These summaries are compiled from the Community of Science and IRIS funding opportunities databases and from agency announcements.

Find programs with funding in your area of interest by using the COS (http://fundingopps.cos.com/) or IRIS (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/) databases to search or browse program announcements from federal and regional government sponsors, foundations, and other organizations.

For assistance with program announcements, help with searching for funding, and for individual funding searches for Berkeley faculty, please contact Shelley Sprandel (spore@berkeley.edu, 2-8122). SPO's web site (http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/funding.html) has additional resources on funding program information.

Conservation Effects Assessment Project. Deadline: 5/22/07. Synopsis: The goal is to build a knowledge base that can be used to evaluate impacts of conservation practices and programs on water resources, improve the management of agricultural landscapes to achieve environmental goals and inform policy decisions. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/conservation_effects.html

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. CSREES. Dealine: 6/5/07. Synopsis: This deadline is for these areas: Animal Genome: Applied Animal Genomics; Animal Genome: Bioinformatics; Animal Genome: Tools and Resources; Microbial Genomics: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms; Plant Biosecurity; Agricultural Markets and Trade; Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization; Agroecosystems and Rural Prosperity Program Air Quality; Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Suborganismal Biology and Genomics; Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Tools, Resources, and Genomics; Human Nutrition and Obesity. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1606

Defense Department

Human Systems Integration. Capable Manpower Future Naval Warfighting Capability, ONR. Deadline: 3/30/07. Synopsis: Supports work to further human-systems integration, particularly in the areas of human factors engineering, manpower and personnel, and training. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12580

Neurofibromatosis Research Program. Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.Concept Award. Deadline: 3/30/07 for letters of intent, 4/17/07 for proposals. Synopsis: The overall goal of the FY07 NFRP is to develop effective therapies for NF1, NF2, and Schwannomatosis. URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/nfrp.htm

Neurofibromatosis Research Program. CDMRP. New Investigator Award, Investigator-Initiated Research Award. Deadline: 4/19/07 for letters of intent, 5/15/07 for proposals. Synopsis: The overall goal of the FY07 NFRP is to develop effective therapies for NF1, NF2, and Schwannomatosis. URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/nfrp.htm

Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) Adaptive Network Development (WAND). DARPA. Deadline: 2/22/09 (5/31/07 for initial selection). Synopsis: The goal of the WAND effort is to design and develop the network technologies necessary to establish ultra-large , highly scalable, highly adaptive ad-hoc networks that provide robust networking across densely connected deployments of inexpensive wireless nodes. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/sto/solicitations/WAND/index.html

Education Department

Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses. Deadline: 4/9/07. Synopsis: Provides funding to IHEs that have been implementing effective alcohol and other drug prevention programs. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12468

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Deadline: 4/16/07. Synopsis: Supports research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Programs. Deadline: 4/20/07. Synopsis: Supports projects that provide high-quality, sustained, and intensive professional development these early childhood educators. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Special Focus Competition: US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program. FIPSE. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: Encourages proposals designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American and Brazilian institutions to support cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Early Reading First Program. Deadline: 5/29/07. Synopsis: Supports local efforts to enhance the oral language, cognitive, and early reading skills of preschool-age children. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Energy Department

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Analysis. Deadline: 4/18/07. Synopsis: DOE has issued two solicitations and expects to fund one project in each: Lessons Learned from Stationary Power Generation, and Environmental Impacts of Hydrogen Systems. URL: http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/

Development of Diagnostic Systems for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Experiments. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: Supports experimental research for the development of new measurement capabilities in magnetic fusion plasmas, leading to improved understanding of plasma behavior in fusion experiments relevant to the U.S. program in magnetic fusion energy sciences. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12433

Environmental Protection Agency

Solid Waste Management Assistance. Deadline: 4/18/07. Synopsis: Region 9 is soliciting proposals. The aim is to support innovative ideas with the goal of fostering positive change. Projects may include studies, surveys, investigations, demonstrations, training, and public education programs. URL: http://www.epa.gov/region9/funding/rcra-2007.html

Computational Toxicology Centers: Development Of Predictive Environmental And Biomedical Computer-Based Simulations And Models. Deadline: 6/12/07. Synopsis: Seeks applications proposing to develop in silico modeling applications of biological systems in areas as diverse as receptor–ligand interactions in cell signaling, simulated organ dysfunction, and systemic response to environmental toxicants and pollutants. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_comp_tox.html

Health and Human Services Department

NHLBI Career Transition Award. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The award will support two phases of research: an intramural phase and an extramural phase, for a total of four to five years of combined support. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-317.html

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Postdoctoral Training in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: NCCAM awards individual postdoctoral research training fellowships. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-319.html

Special Improvement Project (SIP). ASF. Deadline: 5/2/07. Synopsis: The Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement invites applications for special improvement projects, which further the national child support mission, vision, and goals. URL: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-OCSE-FI-0005.html

Nutrition and Prevention, Care, and Treatment of HIV/AIDS. NICHD. Deadline: 3/27/07. Synopsis: Seeks proposals to examine the impact of new programs/guidance intended to fully integrate food, in terms of provision of and recommendations to improve dietary intake, and nutrition, including assessment of nutritional status and its impact on prevention, care and treatment of women infants and children. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-06-012.html

Stress Management Interventions to Reduce Risk of Coronary Artery Disease. NHLBI. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Seeks applications that evaluate the efficacy of stress management interventions on intermediate outcomes purported to be in the biological or behavioral mechanistic pathway through which mental stress is thought to influence major adverse cardiac events in patients with confirmed coronary artery disease. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-322.html

Drug Abuse, Risky Decision Making and HIV/AIDS. NIDA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds model driven research that will increase understanding of how drugs of abuse or processes of addiction influence decisions about high-risk sexual behavior. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-324.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-326.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-325.html (R21)

Early Career Award in Chemistry of Drug Abuse and Addiction (ECHEM). NIDA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: NIDA invites newly independent investigators to submit applications for exploratory, or pilot research projects. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-07-327.html

Hyperglycemic Exacerbation of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury after Ischemic Insult. NHLBI. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Awards will support preclinical testing of new therapeutic interventions to reduce ischemia/reperfusion induced myocardial damage in patients with acutely elevated blood glucose levels following an ischemic insult. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-323.html

Global Research Initiative Program, Behavioral/Social Sciences. NIH. Deadline: 9/21/07. Synopsis: Promotes productive development of foreign investigators from low- to middle-income countries, trained through specific Fogarty training programs, to independent researchers in their home countries or other low- or middle-income countries. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-328.html

Lung Cancer and Inflammation. NCI. Deadline: 4/23/07. Synopsis: Supports studies elucidating the role of the microenvironment and inflammation in lung carcinogenesis, as well as studies on the influence of these factors on the cell of origin and putative lung tumor cells. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-046.html

Improving Public Health Practice through Translation Research. CDC, ATSDR. Deadline: 4/10/07. Synopsis: The specific objective is to conduct translation research using an evidence-based intervention or policy. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CD-07-005.html

Fragile X Pre-mutation and Ovarian Function. NICHD. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits research on the effects of the Fragile X pre-mutation on ovarian function, with a focus on premature ovarian failure or early menopause, in women and/or animal models. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-219.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-220.html (R03)

Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Development and Validation of In Vivo Imaging Systems and Methods for Cancer Investigations. NCI. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits applications from research partnerships formed by academic and industrial investigators to accelerate the translation of in vivo spectroscopic and imaging systems and methods into cancer research, clinical trials, and/or clinical practice. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-214.html

Developmental Psychopharmacology. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds research to examine the neurobiological impact of psychotherapeutic medications upon the immature brain. URL:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-222.html

Pilot and Feasibility Studies on Oral Health Promotion Research across the Life Span. NIDCR. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds preliminary data collection, pilot or feasibility studies on oral health promotion research directed at improving oral health across the lifespan. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-223.html

Oral Health Promotion Research across the Lifespan. NIDCR. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports development, implementation and testing of oral health promotion interventions directed at improving oral health across the lifespan. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-225.html

Neuroscience Research on Drug Abuse. NIDA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports research on the areas of neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience research that are relevant to the understanding of the process(es) and mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-226.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-228.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-227.html (R21)

Multidisciplinary Translational Research in Critical Care. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports interdisciplinary, investigator-initiated translational research in the science of critical care. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-233.html

Planning Grant for Oral Health Promotion across the Life Span. NIDCR. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports oral health promotion research directed at improving oral health and preventing diseases and/or their sequelae across the lifespan. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-224.html

CDC Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation. Deadline: 4/10/07, 8/10/07. Synopsis: This program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-231.html

Public Health Research Grants on Orofacial Clefts and Craniosynostosis. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC. Deadline: 4/10/07. Synopsis: The purpose of this announcement is to utilize an existing population-based birth defects surveillance system to conduct research on the causes and consequences of Orofacial clefts and Craniosynostosis. URL:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DD-07-009.html

NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics Grants. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Grants are offered to help organizations use information technology to optimize the utility of clinical and research information. URL:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-236.html

NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Grants support preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences. URL:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-237.html

Planning Grant for Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS). NLM. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: IAIMS are comprehensive trans-organizational information management structures. The fundamental area of interest is context-appropriate information. Planning grants support the development of a written plan for implementing an IAIMS information environment. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-238.html

NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The PI award will provide up to 5 years of support consisting of two phases. The initial phase will provide 1-2 years of mentored support for postdocs. This phase will be followed by up to 3 years of tenure-track or equivalent research position. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-297.html

Evolution of Infectious Diseases. NIGMS. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds study of evolutionary principles that underlie the emergence, spread, and containment of infectious disease. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-130.html

Homeland Security Department

Center of Excellence for the Study of Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: This COE will conduct research to enhance technical capabilities to prepare for, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural disasters in coastal areas. The COE will also develop educational curricula for students and mid-career professionals. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12467

Center of Excellence for Maritime, Island and Extreme/Remote Environment Security. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: This COE will conduct fundamental research into an array of issues and challenges of global maritime domain security technology and policy. This COE also will conduct research on maritime, natural disaster and security interests in U.S. islands, territories, and extreme environments. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12466

Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation, and Response. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: This COE will conduct research to enhance technical capabilities to prepare for, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from any terrorist attack involving explosives. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12464

Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration. Deadline: 4/30/07. Synopsis: This COE will conduct fundamental research into the policy and technology issues and challenges of U.S. border security, immigration, and national security. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12465

Interior Department

Save America's Treasures. National Park Service. Deadline: 4/26/07. Synopsis: grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. URL: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/application.htm

2008 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. USGS. Deadline: 5/16/07. Synopsis: Research Priorities are: national and regional earthquake hazards assessments; earthquake information, monitoring, and notification; research on earthquake occurrence, physics, and effects; and earthquake safety policy. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12783

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Aviation Safety: Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Technologies 2. Deadline: 7/6/07. Synopsis: This solicition is part of the NASA Research Opportunities In Aeronautics (ROA) NRA. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=12362

Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis - 2007. ROSES 2006.Deadline: 4/13/07. Synopsis: ROSES-2006 has been extended through April 2007; therefore a second call for APRA proposals has been added in Appendix D.12. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Cosmochemistry. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 5/18/07. Synopsis: Supports cosmochemical research projects that increase the understanding of the origin of the Solar System and the processes by which its planets and small bodies have evolved to their present states. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Decision Support through Earth Science Research Results. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 5/25/07. Synopsis: This solicitation seeks proposals to integrate NASA Earth science research results into decision support systems serving applications of national priority and to document improvements in the performance of the decision support systems. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

National Archives and Records Administration

National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: This deadline is for: Electronic Records Projects Grants, Publishing Historical Records-Founding Era Grants, and State Partnership Projects. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/apply/program.html

Detailed Processing Projects. Deadline: 10/1/07. Synopsis: Supports detailed processing and preservation of collections of national significance. The collections should also have high research demand or substantial preservation challenges. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/detailed.html

National Endowment for the Arts

The Big Read. NEA, IMLS, Arts Midwest. Deadline: 4/12/07. Synopsis: Grants of $5,000 to $20,00 will fund projects to develop and implement a community-wide reading program approximately one month long. URL: http://www.neabigread.org/

National Endowment for the Humanities

Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Awards support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships.html

Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan. NEH, Japan-US Friendship Commission. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Supports research on the modern Japanese political economy, international relations and society, and on US-Japan relations. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-japan.html

Preservation and Access Research and Development Grants. Deadline: 5/16/07. Synopsis: Grants support research and development projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing intellectual access to humanities resources. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/researchdevelopment.html

National Science Foundation

Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards. Deadline: 8/16/07. Synopsis: The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5321

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office/National Science Foundation Academic Research Initiative (ARI). DHS, NSF. Deadline: 3/28/07 for letters of intent. Synopsis: This transformational research effort will be focused on detection systems, individual sensors or other research that is potentially relevant to the detection of nuclear weapons, special nuclear material, radiation dispersal devices and related threats. Research that would benefit from incorporation of social and behavioral science components is appropriate for consideration.URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501056

MARGINS Program. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: Concentrates on four initiatives: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere Experiment – Gulf of California and Red Sea ; Subduction Factory Experiment – Izu-Bonin-Marianas and Nicaragua-Costa Rica; Seismogenic Zone Experiment – Nankai and Nicaragua-Costa Rica; Source-to-Sink Experiment – Fly River/Gulf of Papua New Guinea and Waipaoa River. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13516

Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. Deadline: 7/12/07. Synopsis: This target date is for Behavioral Systems, Developmental Systems, Neural Systems, and Physiological and Structural Systems. URL: http://nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?org=IOS

Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP). Deadline: 5/22/07. Synopsis: Funds research that creates new explanatory models and analytic tools designed to inform the nation’s public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084

International Research and Education: Planning Visits and Workshops. Deadline: 5/20/07. Synopsis: This program provides indirect funding for students or focuses on educational developments for this group such as curricula development, training or retention. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12815

Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. Deadline: 6/6/07. Synopsis: The program purpose is to enable serious writings and works of art that exemplify the Antarctic heritage of humankind. The program provides opportunities for professional artists and writers to travel to Antarctica. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12783

Advanced Technological Education (ATE). Deadline: 4/26/07 for preliminary proposals; 10/11/07 for proposals. Synopsis: With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the program focuses on the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. The program involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5464

Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biological and Mathematical Sciences (UBM). Deadline: 4/4/07. Synopsis: The core of the activity is long-term research experiences for interdisciplinary balanced teams of at least two undergraduates. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12207

Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI). Deadline: 5/8/07. Synopsis: Supports efforts to create new learning materials and teaching strategies, develop faculty expertise, implement educational innovations, assess learning and evaluate innovations, and conduct research on STEM teaching and learning. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741

Transportation Department

Exploratory Advanced Research Program. Federal Highway Administration. Deadline: 3/30/07 for preproposals. Synopsis: Solicits proposals for research and development projects that could lead to transformational changes and truly revolutionary advances in highway engineering and intermodal surface transportation in the U.S. URL: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/crt/initiatives/pip.cfm

University of California

California Sea Grant Program. Deadline: 3/15/07 for preliminary proposals. Synopsis: The program is focusing on these themes: Healthy Marine Ecosystems; Sustainable Resource Use; Sustainable Coastal Communities; New Technologies; and Education, Training & Public Information. URL: http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Public Policy and Biological Threats: Training the Next Generation. Deadline: 3/15/07. Synopsis: The multidisciplinary training program fosters a learning environment for junior faculty, Ph.D. and professional-school students in the UC system, and private industry professionals to analyze policy responses to the threat of bioterrorism. The program includes an annual two-week “biological threats boot camp.” URL: http://igcc.ucsd.edu/cprograms/PPBT/PPBT.php

Microelectronics Innovation and Computer Research Opportunities (MICRO). Deadline: 3/23/07. Synopsis: Supports innovative research in microelectronics technology, its applications in computer and information sciences, and its necessary antecedents in other physical science disciplines. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/research/micro/

UC MEXUS Grants for Research, Collaboration Development, Binational Conferences, Faculty and Student Research Exchanges, Creative Activity, Instructional Development, and Public Education Projects. Deadline: 3/26/07. Synopsis: The competition is intended to provide seed funds for new or developing projects; requests to support the continuation of an ongoing project will have a lower priority.. URL: http://www.ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/07grant.html

UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Program. Developmental Research Program. Deadline: 3/30/07. Synopsis: Funds both new and established investigators to initiate translationally oriented research projects that have the potential to impact the diagnosis or therapy of human brain tumors. Contact: Elizabeth J. Garrity, 415-472-3923, GarrityE@neurosurg.ucsf.edu

UCSF Brain Tumor SPORE Program. Career Developmental Research Program. Deadline: 3/30/07. Synopsis: Proposals will be accepted from clinical or basic science investigators at UCSF or Bay Area institutions. Application is limited to those faculty who are eligible to apply for NIH R01 awards but who have not yet received R01-level funding in brain tumor-related research. Contact: Elizabeth J. Garrity, 415-472-3923, GarrityE@neurosurg.ucsf.edu

University of California Mosquito Research Program. Deadline: 4/2/07. Synopsis: The program invites new/continuing proposals for research on control methods for mosquitoes and related topics. URL: http://www.ucmrp.ucdavis.edu/research/requestforproposals.html

Universitywide AIDS Research Program, Deadline: 4/3/07. Synopsis: 2007 award mechanisms are IDEAs (Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards), Research Training Awards, and Community Collaboarive Research Awards. URL: http://uarp.ucop.edu/

Universitywide AIDS Research Program. Deadline: 4/3/07. Synopsis: Supports research on HIV/AIDS that is attentive to the needs of California, and research towards prevention and a cure. Offers Innovative, Developmental, Exploratory Awards; Training Awards; and Community Collaborative Awards. URL: http://uarp.ucop.edu/

UCSF Prostate Cancer Center. Developmental Research Grants. Deadline: 4/4/07. Synopsis: Provides seed funding to both new and established investigators to propose pilot projects that will launch new translational research initiatives in prostate cancer. URL: http://urology.ucsf.edu/clinicalRes/CRuroOnc_prostate.html#pcdrg

Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases. UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. Deadline: 4/13/07. Synopsis: Funds basic and applied research programs that address exotic pests and diseases found in California. Proposals are encouraged on exotic pests that have only recently arrived in California, and on the development of improved methods for risk assessment, early detection, and rapid deployment of management (including postharvest controls) or eradication measures. URL: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/EXOTIC/ucexoticsrfp.html

UC Discovery Grant Program. Deadline: 5/17/07. Synopsis: Program areas are Biotechnology, Communications and Networking, Digital Media, Electronics Manufacturing, Information Technology for Life Sciences, and Pilot Project for Multidisciplinary Research. URL: http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/

UC Berkeley Office of Educational Development. Instructional Improvement Grants. Deadline: 5/18/07. Synopsis: Grants provide funds of up to $3,500 for innovative projects that will directly and significantly affect teaching and learning, such as developing materials for new and existing courses and developing new modes of instruction. URL: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/grants.html

UC Berkeley Office of Educational Development. Instructional Minigrants. Deadline: 5/18/07. Synopsis: Instructional minigrants provide rapid access to funds of up to $1000 for small-scale projects to improve existing courses, develop new courses, evaluate instruction, and assess curricular needs. URL: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/grants.html

California Breast Cancer Research Program. Joining Forces Conference Awards. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: Grants support a conference, symposium, retreat, or other structured meeting to link researchers and community members. URL: http://www.cbcrp.org/apply/

UC MEXUS Small Grants. Deadline: 7/1/07, 11/1/07. Synopsis: Provides funds for travel, short-term research, initial planning, or other special one-time needs. URL: http://www.ucmexus.ucr.edu/index.php?content=research/07smallgrant.html

UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: SFREC is soliciting proposals for new and continuing research and demonstration projects for the upcoming program year, May 1st - April 30th. URL: http://groups.ucanr.org/sierrafoothill/Research/Project_Proposals.htm

Nonprofit Agencies

Berkeley Community Fund. Grants. Deadline: 3/16/07. Synopsis: Supports two program areas. The Youth Program prefers programs that serve children ages 5 to11. The Narrowing Inequities Program focuses on segments of the population that is most severely disadvantaged because of chronic physical or mental limitations, limited English speaking abilities, economic need, homelessness and/or cultural or racial bias. URL: http://www.berkfund.org

Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars Program. Deadline: 5/14/07. Synopsis: Fellows will conduct research in cancer imaging under the supervision of two faculty mentors from complementary fields. Funding is available for stipends, supplies, and travel. URL: http://mips.stanford.edu/smis

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year. URL: http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Pilot Grants. Deadline: 4/15/07. Synopsis: Grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations. URL: http://www.iie.org/programs/srf/app_inst.htmhttp://www.afsp.org/

Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Fulbright Scholar Program. Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships. Deadline: 4/1/07, 9/1/07. Synopsis: Provides fellowships for scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit scholars to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world. URL:

Dreyfus (Camille and Henry) Foundation. Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences. Deadline: 6/7/07. Synopsis: Offers seed funding for projects that propose to advance the science of chemistry in innovative ways. URL: http://www.dreyfus.org/sg.shtml

Geyer (Charlotte) Foundation Grants. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: Provides interim funding to researchers whose proposals have been reviewed by the National Cancer Institute and were ranked within ten percentage points of the NCI payline. URL: http://www.charlottegeyer.org/

Health Effects Institute. Research Awards. Health Effects of Air Pollution. Deadline: 4/18/07. Synopsis: HEI is interested in receiving applications for research on novel and important aspects of the health effects of air pollutants, particularly those derived from motor vehicle emissions. URL: http://www.healtheffects.org/RFA/RFA2006.htm

Hereditary Disease Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Support will be for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic defect in Huntington's disease.URL: http://www.hdfoundation.org/funding/grants.php

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX). Policy-Connect Collaborative Research Grants Program Deadline: 4/1/07. Synopsis: Provides American scholars with support to conduct research, particularly on lesser-studied regions such as the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, where issues central to the national security and foreign policy interests of the U.S. must be studied. URL: http://www.irex.org/programs/policy-connect/index.asp

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan. Short-Term Program. Deadline: 5/11/07. Synopsis: Allows researchers employed at designated Japanese research institutions and laboratories to invite fellow researchers from other countries to Japan for short periods of time to participate in discussions, attend seminars, give lectures, or perform similar duties at their institutions. URL: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/short_set.htm

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers. Deadline: 5/11/07. Synopsis: Applications for this program are submitted by a university researcher or other eligible researcher in Japan who wishes to host a foreign postdoctoral fellow. URL: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/appli_long.html

Lalor Foundation. Anna Lalor Burdick Program. Deadline: 5/15/07. Synopsis: The program is designed to educate young women about human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in life. URL: http://www.lalorfound.org

A.L. Mailman Family Foundation. Grants. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: The goal is to promote the building of sustainable systems that provide access to high quality early learning experiences for all children. URL: http://www.mailman.org

McCormick (Robert R.) Tribune Foundation. Journalism Program. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: The program supports nonprofits that support leadership in news organizations, develop future journalists and strengthen the quality of journalism. URL: http://www.rrmtf.org/journalism/journalism.aspx

McDonnell (James S) Foundation. Scholar Awards. Brain, Mind, and Behavior (BMB) Program. Deadline: 4/10/07. Synopsis: Supports research studying how neural systems are linked to and support cognitive functions and how cognitive systems are related to an organism’s (preferably human) observable behavior. URL: http://www.jsmf.org/programs/bmb/index.htm

McKnight Foundation. McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award. Deadline: 4/2/07. Synopsis: Awards encourage neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory. The Endowment Fund especially seeks applicants working on problems that, if solved at the basic level, would have immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. URL: http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/scholar/index.aspx

Meet the Composer. Global Connections. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Subsidizes appearance fees and international travel costs for American composers traveling abroad or foreign composers traveling to America. Support is also available for Research and Development projects involving American composers collaborating with foreign artists. URL: http://www.meetthecomposer.org/

Mineralogical Society of America. Grant for Research in Crystallography. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: The grant comprises up to $5,000 for research in crystallography. URL: http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Crystallography_Award.html

Morris Animal Foundation. First Award Grant, Fellowship Training Grant. Deadline: 4/1/07. Synopsis: The goal is to improve the health and well-being of companion animals and wildlife by funding humane health studies and disseminating information about these studies. URL: http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Senior Research Awards. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Awards provide funding to investigators who have been working in blood cancer research for a minimum of five years. URL: http://multiplemyeloma.org/research/

Muscular Dystrophy Association. MDA Research Grants Programs. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Supports research aimed at developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system. URL: http://www.mda.org/research/

NARSAD, The Mental Health Research Association. Distinguished Investigator Award. Deadline: 5/15/07. Synopsis: This award supports scientists at the full professor (or equivalent) level. Awards are up to $100,000 for one year. URL: http://www.narsad.org/research/apply/

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. Grants to Support Invention, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education. Course and Program Grants. Deadline: 5/11/07. Synopsis: Grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of strengthening existing curricular programs or building new programs. URL: http://www.nciia.org/grants_cp.html

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment. NOCSAE Research Grants. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Funds athletic injury research bearing a rational relationship toward increasing understanding of sports injury mechanisms and injury prevention through the use of athletic equipment. URL: http://www.nocsae.org/

Reeve (Christopher) Paralysis Foundation. Individual Research Grants. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Funds research that develops treatments and cures for paralysis caused by spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders. URL: http://www.christopherreeve.org/

Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). Hyland R. Johns Grant Program. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Small grants aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of trees. URL: http://www.treefund.org/grants/Grants.aspx

United Engineering Foundation. UEF Grants. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: Broad-based, interdisciplinary proposals that further the engineering profession as a whole are preferred. URL: http://www.uefoundation.org/grants.html

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. International Collaborative Research Grants. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: Grants support international research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars. URL: http://www.wennergren.org/

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Research Program. Deadline: Synopsis: 4/30/07. Supports research on basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies. URL: http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/691_14434.asp

March of Dimes. Prematurity Research Initiative. Deadline: 4/15/07 for letter of intent. Synopsis: Funds projects related to causes of prematurity. Research proposals of new paradigms based on strong conceptual frameworks are invited. URL: http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/691_11117.asp

North American Spine Society. Research Grants. Deadline: 5/4/07. Synopsis: Supports multidisciplinary spine-related research. URL: http://www.noram.no/index.php?lang=1

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Grants-in-Aid Program. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Small grants fund research on social issues. URL: http://www.spssi.org/awards.html

Spencer Foundation. Grants. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The Foundation is intended to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. URL: http://www.spencer.org/programs/index.htm

Sage (Russell) Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Applicants must be advanced doctoral students or junior faculty members who have been out of graduate school for two or fewer years. URL: http://www.russellsage.org/programs/other/behavioral/smallgrants/

National Geographic Society (NGS) Grants for Research and Exploration. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/research/index.html

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Rapid Response Innovation Awards. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The goal of this new program is to rapidly support innovative research focused on the cause of and cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). In particular, MJFF is eager to fund high-risk, high-reward projects tackling critical scientific roadblocks that if successful, can open new avenues for PD therapy development. Research proposals may be submitted at any time during the year and funding decisions will be made within six weeks of receiving the application. URL: http://www.michaeljfox.org/research/fundingopp.php?id=29