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Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NSF Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace January 11 to February 22, 2012
NSF Archaeology Senior Research December 20, 2011
NSF I/UCRC Letter of Intent: January 2, 2012
NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program: Internal deadline: December 9, 2011
Foundation
Stanford University - Center on Adolescence Youth Purpose Research Grants
January 15, 2012
United States – Japan Foundation: December 15, 2012
Student
American Association of University Women – Dissertation: November 15, 2011
Federal
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
Program: Cybersecurity is an important challenge in today's world. Corporations, agencies, national infrastructure and individuals have been victims of cyber-attacks. Addressing this problem requires multi-disciplinary expertise in human, statistical, mathematical, computational, and computer sciences and ultimately the transition of new concepts and technologies to practice. The SaTC program seeks proposals that address cybersecurity from one or more of three perspectives: Trustworthy Computing Systems, Social, Behavioral and Economics, and Transition to Practice, as well as proposals that combine multiple perspectives.
Deadline: January 11, to February 22, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12503/nsf12503.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Archaeology Senior Research
Program: The Archaeology Program provides support for anthropologically relevant archaeological research at both a "senior" and doctoral dissertation level. It also funds anthropologically significant archaeometric research and high-risk exploratory research proposals.
Deadline: December 20, 2011
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11690&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program (I/UCRC)
Program: The Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program develops long-term partnerships among industry, academe, and government. The centers are catalyzed by a small investment from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and are primarily supported by industry center members, with NSF taking a supporting role in the development and evolution of the center. Each center is established to conduct research that is of interest to both the industry members and the center faculty. An I/UCRC contributes to the Nation's research infrastructure base and enhances the intellectual capacity of the engineering and science workforce through the integration of research and education. As appropriate, an I/UCRC uses international collaborations to advance these goals within the global context.
Deadline: Letter of Intent: January 2, 2012
Full proposal: March 6, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5501&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
Program: The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education, museums, science centers, and not-for-profit organizations. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments. Development and acquisition of research instrumentation for shared inter- and/or intra-organizational use are encouraged, as are development efforts that leverage the strengths of private sector partners to build instrument development capacity at academic institutions.
To accomplish these goals, the MRI program assists with the acquisition or development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. Instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. For the purposes of the MRI program, proposals must be for either acquisition or development of a single instrument or for equipment that, when combined, serves as an integrated research instrument (physical or virtual).
Internal Process: Because NSF limits PhD-granting institutions such as ours to three submissions, with no more than two for instrument acquisition, and in most years our campus interest exceeds this threshold, we must have an internal review process in place to select which proposals go forward to NSF. This email is a call describing that process. Please note that proposals where our campus is a subawardee to a different PI institution and receives 20% or more of the total proposed budget locally are included in our own cap of three. Therefore UCSC PIs intending to propose as funded Co-Investigators with other institution’s prime proposal must also respond to this internal call, regardless of the procedure at the lead campus.
The internal pre-proposal is due by Friday, December 9 at 5pm. This proposal is limited to three pages in length, sent as an email from any potential UCSC proposer, addressed to margon@ucsc.edu , with a copy to the appropriate Divisional/School Dean(s), as a notice of interest in proposing. In the first two pages, please state clearly the PI, a probable although not binding list of UCSC CoI’s and their departments/divisions, whether the proposal is for instrument acquisition or development, one to two paragraphs on the nature of the instrument and how it will impact the campus, and an approximate budget. In the final (third) page, please provide a detailed description of the space requirements for the proposal, how the needed space has been obtained, and the plans for cost-sharing (described in more detail below). We anticipate informing pre-proposers of the result of the internal selection approximately one week after the submission deadline.
This program requires institutional cost-sharing at a level of at least 30% of the total proposed project costs. It’s obvious in these difficult financial times that obtaining this required cost share may be a substantial hurdle for proposals. It’s therefore essential that the pre-proposal contain sufficient detail on sources of the cost-sharing that the internal reviewers can be assured that those funds are definitely available. This also applies to research space to conduct the work.
PIs should be aware that for all proposals from UCSC, arranging the specific details and commitments for cost-sharing is the responsibility of the PI, and must be conducted considerably in advance of the proposal submission deadline if there is a realistic possibility of obtaining a substantial commitment of campus funds. For large proposals, it is typical that contributions to the cost-sharing are made by multiple parties, including but not limited to the proposers’ academic department(s), the Division/School, my own Office of Research, and/or the EVC/CP (the latter coordinated through the Office of Research). Your Division/School Dean(s) Office is the appropriate place to begin these discussions, and will also be able to discuss more innovative cost-sharing ideas possible applicable to your project. Your local OSP representative is also knowledgeable about allowed forms of cost-sharing other than cash.
The third page of the proposal should address explicitly these arrangements in place for space and cost sharing. Please include either a simple comment that no space beyond that already allocated is necessary for the proposed work; or, if new space is needed, the details of the discussions with the appropriate Chair(s) and/or Dean(s) that have led to a pledge of the newly-required space. Comments such as “we will approach the Division for the necessary space” or “new space will be supplied by the Division” are not sufficient for the internal review committee to approve a pre-proposal. This page should also contain a detailed explanation of the sources of the 30% cost-sharing, and the amount of funds that will come from each party. Again, comments of future intent such as “we will approach the campus regarding obtaining cost-sharing funds” are not sufficient for approval of a pre-proposal.
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11503/nsf11503.htm
Foundation
Funding Source: Stanford University
Title: Center on Adolescence Youth Purpose Research Grants
Program: Up to 4 awards offered for dissertation and postdoctoral research related to purpose among young people, such as adolescent motivation, personal meaning, or positive youth development, in an array of settings found in contemporary society.
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Link: www.coagrants.stanford.edu
Funding Source: United States-Japan Foundation
Title: U.S. – Japan Policy Grant
Program: The United States-Japan Foundation strives to promote stronger ties between the U.S. and Japan through greater mutual knowledge and understanding. The Foundation emphasizes research over dialogue, and invests in long term problems, such as managing globalization or understanding institutions, as opposed to "issues of the moment."
Deadline: December 15, 2011
Link: http://www.us-jf.org/usjapan_policy.html
Student
Funding Source: American Association of University Women
Title: Dissertation Fellowships
Program: Dissertation Fellowships are available to women who will complete their dissertation writing between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2013. To qualify, applicants must have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, and received approval for their research proposal or plan by November 15, 2011. Students holding any fellowship for writing a dissertation in the year prior to the AAUW fellowship year are not eligible. Open to applicants in all fields of study. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math and also researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline: November 15, 2011
Link: http://ihr.ucsc.edu/funding-opportunities-database?function_public=display&
