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

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Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program. CSREES. Deadline 6/29/07. Synopsis: Funds undergraduate scholarship grant programs to meet national and international needs for training food and agricultural scientists and professionals. URL: http://csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/multicultural_selg.html

Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants Program. CSREES. Deadline 6/1/07. Synopsis: Funds traineeship programs to eligible institutions for meeting the national need to develop scientific and professional expertise in the food and agricultural sciences, through graduate level training programs. URL: http://csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/national_needs.html

Commerce Department

Broad Agency Announcement Request for Extramural Research, Innovative Projects, and Sponsorships. NOAA. Deadline: 9/28/07. Synopsis: This BAA is a mechanism to encourage research, technical projects, or sponsorships (e.g., conferences, newsletters, etc.) that are not normally funded through NOAA’s competitive discretionary programs. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=12665

Defense Department

Acquisition Research Program. Naval Postgraduate School. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: The program solicits innovative proposals for defense acquisition management and policy research. URL: http://www.nps.edu/Research/WorkingWithNPS.html

Prostate Cancer Research Program. Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, U.S. Army. Deadline: Varies by award mechanism. Synopsis: The overall goal is to fund innovative, high impact research that seeks to prevent, detect, and cure prostate cancer, and improve the quality of life for individuals living with prostate cancer and for their families. URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pcrp.htm

Breast Cancer Research Program. CDMRP. Deadline: Varies by award mechanism. Synopsis: Funds Era of Hope Awards, Innovator Awards, Idea Awards, Impact Awards, and Postdoctoral Awards. URL: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/bcrp.htm

Steep-subthreshold-slope Transistors for Electronics with Extremely-low Power (STEEP). DARPA. Deadline: 7/27/07. Synopsis: The STEEP process developed must be consistent with achieving transistor subthreshold slopes below 60 mV/decade without performance penalty. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13354

Thermal Ground Plane (TGP). DARPA. Deadline: 7/23/07. Synopsis: Proposed research should investigate innovative uses of 2-phase cooling, as in common heat pipes, where the benefits include very high thermal conduction and extreme reliability in a light-weight, thin, 2-D package that is also engineered to match the thermal expansion of semiconductor substrates. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/mto/

Discovery Challenge Thrusts (DCTs). AFOSR. Deadline: 8/1/07. Synopsis: Areas are: Integrated Multi-modal Sensing, Processing, and Exploitation; Robust Decision Making; Turbulence Control and Implications; Space Situational Awareness; Complex Networked Systems; Reconfigurable cellular electronic systems; Thermal Transport Phenomena and Scaling Laws. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13535

Visible InGaN Injection Lasers (VIGIL). DARPA. Deadline: 6/4/07. Synopsis: he objective of the VIGIL program is to develop visible InGaN/GaN lasers. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13567

Education Department

EU-US Atlantis Program. Deadline: 5/31/07. Synopsis: Invites appplications to develop and implement undergraduate joint or dual degree programs or short-term exchange programs. URL: http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipseec/

Education Research. Institute of Education Sciences. Deadline: 7/26/07, 11/1/07. Synopsis: Areas are: Cognition and Student Learning Research; Education Leadership; Education Technology; Interventions for Struggling Readers; Postsecondary Education; Research on Education Policy, Finance, and Systems; Research on High School Reform; Research on Mathematics and Science Education; Research on Reading and Writing; Teacher Quality. URL: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/

Energy Department

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership University Readiness. Deadline: 6/7/07. Synopsis: DOE is seeking applications from universities for capability expansion that will directly enable them to support GNEP research and development programs. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13275

Future Generation Photovoltaic Devices and Processes. Deadline: 6/26/07. Synopsis: DOE has created the Solar America Initiative to accelerate the development of advanced photovoltaic technologies. This announcement is for exploratory R&D for the development of innovative, revolutionary, and highly disruptive future-generation solar to electric conversion technologies. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13405

Environmental Protection Agency

Development and Evaluation of Innovative Approaches for the Quantitative Assessment of Pathogens and Cyanobacteria and Their Toxins in Drinking Water. Deadline: 7/10/07. Synopsis: Seeks innovative approaches to quantitatively detect pathogens or toxigenic cyanobacteria or the identified high priority cyanotoxins: microcystins, anatoxin-a, and cylindrospermopsins. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_drinkingwater.html

Ecological Impacts from the Interactions of Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species. EPA, USDA. Deadline: 6/26/07. Synopsis: The EPA is interested in proposals addressing aquatic ecosystems and the USDA in proposals addressing managed terrestrial systems, both of which can be used to enhance decision support tools used by decision makers to respond to invasive species. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_star_ecoimpacts.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

2007 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program. Deadline: 5/22/07. Synopsis: NIH has created the Award to support exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative approaches that have the potential to produce an unusually high impact. Awards will be for up to a total of $1.5 million in direct costs for a five-year period. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-009.html

National Gene Vector Biorepository and Coordinating Center. NIH. Deadline: 7/10/07. Synopsis: NCRR will provide up to $660,000 per year in direct costs for a single biorepository. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-07-002.html

Non-Biodefense Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Opportunities. NIAID, NIGMS. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Research will focus on: human bacterial pathogens in non-pathogenic states; non-human viral pathogens prior to development of human pathogenic potential; or the changes that result in human pathogenicity. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-246.html

AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds research to support improvements in health outcomes; strengthen quality measurement and improvement; and identify strategies to improve access, foster appropriate use, and reduce unnecessary expenditures. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-247.html

Occupational Safety and Health Research. NIH, CDC. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds research related to occupational safety and health. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-318.html

Mechanisms of Nervous System Dysfunction: Impact of Alcohol Abuse on HIV-1 Neuropathogenesis. NIAAA. Deadline: 5/11/07. Synopsis: Supports research to determine the interactions and impact of alcohol abuse and addiction on the biological mechanisms underlying HIV-produced neuronal dysfunction and damage that lead to the development and progression of central and peripheral nervous system disorders and complications. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-07-015.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-07-016.html (R21)

Integrative Prevention Research for Alcohol Users At-Risk for HIV/AIDS. NIAAA. Deadline: 5/9/07. Synopsis: Funds projects to integrate basic behavioral research and intervention research for the prevention of alcohol-related HIV/AIDS risk. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-07-020.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-07-021.html (R21)

B Cell Immunology for Protective HIV-1 Vaccines. NIAID. Deadline: 6/29/07. Synopsis: Supports immunology studies and innovative methods that may lead to induction of broadly reactive, neutralizing antibodies that can prevent infection by a wide spectrum of clinically relevant HIV-1 virus strains. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-014.html (U01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-015.html (R21)

A Systems Approach to Salivary Gland Biology. NIDCR. Deadline: 11/14/07. Synopsis: Seeks applications for research projects that utilize a systems approach to investigate complex biological processes of the salivary glands. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-08-001.html

NIDCR Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award in A Systems Approach to Salivary Gland Biology. Deadline: 11/15/07. Synopsis: Solicits K25 applications in the area of a systems approach to salivary gland biology. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-08-002.html

Women and Sex/Gender Differences in Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Dependence. NIDA, NIAAA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Promotes research on women and sex/gender differences in drug/alcohol abuse and dependence. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-329.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-330.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-331.html (R21)

Genome-Wide Studies in Biorepositories with Electronic Medical Record Data. NHGRI. Deadline: 5/17/07. Synopsis: The purpose is to provide support for investigative groups affiliated with existing biorepositories to develop necessary methods and procedures for, and then to perform, if feasible, genome-wide studies in participants with phenotypes and environmental exposures derived from electronic medical records, with the aim of widespread sharing of the resulting data. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-005.html

High-Priority Phenotype and Exposure Measures for Cross-Study Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies. NHGRI, NIGMS. Deadline: 5/17/07. Synopsis: Supports identifying, developing, and disseminating readily standardized and implemented phenotypic and environmental exposure measures of public health significance. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-006.html

Innovative Trials for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Late Adolescence and Adulthood. NIMH. Deadline: 5/23/07. Synopsis: Supports small-scale, innovative intervention development studies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-090.html

Medications Development for the Treatment of Amphetamine and Amphetamine-Like Related Disorders. NIDA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The goal is to encourage preclinical and clinical research directed towards the identification, evaluation and development of safe and effective medications for the treatment of amphetamine and amphetamine-like related disorders, most importantly methamphetamine abuse and methamphetamine dependence. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-333.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-334.html (R21)

Development of Animal Models and Related Biological Materials For Research. NCRR. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications proposing to develop, characterize or improve animal models for human disease or to improve diagnosis and control diseases of laboratory animals that may interfere with research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-336.html

HIV Treatment Adherence Research. NIMH, NIDA, NINR. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Invites grant applications to advance scientific research and intervention regarding HIV treatment adherence. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-338.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-339.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-340.html (R21), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-341.html (R34)

Psychosocial/Behavioral Interventions and Services Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Provides resources to facilitate exploratory research on psychosocial/behavioral treatments for autism, as well as innovative services research, including the development of instruments to evaluate the impact of interventions on core features of autism spectrum disorders, and comorbid symptomatology. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-343.html

Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities. NIDA, NIEHS. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: This program supports substance abuse services research or hazard exposure–related research in rapidly evolving areas where opportunities for empirical study are, by their very natures, only available through expedited award of support. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-345.html

Pharmacological Approaches to Combating Antimicrobial Resistance. NIAID. Deadline: 10/18/07. Synopsis: Seeks applications that propose to apply pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles to studies on the prevention of emergence of antimicrobial drug resistance.URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-07-025.html

Oral Mucosal Vaccination against HIV Infection. NIDCR. Deadline: 8/14/07. Synopsis: Solicits applications on harnessing mucosal immune responses to facilitate the development of HIV vaccines that utilize the oropharyngeal mucosal tissues as the route of inoculation. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-08-003.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-08-004.html (R21)

New Approaches for the Prevention and Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. NIH. Deadline: 11/15/07. Synopsis: Funds research on new preventive and therapeutic approaches to necrotizing enterocolitis. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-07-018.html

NIAID Research Scholar Development Award. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The NIAID RSDA is specifically designed to facilitate the transition from a postdoctoral research position to an independent research position. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-347.html

Female Health and Egg Quality. NICHD, NIAAA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits applications for research on the short- and long-term epigenetic and genetic impact of adverse female health situations, as well as the assisted reproductive technologies (ART), upon the quality of human eggs and preimplantation embryos prior to and around the time of fertilization. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-350.html

Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP). NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports basic, applied, and translational multi-disciplinary research that addresses important biological or medical research problems. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-352.html

Prevention of Trauma Related Adjustment and Mental Disorders in High-Risk Occupations. NIMH. Deadline: 8/23/07. Synopsis: Solicits research to further the state of science regarding selective prevention approaches prior to trauma exposure for members of high-risk occupations who regularly encounter traumatic situations. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-08-010.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-08-011.html (R34)

Bioengineering and Obesity. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits applications to develop and validate new and innovative engineering approaches to address clinical problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-354.html

Improving Heart Failure Disease Management. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds research to address inadequately answered questions about disease management in clinical practice for chronic heart failure. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-355.html

Preapplication for Cheminformatics Research Centers. NIH. Deadline: 6/28/07. Synopsis: This announcement is soliciting 20-page preapplications for the establishment of Centers, a part of the NIH Molecular Libraries Program. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-353.html

Career Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research.NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: The award will enable investigators to change the direction of their research careers or to take time from their regular professional responsibilities to broaden their scientific background by acquiring new research capabilities, specifically in the use of human or animal embryonic, adult, or cord blood stem cells. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-359.html

Molecular Mechanisms of Development and Reversal of Alcohol-Induced Liver Fibrosis. NIAAA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Seeks projects to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms of the development as well as reversal of alcohol-induced liver fibrosis. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-360.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-361.html (R21)

Collaborative Neurological Sciences (CNS) Award. NINDS, NIAAA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Award encourages collaborative research investigations between scientists at minority institutions and scientists from external research laboratories that currently have NIH or equivalent external grant support to conduct neuroscience research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-357.html

National Institutes of Health Rapid Access to Interventional Development (NIH-RAID Pilot). Deadline: 6/28/07, 9/14/07. Synopsis: NIH invites investigators to apply for access to government-funded contract resources needed for the early and late stage preclinical development of small molecule, oligonucleotide, and peptide therapeutic agents. (The NIH-RAID Pilot is not a grant program.) URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-358.html

Justice Department

Data Resources Program 2008: Funding for the Analysis of Existing Data. NIJ. Deadline: 7/16/07. Synopsis: NIJ is particularly interested in applications to conduct analysis of crime trends within a city, metropolitan area, or region to explore why crime is more prevalent in some areas than in others. URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/new.htm#sl000792

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Planetary Astronomy. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 5/31/07. Synopsis: Supports investigations based on ground-based astronomical observations and subsequent data analysis over the entire range of wavelengths from the ultraviolet to radio. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Fellowships for Early Career Researchers. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 5/31/07. Synopsis: This program is intended to bring new researchers into the planetary science community and to help them become established in tenured or equivalent positions. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science (ACCESS). ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: The objectiveis to enhance and improve existing components of the data and information systems infrastructure that support NASA's Earth science research. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Astrophysics Theory and Fundamental Physics. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: Supports efforts to develop the basic theory for space astrophysics programs. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Carbon Cycle Science. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/6/07. Synopsis: NASA and USDA-CSREES seek proposals to improve understanding of changes in the distribution and cycling of carbon among the active land, ocean, and atmospheric reservoirs. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Atmospheric Composition: Aura Science Team. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Seeks proposals for the analysis of satellite remote-sensing data. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Tropospheric Chemistry: Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Supports scientific investigations on the sources, transformation, and transport of trace species and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Planetary Atmospheres. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/15/07. Synopsis: Supports investigations on origins and evolution of the atmospheres of planets and their satellites and of comets.URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Astrophysics Data Analysis Program. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/22/07. Synopsis: Solicits research involving data that are currently archived in the public domain. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

GALEX Guest Investigator - Cycle 4. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/22/07. Synopsis: Solicits proposals for the acquisition and analysis of new scientific data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Physical Oceanography. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/28/07. Synopsis: Supports basic research and analysis activities that enable development of physical oceanography satellite missions and the scientific interpretation of data from them. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Heliophysics Theory Program. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/29/07. Synopsis: Supports theory and modeling investigations of problems that are of sufficient breadth that completion requires the efforts of a group of investigators. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

Sample Return Laboratory Instruments and Data Analysis. ROSES-2007. Deadline: 6/29/07. Synopsis: The goal is to maximize the scientific return from the samples provided by missions such as Genesis and Stardust. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/

National Endowment for the Humanities

Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants. Deadline: 7/3/07. Synopsis: Grants support national or regional (multi-state) education and training programs on the care and management of, and the creation of intellectual access to, library, archival, and material culture collections. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/pet.html

Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources. Deadline: 7/17/07. Synopsis: Applications may be submitted for: digitizing collections; preservation reformatting; conservation treatment; deacidification of collections; arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections; and“ cataloging collections. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collections_and_Resources.html

National Science Foundation

Faculty Early Career Development Program. Deadline: 7/17/07 for BIO, CISE, and EHR; 7/18/07 for ENG; 7/19/07 for GEO, MPS, SBE, and OPP. Synopsis: Prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of junior faculty who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5262

Division of Chemistry Unsolicited Proposals. Deadline: 7/1/07, 11/30/07. Synopsis: The Division has changed its submission window for unsolicited proposals from the current single long window to two shorter windows; one between July 1 and July 31 and another between November 1 and November 30. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07139

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC). Deadline: 6/4/07. Synopsis: Aims to significantly increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines, with an emphasis on students from communities with longstanding underrepresentation in computing. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13510

Antarctic Research. Deadline: 6/7/07. Synopsis: Supports research that can be done exclusively in Antarctica or that can be done best from Antarctica. Also supports analytical research performed at home organizations. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5519

Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. Deadline: 6/8/07. Synopsis: Provides opportunities for professional artists and writers to travel to Antarctica. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12783

Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR/IF). Deadline: 7/11/07. Synopsis: EAR/IF will consider proposals for: acquisition or upgrade of research equipment; development of new instrumentation, analytical techniques or software; support of national or regional multi-user facilities; support of research technicians; development of cyberinfrastructure for the earth sciences. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6186

Advancing Theory in Biology (ATB). Deadline: 7/3/07. Synopsis: The Biological Sciences Directorate invites submission of proposals that advance our conceptual and theoretical understanding of the dynamics of living systems. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501066

Engineering Virtual Organization Grants (EVO). Deadline: 5/31/07 for required letters of intent. Synopsis: This program solicitation requests proposals for two-year seed awards to establish EVOs. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501057

International Research and Education in Engineering (IREE). Deadline: 5/29/07. Synopsis: The IREE offers supplemental funding to current Directorate for Engineering awards in participating divisions. IREE supports visits of between three to six months by U.S. early career researchers to collaborating institutions/laboratories outside of the U.S. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf07032

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

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

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

University of California

Central Coast MPA Baseline Data Collection Project. Deadline: 4/27/07. Synopsis: Seeks projects to collect baseline data for the Central Coast Marine Protected Areas pending their designation by the Fish and Game Commission under the Marine Life Protection Act. URL: http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/PROPOSAL/CentralCoastMPA2007.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

CALFED Science Fellows Program. California Sea Grant Program. Deadline: 6/1/07. Synopsis: The aim of the program is to bring together doctoral graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with CALFED Program agency scientists and senior research mentors in collaborative data analysis and research projects relevant to ecosystem management and water supply reliability questions, including analyses of the immense monitoring data collected and maintained by the implementing agencies. URL: http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/SgEducationIndx.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

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. UCSB. Deadline: 7/16/07. Synopsis: NCEAS supports Working Groups, Postdoctoral Associates, Center (Sabbatical) Fellows and Distributed Graduate Seminars. URL: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/fmt/doc?/nceas-web/opportunity/

California-Mexico Health Initiative. Migration and Health Research. Deadline: 8/3/07. Synopsis: Research areas are: Mental Health, Nutrition, Infectious diseases, Occupational health and injury prevention, Women's health, Access to services including best practices of health prevention and promotion such as promotoras outreach programs and strategies for expanding health insurance, and Infectious diseases. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/cmhi/rfp_announce.shtml

Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science. Fellowships. Deadline: 9/13/07. Synopsis: Fellowships support recent postdocs. Each Miller Fellow is sponsored by an academic department on the Berkeley campus and performs his or her research in the facilities provided by the host department. Persons already in positions on the Berkeley campus are not eligible. URL: http://millerinstitute.berkeley.edu/page.php?nav=11

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

Cross-disciplinary Semiconductor Research. Semiconductor Research Corporation. Deadline: 5/1/07. Synopsis: Funds two areas: heterogeneous, multicore, embedded (on chip) processor technology, including system and software research; and application-driven research for interfacing this processor to the many functional units such as sensors, communications, data storage, etc. URL: http://www.src.org/fr/S200703_CSR_call.asp?bhcp=1

2008 HHMI Investigator Competition. Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Deadline: 6/13/07. Synopsis: This competition will enable HHMI to strengthen its community of researchers and bring innovative approaches to the study of biological problems not only in the biomedical disciplines but also in adjacent fields, including chemistry, physics and biophysics, biomedical engineering, and computational biology. URL: http://www.hhmi.org/research/competitions/investigator2008/

ALS Association. Scientific Research Grant Program. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: The Association mission is to find a cure for and improve living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALSA supports research of ALS relevance in areas of stem cell research, disease mechanism, therapeutic approaches, model systems and genetics. URL: http://www.alsa.org/research/default.cfm

American Diabetes Association. Awards Programs. Deadline: 7/16/07. Synopsis: The Association funds peer-reviewed diabetes research projects aimed at preventing, treating, and curing all types of diabetes. Our projects cover such areas as genetics, islet cell biology, immunology, diabetes education, and behavioral research. URL: http://www.diabetes.org/research/

American Institute for Cancer Research. Research Grants. Deadline: 7/2/07. Synopsis: AICR supports research into the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cancer. URL: http://www.aicr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=res_gp_home

American Institute of Indian Studies. Research Fellowships. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: Founded to assist scholars in their study of all aspects of Indian history, culture and contemporary life, the Institute brings about 40 scholars to India every year. URL: http://www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm

American Orchid Society. Research Grants. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: The goals are to advance the conservation and preservation of orchids in every aspect, and/or advance the scientific study of orchids in every respect, including classification, evolution, propagation, culture, care and development. URL: http://www.aos.org/aos/research/

American Tinnitus Association. Research Grants. Deadline: 6/30/07. Synopsis: Funds projects directly concerned with identification of, mechanisms of, or treatments for tinnitus. URL: http://www.ata.org/research/research_faq.html

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Research Awards. Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: Funds research on etiology, pathogenesis, therapy, and prevention of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. URL: http://www.ccfaprofessionals.org/

International Union Against Cancer. Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial UICC International Cancer Study Grants (YY). Deadline: 7/1/07. Synopsis: Grants enable cancer investigators from any country to carry out bilateral research projects abroad that exploit complementary materials or skills. URL: http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=930

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. Career Development Awards, Innovative Grants, Research Grants. Deadline: 7/16/07. Synopsis: The JDRF mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.URL: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207

Leakey (L.S.B.) Foundation. General Research Grants. Deadline: 7/15/07. Synopsis: The Foundation supports research into human origins. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archaeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Priority for funding is given to the exploratory phase of new projects. URL: http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/grants/

Matsumae International Foundation. Fellowships. Deadline: 7/31/07. Synopsis: Promotes understanding of Japan and lasting world peace by inviting young research workers to visit for three to six months. Fields of study such as natural science, engineering and medicine are given priority. URL: http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~mif/

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation . Validation of Novel Combinations Program. Deadline: 7/31/07. Synopsis: Awards support the testing of several targeted therapeutic agents in innovative, rationally-designed combinations and sequences. URL: http://multiplemyeloma.org/research/5.10.html

Northern Nut Growers Association. Research Grants. Deadline: 6/30/07. Synopsis: Supports research on temperate zone tree nuts. URL: http://www.nutgrowing.org/grant.htm

Organic Farming Research Foundation. Grants. Deadline: 7/16/07. Synopsis: Funds research into organic farming and food systems and dissemination of research results to organic farmers and to growers interested in making the transition to organic production systems. URL: http://ofrf.org/grants/apply.html

United States-Japan Foundation. Grants. Deadline: 7/15/07. Synopsis: Funds programs that strengthen mutual understanding between the U.S. and Japan through support for programs in three principal areas: communication and public opinion, precollege education, and public policy. URL: http://www.us-jf.org/pgms.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

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/

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/

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/

McDonnell (James S) Foundation. 21st Century Science Initiative. Collaborative Activity Awards. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Awards support interdisciplinary collaborations to develop new methods, tools, and applications of basic research to applied problems. Program areas are: Bridging Brain, Mind, and Behavior; Studying Complex Systems; and Brain Cancer Research. URL: http://www.jsmf.org/apply/collaborative/application_process.htm