New Scholars Programs Elsevier Fdn

URL        http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/

Application Deadline      Jun 24, 2012        First Round Application

Amount                               $100,000 max

Grants support projects by nonprofit organizations to help early- to mid-career women scientists balance family responsibilities with demanding academic careers.

Basic Science Grant Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Fdn

URL        http://www.pva.org/site/c.ajIRK9NJLcJ2E/b.6305827/k.7268/PVA_Research_Foundation.htm

Application Deadline      Sep 1, 2012

Amount                               $150,000

Eligibility                               All grant applicants must have a professional degree: Ph.D. or M.D. preferred, master’s degree acceptable under some circumstances.

Grants support laboratory research in the basic sciences related to spinal cord injury or disease.

First Award Grants Morris Animal Fdn

URL        http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/for-grant-seekers/established-investigator.html

Application Deadline      Jul 18, 2012         Full proposal

Amount                               $104,000 max

Eligibility                               Applicants must have a D.V.M. and/or a Ph.D. and/or be specialty-board certified and must have a postdoctoral career-appointment/faculty-equivalent position at a university, accredited zoo or conservation organization. Applicants must provide a letter documenting their position from the institution's dean, department head or equivalent. Applicants must not have received previous funding as a principal investigator for more than $20,000 for any single, extramural award. Previous role as a co-investigator is acceptable. Residents are not eligible for this award.

Grants provide research funding for aspiring researchers' first projects as the principal investigator and pairs them with a seasoned research mentor to help launch a successful, long-term scientific career that advances companion animal and wildlife health. Funding supports research on the health and welfare of large companion animals, small companion animals (dogs and cats), and wildlife.

Fellowship Training Grants Morris Animal Fdn

URL        http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/for-grant-seekers/established-investigator.html

Application Deadline      Jul 18, 2012         Full proposal

Amount                               $100,000 max

Eligibility                               Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional

Grants provide salary support for training opportunities that will help biomedical scientists launch a career in companion animal or wildlife research.

Established Investigator Awards Morris Animal Fdn

URL        http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/for-grant-seekers/established-investigator.html

Application Deadline      Jul 18, 2012         Full proposal

Amount                               $50,000 per year

Eligibility                               Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional

Awards support seasoned researchers with a published track record in research. Grant proposals are accepted for small companion animals (dogs and cats), large companion animals (horses and llamas/alpacas) and wildlife.

Mazda Fdn Grants

URL        http://www.mazdafoundation.org/Grant_Guidelines.html

Application Deadline      Jul 1, 2012

Amount                               unspecified

Eligibility                               Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations only, not to individuals, and not for capital building, endowment, or debt reduction drives.

Grants support programs promoting education and literacy, environmental conservation, cross-cultural understanding, social welfare, and scientific research.

Act Now! Urge your Representative to reject NSF funding cuts in FY 2013

From Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology:
The House Appropriations Committee recently recommended a $299 million (4.3 percent) increase to the fiscal year (FY) 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget. The bill now moves to a vote by the full House of Representatives, and some members will likely propose to reduce NSF funding to a level below the committee’s recommendation. It is important to strongly oppose these budget cuts and explain why we must set NSF along a path of sustainable, predictable growth. Congress needs to hear that message from you NOW.



Please go to http://capwiz.com/faseb/issues/alert/?alertid=61299261 and email your Representative today. Urge him/her to provide NSF with a budget of at least $7.333 billion – the amount recommended by their colleagues on the House Appropriations Committee (and by FASEB) – in the FY 2013 appropriations bill. Together, we can make a difference for science!



Sincerely,



Joseph C. LaManna, PhD

FASEB President

Infrastructure Development Program in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) (R24)

Title: Infrastructure Development Program in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) (R24)


Abstract: This FOA solicits Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) grant applications from organizations that propose to improve health outcomes by developing and disseminating evidence-based information to patients, clinicians,… more » policy makers, and health care administrators, responding to their expressed needs about which clinical and health system design interventions are most effective for which patients under specific circumstances.


Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): Not Applicable

Application Receipt Date (s): June 19, 2012, December 19, 2012, December 19, 2013, December 19, 2014
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-114.html

Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs)

National Science Foundation (NSF)  Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI)

Sponsor ID: NSF 12-557 (Re-issue of NSF 07-601, NSF 07-565)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: July 26, 2012  Conceptualization Track Full Proposal Deadline Date: August 30, 2012 Implementation & Interoperability Tracks

Abstract: Science and engineering research and education are increasingly digital and increasingly data-intensive. Digital data are not only the output of research but their analysis provide input to new hypotheses, enabling new … more »scientific insights, driving innovation and informing education. Therein lies one of the major challenges of this scientific generation: how to develop, implement and support the new methods, management structures and technologies to store and manage the diversity, size, and complexity of current and future data sets and data streams.

NSF's vision for a Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) considers an integrated, scalable, and sustainable cyberinfrastructure as crucial for innovation in science and engineering (see http://www.nsf.gov/cif21). Data Infrastructure Building Blocks is an integral part of the CIF21 portfolio and seeks to provide support for the following research activities:



1. Conceptualization: Conceptualization awards are planning awards aimed at further developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary communities' understanding of their data storage and management requirements with the goal of developing an initial prototype. Any activity that brings the community together to address common problems, further refine requirements and avoid unnecessary and wasteful duplication of resources and efforts will be eligible for funding. Funded activities could include focused workshops, special sessions at professional meetings, focus groups, etc. The output of a conceptualization award will be design specifications for creating a sustainable data infrastructure that will be discoverable, searchable, accessible, and usable to the entire research and education community.

2. Implementation: Implementation awards will support development and implementation of technologies addressing a subset of elements of the data preservation and access lifecycle, including acquisition; documentation; security and integrity; storage; access, analysis and dissemination; migration; and deaccession. These data preservation and access technologies will enable science and engineering research, such that the scientific and engineering problems serve as use cases for data technology development.

3. Interoperability: Interoperability awards will develop frameworks that provide consistency or commonality of design across communities and implementation for data acquisition, management, preservation, sharing, dissemination, etc. This includes data and metadata format and content conventions, standardized constructs or protocols, taxonomies, or ontologies. The development of interoperability frameworks through community-based mechanisms provides a means for ensuring that existing conventions and practices are appropriately recognized and integrated, that implementation is made realistic and feasible, and, most importantly, that the real needs of the community are identified and met.

The Office of CyberInfrastucture (OCI) is partnering with Directorates and Offices across the foundation to support DIBBs, a program to develop data infrastructure usable by multiple scientific disciplines, recognizing these disciplines may vary in their current state of development. The goal of DIBBs is to foster cross-community infrastructure development that solves common problems, while building blocks of data infrastructure that can support and provide data solutions to a broader range of scientific disciplines while reducing duplicative efforts.

In particular, the Geosciences Directorate is interested in using DIBBs to support its EarthCube activities, seeking to develop data infrastructure building blocks needed across and beyond the geosciences community.
More http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504776

NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)

Sponsor ID: NSF 11-552

Abstract: The CCI program supports research centers focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges. CCIs that address these challenges will produce transformative research, lead to innovation, and attract … more »broad scientific and public interest. CCIs are agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and make full use of cyberinfrastructure to enhance collaborations. CCIs may partner with researchers from industry, government laboratories and international organizations. CCIs integrate research, innovation, education, and public outreach and include a plan to broaden participation of underrepresented groups.



The CCI program is a two-phase program. Both phases are described in this solicitation. Phase I CCIs receive significant resources to develop the science and integrative elements of a CCI before requesting Phase II funding. Phase I proposals funded in FY 2012 will seek Phase II funding in FY 2015. Only organizations receiving Phase I awards in FY2009 are eligible to request Phase II funding in FY 2012.

For the FY 2012 Phase I competition, only projects addressing the theme of sustainable chemistry will be considered. The preliminary proposal and proposal must address how the topic addresses sustainable chemistry. Areas of focus include but are not limited to

- developing clean, safe, and economical alternatives to traditional chemical products and practices;

- exploring alternatives to petroleum as a source of feedstock chemicals, including biorenewables;

- exploring earth-abundant, inexpensive and benign alternatives to rare, expensive and toxic chemicals (examples include indium, germanium, rare earth elements and platinum catalysts); and

- developing efficient recognition/sequestration and recycling of key elements essential for sustainability, for example phosphorus and rare earth elements.



Projects involving alternative energy, climate change and other aspects of sustainability are best supported by the SEES solicitations and will not be considered in CCI in FY2012.

NSF 11-552 replaces NSF 10-585.

Full details: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11552/nsf11552.htm

Exploration - Hypothesis Development Awards

Sponsor: United States Department of Defense (DOD)  Department of the Army
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)

Sponsor ID: W81XWH-12-PCRP-EHDA (Re-issue of W81XWH-11-PCRP-EHDA)

Abstract: The Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award supports the exploration of highly innovative, untested, potentially high-gain concepts, theories, paradigms, and/or methods that address an important problem in prostate … more »cancer. Results of studies conducted through this award may provide the scientific rationale upon which a new hypothesis can be based, or initial proof-of-principle of an innovative hypothesis. This award is designed to provide investigators the opportunity to pursue serendipitous observations that may reveal entirely new avenues for investigation. Presentation of preliminary data is strongly discouraged. However, logical reasoning and a sound scientific rationale for the proposed work must be provided.

The overall goal of the PCRP is to find and fund innovative, high-impact research that will eliminate death and suffering from prostate cancer. Specifically, the PCRP seeks to support innovative, high-risk, high-gain research with potential near-term impact; sponsor multidisciplinary synergistic research; fund translational studies to promote the fluid transfer of knowledge between bedside and bench; invest in research on patient survivorship (quality of life); foster the next generation of prostate cancer investigators through mentored research; and promote research into prostate cancer health disparities.
Full details: http://www.blogger.com/goog_1939743885