Grant Opportunities 03-28-2011

March 28, 2011

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

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Funding Source:               NSF
Title:                                    Science and Technology Centers (STC)
Program:                            The STC: Integrative Partnerships program supports innovative, potentially transformative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/private entities, and via international collaborations, as appropriate. They provide a means to undertake significant investigations at the interfaces of disciplines and/or fresh approaches within disciplines. STCs may involve any areas of science and engineering that NSF supports. STC investments support the NSF vision of advancing discovery, innovation and education beyond the frontiers of current knowledge, and empowering future generations in science and engineering.

Centers provide a rich environment for encouraging future scientists, engineers, and educators to take risks in pursuing discoveries and new knowledge. STCs foster excellence in education by integrating education and research, and by creating bonds between learning and inquiry so that discovery and creativity fully support the learning process.

NSF expects STCs to demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering at all levels (faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers) within the Center.  Centers use either proven or innovative mechanisms to address issues such as recruitment, retention and mentorship of participants from underrepresented groups. 

Centers must undertake activities that facilitate knowledge transfer, i.e., the exchange of scientific and technical information with the objective of disseminating and utilizing knowledge broadly in multiple sectors.  Examples of knowledge transfer include technology transfer with the intention of supporting innovation, providing key information to public policy makers, or dissemination of knowledge from one field of science to another. 

Internal Process:                         Only 3 proposals per institution. If you are interested in applying please send Bruce Margon an email, margon@ucsc.edu expressing your intent to apply by April 1, 2011
Link:                                    http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11522/nsf11522.htm

Funding Source:               NSF
Title:                                    Digging Into Data
Program:                            Round two of an international grant competition designed to spur cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences begins today. Called the "Digging into Data Challenge," the competition promotes large-scale, international and interdisciplinary analysis of large data sets.
The competition asks interested scholars to design methods and tools to analyze large data sets associated with a million books, or a million pages of newspaper, or a million songs, for example. The best proposals receive research grants from an international group of funding agencies.
Teams comprised of researchers in the humanities, social sciences, computer sciences, information sciences and other fields may participate.
Deadline:                         June 16, 2011
Link:                                  http://www.diggingintodata.org/

Funding Source:             NIH
Title:                                  Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01)
Program:                          The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to encourage research that will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected in the behavioral and social sciences, relevant to the missions of the participating NIH institutes and centers. The participating NIH institutes and centers invite qualified researchers to submit research grant applications aimed at improving and developing methodology and measurement in the behavioral and social sciences through innovations in research design, data collection techniques, measurement, and data analysis techniques. Research that addresses methodology and measurement issues in diverse populations, issues in studying sensitive behaviors, issues of ethics in research, issues related to confidential data and the protection of research subjects, and issues in developing interdisciplinary, multimethod, and multilevel approaches to behavioral and social science research is particularly encouraged, as are approaches that integrate behavioral and social science research with biological, physical, or computational science research or engineering.
Deadline:                        June 5, 2011
Link:                                  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html

Funding Source:             US Department of Education
Title:                                  Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Program:                          The Comprehensive Program supports innovative grants and cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education. It supports reforms, innovations, and significant improvements of postsecondary education that respond to problems of national significance and serve as national models. CFDA Number: 84.116B.
Deadline:                        May 23, 2011
Link:                                  http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=81193

Funding Source:             DOJ
Title                                   Gang Field Initiated Research and Evaluation Programs
Program:                          This solicitation will fund research and evaluation studies to produce practical findings for policymakers and practitioners for the development of evidence-based programs, policies, and strategies that effectively address at-risk and gang-involved youth. Topics to be addressed may include, but are not limited to: (1) youth entry into, involvement in, and desistance from gang-related crime; (2) the effectiveness of prevention approaches targeting youth at risk for gang involvement; (3) the effectiveness of intervention strategies; (4) the nature and scope of youth gangs in juvenile detention and correctional facilities; (5) the effectiveness of reentry approaches; and (6) the assessment of how tribal communities can effectively address gang-related challenges confronting at-risk and gang-involved native youth.
Deadline:                        May 9, 2011
Link:                                  http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=77437

Funding Source:             Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Title:                                  Grants-in-Aid Program
Program:                          The SPSSI Committee on Grants-in-Aid (GIA) wishes to support scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources. The Committee especially encourages proposals involving unique and timely research opportunities; underrepresented institutions, graduate students, and junior scholars; volunteer research teams; and actual, not pilot, projects.
Deadline:                        May 15, 2011
Link:                                  http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=730