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NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grants Program for Young Scientists NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (P41) Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Quality of Life Grants Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering NSF Planning a Partnership Model for a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope CDC Identifying Reasons for Racial/Ethnic Disparities with Completing the HPV Vaccine Series among Adolescent Females CDC Intervention Study to Increase Use of Standing Orders Programs for Vaccinating Adults in Physician Office Settings New Music USA - Commissioning Music/USA NASA International Space Station National Lab Education Project NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research (P30) NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) AHRQ Building the Science of Public Reporting (R21) NIGMS Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25) CDC The Incidence of Community Associated Influenza and Other Respiratory Infections in the United States USDA Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant NIAMS Rheumatic Diseases Research Core Centers (P30) Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellowship AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowships AXA Research Fund Doctoral Fellowships NSF Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) Feminist Review Trust Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging NIDDK Diabetes Research Centers (P30) University of California Pacific Rim Research Program (Current open solicitations are listed with a yellow background. Upcoming annual solicitations are listed below with a white background; all information for upcoming programs is tentative.) |
| Limited Submission Campus Announcements The Vice Chancellor for Research Office uses CALmessages to send limited submission announcements to faculty within targeted departments and/or units based on the focus of the agency funding program or, when the program is more general, to faculty campus-wide. For example, a program funding public health research would be directed only to faculty within the School of Public Health. Research administrators and other staff who also wish to be notified of upcoming limited submission deadlines must sign up for the Limited Submission CALmessages list (CalNet authorization required). Faculty members do not need to sign up for this list; they will receive messages automatically. Staff who sign up for the list will receive all messages, not just those specific to their department. Limited submission programs with campus deadlines will continue to be listed on this web page. Messages will also be archived in CALmessages. |
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| Limited Submission Applications Campus applications for limited submission programs should include one copy of the application material and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet (see top of this page) and be submitted to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 119 California Hall, Attention: Jackie Jones. In general, applications for campus review will include a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vita for each investigator, and a one-page budget that summarizes the total project period. However, please see the announcements below for program-specific information on campus application requirements. Requests for matching funds or exceptions to campus policies must be identified at this stage and included in the budget page. Requests will be negotiated if the project is selected for submission. For assistance with the preparation of your proposal, please contact your departmental Research Administrator. If you have any questions about the internal campus review process, please contact Jackie Jones (643-1795, jackie_jones@berkeley.edu). For questions about submitting the proposal to the funding agency please contact your SPO Research Analyst. More information on campus procedures is available here. |
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| University of California Pacific Rim Research Program
eight proposals per campus |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 7, 2011. The PDF must include the following: For Faculty Initiative Grants and Faculty Research Planning Grants: 1) Limited Submission Cover Sheet; 2) Project Description, including project title, grant type and requested amount (3-5 pages); 3) Curriculum Vitae (2 page limit); 4) Budget (1 page); 5) If the project has non-UCB collaborators, a letter of commitment will strengthen the case in the campus review. For Graduate Research Fellowships: 1) Limited Submission Cover Sheet; 2) Project Description, including project title, grant type and requested amount (3-5 pages); 3) Curriculum Vitae (2 page limit); 4) Budget (1 page); 5) One Letter of Support is required from the student's faculty advisor. These should be sent directly to Jackie_Jones@berkeley.edu by December 7, 2011. |
The Pacific Rim Research Program is a multi-campus program established to encourage Pacific Rim research on the ten campuses of the University of California. It sponsors a competitive grants program that provides funds for University of California faculty and graduate students who do research on Pacific Rim topics in a variety of disciplines. UC faculty and staff who are eligible to be Principal Investigators on their campus
may seek Faculty Initiative Grants and Faculty Research/Planning Grants.
Graduate students may apply for Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships. For the purposes of this Program, the term Pacific Rim encompasses all areas and antions that border the Pacific Ocean, including Southeast Asia and East Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Pacific Latin America. Proposals may come from any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, public health, or some combination thereof. Successful proposals ordinarily include the following: 1) Investigation across national, cultural, linguistic, and/or regional boundaries; 2) Focus on interactions, flows, or major issues affecting the Pacific Rim region; 3) For faculty proposals, collaboration of scholars in different countries and where appropriate, different disciplines. For graduate students, international collaboration will often be in the form of institutional affiliation abroad or faculty sponsorship in the host country. |
up to $50,000 for Faculty Initiatve Grants, up to $25,000 for Faculty Research/Planning Grants, up to $20,000 for Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships |
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| NIDDK Diabetes Research Centers (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
1/31/2012 for letter of intent (not required) |
Diabetes Research Centers are designed to support and enhance the national research effort in diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. Diabetes Research Centers support three primary research-related activities: Research Core services, a Pilot and Feasibility program, and an Enrichment program. | $15 million total in FY 2012 | |
| Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging two nominations per invited institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). In addition, one letter of reference is required for the internal review process. This letter can come from one of the following: head of the applicant's department, thesis advisor, post-doctoral fellowship advisor, or a scientific reference from an individual familiar with the applicant's research. The letter of reference, addressed to the Ellison Medical Foundation, should be sent by email to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
Applications are solicited by invitation only. The objective of of the Program is to support new investigators of outstanding promise in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The award is intended to provide significant support to new investigators needed to permit them to become established in the field of aging. The awards are intended for investigators who are in the first three years of their research career following their post-doctoral fellowship experience. Other restrictions apply. | up to $100,000 per year for 4 years | ||
| Feminist Review Trust one application per organisation per round |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on 1/9/2012, 5/7/2012, 9/7/2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
next deadline: 1/31/2013, 5/31/2013, 9/30/2013 |
The Feminist Review Trust exists to fund research and other scholarly activity on all aspects of gender. The types of projects they fund fall into the following categories: Hard to Fund; Pump Priming; Interventionist Projects; Training and Development; One off events; Dissemination; Core funding; and others. Examples are given in the guidelines. The Feminist Review Trust also states, “We like to support projects which have a longer-term impact. Most applications do not consider this very carefully or very fully.” | UK £10,000 (or equivalent) maximum | |
| NSF Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) one proposal per institution as lead institution (no limit on proposals as non-lead collaborator or sub-awardee) |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 13, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
next deadline: 3/1/2013 |
The EESE program accepts proposals for innovative research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, including within interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and international contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields or on developing summer post-baccalaureate ethics-education activities or other activities that transition students from undergraduate to graduate education. | up to $300,000 per award, or up to $400,000 for collaborative proposals to disseminate best practices in graduate ethics education | |
| AXA Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowships two applications for postdoctoral candidates per institution per year |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 17, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Budget (1 page), Curriculum vitae. |
3/22/2012 for applications |
next deadline: 6/21/2012, 9/13/2012 for nomination; 10/4/2012 for application |
The postdoctoral work financed by the Fund must fall within the scope of one of the themes identified by the AXA Scientific Board. The themes for 2011 are: 1) Life risks (aging and long-term care, addictions and risky behaviours, emerging biomedical risks); 2) Socio-economic risks (geopolitical risks, macro-economic and systemic financial risks, individual and collective behaviours when facing uncertainties, large corporate risks); and 3) Environmental risks (climate change, natural hazards, human driven environmental changes). See Guidelines and FAQ for additional information. | up to €120 000 total for 24 months |
| AXA Research Fund Doctoral Fellowships two applications for doctoral candidates per institution per year |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 17, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Budget (1 page), Curriculum vitae. |
3/22/2012 for applications |
The Ph.D work financed by the Fund must fall within the scope of one of the themes identified by the AXA Scientific Board. The themes for 2011 are: 1) Life risks (aging and long-term care, addictions and risky behaviours, emerging biomedical risks); 2) Socio-economic risks (geopolitical risks, macro-economic and systemic financial risks, individual and collective behaviours when facing uncertainties, large corporate risks); and 3) Environmental risks (climate change, natural hazards, human driven environmental changes). See Guidelines and FAQ for eligiblity and other information. | up to €120 000 total for 3 years | |
| Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellowship one nomination per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 23, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The candidate must: be a U.S. citizen, be nominated by the person who will be supervising the lab in which the researcher will be working, be qualified in a specific cancer-related specialty and proposed research project must be cancer-related, and have a doctoral degree by July 1, 2012. If candidate does not have the degree by the time of application, please indicate date expected on the application form (No later than July 1, 2012). Please note that all UC Berkeley postdoctoral researchers are subject to the terms of the recently ratified contract with the UAW. For additional information, please see this link. | $50,000 per year for 2 years | ||
| NIAMS Rheumatic Diseases Research Core Centers (P30) one application per institution |
ampus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 31, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
2/1/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
RDCCs will provide shared facilities and services to groups of established, currently funded investigators addressing scientific problems in rheumatic diseases, in order to improve efficiency, accelerate the pace of research, and ensure greater productivity. | direct costs of up to $400,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| USDA Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization Grant one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on February 1, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
This program requests proposals for wood energy projects that require engineering services. These projects will use woody biomass, such as material removed from forest restoration activities, wildfire hazardous fuel treatments, insect and disease mitigation, forest management due to catastrophic weather events, and/or thinning overstocked stands. The woody biomass shall be used in a bioenergy facility that uses commercially proven technologies to produce thermal, electrical or liquid/gaseous bioenergy. The funds must be used to further the planning of such facilities by funding the engineering services necessary for final design and cost analysis. | up to $250,000 | ||
| CDC The Incidence of Community Associated Influenza and Other Respiratory Infections in the United States one application per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The purpose of the program is to estimate the incidence of influenza in the community and the incidence and etiology of non-influenza respiratory viruses. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus areas of prevent disease, disability, and death from infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable disease. | up to $500,000 per year for up to 5 years | ||
| NIGMS Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on February 3, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
This program encourages Research Education Grant (R25) applications from institutions that propose to develop recent baccalaureate science graduates from diverse backgrounds so that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue PhD or MD-PhD degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences. The program provides support for well-designed academic enhancements and extensive research experiences aimed at preparing individuals from groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences to complete PhD or MD-PhD degree programs in these disciplines. | up to $375,000 annually in total direct costs for up to 4 years | ||
| AHRQ Building the Science of Public Reporting (R21) two applications per applicant |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on February 10, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
2/27/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits R21 Exploratory / Developmental grant applications that propose to build the scientific evidence base for effective public reporting for consumers through innovative, actionable studies that address pressing questions in the field. AHRQ seeks to support research that will inform the development of a health care system in which every consumer has ready access to reports that allow meaningful comparison of providers based on measures of quality and resource use. | $14,000,000 total between FY 2012 and FY 2014 to fund up to 25 applications | |
| NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10) There is no restriction on the number of applications an institution can submit to the SIG program each year provided the applications request different types of equipment. However, if two or more applications are submitted for similar equipment from the same institution, documentation from a high level institutional official must be provided stating that this is not an unintended duplication, but part of a campus-wide institutional plan. |
Campus principal investigators who are planning to submit an application to the NIH SIG program should send email to Jackie Jones (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research by February 15, 2012 with the type of instrument to be requested. If there are potentially two or more applications for similar equipment, the Vice Chancellor for Research Office will coordinate with principal investigators. |
The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instrumentation or an integrated system that costs at least $100,000. The maximum award is $600,000. Types of instruments supported include confocal and electron microscopes, biomedical imagers, mass spectrometers, DNA sequencers, biosensors, cell-sorters, X-ray diffraction systems, and NMR spectrometers among others. | $100,000-$600,000 | ||
| NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research (P30) one application per institution; an applicant organization is eligible for a maximum of one NINDS Center Core Grant |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on February 17, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
3/3/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
NINDS invites new and competing renewal applications for Center Core Grants that provide resources and facilities shared by a minimum of six NINDS-supported investigators. Centers will offer services and expertise that would be difficult or impractical to support in individual labs. Centers are expected to capitalize on economies and synergies associated with shared resources, and to foster a collaborative environment among neuroscientists at host institutions. | up to $400,000 per year in direct costs for up to 5 years | |
| NASA International Space Station National Lab Education Project two proposals per institution |
Interested applicants should send email to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by February 17, 2012. |
3/5/2012 for notices of intent (not required) |
NASA invites proposals to seven areas. The three “General” categories include: 1) new ground-based educational activities/experiments not requiring ISS upmass, 2) new flight-based or on-orbit experiments that require ISS upmass capability; and 3) new educational experiments utilizing a facility that simulates the ISS microgravity environment. The four “Specific” areas open for proposals are: 1) flight experiments that can be conducted in “1 unit” (1U) NanoRacks payload modules onboard the ISS; 2) mission planning proposals to recommend an appropriate mission planning support for the Amateur Radio on ISS (ARISS) school contacts program using appropriate software and hardware; 3) proposals to provide engineering/project management support for the High Schools United with NASA for the Creation of Hardware (HUNCH) project; and 4) proposals will be solicited to develop new applications for the ISSLive! Internet educational experience using existing real-time ISS telemetry. | $1,200,000 total for up to 8 awards | |
| New Music USA - Commissioning Music/USA one application per organization per deadline as single commissioner or lead commissioner in a consortium; organizations may participate in a supporting role in as a cocommissioner in up to two other consortiums per deadline |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 1, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet; Project Description, including title, length, instrumentation of work (1 page); Projected Performances, incuding dates, venues, city/states, audience sizes (1 page); Curriculum vitae; Budget – see guidelines (1 page). |
Supports not-for-profit performing and presenting organizations that wish to commission a new work in any style or genre. The program provides full or partial commissioning fees primarily for composers as well as technical assistance regarding contracts, copyright, collaboration issues and other areas where needed. The 2012 round of Commissioning Music/USA will commission works that involve music with other visual, media, or performing art forms in integrated and inseparable ways. | $10,000- $20,000 in support of commissioning fees | ||
| CDC Intervention Study to Increase Use of Standing Orders Programs for Vaccinating Adults in Physician Office Settings one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 2, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The purpose of the FOA is to develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to increase use of standing order programs (SOPs) for vaccination of adults in physician office settings, particularly those serving ethnically diverse persons with lower vaccination rates. The intervention should include use of SOPs for influenza, pneumococcal, and Tdap vaccination. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the intervention should be evaluated. | total funding of $1,500,000 for 4 years | ||
| CDC Identifying Reasons for Racial/Ethnic Disparities with Completing the HPV Vaccine Series among Adolescent Females one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 2, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
Applicants must address three research objectives: 1. 1. Among parents of adolescents 11-18 years of age, assess factors contributing to HPV vaccination disparities, specifically assessing factors contributing to series non-completion or not initiating the series, and determining whether reasons differ in nature or in importance by racial/ethnic groups (whites, blacks and Hispanics) or by poverty level. 2. Among immunization providers, assess their opinions regarding provider and patient level factors that may affect a patient's ability to initiate and/or complete the HPV series. 3. Based on findings from the parent and provider activities, identify potential strategies that could be used to address the factors contributing to disparities in HPV vaccination coverage. | $600,000 total funding for 1-2 awards | ||
| NSF Planning a Partnership Model for a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope one proposal per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 2, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
This solicitation invites proposals to establish an initial framework for a U.S. community partnership in a proposed GSMT deriving from past, current, or potential future NSF support for design work, construction, instrumentation, and/or operations. | $1,250,000 for 1 award | ||
| Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering two nominations per invited institution |
Campus applicants must submit: the Limited Submission Cover Sheet and a full application according to the Packard Foundation program guidelines, including a a curriculum vitae, a statement of current external research support, a statement by the nominee, a recommendation by the department head, and a publication list. Four external reference letters, from the nominee's department head and from three people outside the nominee's university (as stated in the Packard Foundation guidelines), are required for the internal review process. For the internal review, the referees may e-mail a copy of their letter addressed to the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
3/15/2012 for campus nominations next estimated deadline: 4/2013 |
Institutions are invited to submit nominations. Fellows must be faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators engaged in research in the natural and physical sciences or engineering and must be within the first three years of their faculty careers. Disciplines that are considered include physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, ocean science, and all branches of engineering. Candidates engaged in research in the social sciences are not considered. Candidates must be faculty members in the first three years of their faculty careers, that is, whose initial faculty appointments began no earlier than May 31, 2009, and no later than May 31, 2012. The intent of the Fellowship Program is to provide support for unusually creative researchers early in their careers; faculty members who are well established and well funded are less likely to receive the award. It is further the intent of the Foundation to emphasize support for innovative individual research that involves the Fellows, their students, and junior colleagues, rather than extensions or components of large-scale, ongoing research programs. |
$875,000 over 5 years; of the $175,000 paid each year, $17,500 is available to the university as compensation for administrative costs | |
| Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Quality of Life Grants one letter of intent per organization per annual grant cycle |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 3, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
6/22/2012 for application |
6/30/2012 for application |
Grants support innovative rehabilitation and recreation programs as well as independent living and educational opportunities that improve the quality of life for people living with spinal cord injuries throughout the United States and Canada only. Grants are awarded to programs or projects that clearly address the needs of people living with spinal cord injury (SCI). Proposals must include an explanation of how many people living with SCI will benefit from the program/project. See Program Guidelines. | $10,000- $100,000 for 1 year |
| NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (P41) one application per deadline per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 28, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
(FOA expires 5/8/2013) |
BTRCs conduct research and development on new technologies that are driven by the needs of basic, translational, and clinical researchers. BTRCs also make their technologies available, train members of the research community in the use of the technologies, and disseminate these technologies broadly. | up to $700,000 per year in direct costs excluding equipment for up to 5 years; up to $500,000 for equipment | |
| U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grants Program for Young Scientists five application per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on March 16, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
next deadline: 12/2012 (two calls per year) |
The program is focused on PhD students and postdoc fellows doing research that requires facilities or expertise not available in their home countries. The trips will be only to a higher education or a research facility in the U.S.A. (for Israelis) or Israel (for Americans). Each trip will be for a maximum length of two months. BSF will only accept applications that are in the scientific fields it supports. | $4,000 per grant | |
| NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) one required letter of intent per lead institution; one proposal either as a single institution or as a lead institution in a multi-institution proposal |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on April 6, 2012. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
6/25/2012 for proposal |
7/2/2012 for proposal |
Proposals submitted to the IGERT program must describe integrative, research-based, graduate education and training activities in emerging areas of science and engineering. This traineeship proposal should be organized around an interdisciplinary theme that is based on transformative interdisciplinary research in science/ technology/ engineering/ mathematical sciences. Students should be educated to recognize how their research might be utilized for an economic or societal benefit, and should learn the processes that would be required to implement them in practice through hands-on experience. The IGERT project should provide students with experience relevant to both academic and nonacademic careers. |
up to $3.3 million per award over 5 years |
| The Morris Stulsaft Foundation
one request per organization in a 12-month period |
Please contact Jackie Jones in the Vice Chancellor for Research Office (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) if you are interested in submitting a proposal. |
The Foundation is dedicated to the well-being of children and youth through financial support of programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations: including support of social services, education, the arts, physical and mental health, and capital development. | recent awards have been between approximately $2,500 and $50,000 | ||
| W. M. Keck Foundation
eligible institutions may submit one request per grant cycle to each of the Foundation's program areas for which they are eligible |
Initial contact from a multi-unit organization (such as a college, university or agency branch location) must be coordinated through the institution's central development office. Most colleges and universities have designated an official liaison to the Foundation. Other personnel contacting the Foundation will be referred to the central liaison. At UC Berkeley, the liaison is Jeff Jackanicz, Director Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Relations (642-6136, jjackanicz@berkeley.edu). At UC Berkeley, the pre-proposal process starts early and is very selective. The application process starts with the Council of Science and Engineering Deans. They put the word out that Keck is in its new phase of applications, and from there, all interested faculty are to submit a one-page concept paper. Based on the paper, the Deans have a conference call with Keck to decide which faculty are best suited to apply. Contact jjackanicz@berkeley.edu for further information. |
The W.M. Keck Foundation was founded with the goal of generating far-reaching benefits for humanity. The Foundation supports outstanding science, engineering and medical research, and undergraduate education. The Foundation strives to fund endeavors that are distinctive and novel in their approach. It encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. "High-risk" comprises a number of factors, including questions that push the edge of the field, present unconventional approaches to intractable problems, or challenge the prevailing paradigm. | up to $1 million for research grants and $250,000 for undergraduate education grants in 2011 | ||
| CDC A Pilot Surveillance System for High Impact/Low Prevalence Congenital and Inherited Conditions one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
2/2/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
The purpose of this research is to design and test the feasibility of a surveillance system for congenital and inherited conditions that have low prevalence but high health and economic impact in the U.S. population that will support description of this population across the lifespan. | 1 award of up to $400,000 per year for 2 years | |
| State Department Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) one proposal per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Outreach, invites organizations with substantial and wide-reaching experience in administering research and training programs to conduct nationwide competitive programs supporting U.S. scholars, students and institutions in advanced research and language training on the countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. | estimated total funding of $4,775,000 | ||
| Foundation for Youth Investment Impact Fund organizations may apply to only one program grant round (Catalyst and Impact Funds) per year |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Impact Fund is designed to support youth-serving organizations with the resources they need to get underserved youth connected to the outdoors.In particular, these funds have the potential for improving access to high-quality outdoor experiences, enhancing the cultural relevancy of the programming offered by the grant-seeking organization, or creating an innovative approach to reaching this population. | grants of up to $50,000 | ||
| State Department Youth Programs Academic Year Disability Components one proposal per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
Public and private non-profit organizations may submit proposals to: 1) provide support services to students with disabilities and the organizations that place them in their schools and communities, and/or 2) provide trainings for these students and their placement organizations. The academic year programs bring high-school aged exchange students to the U.S. for one academic year. The students live with American host families, attend American high schools, and participate in community service and enhancement activities. Approximately 32 of these students will participate in the Disability Components Program, which will enhance their academic year programs by providing them with additional guidance and support throughout the year. | $250,000 total for 1-2 awards | ||
| NIDDK Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN) (U01) one application for a Research Site and one application for a Data Coordinating Center per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
2/14/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
This Funding Opportunity Announcement supports the development of a cooperative research network to develop and qualify symptom-based instruments to measure early, late, transient, and persistent symptoms both in males and females, and to better define the phenotypes of men and women with symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). | up to $250,000 in direct costs | |
| HRSA Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies one application per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The purpose of this program is to respond rapidly to requests for rural data analysis and conduct issue-specific rural research studies within 9 to 12 months from the date of the request for the study. Findings will be used to help inform national, state, and local policy makers. | 1 award of up to $450,000 | ||
| CDC Development and Testing of a Clinic-Based Intervention to Increase Dual Protection against Unintended Pregnancy and STDs among High Risk Female Teens one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
2/23/2012 for letters of intent (not required) |
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to develop and evaluate a clinic-based intervention addressing access to, motivation for, and adherence to dual protection strategies that concurrently protect against unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among high risk 15-19 year old females. | 1 award of up to $3,200,000 total for up to 5 years | |
| State Department Open Competition for Professional Fellows Program one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants to conduct the PFP in Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East and North Africa, South Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. The Professional Fellows Program is a global exchange program designed to strengthen leadership capacity and professional skills for mid-level professionals. U.S. public and non-profit organizations may submit proposals that focus on one of the following three themes: Economic Empowerment, Media, and Legislative Process and Governance. | $350,000 to $500,000 per award | ||
| New Music USA - MetLife Creative Connections each organization cannot apply for more than six composers per fiscal year (July 1–June 30) |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 4/1/2013, 6/1/2013, 10/1/2013, 1/7/2014 |
This program provides direct support to U.S composers for the participation in public engagement activities related to specific performances of their original music. Creative Connections aims to increase awareness and enhance the creative artist's role in society by strengthening the connections between living composers, performing musicians, presenters, communities and audiences. | $250 to $3,500 per award | |
| NICHD Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 10/17/2013, 10/17/2014 |
NICHD solicits applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose is to bring together academic institutions/organizations and community organizations to identify opportunities for addressing health disparities. The areas of focus for these partnerships may include one or more of the following community-health issues: infant mortality; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; health literacy; techniques for outreach and information dissemination; pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS prevention; and violence prevention. | direct costs of up to $30,000 per year for up to 3 years | |
| NHLBI Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics II (T15) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
3/11/2012 for letter of intent (not required) |
NHLBI invites applications for training grants to develop, conduct, and evaluate summer courses in the basic principles and methods of biostatistics as employed in biomedical research. The courses will introduce advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and beginning graduate students to the field of biostatistics for the purpose of encouraging them to pursue careers in biostatistics. The courses should cover the fundamental concepts of probability, statistical reasoning and inferential methods motivated, in part, by examples that include data collected in studies of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. The courses would be taught during the summers of 2013, 2014, 2015 with appropriate modifications or refinements following each of the first two summer sessions. | $2 million total for fiscal year 2013 for 6 awards | |
| NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering one proposal as lead institution; one additional proposal on “societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology” as lead institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of a two-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. The Limited Submission Cover Sheet must indicate if the application is in “societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology” in order to be considered as a second proposal to NSF. |
This solicitation aims at introducing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate engineering education. The focus of the FY 2012 competition is on nanoscale engineering education with relevance to devices and systems and/or on the societal, ethical, economic and/or environmental issues relevant to nanotechnology. |
approximately 10 awards of up to $200,000 for 2 years | ||
| NEH Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions one application per institution (distinct collecting entities of a larger organization may apply in the same year, such as the library and museum of a university) |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
Grants help small and mid-sized institutions—such as libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities—improve their ability to preserve and care for their significant humanities collections. These may include special collections of books and journals, archives and manuscripts, prints and photographs, moving images, sound recordings, architectural and cartographic records, decorative and fine art objects, textiles, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, furniture, historical objects, and digital materials. | up to $6,000 | ||
| National Center for Responsible Gaming Postdoctoral Fellowship one application from a division or defined research group within the institution |
Interested applicants should contact jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
Applications for this award must propose a research plan that has: (1) intrinsic research importance in the area of gambling disorders; and (2) will serve as a suitable vehicle for learning the methodology, theories and concepts needed for a well-trained, independent researcher in the area of gambling research. Eligible applicants are within five years of completing their terminal research degree or within five years of completing medical residency. | 1 fellowhip of up to $43,000 in direct costs for a period not to exceed 12 months | ||
| NIH International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25) one application per institution; only one new or renewing program will be supported at an institution at any given time |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
4/10/2012 for letter of intent |
NIH invites applications that propose to develop a comprehensive research ethics training program including masters level curricula and practicum opportunities for developing country academics, researchers and health professionals in international ethics related to performing research involving human subjects in international resource poor settings; or to revise and renew existing masters level comprehensive research ethics training programs. | up to $230,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years for a new application; up to $276,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years for renewal | |
| NEI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) for Statistical Genetics and Genome Informatics one application per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
This program is intended to support predoctoral and postdoctoral training at institutions having the potential to develop meritorious training programs in genomic medicine, computational genomics, and statistical genetics. The goal of this program is to initiate a training program to develop ophthalmic statistical genetics and bioinformatics research skills critical for investigators seeking to identify genes and genetic variations underlying ocular diseases. | up to $300,000 annual direct costs for up to 5 years | ||
| NIBIB/NICHD Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
4/18/2012 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA encourages applications from institutions that propose to establish new or to enhance existing team-based design courses in undergraduate Biomedical Engineering departments or programs. This FOA targets undergraduate students at the senior level but may also include junior undergraduates and first-year graduate students. Courses that address innovative and/or ground-breaking development, multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary training, and diversity recruitment are especially encouraged. | up to $40,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts (GAP) GAP Frequently Asked Questions one application per organization; see GAP Eligibility Guidelines for exceptions to the one-application rule made for parent (and related) organizations |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
Art Works: Challenge America Fast-Track: 5/24/2012 GAP Application Calendar |
Art Works: Art Works encourages and supports the following four outcomes: 1) Creation: The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, 2) Engagement: Public engagement with diverse and excellent art, 3) Learning: Lifelong learning in the arts, and 4) Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts. (also see Grants.gov announcement) Challenge America Fast-Track: The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. (also see Grants.gov announcement) Program areas: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literature, Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts, Museums, Music, Opera, Presenting, Theater & Musical Theater, Visual Arts |
Art Works: $10,000 to $100,000 Challenge America Fast-Track: $10,000 All NEA grants require a match of at least 1 to 1. GAP Award Information |
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| NIH Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include two copies of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
4/25/2012 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 5/25/2013, 5/25/2014 |
This program supports broad and fundamental research training in the neurosciences via institutional NRSA research training grants (T32) at domestic institutions of higher education. Trainees appointed to this training grant are financially supported for either one or two years, during the first 2 years of their graduate research training. The primary objective is to prepare individuals for careers in neuroscience that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. | varies | |
| NSF Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) no limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted; however, institutions already holding a grant from the DMS Workforce program must explain how the proposed projects will interact with the existing one |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 6/4/2013 |
The long-range goal of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) Workforce program is to increase the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other NSF-supported disciplines. The RTG activity is a part of the Workforce program. RTG supports education through research involvement in groups centered on a common research interest that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates. | $10,000,000 total for 3-5 awards | |
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (S-STEM) one proposal from each constituent school or college that awards degrees in an eligible field |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 8/13/2013, 8/12/2014 |
This program makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented students demonstrating financial need, enabling them to enter the STEM workforce or STEM graduate school following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate-level degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics disciplines. | grants of up to 5 years; individual scholarships of up to $10,000 per year | |
| NIH Centers for AIDS Research and Developmental Centers for AIDS Research (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
5/13/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 6/14/2012, 6/14/2013 |
This FOA encourages applications for the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program to provide administrative and shared research support to enhance HIV/AIDS research. Applications are being solicited for both standard CFARs and for developmental CFARs (D-CFARs). Standard and D-CFARs provide core facilities, expertise, resources, and services not readily obtained otherwise through more traditional funding mechanisms. Additionally, D-CFARs provide support to assist investigators in the development of a competitive standard CFAR. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, especially between basic and clinical investigators, translational research between the laboratory and the clinic, inclusion of investigators from diverse backgrounds, and inclusion of prevention and behavioral change research. | up to $750,000 for D-CFAR and up to $3 million for CFAR total costs per center per year for up to 5 years | |
| California Council for the Humanities: The California Story Fund one application per department or unit |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 3, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet. The PDF should also include the following items based on the CCH guidelines: Project Summary (1 paragraph), Project Rationale (1 page), Humanities Content or Approach (1 page), Project Activities and Programming Plans (2 pages), Project Evaluation and Documentation (1/2 page), Project Personnel (1 and 1/2 pages), Timeline (1 page), Budget (1 page). |
next deadline: 6/15/2012 (tentative) |
The purpose of the Fund is to capture genuine and compelling stories from and about California’s diverse communities, and to ensure that those stories can be shared widely. For this round, applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for story-based projects that will examine the meaning of democracy in alignment with the Searching for Democracy initiative. Eligible applicants must not have an open grant with CCH. |
up to $10,000; must be matched by at least an equivalent contribution of non-federal funds or in-kind services and materials or any combination | |
| NIH NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25), NCRR SEPA an organization may submit only one SEPA application, or be a partner organization with another applicant organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
5/22/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 6/22/2012 |
NCRR encourages applications to its SEPA program for the development and evaluation of innovative research education programs to improve PreK-12 research career opportunities and the community's understanding of the health science advances supported by NIH. SEPA encourages dynamic partnerships between biomedical and clinical researchers and PreK-12 teachers and schools and other interested organizations. Particular importance will be given to applications that target PreK-12 and/or ISE/media topics that may not be addressed by existing curriculum, community-based or ISE/media activities. | direct costs are limited to $250,000 annually; the total project period is 5 years; F&A costs are capped at 8% for the applicant organization | |
| Conservation, Food & Health Foundation one concept application per organization per deadline; one proposal per organization per calendar year |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
(3/1/2012 for proposals by invitation only) next deadline: 7/1/2012 |
The foundation seeks to promote the conservation of natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and improve health in the developing world. The foundation helps build capacity within developing countries in its three areas of interest with grants that support research or projects that solve specific problems. The foundation supports projects that demonstrate strong local leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem in the field. It prefers to support projects addressing under-funded issues and geographic areas. | $17,000 average grant | |
| William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program Only one applicant may be nominated from a major division of an institution each year. If an institution nominates more than one applicant, a central administrative officer must submit confirmation that the applicants represent distinct schools or major divisions of the institution. |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 7/3/2012 |
The Scholars Program is a professional development program for early-career researchers in the social, behavioral, or health sciences. The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the everyday settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States, and funds studies that enhance our understanding of: (1) how settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and (2) when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth, and how its use can be improved. Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application; those applying in 2011 must have received their terminal degree in 2004 or later. | $350,000 distributed over 5 years | |
| NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants (T03) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 8/24/2012, 8/23/2013, 8/24/2014 |
TPGs are programs at institutions that provide training in the core occupational safety and health areas of industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine residency, occupational safety, as well as other closely related occupational safety and health fields. Applicants proposing training programs in allied disciplines closely related to OSH must contact the program administrator to discuss the concept and its relevance to OSH training program priorities. | approximately $3 million is available to fund 20 to 30 awards | |
| NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)
each institution may submit one Track 2 proposal as the lead institution of a Collaborative proposal or as the sole submitting organization, but may participate in other Collaborative Track 2 Proposals as a non-lead institution; each institution may submit more than one Track 1 proposal |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 9/3/2012 for Track 2 letter of intent; 10/5/2012 for planning grant proposal) |
The primary goal of the OEDG Program is to increase participation in the Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric, and Geospace Sciences by African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos/Chicanos, Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives), Native Pacific Islanders (Polynesians or Micronesians), and persons with disabilities. An important but secondary goal is to strengthen understanding of geoscience and its relevance to modern society among broad and diverse segments of the population. Specifically, the OEDG Program supports activities that increase the number of members of underrepresented groups who: Are involved in formal pre-college geoscience education programs; Pursue and earn associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the geosciences; Enter geoscience careers; and Participate in informal geoscience education programs.The OEDG Program offers three funding Tracks, OEDG Planning Grants; Track 1: Proof-of-Concept Projects; and Track 2: Full-Scale Projects. | Track 2 awards up to $2 million (total award) for up to 5 years | |
| NIDA Diversity-promoting Institutions Drug Abuse Research Program (DIDARP) (R24) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on November 11, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
12/9/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 9/10/2012, 1/10/2013, 9/9/2013 |
This FOA encourages Resource-Related Research Project Grant (R24) applications from institutions that serve economically disadvantaged students and communities. Applications should propose to develop or strengthen the drug abuse research infrastructure at the institution and foster the research career development of a diverse cadre of faculty, students and staff who are currently underrepresented in drug abuse research. See Eligibility Information. | up to $350,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| NIH Planning Grant for Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Planning Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D71) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. NOTE: Only one D71 and D43 for the NCD-LIFESPAN program award will be made to an institution at any given time. |
8/21/2011 for letter of intent (not required) (previous deadline) next deadline: 9/21/2012 |
The Fogarty International Center, together with the Office of Dietary Supplements encourages new applications for this D71 planning grant program. The application must propose a plan to develop the components necessary for the Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D43) FOA application, including the objectives and special requirements as defined in the D43 program. The NCD-LIFESPAN D43 program supports research training that will strengthen the capacity of institutions in low-and middle-income countries, defined by the World Bank classification system, to conduct non-communicable disease research. The planning grant application should be developed and implemented collaboratively with all designated participating institutions. | up to $27,000 per year total direct costs for up to 2 years | |
| NIH Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN) (D43) two applications per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. Number of Applications. NOTE: No more than three, scientifically and regionally distinct and non-overlapping competing or non-competing continuation awards will be made to a single U.S. or LMIC institution at any time. A U.S. institution may only have one active NCD-LIFESPAN award for collaboration with a LMIC institution. |
8/21/2011 for letter of intent (not required) (previous deadline) next deadline: 9/21/2012 |
This FOA issued by the Fogarty International Center, together with the Office of Dietary Supplements, NINDS, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NICHD, and NIEHS, encourages applications for collaborative research training between institutions in the U.S. and low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), defined by the World Bank classification system. The proposed institutional research training program is expected to sustainably strengthen the research capacity of the LMIC institutions, and to train in-country experts to conduct research on chronic, non-communicable diseases and disorders across the lifespan, with the ultimate goal of implementing evidence-based interventions relevant to their countries. | up to $250,000 per year total direct costs for up to 5 years | |
| NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) each institution is allowed to submit only one Type 1 proposal, or to be part of only one consortium submitting a Type 1 proposal (no limit on Type 2 proposals); UCB has an existing award, so would not be eligible for Type 1A, only Type 1B |
next deadline: 9/25/2012, 9/26/2013 |
STEP seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A Type 1B proposal is submitted by an institution that has previously been the lead institution on a STEP Type 1 award. Current UCB award. |
15 to 20 Type 1 awards each year | ||
| NEI Center Core Grants for Vision Research (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 9/27/2012 |
An NEI P30 Center Core Grant combines one or more research modules for a group of R01 investigators to enhance their research, consolidate resources, avoid duplication of efforts, and/or contribute to cost effectiveness by providing a service with lower cost or higher quality than could be attempted for independent projects by several individual PIs. | up to $2,000,000 or $2,500,000 over a 5 year period | |
| NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering three site proposals per competition as the lead institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
next deadline: 10/1/2012 |
This announcement features two mechanisms for support of in-service and pre-service K-12 STEM teachers and community college faculty: RET supplements to ongoing ENG or CISE awards and new RET Site awards. RET supplements may be included in proposals for new or renewed NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) or CISE grants or as supplements to ongoing NSF ENG or CISE funded projects. RET in Engineering and Computer Science Sites are based on independent proposals from engineering or computer and information science departments, schools or colleges to initiate and conduct research participation projects for a number of K-12 STEM teachers and/or community college faculty. | $500,000 maximum total for a up to 3 years for RET Site Awards. RET Supplements are limited to a maximum of $10,000 per teacher for 1 year. | |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists Up to five nominations per institution; six if one is a woman or underrepresented minority |
The UC Berkeley application must include: 1) Faculty Sponsor Letter of Nomination. The faculty member under whom the candidate will work during the mentored portion of the award should describe the candidate's qualifications and potential for contributing to medical science, highlighting specific skills or expertise. 2) Two confidential (blind) Letters of Recommendation from individuals who are familiar with the applicant's qualifications as stated in the BWF Guidelines. Letters should be addressed to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and sent in PDF via email to Jackie_Jones@berkeley.edu. 3) Chief of Service Letter (if applicable) as specified in the guidelines. This is from the individual in the service where the candidate took their graduate clinical training These are not confidential and can be included in application. 4) Ph.D. Advisor Letter (if applicable) as specified in the guidelines. This is from the individual with whom the candidate took their Ph.D. degree These are not confidential and can be included in application. 5) Limited Submission Cover Sheet. 6) Three-to-five page project description. 7) One-page budget. 8) Four page maximum Biosketch/CV as outlined in the BWF Guidelines. With the exception of the Letters of Recommendation, all application items should be sent in one PDF document via email to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
next deadline: 10/1/2012 |
This program will provide awards to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease-oriented, or translational research. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are ineligible. The ideal candidate will be two years away from becoming an independent investigator, have at least two years or more of postdoctoral research experience, and have a significant publication record. Interested applicants should review the candidate eligibility requirements. | $700,000 over 5 years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the early years of faculty service | |
| NIDCR Institutional Career Development Award for Enhancing Research Capacity in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Orofacial Pain (K12) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
10/19/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 10/12/2012, 10/12/2013 |
The purpose of this FOA is to expand and strengthen the community of investigators engaged in research on temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJDs) and orofacial pain. The objectives of this FOA are to 1) increase the number of basic and clinical investigators who are trained in the sciences relevant to TMJD or orofacial pain research, 2) facilitate and improve the mentoring of this new group of scientists, 3) bring new scientific expertise to TMJD and orofacial pain research. | $1,000,000 in FY 2012 for 2-3 awards | |
| NSF Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) one proposal per organization as the lead organization (no limit per organization as a non-lead in a collaboration) |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 16, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
next deadline: 10/19/2012 |
This program seeks to enhance and expand the national resource of digital data documenting existing vouchered biological and paleontological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the U.S. The national resource is structured at three levels: a central coordinating organization, a series of thematic networks based on an important research theme, and the physical collections. This solicitation focuses on proposals for Thematic Collections Networks (TCN) and proposals for Partners to Existing Networks (PEN) to link with existing TCNs. | $10,000,000 total for FY 2012 for 4-12 awards | |
| NIOSH Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention (U54) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 3, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). 10/23/2011 UPDATE: NIOSH not accepting applications for 12/2/2011 deadline. |
11/2/2011 for letters of intent (not required) next deadline: 12/4/2012 |
These centers will conduct high quality research and help translate scientific discoveries into practical applications to improve worker safety and health. Ag Centers are expected to have a high caliber of scientific and technical competency, be forward looking, and provide regional leadership in the development and delivery of relevant interventions to improve Ag health and safety. Center structure should take advantage of diverse scientific resources and focus on local, regional and national issues. Center functions should include developing holistic approaches that link prevention, intervention, translation, outreach, education, and evaluation. | direct costs up to $1.3 million dollars per year for up to 5 years | |
| NIH Fogarty International Center Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation (D43) one application per institution; however, institutions may participate in more than one consortium, and may be both an applicant institution and a participating consortium partner |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on November 4, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
11/16/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 12/14/2012 |
The purpose of this FOA is to provide support for the development of broadly interdisciplinary training programs in global health directed towards encouraging innovation in products, processes, and policies. Trainees should be at the postdoctoral level or have attained a terminal degree in their fields. Training projects should identify critical health needs in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) that can be addressed through Innovation, and carry out the scientific research necessary to develop, validate, and test their concepts. This FOA emphasizes hands-on, problem-solving, and collaborative approaches and allows U.S. and LMIC trainees to be trained together. | up to $350,000 total costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) An organization may, as a performing organization, submit or be included as a significantly funded subawardee in no more than three MRI proposals. If an organization submits or is included as a significantly funded subawardee in three MRI proposals, at least one of the three proposals must be for instrument development. No more than two proposal submissions may be for instrument acquisition. Unfunded collaborations do not count against the limit. |
Anyone interested in submitting a proposal should first submit a short concept white paper to the Vice Chancellor for Research Office, California Hall, Room 119, by the end of the day on Thursday, December 1, 2011 (send to Jackie Jones via email jackie_jones@berkeley.edu). The white papers will be reviewed by the Council of Science and Engineering Deans (COSED) which will determine which of the concept papers should be developed into a MRI proposal and forwarded to NSF. |
next deadline: 1/24/2013 |
The NSF MRI Program serves to increase access to shared instruments for scientific and engineering research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums, science centers, and not-for-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use is encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners as appropriate to the goals of the MRI Program. The MRI Program is intended to assist with the acquisition or development of research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI Program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development, and can be for a single instrument or for equipment that when combined serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual). | Instrument acquisition or development proposals in the range $100,000-$4 million will be accepted. Proposals that request funds less than $100,000 will also be accepted for the disciplines of social, behavioral and economic sciences. Requires cost share of 30% of the total project cost. |
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| NINDS Diversity Research Education Grants in Neuroscience (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
12/27/2011 for letter of intent (not required) next deadline: 1/25/2013 |
The purpose of the FOA is to invite applications for Diversity Research Education grants whose goals are to support the development and/or implementation of programs to: (1) increase the number of Ph.D.-level research scientists from diverse backgrounds including graduate, post-doctoral and/or junior-faculty career levels; and (2) advance the careers of the participants to the next step in their education. Funding support for the R25 Diversity Research Education Programs should lead to increased recruitment, mentoring, education and retention of researchers from diverse backgrounds in the neuroscience scientific workforce. | up to $250,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| American Honda Foundation one request per 12-month period per organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on each of the four campus deadlines. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). Note: UC Berkeley has selected an applicant for 2012; the next limited submission deadline will be in 12/2012 for the 2/1/2013 agency deadline. |
next deadline: 2/1/2013, 5/1/2013, 8/1/2013, 11/1/2013 |
The foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. We support youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment. | $20,000 to $60,000 over a 1-year period | |
| NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) one application per school or college within a university |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
9/30/2010 for letters of intent (not required) |
This funding opportunity announcement targets exceptionally talented early stage investigators who intend to make a long-term career commitment to research in the mission areas of the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease. Applicants must be designated Early Stage Investigators (ESI) by NIH as defined in NOT-OD-09-013. | up to $400,000 in direct costs per year in years 1-2 and up to $275,000 in years 3-5 | |
| NIH
NCRR Developing and Improving Institutional Animal Resources (G20) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
This FOA solicits applications from biomedical research institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve individual animal resources. The major objective of this program is to upgrade animal facilities to support the conduct of biomedical and/or behavioral research. Support can be requested to alter and renovate (A&R) the animal facilities as well as to improve the animal care equipment in the facility. It is expected that all award funds will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider the use of “green” technologies and design approaches. | direct costs of $500,000 or less for up to 5 years | ||
| NSF Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) one proposal per academic institution as lead organization; the same organization may be a collaborative partner in any number of other multi-organization group proposals in which it is not the lead |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
NSF announces a program on collaborative research and education in the area of scalable nanomanufacturing, including the long-term societal implications of the large-scale implementation of nanomanufacturing innovations. Proposals submitted to this program must address at least one, and preferably more than one, of the following interconnected themes: Novel processes and techniques for continuous and scalable nanomanufacturing; Directed (physical/chemical/biological) self-assembly processes leading to heterogeneous nanostructures with the potential for high-rate production; Principles and design methods to produce machines and processes to manufacture nanoscale structures, devices and systems; and/or Long-term societal and educational implications of the large-scale production and use of nanomaterials, devices and systems, including the life-cycle analysis of such nanomaterials, devices and systems. | $250,000-$500,000 per year for 4 years | ||
| NIH Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again (T90/R90) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
12/13/2010 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA will support integrated research education and research training programs that provide interdisciplinary training in basic neuroscience and the theoretical and technological approaches of computational neuroscience. This FOA will use the T90 mechanism that includes linked research education and research training programs. Applicants will submit a single unified grant application, and two separate awards will be issued, an R90-research education award and a T90-research training award. | up to $500,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| NIH Training in Neuroimaging: Integrating First Principles and Applications (T90/R90) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
12/13/2010 for letter of intent (not required) |
This funding opportunity will enable the development of novel, interdisciplinary training programs that integrate comprehensive training in basic neuroscience, the physical and biological bases of neuroimaging, the technologies of in vivo neuroimaging, and the application of these technologies to understanding questions in neuroscience across the life span. Each training program must have two components: a pre-doctoral NRSA institutional training program (T90) and a short-term research education program (R90) that may include scientists at any stage of the career continuum. Programs may also include a full-time non-NRSA institutional pre-doctoral training component (R90). | up to $400,000 per year for up to 5 years | |
| EPA National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program two proposals per applicant to the same EPA regional office |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The EPA is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions in terms of tons of pollution produced and diesel emissions exposure, particularly from fleets operating in areas designated by the Administrator as poor air quality areas. Eligible diesel emission reduction solutions include verified emission control technologies such as retrofit devices, cleaner fuels, and engine upgrades, verified idle reduction technologies, verified aerodynamic technologies and low rolling resistance tires, certified engine repowers, and/or vehicle or equipment replacement. A single proposal may target multiple fleets, fleet types and/or diesel emission reduction solutions. | between $500,000 and $3,000,000 | ||
| DHS Fire Prevention and Safety Grants one application per institution, with up to three projects |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
FP&S offers grants to support activities in two categories: (1) activities designed to reach high-risk target groups and mitigate incidences of death and injuries caused by fire and fire-related hazards ("Fire Prevention and Safety Activity") and (2) research and development activities aimed at improving firefighter safety ("Firefighter Safety Research and Development Activity"). Categories under the Fire Prevention and Safety Activity are: General Education/Awareness, Code Enforcement/Awareness, Fire & Arson Investigation and National/State/Regional Program and Studies. | Up to $1,000,000 per application for jurisdiction with a population of 500,000 people or less; more for larger populations | ||
| CDC Association of Genetic Biomarkers and Hereditary Hemochromatosis (U01) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
1/28/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities seeks to develop a collaborative project which leads to a better understanding of which genetic biomarkers may potentially play a role in biological aging and susceptibility to hereditary hemochromatosis-related health outcomes. The proposed project would utilize clinical and genetic data from existing data sets with a linked bio-repository specimens, in combination with new genetic data that may be generated from these same specimens, to determine which, if any, genetic biomarkers play this role. | $300,000 total for 1 2-year award | |
| First 5 Alameda County Every Child Counts Community Grants Initiative one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The purpose of these grants is to expand and enhance the services provided by community and public organizations for pregnant women, infants and children under five years of age in Alameda County. See Community Support and Targeted Application Guidelines. | $15,000- 40,000 over 24 months for Community Support Grants; $41,000-12,000 over 24 months for Targeted Grants | ||
| Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminars
one proposal per invited institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of the Limited Submission Cover Sheet, a curriculum vitae, and an application following the Mellon Foundation Guidelines*. *Proposals should describe: (1) the scholarly importance of the subject to be examined; (2) the central questions to be addressed; (3) the cases to be compared (e.g., nations, regions, social aggregates, time periods) and the rationale for the comparisons that are selected; (4) the thematic "threads" that will run through the seminar; (5) the institution's resources and suitability for the proposed seminar; and (6) the procedures to be used in selecting graduate and postdoctoral fellows. Additionally, proposals should include a budget and a well developed preliminary plan for the seminar that outlines the specific topics to be addressed in each session and provides the names and qualifications of the scholars who would ideally participate. |
The Mellon Foundation's Sawyer Seminars program was established in 1994 to provide support for comparative research on historical and contemporary topics of major scholarly significance. So far, having supported 112 seminars, this program has engaged imaginative and productive scholars in multi-disciplinary and comparative inquiry that would (in ordinary university circumstances) be difficult to pursue, while at the same time avoiding the institutionalization of this work in new centers, departments or programs. Each seminar normally meets for one year. Faculty participants have largely come from the humanities and social sciences, although faculty members from professional schools have also been key participants in a number of seminars. Seminar leaders are encouraged also to invite participants from nearby institutions. As the Foundation reviews proposals, preference is given to those that include concrete plans for engaging participants with diverse affiliations. |
up to $175,000 awards provide support for one postdoctoral fellow to be recruited through a national competition, and for the dissertation research of two graduate students |
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| NSF Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) two proposals per institution as the lead organization (no limit as subawardee or as a non-lead organization) |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. NOTE: Receipt of an earlier CI-TEAM award is not a prerequisite for submission to this CI-TEAM competition in any category. PIs, co-PIs, other senior personnel or investigators involved in CI-TEAM projects funded by NSF are eligible to submit Demonstration, Implementation or Diffusion Projects. |
This solicitation seeks three types of project proposals, all aimed at the preparation of a diverse, cyberinfrastructure-savvy science and engineering workforce: 1. Demonstration Projects are exploratory in nature and may be somewhat limited in scope and scale. Demonstration Projects have the potential to serve as exemplars for effective larger-scale implementation and diffusion activities in the future. 2. Implementation Projects are generally larger in scope or scale and draw on prior experience with the activities or the teams proposed. 3. Diffusion Projects are expected to inform and engage broad national and/or international audiences to build upon educational research and project outcomes to deploy promising educational strategies through cyberinfrastructure resources, models, and/or technologies. |
6 to 7 Demonstration Projects at up to $250,000 total each; 3 to 6 Implementation or Diffusion Projects at up to $1,000,000 total each | ||
| NICHD Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers 2011 (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
2/22/11 for letters of intent (not required) |
NICHD invites Center Core Grant (P30) applications to advance the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and amelioration of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The primary objective of the IDDRC Program is to provide core support and facilities for cohesive, interdisciplinary research and research training. | up to $750,000 in direct costs for a new application | |
| EPA Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) one application per institution (an applicant organization can be a partner for more than one proposal) |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
CARE is a unique community-based, community-driven, multimedia demonstration program designed to help communities understand and reduce risks due to toxic pollutants and environmental concerns from all sources. The program works with applicants and recipients to help their communities form collaborative partnerships, develop an understanding of the many local sources of toxic pollutants and environmental risks, set priorities, and identify and carry out projects to reduce risks through collaborative action at the local level. | $75,000 to $100,000 for Level I agreements; $150,000 to $300,000 for Level II | ||
| CDC Affordable Care Act (ACA): Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration one application per institution |
Interested applicants should contact jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by Wednesday, March 23. |
2/22/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA Has Two Components, A and B. Applicants must specify which Component they are applying. Applicants may apply for either Component A or Component B, but not both. Component A solicits applications to participate as a Demonstration Project. The objective of the demonstrations is to determine whether an integrated model of primary care and public health approaches in the community can improve underserved children's risk factors for obesity. These approaches may include policy, systems, and environmental supports that encourage nutrition and physical activity for underserved children and their families. Component B solicits applications to serve as the third-party evaluator (the Evaluation Center) that will collaborate with CDC and the participating Demonstration Projects in all aspects of the overarching evaluation of all the research demonstration projects. | total 4-year award for Component A Demonstration Projects may not exceed $6.275 million per Demonstration Project; total 4-year award for the Component B Evaluation Center may not exceed $4.25 million | |
| NIMHD Science Education Initiative (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
3/21/2011 for letters of intent (not required) |
The intent is to support educational, mentoring, and/or career development programs for individuals from health disparity populations that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences to facilitate the development of a nationwide cohort of scientists and a multi-disciplinary national pool of health disparities investigators with necessary skills to conduct health disparities research in a diverse range of settings. A submission must focus on only one of the following research education program core areas: a) K-12 Science Education Initiative, b) National High School Youth Summer Initiative, c) Mentoring and Career Development Initiative, d) Health Professions Research Capacity-Building Initiative, e) Outreach and Information Dissemination Initiative. | direct costs are limited to $350,000 | |
| NIH NLM Institutional Training Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics (T15) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
3/28/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The National Library of Medicine invites training grant applications for support of predoctoral and postdoctoral training for research careers in biomedical informatics. Applications may be for the creation of entirely new program or for the renewal of existing NLM training program grants. Such training will help meet a growing need for investigators trained in biomedical computing and related fields as they directly relate to application domains, including health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, public health and similar areas. | $14,000,000 total for 10-15 awards in FY 2012 | |
| NIDDK Career Development Programs in Diabetes Research for Pediatric Endocrinologists (K12) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
3/28/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases invites applications for the establishment of institutional career development programs in diabetes research for pediatric endocrinologists. The NIDDK will award physician scientist career development program (K12) grants to eligible institutions to provide a program to prepare pediatricians, selected by the institution, for careers in pediatric endocrinology research related to diabetes. | $2.5 million for 4/5 awards in FY 2011 | |
| USDA APHIS Animal Emergency Management Exercises an applicant may submit only one application, but may be a collaborator on multiple applications |
Campus applications must include one copy of a two-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
Animal Care Emergency Programs (ACEP) works together with local, state, tribal, Federal and non-governmental organizations to provide the tools and information needed for effective disaster response planning with regard to pets. ACEP helps coordinate efforts in evacuation, transportation, sheltering, veterinary care, search and rescue, reunion, and recovery services for pets and other animals. APHIS is seeking proposals consistent with one of the following key priority areas:
Catastrophic Planning – Multi-Jurisdictional Resource Coordination;
Catastrophic Planning – Just-In-Time Training;
Catastrophic Planning – Animal Containment Systems;
Contingency Planning for AWA-Regulated Facilities – Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak. |
$150,000 total for awards of $10,000 to $75,000 | ||
| National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grants one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
NEH challenge grants are capacity-building grants, intended to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for their humanities programs and resources. Grant recipients must raise, from nonfederal donors, three times the amount of federal funds offered. | varies: requests over $500,000 are unlikely to be funded | ||
| State Department International Religious Freedom Rapid Response Fund one proposal per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor requests proposals for effective and immediate approaches to 1) disburse small, short-term emergency financial support to religious freedom victims facing long-term detention or death sentence for their religious beliefs (or lack thereof) or expression of beliefs; and 2) fund short-term innovative initiatives that defend and/or support religious freedom and tolerance, including activities that support education, training, and public outreach such as at multilateral fora. | up to $30,000 total available | ||
| State Department Global Connections and Exchange Program one proposal per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The program utilizes technology to create a U.S. presence in areas where many citizens may have little opportunity to travel or participate in exchange programs. Through web chats and discussion boards, foreign teachers, students/youths and youth leaders participate in dialogues with U.S. peers about their lives, families and communities. Countries included: Bolivia, Botswana, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Samoa, Tajikistan, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, United States. | $850,000 total for 2-3 grants | ||
| State Department Democracy, Human Rights and Rule of Law for Countries in South Asia two proposals per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor announces a Request for Proposals from organizations interested in submitting proposals for projects that promote the strengthening of democracy, human rights, and civil society in Afghanistan and Pakistan. | $4,150,000 total | ||
| State Department
Democracy, Human and Labor Rights in the CAFTA-DR Region two proposals per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor requests proposals for projects that promote respect for informal sector workers' labor rights and build the capacity of workers and worker organizations to advocate for labor rights in the CAFTA-DR region (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic). | $2,800,000 total | ||
| NIMHD Comprehensive Centers of Excellence (P60) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
3/14/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities solicits grant applications that propose to establish an Exploratory NIMHD Center of Excellence to support infrastructure and capacity building, building and sustaining novel partnerships, research training, innovative basic biomedical and behavioral clinical, or population-based research and intervention and prevention studies contributing to either the improvement of minority health, the elimination of health disparities, or both. | up to $950,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| AHRQ Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) Scientific Forum (U19) one application per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
4/20/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The CERTs program is a national initiative established in 1999 to increase awareness of the benefits and risks of new, existing, or combined uses of therapeutics (defined as drugs, biologics and medical devices) through education and research. The program currently consists of fourteen Research Centers, a Coordinating Center (CC) and a National Steering Committee. This FOA expands the previous support functions of the CC to the CERTs Program and its Steering Committee by increasing the nature and extent of its facilitation of multi-CERTs initiatives and collaborations. The previous CC will be reconfigured as a new functional entity, renamed the CERTs Scientific Forum. | 1 award of up to $900,000 total costs per year for 5 years | |
| State Department Professional Exchanges Congress one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs invites proposal submissions to conduct the 2012 spring and fall End-of-Program "Professional Exchanges Congresses" for individuals from Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia and the Western Hemisphere participating in the Legislative Fellows Program, the Women's Empowerment Program, and the Young Entrepreneurs Program. | $576,000 for 1 award | ||
| State Department American Film Showcase one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
Through this program, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs seeks to bring award-winning independent American documentaries and narrative films to audiences around the world to offer contemporary new insights into American life and culture and issues affecting democratic societies. | $700,000 for 1 award | ||
| NSF Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships three preliminary proposals as the lead organization; no limit as partner organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. NOTE: If you are contemplating applying to this program, send an email to Jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 3/18/2011. This email is not binding. |
Supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake significant investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any areas of science and engineering that NSF supports. | up to 6 center awards; $30,000,000 for first year support of newly funded centers | ||
| State Department Law Enforcement and Rule of Law Programs for Countries in Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) five proposals per organization |
Interested applicants should email the VCRO (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) by Friday, May 20, 2011 . |
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement seeks proposals that will assist in building the capacity of Central American countries to collect, analyze, and present in a legal proceeding forensic evidence to reduce criminal impunity and improve citizen safety. | up to $1,500,000 | ||
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Pew Charitable Trusts Health Impact Project: Advancing Smarter Policies for Healthier Communities two brief proposals per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
9/9/2011 for full proposals |
9/16/2011 for invited full proposals |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts are collaborating in this Call for Proposals to demonstrate the effectiveness of health impact assessments (HIA) and promote their incorporation into local, state, tribal and federal decision-making. The program will support organizations that wish to undertake an HIA of a proposed policy, project or program currently or soon to be under active consideration by a decision-making body. | $25,000-$125,000 per grant for demonstration projects to be completed within 18 months |
| State Department Community Solutions Program one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs invites proposal submissions for the Community Solutions Program in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere, for four- to six-month professional fellowships with a specific leadership component. The program serves as a mechanism to support and encourage initiatives organized by young civic and community leaders, ages 25-38, currently working to address the economic, environmental, political, and social challenges confronting their respective local communities. | $1,500,000 for 1 award | ||
| State Department International Programs in Africa: Kenya, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo two proposals per organization |
Please contact jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by May 27, 2011 if you intend to apply. |
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor requests proposals for projects that promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Kenya, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. | $3,250,000 total for 5 awards | ||
| Air Force Center of Excellence in Laser-Based Remote Sensing and Communications one proposal per offeror |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
5/7/2011 for intent to propose email (not required) |
AFRL Sensors Directorate, Directed Energy Directorate and AFOSR seek an applicant to provide a Center of Excellence in the development of laser-based remote sensing and communications for Air Force applications. The successful bidder will propose tasks in both the basic and applied research domains associated with the broad category of remote sensing and free-space communication beyond the diffraction-limited range of a real optical aperture. | $5,000,000 | |
| NIA Health and Retirement Study (U01) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
5/10/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
This limited competition FOA is to continue the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) as the pre-eminent resource of publicly-available data for researchers, policy analysts and program planners who are studying and/or making major policy decisions that affect retirement, pensions, health insurance, savings and economic well-being. The purpose is to solicit an application for the next 6-year cycle of the HRS. | up to $11.5 million direct costs in FY2012 for 1 award | |
| NIMHD Resource-Related Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (U24) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
5/8/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
This funding opportunity announcement encourages applications to provide support for conducting minority health and health disparities resource-related research activities that support the objectives and research strategy outlined in the NIMHD FY 2009-2013 Health Disparities Strategic Plan. A submission must focus on only one of the following areas: Bioethics Research Infrastructure Initiative, Global Health Research Initiative, Data Infrastructure and Information Dissemination on Health Disparities Research Initiative, or Healthcare for Rural Populations Research Initiative. | up to $750,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| USDA National Clean Plant Network Request for Applications An applicant may submit only one application and/or be a third party in an application submitted by another entity. |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. Note: If an applicant is a member of or covered by more than one NCPN specialty crop governing body (specialty crop clean plant network) and applying for support for activities on specialty crops covered by more than one network, a single application should be submitted to cover the expense of all clean plant activity. |
The NCPN provides high quality asexually propagated plant material free of targeted plant pathogens and pests that cause economic loss to protect the environment and ensure the global competitiveness of specialty crop producers. Priorities for this program include: 1) establishing and supporting clean plant network governance and related administrative and support systems; 2) providing for operations needed for the rapid and safe introduction, diagnosis, treatment, foundation block establishment, and release of clean plant materials for planting from foreign and domestic sources for commercial development; 3) conducting methods development to accurately test, develop therapies, and support the establishment of guidelines and standards for different crop species for certification maintenance; 4) developing partnerships with land-grant and other university-based extension and outreach services to interact with commercial nurseries, industry associations, and producers; and 5) developing and implementing audit and quality controls. | $4,500,000 total for 10 cooperative agreements | ||
| HUD Healthy Homes Production Program one application per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. HUD is especially interested in funding projects that integrate healthy homes principles and practices into existing housing rehabilitation, property maintenance, weatherization, energy efficiency improvements, and other housing improvement programs. | funding is subject to FY2011 HUD appropriations | ||
| State Department International Visitor Leadership Program Assistance Award one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition to administer the International Visitor Leadership Program, a professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders. These visits reflect the International Visitors' professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the United States. | $4,700,000 total for up to 4 awards | ||
| HRSA AIDS Education and Training Centers Telehealth Training Centers one application per organization, organizations may not submit applications as part of more than one consortium |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The goal of the AETC TTCP is to expand access to and improve healthcare and health outcomes for underserved, hard-to-reach, HIV-positive persons in medical care residing in rural areas. The efforts of the TTCP will enhance the capacity of health care providers engaged in HIV/AIDS health care delivery systems within a region or State through the utilization of telehealth technology for: 1) Clinical consultation which may include the use of case presentations and patient co-management; 2) Other education and training modalities that result in a continuum of longitudinal learning opportunities for trainees; and 3) Development of an informed support system for trainees. | $600,000 total for 3 awards | ||
| Institute for Research on Gambling Disorders Early Stage Investigator Grants one application from a division or defined research group within the institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
8/25/2011 for proposal |
9/1/2011 for proposal |
Applications for this award must propose a research plan that has: (1) intrinsic research importance in the area of prevention and treatment of gambling disorders; and (2) will serve as a suitable vehicle for learning the methodology, theories and concepts needed for a well-trained, independent researcher in the area of gambling research. Eligible applicants are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or within 10 years of completing medical residency. | up to $65,000 in direct costs for a period not to exceed 24 months |
| Save the Redwoods League Education Grants Program one application per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The program was established to foster a deeper understanding of redwood forests through personal visits and educational experiences among a broad, diverse audience. For the purposes of the program, redwood education topics include, but are not limited to, redwood forest characteristics, redwood ecology, associated watersheds, redwood forest-dependent species, and redwood forest stewardship. | awards typically range from $500 to $3,000; exceptional projects may be awarded up to $5,000 | ||
| DHHS Minority Youth Tobacco Elimination Project (MYTEP) one application per organization |
Interested applicants should contact jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by June 20. |
The purpose is to demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of evidence-based tobacco prevention and cessation strategies in preventing and reducing tobacco use among racial and ethnic minority youth and low socioeconomic status young women. This purpose will be achieved through two separate program components: Component 1: Minority Youth Tobacco Elimination Demonstration (MYTEP), Component 2: MYTEP Program Support and Evaluation Center. | Component 1: up to 4 awards of $175,000 to $200,000; Component 2: up to $250,000 for 1 award | ||
| DOE Geothermal Technology Advancement for Rapid Development of Resources in the U.S. three applications per organization or Principal Investigator as prime applicant; a PI or organization may not submit a single application that addresses multiple topic areas |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
DOE is requesting applications that address key cost, technical, and risk barriers and advance geothermal energy development. Projects should propose ideas to advance current drilling, reservoir engineering, and characterization technologies in order to identify and develop sustainable reservoirs at lower costs. Topic areas are: Advanced Exploratory Drilling Technologies, Advanced Well Completion Technologies, Zonal Isolation, Observation Tools and Data Collection System for Reservoir Stimulation, Geophysical Exploration Technologies, Geochemistry/Rock-Fluid Interactions. | varies by topic area - maximum awards are $1 million to 5 million; $70 million total available |
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| State Department Cuba Programs two proposals per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor announces a Request for Proposals from organizations interested in submitting proposals for projects that respond to the needs and interests of Cubans on the island and empower citizens to engage more robustly in civic activities and decisions that improve their lives. | varies by category - $4,127,024 total available | ||
| USAID/LAC Cuba Program - Facilitating the Free Flow of Information one proposal per organization |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), represented by the Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean (USAID/LAC), Office of Cuban Affairs is seeking applications for Cooperative Agreements for a three-year Civil Society program. The intent of this project is to increase the flow of uncensored information to, from, and within the island by strengthening the ability of independent civil society groups and networks to provide information to the communities that they serve. | up to $2 million per year for 3 years | ||
| NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research (U10); NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Data Coordinating Center (U01) one application per institution; an institution may not apply for both programs |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
7/11/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The NICHD invites applications from investigators willing to participate under a cooperative agreement in an ongoing multicenter international research network designed to perform randomized clinical trials and intervention studies focused on reducing the major risks to maternal, neonatal, infant, and early childhood health in the low and lower-middle income countries. The first FOA solicits applications from U.S. institutions to support Research Units within the Global Network. A second FOA solicits grant applications to participate with the NICHD as the Data Coordinating Center. | $4.3 million dollars in total costs in FY 2012 for 5 new and/or renewal awards; $2.1 million dollars in total costs in FY 2012 for 1 data coordinating center | |
| NCI Cancer Target Discovery and Development (CTDD) Network (U01) two applications per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
7/22/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The purpose of this FOA and the CTDD initiative is to promote innovative research on high throughput approaches to the discovery and characterization of new cancer targets and their modulators. Projects resulting from this FOA are expected to bridge the gap between the enormous volumes of data generated by the comprehensive molecular characterization of a number of cancer types and the ability to use these data for the development of human cancer therapeutics. | $10,000,000 in FY 2012 to fund 8-16 awards | |
| Wells Fargo National Environmental Grant Program one grant per calendar year per agency |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The 2011 program focuses on climate change, specifically in the following three areas where Wells Fargo can have the greatest impact in combination with their business activities: Renewable Energy, Greener Buildings, and Sustainable Agriculture/Water. | $25,000 - $500,000 | ||
| NIH International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01) one application per institution |
Interested parties should email jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by August 5 if they intend to apply. |
8/15/2011 for letters of intent (not required) |
This FOA solicits collaborative research and capacity building projects that address the burden of tobacco use in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) by (1) pursuing observational, intervention and policy research of LMIC relevance and (2) building capacity in epidemiological and behavioral research, prevention, treatment, communications, implementation, health services and policy research. | $3.3 million total for up to 10 awards in FY 2012 | |
| NIH NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (HEI) (S10)
There is no limit on the number of applications an institution may submit provided the applications are for different types of equipment. |
Campus principal investigators who are planning to submit an application to the NIH HEI program should send email to Jackie Jones (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research by August 12, 2011 with the type of instrument to be requested. If there are potentially two or more applications for similar equipment, the Vice Chancellor for Research Office will coordinate with principal investigators. |
The NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant (HEI) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research that costs at least $750,000. The maximum award is $2,000,000. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to, structural and functional imaging systems, macromolecular NMR spectrometers, high-resolution mass spectrometers, cryoelectron microscopes and supercomputers. Please note the unusual Justification of Need requirement in the guidelines, which states: Describe the instrument requested. Inventory similar instruments existing at the applicant institution, neighboring research institutions, or otherwise accessible; describe why they are unavailable or inappropriate for the proposed research. For a new generation instrument present the design concept, rational and development methods in sufficient detail to allow evaluation of its technical feasibility. Provide a clear justification why new or updated equipment, including accessories, are needed. Include specific documentation on the current usage and downtime of existing instruments and a realistic estimate of the projected usage for the requested instrument. Such documentation should be expressed as hours of use, setup time, etc., per day or week, not simply as percentage of available time. Be specific and quantitative; define available usage time. |
$750,000 to $2,000,000 | ||
| NFL Charities Medical Grants two submissions per institution per year |
If you intend to apply for this program, please send email to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by September 1, 2011. |
Funding for proposals is based on scientific merit, clinical relevance, and significance to the NFL. The program also places emphasis on research proposals focused on concussion and traumatic brain injury, cardiovascular research and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. | up to $100,000 | ||
| National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends Program two faculty nominations per institution |
Potential campus nominees must submit two copies of: a "Project Narrative" that follows the requirements in the NEH application guidelines, a curriculum vita, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. Additionally, these preproposals must include two reference letters as required by NEH. The letters should be addressed to the NEH and sent to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources. Individuals who have held a major fellowship or research grant or its equivalent within the three academic years prior to the deadline are ineligible. | $6,000 for 2 consecutive months of full-time research and writing | ||
| Searle Scholars Program two applications per invited institution |
Campus applications must include two copies of: a three- to five-page project description that addresses why the work is particularly novel and important, a curriculum vita, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. Campus applications must also include a statement of nomination from the department chair, as well as one letter of support (from doctoral or postdoctoral mentors or from similarly placed individuals who are familiar with the candidate's qualifications). The letter should be addressed to the Searle Scholars Program and sent to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their first appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose appointment is a tenure-track position. Applicants for year 2012 awards will be expected to be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Candidates should have begun their first appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after July 1, 2010. | $300,000 for a 3-year period, with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years, subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports | ||
| Procter & Gamble Fund Higher Education Grant Program two applications per discipline |
There is a limit of two applications per discipline (i.e., two applications from the School of Business, two applications from the School of Engineering, etc). If Proctor & Gamble receives more than two applications from the same discipline, they will ask your Dean to select the two that will be submitted for the competition. |
The program supports efforts of regionally accredited U.S. colleges and universities that will better prepare students for success in business. Grants will be provided for specific projects or programs, not for operating support. Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to: Improving curriculum to be at the cutting edge in relevance and effectiveness; Fostering and enabling leadership opportunities and learning; Creating a learning environment that encourages and enhances innovation and creativity; Strengthening diversity in thought, participation and ongoing interaction. | 1-year grants of $5,000 to $10,000 | ||
| California Council for the Humanities California Documentary Project The CCH will accept multiple applications from UC Berkeley as long as the projects originate from different departments within the university. |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The California Documentary Project supports film, video, radio, and new media projects that document the California experience and explore issues of significance to Californians. Eligible applicants may apply for a Production Grant or Research and Development Grant. |
varies by type; must be matched by at least a 1:1 amount of cash or in-kind contributions from non-federal sources | ||
| Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research two applications per department per year; up to three active fellowships per department |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). Note: Letters of recommendation will be required for selected applicants but are not required for internal review. Please see the application guidelines and instructions on letters of recommendation. |
he Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research is intended to support the development of outstanding investigators embarking on careers in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Parker B. Francis Fellowship grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of providing stipends, fringe benefits, and modest travel expenses in support of qualified post-doctoral fellows or newly appointed assistant professors. There are no restrictions regarding discipline or department. Clinical or basic science departments are suitable; however, it is expected that the proposed research will focus on lung biology or lung disease. | total budget per award of $50,000 for the first year, $52,000 for the second, $54,000 for the third | ||
| NSF Geoscience Education (GeoEd) Program Each organization may be the lead organization on only one Track 2 proposal submitted per competition. (no limit on Track 1 proposals) |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The GeoEd program invites proposals in four main areas: 1) advancing public Earth system science literacy, particularly through strengthening geoscience education in grades K-14 and informal education settings; 2) fostering development and training of the diverse scientific and technical workforce required for 21st century geoscience careers; 3) utilizing modern technologies to facilitate and increase access to geoscience education and/or develop innovative approaches for using geoscience research activities and data for educational purposes; and, 4) establishing regional networks and alliances that bring together scientists, formal and informal science educators, as well as other stakeholders, in support of improving Earth system science education and broadening participation in the geosciences. The GeoEd Program accepts proposals for pilot or proof-of-concept projects (Track 1) and integrative collaborations (Track 2), as well as for conferences or workshops related to the mission of the program. |
Track 1: up to $150,000 total for up to 2 years Track 2: up to $500,000 total for up to 4 years |
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| NIH Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars (Global Health Fellows) (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to Jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 1, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
9/14/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA provides opportunities for up to four support centers to develop and support global health research education/experience programs that meet the following objectives: Provide focused mentoring for participants (post-doctorates and doctoral students) from the U.S. and low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) in global health research in established research sites in LMICs. Provide 11-month research education/experience opportunities in diverse areas of research for participants at those sites. Enhance the global health research career trajectory potential of the participants. Strengthen global health research networks among the alumni and mentors across institutions in the U.S. and LMICs. Strengthen global health programs at U.S. academic institutions and help to sustain global health research at institutions in LMICs. | up to $1 million per year (direct costs) per award for up to 5 years | |
| HRSA PEPFAR Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Initiative (CHART II)
one application per organization; organizations may not submit applications as part of more than one consortium |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 5, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page) |
The CHART-II announcement solicits applications for implementation of a regional approach to assist the health sector's workforce and its beneficiaries mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in the following twelve Caribbean Regional Partnership Framework (PF) countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. | up to $1,800,000 per year for up to 5 years for 1 award | ||
| NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) one preliminary proposal per institution as the lead institution (no limit per institution as partner) |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to Jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 1, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, and Budget (1 page). |
5/8/2012 for full proposals (invitation only) |
5/15/2012 for full proposals (invitation only) |
PIRE is an NSF-wide program that supports international activities across all NSF supported disciplines. The primary goal of PIRE is to support high quality projects in which advances in research and education could not occur without international collaboration. PIRE seeks to catalyze a higher level of international engagement in the U.S. science and engineering community. This PIRE competition will focus exclusively on the area of Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The SEES effort focuses on interdisciplinary topics that will advance sustainability science, engineering and education as an integrative approach to the challenges of adapting to environmental, social and cultural changes associated with growth and development of human populations, and attaining a sustainable energy future. | total of $10-15 million annually for 10-15 awards; average award size is expected to be approximately $4 million over 5 years |
| Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program one nomination per research institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, and Budget (1 page). |
Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field. The objective is to stimulate and support creative research undertaken by promising researchers who have the potential to make a profound impact on the field of computing in their research disciplines. | Each fellowship includes a cash award. Fellows also have access to other Microsoft resources. | ||
| CDC Grants for Injury Control Research Centers one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
9/13/2011 for letters of intent (not required) |
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is seeking applications for centers that will conduct high quality research and help translate scientific discoveries into practice for the prevention and control of fatal and nonfatal injuries, violence, and related disabilities that support NCIPC's priorities and mission. | maximum total project funding amount is $4,527,500, with a maximum of $905,500 per year for up to 5 years | |
| NIGMS Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
The program promotes consortia between research-intensive institutions (RII) and partner institutions that have a historical mission and a demonstrated commitment to the training, encouragement and assistance to students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise of the nation. The IRACDA program provides support for a traditional mentored postdoctoral research experience at an RII combined with an opportunity to develop the academic skills, including teaching, through workshops and through mentored teaching assignments of postdoctoral fellows at a partner institution. | budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project | ||
| Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation: Literacy and Education Grants one application per organization per year |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
Grants give direct support for children in literacy and education programs such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs, and literacy programs for children with special needs. Priority is given to organizations located near Build-A-Bear Workshop stores. | $1,000 - $10,000 | ||
| United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF): US-India Institutional Partnership Grants - Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative
(OSI) one proposal per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and a Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
OSI aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education. Program goals are encouraging mutual understanding, facilitating educational reform, fostering economic development, and engaging civil society through academic cooperation with Indian post secondary educational institutions, in the thematic areas of agricultural sciences and food security, energy, sustainable development, climate change, environmental studies, education and educational reform; public health, and community development and innovation. | $200,000 for average grant, up to $250,000 per grant | ||
| National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program three applications per applicant |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 7, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page) |
Grants are awarded to preserve and interpret U.S. Confinement Sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Grants are awarded to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history. Project categories include: Capital projects; Documentation: including identification, research, and evaluation of historic confinement sites--projects may include archeological surveys; Oral history interviews; Interpretation and education related to historic confinement sites; Preservation of confinement sites and related historic resources; Planning projects. See Grant Program Guidelines. | minimum request is $5,000 Federal share; requires a 2:1 Federal to non-Federal match | ||
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease two nominations per institution, or three if a nominee holds the D.V.M., and an additional nomination for a researcher working in pathogenic helminths, mycology, or reproductive science |
The UC Berkeley application must include: 1) Statement of Nomination from the Dean or Department Chair. 2) Three confidential (blind) Letters of Recommendation from individuals who are familiar with the applicant's qualifications as stated in the BWF Guidelines. Letters should be addressed to the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and sent in PDF via email to Jackie_Jones@berkeley.edu. 3) Limited Submission Cover Sheet. 4) Three-to-five page project description. 5) One-page budget. 6) Four page maximum Biosketch/CV as outlined in the BWF Guidelines. With the exception of the Letters of Recommendation, all application items should be sent in one PDF document via email to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. |
Candidates must hold a tenure-track assistant professor position. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study the pathogenesis of infectious disease at its most fundamental level—the points where human and microbial systems connect. The program supports research that sheds light on the fundamentals that affect the outcomes of this encounter: how colonization, infection, commensalism and other relationships play out at levels ranging from molecular interactions to systemic ones. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada at the time of application. Documentation of permanent resident status must be provided with the application. Persons who have applied for permanent resident status but have not received their government documentation by the time of application are not eligible. |
$500,000 for 5 years | ||
| Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences one nomination per invited institution |
Campus applications must include the following items: a Limited Submission Cover Sheet; an abstract of the proposed research; a curriculum vita; a one-page budget, including all current and pending support and other awards; three letters of confidential reference (one from the applicant's graduate school advisor, one from the applicant's postdoctoral advisor, and a scientific reference from an individual familiar with the applicant's work) addressed to the Pew Scholars Program and sent by e-mail to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by September 9, 2011. |
The Program is open to individuals with a doctorate in medicine or biomedical sciences. As of November 1, 2011, candidates must hold full-time appointments at the rank of assistant professor or equivalent at one of the invited sponsoring institutions. On July 1, 2012, they must not have been in such an appointment for more than three years, whether or not such appointments were on a tenure track. This time may have been spent at more than one institution. Time spent in clinical internships, residencies, or in work toward board certification does not count as part of this three-year limit. Candidates should, on basis of performance during education and training, have outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. Pew Scholars may not simultaneously be supported by similar private foundation awards in excess of $50,000 a year for the first two years of their Pew support. These awards include but are not limited to those of the Searle Scholars Program, Rita Allen Scholars, Merck Fund, and Beckman. Funding from the NIH, other government sources, and project grants from nonprofit associations such as the American Cancer Society do not pose a conflict with the Pew Scholars Program. | $60,000 per year for four years | ||
| Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 13, 2011. The PDF must include the following: 1) Limited Submission Cover Sheet. 2) Letter of intent that includes a description of your research proposal, particularly its significance, how it will be carried out, and how it is likely to have an impact on public policy or clinical practice; and a personal statement describing your goals in the field of bioethics. 3) Curriculum vitae. |
This career development program enables junior faculty members to carry out original research on policy and moral dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and the life sciences. Applicants must be junior faculty members holding at least a 60% appointment in a tenure series at a university or non-profit research institute in the U.S. Priority will be given to applicants who have not yet been considered for tenure, who have not received a comparable career development award, and whose work will have an impact on public policy or clinical practice. | 3 years of support are provided, requiring a 50% time commitment in each of the 3 years | ||
| Jose Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation E.D. Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 16, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The Foundation supports research into the diagnosis, prevention and cure of leukemia and related hematological malignancies. Candidates must hold an M.D. or Ph.D. degree and have completed at least 3 years postdoctoral training but must be less than 10 years post their first doctoral degree when the award begins. | $50,000 for one year, renewable yearly for two additional years upon satisfactory performance | ||
| NIDDK Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology (P50) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
10/6/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
NIDDK nvites new and renewal applications for the Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology to support both basic and clinical research on pediatric kidney disease. The emphases for this program are several-fold: (1) to continue to attract new scientific expertise into the study of the basic mechanisms of kidney diseases and disorders among infants, children, and adolescents; (2) to encourage multidisciplinary research focused on the causes of these diseases; 3) to explore new basic areas that may have clinical research application and 4) to design Developmental Research/Pilot and Feasibility studies. | up to $750,000 in direct costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| EPA Environmental Education Sub-Grants Program an eligible applicant may submit proposals to multiple Regional Offices, but may submit only one proposal per Region |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
This RFP solicits grant proposals to support EPA’s mission to promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. EPA expects to provide financial support for the development and implementation of innovative projects whose primary focus is to make and manage sub-awards to organizations, other than their own, to design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and/or techniques. | 1 2-year grant in each of EPA’s 10 Regions for $150,000 | ||
| NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) and Coordinating Center (P30) one application per institution |
Applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 3, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description, Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
12/27/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA invites applications to create or continue Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research and a RCMAR Coordinating Center. The RCMAR Program’s mission is to address the national priority of reducing health disparities with special emphasis on health disparities in an aging population. The RCMARs will organize themselves so as to create an infrastructure that will: (1) increase the number of researchers focusing upon the health and well-being of minority elders and (2) enhance diversity in the professional workforce by mentoring diverse academic researchers for sustained careers in minority elder health-related research. | up to $400,000 direct costs for up to 5 years | |
| American Psychological Foundation Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, a curriculum vitae, a one-page budget, and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
This fellowship program supports graduate research projects and scholarships in child psychology with the goal of nurturing excellent young scholars for careers in areas of psychology, such as child‐clinical, pediatric, school, educational, and developmental psychopathology. Successful candidates will have demonstrated research competence and area commitment. Completed doctoral candidacy is required. | up to 4 fellowships of up to $25,000; up to 2 $5,000 scholarships | ||
| NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
10/19/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
NIDDK invites grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish core centers that are part of an integrated program of nutrition and/or obesity-research. Each proposed NORC must be organized around central themes that reflect the nutrition and/or obesity research focus of the center members. Only institutions at which there is an ongoing, strong base of nutrition and/or obesity-related research are eligible. | up to $3,400,000 total to fund up to 3 new and/or renewal grants | |
| Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations in Neuroscience
one letter of intent per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on September 16, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Summary (2 pages), Biographical Sketch (using NIH Format) with other support page (4 page maximum) for the Principal |
1/6/2012 for invited application |
1/16/2012 for invited application |
The objective of the Scientific Innovations Award Program is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. It is expected that investigations supported by these grants will yield high impact findings and result in major grant applications and significant publications in high impact journals. Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. The grant proposal must detail a new research project that is not funded by other sources. The nominee must be a professor or associate professor working in the area of studies and brain function in health and disease. | $150,000 (direct costs) total for grant of 1-2 years |
| HRSA AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Evaluation Center (NEC) one application per organization |
Please contact Jackie Jones (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) by November 16, 2011 if you are interested in applying for this program. |
Evaluating the AETC program should involve methodical assessment of whether funded programs have produced the intended HIV practice and clinical outcomes. Optimally, the strongest evaluation activities are planned during the curriculum development phase of training, with the evaluation taking place concurrently and post training. Evaluation activities must provide feedback and motivation for continued improvement for clinical participants, faculty, and curriculum designers. To ensure that important questions are answered and relevant needs met, it is necessary to be methodical in designing a process of evaluation. | $450,000 estimated for 1 award | ||
| USDA NIFA Children, Youth, and Families at-Risk (CYFAR) Sustainable Community Projects one application per land-grant institution |
Please contact Jackie Jones (jackie_jones@berkeley.edu) by November 16, 2011 if you are interested in applying for this program. |
NIFA is seeking applications from institutions that can demonstrate their capacity to develop statewide capacity to develop and deliver programs for at-risk children, youth, and families; have a proven track record of sustaining community programs; are integrating CYFAR into Extension programs; and are able to provide program, evaluation, and technology support to Sustainable Community Projects. Applications may be submitted by Cooperative Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, 1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, and the University of the District of Columbia. | $320,000 total in FY 2012 | ||
| NSF Sustainability Research Networks Competition (SRN) three preliminary proposals per institution as the lead institution (no limit per institution as partner) |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm. on October 14, 2011. The PDF must include the following:1) Limited Submission Cover Sheet. 2) Project Summary. (1 page maximum) Provide an overview of the proposed SRN, addressing separately the intellectual merit and broader impacts of the SRN. The summary should be written in the third person, informative to those working in the same or related field(s), and understandable to a scientifically or technically literate reader. 3) Project Description (8 page maximum) as described in the NSF Proposal Preparation Instructions. 4) Biographical Sketches (2-page limit per person). 5) Management Plan (2-page limit) Include an outline of the proposed Management Plan for the SRN. This plan must also show how proposers plan to manage collaborative partners. |
3/23/2012 for full proposals (invitation only) |
4/1/2012 for full proposals (invitation only) |
SRNs will engage and explore fundamental theoretical issues and empirical questions in sustainability science, engineering, and education that will increase our understanding of the ultimate sustainability challenge - maintaining and improving the quality of life for the nation within a healthy Earth system. The goal of the competition is to support the development and coalescence of entities to advance collaborative research that addresses questions and challenges in sustainability science, engineering, and education. SRNs will link scientists, engineers, and educators, at existing institutions, centers, networks, and also develop new research efforts and collaborations. | $12,000,000 total per award over 4-5 years, 3-4 awards expected |
| NIGMS Centers for HIV/AIDS-Related Structural Biology (P50) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on October 28, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
12/7/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences invites applications for Centers that will support structure determination and dynamic characterization of macromolecular complexes among and between components of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the components of host cells. | up to $4.7 million total costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) one Cyber Platform proposal and up to three separate Node proposals, but only one to each Node, per university |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
1/9/2012 for proposals |
1/17/2012 for proposals |
NSF's NCN award expires in September 2012. Through this solicitation, NSF provides an opportunity for the broader community to compete to reconfigure the NCN. The configuration of the new NCN will be restructured as a stand alone Cyber Platform awardee. The new NCN Cyber Platform will continue to provide the materials that are now provided by the Purdue Cyber Platform, nanoHUB.org, as authorized by the authors. It also will be linked to three separate new Nodes where new tools and educational materials will be developed and delivered to the Cyber Platform for disseminated to the broader community. The new content development Node areas will be: NanoBIO, NanoMFG, and Nano-Engineered Electronic Device Simulation Node (NEEDS). | up to $2.9M per year for 5 years for the Cyber Platform; up to $700,000 per year for 5 years for each individual new Node |
| NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) lead academic institutions are limited to participation in only one BIC proposal; no limit on AIR proposals |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
2/23/2012 for proposals |
3/1/2012 for proposals |
The NSF PFI program is an umbrella for two complementary subprograms: one of which involves an earlier stage that focuses on building innovation capacity (BIC) and the other involves a later stage that focuses on the acceleration of innovative research (AIR). The former emphasizes the transformation of knowledge to market-accepted innovations created by the research and education enterprise, while the latter emphasizes the translation of research to commercialization by NSF-funded research alliances. | up to $600,000 for 2 years for BIC, up to $800,000 for up to 2 years for AIR |
| NIGMS Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (R25) one application per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The IMSD program provides institutional grants to establish research training programs at institutions with research intensive environments that will increase the preparation and skills of underrepresented students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences as they academically advance in the pursuit of the Ph.D. degree in these fields. | $5 million total per year for new and renewal applications | ||
| EPA Urban Waters Small Grants one proposal per applicant |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The goal is to fund research, studies, training, and demonstration projects that will advance the restoration of urban waters by improving water quality through activities that also support community revitalization and other local priorities. In general, projects should promote a comprehensive understanding of local water quality issues; identify and support activities that address these issues at the local level; engage, educate and empower communities surrounding the urban water body; and benefit surrounding communities including those that have been adversely impacted by the water pollution issues affecting the urban water body. | up to $60,000 per award | ||
| AHRQ Research Centers in Primary Care Practice Based Research and Learning (P30) one application per institution |
Campus applications must include one copy of: a three- to five-page project description, curriculum vitae, a one-page budget and the Limited Submission Cover Sheet. |
1/6/2012 for letter of intent (not required) |
This FOA solicits applications from organizations with a demonstrated track record of success in conducting research in primary care Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs). Each Center must have at least 120 primary care member practices and may either consist of 1) a primary organization with 3 or more affiliated regional PBRNs (including a PBRN affiliated with the primary organizations); or 2) be a national PBRN organized around shared resources and research infrastructure. | up to $120,000 total costs per year for up to 5 years | |
| NIH Director's Early Independence Awards (DP5) two applications per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 9, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet; Statement of how an Early Independence Award would enable entry into an independent research position and why this would be of benefit to the PD(s)/PI(s) career (1 page); Evidence of exceptional scientific creativity and productivity (1-2 pages); A research plan in a scientific area relevant to the NIH mission for which the investigator has demonstrated expertise (1-2 pages); Curriculum Vitae (1-3 pages). |
12/30/2011 for letter of intent (not required) |
Awards provide an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists, who have already established a record of innovation and research productivity, to have an accelerated entry into an independent research career. It is also an opportunity for research intensive institutions to invigorate their research departments by recruiting outstanding, early career scientists. Exceptional graduate students or clinicians nearing the completion of their PhD (or equivalent) may contact appropriate Institutional scientific leaders to seek an appointment as an independent research scientist. Alternatively, Institutions may actively recruit eligible junior scientists to apply for support through this program. In either event, the Institution will be expected to provide substantial support for the junior scientist as detailed in the program guidelines. At the time of application, the Early Independence PI must be within 12 months before or after the completion of their Ph.D. (or equivalent) training. | up to $250,000 in direct costs per year for 5 years | |
| USAID All Children Reading Competition two applications per organization |
Interested applicants should contact jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by January 20. |
The U.S. Agency for International Development, the Australian Agency for International Development, and World Vision are seeking game-changing innovations with the potential to dramatically improve reading skills and low literacy rates among primary grade children. Through a multi-year initiative, the partners will collaborate to achieve the goal of global action to improve child literacy. | up to $300,000 over 2 years | ||
| NSF Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP) three proposals per organization as lead organization |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on November 11, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Project Description (3-5 pages), Curriculum vitae, Budget (1 page). |
The SEP solicitation calls for innovative, interdisciplinary basic research in science, engineering, and education by teams of researchers for developing systems approaches to sustainable energy pathways based on a comprehensive understanding of the scientific, technical, environmental, economic, and societal issues. The SEP solicitation considers scalable approaches for sustainable energy conversion to useful forms, as well as its storage, transmission, distribution, and use. The following Topic Areas illustrate the broad scope of sustainable energy interest areas of this solicitation: Energy Harvesting & Conversion from Renewable Resources; Sustainable Energy Storage Solutions; Critical Elements & Materials for Sustainable Energy; Nature-Inspired Processes for Sustainable Energy Solutions; Reducing Carbon Intensity from Energy Conversion & Use; Sustainable Energy Transmission & Distribution; Energy Efficiency & Management. | 15-20 awards of up to $500,000 per year for up to 4 years | ||
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards one nomination per institution |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on January 13, 2012. The PDF must include the following: 1) The Limited Submission Cover Sheet; 2) Letter of nomination from an institutional representative highlighting the nominee's achievement, and the basis for selection (3 pages); 3) Summary Description, with references, of nominee's research accomplishments as an independent faculty member, and a description of research plans (7 pages); 4) Statement intended to convince reviewers of the nominee's dedication to education in the chemical sciences (3 pages); 5) Curriculum Vitae (7 pages). Include a list of publications in which independent contributions and undergraduate coauthors are clearly identified. Research support should be indicated; 6) Budget (1/2 page). |
This program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Criteria for selection include an independent body of scholarship attained within the first five years of their appointment as independent researchers, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. Nominees must hold a full-time tenure-track academic appointment, and are normally expected to have been appointed no earlier than mid-year 2006. | $75,000 grant | ||
| RGK Foundation Grants in Education, Community, and Medicine
one letter of inquiry per organization per twelve-month period |
Campus applications should be sent in one PDF copy to jackie_jones@berkeley.edu by 5:00pm on December 2, 2011. The PDF must include the following: Limited Submission Cover Sheet, Brief project description that includes at least 3 specific measurable goals the project hopes to achieve (2500 Limit), A curriculum vita, A one-page budget. |
The Foundation's primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Within Community, the Foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. The Foundation's current interests in the area of Medicine/Health include programs that promote the health and well-being of children, programs that promote access to health services, and Foundation-initiated programs focusing on ALS. | average grant is $25,000 |
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