Grant Funding Opportunities: 8/23/2013
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Announcements
The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) for the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) Program. White papers are due September 23, 2013.
The RIF Program was established to facilitate the rapid insertion of innovative small business technologies into military systems or programs that meet critical national security needs. RIF also intends to facilitate innovative technologies that show a clear transition path to fielding the technology into existing defense acquisition programs. Awards can be up to $3 million.
The attached Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subparts 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, provides for the submission of White Papers in support of the Department of Defense's Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF). The Military Departments and Defense Agencies participating in RIF for fiscal year 2013 include Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, Chief Information Officer/Defense Information Systems Agency, Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, Developmental Test and Evaluation/Test Resource Management Center, Defense Health Program, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency , Missile Defense Agency, North American Aerospace Defense Command/United States Northern Command, National Reconnaissance Office, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, United States Pacific Command, and United States Special Operations Command.
Grant Opportunities
Deadline: 9/3/2013
Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Program: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Description: BWF's Career Awards at the Scientific Interface provide $500,000 to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. Prior to 2010, candidates for this award were nominated by North American degree-granting institutions. Since 2010, eligible candidates for this award may self-nominate by submitting a preproposal.
Award Amount: $500,000.00
Website: www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/interfaces-science/career-awards-scientific-interface
Eligibility: These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as to U.S. temporary residents.
Deadline: 9/18/2013
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Program: Early-Stage Development of Innovative Technologies for Biospecimen Science (R21)
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), solicits grant applications proposing technically innovative feasibility studies focused on early-stage development of technologies that address issues related to pre-analytical variations in the collection, processing, handling, and storage of cancer-relevant biospecimens or their derivatives. The overall goal is to develop technologies capable of interrogating and/or maximizing the quality and utility of biospecimens or samples derived from those biospecimens for downstream analyses. This FOA will support the development of tools, devices, instrumentation, and associated methods to assess sample quality, preserve/protect sample integrity, and establish verification criteria for quality assessment/quality control and handling under diverse conditions. These technologies are expected to potentially accelerate and/or enhance research in cancer biology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and cancer health disparities, by reducing pre-analytical variations that affect biospecimen sample quality. All projects must include quantitative milestones (i.e., technical metrics that determine whether the specific aims have been accomplished).
Award Amount: $200,000 award ceiling
Website: www07.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=206215
Eligibility: Government entities, school districts and universities, nonprofits, small businesses, private institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations, Native American tribal organizations
Deadline: 9/25/2013
Agency: Dept. of the Army – USAMRAA
Program: Breast Cancer Breakthrough Award
Description: The BCRP Breakthrough Award mechanism is being offered for the first time in FY13. The intent of the Breakthrough Award is to support promising research that has the potential to lead to or make breakthroughs in breast cancer. The critical components of this award mechanism are: Impact: Research supported by the Breakthrough Award will have the potential for a major impact and accelerate progress toward ending breast cancer. The impact may be near-term or long-term, but must be significant and move beyond an incremental advancement. Applications must articulate the pathway to making an impact for breast cancer patients, even if clinical impact is not an immediate outcome. Research Scope: Research proposed under this award mechanism may be small- to large-scale projects, at different stages of idea and research development. Four different funding levels, based on the scope of the research, are available for this award mechanism.
Award Amount: Varies
Website: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=234217
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Deadline: 9/27/2013
Agency: National Science Foundation
Program: Nano-Biosensing
Description: The Nano-Biosensing Program supports fundamental research in engineering areas related to:Novel biorecognition elements; Multifunctional nanomaterials and interfaces for biosensing applications; Fundamental study of bio-macromolecules confinement and orientation at the micro- and nano-interfaces for biosensing applications; Nano-biosensors for basic biology applications (protein-protein interactions, cellular signaling and cross talk, as well as other similar topics); Integration of nano-biosensors into portable devices for medical applications. Proposals outside of these specific topics may also be accepted. Photonic nanosensors with medical applications should be submitted to the Biophotonics Program PE7236, while non-photonic nanosensors should be submitted to PE7909 (Nano-Biosensing). Areas of interest for PE7909 include non-photonic biological and biomedical topics, food safety, energy, environment, distributed sensing, and security. The Nano-Biosensing Program supports innovative, transformative, and insightful fundamental investigations of original technologies with broad long-term impact. The program also supports fundamental development of applications that require novel use of nano-scale bio-inspired engineering principles and approaches that will meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification and/or quantification of biological signals and is particularly interested in projects at the intersection of engineering, life sciences, and information technology. Projects submitted to the Program must advance both engineering and life sciences. Proposals outside of these specific interest areas are welcome. In particular, the Interfacial Processing and Thermodynamics Program and the Nano-Biosensing Program may jointly support novel projects related to surface functionalization at the molecular level. The Nano-Biosensing Program supports innovative, transformative and insightful fundamental investigations of original technologies with broad long term impact and applications that require novel use of bio-inspired engineering principles and sophisticated approaches to meet the engineering and technology needs of the nation. The program is targeting research in the area of the monitoring, identification and/or quantification of biological phenomena and will support potential technological breakthroughs that exist at the intersection of engineering, life science and information technology.
Award Amount: $300,000 - 600,000
Website: www07.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=206215
Eligibility: Unrestricted
Deadline: 10/1/2013
Agency: Toshiba America Foundation
Program: Education Grants for Grades K-5
Description: Do you teach in an elementary school classroom? Do you have an innovative idea for improving math or science instruction in your classroom? Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes? What do you need to make learning math and science fun for your students?
K-5 grade teachers are invited to apply on-line for a $1,000 Toshiba America Foundation grant to help bring an innovative hands-on project into their own classroom. With a Toshiba America Foundation grant, elementary teachers can bring their best new teaching ideas to life.
Award Amount: $1,000
Website: www.toshiba.com/taf/k5.jsp
Eligibility: K-5 teachers