http://www.dandavidprize.org/
The prize and its spirit
The Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
The Dan David Prize recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. It aims to foster universal values of excellence, creativity, justice, democracy and progress and to promote the scientific, technological and humanistic achievements that advance and improve our world.
The Dan David Prize covers three time dimensions - Past, Present and Future - that represent realms of human achievement. Each year the International Board chooses one field within each time dimension. Following a review process by independent Review Commitees comprised of renowned scholars and professionals, the International Board then chooses the laureates for each field.
The Past refers to fields that expand knowledge of former times.
The Present recognizes achievements that shape and enrich society today.
The Future focuses on breakthroughs that hold great promise for improvement of our world.
Three prizes of one million US dollars each are granted annually in the fields chosen for the three time dimensions. The prizes are granted to individuals or institutions with proven, exceptional, distinct excellence in the sciences, arts, and humanities that have made an outstanding contribution to humanity.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is November 30, 2010.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Gates Foundation Announces Deadline for Grand Challenges
The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative is focused on engaging creative minds to work on scientific and technological breakthroughs for the world’s most pressing health problems. Grand Challenges Explorations is a grant program within the initiative that fosters innovative, early-stage research to expand the pipeline of ideas that can lead to those much needed global health solutions.
Grand Challenges Explorations Seeks Bold Ideas for Next Round of $100,000 Grants
Researchers from all fields and all levels of experience who can offer a fresh perspective on the global health fight are encouraged to apply for a Grand Challenges Explorations grant, which awards $100,000 to test early-stage projects. Topics for this round include:
•Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
•Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
•The Poliovirus Endgame: Create ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication
•Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
•Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Diseases
Applications are being accepted until November 2, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Currently, there are more than 340 researchers from 34 countries using Grand Challenges Explorations grants to test their innovative ideas. Featured below are some examples of these projects. For a complete list of grants awarded, visit the Grand Challenges Explorations web site.
Grand Challenges Explorations Seeks Bold Ideas for Next Round of $100,000 Grants
Researchers from all fields and all levels of experience who can offer a fresh perspective on the global health fight are encouraged to apply for a Grand Challenges Explorations grant, which awards $100,000 to test early-stage projects. Topics for this round include:
•Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
•Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
•The Poliovirus Endgame: Create ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication
•Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns
•Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Global Health Diseases
Applications are being accepted until November 2, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Currently, there are more than 340 researchers from 34 countries using Grand Challenges Explorations grants to test their innovative ideas. Featured below are some examples of these projects. For a complete list of grants awarded, visit the Grand Challenges Explorations web site.
NIH Responds to Injunction on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
NIH Director's Response to Stem Cell Injunction, August 26, 2010
"Human embryonic stem cell research holds great promise for the development of treatments for people threatened by potentially curable diseases. The recent court ruling that halted the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research could cause irreparable damage and delay potential breakthroughs to improve care for people living with serious diseases and conditions such as spinal cord injury, diabetes, or Parkinson’s disease. The injunction threatens to stop progress in one of the most encouraging areas of biomedical research, just as scientists are gaining momentum¬and squander the investment we have already made. The possibility of using these cells to replace those that have been damaged by disease or injury is one of the most breathtaking advances we can envision. Human embryonic stem cells also represent a powerful new approach to the early stages of screening for new drugs, and may hold the secrets to creating entirely new, targeted clinical therapies. We must move forward¬without delay¬to sustain this field of research that provides so much hope for thousands of patients and their families."
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/about/director/08262010statement_stemcellinjunction.htm
Stem Cell Court Order:
Pursuant to a court order issued August 23, 2010, NIH is not accepting submissions of information about human embryonic stem cell lines for NIH review. All review of human embryonic stem cell lines under the NIH Guidelines is suspended. The February 23, 2010, proposal to revise the Guidelines is also suspended.
http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp
"Human embryonic stem cell research holds great promise for the development of treatments for people threatened by potentially curable diseases. The recent court ruling that halted the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research could cause irreparable damage and delay potential breakthroughs to improve care for people living with serious diseases and conditions such as spinal cord injury, diabetes, or Parkinson’s disease. The injunction threatens to stop progress in one of the most encouraging areas of biomedical research, just as scientists are gaining momentum¬and squander the investment we have already made. The possibility of using these cells to replace those that have been damaged by disease or injury is one of the most breathtaking advances we can envision. Human embryonic stem cells also represent a powerful new approach to the early stages of screening for new drugs, and may hold the secrets to creating entirely new, targeted clinical therapies. We must move forward¬without delay¬to sustain this field of research that provides so much hope for thousands of patients and their families."
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/about/director/08262010statement_stemcellinjunction.htm
Stem Cell Court Order:
Pursuant to a court order issued August 23, 2010, NIH is not accepting submissions of information about human embryonic stem cell lines for NIH review. All review of human embryonic stem cell lines under the NIH Guidelines is suspended. The February 23, 2010, proposal to revise the Guidelines is also suspended.
http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp
Thursday, August 19, 2010
NSF Dear Colleague Letter for SBE 2020: Future Research in the Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the social, behavioral, and economic sciences face extraordinary opportunities to address next-generation research challenges. The landscape is vast and complex, stretching across temporal and spatial dimensions and multiple levels of analysis -- from studying the human brain to implications of decision making in a dynamic and fragmented yet interconnected world. As we look forward 10 or even 20 years, the Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (NSF/SBE) seeks to frame innovative research for the year 2020 and beyond that enhances fundamental knowledge and benefits society in many ways.
This request is part of a process that will help NSF/SBE make plans to support future research. Other activities will include a report by the Directorate’s Advisory Committee about the grand challenges facing the SBE sciences over the next decade and recommendations from the Directorate’s staff. The insights resulting from this process are threefold: They will inform the substance of future research, the capacities to pursue that research, and the infrastructure to enable investigations that will be increasingly interdisciplinary and international and will involve multiple perspectives and intellectual frameworks, differing scales and contexts, and diverse approaches and methodologies.
As a first step in engaging its community, NSF/SBE invites individuals and groups to contribute white papers outlining grand challenge questions that are both foundational and transformative. They are foundational in the sense that they reflect deep issues that engage fundamental assumptions behind disciplinary research traditions and are transformative because they seek to leverage current findings to unlock a new cycle of research. We expect these white papers to advance SBE’s mission to study human characteristics and human behaviors in its Social and Economic Sciences and Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences divisions, as well as to be the nation’s resource for understanding the structure and development of science through its Science Resources Statistics division. These white papers must:
Research is cumulative and progress is at times necessarily incremental. We invite you, now, to step outside of present demands and to think boldly about future promises. We await your contributions to understanding the future of SBE science.
Sincerely,
Myron Gutmann
Assistant Director
Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
e-mail: mgutmann@nsf.gov
Phone: 703-292-8700
This request is part of a process that will help NSF/SBE make plans to support future research. Other activities will include a report by the Directorate’s Advisory Committee about the grand challenges facing the SBE sciences over the next decade and recommendations from the Directorate’s staff. The insights resulting from this process are threefold: They will inform the substance of future research, the capacities to pursue that research, and the infrastructure to enable investigations that will be increasingly interdisciplinary and international and will involve multiple perspectives and intellectual frameworks, differing scales and contexts, and diverse approaches and methodologies.
As a first step in engaging its community, NSF/SBE invites individuals and groups to contribute white papers outlining grand challenge questions that are both foundational and transformative. They are foundational in the sense that they reflect deep issues that engage fundamental assumptions behind disciplinary research traditions and are transformative because they seek to leverage current findings to unlock a new cycle of research. We expect these white papers to advance SBE’s mission to study human characteristics and human behaviors in its Social and Economic Sciences and Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences divisions, as well as to be the nation’s resource for understanding the structure and development of science through its Science Resources Statistics division. These white papers must:
- Explain the challenge question, capability to be created, or scientific strategy; provide context in terms of recent research results and standing questions in the field; suggest the range of disciplines that may contribute, and indicate the implications for future research within and across disciplines.
- Limit the white paper to 2,000 words with a 200-word maximum abstract and up to 3 references to relevant readings.
- Include a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license
(http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/) so that the material may be made widely available through the web. - Arrive by September 30, 2010 in a Microsoft Word-compatible format. Submit to:
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/sbe_2020/.
Research is cumulative and progress is at times necessarily incremental. We invite you, now, to step outside of present demands and to think boldly about future promises. We await your contributions to understanding the future of SBE science.
Sincerely,
Myron Gutmann
Assistant Director
Directorate for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
e-mail: mgutmann@nsf.gov
Phone: 703-292-8700
Friday, August 6, 2010
Deadline for Pre-Apps Komen Cure Promise Grants
The deadline for submission of Pre-Applications for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grants is rapidly approaching on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Promise Grants provide up to $6.5 million over five years to support Promise Grants seek to support integrated programs of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects leading to the aggressive translation of scientific discoveries into interventions and strategies that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality.
Requests for Applications (RFA) are available at http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html or https://komengrantsaccess.org.
All application sections (tabs) must be finalized and final submission on Tab 8 must occur by the deadline in order for your application to be received and reviewed. Pre-Applications will be peer reviewed, and only those applicants who submit proposals deemed most meritorious and aligned with Komen’s research objectives will be invited to submit Full Applications.
Please contact the Komen Grants Help Desk with any questions or technical issues. Help Desk will have extended hours on Monday, August 9th and Tuesday, August 10th until 8 p.m., Eastern Time to address your questions.
Komen Grants Help Desk
866-921-9678
helpdesk@komengrantsaccess.org
Energizing science to find the cures.
Promise Grants provide up to $6.5 million over five years to support Promise Grants seek to support integrated programs of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects leading to the aggressive translation of scientific discoveries into interventions and strategies that have the greatest potential to significantly reduce breast cancer incidence and/or mortality.
Requests for Applications (RFA) are available at http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html or https://komengrantsaccess.org.
All application sections (tabs) must be finalized and final submission on Tab 8 must occur by the deadline in order for your application to be received and reviewed. Pre-Applications will be peer reviewed, and only those applicants who submit proposals deemed most meritorious and aligned with Komen’s research objectives will be invited to submit Full Applications.
Please contact the Komen Grants Help Desk with any questions or technical issues. Help Desk will have extended hours on Monday, August 9th and Tuesday, August 10th until 8 p.m., Eastern Time to address your questions.
Komen Grants Help Desk
866-921-9678
helpdesk@komengrantsaccess.org
Energizing science to find the cures.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Dartmouth Internal Pilot Project Opportunity
Call for Proposals for Pilot Projects in Biodosimetry
The Dartmouth Biodosimetry Center for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation (Dart-Dose CMCR) is pleased to announce:
An On-going Call for Proposals for
Research and Development of Methods to Assess Radiation Dose
Basic Facts:
• Maximum amount of each grant: $50,000 for each year (no indirects allowed in budget) • We expect to fund about 10 projects each year for 5 years • Duration of each grant: most will be 1 year; some can compete for 2nd year w 2 years max • Submission involves 2 steps:
- Step 1 involves submitting a one page White Paper consisting of brief aims, overall rationale, and approach; plus a NIH-style biosketch of the principal investigator
- Step 2 (if invited) is a short Formal Proposal (4 page maximum) with Budget (1 page) and usually a presentation in person or via a web-based teleconference • Timetable: Submission of White Papers will be considered at 4 specific times a year; notification of the outcome from Step 1 is within 2 weeks of due date; Step 2 involves an invitation to submit a Formal Proposal within 6 weeks of invitation and usually involves an oral presentation at Dartmouth or via WebEx ~2 weeks after submission due date; total turnaround from Step 1 due date to final funding notification is ~3 months.
• Expectations:
-Topics usually will be related to biodosimetry, especially in the context of a disaster.
-Projects can be one of two types: “Full” and “Focused”.
-Investigators, especially for focused projects, will usually work with a co-investigator who is already involved in the Dart-Dose CMCR; (Dart-Dose CMCR personnel will not be included in the pilot budget).
-Products and other deliverables and expected timeline need to be specified.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR INQUIRIES:
Ann Barry Flood, Ph.D. [Director of Pilot Project Core at Dart-Dose CMCR and Associate Director of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Ann.B.Flood@Dartmouth.Edu or 603.650.1784 (main # for Dart-Dose CMCR) or 603.653.0854 Harold M. Swartz, M.D., Ph.D. [Director and PI of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Harold.M.Swartz@Dartmouth.Edu or 603.650.1955 Benjamin B. Williams, Ph.D. [Associate Director of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Benjamin.B.Williams@Dartmouth.Edu
ADDRESS: Dartmouth Biodosimetry Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation, 703 Vail HB7785, Hanover NH 03755 SEND PROPOSALS TO:Ann.B.Flood@Dartmouth.Edu and cc to Harold.M.Swartz@Dartmouth.Edu FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~eprctr/
IMPORTANT DATES FOR INVESTIGATORS APPLYING FOR PILOT PROJECT FUNDING:
• Submission Deadline for White Papers (Step 1):Sept 1, 2010; Dec 1, 2010; Mar 1, 2011; Jun 1, 2011
• Notification of Invitation to submit Formal Proposal:Sept 15,2010; Dec 15, 2010; Mar 15, 2011; Jun 15, 2011
• Submission [if invited] of Formal Proposal (Step 2) :Nov 1, 2010; Jan 3, 2011; May 2, 2011; Aug 1, 2011
• Presentation to Dart-Dose community (Step 2):Within two weeks of submission deadline
• Notification of award :Nov 15, 2010; Jan 17, 2011; May 16, 2011; Aug 15,2011 • Start date if awarded :Immediately
The Dartmouth Biodosimetry Center for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation (Dart-Dose CMCR) is pleased to announce:
An On-going Call for Proposals for
Research and Development of Methods to Assess Radiation Dose
Basic Facts:
• Maximum amount of each grant: $50,000 for each year (no indirects allowed in budget) • We expect to fund about 10 projects each year for 5 years • Duration of each grant: most will be 1 year; some can compete for 2nd year w 2 years max • Submission involves 2 steps:
- Step 1 involves submitting a one page White Paper consisting of brief aims, overall rationale, and approach; plus a NIH-style biosketch of the principal investigator
- Step 2 (if invited) is a short Formal Proposal (4 page maximum) with Budget (1 page) and usually a presentation in person or via a web-based teleconference • Timetable: Submission of White Papers will be considered at 4 specific times a year; notification of the outcome from Step 1 is within 2 weeks of due date; Step 2 involves an invitation to submit a Formal Proposal within 6 weeks of invitation and usually involves an oral presentation at Dartmouth or via WebEx ~2 weeks after submission due date; total turnaround from Step 1 due date to final funding notification is ~3 months.
• Expectations:
-Topics usually will be related to biodosimetry, especially in the context of a disaster.
-Projects can be one of two types: “Full” and “Focused”.
-Investigators, especially for focused projects, will usually work with a co-investigator who is already involved in the Dart-Dose CMCR; (Dart-Dose CMCR personnel will not be included in the pilot budget).
-Products and other deliverables and expected timeline need to be specified.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR INQUIRIES:
Ann Barry Flood, Ph.D. [Director of Pilot Project Core at Dart-Dose CMCR and Associate Director of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Ann.B.Flood@Dartmouth.Edu or 603.650.1784 (main # for Dart-Dose CMCR) or 603.653.0854 Harold M. Swartz, M.D., Ph.D. [Director and PI of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Harold.M.Swartz@Dartmouth.Edu or 603.650.1955 Benjamin B. Williams, Ph.D. [Associate Director of Dart-Dose CMCR] at Benjamin.B.Williams@Dartmouth.Edu
ADDRESS: Dartmouth Biodosimetry Center for Medical Countermeasures against Radiation, 703 Vail HB7785, Hanover NH 03755 SEND PROPOSALS TO:Ann.B.Flood@Dartmouth.Edu and cc to Harold.M.Swartz@Dartmouth.Edu FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~eprctr/
IMPORTANT DATES FOR INVESTIGATORS APPLYING FOR PILOT PROJECT FUNDING:
• Submission Deadline for White Papers (Step 1):Sept 1, 2010; Dec 1, 2010; Mar 1, 2011; Jun 1, 2011
• Notification of Invitation to submit Formal Proposal:Sept 15,2010; Dec 15, 2010; Mar 15, 2011; Jun 15, 2011
• Submission [if invited] of Formal Proposal (Step 2) :Nov 1, 2010; Jan 3, 2011; May 2, 2011; Aug 1, 2011
• Presentation to Dart-Dose community (Step 2):Within two weeks of submission deadline
• Notification of award :Nov 15, 2010; Jan 17, 2011; May 16, 2011; Aug 15,2011 • Start date if awarded :Immediately
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