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National Science Foundation - Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship Program
The National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and
Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program was designed to provide opportunities
to scientists and engineering professionals who engage in professions
in research and education with interdisciplinary backgrounds, strong
knowledge of selected disciplines, as well as professional, technical
and personal abilities to become the principal agents for change. The
focus of the IGERT Program is to bring about cultural change in graduate
education for students, faculty, and institutions through new and creative
methods for graduate education in productive surroundings. The program
facilitates diversity in student participation and preparation as well
as supporting a "world-class, broadly inclusive, and globally engaged
science and engineering workforce." The anticipated amount of funding is $3 million per award over a period
of five years. For new awards in the first year, funding would be up
to $400K and with an additional $200K for start-up support. More specific
information about this program is available at: Johns Hopkins can submit four proposals. Interested candidates should send a brief project summary (one page maximum) with a budget summary and the names of all co-investigators to Mike Alexander via e-mail at: malexander@jhu.edu no later than Monday, February 16, 2009.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is requesting single investigator proposals for research and development in the physical sciences, engineering and mathematics relevant to the Agency's Defense Sciences Office and Microsystems Technology Office. The focus of the proposed research should be on innovations that will enable ground-breaking progress in the chosen subject area. The Young Faculty Award Program expands the future generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in targeted disciplines who will direct a major portion of their careers on issues facing the Department of Defense and National Security. This program focuses on untenured faculty within 6 years of an appointment to a tenure-track position at an institution in the United States and recognizes those faculty without major prior or existing DARPA funding (as a performer). Awards will be grants at a maximum $300k for no more than a two-year period. Interested candidates should focus their proposals on the following topics: quantum science and technology; bio-info-micro; mathematics; structural materials; functional materials; power and energy; micro-/nano-electronics; MEMS/NEMS; photonics; lasers; manufacturing science and technology; and neuroscience. A full announcement pertaining to this award is available on the FedBizOpps website located at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/, and the Grants.gov website at located at: http://www.grants.gov/. Please note: the announcement contains detailed descriptions of DARPA's interests within these topics. The deadline to submit proposals for this program is February 16, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact Mike Alexander (malexander@jhu.edu; 410-516-8734).
The FY 2009 DOD Breast Cancer Research Program Award announcements
have been released and are available electronically for downloading
from the Grants.gov website (www.grants.gov),
the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/bcrp.htm)
and the CDMRP eReceipt Website (https://cdmrp.org/). Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Deadlines:
Impact Award Deadlines:
Please visit http://cdmrp.army.mil
for more information. Idea Development Award Deadlines:
Please visit http://cdmrp.army.mil for more information.
The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Defense Appropriations Act provides $80
million to the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program
(PCRP) to fund research that will eliminate Prostate Cancer. The Idea Development Award and Synergistic Idea Development Award Program
Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the
Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov),
the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/ Submission Deadlines:
The Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) Defense Appropriations Act provides $50 million to the Department of Defense PRMRP to support scientifically meritorious proposals that may impact the field of research and/or patient care across a diverse range of diseases and disorders. Specifically, the FY09 PRMRP is soliciting research applications across the following 19 congressionally-directed topic areas: alcoholism research; autoimmune diseases; blood cancer; childhood asthma; drug abuse; epilepsy; kidney cancer; listeria vaccine for infectious diseases and cancer; lupus; mesothelioma; molecular signatures in tumors; neuroblastoma; osteoporosis and related bone disease; Paget's disease; pediatric cancer; polycystic kidney disease; social work research; tinnitus; and West Nile virus vaccine. Applications submitted to the FY09 PRMRP must address one of the topic areas listed above. Each Program Announcement is available electronically for downloading
from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov),
the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prmrp.htm)
and the CDMRP eReceipt Website (https://cdmrp.org). Submission Deadlines:
Pre-application submission is required and must be completed through the CDMRP eReceipt website, https://cdmrp.org, prior to application submission.
Application Deadline: March 16, 2009 The foundation sponsors theoretical and experimental research relevant
to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms,
therapies, and prevention. These scholarships are offered to encourage
promising young investigators to pursue careers in cancer research.
Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a
Sponsor - a scientist (tenured, tenure-track or equivalent position)
capable of providing mentorship to the Fellow. Awards are made to
institutions for the support of the Fellow under direct supervision
of the Sponsor. Candidates who have already accepted a postdoctoral
research fellowship award are not eligible. The primary criteria used to evaluate applicants are: the quality of
the research proposal, the qualifications, experience and productivity
of both the candidate and the Sponsor, and the quality of the research
training environment in which the proposed research is to be conducted
and its potential for broadening and strengthening the candidate's
ability to conduct innovative and substantive research. The proposed
research and training environment should represent a new opportunity
for the candidate to expand his/her scientific skill set. Direct extensions
of the candidate's graduate work (in approach, technique or exact area
of study) will not be funded. Award stipends are $43,000 for level I and $55,000 for level II in
the first year. In the second year, award stipends are $45,000 for level
I and $56,000 for level II. Third year stipends are $46,000 and $57,000
respectively. For more information and application instructions, click here: http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/fellowship_award_overview
Application deadline (electronic and paper): April 1st, 2009 The American Cancer Society is announcing this RFA to investigate the
impact of healthcare costs, healthcare system and capacity, insurance
status, social factors and delivery of health care services, on outcomes
in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment. The purpose of
this RFA is to stimulate research on the effects of the US healthcare
system structure and the role of insurance on access to screenings and
treatment. Of particular interest is research using linked databases
such as SEER, Medicare payment data, State data and NCHS data; other
existing databases. Studies may be at the state, multi-state, or national
levels, or otherwise involve large populations. Respondents should specifically
describe how their results would generalize to the broader corresponding
U.S. populations. Awards may not to exceed a period of 4 years, although
it is anticipated that most applications will require no more than two
years to complete the research. Awards may not exceed $200,000 per year
(direct costs) plus 20% indirect costs. For complete instructions and
details, click here: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/content/RES_5_2x_Request_for_Applications_
This program is designed to provide financial support for investigators studying any or all disciplines involved in the Marfan Syndrome. Special areas of interest include cardiovascular, genetic, orthopedic and ophthalmologic issues of the Marfan syndrome and related disorders. The National Marfan Foundation accepts applications on a yearly basis for one- or two-year grants in basic, translational or clinical research. Applications with budgets up to $50,000 per year are acceptable. Grant awards are based on peer review by the NMF Scientific Advisory Board with the approval of the NMF Board of Directors. For application and guidelines, click here. Application Deadline: April 3, 2009.
This foundation assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by federal agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. Research grants of up to three years will be provided. A renewal grant with a maximum of two years is possible, but it will be awarded on a competitive basis. Research grants will not be awarded to investigators who have already received, or expect to receive, substantial support from other sources, even if it is for an unrelated purpose. Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year. The application deadline for the next cycle of this program is April 15, 2009. For complete application instructions, click here: http://www.whitehall.org/applying/
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