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January 2011 Grant Announcements

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (1/28/11)

  • Quality of Life Grants
  • Quality of Life Grants (deadlines: 3/1, 9/1) provide up to $25K for individual grants to improve opportunities and quality of life for individuals living with disabilities (primarily paralysis) and their families. Activities supported include access, advocacy, education, recreation, & technology. Special consideration is given to organizations serving returning wounded military and their families and diverse cultural communities.
  • Next deadline: March 1, 2011
  • See http://tinyurl.com/n7ryeq for details.

National Science Foundation (1/26/11)

  • Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM)
  • The CI-TEAM program supports projects that integrate science and engineering research and education activities that range from local activities to global-scale efforts,  as appropriate, to  promote, leverage and utilize cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services.

    Collectively, the CI-TEAM awards will:

    • Increase the numbers of scientists, engineers, educators, and/or students prepared to design, develop, adopt and deploy cyber-based tools and environments for computational science and engineering research and learning, both formal and informal. This is to include individuals  who are otherwise well prepared in the STEM disciplines.
    • Produce curricular and pedagogical materials, learning technologies, and institutional models for preparing the cyberinfrastructure workforce that are broadly adaptable and/or adoptable, and publish related outcomes that inform others of promising educational approaches.
    • Increase and broaden the participation of diverse groups of people and organizations as both creators and users of cyberinfrastructure for research and education.  Currently underrepresented groups include women, those in underserved rural regions of the country, those who would be the first in their family to graduate from college, and minorities including those associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and communities.
  • Deadline: March 16, 2011
  • For more information, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11515/nsf11515.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) (1/26/11)

  • TTDC Technology Maturation Fund
  • The Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) is a state-funded, non-profit technology-based economic development (TBED) organization focused on 21st century high-tech, high-wage job and wealth creation in TN.  TTDC was created by the state legislature to serve as the state’s trusted advisor on TBED initiatives in the areas of Strategic Research and Development, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization and Venture Capital.  As part of the state’s comprehensive economic development strategy, TTDC works with and serves a complementary function to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development with a key function of expanding the number of high-quality jobs in the state through innovation-based business development.
  • The Technology Maturation Fund is a competitive funding program that will make grant awards of up to $50,000 to researchers affiliated with qualified institutions or for-profit entities partnered with Tennessee research institutions in order to commercialize intellectual property and accelerate the development of projects that have commercial potential.
  • Deadline: February 18, 2011
  • Please visit http://www.tntechnology.org/capital/technology-maturation-fund/ to learn more about the program including descriptions of previously-funded projects.  

U.S. Department of Education (1/25/11)

  • Business and International Education Program
  • The Business and International Education (BIE) Program provides grants to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities.
  • Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have entered into agreements with business enterprises, trade organizations, or associations that are engaged in international economic activity -- or a combination or consortium of these enterprises, organizations, or associations -- for the purposes of pursuing the activities authorized under this program. Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$95,000 per year. Estimated Average Size of Awards: $84,000 per year. Estimated Number of Awards: 31.
  • Deadline: Applications due March 2, 2011
  • Additional information is available online at:

    http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2011-1/011311b.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (1/24/11)

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA): Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration
  • Notice seeking U18 (cooperative agreement) applications to determine whether an integrated model of primary care and public health approaches in the community can improve underserved children's risk factors for obesity. These approaches may include policy, systems, and environmental supports that encourage nutrition and physical activity for underserved children and their families. Grantees will develop, implement, and evaluate multi-sectoral (i.e., childcare, school, community, health care), multi-level (i.e. child, family, organization, community, policy) intervention demonstration projects for underserved children ages 2-12 years and their families utilizing the Obesity Chronic Care Model and other similar models.
  • A teleconference will be held on February 16, 2011 from 4:00-5:30 PM EST. Letters of intent are requested but not required by February 22, 2011. Applications are due April 8, 2011. There are two components: $8.3 million is available for three demonstration projects. $2.25 million is available for one evaluation center. Colleges and universities are eligible to apply.
  • Deadlines: February 16 and 22, 2011 and April 8, 2011.
  • Grants.gov notice

    http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=SGt2N41Z3n0LLQvtH07jNgtsTBvVhrk0KqXhlGbXvbkM1yfVLmkz!580479055?oppId=65553&mode=VIEW

National Science Foundation (1/20/11)

  • Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems  (CCSS)
  • Supports nano/microsystems, communication systems, and cyber systems research that integrates physical devices and components with computational intelligence and networks. Goal is to design, develop, and implement new nano/micro/macro complex and hybrid systems with engineering solutions for applications in systems-related areas. Proposal windows are 1/7-2/7 and 9/7-10/7 annually. Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Research Experiences for Teachers supplement proposals due 4/1.
  • Next Deadline: April 1, 2011
  • See http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13381 for details.

U.S. Department of Education (1/20/11)

  • Business and International Education Program
  • The Business and International Education (BIE) Program provides grants to enhance international business education programs and to expand the capacity of the business community to engage in international economic activities.
  • Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have entered into agreements with business enterprises, trade organizations, or associations that are engaged in international economic activity -- or a combination or consortium of these enterprises, organizations, or associations -- for the purposes of pursuing the activities authorized under this program.
  • Estimated Range of Awards is $50,000-$95,000 per year.  Estimated Average Size of Awards is $84,000 per year.  Estimated Number of Awards is 31.
  • Deadline: Applications due March 2, 2011
  • Additional information is available online at:

    http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2011-1/011311b.html

Health Resources and Services Administration (1/13/11)

  • Delta Health Initiative
  • The purpose of the DHI Cooperative Agreement Program is to fund an alliance of providers to address longstanding unmet rural health needs (access to health care, health education, research, job training and capital improvements) in the Delta. The goal of the DHI is to improve the health of people living in this historically distressed region. HRSAs Office of Rural Health Policy funded a 5 year cooperative agreement in the amount of $24.75 million in FY 2006, and $23 million in FY 2008. The grantee is working with 10 partners on projects aimed at improving Chronic disease management, Health education, Intervention Wellness promotion, Access to health care services, Health Information Technology, Workforce training, Care coordination, and Construction of health facilities The consortium proposed 24 projects, and devised communication and coordination systems among themselves. Three of these projects were major public works undertakings, entailing the construction of public health facilities. Through these projects, DHI supports multiple HHS, HRSA and ORHP goals and objectives, including improving the safety, quality and access to health care. 
  • Deadline: Applications due March 15, 2011
  • https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId=89692374-0DC9-4779-87EB-D13F10CDD7B9&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup

Health Resources and Services Administration (1/12/11)

  • Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)
  • Program aims to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents who have, or are at risk for developing, neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities by preparing trainees from a wide variety of professional disciplines to assume leadership roles and to ensure high levels of interdisciplinary clinical competence. Approximately $30.5 million is available to support up to 44 awards. IHE's are eligible to apply.
  • Deadline: February 14, 2011
  • See http://tinyurl.com/2cwre7h for details.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration (1/12/11)

  • Affordable Care Act - Health Center Planning Grants
  • Notice seeking applications to extend comprehensive primary and preventive health services (including mental health, substance abuse and oral health services) and supplemental services to populations currently without access to such services, and to improve their health status.
  • Approximately $10 million in funding is available to support 125 awards. Public and non-profit private entities are eligible to apply.
  • Deadline: Applications due March 18, 2011.
  • https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.asp?FundingCycleId

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (1/12/11)

  • Public Health Conference Support Program
  • The mission of CDC is to protect people’s health, through health promotion, prevention of injury, disability, and disease, and emergency preparedness.

    CDC is meeting its overall goal of dissemination and implementation of new cost-effective intervention strategies through conference support funding. The purpose of conference support funding is to provide partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention, education programs, and applied research.

  • Deadline: February 10, 2011 (Letter of Intent); February 25, 2011 (Application)
  • http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=63853

U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Justice Programs: Bureau of Justice Assistance (1/7/11)

  • Second Chance Act Technology Careers Training Demonstration Projects for Incarcerated Adults and Juveniles
  • The goal of this program is to increase the post-release employability of offenders in related technology-based jobs and career fields. The objective of the program is to establish and provide technology career training programs to train incarcerated adults and juveniles during the 3-year period before release from a prison, jail, or juvenile facility.
  • Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, territories, and federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
  • Awards made for a period of up to 12 months. Maximum award: $750,000. Pending the outcome of the FY 2011 appropriations process anticipated in March 2011, BJA may make as few as no awards and as many at 5 awards this fiscal year under this program.  This solicitation does not require a match.
  • Deadline: March 3, 2011.
  • Program information: DOJ Second Chance Act Tech Training

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (1/7/11)

National Science Foundation (1/6/11)

  • Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
  • Through SEES, NSF seeks to enable the discoveries needed to inform actions that lead to environmental, energy and societal sustainability. SEES will include the conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and computational research needed to further develop the basic science, engineering, education, and policy knowledge base relevant to sustainability. Additionally, it will support projects at multiple scales, from the individual to the system level, and will stimulate innovations in education and learning research and practice.

    SEES is expected to be a multi-year effort that will address challenges in climate and energy research and education using a systems-based approach to understanding, predicting, and reacting to change in the linked natural, social, and built environment. In 2010, initial efforts focused on a suite of research and education programs at the intersection of climate and environment, with specific attention to incorporating human dimensions. Solicitations were released that addressed ocean acidification, water sustainability and climate, dimensions of biodiversity, earth systems modeling, and climate change education. Plans are to continue these competitions under the SEES portfolio. Future efforts will support research and education that builds connections between current projects, creates new nodes of activity, engages the public, and develops the personnel needed to understand the complexity of sustainability issues.

    In FY 2011, NSF plans to encourage interdisciplinary research and education on energy sustainability, with a particular emphasis on the socioeconomic and environmental implications. Potential areas of emphases include the development of sustainable energy technologies, development of techniques for effective and efficient use of water resources, and research in transportation technology. A continued focus will be placed on creating the necessary workforce to address sustainability challenges and connecting elements of the SEES portfolio. Specific efforts will support postdoctoral researchers and early career scientists at the interfaces between social sciences and other science and engineering disciplines.

  • Researchers who are interested in SEES-related topics are encouraged to consider the following near term activities, as well as periodically check the SEES web page (http://www.nsf.gov/sees) for specific guidance on future research funding opportunities.

 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1/5/11)

  • Notice of Public Interest (NOPI) Transformation Initiative: Sustainable Communities Research Grant Program
  • Notice seeking applications to fill key data and information gaps and will be evaluated to assist in the implementation of effective policy tools that promote sustainable development, and green and energy efficient practices. HUD believes that the results from this research program will enable the Department to adopt a broader sustainability agenda beyond current programs.
  • Pre-applications are due by February 4, 2011. Approximately $1.5 million is available. Colleges and universities are eligible to apply.
  • LINKS: Grants.gov notice:

    http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=61813