Grant Funding Opportunities: 11/8/2013
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Announcements
NCET2 is hosting a free Research Commercialization Introductory Course from November 14 to December 12, 2013. Areas covered in the course include intellectual property, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, licensing agreements, employment agreements, consulting agreements, tech transfer, creating and funding companies, and federally funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs. Each lecture is a live 90-minute online class with Q&A.
Grant Opportunities
Deadline: 11/13/2013
Agency: Prostate Cancer Foundation
Program: 2014 Young Investigators Awards
Description: The Prostate Cancer Foundation has announced another round of funding for early career prostate cancer researchers through its Young Investigators Awards program. Consistent with the foundation's goal to end death and suffering from prostate cancer, the awards program seeks to help develop a gifted cohort of investigators to undertake the next generation of prostate cancer research. Investigators with diverse expertise from anywhere in the world are invited to apply. Highly innovative basic science programs will be considered, but priority will be given to "bench to bedside" translational research proposals with the potential to deliver near-term benefit to patients.
Award Amount: $75,000.00
Website: www.pcf.org/atf/cf/%7B7c77d6a2-5859-4d60-af47-132fd0f85892%7D/2014_RFA_YOUNG_INVESTIGATOR_AWARD.PDF
Eligibility: Applications are welcome from the global community. Applicants need not be trained specifically in clinical prostate cancer research. Young Investigators may be working in basic, translational, or clinical research, or in population sciences, bioengineering, or any other field that could contribute to the end of prostate cancer. However, successful applicants should be working in a research environment capable of supporting transformational prostate cancer research. Access to and interaction with a clinical environment, as well as translational prostate cancer physician-scientists, is highly desirable. Applicants should be within six years of completing a professional degree or clinical training such as an M.D., Ph.D., M.D.-Ph.D., M.P.H., or equivalent. The applicant may hold the title of senior postdoctoral fellow, instructor, research associate, assistant professor, or equivalent.
Deadline: 11/15/2013
Agency: National Science Foundation
Program: Biomaterials (BMAT)
Description: The Biomaterials program supports fundamental materials research related to (1) biological materials, (2) biomimetic, bioinspired, and bioenabled materials, (3) synthetic materials intended for applications in contact with biological systems, and (4) the processes through which nature produces biological materials. Projects are typically interdisciplinary and may encompass scales from the nanoscopic to the bulk. They may involve characterization, design, preparation, and modification; studies of structure-property relationships and interfacial behavior; and combinations of experiment, theory, and/or simulation. The emphasis is on novel materials design and development and discovery of new phenomena. Projects involving in vitro demonstration of biological compatibility and efficacy are appropriate, but the program can support only limited in vivo studies. Tissue engineering and drug/gene delivery projects must have a specific focus on fundamental materials development and characterization. Studies of the mechanical behavior of hard and soft biological materials and tissues and projects in molecular biophysics may be more appropriate for one or more of the NSF programs listed below under Related Programs. Projects with an emphasis on device design and fabrication are generally more appropriate for a program in the NSF Engineering Directorate.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13699&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Eligibility: Universities and colleges; Nonprofit, non-academic institutions; For-profit organizations; state and local governments; unaffiliated individuals
Deadline: 11/15/2013
Agency: National Science Foundation
Program: Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences: Investigator-initiated research projects
Description: The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) supports quantitative, predictive, and theory-driven fundamental research and related activities designed to promote understanding of complex living systems at the molecular, subcellular, and cellular levels. MCB is soliciting proposals for hypothesis-driven and discovery research and related activities in four core clusters:Molecular Biophysics Cellular Dynamics and FunctionGenetic Mechanisms Systems and Synthetic Biology MCB gives high priority to research projects that use theory, methods, and technologies from physical sciences, mathematics, computational sciences, and engineering to address major biological questions. Research supported by MCB uses a range of experimental approaches--including in vivo, in vitro and in silico strategies--and a broad spectrum of model and non-model organisms, especially microbes and plants. Typical research supported by MCB integrates theory and experimentation. Projects that address the emerging areas of multi-scale integration, molecular and cellular evolution, quantitative prediction of phenome from genomic information, and development of methods and resources are particularly welcome. Highest funding priority is given to applications that have outstanding intellectual merit and strong broader impacts.
Award Amount: $800,000.00
Website:www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503626&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click
Eligibility: Nonprofit, nonacademic organizations; Universities and colleges
Deadline: 11/15/2013
Agency: Westinghouse Electric Company
Program: STEM Education Projects
Description: Through its N-Visioning a Brighter Future program, Westinghouse will award $1,000 grants to three schools for any project with a STEM-based focus. An additional $2,000 grant will be awarded to each school's science department for general needs. Priority will be given to projects that directly involve students, incorporate community resources, and/or utilize interdisciplinary or team-teaching strategies.
Award Amount: $3,000.00
Website: www.westinghousenuclear.com/Community/Charitable_Giving/Brochure/index.html
Eligibility: Elementary, middle or high schools located in the US
Deadline: 11/26/2013
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Program: Bioengineering Interdisciplinary Training for Diabetes Research
Description: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote the development of an interdisciplinary workforce for conducting bioengineering research to develop innovative technologies for treatment of diabetes including creating integrated long term glucose regulated insulin delivery systems (artificial pancreas), beta cell or islet encapsulation for beta cell replacement therapy, wound healing or prevention for diabetic ulcers, better cellular models of relevant tissues for studying diabetes and its complications and/or beta cell and autoimmunity imaging methods. This FOA will support institutional training programs in diabetes research for pre and postdoctoral level researchers with backgrounds in bioengineering and/or computational sciences.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-047.html
Eligibility: Government entities, school districts and universities, nonprofits, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, Native American tribal organizations