Funding Program Announcements

These summaries are compiled from the Community of Science and IRIS funding opportunities databases and from agency announcements.

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Agriculture Department

Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 12/16/05 for letter of intent. Synopsis: Support for inter-disciplinary experimental, observational, theoretical, and modeling studies of invasive species that lead to ecological and economic models in cost/benefit analyses of different management, control and elimination strategies. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (page 86)

Integrated Organic Program. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 12/20/05. Synopsis: Funds programs to improve the competitiveness of organic producers and producers who are adopting organic practices. Also funds programs that enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_organic.pdf (PDF file)

Agricultural Plants and Environmental Adaptation. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 1/10/06. Synopsis: Supports fundamental plant research and training in plant breeding to optimize biological yield and quality while improving tolerance to environmental stress in agriculturally important plants. Priorities for research are: water stress, global change stress, and temperature stress. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html (page 55)

Biobased Products and Bioenergy Production Research. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 1/12/06. Synopsis: Program activities will expand science-based knowledge and technologies to support the efficient, economical and environmentally friendly conversion of biomass, more specifically agricultural residuals into value-added industrial products and biofuels. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (page 65)

CSREES NRI. Deadline: 1/19/06. Synopsis: The following program elements share this deadline: Water and Watersheds; Soil Processes; and Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (pages 76, 79, and 81 respectively)

Rural Development. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Funds examination of social, economic, demographic, and/or policy conditions that foster or impede improved quality of life for rural residents, as well as recommendations for policies and practices effective in creating and sustaining rural community vitality and prosperity. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (page 87)

CSREES NRI. Deadline: 2/7/06. Synopsis: The following program elements share this deadline: Developmental Processes of Agricultural Plants; Agricultural Plant Biochemistry. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (pages 60 and 61, respectively)

Plant Genome. CSREES NRI. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Supports genetically oriented projects ranging from technology development to fundamental science and practical application for crop or forestry improvement in the U.S. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (page 33)

Biology and Genomics of Arthropods and Nematodes. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Supports fundamental research at the suborganismal and molecular levels to address the problem of controlling invasive and re-emerging pests and the nation's over-dependence on environmentally persistent pesticides. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/06_nri.pdf (page 31)

Commerce Department

Open Rivers Initiative. NOAA. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Provides funding and technical assistance for locally driven barrier removal projects to remove dams and other barriers, in order to benefit living marine resources, particularly diadromous fish. URL: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs /crp/partners_funding/callforprojects3.html

Defense Department

ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP). Deadline: 1/12/06. Synopsis: This program supports academic scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees within the last five years (on or after 01 November 2000 for this FY06 competition) and who show exceptional promise for doing creative research. Proposals addressing the priority research areas in the solicitation will be considered. URL: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USN/ONR/HQ/BAA06-002/listing.html

Nano Air Vehicle Program. DARPA. Deadline: 12/12/05. Synopsis: Soliciting innovative proposals for the research and development of very small (<7.5cm), very lightweight (<10 grams) UAVs (nano air vehicles). The goal of this program is to prove the feasibility and viability of UAV on this extremely small scale. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa06-06.html

VisiBuilding: ISR for Building Interiors. DARPA. Deadline: 1/4/06 for initial round; ends 10/24/06. Synopsis: The goal of the VisiBuilding program is to develop knowledge-deriving architectures for sensing people and objects in buildings. A key component will be making the technology operationally useful to support all stand-off sense-through-buildings operations. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa06-04.html

Microsystems Technology. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center. Deadline: 1/5/06. Synopsis: Seeking proposals (technical and cost) for research and development in the following areas: (1) microelectronics, (2) micro-electromechanical systems, and/or (3) photonics technology. URL: http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20050107a6

National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Office of Naval Research. Deadline: 1/24/06. Synopsis: Seeks proposals for new projects in Education and Outreach, to increasing public awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the oceans, and in Collaboration, to strengthen interagency initiatives in oceanographic research and operations. URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/baa_05_026.pdf

Information Institute Research Program. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Funds basic and exploratory research projects with innovative approaches in the area of information science and technology. URL: http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/Reference%2DNumber%2DBAA%2D06%2D01%2DIFKA /SynopsisP.html

Energy Department

Renewable Hydrogen Production. Deadline: 12/15/05. Synopsis: Proposals are sought to design, install, and commission a renewable hydrogen production facility to provide 15-20 kg of hydrogen per day via electrolysis. URL: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-PS36-06GO96010/Grant.html

Biomass Research and Development Initiative. Deadline: 4/3/06. Synopsis: Financial assistance for innovative research, development, and demonstration of biomass based products, bioenergy, biofuels and related processes. URL: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-PS36-06GO96002P/Grant.html

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmentally Benign Manufacturing and Processing. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Seeks applications directed at avoiding or minimizing the generation of pollutants at the source. Projects should aim for industrial manufacturing and processing technologies that support pollution avoidance/prevention, efficient resource and energy use, and industrial ecology. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_gro_solicitation.html

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms. NCER. Deadline: 1/10/06. Synopsis: Provides support for a wide range of research on algal species whose populations may cause or result in deleterious effects on human and ecosystem health and coastal economies, contributing to detection, monitoring, prediction, control, and mitigation of harmful algae and their impacts. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_ecohab.html

Health and Human Services Department

Career Transition Award in Patient-Oriented Research. NIDDK. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: A five-year mentored career development award meant to attract outstanding physician-scientists to a clinical research training program that will endow them with the fundamental skills and investigational tools necessary for successful careers in patient-oriented research. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-002.html

Epigenetics of Neurobiology and Addiction. NIDA. Deadline: 1/23/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications that will link epigenetics changes to other biological changes (i.e., neuroplasticity) from gene expression to behavior (i.e. addiction). This program will also support acquisition of preliminary data on epigenetic mechanisms related to addiction. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-06-007.html

Environmental Influences on Epigenetic Regulation. NIEHS, NCI. Deadline: 1/18/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications that examine epigenetic changes as a part of the mechanisms of action of environmental agents in the etiology, prevention, or progression of disease dysfunction. Applicants may use in vitro systems, eukaryotic animal models or human specimens. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-05-007.html

Hypertension and Inflammation. NHLBI. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Funds the study of the sequence of events in which the vascular inflammatory state contributes to the development and maintenance of hypertension. This initiative provides an opportunity to bring focus on the potential causal relationship between hypertension and inflammation. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-035.html

Developmental Grant For Patient-Oriented Research. NIDCD. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Accepting developmental grant applications that will lead to future patient-oriented research in the areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The intent is to support partnerships among researchers and/or interested organizations for developmental and planning activities. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-07-001.html

Phased Infrastructure Grant for Patient-Oriented Research. NIDCD. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Invites problem-driven innovative applications to address infrastructure needs for patient-oriented research in the areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-07 -002.html

Patient-Oriented Research Grant. NIDCD. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Invites full research grant applications for patient-oriented research in the areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-040.html

Basic Behavior in Animal Models. NIGMS, NICHD. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: The purpose of the initiative is to facilitate collaborative research, involving behavioral scientists and investigators with expertise in molecular biology and/or genomics, which addresses questions about basic mechanisms of behavior in animal models. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-038.html

International Collaboration on Drug Addiction. NIDA. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Solicits collaborative research proposals on drug abuse and addiction that take advantage of special opportunities that exist outside the United States that will speed scientific discovery. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-050.html

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. NIH. Deadline: 1/24/06. Synopsis: Solicits research grant applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies that test models to disseminate and implement research-tested measures for intervention, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life improvement. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-039.html

Centers of Excellence: Complementary and Alternative Medicine. NCCAM. Deadline: 2/23/06. Synopsis: Funds Centers comprised of three or four synergistic, R01-level projects focused on the mechanisms of action of Complementary/Alternative therapies or modalities. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-047.html

Determining Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders. NCBDDD. Deadline: 1/3/06. Synopsis: The purpose is to design or enhance methodologies for identification of early childhood and young adult populations with autism spectrum disorders as a prototype for other developmental disabilities. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DD-06-001.html

Assay Development for High Throughput Molecular Screening. NIH. Deadline: 1/12/06. Synopsis: Funds development and adaptation of biological assays for automated high throughput molecular screening. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06 -004.html

Interdisciplinary Developmental Science Centers for Mental Health. NIMH. Deadline: 3/28/06. Synopsis: Invites applications for Formative Centers and Mature Centers to support integrative research environments conducting innovative cross-disciplinary investigations of neurobehavioral developmental mechanisms responsible for psychopathology in childhood and adolescence. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06 -053.html (Mature); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-062.html (Formative)

Parkinson's Disease Centers of Excellence. NINDS. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Each center may contain any proportion of basic, translational, and clinical research. Research objectives should studies of Parkinson's disease, parkinsonisms, and related disorders. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-058.html

Non-injection Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS. NIDA, NIMH. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports drug abuse research that elucidates the contribution of non-injection drug abuse to the acquisition and/or transmission and/or disease progression of HIV/AIDS. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-06-054.html

Health Services Research. AHRQ. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports research, demonstration, dissemination, and evaluation projects to: support improvements in health outcomes; strengthen quality measurement and improvement; and identify strategies to improve access, foster appropriate use, and reduce unnecessary expenditures. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-111.html

Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research. CDC. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE06-004.htm

Science and Ecology of Early Development. NICHD, NIDA. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Funds studies on the social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors that affect developmental processes and outcomes for children living in poverty, and that draw on current theoretical and methodological advances in social, behavioral, and biobehavioral research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-113.html

Preventing Unintentional Injuries. NCIPC. Deadline: 2/3/06. Synopsis: Solicits research on what works to prevent unintentional injuries, and how what works can best be translated for maximum impact in public health. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE -06-001.html

Traumatic Brain Injury Consequences. NCIPC. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports research that will help expand and advance our understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Projects should aim to determine the prevalence of TBI-related disability and other outcomes and related risk factors among children and youth. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-06-003.html

Care of the Acutely Injured. NCIPC. Deadline: 2/3/06. Synopsis: Funds research that will help expand and advance our understanding of the care of the acutely injured. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-06-005.html

Social Neuroscience. NIH. Deadline: 2/23/06. Synopsis: The purpose of this RFA is to stimulate clinical and preclinical investigations of the cognitive/behavioral processes and neurobiological mechanisms of social behavior relevant to alcohol and drug abuse and decision making and judgment over the life course. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-06-004.html

Mechanisms Linking Short Sleep Duration and Risk of Obesity or Overweight. NHLBI. Deadline: 1/25/06. Synopsis: Supports studies elucidating cause-and-effect relationships and mechanisms to explain associations between sleep duration and the increased risk of obesity or overweight due to altered metabolism, appetite, or inflammation. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-06-003.html

Complementary and Alternative Medicine. NCCAM, NCI, ODS. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: This initiative encourages researchers to carry out basic and/or preclinical research on CAM areas of special interest with an aim to understand the mechanisms of action of a CAM modality. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-064.html

Drug Abuse and Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities among African Americans. NIDA. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports new drug abuse and addiction research on criminal justice related health and disease outcomes among African Americans, especially the risk factors and pathways between drug abuse, criminal justice involvement, and HIV/AIDS risk. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-068.html

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans. NIDA. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Drug abuse and mental health research on the exceptionally high rates of HIV among African-Americans will be supported under this program. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-069.html

Potential Treatment Agents for Drug Addiction. NIDA. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Invites research applications aimed at design, synthesis, and preclinical testing of potential treatment agents for drug addiction and/or relapse prevention. Proposals are welcomed that utilize recent advances in understanding of molecular neurobiological mechanisms underlying drug addiction. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-06-066.html

Mental Health in Criminal Justice. NIMH. Deadline: 1/26/06. Synopsis: Invites applications for research on services and interventions for mental disorders or for co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders via projects of major public health significance utilizing NIDA's National Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Services Research System (CJ-DATS). URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-06-005.html

Conferences and Scientific Meetings. NIOSH. Deadline: 4/15/06. Synopsis: Support for a gathering, symposium, seminar, conference, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting that is relevant to occupational health and safety. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-014.html

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. NIH. Deadline: 1/24/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications that will identify, develop, and refine effective and efficient methods, structures, and strategies that test models to disseminate and implement behavior interventions and improvements into public health and clinical practice settings. R03 and R21 mechanisms are available. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06 -071.html (R03); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-072.html (R21)

Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control. NCI. Deadline: 4/20/06. Synopsis: Invites behavioral research applications in cancer control from new investigators or established scientists refocusing their research interests to behavioral research in cancer. Awards will provide short-term support for projects with or without preliminary data. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-073.html

Justice Department

Sexual Violence from Adolescence to Late Adulthood. National Institute of Justice. Deadline: 1/10/06. Synopsis: Seeks proposals for research on sexual violence, with the purpose of increasing women's safety by informing and improving policy and practice in the criminal justice system. Proposed research may address intra-family, stranger, or acquaintance sexual violence against women and/or adolescent girls. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000733.pdf (PDF file)

Transnational Crime. NIJ. Deadline: 1/10/06. Synopsis: Requests proposals to conduct research on transnational crime. Proposals should develop and analyze information and empirical data having clear implications for criminal justice policy and practice at the Federal, State, or local levels. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000736.pdf (PDF file)

Justice Responses to Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking. NIJ. Deadline: 1/17/06. Synopsis: The primary goal of the program is to support research on the effectiveness of strategies and interventions related to intimate partner violence and stalking. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000734.pdf (PDF file)

Outcome Evaluations of Violence Prevention Programs. NIJ. Deadline: 2/24/06. Synopsis: Supports comprehensive evaluations of promising violence prevention programs with the objective of expanding the list of effective interventions to prevent violence to and by youth. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000732.pdf (PDF file)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Concept Studies for the Joint Dark Energy Mission. ROSES-2005. Deadline: 1/20/06. Synopsis: Solicits proposals to conduct a concept study for space-based JDEM science investigations. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Solar and Heliospheric Physics. ROSES-2005. Deadline: 2/10/06. Synopsis: Supports study of the solar interior, solar disk, solar atmosphere, inner heliosphere, and/or outer heliosphere through both nonflight, Supporting Research and Technology grants and Low Cost Access to Space grants. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

National Endowment for the Arts

Translation Projects. Deadline: 1/9/06. Synopsis: Supports projects for the specific translation of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. URL: http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html

Fellowships for Creative Writers. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Fellowships in poetry are available to published creative writers of exceptional talent. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. URL: http://www.arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/Lit06/

National Science Foundation

Human and Social Dynamics. NSF. Deadline: 2/14/06, 2/21/06. Synopsis: Supports comprehensive, interdisciplinary approaches of understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. The competition includes three emphasis areas: Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678

Developmental and Learning Sciences. SBE. Deadline: 2/17/06. Synopsis: This program supports studies that increase our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671

Ecology of Infectious Diseases. BIO, GEO, FIC. Deadline: 2/10/06. Synopsis: Supports development of predictive models and discovery of principles for relationships between anthropogenic environmental change and transmission of infectious agents. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06506

Basic Plasma Science and Engineering. NSF, DOE. Deadline: 1/6/06. Synopsis: The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05619

Science of Design. CISE. Deadline: 1/6/06. Synopsis: Funds projects that will bring new paradigms, concepts, approaches, models, and theories into the development of a strong intellectual foundation for software design, which will ultimately improve the processes of constructing and modifying software-intensive systems. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05620

Planetary Biodiversity Inventories. BIO. Deadline: 1/10/06. Synopsis: This program supports worldwide, species-level systematic inventories of any major group of organisms. Teams should produce descriptions, databases, and other tools regarding their group and establish predictive classifications. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06500

Computer Systems Research. CISE. Deadline: 1/11/06. Synopsis: Supports innovative research and education projects that have the potential to lead to significant improvements in existing computer systems, software, and educational materials. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05629

Mathematical Biology. MPS. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Supports research in areas of mathematics with relevance to the biological sciences, except statistics and probability. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5690

Mathematical Sciences and Chemistry. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Funds projects of interest to both the mathematical sciences and to the chemistry division. Appropriate proposals should address at least one of these topic areas: mathematical and statistical challenges posed by large data sets; managing and modeling uncertainty; and modeling complex nonlinear systems. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05622

Analytical & Surface Chemistry. MPS. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Supports fundamental chemical research directed toward the characterization and analysis of all forms of matter. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5677&more=Y

Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. MPS. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Supports research on the synthesis, properties, and reaction mechanisms of molecules composed of metals, metalloids, and nonmetals with elements covering the entire periodic table. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5373

Earth Sciences. GEO. Deadline: 1/16/06. Synopsis: This deadline is for EarthScope; Geobiology and Environmental Geochemistry; Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics; Instrumentation and Facilities; Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04613

Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Instrument Development. MPS. Deadline: 1/24/06. Synopsis: Provides funds for the design and construction of instruments that will enable new chemical measurements or will significantly broaden the use of chemical instrumentation. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04534

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research. ENG. Deadline: 1/25/06. Synopsis: Invites proposals for research that utilize the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation to advance earthquake loss reduction. Projects must utilize one or more of the NEES equipment sites and the NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure operated by NEESinc. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06504

Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories. BIO, ENG, GEO. Deadline: 1/25/06. Synopsis: Requests proposals for the development of practical environmental cyberinfrastructure prototypes along with a demonstration of their capability to answer significant environmental research questions. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06505

Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences. MPS. Deadline: 1/26/06. Synopsis: Support for computing environments for research in the mathematical sciences. Proposals may include the purchase of computing equipment and limited support for professional systems administrators or programmer personnel for research computing needs. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05627

ADVANCE: Increasing Participation and Advancement of Women. Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination. NSF. Deadline: 1/27/06. Synopsis: Awards support the analysis, adaptation, dissemination and use of existing innovative materials and practices that have been demonstrated to be effective in increasing representation and participation of women in academic science and engineering careers. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05584

Engineering Decision Systems Cluster. ENG. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Four programs share this deadline: Engineering Design; Operations Research; Manufacturing Enterprise Systems; and Service Enterprise Engineering. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13473&org=DMI&from=home

High End Computing University Research Activity. CISE. Deadline: 2/3/06. Synopsis: invites research and education projects in I/O, file and storage systems design for efficient, high throughput data storage, retrieval and management in the HEC environment. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06503

Division of Electrical and Communications Systems. CISE. Deadline: 2/7/06. Synopsis: The Division awards grants through these programs: Control, Networks and Computational Intelligence; Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies; and

Integrative, Hybrid and Complex Systems. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?org=ECS

Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities. GEO. Deadline: 2/8/06. Synopsis: This program accepts proposals for Support of National or Regional Multi-User Facilities; Support of Research Technicians; and Development of Cyberinfrastructure for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics). URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05587

Research in Disabilities Education. EHR. Deadline: 2/13/06. Synopsis: Supports research, demonstration, and dissemination efforts to increase the participation and achievement of persons with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and careers. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05623

Interdisciplinary Grants in the Mathematical Sciences. MPS. Deadline: 2/19/06. Synopsis: Enables mathematical scientists to undertake research and study in another discipline so as to: expand their skills and knowledge in other areas; apply this knowledge in their research; and enrich the educational experiences of their students. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04518

Modeling and Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering and Manufacturing. ENG. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Funds research projects focused on science-based experimental, computational and theoretical capabilities that enhance our understanding and confidence of the behavior of engineered systems at unprecedented multiple spatial and temporal scales. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05616

Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science. MPS, CISE. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Supports teams focusing on mathematical and computational innovations relevant to these areas of interest: mathematical and statistical models, computational theory and algorithms for high-dimensional, under-sampled data sets; algorithms for scalable scientific computation; and models and algorithms for graphics and visualization. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05622

Division of Chemical and Transport Systems. ENG. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: The accepts applications through four programs: Chemical Reaction Processes; Thermal Systems; Interfacial, Transport, and Separation Processes; and Fluid and Particle Processes. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/eng/cts/

Interagency Education Research Initiative. EHR, NICHD, Education Dept. Deadline: 3/1/06 for letter of intent; 4/1/06 for full proposal. Synopsis: Invites proposals for research projects that will investigate the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve student learning and achievement in preK-12 science and/or math. Technology should be an essential part of the intervention or analysis thereof. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf04553

Assembling the Tree of Life. BIO. Deadline: 3/27/06. Synopsis: Support for creative and innovative multidisciplinary research that will resolve phylogenetic relationships for large groups of organisms. Teams will also be supported for projects in data acquisition, analysis, algorithm development and dissemination in computational phylogenetics and phyloinformatics. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05523

Department of Transportation

Demonstration Projects and Technology Advancements Under the Next Generation High-Speed Rail Program. Deadline: 12/30/05. Synopsis: This BAA solicits demonstrations of technology advancements or techniques which can enhance the deployment of higher speed rail service in the U.S. URL: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/453

U.S. Institute of Pease

Economic Recovery in Countries Emerging from Violent Conflict. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Funds accessible, policy-oriented research and for practical projects that focus on restarting economies in countries emerging from conflict. URL: http://www.usip.org/grants/solicited.html#a

Electoral Politics in Muslim Majority Countries. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Solicits grant proposals for policy-oriented research projects focusing on electoral politics and the diverse set of Islamist political groupings in Muslim majority countries. Comparative case studies are particularly welcome. URL: http://www.usip.org/grants/solicited.html#b

Unsolicited Grants. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Open to any project that fits within the Institute's general mandate of international conflict resolution. Unsolicited grants are offered across a broad range of relevant disciplines, skills, and approaches. URL: http://www.usip.org/grants/unsolicited.html

University of California

Center for US-Mexican Studies. Visiting Fellows. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Awards support postdoctoral research on any aspect of contemporary Mexico, Mexican history, and U.S.-Mexican relations. Comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component are especially encouraged. URL: http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu/programs/visiting_fellows_program.php

Institute of American Cultures, UCLA. Fellowship in Ethnic Studies. Deadline: 1/13/06. Synopsis: Support oral history research in African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Chicano communities. Fellows' research must rely significantly on oral history or on qualitative interviews that have a comparable social or historical focus. URL: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/pstweber.htm

Mental Health Economics Training Program. UCB Public Health. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Advanced multidisciplinary training for outstanding Phd economists, or those with a doctorate in a closely related field, in mental health economics and the pharmacoeconomics of mental health. URL: http://www.petris.org/NIMH.htm

Health Services Research Training Program. UCB Public Health, UCSF. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Advanced multidisciplinary training and education for outstanding economists, political scientists, sociologists, public policy and health professionals interested in health services research training. URL: http://www.petris.org/AHRQ2.htm

Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities. UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: A program to assist investigators already conducting HIV-prevention research with minority communities to improve their programs of research and obtain additional funding for their work. The program is open to scientists in tenure-track positions who have not yet obtained RO1 funding from the NIH or an equivalent agency. URL: http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/minorityindex.html

Center for Water Resources. Deadline: 1/17/06. Synopsis: The Center supports research projects that lead toward understanding, development, protection, and effective utilization of water resources and aquatic ecosystem functions. Studies on surface and underground waters, the vadose zone, and estuaries are covered. Studies with anticipated impacts critical to water issues in the state are especially welcomed. URL: http://www.waterresources.ucr.edu/index.php?content=wrc /wrc.html

Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. Deadline: 1/19/06. Synopsis: Funds prevention, cessation, nicotine addiction, policy, and biomedical research to benefit public health and reduce the suffering and economic burden due to debilitating and often lethal ailments caused or aggravated by tobacco products. Many mechanisms available at all levels. URL: http://www.trdrp.org/Call.asp

Student Fellowships, New Investigator Grants, Collaborative Research Grants, and Intercampus Travel Grants. UC Toxic Substances Research and Training Program. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Provides funds to graduate students and UC researchers eligible for PI status for research projects relevant to toxics and emerging toxics issues. Funds are also available for grad students and postdocs to initiate UC intercampus collaborations. URL: http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/funded_projects/homepage.html

Tobacco Control Policy Fellowships. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Postdoctoral Fellowships allow for one to three years of supervised research experience in tobacco control. The Center accepts applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds in science, medicine, political science, economics and history. URL: http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/

Salinity/Drainage Program. Center for Water Resources. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Research or extension activities that address and contribute to the resolution of the salinity-drainage-toxics problem in the western San Joaquin Valley are eligible for funding from this program. Proposed projects should be problem-solving oriented. URL: http://www.waterresources.ucr.edu/index.php?content=sdp /sdp.html

Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies, UCLA. Fellowships. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Several residential awards available for postdoctoral study on the 17th and 18th centuries using the resources of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. URL: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/c1718cs/Postd.htm

California Breast Cancer Research Program. Deadline: January and February 2006. Synopsis: Funds breast cancer research through Community Research Collaborations, Dissertation Awards, Postdoctoral Fellowships, IDEAs, IDEA-competitive renewals, and Conference Awards. URL: http://www.cbcrp.org/apply/call/

UC Energy Institute. Deadline: 2/3/06. Synopsis: Requests proposals from UC PI's for two grant programs: California Energy Studies, which fosters research on critical energy problems and issues facing California; and Energy Science and Technology, focusing on generic, scientific and technical energy problems. URL: http://www.ucei.berkeley.edu/ucei/RFPnotice2005.html

Traineeships. UCSF Center for Aids Prevention Studies. Deadline: 12/1/05. Synopsis: Invites applications for two- and three-year postdoctoral fellowships in studies relating to the prevention of AIDS. URL: http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/tapsindex.html

Universitywide AIDS Research Program. Deadline: 4/4/06; 2/6/06 for letters of intent for Community Collaborative Research Awards. Synopsis: Funds Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards; Research Training Awards; and Community Collaborative Research Awards. The program supports any HIV/AIDS research. URL: http://uarp.ucop.edu/Index.html

UC Humanities Research Institute. Deadline: varies, from 12/1/05 to 1/15/06. Synopsis: Supports residential research groups comprised of faculty, postdocs, and grad students. Fellowships are available for participation in the 2006-07 groups: White Food: Race and the Politics of Perfection; Historical Problematics of Gender/Sexuality and the Global. Applications are also welcomed from potential conveners of the 2007-08 research groups. Also available is the Kevin Starr Postdoctoral Fellowship in California Studies. URL: http://www.uchri.org/main.php

Special Projects. UC Institute for Research in the Arts. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports innovative, meritorious projects involving at least two UC campuses with the potential for significant artistic and cultural impact. URL: http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/grants.htm

Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center. Deadline: open. Synopsis: Proposals for agricultural research and demonstration projects at the Center are solicited for the upcoming program year (May 1st - April 30th). Supported projects are provided with land, labor, facilities, and management at this Mediterranean woodland ecosystem. URL: http://danrrec.ucdavis.edu/sierra_foothill/research_new_projects.html

Dissertation, Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards (IDEAs). California Breast Cancer Research Program. Deadline: 1/12/06. Synopsis: Career development awards for postdocs and junior investigators for California-based applicants carrying out research, communication, and collaboration. URL: http://www.cbcrp.org/apply/

Cancer Research Coordinating Committee. Deadline: 1/6/06. Synopsis: Grants up to $50,000 to support promising new directions of research into all aspects of the cancer problem, including its origin, prevention and cure. Assistant professors beginning their UC research programs are especially encouraged to apply. URL: http://crcc.ucdavis.edu/

Visiting Research Fellowships. Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD. Deadline: 1/16/06. Synopsis: Offered to UC students and alumni at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels, these fellowships support advanced research and writing on any aspect of international migration and refugee flows, in any of the social sciences, history, law, and comparative literature. URL: http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/Programs/fellowships.htm

Linguistic Minority Research Institute. UC LMRI. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Individual Grants, Collaborative Grants, Dissertation Grants, and Teacher Grants are available for UC researchers for activities dealing with the challenges that language minority youth face, as well as the resources they represent for the state. URL: http://lmri.ucsb.edu/research/lmri-grants/call.php

UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, Lead Campus Program. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: TSR&TP announces the availability of up to $270,000 per year for a maximum of 6 years (with a non-competitive review at 3 years) for a new Lead Campus program in any area relevant to the problems of toxic substances in California. URL: http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu

Nonprofit Agencies

Center for the Business of Government. Research Stipends. Deadline: 12/15/05. Synopsis: Provides grants to for research and improve the effectiveness of government at the federal, state, local, and international levels. URL: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/main/apply/index.asp

American Institute for Cancer Research. Deadline: 12/15/05. Synopsis: Provides Investigator-Initiated Grants, Matching Grants, and Post-Doctoral Awards for new research on dietary means of preventing and treating cancer, or improving the life of the cancer patient. URL: http://www.aicr.org/research/research_grants.lasso

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. Deadline: 12/15/05. Synopsis: Supports investigator-initiated research on a variety of fronts, including axon growth and guidance, remyelination, cellular replacement, rehabilitation and neuroprotection. URL: http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.geIMLPOpGjF/b.1048711/k.6606 /Individual_Research_Grants.htm

Emergency Medicine Foundation. Deadline: 12/19/05. Synopsis: The following programs share this deadline: Directed Research Reducing Medical Errors, Acute Heart Failure Career Development, Team Grant (studies of Emergency Room overcrowding), and Career Development Grant. URL: http://www.acep.org/webportal/Education/Research/ResearchGrants/ResearchGrantProgramOverview.htm

International Association for Bear Research and Management. Deadline: 12/31/05. Synopsis: Grants are made to help support bear conservation, education projects, research on bears, and the furthering of professional development through attendance at conferences and training sessions. URL: http://www.bearbiology.com/bevins.html

Wilbur Foundation. Deadline: 12/31/05. Synopsis: Funding is concentrated in the field of humanities, especially history, literature, religion, and philosophy, for projects that are calculated to enhance or preserve the "permanent things" of society. URL: http://www.wilburfoundation.org/

Union Internationale Contre le Cancer. International Cancer Study Grants. Deadline: 1/1/06. Synopsis: Funds to encourage cancer investigators from any country to initiate, set up, or pursue bilateral research projects with collaborating investigators abroad. Grantees may also provide or receive training. URL: http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=930

American Heart Association Western States Affiliate. Deadline: 1/5/06. Synopsis: Provides Beginning Grants-in-Aid and Grants-in-Aid for research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease, stroke or to related basic science, clinical, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems. URL: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2493

American Psychiatric Association. Deadline: 1/6/06. Synopsis: The foundation is making up to $750,000 in grant funds available for educational, informational, and outreach initiatives that promote the early recognition and treatment of mental illness. Grants from the foundation can support a wide variety of public education activities. URL: http://www.psychfoundation.org/grants/callforproposals.cfm

Emergency Medicine Foundation. Deadline: 1/9/06. Synopsis: The following awards share this deadline: Riggs Family Health Policy Research Grant, Research Fellowship Grant. Both support studies of Emergency Room healthcare. URL: http://www.acep.org/webportal/Education/Research/ResearchGrants/ResearchGrantProgramOverview.htm

Semiconductor Research Corporation. Ultimate CMOS Research Center. Deadline: 1/9/06. Synopsis: Soliciting white papers proposing a new multi-university Research Center in the area of technologies needed to extend CMOS to and beyond the 22-nm node of the current ITRS roadmap. It is particularly intended to address the research needs associated with the front-end aspects of extending CMOS technology. URL: http://www.src.org/fr/S200508_RFWP_DS_CMOS_2005.asp

American Heart Association. National Scientist Development Grant. Deadline: 1/9/06. Synopsis: Supports highly promising beginning scientists for research broadly related to cardiovascular function and disease, stroke or to related clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems. URL: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004142#SDG

Goldhirsh Foundation. Brain Tumor Research Awards Program. Deadline: 1/11/06. Synopsis: The Foundation makes three-year ($600,000) and one-year ($100,000) grants for basic and translational brain tumor research to accelerate progress toward more effective treatment for deadly astrocytic tumors. URL: http://www.goldhirshfoundation.org/application_information.htm

Savoy Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Research grants up to $30 000 are available to clinicians and/or established scientists working on epilepsy or related subjects. URL: http://www.savoy-foundation.ca/eng/prog-rech/contenu.htm#C

Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. Aviation/Space Writers Award. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: A grant of $5,000 to support research toward publication on aerospace topics. Funds may be used to support research travel and expenses, or the publication of research. URL: http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/fellow/writer_grant.cfm

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. Deadline: 1/16/06. Synopsis: Career Development Awards and Regular Research Grants are available for research on type I diabetes and its complications. URL: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

Arthritis National Research Foundation. Deadline: 1/16/06. Synopsis: Provides funding for highly qualified researchers seeking to discover new knowledge for the prevention, treatment and cure of arthritis and related rheumatic diseases. URL: http://www.curearthritis.org/grant.htm

Mazamas. Standard Research Grants. Deadline: 1/24/06. Synopsis: $3,500 is provided for investigations of geologic features, biotic communities, and human endeavors pertaining to these natural landscapes. URL: http://www.mazamas.org/resources/res_grantinfo.php#standard

Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Makes grants ranging from ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 for work in major areas of the social sciences. Preference will be given to projects that deal the contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance, and to scholars in the initial stages of research. URL: http://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant.htm

Rett Syndrome Research Foundation. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Supports international biomedical research by investigators at all levels for the treatment and cure of Rett Syndrome. The Foundation encourages research that encompasses innovative approaches and techniques that will lead to NIH and other funding sources. URL: http://www.rsrf.org/researchers/4.7.1.1.html

National Pancreas Foundation. Deadline: 1/31/06. Synopsis: Proposed research must be in the field of pancreatic diseases. Studies intended to advance knowledge in the areas of pancreatic carcinoma and all forms of pancreatitis would be the closest to the areas of interest of the NPF. Studies more closely related to diabetes will not be accepted. URL: http://www.pancreasfoundation.org/research/grants.shtml

Ploughshares Fund. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Grants to support initiatives aimed at preventing the spread and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of war, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to the use of weapons of mass destruction. URL: http://www.ploughshares.org/grants.php?a=2&b=0&c=0

ASHP Foundation. Junior Investigator Program. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: The goal of this research grant program is to support health services research in medication use that is conducted by pharmacist junior investigators. URL: http://www.ashpfoundation.org/research/showFundingOpp.cfm?id=161

Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: The Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. URL: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm

Charlotte Geyer Foundation. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Provides interim funding to researchers whose proposals have been reviewed by the National Cancer Institute and were ranked within ten percentage points of the NCI payline. URL: http://www.charlottegeyer.org/

Edward Jr. Mallinckrodt Foundation. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Supports biomedical research projects with initial start-up funding to move the projects forward to the point of other independent support. URL: http://fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=3691

American Association of School Librarians. Highsmith Research Grant. Deadline: 2/1/06. Synopsis: Up to $5,000 is awarded to conduct innovative research aimed at measuring and evaluating the impact of school library media programs on learning and education. URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslawards/highsmithgrant/aaslhighsmith.htm

Hereditary Disease Foundation. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Support for projects contributing to identifying and understanding the basic defect in Huntington's disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular signaling in striatal neurons. URL: http://www.hdfoundation.org/funding/grants.htm

American Heart Association. Pharmaceutical Roundtable Award. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Helps investigators develop projects that lead to sustainable applications of research in primary and secondary prevention, outcomes and improved quality of care in cardiovascular disease and stroke. URL: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=12159

Feminist Review Trust. Research and Other Scholarly Activity. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: Provides financial assistance for projects meant to improve the status of women, broadly defined. For instance, this can include conferences or work toward gender equality or alleviation of poverty. URL: http://www.feminist-review-trust.com/guidelines.htm

Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: Fellowships and grants are given for research relevant to the prevention of cancer. URL: http://www.preventcancer.org/research/index.cfm

Prevent Blindness America. Investigator Award Research Grant. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Provides funding for research investigating public health issues related to the burden of illness of eye-related health and safety topics. All research grants must focus on preserving sight and preventing blindness. URL: http://www.preventblindness.org/research/investigator_award.htm

Lady Tata Memorial Trust. International Awards for Research in Leukaemia. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Awards will be made for studies of the leukaemogenic agents and the epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunology, and genetic basis of leukaemia. URL: http://www.icr.ac.uk/haemcyto/tata/index.html

Stanley Medical Research Institute. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Supports researchers at all levels of development in all areas of medicine and biology who wish to initiate new research projects on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Grants provide up to $75,000 per year for two years. URL: http://www.stanleyresearch.org/programs/grants.asp

American Psychological Foundation. F.J. McGuigan Young Investigator Research Prize. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: $25,000 prize for a young psychologist engaged in research that seeks to explicate the concept of the human mind from a primarily psychophysiological perspective. URL: http://www.apa.org/apf/mcguiganprize.html

Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. IDEA Programs. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Start-up funding for promising, but unproven, innovations in surface transportation systems that are unlikely to be funded through traditional programs. Priority areas are High-Speed Rail, Highways, Transit, and Safety. URL: http://www4.trb.org/trb/dive.nsf/web/idea_programs

American Parkinson Disease Association. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Several award mechanisms invite proposals for research on Parkinson's Disease from researchers in various fields and levels. URL: http://www.apdaparkinson.org/user/ViewFellowshipAndGrants.asp

NATO) Collaborative Linkage Grants. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Provides opportunities for collaboration on research projects to members of research teams in universities or research institutions in countries of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Mediterranean Dialogue. This is limited to security and anti-terrorism related research. URL: http://www.nato.int/science/support/clg/clg-nfa.htm

American Educational Research Association. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Invites education policy- and practice-related research proposals using NCES, NSF, and other national data bases. URL: http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html

Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: This program funds research within the basic sciences to further the understanding of the principles upon which chiropractic is founded, including biomechanical studies of the spine, small animal studies, and objective laboratory evaluation of the effects of manipulation. URL: http://www.fcer.org/html/Research/Grants/guidelines.htm

Cure Autism Now. Pilot Research Awards. Deadline: 3/3/06. Synopsis: Pilot funding up to $60,000 per year for established investigators from within as well as outside of the field of autism. Research proposals targeting promising hypotheses using innovative approaches and technologies are a priority. URL: http://www.cureautismnow.org/research/funding/4620.jsp

Ellison Medical Foundation. Senior Scholar Program in Aging. Deadline: 3/9/06. Synopsis: This program is designed to support established investigators, working at institutions in the U.S., to conduct research in the basic biological and basic biomedical sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. URL: http://www.ellison-med-fn.org/adsp.jsp?key=12aging_senior_proc&show=100

Russell Sage Foundation. Deadline: 3/10/06. Synopsis: Supports basic social science research with awards ranging between $50,000 and $500,000. Most funding is for analyzing data and writing up results, but large awards are sometimes given for data acquisition projects. URL: http://www.russellsage.org/about/whatwedo/howtoapply/awards

American Psychological Association. Wayne F. Placek Large Grants. Deadline: 3/10/06. Synopsis: APF will give two grants of up to $50,000 for empirical research consistent with the Fund's goal of increasing the general public's understanding of homosexuality and alleviating the stress that gay men and lesbians experience. URL: http://www.apa.org/apf/hooker.html

National Parkinson Foundation. Deadline: 3/13/06. Synopsis: Grants up to $40,000 for basic research directly relevant to the study of causes of and a cure for Parkinson disease. High-risk, high-yield projects are encouraged, provided that they are thoughtfully composed and reasonably likely to advance the state of the knowledge about Parkinson disease. URL: http://www.parkinson.org/site/pp.asp?c=9dJFJLPwB&b=190389

Fats and Proteins Research Foundation. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: Supports research projects concerned with the utilization of rendered animal by-products produced by the inedible rendering industry, such as blood meal, meat and bone meal, tallow, hydrolyzed hair, and feather meals. Also eligible are projects are related to ecological aspects of the rendering process. URL: http://www.fprf.org/projects/proposals.htm

American Philosophical Society. Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: Encourages exploratory field studies in any discipline for the collection of specimens and data and to provide the imaginative stimulus that accompanies direct observation. URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.htm

Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: Grants of up to $20,000 for research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for the elderly (including those who are isolated by poverty, lack of education, language, culture, disability, or other barriers). URL: http://www.borchardcenter.org/argp_rfp.html

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: Provides funds to encourage research projects on state and federal student financial aid policy, administration, and related topics. URL: http://www.nasfaa.org/LinkLists/sponsoredgrnt.asp

American Councils for International Education. Research Scholar Program. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Provides full support (up to $25,000) for scholars seeking to conduct research for three months to nine months in one or more of these countries: Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, and Moldova. URL: http://www.americancouncils.net/program.asp?PageID=121&ProgramID=15

American Diabetes Association. Nationwide Research Awards. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Supports multiple awards for research on the cure, prevention, or treatment of diabetes. These include the Research Award, the Innovation Award, the Young Investigator Innovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology, and the Henry Becton Innovation Award. URL: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/research-grant-application-forms/nationwide-research-awards.jsp

American Diabetes Association. Development Awards. Deadline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Funds investigators through the level of assistant professor for all types of diabetes research. Junior Faculty Awards and Career Development Awards are available. URL: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-research/research-grant-application-forms/develop ment-awards.jsp