Grant Opportunities 4.09.12

April 09, 2012

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644




Upcoming Deadlines

Federal

NSF- Research in Disabilities Education:                                           June 1, 2012
NIH- Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations (R01):               June 5, 2012
NIJ- Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons:                   May 29, 2012
DOC- Social Science Weather Research:                                         April 27, 2012

Foundations
Gates Foundation- Grand Challenges Explorations:                          May 15, 2012
Robert Wood Johnson- Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
May 31, 2012

Federal

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Research in Disabilities Education (RDE)
Program:                     The RDEprogram continues to advance the goal of broadening the participation of postsecondary students with disabilities in STEM. In this solicitation RDE will support two types of projects: Model Building and Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education.
Deadline:                    June 1, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12542/nsf12542.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NIH
Title:                            Research on the Health of LGBTI Populations (R01)
Program:                     The NIH is committed to supporting research that will increase scientific understanding of the health status of various population groups and improve the effectiveness of health interventions and services for individuals within those groups.  High priority is placed on research on populations that appear to have distinctive health risk profiles but have received insufficient attention from investigators.  This Funding Opportunity Announcement highlights a particular community:  lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and related populations (designated here as LGBTI populations).  Basic, social, behavioral, clinical, and services research relevant to the missions of the sponsoring Institutes and Centers may be proposed.
Deadline:                    June 5, 2012
Link:                            http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-111.html

Funding Source:         NIJ
Title:                            Research and Evaluation on Trafficking in Persons
Program:                     NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation projects to address the knowledge gaps related to trafficking in persons in the United States. NIJ is particularly interested in studies that address the under-reporting of trafficking cases at the Federal, State, and local levels of criminal justice. NIJ is also interested in evaluation studies of counter-trafficking programs and tools.
Deadline:                    May 29, 2012
Link:                            https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001008.pdf

Funding Source:         DOC
Title:                            Social Science Weather Research
Program:                     This research funding opportunity is being jointly issued by the U.S. Weather Research Program in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office and Weather and Air Quality in NOAA Research and the National Weather Service. It seeks to stimulate research and develop collaborations between social and physical scientists that can help build a Weather Ready Nation. This research will help to better understand human behavior and positively affect decision-making during weather-related events and the formulation and communication of forecast uncertainty, or forecast confidence. The results of this research are expected to improve the communication within the weather community and to the public to invoke a response that will help protect life and property during dangerous weather events.
Deadline:                    April 27, 2012
Link:                            http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=157833

Foundations


Funding Source:         Gates Foundation
Title:                            Grand Challenges Explorations
Program:                     The program seeks dynamic, transformative ideas that address the world's greatest health and development challenges. The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization — colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit companies. Anyone with a transformative idea is invited to submit the two-page online application.
The foundation has also announced that this round of Grand Challenges Explorations will feature a new kind of topic that challenges people to find new ways to tell the story of development aid and the powerful impact it can have around the world. To help disseminate the message that aid works, Grand Challenges Explorations is partnering with Cannes Lions to uncover new ways to find and distribute stories that will inspire people to support development aid.
Deadline:                    May 15, 2012
Link:                            http://www.grandchallenges.org/Pages/Default.aspx

Funding Source:         Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title:                            Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Program:                     Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among lower-income and racial and ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. 

This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The award types are: Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.
Deadline:                    May 31, 2012, please contact the foundation prior to submission
Link:                            http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21393