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Research Office
Current Funding Opportunities
The GGSE Research Office compiles this list of current funding opportunities. The list is presented chronologically by application deadline. If you plan to apply for an opportunity listed here or elsewhere, or if you would like to have a custom funding search conducted, GGSE faculty, researchers and students are encouraged to contact Heather Philips.
Please contact us if you have comments or suggestions to enhance this web page and the distribution of funding opportunities.
November Deadlines
Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE)
Optional Letter of Intent deadline: October 9, 2009
Application deadline: November 12, 2009
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08585/nsf08585.htm
The proposal types allowable under this solicitation have been updated to enable more flexible mechanisms for conducting research relevant to this program. The proposal types now include the following:
*Knowledge Diffusion proposals are small projects for the synthesis of existing knowledge on a topic of critical importance to STEM learning and education or for the diffusion of research based knowledge.
*Empirical Research proposals are studies that focus on important issues in STEM learning. They may be either exploratory or full studies.
*Large Empirical Research proposals are intended for more complex projects focused on important issues in STEM learning. The projects could involve teams of experts from multiple disciplines working on conceptually related projects, or they might be longitudinal or randomized control studies of large samples of participants.
The goals of the REESE program are: (1) to catalyze discovery and innovation at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation; (2) to stimulate the field to produce high quality and robust research results through the progress of theory, method, and human resources; and (3) to help coordinate and transform advances in education, learning research, and evaluation. REESE pursues its mission by developing an interdisciplinary research portfolio focusing on core scientific questions about STEM learning in current and emerging learning contexts, both formal and informal, from childhood through adulthood, and from before school through to graduate school and beyond into the workforce. REESE places particular importance upon the involvement of young investigators in the projects, at doctoral, postdoctoral, and early career stages, as well as the involvement of STEM disciplinary experts. In addition, research questions related to educational research methodology and evaluation are central to the REESE activity.
Estimated Number of Awards:
10-15 Knowledge Diffusion awards (maximum award $250,000 over two years)
15-20 Empirical awards (maximum award $1,000,000 over three years)
5-10 Large Empirical awards (maximum award $2,000,000 over five years)
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Faculty Awards
Annual Deadlines: November 15 & April 15
URL: www.ihc.ucsb.edu/funding
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center invites applications from faculty working in the Humanities, Fine Arts, and Humanistic Social Sciences for the bi-annual IHC faculty awards. IHC awards are designed to promote excellence in scholarship and intellectual exchange beyond the confines and conventions of particular departments and disciplines.
Besides making a significant contribution to current scholarship and research practices, proposed projects should seek to:
• frame their questions, methods and modes of inquiry with reference to two or more established disciplines/fields of study, and/or
• foster the development of new objects and areas of study, and new ways of producing, presenting, and disseminating knowledge
Projects that incorporate elements of collaboration and/or seek to articulate research goals and research outcomes to the taught curriculum are also strongly encouraged.
Three categories of awards are offered:
(1) Release Time - up to $5,000
Up to six awards will be given to ladder rank faculty to release them from teaching one quarter to concentrate on research projects. Award recipients will be designated IHC Fellows and are required to deliver a public lecture or hold a seminar on a topic related to their research during their tenure as fellows.
(2) Collaborative Projects - up to $3,000
Up to eight awards will be made to support collaborative projects. Eligible projects include conferences at UCSB or in the Santa Barbara area; collaborative research or instructional projects by faculty in one or more departments/programs; and initiatives to bring visiting scholars and arts practitioners to campus for collaborative research or teaching.
(3) Individual Research Assistance - up to $1,000
Up to six awards will be made to support individual research. Eligible expenses include research assistance, travel expenses, and miscellaneous research expenses.
California Department of Education Special Education Teacher Professional Development (SETPD) Evaluation Study
Deadline: November 18, 2009
URL: www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=1733
The Special Education Teacher Professional Development (SETPD) is a subset of Reading First, a pilot project to encourage professional development in reading for special education teachers. An external evaluation of this study is required. The evaluation is funded exclusively from those funds. The project is to improve reading achievement of kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) special education students in high poverty, low performing schools.
Pacific Rim Research Program – Limited Submission
Required Campus Deadline: November 11, 2009
UC PRRP Deadline: February 16, 2010
URL: http://pacrim.ucsc.edu/pubs/PRRP.2010-11.Call.pdf
The Pacific Rim Research Program sponsors a competitive grants program that provides funds for research on Pacific Rim topics in a variety of disciplines. Both faculty and graduate students are eligible for the research grants and workshop and planning grants, and faculty development grants are available. Priorities include comparative investigation across national, cultural, linguistic and/or regional boundaries; focus on interactions, flows, or major issues affecting the Pacific Rim region and specific to it; and collaboration of scholars in different countries and, where appropriate, different disciplines.
Faculty Initiative Grants award in the range of $30,000-$50,000. The Initiative Grants will fund research that explores the impact of crisis on
the Pacific region, historically and in the contemporary moment. All Initiative Grant proposals must involve collaboration of scholars from
more than one Pacific Rim nation or territory.
Faculty Research/Planning Grants will fund projects up to a maximum up $25,000.
Projects must involve collaborative research, or research planning and
pilot research, with colleagues in at least one Pacific Rim nation or
territory, and may include support of graduate students. Awards are
ordinarily granted for one year.
Advanced Graduate Research Fellowships support graduate students in a year of dissertation research or its equivalent. Students may apply for a maximum of $20,000 in funding.
December Deadlines
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital-UC Santa Barbara Regular Research Grant Program
Deadlines: December 1, 2009; April 1, 2010
Synopsis: Grants of up to $15,000 are available to encourage research by health professionals affiliated with Cottage Health System. Non-Cottage Health System professionals or scientists are eligible to apply with a co-investigator who is a health professional affiliated with the Cottage Health System and who will have an intellectual or active involvement in the research. Applications for studies that will include active involvement by residents or trainees are especially encouraged.
Agency: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health
Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIH-BRAINS) (R01)
Deadline: December 9, 2009
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-10-060.html
The BRAINS program is intended to support the research and research career development of outstanding scientists who are in the early, formative stages of their careers and who plan to make a long term career commitment to research in specific mission areas of the NIMH. This award seeks to assist these individuals in launching an innovative clinical, translational, basic or services research program that holds the potential to profoundly transform the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of mental disorders. For FY 2010, the BRAINS program will focus on the research priorities and gap areas identified in the NIMH Strategic Plan:
- Promote discovery in the brain and behavioral sciences to fuel research on the causes of mental disorders
- Chart mental illness trajectories to determine when, where, and how to intervene
- Develop new and better interventions that incorporate the diverse needs and circumstances of people with mental illnesses
- Strengthen the public health impact of NIMH-supported research
The R01 applications in this program are distinguished from most other R01 research grants in that the applications: 1) incorporate a statement of the PI’s research goals relevant to the mission of the NIMH, 2) include active participation of an external advisory committee, and 3) require demonstration of the commitment by the institution to actively support the research program development of the Principal Investigator. In this year, research projects proposed in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will be expected to directly address the objectives and sub-objectives of the NIMH strategic plan and to have a defined impact on our understanding the pathophysiology, trajectories, effective treatment and/or prevention of psychiatric diseases.
Applicants must be considered Early Stage Investigators by NIH, that is, they must not have competed successfully for a substantial, competing NIH research grant and must be within 10 years of completing his or her terminal research degree.
UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Cancer Research Grants
Deadline: December 11, 2009
URL: http://crcc.ucdavis.edu/index.html
Funds are available for cancer research projects conducted by faculty from all UC campuses. CRCC funds support meritorious research in a wide range of scientific areas, including both applied clinical research and basic research relevant to the cancer problem.
CRCC research awards are of two types:
Regular Awards: CRCC funds for regular awards are used to provide starter grants for (1) investigators in areas of research other than cancer in order to initiate cancer research projects, and for (2) established cancer research investigators to initiate studies in new areas. CRCC funds for this award category are intended to be used to support new projects, rather than continuing projects. The CRCC funds will not be used to support overlapping projects, i.e., projects currently funded from other sources, even if that funding is considered to be insufficient.
Awards to New Assistant Professors: CRCC funds for awards in this category are made to new assistant professors, those in their third through sixth years at UC during the 2010-2011 award year, i.e., date of appointment between July 1, 2005 and July 1, 2008 (consideration is given to circumstances such as family leave).
Applicants must be members of the Academic Senate and must be employed at least 50% time. Faculty members with initial UC appointment dates of July 1, 2008 or earlier are eligible to apply. Anticipated Funding Amount: $50,000
January Deadlines
William T. Grant Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for Investigator Initiated Grants Program
Next letter of inquiry deadline: January 4, 2010
URL: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/investigator_initiated_grants/investigator_initiated_grants
The Foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. Important settings include schools, youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, families, and peer groups. Our interests in youth's settings fit into two areas. First, we are interested in studies that strengthen our understanding of how settings work; how they affect youth development; and how they can be improved. Second, we are interested in studies that strengthen our understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth's settings.
The Foundation is particularly seeking proposals that have one or more of the following elements demonstrated in a sophisticated and creative way:
*Interdisciplinary work, mixed-methods work, and project teams that include people from multiple roles (e.g., researchers, practitioners, policymakers);
*Teams that combine senior and junior staff in ways that mentor junior staff;
*Projects led by members of underrepresented groups; and
*Projects that generate data useful to other researchers and that make the data available in public use files.
Grants are typically between $200,000 and $500,000 and cover two to three years of support. Projects involving secondary data analysis are at the lower end of the budget range whereas projects involving new data collection and sample recruitment can be at the higher end.
American Educational Research Association Research Grants Program
Next application deadline: January 6, 2010
URL: www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/res_grants/RGFly.html
The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on issues related to U.S. education policy and practice using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES and NSF, and have U.S. education policy relevance. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Awards for Research Grants are up to $20,000 for 1-year projects, or up to $35,000 for 2-year projects.
Dissertation grants are also available for up to $15,000 for 1-year projects.
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Research Fellowship Program
Preproposal deadline: June 30, 2009
Application deadline: January 6, 2010
URL: http://kstf.org/research_fellowships_home.aspx
PI eligibility: Applicants may not be tenured before the start of the fellowship (July 1, 2010).
The KSTF Research Fellowship seeks to support early career scholars engaged in critical research in education. We encourage applications from scholars in all disciplines that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to areas that are consistent with the mission of KSTF, which is improving high school mathematics and science teaching in the United States. More specifically, we support those who can contribute to understanding recruitment, preparation, induction, mentoring and/or retention of high quality high school science and mathematics teachers.
The fellowship of $110,000 will be awarded in 2010. Typically, the award is $55,000 for two years. Usually up to three fellowships are awarded. KSTF expects that fellows will not receive any other financial award to support the research project described in the Research Fellowship application during the 2-year fellowship tenure.
Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) - NSF 09-602
Preliminary Proposal deadline (optional): October 5, 2009
Full proposal deadline: January 7, 2010
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09602/nsf09602.htm
The Discovery Research K-12 (DR K-12) program seeks to enable significant advances in preK-12 student and teacher learning of the STEM disciplines through development, study, and implementation of resources, models, and technologies for use by students, teachers, and policymakers. Projects should create or adapt and study innovative resources, models, or technologies and determine how and why implementation affects STEM learning. DR K-12 accepts proposals for exploratory projects, full research and development projects, synthesis projects, and conferences/workshops. The design of any DR K-12 project begins with a reasonable evidence-based hypothesis about how some aspect of STEM education can be improved. The proposal then offers a plan for developing and/or studying impact of the suggested innovation in STEM learning and teaching.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50 to 70. Anticipated Funding Amount: Exploratory projects up to $450,000 with duration up to three years; Full research and development projects up to $3,500,000 with duration up to five years; Projects that study scale-up of STEM education innovations up to $5,000,000 with duration up to five years; Synthesis projects up to $250,000 with duration up to two years; and Conference/Workshop projects up to $100,000 for duration up to two years.
Developmental and Learning Sciences (DLS) - NSF 07-508
Annual Application Deadlines: January 15, July 15 (Individual Investigator Research Projects, Workshops and Small Conferences)
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07508/nsf07508.htm
This program supports studies that increase our understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' development and learning. Additional priorities are to support developmental research that: incorporates multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develops new methods and theories; examines transfer of knowledge from one domain to another and from one situation to another; assesses peer relations, family interactions, social identities, and motivation; examines the impact of family, school, and community resources; assesses adolescents' preparation for entry into the workforce; and investigates the role of demographic characteristics and cultural influences on children's development. Research supported by this program will add to our basic knowledge of how people learn and the underlying developmental processes that support learning, with the objective of leading to better educated children and adolescents who grow up to take productive roles as workers and as citizens. Two types of funding opportunities are currently available:
* Individual Investigator Research Projects (15 to 20 awarded with annual budget in the range of $75,000 to $120,000 for up to 5 years)
* Workshops and Small Conferences (3 to 8 awarded with budget in the range of $10,000 to $15,000)
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) – NSF 08-561
Annual application deadlines: January 16, August 16
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08561/nsf08561.htm
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is a standing, interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). MMS supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. The Program interacts with the other programs in SBE as well as other programs in the Foundation, most notably the Statistics Program in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS). The Program also partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data. Anticipated Total Annual Funding Amount: $3,500,000.
February Deadlines
UC MEXUS (University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States) Call for Proposals
Application Deadlines: Small grants - February, June, October. Faculty grants & dissertation research grants - March
URL: www.ucmexus.ucr.edu/funding
UC MEXUS promotes education, research, public service, and other scholarly activities in five principle areas: MEXICAN STUDIES as related to Mexican history, society, politics, culture, arts, and economy; UNITED STATES-MEXICO RELATIONS in contemporary and historical context, in terms of the economic, political, demographic, and cultural interactions between Mexico and the United States; LATINO STUDIES related to the history, society, culture, and condition of Mexican-origin populations in the context of American society and institutions, including their interactions with other U.S. immigrant groups; CRITICAL ISSUES in terms of urgent public policy or academic topics affecting Mexico, the United States and Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico relationship, or Mexican-origin populations in the United States; and UC-MEXICO COLLABORATION between U.S. and Mexican scientists in all disciplines, including the basic and applied sciences, humanities, and the arts. Awards are available for:
* Dissertation Research Grants (two year awards up to $12,000)
* Small Grants (one year awards up to $1,500)
* Faculty Grants (awards up to $15,000)
* Collaborative Project Grants (one and a half year awards up to $25,000)
National Education Association (NEA) Foundation Learning and Leadership Grants
Annual Application deadlines: February 1, June 1, October 15.
URL: www.neafoundation.org/programs/Learning&Leadership_Guidelines.htm
Grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of the following two purposes:
*Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences, such as summer institutes or action research.
*Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment.
All professional development must improve practice, curriculum, and student achievement. "One-shot" professional growth experiences, such as attending a national conference or engaging a professional speaker, are discouraged. Decisions regarding the content of the professional growth activities must be based upon an assessment of student work undertaken with colleagues, and must be integrated into the institutional planning process. Grant funds may be used for fees, travel expenses, books, or other materials that enable applicants to learn subject matter, instructional approaches, and skills. Recipients are expected to exercise professional leadership by sharing their new learning with their colleagues. Amount: The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study. Duration: Grants will fund activities for twelve months from the date of the award.
TOEFL® Grants
Application deadlines: Doctoral Research Grants: February 1, October 15. Board grants: February 1.
URL: http://www.nocheating.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.c988ba0e5dd572bada20bc47c3921509/ ?vgnextoid=179daf5e44df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=367ed898c84f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD
TOEFL® Board Grants
Purpose: To recognize and support significant activities or projects related to the field of international education or English language education. The scope of application of these awards is intentionally broad. Examples of activities that have been supported in the past include:
* developing an accreditation process for English language programs
* evaluating study-abroad programs
* collecting and disseminating information about international education (e.g., guide to overseas educational systems, student demographic information)
* planning and implementing a test design and development seminar
* convening a conference on ethics in testing
* promoting professional development in the areas of standards, curriculum, and testing
* establishing professional networks between U.S. and foreign organizations and institutions engaged in international education.
Award Value: $5,000 to $15,000 for one year. Proposals for continuation of funding are limited to two additional years.
Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment
Purpose: To make available small cash awards to promising students working in the area of foreign- or second-language assessment that will help them finish their dissertations in a timely manner. Award Value: Up to $2,000. Up to ten awards each year.
Health Research with Diverse Populations - PA 07-409
Annual Application Deadlines: February 5, June 5, October 5 (R01 mechanism)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-409.html
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite grant applications for biological, behavioral, social, addictive, and mental health research related to the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and other diverse populations. Proposed research should be appropriate for the missions of one or more of the participating Institutes.
Priority is given to research that characterizes the biological, behavioral, and social processes of health and of disease among LGBTI populations, and that develops effective preventive, treatment, and counseling interventions and service delivery methods for LGBTIs. The focus of such work should be on specific, measurable, and replicable health outcomes. Basic research that leads to new directions and advances in health research is also invited. Across all research areas, investigators are encouraged to incorporate innovative approaches and methodologies in their research designs to enrich the knowledge gain and to advance our understanding of health and disease among diverse populations that extends beyond the particular sample investigated. Applicants should provide precise descriptions of their study population and the sampling methods to be employed, with attention given to sexual orientation, gender-related characteristics, background or historic prevalence rates of drug and alcohol abuse, age, generational cohort, race/ethnicity, education, and cultural, geographical, socioeconomic, physical, and psychological qualities. Given the ever-increasing diversity among LGBTI populations, it is expected that most projects will focus on one or a few well-defined subgroups or segments of these populations.
Proposed research may draw from the full range of qualitative and quantitative approaches within the biological, behavioral, epidemiological, clinical, and social sciences. Design and selection of instruments and procedures should be undertaken rigorously and with sensitivity to the experiences and concerns of the research participants. Community-based research with a fully trained scientist serving as principal investigator is also encouraged. While the primary domain of interest is LGBTI populations within the United States, research with non-U.S. populations is acceptable if the work can substantively contribute to scientific understanding of U.S. populations.
Independent Scientist Award (K02) - PA 09-038
Annual application deadlines: February 12, June 12, October 12.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-038.html
The overall goal of NIH-supported career development programs is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. The NIH Independent Scientist Award (K02) is intended to foster the development of outstanding scientists and enable them to expand their potential to make significant contributions to their field of research. It provides three, four, or five years of salary support and “protected time” for newly independent scientists (see IC provisions) who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers.
Candidates must hold a doctoral degree, independent peer reviewed research support at the time the award is made (see IC provisions), and commit a minimum of 9 person-months (75% of full-time professional effort) conducting research and relevant career development activities during the period of the award. Each independent scientist career award program must be tailored to meet the individual needs of the candidate. The sponsoring institution must demonstrate a commitment to provide the environment, resources and the protected time required for the candidate to perform the activities included in the proposed research and career development plans. Candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the NIH staff for IC-specific programmatic and budgetary information.
Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations - PA 07-406, PA 07-407, PA 07-408
Annual Application Deadlines: February 5, June 5, October 5 (R01 mechanism)
Annual Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16 (R03 and R21 mechanisms)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-406.html (R01)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-407.html (R21)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-408.html (R03)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, that solicit applications under the Small Research Grant (R03) and Exploratory/Developmental (R21) award mechanisms, respectively.
The purpose of this FOA issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), is to encourage research grant applications on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and its adverse consequences. This FOA is designed to stimulate a developmentally grounded program of research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce underage drinking and hazardous young adult drinking. Research objectives of this FOA include, but are not limited to: (1) testing strategies to improve screening methods for youth with or at high risk for alcohol-related problems; (2) testing the efficacy and effectiveness of novel or modified existing brief prevention interventions to: (a) prevent or delay the initiation of alcohol use, or (b) decrease the risk for the development of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and associated problems among youth; (3) examining individual, peer, familial, community, setting, cultural, or other contextual factors that affect the selection, implementation, and outcomes of empirically validated screening measures or brief interventions. Studies of racially and ethnically diverse populations in various social and cultural settings are encouraged. Investigations must be especially sensitive to unique human subject issues when conducting research in minors.
The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) - PA 08-069, PA 08-068
Annual Application Deadlines: February 5, June 5, October 5 (R01 mechanism)
Annual Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16 (R03 mechanism)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-069.html
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-068.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites research grant applications that seek to develop a comprehensive program of research focused on the mechanisms through which social, economic, cultural, and community-level factors, and their interactions, impact the early cognitive, neurobiological, socio-emotional, and physical development of children. Understanding the influence of these mechanisms is especially important for understanding the impact of public policies on the development of children at whom (or at whose families) these policies are often specifically targeted, notably children living in poverty or near the federal poverty line. Arenas of particular relevance within public policy include childcare, early childhood education, welfare reform, tax, social services, and family/work policies, as all of these shape the life experiences of children in poverty. Thus, a goal is for the research to develop data that would bear directly on these arenas and might thereby inform policies that impact child development, whether or not child development is the explicit focus of those policies. Specifically, this initiative encourages research that: (1) is multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary; (2) uses existing sources of data and/or justifies new data collection efforts; (3) uses longitudinal, experimental, or comparative designs; and (4) has relevance for public policy, particularly in the areas of childcare, early childhood and primary/secondary education, welfare reform, tax reform, social services, and family/work policies.
Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research – PAR 08-217, PAR 08-218, and PAR 08-219
Annual Application Deadlines: February 5, June 5, October 5 (R01 mechanism)
Annual Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16 (R03 and R21 mechanisms)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-217.html (R01)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-218.html (R21)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-219.html (R03)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, that solicit applications under the Exploratory/Developmental (R21) and Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanisms, respectively.
The purpose of this FOA is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations that propose to advance the science of drug abuse and drug-related HIV prevention through 1) the development of novel prevention approaches, 2) the testing of novel and adapted prevention intervention approaches 3) the elucidation of processes associated with the selection, adoption, adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing of empirically validated interventions, and 4) the development of new methodologies suitable for the design and analysis of prevention research studies. Programs of research are intended to provide pathways toward the discovery of population-level approaches for the prevention of drug abuse and dependence, drug-related problems (such as interpersonal violence, criminal involvement, and productivity loss), and drug related illness (such as comorbid drug and mental health problems or comorbid infections including HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C).
Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences - PAR-08-212, PAR-08-213 and PAR-08-214
Optional letter of intent due 30 days prior to deadline
Annual Application Deadlines: February 5, June 5, October 5 (R01 mechanism)
Annual Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16 (R03 and R21 mechanisms)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-212.html (R01)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-213.html (R21)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-214.html (R03)
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will utilize the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, that solicit applications under the Exploratory/Developmental (R21) and Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanisms, respectively.
The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research that will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected in the behavioral and social sciences, relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Qualified researchers are invited to submit research grant applications aimed at improving and developing methodology and measurement in the behavioral and social sciences through innovations in research design, data collection techniques, measurement, and data analysis techniques. Research that addresses methodology and measurement issues in diverse populations, issues in studying sensitive behaviors, issues of ethics in research, issues related to confidential data and the protection of research subjects, and issues in developing interdisciplinary, multimethod, and multilevel approaches to behavioral and social science research is particularly encouraged, as are approaches that integrate behavioral and social science research with biological, physical, or computational science research or engineering.
Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services Research, and Recovery - PA 07-215, PA 08-008
Annual Application Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-215.html (R03)
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-008.html (R21)
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites applications to support research on pharmacologic and behavioral treatments for alcohol use disorders; the organizational, financial, and management factors that facilitate or inhibit the delivery of evidence-based services for alcohol use disorders, and recovery from alcohol use disorders. Research objectives of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) include, but are not limited to: (1) research on medications for the treatment of alcohol use disorders; (2) research on behavioral interventions for alcohol use disorders; (3) health services research on organization and management of alcohol services; and (4) research on recovery. This FOA seeks applications that address the aforementioned objectives for the population as a whole and in specific subpopulations. In addition, elucidating disparities among racial/ethnic groups with respect to alcohol treatment, service delivery, and recovery is encouraged. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. Although the financial plans of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) provide support for this program, awards pursuant to this funding opportunity are contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. A project period of up to two years and a budget for direct costs of up to two $25,000 modules, or $50,000 per year, may be requested (i.e., a maximum of $100,000 over two years in four modules of $25,000 each). Commensurate Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs are allowed.
Building System Capacity for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (R34) (PA-09-105)
Annual Deadlines: February 16, June 16, October 16.
URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-105.html
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, provides resources to facilitate research on the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based clinical treatment practices, prevention approaches, and business practices in community-based service delivery settings. It is intended to foster collaboration between service providers and entities that directly influence their capacity to deliver such practices, including Single State Agencies, other funders, licensing and regulatory bodies, referral sources, educational entities, and other social services agencies that interact with the treatment and prevention systems. Applications are encouraged that will advance the field of implementation science while simultaneously building the capacity of systems and service providers to conduct process improvement research. Applicants may propose to pilot test proven clinical or business practices across service delivery settings, or to study the downstream effect of changes in State or other system-level policies on program capacity to implement evidence-based practices. This FOA encourages collection of preliminary data needed to inform approaches to the eventual scaling-up of selected practices to broader, sustained implementation.
The total project period for an application submitted in response to this FOA may not exceed three years. Direct costs are limited to $450,000 over a three-year period, with no more than $225,000 direct costs allowed in any single year.
International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops - NSF 04-035
Annual Application deadlines for workshop proposals: February 20, May 20, September 20
Planning visit proposals may be submitted at any time.
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04035/nsf04035.htm
International Planning Visit/Workshop Awards can support the initial phases of developing and coordinating integrated research and education activities with foreign partners. Support is primarily for travel and subsistence expenses; salaries and stipends are not typically supported. Individual proposals can be submitted for:
* Planning visits to assess foreign facilities, equipment, or subjects of research, and to have detailed discussions with prospective foreign partners to finalize plans for cooperative research. Visits typically range from 7-14 days.
* Joint workshops designed to identify common research priorities, focused on a specific, well-defined area of research collaboration. U.S. and international co-organizers collaboratively design the agenda around a disciplinary or inter-disciplinary theme, and invite individuals who will uniquely contribute to the workshop's objectives. Workshops may be held at either a U.S. or foreign location. If held at a foreign location, organizers are encouraged to arrange visits to local research and education sites. Workshop results should include recommendations to the research community about possible areas for future collaboration and should be broadly disseminated. The pool of U.S. participants should include junior researchers, women and members of underrepresented groups, and, where appropriate, graduate and/or undergraduate students. Participant diversity will be considered in making award decisions for support of workshops.
It is expected that most Planning Visit/Workshop Award grantees will subsequently apply to disciplinary programs across the National Science Foundation for support of the resulting collaborative research. Support for workshops will be for a maximum of two years and a maximum total budget of $60,000 over the duration of the award. Support for planning visits will be for a maximum of two years and a maximum total budget of $20,000 over the duration of the award. Support is primarily for travel and subsistence expenses for U.S. participants; salaries and stipends are not typically supported. Award duration and budget are expected to vary considerably depending on the scope of activities proposed. Estimated Number of Awards: 50 per year.
May Deadlines
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) - PA 08-226
Application deadline: May 25 for NIMH or NICHD, other institutes have other deadlines
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-468.html
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible institutions as the primary means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral research training to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles related to the Nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research agenda. The primary objective of the T32 program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation. This program supports predoctoral, postdoctoral and short term research training programs at domestic institutions of higher education with the T32 funding mechanism.
Research training programs are designed to allow the Training Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) to select the trainees and develop a curriculum of study and research experiences necessary to provide high quality research training. The grant offsets the cost of stipends, tuition and fees, and training related expenses including health insurance for the appointed trainees in accordance with the approved NIH support levels. Within the framework of the NRSA program’s longstanding commitment to excellence and projected need for investigators in particular areas of research, attention must be given to recruiting trainees from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral and clinical sciences, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Awards for T32 institutional NRSA research training grants may be for project periods up to five years in duration and are renewable.
July Deadlines
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program - NSF 08-557
Directorate for Education & Human Resources. Application deadline: July 20, 2010
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences. Application deadline: July 22, 2010
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08557/nsf08557.htm
PI Eligibility: Applicants must hold a doctoral degree, be employed in a tenure-track position (or tenure-track-equivalent position) as an assistant professor (or equivalent title) and have not previously received an NSF PECASE or CAREER award.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.
Estimated Number of Awards: 425 per year. The minimum CAREER award, including indirect costs, will total $400,000 for the 5-year duration.
August Deadlines
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant
Application deadline: August 1
URL: www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (HFG) welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Priority will be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
HFG ordinarily makes awards in the range of $15,000 to $30,000 a year for periods of one or two years. Applications for larger amounts and longer durations must be very strongly justified.
Dissertation awards are also available: Ten or more fellowships ($15,000 each) are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year.
November Deadlines
Group Psychotherapy Foundation Research Grant
Proposal Deadline: November 1, 2009
URL: www.groupsinc.org/stdnt/resgrantapp.html
Grants are typically awarded at $2,500-$15,000 depending on the importance of the research to the field, the seniority of the investigators and the number of research applications received. Grant funding can be used to support the basic costs of research, e.g., supplies, research equipment, photocopying, postage, computer services, statistical consultation and research assistant salaries; investigator salaries and travel expenses are not funded. (Equipment purchased for use with a research project is to be donated to an institution at the completion of the project.) Grant monies are awarded with an expected completion of the project in one year as follows: fifty percent upon grant approval, forty percent upon submission of a six month progress report and the final ten percent upon receipt of a post project report.