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Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE) |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Note: NSF does not consider proposals for medical research. The EESE program will not consider proposals focused on ethics for medical students or in medical education. The EESE program does, however, encourage proposals that address ethical issues related to medical informatics or systems engineering. EESE will not consider proposals that will start or provide incremental improvements to formal or informal educational activities responsive to Federal mandates for research integrity or human-subjects training requirements.
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Notice of Intent Deadline of Nov 17, 2011 Has Passed — [All slots are filled]
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Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
The EESE program aims to deepen the understanding of ethical dilemmas in science and engineering, and provide cutting edge, effective research and educational materials to train the next generation of scientists and engineers. The EESE program accepts proposals for innovative research and educational projects to improve ethics education in all of the fields of science and engineering that NSF supports, including within interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and international contexts. Proposals must focus on improving ethics education for graduate students in those fields or on developing summer post-baccalaureate ethics-education activities or other activities that transition students from undergraduate to graduate education. The Principal Investigator team should be truly multi-disciplinary, and involve people with different disciplinary backgrounds.
The program will entertain proposals in graduate ethics education in science and engineering generally and will continue to support exploration of new ethical questions in engineering, biology, computer science, and other fields. Priority areas include but are not limited to:
- global/international challenges in science and engineering ethics;
- a general framework for the ethics of emerging technologies;
- issues of privacy and confidentiality in relation to data mining;
- fields for which there are few resources in ethics education or research;
- ethical issues related to robotics;
- intersection of the choices that society makes between natural resource development and utilization (e.g., energy sources) and environmental consequences;
- ethical issues associated with natural hazards, risk management, decision-making and the role of scientists in defining and negotiating the consequences of natural hazards in the face of scientific uncertainties.
Proposals should contribute to a theory of ethics education in science and engineering-one that addresses the individual motivators, societal incentives, and cultural beliefs that lead to ethical dilemmas. Many forms of expertise (e.g. philosophy, social science, engineering, life sciences) have contributed to the study of ethics in science and engineering. This diverse and often separate research provides an important empirical base that researchers can use to develop a theoretical approach to ethics education. The EESE program welcomes proposals that aim to contribute to theory building as part of the proposed research or education project.
The EESE program is interested in encouraging innovative research and education projects likely to create long-term improvement in ethics education for graduate students in science and engineering. EESE invites proposals for research projects, education projects, and combinations of the two.
Research projects that examine ethics education for graduate students in science and engineering are eligible for consideration in EESE. Research projects should suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially transformative concepts. Projects can include qualitative and/or quantitative approaches. The expectation is that project results will help in developing better ethics-education programs for graduate students; thus, proposals should specify plans to deliver findings to appropriate research and educational communities and assist them to implement projects or programs based on the findings. Research projects may also include a focus on ethical issues arising in educational research or in ethics education for graduate students. An example of such a context would be educating students with diverse cultural backgrounds. Proposals that focus on international topics should empirically explore different national practices, and not assume that one country's viewpoint or practices are superior to another.
Education projects must be based on research findings or theory that indicate successful ways to enhance ethics education for graduate students. They may include a wide range of activities such as mentoring programs, infrastructure-development activities, faculty capacity-building activities, training of postdoctoral fellows to implement programs, and graduate-student involvement in program development. The EESE program encourages applicants who think creatively about ethics education, and go well beyond standard approaches such as developing online modules, providing students with a series of scenarios and having a discussion about them, or holding workshops and seminars with invited speakers, and then asking students to rate the activities on a survey form. Projects to develop and test creative, new materials or tools or teaching techniques are also eligible. Such materials or tools should go beyond existing materials; they should take ethics education into new pedagogical strategies or topics.
A common, often-effective approach in educational projects is to develop graduate-student programs. Another approach may focus on improving the ability of faculty to mentor students or create ethics-education programs and materials in collaboration with graduate students. A national or international training activity for graduate students would be yet another appropriate strategy.
EESE education projects should test the feasibility and effectiveness of their activities or programs in more than one institution, incorporate ways to diffuse project activities even further, and evaluate project effectiveness, including assessment of expected student outcomes. Proposals are expected to include substantial and persuasive information about how this will be done. Proposals should specify plans to disseminate findings widely. Collaborations with appropriate professional associations are encouraged in this regard.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11514/nsf11514.htm
Submission Limits
An eligible organization may submit only one proposal as the lead organization. Organizations submitting more than one proposal as the lead organization will be notified and given one week from notification to select one proposal for consideration. If one is not selected in that time period, all of those proposals will be returned without review. There is no limit on the number of proposals under which an organization may be included as a non-lead collaborator or sub-awardee.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 17, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 18, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 2, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Nuclear Energy University Programs - General Scientific Infrastructure Support |
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United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
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DOE anticipates awarding grants under this FOA. Given the extreme uncertainty of the FY 2012 Budget, DOE is not providing funding estimates at this time. The award ceiling is up to $300,000 (including cost match) As noted above, the DOE budget is very uncertain. However, at this time, DOE anticipates making numerous awards, depending on the quality of the submissions and funding availability. DOE anticipates the awards will be in the $150,000 to $300,000 range for the total project period. DOE anticipates making awards with an estimated project period of one year. Additional time, if needed, may be requested and justified in the application. Cost sharing is encouraged, but not required. Additional funding provided by DOE will be directly proportional to the university cost match (1:1) up to a DOE maximum of $50,000 for installation and/or facility upgrades directly supportive of the equipment indicated in the application. The award ceiling of $300,000 includes this $50,000 cost match.
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Nuclear Energy University Programs - General Scientific Infrastructure Support
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United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is seeking proposals for equipment and instrumentation infrastructure to support nuclear energy-related engineering and science teaching and research laboratories. Funds available in response to this FOA are restricted to equipment or activities supporting research, teaching and education. Applications for equipment that increases operational profit are not allowed.
The infrastructure requested by a university should be individual, discrete, and definable items or capabilities that will support, maintain, or enhance the university's or college's capacity to attract and teach high quality students interested in nuclear energy-related studies; build the university's or college's NS&E basic research or education capabilities; or enhance the university's or college's capability to perform R&D that is relevant to DOE-NE's R&D mission.
Under this FOA, applications can be submitted for all equipment and instrumentation and associated facility upgrades requests that support nuclear energy-related R&D or education. This includes, but is not limited to, equipment and instrumentation for specialized facilities, classrooms and laboratories, and non-reactor NS&E research. Infrastructure requests that support the sharing and use of equipment and instrumentation by multiple campuses of a university or multiple universities are encouraged. Equipment and associated upgrades specifically for research reactors are the subject of a separate FOA (DE-FOA-0000614).
More Information
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=129293
Submission Limits
Only one application can be submitted in response to this FOA and in accordance with the requirements set forth in this announcement. The application may include multiple pieces of equipment that are needed to support the University's nuclear energy-related capabilities.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Dec 2, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN): A Competition to Reconfigure the NCN - Cyber Platform Proposals |
NSF 12-504 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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The Cyber Platform award will be submitted as a single university proposal with no partner universities or other institutions. The PI of the Cyber Platform proposal and the Node proposals must be tenured faculty members at the lead university of each proposal. The PI and co-PI(s) on the full proposal must be the same as those named in the Letter of Intent. An investigator may serve as PI or co-PI on only one proposal, either the Cyber Platform or one of the Node proposals.
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Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN): A Competition to Reconfigure the NCN - Cyber Platform Proposals
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
NSF established the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) in 2002 at Purdue University as part of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The NCN was established as a service facility to offer researchers the tools to explore nanoscale phenomena through theory, modeling, and simulation while also developing enhancements to science and engineering education. Through its cyber platform, nanoHUB.org, NCN has become a powerful resource for the worldwide nanoscience and nanoengineering community and currently serves over 170,000 researchers, educators, students, and other professionals worldwide.
NSF's NCN award expires in September 2012. Through this solicitation, NSF provides an opportunity for the broader community to compete to reconfigure the NCN. The configuration of the new Network for Computational Nanotechnology will be restructured as a stand alone Cyber Platform awardee, which will provide computation, simulation and educational services to the nanoscience and engineering communities, including the current nanoHUB tools and educational materials. This platform will be funded by one award to a single university. Linked to that platform will be three new Nodes that will develop new tools and content that will be delivered to Cyber Platform for worldwide dissemination. NSF will fund the Cyber Platform and these new Nodes through four separate awards, which will be joined through their respective cooperative agreements to constitute the new reconfigured NCN.
The goals of the reconfigured NCN will continue to be those of the original NCN to (1) engage an ever-larger and more diverse cyber community sharing novel, high-quality nanoscale computation and simulation research and educational resources; (2) accelerate the transformation of nanoscience to nanotechnology through the integration of simulation with experimentation; (3) develop open-source software to stimulate data sharing; and (4) inspire and educate the next generation workforce.
The new content development Nodes will combine theory and experimentation to develop the computation and simulation tools, and educational materials for delivery on the Cyber Platform. The new content development Node areas will be as follows:
1. NanoBIO - Create integrated computational tools to simulate biological phenomena across length scales, for the design of devices and systems.
2. NanoMFG - Computation and simulation software to address the challenges of scaling up nanoscale in manufacturing.
3. Nano-Engineered Electronic Device Simulation Node (NEEDS) - Computation and simulation tools to facilitate the development of nanoelectronic-based circuits, devices, and systems.
Proposals will be accepted only for the Nodes defined above and any proposal for another Node content area will be returned without review.
There will be one award per Node and the configuration of each Node may involve more than one university. By linking these NCN Nodes to the NCN Cyber Platform, the result will be a comprehensive and integrated service delivery system, which links theory, simulation, and experimentation to continue to strengthen and support nanoscience and nanoengineering research and education.
This support is provided by the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG), the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI). The participating NSF components are the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems; Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation; Division of Engineering Education and Centers; and Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems in ENG; the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations in CISE; and OCI.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504704
Submission Limits
A university may submit only one Cyber Platform proposal.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 28, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 9, 2011 |
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Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN): A Competition to Reconfigure the NCN - Node Proposal |
NSF 12-504 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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For the Node proposals, the lead university may be joined by a small number of partner domestic universities/institutions (e.g. federal labs) but may not be joined by foreign universities/institutions. It should be noted that a multi-university configuration is not required (if a partner is a Federal lab, NSF funds cannot be used to support the laboratory). If a multi-university proposal is submitted, the lead university must submit the proposal. Separately submitted collaborative proposals are not acceptable and will be returned without review.
The PI of the Cyber Platform proposal and the Node proposals must be tenured faculty members at the lead university of each proposal. The PI and co-PI(s) on the full proposal must be the same as those named in the Letter of Intent. An investigator may serve as PI or co-PI on only one proposal, either the Cyber Platform or one of the Node proposals.
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Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN): A Competition to Reconfigure the NCN - Node Proposal
Agencies
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
NSF established the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) in 2002 at Purdue University as part of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The NCN was established as a service facility to offer researchers the tools to explore nanoscale phenomena through theory, modeling, and simulation while also developing enhancements to science and engineering education. Through its cyber platform, nanoHUB.org, NCN has become a powerful resource for the worldwide nanoscience and nanoengineering community and currently serves over 170,000 researchers, educators, students, and other professionals worldwide.
NSF's NCN award expires in September 2012. Through this solicitation, NSF provides an opportunity for the broader community to compete to reconfigure the NCN. The configuration of the new Network for Computational Nanotechnology will be restructured as a stand alone Cyber Platform awardee, which will provide computation, simulation and educational services to the nanoscience and engineering communities, including the current nanoHUB tools and educational materials. This platform will be funded by one award to a single university. Linked to that platform will be three new Nodes that will develop new tools and content that will be delivered to Cyber Platform for worldwide dissemination. NSF will fund the Cyber Platform and these new Nodes through four separate awards, which will be joined through their respective cooperative agreements to constitute the new reconfigured NCN.
The goals of the reconfigured NCN will continue to be those of the original NCN to (1) engage an ever-larger and more diverse cyber community sharing novel, high-quality nanoscale computation and simulation research and educational resources; (2) accelerate the transformation of nanoscience to nanotechnology through the integration of simulation with experimentation; (3) develop open-source software to stimulate data sharing; and (4) inspire and educate the next generation workforce.
The new content development Nodes will combine theory and experimentation to develop the computation and simulation tools, and educational materials for delivery on the Cyber Platform. The new content development Node areas will be as follows:
1. NanoBIO - Create integrated computational tools to simulate biological phenomena across length scales, for the design of devices and systems.
2. NanoMFG - Computation and simulation software to address the challenges of scaling up nanoscale in manufacturing.
3. Nano-Engineered Electronic Device Simulation Node (NEEDS) - Computation and simulation tools to facilitate the development of nanoelectronic-based circuits, devices, and systems.
Proposals will be accepted only for the Nodes defined above and any proposal for another Node content area will be returned without review.
There will be one award per Node and the configuration of each Node may involve more than one university. By linking these NCN Nodes to the NCN Cyber Platform, the result will be a comprehensive and integrated service delivery system, which links theory, simulation, and experimentation to continue to strengthen and support nanoscience and nanoengineering research and education.
This support is provided by the NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG), the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure (OCI). The participating NSF components are the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems; Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation; Division of Engineering Education and Centers; and Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems in ENG; the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations in CISE; and OCI.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504704
Submission Limits
A university may submit only one proposal per Node request in this solicitation. Therefore, one university might submit one Cyber Platform proposal and up to three separate Node proposals, but only one to each Node.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 28, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 9, 2011 |
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Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML) |
NSF 12-505 |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size are subject to the availability of funds. Proposals may request up to $350,000, except that requests for planning grants are limited to $25,000. The program expects to make, on an annual basis, approximately 15 - 20 new standard and continuing grants, of which 3 - 5 will be planning grants. The exact number of grants, and their durations, will depend on the quality of the proposals received, the size of the requests, and the availability of funds at NSF. The anticipated start date for awards is seven months from the annual deadline for receipt of proposals.
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Improvements in Facilities, Communications, and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSML)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Description
Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories (FSMLs) are off-campus facilities for research and education pertaining to physical and biological phenomena and organisms in the natural habitats of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. FSMLs support environmental and biological research and education by preserving access to study areas and organisms, by providing facilities and equipment in close proximity to those study areas, and by fostering an atmosphere of mutual scientific interest and collaboration in research and education. For FSMLs to fulfill their role in biological research and education, they must offer modern research and educational facilities, equipment, and communications and data management systems for a broad array of users. A significant fraction of the research and education projects that use the proposing facility as a platform for their execution should be in science and engineering fields eligible for support by the National Science Foundation.
In recognition of the continuing need for modern facilities and equipment at FSMLs, the NSF invites proposals that address the general goal of FSML improvement. Requests must fall exclusively into one of two classes: Improvement or Planning. Improvement proposals should focus on well-defined projects of major equipment acquisition, data management and communication systems modernization, or physical plant improvement. Planning proposals are for strategic institutional planning for the long term research and education goals of the station. In addition to a clear description of the proposed improvement or planning project, proposals are expected to present a compelling justification based on demonstrated need for the project, and a realistic appraisal of its potential impact on biological and environmental research and education activities at the proposing facility.
More Information
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5449&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Submission Limits
Only one proposal may be submitted on behalf of any single facility per round of the FSML competition. This limitation does not prevent a single institution from submitting more than one proposal, as long as each proposal is submitted on behalf of a different eligible facility.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 18, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 9, 2011 |
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N/A |
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Jan 17, 2012
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Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42) |
RFA-ES-12-003 |
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42)
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Description
The NIEHS is announcing the continuation of the Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program, referred to as Superfund Research Program (SRP) Centers. SRP Center grants will support problem-based, solution-oriented research Centers that consist of multiple, integrated projects representing both the biomedical and non-biomedical disciplines; as well as cores tasked with administrative, community engagement, research translation, research support, and training functions. The scope of the SRP Centers is taken directly from the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and include
- advanced techniques for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the effect on human health of hazardous substances;
- methods to assess the risks to human health presented by hazardous substances;
- methods and technologies to detect hazardous substances in the environment; and
- basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous substances.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-12-003.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per accredited institution of higher education will be accepted.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 18, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Dec 5, 2011 |
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Mar 11, 2012 |
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program: TechGirls |
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program: TechGirls
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United States Department of State (DOS)
Description
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the new Youth Leadership Program "TechGirls." The recipient will conduct a three- to five-week exchange program in the United States in Summer 2012 focused on promoting high-level study of technology for high school girls from the Middle East and North Africa. U.S. Embassies in the participating countries and territories will recruit, screen, and select the teenage girls. The program will provide an exchange of academic study of applied technology for girls who already have a demonstrated aptitude and strong interest in the subject, will empower girls to pursue higher education and careers in technology, and will support activities in the participants' home countries that are designed to reinforce and support the skills and linkages acquired during the U.S. program.
The TechGirls program will bring approximately 25 teenage girls from select countries in the Middle East and North Africa to the United States for a three- to five-week exchange program in Summer 2012 focused on promoting high-level study of technology. The program should include participation in a technology camp, perhaps at a university, that will bring together the program participants with American peers who share similar interests. The camp should be academically rigorous and provide exposure to advanced tools in technology, as well as tools that can be readily adopted for use in the participants' home countries, through hands-on classes, labs, and individual or team-based projects.
The TechGirls program participants may be integrated into an existing camp or residential program, or one may be designed specifically for them. The camp should be complemented by additional activities designed specifically for the TechGirls to include mentoring experiences, job shadowing, mini-internships, and/or site visits to high tech companies in the United States. Participants should be afforded ample opportunity throughout the course of the program to engage in small group work to design and develop projects that are relevant to the field and will produce tangible, presentable outcomes, as well as to plan for follow-on activities. The program will be rounded out by planned social, recreational, and cultural activities; community service activities; home hospitality arrangements such as meals, recreational activities, or homestays with local families; and other activities designed to achieve the program's stated goals. Multiple opportunities for participants to interact meaningfully with their American peers must be included. Follow-on activities that are designed to reinforce and support the skills and linkages acquired during the U.S. program are an integral part of the program.
The Bureau anticipates that the TechGirls participants will be selected from the same countries that are participating in TechWomen so that TechWomen participants may assist with recruitment and mentoring of the girls once they return home. TechWomen participants are currently expected to be from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian territories, Tunisia, and Yemen.
The goals of the program are to (1) provide a program of academic study of applied technology for girls who already have a demonstrated aptitude and strong interest in the subject; (2) empower girls to pursue higher education and careers in technology; (3) link peers who share interests and abilities; (4) develop leadership skills of the participants; and (5) promote mutual understanding among the peoples of the United States and the countries and territories of the Middle East and North Africa. Using these goals and the theme of technology, applicant organizations should identify their own specific and measurable outputs and outcomes based on the project specifications provided in this solicitation. Proposals should indicate how recipients will achieve the short-term program objectives, and how these objectives will contribute to the achievement of the stated long-term goals.
U.S. Embassies in the participating countries will recruit, screen, and select the youth participants. Although the award recipient is not expected to be involved in participant selection, it may serve the posts in an advisory role, as needed. The youth participants will be high school girls, aged 15 to 17 years old who already have a demonstrated aptitude and strong interest in the field of technology. Participants will be proficient in the English language. The Bureau anticipates selecting two to five participants from each participating country or territory.
Participants will be provided with opportunities during the exchange program to interact with American peers who are of the same age and share similar interests in the field of technology. American peers will either be participants of an existing technology camp or will be recruited and selected by the award recipient if a technology camp is designed specifically for the TechGirls program.
Applicants are strongly urged to garner private sector support. The Bureau encourages the expansion of the scope of this program beyond what it is able to fund. Private sector monies and in-kind offerings may be used, for instance, to fund additional visits to technology companies in the United States, to increase the number of American students that participate in exchange program activities, or to ramp up activities during the technology camp.
U.S. Embassies in the participating countries will recruit, screen, and select the participants; facilitate visas; arrange and purchase international travel; arrange for adult accompaniment on the international flights; collaborate with the U.S. recipient organization in providing pre-departure briefings and overseeing alumni follow-on activities; and engage TechWomen alumni in their home countries to serve as mentors to the TechGirls alumni.
More Information
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-03/html/2011-28420.htm
Submission Limits
Organizations may submit only one proposal (total) under this competition. If more than one proposal is received from the same applicant, all submissions will be declared technically ineligible and will receive no further consideration in the review process.
Cost Sharing:
There is no minimum or maximum cost share or matching percentage required for this competition. However, the Bureau encourages applicants to provide maximum levels of cost sharing and funding in support of its programs. When cost sharing is offered, it is understood and agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal and later included in an approved agreement. Cost sharing may be in the form of allowable direct or indirect costs.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 10, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 18, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 23, 2011 |
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N/A |
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Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation (D43) |
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Limited Competition: Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation (D43)
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Description
The purpose of this FOA is to provide support for the development of broadly interdisciplinary training programs in global health directed towards encouraging innovation in products, processes, and policies. Trainees should be at the postdoctoral level or have attained a terminal degree in their fields. Training projects should identify critical health needs in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) that can be addressed through Innovation, and carry out the scientific research necessary to develop, validate, and test their concepts. To increase the translation of research findings into realized health benefits, project design should include considerations of implementation appropriate to low resource settings in LMICs, particularly regarding increased effectiveness, affordability, accessibility, ease of use or delivery, and/or scalability. This FOA emphasizes hands-on, problem-solving, and collaborative approaches and allows U.S. and LMIC trainees to be trained together. By engaging multiple entities within and among institutions, the proposed programs should also build institutional capacity for interdisciplinary training in global health, stimulate new collaborations, and increase the pipeline of researchers from a wide variety of fields who engage in global health research.
More Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-003.html
Submission Limits
Only one application per institution is allowed
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Nov 3, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 4, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 15, 2011 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Dec 15, 2011
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Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates - Graduate Student Nominees |
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National Science Foundation (NSF), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
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Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates - Graduate Student Nominees
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National Science Foundation (NSF), Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), United States Department of Energy (DOE)
Description
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation are pleased to announce that they will nominate and sponsor a maximum of 55 graduate students to attend the 62nd annual meeting of Nobel Laureates and students in Lindau, Germany, from July 1 through July 6, 2011. This year, we are keeping the increased number of applications accepted by the sponsors. We invite you to nominate up to two students for each sponsor to be considered for this very exciting opportunity.
Since 1951, Nobel Prize winners and students in chemistry, physics, and physiology or medicine have met annually in Lindau, located on Lake Constance in southwestern Germany. It is anticipated that some 550 students from more than 70 countries will attend the weeklong meeting in 2012. There are formal lectures in the morning, and the remainder of the day is set aside for the students to meet informally with the Nobel Laureate scientists, as well as with their fellow students from around the world. Information on the most recent meeting and comments from students who attended are available at http://www.orau.org/lindau/past-mtgs/default.shtml.
In 2012, the meeting will feature recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics. You may nominate students to attend this meeting who:
• are U.S. citizens currently enrolled at a university as full-time graduate students;
• have completed by June 2012 at least two years of graduate studies toward a doctoral degree in physics or in a related discipline, but not be planning a dissertation/thesis defense before December 31, 2012;
• be supported by and/or working on a project, grant, or fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) or the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences.
We are especially interested in receiving nominations from a diverse group of students, including women, minorities and people with disabilities.
DOE and NSF will again partner this year with ORAU and Mars, Incorporated. Those organizations are separately announcing their nomination processes, but will also each accept two nominations as well.
The selection process for the Lindau Meeting occurs over three phases. The universities and National Laboratories complete the first phase by selecting two students per sponsor and submitting the nomination packet for each student. DOE and NSF complete phase two by selecting the students to nominate to the Lindau Meeting. The final phase of selection is completed by the Lindau Meeting and its screening process. All three phases ultimately adhere to the Lindau Meeting’s selection criteria.
All nominations must be submitted online before Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 4:00 pm, Eastern Time. Nominees will be notified by December 31, 2011 whether they have been selected by DOE or NSF. An information sheet on the program is enclosed. Further information about the program, including the Web site for submission of nominations, can be found online beginning on October 1, 2010 at http://www.orau.org/lindau/.
More Information
http://www.orau.org/lindau/
Submission Limits
There is a limit of two nominees per university or federal laboratory for each sponsor.
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 31, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Nov 1, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 4, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 9, 2011 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Nov 15, 2011
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Governors' Institute for Community Design RFP |
EPA-OP-OSC-12-01 |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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Governors' Institute for Community Design RFP
Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Description
As part of the interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities, EPA's Office of Sustainable Communities is seeking proposals to fund one applicant to operate the Governors' Institute for Community Design. The institute will select and work with interested state leadership (governors, their cabinets, and their staffs) to deliver technical assistance that supports state efforts to implement smart growth and sustainable communities development approaches that protect the environment, improve public health, facilitate job creation and economic opportunity, and improve overall quality of life. Providing financial assistance to establish and operate the Governors' Institute is a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Transportation, and EPA.
The maximum amount of funding for an award under this RFP will be approximately $2 million over the five-year life of the agreement. EPA expects to make one award and have approximately $325,000 for the first year of activity. The award will be negotiated for a project period of up to 5 years and will be set up for incremental funding, with funding for future years dependent on funding availability, agency priorities, recipient performance, and other applicable considerations.
More Information
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=126393
Submission Limits
Only one proposal per applicant will be accepted. (For the purposes of this solicitation, the institution is considered to be the applicant.)
Deadlines
| Internal Notice of Intent |
Oct 27, 2011 |
| Notification of Internal Competition |
Oct 28, 2011 |
| Internal Pre-proposal |
Nov 4, 2011 |
| Results of Internal Competition |
Nov 11, 2011 |
| Agency Notice of Intent/Pre-proposal |
N/A |
| Agency Proposal |
Dec 5, 2011
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Anyone wishing to submit a proposal for one of these programs should click on the appropriate link in the list above. To expedite the process of planning an internal competition, please submit your notice of intent as soon as you know you have an interest in the funding program. You are only required to include the name of the Principal Investigator, any co-PI's, and the subject or title of the proposed project. The deadline for the internal notice of intent is indicated above.
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