National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program. CSREES. Deadline: Varies by program. Synopsis: Supports research, education, and extension projects that address key problems of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of agriculture. Emerging agricultural issues of national concern, including food safety, honey bee colony collapse disorder (CCD), and sustainable alternative energy resources, drive NRI programs to advance scientific discoveries. In FY 2008, the NRI will accept applications for fundamental research, mission-linked research, and integrated research, education, and extension projects. Application deadlines vary by program--review each program description in the RFA for program priorities, funding levels, and application deadlines. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html

Renewable Resources Extension Act - National Focus Fund Projects. Deadline: 7/28/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the grant program is to provide funds for projects that: (1) develop and implement eXtension Communities of Practice (CoP); (2) have national or regional relevancy; or (3) develop new and innovative projects that can be replicated at other institutions. Applications may be submitted by 1862 and 1890 land-grant institutions. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/rrea_nff.html

Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. CSREES. Deadline: 8/8/08. Synopsis: Applications are being solicited for Biodiesel Education projects that will develop practical indicators or milestones to measure their progress towards achieving the following objectives: (1) Enhance current efforts to collect and disseminate biodiesel information; (2) Coordinate with other biodiesel educational or promotional programs, and with Federal, State and local programs aimed at encouraging biodiesel use; (3) Create a nationwide networking system that delivers biodiesel information to targeted audiences; (4) Identify and document the benefits of biodiesel; and (5) Gather data pertaining to information gaps and develop strategies to address the gaps. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/biodieselfueleducationprogram.cfm

Specialty Crop Research Initiative. CSREES. Deadline: 8/14/08. Synopsis: SCRI will give priority to projects that are multistate, multi-institutional, or trans-disciplinary; and include explicit mechanisms to communicate results to producers and the public. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas: research in plant breeding, genetics, and genomics to improve crop characteristics; efforts to identify and address threats from pests and diseases; efforts to improve production efficiency, productivity, and profitability over the long term; new innovations and technology; and methods to prevent, detect, monitor control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the production and processing of specialty crops. URL: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/specialty_crop.html

Commerce Department

FY09 Ocean Exploration Omnibus - Education. NOAA. Deadline: 8/29/08 for required preproposals. Synopsis: OE is seeking proposals that will facilitate the use of NOAA science in formal and informal education environments by extending the use of existing OE education products, located on its Web site, in school districts and other learning centers throughout the country. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

FY09 Ocean Exploration Omnibus - Marine Archaeology. NOAA. Deadline: 8/29/08 for required preproposals. Synopsis: Proposals for exploration and discovery of significant maritime heritage sites are the priority. Submerged, previously subaerial, landscapes, shipwrecks, and other maritime cultural sites are typical focus subjects of the program. Proposals will emphasize the early phases of field archaeology: searching, locating, evaluating or inventorying sites. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

FY09 Ocean Exploration Omnibus - Ocean Exploration. NOAA. Deadline: 8/29/08 for required preproposals. Synopsis: OE is seeking proposals consistent with NOAA's Strategic Plan to search, investigate, and document poorly-known and unknown areas of the ocean and Great Lakes through interdisciplinary exploration, and to advance and disseminate knowledge of the ocean environment and its physical, chemical, and biological resources. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

CSCOR FY09 NGOMEX and CRES. NOAA. Deadline: 10/9/08 for CRES, 10/20/08 for NGOMEX. Synopsis: The purpose of this opportunity is to advise the public that NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CSCOR is soliciting proposals for two separate programs. Program 1 is the Regional Ecosystem Prediction Program on Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (CRES) From Science to Conservation: Linking Coral Reefs, Coastal Watersheds and their Human Communities in the Pacific Islands. Program 2 is the Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems and Hypoxia Assessment Program (NGOMEX). URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Project Grants. NOAA. Deadline: 10/31/08. Synopsis: Provides funding to catalyze the implementation of locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention, assessment and removal projects that will benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and NOAA trust resources. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

General Coral Reef Conservation Grants Program. NOAA. Deadline: 11/3/08. Synopsis: Projects funded through the GCRCGP support on-the ground efforts that: (1) Help preserve, sustain and restore the condition of coral reef ecosystems, (2) promote the wise management and sustainable use of coral reef resources, (3) increase public knowledge and awareness of coral reef ecosystems and issues regarding their conservation and (4) develop sound scientific information on the condition of coral reef ecosystems and the threats to such ecosystems. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

FY 2009 Open Rivers Initiative. NOAA. Deadline: 11/3/08. Synopsis: Provides funding to catalyze the implementation of locally-driven projects to remove dams and other river barriers, in order to benefit living marine and coastal resources, particularly diadromous fish. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

National Coastal and Estuarine Research and Technology Program. NOAA. Deadline: 9/9/09. Synopsis: NOAA seeks to establish a national estuarine research and technology program which operates in partnership with the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

FY 2008 Broad Agency Announcement - NFA-NFAPO-2008-2001388. NOAA. Deadline: 9/30/09. Synopsis: The purpose of this notice is to request proposals for special projects and programs associated with the Agency’s strategic plan and mission goals, as well as to provide the general public with information and guidelines on how NOAA will select proposals and administer discretionary Federal assistance under this BAA. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Defense Department

Sub-10nm Nanoelectronic Fabrication Techniques. ONR. Deadline: 7/24/08 for white papers. Synopsis: The Office of Naval Research is interested in receiving proposals that address the nanoelectronics fabrication challenge at or below10nm spatial resolution. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Minerva Research Initiative (MRI). Deadline: 7/25/08 for white papers, 10/3/08 for proposals. Synopsis: The Minerva Research Initiative is a DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research program initiated by the Secretary of Defense. It focuses on areas of strategic importance to U.S. national security policy. It seeks to increase the Department’s intellectual capital in the social sciences and improve its ability to address future challenges and build bridges between the DoD and the social science community. Minerva will bring together universities, research institutions, and individual scholars and support multidisciplinary and cross-institutional projects addressing specific topic areas determined by the DoD. The FY09 competition will focus on research in five general topic areas, but the BAA states that these detailed descriptions “are not meant to be restrictive. Innovative proposals related to these research topics are highly encouraged.” The five topic areas are: 1. Chinese Military and Technology Research and Archive Programs; 2. Studies of the Strategic Impact of Religious and Cultural Changes within the Islamic World; 3. Iraqi Perspectives Project; 4. Studies of Terrorist Organization and Ideologies; 5. New Approaches to Understanding Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Electronics Discovery and Invention (D&I). ONR. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The goal of the electronics program is to develop and transition affordable, high performance Radio Frequency electronics that will provide a decisive edge to the warfighter. The program encompasses RF research, design, modeling, fabrication, and testing of devices, integrated circuits, and multi-chip assemblies that span digital, analog, microwave and millimeter wave technologies. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Integrated Micro Primary Atomic Clock Technology (IMPACT). DARPA. Deadline: 8/6/08. Synopsis: DARPA seeks innovative proposals in developing IMPACT to ultimately realize a primary atomic clock with drastically reduced size, weight, and power over state-of-the-art primary clocks. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Computer Science Study Group. DARPA. Deadline: 8/11/08. Synopsis: This RA is to solicit interested participants to join in the CSSG. The objective of the CSSG is to rapidly identify ideas in the field of computer science that will provide revolutionary advances, rather than incremental benefit, to the Department of Defense. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Non-Metallic Materials Research Thrust (NMMRT), Call 11. AFOSR. Deadline: 8/11/08. Synopsis: The Air Force is interested in taking some of the most promising Nanostructured Materials Research from the laboratory and focusing development in critical AF applications areas to help accelerate the use of Nanotechnology as well as demonstrate improve properties and performance in materials and devices using Nanotechnology. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Dual-Mode Detector Ensemble (DUDE). DARPA. Deadline: 8/18/08. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting innovative research and development proposals in the area of an integrated day/night sight. Proposed research should demonstrate the integration of an uncooled long wave infrared sensor (LWIR) (8-12 microns) with a sensor that operates in the Visible/Near Infrared/SWIR (VNS) (0.4-1.6 microns) spectral range and the integration of this combined day/night focal plane with the type of flat optics demonstrated in the DARPA MONTAGE program to realize a compact day night rifle sight system. Proposals will also be accepted that address only the VNS sensor. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/#eto

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Deadline: 8/26/08. Synopsis: DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment. Through this DURIP competition, the DoD intends to award approximately $40 million for FY 2009. Grants will be for the purchase of research equipment costing $50,000 or more, for items that typically cannot be purchased within the budgets of single-investigator awards. With very few exceptions an individual award may not exceed $1,000,000. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/, http://www07.grants.gov/, http://www07.grants.gov/

DARPA Mathematical Challenges. Deadline: 9/8/08. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals with the goal of dramatically revolutionizing mathematics and thereby strengthening the scientific and technological capabilities of DoD. To do so, the agency has identified twenty-three mathematical challenges listed in the program solicitation. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/solicit.htm

US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Broad Agency Announcement. Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: The USAMRMC's mission is to provide solutions to medical problems of importance to the American warfighter at home and abroad. The scope of this effort and the priorities attached to specific projects are influenced by changes in military and civilian medical science and technology, operational requirements, military threat assessments, and national defense strategies. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=15608&flag2006=true&mode=VIEW

Transformational Antenna Technologies. DARPA. Deadline: 12/20/08. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of transformational antenna technologies. The proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable transformational and revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. URL: http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA08%2D11/SynopsisP.html

Strategic Technologies. DARPA. 2/12/09. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting proposals under this BAA for the performance of research, development, design, and testing that directly supports Strategic Technology Office (STO). This includes Space and Near-Space Sensors and Systems; Strategic and Tactical Networks; Information Assurance; Counter Underground Facilities; Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense; Small Unit Operations; Maritime Operations; and Core Strategic Technologies. URL: http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA08%2D10/listing.html

Microsystems Technology Office-Wide BAA. DARPA. Deadline: 2/13/09. Synopsis: MTO supports revolutionary research in electronics, photonics, MEMS, algorithms, and combined Microsystems technology to deliver new capabilities to sense, communicate, energize, actuate, and process data and information for the war fighter. URL: http://www.darpa.mil/mto/solicitations/index.html

Defense Sciences Research & Technology. DARPA. Deadline: 2/27/09. Synopsis: The mission of the DARPA Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to identify and pursue high-risk/high-payoff research initiatives throughout a broad spectrum of the science and engineering disciplines and to transform these initiatives into important, radically new military capabilities. To carry out this mission, DSO seeks research ideas and areas that might lead to innovations in science and engineering. Therefore, DSO is soliciting proposals for advanced research and development in a variety of enabling technical areas. URL: http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA08%2D22/SynopsisP.html

Long Range BAA for Research and Education Initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School. Deadline: 3/31/09. Synopsis: NPS is interested in receiving proposals for research and education initiatives which offer potential for advancement and improvement in the NPS core mission of graduate education and research. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Reactive Material Structures (RMS). DARPA. Deadline: 4/16/09. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals for the Reactive Material Structures (RMS) program. The overall goal of the RMS program is to develop and demonstrate reactive material structures that provide both structural integrity and enthalpic energy within the same material system, and the ability to rapidly release that energy to produce a high intensity blast upon demand. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Architecture-Aware Compiler Environment. DARPA. Deadline: 4/17/09. Synopsis: The goal is to develop computationally efficient compilers that incorporate learning and reasoning methods to drive compiler optimizations for a broad spectrum of computing system configurations. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Surface Catalysis for Energy (SurfCat). DARPA. Deadline: 5/15/09. Synopsis: DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals in the area of heterogeneous chemical catalysis that will enable more energy efficient reactions. Specifically, DARPA is interested in catalysts that will ultimately facilitate the mainstream use of alternative energy sources. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Instant Fire Suppression. DARPA. Deadline: 5/15/09. Synopsis: DARPA seeks to develop a novel fire control system based on destabilization/manipulation of flame plasmas by physical and/or chemical means. The Instant Fire Suppression system will rapidly extinguish Class A and Class B fires, prevent re-ignition for extended duration, and limit the spread of fire. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Self-HEALing mixed-signal Integrated Circuits (HEALICs). DARPA. Deadline: 5/19/09. Synopsis: The goal of the program is the development of techniques to maximize the number of fully operational mixed-signal SoCs on an individual wafer that meet all performance goals in the presence of extreme process variations and environmental conditions. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

NanoThermal Interfaces (NTI). DARPA. Deadline: 5/21/09. Synopsis: The primary goal of this program is the development and demonstration of ideas based on novel materials and structures that can provide significant reductions in the thermal resistance of the interface layer between the backside of an electronic device and the next layer of the package, which might be a spreader or a heatsink. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

IPTO Office. DARPA. Deadline: 5/22/09. Synopsis: DARPA’s Information Processing Techniques Office is issuing this BAA, which describes IPTO’s areas of interest, to allow continuous submission of abstracts and proposals that do not address individual program requirements covered by other DARPA/IPTO solicitations. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Fracture Putty. DARPA. Deadline: 6/4/09. Synopsis: DARPA seeks to develop a dynamic putty which, when packed in/around a compound bone fracture, provides full load-bearing capabilities within hours, creates an osteoconductive bone-like internal structure, and degrades over time to harmless resorbable by-products as normal bone regenerates. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Defense Manufacturing Science & Technology (MS&T). Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. Deadline: 4/30/10. Synopsis: The MS&T program seeks to identify potential manufacturing improvement programs that offer a significant and positive impact on cost, schedule, or the availability of major DoD weapon systems. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Army Research Office Broad Agency Announcement. Deadline: 9/30/11. Synopsis: ARO solicits proposals for basic and applied scientific research in mechanical sciences, environmental sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, electronics, computational and information sciences, physics, chemistry, life sciences, and materials science. URL: http://www.arl.army.mil/www/DownloadedInternetPages/CurrentPages/DoingBusinesswithARL/research/07r0003-02.pdf

Space-Based Advanced Sensing and Protection. Air Force Research Laboratory. Deadline: 5/8/12. Synopsis: AFRL is looking to conduct research and development of space payload technologies including phenomenology, advanced focal plane components and arrays, cryogenic systems, passive and active surveillance, and protection capabilities for contemporary and future space systems. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13847

Education Department

Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs)—Health Care Coordination for Individuals with Disabilities. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13260.pdf

Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs)—Technology Access in Resource-Limited Environments. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13259.pdf

Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs)—Classification and Measurement of Medical Rehabilitation Interventions. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13258.pdf

Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Projects and Centers Program—Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)— Accessible Public Transportation. NIDRR. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by conducting advanced engineering research and development on innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems, or remove environmental barriers. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13645.pdf

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)--Universal Interface and Information Technology Access. NIDRR. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by conducting advanced engineering research and development on innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems, or remove environmental barriers. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-13641.pdf

Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities/National Information Center. Deadline: 8/14/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the program is to promote academic achievement and improve results for children with disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation activities that are supported by scientifically based research. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16128.pdf

Technical Assistance to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities/IDEA Partnership Projects. Deadline: 8/14/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the program is to promote academic achievement and improve results for children with disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation activities that are supported by scientifically based research. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16128.pdf

Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs)—Centers on Research and Capacity Building to Improve Outcomes for Individuals With Disabilities from Traditionally Underserved Racial and Ethnic Populations. Deadline: 8/21/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the DRRP program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of independent living and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15318.pdf

Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs)—Individuals With Disabilities Living in Rural Areas. Deadline: 8/21/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15359.pdf

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program—Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs); Deadline: 8/22/08. Synopsis: Programs included in this announcement are: Participation and Community Living for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities; Aging With Physical Disability: Reducing Secondary Conditions and Enhancing Health and Participation, Including Employment; Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis; Enhancing the Functional and Employment Outcomes of Individuals Who Experience a Stroke. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-15506.pdf

Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)--Techniques for Successful Aging With Disability. Deadline: 8/29/08. Synopsis: The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by conducting advanced engineering research and development on innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or remove environmental barriers. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16116.pdf

Preparation of Leadership Personnel. Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities. Deadline: 9/2/08. Synopsis: The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16544.pdf

Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities. Technology and Media Services for Individuals With Disabilities. Deadline: 9/4/08. Synopsis: The purposes of the program are to: (1) Improve results for children with disabilities by promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2) support educational media services activities designed to be of educational value in the classroom setting to children with disabilities; and (3) provide support for captioning and video description that are appropriate for use in the classroom setting. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16632.pdf

Combined Personnel Preparation. Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities. Deadline: 9/9/08. Synopsis: The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-16544.pdf

Special Education Preservice Program Improvement Grants. Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities. Deadline: 9/9/08. Synopsis: The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for highly qualified personnel; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge to be successful in serving those children. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Energy Department

Plasma Science Centers. Deadline: 8/11/08 for letters of intent. Synopsis: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences announces its interest in receiving cooperative agreement applications for Plasma Science Centers with a research focus in plasma science. The duration of the Center cooperative agreement will be five years, with the possibility of a one time renewal for five more years. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/

Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Research, Development, and Demonstration. Deadline: 8/12/08. Synopsis: DOE is seeking to partner with geothermal stakeholders to alleviate some of the risks of EGS development through this FOA covering two key topic areas: EGS Technologies and EGS Reservoir Stimulation. This integrated FOA will allow DOE to develop new sensors, down-hole tools, and mapping capabilities in order to operate at greater depths and higher reservoir temperatures, and to partner with geothermal stakeholders to increase the knowledge and understanding necessary for EGS to advance to a state of commercial readiness. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/

Joint Solicitation for The OFES-NNSA Joint Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas. Deadline: 8/18/08 for letters of intent. Synopsis: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences and the National Nuclear Security Administration jointly announce their interests in receiving grant applications including renewals of existing grants in FY 2009 for research in HEDLP. This announcement is directed at researchers who are not affiliated with DOE national laboratories and government laboratories. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/

Research, Development, and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Technologies for Automotive, Stationary, and Portable Power Applications. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: DOE seeks to fund research that will lead to the development of cost-competitive and durable automotive, stationary, and portable fuel cell power systems. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/

Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program. National Nuclear Security Administration/Defense Programs. Deadline: 8/29/08 for letters of intent. Synopsis: The objectives are to: Fund research projects at universities in the areas of fundamental science and technology of relevance to Stockpile Stewardship; Provide advanced experimental measurement techniques in areas of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Hydrodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and Low-Energy Nuclear Science; Promote scientific interactions between the academic community and scientists at the NNSA/DP laboratories; Increase the availability of unique experimental facilities sited at the NNSA/DP laboratories to the broader academic communityp; and Develop and maintain a long-term recruiting pipeline to the NNSA/DP laboratories. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/

Annual Notice Submission of Renewal and Supplemental Applications for Office of Science Grants and Cooperative Agreements. Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: The DOE Office of Science announces its continuing interest in receiving renewal and supplemental grant and cooperative agreement applications for support of work in the following program areas: Basic Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, and Planning and Analysis. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/

Restructured FutureGen. Fossil Energy Research and Development. Deadline: 10/8/08. Synopsis: Solicits cost-shared applications to advance coal-based power generation technologies that capture and store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The Restructured FutureGen program is a cost-shared collaboration between the Government and industry to accelerate commercial deployment of very low, or near-zero, emissions Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle or other advanced clean coal-based power generation technology with Carbon Capture and Storage. URL: http://e-center.doe.gov/

Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities. Deadline: 11/10/08. Synopsis: The Office of Nuclear Physics, Office of Science, announces its interest in receiving preapplications for developing outstanding scientific opportunities in nuclear structure and dynamics, nuclear astro-physics, and tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries at leading rare isotope beam facilities around the world. URL: https://e-center.doe.gov/iips/faopor.nsf/

Environmental Protection Agency

Innovative and Integrative Approaches for Advancing Public Health Protection Through Water Infrastructure Sustainability. Deadline: 7/29/08. Synopsis: EPA is seeking applications to develop advanced concepts for linking public health protection with water infrastructure sustainability. Innovative and integrative approaches are sought for monitoring, modeling, operation, and management of drinking water distribution and storage systems and wastewater collection systems that can lead to improved water quality and reduced health risks. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_water.html

Cost-Effective Approaches to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Management. Deadline: 8/6/08. Synopsis: The Climate Protection Partnerships Division seeks proposals that will advance international (greenhouse gas management only), national, regional, state, and/or local energy efficiency and clean energy programming by utilizing market-based approaches to program design and delivery, and by fostering information exchange about policies that are supportive of these approaches. URL: http://www.epa.gov/air/grants/08-04cppd.pdf

San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund. Deadline: 8/25/08. Synopsis: The U.S. EPA Region 9 is soliciting proposals under this announcement for projects that restore and protect the water quality, habitat and environment of the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds through comprehensive approaches to water quality management. EPA is soliciting proposals for demonstration projects and studies of approaches that will focus on the effectiveness of an integrated approach for the following water quality priorities: Invasive species management, Reduction of trash in our waterways, Innovative wetlands restoration, Stormwater management including impacts to urban streams, Reductions of pollutants identified in draft or completed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Climate change impacts on water quality. URL: http://www.epa.gov/region09/funding/sfbay-water.html

West Coast Estuaries Initiative for the California Coast. Deadline: 8/25/08. Synopsis: U.S. EPA Region 9 is soliciting proposals under this announcement for projects that conserve, restore and protect the water quality, habitat and environment of California coastal waters, estuaries, bays and near shore waters through comprehensive approaches to water quality management. The emphasis is on supporting implementation activities based on existing plans, such as Comprehensive Conservation Management Plans (Clean Water Act Section (CWA) 320), State programs such as the Integrated Regional Water Management Plans, and local watershed plans. URL: http://www.epa.gov/region09/funding/west-coast-estuaries.html

Research Apprenticeship Program for High School Students. Deadline: 8/25/08. Synopsis: EPA seeks to enter into this cooperative agreement with an eligible entity which will provide training opportunities for high school students. The essence of this program is to enrich the environmental science concepts that students study in the classroom and to provide research experience for high school seniors at a federal research facility. The research conducted by the students will be at the EPA facilities in Research Triangle Park, N.C. under the direction of EPA scientists who serve as mentors to the students. URL: http://epa.gov/nheerl/about/researchopportunities.html

Indoor Environments: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants. Deadline: 9/10/08. Synopsis: EPA Region 9 is soliciting proposals from eligible entities (states of California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands) for projects to support demonstration, training and outreach and/or education projects to reduce exposure to indoor pollutants for K-12 schools and homes, that are expected to achieve environmental results in one or more indoor air quality priority areas. URL: http://www.epa.gov/region09/funding/indoor-environments.html

Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program. Deadline: 9/21/08. Synopsis: This RFP solicits proposals for projects to reduce emissions from existing diesel engines through the development and commercialization of emerging technologies. Through this competitive funding opportunity, eligible entities will consult with a manufacturer of an emerging technology and will install a technology on an appropriate fleet. URL: http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html

Climate Change and Allergic Airway Disease. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: EPA is seeking applications proposing research on the impact of global change on the development and severity of allergic airway disease from exposure to pollen, mold, and other plant-derived allergens. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_climate_change.html

Adaptation for Future Air Quality Analysis and Decision Support Tools in Light of Global Change Impacts and Mitigation. Deadline: 10/21/08. Synopsis: EPA is seeking applications proposing research to better understand the interplay of climate factors and air pollution regulatory requirements on air quality outcomes. The program offers regular and early career awards. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_adaptation.html

Broad Agency Announcement for Conferences, Workshops, and/or Meetings. Deadline: 12/9/08. Synopsis: EPA is interested in supporting scientific and technical research conferences that address the following research program areas: (1) human health; (2) ecosystems; water and security; (3) economics and sustainability; (4) air and global climate change; and (5) technology. URL: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_baa.html

Health and Human Services Department

For more NIH program announcements, see Funding Opportunities and Notices: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

Innovations in Lower Limb Prostheses Attachment. NICHD. Deadline: 7/29/08. Synopsis: Seeks applications that propose to develop advanced methodologies to enhance soft tissue integration and to eliminate infection for lower limb prostheses in direct skeletal attachment. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-012.html

Gender, Youth and HIV Risk. NICHD. Deadline: 7/29/08. Synopsis: Solicits applications to study the developmental and environmental processes contributing to HIV risk in individuals under the age of 24. Calls for studies focusing on HIV risk in specific settings around the globe where HIV prevalence is high or increasing and relevant environmental contexts are changing rapidly. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-013.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-017.html (R21)

Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research (MCHDR). NICHD. Deadline: 7/30/08. Synopsis: The Republic of India and the United States of America invite collaborative research projects involving U.S. and Indian investigators to enhance maternal and child health, disease prevention, product development and/or technology transfer. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-163.html

MCH Research. HRSA. Deadline: 8/4/08. Synopsis: The Maternal and Child Health Research Program will award grants to support applied research relating to maternal and child health services, which show promise of substantial contribution to the advancement of the current knowledge pool. Findings of this research should result in health and health services improvements in States and communities. Research proposals should address critical MCH questions such as public health systems and infrastructure, health disparities, quality of care, and promoting the health of MCH populations. URL: https://grants.hrsa.gov/

Indo-US Program on Contraception and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR). NICHD. Deadline: 8/11/08. Synopsis: The goal is to "build upon previous research cooperation by drawing on the expertise of Indian and U.S. scientists and institutions to promote and support collaborative research that will result in expanded contraceptive options and improved reproductive health." URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-024.html

Interdisciplinary Research on Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Vulnerable Populations. NIDCR. Deadline: 8/13/08. Synopsis: The primary goal is to drive interdisciplinary research to study the oral manifestations and complications associated with HIV/AIDS-related immunosuppression in vulnerable populations, including children and adolescents. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-117.html

NHLBI Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium Planning Awards. Deadline: 8/15/08. Synopsis: This FOA solicits short “white paper” applications outlining in broad terms the applicant’s vision for participation in the Consortium. Applications should contain multidisciplinary proposals that bring together two or more synergistic projects at a single institution. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-012.html

Transmission and Pathogenesis of HIV in Women. NIAID. Deadline: 8/15/08. Synopsis: Invites Program Project Grant (P01) applications that propose to increase understanding of HIV transmission and disease pathogenesis in women. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-170.html

Immune Mechanisms of Virus Control. NIAID. Deadline: 8/18/08. Synopsis: The goals of this initiative are to: 1) establish a network of synergistic research teams focused on basic immunological parameters of virus infection, mechanisms of virus-induced inflammation, and protective vaccination; and 2) to discover and define novel basic immune mechanisms for controlling virus infections that will lead to new potential targets for developing future vaccines and therapeutics. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-013.html

Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Policy Relevant Mental Health Services Research. NIMH. Deadline: 8/19/08. Synopsis: Solicits grant applications from state agencies and partnered researchers to study the impact of changes in mental health policies, changes in delivery systems, financial policy changes, or other new or changed policies on the cost, quality of care, and outcomes for persons with mental disorders. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-050.html

Methods for Prevention Packages Program (MP3). NIAID, NIMH. Deadline: 8/25/08. Synopsis: Supports multidisciplinary research programs that (1) devise optimal HIV prevention packages for specific populations, (2) design clinical studies to rigorously examine the safety and efficacy of these “packages” in the target population, and (3) perform pilot studies to demonstrate that the proposed prevention package is acceptable to the target population and the study design is appropriate and feasible. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-044.html

Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (CJ-DATS 2). NIDA. Deadline: 8/28/08. Synopsis: The goal of this cooperative research program is to develop and test systems-level models that integrate public health and public safety approaches for criminal justice-involved adults and adolescents with drug abuse and addictive disorders. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-006.html

Network(s) for Developing PTSD Risk Assessment Tools. NIMH, VA. Deadline: 8/29/08. Synopsis: Invites research grant applications for teams of investigators to conduct exploratory studies combining, weighting, and sequencing measures of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) risk with the goal of differentiating trauma survivors who will recover naturally from those who will develop enduring symptoms and PTSD. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-060.html

Cooperative Agreement for Improving the Legal Preparedness of the Public Health System. CDC. Deadline: 8/29/08. Synopsis: Funds a cooperative agreement for the strategic purpose of improving the legal preparedness of the public health system nationally and, specifically, for assisting public health-related professions focused on strengthening their capacity to apply law as a tool for improving the health of the public through prevention and health promotion. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PR08-801.htm

Grants for Injury Control Research Centers. NCIPC/CDC. Deadline: 9/1/08. Synopsis: CDC is interested in receiving center grant applications that address the prevention and control of injuries and violence in a non-occupational setting. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CE09-001.htm

Considerations for the Safe and Effective Use of Iron Interventions in Areas of High Malaria Burden. NICHD, ODS. Deadline: 9/9/08. Synopsis: The goal of this FOA is to develop new knowledge to support the development of an evidence-based program to improve global policy and guide the implementation of programs designed to prevent and treat iron deficiency disorders. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-028.html

Medications Development for Cannabis-Related Disorders. NIDA. Deadline: 9/10/08. Synopsis: Supports research studies that focus on the identification, and preclinical and clinical evaluation of medications that can be safe and effective for the treatment of cannabis-use and -induced disorders, as well as their medical and psychiatric consequences. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-001.html

Novel NeuroAIDS Therapies: Integrated Preclinical/Clinical Program (IPCP). NIMH. Deadline: 9/12/08. Synopsis: This funding opportunity announcement fosters bench to bedside research comprised of preclinical research, studies on translational animal models, and pilot clinical projects. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-040.html

Optimizing Technologies for the Preservation of Fertility. NICHD, NCI. Deadline: 9/16/08. Synopsis: Solicits applications that propose to develop or enhance technologies designed to increase the fertility preservation options for individuals who are or may become infertile secondary to chronic disease or disease treatment, exposure to environmental or occupational hazards, advanced reproductive age, or genetic predisposition. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-105.html

Probes and Instrumentation for Monitoring and Manipulating Nervous System Plasticity. NIH. Deadline: 9/16/08. Synopsis: This FOA will focus on the development of tools or techniques that will significantly advance the current state of the art in neuroplasticity research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-030.html

Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research. NIMH. Deadline: 9/23/08. Synopsis: The Conte Centers program is intended to support research demonstrating an extraordinary level of synergy, integration, and potential for advancing the state of the field; this program is intended only for projects that could not be achieved by using other, more standard grant mechanisms. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-194.html

Molecular Libraries Screening Instrumentation. NIH. Deadline: 10/2/08. Synopsis: Invites research applications to develop and evaluate in a large-scale screening center environment innovative instrumentation to accelerate the pace and maximize the efficiency of small molecule high throughput screening. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-020.html

Development of New Technologies Needed for Studying the Human Microbiome. NIH. Deadline: 10/2/08. Synopsis: The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to develop new and improved technologies for obtaining samples of individual microbial isolates or strains, from the human microbiota, suitable for complete genomic sequence analysis. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-026.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-027.html (R21)

Targeted Approaches to Weight Control for Young Adults. NHLBI. Deadline: 10/10/08. Synopsis: Solicits cooperative agreement (U01) applications to conduct two-phase clinical research studies to develop, refine, and test innovative behavioral and/or environmental approaches for weight control in young adults at high risk for weight gain. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-007.html

Immune Defense Mechanisms at the Mucosa. NIAID. Deadline: 10/15/08. Synopsis: Invites applications to study immune defense mechanisms and immune regulation at mucosal surfaces including the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tracts. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-020.html

Functional Characterization of Genetic Variants and Interactions: The Genes, Environment and Health Initiative. NIDA. Deadline: 10/17/08. Synopsis: Encourages functional characterization of genetic variants that have been statistically nominated to be associated with a particular outcome through common, complex disease gene discovery approaches, such as genome-wide association studies, candidate gene approaches, or sequencing studies. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-004.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-09-003.html (R21)

Mechanisms of Immune Modulation. NCCAM, NCI. Deadline: 10/17/08. Synopsis: Encourages mechanistic studies of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modalities believed to modulate immune function. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-08-003.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AT-08-004.html (R21)

Developmental Origins of Altered Lung Physiology and Immune Function. NHLBI. Deadline: 10/21/08. Synopsis: Supports research that will enhance the understanding of how the pre- and postnatal environments affect the interplay of the lung and immune system during development resulting in sustained changes in lung physiology and immune function that compromise respiratory health and outcomes. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-08-009.html

Centers for Innovation in Membrane Protein Production for Structure Determination. NIGMS. Deadline: 10/21/08. Synopsis: The goal of the Centers will be the development of innovative tools and methods to produce functional membrane proteins for structural studies. Centers should involve multiple, diverse, and cooperating investigators who bring together innovative combinations of scientific disciplines. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-019.html

Adverse Metabolic Side Effects of Second Generation Psychotropic Medications Leading to Obesity and Increased Diabetes Risk. NIDDK, NIMH. Deadline: 10/22/08. Synopsis: Invites applications for studies examining the adverse metabolic effects of psychotropic medications in animal models and across the human lifespan. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-160.html

Research on Causal Factors and Interventions that Promote and Support the Careers of Women in Biomedical and Behavioral Science and Engineering. NIH. Deadline: 10/22/08. Synopsis: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research on: 1) causal factors explaining the current patterns observed in the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral science and engineering and variation across different subgroups and 2) the efficacy of programs designed to support the careers of women in these disciplines. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-012.html

NIGMS National Centers for Systems Biology (P50). Deadline: 10/24/08. Synopsis: The goal of the program is to promote institutional development of pioneering research, research training, and outreach programs focused on systems-level inquiries of biomedical questions within the NIGMS mission. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-009.html

Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study Centers of Excellence. NIGMS. Deadline: 10/24/08. Synopsis: The overall objective of MIDAS is the coordination of a cadre of multidisciplinary scientists conducting computational and mathematical research to improve the ability to detect, control, and prevent emerging infectious diseases caused by naturally occurring or intentionally released pathogens, including those relevant to biodefense. The Centers will address four major thematic areas – infectious disease research; computational, statistical, and mathematical research; education and outreach; and public health policy. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-003.html

Epigenomics of Human Health and Disease. NIH. Deadline: 10/28/08. Synopsis: NIH invites applications that propose research to transform our understanding of the epigenetic contributions to human disease. Studies will characterize global (epigenome-wide) marks or features, and their possible interactions, in cells and tissues that are representative of various human disease states, conditions, or processes. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-017.html

Renewal of the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways Program. NIH. Deadline: 10/28/08. Synopsis: The goal of the program is to accelerate the progression of proteomics toward creation of dynamic functional models with temporal and spatial resolution rather than static interaction maps. Begun in 2004, the TCNP program is being renewed in an open competition. In phase II, the TCNP program will focus on the creation, broad application, and dissemination of instrumentation, biophysical methods, reagents, and infrastructure specifically focused on the problem of quantitative temporal and spatial characterization of protein interactions, activity, location, and modifications in networks and pathways. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-08-021.html

Development of Models to Forecast Medicare Expenditures. NIA. Deadline: 10/29/08. Synopsis: Solicits applications for research projects (R01) to develop models that forecast Medicare expenditures or provide insight into key aspects of the forecasting of Medicare expenditures (e.g. cost growth and population aging). URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-007.html

Development of New Tools for Cell Fate Determination and Tissue Homeostasis in the Aged. NIA. Deadline: 10/30/08. Synopsis: This FOA will support basic and applied exploratory/developmental research projects for the development of tools needed to determine cell life spans and cell fates in various tissues of aged mammals, specifically in humans or in model organisms. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-004.html

Sexually Transmitted Infections Cooperative Research Centers. NIAID. Deadline: 10/30/08. Synopsis: The purpose is to stimulate multidisciplinary, collaborative research that is focused on control and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, associated syndromes and other reproductive tract infections. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-004.html

Research on Interventions that Promote Research Careers. NIGMS. Deadline: 10/30/08. Synopsis: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support research that will test explicitly identified assumptions and hypotheses that undergird existing or potential interventions intended to increase interest, motivation and preparedness for careers in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular interest in those interventions specifically designed to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups entering careers in biomedical and behavioral research. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-GM-09-011.html

Social Neuroscience of Aging. NIA. Deadline: 10/31/08. Synopsis: NIA invites R01 applications for research examining the neurobiological and genetic foundations and correlates of social behaviors and social relationships of relevance to aging, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms and pathways linking social behaviors and social relationships to the physical health, functionality, and psychological well-being of middle-aged and older adults. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-006.html

Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging. NIA. Deadline: 10/31/08. Synopsis: The Roybal Centers are intended to improve the health, well being, and productivity of older people, through the translation of basic behavioral and social sciences research. Translation is defined in this announcement as research that moves basic research findings towards the development of programs or tools to be used at the individual and population levels to improve the health, well being, or productivity of older people. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-008.html

Harnessing Inflammation for Reconstruction of Oral and Craniofacial Tissues. NIDCR. Deadline: 10/31/08. Synopsis: Requests applications that will elucidate the molecular mechanisms of resolution of acute and chronic inflammation, and will develop novel multidisciplinary approaches for predictable control and patterning of tissue inflammatory microenvironments. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-09-001.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-09-002.html (R21)

Interventions to Remediate Age-related Cognitive Decline. NIA. Deadline: 11/3/08. Synopsis: Solicits grant applications that propose to develop and pilot test innovative interventions to remediate age-related cognitive decline. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-009.html

Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging. NIA, ODS. Deadline: 11/3/08. Synopsis: This program provides three to five years of mentored career development support to clinically trained faculty members in strong research environments to enable them to gain skills and experience in aging research, under the guidance of a mentor or mentors, and to establish an independent program of research in this field. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-09-012.html

Highly Innovative Tactics to Interrupt Transmission of HIV (HIT-IT). NIAID. Deadline: 11/10/08. Synopsis: This FOA solicits R01 applications that aim to stimulate the discovery, design and early preclinical evaluation of highly innovative, risky but rational approaches that could provide long term protection from acquiring HIV infection. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-08-007.html

Studies of Antimicrobial and Prebiotic Activity of Oligosaccharides. NICHD. Deadline: 11/14/08. Synopsis: The goal of this FOA is to stimulate research on how oligosaccharides prevent enteric infections and to develop a new class of antimicrobial therapy to prevent or treat enteric bacterial or viral infections. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-004.html

Measures and Determinants of Smokeless Tobacco Use, Prevention, and Cessation. NCI, NIDCR. Deadline: 11/24/08. Synopsis: Encourages the submission of research grant applications from scientists who propose to study the factors that mediate initiation, use, and cessation of smokeless tobacco, to understand the relationship of smokeless tobacco with other tobacco products, and to develop methods for studying smokeless tobacco products and related behaviors in humans. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-024.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-025.html (R21)

Improving Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Interventions and Programs in Low Income Adult Populations. NCI, NIDA. Deadline: 11/24/08. Synopsis: Encourages research grant applications for projects designed to improve outcomes of smoking cessation in low income adult populations within the United States. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-022.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-08-023.html (R21)

Implementation Planning Grants for Educational, Behavioral, or Social Studies for Translation of Genetic Factors in Common Diseases. NIDDK. Deadline: 11/25/08. Synopsis: NIDDK solicits U34 applications that propose to plan for multicenter research on a) educational and communication initiatives for health care providers and consumers regarding interpretation of and findings from genetic studies of common diseases and the results of their dissemination and b) behavioral or psychosocial aspects of clinical application of genetic findings. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-003.html

Translation of Common Disease Genetics into Clinical Applications. NIDDK. Deadline: 11/25/08. Synopsis: NIDDK solicit R21 applications that propose a) clinical studies using information from genome wide association or other genetic studies in common diseases; b) development and assessment of diagnostic, clinical trial, epidemiologic and risk analytic tools for use in clinical research or practice; and c) cost-effectiveness studies of clinical applications of genetic information. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-08-004.html

Multi-Drug Combinations to Promote Neurological Recovery in Traumatic Brain Injury. NICHD, NINDS. Deadline: 11/28/08. Synopsis: Solicits research applications proposing preclinical studies using multi-drug therapies to attenuate neurological injury and/or to enhance recovery after traumatic brain injury. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-003.html

Preterm Birth in Nulliparous Women: An Understudied Population at Great Risk. NICHD. Deadline: 3/18/09. Synopsis: The purpose of this solicitation is to create a network of clinical research sites with a Data Coordinating and Analysis Center to develop common research protocols to study nulliparous women. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-08-029.html

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases. NIDDK. Deadline: 3/24/09. Synopsis: The purpose of the program is to provide support to enable strong investigative teams to do inter- and/or trans-disciplinary research on a complex problem in biomedical science relevant to Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-182.html

Pilot studies in Pancreatic Cancer. NCI. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports research across multiple disciplines for a better understanding of the biology, etiology, detection, prevention, and treatment of pancreatic cancer. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-209.html (R03), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-208.html (R21)

Diet-Induced Changes in Inflammation as Determinants of Colon Cancer. NCI. Deadline: Open. Encourages the submission of grant applications that describe research projects focused on the identification and characterization of diet-induced changes in inflammation linked to colon cancer risks. Synopsis: URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-210.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-211.html (R21)

Integrating Biobehavioral and Sociocultural Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Requests grant applications to develop theoretically grounded approaches to prevention of HIV infection and transmission that incorporate biobehavioral approaches in studies that are culturally appropriate. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-188.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-189.html (R21)

Investigations on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: NIAID, NICHD, NINDS, and NIDDK will co-sponsor this FOA to support innovative investigations in primary immunodeficiency diseases with a focus on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with existing or new animal models. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-206.html

Meetings, Conferences, and Networks for Research Partnerships to Improve Functional Outcomes. NICHD, NEI, NHLBI, NIDCD, NIMH, NINDS. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Solicits R13/U13 applications for meetings and networks that will facilitate interdisciplinary research partnership among investigators. The goal is to create opportunities for forming strong and effective multi-disciplinary scientific teams to address basic, translational, or clinical research problems in rehabilitation or management of chronic disease, including mental disorders. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-207.html

Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. NIH, CDC. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Candidates eligible for support under this supplement program include individuals at various career levels who come from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in science. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-190.html

Geographic and Contextual Influences on Energy Balance-Related Health Behaviors. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Encourages the submission of grant applications that propose hypothesis-driven projects exploring associations between the built environment, other contextual features of where people of all ages live and work and health behaviors related to energy balance. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-192.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-193.html (R21)

Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers. NIH. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Provides administrative supplements to research grants to support individuals with high potential to re-enter an active research career after a qualifying interruption for family or other responsibilities. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-191.html

Exploratory/Developmental Grant for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Studies using Cells, Tissues, and Animal Models of Disease. NCCAM, NCI, ODS. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Encourages research grant applications that propose to carry out basic and/or preclinical research on CAM using cells, cell lines, tissues, cadavers, or animal model systems with an aim to understand the mechanisms of action of a CAM modality. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-185.html

Medications Development for Polydrug Addiction Treatment. NIDA. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: NIDA is seeking medication discovery and development research grant applications focused on the treatment of patients who are simultaneously addicted to multiple substances, including alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs and/or prescription drugs. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-08-186.html (R01), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-08-187.html (R21)

Resource Program Grants in Bioformatics. NICHD. Deadline: Open. Synopsis: Supports the continued operation, improvement, and dissemination of databases, digital information, or software tools that are unique, and of special importance to research using animal models of embryonic developmental processes. URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-180.html

Interior Department

Coastal Program. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: If you are interested in exploring the possibility of pursuing a cooperative agreement for habitat assessment, protection, and/or restoration, or simply receiving technical advice, the first step is to contact your local Coastal Program coordinator. URL: http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal/viewContent.do?viewPage=home

U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: This announcement is for USFWS Region 9. Projects should address one or more of the following strategies: a) population surveys, monitoring, and assessments b) applied research, including, and c) compilation of technical information into Focal Species Action Plans and other strategic planning documents. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Japan-United States Friendship Commission

Grant Program. Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: Dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the U.S. and Japan. Offers grants in four areas: Japanese Studies in the United States, Public Affairs/Education, The Study of the United States in Japan, and The Arts. URL: http://www.jusfc.gov/grants.asp

Justice Department

NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship 2009. National Institute of Justice. Deadline: 11/21/08. Synopsis: This annual program provides assistance to universities for dissertation research support to outstanding doctoral students undertaking independent research on issues related to crime and justice. URL: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000836.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008. Deadline: Varies. Synopsis: Proposal due dates are scheduled starting on May 9, 2008, and continue through March 27, 2009. The NASA Research Announcement for ROSES-2008 solicits proposals for supporting basic and applied research and technology across a broad range of Earth and space science program elements relevant to one or more of the following NASA Research Programs: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics. URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=16641, http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/solicitations.do?method=init&stack=push

Research Opportunities in Aeronautics - 2008. Deadline: Varies. Synopsis: This NASA Research Announcement solicits fundamental research proposals for the four programs within Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate: the Airspace Systems Program, the Aviation Safety Program, the Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the Aeronautics Test Program. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 7/29/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is SMAP Science Definition Team. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 7/30/08. Synopsis: Program areas with this deadline are Sample Return Laboratory Instruments and Data Analysis, and Advanced Component Technology. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/8/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Planetary Mission Data Analysis. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/13/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Decision Support through Earth Science Research Results. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/15/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Decision Support through Planetary Instrument Definition and Development. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/19/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study - Water Quality. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/22/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Mars Data Analysis. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Program areas with this deadline are Earth Science Applications Feasibility Studies and Applied Information Systems Research. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 8/29/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Advanced Information Systems Technology. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 9/5/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Planetary Protection Research. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

Ground-Based Studies in Radiation Biology. Deadline: 9/5/08. Synopsis: This NRA jointly solicits ground-based, bedrest definition and flight definition proposals for the Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Proposals are solicited by the HRP in the areas of Behavioral Health and Performance, Muscle, Sensorimotor and Space Human Factors. In addition, proposals are solicited by the NSBRI in the areas of Cardiovascular Alterations, Human Factors and Performance, Musculoskeletal Alterations, Neurobehavioral and Psychosocial Factors, Sensorimotor and Smart Medical Systems and Technology. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 9/19/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Planetary Protection Research. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Earth Science for Decision Making: Gulf of Mexico Region. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

ROSES 2008. Deadline: 10/2/08. Synopsis: Program area with this deadline is Terrestrial Ecology. URL: http://nspires.nasaprs.com/

National Archives and Records Administration

Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: Seeks proposals to develop new strategies and tools that can improve the preservation, public discovery, or use of historical records. Projects may also focus on techniques and tools that will improve the professional performance and effectiveness of those who work with such records. Projects concerning records may focus on methods of working with any format including born-digital records. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/strategies-oct.html

Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: Seeks proposals to improve the training and education of professionals in the archival and historical publishing communities. Projects can be for professional education curriculum development; for basic and advanced institutes; or research seminars. Surveys, focus groups, and other activities to understand these professions and their educational and training needs are also eligible. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/development-oct.html

National Endowment for the Humanities

Humanities Collections and Resources. Deadline: 7/31/08. Synopsis: Combines support for activities that were funded previously through two separate grant categories: Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections and Reference Materials Grants. The program also provides support for activities funded previously through the Division’s Research and Development category. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Collections_and_Resources.html

America's Media Makers. Development Grants. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Development grants enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop the humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_development.html

Interpreting America's Historic Places Implementation Grants. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Grants support public humanities projects that exploit the evocative power of historic places to address themes and issues central to American history and culture, including those that advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped American history and culture. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IAHP_Implementation.html

Interpreting America's Historic Places Planning Grants. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Grants support public humanities projects that exploit the evocative power of historic places to address themes and issues central to American history and culture, including those that advance knowledge of how the founding principles of the United States have shaped American history and culture. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/IAHP_Planning.html

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation Grants. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_ImplementationGuidelines.html

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants. Deadline: 8/27/08. Synopsis: Grants support traveling or long-term museum exhibitions, library-based projects, interpretation of historic places or areas, interpretive Web sites, or other project formats that creatively engage audiences in exploring humanities ideas and questions. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html

Picturing America School Collaboration Projects. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: Invites proposals for projects that foster collaboration between K-12 educators and humanities scholars to encourage engagement with the rich resources of American art to tell America’s story. URL: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/PASCP.html

National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Grants. Deadline: 10/1/08. Synopsis: NHPRC supports projects that promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage essential to understanding our democracy, history, and culture. NHPRC requests proposals for these programs: Archives - Basic Projects, Archives - Detailed Projects, Historical Editing Fellowships, and Publishing Historical Records. URL: http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/

National Science Foundation

For other NSF program deadlines, see NSF funding opportunities by due date: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=date

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. Deadline: 7/22/08 for BIO, CISE, EHR; 7/23/08 for ENG; 7/24/08 for GEO, MPS, SBE, OPP. Synopsis: CAREER is a Foundation-wide activity that offers NSF's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503214

Physics of Living Systems (PoLS). Deadline: 7/31/08. Synopsis: PoLS will encourage research that will emphasize the physical principles of organization and function of living systems, including the exploration of artificial life forms. While the problems under study must be important to advancing our understanding of the living world in a quantitative way, particular emphasis will be placed on those projects in which lessons learned from the biological application also expand the intellectual range of physics. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6673

Science, Technology, and Society (STS). Deadline: 8/1/08. Synopsis: STS considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5324

Advances in Biological Informatics (ABI). Deadline: 8/12/08. Synopsis: Seeks to encourage new approaches to the analysis and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit of both the scientific community and the broader public. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5444

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS). Deadline: 8/16/08. Synopsis: The MMS Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5421

Chemistry Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Deadline: 8/18/08. Synopsis: The REU program supports active research participation by undergraduate students. The NSF Division of Chemistry funds about 20-25 REU Sites a year as part of the NSF-wide REU activity. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503210

George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Operations (NEES Ops). Deadline: 9/3/08 for letters of intent. Synopsis: The Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation in the Directorate for Engineering is soliciting proposals for network-wide leadership, management, operations, and maintenance of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2014. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503259

Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR). Deadline: 9/5/08. Synopsis: IDBR supports the development of novel instrumentation or instrumentation that has been significantly improved by at least an order of magnitude or more in fundamental aspects. Supported instruments are expected to have a significant impact on the study of biological systems at any level. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=9187

Expeditions in Computing. Deadline: 9/10/08 for preliminary proposals. Synopsis: Provides the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. Investigators are encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to combine their creative talents in the identification of compelling, transformative research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503169

CISE Computing Research Infrastructure (CRI). Deadline: 9/22/08. Synopsis: The CRI program drives discovery and learning in the computing disciplines by supporting the creation, enhancement and operation of world-class computing research infrastructure. Further, through the CRI program CISE seeks to ensure that individuals from a diverse range of academic institutions, including minority-serving and predominantly undergraduate institutions, have access to such infrastructure. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12810

Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (TAMOP). Deadline: 9/24/08. Synopsis: Supports theoretical and computational research in all areas of atomic structure, the molecular structure of small molecules, electron, and atomic collisions, photoionization and photodetachment of electrons from atoms and small molecules, time-dependent interactions with atoms and small molecules, quantum optics, ultracold phenomena in Bose and Fermi gases, and quantum information. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503273

CreativeIT. Deadline: 9/26/08. Synopsis: Solicits proposals for projects that explore synergistic cross disciplinary research in creativity and computer science and information technology. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501096

Arctic Observing Network (AON). Deadline: 9/30/08. Synopsis: Invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals for projects that will contribute to the further development of the AON and enable the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503222

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF). Deadline: 10/8/08. Synopsis: The program supports researchers for a period of up to three years with fellowships that may be taken to eligible host institution(s) of their choice. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5291

Changing Seasonality in the Arctic System (CSAS). Deadline: 10/10/08. Synopsis: Interdisciplinary proposals are sought that employ field studies, retrospective investigation, modeling, or synthesis to explore how changes in succession (here, the sequence, nature, and timing of critical seasonal events, to include but not be limited to ecological succession) affect the linkages between, and feedbacks among, components and processes of the arctic system, thus altering the characteristics and functioning of the system as a whole. URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503195

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF). Deadline: 10/15/08. Synopsis: Supports future leaders in the mathematical sciences by enabling them to participate in research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development. There will be two options for awardees: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5301

Multicore Chip Design and Architecture (MCDA). NSF and Semiconductor Research Corporation. Deadline: 10/13/08. Synopsis: Novel research is needed on design, fabrication, architecture and programmability of homogeneous as well as heterogeneous multicore systems that will address virtually all hardware and software aspects of computing system design. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503278

Plasma Physics. Deadline: 10/22/08. Synopsis: Funds research in the fundamental physics of plasmas. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503252

Global Climate Change Education (GCCE). Deadline: 10/24/08. Synopsis: The GCCE project is designed to improve the quality of global climate change and Earth system science education at the elementary, secondary, and undergraduate levels. Each funded proposal is expected to take advantage of NASA’s unique contributions in climate science to enhance students’ academic experiences and/or to improve educators’ abilities to engage and stimulate their students. URL: http://www07.grants.gov/

Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS): Core Programs. Deadline: 10/31/08 for medium projects, 11/28/08 for large projects, 12/17/08 for small projects. Synopsis: Supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Human-Centered Computing program; The Information Integration and Informatics program; and The Robust Intelligence program. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13707

Computer and Network Systems (CNS): Core Programs. Deadline: 10/31/08 for medium projects, 11/28/08 for large projects, 12/17/08 for small projects. Synopsis: Supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in two core programs: The Computer Systems Research (CSR) program; and The Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12765

Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF): Core Programs. Deadline: 10/31/08 for medium projects, 11/28/08 for large projects, 12/17/08 for small projects. Synopsis: Supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in three core programs: The Algorithmic Foundations program; The Communications and Information Foundations program; and The Software and Hardware Foundations program. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503220

CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2009 and FY 2010. Deadline: 10/31/08 for medium projects, 11/28/08 for large projects, 12/17/08 for small projects. Synopsis: The cross-cutting programs for FY 2009 and 2010 are: Data-intensive Computing; Network Science and Engineering; and Trustworthy Computing. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13451

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG). Deadline: 11/21/08. Synopsis: These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of research. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering (REESE). Deadline: 11/21/08. Synopsis: The program aims at advancing research at the frontiers of STEM learning, education, and evaluation, and at providing the foundational knowledge necessary to improve STEM teaching and learning at all educational levels and in all settings. This solicitation calls for three types of proposals--Knowledge Diffusion, Empirical Research, and Large Empirical Research. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13667

Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP). Deadline: 12/16/08. Synopsis: The SciSIP program underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models, analytic tools and datasets designed to inform the nation’s public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501084

Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes. Deadline: 2/27/09. Synopsis: This program enables large-scale group efforts that involve broad segments of the scientific community. Projects supported by this program must involve the mathematical sciences in a significant way and have the scope to justify the funding, duration, and infrastructure of an institute. URL: http://nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5302

Transportation Department

Passenger Protection In Rail Transit Vehicles. Federal Transit Administration. Deadline: 8/11/08. Synopsis: The FTA requests proposals from public entities that will ultimately result in the award of one or more cooperative agreements to improve passenger protection in rail transit vehicle collisions and identify interior feature designs or configurations that minimize passenger injuries in secondary impact scenarios. URL: http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_7829.html

Research Hybrid Fuel Technology Transit System. Federal Transit Administration. Deadline: 8/15/08. Synopsis: DOT requests proposals from public entities that will ultimately result in the award of one or more cooperative agreements to demonstrate, in revenue service, small transit vehicles employing a hybrid propulsion system. For this project, small transit vehicles are defined as less than 30’ in length. The demonstration project will support the development and analysis of advanced propulsion technologies for small transit vehicles. Due to legislative restraints, in addition to the national goals, the project must benefit the state of California specifically. URL: http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_7829.html

Demonstration Projects and Technology Advancements for Railroad PTC/Communication R&D Program. Federal Railroad Administration. Deadline: 9/30/08 for concept papers. Synopsis: Solicits demonstrations of various technology advancements or techniques, related to advanced train control, dispatching system, and train operation, that can enhance the safety, capacity and efficiency of U.S. rail service. URL: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/918

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