Grant Funding Opportunities: 1/24/2014

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Announcements

NSBRI Industry Forum is now accepting applications for SMARTCAP grants. Through four grant cycles, SMARTCAP 2014 offers small U.S. companies the opportunity to receive non-dilutive project funding and to collaborate with NSBRI and its research partners (including NASA). NSBRI intends to make a single award of $100,000 in each grant cycle. Applications for the next grant cycle are due February 13, 2014.

 

Grant Opportunities

Deadline: 1/31/2014 (LOI); 3/28/2014 (full proposal)

Agency: Avon Foundation for Women

Program: Breast Cancer Research Projects

Description: The Avon Foundation for Women continues its search for new preventive strategies to address the growing number of breast cancer cases around the globe. To develop new strategies to prevent breast cancer, the 2014 Avon Foundation Research Program seeks proposals for projects seeking to understand the causes of breast cancer in people; changes in breast cells that give rise to cancer; markers for the disease; and how breast cancer progresses. Priority will be given to research focused on new preventive strategies; the role of endogenous and exogenous environmental factors in the development of breast cancer; metastases and new treatments for metastatic breast cancer; and clinically applicable assays or diagnostic tests that are predictive of breast cancer risk or that can be used to monitor changes in healthy breast tissue over time.

Award Amount: $300,000

Website:www.avonfoundation.org/grants/breast-cancer/research-grant-guidelines/

Eligibility:  Investigators at academic, nonprofit, and government institutions in the United States are eligible to apply. Applications also will be accepted from for-profit diagnostic, device, and biotechnology companies if they are clearly developing new tests or assays relevant to breast cancer detection or risk assessment. Applications involving multiple institutions or collaborators in need of a higher level of funding are encouraged to contact the foundation.


Deadline: 2/15/2014

Agency: National Science Foundation

Program: Sensors and Sensing Systems

Description: The Sensors and Sensing System (SSS) program funds fundamental research on sensors and sensing systems.  Such fundamental research includes the discovery and characterization of new sensing modalities, fundamental theories for aggregation and analysis of sensed data, fundamentally new approaches for data transmission, and approaches for addressing uncertain and/or partial sensor data.  Innovative research in nonlinear prediction, filtering and estimation in the context of sensing systems is also considered in this program.
The program does not fund developmental projects, such as sensor development or applications studies.  Proposals offering fundamental research topics that are enabled by sensor development or sensor system development should be submitted to the relevant CMMI program in which the fundamental research contribution is being made. In such a case, the SSS program should be listed as a secondary program. Proposals that do not address CMMI relevant research should be submitted to programs in the appropriate division within NSF. Depending on the research objective of the work proposed, PIs submitting proposals in the areas of biosensing and biomedical sensors should consider sending their proposals to the Biosensing, Biophotonics or Biomedical Engineering program in the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET), and also for areas of biosensing, sensors and actuators they should consider the Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetic Devices (EPMD) or the Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-systems (CCSS) program of the division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS).

Award Amount: Varies

Website:www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13349&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Eligibility:  Unrestricted


Deadline: 2/15/2014

Agency: National Science Foundation

Program: Biological Oceanography

Description: The Biological Oceanography Program supports research in marine ecology broadly defined: relationships among aquatic organisms and their interactions with the environments of the oceans or Great Lakes. Projects submitted to the program for consideration are often interdisciplinary efforts that may include participation by other OCE Programs. (See information provided under Related URLs below).

Award Amount: Varies

Website: www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=45792

Eligibility:  Unrestricted


Deadline: 2/15/2014

Agency: National Science Foundation

Program: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

Description: The BMMB Program supports fundamental research in biomechanics and mechanobiology. An emphasis is placed on multiscale mechanics approaches in the study of organisms that integrate across molecular, cell, tissue, and organ domains. The influence of in vivo mechanical forces on cell and matrix biology in the histomorphogenesis, maintenance, regeneration, and aging of tissues is an important concern. In addition, the relationships between mechanical behavior and extracellular matrix composition and organization are of interest. Funded projects may include theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches. The program encourages the consideration of diverse living tissues as smart materials that are self-designing. 

Award Amount: Varies

Website:www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13523&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Eligibility:  Unrestricted


Deadline: 2/15/2014

Agency: National Science Foundation

Program: Catalysis and Biocatalysis

Description: Due to the ubiquitous presence of catalysis in the many aspects of goods and services impacting our lives, the Catalysis and Biocatalysis program has many potential directions for funding support. Programs in this area encompass a blend of fundamental and innovative applied research drivers. All programs are hypothesis-driven, and the experimental programs aimed at resolving the issues frequently combine a variety of approaches. Chemical engineering and chemistry are intertwined. Proposals which receive funding in this Program may include any number of the following broad scopes: Catalyst Synthesis, Characterization, Behavior and PerformanceKinetics and Mechanisms of Key Catalytic ReactionsCatalysis at Surfaces or in Reactor Process StreamsSynthesis and Fabrication of Component Materials and Catalyst CompositesModeling and Fundamental Studies of a Catalyst or Catalytic ProcessCatalysts and Studies for Renewable Energy Systems.These approaches apply equally to classical inorganic or carbon catalysts as well as to enzymatic or biocatalysts. Specialized materials synthesis procedures may be necessary to provide active catalysts in any of the studies. Applications-driven studies, such as Biomass conversion catalysis, Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis, involving energy interconversion devices or systems employing catalysts are highly desired.Most studies will focus on the catalysis of one or more chemical reactions with products including molecules used for fuels, energy sources, feedstocks, fine chemicals, bulk chemicals and specialized materials. While proposals will be accepted in any of the above areas, national needs suggest heightened interest be given to proposals relating to processes and catalysts for conversions of biomass to fuels and chemicals, for development of renewable energy sources and for transition to green or environmentally benign products and processes. Submissions investigating unique nanoparticle or biomimetic catalysis are welcome. There is overlap in the energy topics with Energy for Sustainability Program, the Process and Reaction Engineering Program, and the Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering Program.

Award Amount: $300,000.00

Website: www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=239802

Eligibility:  Unrestricted


Deadline: 2/15/2014 (LOI due)

Agency: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Program: Translational Research Program

Description: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has issued a new Request for Proposals through its Translational Research Program in support of researchers in six critical areas of unmet medical need. The RFP marks the society's aggressive and proactive approach to addressing the challenge of improving outcomes for cancer patients with particularly urgent needs. The program is designed to help accelerate the movement of promising discoveries from lab to clinic. The goal of translational research is to reduce the time between laboratory findings and actual treatment. The society aims to stimulate more academic research in the following areas: defining genetic/molecular predispositions to long-term and late-term effects associated with standard therapies in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and applying that information to improved patient outcomes; the development of novel therapeutic strategies for patients with noncutaneous T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders; the development of novel targeted therapies for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with real curative potential; the development of novel treatment strategies for myelodysplastic syndrome patients for whom hypomethylating agents have failed; the development of  novel targeted therapies for patients with high-risk myeloma; and the development of new-targeted therapies for indolent lymphoma patients.

Award Amount: $600,000 over 3 years

Website: www.lls.org/#/researchershealthcareprofessionals/academicgrants/translationalresearch/

Eligibility:  Applicants (principal investigators) must hold an M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree, and work in a nonprofit organization (domestic or foreign), university, college, hospital, or lab. Applications may involve multiple institutions, and the applicant should have an independent research or academic position. Applicants need not be citizens of the United States.

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