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Career Development : Articles

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July 2008 issue

43 new programs.

Funding News

GrantsNet Program Manager José Fernández
United States
4 July 2008

In This Issue ...

GrantsNet Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are now available on GrantsNet and GrantsNet Express. Please contact Daryl Anderson for more information.

New Research Funding Programs

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American Society for Engineering Education

Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation Defense Scholarship

The Department of Defense (DoD) is proud to offer scholarships to undergraduate, master's and doctoral students who have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for training in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields. The DoD also offers them career opportunities to continue their research as civilian employees of a DoD laboratory after graduation.

The Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Scholarship for Service Program offers our nation's research leaders of tomorrow not only an education but rewarding career opportunities.

Deadline: 2008-12-15

Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Information Processing Techniques Office

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA's) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) is issuing this broad agency announcement (BAA), which describes IPTO's areas of interest, to allow continuous submission of abstracts and proposals that do not address individual program requirements covered by other DARPA/IPTO solicitations. The primary basis for selecting proposals for acceptance (if any) shall be technical, importance to agency programs, and fund availability. Submission of abstracts is strongly encouraged in advance of full proposals in order to provide potential offerers with an indication of the relevance and acceptability of their technical ideas under this BAA

Deadline: 2009-05-22

Abstracts and proposals may be submitted at any time until the closing date: 22 May 2009.

Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Architecture-Aware Compiler Environment

The goal of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA's) envisioned Architecture-Aware Compiler Environment Program is to develop computationally efficient compilers that incorporate learning and reasoning methods to drive compiler optimizations for a broad spectrum of computing system configurations. DARPA is seeking proposals to develop productive, computationally efficient compilers and run-time systems for a broad spectrum of system configurations applicable to a broad spectrum of Department of Defense–relevant applications.

Deadline: 2009-04-17

Department of Defense. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Self-HEALing Mixed-signal Integrated Circuits

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is soliciting innovative research and development proposals in the area of self-healing mixed signal Integrated Circuits/Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs). The goal of the program is the development of techniques to maximize the number of fully operational mixed-signal SoCs on an individual wafer that meet all performance goals in the presence of extreme process variations and environmental conditions.

Deadline: 2008-09-03

Abstract due date and time: 4:00 p.m. EST 1 July 2008

Department of Defense

National Security Science And Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) Program

The National Defense Education Program (NDEP) supports both basic science and/or engineering research within academia as well as education initiatives that seek to create and develop the next generation of scientists and engineers for the defense and national security workforce. The focus of the current competition is to provide faculty and staff scientists and engineers from U.S. accredited, degree-granting academic institutions with a career-enhancing opportunity through their association with Department of Defense (DOD) while at the same time they are conducting unclassified basic research in critical areas of interest. Outstanding researchers selected for award and granted secret security clearances will participate in all National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows activities that are designed to enhance their understanding of critical research needs and interact with DOD senior leaders.

Deadline: 2008-10-03

Department of Energy. Golden Field Office

Laboratory Call for Research, Development, and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Technologies for Automotive, Stationary, and Portable Power Applications

The Department of Energy seeks to fund research that will lead to the development of cost-competitive and durable automotive, stationary, and portable fuel-cell power systems. The topics of research and development sought through this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will be focused on achieving technical performance and cost targets for fuel cells. Additionally, the scope of this FOA includes demonstrations of stationary polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells operating under real-world conditions. This FOA also includes market transformation activities, focusing on acquiring data from real-world fuel-cell operation, eliminating nontechnical barriers, and increasing opportunities for market expansion of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies.

Deadline: 2008-08-27

Department of Energy. Golden Field Office

Research, Development, and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Technologies for Automotive, Stationary, and Portable Power Applications

The Department of Energy seeks to fund research that will lead to the development of cost-competitive and durable automotive, stationary, and portable fuel-cell power systems. The topics of research and development sought through this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will be focused on achieving technical performance and cost targets for fuel cells. Additionally, the scope of this FOA includes demonstrations of stationary polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and solid oxide fuel cells operating under real-world conditions. This FOA also includes market transformation activities, focusing on acquiring data from real-world fuel-cell operation, eliminating nontechnical barriers, and increasing opportunities for market expansion of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies.

Deadline: 2008-08-27

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Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01)

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) financing and purchasing of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services, including studies of health insurance and payment mechanisms; (2) economic incentives used to improve the quality and economic efficiency of treatment and prevention services; (3) alternative delivery systems and managed care; (4) cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analyses; (5) service costs, production, and economic efficiency; and (6) research to develop or improve methods to be used in the economic study of drug and alcohol services.

Deadline: 2008-10-05

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R21)

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages Research Project Grant (R21) applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) financing and purchasing of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services, including studies of health insurance and payment mechanisms; (2) economic incentives used to improve the quality and economic efficiency of treatment and prevention services; (3) alternative delivery systems and managed care; (4) cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analyses; (5) service costs, production, and economic efficiency; and (6) research to develop or improve methods to be used in the economic study of drug and alcohol services.

Deadline: 2008-10-16

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Economics of Treatment and Prevention Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R03)

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism encourages Research Project Grant (R03) applications on the economics of prevention and treatment services for drug and alcohol abuse. Such research projects might emphasize any of the following subjects: (1) financing and purchasing of drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services, including studies of health insurance and payment mechanisms; (2) economic incentives used to improve the quality and economic efficiency of treatment and prevention services; (3) alternative delivery systems and managed care; (4) cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, or cost-utility analyses; (5) service costs, production, and economic efficiency; and (6) research to develop or improve methods to be used in the economic study of drug and alcohol services 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. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.

Deadline: 2008-10-16

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R03)

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) solicits National Institutes of Health Small Research Grant (R03) applications for organizations/institutions that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems.

Deadline: 2008-10-16, 2009-02-16, 2009-06-16

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R21)

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) applications for organizations/institutions that propose to conduct secondary analysis of existing data sets. NIAAA seeks to enhance the understanding of the patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems.

Deadline: 2008-10-16, 2009-02-16, 2009-06-16

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Continuation, Expansion and Merging of the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC) and the Cholestatic Liver Consortium

This funding opportunity announcement issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, is to solicit cooperative agreement (U01) applications from qualified investigators to continue, expand, and merge the Biliary Atresia Research Consortium and the Cholestatic Liver Consortium to form the Childhood Liver Disease Research and Education Network. This network will consist of as many as 15 clinical sites, four biological cores, and a single data-coordinating center and is intended to support research in pediatric liver diseases so as to facilitate the discovery of new diagnostic, etiologic, and treatment options for children with liver diseases, including those that undergo liver transplantation. In addition, the network is aimed at training the next generation of investigators in rare pediatric liver diseases and educating the scientific and public communities about these diseases.

Deadline: 2008-10-24

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

Population Research Infrastructure Program FY09 (R24)

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to provide infrastructure support in order to foster and enhance the research capabilities of established population research centers that are highly productive and influential in the areas of research within the mission of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Deadline: 2008-11-19

Letters of intent receipt date: 20 October 2008

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

NHLBI Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium Planning Awards (R03)

This funding opportunity announcement, issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NHLBI, constitutes the first step in a three-step application process for the NHLBI Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium. The goal of the consortium is to identify and characterize progenitor cell lineages, to direct the differentiation of stem and progenitor cells to desired cell fates, and to develop new strategies to address the unique challenges presented by the transplantation of these cells. The consortium will assemble multiple independent research projects, each with a multidisciplinary team of principal investigators, core research support facilities, and career-development components to establish synergistic virtual hubs focused on progenitor cell biology.

Deadline: 2008-08-15

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurology and Neurosurgery (R25)

The National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Research Education grant is a flexible and specialized mechanism designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers through creative and innovative educational programs. The overall goal of NINDS research training and research education programs is to ensure that highly trained scientists will make future advances that lead to a reduction in the burden of neurological disease. These research education grants will create an opportunity for medical residents and fellows to participate in an intensive 9 to 24 months of mentored research education experience during residency and fellowship years. This opportunity will include the necessary training for successful competition for independent mentored research awards and will facilitate the transition from fellow/resident to clinician-scientist. In addition to laboratory research skills, participants in the program will develop the critical skills necessary to design and conduct research experiments and write competitive grant applications.

Deadline: 2008-09-10

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

NINR AREA for Health Disparities Research at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI's ) (R15)

The purpose of the National Institute of Nursing Research Academic Research Enhancement Award for Health Disparities Research at Minority-Serving Institutions (R15) is to stimulate health disparities and minority health research at minority-serving schools of nursing and to promote the development of minority nurse scientists as independent investigators.

Deadline: 2009-09-07

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Foundation for Polish Science

Welcome Programme

The overall objective of the program is to engage outstanding researches from abroad in creating research teams in Poland and intensifying international cooperation of the Polish institutes and universities. The program is addressed to: foreign researchers with at least a Ph.D. degree who either plan to work in Poland or have already established their research teams in our country, however not earlier than 5 years prior to the cut-off date; Polish researchers with at least a Ph.D. degree, who either have stayed abroad for at least 2 years and intend to come back to Poland or have already returned to Poland (however, not earlier than 2 years prior to the cut-off date). Eligible for the competition are Polish universities and institutes where foreign scientists will carry out their research. In accordance with the program guidelines, the foreign researcher is both the project leader and the team leader, whereas the subsequent tasks are performed by other members of the team--namely, young researchers: master students, Ph.D. students, young Ph.D.s selected on a competition basis and other workers. The number of the young researchers in the team cannot be fewer than six. The projects should be carried out in one of the three main thematic areas: bio, info, techno.

Deadline: 2008-09-30

Human Frontier Science Program

Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships

Postdoctoral fellowship for young scientists within 3 years of Ph.D. in a nonbiological discipline (e.g., physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, engineering) who seek advanced research training in the life sciences. Fellowship is for 3 years. The 3rd year can be held either in the host laboratory or back in the home country. Fellows who wish to return to their home country can defer the 3rd year for 2 years if they can be supported from other funds by the host laboratory.

Deadline: 2008-08-28

Human Frontier Science Program

Long-term Fellowships

Postdoctoral fellowships for individuals who wish to obtain research training in another country. Fellowships are awarded for 3 years. For those returning to their home country, the third repatriation year can be delayed for as many as 2 years while being supported on other funds.

Deadline: 2008-08-28

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSES 2008: NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study - Water Quality

As water supplies become more constrained and strained, it is important to have an ability to assess both water's quantity and quality in environmental stores. In accordance with federal government priorities and advice found in recent reports of the National Research Council concerning earth science, satellite observations, and/or water sciences, NASA would like to further the use of remote sensing to assess the quality of water of inland aquatic environments (e.g., rivers and lakes) and coastal regions. NASA is also interested in proposals that address the impact to ecosystem dynamics and habitat health.

Deadline: 2008-08-19

Notice of intent due: 19 June 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research Opportunities in Fluid Physics

Proposals are solicited by the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Advanced Capabilities Division for ground-based investigations in multiphase flow and heat transfer including phase change in microgravity and reduced-gravity environments. This call is for ground-based research that may eventually lead to research on the International Space Station.

Deadline: 2008-09-08

Notices of intent are due on 7 July 2008.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research Opportunities for Fundamental Space Biology Investigations in Microbial, Plant and Cell Biology

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Announcement solicits ground-based research in the fundamental space biology areas of microbial, plant, and cell biology. Fundamental space biology addresses basic questions of how life responds to gravity and space environments. The force of gravity plays a major role in shaping life into its myriad forms. Fundamental space biology uses ground-based space environment analogs supplemented with space-based investigations to probe the fundamental nature of life in order to enhance our understanding of how life responds to physical phenomena and physical forces on Earth and serve as the basic biological foundation in support of exploration.

Deadline: 2008-09-08

Notices of intent are due on 7 July 2008.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Lunar Science Institute

Proposers will be required to clearly articulate an innovative, interdisciplinary, lunar research program, together with plans to advance the full scope of NASA Lunar Science Institute objectives as defined in the institute's mission statement. Proposals may address science of the moon, on the moon, and from the moon, including objectives that meet NASA's future lunar exploration needs.

Deadline: 2008-08-29

Notices of intent are due 27 June 2008.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSES 2008: Earth Science Applications Feasibility Studies

This NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) NASA research announcement covers all aspects of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and earth sciences. The Applied Sciences Program within the NASA Earth Science Division manages this activity. This solicitation seeks proposals to perform short-term, feasibility studies of applications of earth science research results that will improve decision-making activities. The overall objective of these projects is to generate and test preliminary ideas for applications of earth science products to determine their potential value and readiness for a more in-depth decision-support project.

Deadline: 2008-08-27

Notice of intent due: 18 June 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSES 2008: Planetary Instrument Definition and Development

The Planetary Instrument Definition and Development program supports the advancement of spacecraft-based instrument technology that shows promise for use in scientific investigations on future planetary missions. The goal of the program is not to develop flight-qualified hardware, but rather to define and develop scientific instruments or components of such instruments to the point at which the instruments may be proposed in response to future announcements of flight opportunity without additional extensive technology development.

Deadline: 2008-08-15

Notice of intent due: 13 June 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ROSES 2008: Applied Information Systems Research

The purpose of the Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) program is to evolve advances in computer and information science and technology to enhance science productivity of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD). AISR seeks innovative ideas for applying advanced information and related technologies to increase life-cycle effectiveness and efficiency of research endeavors conducted by SMD research programs in planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, and earth science.

Deadline: 2008-08-27

Notice of intent due: 30 June 2008

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National Lung Cancer Partnership

National Lung Cancer Partnership Career Development Award

This award is for junior clinical and basic investigators involved in lung cancer etiology, prevention, and treatment. The National Lung Cancer Partnership's goal is to create a critical mass of lung-cancer researchers to ensure that basic and behavioral research discoveries are effectively translated into patient therapies to reduce lung-cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Applicants will be judged on the merits of their career-development plan, research proposal, and research environment, among other factors. Postdoctoral fellows and faculty in the first 5 years of their initial appointment at any U.S. or Canadian nonprofit institution are eligible to apply. Applicants need not be a citizen of either country but must supply evidence of visa if their home country is outside the United States/Canada.

Deadline: 2008-09-02

National Science Foundation

Instrument Development for Biological Research

The Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) program supports the development of novel instrumentation or instrumentation that has been significantly improved by at least an order of magnitude or more in fundamental aspects. Supported instruments are expected to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level. The development of new instrumentation must be firmly based in biological research need. The IDBR program supports the development or major improvement of software for the operation of instruments only as associated with the development of the instrument. Data analysis and acquisition software are only supported to the extent that the availability of the software, in connection with new instrumentation, will clearly advance biological research.

Deadline: 2008-09-05, 2009-08-28

Last Friday in August, annually thereafter

National Science Foundation

Expeditions in Computing

The Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) has created the Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program to provide the CISE research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. In planning Expeditions, investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come.

Deadline: 2008-09-10, 2009-02-10, 2009-09-10, 2010-02-10

10 Sept and 10 Feb, annually thereafter

National Science Foundation

Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

The Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics program supports theoretical and computational research in all areas of atomic structure, the molecular structure of small molecules, electron, and atomic collisions, photoionization and photodetachment of electrons from atoms and small molecules, time-dependent interactions with atoms and small molecules, quantum optics, ultracold phenomena in Bose and Fermi gases, and quantum information.

Deadline: 2008-09-24

National Science Foundation

Theoretical Physics

This solicitation supports the development of qualitative and quantitative understanding of fundamental physical systems, ranging from the most elementary constituents of matter through nuclei and atoms to astrophysical objects and the cosmos. This includes formulating new approaches for theoretical, computational, and experimental research that explore the fundamental laws of physics and the behavior of physical systems; formulating quantitative hypotheses; exploring and analyzing the implications of such hypotheses analytically and computationally; and, in some cases, interpreting the results of experiments. Support is given for research and conferences in the following categories: elementary particle physics; nuclear physics; atomic, molecular, optical, and plasma physics; astrophysics and cosmology; gravitational physics, and a broad spectrum of topics in mathematical physics.

Deadline: 2008-09-24

It is recommended that proposals come in near the general Physics Division target date, the last Wednesday in September annually.

National Science Foundation

Changing Seasonality in the Arctic System

This solicitation is for research aimed at understanding changing seasonality in the arctic system. There now exists abundant evidence that pervasive changes are underway in the patterns of seasonality in the Arctic. The timing and dynamics of key events such as spring melt and fall freeze-up are shifting in response to a changing arctic climate, impacting the interconnected physical, biological, and human components and processes of the arctic system. Interdisciplinary proposals are sought that employ field studies, retrospective investigation, modeling, or synthesis.

Deadline: 2008-10-10

National Science Foundation

Computational Mathematics

This solicitation supports mathematical research in areas of science in which computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms design, numerical methods and their analysis, and symbolic methods. The prominence of computation in the research is a hallmark of the program. Proposals ranging from single-investigator projects that develop and analyze innovative computational methods to interdisciplinary team projects that not only create new mathematical and computational techniques but also use them to model, study, and solve important application problems are encouraged.

Deadline: 2008-12-15

Full proposal window: 1–15 December 2008

National Science Foundation

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes

This program enables large-scale group efforts that involve broad segments of the scientific community. Projects supported by this program must involve the mathematical sciences in a significant way and have the scope to justify the funding, duration, and infrastructure of an institute. The goals of the program include advancing research in the mathematical sciences, increasing the impact of the mathematical sciences in other disciplines, enabling the mathematical sciences to respond to national needs, and expanding the talent base engaged in mathematical research in the United States.

Deadline: 2009-02-27

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Active Living Research/Healthy Eating Research Rapid-Response Grants

Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research are national programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that support research to identify promising policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity, promoting healthy eating, and preventing obesity. This call for proposals supports time-sensitive, opportunistic studies to evaluate changes in policies or environments with the potential to reach children who are at highest risk for obesity, including African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander children (ages 3 to 18) who live in low-income communities or communities with limited access to affordable healthy foods and/or safe opportunities for physical activity.

Deadline: 2008-12-31

Grants are awarded on a rolling basis; letters of intent may be submitted at any time.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Physician Faculty Scholars

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars program is designed to strengthen the leadership and academic productivity of junior medical school faculty members who are dedicated to improving health and health care. Under the program, scholars receive: funds to support a research project; at least 50% protected time for 3 years to do their research; active mentorship by nationally recognized leaders; and the opportunity to work with other talented scholars.

Deadline: 2008-08-29

Welder Wildlife Foundation

Fellowships for Graduate Students

The Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation's graduate research fellowship program is designed to promote the education of exceptionally qualified students and provide research information to manage wildlife populations. The scientific breadth of the program is suggested by the academic units of previous fellowship recipients, among them: animal behavior, biology, botany, conservation education, ecology, genetics, mammalogy, ornithology, parasitology, range science, veterinary pathology, and wildlife sciences.

Deadline: 2008-10-01

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GrantsNet Express

GrantsNet Express -- for AAAS members only -- offers a new listing each week of science funding opportunities from private foundations and organizations, as well as new U.S. government science grant announcements.

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New Student and Institutional Support Programs

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ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Engineering College Scholarship

ASCO Numatics, a division of Emerson, has been the world's leading manufacturer of comprehensive flow control and pneumatics solutions for over 100 years. We are proud to offer our 2008/2009 engineering college scholarship program aimed at rewarding exceptional undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a career in manufacturing and processing engineering. ASCO Numatics will award two, $5,000 scholarships to U.S. engineering students who are pursuing careers in industrial automation-related disciplines. Additionally, ASCO Numatics will make $1,000 grants to the engineering departments of the colleges in which the winners are enrolled.

Deadline: 2008-07-31

Department of Education

Programs for Master's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Critical Foreign Language Education

The purpose of the program is to develop and implement 2- or 3-year part-time master's degree programs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language education for teachers in order to enhance teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical skills; and to develop programs for professionals in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language that lead to a master's degree in teaching that results in teacher certification.

Deadline: 2008-07-21

Department of Education

Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Languages, With Concurrent Teacher Certification

The purpose of this program is to develop and implement programs to provide integrated courses of study that lead to a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign language with concurrent teacher certification.

Deadline: 2008-07-21

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

NCMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health, solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish an exploratory NCMHD Center of Excellence (COE) contributing to either the improvement of minority health, the elimination of health disparities, or both. To be eligible for the COE in this FOA, applicant institutions must have existing federal research support and/or research infrastructure as reflected in a level of NIH institutional funding of less than $80 million for the year 2007. An Exploratory NCMHD COE supported under this FOA must contain an administrative core, a research core, a research training/education core, and a community/engagement core.

Deadline: 2008-07-31

Letters of intent receipt date: 1 July 2008

Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health

NCMHD Comprehensive Centers of Excellence (P60)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health, solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish a comprehensive NCMHD Center of Excellence (COE) contributing to either the improvement of minority health, the elimination of health disparities, or both. To be eligible for the COE in this FOA, applicant institutions must have existing federal research support and/or research infrastructure as reflected in a level of NIH institutional funding of more than or equal to $80 million for the year 2007. A comprehensive NCMHD COE supported under this FOA must contain an administrative core, a research core, a research training/education core, and a community/engagement core.

Deadline: 2008-08-29

Letters of intent receipt date: 30 July 2008

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