Career Development : Articles
May 2008 Issue
65 new programs
Funding News
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Fernández
United States
2 May 2008
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
GE and Science Prize for Young Life Scientists
The GE and Science Prize for Young Life Scientists has been established to provide support to scientists at the beginning of their careers, because Science/AAAS and GE Healthcare believe that such support is critical for continued scientific progress. In 2008, the prize will recognize outstanding graduate students in molecular biology from all regions of the world. This international prize will be awarded for the outstanding thesis in the general area of molecular biology as described in a 1000-word essay. The winning essay will be published in Science; essays of the regional award winners will appear in the online version of Science. The deadline for entries is 1 August 2008. Submit a 1000 word essay on your work before 1 August 2008, and you could be the winner of the prestigious GE and Science Prize for Young Life Scientists.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
American Heart Association
AHA-Scientist Development Grant
This program is designed to support highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can serve to bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Deadline: 2008-07-01
American Heart Association
AHA-Established Investigator Award
To support the mid-term investigators with unusual promise and an established record of accomplishments; candidates have demonstrated a commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science as indicated by prior publication history and scientific accomplishments. A candidate's career is expected to be in a rapid growth phase.
Deadline: 2008-07-01
American Heart Association
AHA National Clinical Research Program
To encourage early-career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high-quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science and encouraging community- and population-based activities.
Deadline: 2008-07-01
American Heart Association
AHA-National Innovative Research Grant
This grant is to support highly innovative, high-risk, high-reward research that could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research.
Deadline: 2008-07-01
American Heart Association - Midwest Affiliate
Midwest Affiliate - Scientist Development Grant
To support highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can serve to bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Midwest Affiliate
Midwest Affiliate - Predoctoral Fellowship
To help students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Midwest Affiliate
Midwest Affiliate - Postdoctoral Fellowship
To help a trainee initiate a career in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Midwest Affiliate
Midwest Affiliate - Grant-in-Aid
To encourage and adequately fund the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Pacific Mountain Affiliate
Pacific Mountain Postdoctoral Fellowship
To help a trainee initiate a career in cardiovascular and stroke research while obtaining significant research results.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
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American Heart Association - Pacific Mountain Affiliate
Pacific Mountain Predoctoral Fellowship
To help students initiate careers in cardiovascular and stroke research by providing research assistance and training.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Pacific Mountain Affiliate
Pacific Mountain Beginning Grant-in-Aid
To encourage and adequately fund the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
American Heart Association - Pacific Mountain Affiliate
Pacific Mountain Grant-in-Aid
To encourage and adequately fund the most innovative and meritorious research projects from independent investigators.
Deadline: 2008-07-02
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin
Bernstein Award 2008 Young Scientists Research Award in Computational Neuroscience
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has established the National Network for Computational Neuroscience with four high-performing Bernstein Centers for Computational Neuroscience as the major structural elements. The Bernstein Award is equipped with up to 1.25 Mio Euros in the form of a grant over a period of 5 years. It will be awarded to a highly qualified young researcher, considering the candidates' verifiable research profile in the field of computational neuroscience and the scientific concept for a future young research group. Young researchers can apply for their own position and group. The group funded by the Bernstein Award will become an integral part of the National Network for Computational Neuroscience. Future announcements of the Bernstein Award are in the scope of the ministry's planning. The grant is provided for a scientific project of a young research group headed by a postdoc regardless of nationality. The project will be conducted at a German university or research institution within or outside the Bernstein Centers. It is a prerequisite for funding that the university or research institution concerned employs the young researcher during the funding period and supports him/her with the basic equipment in terms of laboratory space and other infrastructure. A statement made to that effect by the receiving institution must be included with the project outline to be submitted.
Deadline: 2008-06-02
Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation
Annual Research Grant for Biomedical Research on Pediatric Cardiomyopathy
Dear clinicians and scientists, the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) is pleased to announce the availability of 1-year research grants for studies focused on pediatric cardiomyopathy. The purpose of the award is to advance knowledge of the basic mechanism of the disease and to develop more accurate diagnostic methods and improved therapies for children affected with cardiomyopathy. Please visit CCF's Web site (www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org) for more information and to view past grant awards. Request for research applications on pediatric cardiomyopathy (Dilated, Hypertrophic, Restrictive or Left Ventricular Non-Compaction, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy) description of opportunity: CCF is inviting investigator-initiated research proposals for innovative basic, clinical, population, or translational studies relevant to the cause, diagnosis, or treatment of cardiomyopathy in children under the age of 18 years. CCF's grant program is designed to provide seed funding to investigators for the testing of initial hypotheses and collecting of preliminary data to help secure long-term funding by the National Institutes of Health and/or other major granting institutions.
Deadline: 2008-09-05
Department of Defense. Office of Naval Research
Electronics Technology
The goal of the electronics program is to develop and transition affordable, high performance Radio Frequency (RF) electronics that will provide a decisive edge to the war fighter. The program encompasses RF research, design, modeling, fabrication, and testing of devices, integrated circuits, and multichip assemblies that span digital, analog, microwave, and millimeter wave technologies.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
White papers are due no later than 04/14/2008.
Department of Energy
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - Integrated Program
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy hereby announces its interest in receiving Integrated Program Project grant applications for new research to develop a better scientific basis for understanding risks to humans from exposures to low doses of ionizing radiation. This funding opportunity is designed to provide long-term support for stable, multi-investigator teams whose research projects are integrated to work synergistically on a focused problem in low-dose research. The intent is to accelerate the discovery of critical molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in normal radiobiological responses to low-dose exposure. Funded research must have the potential to ultimately increase understanding of human health outcomes from radiation exposures that are at or near current workplace exposure limits. Please review the Supplementary Information sections in the funding opportunity announcement for further discussion of programmatic needs.
Deadline: 2008-06-25
Department of Energy
2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 2 - Computational Energy Sciences - Subtopic 2A: Multiphase Flow Research
Gas-solids flow is prevalent in fossil fuel processes, appearing in processes such as coal gasifiers. The volume fraction of solids can vary from low to high within a short length scale. The flows invariably span multiple time and length scales and pose enormous computational and experimental challenges. For example, the granular flow in a fluidized bed may range from incompressible to hypersonic, whereas the granular media may undergo a phase change similar to a gas-to-solid transition, all within the same reactor. The volume fraction, stress, and energy typically fluctuate spatially and temporally with amplitudes comparable to the mean. The interaction of the phases with boundaries is often complex and poorly understood. Because multiphase flows may not exhibit a clear separation among the spatial and temporal micro-, meso-, and macroscales, advanced multiscale theories may be needed to analyze them. Therefore, it is critical to understand and be able to model gas-solids systems for building highly efficient, near-zero emission fossil energy plants. The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is already funding research in areas of developing models for polydispersed systems, frictional flow regimes, and modeling of gasifiers and carbon-capture devices. Applications are sought for conducting research in complementary areas of gas-solids flow. Research work may be proposed in areas such as the development of theory and advanced computational models, gathering of experimental data from physical systems or molecular dynamics simulations, and the validation of the models. It is desired that the model development be based on the open-source gas-solids flow code MFIX developed by NETL. Advanced diagnostics are needed for probing the fluid dynamics of solids and gas solids flow systems. Detailed information on solids and gas-solids flow structure is needed for validation of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. Diagnostics of interest include, but are not limited to, imaging of solids concentration, wall shear, local gas and solids velocities and concentrations (with up to 20% solids), and granular temperature. NETL has a large-scale, cold-flow, fluidization facility for development of novel measurement techniques and for generation of data for validating multiphase flow codes. This facility is highly instrumented for detailed data acquisition. It is desired that the advanced diagnostics development take advantage of this facility.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Energy
Low Dose Radiation Research Program - Basic Biology
The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Human Research Program (HRP), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), hereby announce their interest in receiving grant applications for new research to develop a better scientific basis for understanding risks to humans from exposures to low doses or low fluences of ionizing radiation. Research applications must primarily support the needs of the DOE/BER Low Dose Radiation Research Program; applications may also include complementary research of direct interest to the NASA/HRP Space Radiation Project of sufficient scientific merit to qualify for partial NASA support. Research must focus on elucidating molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in normal radiobiological responses to low-dose exposure and must have the potential to ultimately increase understanding of health outcomes from radiation exposures that are at or near current workplace exposure limits. New research that focuses on molecular and cellular responses within tissue and higher levels of biological organization will receive higher priority. Experimental research of particular interest to this call includes radio-adaptive responses; systems genetics of interindividual variation; low dose and/or low-dose rate effects on: a) proteomic responses, b) the immune system, b) epigenetic regulation, and c) molecular and cellular hallmarks of aging. The programs are also interested in funding new mathematical/risk-modeling projects that will incorporate the latest low dose and low dose rate biological research into mechanism-based models of tissue function. Scientists working in rapidly developing areas of biological sciences not necessarily associated with the study of radiation are also encouraged to consider the contributions that their field can make. Please review the Supplementary Information sections of the funding opportunity announcement for further discussion of DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration programmatic needs.
Deadline: 2008-06-25
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Ancillary Training Activities (T36)
The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Branch of the Minority Opportunities in Research Division was established to significantly increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical research. To facilitate the training and development of students, faculty members, and/or researchers from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research enterprise of this nation, the MARC Branch will provide program-related support in three key areas: a) scientific conferences, b) scientific short courses, and c) other well-defined ancillary training activities that further the MARC mission.
Deadline: 2008-09-11
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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to develop and validate new mitochondrial-related biomarkers for cancer early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, risk assessment, and response to preventive and ameliorative treatments.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Prescription Drug Misuse (R01)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health invite research applications to reduce prescription drug misuse while supporting the appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents that carry an abuse liability. A range of research is being solicited to combat prescription drug misuse from epidemiologic research specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including physical and mental health and social consequences) as it relates to each specific drug and identifying determinants and trajectories of use. Basic science applications to determine mechanisms of action at the cellular level and possible mechanisms or medications to block or lessen the abuse potential are encouraged, as are health services applications with the goal of discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement encourages exploratory/developmental research projects to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups.
Deadline: 2008-06-06
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia (BIOCARD) Study Extension (U01)
The purpose of this announcement is to solicit cooperative agreement applications that will extend the clinical and neuropsychological follow-up of individuals who have been enrolled in the Biomarkers for Older Controls at Risk for Dementia Study.
Deadline: 2008-06-11
Letter of intent receipt date: May 11, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Epidemiology Of Drug Abuse (R03)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits small research projects to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups. This FOA issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications from organizations/institutions that propose to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Enhancing Tumoricidal Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells by Dietary Components for Cancer Prevention (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute, is designed to stimulate research efforts aimed at establishing the physiological significance of dietary components in modulating the tumoricidal cell activity of natural killer (NK) cells for cancer prevention. The focus of research projects proposed in response to this FOA should be on defining the minimum quantity and duration of exposure to specific dietary components to modulate tumoricidal cell activity of NK cells for cancer prevention and the underlying mechanism(s) accounting for this response. Proposed projects must include animal and/or human investigations to be considered responsive to this announcement. Highly purified populations of immune cells, specific tumor cells such as RMA-S that lack class I MHC expression, target cell-free system, or single-cell assays may be used to define the molecular basis for the diet-induced changes in tumoricidal activity. However, the in vitro studies are only to be used to support in vivo studies and should not constitute the primary focus of the application. Molecular targets for food components may be examined at the sites of the tumoricidal cell receptors and cancer cell specific ligands, the output of tumoricidal cytokines (e.g., IFN-g), and the release of lytic granules such as a granulysin, perforin, and serine proteases (granzymes).
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement encourages investigator-initiated applications designed to exploit the power of the zebrafish as a vertebrate model for biomedical and behavioral research. Applications proposing to develop new research tools or techniques that are of high priority to the zebrafish community and that will advance the detection and characterization of genes, pathways, and phenotypes of interest in development and aging, organ formation, neural processes, behavior, sensory processing, physiological processes, and disease processes are welcome. This effort stems from an National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative developed by the Institutes and Centers of the Trans-NIH Zebrafish Coordinating Committee under the co-chairmanship of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Deadline: 2008-08-17
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Prescription Drug Misuse (R21)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health invite research applications to reduce prescription drug misuse while supporting the appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents that carry an abuse liability. A range of research is being solicited to combat prescription drug misuse from epidemiologic research specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including health and social consequences) as it relates to each specific drug and identifying determinants and trajectories of use. Basic science applications to determine mechanisms of action at the cellular level and possible mechanisms or medications to block or lessen the abuse potential are encouraged, as are health services applications with the goal of discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Probes and Instrumentation for Monitoring and Manipulating Nervous System Plasticity (R01)
Applications are solicited for support of projects that will develop probes, instrumentation, and other tools for understanding, monitoring, and manipulating nervous system plasticity. This funding opportunity announcement will focus on the development of tools or techniques that will significantly advance the current state of the art in neuroplasticity research.
Deadline: 2008-09-16
Letter of intent receipt date: August 16, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Mitochondria in Cancer Epidemiology, Detection, Diagnosis and Prognosis (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement encourages research applications that propose to develop and validate new mitochondrial-related biomarkers for cancer early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, risk assessment, and response to preventive and ameliorative treatment.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Office of Dietary Supplements, encourages innovative preclinical research applications that will enhance the understanding of the relationship between exposure(s) to bioactive food components and/or environmental chemicals in utero, hormonal and growth-factor response, gene expression or epigenetic changes, and subsequent mammary cancer risk in preclinical models. Although much evidence suggests that dietary components are linked to cancer prevention, the specific nutrients, sites of action, and role of exposure in utero remain elusive. Similarly, there are data suggesting a role for environmental agents such as mycotoxins, heterocyclic amines, and environmental chemicals with endocrine activity in the etiology of mammary cancer but the doses, windows of susceptibility, and mechanisms are unclear. This FOA encourages applications that apply new high-throughput genomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies to determine how dietary exposures in utero influence adult breast cancer susceptibility. The resulting information will help define effective maternal dietary intervention strategies for breast cancer prevention in her offspring.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Cryopreservation of Germplasm for Effective Management of Animal Genetic Resources (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, invites Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications leading to the development of innovative methods and tools in order to establish reliable and standardized animal germplasm cryopreservation protocols to increase the speed, efficiency, and accuracy in the collection, handling, preservation, long-term storage, rederivation, and production of live and healthy offspring.
Deadline: 2008-07-01
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
NIBIB Interfaces Initiative for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training (T32)
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering solicits grant applications for recently established interdisciplinary research training programs that integrate the biomedical sciences with the physical sciences and/or engineering. By fostering these interdisciplinary training programs in their critical early years, we expect to develop highly effective interdisciplinary curricula, including coursework and laboratory research.
Deadline: 2008-06-17
Letter of intent receipt date: May 19, 2008.
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Correlative Studies with Specimens from Multisite Trials (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to support translational correlative studies that utilize annotated tumor and/or other biospecimens collected during large-scale multi-institutional clinical and/or prevention trials, respectively. The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, the Cancer Diagnosis Program, and the Cancer Biomarkers Research Group of the National Cancer Institute are cooperatively sponsoring this FOA with the overarching goal to facilitate predictions of responses to current interventions and inspire future development of improved therapeutic and preventive strategies. Projects proposed in response to this FOA should address the correlations between intervention outcomes and cancer patients disease characteristics determined at various cellular/molecular levels. For example, disease progression patterns may be correlated with tumor genotypic and/or phenotypic profiles (at the levels of the genome, epigenome, gene expression and/or protein and nonprotein molecular markers. This FOA will support only studies that use tumor specimens linked to specific interventions/trials. To be able to achieve these translational goals, the proposed projects are expected to rely on interactions between basic researchers and clinical investigators in order to improve future drug development and interventions.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, solicits grant applications from applicant organizations that propose to (a) identify and assess biobehavioral interactions among two or more related and co-occurring symptoms; (b) characterize mechanisms and pathways underlying the symptom interactions; (c) elucidate the level of interaction necessary for categorization as a symptom cluster; and/or (d) design and test interventions targeted to interacting or clustered symptoms that are hypothesized to lead to beneficial patient outcomes. A rationale for the choice of symptoms is needed, not just co-occurrence of two or more symptoms, and they must be associated with a target disease or syndrome or its treatment. Studies at any point in the disease trajectory, or during the survivorship period, are encouraged.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Prescription Drug Misuse (R03)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health invite research applications to reduce prescription drug misuse while supporting the appropriate medical use of therapeutic agents that carry an abuse liability. A range of research is being solicited to combat prescription drug misuse from epidemiologic research specifying the extent and nature of the problem (including physical and mental health and social consequences) as it relates to each specific drug and identifying determinants and trajectories of use. Basic science applications to determine mechanisms of action at the cellular level and possible mechanisms or medications to block or lessen the abuse potential are encouraged, as are health-services applications with the goal of discovering effective clinical practices that identify those at risk and designing and disseminating prevention and treatment interventions. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
International Research in Infectious Diseases including AIDS (IRIDA) Program (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases solicits Research Grant (R01) applications from organizations/institutions in eligible foreign countries that propose research related to infectious diseases that are of interest to that country.
Deadline: 2008-08-16
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Interdisciplinary Research on Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Vulnerable Populations (P01)
The primary goal of this funding opportunity announcement is to drive interdisciplinary research to study the oral manifestations and complications associated with HIV/AIDS-related immunosuppression in vulnerable populations, including children and adolescents. The applicants are expected to develop highly integrated projects that comprehensively address the existing gaps in knowledge of the epidemiology, prevention, and pathogenesis of the oral complications of HIV disease and that promote interventions that could reduce the burden of disease among disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority communities.
Deadline: 2008-08-13, 2009-08-13, 2010-08-13
Letter of intent receipt dates: July 13, 2008; July 13, 2009; July 13, 2010
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
NIDCR Individual NRSA Predoctoral Dental Scientist Fellowship (F30)
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) seeks new Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award applications for an individual Predoctoral Dental Scientist Fellowship (PDSF). The purpose of PDSF is to offer an integrated dental and graduate research training program that leads to attainment of both the DDS/DMD and Ph.D. (or equivalent) degrees. NIDCR intends to award up to five new fellowships per year. Awards made under this funding opportunity announcement will use the F30 Individual Predoctoral Dental Scientist Fellowship mechanism to provide combined dental school and predoctoral Ph.D. support.
Deadline: 2008-08-08
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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Enhancing Tumoricidal Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells by Dietary Components for Cancer Prevention (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute, is designed to stimulate research efforts aimed at establishing the physiological significance of dietary components in modulating the tumoricidal cell activity of natural killer (NK) cells for cancer prevention. The focus of research projects proposed in response to this FOA should be on defining the minimum quantity and duration of exposure to specific dietary components to modulate tumoricidal cell activity of NK cells for cancer prevention and the underlying mechanism(s) accounting for this response. Proposed projects must include animal and/or human investigations to be considered responsive to this announcement. Highly purified populations of immune cells, specific tumor cells such as RMA-S that lack class I MHC expression, target cell-free system, or single-cell assays may be used to define the molecular basis for the diet-induced changes in tumoricidal activity. However, the in vitro studies are only to be used to support in vivo studies and should not constitute the primary focus of the application. Molecular targets for food components may be examined at the sites of the tumoricidal cell receptors and cancer cell specific ligands, the output of tumoricidal cytokines (e.g., IFN-g), and the release of lytic granules such as a granulysin, perforin, and serine proteases (granzymes).
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement encourages Research Project Grant (R01) proposals to expand the application of drug abuse epidemiologic research focused on understanding the nature, extent, consequences, and etiology of drug abuse across individuals, families, age groups, gender, communities, and population groups.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Office of Dietary Supplements, encourages innovative preclinical research applications that will enhance the understanding of the relationship between exposure(s) to bioactive food components and/or environmental chemicals in utero, hormonal and growth-factor response, gene expression or epigenetic changes, and subsequent mammary cancer risk in preclinical models. Although much evidence suggests that dietary components are linked to cancer prevention, the specific nutrients, sites of action, and role of exposure in utero remain elusive. Similarly, there are data suggesting a role for environmental agents such as mycotoxins, heterocyclic amines, and environmental chemicals with endocrine activity in the etiology of mammary cancer but the doses, windows of susceptibility, and mechanisms are unclear. This FOA encourages applications that apply new high-throughput genomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies to determine how dietary exposures in utero influence adult breast cancer susceptibility. The resulting information will help define effective maternal dietary intervention strategies for breast cancer prevention in her offspring.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Correlative Studies with Specimens from Multi-Site Trials (R01)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to support translational correlative studies that utilize annotated tumor and/or other biospecimens collected during large-scale multi-institutional clinical and/or prevention trials, respectively. The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, the Cancer Diagnosis Program, and the Cancer Biomarkers Research Group of NCI are cooperatively sponsoring this FOA with the overarching goal to facilitate predictions of responses to current interventions and inspire future development of improved therapeutic and preventive strategies. Projects proposed in response to this FOA should address the correlations between intervention outcomes and cancer patients disease characteristics determined at various cellular/molecular levels. For example, disease progression patterns may be correlated with tumor genotypic and/or phenotypic profiles (at the levels of the genome, epigenome, gene expression and/or protein and nonprotein molecular markers. This FOA will support only studies that use tumor specimens linked to specific interventions/trials. To be able to achieve these translational goals, the proposed projects are expected to rely on interactions between basic researchers and clinical investigators in order to improve future drug development and interventions.
Deadline: 2008-06-05
Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health
Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants (R21)
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and three-dimensional reconstruction and other quantitative tools. The rapid translation of promising discoveries in the fields of imaging probes, methodologies, technologies and image-guided therapies to clinical practice requires timely support. This FOA will provide investigators with support for either pilot (Phase I and II) cancer clinical trials or patient monitoring and laboratory studies. The imaging and Image-guided Intervention studies, if proven successful in these early clinical trials, can then be validated in larger studies through competitive R01 mechanisms or through clinical trials in the Specialized Programs of Research Excellence, Cancer Centers and/or Cooperative Groups.
Deadline: 2008-06-10
Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families
Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
Funds are provided for Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These awards attract applications from leading academic researchers and graduate students specializing in social sciences, education, and/or health.
Deadline: 2008-06-16
Indo-U.S. Science Technology Forum
Call For Workshop Proposals
The Indo-U.S. S and T Forum seeks to support collaborations between U.S. and Indian institutions in topical and frontier areas of science and technology that are of mutual interest. We aim to facilitate efforts designed to be catalytic in nature by involving best and brightest investigators in a broad distribution among all S and T disciplines including science, engineering, biomedical research, and mathematics.
Deadline: 2008-06-15
Melorheostosis Association
Research Grant
This is a funding opportunity for study with relevance to the rare bone disease, melorheostosis. A seed grant of $30,000 is offered by the Melorheostosis Association, which has the world's largest database of melorheostosis patients and a tissue repository at the National Institutes of Health.
Deadline: 2008-06-01
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Endeavor Science Teacher Certificate Program (ESTCP)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters Office of Education invites proposals to this Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) to develop, pilot, and administer the Endeavor Science Teachers Certificate Program. The Office of Education will provide the technical coordination of this solicitation. Organizations interested in collaborating with NASA to develop, pilot, and administer a competitive, high-quality, national program for pre/in-service teachers are invited to submit proposals. Under this CAN, we are soliciting proposals from domestic higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, or consortia of organizations and institutions serving students. Partnerships within these institutions and/or organizations are encouraged to apply. Proposals from entities outside the United States will not be considered. The Endeavor Science Teachers Certificate Program will provide one 1-year fellowships and unique education and technical experiences leading to teacher certification centered on NASA-unique science and mathematics content.
Deadline: 2008-06-17
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National Science Foundation
Ice Coring and Drilling Services for the Office of Polar Programs
The Office of Polar Programs (OPP) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) requests proposals from interested groups to support current and future ice-core drilling activities. Current NSF ice-coring programs include development of drill systems that can obtain ice cores, embed instruments in the ice, carry out geophysical borehole logging, and provide access to the ice-sheet bed. Specifically, proposals are requested for the establishment of a Scientific Drilling Support Office, which will provide scientific leadership and oversight of ice coring and drilling activities funded by NSF, and for an Ice Drilling Design and Operations Group, which will provide the engineering design support for new drilling systems as well as the operation and maintenance of existing systems. Interested parties can propose to manage the Scientific Drilling Support Office, to manage the Ice Drilling Design and Operations Group (which includes operation of the Deep Ice Sheet Coring Drill) or both. The Scientific Drilling Support Office will play a proactive role in the community to encourage innovation in ice-core-drilling technologies in response to community needs and will help guide the Ice Drilling Design and Operations Group to develop new drilling technologies as requested by the research community and funded by NSF. These entities will be expected to work closely together and to partner, as appropriate, with research groups in the submission of research proposals. Through a close collaboration, the successful proponent(s) will be expected to successfully manage and carry out drilling activities in varying mixtures of ice, rock, and sediment. Requirements for drilling activities will be derived from research proposals funded by NSF, as well as collaborations with international partners. The ice-drilling support awardee(s) from this solicitation will be integral to the planning and execution of all aspects of the drilling activities that OPP supports.
Deadline: 2008-07-03
National Science Foundation
Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
The purpose of the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program is to enable serious writings and works of art that exemplify the Antarctic heritage of humankind. In particular, the program seeks to increase public understanding of the Antarctic region, including the continent and the surrounding oceans, as well as the associated research and education endeavors.
Deadline: 2008-06-18
National Science Foundation
Science, Technology, and Society
Science, Technology, and Society (STS) considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. STS has four components: Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering, and Technology; History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering, and Technology; Social Studies of Science, Engineering, and Technology; and Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering, and Technology. The components overlap but are distinguished by the different scientific and scholarly orientations they take to the subject matter, as well as by different focuses within the subject area. STS encourages the submission of hybrid proposals that strive to integrate research involving two or more of these core areas. STS provides the following modes of support: scholars awards, standard research grants and grants for collaborative research, postdoctoral fellowships, professional development fellowships, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants, small grants for training and research, conference and workshop awards, and other funding opportunities.
Deadline: 2008-08-01
The Vilcek Foundation
The Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Research
Year 2009 will mark the inauguration of the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Research and the Arts and Humanities. These new $25,000 awards were established to call attention to the continuing role young immigrants play in sustaining the excellence and vibrancy of the sciences and arts in the United States. The award will be paid directly to the winner, and no restrictions will be placed on the use of the prize money. Four runners-up will receive an Honorable Mention Prize of $1,000 each.
Deadline: 2008-07-11
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Science 2008/2009
Senior Research Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Science provide support for outstanding postdoctoral scientists based in academic institutions in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland. Candidates are expected to have an excellent track record in their scientific field and be able to demonstrate their ability to carry out independent research. The fellowship provides 5 years of full salary support and research costs in the first instance and is potentially renewable. Candidates should normally have between 5 and 10 years' postdoctoral research experience. The scheme provides support for research across the Wellcome Trust's scientific remit, from laboratory-based basic research to clinical, population, and public health studies.
Deadline: 2008-06-09
Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowships in Biomedical Science 2008/2009
International Senior Research Fellowships provide support for outstanding researchers, either medically or scientifically qualified, who wish to establish an independent career in a Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovakian, Slovenian, or Indian academic institution. Candidates are expected to have a substantial track record in their chosen area of research and have between 5 and 10 years' experience at either postdoctoral level or clinical equivalent. Applications are particularly encouraged from researchers working outside their own countries who wish to return home. The fellowship provides 5 years of full salary support and research costs. The scheme provides support for research across the Wellcome Trust's scientific remit, from laboratory-based basic research to clinical, population, and public health studies.
Deadline: 2008-06-08
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Long Range BAA for Research and Education Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is interested in receiving proposals for research and education initiatives which offer potential for advancement and improvement in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare NPS's broad role in competitive funding of meritorious research and education initiatives across a spectrum of science and engineering, business and policy, operational and informational sciences, and interdisciplinary disciplines that support the NPS graduate education and research mission. This announcement is restricted to: 1) work relating to basic and applied research and that portion of advanced technology development not related to a specific system or hardware procurement, and 2) development of educational purposes consistent with the curricula/mission of NPS. Contracts, grants and other awards made under this BAA are for scientific study and experimentation directed towards advancing the state-of-the art or increasing knowledge or understanding.
Deadline: 2009-03-31
GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
Ken Dillon Memorial Fellowship
The Ken Dillion Memorial Fellowship is available to undergraduate and graduate students interested in indoor air quality as it relates to public health. You must develop a proposal for a study of indoor environments with a focus on indoor air quality and its effect on health and/or productivity.
Deadline: 2008-12-31
H. H. Harris Foundation
H.H. Harris Scholarship
The H.H. Harris Scholarship is available to students and professionals in the metallurgical and casting of metals fields who are U.S. citizens. You must submit two letters of reference with your application to be eligible for this award.
Deadline: 2008-06-30
Institute of International Education
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
The Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies abroad. The Gilman scholarship aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities.
Deadline: 2008-10-07
International Centre for Diffraction Data
Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
The Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship is available to graduate students in crystallography-related fields (e.g. physics, chemistry, geology, molecular biology, metallurgy, and material science). You must submit a curriculum vitae, a summary of your crystallography research, and a letter of support from a faculty member to be eligible for this award.
Deadline: 2008-10-31
Sabertec
Blade Your Ride Scholarship
The Blade Your Ride Scholarship is available to undergraduate students with a passion for finding solutions to the global climate crisis. You must be pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree at a U.S. college or university and have at least a 3.0 grade point average to be eligible for this award.
Deadline: 2008-06-30
StraightForward Media
StraightForward Media Medical Scholarship
Welcome to StraightForward Media's Medical Professions Scholarship program! We offer four scholarships a year exclusively to medical professionals. And we don't just mean physicians--we mean all kinds of medical professionals. Will the demand for medical professionals ever subside? We doubt it. With new medical technologies and discoveries extending our life expectancy--and a massive crop of baby boomers headed into retirement to make use of them--there's plenty of room for every conceivable type of medical professional in tomorrow's professional landscape.
Deadline: 2008-06-30, 2008-09-30, 2008-12-31, 2009-03-31
StraightForward Media
StraightForward Media Engineering Scholarship
Welcome to StraightForward Media's Engineering Scholarship program! We offer four different $500 scholarships a year exclusively to students attending or planning to enroll in a postsecondary engineering program in the United States or abroad.
Deadline: 2008-06-30, 2008-09-30, 2008-12-31, 2009-03-31
StraightForward Media
StraightForward Media Minority Scholarship
Welcome to the StraightForward Minority Scholarship program. We offer four $500 scholarships a year exclusively to college students (and soon-to-be college students) who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups. Eligibility requirements for the Minority Scholarships is wide open. Our scholarships are open to current and prospective students at community colleges, universities, technical/vocational schools, and continuing education programs.
Deadline: 2008-06-30, 2008-09-30, 2008-12-31, 2009-03-31
StraightForward Media
StraightForward Media Science Scholarship
Welcome to StraightForward Media's Science Scholarship program. We offer four different $500 scholarships a year. You may be wondering what counts as a "science student." Our criteria is fairly broad. We know there are a great many scientific fields out there that are beyond the scope of our knowledge, so if you feel that your field of study qualifies you as a science student, then by all means, apply.
Deadline: 2008-07-14, 2008-10-14, 2009-01-14, 2009-04-14
TextbookX.com
Akademos / TextbookX.com 2008 Scholarship
The Akademos / TextbookX.com 2008 Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in good standing at an accredited college or university in the United States. You must be a legal resident of the United States or an international student with a valid visa to be eligible.
Deadline: 2008-10-31
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