Grant Opportunities 7.30.12

July 30, 2012

By , Government Grants Coordinator 831-459-1644


Upcoming Deadlines

Federal
NSF-Biological Anthropology:                                                           August 20, 2012
NSF-Science of Organizations:                                              September 3, 2012
NSF- Science of Science and Innovation Policy:                  September 9, 2012
NIH- NIH Research Project Grant (R01):                              October 5, 2012

Foundations
SSRC- Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Faculty Field Competition
October 3, 2012
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF)
September 15, 2012

Students
Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities:  October 1, 2012

Federal

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Biological Anthropology
Program:                     The Physical Anthropology program has evolved into the Biological Anthropology Program. The new name better captures the dynamic, theory driven science of the field today. Biological Anthropology includes a wide range of investigations, including primatology, paleoanthropology, genetics and human biology. The name change at NSF reflects a broad trend in academia, and serves to more fully represent all aspects of evolutionary scientific research currently funded through the program. The program will continue to focus on:
o   human and non-human primate evolution,
o   skeletal biology and bioarchaeology,

o   contemporary human biological variation and adaptation,

o   primate behavior and ecology.
Deadline:                    August 20, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5407&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Science of Organizations (SoO)
Program:                     Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds.
SoO funds research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Successful SoO research proposals use scientific methods to develop and refine theories, to empirically test theories and frameworks, and to develop new measures and methods. Funded research is aimed at yielding generalizable insights that are of value to the business practitioner, policy-maker and research communities.
SoO welcomes any and all rigorous, scientific approaches that illuminate aspects of organizations as systems of coordination, management and governance.
Deadline:                    September 3, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504696&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)
Program:                     The SciSIP program supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. Research funded by the program thus develops, improves and expands models, analytical tools, data and metrics that can be applied in the science policy decision making process. For example, research proposals may develop behavioral and analytical conceptualizations, frameworks or models that have applications across a broad array of SciSIP challenges, including the relationship between broader participation and innovation or creativity. Proposals may also develop methodologies to analyze science and technology data, and to convey the information to a variety of audiences. Researchers are also encouraged to create or improve science and engineering data, metrics and indicators reflecting current discovery, particularly proposals that demonstrate the viability of collecting and analyzing data on knowledge generation and innovation in organizations.
Among the many research topics supported are:
*examinations of the ways in which the contexts, structures and processes of science and engineering research are affected by policy decision,
*the evaluation of the tangible and intangible returns from investments in science and from investments in research and development,
*the study of structures and processes that facilitate the development of usable knowledge, theories of creative processes and their transformation into social and economic outcomes,
*the collection, analysis and visualization of new data describing the scientific and engineering enterprise.
Deadline:                    September 9, 2012
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

Funding Source:         NIH
Title:                            NIH Research Project Grant (R01)
Program:                     The Research Project Grant (R01) is the original and historically oldest grant mechanism used by NIH. The R01 provides support for health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH. R01s can be investigator-initiated or can be in response to a program announcement or request for application. This website is devoted to the investigator-initiated R01 application, which means there are no specific program requirements. However, the R01 research plan proposed by the applicant must be related to the stated program interests of one or more of the NIH Institutes and Centers based on descriptions of their programs.
Deadline:                    October 5, 2012
Link:                            http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/r01.htm

Foundations

Funding Source:         SSRC
Title:                            Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Faculty Field Competition
Program:                     The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Faculty Field Competition is open to tenured humanities and social sciences faculty interested in creating or reinvigorating interdisciplinary fields of study through the training of the next generation of researchers. Selected research directors guide the development of effective doctoral dissertation proposals within innovative fields by helping fellows sharpen the focus of their research and identify appropriate methods of investigation and analysis.
Deadline:                    October 3, 2012
Link:                            http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dpdf-faculty-fields-competition/

Funding Source:         Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF)
Title:                            Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grants
Program:                     The Foundation will consider applications from institutions for grants to hold conferences, workshops, or seminars on specific subjects related to the Foundation's goals and objectives. Applicants are urged to seek matching funds. Applicants should submit the names of all participants, as well as titles of papers to be presented. The academic background of the participants and the significance of the meeting will be key factors in the evaluation process. Budgets for conferences should not exceed $25,000.
Deadline:                    September 15, 2012
Link:                            http://www.cckf.org/e-americaCS.htm

Students

Funding Source:         Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities
Title:                            Postdoctoral Fellowships 2013-2014
Program:                     THE COLUMBIA SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN THE HUMANITIES, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of postdoctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2013-2014.  We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the PhD between 1 January 2011 and 1 July 2013. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The Fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. In the first year, Fellows teach one course per semester: at least one of these courses will be in the undergraduate general education program of the University. In years two and three, Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $60,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum.
Deadline:                    October 1, 2012
Link:                            http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html