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Opportunity
Update -- October 5, 2007
Notices
Major Research Instrumentation
Cost-Sharing Notice
National Science Foundation
NSF has had to reinstate the
30% cost-sharing as required
by law on the Major
Research Instrumentation (MRI)
grants. This could affect
whether some PIs will apply
for the grant. There are options
available to cover the cost-share
if your proposal is chosen.
The MRI is a limited submission
proposal and the local letter
of intent is due on November
1, 2007. An updated version
of the request for proposal
will be released by NSF in
late October.
For more information and
to view the Dear Colleague
letter, go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07251/nsf07251.jsp
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOPS
Fall Schedule 2007
Office of the Vice President
for Research
These workshops are offered
through the Faculty Development
Institute. To register: Go
to www.fdi.vt.edu,
click on “Fall Short Courses,”
scroll topics to “Research
Administration,” and enroll.
Questions? Contact Bob Porter,
Proposal Development Team,
reporter@vt.edu,
231-6747
FINDING FUNDING
Friday, October 19, 10 – 12
a.m., Torgersen 3060
The search for funding can
be both time consuming and
frustrating. Online databases
are becoming increasingly
important in helping scholars
to quickly identify potential
sponsors for their research.
This "hands on"
workshop will focus on the
use of powerful tools such
as Community of Science, the
Foundation Center and Grants.gov.
Search techniques for web
sites of federal agencies
will also be covered, with
plenty of time for participants
to practice their skills.
(Note: This workshop requires
a laptop computer with wireless
capability)
STRENGTHENING YOUR
GRANT PROPOSAL II: ADDING
HIGH QUALITY COMPUTER VISUALIZATION
Friday, October 19, 3 – 4:30
p.m., Torgersen 3100
Computer visualization can
add significant strength to
your project's research design.
This workshop will feature
practical ways you can build
sophisticated visualization
techniques into your grant
proposal, adding to its intellectual
merit as well as the proposal's
immediate visual appeal.
Upcoming
Limited Submission Program
Internal Deadlines
- November
1 - Camille Dreyfus
Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
- November
1 - Major Research Instrumentation
Program (MRI) Instrument
Development and
Acquisition Solicitation
(NSF 07-510)
Get
More information on Limited
Submission Programs.
The following Questions and
Answers resources should be
of assistance in the process:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/resubmission_q&a.htm
Funding
Opportunities
Although
we have a good representation
of this week's funding opportunities
listed here, we could not
possibly include every notice
that might be of interest
to everyone on campus. We
suggest that you sign up for
the Community
of Science Funding Alert
and consult the other resources
available through this
site.
DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Request for Proposals
for Woody Biomass Utilization
Grant - Forest Restoration
Activities on National Forest
System Lands
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Forest Service
The USDA Forest Service, State
and Private Forestry, Technology
Marketing Unit, located at
the Forest Products Laboratory,
requests proposals for forest
product projects that increase
the use of woody biomass from
National Forest System lands.
The woody biomass utilization
grant program is intended
to help improve forest restoration
activities by using and creating
markets for small-diameter
material and low-valued trees
removed from forest restoration
activities, such as reducing
hazardous fuels, handling
insect and diseased conditions,
or treating forestlands impacted
by catastrophic weather events.
These funds are targeted to
help communities, entrepreneurs,
and others turn residues from
forest restoration activities
into marketable forest products
or energy products. More information
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-18380.htm
Deadline: November
2, 2007
Cooperative Agreements
for Implementation of the National
Animal Identification System
(NAIS) Through Outreach and
Education
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS)
This particular funding opportunity
is to support National Animal
Identification System (NAIS)
outreach, educational and premises
registration activities to further
education and outreach efforts
regarding NAIS. The NAIS is
an industry-state-federal partnership.
In response to stakeholder input,
on October 31, 2006, USDA unveiled
an updated, uniform educational
message for all individuals,
businesses, and organizations
that focuses on the benefit
of the NAIS to producers. Applications
for this cooperative agreement
funding must include a plan
for education and outreach,
including effective use of existing
outreach materials and resources
of the cooperator and/or other
existing resources such as cooperative
extension, national and state
industry organizations, to stakeholders
at all levels within the targeted
geographic area defined in the
applicant's proposal. More information
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mrpbs/fmd/announcements.shtml
Deadline: November
15, 2007
Biology of Weedy and
Invasive Species in Agroecosystems
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
National Research Initiative
Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
Agroecosystems Program Cluster
It has been estimated that approximately
50,000 species of plants and
animals have been introduced
into the United States resulting
in more than $100 billion in
losses and damage each year.
Invasive species threaten biodiversity,
habitat quality, and ecosystem
function. It is estimated that
invasive species have contributed
to the decline of 42 percent
of the endangered and threatened
species in the United States.
The goal of the program is to
provide ecological and economically
rational strategies for management,
control, or elimination of weedy
or invasive species. More information
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/weedyinvasivespeciesnri.cfm
Deadline: December
6, 2007 – Required Letter
of Intent
March 5, 2008 – Full Proposal
Water and Watersheds
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
National Research Initiative
Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
Agroecosystems Program Cluster
The goals of the Water and Watersheds
program are to protect and enhance
the natural resource base and
environment by improving and
maintaining healthy watershed
habitat and water supply protection;
enhance economic opportunities
by reducing economic liability
from water contamination; improve
the quality of life in rural
America through adequate clean
water supplies; and protect
food safety through clean irrigation
and livestock drinking water
supplies. The long-term (10-year)
goals for this program are:
reduce pathogens such as bacteria.
More information http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/waterandwatershedsnri.cfm
Deadline: January
17, 2008
Nanoscale Science and
Engineering for Agriculture
and Food Systems
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
National Research Initiative
Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
Nutrition, Obesity, Food Safety
and Quality Program Cluster
Nanoscale science, engineering
and technology, is the fundamental
understanding and technological
advances arising from the exploitation
of new physical, chemical, and
biological properties of matter
at the length of scale of approximately
1 to 100 nanometers. Exciting
novel structures, phenomena,
and processes have been observed
at the nanoscale in recent years,
and new experimental, theoretical
and simulation tools have been
developed for investigating
them. Nanotechnology, as a new
enabling technology, has the
potential to revolutionize agriculture
and food systems. In a concerted
effort with NNI, this interagency
program spearheads nanoscale
science and engineering research
relevant to agriculture and
food systems.
To meet these identified
needs of agriculture, the
long-term (10-year) goals
for this program are: demonstrate
feasibility and prototypes
of nano-based devices and
systems, highly sensitive
and specific detection arrays,
and intervention technologies
for food safety and biosecurity;
food product design for targeted
delivery and controlled release
of functional micronutrients
and bioactive compounds for
optimal health; and nano-bio-barcodes
and other nano-based devices
for product identity preservation
and tracking. More information
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/nanoscalescienceengineeringnri.cfm
Deadline: January
17, 2008
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DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE
Western Hemisphere
Information Exchange (WHIX)
Research and Development Project
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Defense Contracting Command-Washington
(DCC-W)
The object of this project
is to conduct three demonstration/validation
projects in, or in cooperation
with, Brazil (or another suitable
country if an international
agreement is not reached to
allow the timely execution
of this contract) that will
utilize biofuels for powering
vehicles in support of military
missions such as emergency
and disaster assistance: and
to conduct a Western Hemisphere
Information Exchange (WHIX)
Bioenergy Conference for Western
Hemisphere countries to exchange
information on bio-energy
technologies for military
applications and missions.
More information http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070919a6
Deadline: November
2, 2007
Military Infectious Disease
Research Program
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA
06-1)
Research on naturally occurring
infectious diseases emphasizes
the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of endemic and emerging
infectious diseases with demonstrated
or potential capability to seriously
diminish military operational
readiness. Diseases of principal
interest in this program are:
malaria, infectious bacterial
diarrhea, and dengue. Other
areas of interest include vector
control, hemorrhagic fever viruses
(Lassa virus), hantaviruses
(HFRS), meningococcal group
B infection, and scrub typhus.
1. Research and Development
of Preventive Measures for
Infectious Diseases includes:
a. Vaccines. Studies to characterize
infectious agents, define
human protective immune responses
and select candidate immunogens
and methods of delivery for
vaccine development. Animal
models may be used for studies
of pathogenesis and preclinical
vaccine testing. Candidate
field sites for evaluating
vaccine efficacy in humans
are solicited.
b. Anti-malarial Drugs. Studies
applicable to the discovery,
design, and development of
prophylactic drugs for malaria
to include drug design, synthesis,
screening, mode of action,
and mechanisms of drug resistance.
Topics of interest include
investigations of parasite
metabolism and structural
biology to identify potential
molecular targets for therapy,
to include proposals which
complement and exploit the
malaria genome sequencing
effort.
c. Diagnosis. Studies include
the development of field-deployable,
common diagnostic systems,
including immunologically-based
and nucleic-acid-based platforms
for detection, surveillance
and diagnosis of naturally
occurring infectious agents
of military importance. Studies
also include improvement of
specimen processing techniques
for a variety of clinical
specimens that are compatible
with the diagnostic systems
currently under development
within the DoD.
d. Vector Control. Studies
on arthropod vectors and vector-borne
diseases, with primary emphasis
on malaria, dengue and typhus.
Studies include research on
vector-pathogen-human interaction,
improvement of means for risk
assessment (identification
and classification of vectors,
improved surveillance techniques,
rapid assays for pathogens
in vectors), and improvement
of vector control and personal
protection techniques applicable
to protecting military forces
in the field.
2. Research and Development
of Therapeutic Measures for
Infectious Diseases includes
studies to synthesize, screen,
and develop therapeutic drugs
for malaria and other military
relevant infectious agents.
Therapeutic drug development
is secondary to the prophylactic
development program [see 1b,
above] which receives program
emphasis. However, proposals
dealing with novel drug delivery
systems, i.e., sustained release
and methods of targeting drugs
to reduce toxicity or delivery
of drugs of clinical importance
to the active sites, are of
interest.
More information http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/index.cfm
Deadline: Continuous.
Medical Biological Defense
Research Program
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA
06-1)
The Medical Biological Defense
Research program provides medical
countermeasures for biological
warfare agents. These countermeasures
include specialized medical
materiel or procedures designed
to enhance protection. The priorities
of the program are prophylaxis
or pretreatment to prevent any
casualty; identification and
diagnosis of biological agents;
and treatment or supportive
care regimens.
Proposals dealing with technology
assessment are also of interest.
Examples of some of the live
infectious agents of interest
are those causing anthrax,
plague, glanders, and the
agents Ebola virus, Marburg
virus, Venezuelan western
and eastern equine encephalitis
viruses, and pox virus models
of variola virus. Examples
of non-living agents (toxins)
include those from plants
(ricin); bacteria (Staphylococcal
enterotoxins, botulinum);
membrane damaging toxins;
and venoms from snakes, snails,
and insects.
In support of technology
assessment, the following
research and development is
required:
1. Viral, Toxin and Bacterial
Studies:
- Includes the identification
and characterization of organisms
and toxins; molecular antigenic
analysis; development of diagnostic
assays; studies on structure
and function that are related
to mechanism of action, binding,
internalization and interaction
with the immune system and
neutralizing antibodies; investigation
of pathogenesis and immunology
that will allow decision regarding
the optimal approach to disease
prevention and control. Specific
long-term goals include development
of vaccines, physiological
support, diagnostic tests,
rational prevention and control
strategies, and improvement
of existing products.
- Vaccine development, with
emphasis on protection from
agents in aerosol exposure;
molecular approaches for development
of vaccines; measurement of
relevant cellular and humoral
protective immune responses;
and expression or production
of protective antigensusing
recombinant technology. Development
of vaccines for specific toxins
and disease agents involving
the generation, selection,
and characterization of attenuated
strains or inactivated purified
antigen preparations, to include
polyvalent vaccines that are
more broadly effective.
- Development of improved
methods for delivery of vaccines,
including adjuvants, nucleic
acid vaccines, methods for
oral or nasal immunization
with inactivated, live, and
subunit antigens; sustained
release formulations; and
methods for delivery of antigens
for specific induction of
mucosal immunity and development
of methods to enhance appropriate
immune responses to include
co-delivery of cytokines.
- Preparation of research
quantities of highly purified
and characterized toxins as
well as studies on basic chemistry,
mechanisms of action, metabolism
and excretion.
2. Drug Development:
- Development, synthesis,
and testing of compounds that
possess antiviral, antibacterial,
immunomodulatory, or antitoxin
activities, with emphasis
on compounds that provide
broad, nonspecific protection
against viruses, bacteria,
and toxins. Studies of their
pharmacokinetics and other
measurements relevant to more
effective drug use are also
of interest. Development of
lead compound(s) that are
potent, active-site inhibitors
that may include combinatorial-derived
organic molecules and/or rationally
designed transition-state
substrate analogs.
- Discovery of novel or unique
biochemical elements or compounds
with antiviral, antibacterial,
or antitoxin activity against
the listed organisms.
- Development of testing models
for evaluation of compounds
effective against toxins of
several classes, including
pre- and post-synaptic toxins,
membrane-damaging toxins,
toxins which inhibit protein
synthesis and others.
- Mechanism of action studies
of immunomodulators, including
characterization of effector
cells (lymphocytes, macrophages)
effector mechanisms, ancillary
effects on other cells of
the immune system and production
and characterization of cytokines
released as a consequence
of immunomodulation.
3. Identification and Diagnosis:
- The investigation and evaluation
of sensitive and specific
methods of identifying and
diagnosing for both antigens
and antibodies of viruses,
bacteria and rickettsia in
biological materials. Development
of sensitive and specific
immunologic, chemical, or
biological assays for the
rapid (within minutes) and
reliable diagnoses of acute
diseases due to agents of
potential biological threat;
and toxins or their metabolites
in biological samples. Assay
may include antigen, antibody,
or metabolite detection or
the use of nucleic acid probes
or synthetic antigens. In
addition, there is interest
in the development of rapid
identification and diagnostic
methods for the assay of toxins,
metabolites, and analogs in
clinical specimens.
More information http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/index.cfm
Deadline: Continuous.
Medical Chemical Defense Research
Program
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA
06-1)
The Medical Chemical Defense
Research Program seeks to preserve
combat effectiveness by timely
provision of medical countermeasures
in response to Joint Service
chemical warfare defense requirements.
The fundamental orientation
of the program is to protect
U.S. forces from the effects
of chemical warfare agents by
developing protective, pretreatment,
and prophylactic products, providing
products usable by the individual
soldier for immediate treatment
of chemical warfare agent exposures,
developing antidotes/therapeutics
to chemical warfare agents,
defining care procedures for
chemical warfare agent casualties,
and advancing management of
these casualties. The medical
countermeasures are intended
to preserve and sustain the
soldiers' combat effectiveness
in the face of combined threats
from chemical and conventional
munitions on the integrated
battlefield. capabilities. More
information
http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/index.cfm
Deadline: Continuous.
Combat Casualty Care
Research Program
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research and
Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA
06-1)
The Combat Casualty Care Research
Program provides integrated
capabilities for far-forward
medical care thereby reducing
mortality and morbidity associated
with major battlefield wounds
and injuries. The goals of the
Research and Development effort
are to extend the "Golden
Hour" for treatment, in
order to improve survival and
minimize morbidity after life-threatening
injuries; and to provide military
medical capabilities for far-forward
medical or surgical care of
battle and non-battle injuries.
A primary emphasis of the
research program is on the
identification and development
of medical techniques and
materiel (medical devices,
drugs, and biologics) for
early intervention in life-threatening
battle injuries. Battlefield
conditions impose severe constraints
on available manpower, equipment
and medical supplies for casualty
care. A premium is placed
on medical interventions that
can be used within the battle
area or as close to it as
possible, before or during
medical evacuation, preferably
by medical corpsmen.
Medical materiel must be
easily transportable (i.e.,
small, lightweight, and durable;
devices must be easy to use,
low maintenance, with self-contained
power sources as necessary;
drugs and biologics, ideally,
should not require refrigeration
or other special handling).
Materiel and techniques must
be simple and rapid to employ.
Identification of techniques
and treatments that significantly
enhance operational efficiency
are also of interest.
Research efforts are needed
in principles, and technology
available to render self-aid
and buddy-aid; enhancements
in techniques, methods, or
materials for basic and advanced
life support for severely
injured persons; management,
sustainment and monitoring
of severely injured casualties
during episodes of delayed
or protracted evacuation,
management of patients when
treatment is delayed as a
result of temporary overloading
of battlefield facilities;
and enhanced management of
triage of large numbers of
patients and comprehensive
and staged treatment at field
hospitals.
In addition, there is a special
interest in existing equipment,
for which patient care efficacy
and concept have already been
demonstrated, but for which
intermediate improvement is
needed to meet military conditions
for proposed use.
The following Combat Casualty
Care Science and Technology
objectives are of interest:
- minimizing blood loss and
optimizing fluid resuscitation,
- treatments to prevent secondary
damage after hemmorrhage or
major injuries, and
- treatments for battle and
non-battle injuries.
More information http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/index.cfm
Deadline: Continuous.
Broad Agency Announcement
for Innovative Technologies
to Support the AMRDEC Applied
Sensors Guidance and Electronics
Directorate (ASGE)
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile
Command (AMCOM)
Aviation and Missile Research
Development and Engineering
Center (AMRDEC)
Applied Sensors Guidance and
Electronics Directorate (ASGE)
Using a Broad Agency Announcement
(BAA) process, the U.S. Army
Aviation and Missile Research,
Development and Engineering
Center (AMRDEC), Applied Sensors
Guidance and Electronics Directorate
(ASGE), is interested in receiving
summary concept papers, and
subsequently upon express request
by the government, formal proposals
from offerors capable of satisfying
government requirements for
research and development utilizing
new, unique and innovative technologies
to advance the capabilities
in Applied Sensors Guidance
and Electronics for the following
technology areas: sensors, target
acquisition, laser radar, anti-tamper,
controls, computer technologies,
electronic technologies, nanotechnology
for aviation, missile and space,
weapon and missile launcher
technologies, missile component
technologies, innovative technologies,
close combat weapons-sensor
networking technologies, and
modeling and simulation for
all these technology areas.
More information
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/eps/spg/USA/USAMC/DAAH01/W31P4Q-07-R-BAA5/listing.html?notice=MOD
Deadline: June 18,
2008
Soliciting Abstracts to Conduct
Concept Exploration R&D
in Support of the Army's Army
Technology Objective (ATO) Entitled
Aircrew Survivability Technologies
(AST)
United States Department of
Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army
U.S. Army Aviation and Missile
Command (AMCOM)
Aviation and Missile Research
Development and Engineering
Center (AMRDEC)
Aviation Applied Technology
Directorate (AATD)
The Aviation Applied Technology
Directorate (AATD), using a
two-step broad agency announcement
process, is soliciting abstracts
to conduct concept exploration
R&D in support of the Army's
Army Technology Objective (ATO)
entitled Aircrew Survivability
Technologies (AST). There are
two topics under this announcement:
1) Conventional Threat Protection,
and 2) Advanced Aircrew Protection.
More information http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070822a704
Deadline: September
29, 2009
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DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
No
new program announcements
this week.
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DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY
Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement
(CRADA) Opportunity for
NWTC Utility-Scale Turbine
Testing Partnership
United States Department
of Energy (DOE)
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
The National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)is interested
in forming partnerships
with commercial utility-scale
wind turbine industry developers,
owners, operators, and manufacturers.
The purpose is to install
and test commercial utility-scale
wind turbines at the DOE
National Wind Technology
Center (NWTC. It is anticipated
that projects would be conducted
over a one to three year
period. It is not currently
planned that the wind turbines
would remain at the wind
site after testing is completed.
Reducing barriers to the
expansion of wind energy
is an important goal for
the DOE Wind and Hydropower
Technologies Program. One
large wind turbine market
barrier is rising costs,
driven by increasing commodities,
exchange rates, and full
production capacities. Technology
improvements in reliability
and performance are required
to reduce the capital cost
and cost of energy from
wind energy systems. This
effort hopes to expand on
the Wind Programs activities
in these areas. The NWTC
is an extreme-event test
site, where turbines would
be exposed to a wide spectrum
of diverse and extreme conditions
within a single wind season.
More information http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070925a648
Deadline: November
5, 2007
Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement
(CRADA) Opportunity for the
Research and Development of
Systems and Components for
Utility- Scale Wind Turbines
and Ocean Energy Technology
United States Department of
Energy (DOE)
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
The National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)and Sandia
National Laboratories (SNL)
are seeking companies or organizations
interested in entering into
a research and product development
partnership. The motivation
for this partnership is to
support the U.S. wind industry's
development of more reliable
and higher performing wind
turbines for the land-based
bulk power market in all wind
classes. Additionally, this
effort will seek technology
solutions that would improve
wind turbine capacity factor
and firm wind generated electricity
DOE is also seeking proposals
for partnerships to support
the development of ocean energy
technology and will provide
laboratory-based testing and
engineering assistance.
Reducing barriers to the
expansion of wind and ocean
energy is an important goal
for the DOE Wind and Hydropower
Technologies Program. One
large wind turbine market
barrier is rising costs
driven by increasing commodities,
exchange rates, and full
production capacities. Technology
improvements in reliability
and performance are required
to reduce the cost of, and
thus the cost of energy
from, wind energy systems.
This effort is designed
to expand on the Wind Program's
activities in these areas.
The CRADA targets research
and development on components
and systems that could be
incorporated into commercially
available land-based wind
turbine architectures to
improve industry market
success in the near future
and to accelerate deployment
by increasing turbine capacity
factors, firming wind generation
and improving dispatch-ability.
The program will not consider
solicitations that focus
development efforts on offshore
or low wind speed technologies.
More information
http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070925a647
Deadline: November
5, 2007
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DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Methods of Statistical
Analysis of DNA Sequence
Data for Studies Relating
Variation to Disease (R01)
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH)
This funding opportunity
announcement will encourage
the development of novel
methods of statistical analysis
of DNA sequence data in
studies that aim to relate
genetic variation to disease.
Areas of interest include,
but are not limited to,
designing sequencing studies
and statistical methods
for relating the variation
to phenotype; assessing
the significance of the
associations; incorporating
population genetic factors
such as population history,
admixture, and natural selection;
and finding sets of variants
that may include functional
variants. More information
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-08-040.html
Deadline: January
8, 2008, Non-required LOI
– December 7, 2007
Medical Countermeasures
to Enhance Platelet Regeneration
and Increase Survival Following
Radiation Exposure (RC1)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
The goal of this funding opportunity
announcement (FOA) is to accelerate
the development of safe and
effective medical products
to mitigate and treat thrombocytopenia
and to enhance platelet regeneration
after radiation exposure from
radiological and nuclear terrorist
attacks. Specifically, this
new initiative will support
research and development of
promising new approaches and
medical products to enhance
platelet regeneration and
yield improved survival. More
information http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-036.html
Deadline: January
9, 2008
Radiation Combined Injury:
Radiation Exposure in Combination
with Burn, Wound, Trauma or
Infection(Phased Innovation
Award [R21/R33])
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA), issued by the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, solicits NIH Exploratory/Developmental
Phased Innovation Grant (R21/R33)
award applications from institutions/organizations
that propose to study mechanisms,
animal models and/or the development
of medical countermeasures
for radiation exposure combined
with other types of injury.
The R21/R33 phased innovation
award will support the innovative
exploratory and developmental
research initiated through
a milestone-driven process
under the R21 phase to establish
the feasibility of possible
mechanisms, animal model development
and novel countermeasures
for radiation combined injury,
and through the R33 phase
provide the support required
to translate the innovation
discoveries into the preclinical/clinical
development pipeline. For
the R21 portion of the grant
application, preliminary data
are not required, although
they may be included when
available.
Principal Investigator (PI) may submit only one application. A Principal Investigator
can serve as a collaborator
in another application provided
there is no scientific overlap.
An institution may submit
more than one application
as the applicant institution.
More information http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-038.html
Deadline: January
9, 2008
Technology and Methods
Development for Genomics,
Population Genomics and ELSI
(R01)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
The National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI),
along with the National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD), the National
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research (NIDCR) and the National
Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) invites grant applications
for research related to genomics,
including analysis of genome
structure and function, genetic
variation, population genomics,
and ELSI (ethical, legal,
and social implications).
NHGRI places a high priority
on research projects that
address technology and methods
development in all relevant
areas, new approaches to bioinformatics
that facilitate data management
and data dissemination, new
computational biology approaches
to data analysis, new strategies
to apply genomics to clinical
problems, new approaches that
combine genomics and population
studies, and studies of the
ethical, legal and social
implications of genomics research
including the exploration
of new policy approaches to
address social issues raised
by new capabilities in genomics.
More information http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-458.html
Deadline: February
5, 2008, June 5, 2008, and
October 5, 2008
Feasibility Studies
to Develop Technology and
Methods for Genomics, Population
Genomics and ELSI (R21)
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
The National Human Genome
Research Institute (NHGRI),
along with the National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD), the National
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research (NIDCR) and the National
Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH), invites grant applications
for innovative high risk/high
payoff research related to
genomics, including analysis
of genome structure and function,
genetic variation, population
genomics, and ELSI (ethical,
legal, and social implications).
NHGRI places a high priority
on research projects that
address technology and methods
development in all relevant
areas, new approaches to bioinformatics
that facilitate data management
and data dissemination, new
computational biology approaches
to data analysis, new strategies
to apply genomics to clinical
problems, new approaches that
combine genomics and population
studies, and studies of the
ethical, legal and social
implications of genomics research
including the exploration
of new policy approaches to
address social issues raised
by new capabilities in genomics.
More information http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-459.html
Deadline: February
16, 2008, June 16, 2008,
and October 16, 2008
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
6th Edition of
Recognition and Management
of Pesticide Poisonings
United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP)
The EPA's Office of Pesticide
Programs (OPP), is soliciting
proposals to update and
expand the 5th edition of
Recognition and Management
of Pesticide Poisonings,
the manual for diagnosing
and treating pesticide related
illnesses and injuries.
This manual is intended
to give health care providers
information on (1) How to
approach a patient with
potential pesticide exposure,
(2) How to incorporate exposure
history taking into routine
patient health care, (3)
Health effects of acute
and chronic pesticide-related
illness, (4) Pesticides
currently in use, (5) Notation
of those pesticides with
further use restriction
or no longer registered
for use since the prior
edition, and (6) Medical
consensus guidelines for
the diagnosis and treatment
of pesticide-related conditions.
More information http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/grants/index.htm
Deadline: November
5, 2007
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NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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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.
Center for Research
at the Interface of the
Mathematical and Biological
Sciences (CIMBS) - NSF 07-597
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Biological
Sciences
Emerging Frontiers
Directorate for Mathematical
& Physical Sciences
Division of Mathematical
Sciences
Office of Multidisciplinary
Activities
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
This solicitation requests
proposals to establish a
Center to stimulate research
and education at the interface
of the mathematical and
biological sciences. The
Center will serve the biological
and mathematical communities
by providing mechanisms
to foster synthetic, collaborative,
cross-disciplinary studies.
It will play a pivotal role
by improving understanding
and modeling of biological
problems that can be gained
only by using approaches
of mathematical, statistical
and computational biology.
The Center also will play
a critical role in addressing
national needs, including
the area of plant and animal
infectious disease modeling,
and provide knowledge that
will be useful to policy
makers, government agencies,
and society. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07597/nsf07597.htm
Deadline: Preliminary
Proposal (required): December
24, 2007
Full Proposal: April 02,
2008 - BY INVITATION ONLY
Dynamics of Coupled
Natural and Human Systems
(CNH) - NSF 07-598
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Social, Behavioral
& Economic Sciences
Directorate for Biological
Sciences
Directorate for Geosciences
USDA Forest Service
The Dynamics of Coupled Natural
and Human Systems competition
promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary
analyses of relevant human
and natural system processes
and complex interactions among
human and natural systems
at diverse scales. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07598/nsf07598.htm
Deadline: January
08, 2008 and November 18,
2008
U.S. GLOBEC - Global
Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics:
Pan-Regional Synthesis
NSF 07-594
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences
Division of Ocean Sciences
As the culmination of a series
of solicitations for the U.S.
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
Program (U.S. GLOBEC), this
solicitation seeks a broader
understanding of climate impacts
on marine ecosystems that
builds upon findings from
the three regional U.S. GLOBEC
studies: the Northwest Atlantic,
the Northeast Pacific, and
the Southern Ocean. Investigators
submitting proposals in response
to this solicitation should
focus on: (1) synthetic activities,
including conceptual and analytical
modeling activities that capitalize
upon and integrate concepts,
methods, and/or data from
the prior solicitations; (2)
broad-scale studies including
comparisons across system
types, encompassing both GLOBEC
and non-GLOBEC study areas;
and/or (3) the development
of management strategies at
the population, community,
and ecosystem levels. Participation
of investigators new to the
U.S. GLOBEC program is strongly
encouraged to maximize the
scope of the synthesis. More
information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07594/nsf07594.htm
Deadline: January
08, 2008
Software for Real-World Systems
(SRS) - NSF 07-599
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Computer and
Information Science and Engineering
(CISE)
Division of Computing and
Communication Foundations
The NSF Directorate for Computer
and Information Science and
Engineering (CISE) is calling
for researchers to discover,
define, and apply new scientific
principles, engineering processes
and methods, and educational
pedagogy to the design, development,
and use of software for real-world
systems. The Software for
Real-World Systems (SRS) Program
specifically intends to bridge
and transcend CISE disciplines
by encouraging collaborations
that might include any of
the sub-disciplines of computer
and information science and
engineering (e.g., a new logic
for reasoning about software
systems complexity) to answer
the question: "How can
software for real-world systems
be designed, built, and analyzed
in elegant and powerful new
ways?"
Collaborative activities
that include researchers
from both the foundations
of software (including for
example, programming languages,
formal methods, and software
engineering) community and
the computer and network
systems community are encouraged.
Bold rethinking of the
science and engineering
of software for real-world
systems--from the basic
concepts of design, evolution,
and adaptation to the integration
of human capabilities--is
needed. Emerging technologies,
such as multicore processors
and pervasive computing,
heighten the urgency for
new thinking as we build
software for future systems.
SRS is looking for multi-investigator
teams or single investigators
who will integrate diverse
ideas and novel approaches
in the design, development,
and use of software for
real-world systems. More
information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07599/nsf07599.htm
Deadline: January
17, 2008
2010 Project - NSF
07-591
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Biological
Sciences
The Directorate for Biological
Sciences (BIO) of the National
Science Foundation (NSF) announces
its intention to continue
support of research to determine
the functions of all genes
in the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana by the year 2010.
Individual investigators or
groups of investigators will
be supported to conduct creative
and innovative, genome-wide
or systems-level research
designed to determine, using
all available means, the functions
of Arabidopsis genes. This
year, as in FY 2007, the Program
will focus on: (1) research
on exemplary networks using
high throughput methods and
integrating modeling with
experimental data to understand
the gene circuitry underlying
basic plant processes; (2)
projects that will develop
experimental and computational
methods, tools, and resources
for enabling a broad community
of scientists to conduct functional
genomics research on Arabidopsis;
and (3) projects to perform
genome-wide analyses of the
gene function. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07591/nsf07591.htm
Deadline: January
21, 2008
Marine Geology and
Geophysics
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences
(GEO)
Division of Ocean Sciences
(OCE)
Ocean Sciences Research Section
(OSRS)
The Marine Geology and Geophysics
program supports research
on all aspects of geology
and geophysics of the ocean
basins and margins, as well
as the Great Lakes.
The program includes structure,
tectonic evolution, and
volcanic activity of the
ocean basins, the continental
margins, the mid-ocean ridges,
and island arc systems;
processes controlling exchange
of heat and chemical species
between seawater and ocean
rocks; genesis, chemistry,
and mineralogic evolution
of marine sediments; processes
controlling deposition,
erosion, and transport of
marine sediments; evolution
of marine biota, especially
microfossils, and their
utility as environmental
and climatic indicators;
past ocean circulation patterns
and climates; and interactions
of continental and marine
geologic processes.
In conjunction with ongoing
research, the program also
supports purchase and development
of instrumentation, software
and database development,
and workshop activities.
More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11726&org=GEO&from=fund
Deadline: February
15, 2008, and August 15,
2008
Chemical Oceanography
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences
(GEO)
Division of Ocean Sciences
(OCE)
Ocean Sciences Research Section
(OSRS)
The Chemical Oceanography
program supports research
into the chemical components,
reaction mechanisms, and geochemical
pathways within the world
ocean and at its interfaces
with the solid earth and atmosphere.
Major emphases include studies
of material inputs to and
outputs from marine waters,
orthochemical and biological
production and transformation
of chemical compounds and
phases within the marine system,
and the determination of reaction
rates and study of equilibria.
The program encourages research
into the chemistry, distribution,
and fate of inorganic and
organic substances introduced
into or produced within marine
environments, including those
from estuarine waters to the
deep sea.
Typically structured as
three-year continuing commitments,
these grants support the
new and seasoned research
scientists, postdoctoral
associates, technical staff,
and students who collectively
define the cutting-edge
of marine chemistry. In
one way or another, all
other activities supported
by the program are viewed
in the context of the fundamental
importance of these core
activities.
The program includes equilibria
and physical chemistry of
solutes and colloids in
seawater and at seawater-particle
interfaces; material transfers,
transformations, and fluxes
at the air-sea, land-sea,
and seafloor interfaces;
marine biogeochemical processes,
including those exerting
major impacts on global-scale
processes; and characterization
and development of tracers
to study large-scale oceanographic
processes.
Like the other oceanographic
subdisciplines, chemical
oceanography is inherently
interdisciplinary in its
scope and practice and regularly
cooperates with other programs
in the Division of Ocean
Sciences to jointly fund
cutting-edge research. More
information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11698&org=OCE&from=home
Deadline: February
15, 2008, and August 15,
2008
Physical and Dynamic Meteorology
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Geosciences
(GEO)
Division of Atmospheric Sciences
(ATM)
The Physical and Dynamic Meteorology
program supports research
involving studies of cloud
physics; atmospheric electricity;
radiation; boundary layer
and turbulence; the initiation,
growth, and propagation of
gravity waves; all aspects
of mesoscale meteorological
phenomena, including their
morphological, thermodynamic,
and kinematic structure; development
of mesoscale systems and precipitation
processes; and transfer of
energy between scales. The
program also sponsors the
development of new techniques
and devices for atmospheric
measurements. More information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12728&org=ATM
Deadline: Continuous.
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OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
NineSigma New RFPs.
Alternatives to Polyvinyl
Chloride for Calendering
Processes
NineSigma, representing
a manufacturing
company serving global markets,
invites proposals for rigid
polymers that can be adapted
to a calendering process.
More information,
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50556-1
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Biomimicry for
Automotive Design Applications
NineSigma, representing
a major automotive research
center, invites proposals
for applications
of biomimicry for
the optimization or enhancement
of the end-to-end automotive
experience. More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50545-1
Deadline: October
22, 2007
Clear High Barrier
Thermoformable Films or
Coatings
NineSigma, representing
a global leader in the production
of plastic packaging film
products, is seeking proposals
for the adoption or development
of clear, thermoformable
barrier film, coatings or
surface treatment technologies.
More information http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50583-1
Deadline: October
31, 2007
Concentrating Low
Molecular Weight Alcohols
NineSigma, representing
a major manufacturer, invites
proposals for a device that
increases the concentration
of ethanol in alcohol/hydrocarbon
solvents without distillation.
More information http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50537-1
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Edible Fish Fabricate
Development – Technologies
and Processes
NineSigma, representing
a Global Food Company,
seeks proposals for processes
and formulas to develop
an edible fish fabricate
or analogue. More
information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50524-1
Deadline: October
19, 2007
Efficient Separation
of Water from Acetic Acid
without Distillation
A Fortune 500 Company invites
proposals for highly effective
non-distillative methods
of separating water from
acetic acid. More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/50558-1
Deadline: October
28, 2007
Fast Curing, High
Temperature Stable Adhesives
Freudenberg, a 158 year
old company supplying multiple
industries worldwide, with
sales of over $5 billion,
is seeking proposals for
a method or products for
bonding plastic, rubber
and metal construction materials
to each other. More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Energy Absorbing
Actuator
A Fortune 100 company invites
proposals for an energy
absorbing actuator. This
actuator will prevent or
reduce damage during a collision.
More information http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Ethanol Resistant
Low Permeation Thermoplastics
A major automobile manufacturer-supplier
invites proposals for cost
effective thermoplastics
or thermoplastic composites
that are resistant to ethanol.
NineSigma’s client seeks
to identify substitutes
for the EVOH barrier layer
used in plastic fuel tanks.
More information http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Human Sensing for
Environmental Control
A Fortune Global 100 company
invites proposals for software
models that can create personal
signatures from real-time
human usage data, and can
recognize and differentiate
among several signatures.
More information http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Hydrocarbon Separation
Technologies
A major manufacturer invites
proposals for technologies
that will reduce fuel tank
headspace pressure by removing
air (oxygen and nitrogen)
from the vapors in the headspace.
Hydrocarbons (HC) cannot
be removed to reduce the
tank pressure. More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
New Chemistry for
Oxygenates
A Global Chemical Manufacturer
invites proposals for new
hydrogen transfer or dehydrogenation
chemistry to produce higher
oxygenates. More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Novel Fluidization
Additives for Waterborne
Paints and Coatings
A Global Chemical Company
invites proposals for novel
additives that would improve
the fluidization of particles
in high-solids waterborne
latex systems or coatings.
More information
http://www.ninesigma.com/mx/30572-4
Deadline: October
26, 2007
Expertise Transfer
Fellowship
World Health Organization
(WHO)
International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC)
The International Agency
for Research on Cancer (IARC)
is part of the World Health
Organization (WHO). Situated
in Lyons, France, the IARC
houses both epidemiology
and laboratory groups allowing
it to fulfill its mission:
to coordinate and conduct
research on the causes of
human cancer, to elucidate
the mechanisms of carcinogenesis,
and to develop scientific
strategies for cancer control.
The IARC is offering an
Expertise Transfer Fellowship
to enable an established
investigator to spend 6
to 12 months in an appropriate
host institute in a low-/medium-resource
country in order to transfer
knowledge and expertise
in a research area relevant
for the host country and
related to the IARC's programmes:
epidemiology, biostatistics,
environmental chemical carcinogenesis,
cancer etiology and prevention,
infection and cancer, molecular
cell biology, molecular
genetics, molecular pathology
and mechanisms of carcinogenesis.
Applications should include
a proposed collaborative
research project and a letter
of support from the host
lab giving details of feasibility
and anticipated benefit
to the receiving institute.
Priority will be given to
projects directly linked
to IARC's ongoing research
programme, involving at
least one contact at IARC.
The fellowships are tenable
in any country other than
those classified as high-income
economies by the World Bank
(see http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/countryclass.html).
More information http://www.iarc.fr/ENG/Fellowships/expertisetransfer.php
Deadline: November
30, 2007
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Norwegian Academy of Science
and Letters
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
will be awarded for outstanding
achievement in advancing our
knowledge and understanding
of the origin, evolution,
and properties of the universe,
including the fields of cosmology,
astrophysics, astronomy, planetary
science, solar physics, space
science, astrobiology, astronomical
and astrophysical instrumentation,
and particle astrophysics.
More information http://www.kavliprize.no/
Deadline: December
15, 2007
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
NSF Earth Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellowships (EAR-PF)
- NSF 07-596
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Geosciences
Division of Earth Sciences
The Division of Earth Sciences
(EAR) awards Postdoctoral
Fellowships to highly qualified
investigators within 3 years
of obtaining their PhD to
carry out an integrated program
of independent research and
education. The research and
education plans of each fellowship
must address scientific questions
within the scope of EAR disciplines.
The program supports researchers
for a period of up to 2 years
with fellowships that can
be taken to the institution
or national facility of their
choice. The program is intended
to recognize young investigators
of significant potential,
and provide them with experience
in research and education
that will establish them in
leadership positions in the
Earth Sciences community.
Because the fellowships are
offered only to postdoctoral
scientists early in their
career, doctoral advisors
are encouraged to discuss
the availability of EAR 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/nsf07596/nsf07596.htm
Deadline: January
08, 2008 and July 28, 2008
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GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
SBE Doctoral Dissertation
Research Improvement Grants
- NSF 06-605
National Science Foundation
(NSF)
Directorate for Social,
Behavioral, and Economic
Sciences (SBE)
The National Science Foundation's
(NSF's) Division of Behavioral
and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
and Division of Social and
Economic Sciences (SES)
award grants to doctoral
students to improve the
quality of dissertation
research. These grants provide
funds for items not normally
available through the student's
university. Additionally,
these grants allow doctoral
students to undertake significant
data-gathering projects
and to conduct field research
in settings away from their
campus that would not otherwise
be possible. Proposals are
judged on the basis of their
scientific merit, including
the theoretical importance
of the research question
and the appropriateness
of the proposed data and
methodology to be used in
addressing the question.
In an effort to improve
the quality of dissertation
research, many programs
in the BCS and the SES accept
doctoral dissertation improvement
grant proposals. Items such
as budget limitations, target
dates or deadlines, page
length restrictions, and
review procedures vary widely
across programs. Please
consult the relevant program's
webpage for specific information
and contact the program
director if necessary.
The following programs
support dissertation research:
Archaeology; Cultural Anthropology;
Geography and Regional Science;
Linguistics; Perception,
Action, and Cognition; Physical
Anthropology; Decision,
Risk, and Management Science;
Economics; Law and Social
Science; Political Science;
Science and Technology Studies;
Sociology; and Societal
Dimensions of Engineering,
Science, and Technology.
Additional contacts are
listed in the program solicitation.
More information http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06605/nsf06605.htm
Deadline: Varies.
Student Research Participation
at the U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Chemical Defense
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
(ORAU)
Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE)
Graduate and Undergraduate
Student Opportunities
This program provides opportunities
to participate in development
of medical countermeasures
to chemical warfare agents.
Relevant disciplines are the
biological, medical, and physical
sciences, and related scientific
disciplines. Research will
be conducted at the U.S. Army
Medical Research Institute
of Chemical Defense in Aberdeen,
Maryland. More information
http://see.orau.org/ProgramDescription.aspx?Program=10083
Deadline: Continuous.
Student Research Participation
at the U.S. Army Research
Laboratory
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
(ORAU)
Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE)
Graduate and Undergraduate
Student Opportunities
This program provides opportunities
to participate in research
and technology development
in such areas as engineering,
mechanics, chemistry, computational
modeling, science, and materials
research related to enhancing
the lethality and survivability
of America's ground forces.
Relevant disciplines are the
biological, medical, and physical
sciences; computer or information
science and technology, computational
modeling, materials research,
and related scientific disciplines.
Research will be conducted
at the U.S. Army Research
Laboratory Aberdeen, Maryland.
More information http://see.orau.org/ProgramDescription.aspx?Program=10084
Deadline: Continuous.
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