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

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National Initiative Competitive Grants Program. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). Deadline: Various. Synopsis: CSREES has issued the fiscal year 2007 National Research Initiative RFA. The RFA includes 34 different program areas with different application deadlines beginning October 2006, and supports (1) high priority fundamental and mission-linked research of importance in the biological, environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant to agriculture, food, and the environment and (2) research, extension, and education grants addressing key issues of national and regional importance to agriculture, forestry, and related topics. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1606

Commerce Department

Community-based Restoration Program 3-year Partnership Grants. NOAA. Deadline: 10/30/06. Synopsis: Funds marine debris prevention and removal projects that will benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources. URL: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/

Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CRES): NOAA. Deadline: 11/13/06. Synopsis: NOAA is soliciting proposals that address causes of regional declines in coral abundance and degradation of coral ecosystems. URL: http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/fundingarchive /fy2007/CRES_FFO_0606.html

Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors (MultiStress), NOAA. Deadline: 10/23/06. Synopsis: NOAA is soliciting proposals for projects of up to 5 years in duration to investigate the impacts of multiple stressors in coastal ocean ecosystems, including estuaries and the Great Lakes. URL: http://www.cop.noaa.gov/opportunities/grants/fundingarchive/fy2007/Multistress_FFO_0606.html

Defense Department

Multidisciplinary Research Program of the URI (MURI). U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. Deadline: 11/13/06 for proposals. Synopsis: The MURI program supports basic science and/or engineering research at U.S. institutions of higher education that is of critical importance to national defense. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts that intersect more than one traditional science and engineering discipline. URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/3t/corporate/muri.asp

Dynamic Multi-Terabit Core Optical Networks: Architecture, Protocols, Control and Management (CORONET). DARPA. Deadline: 10/27/06. Synopsis: The objective is to develop the architecture, protocols, and control and management software for highly dynamic, multi-terabit global core optical networks with greatly enhanced performance, survivability and security. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/ato/solicit/coronet/index.htm

COmpound Semiconductor Materials On Silicon (COSMOS). DARPA. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that develop a viable process for the fine-scale heterogeneous integration of CS with standard Si CMOS and to establish that this integration enables superior performance in specific mixed-signal circuit demonstrators. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10693

Basic Research in Advanced Imaging and Non-Imaging Sciences. Air Force Research Laboratory. Deadline: 11/17/06. Synopsis: This BAA seeks to enhance the space situational awareness (SSA) research being conducted within the AFRL. URL: http://www.afosr.af.mil/ResearchAreas/research_opportunities.htm

Nanoscale Architectures for Coherent Hyper-Optic Sources (NACHOS). DARPA. Deadline: 11/21/06. Synopsis: The objective of the NACHOS program is to develop novel, ultra small lasers that are sub wavelength in all three dimensions, including the feedback structure integrated with the gain medium. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10585

National Oceanographic Partnership Program and Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration. ONR. Deadline: 11/30/06. Synopsis: The Office of Naval Research is seeking research proposals. URL: http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/

Experimental and Theoretical Development of Quantum Information Science. U.S. Army Research Office. Deadline: 12/11/06. Synopsis: ARO solicits research proposals in the following categories: Quantum Computing Concept Maturation; Short-Term, Innovative Concept; Quantum Algorithm; Quantum Enabling Technologies; and Quantum Computing and Communications Research Fellowships. URL: http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/default.cfm?Action=6&Page=8

US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 06-1. Deadline: 9/30/07. Synopsis: The BAA provides a general description of the Command's research programs, including specific areas of interest; general information; the evaluation and selection criteria; and proposal preparation instructions. URL: http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/index.cfm

Education Department

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program. Deadline: 11/2/06. Synopsis: One of the program priorities for FY 2007 is: Applications that propose short-term projects abroad in the countries inwhich these languagesare spoken: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, as well as Indic,Iranian, and Turkic language families. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need. Deadline: 11/20/06. Synopsis: Projects must provide fellowships in one or more of these areas: Biology; General Chemistry; Computer and Information Sciences; General Engineering; General Mathematics; Nursing; and Physics. A priority is Engineering programs that promote the development of alternative energy sources to reduce America's dependency on foreign oil. URL: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/announce/index.html

Education Research Grants, National Center for Education Research. Deadline: 11/16/06. Synopsis: Topics include Reading and Writing; Mathematics and Science Education; Teacher Quality; Education Leadership; Education Policy, Finance, and Systems; Postdoctoral Research Training; Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers; Cognition and Student Learning; High School Reform; Postsecondary Education. URL: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ies/programs.html

Special Education Research Grants, NCER. Deadline: 11/16/06. Synopsis: Funds research to build the science base for interventions to improve education for children with disabilities. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=10524

Energy Department

Rare Isotope Beam Capabilities. Deadline: 10/24/06. Synopsis: DOE is sponsoring pre-conceptual R&D activities on next generation rare isotope capabilities. URL: http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN06-29.html

Nuclear Physics. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: The purpose of this solicitation is to request that all NEW applications for the Office of Nuclear Physics be submitted in response to this notice instead of the Annual Notice-Continuing Solicitation for all Office of Science Programs. This does not change the process for renewal and supplemental applications. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10524

Genomics Bioenergy Research Centers. Deadline: 2/1/07. Synopsis: DOE is soliciting applications for the establishment of up to two centers that develop novel biological solutions for the production of such fuels as cellulosic ethanol or hydrogen or for other groundbreaking bioenergy research with the potential to revolutionize biology-based energy production. URL: http://doegenomestolife.org/centers/index.shtml

Environmental Protection Agency

Sources, Composition, and Health Effects of Coarse Particulate Matter. Deadline: 11/30/06. Synopsis: EPA is seeking applications proposing studies of PM10-2.5 evaluating potential health effects, sources, composition, and variability. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_coarse_pm.html

Development of Environmental Health Outcome Indicators. Deadline: 12/14/06. Synopsis: EPA seeks applications proposing research that uses existing databases of environmental (ambient), biological and/or health-related data to develop indicators that reliably signal the impact of changes in environmental conditions, management approaches, or policies on human health. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/

National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet. Deadline: 12/21/06. Synopsis: The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students to research, develop, and design solutions to challenges to sustainability. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2007/2007_p3_4thannual.html

Health and Human Services Department

Mechanisms of Immune Modulation. NCCAM, NCI. Deadline: 12/12/06. Syopopsis: Encourages mechanistic studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities believed to modulate immune function. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-06-004.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT -06-005.html (R21)

Collaborative Research on Tinnitus. NIH. Deadline: 11/29/06. Synopsis: Supports collaborative research teams to investigate tinnitus. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-07-004.html

New Models of Pain Relevant to the Trigeminal System. NIDCR. Deadline: 11/21/06. Synopsis: Funds research on chronic orofacial pain disorders that will provide insights into the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these conditions and the biological mechanisms underlying analgesic treatments. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-07-007.html

Research Opportunities in Stuttering. NIDCD. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The objective is to stimulate basic, clinical and translational research in the area of stuttering. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-483.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-482.html (R21)

Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIDA, NIAAA, and NCCAM are seeking research grant applications on the development and testing of behavioral and integrative treatments for drug and alcohol abuse and dependence. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-486.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-487.html (R21), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-488.html (R03)

Translational Research on the Relationship of Anxiety and Depression. NIMH. Deadline: 4/23/07. Synopsis: Funds translational research on the nature of the association between anxiety and depression. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-473.html

Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and Women and Sex/Gender Differences. NIDA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services, and women and sex/gender differences. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-476.html

Targeting Diseases Caused by Protein Misfolding or Misprocessing. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Invites applications to identify and optimize small molecule reagents of any kind that specifically ameliorate a protein folding or processing defect in inherited diseases. URL http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-480.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-480.html (R21)

The Role of Nuclear Receptors in Tissue and Organismal Aging. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports research into underlying biologic mechanisms involving nuclear receptors, their co-regulators and intracellular signaling systems in the process of aging and the connections of the aging process with pathophysiology in middle- and old-age. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-06-466.html

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Awards will provide up to five years of support for research training leading to the Ph.D. or equivalent research degree, the combined M.D./Ph.D. degree; or another formally combined professional degree and research doctoral degree in biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical sciences. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-481.html

Pathophysiology and Treatment Response in Late-Life Mood and Anxiety Disorders. NIMH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The purpose is to support research on the pathophysiological aspects of late-life mood and anxiety disorders and on the utility of findings in this research area for developing new treatments or predicting older adults' response to existing mental health treatments, and to attract new investigators into interdisciplinary studies of these issues. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-489.html

NIMH Research Education Grants. Deadline: Ongoing. Synposis: This program is a flexible and specialized award designed to foster the development of mental health researchers through creative and innovative research educational programs including regional and national programs. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-494.html

Health Promotion Research Directed to Improving the Oral Health of Women and Their Infants. NIDCR. Deadline: 1/19/07. Synopsis: This FOA solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications proposing to support health promotion research directed at women, before, during and after pregnancy to improve their health and well-being and that of their infant. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-07-008.html

Health Services Research on Practice Improvement Utilizing Community Treatment Programs within the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN). NIDA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIDA encourages researchers to use the CTN as a platform for new research to understand and facilitate practice improvement processes and develop or refine research tools. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-495.html(R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-497.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-496.html (R21)

Development of Nonmammalian Models and Related Biological Materials For Research. NCRR. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The objective is to stimulate research on the development of non-mammalian models and related research materials for biomedical research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-498.html

Exfoliated Cells and Circulating DNA in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The purpose of this FOA is to develop novel technologies for capturing, enriching, and preserving exfoliated abnormal tumor cells and macromolecules in body fluids or effusions and to develop methods for concentrating the content of such specimens that originated from tumor or a pre-neoplastic lesion for biomarker studies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-499.html

Public Health Conference Support. CDC, ATSDR. Deadline: 12/11/06. Synopsis: Provides partial support for specific non-Federal conferences in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention information and education programs, and applied research. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/05031-A2.htm

Promoting Aging Research Careers In Health Disparities. NIA. Deadline: 11/22/06. Synopsis: Research is critically needed to develop basic knowledge, innovative treatments, techniques and programs focused on challenges of reaching racial, ethnic, economic and educationally disadvantaged groups, and on diseases that disproportionately affect the elderly members of these groups. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-06-008.html

Developmental Research on Elder Mistreatment. NIA. Deadline: 10/24/06. Synopsis: NIA invites initial developmental applications that will ultimately provide the scientific basis for understanding, preventing, and treating elder mistreatment. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-06-009.html

Neuroeconomics of Aging. NIA. Deadline: 11/27/06. Synopsis: NIA invites applications examining the social, emotional, cognitive, motivational processes and neurobiological mechanisms of economic behavior as these (1) influence social, financial, and health-related decisions affecting the well-being of middle-aged and older adults, and (2) inform the development and refinement of integrative economic theories of utility, learning, and strategic choice relevant to aging. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-06-011.html

Technology Development for the Comprehensive Determination of Functional Elements in Eukaryotic Genomes. NHGRI. Deadline: 11/28/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications to develop technologies for the efficient, comprehensive and high-throughput identification and validation of all types of sequence-based functional elements in eukaryotic genomes. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-029.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG -07-028.html (R21)

Pathophysiology of Bisphosphonates-associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ). NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIDCR, NIAMS, and NCI applications for research projects focusing on basic and translational studies of ONJ, an oral complication associated with bisphosphonate use.URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-500.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-502.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-501.html (R21)

Educational Programs for Population Research. NICHD. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Solicits Research Education (R25) grant applications for educational activities related to the NICHD mission to support research on the processes that determine population size, growth, composition and distribution, and on the determinants and consequences of population processes.URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-507.html

Muscular Dystrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapies. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIAMS, NINDS, NICHD, and NHLBI encourage investigator-initiated research grant applications for projects studying pathogenesis and therapies for the muscular dystrophies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-508.html

Enabling Technologies for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIH and NSF issue this FOA to solicit design or hypothesis-driven research applications to promote the development of innovative technologies, tools, methods, and devices that will enable tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-504.html

Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancer for the Year 2007. NCI. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Required components include a minimum of four translational research projects, one or more cores, and a developmental research and career development program. A required core is a human cancer tissue core for the particular organ site that will benefit translational research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-505.html#SectionIII

Oral Health Research Education Grants. NIDCR. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The main emphases of this program are to strengthen the research component of dental education, to enhance the application of research findings to clinical training and to encourage both dental school and undergraduate students to pursue careers in oral health research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-506.html

NCI Cancer Education and Career Development Program. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports the development and implementation of institutional curriculum-dependent predoctoral/postdoctoral programs with specific core didactic and research requirements to train a cadre of scientists in interdisciplinary and collaborative cancer research settings. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-511.html

Rheumatic Diseases Research Core Centers. NIAMS. Deadline: 11/27/06. Synopsis: Centers will provide the resources for a number of established, currently funded investigators, often from different disciplines, to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to common research problems in rheumatic diseases. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AR-06-004.html

Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands as Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and for Pathophysiological Studies of CNS Disorders. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports development of novel radioligands for imaging in human brain, and that incorporate pilot or clinical feasibility evaluation in pre-clinical studies, model development, or clinical studies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-461.html (R21); http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-462.html (R33); http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-463.html (R21/R33)

Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This announcement represents the continuation of a long-standing NIH program that provides support and "protected time" to individuals with a clinical doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-512.html

Phased Innovation Awards in AIDS Vaccine Research. NIAID. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports prophylactic vaccine research projects that are innovative, novel, may be high risk/high impact, and that exhibit the potential to advance vaccine design or evaluation. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-519.html

Networks and Pathways Collaborative Research Projects. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Funds research that will leverage and complement the ongoing technology development being pursued in the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways (TCNPs). URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-522.html

Translational Research in Eating Disorders. NIMH, NICHD. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports development of translational research studies on the etiology and pathogenesis of eating disorders. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-523.html

NLM Individual Fellowship for Informationist Training. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Informationists are information specialists who work in domain settings of healthcare, public health and biomedical research as peers, in teams with scientists and health professionals. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-509.html

Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award. NIDA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports model programs and materials for enhancing knowledge and understanding of neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse and addiction among K-12 students, the general public, health care practitioners, and other groups. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-518.html

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Funds methods, structures, and strategies that test models to disseminate and implement research-tested health behavior change interventions and evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice settings. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-520.html (R03); http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-521.html (R21)

MDMA: Research Areas Needing More Emphasis. NIDA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This FOA is designed to increase the scope of NIDA's MDMA research portfolio. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-524.html (R03); http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-525.html (R21)

Effectiveness, Practice, And Implementation In CMHS' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families Service Sites. NIMH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: This FOA encourages studies of the effectiveness of interventions delivered at these sites, the nature and impact of routine prevention or clinical practice, and factors related to successful implementation of preventive or treatment interventions. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-526.html

Independent Scienctist Award (K02). Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The K02 provides support for newly independent scientists who can demonstrate the need for a period of intensive research focus as a means of enhancing their research careers. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-527.html

Technology Development of Image-Guided Interventions: Phase I. NIBIB, NCI. Deadline: 10/23/06. Synopsis: NIH seeks proposals to develop high-impact, disruptive technologies for image-guided interventions. A disruptive technology is a new technological innovation that displaces the existing dominant technology. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-06-003.html

Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity. NIH. Deadline: 12/22/06. Synopsis: NIH seeks 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/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-007.html

Preclinical Therapeutics Development for NeuroAIDS. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIMH, NIDA, and NINDS invite applications proposing novel models of HIV-related central or peripheral nervous system damage that can be used to screen for compounds showing promise as treatments. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-528.html (R21), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-529.html (R03)

Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Solicits Exploratory/Developmental grant applications aimed at increasing the parenting skills and capacities of parents and caregivers to improve the health outcomes of their young and adolescent children. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-530.html

Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIMH, NIA, NIAMS, NIDA, NIBIB, NINDS, and NCI request research grant applications to study neuroimmune molecules and mechanisms involved in regulating normal and pathological central nervous system function. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-533.html

Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity. NIDDK, NINR, OBSSR. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: NIH seeks to develop cost effective and sustainable interventions that can be adopted in real world settings, for the prevention and control of diabetes and obesity. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-532.html

NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowships In Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, And Outcomes Research In Skin Diseases. NIAMS. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports the training of physicians with expertise in clinical dermatology to supplement that knowledge with training in epidemiology/clinical trials/outcomes research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-536.html

Membrane Protein Production and Structure Determination. NIH. Deadline: 10/27/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications to enhance the rate of membrane protein structure determination and to facilitate the determination of membrane protein structures. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-003.html

Immunology of Biofilms. NIDCR. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Funds research on host response to microbial biofilms leading to improved strategies for diagnosing, preventing and treating biofilm-associated infectious diseases. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-537.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-538.html (R21)

Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research. NIH. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: The purpose of this FOA is to inform the scientific community of the pain research interests of the various Institutes and Centers at NIH and to stimulate and foster a wide range of basic, clinical, and translational studies on pain. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-544.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-543.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-542.html (R21)

NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowships In Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, and Outcomes Research In Orthopaedic Surgery. NIAMSD. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports the training of physicians with expertise in orthopaedic surgery to supplement that knowledge with training in epidemiology/clinical trials/outcomes research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-539.html

Cancer Education Grants Program. NCI. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Supports development of innovative cancer education programs and cancer research dissemination projects that can be completed within five years. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-540.html

Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B/START). NIDA. Deadline: Ongoing. Synopsis: Seeks to facilitate the entry of beginning investigators into the field of behavioral science research related to drug abuse. Ongoing. Synopsis: URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-541.html

Microbicide Innovation Program. NIH. Deadline: 12/20/06. Synopsis: seeks applications advancing: Discovery and exploration of microbicides directed against HIV or STIs linked to HIV acquisition; technologies or models that contribute to the development of new and/or more efficient ways of assessing microbicide safety, efficacy and acceptability; exploration of prevention strategies that incorporate vaginal, rectal, and/or penile applied microbicides in the context of mucosally active vaccines. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-06-042.html

Centers of Research Translation (CORT). NIAMS. Deadline: 12/22/06. Synopsis: Two major features of the CORT program include: the overarching aim of disease-specific research translation, and the inclusion of resources and an administrative structure to facilitate research translation. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AR-06-003.html

Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (CEERs). Deadline: 1/16/07. Synopsis: The CEER program is designed to develop transdisciplinary research, health, and policy teams that have the expertise and flexibility to anticipate and/or respond rapidly to the large number of ELSI issues related to emerging genome technologies and information. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06 -025.html

Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications. NHLBI. Deadline: 12/19/06. Synopsis: Purpose is to accelerate research on lung complications associated with HIV-infection by characterizing lung infections, other HIV-associated lung complications, and their consequences. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-008.html

Refining and Testing Mental Health Interventions and Services for Youth with Mental Illness who are Transitioning to Adulthood. NIMH. Deadline: 11/28/06. Synopsis: Solicits research aimed at refining and testing innovative interventions and service delivery models. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07 -050.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-051.html (R34)

Culturally Appropriate Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection in Young People. NINR, NIMH. Deadline: 12/21/06. Synopsis: The overall purpose is to develop approaches to prevention of HIV infection and transmission in young people based upon a broad definition of culture. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR -07-003.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-07-002.html (R21)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Living with a Star Targeted Research and Technology. Deadline: 10/27/06. Synopsis: Solicits proposals leading to a physics-based understanding of the integral system linking the Sun to the Solar System both directly and via the heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres, and ionospheres. The objectives can be achieved by data analysis, theory, and modeling, and the development of tools and methods. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets. Deadline: 11/30/06. Synopsis: Solicits proposals for investigations to explore the Earth's extreme environments in order to develop a sound technical and scientific basis to search for life on other planets. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

Suzaku Guest Observer - Cycle 2. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: The primary goal of the Suzaku mission is to investigate the nature and physics of astrophysical objects as revealed through detailed observations of their high-energy emission.. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development. Deadline: 12/19/06. Synopsis: Requests proposals to develop instrumentation capabilities that will help meet astrobiology science requirements on future space flight missions, as well as unique astrobiology science objectives on Earth. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

National Endowment for the Humanities

Collaborative Research Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Supports original research undertaken by a team of scholars; or research coordinated by an individual scholar that, because of its scope or complexity, requires additional staff and resources beyond the individual's salary. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/collaborative.html

National Digital Newspaper Program: Request for Proposals. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: NEH is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the NDNP. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html

Scholarly Editions Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Grants support the preparation by a team of at least two editors and staff of texts and documents that are currently inaccessible or available in inadequate editions. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html

Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: NEH invites proposals for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in all areas of the humanities. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html

National Science Foundation

Genes and Genome Systems Cluster. Deadline. 1/12/07. Synopsis: Supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12780

Cellular Systems Cluster. Deadline. 1/12/07. Synopsis: Focuses on the structure, function, and regulation of plant, animal and microbial cells, and their interactions with the environment and with one another. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12772

CEDAR, GEM, and SHINE Postdoctoral Research. Deadline: 2/5/07. Synopsis: The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) program, the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) program, and the Solar, Heliosphere and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) program are special programs within the Aeronomy, Magnetospheric Physics and Solar-Terrestrial Research programs in the Atmospheric Sciences Division of the Geosciences Directorate. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12779

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. Deadline: 11/6/06. Synopsis: The Directorates for Biological Sciences and for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences offer fellowships to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the U.S.. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13454

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH). Deadline: 11/16/06. Synopsis: Promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13681

Program for Research and Education with Small Telescopes (PREST). Deadline: 1/20/07. Synopsis: Provides support for modern, instrumented telescopes in the range of 0.5 to 2.5 meters aperture. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12778

Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS). Deadline: 1/26/07. Synopsis: Supports purchase of computing equipment and limited support for professional systems administrators or programmer personnel for research computing needs. Cost sharing is not required beginning with this deadline. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5616

Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Instrument Development (CRIF:ID). Deadline: 1/23/07. Synopsis: Provides funds for the design and construction of instruments that will enable new chemical measurements or will significantly broaden the use of chemical instrumentation. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6167

East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI). Deadline: 12/12/06. Synopsis: Provides U.S. graduate students with research experience in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan; an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the location; and orientation to the society, culture and language. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5284

Applied Mathematics. Deadline: 11/7/06. Synopsis: Supports mathematics research motivated by or having an effect on problems arising in science and engineering. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5664

Polymers. Deadline: 11/3/06. Synopsis: Supports basic research and education on polymeric materials. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5357

Genes and Genome Systems Cluster. Deadline: 1/12/07. Synopsis: Supports studies on genomes and genetic mechanisms in all organisms. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12780

Cellular Systems Cluster. Deadline: 1/12/07. Synopsis: Focuses on the structure, function, and regulation of plant, animal and microbial cells, and their interactions with the environment and with one another. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12772

Biomolecular Systems Cluster. Deadline: 1/12/07. Synopsis: Emphasizes the structure, function, dynamics, interactions, and interconversions of biological molecules. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12771

Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH). Deadline: 11/16/06. Synopsis: Promotes quantitative, interdisciplinary analyses of relevant human and natural system processes and complex interactions among human and natural systems at diverse scales. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13681

Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics. Deadlline: 1/15/06. Synopsis: Division of Science Resources Statistics invites proposals for survey research, workshops, and analytical studies. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5265

Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad. Deadline: 11/20/06. Synopsis: NSF is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12820

Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in the Biological Sciences. Deadline: 10/30/06 for required preliminary proposal. Synopsis: Support will be provided to establish innovative programs to engage undergraduates in a year-round research and mentoring activity. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500036

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Deadline: November 2006, varies by program area. Synopsis: NSF is offering approximately 1,000 graduate fellowships in this competition. Fellowships provide three years of support and is intended for students who are at the early stages of their graduate study. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201

Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12). Deadline: 11/1/06 and 11/15/06 for required preproposals. Synopsis: The DR-K12 program merges three EHR formal K-12 education programs--Teacher Professional Continuum (TPC), Instructional Materials Development (IMD), and Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT). URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500047

Cyberinfrastructure for the Biological Sciences: Plant Science Cyberinfrastructure Collaborative (PSCIC). Deadline: 11/30/06 for required preproposals. Synopsis: The goal is to create a new type of organization that will enable conceptual advances through integrative, computational thinking to address grand challenge questions in plant science. The collaborative will be community-driven, involving plant biologists, computer and information scientists and experts from other disciplines. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13704

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation. Deadline: 10/16/06 for optional letter of intent; 11/17/06 for required preproposal. Synopsis: Proposals are sounght for in two areas: (1) Autonomously Reconfigurable Engineered Systems Enabled by Cyberinfrastructure (ARES-CI) and (2) Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE). EFRI seeks proposals that represent an opportunity for a significant leap or a paradigm shift in fundamental engineering knowledge. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13708

CISE Computing Research Infrastructure. Deadline: 10/2/06 for optional letter of intent; 11/15/06 for proposal. Synopsis: The CRI program makes three kinds of awards: Infrastructure Acquisition/Development ($50,000-$2,000,000); Community Resource Development ($300,000-$2,000,000); Planning ($50,000-$100,000). URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810

NSF-SIA/NRI Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Supplements to NSF Centers in Nanoelectronics. Deadline: 11/17/06. Synopsis: NSF, in cooperation with the Semiconductor Industry Association, is offering supplemental funding opportunities to to support additional graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to work in collaborative efforts with participating NRI companies on exploring new concepts beyond the scaling limits of CMOS technology. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501009

EarthScope National Office. Deadline: 11/30/06. Synopsis: Calls for proposals to establish a community-based office to foster and support integrated science, education, outreach, and related activities for the EarthScope program. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5618

Arctic Research Opportunities. Deadline: 12/8/06. Synopsis: NSF invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to conduct research about the Arctic or that is best done in the Arctic. Arctic research includes field and modeling studies and data analysis. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5521

Human and Social Dynamics. Deadline: 1/23/07 for Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development Proposals, 2/7/07 for Type 2 Full Research Proposals, 2/21/07 for Type 1 Full Research Proposals. Synopsis: The FY 2007 competition will include three emphasis areas: Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=11678

Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology. Deadline. 12/15/06. Synopsis: The NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences plan to support research in mathematics and statistics related to mathematical biology. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5300

Quantitative Environmental and Integrative Biology (QEIB). Deadline: 11/7/06, MPS/DMS; 1/9/07, DEB/BIO; 1/12/07, IOB/BIO and MCB/BIO. Synopsis: BIO and MPS continue to seek proposals that are at the interface of mathematics and environmental biology. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13587

Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS). Deadline: 1/9/07. Synopsis: Three clusters within the Division of Environmental Biology (Ecological Biology, Ecosystem Science, and the Population and Evolutionary Processes clusters) encourage the submission of proposals aimed at synthesizing a body of related research projects. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13403

Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT). Deadline: 4/25/07. Synopsis: Through this program, CISE and EHR support research that (1) enables radical improvements in learning through innovative computer and information technologies, and (2) advances research in computer science, information technology, learning, and cognitive science through the unique challenges posed by learning environments and learning technology platforms. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12834

University of California

California Sea Grant College Program. California State Fellowship Program. Deadline: 10/6/06. Synopsis: Provides ane educational opportunity for graduate students who are interested both in marine resources and in the policy decisions affecting those resources. The program matches students with hosts in State or Federal agencies in California for a 9-month paid fellowship ($2,666 per month). URL: http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/EDUCATION/StateFellow.html

Environmental Exploratory Grant Program. California Energy Commission's PIER Environmental Area . Deadline: 10/10/06. Synopsis: This program supports the early development of promising, new scientific concepts with the potential to impact the way we understand and/or address energy-related environmental issues. URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/contracts/index.html#pier

Spinal Cord Injury/Nerve Cell Regeneration Research. Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund of California. Deadline: 10/13/06. Synopsis: Supports innovative, high-impact research projects. PIs must be from institutions within the state of California. URL: http://www.reeve.uci.edu/romanreed/grants.php

UC Humanities Research Institute. Grants. Deadline: 10/15/06. Synopsis: UCHRI promotes interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities, fosters intellectual community across campus boundaries, and mobilizes the strength of the UC system. This deadline applies to three types of grants: conferences and seminars, collaborative compositions, and extramural explorations. URL: http://www.uchri.org/main.php?page_id=3

UC Insitute of the ARts. Open Classroom Challenge. Deadline: 10/16/06. Synopsis: This year UCIRA poses the first open, systemwide 5K challenge: What could you (and your students) do with $5000? Three grants of $5000 each will be available for projects taking place in Spring or Fall 2007. URL: http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/grants.html

Translational Research Award. California Breast Cancer Research Program. Deadline: 10/18/06 for letters of intent. Synopsis: Translational research should have the potential for major impact in the areas of (1) prevention, detection, diagnosis, or treatment; (2) improved quality of life for survivors, and/or reduction in the community and social burden; or (3) advances in medical practices, health systems changes, health policies, or environmental modifications. URL: http://www.cbcrp.org/apply/aboutAwards.php

Pilot Project for Multidisciplinary Research Partnerships: Energy and Environment, Health and Wellness, Rapid Application of Nanotechnology. UC Discovery. Deadline: 10/20/06. Synopsis: This one-year Pilot Project has been launched to explore emerging opportunities for industry-university research partnerships in three areas. URL: http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/apply/pilot_project.htm

President's Research Fellowships in the Humanities. UCOP. Deadline: 10/20/06. Synopsis: Grants provide salary support to UC faculty conducting research in the humanities. The maximum award is $25,000. Assistant Professors will be given special consideration. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/research/humanities/

Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant Program. UC Natural Reserve System. Deadline: 10/20/06. Summary: Grants support UC-enrolled students for their independent and field science studies at NRS reserves. The maximum award is $2,500. URL: http://nrs.ucop.edu/Mathias-Grant.htm

Biotechnology, Communications and Networking; Digital Media, Electronics Manufacturing and New Materials, IT for Life Sciences. UC Discovery Grant. Deadline: 10/23/06. Synopsis: Grants form a three-way partnership between UC, Industry Sponsors, and the State of California. URL: http://ucdiscoverygrant.org/

UC Biotechnology Program, Graduate Research and Education in Adaptive Bio-Techonology (GREAT) Training Grants. Deadline: 10/25/06 for preproposals. Summary: This program supports individual two-year training grants (up to $50,000 per grant per year) in cutting-edge theoretical and experimental research at: the interface between the life sciences and the physical, chemical, material, engineering, mathematical or computational sciences. URL: http://ucsystembiotech.ucdavis.edu/GREAT/greattg.cfm

Labor and Employment Research Fund. UCOP. Deadline: 10/27/06. Synopsis: Resaerch priorities include: the changing Calfornia workforce, job quality and low-wage work, and labor market institutions and workers' rights. URL: http://www.ucmru.net/ucmru/labor/index.htm

University of California-University of Utrecht Program to Promote Collaborative Research. Deadline: 11/1/06. This program supports partnerships across the humanities and social sciences (including linguistics). Each partnership will pair at least one faculty member from UC and UU respectively. URL: http://www.uchri.org/

President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. UCOP. Deadline: 11/1/06. Summary: Program is open to all qualified candidates who are committed to university careers in research, teaching, and service that will enhance the diversity of the academic community at UC. URL: http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/ppfp/

Community Research Collaboration Award. California Breast Cancer Research Program. Deadline: 11/2/06 for concept papers. Synopsis: Pilot and full grant awards are available. Grants require active participation of both the community organization and research scientists in the development and implementation of the research project. URL: http://www.cbcrp.org/apply/crcCall/

Nonprofit Agencies

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory. 11/1/06, 5/1/07 for X-ray/VUV; 12/1/06, 4/1/07, 7/1/07 for macromolecular crystallography. Synopsis: Deadlines are for new proposals for research at SSRL. URL: http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/users/user_admin/guide.html

Berkeley Community Fund Grants. Deadline: 11/14/06. Synopsis: Grants of up to $5,000 fund non-profit organizations benefiting the Berkeley community in two areas: in Youth and Narrowing Inequities. Projects should enefit people from neighborhoods with the highest rates of poverty, single parent households, barriers to educational success, as well as other conditions that predispose children to risks. URL: http://www.berkfund.org/apply_for_grant.htm

American Academy of Family Physicians. Joint Grant Awards Program. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Supports research hat pose questions of high relevance to family medicine using rigorous design and appropriate statistical analyses. URL: http://www.aafpfoundation.org/x439.xml

American Association for Cancer Research. Career Development Awards. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Awards provide transitional support as investigators move from postdoctoral studies to faculty status. URL: http://www.aacr.org/default.aspx?p=6253

American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grant. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: Grants fund women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. URL: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

American Astronomical Society. Small Research Grant Program. Deadline: 11/27/06. Synopsis: Awards range from $1000 to $7000 to cover costs associated with any type of astronomical research. URL: http://www.aas.org/grants/smrg.html

American Brain Tumor Association. Basic Research Fellowships, Translational Research Grant. Deadline: 1/5/07. Synopsis: Funds research in brain tumors. URL: http://www.abta.org/requestfundinginfo.htm

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Fellowships and Grants. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: ACLS programs with this deadline include: Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine; American Research in the Humanities in China; Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development; Southeast European Studies Program Postdoctoral Fellowships; Dissertation Fellowships in American Art; Grants to Individuals in East Asian Archaeology and Early History; Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships; Contemplative Practice Fellowships. URL: http://www.acls.org/fel-dead.htm

American Councils for International Education. Research Scholar Program. Deadline: 1/15/07. Synopsis: ACTR/ACCELS works to advance education, research, and mutual understanding across the United States, Canada and the nations of Southeastern Europe, Eurasia, and South Asia. URL: http://www.americancouncils.org/researchFellowships.asp

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Distinguished Researcher Awards, Pilot Grants, Standard Research Grants, Young Investigator Grants. Deadline: 12/15/06. Synopsis: Supports studies to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. URL: http://www.afsp.org

American Health Assistance Foundation. National Heart Foundation Starter Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Grants assist young investigators at the assistant-professor level undertaking research on the disease process in stroke or cardiovascular disease. URL: http://www.ahaf.org/hrtstrok/research/grants.htm

American Institute for Yemeni Studies. Fellowships for Study and Research in Yemen. Deadline: 12/3/06. Synopsis: Supports U.S. citizens and citizens of the Republic of Yemen for projects in Yemen. .URL: http://www.aiys.org/fellowships.html

American Research Center in Egypt. Fellowship Program. Deadline: 1/5/07. Synopsis: Fellowships support study in Egypt for periods of betweeen 3 and 12 months. URL: http://www.arce.org/fellowships/funded_fellowships.html

American Tinnitus Association. Research Grants. Deadline: 12/31/06. Synopsis: Studies must be directly concerned with tinnitus. In addition, there is current interest in projects concerned with the assessment and extension of residual inhibition. URL: http://www.ata.org/research/research_faq.html

American-Scandinavian Foundation. Awards for Study in Scandinavia. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Provides grants and fellowships for advanced study or research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Applicants must have a well-defined research or study project that makes a stay in Scandinavia essential. URL: http://www.amscan.org/fellowship.html

Barth Syndrome Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 10/31/06. Synopsis: Funds research on the natural history, biochemical basis, gene product function and treatment of Barth syndrome. URL: http://www.barthsyndrome.org/page97.html

Bayer HealthCare. Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program. Deadline: 11/30/06. Synopsis: Program categories are: Clinical Scholarship Award, Early Career Investigator Award, Hemophilia Caregivers Education Award, and Special Project Award. URL: http://www.bayer-hemophilia-awards.com/

Bibliographical Society of America. Fellowship Program. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Supports bibliographical inquiry as well as research in the history of the book trades and in publishing history. Fellows will be paid a stipend of up to $2,000 per month for up to two months. URL: http://www.bibsocamer.org/fellows.htm

Bynner (Witter) Foundation for Poetry. Grants. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Organizations may apply for grant support from $1,000 to $10,000 for a maximum of three years. URL: http://bynnerfoundation.org/grants/index.htm

Canadian Embassy. International Research Linkages Grant. Deadline: 12/31/06. Synopsis: Funds teams of researchers from abroad and Canada in order to organize seminars or other forms of research linkages. URL: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/studies /grantguide-en.asp

Cattell Fund. James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Awards are available to psychologists who are faculty members at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. URL: http://www.cattell.duke.edu/

Center for Khmer Studies. Fellowships for U.S. Scholars. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: Fellowships fund scholars in all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities to pursue research in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. URL: http://khmerstudies.org/fellowships/fellows.htm

Council of Educational Facilities Planners International. Research Proposals. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Research proposals on invited on K-12 and/or post- secondary educational and environmental psychology issues concerning "Where Children Learn." Researchers may submit projects under the categories of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methodology. URL: http://www.cefpi.org/

Deafness Research Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Grants support new research that promises to advance understanding of the causes, treatment, and prevention of deafness and related ear and balance disorders. URL: http://www.drf.org/grants/grants.htm

Delmas Foundation. Grants for Independent Research on Venetian History and Culture. Deadline: 12/15/06. Synopsis: Grants fund travel to and residence in Venice and the Veneto. URL: http://www.delmas.org/guidelines/v_ir_a.html

Folger Shakespeare Library. Research Fellowships. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: The Library offers fellowships to encourage access to its exceptional collections and to encourage ongoing cross-disciplinary dialogue among scholars of the early modern period. URL: http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=298

Foundation for Child Development. Changing Faces of America's Children: Young Scholars Program. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Provides approximately four fellowships of up to $150,000 each over a maximum period of three-years to study issues affecting the development of young immigrant children in the U.S. URL: http://www.fcd-us.org/ourwork/y-how.html

Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition, American Gastroenterological Association. Pilot Research Awards, Bridging Grants. Deadline: 1/14/07. Synopsis: Funds research to explore causation, prevention, improved treatments or potential cures for digestive and liver diseases. URL: http://www.fdhn.org/html/awards/elect_app.html

Getty Foundation. Nonresidential Scholars - Collaborative Research Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Grants provide opportunities for teams of scholars to pursue interpretive research projects that offer new explanations of art and its history. URL: http://www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/index.html

William T. Grant Foundation. Grants for Youth-Serving Organizations. Deadline: 10/30/06 for required letters of inquiry. Synopsis: The foundation will support intervention studies that aim to promote youth development by focusing on youth-serving organizations. URL: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/info -url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=287117&attrib_id=11707

Group Psychotherapy Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Supports group psychotherapy research that focuses on one of five clinical populations: children, the elderly, the chronic mentally ill, substance abusers and significantly ill patients with marked functional impairment. URL: http://www.groupsinc.org/stdnt/resgrantapp.html

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Guggenheim Fellowships. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: The foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. URL: http://www.gf.org/

Health Effects Institute. Additional Health Effects Endpoints During the Chronic Bioassay (RFA 06-2). Deadline: 12/5/06. Synopsis: Solicits applications from respondents to RFP 06-1 as well as other scientists interested in measuring additional endpoints, such as vascular markers of inflammation and damage, genotoxicity, and immune responses. URL: http://www.healtheffects.org/funding.htm

Institute for Aegean Prehistory. New Research Grants. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Projects relevant to the history of the Aegean world from the Paleolithic to the first Olympiad are eligible for funding. URL: http://www.aegeanprehistory.net/Application.htm

International Reading Association. Research Awards and Grants. Deadline: 1/15/07. Synopsis: Supports research activity and publication in the fields of reading and reading education. URL: http://www.reading.org/association/awards/research.html

International Union Against Cancer. American Cancer Society/UICC International Fellowships for Beginning Investigators. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Twelve-month fellowships are intended for beginning investigators and clinicians who are in the early stages of their careers. URL: http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=928

International Union AgainstCancer. Yamagiwa--Yoshida Memorial UICC International Cancer Study Grants. Deadline: 1/1/07. Synopsis: Supports bilateral research projects abroad that exploit complementary materials or skills. URL: http://www.uicc.org/index.php?id=930

Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation. Scholars in Health Policy Research Program. Deadline: 10/25/06. Synopsis: Each year, the program selects up to 12 individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three universities: UC Berkeley (in collaboration with the UCSF); the University of Michigan; and Harvard University. URL: http://www.healthpolicyscholars.org/

Knowles (Janet H. and C. Harry) Foundation. Young Scholars Research Fellowship. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Supports early career scholars engaged in critical research in education. URL: http://www.kstf.org/research_fellowships/

Loeb Classical Library Foundation. Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Grants to faculty support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies. URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lclf/

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Programs. Deadline: 10/06/06, 12/15/06. Synopsis: MSRI has a number of programs for graduate students and those with a PhD. URL: http://www.msri.org/calendar/index_activities

McKnight Foundation. McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Awards support scientists working on novel and creative approaches to understanding brain function. URL: http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/

McKnight Foundation. McKnight Scholar Award. Deadline: 1/2/07. Synopsis: These awards were established to encourage emerging neuroscientists to focus on disorders of learning and memory. URL: http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art History Fellowships. Deadline: 11/3/06. Synopsis: The museum offers annual resident fellowships to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/fellowship.html

National Headache Foundation. Research Grants. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Supports research in the field of headache and pain. URL: http://www.headaches.org/professional/educationindex.html

National Hemophilia Foundation. Career Development Award. Deadline: 11/1/06 for letter of intent. Synopsis: Funds research on bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. URL: http://www.hemophilia.org/

National Kidney Foundation. Research Fellowships, Young Investigator Grant. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Programs support research related to kidney disease. URL: http://www.kidney.org/professionals/research/

NATO Security Through Science Program. Advanced Research Workshops. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: A NATO ARW is a meeting of two to five days' duration, involving between 20 and 50 participants. URL: http://www.nato.int/science/index.html

NATO Security Through Science Program. Collaborative Linkage Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Grants are to pool ideas and resources on research projects, and create specialist networks. URL: http://www.nato.int/science/how_to_apply/grant_mechanisms.htm

Organic Farming Research Foundation. Grants. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Supports on-farm organic research projects. URL: http://www.ofrf.org/research/index.html

Ploughshares Fund. Grants. Deadline: 11/15/06, 2/15/07. Synopsis: Supports organizations and individuals working to stop the spread of weapons and build regional security. URL: http://www.ploughshares.org/how_to_apply.php?a=2&b=21&c=0

Reeve (Christopher) Paralysis Foundation. Research Grants Program. Deadline: 12/15/06. Synopsis: CRPF is committed to the goal of developing treatments and cures for paralysis associated with spinal cord injury and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. URL: http://www.christopherreeve.org/

Space Telescope Science Institute. Initiative to Develop Education through Astronomy and Space Science (IDEAS). Deadline: 10/20/06. Synopsis: Provides start-up funding for education and public outreach projects that feature collaboration between astronomers/space scientists and education professionals. URL: http://www.stsci.edu/

Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund. John Z. Duling Grant Program. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: Small grants aid, stimulate and encourage scientific studies of trees. URL: http://www.treefund.org/grants/Grants.aspx

Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance. Research Grants Program. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: TS Alliance endeavors to stimulate, support and coordinate research that will lead to a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex, while improving the lives of those affected. URL: http://tsalliance.easycgi.com/pages.aspx?content=23

United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF). Start-Up Grants. Deadline: 11/15/06. Synopsis: In 2006 applications will be accepted in Exact Sciences, Natural Sciences, Energy, Environment, Ecology and Sociology. URL: http://www.bsf.org.il/

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Conferences and Workshops. Deadline: 11/1/06. Synopsis: This deadline includes grants for Post-Ph.D. Research Grants, International Collaborative Research Grants, and Conferences and Workshops. URL: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs.htm

American Philosophical Society. Franklin Research Grants. Deadline: 12/1/06. Synopsis: Small grants support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. URL: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin.htm

Grant (William T.) Foundation. Grants for Research Focused on Youth and Adolescents. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Provides grants for research, policy analyses, and evaluations of interventions in three areas of interest--understanding how contexts such as programs, organizations, public systems, and families influence youth; improving the quality of youth-serving programs, organizations, and systems; and increasing the use of evidence from the health, social, and behavioral sciences among key adults who influence policy and practice. URL: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/

Pardee (Elsa U.) Foundation. Grants for Cancer Research, Control, and Cure. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Funds research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. The Foundation particularly encourages grant applications for a one year period which will allow establishment of capabilities of new cancer researchers, or new cancer approaches by established cancer researchers. URL: http://www.pardeefoundation.org/