Grant Opportunities 02-22-2011

February 22, 2011

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

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Funding Source:            EPA
Title:                                 Extreme Event Impacts on Air Quality and Water Quality with a Changing Global Climate
Program:                         The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing the development of assessments, tools and techniques, and demonstration of innovative technologies for providing information and capacity to adequately prepare for climate-induced changes in extreme events in the context of air and water quality management. A goal of this RFA is to seek a better understanding of the hazards (the extreme events) and to establish ways for climate scientists, impact assessment modelers, air and water quality managers, and other stakeholders to co-produce information necessary to form sound policy in relation to extreme events and their impact on air and water quality under a changing climate. In addition to regular awards, this solicitation includes the opportunity for early career projects. The purpose of the early career award is to fund research projects smaller in scope and budget by early career PIs.
Deadline:                        April 18, 2011
Link:                                 http://www.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2011/2011_star_extremeevent.html

Funding Source:            US Department of Education/IES
Title:                                 Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning
Program:                         Through its Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning (Social/Behavioral) research program, the institute supports research on interventions designed to improve social skills and behaviors that support academic and other important school-related outcomes (e.g., attendance, high school graduation rates) in typically developing students from kindergarten through high school. Under this research grant program, the institute will fund research to
- explore malleable factors (e.g., children's skills, classroom management practices, professional development programs) that are associated with better social skills and behaviors that support academic learning, as well as mediators and moderators of the relations between these factors and student outcomes, for the purpose of identifying potential targets of intervention;
- develop innovative programs and practices for improving social skills and behaviors that support academic learning;
- evaluate fully developed programs and practices for improving social skills and behaviors that support academic learning through efficacy or replication trials;
- evaluate the impact of programs and practices for improving social skills and behaviors that support academic learning that are implemented at scale; and
- develop and validate measures of teacher classroom management practices and child social skills and behaviors that support learning in school.
Deadline:                        Letter of Intent: April 29, 2011
Full proposal:                 June 24, 2011
Link:                                 http://ies.ed.gov/funding/11rfas.asp

Funding Source:            NIH
Title:                                 NIMHD Education Initiative (R25)
Program:                         This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages applications from organizations to support educational, mentoring, and/or career development programs for individuals from underrepresented or health disparity populations to facilitate the development of a nationwide cohort of scientists and a multi-disciplinary national pool of health disparities investigators with necessary skills to conduct health disparities research in a diverse range of settings. This FOA also supports public education and outreach on health-related research projects to a variety of audiences are appropriate science education activities.
Deadline:                        April 21, 2011
Link:                                 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-11-004.html

Funding Source:            Department of Interior
Title:                                 FY 2011 Environmental Studies Program
Program:                         The Environmental Studies Program of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement is offering a cooperative agreement opportunity to conduct research in topics that serve the public interest of safe and environmentally sound energy production and meet the goals of the BOEMRE Offshore Energy and Minerals Management (OEMM) Program. The OEMM program oversees the exploration and development of renewable energy alternatives and oil, natural gas and other minerals on the nations outer continental shelf. Section 1346 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) mandates the conduct of environmental and socioeconomic studies needed for the assessment and management of environmental impacts on the human, marine, and coastal environments which may be affected by oil and gas or other mineral development.
Deadline:                        April 15, 2011
Link:                                 http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=72773

Funding Source:            UC Santa Barbara
Title:                                 James D. Kline Fund for International Studies Award for Spring Quarter
Program:                         This award is intended to provide support to University of California graduate students to further their interest in or commitment to programs of study that promote international understanding. This grant recognizes excellence in the selected project or program of studies that promotes international understanding and world peace. This fund is dedicated to James D. Kline, who was active in the Fulbright Program and the Education Abroad Program and devoted a lifetime to international education.
Deadline:                        April 1, 2011
Link:                                 https://www.graddiv.ucsb.edu/pubs/

Funding Source:            UCOP
Title:                                 UC ACCORD Dissertation Fellowships & Postdoctoral Fellowships
Program:                         Dissertation: Fellowships for research that will support dissertation completion and inform Californians' about efforts to replace prevailing patterns of schooling inequality and disparities in access to higher education with equitable conditions and outcomes for children from all sectors of the state.
Postdoctoral:                        Fellowship for research that will support and inform Californians' efforts to replace prevailing patterns of schooling inequality and disparities in access to higher education with equitable conditions and outcomes for children from all sectors of the state. Awards will normally be for one year.
Deadline:                        March 18, 2011
Link:                                 www.ucaccord.org