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

Conservation Innovation Grants. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Deadline: 3/20/06. Synopsis: Funding to stimulate the development and adoption of conservation approaches or technologies that have been studied sufficiently to indicate a likelihood of success and that are candidates for eventual technology transfer. URL: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/cig/

Integrated Pest Management. Deadline: 2/13/06. Synopsis: Projects funded will cover a broad range of new methodologies, technologies, systems and strategies for implementing integrated crop and pest management programs. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1114

Biotechnology Risk Assessment. Deadline: 2/16/06. Synopsis: Supports research and development projects dealing with the risks and impacts of genetically engineered organisms. Investigations of effects on both managed and natural environments are relevant. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1075

Methyl Bromide Transitions. Deadline: 2/20/06. Synopsis: Funds discovery and implementation of practical IPM alternatives for managing soil borne pathogens and weeds, post harvest pests, or storage and packing material sanitation affected by the phase-out of methyl bromide. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1107

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

Small Grant Program. NIST. Deadline: 6/30/06 and 9/30/06. Synopsis: Funds small grants in various NIST research activities. URL: http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/DOC/NIST/GAMD/2006-SGP-01/Grant.html

Defense Department

Sustained Littoral Presence. DARPA. Deadline: 11/28/06. Synopsis: Funds research, development, design, and demonstration for these program objectives: sustainable, microbial fuel cells to generate continuous, unattended power for greater than 10 years; and unique mobile surveillance systems that utilize these cells and operate with a high degree of autonomy, stealth, and weather tolerance with minimum cost and manpower risk. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/BAA06-12.html

Neurofibromatosis or Schwannomatosis Research Program, CDMRP. Deadline: 3/14/06. Synopsis: The program is especially interested in: Markers for disease progression or imaging methods; Developmental and psychological aspects of disease; Effects of hormones on disease progression; Genetic and nongenetic factors that play a role in the determination of disease manifestations. URL: https://cdmrp.org/

Underwater Express Program. DARPA. Deadline: 2/1/07. Synopsis: Funding to demonstrate stable and controllable high-speed underwater transport through supercavitation. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/BAA06-13.html

Special Projects Office. DARPA. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: This office researches, develops, demonstrates and transitions technologies focused on addressing present and emerging national challenges. SPO investments range from the development of enabling technologies to the demonstration of large prototype systems. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/BAA06-02.html

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

Education Department

North American Mobility in Higher Education. Deadline: 4/17/06. Synopsis: The purpose of this competition is to promote a student-centered, North American dimension to education and training in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines. The Program will fund collaborative efforts in the form of consortia consisting of at least two academic institutions from each country (Canada, Mexico, and the United States). URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipsenortham/index.html

Energy Department

High Energy Density Physics. Deadline: 2/15/06 for letter of intent. Synopsis: Funds experimental research using the Atlas pulsed power facility at the Nevada Test Site in magnetized high energy density physics relevant to the goal of fusion energy sciences. Emphasis is on research leading to plasma configurations that can be compressed to produce plasmas and magnetic fields. URL: http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-05.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

Potential Allergenicity of Genetically Engineered Foods. NCER. Deadline: 3/21/06. Synopsis: Supports research on appropriate methods to assess human allergenicity of proteins in genetically engineered foods and, secondarily, to improve our understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying food allergy and susceptibility to food allergy as it pertains to genetically engineered foods. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_star_biotech.html

Nanotechnology Research Grants Investigating Environmental and Human Health Effects of Manufactured Nanomaterials: a Joint Research Solicitation-EPA, NSF, NIOSH, NIEHS. Deadline: 2/22/06. Synopsis: Applications are sought that propose research about the potential implications of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials on human health and the environment. Research areas can include the toxicology, fate, transport and transformation, bioavailability, exposures of human and other species in natural ecosystems to nanomaterials, and industrial ecology related to nanomaterials. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005_star_nano.html

Health and Human Services Department

Shared Instrumentation Grant Program, NCRR, NIH. Deadline: 3/22/06. Synopsis: The program solicits applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Note: Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Campus notification of intent due 3/1/06: http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/limited.html#NIHSIG. (URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-093.html

Using Technology to Augment the Effectiveness of Parenting Programs in the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, CDC. Deadline: 3/19/06. Synopsis: Specific proposals are being sought that take a previously demonstrated efficacious or effective parenting program and examine the effects of information and communication technology on program outcomes, fidelity, enrollment and attrition rates, and cost-effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-06-006.html

NIDCD Short-Term Enhancement Award for Research Careers in Language and Autism. Deadline: 5/24/06. Synopsis: This program will provide a short-term mentored career development and enhancement training experience in patient-oriented research of six months. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-07-003.html

Research on Clinical Decision Making in Life-Threatening Illness, NINR, NCI. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This announcement seeks to stimulate research on the decision-making processes made by persons faced with life-threatening illness. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-101.html

Research On The Cognitive Sequelae Of Parkinson's Disease, NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NINDS, NIA, and NINR invite research grant applications that address the underlying neurobiological mechanisms associated with the cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease, that address the development of clinical interventions and therapeutics for cognitive impairment, or that promote improved clinical diagnosis or treatment of cognitive impairment. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-105.html, /PA-06-106.html, /PA-06-107.html

Phased Innovation Awards (R21/R33) in AIDS Vaccine Research, NIAID. Deadline: 5/1/06. Synopsis: This program will support prophylactic vaccine research projects that are innovative, novel, may be high risk/high impact, and that exhibit the potential to advance AIDS prophylactic vaccine design or evaluation. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-109.html

Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment, NIH. Deadline: Synopsis: NIH is seeking innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-104.html

Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Phase I, NCCAM. Deadline: 8/11/06. Synopsis: The purposeis to promote the development of CAM research expertise and infrastructure, support developmental research projects, and support enhanced communication and partnership-building between CAM and conventional institutions and investigators. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-108.html

NIAMS Small Grant Program for New Investigators. Deadline: 2/24/06. Synopsis: This solicitation will provide support for pilot research that is likely to lead to a subsequent individual research project grant. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-111.html

Biomarkers of Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetes, NIH. Deadline: 4/12/06. Synopsis: This RFA is intended to facilitate progress in this area by soliciting new applications focused on the detection of the human autoimmune response in T1D. To be considered responsive, proposed approaches must have the potential to lead to the development of a test useful in a clinical setting. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-06-002.html

High-Density Genotyping of Diabetes and Diabetic Complications Sample Collections, NIH. Deadline: 4/12/06. Synopsis: This RFA solicits applications for high-density genotyping of two large existing collections of genetic samples: Epidemiology of Diabetes and its Complications and Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-06-005.html

Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Kidney or Urologic Diseases, NIDDK. Deadline: 3/28/06. Synopsis: NIDDK requests applications for pilot and feasibility clinical and translational research studies, including clinical trials and epidemiological studies related to kidney disease research that address important clinical and translational questions and are potentially of high impact. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-112.html

Research on Pathways Linking Environments, Behaviors and HIV/AIDS, NIH. Deadline: 9/1/06. Synopsis: This Program Announcement calls for research studies on the relationships among social environments, individual behaviors, and the incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in populations. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-114.html

Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research, NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The purpose is to encourage investigators to obtain the training they need to appropriately use stem cells in their research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-115.html

Workplace Violence Prevention Research. NIOSH. Deadline: 4/18/06. Synopsis: Grants for development and evaluation of interventions designed to reduce health and safety impacts associated with violence in the workplace. Interventions should be adaptable to a variety of workplaces. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OH-06-004.html

Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics. NLM. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Research grants in biomedical informatics and bioinformatics. Funding focuses on data, information and knowledge _ their nature, forms and uses _ in the domains of health care and basic biomedical sciences. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-094.html

Imaging the Pancreatic Beta Cell in People. NIH. Deadline: 4/12/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications focused on in vivo detection of beta cell mass, function, inflammation or transplanted islet engraftment, especially using imaging technologies. Also supports development of novel imaging technologies that will provide new opportunities for evaluating and quantifying beta cell mass and function. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK -06-003.html

Technology Development for Genome Sequencing. NHGRI. Deadline: 2/17/06. Synopsis: Solicits grant applications to develop novel technologies that will reduce the cost of genomic DNA sequencing by two orders of magnitude. Applications should aim to achieve proof of principle or even early stage commercialization of multiple different approaches for genome-scale sequencing within five years. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-05-003.html

Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies. NHGRI. Deadline: 2/17/06. Synopsis: Solicits grant applications to develop novel technologies that will enable extremely low-cost genomic DNA sequencing (four orders of magnitude lower cost than now). Substantial fundamental research is needed to develop the scientific and technological knowledge underpinning such a major advance. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG -05-004.html

Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Solicits research applications aimed at designing interventions to increase the parenting skills and capacities of parents and caregivers to improve the health outcomes of their young and adolescent children. R01 and R21 grants are available. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-097.html (R01); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-098.html (R21)

Career Transition Award. NIAAA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports outstanding new investigators with 2-6 years of postdoctoral experience to establish an independent research program in basic or clinical research related to the health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, or the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06 -096.html

Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children. MHRB, HRSA. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: This program invites applications for research related to emergency medical services for children, with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery. URL: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-081.html

Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Funds empirical research on social work practice, concepts and theory as these relate to the NIH public health goal of improving health outcomes for persons with medical and behavioral disorders and conditions. R01, R03, and R21 mechanisms are available. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-081.html (R01); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-082.html (R03); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-083.html (R21)

Exploratory/Developmental Translational Research in Muscular Dystrophy. NINDS, NIAMS. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This Program Announcement solicits exploratory/developmental applications that will provide the leads, tools, and resources needed for a subsequent therapeutic development in any one or more of the muscular dystrophies. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-043.html

Translational Research in Muscular Dystrophy. NINDS, NIAMS. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Solicits applications for cooperative agreements that will support milestone-driven projects focused on the identification and pre-clinical in vitro or animal testing of new therapeutics in any one or more of the muscular dystrophies. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06 -044.html

Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This K25 award will provide support and "protected time" for supervised study and research for productive professionals with quantitative (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-087.html

Alcohol Metabolism and Epigenetic Effects on Tissue Injury. NIAAA. Deadline: 3/28/06. Synopsis: Solicits new studies on 1) the identification and characterization of epigenetic mechanisms influencing alcohol-induced diseases and 2) the mechanisms by which alcohol-induced changes in redox state and oxidative stress alter gene expression to cause tissue injury. R01 and R21 awards are available. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-06-004.html (R01); http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-06-005.html (R21)

Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer. NCI. Deadline: 2/22/06. Synopsis: Invites applications for research projects proposing the development of highly innovative cancer relevant molecular technologies, including, but not limited to, instrumentation, techniques, and devices. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-001.html

Application of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research. NCI. Deadline: 2/22/06. Synopsis: Invites applications for research projects to evaluate the usefulness of emerging molecular technologies that are ready for initial application to clinical or biological questions in cancer research. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-002.html

Innovations in Cancer Sample Preparation. NCI. Deadline: 2/22/06. Synopsis: Supports the development and significant enhancement or adaptation of sample preparation methodologies and technologies, the development of assays to assess sample quality, and studies designed to elucidate the criteria by which to judge sample quality. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-003.html

Pilot-Scale Libraries for High-Throughput Screening. NIGMS. Deadline: 2/22/06. Synopsis: Funding for the generation of pilot-scale chemical diversity libraries to be used for high-throughput biological screening. Acceptable approaches will include: 1) high-throughput chemical synthesis; and/or 2) isolation and purification of bioactive compounds from natural sources such as microorganisms, marine organisms, or plants. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-06-003.html

Imaging - Science Track Award for Research Transition. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This program provides funds to facilitate the entry of investigators to the area of neuroimaging, including both new investigators and established investigators seeking to adopt neuroimaging methodologies in their research programs. URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-092.html

Interior Department

Video Analysis and Content Extraction (VACE) Program - Phase III . NIJ. Deadline: 2/24/06. Synopsis: The Disruptive Technology Office is soliciting proposals for innovative, creative, high-risk research to achieve significant advancements in technologies and methods for ingesting, indexing, managing, accessing and understanding a large video corpus from multiple heterogeneous video data sources. It is the intent of this research to continue to advance the state-of-the-art in technologies and methods for advanced, automated and automatic video content extraction, intelligent content services, and underlying enabling technologies. URL: http://www.nbc.gov/fort_h/vaceiii.html

Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission

Grants. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Japanese Studies in the United States Grants provide support for scholarly research in Japanese studies through grants to academic associations. Public Affairs/Education Grants fund new and imaginative efforts to broaden understanding by the American public of Japan and the relationship between the two countries. URL: http://www.jusfc.gov/commissn/how_to_apply_for_a_grant.htm

Justice Department

Evaluation of Technologies. NIJ. Deadline: 3/7/06. Synopsis: Seeks outcome evaluations with well-defined indicators of success to test how technologies improve criminal justice policy and practice. NIJ prefers proposals that focus on the impact of technologies on crime reduction. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000740.pdf

Public Safety Interventions. NIJ. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: NIJ is seeking proposals to conduct process and outcome evaluations to improve public safety interventions at the local level. Proposed evaluations should use the most appropriate and rigorous methodologies feasible for evaluating the public safety intervention in question. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/sl000738.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

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2006 (ROSES-2006). Deadline: varies. Synopsis: NASA is soliciting proposals for basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of Earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA Research Programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

Joint Chandra/Hubble/Spitzer Programs. Deadline: varies. Synopsis: NASA is allowing time allocation to observe on two or three of the Great Observatories with a single proposal. Time can also be allocated for a single observatory. URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/proposer/CfP/ (Chandra); http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/docs/cycle15announce (Hubble); http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/currentcp.html (Spitzer and joint proposals)

National Endowment for the Arts

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/

Rediscovering Afghanistan. Deadline: varies. Synopsis: A special initiative designed to promote research, education, and public programs about Afghanistan. Applications must be submitted to one of the Endowment's existing grant programs at its regular deadline. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/afghanistan.html

National Endowment for the Humanities

Summer Seminars and Institutes. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: These grants support national faculty development programs in the humanities for school teachers, and for college and university teachers. Seminars and institutes may last from two to six weeks and will thoroughly explore a significant topic in the humanities. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Electronic Records Projects, National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Deadline: 6/1/06. Synopsis: The NHPRC supports efforts by archivists and other records managers to meet the challenges of a proliferation of electronic records. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/electronic.html

National Science Foundation

Synthesis of Arctic System Science, OPP. Deadline: 3/24/06. Synopsis: Research efforts supported will build on and integrate the wealth of existing data and knowledge to advance our understanding of the behavior of the arctic system or key subsets of the system and to understand the role it plays in the global system and society. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13462

Cooperative Activity with Department of Energy Programs for Education and Human Resource Development, NSF, DOE. Deadline: 4/20/06. Synopsis: NSF and DOE will support students and faculty from eligible NSF projects who are accepted as participants in one of four DOE initiatives that provide hands-on research opportunities in DOE national laboratories during the summer: Science Undergraduate Research Internships, Faculty and Student Teams, Community College Institute of Science and Technology, and Pre-Service Teacher Internships. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5632

Chemistry Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities. MPS. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Provides funding to build a foundation for research facilities with unique capabilities in the chemical sciences. For FY06, NSF is soliciting proposals ONLY for the cyberinfrastructure component of this program. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06512

Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems. ENG. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Makes awards through the Engineered Materials and Mechanics Cluster; Infrastructure Systems and Hazard Mitigation Cluster; and Intelligent Civil and Mechanical Systems Cluster. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=CMS

Interagency Microbial Genome Sequencing Program. BIO, USDA. Deadline: 3/2/06. Synopsis: Invites research proposals to support high-throughput sequencing of the genomes of microorganisms and to develop and implement strategies, tools and technologies to make currently available genome sequences more valuable to the user community. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5688

Networking Technology and Systems. 3/2/06. Synopsis: Invites proposals covering any aspect of networking research. The program supports four research areas: Programmable Wireless Networks; Networking of Sensor Systems; Networking Broadly Defined; and Future Internet Design. Projects to prepare the next generation of networking professionals are also encouraged. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06516

Improvements at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories. BIO, GEO. Deadline: 3/3/06. Synopsis: Supports biological FSMLs, off-campus facilities for research and education conducted in the natural habitats of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, for improving facilities, communications, and equipment. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05550

Cyber Trust. CISE. Deadline: 3/6/06. Synopsis: The Cyber Trust program supports research and education activities that will lead to trustworthy computing systems to address future threats to security and privacy. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13451

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. GEO. Deadline: 3/8/06. Synopsis: This program will fund programs that connect the work of NSF- or NASA-funded Earth science researchers to the practice of teaching and learning science in the classroom. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5466

Materials Use: Science, Engineering, and Society. ENG. Deadline: 3/13/06. Synopsis: Solicits multidisciplinary activities that encourage researchers in engineering, physical and life sciences, social and behavioral sciences, economics, mathematics, and education to reach beyond their disciplinary boundaries in order to address complex issues related to materials use in the environment. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13654

Carbon and Water in the Earth System. GEO. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: This solicitation invites multidisciplinary proposals on complex relationships between and within the global water and carbon cycles. Proposals that cross the interfaces of land, atmosphere and oceans are encouraged. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13651

Gender in Science and Engineering _ Dissemination. EHR. Deadline: 4/24/06. Synopsis: Provides assistance for dissemination of research that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce and broaden the participation of girls and women in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5475

Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences. BIO, EHR, MPS. Deadline: 3/29/06. Synopsis: The goal is to enhance undergraduate education and training at the intersection of the biological and mathematical sciences and to better prepare students to pursue graduate study and careers in fields that integrate the mathematical and biological sciences. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04546

Broadening Participation in Computing. CISE. Deadline: 4/5/06. Synopsis: Supports broad Alliances of institutions and organizations (including universities, secondary schools, government, industry, and civil society) to design and carry out comprehensive programs that address underrepresentation in the computing disciplines. Also funds Demonstration Projects that are smaller in scope. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13510

Information and Intelligent Systems. CISE. Deadline: 4/18/06. Synopsis: This Division funds ambitious research and/or education projects in: Collaborative Systems; Robust Intelligence; Universal Access; Digital Government; and Digital Libraries and Archives. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13503

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. 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

U.S. Institute of Peace

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

UC MEXUS. Small Grants. Deadline: 2/6/06. Synopsis: Up to $1,500 for one year for travel, short-term research, initial planning, or one-time needs related to projects in the UC MEXUS mission area (see below). URL: http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/06smallgrant.html

Mellon Library/Faculty Fellowship on Undergraduate Research. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: Funds to encourage UCB faculty to explore creative and effective ways to engage students by integrating research skills into the classroom and the curriculum through the redesign of large-enrollment and high-impact undergraduate courses. URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MellonInstitute/

UC Marine Council. Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative. Deadline: 3/1/06 for pre-proposals. Synopsis: Funds Multicampus Research Projects, Graduate Student Fellowships, and Workshops, Conferences, or Planning Meetings. There are three priority areas: Coastal Water and Sediment Quality; Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems; Coastal Hazards and Shoreline Processes. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/research/coastal/

UC MEXUS. Grants. Deadline: 3/27/06. Synopsis: Support for UC researchers in any discipline on: Mexico-Related Studies; Latino Studies; United States-Mexican Relations; Critical U.S.-Mexico Issues; Latino and Mexican Topics in the Arts & Humanities; and Collaborative Research Projects with Investigators at Mexican Institutions. URL: http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/06grant.html

UC MEXUS. CONACYT Grants. Deadline: 4/3/06. Synopsis: Provides seed funding to teams of UC and Mexican researchers with beginning projects in basic and applied collaborative research, instructional development, and public service and education projects that apply research to public issues. URL: http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/06ucmcongrant.html

UC MEXUS. Mexican and UC Faculty Fellowships. Deadline: 4/3/06. Synopsis: Funding for UC faculty fellowships in Mexico. The primary objective of the program is to provide short-term academic exchange between established Mexican and UC researchers to initiate or continue academic collaborations with their counterparts at UC campuses or Mexican universities. URL: http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/06cnfaculty.html

UCSF Prostate Cancer Center. Developmental Research Grants. Deadline: 4/5/06. Synopsis: The purpose of the grant program is to provide seed funding to encourage both new and established investigators to propose pilot projects in basic, clinical, and translational research. URL: http://urology.ucsf.edu/clinicalRes/CRuroOnc_prostate.html#drp

Mini-Grants, UCOP Pacific Rim Research Program. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Mini-grants will be awarded two times during 2005-06 in amounts up to $3,000. Graduate students may use the awards for dissertation research and pilot field work. Faculty may secure a mini-grant for any research-related project that meets the PRRP grants criteria, with the exception of travel to attend a conference. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/research/pacrim/

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

Universitywide AIDS Research Program. Deadline: 4/4/06; 3/1/06 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

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

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

Alameda County Art Commission. ARTSFUND. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: This program has grant funds available to support dance, literature, media arts, music, theater, visual arts, and multidisciplinary programs presented in Alameda County. URL: http://www.acgov.org/arts/artsfund.htm

PADI Foundation. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: The Foundation will fund research projects on the aquatic environment and its delicate ecological balance. The Foundation will also fund projects on sport diving physics and physiology that will benefit the general diving public. URL: http://www.padifoundation.org/

Pasold Research Fund. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: Funds research related to any branch of textile history from ancient to modern periods. URL: http://www.pasold.co.uk/grants.html

Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association. Deadline: 2/15/06. Synopsis: HCEA is looking for research that quantifies the effectiveness of exhibit marketing by a particular company or subset of the healthcare industry at a particular meeting, or at a series of meetings either within a medical specialty or at a particular venue. URL: http://www.hcea.org/researchgrant.html

Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation. Deadline: 2/15/06 for letters of intent. Synopsis: Promotes research that is targeted toward understanding the molecular basis of Niemann Pick Type C disease. This includes neurobiology of the disease and cell biology of the NPC1 and NPC2 proteins. URL: http://www.parseghian.org/apmrfweb/researchapp.html

World Health Organization. Strategic Social, Economic and Behavioural Research. Deadline: 2/17/06. Synopsis: Promotes and supports social research that identifies constraints in, and opportunities for, infectious disease control and prevention in resource-poor settings by elucidating social, cultural, economic, health systems, and policy-related factors and proposing strategic solutions to such barriers. URL: http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/workplans/seb.htm

Boston College Center for Retirement Research. Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Junior Scholars in Retirement Research. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: Supports junior scholars (or senior scholars working in a new area) for research on retirement issues, broadly construed. Applications are encouraged from a wide variety of academic disciplines. URL: http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/sandellguidelines.shtml

Dr. M. Aylwin Cotton Foundation. Deadline: 2/28/06. Synopsis: These will be awarded to persons engaged in personal academic research on the archaeology, architecture, history, language or art of the Mediterranean area. URL: http://www.cotton-foundation.org/fellowshipawards.html

Glaucoma Foundation. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Offers grants to doctors and scientists striving to improve the lives of glaucoma patients through research. Two areas of particular focus for grant-in-aid funding are Optic Nerve Rescue and Restoration and Molecular Genetics. URL: http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/research.php?r=5

Massage Therapy Foundation. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: This grant supports research that contributes to the basic science of massage therapy application, including applied research investigating massage therapy as a health/mental health treatment and/or prevention modality. URL: http://www.massagetherapyfoundation.org/grants_research.html

Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Research Grants. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Supports research on Ukrainian-Canadian and Ukrainian subjects in the humanities and social sciences by a scholar on the faculty of a university or other postsecondary institution in Canada or elsewhere. URL: http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS/cius-grants.htm

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Translational Research Program. Deadline: 3/1/06 for letters of intent. Synopsis: The program's purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life. URL: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=11620

Cancer Research Institute. Immunology Award. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Funds qualified scientists at the assistant professor level for research aimed at furthering the development of immunological approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. URL: http://www.cancerresearch.org/download.html

Sinfonia Foundation. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Awards grants to qualified persons conducting scholarly research related to American music or to music in America. Applicants must show evidence of previous successful writing and research, or demonstrate unusual competence in the field. URL: http://www.sinfoniafoundation.org/research.html

American Philosophical Society. Phillips Fund Grants for North Native American Research. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Provides grants for research in Native American linguistics, ethnohistory, and the history of studies of Native Americans, in the continental United States and Canada. URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips.htm

Sturge-Weber Foundation. Pilot Research. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: The Foundation strives to stimulate and support research on all aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay, and Port Wine Stain related conditions. Up to $30,000 per year for two years is awarded for innovative studies with potential for continued support. URL: http://www.sturge-weber.com/grantapp.htm

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Deadline: 3/1/06. Synopsis: Supports projects, including scholarly studies, focused on cultivating a renewed, healthier, and more vigorous sense of citizenship among Americans and among people of other nations. URL: http://www.bradleyfdn.org/app.html

American Statistical Association. NSF Research Program. Deadline: 3/3/06. Synopsis: The program seeks highly qualified, motivated, creative individuals to conduct interdisciplinary research using data from the NSF's Division of Science Resources Statistics on-site at NSF in Arlington, Virginia. URL: http://www.amstat.org/research_grants/NSFfellowshipbrochure2006.pdf (PDF file)

Eye Bank Association of America. Deadline: 3/6/06. Synopsis: Awards scientific research grants to provide support for proposals specifically concerned with issues directly related to eye banking and/or corneal transplantation. Awardees include biomedical and social scientists as well as clinical researchers. URL: http://www.restoresight.org/education/research_grants.htm

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Five-Star Restoration Program. Deadline: 3/10/06. Synopsis: Provides modest financial assistance to support community-based wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration projects that foster local natural resource stewardship through education, outreach and training activities.URL: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/5star-rfp.cfm

Montana State University Center for Invasive Plant Management. Deadline: 3/10/06. Synopsis: Research Grants, usually in the $5,000 range but up to $20,000, for invasive plant management research. There are three mechanisms: Seed Money; Information Synthesis: Science and Policy; and Decision-making: Application of Threshold Concepts in Wildland Weed Management. URL: http://www.weedcenter.org/grants/grants_overview.html

James S. McDonnell Foundation. 21st Century Research Awards. Deadline: 3/13/06. Synopsis: Support research projects that are at an early, even preliminary stage of development and have a high probability of generating new knowledge and insights in one of the interest areas: Bridging Brain, Mind, and Behavior; Studying Complex Systems; Brain Cancer Research. URL: http://www.jsmf.org/apply/research/index.htm

Russell Sage Foundation. Project Awards. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: Support for basic social science research, mainly for analyzing data and writing up results but also occasionally for highly relevant data acquisition projects. URL: http://www.russellsage.org/about/whatwedo/howtoapply/awards

Atlantic Salmon Federation. H. Roy Crabtree Internship. Deadline: 3/15/06. Synopsis: $5,000 awarded annually to an individual with some conservation experience interested in obtaining experience in salmon conservation involving research and development, and usually requiring field work. URL: http://www.asf.ca/Awards/Awards.html

Brain Tumor Society. Deadline: 3/16/06. Synopsis: The Brain Tumor Society invites applications for any basic scientific research on brain tumors directed at finding a cure. URL: http://www.tbts.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=305&itemID=16773

United States Golf Association. Turfgrass and Environmental Research. Deadline: 3/17/06 for pre-proposals. Synopsis: Funding for university faculty interested in conducting golf-related environmental and turfgrass management projects, with the goal to develop turfgrasses and cultural systems with enhanced stress tolerance and reduced supplemental water requirements, pesticide use, and costs. URL: http://www.usga.org/turf/green_research/green_research.html

National Council for the Social Studies. Geographic Literacy. Deadline: 3/21/06. Synopsis: Grants to promote geography education in the schools; enhance the geographic literacy of students at the classroom, district, or statewide level; and encourage the integration of geography into the social studies curriculum or classroom. URL: http://www.socialstudies.org/awards/geographiclit/

Fondation de Physiopathologie. Professor Lucien Dautrebande Prize. Deadline: 3/31/06. Synopsis: An international prize of EUR100,000 awarded every three years either to a single individual or to a team of workers who have contributed to progress of human or animal pathophysiology, with particular reference to advances in therapy. URL: http://www.armb.be/concours_prix_4.htm#ld

Royal Town Planning Institute. George Pepler International Award. Deadline: 3/31/06. Synopsis: This award will be made to anyone under the age of 30 who wishes to visit Britain, or being resident in Britain, wishes to visit another country for a short period to study some particular aspect of town and country planning. URL: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/about-the-rtpi/awards/pepler/index.html

American Astronomical Society. Chretien International Research Grants. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Grants of up to $20,000 for international collaborative projects in observational astronomy. Emphasis is on long-term visits and the development of close working relationships with astronomers in other countries. URL: http://www.aas.org/grants/chretien.html

National Marfan Foundation. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: The National Marfan Foundation accepts applications on a yearly basis for one- or two-year grants in basic, translational or clinical research in any discipline involved in Marfan Syndrome. Special areas of interest include cardiovascular, genetic, orthopedic and ophthalmologic issues. URL: http://www.marfan.org/nmf/GetContentRequestHandler.do?menu_item_id=47

International Dyslexia Association. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: This program provides up to $20,000 for one year for educational, medical and cognitive science research projects. Studies on humans or experimental models (computer, etc.) are eligible. The main criteria for the awards are the excellence of the proposals and their potential enhancement of theories, research, and applications related to dyslexia. URL: http://www.interdys.org/jsp/research/research-grant-guideline.jsp

International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society. Scientific Awards. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Awards are made within the general fields of perioperative trauma, anesthesia, emergency medicine and critical care, including basic science or clinical research, clinical management, education, and administration. URL: http://www.itaccs.com/research/awards.htm

American Rivers. River Restoration Grants. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Provides financial and technical assistance for dam removal and fish passage projects in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, and California. The average grant will fall within the range of $5,000 to $25,000. URL: http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_content_63c9

Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Funds for research projects relevant to solid organ transplantation. URL: http://www.rotrf.org/information/ROTRF%20information_2005.htm

DEBRA International. Epidermolysis Bullosa Research. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Supports current research on EB, focusing on the topics of gene therapy, cancer, wound healing, and clinical research aimed at symptom relief. URL: http://www.debra-international.org/research5.htm

University of Minnesota Program for Cultural Cooperation. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: The program is designed to promote closer ties between scholarly Hispanicism in the US in the areas of humanities, social sciences, and the cultural and academic developments of Spain. Projects oriented toward the dissemination of Spanish culture throughout the academic systems of the US are reviewed for subsidy. URL: http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/pcc/

Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Provides support for basic and clinical research in progressive supranuclear palsy. Proposals designed to collect pilot data in preparation for a large grant application are encouraged. URL: http://www.psp.org/research_center/research_grant_app.asp

American Cancer Society. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: Funds independent investigator grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical, and Epidemiology Research; Cancer Control: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research; and Cancer Control: Health Services and Health Policy Research. Mentored Training and Career Development Grants and Institutional Research Grants are also available. URL: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_5_1.asp?sitearea=RES

American Cancer Society. Research on Poor and Underserved Populations. Deadline: 4/1/06. Synopsis: This initiative supports research that addresses a variety of clinical, cancer control, behavioral, epidemiologic, health policy, health services and basic science questions with regard to the high rates of cancer incidence and mortality in underserved populations. URL: http://www.cancer.org/

Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. Deadline: 4/14/06. Synopsis: Grants for projects to: improve biological understanding of brain tumors; improve treatment of childhood brain tumors; reduce or ameliorate tumor or treatment related sequelae; heighten public awareness of childhood tumors; and improve the lives of children with brain tumors. URL: http://www.childhoodbraintumor.org/

American Psychological Association. Alexander Gralnick Award. Deadline: 4/15/06. Synopsis: A $20,000 award for exceptional research and mentoring accomplishments in the area of serious mental illness. Nominees must have a record of significant research productivity (for at least 8 years) and provide evidence of continuing creativity. URL: http://www.apa.org/apf/gralnick.html

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Deadline: 4/15/06. Synopsis: Support innovative efforts to solve the problems of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Multidisciplinary and translational research are encouraged. URL: http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/brain/index.aspx

Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. Ernst Mayr Travel Grant in Animal Systematics. Deadline: 4/15/06. Synopsis: The objective is to stimulate taxonomic work on neglected taxa by supporting visits to museums. URL: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/files_research/mayr.cfm

Whitehall Foundation. Deadline: 4/15/06 for letter of intent. Synopsis: Assistance for basic biological research that is not heavily supported by other agencies. Research Grants for established scientists range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year; Grants-in-Aid are awarded to assistant professors for a one-year period and do not exceed $30,000. URL: http://www.whitehall.org/grants/

Starr Foundation. Deadline: open. Synopsis: Funds programs in education, medicine and health care, human needs, public policy, and culture. URL: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/starr/