Grant Opportunities 1-6-14

January 06, 2014

By , Director of Research Development 831-459-1644

Upcoming Deadlines
 

Federal
NSF-Science of Organizations:                                                                      February 2, 2014
EPA-Environmental Education Model Grants:                                                            February 4, 2014
NSF- Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation:           February 21, 2014
NSF- Cognitive Neuroscience:                                                                                  February 25, 2014
NIH- Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01):        February 28, 2014
NIH- Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Initiative (U54) LOI:       February 18, 2014

Foundation
SSRC- Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship:                                     January 20, 2014
Center for International Security and Cooperation Fellowship program:     January 31, 2014
Russell Sage Foundation-Future of Work Research:                                      January 31, 2014

Student
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality:                                                  February 1, 2014
NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics:      February 21, 2014
Miller Center National Fellowship:                                                                February 1, 2014
                                                                                   
Federal

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 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.
Deadline:                    February 2, 2014
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504696&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         EPA
Title:                            Environmental Education Model Grants
Program:                     Under this solicitation EPA is seeking grant applications from eligible applicants to support environmental education projects that promote environmental stewardship and help develop knowledgeable and responsible students, teachers, and citizens. This grant program provides financial support for projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate environmental education practices, methods, or techniques, as described in this notice, and that will serve as models that can be replicated in a variety of settings. Under this solicitation EPA expects to award environmental education grants from the 10 EPA Regional offices and from Headquarters.

Deadline:                    February 4, 2014
Link:                            http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2013-12/documents/2013_model_and_sub-award_grants_rfp_0.pdf

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Promoting Research and Innovation in Methodologies for Evaluation (PRIME)
Program:                     The PRIME program seeks to support research on evaluation with special emphasis on: (1) exploring innovative approaches for determining the impacts and usefulness of STEM education projects and programs; (2) building on and expanding the theoretical foundations for evaluating STEM education and workforce development initiatives, including translating and adapting approaches from other fields; and (3) growing the capacity and infrastructure of the evaluation field. Three types of proposals will be supported by the program: Exploratory Projects that include proof-of-concept and feasibility studies; more extensive Full-Scale Projects; and workshops and conferences.
Deadline:                    February 21, 2014
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14515/nsf14515.htm

Funding Source:         NSF
Title:                            Cognitive Neuroscience
Program:                     The Cognitive Neuroscience Program seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time.
Deadline:                    February 25, 2014
Link:                            http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14514/nsf14514.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Funding Source:         NIH
Title:                            Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) Award (R01)
Program:                     The ONES Award is intended to identify the most talented Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) who intend to make a long-term commitment to research in the Environmental Health Sciences and assist them in launching an innovative research program focused on the understanding of environmental exposure effects on people’s health.
Deadline:                    February 28, 2014
Link:                            http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-13-014.html

Funding Source:         NIH
Title:                            Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative (U54)
Program:                     The NIH encourages institutions that seek to engage undergraduate students in innovative mentored research training programs to submit applications for cooperative agreement awards through the NIH BUILD initiative, one of three new Common Fund initiatives that together aim to enhance diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences research workforce. Addressing a major leakage point in the research workforce pipeline, BUILD awards are intended to support the design and implementation of innovative programs, strategies and approaches to transform undergraduate research training and mentorship. BUILD awards will also support institutional and faculty development to further strengthen undergraduate research training environments.

Deadline:                    Letter of Intent:            February 18, 2014
Full Proposal:              March 18, 2014
Link:                            http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-13-016.html

Foundation

Funding Source:         SSRC
Title:                            Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship
Program:                     The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports research on drugs, citizen security, and democratic governance, with a goal of producing evidence-based knowledge and influencing drug policy. The fellowship seeks to develop a concentration of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant outcomes and membership in a global interdisciplinary network.
Deadline:                    January 20, 2014
Link:                            http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/dsd-fellowship/?utm_source=Copy+of+Campus+Alert+December+2013&utm_campaign=Campus+Alerts&utm_medium=email

Funding Source:         Stanford University
Title:                            Center for International Security and Cooperation Predoctoral, postdoctoral, and professional fellowship program
Program:                     CISAC's pre- and postdoctoral fellowships provide opportunities for concentrated study on international security topics. Fellowship recipients spend an academic year at Stanford completing their projects and participating in seminars.
Deadline:                    January 31, 2014
Link:                            cisac.stanford.edu/fellowships/


Funding Source:         Russell Sage Foundation
Title:                            Future of Work Research
Program:                     The foundation's Future of Work program supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. The foundation seeks research proposals related to the role of changes in employer practices; the nature of the labor market; and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers. Examples of the kinds of topics and questions that are of interest include, but are not limited to, changing economies; changing families and policy responses (or lack thereof); economics of productivity and the role of managerial practices in improving job quality; causes and consequences of job polarization; and the effects of long-term unemployment and strategies to prevent long-term disadvantage. Priority will be given to analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources, and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions related to the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the well-being of workers, today and in the future.
Deadline:                    Letter of Inquiry:         January 31, 2014
Full proposal:                                                  March 15, 2014
Link:                            http://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply

Student

Funding Source:         Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Title:                            Student Research Grants
Program:                     Two grants are awarded to students researching sexuality. The purpose of the research can be a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, but this is not a requirement.
Deadline:                    February 1, 2014
Link:                            www.sexscience.org/student_research_grants


Funding Source:         DOC/NOAA
Title:                            NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics
Program:                     The Graduate Fellowship Program awards at least two new PhD fellowships each year to students who are interested in careers related to marine ecosystem and population dynamics, with a focus on modeling and managing systems of living marine resources. The emphasis will be on the development and implementation of quantitative methods for assessing marine ecosystems, for assessing the status of fish, invertebrate, and other targeted species stocks, and for assessing the status of marine mammals, seabirds, and other protected species. Fellows will work on thesis problems of public interest and relevance to NMFS under the guidance of NMFS mentors at participating NMFS Science Centers or Laboratories. The NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics meets NOAA's Mission goal of "Protect, Restore and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources Through Ecosystem-Based Management".
Deadline:                    February 21, 2014
Link:                            http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=248774

Funding Source:         Miller Center National Fellowships
Title:                            Miller Center National Fellowship
Program:                     Up to eight grants are awarded for scholars to conduct dissertation research on American politics and public policy, foreign relations and the impact of global affairs on the United States, media and politics, and the role of the presidency in shaping American political development. Fellows are funded for one year of research and writing with the help and guidance of a senior scholar mentor.
Deadline:                    February 1, 2014
Link:                            http://millercenter.org/academic/dgs/fellowship