Join representatives from
Millipore and Fisher Scientific
for a lunch and learn program
on Western blotting, a technique
that involves the separation
of a protein mixture by gel
electrophoresis, with subsequent
electro-transfer to a suitable
membrane (e.g., PVDF). Western
blotting is traditionally
used to detect low amounts
of proteins in complex samples
or to monitor protein expression
and purification. More information
http://www.uld.vt.edu/docs/LEPDN_WinningWesterns.pdf
. To register for this program,
visit the Program
Registration webpage or
e-mail the network at uld@vt.edu
or phone 540.231.6727 with
your name, title, department,
and e-mail address.
1. The Decennial Census Coverage--How
to address errors due to the
omission of people who should
be counted and to the erroneous
enumerations of people.
2. Demographic and Economic
Surveys--How to address nonresponses
to demographic surveys and
economic Surveys.
3. Reporting Unit Research:
Economic Surveys--Evaluate
the effect of mismatches on
published statistics.
4. Editing Economic Surveys--Provide
a method to analyze the editing
process and evaluate the quality
of the edits and related review
processes.
5. Pre-Release Review of Demographic
Data--Provide guidance on
the repetitive review of data.
6. Survey Estimation--Research
and offer solutions to improve
survey estimation techniques.
7. Measurement Error Research
and Prevention--Research and
offer solutions to measurement
errors.
8. Research on Time Series
Methods and Seasonal Adjustment--Research
and Determine New Ways of
Using Data.
9. Disclosure Avoidance Methods--Develop
New and Improved Disclosure
Methods.
10. Disclosure Methods: Economics--Develop
new and improved disclosure
methods.
11. Investigation of Links
of Census Bureau Problems
to Behavioral Science Research--Research
and report on the progress
of behavioral sciences.
12. Research to Improve Population
Estimates--Research and report
on ways of improving the annual
estimate of the international
and internal migration.
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY
Research and Development
For Rare Isotope Beam Capabilities
United States Department
of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science
Division of Nuclear Physics
The Office of Nuclear Physics
(NP), Office of Science
(SC), U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), hereby announces
its interest in receiving
applications for research
and development efforts
directed at rare isotope
beam capabilities. A next
generation facility for
nuclear structure and astrophysics
is under consideration to
address emerging research
opportunities in low energy
nuclear physics, and DOE
is sponsoring pre-conceptual
research and development
activities on next generation
rare isotope beam capabilities.
More information
https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/UNID/3CF4FC2AA0303F128525733800491CB6?OpenDocument
Deadline: October
17, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Enabling Technologies
for Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine (R01)
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
A funding opportunity announcement
to solicit either design
or hypothesis-driven research
applications to promote
the development of innovative
technologies, tools, methods,
and devices that will enable
tissue engineering and regenerative
medicine.
The overall goal is to
engineer functional tissues
in vitro for implantation
in vivo or to foster tissue
regeneration directly in
vivo, with the purpose of
replacing, repairing, preserving,
or enhancing organ function
lost due to disease, injury,
or aging, or for use as
3D tissue model system for
drug development. The intent
of this program is to encourage
applications with a primary
focus on developing enabling
technologies for tissue
engineering and regenerative
medicine, with the ultimate
goal of improving human
quality of life. This may
include reproductive as
well as somatic tissues.
All applications must focus
on the development of the
enabling technologies. The
funding agencies particularly
encourage investigators
from the engineering, physical,
and computational sciences
to collaborate with those
of life sciences or vice
versa to submit an application
to this program.
Specific scientific interests
for this FOA fall in the
following research areas:
- predictive computational
models for engineering functional
3-dimensional (3D) tissues,
- fabrication technologies
for tissue engineering,
- novel bioreactors to precisely
control the chemical and
mechanical environment for
functional 3D tissue growth
or to rapidly expand functional
stem cells and robust evaluation
methods to determine environmental
requirements,
- quantitative, non-invasive
tools to monitor structure,
composition, and function
of engineered tissues in
real time, and
- technologies for manufacturing
of tissue engineered products
including preservation,
sterilization, packaging,
and transport, and methods
for quantitatively evaluating
cell and tissue health and
phenotypic stability throughout
the process. More information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-504.html
Deadline: September
20, 2007, January 21, 2008,
and May 20, 2008
NHLBI Resequencing
and Genotyping (RS&G)
Service
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI)
The purpose of this program
is to apply systems biology
approaches to innovative,
high-risk, high-impact research
on heart, lung, blood, and
sleep (HLBS) physiology and
pathophysiology by multidisciplinary
teams of investigators. For
the purposes of this program,
systems biology is defined
as an approach to explaining
and predicting complex cellular
and physiological phenomena
of living organisms in terms
of underlying physical and
chemical processes and accompanying
feedback regulations at molecular,
cellular, tissue, or whole
organ levels.
This systems biology approach
will combine mathematical
modeling and simulation
to complement the traditional
empirical and experimental
approach of biomedical research.
Mathematical modeling and
simulation may range from
the molecular scale through
to organ scale models.
These models and simulations
will be driven by empirical
observations and will generate
specific, explicitly testable
predictions that will enable
refinement of the models
in response to experimental
validation. This iterative
development of models and
experiments is a critical
feature of the systems biology
research supported by this
program.
This program will support
projects that integrate
multi-investigator, multidisciplinary
approaches and have a high
degree of interplay between
computational and experimental
approaches. Collaborative,
multidisciplinary teams
supported by this program
may include researchers
from such fields as biomedical,
physical, informatic, and
mathematical disciplines.
Applications responsive
to this announcement shall
comprise a cluster of two
or more applications, with
a minimum of one application
for a computational/modeling
component and one application
for a biomedical/experimental
component of the cluster.
Clustered applications which
do not include both predictive
computational models and
biomedical experiments to
validate models and test
predictions will be deemed
non-responsive and will
not be reviewed. More information
http://rsng.nhlbi.nih.gov/scripts/index.cfm
Deadline: November
1, 2007, February 1, 2008,
May 1, 2008, and August
1, 2008
The Type 1 Diabetes
TrialNet
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)
The National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of
the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) is soliciting
proposals on a full and open
competitive basis from qualified
businesses, organizations,
colleges, universities, and
institutions to award a contract
to serve as the TrialNet Coordinating
Center (TNCC) for the Type
1 Diabetes TrialNet (TrialNet)
project. The contract shall
be responsible for design
and implementation of clinical
trials, observational studies,
and associated mechanistic
studies conducted by a network
of clinical centers and associated
clinical sites, and for direction
of communication and coordination
among the clinical centers
and for management of the
collection and analysis of
genetic, immunologic, pathogenic,
clinical, and biological data
from the clinical sites. The
TNCC will also be responsible
for supporting the study protocols
and manual of operation for
each TrialNet study, maintaining
the TrialNet website, and
organizing TrialNet steering
committee meetings, Data Safety
Monitoring Board (DSMB) meetings,
External Advisory Board (EAB)
meetings and workshops. In
addition, the TNCC will be
responsible for transferring
all data and biosamples that
are the property of NIDDK
to the appropriate NIDDK repositories.
The TNCC may accomplish these
responsibilities solely or
in conjunction with a separate
TrialNet administrative center.
More information
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070813a6
Deadline: November
7, 2007
Microbicide Innovation
Program (MIP III) (R21/R33)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
The purpose of the Microbicide
Innovation Program (MIP III)
is to support novel and under-explored
strategies in the field of
topical microbicides. This
broadly based program will
support research and development
of microbicides with the ultimate
goal of facilitating technology
or methodology design and
development that can advance
the field as a whole.
Applications that propose
technological/methodological
advancement must be directly
applicable to microbicide
discovery and development.
Advancement includes approaches
designed to substantially
improve existing method(s)
for safety, effectiveness
or acceptability assessment.
Applications may incorporate
development of unique approaches
to product development and/or
discovery of new molecular
entities or targets applicable
to the microbicide prevention
problem that may be deployed
as single, combination or
multi-component microbicide
products. Proposed projects
could assess novel areas
of investigation or new
experimental systems that
have the potential to enhance
microbicide-related research.
The Microbicide Innovation
Program (MIP III) will support
five areas:
(1) Development of microbicides
through preclinical and
basic research that will
lead to new opportunities
for microbicide development.
(2) Discovery and exploration
of microbicides (singly
or in combination) directed
against HIV and/or STIs
that potentially contribute
to HIV transmission and
acquisition. These include,
but are not limited to Herpes
Simplex virus, Trichomonas
vaginalis, Treponena pallidum,
human Papillomavirus, Haemophilus
ducreyi, Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Chylamydia trachomatis and
Bacterial Vaginosis.
(3) Emerging technologies
or models that contribute
to new and/or more efficient
mechanisms for (i) assessing
microbicide safety, efficacy
and acceptability, (ii)
discovery and exploration
of new microbicide candidates,
(iii) formulation and delivery
of microbicide products,
and (iv) validation of surrogate
markers for safety and/or
efficacy.
(4) Complex prevention
strategies incorporating
vaginally, rectally and/or
penile applied microbicides.
(5) Development of behavioral
and social tools that address
product acceptability, initiation,
and potential for sustained
use. Tools must be designed
to integrate with microbicide
preclinical development
and allow iterative improvements
in the product or strategy
employed. Success of these
tools will hinge on behavioral,
cultural, and contextual
factors (e.g., product characteristics,
perceived risk of infection,
partner cooperation, etc.).
More information http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-034.html
Deadline: November
20, 2007
Small Grants Program
for Cancer Epidemiology (R03)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Cancer Institute
(NCI)
The Division of Cancer Control
and Population Sciences (DCCPs)
of the National Cancer Institute
(NCI) invites Small Grant
(R03) applications relating
to cancer epidemiology with
a primary focus on etiologic
cancer research. These are
short-term awards intended
to provide support for pilot
projects, testing of new techniques,
or development of innovative
projects that could provide
a basis for more extended
research.
The purposes are to support
pilot projects, test new
techniques, and encourage
innovative or high-risk
research. While definitive
and costly studies are best
supported by other research
grants, a small grant can
provide resources for essential
tasks such as questionnaire
development; preliminary
assessment of exposure prevalence;
test development, including
field-testing; and secondary
analyses of existing datasets.
Examples of research proposals
that would apply to this
reissued program announcement
(PAR) include, but are not
limited to, the following:
1. Validating measurements
in body fluids and tissues
of exogenous exposures associated
with the development of
cancer
2. Applying epigenetic approaches
in cancer epidemiology
3. Analyzing existing data
that otherwise may have
gone unexplored, such as
pooled analyses of data
from multiple studies coordinated
into consortia
4. Explore relationship
between reported tobacco
use and actual delivered
amounts of tobacco constituents
in epidemiologic studies
and other large datasets
in order to develop standardized
markers of exposure in cancer
risk
5. Planning an epidemiological
study to apply validated
relevant carcinogenesis
markers to better understand
the natural history of neoplasms
and identify individuals
at high risk
6. Determining applicability
of biomarkers of tumor initiation
and progression for epidemiologic
studies
7. Epidemiologic studies
in survivorship
8. Developing and validating
methods, including statistical
applications, to measure
dietary components and metabolites
in foods and body fluids,
in epidemiologic studies
9. Exploring the etiology
of mechanisms related to
energy balance and the cancer
risk and prognosis
10. Developing methodology
to collect epidemiological
data via the internet, maintaining
integrity and confidentiality.
More information http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-294.html
Deadline: November
20, 2007, March 20, 2008,
July 21, 2008, and November
21, 2008
International Research
Ethics Education and Curriculum
Development Award (R25)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
Fogarty International Center
(FIC)
The goal of this initiative
is to increase the cadre of
developing country scientists,
health professionals and relevant
academics with in-depth knowledge
of the ethical considerations,
concepts and applications
in clinical and public health
research. It is expected that
such advanced education/training
will enhance the career development
of individuals from developing
countries, as well as strengthen
expertise to support ethical
clinical and public health
research at their home institutions.
Proposed degree or non-degree
comprehensive international
research ethics education
programs should equip academics,
health professionals and
researchers from developing
countries with the critical
skills that are needed to
subsequently provide research
ethics education, ethical
review leadership and expert
consultation to their institutions,
national governments and
international bodies and,
potentially, to pursue studies
of ethical practice in clinical
and public health research
in developing countries.
Proposed curricula should
provide a core set of advanced
study courses that primarily
focus on the internationally
relevant aspects of ethical,
legal and moral principles
guiding the responsible
conduct of research. Appropriate
educational activities may
include practicum experiences,
such as participation in
ethical review committees,
development of research
ethics education/training
courses for researchers
and ethical review committee
members at their home institutions,
analysis of ethical review
guidelines or processes
and research on ethical
practices in biomedical
or behavioral research in
the participants' countries.
Education may also be provided
in areas such as research
design methodology, technical
manuscript and grant writing,
statistical methods, informatics,
and English as a second
language, if needed. Curriculum
developed in new comprehensive
programs must be offered
to participants after a
maximum of one year of the
award and should be ongoing
in previously supported
programs.
Planning grant proposals
should describe in detail
how curriculum components
and educational activities
for a comprehensive program
will be designed during
the two-year award period.
Four year comprehensive
training program applications
should propose degree or
non-degree masters level
programs including international
research ethics curriculum
and practicum experience
for up to two years and
no less than 12 months for
developing country participants
at the grantee, consortium
or home country institutions.
Support can be provided
for educating and training
developing country academics
such as ethicists or philosophers,
researchers and health professionals
working at institutions
conducting clinical or public
health research.
New applications proposing
research ethics education
programs for participants
from Francophone and Lusophone
African countries, India,
China, Thailand, Latin America,
Russia and Eastern Europe
are especially encouraged
due to the large amount
of NIH supported research
currently conducted in these
countries. More information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TW-08-002.html
Deadline: December
14, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR
North American
Wetlands Conservation Act
(NAWCA) Small Grants
United States Department
of the Interior (DOI)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS)
The purpose of the 1989
North American Wetlands
Conservation Act (NAWCA),
as amended, is to promote
long-term conservation of
North American wetland ecosystems,
and the waterfowl and other
migratory birds, fish and
wildlife that depend upon
such habitat. Principal
conservation actions supported
by NAWCA are acquisition,
creation, enhancement and
restoration of wetlands
and wetland-associated uplands.
The Small Grants program
is intended to promote long-term
wetlands conservation activities
through encouraging participation
by new grantees and partners
who may not otherwise be
able to compete in the Standard
Grants program. The program
can be important in developing
a pool of new partners/grantees
that might eventually participate
in the Standard Grants program.
Funding priority will be
given to projects from new
grant applicants (individuals
or organizations who have
never received a NAWCA grant)
with new partners, where
the project ensures long-term
conservation benefits. This
does not preclude former
NAWCA grant recipients from
receiving Small Grants funding
More information http://www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NAWCA/Small/index.shtm
Deadline: November
30, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
No
new program announcements
this week.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
No
new program announcements
this week.
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NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Terrestrial Ecology
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in
Space and Earth Sciences
(ROSES) - 2007
The goal of National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
(NASA) Terrestrial Ecology
research is to improve understanding
of the structure and function
of global terrestrial ecosystems,
their interactions with
the atmosphere and hydrosphere,
and their role in the cycling
of the major biogeochemical
elements and water. This
program of research addresses
variability in terrestrial
ecosystems, how terrestrial
ecosystems and biogeochemical
cycles respond to and affect
global environmental change
(including changes in biodiversity),
and future changes in carbon
cycle dynamics and terrestrial
ecosystems. The research
approach combines (1) use
of remote sensing to observe
terrestrial ecosystems and
their responses; (2) field
campaigns and related process
studies to elucidate ecosystem
function; and (3) ecosystem
and biogeochemical cycle
modeling to predict responses.
New efforts to advance remote
sensing of biodiversity
are being nurtured within
this research area. More
information http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B9CBFFD9F-B662-8379-B275-3597809EC0CA%7D&path=open
Deadline: September
20, 2007
Opportunity for the
use of the International Space
Station by U.S. Non-Government
Entities for Research
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
plans to operate a share of
U.S. accommodations on the
International Space Station
(ISS) as a national laboratory
in accordance with the NASA
Authorization Act of 2005.
As a national laboratory,
access to the ISS can be made
available to other U.S. government
agencies, U.S. private firms
and academic institutions
for research and development
(R&D), and industrial
processing purposes.
This program is intended
to commence following completion
of ISS assembly in late
FY 2010. In preparation
for the ISS post-assembly
phase, NASA is announcing
limited opportunities for
U.S. non-government entities
to conduct R&D activities
on the ISS. Under this arrangement,
NASA may enter into Space
Act Agreements with such
entities to allow access
to NASA facilities, personnel
and technical information
as the need and situation
warrants, however, there
will be no provision of
funds.
Respondents will be responsible
for financing their own
activities. Proposed activities
should involve R&D,
including, but not limited
to, life sciences, sensors,
communication equipment,
and spacecraft design and
testing, and should demonstrate
potential benefit to the
public, such as development
of future products and services
contributing to US industrial
capacity and economic growth.
More information http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20061212a3
Deadline: September
28, 2007
Virtual Observatories
for Heliophysics Data
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
This National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA)
research announcement solicits
proposals for supporting basic
and applied research and technology
across a broad range of Earth
and space science program
elements relevant to one or
more of the following NASA
research programs: Earth science,
heliophysics, planetary science,
and astrophysics. More information
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId={E529A93E-C05F-7B1E-680D-D5C7488C2F6C}&path=open
Deadline: November
15, 2007
Instrument Incubator
Program
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
Research Opportunities in
Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES)
- 2007
The Instrument Incubator Program
(IIP) seeks proposals for
technology development activities
leading to new system and
subsystem level airborne and
space-based measurement techniques
to be developed in support
of the Science Mission Directorate
(SMD) Earth science research
and applications. The objectives
of the IIP are to identify,
develop and, where appropriate
demonstrate new measurement
technologies which: (1) Reduce
the risk, cost, and development
time of Earth observing instruments,
and (2) Enable new Earth observation
measurements. More information
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7BC8AE1EA6-B237-63EC-2138-6FF31E57CC94%7D&path=open
Deadline: December
12, 2007
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NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
Disclaimer
- we only list the more
recently announced NSF opportunities
in the Update. We urge you
to explore the many NSF
opportunities available
at the NSF website. For
a complete listing of deadlines
and target dates from the
previous month and for the
next 4 months check the
NSF deadline website
The
NSF
E-Bulletin provides
key dates on which grant
proposals are due at NSF
for the current 4 months.
Office of Special
Programs
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research
(DMR)
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research
(DMR) Office of Special
Programs (OSP) coordinates
and supports crosscutting
activities in DMR and in
conjunction with NSF-wide
programs, including enhanced
international collaborations
in materials research and
education. OSP activities
are often co-funded with
other NSF units, such as
the Office of International
Science and Engineering
and the MPS Office for Multidisciplinary
Activities. Examples of
OSP activities include:
International Materials
Institutes (IMI): The IMIs
advance fundamental materials
research by coordinating
international research and
education projects. Their
long-term goal is the creation
of a worldwide network in
materials research and the
development of a generation
of scientists and engineers
with international leadership
capabilities.
Opportunities for International
Cooperation in Materials
Research: DMR supports international
collaborative research and
education projects in partnership
with funding organizations
in Europe and the Americas.
Collaborative activities
in partnership with funding
agencies in Asia and in
Africa are being developed.
Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (REU) Sites
and Research Experiences
for Teachers. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12803
Deadline: November
2, 2007
Condensed Matter and Materials
Theory (CMMT)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research
(DMR)
The Condensed Matter and Materials
Theory (CMMT) Supports theoretical
and complementary computational
research in the topical areas
represented in DMR programs,
including condensed matter
physics, polymers, solid-state
chemistry, metals, electronic
materials, and ceramics. The
program supports fundamental
research that advances conceptual,
analytical, and computational
techniques for materials research.
A broad spectrum of research
is supported using electronic
structure methods, many-body
theory, statistical mechanics,
and Monte Carlo and molecular
dynamics simulations, along
with other techniques, many
involving advanced scientific
computing. Emphasis is on
approaches that begin at the
smallest appropriate length
scale, such as electronic,
atomic, molecular, nano-,
micro-, and mesoscale, required
to yield fundamental insight
into material properties,
processes, and behavior and
to reveal new materials phenomena.
Areas of recent interest include
strongly correlated electron
systems; low-dimensional systems;
nonequilibrium phenomena,
including pattern formation,
microstructural evolution,
and fracture; high-temperature
superconductivity; nanostructured
materials and mesoscale phenomena;
quantum coherence and its
control; and soft condensed
matter, including systems
of biological interest. More
information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13623
Deadline: November
2, 2007
Collaborative Research
in Chemistry (CRC) - NSF 07-581
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
The Collaborative Research
in Chemistry (CRC) program
is designed to promote interdisciplinary
collaborative research in
a coherent, defined project
at the forefront of the chemical
sciences. CRC proposals will
involve three or more investigators
with complementary expertise.
Co-investigators may include
researchers with backgrounds
in diverse areas of chemistry
and other science and engineering
disciplines appropriate to
the proposed research. The
use of cyber-infrastructure
to enable and enhance collaborations
is encouraged. Projects should
be scientifically focused
in areas supported by the
National Science Foundation
(NSF) Division of Chemistry,
limited in duration, and substantial
in their scope and impact.
The CRC Program will use preliminary
proposals to identify promising
projects. Full CRC proposals
will be considered by invitation
only, based on peer review
of preliminary proposals.
This program solicitation,
NSF 07-581, replaces program
solicitation NSF 05-606. More
information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07581/nsf07581.htm
Deadline: November
12, 2007 The preliminary
proposal deadline date is
November 12, 2007. Invited
full proposals must be submitted
online by March 31, 2008.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
(NSF 05-608) - Stellar Astronomy
and Astrophysics (SAA)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Astronomical Sciences
(AST)
Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics:
Studies of the structure and
activity of the Sun and other
stars; the physical properties
and composition of all types
of single and multiple stars;
compact objects and their
interactions; extra-solar
system planet formation and
detection; star formation
and stellar evolution; stellar
nucleosynthesis; and the properties
of atoms and molecules of
relevance to stellar astronomy.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05608/nsf05608.htm#pgm_desc_txt
Deadline: November
15, 2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
(NSF 05-608) - Planetary Astronomy
(PLA)
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Astronomical Sciences
(AST)
The Planetary Astronomy (PLA)
program funds theoretical
and observational studies
of the detailed structure
and composition of planetary
surfaces, interiors, atmospheres,
and satellites; the nature
of small bodies (asteroids
and comets); and the origin
and development of the solar
system. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05608/nsf05608.htm#pgm_desc_txt
Deadline: November
15, 2007
ADVANCE: Increasing
the Participation and Advancement
of Women in Academic Science
and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)
- NSF 07-582
National Science Foundation
The pursuit of new scientific
and engineering knowledge
and its use in service to
society requires talent, perspectives
and insight that can only
be assured by increasing diversity
in the science, engineering,
and technological workforce.
One of the National Science
Foundation's (NSF) key strategic
goals is to cultivate a world-class,
broadly inclusive science
and engineering workforce,
and expand the scientific
literacy of all citizens.
Investments are directed at
programs that strengthen scientific
and engineering (S&E)
research potential and education
programs at all levels. These
outcomes are essential to
the Nation as we progress
toward an increasingly technological
job market and a scientifically
complex society.
To meet the continuing,
strong demand for a highly
educated and technologically
savvy workforce, it is important
that every American has
an opportunity to achieve
and to contribute in mathematics,
engineering, and science.
Women comprise an increasing
percentage of the overall
U.S. workforce, and of science
and engineering majors at
academic institutions, but
constitute only 27 percent
of the science and engineering
workforce at large. Although
women earn half of the bachelors
degrees in science and engineering,
they continue to be significantly
underrepresented in almost
all science and engineering
fields, constituting 29
percent (in 2003) of doctoral
science and engineering
faculty in four-year colleges
and universities and only
18 percent of full professors.
Women from minority groups
are particularly underrepresented
in science and engineering,
constituting approximately
3 percent of science and
engineering faculty in four-year
colleges and universities.
The goal of the ADVANCE
program is to develop systemic
approaches to increase the
representation and advancement
of women in academic science
and engineering careers,
thereby contributing to
the development of a more
diverse science and engineering
workforce. Creative strategies
to realize this goal are
sought from women and men.
Members of underrepresented
minority groups and individuals
with disabilities are especially
encouraged to apply. Proposals
that address the participation
and advancement of women
with disabilities and of
women from underrepresented
minority groups are encouraged.
In 2008, this program
will support the following
types of ADVANCE Projects:
Partnerships for Adaptation,
Implementation, and Dissemination
(PAID) Awards
Partnerships for Adaptation,
Implementation, and Dissemination
awards support analysis,
adaptation, dissemination
and use of existing innovative
materials and practices
that have been demonstrated
to be effective in increasing
representation and participation
of women in academic science
and engineering careers.
This category of award also
supports proposals for developing
national and/or discipline-specific
leadership in enabling the
full participation and advancement
of women in academic science
and engineering careers.
There is no limitation on
the number of PAID proposals.
Deadline: January
17, 2008
Institutional Transformation
(IT) Awards
Institutional Transformation
Awards support academic
institutional transformation
to promote the increased
participation and advancement
of women scientists and
engineers in academe. These
awards support innovative
and comprehensive programs
for institution-wide change.
Organizations may submit
only one Institutional Transformation
proposal or one IT-Start
proposal.
NSF Deadline: December
6, 2007. (See below for
Local LOI deadline.)
Institutional Transformation
Planning Grants (IT-Start)
IT-Start awards support
basic data collection and
analysis functions necessary
to understand the status
of women faculty in academic
science and engineering
at institutions seeking
institutional transformation.
This category of award is
intended to broaden the
spectrum of institutions
participating in ADVANCE
activities. IT-Start awards
seek to include institutions
with varying institutional
scope, sizes, experiences,
and perspectives, for example
(but not limited to): primarily
undergraduate institutions,
teaching intensive colleges,
community colleges, minority-serving
institutions (e.g. tribal
colleges, Historically Black
Colleges and Universities,
Hispanic serving institutions)
as well as women's colleges.
Organizations may submit
only one Institutional Transformation
proposal or one IT-Start
proposal.
NSF Deadline: December
6, 2007. (See below for
Local LOI deadline.)
More information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07582/nsf07582.htm
Submission limits: Organizations
may submit only one Institutional
Transformation proposal
or one
IT-Start proposal.
There is no limitation on
the number of PAID proposals.
Deadline: Local
LOI – October 4, 2007
NSF deadline: December 6,
2007
Solar Terrestrial
Program
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences
(GEO)
Division of Atmospheric Sciences
(ATM)
The Solar Terrestrial Program
supports research on the processes
by which energy in diverse
forms is generated by the
Sun, transported to the Earth,
and ultimately deposited in
the terrestrial environment.
Major topics include space
weather impacts, helioseismology,
the solar dynamo, the solar
activity cycle, magnetic flux
emergence, solar flares and
eruptive activity, coronal
mass ejections, solar wind
heating, solar energetic particles,
interactions with cosmic rays,
and solar wind/magnetosphere
boundary problems. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12741
Deadline: Continuous.
Computational Mathematics
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences
(DMS)
The Computational Mathematics
program supports mathematical
research in areas of science
where computing plays a central
and essential role, emphasizing
algorithms, numerical methods,
and symbolic methods. The
prominence of computation
in the research is a hallmark
of the program. Proposals
ranging from single-investigator
projects that develop and
analyze innovative computational
methods to interdisciplinary
team projects that not only
create new mathematical and
computational techniques but
use them to model, study,
and solve important application
problems are encouraged. More
information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390&org=DMS
Deadline: December
6, 2007
Mathematical Biology
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences
(DMS)
This program supports research
in areas of mathematics with
relevance to the biological
sciences, except statistics
and probability. For research
in statistics and probability
see the respective program
descriptions. This part of
the Applied Mathematics program
interacts with every division
in the NSF Directorate of
Biological Sciences and its
interests overlap those of
the biology programs. Mathematical
Biology regularly seeks joint
reviews of proposals with
biology programs. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5690&org=NSF&from=fund
Deadline: January
13, 2008
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OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
RFP 008-07 Cyber
Defense
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
HQ Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation, Purchasing
and Contracting
Protected Core Networking
(PCN) is the concept of
providing transport services
in dynamic environments
focusing particularly on
achieving the highest service
availability possible. This
is achieved by using multiple
classes of network services
for both performance and
security, combined with
superior knowledge, management
and control, and protection
of all network components.
A network that is built
on the principles of PCN
is called a PCore. In order
for a user or network to
make use of the transport
service offered by a PCore,
it has to connect to the
PCore. This requires authentication
to the PCore, both at the
device and user level.
In current solutions, a
device authenticates to
the PCore network at the
data layer. If authentication
is successful the device
will be granted network
access. Once the device
has successfully authenticated
to the PCore, the legacy
operating system is loaded
and the user is required
to complete the operating
system log-on procedure.
In order to prevent unauthorized
users from misusing authorized
devices, the authentication
method described above has
to be changed such that
a device is only granted
access once the user has
authenticated. This however
requires the user to provide
authentication credentials
in a pre-boot environment.
A single-sign-on solution
has to be realized such
that it is not necessary
for the user to provide
authentication credentials
to the operating system
once this is loaded.
A solution to authenticate
a network device to the
PCore was
developed. This solution,
the Boot802.1x system, authenticates
through 802.1x but uses
a Trusted Platform Module
(TPM). This is a tamper-evident
hard-ware chip, mounted
on the motherboard, that
stores the authentication
credentials and offers better
protection than the
standard architecture in
which 802.1x is executed
by the operating system
that is running on the device.
It is necessary for a contractor
to design a solution that
makes use of a TPM module
- that is extended with
the following functionality:
1. Access to the network
is granted to the device
only if, in addition to
device authentication, the
user successfully authenticates
to the network as well.
This requires the user to
provide authentications
credentials prior to the
loading of the operating
system. Taking the current
solution as a basis, this
means that the user has
to authenticate in the pre-Boot
Linux environment. The method
of user
authentication is not pre-determined
and can for example also
be based on biometrics.
2. The user credentials
are sent to the network
while there is no
connection at the network
(IP) layer. Taking the Sirrix
solution as a basis, this
means that the credentials
are transported over EAPoL
("EAP over LANs").
3. Once the device and user
have successfully authenticated,
the device is granted access
to the network.
4. The user authentication
credentials are reused to
log-on to the operating
system (and the network)
where user intervention
is not required, thus offering
single-sign-on authentication
to the user.
More information http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070808a14
Deadline: September
5, 2007
National Wildlife
Refuge System ''Preserve America''
Grant Program
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation (NFWF)
The National Wildlife Refuge
System Preserve America Grant
program provides competitive
grants to help fund national
wildlife refuge interpretive
and education projects focusing
on history and historic sites
and how they contribute to
our conservation and understanding
of natural resources.
Grant proposals must demonstrate
national, state or local
partnerships to qualify.
Priority will be placed
on proposals that effectively
blend interpretive or education
programs with the Refuge
System's mission to conserve
fish, wildlife, and plants
and that emphasize themes
that are important for understanding
American history at the
national, state, or local
levels.
Special consideration will
be given to proposals that
begin new interpretive or
education programs on refuges
that meet the President's
Preserve America's objectives
(http://www.preserveamerica.gov/)
or that have the potential
to reach new audiences to
broaden the public's understanding
of and support for the Refuge
System's mission (http://www.fws.gov/refuges/).
More information
http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3946
Deadline: November
1, 2007
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
- NSF 07-580
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Biological
Sciences
The Directorate for Biological
Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral
Research Fellowships in Biology
to recent recipients of the
doctoral degree for research
and training in selected areas
of biology supported by BIO
to encourage independence
early in their research careers
and to permit them to pursue
their research and training
goals in the most appropriate
research locations regardless
of the availability of funding
for the Fellows at that site.
With this solicitation, BIO
is establishing a program
solicitation for announcing
selected areas for its postdoctoral
research fellowships. Currently
the BIO programs are: Broadening
Participation of Under-represented
Groups in Biology and Biological
Informatics. It is expected
that in future years, these
areas will change as new scientific
and infrastructure opportunities
present themselves; and this
solicitation will be changed
to reflect the areas being
funded. The fellowships are
also designed to provide active
mentoring of the Fellows by
the sponsoring scientists
who will benefit from having
additional members in their
research groups. The research
and training plan of each
fellowship must address important
scientific questions in contemporary
biology within the scope of
the BIO Directorate and the
specific guidelines in this
fellowship program solicitation.
Because the fellowships are
offered only to postdoctoral
scientists early in their
careers, doctoral advisors
are encouraged to discuss
the availability of BIO fellowships
with their graduate students
early in their doctoral programs.
Fellowships are awards to
individuals, not institutions,
and are administered by the
Fellows. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07580/nsf07580.htm
Deadline: November 05, 2007
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