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Upcoming Deadlines
Federal
NIH- Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13):
April 12, 2012
NSF- Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program:
April 24, 2012
EPA- San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund:
March 16, 2012
DOC- FY 2012 University Economic Development Program Competition:
March 30, 2012
Foundations
World Food Prize Foundation:
May 1, 2012
UC
IGCC- Project Development Grants:
March 9, 2012
UC New Racial Studies Center- Working Groups-Mini Grants:
April 2, 2012
Student
McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation:
April 15, 2012
IGCC- Dissertation Fellowship:
March 9, 2012
Federal
Funding Source: NIH
Title: Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13)
Program: The purpose of the program is to support high-quality conferences and scientific meetings that are relevant to the NIH's scientific mission and to the public health. The NIH recognizes the value to members of the research community and all other interested parties of supporting such forums. A conference or scientific meeting is defined as an open gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, workshop, or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge.
Deadline: April 12, 2012
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-071.html
Funding Source: NSF
Title: Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program
Program: The Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program is a jointly supported initiative between the Department of Energy and the NSF. Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes are short courses ranging in length from ten to twenty-one days, involving lectures, demonstrations, research seminars, and discussions at the advanced graduate, post-doctoral, and junior faculty level. PASIs aim to disseminate advanced scientific and engineering knowledge and stimulate training and cooperation among researchers of the Americas in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences, the geosciences, the computer and information sciences, and the engineering fields. Proposals in other areas funded by NSF may be considered on an ad hoc basis as long as they are multidisciplinary; in this case, lead investigators must consult with the PASI Program before proposal submission.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Link: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12535
Funding Source: EPA
Title: San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund
Program: The U.S. EPA Region 9 is soliciting initial proposals under this announcement from eligible entities to protect and restore the water quality of the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds. The initial proposals will be short submissions describing a project’s scope and environmental results and will be evaluated to determine whether a full proposal will be requested of the applicant. This announcement seeks proposals to achieve significant water quality results, such as the restoration of impaired waters and the enhancement of aquatic habitat.
Deadline: March 16, 2012
Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=142895
Funding Source: Department of Commerce
Title: FY 2012 University Economic Development Program Competition
Program: The purpose of EDA’s University Center Economic Development Program is to assist institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions of higher education in establishing and operating University Centers specifically focused on leveraging university assets to build regional economic ecosystems that support high-growth entrepreneurship. Since FY 2004, EDA has administered the University Center program as a competitive multi-year program. EDA holds University Center program competitions in two of its six regional offices on a non-annual basis. In FY 2012, EDA is holding the competition in its Atlanta and Seattle Regional Offices. The Atlanta Regional Office serves: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Seattle Regional Office serves: Alaska, Arizona, American Samoa, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Republic of Palau, and Washington.EDA encourages the submission of applications that will create and nurture regional economic ecosystems through applied research and development, technology commercialization, and targeted activities that cultivate entrepreneurship. University Center applicants should integrate their programs across their institutions in order to leverage multiple programs that support economic development. Applicants should also demonstrate a record of success in fostering higher-skill, higher-wage job creation, as well as the ability to engage the private sector and leverage other sources of financial support.
Deadline: March 30, 2012
Link: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=143093
Foundations
Funding Source: World Food Prize Foundation
Title: World Food Prize
Program: The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement at any point along the full range of the food production and distribution chain including, but not limited to, soil and land; plant and animal science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing and packaging; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis; and public advocacy.
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Link: http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=25290
UC
Funding Source: IGCC
Title: Project Development Grants
Program: IGCC seeks to award five grants for intra-campus or multi-campus long-term project development in areas of interest to IGCC. See research themes in the RFP. These grants can serve as seed money for larger, catalytic research programs or foci that could tie in to IGCC's long-term institutional interest. They can also be used to fund small conferences, policy briefings or other programmatic activities.
Deadline: March 9, 2012
Link: https://igcc-secure.ucsd.edu/index.php
Funding Source: UC Center for New Racial Studies
Title: Working Groups-Mini Grants
Program: A Research Working Group is a collaboration developed by a group of UC faculty located on different campuses. These grants fund collaborative efforts to develop a research program on a significant problem in the broad field of new racial studies. Small seed grants are available for proposals to launch RWGs. These are one-year grants aimed at facilitating the development of promising proposals for external funding.
Deadline: April 2, 2012
Link: http://www.uccnrs.ucsb.edu/webforms/2012-2013-uccnrs-mini-grant-program-research-working-groups-and-campus-activities
Student
Funding Source: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation
Title: Student Teaching Scholarships/Mentoring
Program: The Foundation awards one-year scholarships in the amount of $6,000 each to college students enrolled in teacher education programs at New Mexico State University; the University of California, Santa Cruz; The University of Texas at Austin; and West Virginia University.
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Link: http://www.mccartheydressman.org/student.html
Funding Source: IGCC
Title: Dissertation Fellowship
Program: This fellowship offers up to $18,000 in stipend, research, and travel support. These fellowships consist of a nine-month stipend of $15,000 (October to June) to defray living expenses and an additional award of up to $3,000 in justified research and travel support. Doctoral students enrolled in the University of California, including J.D./Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., and M.D. with thesis, are eligible to apply.
Deadline: March 9, 2012
Link: https://igcc-secure.ucsd.edu/index.php
