2 million is expected to be available for awards. Applicants may request a project period of up to two years and direct costs appropriate and justifiable for the work proposed, in addition to indirect costs of up to 25 percent of direct costs. Eligible are U.S. and non-U.S. entities, public and private nonprofit entities, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the federal government and for-profit entities. Required technology summaries are due July 24, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Oct. 2, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.michaeljfox.org/research_openFundingPrograms_program.cfm?ID=2 1 * * * * * * * New F&A Schedule (Pending Federal approval) Effective April 1, 2008, all newly submitted proposals must include the correct F&A rate(s) for the appropriate year(s), including multi-year proposals. The Clemson F&A agreement, effective March 5, 2007, includes an increase of one-half percent each year for the next two years for On-campus Organized Research. The negotiated rate for FY 07/08 is 47.5%, FY 08/09 is 48%, and FY 09/10 is 48.5%. The 48.5% rate should be used for fiscal years after FY10 until we have a new rate agreement. New Fringe Rates Faculty - 27.9% Staff & Post-Docs - 32.8% Students - 6.2% Part-time & Retired - 20.8% FY Per Semester Per Summer Session Total for Year 2009 2,826 788 7,228 2010 2,967 827 7,588 2011 3,115 868 7,966 2012 3,271 911 8,364 Dianne M. Myers Grants Administrator College of Engineering and Science 113 Riggs Hall, Box 340901 Clemson, SC 29634-0901 864-656-5534 (p) 864-656-7244 (f) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.clemson.edu/pipermail/grants-dist/attachments/20080718/ff24ba0c/attachment.html From grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu Tue Jul 29 16:43:07 2008 From: grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu (grants-dist at ces.clemson.edu) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:43:07 -0400 Subject: [Grants-dist] Research Opportunities Message-ID: <6FAABD1159263A4B84B126D9C2FCFD5201B6C0A4@CUMAIL1.CAMPUS.CU.CLEMSON.EDU> See new GAD rates at bottom of this message. * * * * * * * Nearly $1 million in funding is available for pancreatic cancer research. Funding is available for scientists in all stages of their careers. Grants support innovative research in basic, translational, and clinical pancreatic cancer research. For specific details about this program and eligibility requirements Visit the AACR website: www.aacr.org * * * * * * * FY 2008 NASA Research Announcement-Global Climate Change Education The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Education, in cooperation with NASA's Science Mission Directorate, is accepting proposals in response to the NASA Research Announcement (NRA): Global Climate Change Education. The Global Climate Change Education project is designed to improve the quality of global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA's unique contributions in climate science to enhance students' academic experiences and/or to improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students. Proposals will be accepted from educational institutions or other nonprofit organizations. NASA Centers, Federal Agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, education-related companies and other institutions may apply through partnership with the lead organization. Review the NRA for detailed eligibility requirements and proposal limitations. Proposers must submit a Notice of Intent to propose by August 29, 2008. Full proposals are due no later than October 24, 2008. Proposals must be submitted electronically via NSPIRES, the NASA Headquarters solicitations website: http://www.nspires.nasaprs.com . More information about this opportunity may be accessed through NSPIRES: http://www.nspires.nasaprs.com . 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Department of Defense Air Force -- Research Lab Integrated Vehicle Energy Technology Development Program (INVENT) Modification 2 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 835 July 31, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Analytical and Surface Chemistry Modification 6 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=61 97 August 7, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Air Force -- Research Lab Nanotielectrics for Pulsed Power Applications Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 124 August 13, 2008 DOD Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA - MTO - BAA0718 Integrated Micro Primary Atomic Clock Technology (IMPACT) Modification 1 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =41353 August 26, 2008 EPA Environmental Protection Agency OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE (OSWER) PROGRAM TRIBAL SUPPORT GRANTS Modification 2 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42246 August 28, 2008 DOT U.S. Department of Transportation DOT/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Advanced Crash Avoidance Technologies Program - 2nd series (ACAT) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42468 September 5, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Johnson Space Center RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CREW HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE IN SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42443 September 17, 2008 United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Research Grant Program - Request for Proposals Proposals will be considered in basic science and clinical areas and Must fall under at least one of the following categories: Funding for new researchers Post-doctoral fellowships New area of research for established investigators Letter of Intent - Deadline September 17, 2008 www.umdf.org September 21, 2008 EPA Environmental Protection Agency Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42384 October 7, 2008 DOE US Department of Energy Chicago Service Center Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award Program Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 133 October 17, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters ROSES 2008: Living With a Star Targeted Research and Technology Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42459 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters ROSES 2008: Living With a Star Targeted Research and Technology: Strategic Capability Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42460 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters ROSES 2008: Guest Investigator Studies with C/NOFS Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42461 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums (CP4SMP) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42441 October 21, 2008 EPA Environmental Protection Agency Early Career Projects: Adaptation for Future Air Quality Analysis and Decision Support Tools in Light of Global Change Impacts and Mitigation Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42422 NSF National Science Foundation EPSCoR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 134 October 22, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Interagency Opportunities in Metabolic Engineering Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 143 NSF National Science Foundation NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 144 October 24, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters Global Climate Change Education (GCCE) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42372 October 27, 2008 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Headquarters K-12 Competitive Grants Opportunity (K12CG) Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42413 October 30, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation ACCELERATING DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH PETASCALE SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 154 November 3, 2008 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Neural and Behavioral Profiles of Cognitive Aging (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 135 November 17, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 145 November 21, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 125 December 16, 2008 NSF National Science Foundation Science of Science and Innovation Policy Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 126 January 15, 2009 NSF National Science Foundation Developmental and Learning Sciences Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 153 March 6, 2009 NSF National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 146 July 15, 2011 HHS Department of Health and Human Services Food & Drug Administration FDA SMALL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PROGRAM (R13/U13) Modification 1 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=17 459 July 20, 2011 DOD Department of Defense Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command RF Technology Solutions to Detect and Locate Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Threats Grant http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId =42398 September 7, 2011 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Diet-Induced Changes in Inflammation as Determinants of Colon Cancer (R01/R21) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 122 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 123 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Pilot studies in Pancreatic Cancer (R21/R03) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 120 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 121 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 119 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 129 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 130 HHS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R03) Grant http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18 131 * * * * * * * SSTI Weekly Digest A Publication of the State Science and Technology Institute SSTI, 5015 Pine Creek Drive, Westerville, Ohio 43081 Phone: (614) 901-1690 http://www.ssti.org In the July 23, 2008 Supplement: SSTI Funding Supplement Guidelines Federal Funding Opportunities * Department of Agriculture * FY 2009 SBIR Program * Department of Defense * Software development, maintenance and evolution for the DoD Mission Planning Enterprise * White papers to develop novel sensor or sensing system concepts for the detection of undesired material state within aircraft structures * Sensor Technology Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Open-Ended Broad Agency Announcement * Advanced Development of Optically Hardened Materials program * Proposals for the application of highly efficient electromagnetic launcher technology to the areas of low-speed cold missile launch * Spacecraft engineering software, research, development and support * Varying technological approaches for improving far target location for future targeting systems * Radio frequency technology solutions to detect and locate improvised explosive device threats * Information regarding new weapons systems and munitions, and enabling component technologies * Technical and engineering support services in support of communications-electronics advanced technology systems * Department of Education * Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers program * Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program * Department of Health and Human Services * 2009 SBIR contract awards * Innovative instrumentation to accelerate the pace and maximize the efficiency of small-molecule high-throughput screening * Technologies for obtaining samples of individual microbial isolates or strains, from the human microbiota, suitable for complete genomic sequence analysis * Research in epigenetic contributions to human disease * National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways program * Administrative supplements to promote diversity in health-related research * Administrative supplements to promote re-entry into biomedical and behavioral research careers * Malaria research training programs * Department of Homeland Security * Studies on biodefense * NASA * Information regarding NASA's Ares Electric Thrust Vector Control Prototype Risk Reduction System requirement * Sources to design and develop a space-rated exciter that can be packaged in a small volume between engine propellant valves * Global Climate Change Education project * K-12 Competitive Grants program * Research and technology development to support crew health and performance in space exploration missions * National Science Foundation * Partnerships for Innovation Program * Science of Science and Innovation Policy program * Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering program * Behavioral Systems program * Developmental Systems program * Neural Systems program * Physiological and Structural Systems program Foundation Funding Opportunities * Burroughs Wellcome Fund * Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research program * Robert Wood Johnson Foundation * Active Living Research program Copyright State Science & Technology Institute 2008. 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If you have any questions, please contact Noelle Sheets, director of membership services, at sheets @ ssti.org. return to the top of the page ________________________________ Federal Funding Opportunities Department of Agriculture The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service invites science-based small business firms to submit applications for its FY 2009 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Applications are sought in 12 topic areas: (1) forests and related resources; (2) plant production and protection - biology; (3) animal production and protection; (4) air, water and soils; (5) food science and nutrition; (6) rural development; (7) aquaculture; (8) biofuels and biobased products; (9) marketing and trade; (10) animal manure management; (11) small and mid-size farms; and (12) plant production and protection - engineering. Approximately $20.4 million is expected to be available for Phase I awards of up to $80,000. These awards will normally have a project period of up to eight months; however, longer grant periods of up to 20 months may be considered. Applications are due Sept. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/sbir.cfm Department of Defense (DoD) The Department of the Air Force is seeking sources capable of software development, maintenance and evolution for the DoD Mission Planning Enterprise, which encompasses partnering organizations in the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Special Operations Command. Mission planning systems provide warfighters with the tools to plan missions and transfer required data to the aircraft avionics. The scope of the potential contract includes future mission planning software development, maintenance and integration potentially for the next 10 years. No awards will be made for responses, which are due Aug. 5, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8c7391ec2d061d6fec1 829a06946e48f&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force is soliciting white papers proposing to develop novel sensor or sensing system concepts for the detection of undesired material state within aircraft structures. Sensing systems for metallic, composite and hybrid structures are necessary to support advanced aircraft maintenance management activities incorporating diagnostic and prognostic concepts. Approximately $5 million over fiscal years 2008-12 is expected to be available for 3-5 contract awards having a project period of up to three years. Eligibility is unrestricted. White papers are due Aug. 11, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Sept. 8, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3f00ca187c552d931e2 e02be10ccdcf4&tab=core&_cview=0 The Air Force continues to solicit proposals for its Sensor Technology Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Open-Ended Broad Agency Announcement. This five-year open-ended solicitation spans the three major technology thrust areas of automatic target recognition, electro-optics/infrared, and radio frequency. The most recent call for proposals focuses on electronic warfare battle management, which addresses the warfighter's need to effectively manage and coordinate multiple sensors and platforms in order to realize a system of systems electronic attack, electronic support, and electronic protection for a 2020 operational capability. Approximately $8.9 million over fiscal years 2008-11 is expected to be available for one contract award having a duration of 37 months. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Aug. 25, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b58a3c8d56e1a792cafb49a7 815d85fa&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force continues to solicit proposals for the Advanced Development of Optically Hardened Materials program. This five-year open-ended program seeks to advance the state of the art of hardening of sensor materials operating in the visible through long-wave infrared spectrum. The most recent call for proposals focuses on visible/near-infrared (Vis/NIR) detector hardening technology, with the goal of characterizing laser effects, understanding the origins of these effects, modeling the electrical and optical performance, and applying lessons learned to the design and fabrication of intrinsically hardened Vis/NIR detectors. Approximately $2.6 million over fiscal years 2009-13 is expected to be available for one award. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Sept. 3, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1e327d71a1321f5fe6f b91a99520980f&tab=core&_cview=1 The Air Force is soliciting proposals for the application of highly efficient electromagnetic launcher technology to the areas of low-speed cold missile launch. These efforts will lead to the demonstration of a representative missile model launch. Most contracts awarded are expected to have a project period of 2-3 years. Eligibility is unrestricted. Proposals are due Sept. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=26e5545c83f78bac6f5 f431ef039bec1&tab=core&_cview=0 The Navy will be soliciting proposals for spacecraft engineering software, research, development and support. This includes the technical and managerial tasks required to design, develop, test, maintain, enhance and provide configuration control for all software modules related to spacecraft and space component development/test and system operations. One contract award having a project period of up to five years is expected to result from a full solicitation, once released. The solicitation will be a 100 percent small business set-aside. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8d4d2230531363a4182 01d5ac2c43316&tab=core&_cview=0 The Department of the Army is soliciting white papers describing varying technological approaches for improving far target location (FTL) for future targeting systems. By improving FTL accuracy, the Army looks to increase lethality, improve survivability, significantly reduce collateral damage, minimize noncombatant casualties, decrease the logistical burden of failed munitions, increase engagement ranges, and execute more precise maneuvers. Contract awards may be made. Eligibility is unrestricted. White papers are due Aug. 19, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=343b148b19022edf699 99a26b7e72a49&tab=core&_cview=1 The Army is soliciting proposals for radio frequency (RF) technology solutions to detect and locate improvised explosive device threats. In particular, for Phase 1, the Army is seeking prototype, technically mature RF technology to participate in an experiment in a relevant environment. The technology must either be capable of performing on the move (at least 8 mph) or have size, weight and power characteristics that would allow it to operate as a handheld unit. Proposals selected for funding for Phase I will be awarded a cooperative agreement. Eligible are degree-granting universities, nonprofit organizations or industrial concerns. This solicitation will remain open for three years. Proposals may be submitted at any time during the open period; however, they are due Aug. 29, 2008, for the initial evaluation phase. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7c771deed89c8e0707f 5c54faee4db9e&tab=core&_cview=0 The Army is requesting information regarding new weapons systems and munitions, and enabling component technologies, suitable for integration on currently fielded Army Aviation platforms. This announcement is for purposes of exchanging information to improve understanding of the government requirement and industry capability and is for information and planning. Responses will be used to assess the state of the art, formulate requirements for future technology development efforts, identify opportunities for demonstration of novel weapons technologies, and assess their military utility. Responses are due Aug. 30, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e913576699ca9a30143 71c3044110835&tab=core&_cview=0 The Department of the Navy will be soliciting proposals for technical and engineering support services in support of communications-electronics advanced technology (CEAT) systems for various agencies. The CEAT systems are employed on various air, shore, manpack/handheld, transportable, boat and vehicular platforms. They include analog and digital, communication/telecommunication, voice, data, video to include video teleconferencing, distance learning, briefing and display systems, imagery, information warfare, cyberwarfare, virtual labs, distributed processing, neural and information network systems, subsystems and equipment. One contract award having a project period of up to two years is expected to result from a full solicitation, once released. Eligibility is unrestricted. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=faea4faee38e5acefa0 aecb7da30ec13&tab=core&_cview=0 Department of Education (ED) The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research invites applications for the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers program. This program supports advanced engineering R&D on innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or remove environmental barriers. For the purposes of this announcement, the program focuses on technologies for successful aging with disability. Approximately $950,000 is expected to be available for one award having a project period of up to five years. Eligible are states; public or private entities, including for-profit agencies or organizations; institutions of higher education; and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Applications are due Aug. 29, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/071508d.h tml ED invites applications for its Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities program. One of the goals of this program is to improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration and use of technology. Applications should, in part, describe a technology-based approach for improving the results of early intervention, response-to-intervention assessment techniques, or preschool, elementary school, middle school or high school education. Approximately $1.2 million is expected to be available for six Phase I awards having a project period of up to two years. For Phase I, awards of up to $200,000 may be made. Eligible are state educational agencies, local educational agencies (LEAs), public charter schools that are LEAs under state law, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, outlying areas, freely associated states, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and for-profit organizations. Applications are due Sept. 4, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2008-3/072108b.h tml Department of Health and Human Services Note on deadlines and award terms: Application deadlines for the funding opportunities below adhere to the schedule of submission dates at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm, unless specified differently. The various funding mechanisms (e.g. R01, R03, R21) supported by these opportunities adhere to the descriptions and limitations described at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm. Some of the opportunities utilize the R01 (i.e. research project grant) funding mechanism, and these opportunities sometimes run in parallel with earlier announcements of identical scope that utilize different funding mechanisms. Links are provided within the solicitations to the related announcements in such cases. Specific funding information (e.g. anticipated funding amount, number of awards, project duration) will depend upon the quality, duration and costs of the applications received, unless specified otherwise. Note on eligibility: Unless otherwise noted in the description, eligibility for the opportunities below is defined as "open" by SSTI. Open eligibility is understood to include all of the following domestic or foreign entities: institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; nonprofit organizations, including faith- or community-based organizations; eligible agencies of the federal government; state governments; tribal governments or organizations; minority-serving institutions; regional organizations; and U.S. territories or possessions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are soliciting proposals from small business concerns for 2009 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awards. The SBIR program, in part, emphasizes increased private sector commercialization of technology developed through federal R&D and seeks to increase small business participation in federal R&D. A full solicitation is expected to be available on or about Aug. 8, 2008, with proposals due Nov. 3, 2008. More information, including a full list of research topics, is available at: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ce2cb8910df868323d2 c08d9ab66fe65&tab=core&_cview=0 The NIH agencies invite R01 applications to develop and evaluate in a large-scale screening center environment innovative instrumentation to accelerate the pace and maximize the efficiency of small-molecule high-throughput screening. This solicitation encourages grantees to use one of the Molecular Libraries Probe Production Centers Network centers for installation and testing the instrumentation to implement one or more screens. Approximately $4 million is expected to be available for 5-7 awards having a project period of up to two years. Applicants may request a budget for direct costs of up to $500,000 per year. Eligible are institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations, including small businesses; nonprofit organizations; and eligible agencies of the federal government. Letters of intent are due Sept. 2, 2008; applications are due Oct. 2, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-020.html The NIH agencies invite R01 and R21 applications to develop new and improved technologies for obtaining samples of individual microbial isolates or strains, from the human microbiota, suitable for complete genomic sequence analysis. The goal is to expand the number of "reference" microbial genome sequences, which in turn will aid in the analysis of the complex microbial populations resident in and on the human body. Approximately $2 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for up to 10 awards, including 2-4 R01 grants having a project period of up to three years and 2-6 R21 grants having a project period of up to two years. Eligibility is open, except for faith- or community-based organizations (see note on eligibility above). Letters of intent are due Sept. 2, 2008; applications are due Oct. 2, 2008. More information on R01 awards is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-026.html. For R21 awards, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-027.html. The NIH agencies invite R01 applications for research in epigenetic contributions to human disease. This funding opportunity is intended to support studies that will characterize global (epigenome-wide) marks or features and their possible interactions in cells and tissues that are representative of various human disease states, conditions or processes. Approximately $8 million in FY 2009 funding is expected to be available for 12-16 awards having a project period of up to five years. Letters of intent are due Sept. 28, 2008; applications are due Oct. 28, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-017.html The NIH agencies invite U54 applications the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways program. This program seeks to accelerate the progression of proteomics toward creation of dynamic functional models with temporal and spatial resolution, rather than static interaction maps. Centers will principally support technological innovation; however, they also are expected to commit substantial resources to collaboration with and education of biomedical researchers, as well as the transfer of technologies to other laboratories. Approximately $60 million over fiscal years 2009-13 is expected to be available for 3-6 awards having a project period of up to five years. Applicants may request a budget for direct costs of up to $2 million per year. Eligible are institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations other than small businesses; nonprofit organizations; eligible agencies of the federal government; and minority-serving institutions. Letters of intent are due Sept. 28, 2008; applications are due Oct. 28, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-021.html The NIH agencies invite applications for administrative supplements to promote diversity in health-related research. This program is designed to provide support for research experiences for individuals from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented throughout the continuum, from high school to the faculty level. NIH expects to make more than 1,000 administrative supplements under the program at a total cost exceeding $60 million. Direct costs for individual administrative supplements may range from less than $5,000 to more than $75,000 depending on the career level of the candidate. Eligible are principal investigators at domestic institutions holding an active R00, R01 (or RL1), R10, R18, R22, R24, R35, R37, R43, R44, R41, R42, DP1, DP2, P01 (or PL1), P20, P30, P40, P41, P50, P51, P60, U01 (or UL1), U10, U19, U41, U42, U54. Applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the U.S. or individuals who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S. Applications may be submitted at any time. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-190.html The NIH agencies invite applications for administrative supplements to promote re-entry into biomedical and behavioral research careers. This program will provide administrative supplements to existing NIH research grants for the purpose of supporting full-time or part-time research by individuals in a program geared to bring their existing research skills and knowledge up to date. The requested salary and fringe benefits for a re-entry candidate must be in accordance with the salary structure of the grantee institution, consistent with the level of effort. An additional amount of up to $10,000 may be requested for supplies, domestic travel and publication costs relevant to the proposed research. Eligible are principal investigators at domestic institutions holding an active R01 (RL1), R10, R18, R22, R24, R35, R37, R41, R42, R43, R44, DP1, DP2, P01 (PL1), P20, P30, P40, P41, P50, P51, P60, U01 (Ul1), U10, U19, U41, U42, U54. Candidates must have a doctoral degree, such as M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D., O.D., D.V.M., or equivalent, and must have been in a postdoctoral or faculty position at the time they left active research. Candidates also must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the U.S. or individuals who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S. Applications may be submitted at any time. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-191.html The John E. Fogarty International Center invites D71 applications for malaria research training programs in clinical, operational and public health services for clinical, public health and social scientists and health care professionals in the countries targeted by the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). The goal of this initiative is to scale up malaria prevention and treatment interventions in these countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Up to $100,000 is expected to be available annually over fiscal years 2009-11 to support 2-4 new planning grant awards each year. Applicants may request a one-year project period and a budget for direct costs of up to $23,000. Eligible are nonprofit organizations and public or private institutions, such as colleges, universities, hospitals and laboratories, in the U.S. or PMI countries (i.e., Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia). Letters of intent are due Aug. 15, 2008; applications are due Sept. 15, 2008. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-200.html return to the top of the page Department of Homeland Security (DHS) DHS will be soliciting proposals for a contractor to perform studies on biodefense, which will be used to develop next-generation biodefense systems and assess the efficacy of current systems. The contractor also will study the most effective use of resources that may be limiting in the aftermath of a biological attack. The period of performance for this effort will be 12 months. Initial responses are due July 30, 2008. For more information, visit: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a66baad26e90d12fb46 24d53dad930a1&tab=core&_cview=0 NASA NASA is requesting information regarding its Ares Electric Thrust Vector Control (TVC) Prototype Risk Reduction System requirement. Due to high life cycle costs, burdensome logistics requirements at the launch site, and use of hazardous hypergolic fuel, NASA is seeking an alternative simplified TVC system architecture that will effectively reduce the overall life cycle cost and launch site processing requirements. The period of performance for this requirement is expected to be 18 months. No awards will be made for responses, which are due July 30, 2008. For more information, visit: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=131340 NASA is seeking sources capable of designing and developing a space-rated exciter that can be packaged in a small volume between engine propellant valves. This requirement is intended to support the 100lbf LO2-LCH4 Reaction Control Engine Assembly as a continuation of an existing contract. Responses are due July 31, 2008. For more information, visit: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=131267 NASA is soliciting proposals for its Global Climate Change Education project. This project is designed to improve the quality of global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary and undergraduate levels. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA's unique contributions in climate science to enhance students' academic experiences and/or to improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students. Approximately 20 small awards of up to $150,000 and four larger awards of up to $500,000 may be made. The project period will be up to two years or three years for the small awards or larger awards, respectively. Only educational institutions or other nonprofit organizations are eligible to submit proposals; however, NASA centers, federal agencies, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, education-related companies and other institutions may be included on proposals as partners with the lead organization. Required notices of intent are due Aug. 29, 2008; proposals are due Oct. 24, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=4 2372 NASA is soliciting preliminary proposals for its K-12 Competitive Grants program. This program will seek innovate approaches to using NASA-themed content in support of secondary-level teaching and learning, with emphasis on high school education. Each funded proposal is expected to leverage NASA's unique contributions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to enhance students' academic experiences and/or to improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students. Approximately 6-8 awards ranging from $750,000 to $1.5 million for a two-year project period may be made. Eligible are U.S. public secondary schools, school districts, state-based education leadership, and nonprofit education organizations that support secondary education. Universities, industry, education-related companies, and other institutions also may apply through partnership with the lead organization. Preliminary proposals are due Aug. 22, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Oct. 27, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=4 2413 NASA will be soliciting proposals for research and technology development to support crew health and performance in space exploration missions. This funding opportunity is intended to support ground-based, bedrest definition and flight definition proposals for the Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Areas of interest include behavioral health and performance; muscle; sensorimotor and space human factors; cardiovascular alterations; human factors and performance; musculoskeletal alterations; neurobehavioral and psychosocial factors; sensorimotor and smart medical systems and technology. Eligibility is unrestricted. A full solicitation is expected to be released on or about Aug. 6, 2008, with Step 1 proposals due Sept. 5, 2008. Invited Step 2 proposals will be due Dec. 5, 2008. For more information, visit: http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=131419 National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF is solicing proposals for the Partnerships for Innovation Program. This program supports partnerships among academe, the private sector and state, local or federal government that will explore new approaches to support and sustain innovation. In order to accomplish program goals, proposals may include any one or a combination of the following activities: (1) research, knowledge transfer, and/or commercialization; (2) workforce education and training; or (3) establishing the infrastructure to accomplish or enable innovation. Approximately $9.5 million is expected to be available for 12-15 grants having a duration of 2-3 years. Awards of up to $600,000 may be made. Only U.S. colleges and universities are eligible to submit proposals. Partners may include other academic institutions, public sector institutions, and for-profit and nonprofit private sector organizations. A senior institutional administrator must serve as co-principal investigator or principal investigator. Required letters of intent are due Oct. 31, annually; proposals are due Dec. 31, annually. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08583 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program. This program underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models, analytic tools and datasets designed to inform the nation's public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. Approximately $8 million is expected to be available for 15-20 standard grants ranging from $50,000 to $400,000 for a project period of up to three years. In addition, awards of up to $750,000 may be made for demonstration projects. Only U.S. colleges and universities acting on behalf of their faculty members and nonprofit organizations in the U.S. may submit proposals; however, individual researchers and researchers at ineligible organizations may be included on proposals from eligible institutions through subawards or as consultants. Proposals are due Dec. 16, annually. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08586 Note: The categories of proposers identified in the Grant Proposal Guide are eligible to submit proposals for all of the following funding opportunities. NSF is soliciting proposals for the Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering program. This progam aims at advancing research at the frontiers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning, education and evaluation and at providing the foundation knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels, in all settings. Proposals will be supported in three areas: (1) knowledge diffusion, (2) empirical research and (3) large empirical research. Approximately $30 million is expected to be available for 30-45 awards across the three areas. Letters of intent are due Oct. 17, 2008; proposals are due Nov. 21, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08585 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Behavioral Systems program. This program supports research on the development, function, mechanisms, and evolutionary history of behavior, with emphasis on a vertically integrated understanding of the behavioral phenotype in nature. The program particularly encourages projects that seek to understand how combinations of neural, hormonal, physiological and developmental mechanisms act synergistically as a system from which behavior emerges. Proposals may be submitted by either of two deadlines in 2009, Jan. 12 or July 12. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501086 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Developmental Systems program. This program supports research aimed at understanding how interacting developmental processes give rise to the emergent properties of organisms. The program is particularly interested in understanding how emergent properties result in the development of complex phenotypes and lead to the evolution of developmental mechanisms. Proposals may be submitted by either of two deadlines in 2009, Jan. 12 or July 12. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501087 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Neural Systems program. This program focuses on how complex functions arise from communication among the cellular elements of the nervous system and from interactions with other physiological systems and the environment. The program encourages a systems biology approach to understand how emergent neural properties such as robustness, adaptability and resilience arise in the context of environmental, genetic and evolutionary influences. Proposals may be submitted by either of two deadlines in 2009, Jan. 12 or July 12. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501089 NSF is soliciting proposals for the Physiological and Structural Systems program. This program supports research aimed at furthering the understanding of organisms as integrated units of biological organization. The program considers proposals focused on interacting physiological and structural systems, their environmental and evolutionary contexts, and how these components are constrained by their integration into the whole organism. Proposals may be submitted by either of two deadlines in 2009, Jan. 12 or July 12. For more information, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501090 return to the top of the page ________________________________ Foundation Funding Opportunities Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) BWF invites applications for its Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research program. This program's goal is to support established independent physician-scientists who will strengthen translational research through their own studies and by mentoring physician-scientist trainees. Proposed activities may draw on recent advances in the basic biomedical sciences - including such fields as biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, molecular biology, and pharmacology - that provide a wealth of opportunities for studying and alleviating human disease. For the 2009 award series, up to 10 awards providing $750,000 over five years will be made. Candidates who are citizens of the U.S. or Canada must have an M.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. degree and hold an appointment or joint appointment in a subspecialty of clinical medicine, among other eligibility criteria. Nominations must be made by accredited degree-granting institutions in the U.S. or Canada. Applications are due Oct. 1, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.bwfund.org/programs/translational/clinical_scientists_backgro und.html Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) RWJF is soliciting proposals for its Active Living Research program. This program supports research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, decreasing sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity among children and adolescents. The program places special emphasis on strategies with the potential to reach racial/ethnic populations and children living in low-income communities who are at highest risk for obesity. Approximately $286,000 will be awarded for five research grants of up to $50,000 and three publication grants of up to $12,000. The project period for research grants and publication grants will be 12-18 months and one year, respectively. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its territories who are affiliated with or sponsored by a university or an organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation under Section 509(a) of the code, among other eligibility criteria. Proposals are due Aug. 28, 2008. For more information, visit: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20402 * * * * * * * New F&A Schedule (Pending Federal approval) Effective April 1, 2008, all newly submitted proposals must include the correct F&A rate(s) for the appropriate year(s), including multi-year proposals. The Clemson F&A agreement, effective March 5, 2007, includes an increase of one-half percent each year for the next two years for On-campus Organized Research. The negotiated rate for FY 07/08 is 47.5%, FY 08/09 is 48%, and FY 09/10 is 48.5%. The 48.5% rate should be used for fiscal years after FY10 until we have a new rate agreement. New Fringe Rates Faculty - 27.9% Staff & Post-Docs - 32.8% Students - 6.2% Part-time & Retired - 20.8% Graduate Tuition Remission Year 2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012 2011 - 2012 Spring 2,910 3,056 3,208 3,369 3,537 Fall 2,910 3,056 3,208 3,369 3,537 Summer I 1,035 1,087 1,141 1,198 1,258 Summer II 1,035 1,087 1,141 1,198 1,258 Total 7,890 8,285 8,699 9,134 9,590 Dianne M. Myers Grants Administrator College of Engineering and Science 113 Riggs Hall, Box 340901 Clemson, SC 29634-0901 864-656-5534 (p) 864-656-7244 (f) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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