Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development

January 2006

January 01

California Energy Commission. Energy Innovations Small Grant Program (EISG). Research projects under the small grant program are designed to benefit California electricity consumers through research that establishes the feasibility of advanced and innovative energy concepts in the six areas: (1) Industrial/Agriculture/Water End-Use Efficiency, (2) Building End-Use Efficiency, (3) Environmentally Preferred Advanced Generation, (4) Renewable Generation, (5) Energy-Related Environmental Research, and (6) Energy Systems Integration. Upper Amount: $95,000. Optional Pre-Proposal Deadline: January 01, 2006. Deadline: February 03, 2006. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Centers of Excellence. The NINDS is seeking proposals for the establishment of centers to perform basic, translational, or clinical research, or proportions of each, of Parkinson's disease, parkinsonisms, and related disorders. LOI Deadline: January 01, 2006; May 01, 2006; September 01, 2006. Deadline: February 01, 2006; June 01, 2006; October 01, 2006.

National Science Foundation. Cultural Anthropology. This program promotes basic scientific research on the causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation. The program solicits research proposals of theoretical importance in all substantive and theoretical subfields within the discipline of Cultural Anthropology.

January 02

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/National Institutes of Health (NIH). Structural Interventions, Alcohol Use, and Risk of HIV/AIDS. The NIAAA and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are requesting research on the effectiveness of structural interventions that reduce the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission by changing the environment of alcohol use. Other Deadlines: September 01, 2005; May 01, 2006.

January 03

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research: Youth Violence, Suicidal Behavior, Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies in the following areas: Dissemination Research, Intervention Evaluation Research, Protective Factors Research, and Influence of the Media and Parental Behavior on Violence Prevention. LOI Deadline: January 03, 2006. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Evaluation of Community-Based Approaches to Increasing Seat Belt Use Among Adolescent Drivers and their Passengers. The purpose of this announcement is to implement and evaluate a multi-component community-based intervention to increase seat belt use among adolescent drivers and their passengers. Amount: $300,000. LOI Deadline: January 03, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Programs for the Prevention of Fire-Related Injuries. The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of residential fire-related injuries and fatalities in high risk communities. Deadline: January 03, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Research Grants to Prevent Unintentional Injuries. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance the understanding of what works to prevent unintentional injuries, and how what works can best be translated for maximum impact in public health. Optional LOI Deadline: January 03, 2006. Deadline: February 03, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Workplace Violence Prevention Research. The purpose of this announcement is to reduce the risk of workplace violence injuries through the development and evaluation of new intervention strategies and evaluation of existing interventions. Optional LOI Deadline: January 03, 2006. Deadline: April 18, 2006.

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. McKnight Scholar Award. The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. Upper Amount: $225,000. Deadline: January 03, 2006.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Foundation. Projects of Special Merit. The Projects of Special Merit program is intended to advance geophysics today and inspire geoscientists for tomorrow by providing critical funding for projects that further the professional development, student support, and youth outreach goals of the SEG Foundation. Deadline: January 03, 2006.

January 04

US Department of Defense (DOD), DARPA. VisiBuilding: ISR for Building Interiors. The goal of the VisiBuilding program is to develop knowledge-deriving architectures for sensing people and objects in buildings. The program will address propagation and backscatter off urban structures, develop operational concepts for sensor position and utilization, and derive model-driven algorithms that best match hypothesized structural models with the actual sensed data. Deadline: January 04, 2006.

January 05

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The Prize for Investigative Reporting has honored pioneering work by teams of journalists from across the country. It honors the journalist or journalists whose investigative reporting in a story or series of related stories best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. Amount: $25,000.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS). Participating directorates of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plan to support innovative interdisciplinary research in computational neuroscience. Both agencies recognize the need for research that focuses on integrating computational models and methods with neuroscience. This program is designed to encourage new collaborations at this interface. Required LOI Deadline: December 01, 2005. Deadline.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Environmental Reconstruction Solicitations. Ecosystem Risk and Recovery Assessment for Contaminated Sediments ERSON-07-02 Improved Understanding of Remediation Performance in Fractured Geological Settings; Identification of Biomarkers to Assess Groundwater Contaminant Degradative Potential of a Microbial Population; Investigation of CIS-Dichloroethene and Vinyl Chloride Degradation Mechanisms and Environmental Relevance; Improved Sampling Techniques for Efficient Use of Molecular Biological Tools to Assess Groundwater Remediation. Deadline: January 05, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Munitions Management Solicitations. Precision Geolocation for Geophysical Mapping of Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) Sites: UXO Technologies; Technologies to Eliminate or Mitigate Future Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Munitions Contamination; Advanced Electromagnetic and Magnetic Sensor Development; Advanced Technologies for Detection, Discrimination, and Remediation of Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC): UXO Technology. Deadline: January 05, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Sustainable Infrastructure Solicitations. Methods to Assess Cumulative Effects on Threatened and Endangered Species; Identification and Control of Non-Native Invasive Species Transport During Department of Defense Activities; Assessing Human Annoyance Due to Military Noise; Watershed Management Models for Military Installations: Fort Benning Watersheds. Deadline: January 05, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (USAF). Test and Evaluation Research Program. The topics to be addressed include the following: Automated calibration of turbine performance simulations using optimum robust estimation of engine model parameters; Investigation of microchannel cooling critical heat flux; Optical tracking without targets using digital cameras; Network loading theory for net-centric warfare applications; Radio communication during directed energy testing; Parameterized reduced order modeling; Research in evaluation methods for data fusion-capable tactical platforms and distributed multi-platform systems in electronic warfare and information-warfare related missions; Hypersonic computational fluid dynamics to support aeroelastic analysis; Geometry tolerant pseudolite navigation system; An investigation into the effects of turbulent length scales on flow driven diffusion flames; Global characterization of dynamic fuel tank; Multi-element antenna phase center characterization. Upper Amount: $300,000. Deadline: January 05, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Weapons and Systems Platforms Solicitations. Combustion Science to Reduce PM Emissions for Military Platforms; Environmentally Benign Approaches for the Repair of Composites for Military Applications; Biosynthesis of Energetic Compounds; Advanced Military Aircraft Noise Reduction. Deadline: January 05, 2006.

January 06

Alzheimer's Association. Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care (ETAC) Research Grants. ETAC is interested in groundbreaking studies on emerging technologies as well as their clinical and social implications. Mobile computing, high bandwidth sensing, robotics, imaging, face recognition, natural language processing, statistical modeling and a host of other technology advances allow unprecedented opportunities to study disease progression and therapeutic strategies in the contexts of everyday life. ETAC supports research that integrates such emerging technology capabilities with leading directions in behavioral science and biomedical research. Required LOI Deadline: December 01, 2005. Deadline.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in States. The purpose of the Partnership to Promote Adolescent Health in States (PPAHS) Cooperative Agreement Program is to develop improved approaches for delivering adolescent public health programs at the state level. Deadline: January 06, 2006.

International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Awards Program. Grants for Educational and Research Institutions. The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) grants are available to educational and research institutions. Suggested uses of SPIE grant awards include: promotion of collaboration between SPIE student chapters and leveraging of offsite scientific facilities; sending students to SPIE-sponsored events; developing new courses; efforts at general public education (e.g., public workshops); books and library subscriptions; and on occasion, purchase of supplemental teaching tools or equipment. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: January 06, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering. The goal of this three year (FY06-FY08) program initiative is to enhance plasma research and education in this broad, multidisciplinary field by coordinating efforts and combining resources of the two agencies. The initiative will address fundamental issues in plasma science and engineering that can have impact in other areas or disciplines in which improved basic understanding of the plasma state is needed. Upper Amount: $200,000.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources. Research on Gender in Science and Engineering FY 2006 (GSE). Typical projects will contribute to the knowledge base addressing gender-related differences in learning and in the educational experiences that affect student interest, performance, and choice of careers; and how pedagogical approaches and teaching styles, curriculum, student services, and institutional culture contribute to causing or closing gender gaps that persist in certain fields. Required Preliminary Proposal Deadline: November 04, 2005 (Research); January 06, 2006 (Extension Services). Deadline: February 24, 2006 (Research); April 24, 2006 (Extension Services); April 24, 2006 (Dissemination).

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Revisionary Syntheses in Systematics (REVSYS). The Cluster for Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories within the Division of Environmental Biology encourages the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing available and new species-level taxonomic information in the context of providing revisionary treatments and predictive classifications for particular groups of organisms. Deadlines: January 09, 2006; July 09, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Science of Design (SoD), Software-Intensive Systems. The Science of Design (SoD) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting proposals for projects that will bring creative, scientific advances to design as it pertains to computer-based artifacts, especially software-intensive systems. The objective of the program is to bring new paradigms, concepts, approaches, models, and theories into the development of a strong intellectual foundation for software design. SoD solicits proposals in three categories: Team Projects (TEAM), Community Building Activities (CBA), and Highly Creative Exploratory Research (HCER). Upper Amount: $640,000.

Pfizer, Inc. Scholars Grants in Public Health. The Pfizer Faculty Scholar Awards in Public Health are nationally competitive career development awards intended to support the development and career track of junior faculty in public health interested in pursuing community-based public health practice research. These awards are also intended to foster collaborative partnerships between accredited schools of public health and state and local departments of public health. Upper Amount: $130,000. Deadline: January 06, 2006. Internal departmental coordination required.

Rubin Foundation, Samuel. Samuel Rubin Foundation Grant. The foundation's general purpose is to carry on the vision of its founder, Samuel Rubin, whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of peace and justice and the search for an equitable reallocation of the world's resources, achieved through the fullest implementation of social, economic, political, civil, and cultural rights for all the world's people. Deadline: January 06, 2006; May 05, 2006; September 01, 2006.

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Computer-Aided Design and Test Sciences (CADTS) - Logic and Physical Design. White papers are sought in these areas: 1) Power analysis and reduction tools and techniques 2) System-level design tools, including tools for developing multicore designs 3) Tools and techniques addressing manufacturability; handling a full range or process, temperature and voltage; and mitigating the impact of random, systematic and environmental variations. Deadline: January 06, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), The Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Medical Science and Technology Chemical and Biological Defense Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative. This initiative seeks to develop medical counter-measures to emerging threats, genetically engineered and nontraditional toxins, virulence factors and microorganisms as biological warfare threat agents. Deadline: January 06, 2006.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Innovations Grants for State/Local/Tribal Innovative Approaches to Reducing Air Pollution. The purpose of this award is to facilitate the implementation of new and innovative programs, technologies, and strategies, including non-traditional and voluntary measures for achieving additional air pollution emissions reductions. Deadline: January 06, 2006.

January 09

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Programs to Build the Capacity for Societal Institutions that Influence Youth Behavior. The purpose of the program announcement is to fund national non-governmental organizations to provide capacity building assistance that supports a national program to prevent HIV infections, other STDs, and unintended pregnancies; reduce tobacco use; reduce the burden of asthma; prevent chronic diseases; promote coordinated school health programs; and promote school mental health services. Deadline: January 09, 2006.

National Science Foundation. Biological Databases and Informatics. The mission of the Biological Databases and Informatics (BD&I) program is to encourage new approaches to the management, analysis, and dissemination of biological knowledge that will enable both the scientific community and the broader public to gain maximum benefit and utility.

National Science Foundation. Long Term Research in Environmental Biology. Research questions include, but are not limited to, populations or predator-prey systems that oscillate over decades, communities of organisms that have extended life spans and long turnover times, pools of materials such as nutrients in soils that turn over at intermediate to longer time scales, external forcing functions such as climatic cycles that operate over long return intervals, and abiotic conditions such as sea-level rise or global warming that are changing slowly but in a particular direction.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Quantitative Environmental and Integrative Biology (QEIB). Program goals are: 1) to encourage major mathematical advances of relevance to ecological and evolutionary forecasting; 2) to encourage mathematical and statistical advances in analyses of complex sets of phenotype traits, the values of which are functions of age and environmental conditions; 3) to foster collaboration among environmental and integrative biologists and mathematicians; and 4) to enhance quantitative skills of students and investigators through training activities. Deadlines: November 1, 2005 (MPS/DMS); January 9, 2006 (DEB/BIO); January 12, 2006 (IOB/BIO and MCB/BIO); July 9, 2006 (DEB/BIO); July 12, 2006 (IOB/BIO and MCB/BIO).

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). Device Sciences - Ultimate CMOS Research Center. The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Device Sciences area is soliciting white papers proposing a new multi-university research center in the area of technologies needed to extend CMOS to its limit of scaling. Deadline: January 09, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). Active/Passive Aircraft Survivability. The program objective is to develop, integrate, and demonstrate a low-cost aircraft self-protection suite that is highly effective in detecting, disrupting, and defeating small arms, rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) threats, typical of non-linear battlefield environments. Deadline: January 09, 2006.

US Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources Program Administration. The NETL plans to solicit offers to administer programmatic research and development activities pertaining to the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources Program. Deadline: January 09, 2006.

January 10

National Science Foundation (NSF). Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI). To accelerate the discovery and study of the world’s biodiversity, proposals are invited from teams of investigators to conduct a worldwide, species-level systematic inventory of a major group of organisms. Deadline: January 10, 2006.

Newberry Library, Long-Term Fellowships. Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women. This award is designed for a woman at an early stage of her academic career whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and who would benefit significantly from six months of research, writing, and participation in the intellectual life of the library. The applicant's topic should be related to the Newberry's collections; preference will be given to proposals particularly concerned with the study of women. Upper Amount: $15,000.

US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Sexual Violence from Adolescence to Late Adulthood: Research, Evaluation, and the Criminal Justice Response. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking proposals for research on sexual violence, with the purpose of increasing womens' safety by informing and improving policy and practice in the criminal justice system. Proposed research may address intra-family, stranger, or acquaintance sexual violence against women and/or adolescent girls. Deadline: January 10, 2006.

US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Transnational Crime. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking proposals to conduct research on transnational crime, specifically the following focus areas: trafficking of human beings (including international child abduction), organized crime and corruption, intellectual property theft, Internet and related fraud, smuggling of natural resources and antiquities, drug trafficking, money laundering, and justice system issues that need to be examined to more effectively address transnational crimes. Deadline: January 10, 2006.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Program. The EPA, NASA, NOAA, and Office of Naval Research (ONR), are soliciting proposals for the interagency Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) program. This program provides support for research on algal species whose populations may cause or result in deleterious effects on ecosystems and human health. Studies of the causes of such blooms, their detection, effects, mitigation, and control in U.S. coastal waters (including estuaries and Great Lakes) are sought. Deadline: January 10, 2006.

January 11

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Environmental Health Sciences. The objective of this initiative is to foster scientific collaboration between clinical and basic investigators to accelerate the application of basic research results into the clinical setting to improve human health in those areas where environmental factors are known or expected to influence the development or progression of human disease. Optional LOI Deadline: December 11, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Deadline: January 11, 2006, 2007, 2008.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Computer Systems Research (CSR). The Computer Systems Research (CSR) program supports innovative research and education projects that have the potential to lead to significant improvements in existing computer systems by increasing our fundamental understanding of such systems; produce systems software that is qualitatively and quantitatively more reliable and more efficient; or, to produce innovative curricula or educational materials that better prepare the next generation of computing professionals. Deadline: January 11, 2006, the second Friday in November beginning in 2006.

US Department of Energy (DOE). Chemicals Industry of the Future. DOE invites applications for its Industrial Technology Program. This program, in part, supports cost-shared R&D and demonstration projects that will lead to commercial technology with the potential for substantial reduction in energy consumption by the U.S. Chemical Industry.

January 12

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Assay Development for High Throughput Molecular Screening. The goal of this request for applications is to initiate a continuously evolving stream of scientifically and technologically outstanding assays that can be miniaturized, automated, and further used for screening small molecules within the Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network. It is open to all areas of biological and biomedical research, with the goal of disseminating information about small molecule-target interactions, and enabling the design of pharmacological tools to explore cellular and physiological function. Optional LOI Deadline: December 29, 2005. Deadline: January 12, 2006.

National Institutes of Health. Proteomic Studies of Platelet Functions. The purpose of this RFA is to stimulate proteomic studies on platelets and apply the technology to study platelets from a patient group that may have defective platelet function. We anticipate that the results of these studies will generate proteomic approaches and provide novel markers of platelet function. LOI Deadline: December 12, 2005.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB). Cluster for Biomolecular Systems. Research supported by this cluster includes development of cutting-edge technologies integrating theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to the study of biological molecules and their functional complexes; mechanistic studies of the regulation and catalysis of enzymes and RNA, and higher-order characterization of the biochemical processes by which all organisms acquire, transform, and utilize energy from substrates. Deadline: January 12, 2006; July 12, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB). Cluster for Cellular Systems. Areas supported include studies of the structure, function, and assembly of cellular elements, such as the cytoskeleton, membranes, organelles, intracellular compartments, intranuclear structures, and extracellular matrix, including eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell walls and envelopes. Deadline: January 12, 2006; July 12, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB), Various Areas. Behavioral Systems, Developmental Systems, Environmental and Structural Systems Cluster, Functional and Regulatory Systems Cluster, Research Initiation Grants and Career Advancement Awards to Broaden Participation in the Biological Sciences. Deadlines: January 12, 2006; July 12, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB). Genes and Genome Systems Cluster. The Genes and Genome Systems Cluster supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms, whether prokaryote, eukaryote, phage, or virus. Proposals on the structure, maintenance, expression, transfer, and stability of genetic information in DNA, RNA, and proteins and how those processes are regulated are appropriate. Areas of interest include genome organization, molecular and cellular evolution, replication, recombination, repair, and vertical and lateral transmission of heritable information. Deadline: January 12, 2006; July 12, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Quantitative Environmental and Integrative Biology (QEIB). Program goals are: 1) to encourage major mathematical advances of relevance to ecological and evolutionary forecasting; 2) to encourage mathematical and statistical advances in analyses of complex sets of phenotype traits, the values of which are functions of age and environmental conditions; 3) to foster collaboration among environmental and integrative biologists and mathematicians; and 4) to enhance quantitative skills of students and investigators through training activities. Deadlines: November 1, 2005 (MPS/DMS); January 9, 2006 (DEB/BIO); January 12, 2006 (IOB/BIO and MCB/BIO); July 9, 2006 (DEB/BIO); July 12, 2006 (IOB/BIO and MCB/BIO).

US Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Army. Autonomous Mine Detection Sensors (AMDS) Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The goal is to evaluate and demonstrate approaches for autonomous mine detection of anti-personnel (AP) and anti-tank (AT) mines from a small robotic platform. Technology approaches are sought that can detect AP and AT mines at a minimum distance of 10 meters in front of the detection sensor. Deadline: January 12, 2006.

January 13

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Child Health Information System Collaborative Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this initiative is to enhance the newborn screening system by supporting public health information system infrastructure to facilitate system components such as follow-up, tracking, evaluation, and education. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Utilizing Family Traditions and Oral History for Health Promotion. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to facilitate the public's learning process and knowledge of the genetic contribution to health and disease, the public's genetic "literacy" through educational tool development and dissemination of educational tools. Amount: $600,000. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

Iowa Biotechnology Byproducts Consortium (BBC). Competitive Grant Program and RFP. Every year, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), invites Iowa State University to submit a continuation application for the non-competitive line-item Special Research Grant entitled “Iowa Biotechnology Consortium” (BBC). The Iowa BBC is soliciting preproposals from researchers at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the City of Cedar Rapids for a proposal to be submitted to the USDA. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

Microsoft. Digital Inclusion Through Mobile and Wireless Technologies Research Funding Initiative. The objective of the academic research projects must be to advance the state of the art of technologies relevant to challenges in digital inclusion. In addition, Microsoft Research has keen interest in academic research projects that are jointly supported by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have similar interests in addressing the challenges faced in digital inclusion. The term 'digital inclusion' is used in this document to describe the goal of expanding the capabilities of computing technology worldwide to better serve social and economic challenges of underserved communities, both rural and urban. Upper Amount: $100,000. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

National 4-H Council. Healthy Lifestyles Grant. This grant program gives local communities the incentive to build a system in which youth health can be mobilized with the aid of the immediate community. Upper Amount: $7,000. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Global Research Training in Population Health. The Fogarty International Center (FIC), in collaboration with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) of the National Institutes of Health, invites applications from non-profit public or private institutions in the U.S. and low- and middle-income countries to support advanced international research training in population health sciences. Organization Deadline: January 13, 2006. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Cooperative Activities in Chemistry Between U.S. and German Investigators. The NSF and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) seek to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in chemistry between U.S. and German investigators by accepting collaborative research proposals that establish new partnerships between principal investigators from the two countries. Projects must have clear relevance to NSF and DFG supported areas.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Chemistry (CHE). Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry. The Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry program supports research on synthesis, structure, and reaction mechanisms of molecules containing metals, metalloids, and nonmetals encompassing the entire periodic table of the elements. Included in the program are studies of stoichiometric and homogeneous catalytic chemical reaction; bioinorganic and organometallic reagents and reaction; and the synthesis of new inorganic substances with predictable chemical, physical, and biological properties. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award. The Fogarty International Center (FIC) is inviting applications for International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Awards to develop graduate level curricula and provide educational opportunities for developing country academics, researchers and health professionals in international ethics related to performing research involving human subjects. Upper Amount: $1,400,000. Optional LOI Deadline: December 12, 2005. Deadline: January 13, 2006. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Mathematical Sciences: Innovations at the Interface With the Sciences and Engineering - NSF 05-622. Deadlines: December 20, 2005 (Mathematical Sciences and Astronomy); December 20, 2005 (Mathematical Sciences and Materials Research); January 13, 2006 (Mathematical Sciences and Chemistry); March 01, 2006 (Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science); mostly October 1, 2005 through March 1, 2006, no fixed deadline (Mathematical Sciences and Engineering).

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (OCF). Research Grant. The OCF is interested in funding research into the brain, its chemistry, structure and functioning; basic neurobiology; the genetics of OCD; its epidemiology, as well as all aspects of OCD and the OC Spectrum Disorders that will lead to prevention and treatment advances. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). National Integrated Food Safety Initiative. The purpose of the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative is to support projects that address issues in food safety and demonstrate an integrated approach to solving problems in applied food safety research, education, and extension as described in this RFP. Upper Amount: $3,000,000. Deadline: January 13, 2006.

January 14

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). RFA: Biomarkers of Colon Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. CCFA is seeking applications to identify biomarkers for colon cancer in patients with IBD. The proposed studies can focus on the exploration of possible candidate biomarkers to be identified through blood tests, stool tests or tests on simple biopsies of the rectum (no colonoscopy). Proposed studies could involve: studies to identify candidate biomarkers, retrospective longitudinal study to evaluate potential biomarker, optimize potential biomarker assay, development of innovative imaging tests for pre-cancerous lesions. Upper Amount: $143,000. LOI Deadline: November 01, 2005. Deadline.

January 15

Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions. Research Grant Program. The AIR's Research Grant Program provides grants to principal investigators to conduct research on postsecondary education using the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) and the NSF national databases or conduct studies that increase the understanding and knowledge of a specific issue area identified by the NPEC Executive Committee as critically important to the postsecondary education community. This year the NPEC focus is "Improving Information for Student Decisions about Postsecondary Education." Upper Amount: $30,000.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is interested in receiving Center (U50) cooperative agreement applications that address the etiology and prevention of injuries resulting from production agriculture/forestry/fishing. Optional LOI Deadline: January 15, annually. Deadline: February 15, annually, expiring 2009.

Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation. Research Grant Program. Honorariums are available to encourage academics in all fields of scholarship to study topics of interest to the foundation and its constituency including, but not limited to, the following issues: strategic management or planning; accounting; financial reporting; tax; legislative or regulatory developments; contracts and documentation; finance; sales and marketing; electronic commerce; credit and collections; software; economics; portfolio or risk management; operations; and benchmarking or best practices. Deadlines: January 15, 2006; May 15, 2006; September 01, 2006.

International Reading Association, Research Grants and Awards Program. Teacher as Researcher Grant. The Teacher as Researcher Grant supports classroom teachers in their inquiries about literacy and instruction. Grants will be awarded in order to provide support for as many teacher researchers as possible. Upper Amount: $5,000.

Kress Foundation, Samuel H. Old Masters in Context Program. To encourage new ways of presenting European art to the American public, the Kress Foundation Old Masters in Context Program invites joint proposals from art curators and art historians (and art conservators, as appropriate) to interpret works of art in relation to their European origins. Upper Amount: $100,000. Other Deadline: July 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). Geography and Regional Science (GRS) Program. The Geography and Regional Science (GRS) Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on the Earth's surface. Investigations are encouraged into the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales. Deadline: January 15, 2006; August 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES). Law and Social Science Program. The Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions. Deadline: January 15, 2006; August 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). Linguistics. The Linguistics program supports scientific research that focuses on human language as an object of investigation: syntactic, semantic, phonetic, and phonological properties of individual languages and of language in general; the psychological processes involved in the use of language; the development of linguistic capacities in children; social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change; the acoustics of speech and the physiological and psychological processes involved in the production and perception of speech; and the biological bases of language in the brain. Deadline: January 15, 2006; July 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES). Political Science Program. The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. Deadline: January 15, 2006; August 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS). Social Psychology Program. The Social Psychology Program supports basic research on human social behavior, including cultural differences and development over the life span. Among the many research topics supported are attitude formation and change, social cognition, personality processes, interpersonal relations and group processes, the self, emotion, social comparison and social influence, the social psychology of health, and the psychophysiological correlates of social behavior. Deadline: January 15, 2006; July 15, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS). Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics. As part of the division's efforts to maintain ongoing quality in its surveys and data products, SRS supports efforts by the research community to develop improved survey methodologies, create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, and strengthen methodologies to analyze and disseminate S&T statistical data. To that end, SRS invites proposals for survey research, workshops, and analytical studies under its program for Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics. Deadline: January 15, annually.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES). Sociology Program. The Sociology Program supports research on problems of human social organization, demography, and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Deadline: January 15, 2006; August 15, 2006.

Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF). Paul E. Buchanan Award for Excellence in Field Work and Interpretation. VAF seeks nominations for the Paul E. Buchanan Award for 2006. Initiated by VAF in 1993, the award recognizes excellence in field work and interpretative projects that contribute significantly to the knowledge of vernacular architecture and landscape studies.

Whitehall Foundation, Inc, Grant Programs. Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid. 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. Deadline: January 15, 2006; April 15, 2006; October 01, 2006.

January 16

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Earth Sciences (EAR). Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation (EAR) - Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology (SGP). The SGP program will support studies of life and ecology in past geologic time based on fossil plants, animals, and microbes; stratified rocks and interpretation of their historical information; the science of dating and measuring the time sequence of events of the Earth's past; and the production, transport, and deposition of physical and chemical sediments. Deadline: January 16, 2006; July 16, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS). The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) program is an interdisciplinary program that supports the development of innovative methods and models for the social and behavioral sciences.The MMS program welcomes proposals in the following areas: general research and infrastructure activities; mid-career research fellowships; research on survey and statistical methodology; and doctoral dissertation research. Deadline: January 16, annually; August 16, annually.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM). Research in Support of the National Space Weather Program (NSWP). The National Space Weather Program (NSWP) is a multi-agency federal research program seeking to mitigate the adverse effects of space weather. The NSWP goal is to ultimately achieve timely, accurate, and reliable space environment observations, specifications, and forecasts. Proposals may be submitted for basic research in solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric, ionospheric, and thermospheric physics aimed at meeting the goals of the NSWP. Deadline: January 16, annually.

January 17

American Diabetes Association (ADA). Various Award. Research, innovation, and young Investigator awards. Deadline: January 17, 2006; July 15, 2006.

Microsoft. Phoenix and SSCLI: Compilation and Managed Execution. Microsoft seeks to encourage first-rate cross-cutting and cross-fertilizing research that examines and reconsiders the relationships between development tools, compilers, managed runtime environments, runtime code generation, and underlying operating systems. It is an opportunity for researchers to work with key technologies at the heart of Microsoft's .NET architecture. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: January 17, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Course Development in the Neurobiology of Disease. The purpose of this funding opportunity is three-fold: (1) to stimulate the development of broad courses on the neurobiology of disease at academic institutions that train basic neuroscientists; (2) to encourage the integration of these courses into the neuroscience curricula throughout the home institution; and (3) to encourage course dissemination to the neuroscience community at large. Upper Amount: $125,000. Optional LOI Deadline: January 17, 2006. Deadline: February 16, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA). The SEPA program is designed to stimulate the interest in K-12 students in health related careers and to improve public awareness and knowledge of NIH supported research. Optional LOI Deadline: December 27, 2005. Deadline: January 17, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Short Courses on Application of Genomics and Proteomics to Complex Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders. This RFA objective is to support the development, implementation, and evaluation of a training course on application of genomics and proteomics to cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, and sleep disorders. The course would provide investigators with an opportunity to learn about the genomic and proteomic resources and technologies that can be applied to the study of diseases of interest to the NHLBI, ultimately seeking to increase the number of researchers who have both knowledge of and skills in applying genomic and proteomic approaches to their ongoing studies. LOI Deadline: December 19, 2005.

US Department of Education (ED), National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects (ARRT). ARRT projects must provide research training and experience at an advanced level to individuals who have clinical or other relevant experience. ARRT projects train rehabilitation researchers with particular attention to research areas that support the implementation and objectives of the Rehabilitation Act. Deadline: January 17, 2006.

US Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Solid-State Lighting Product Development II. This Funding Opportunity Announcement is comprised of four separate Areas of Interest: LED Materials Issues - Device Materials; LED Device Issues - Optical; OLED Efficient Materials Development; OLED Architectures that Improve Device Robustness, Lifetime, and Efficiency. Upper Amount: $3,000,000. Deadline: January 17, 2006.

US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Justice Responses to Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking proposals to gain research knowledge that will serve to increase victim safety and improve justice system and related responses to intimate partner violence and stalking. Deadline: January 17, 2006.

January 18

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Biology of RNA Interference: Stability, Delivery and Processing by Tissues. This RFA is intended to stimulate research towards (1) understanding uptake and processing of RNA Interference (RNAi) by target tissues, (2) assessing stability, half-life and off-target effects in target tissues, and (3) determining optimal delivery methods for uptake by the target tissues.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Xenopus. For the past few years, the international research community has been generating genetic and genomic data and reagents for the model systems, X. tropicalis and X. laevis, including: cDNA libraries and EST sequences, UniGene clusters, full-insert cDNA clones and sequences, a genetic map, genomic libraries and genomic sequences, a physical map, genome sequence, microarrays, and transgenic and mutant animals. These materials and data can now be used to enhance Xenopus' role as a model system. This program announcement solicits applications from investigators in these different fields to combine these data, reagents and methodologies to elucidate the genetic basis of cell biological events, including embryonic development and organogenesis. Optional LOI Deadline: December 19, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Deadline: January 18, 2006, 2007, 2008.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES). Economics Program. Topics of current interest are computational economics, the transformation of command economies, human resource-related issues (poverty, labor productivity, the family, gender and racial discrimination, etc.), and global environmental change. The program also funds conferences and interdisciplinary research that strengthens links among economics and the other social and behavioral sciences, as well as mathematics and statistics. Deadline: January 18, 2006; August 18, 2006.

US Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Study of the Administration of Justice in Indian Country. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking proposals for a study of the conditions of confinement in Indian Country detention facilities. Deadline: January 18, 2006.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD). Implications of Tropospheric Air Pollution for Surface UV Exposures. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to better understand the effect of tropospheric pollution (ozone and particulate matter) on surface ultraviolet radiation levels. Upper Amount: $900,000. Deadline: January 18, 2006.

Vanderbilt University/Warren Center for the Humanities, Robert Penn. Visiting Fellowship - Pre-modern Others: Race and Sexuality. The Warren Center will host a year-long faculty seminar to examine the relationship between language and visual artifacts. The seminar will provide the opportunity to explore the cognitive, social, and affective spaces between word and image where fields of scholarly inquiry are being reconfigured. Upper Amount: $40,000.

January 19

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Development of Recombinase-Expressing Driver Mouse Lines for Studying the Nervous System. The purpose of this request for applications is to solicit applications to design, generate, and validate "driver" mouse lines for use in neurobiology research. The project will create C57BL/6 (B6) mice. Upper Amount: $7,500,000. Deadline: January 19, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core Grants. Through this RFA the Neuroscience Blueprint invites applications for Center Core Grants to support neuroscience research. The purpose of this program is to provide core research facilities that are not otherwise available in order to advance the blueprint institutes missions to further the understanding of the functions and disorders of the nervous system. Upper Amount: $7,500,000. Optional LOI Deadline: December 19, 2005. Deadline: January 19, 2006.

January 20

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bioengineering Research Partnerships. Participating institutes and centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRPs) for basic, applied, and translational multidisciplinary research that addresses important biological or medical research problems. Upper Amount: $10,000,000. Optional LOI Deadline: November 20, 2005; March 20, 2006. Deadline: January 20, 2006; May 22, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). Exploratory Grants (P20) for NIBIB Quantum Projects. The intent of the quantum projects is to systematically solve all research questions (large or small, scientifically interesting or mundane) needed to achieve complete prototype development and feasibility testing and demonstration of a solution to a significant health care problem. Optional LOI Deadline: January 20, 2006. Deadline: February 21, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fogarty International Center (FIC). Framework Programs for Global Health - FIC. Fogarty International Center (FIC) invites applications for the creation of new, multidisciplinary programs that will foster global health research and teaching within and between institutions, to be called Framework Programs for Global Health. Optional LOI Deadline: December 23, 2005. Deadline: January 20, 2006. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for more information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Science Foundation. Program for Research and Education With Small Telescopes. This program is designed to address a spectrum of research and teaching needs for a large number of individuals at institutions without observatories or the resources needed to make their existing observing facilities reliable and productive tools for research and training.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Air Force (USAF). Collaborative Research in Aeronautical Science. With this broad agency announcement, the Computational Sciences Center will set up an ongoing partnership by establishing a Collaborative Center in Aeronautical Sciences. The initial focus for this Collaborative Center will be on developing and integrating all of the computational tools required to perform reliable, high-fidelity, multi-disciplinary analysis of airbreathing, hypersonic vehicle concepts. Deadline: January 20, 2006.

January 23

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI). Application of Emerging Technlogies for Cancer Research. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is inviting applications for research projects to evaluate the usefulness of emerging molecular technologies that are ready for initial application to clinical or biological questions in cancer research. Optional LOI Deadline: January 23, 2006; April 26, 2006. Deadline: February 22, 2006; May 22, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Epigenetics of Neurobiology and Addiction. The NIH and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are sponsoring a request for applications to solicit R01 and R03 applications that will link epigenetic changes to other biological changes (e.g., neuroplasticity) from at the level of gene expression to behavior (e.g., addiction), or allow investigators to gather preliminary data on epigenetic mechanisms related to addiction, respectively. Epigenetics refers to heritable and long-term changes in gene function that occur without a change in the DNA sequence. Optional LOI Deadline: December 23, 2005. Deadline: January 23, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI). Innovations in Cancer Sample Preparation. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for research projects involving the development and significant enhancement or adaptation of sample preparation methodologies and technologies, the development of assays to assess sample quality, and studies designed to elucidate the criteria by which to judge sample quality. Optional LOI Deadline: January 23, 2006; April 26, 2006. Deadline: February 22, 2006; May 22, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) Materials Repository. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is seeking proposals to establish a protein structure initiative materials repository (PSI MR) for centralizing, maintaining, preserving and distributing clones generated by the PSI Centers. Optional LOI Deadline: January 23, 2006. Deadline: February 23, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Social Neuroscience. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) are inviting applications examining the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive processes and neurobiological mechanisms of social behavior as these influence, mediate, or are influenced by: (1) alcohol and drug abuse; and (2) social, economic, and health-related decisions that impact the health and well-being of adults and the elderly. Optional LOI Deadline: January 23, 2006. Deadline: February 23, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). 2010 Project. The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its intention to continue support of research to determine the function of all genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by the year 2010. Individual investigators or groups of investigators will be supported to conduct creative and innovative, genome-wide or systems-level research designed to determine, using all available means, the functions of Arabidopsis genes. Upper Amount: $5,000,000. Deadline: January 23, 2006.

US Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Geodetic Science and Applied Research (GSAR) Program. This opportunity is focused on a specific problem: To develop scientific and management applications for the Shallow Water Positioning System (SWaPS). Deadline: January 23, 2006.

US Department of Transportation (DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Behavioral, Technology, and Human Factors Research. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intends to issue a competitive request for proposals to procure services involving behavioral, technology, and human factors research on traffic safety. Deadline: January 23, 2006.

January 24

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Structural Genomics Knowledgebase. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is seeking proposals to provide support for a structural genomics knowledgebase in support of the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) and other related programs. Optional LOI Deadline: January 24, 2006. Deadline: February 23, 2006.

National Science Foundation. Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Instrumentation Development. This program is structured to enable the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Chemistry to respond to a variety of needs for infrastructure - instrumentation and facilities - that promotes basic research and education in areas traditionally supported by the division.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Navy. National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). On behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), the Office of Naval Research solicits research proposals meeting the goal and purpose of the Partnership Program. This FY06 announcement seeks only proposals for new projects under Education and Outreach, and Collaboration. Upper Amount: $2,700,000.

US Department of Energy (DOE). Industrial Assessment Center Program. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) plans to solicit applications for Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) inder a program that enables small and medium-sized manufacturers (those with energy costs between $100,000 and $2.5 million per year) to have comprehensive assessments performed at no cost to the manufacturer. Deadline: January 24, 2006.

January 25

American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Foundation (APF). Wayne F. Placek Small Research Grants Program. The APF awards grants through the Wayne F. Placek Small Research Grants Program for empirical research with the goal of increasing the general public's understanding of homosexuality and alleviating the stress that gay men and lesbians experience. Upper Amount: $5,000.

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Intervention and Practice Research for Combat-Related Mental Disorders and Stress Reactions. Given the current state of science and practice regarding the identification, treatment, and prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related posttraumatic psychopathology, the knowledge of current treatment needs, and anticipated increases in need for services, the sponsoring agencies are encouraging applications for research along a continuum of scientific and clinical needs. Upper Amount: $450,000. Optional LOI Deadline: December 28, 2005. Deadline: January 25, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF). Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories: Prototype Systems to Address Cross-Cutting Needs (CEO:P). Spatially extensive observing systems for environmental research, together with the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research on the dynamics of complex environmental systems, create the need for a sophisticated information infrastructure to support these observing systems and to facilitate the integrated use of data from them. There are a number of questions about how to best construct such a cyberinfrastructure. To help answer these questions and to promote planning for Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observatories (CEO),this solicitation requests proposals for the development of practical environmental cyberinfrastructure prototypes along with a demonstration of their capability to answer significant environmental research questions. Deadline: January 25, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS). George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research (NEESR). Projects proposed and funded under this solicitation must utilize one or more of the NEES equipment sites and the NEESgrid cyberinfrastructure operated by NEESinc. Proposals may be submitted in three categories: 1. Grand Challenge, 2. Small Group, 3. Individual Investigator. Deadline: January 25, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS). Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics. As part of the division's efforts to maintain ongoing quality in its surveys and data products, SRS supports efforts by the research community to develop improved survey methodologies, create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, and strengthen methodologies to analyze and disseminate S&T statistical data. To that end, SRS invites proposals for survey research, workshops, and analytical studies under its program for Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics. Deadline: January 15, annually.

US Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Education and Technical Assistance Grants to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities. Disability grant program recipients provide education and technical assistance for the purpose of providing training, consultation, and information on domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault against women who are individuals with disabilities. Upper Amount: $750,000. Deadline: January 25, 2006.

January 26

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Microbicide Innovation (R21/R33) Program (MIP). The purpose of this program is to support novel and under-explored strategies in the field of topical microbicides with support for the following areas: discovery and exploration of microbicides; emerging technologies or models; prevention strategies; development of behavioral and social tools. Optional LOI Deadline: December 27, 2005. Deadline: January 26, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). NIMH Research on Mental Health in Criminal Justice at NIDA CJ-DATS Sites (MH-CJ). This National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research on Mental Health in Criminal Justice at NIDA CJ-DATS Sites (MH-CJ) request for applications (RFA) invites research grant applications to the NIMH that propose developmental services and intervention research on mental disorders or co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders to be conducted within the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Services Research System (CJ-DATS). Deadline: January 26, 2006.

National Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Integrative Activities (OIA). Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program Instrument Development and Acquisition. The MRI Program is designed to increase access to scientific and engineering equipment for research and research training in our nation's organizations of higher education, research museums, and nonprofit research organizations. The MRI program assists in the acquisition or development of major research instrumentation by organizations that is, in general, too costly for support through other NSF programs. Deadline: January 26, 2006.

January 27

National Science Foundation. ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers. The goal of the ADVANCE program is to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, thereby contributing to the development of a more diverse science and engineering workforce. Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for information on ISU internal deadlines. Deadlines: July 15, 2005 - Leadership Awards; July 22, 2005 - Institutional Transformation Awards; January 27, 2006 - Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination.

January 31

American Philosophical Society (APS). Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History. The APS' Jacques Barzun Prize honors historian and cultural critic Jacques Barzun, University Professor Emeritus of Columbia University, a member of the American Philosophical Society since 1984. It is awarded annually to the author or authors whose book exhibits distinguished work in American or European cultural history.

Gelman Foundation, Nancy R. Seed Grant Program. The Nancy R. Gelman Foundation (NRGF) is pleased to announce its 2006 Seed Grant Program that seeks to award grants to fund projects aimed at improving outcomes for women with breast cancer. Upper Amount: $2,000. Deadline: January 31, 2006.

Herb Society of America, Inc. Research Grant. The Herb Society of America is dedicated to promoting the knowledge, use, and delight of herbs through educational programs, research, and sharing the experience of its members with the community. The purpose of the research grant program is to further the knowledge and use of herbs and contribute the results of the study and research to the records of horticulture, science, literature, history, art, or economics. Deadline: January 31, 2006.

Social Security Administration (SSA). Cooperative Agreements for Homeless Outreach Projects and Evaluation (HOPE). The projects will be designed to identify and remove barriers to the benefit application process by outreach and assistance to homeless individuals, particularly those who are members of "under-served" populations. Deadline: January 31, 2006.

US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hydrologic Research. This program supports one-, two- and three-year projects that aim to improve the accuracy of forecasts and warnings of rivers and flash floods. Preproposal Deadline: November 18, 2005; Proposal Deadline.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Broad Agency Announcement for Advanced Systems. The Advanced Systems Innovation Cell (ASIC) research objectives for each missile defense phase (boost, midcourse, and terminal phases) encompass Surveillance, Track and Discrimination, Engagement Planning, Threat Engagement, and Kill Assessment. Concepts are sought in Radar Systems, Lasers and Electro-Optical Systems, Mathematics and Computer Science, Signal and Data Processing, Physics and Chemistry, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Battle Management/Command and Control, High Altitude Airships Technologies, Divert and Attitude Control Systems, and Modeling and Simulation. Deadline: Continuous, expiring January 31, 2006.

US Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Sustained Littoral Presence (SLP) Program. The SLP program objectives are: (1) to develop sustainable, microbial fuel cells (bottom mounted and in the water column) to generate continuous, unattended power for greater than 10 years in both ocean and fresh water regions and (2) to develop unique mobile surveillance systems that utilize these novel microbial power plants and operate with a high degree of autonomy, stealth, and weather tolerance with minimum cost and manpower risk. Deadline: January 31, 2006.

US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science. Early Career Principal Investigator Program. This program seeks to stimulate academic research in scientific areas of interest, especially among faculty in the early stages of their academic profession. Areas of interest include applied mathematics, computer science, and high-performance networks. Upper Amount: $300,000. Required LOI Deadline: October 31, 2005. Deadline.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER). Greater Research Opportunities: Environmentally Benign Manufacturing and Processing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is seeking applications proposing approaches directed at avoiding or minimizing the generation of pollutants at the source. A new generation of cleaner industrial manufacturing and processing technologies is needed that supports pollution avoidance/prevention (at the source), efficient resource and energy use, and industrial ecology. Upper Amount: $350,000. Deadline: January 31, 2006.

February 2006

February 01

Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF). Grants for Alcohol Research. The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF) provides support for scientific studies on the use and prevention of misuse of alcoholic beverages. It provides funds for interdisciplinary research in the biological, medical, epidemiological, behavioral, and social sciences in this field. Upper Amount: $50,000. Deadline: February 01, 2006; September 01, 2006.

American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)/American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) - Amman. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellowship. ACOR offers one continuous four-month fellowship for advanced scholars at the institute in Amman during 2006-2007 through the NEH. Fellows will reside at the American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) facility in Amman, Jordan, while conducting their research. The fellowship is for research in the humanities and disciplines of the social sciences that have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods. Upper Amount: $20,000.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Honors and Awards. Thomas A. Edison Patent Award. The ASME gives the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award to recognize creativity of a patented device or process that has the potential of significantly enhancing some aspect of mechanical engineering. Amount: $1,000. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AwwaRF). Unsolicited Research Program. The Unsolicited Research Program funds those initial steps of original and creative ideas that have potential to lay the groundwork for future advances and that will lead to future research with the intention of producing practical, applied technology that utilities will require to meet the needs and expectations of their consumers. Upper Amount: $150,000. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). Grants for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research: Youth Violence, Suicidal Behavior, Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Sexual Violence. The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance the understanding of violence, its causes, and prevention strategies in the following areas: Dissemination Research, Intervention Evaluation Research, Protective Factors Research, and Influence of the Media and Parental Behavior on Violence Prevention. LOI Deadline: January 03, 2006. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Small Grants in Occupational Safety and Health Research. NIOSH invites small grant applications for research related to occupational safety and health. NIOSH research programs support priority areas identified in the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) and other significant programs related to occupational safety and health. Deadline: February 01, 2006; June 01, 2006; October 01, 2006.

The Dirksen Congressional Center. Congressional Research Awards. Award topics could include the study of the leadership in Congress, external factors shaping the exercise of congressional leadership, institutional conditions affecting it, resources and techniques used by leaders, or the prospects for change or continuity in the patterns of leadership. Eligibility is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress, including political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists. Upper Amount: $3,500. Deadline: February 01, 2006; Annually.

Greenwall Foundation. Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics. Through its Interdisciplinary Program in Bioethics, The Greenwall Foundation provides funding for physicians, lawyers, philosophers, economists, theologians, and other professionals to address micro and macro issues in bioethics, providing guidance for those engaged in decision making at the bedside as well as those responsible for shaping institutional and public policy. Deadline: February 01, 2006; August 01, 2006.

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Various IFT Awards. The IFT Awards Program is designed to honor outstanding individuals, teams, and organizations for contributions to the profession of food science and technology. Members and non-members are eligible for IFT Awards. Deadlines: Achievement Awards, December 01, 2005; Fellow, February 01, 2006.

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Library Grants. National Leadership Grants for Libraries. National Leadership Grants (NLG) involve grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to enhance the quality of library services nationwide and to provide coordination between museums and libraries. Activities funded in three categories: advanced learning communities, building digital resources, research and demonstration. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

International Education Research Foundation (IERF). Sepmeyer Research Grant Program. The purpose of the Sepmeyer Research Grant Program is to aid in the IERF mission of conducting and supporting comprehensive, quality research on world educational systems, sharing its research findings with the international community, and providing research-based credentials evaluations and related services. Upper Amount: $5,000. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). We the People Challenge Grants in United States History, Institutions, and Culture. These challenge grants are designed to help institutions and organizations secure long-term improvements in and support for humanities activities focused on exploring significant themes and events in American history. NEH is particularly interested in projects that advance knowledge of the founding principles of the United States in their full historical and institutional context. Upper Amount: $1,000,000. Deadline: February 01, 2006.

National Institutes of Health. Alcohol Education Project Grants. NIAAA supports research programs to advance understanding of the biological and behavioral processes involved in the development, expression, and consequences of alcoholism and other alcohol-related problems. Upper Amount: $500,000.

National Institutes of Health. Animal Models of NIDDK-Relevant Diseases. NIH invites applications for funding to support animal models of diseases where existing animal models are either inadequate or lacking. New disease models developed under this initiative should facilitate testing of emerging diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic interventions, leading to better treatments and cures for diseases.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Basic and Preclinical Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) invites applications for funding of basic, mechanistic, and/or preclinical research in all domains of CAM, in order to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of action of CAM therapies and to provide a stronger foundation for ongoing and planned clinical studies. Deadlines: February 01, June 01, October 01, annually (R01, R21); February 25, June 25, October 25, annually (R15); expiring October 02, 2008.

National Institutes of Health. Basic and Translational Research in Emotion. Under this PA, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), invites research grant applications to expand basic and translational research on the processes and mechanisms involved in the experience and expression of emotion.

National Institutes of Health. Biobehavioral Pain Research. Applications are encouraged to study individual differences in pain responses that may be due to factors such as genetic differences, endocrine activity, neural activity, immune function, psychological state, developmental stage, cognitive capacity, disability state, age, gender, social context, and cultural background.

National Institutes of Health. Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease Research Opportunities. This PA is intended to encourage the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications in biodefense. The goal is to expedite research leading to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases caused by potential bioterrorism agents.

National Institutes of Health. Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program. This program provides support for innovative educational programs to motivate biomedical and other health science students to pursue cancer related careers; for short courses to update cancer research scientists in new scientific methods, technologies and findings; and for training of cancer care clinicians and community health care providers in evidence-based cancer prevention and control approaches.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research. The purpose of this program announcement is to encourage investigators to obtain the training they need to appropriately use stem cells in their research. Deadline: February 01, 2006; June 01, 2006; October 01, 2006.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science. The Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) program establishes academic centers for advanced genome research, using the P50 Specialized Center mechanism. Each CEGS grant supports a multi-investigator, interdisciplinary team to develop innovative genomic approaches to address a particular biological problem. A CEGS project will address a critical issue in genomic science, proposing a solution that would be a very substantial advance. Organization Deadlines: November 10, 2005 (P20 and P50); February 01, 2006 (P20 and P50); June 01, 2006 (P20 and P50); October 01, 2006 (P20 Centers only). Limited Applications Accepted. Contact Dorothy Pimlott for information on ISU internal deadlines.

National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collaborative Research for Molecular and Genomic Studies of Basic Behavior in Animal Models. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are inviting the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to support collaborative research, using molecular and/or genomic approaches to address questions about basic mechanisms of behavior in animal models. The purpose of the initiative is to facilitate collaborations between behavioral scientists and investigators with expertise in state-of-the-art molecular biology and/or genomics. Deadlines: February 01, 2006; June 01, 2006; October 01, 2006.

National Institutes of Health/The National Institute on Drug Abuse. Cross-Disciplinary Translational Research at NIH. The goal is to support the translation of clinical or basic research discoveries in the field of drug abuse research into new clinical and research tools, medications and behavioral therapies.

National Institutes of Health. Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards.