Funding News August 2006

August 2006
16 NEW ITEMS

GrantsNet Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are now available on GrantsNet and GrantsNet Express. Please contact Kathleen Clark for more information.

New Faculty-Postdoc-Graduate Programs August 2006

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): AAAS Mentor Awards

September 2006

National Research Fund for Tick-borne Diseases, Inc.: Research Grants

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: Georgian-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program 2006

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation: Research Grant Program

October 2006

Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation: Annual Research Grant for Biomedical Research on Pediatric Cardiomyopathy

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: CRDF's First Steps to Market (FSTM) Program

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: Next Steps to Market

Hereditary Disease Foundation: John J. Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Lieberman Award

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowships

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Research Grant Program

Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation: Max Planck Research Award

November 2006

National Science Foundation: Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Undergraduate Programs

October 2006

Smithsonian Institution: Minority Internships

November 2006

Henry Luce Foundation Inc.: Clare Boothe Luce Program

January 2007

Smithsonian Institution: National Air and Space Museum Internships

Other Funding News Features

• Deadline Watch

• Other new grant opportunities from U.S. government agencies

Highlights this month from Science Careers' Academic Career Center No More Boring Science Grant Doctor With little fanfare, NSF director Arden Bement seems to be transforming his organization to eliminate the pedestrian and to fund only cutting-edge science. NIH Urges Career Training and Tracking Beryl Lieff Benderly New provisions of NIH's T32 institutional training grants may foster changes that help postdocs.

New Faculty-Postdoc-Graduate Programs

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): AAAS Mentor Awards

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is seeking nominations for its 2006 Mentor Awards. These awards are given in two categories: Lifetime Mentor Award for the individual who has served as a mentor for 25 or more years and Mentor Award for the individual who has served less than 25 years. Both awards recognize an individual who has mentored and guided significant numbers of students from underrepresented groups to the completion of doctoral studies or who has impacted the climate of a department, college, or institution to significantly increase the diversity of students pursuing and completing doctoral studies. Underrepresented groups include: women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities. Students mentored must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. A new and required feature of the nomination packet includes the completion of a chart with information about the students mentored to the Ph.D.--including race/ethnicity, gender, citizenship, and the year a student received their Ph.D. You will find a sample copy of the required chart attached to this e-mail. Deadline: August 31, 2006

National Research Fund for Tick-borne Diseases, Inc.: Research Grants

The National Research Fund for Tick-Borne Diseases Inc. (NRFTD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research into tick-borne infections, including Lyme disease, is pleased to announce it will fund four pilot study projects. Scientists who hope to advance understanding of these diseases are invited to submit grant applications. When caught and treated promptly, Lyme is normally quite curable. Since 1999, we've funded innovative research in the field, with the help of researchers. Deadline: September 1, 2006

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: Georgian-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program 2006

The Georgian Research and Development Foundation and the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) will provide awards up to $45,000 on a competitive basis to joint research teams of the U.S. and Georgian scientists and engineers in all areas of applied research in mathematics and natural sciences addressing an issue of national concern in Georgia. The applicants must define the problem (for example in energy, environment, agriculture, health, etc.) and propose research that will have a tangible impact on resolving the problem. Deadline: September 15, 2006

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation: Research Grant Program

United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation: Research Grant Program The UMDF is seeking new, innovative research to continue its mission to find cures and better treatments for mitochondrial diseases. Proposals will be considered in basic science and clinical areas and must fall under at least one of the following categories:
Seed money for new researchers; post-doctoral fellowship; new area of research for experienced investigator Deadline: September 15, 2006

Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation: Annual Research Grant for Biomedical Research on Pediatric Cardiomyopathy

The Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) is inviting investigator-initiated research applications for innovative basic, clinical, or translational studies relevant to the cause or treatment of cardiomyopathy in children under the age of 18 years. CCF's grant program is designed to provide seed funding to investigators for the testing of initial hypotheses and collecting of preliminary data to help secure long-term funding by the NIH and other major granting institutions. Deadline: October 6, 2006

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: CRDF's First Steps to Market (FSTM) Program

CRDF's First Steps to Market (FSTM) program provides funding for projects among U.S. for-profit companies and Eurasian universities, institutes, and/or companies. The objective of CRDF's First Steps to Market (FSTM) program is to stimulate the creation of new U.S.-Eurasian commercial research and development (R&D) business partnerships. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Civilian Research & Development Foundation: Next Steps to Market CRDF's Next Steps to Market (NSTM) program provides funding for substantial, commercially-oriented R&D projects among U.S. for-profit companies and Eurasian universities, institutes, and/or companies. The objective of this program is to assist U.S.-Eurasian research and development (R&D) partnerships to develop new commercial and business opportunities of economic benefit to both sides. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Hereditary Disease Foundation: John J. Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Hereditary Disease Foundation offers support for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic defect of Huntington's disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular signaling in striatal neurons. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Lieberman Award

The Hereditary Disease Foundation announces a special Lieberman Award, to catalyze innovative proposals leading to the treatment and cure of Huntington's disease. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Hereditary Disease Foundation offers support for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic defect of Huntington's disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular signaling in striatal neurons. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Hereditary Disease Foundation: Research Grant Program

The focus of the Hereditary Disease Foundation is on Huntington's disease. Support will be for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic defect in Huntington's disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular signaling in striatal neurons. Deadline: October 15, 2006

Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation: Max Planck Research Award

The Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society jointly confer the Max Planck Research Award on exceptionally highly-qualified German and foreign scientists and scholars who have already achieved international recognition and who are expected to continue to produce outstanding academic achievements in international collaboration--not least with the assistance of this award. Funding for the award is provided by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Deadline: October 23, 2006

National Science Foundation: Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) and the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) offer Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and related supporting activities in an effort to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S. These fellowships support training and research at the postdoctoral level in a host institution in the areas of biology and social, behavioral, and economic sciences supported by NSF. Supporting activities are travel grants to graduate students to visit prospective sponsors, starter research grants for fellows, and an annual meeting of fellows and their mentors. Deadline: November 6, 2006

Undergraduate Programs

Smithsonian Institution: Minority Internships

The Smithsonian Institution's Office of Fellowships offers internships to increase participation of U.S. minority groups who are underrepresented in Smithsonian scholarly programs, in the disciplines of research conducted at the Institution, and in the museum field. This program is designed to provide undergraduate and beginning graduate students the opportunity to learn more about the Smithsonian and the students academic fields (listed below) through direct experience in research or museum-related internship projects under the supervision of research and professional staff members at the Institution's many museums, research institutes, and offices. Internships are full-time (40 hours per week), ten week appointments during the summer, fall, or spring. Stipend awards are $350 per week, with additional travel allowances offered in some cases. Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental science, including an emphasis on the topics anthropology, including archaeology, astrophysics and astronomy, earth sciences and paleobiology, evolutionary and systematic biology, history of science and technology, history of art (especially American, contemporary, African, and Asian art) twentieth-century American crafts and decorative arts, social and cultural history of the United States, and folk life. Deadline: October 1, 2006

Henry Luce Foundation Inc.: Clare Boothe Luce Program

In establishing this program, Mrs. Luce's intention was "to encourage women to enter, study, graduate, and teach" in fields where there have been obstacles to their advancement: physics, chemistry, biology, meteorology, engineering, computer science, and mathematics. Awards are made to preselected institutions, which then select undergraduate female science and engineering students for the scholarship. Deadline: November 1, 2006

Smithsonian Institution: National Air and Space Museum Internships

The National Air and Space Museum offers an exciting work experience to college and university students through its Summer Internship Program. Interns have a firsthand opportunity to learn about the historic artifacts and archival materials housed in the museum and to study the scientific and technological advances they represent. Each year positions are available in a variety of museum departments such as Aircraft Restoration, Aviation or Space History, Planetary Science, Collections Management, Exhibit Design, Public Relations, and Education. Students from all fields of study are encouraged to apply. A stipend of $4500 is provided to help interns defray expenses. Deadline: January 15, 2007

Deadline Watch

Faculty-Postdoc-Graduate Deadline Watch

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: Limited Project Grants Deadline: August 15, 2006

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation: Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: August 15, 2006

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc.: Mesothelioma Research Grants Deadline: August 15, 2006

Goldman Philanthropic Partnerships: Scholarships in Medical Science Deadline: August 16, 2006

Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research Deadline: September 1, 2006

The Carnegie Observatories: Carnegie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Astronomy Deadline: September 1, 2006

Sturge-Weber Foundation: Pilot Research Studies Deadline: September 1, 2006

Sturge-Weber Foundation: Young Investigator Awards Deadline: September 1, 2006

Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition: AGA/R. Robert & Sally D. Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology related to Cancer Deadline: September 5, 2006

Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition: AGA Fellowship/Faculty Transition Awards Deadline: September 5, 2006

Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition: AGA Research Scholar Awards Deadline: September 5, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Deadline: September 6, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Pilot and Feasibility Awards Deadline: September 6, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: eroy Matthews Physician/Scientist Award Deadline: September 6, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award Deadline: September 6, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Clinical Fellowships Deadline: September 6, 2006

Baxter: International Training Center Grants For Translational Research Deadline: September 8, 2006

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Scholar Award Deadline: September 15, 2006

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Scholar in Clinical Research Deadline: September 15, 2006

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Fellow Award Deadline: September 15, 2006

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowships Deadline: September 15, 2006

José Fernández is GrantsNet’s Program Associate.