Grant Opportunities 09-12-2011

September 12, 2011

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644

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Funding Source:       NSF
Title:                            Social Computational Systems (SoCS)
Program:                    The SoCS program seeks to reveal new understanding about the properties that systems of people and computers together possess, and to develop theoretical and practical understandings of the purposeful design of systems to facilitate socially intelligent computing.  By better characterizing, understanding, and eventually designing for desired behaviors arising from computationally mediated groups of people at all scales, new forms of knowledge creation, new models of computation, new forms of culture, and new types of interaction will result.  Further, the investigation of such systems and their emergent behaviors and desired properties will inform the design of future systems.

The SoCS program will support research in socially intelligent computing arising from human-computer partnerships that range in scale from a single person and computer to an Internet-scale array of machines and people.  The program seeks to create new knowledge about the capabilities these partnerships can demonstrate - new affordances and new emergent behaviors, as well as unanticipated consequences and fundamental limits.  The program furthermore seeks to build models informed by disciplines ranging from computational complexity theory to behavioral sciences that will enable a scientific understanding of fundamental limits for such systems. The program seeks to foster new ideas that support even greater capabilities for socially intelligent computing, such as the design and development of systems reflecting explicit knowledge about people's cognitive and social abilities, new models of collective, social, and participatory computing, and new algorithms that leverage the specific abilities of massive numbers of human participants.
Deadline:                   November 11, 2011
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10600/nsf10600.htm

Funding Source:       NSF
Title:                            Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Program:                    The purpose of the NSF GRFP is to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields within NSF's mission. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. The ranks of NSF Fellows include numerous individuals who have made transformative breakthroughs in science and engineering research, many who have become leaders in their chosen careers, and some who have been honored as Nobel laureates.
Deadline:                   Social Sciences; Psychology; Geosciences; STEM Education and Learning: November 16, 2011
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11582/nsf11582.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:       NSF
Title:                            East Asia & Pacific Summer Institute for US Graduate Students
Program:                    The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately ten weeks from June to August (specific dates are available and updated at www.nsfsi.org).
Deadline:                   November 9, 2011
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf10591

Funding Source:       California Air Resources Board  (ARB)
Title:                            Pre-proposal solicitation-Research Concepts
Program:                    The ARB is preparing its Annual Research Plan for 2011. The Plan will be considered by our Board at a hearing on September 22. We are soliciting pre-proposals from UC and CSU scientists for the research projects described in the enclosed concepts. Please note that these constitute a subset of the projects in the annual plan; the others will most likely be awarded to specific researchers or through a public solicitation. Areas of interest:
Emission of Potent Greenhouse Gases from Appliance and Building Waste in Landfills
Improving Life-Cycle Assessment Tools for Air Quality Policy-Making
Analyzing the Economics of Smart Growth Strategies
Quantifying the Comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Co-Benefits of Green Buildings
Pilot Program to Assess Improvements to Financing Programs for Building Retrofits
Modeling Household Vehicle and Transportation Choice and Usage
Understanding the Potential Benefits of Interactive Transportation Technologies
Consumer Attitudes to Low-Emission Vehicles
Benefits of High Efficiency Filtration to Children with Asthma
Deadline:                   October 7, 2011
Link:                            www.arb.ca.gov

Funding Source:       American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Title:                            Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships
Program:                    Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer one-year of support for women in tenure-track faculty positions in support of their earning tenure and further promotions. Postdoctoral fellowships are available in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The primary purpose of the postdoctoral research leave fellowship is to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and to promote equity for women in higher education. This fellowship is designed to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and further promotions by enabling her to spend a year pursuing independent research.
Deadline:                   November 15, 2011
Link:                            http://www.aauw.org/learn/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

Funding Source:       Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Title:                            Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Program:                    ACLS invites applications for the sixth annual competition for the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships, which support a year of research and writing to help advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure and no later than August 31, 2013. A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program.

ACLS will award 65 Fellowships in this competition for a one-year term beginning between June and September 2012 for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Fellowship tenure may be carried out in residence at the Fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for the research. These Fellowships may not be held concurrently with any other fellowship or grant.
Deadline:                   November 9, 2011
Link:                            http://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/

Please contact Ashlee Tews, ashleeac@ucsc.edu if you intend to apply due to the following requirement:

A letter from the applicant’s institution (preferably from the applicant’s department chair or dean), including (1) a statement attesting to the viability of the proposed timeline for completion; (2) stipulation that, in the event of an award, the university will not charge the student tuition or fees beyond a limit of $5,000 and will provide for any additional costs, such as health insurance; and (3) a pledge that if an ACLS award is made, the university will not provide the applicant with any subsequent aid. The writer of the institutional letter cannot be one of the reference letter writers.


Funding Source:       National Center for Border Security and Immigration
Title:                            BORDERS Awards in Immigration Research
Program:                    The National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS), a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center of Excellence (COE) led by The University of Arizona, is dedicated to the development of innovative technologies, proficient processes, and effective policies that will help protect our Nation’s borders and enhance long-term understanding of immigration dynamics.

Immigration processes and policies continue to be the subject of much political and scientific debate. To enhance new research on immigration, BORDERS invites proposals for Awards in Immigration Research. Projects will utilize the New Immigrant Survey (NIS) (http://nis.princeton.edu/), a multi-cohort prospective-retrospective panel study of new legal immigrants to the United States that provides a public use database with information on immigrants’ background, family, transfers, economics, health and housing. The NIS is supported by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Institutes of Health, and the NSF.
Deadline:                   October 28, 2011
Link:                            http://www.borders.arizona.edu/


Funding Source:       John Templeton Foundation
Title:                            Core Funding Areas
Program:                    The Foundation is currently accepting Online Funding Inquiries for its Core Funding Areas. In the charter establishing his Foundation, the late Sir John Templeton set out his philanthropic intentions under several broad headings. These Core Funding Areas continue to guide the Foundation's grantmaking as it works to find world-class researchers and project leaders to share in its pursuit of Sir John's dynamic, contrarian, forward-looking vision.
A number of topics - including creativity, freedom, gratitude, love, and purpose - can be found under more than one Core Funding Area. The Foundation welcomes proposals that bring together these overlapping elements, especially by combining the tools and approaches of different disciplines.
Deadline:                   Letter of Inquiry:        October 15, 2011
Link:                            http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process