Grant Funding Opportunities: 2/3/12
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Grant Deadlines
Deadline: 3/5/12 (Targeted Partnerships; Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA), including STEM Education Resource Collaboratory);12/18/12 (Targeted Partnerships; Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA))
Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program: Math and Science Partnership (MSP)
Description: This program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the STEM performance of diverse student populations. All STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields supported by NSF may be involved in this work, with special encouragement to areas that are gaining increased traction at the K-12 level, such as computer science and engineering, in addition to mathematics and science. MSP projects also serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence/research base to improve STEM education outcomes for all students. Through this solicitation, NSF seeks to support two levels of Targeted Partnership awards, Implementation and Prototype. Implementation awards are intended to develop and put into practice innovative approaches and strategies in education. Prototype awards explore potentially innovative approaches and strategies in education. Both types of Partnerships incorporate significant new innovations to STEM education, linked to a strong educational research agenda, in one of four focal areas: Community Enterprise for STEM Learning; Current Issues Related to STEM Content; Identifying and Cultivating Exceptional Talent; and K-12 STEM Teacher Preparation. In addition, there are three types of Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) project opportunities in this solicitation: research related to sustainability, or policies, or state plans for STEM education; technical assistance for evaluators of MSP projects; and the STEM Education Resource Collaboratory.
Award Amount: The maximum total budget for a Targeted Partnership that is an Implementation project is $8,000,000 (average annual budgets of $1,600,000) with duration of up to 5 years. The maximum total budget for a Targeted Partnership that is a Prototype project is $1,500,000 (average annual budgets of $500,000) with duration of up to 3 years. The maximum total budget for RETA research and evaluation technical assistance projects is $1,200,000 (average annual budgets of $400,000) with duration of up to 3 years. The request for funding should be consistent with the scope and complexity of the proposed work. RETA awards will be made as standard or continuing grants. The maximum total budget for the STEM Education Resource Collaboratory is $8,000,000 (average annual budgets of $1,600,000) with duration of up to 5 years.
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12518/nsf12518.htm
Eligibility: Lead institution eligibility for a Targeted Partnership is limited to an institution of higher education or an eligible non-profit organization (or consortia of such institutions or organizations). A non-profit organization eligible to serve as a lead institution for a Partnership project is defined as a nonprofit research institute, or a nonprofit professional association, with demonstrated experience and effectiveness in mathematics or science education. Eligibility for Research, Evaluation and Technical Assistance (RETA) projects, including the STEM Education Resource Collaboratory, is open to all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide. Proposals for research on state plans for STEM education in the RETA research component must include a state or consortium of states.
Deadline: 3/9/12
Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Program: Transforming STEM Learning (TSL)
Description: This program explores the opportunities and challenges implied by innovative visions of the future for STEM learning. The TSL program invites interdisciplinary teams of STEM content specialists, experts in relevant technologies, STEM formal and informal education specialists, researchers with expertise in the learning sciences, and specialists in education research and evaluation methods to submit proposals for research projects that (1) Study efficacy of existing prototypes for innovations like virtual schools, special STEM schools, and educational programs that combine opportunities of formal and informal learning resources in their communities; or (2) Design and conduct exploratory development of new potentially transformative models for STEM learning environments. The cross-cutting proposals will draw from work in the four primary DRL programs: Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12), Informal Science Education (ISE), Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE), and Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST). However, proposals submitted in response to this solicitation must have a scope that extends well beyond any of those programs individually.
Award Amount: Research projects may ask for up to $2,000,000 with duration of up to 4 years. Planning and pilot development projects may ask for up to $500,000 with duration up to 2 years.
Website: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10602/nsf10602.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Eligibility: Open to all categories of proposers identified in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide.
Deadline: 4/2/12
Agency: Department of Energy
Program: Genomic Science: Biosystems Design to Enable Next-Generation Biofuels
Description: This program is interested in receiving applications for research that supports the Genomics Science Program and addresses DOE?s missions in energy and the environment in the following research areas: a) Microbial systems design for biofuels, from computer modeling to experimental validation: To develop modeling algorithms and innovative biosystems design technologies to define, build, and apply functional biological modules for the generation of novel biological systems that advance toward the production of biofuels; and b) Plant systems design for bioenergy: To develop novel technologies to re-design bioenergy crops that can grow in marginal environments while producing high yield of biomass that can be easily converted to biofuels. Applications should also address potential societal implications of engineered organisms.
Award Amount: Awards from $1million - $5million
Eligibility: Unrestricted (suggest to review eligibility notes for program for some restrictions)
Deadline: 4/15/12 (Letter of Intent Due); 9/1/12 (Full Proposal Due if invited)
Agency: Whitehall Foundation
Program: Research Grants/Grants-in-Aid
Description: The Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation's policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. In order to respond to the changing environment, the Foundation periodically reassesses the need for financial support by the various fields of biological research. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior.
Award Amount: Research grants normally range from $30,000 to $75,000 per year.
Website: http://www.whitehall.org/grants/
Eligibility: Available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States.
Deadline: 4/16/12 (Letter of Inquiry—full proposal by submission only with full proposal deadline in December)
Agency: The John Templeton Foundation
Program: Applicant Driven Grants
Description: The Foundation’s Core Funding Areas cover the full range of the Foundation’s activities and grant-making. Science and the Big Questions is the largest of these Core Funding Areas and is further divided into several subfields to include the Life Sciences. The Foundation supports projects investigating the evolution and fundamental nature of life, human life, and mind, especially as they relate to issues of meaning and purpose. Projects are welcome from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including the biological sciences, neuroscience, archeology, and paleontology.
Award Amount: Unspecified
Website: http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process
Eligibility: The Foundationprefers to fund projects that are affiliated with an institution (typically a university, research institution or other non-profit organization.). Whenever possible, they encourage individuals to link with an appropriate institution that will assist by administering the grant. There are cases, however, when this is not practical or possible and the Foundation will make a grant to an individual.
Deadline: 5/1/12 (Pre-proposal due); 7/24/12 (Full Proposals due if invited)
Agency: U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
Program: Research Grants
Description: The Association is dedicated to the growth, progress, and welfare of the poultry industry and all of its individual and corporate interests. The promotion of problem-related research and the concomitant training of graduate students are high on the association's agenda. Proposed research projects should be designed to provide information that has the potential to resolve real industry problems. Research areas include the following: Animal Welfare; Breeder Management (Broiler/Turkey); Broiler Management; Commercial Egg Production; Diseases; Employee Safety Health; Environmental Management; Feed Mill Operations; Food Safety; Further Processing; Genetics; Hatchery Management; Human Nutrition; Live Haul; Market Turkey Management; Nutrition; Poultry Housing; Pullet Management; and Processing.
Award Amount: Funds can be used for graduate students, postdocs, technicians, research supplies, and work and meeting travel. Up to 15 percent overhead is allowed. Funds cannot be used for professional (faculty) salaries or equipment.
Website: http://www.poultryegg.org/research/
Eligibility: Researchers
Deadline: 5/26/12 (LOI Due—optional but encouraged);6/26/12 (Proposal Due)
Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program: Partnerships for Development of Vaccine Technologies (R01)
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites research applications for projects focused on preclinical development of candidate technologies (including adjuvants) that would improve vaccine effectiveness and/or simplify vaccine delivery to patient populations during a natural outbreak of an infectious disease or following the intentional release of an infectious agent. Applications must include a Product Development Strategy attachment and demonstrate substantive investment by at least one industrial participant.
Award Amount: Budgets for direct costs of up to $750,000 per year may be requested. In addition, applicants may request up to a total of $300,000 for major equipment in the first year of the award to ensure that research aims can be met and biohazards can be contained. Prior consultation with NIAID is strongly encouraged for applicants requesting budgets in excess of these amounts. Scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is 5 years.
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-12-014.html
Eligibility: Higher Education Institutions, Non-Profits, For-Profits, Governments
