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AUGUST 2004 ISSUE: Volume 11, Number 2

Funding Opportunities

Campus News

Funding Tips

Federal News

Funding Opportunities

Carolina Internal Funding Opportunities and Limited Awards

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Awards
Internal deadline: August 16, 2004

Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Internal Deadline: August 30, 2004 (clinically oriented candidates)

University Center for International Studies
Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Grants
Internal Deadline: October 8, 2004

Want to find more internal funding opps and limited awards? Try Carolina Internal Funding Database.

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National Science Foundation

Program Announcements & Information

Subscribe to NSF Custom News Service notification listserv.

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National Institutes of Health

Week of August 6, 2004
Week of July 30, 2004
Week of July 23, 2004
Week of July 16, 2004
Week of July 9, 2004

Subscribe to NIH Guide Table of Contents notification listserv.

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Multidisciplinary

American Council of Learned Societies
Contemplative Practice Development Fellowships
Deadline: November 10, 2004

American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS Fellowships
Deadline: September 30, 2004

American Council of Learned Societies, East European Studies Program
Fellowships for Postdoctoral Research in Southeast European Studies
Deadline: November 10, 2004

American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS/Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
Deadline: September 30, 2004

Department of State
Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program
Deadline: July 30, 2004

Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Youth Traffic Safety Report
Deadline: September 09, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inspiring the Next Generation of Earth Explorers; Integrated Solutions for K-16 and Informal Education
Deadline: September 28, 2004

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Tobacco Policy Change: A Collaborative for Healthier Communities and States
Deadline: September 1, 2004

Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR)
Research Grants in Medical Informatics
Deadline: September 7, 2004

U.S. Institute for Peace
Grants for Iraq
Deadline: Rolling

Want to find more funding opps? Try COS

The most efficient way of identifying relevant funding opportunities is to conduct a funding search using keywords, award types, citizenship, geographic location, and other terms describing yourself and your research. For more information on setting up a personalized funding search, contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu.

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
Child Development Research Fellowship Program
Deadline: August 30, 2004

Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
Outreach to Target Populations under Trafficking in Persons
Deadline: September 28, 2004

Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Projects of National Significance: Ongoing Data Collection
Deadline: August 23, 2004

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
National Grant Program
Deadline: September 10, 2004

Carthage Foundation
Grants
Deadline: Continuous

Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Research Grant Programs Overview

Mathematics and Science Education Research (pdf)
Reading Comprehension and Reading Scale-Up Research (pdf)
Deadlines: August 27, 2004 (letter of intent); October 28, 2004 (application)
Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (pdf)
Deadline: October 28, 2004
National Research and Development Centers (pdf)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (pdf)
Deadlines: September 17, 2004 (letter of intent); November 18, 2004 (application)

Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Population Affairs
Adolescent Family Life Research Grants
Deadline: September 15, 2004

Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OSJJDP)
OJJDP Safe Start: Promising Approaches for Children Exposed to Violence
September 10, 2004

Department of Justice, Executive Office for Weed and Seed
Executive Office for Weed and Seed Program Guide and Application Kit: Competitive Sites
Deadline: September 09, 2004

National Academy of Education
Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships in Education
Deadline: November 12, 2004

Social Science Research Council
Collaborative Action Research Grants
Deadline: September 1, 2004

Sociological Initiatives Foundation
Community-Based Research Grants
Deadline (for Concept Application): August 16, 2004

Tinker Foundation
Institutional Grants (for research on Latin America, Iberia or Antarctica)
Deadline: September 1, 2004 and March 1, 2005

Want to find more funding opps? Try COS

The most efficient way of identifying relevant funding opportunities is to conduct a funding search using keywords, award types, citizenship, geographic location, and other terms describing yourself and your research. For more information on setting up a personalized funding search, contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu.

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Health and Medical Sciences

Aetna Foundation
Quality of Care Program - Call for Abstracts
Deadline: October 1, 2004

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
2004 AGCT Young Investigator Award
Deadline: September 15, 2004

American Cancer Society
Barbara Thomason Research Professorship or Clinical Research Professorship for Ovarian Cancer
Deadline: October 1, 2004 (full c.v. and letter of intent)

American Cancer Society
Research Scholar Grants in Basic, Preclinical, Clinical, and Epidemiology Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Psychosocial and Behavioral Research
Research Scholar Grants in Cancer Control: Health Services and Health Policy Research
Deadline: Oct 15, 2004 and April 1, 2005

Arthritis Foundation - USA
New Investigator Grant for Arthritis Health Professionals
Deadline: September 1, 2004

American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation
Research Grant Program
Deadline: October 1, 2004

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Comprehensive STD Prevention Systems, Prevention of STD-Related Infertility, and Syphilis Elimination
Deadline: September 15, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency
DHS-EPA Cooperative Center of Excellence on the Methods and Science to Conduct Microbial Risk Assessment in Support of Homeland Security Objectives
Deadline: October 20, 2004

Gerber Foundation
Nutrition Competitors Grants
Pediatric Health Grants
Deadline: December 1, 2004 and June 1, 2005 (letters of inquiry)

Hereditary Disease Foundation
Lieberman Award
October 15, 2004

Philip Morris External Research Program
Postdoctoral Fellowships (pdf)
Deadline: October 1, 2004

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Technologies Research
Deadline: Aug 31, 2004

US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Broad Agency Announcement
Deadline: Open until Sep. 30, 2005

Want to find more funding opps? Try COS

Want to find more contracts? Try FedBizOpps

The most efficient way of identifying relevant funding opportunities is to conduct a funding search using keywords, award types, citizenship, geographic location, and other terms describing yourself and your research. For more information on setting up a personalized funding search, contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu.

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Life and Physical Sciences

BARD: The US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
Research Grants
Deadlines: September 1, 2004 (abstract and cover page); September 13, 2004 (full proposals)

Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF)
Program to Monitor CWMTF Funded Stream Restoration, Stormwater, and Other Best Management Practice Projects (pdf)
Deadline: September 3, 2004

Department of Agriculture
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Programs - Special Experiential Learning Grants
Deadline: September 30, 2004

Department of Defense, Air Force Research Laboratory
Armament Technology Research
Deadline: Continuous

Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Persistent Ocean Surveillance
Deadline: September 28, 2004

Department of Energy
Basic Research for the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
Deadline: January 4, 2005

Department of Energy
Development of Technologies and Capabilities for Coal Energy Resources
Deadline: October 4, 2004

Department of Energy
Microhole Technology Development II
Deadline: October 6, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
Deadline: August 30, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency
Greater Research Opportunities: Research in Nanoscale Science Engineering and Technology
Deadline: October 14, 2004

Foundation Fyssen
Research Grants
Deadline: October 30, 2004

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Omnibus notice of Grant Funds (including National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Ocean Service; and Oceans and Atmospheric Research)
Deadline: Various

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Cooperative Research Program, Research and Development Projects in the Gulf of Mexico and off the U.S. South Atlantic Coastal States
Deadline: August 30, 2004

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service
Integrated Flood Observing and Warning System Program
Deadline: October 21, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction Climate Variability and Change
Deadline: November 16, 2004

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Grants in Basic Plant Biology and Agricultural Research
Deadline: September 1 and December 1, 2004; March 1 and June 1, 2005

Surdna Foundation
Environment
Letter of Intent Deadline: Continuous

Want to find more funding opps? Try COS

Want to find more contracts? Try FedBizOpps

The most efficient way of identifying relevant funding opportunities is to conduct a funding search using keywords, award types, citizenship, geographic location, and other terms describing yourself and your research. For more information on setting up a personalized funding search, contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu.

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Arts and Humanities

Blakemore Foundation
Asian Art Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2004

J. Paul Getty Trust
Collaborative Research Grants
Conservation Guest Scholar Grants
Curatorial Research Fellowships
Deadline: November 01, 2004

George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation
Fellowships in Literary Criticism, Film Criticism and Translation
Deadline: October 18, 2004

International Foundation for Music Research
Research Support
Deadline: Continuous

Library of Congress
Kluge Center Fellowships
Deadline: August 15, 2004

National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants for Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development
Deadline: October 15, 2004

National Endowment for the Humanities
Consultation Grants for Museums, Libraries, and Special Projects
Planning Grants for Museums, Libraries, and Special Projects
Deadline: September 16, 2004

National Humanities Center
Resident Fellowships for Advanced Study in the Humanities
Deadline: October 15, 2004

Want to find more funding opps? Try COS.

The most efficient way of identifying relevant funding opportunities is to conduct a funding search using keywords, award types, citizenship, geographic location, and other terms describing yourself and your research. For more information on setting up a personalized funding search, contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu.

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Campus News

Identifying Funding Sources for Social Science Research: Workshop for Faculty and Staff

Date: Tuesday, September 21
Time: 12-1:30 p.m.
Place: 01 Manning Hall

The GrantSource Library and the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science invite interested faculty and staff to a workshop on searching for funding sources for your research, departmental programs, and other scholarly endeavors. Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian in the Office of Information and Communications, will provide tips for conducting a funding search and an overview of resources available to researchers through the GrantSource Library.

You will learn how to

  • make the most effective use of the Community of Science (COS) and Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) multidisciplinary funding opportunity databases (how to search, important features, pros and cons);
  • set up a customized funding alert in COS and other agency specific mailing lists (such as NSF, ED, NIH, CDC);
  • search for funding using specialized funding resources such as FundSource (behavioral and social sciences), FedGrants.gov (federal), GrantsNet (biomedical and science education), and others; and
  • identify UNC internal funding opportunities.

Advance registration is requested; please go to http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/. Your registration will be confirmed by email. For more information, email susan_gramling@unc.edu or phone 962-7766.

Graduate students are invited to attend one of the GrantSource Library's workshops for graduate students. See http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/instruction.html.

Tar Heel Certificate Program for Research Administrators

The Office of Sponsored Research is pleased to announce the first offering of a professional development curriculum in research administration. The Tar Heel Certificate Program is a series of workshops for administrative and other staff members who support the University’s sponsored research. The workshops are designed to help individuals build competencies and increase knowledge in areas related to sponsored research with the overall goal of increasing efficiency and effectiveness of all those involved in daily research administration activities.

The deadline for application is Friday, August 20, 2004. Eligibility, application, and other information is available at the following web site: http://osr.unc.edu/training/TarHeelCertificateProgram.php.

Contact: Phyllis Daugherty
Phone: 843-2609
Email: phyllis_daugherty@unc.edu

University Conducts Library User Survey

The University Library System and the Office of Sponsored Research are cosponsoring a library user survey over the next twelve months to assess usage of the library services. The survey will be conducted during two-hour timeframes at randomly selected times through June 2005. Please support this effort if you are asked to participate when visiting the library or using its electronic services. All responses are strictly confidential. Thanks in advance for your participation.

Contact: Samira Collins, Office of Sponsored Research
Email: scollins@unc.edu

IACUC Course on Mouse Breeding and Management

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) will offer the "Basic Mouse Breeding and Colony Management" course on August 6 at 10 a.m. in 107 Berryhill Hall. This course is intended to assist research personnel who are responsible for managing mouse breeding colonies. The course will offer a brief overview of breeding strategies, the mouse life cycle, record keeping, and resource information. Please contact Barbara Farrell or Rhonda Lewallen at 966-5569 for further details.

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Funding Tips

Customized Finding Funding Workshops for Groups

One of the GrantSource Library’s most useful services for faculty and staff is our customized group workshop on how to identify potential funding sources for research, training, programs, and other scholarly endeavors. As you begin planning your professional development activities, faculty retreats, or staff meetings for the coming academic year, we invite you to schedule a Library workshop in your department. We will work with you to plan a session relevant to your faculty’s funding needs and research interests.

In each session, the GrantSource Librarian demonstrates some of the online resources that faculty and staff can use to identify funding opportunities in their discipline. Participants also learn how to set up a time-saving Community of Science funding alert, conduct a personalized electronic search for targeted grant information, and find Carolina internal funding sources. Other topics include tips for conducting a funding search and an overview of resources available through the GrantSource Library.

Please contact us at gs@unc.edu or 919-962-3463 to discuss your needs and to schedule a workshop for your research team, department, center, or institute.

For a list of already scheduled workshops, click here.

Foundation Funding for the Humanities

Between 1992 and 2002 funding for the humanities increased by more than 150 percent. But, according to a report released by The Foundation Center, giving for the humanities still significantly trails the giving provided for other disciplines.

The June 2004 report released by The Foundation Center, in cooperation with The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, reveals that funding for the humanities increased two-and-a-half times from $134.1 million in 1992 to $335 million in 2002, as the number of grants offered for the humanities doubled from 1,649 to 3,296 during the same period.

The increase in funding for the humanities can largely be attributed to the growing number of foundations providing support for the humanities. Between 1992 and 2002 the number of foundations giving grants for the humanities jumped from 498 to 683.

But only a handful of the foundations consistently funded the humanities, and the foundations appear to have a narrow interest, the report says. For example, the majority of the support (49 percent of the grant dollars and 54 percent of the grants) was allocated to two humanities-related subfields—historical and museum activities. Plus, giving for the humanities accounted for 2.1 percent of the overall giving in 2002—a drop from 2.5 percent in 1992, the report says.

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New Funding Opportunities Database in the GrantSource Library

The Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) funding database is now available on a three-month trial basis through the GrantSource Library’s web site. Carolina campus-based researchers, research administrators, and graduate students can search this database of more than 8,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in medicine, sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Users can search IRIS by agency, deadline date, keywords, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (ERA) portals, so getting started on finding funding is only a mouse-click away.

An especially useful tool is the IRIS alert service which allows you to create and save your own IRIS search profile. It will automatically run at specified intervals (daily, weekly, monthly) and alert you to upcoming funding opportunities in your areas of interest. This is a true “set it and forget it” funding alert tool. To learn how to start receiving alerts, click here.

Other features of IRIS include:

The GrantSource Library invites you to try out the new IRIS funding database, alert service, and other useful features. Please note that this database is available on campus only until September 30. We will evaluate the feasibility of a long-term subscription at that time.

Let us know if you have any questions about how to use IRIS. We also welcome your feedback as we evaluate this new service. Contact us at gs@unc.edu or 919-962-3463.

Research Administration Professional Organizations

Membership in professional organizations provides research administrators with opportunities to meet colleagues from other institutions with similar administrative positions. One of the benefits of this networking is to become acquainted with different models of research administration. Whether you are an experienced research administrator or a newcomer, we encourage you to become involved with one of these or other professional groups.

SRA (Society of Research Administrators)

The Society of Research Administrators International is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the profession and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of research administration. Through innovative programs and a wide variety of outreach programs, SRA International continuously seeks to broaden and diversify its membership base. READ MORE

NCURA (National Council of University Research Administrators)

The National Council of University Research Administrators serves its members and advances the field of research administration through professional development, the sharing of knowledge, and by fostering a sense of community. READ MORE

New Eligibility Criteria for American Cancer Society Extramural Grants

The criteria for eligibility requirements for the Extramural Research Grant Program of the American Cancer Society (ACS) have changed as the society refines the focus of the program for beginning investigators. Such changes, which will be phased in beginning with the next submission deadline of October 15, 2004 and do not apply for Targeted Research Scholar Grants, include:

  • Individuals must not have held an independent position for more than six years at the time the application is submitted. (The first year of eligibility is considered to begin at the end of the sixth year of postdoctoral appointments.)
  • Current Research Scholar Grants will be phased out for the immediate future except for individuals whose initial applications for a new or renewal award was submitted on or before April 1, 2004, or for individuals who are revising applications for resubmissions, which will be accepted for the October 15, 2004 and April 1, 2005 deadlines.
  • No award will exceed $200,000 (direct cost) per year, and a detailed explanation of the need for additional funds in excess of $150,000 for basic or pre-clinical research must be submitted with the application.
  • Applications will not be accepted from individuals whose current research support as a principal investigator includes more than one R01-type grant that has been awarded for at least three years and exceeds $100,000.

Additionally, applications for the research and clinical research professorships will not be accepted until further notice, except in response to RFAs; renewal applications are not affected. Research opportunity grants also have been suspended until further notice. READ MORE

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Federal News

NIH Getting Started Guide

For guidance in preparing and submitting an application or managing an award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), check out the Getting Started page at the NIH web site. This section provides information about how to plan and submit applications, write a grant, understand the peer review process, and manage an award. The section also provides links to the NIH policy statement and program guidelines for grants and contracts.

Revised NSF Grant Proposal Guide

The National Science Foundation has published a revision to the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), effective for proposals submitted on or after September 1, 2004.

The new version provides descriptions and scenarios of various categories of funding opportunities used by the NSF to generate proposals; descriptive information and rationales on the type of submissions required under NSF program solicitations; and greater capabilities in FastLane to update submitted proposals.

For more information and a copy of the guide, click here.

Contact: Policy Office, Division of Grants and Agreements
Phone: (703) 292-8243
Email: policy@nsf.gov

CyberTrust Principal Investigator Meeting

The National Science Foundation invites interested researchers to attend the CyberTrust Principal Investigator Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, August 18-20. Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab, the meeting will be in a workshop format, with discussions on topics determined by the position statements submitted. This is an opportunity for you to engage with NSF principal investigators and others to discuss progress, to develop new collaborations, and to put forth your ideas on the agenda for future research. READ MORE

Contact: Carl Landwehr, Cyber Trust Program Coordinator
Email: clandweh@nsf.gov

Department of Education Now Allowing Electronic Submissions

The Department of Education has amended its regulations governing the process for submitting discretionary grant applications to permit electronic submission of applications. Current provisions requiring specific application formats have been removed. The revisions also clarify that only applicants submitting paper applications are required to submit one original and two copies of their application. These regulations are effective August 9, 2004. READ MORE

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