Current Funding Opportunities

This Week's Funding Opportunities (Faculty may access the following link(s) to discover possible funding opportunities each week):


Connect 2 Canada (Canadian Studies Grant Program)


The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. The Canadian Studies grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges, student mobility, and collaboration between American and Canadian researchers. The program also seeks to build stronger ties between American and Canadian universities and colleges.


Department of Homeland Security (DHS)


Grants Division Researching, Creating, Developing, Deploying and Evaluating Innovative Educational Tools, Approaches & Resources to Advance Intellectual Basis for a National Homeland Security S&T Workforce

Office of Procurement Operations

Closing Date: 2/28/2010


Department of Commerce (DOC)


2010 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring

Closing Date: 2/19/2010

2010 CRCP-Coral Reef Management Grants Program

Closing Date: 3/12/2010


Department of Defense (DOD)


PTSD Clinical Treatment Research Among Active Duty Army Soldiers

Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA

Closing Date: 11/24/2009

Low-Cost Lightweight Portable Photovoltaics (PoP)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DARPA - Defense Sciences Office
Closing Date: 4/21/2010

Remoted Analog-to-Digital Converter with De-serialization and Reconstruction (RADER)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Closing Date: 5/28/2010

Short-range Wide-field-of-view Extremely-agile Electronically-steered Photonic EmitteR (SWEEPER)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Closing Date: 6/24/2010

Enabling Stress Resistance, DARPA - Defense Sciences Office

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Closing Date: 7/7/2010

Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology Grant

Office of Naval Research

Closing Date: 9/30/2010


U.S. Department Of Energy (DOE)


Department of Energy

Recovery Act - Workforce Training For The Electric Power

Closing Date: 11/30/2009


Department of Education (Ed)


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Department of the Interior (DOI)


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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)


7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet Grant

Closing Date: 1/4/2010

A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet

Closing Date: 1/5/2010

Approaches to Assessing Potential Food Allergy from Genetically Engineered Plants

Closing Date: 1/7/2010

7th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet Grant

Closing Date: 1/14/2010


Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)


National Institutes of Health

Beta Cell Biology Consortium Grant

Closing Date: 11/23/2009

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 Communities Putting Prevention to Work

Closing Date: 12/1/2009

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Innovative Adaptation and Dissemination of AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Research Products

Closing Date: 12/16/2009

Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families

Closing Date: 1/15/2010

National Institutes of Health

NINDS Institutional Center Core Grants to Support Neuroscience Research

Closing Date: 1/25/2011

National Institutes of Health

Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment

Closing Date: 6/16/2012

National Institutes of Health

Erythropoiesis: Components and Mechanisms Grant

Closing Date: 9/7/2012

Department of Health and Human Services

National Institutes of HealthMBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (R25)

Grant

Closing Date: 1/8/2013


US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)


Policy Requirements and General Section

Closing Date: 12/30/2009


Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)


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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)


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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)


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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)


Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections

Closing Date: 12/8/2009


National Institutes of Health (NIH)


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National Science Foundation (NSF)


EAR Postdoctoral Fellowships

Grant

Closing Date: 7/1/2010

Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms

Closing Date: 11/30/2010

Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics

Closing Date: 9/28/2011


US Agency for International Development (USAID)


African Urban Poor - Improved Water and Sanitation (AUP-IWS) APS

Closing Date: 2/8/2010


U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)


2010 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant

Forest Service

Closing Date: 12/15/2009

Disaster Resilience for Rural Communities Grant

CSREES

Closing Date: 1/20/2010


The Following Funding Opportunities Are Divided into Specific Subject Areas - Faculty Can Look for Their Specific Discipline to Discover Funding Sources Each Week:

AGRICULTURE

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ARTS AND CULTURE

 

Deadline Date – Open
Grant Resource – Anadarko
Category – Education; Social service; Health; and Arts and culture

Size of Grant – Non Profit

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Anadarko General Project

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – 3rd Friday Monthly

Grant Resource – Youth Development

Category – Youth Development

Web -  Corporate Giving Overview

CONFERENCES

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS

Deadline Date – 12/3/2009

Grant Resource – National Science Foundation
Category – Small Business Innovation Research

Description – The Small Business Innovation Research Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.

Size of Grant – 300 awards of $150,000

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Small Business Innovation Research

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIA

Deadline Date – 1/18/2010

Grant Resource – Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Category – The Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers

Description – Individual science teachers or a team of up to five teachers can submit proposals in one of three categories: physical science application; environmental science education; and integrating literacy and science. A judging panel convened by the NSTA will select the award-winning projects based on several criteria, including their innovative approach in teaching science and ability to create a stimulating and hands-on learning environment.

Size of Grant – Fifty large grants and a minimum of 20 mini-grants totaling $550,000

Web – The Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers

ENGLISH

Deadline Date – 1/15/2010

Grant Resource – International Reading Association
Category – research in reading and literacy

Size of Grant – up to $10,000

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Elva Knight Research Grant

GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

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HEALTH FIELDS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION, OPTOMETRY

 

Deadline Date – 12/18/2009

Grant Resource – US Department of Defense
Category – Medical Care Research

Description – These awards are intended to provide support for research that is designed to advance state-of–the-art solutions for world class medical care with an emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder, TBI, prosthetics, restoration of eye sight and advancing eye care, and other conditions directly relevant to the injuries our service members are currently receiving on the battlefield, as well as other capability needs.

Size of Grant – 100 awards totaling $97 million

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Medical Care Research

Deadline Date – 1/1/2010

Grant Resource – Monsanto Fund
Category – Nutritional Improvement through Agriculture; Healthy Environment; Science Education; and Our Communities

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Grants Program

Deadline Date – 2/5/2010

Grant Resource – US Department of Health and Human Services NIH
Category – Nutrition and Activity Research

Description – This FOA encourages applications that propose research on the roles of nutrition and physical activity in the development, prevention, and management of cardiovascular diseases or pulmonary diseases. In particular, the FOA aims to (1) improve knowledge of the contribution of diet and physical activity to these conditions and how sleep influences these relationships, (2) increase the evidence base for refining public health recommendations and clinical guidelines regarding these lifestyle behaviors, and (3) develop and test strategies to improve the adoption of these recommendations.

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web - Nutrition and Activity Research

LIBRARIES

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PUBLISHING

 

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – 11/30/2009

Grant Resource – US Department of Agriculture
Category – Agriculture Production and Marketing

Description – The primary objective of this grant program is to help eligible independent producers of agricultural commodities, agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures develop strategies to create marketing opportunities and to help develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities.

Size of Grant – 130 awards of $100,000 for planning grants and $300,000 for capital grants

Cost Sharing or Match – Yes 

Web - Agriculture Production and Marketing

SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY

Deadline Date – 1/29/2010

Grant Resource – National Science Foundation
Category – International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad

Description – The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities between U.S. and foreign investigators. It is envisioned that the program will be expanded to include additional partnering foreign agencies in the coming years. The program seeks new and highly innovative 3-year collaborative projects that break new ground and demonstrate a high level of synergy between the collaborating investigators. Formation of new collaborations is strongly encouraged.

Size of Grant – 40 awards of $700,000

Cost Sharing or Match – No

Web – International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad

TEACHER PREPARATION; FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Deadline Date – 12/1/2009

Grant Resource – Barbara Lotze
Category – Barbara Lotze Scholarships for Future Teachers

Description – The AAPT Executive Board offers scholarships for future high school physics teachers. These scholarships, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools.Undergraduate students enrolled, or planning to enroll, in physics teacher preparation curricula and high school seniors entering such programs are eligible. Successful applicants receive a stipend of up to $2,000. The scholarship may be granted to an individual for each of four years.

Size of Grant – Up to $2,000

Web – Future Teachers

TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA

 

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