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The Instrumentation for Materials Research - Major Instrumentation Project (IMR-MIP) program in the Division of Materials Research provides support for the design and construction of major instruments costing more than $2 million at major U.S. facilities. The program also supports the development of detailed conceptual and engineering design for new tools for materials preparation or characterization at major national facilities. Such instruments may include, for example, neutron beam lines, synchrotron beam lines, and high field magnets, as well as development of detectors and preparation environments necessary to support materials research.

The program supports two types of awards: Conceptual and Engineering Design (CED) awards and Construction (CNST) awards. A CED award will enable the proposer to do the necessary engineering design of the instrument. A CNST proposal may only be submitted after a satisfactory engineering design of the instrument has been completed and has been approved by both the facility at which the instrument will be situated and by NSF. The program does not provide operating funds for projects it supports through this solicitation.

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Funding will not be considered for:

• general institutional expenses;
• general fundraising campaign expenses such as dinners and mass mailings;
• as a contribution to unified funds or to a pooled fund that is itself used to award grants of any kind; and
• social science, religious, political, or other research that does not fall within the foundation's areas of interest, as described above.

The BYI program is open to persons with tenure-track appointments in academic and nonprofit institutions that conduct fundamental research in the chemical and life sciences. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States at the time of application. Documentation of U.S. citizenship (copy of birth certificate or passport) or permanent residency status must be provided with the application. Persons who have applied for permanent residency but have not received their government documentation by the time of application are not eligible.

To be eligible, an applicant should not have completed more than three full years in his or her tenure-track or other comparable independent research appointment. Regardless of eligibility under this rule, no individual may apply for a Beckman Young Investigator award more than three times.

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• provide resources to support and advance research that will improve understanding of the antecedents and consequences of population structure and change;
• facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among investigators conducting population-related research and in allied fields; and
• promote innovative approaches to population research questions. An additional goal is to facilitate interactions among scientists in locations throughout the United States that contribute to the integration and coordination of population research.

1. Research on the antecedents and consequences of changes in population size, structure, and composition
2. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on families and households
3. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on fertility
4. Research on population movement and distribution
5. Demographic and social science research on health, morbidity, disability, health disparities, and mortality
6. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
7. For other specific diseases and conditions not mentioned above, research that primarily focuses on the social, cultural, familial, and economic determinants and consequences of these diseases and conditions

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The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide short-term infrastructure support for established population centers and programs that are doing research in the areas within the mission of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD's) Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBSB). The centers to be supported by this program have a solid base in population research, are on a trajectory to become more productive and influential in population research, and, with the infrastructure support provided through this program, are likely to be competitive for a Population Research Infrastructure Program (R24) award within three to five years.

• provide resources to support and advance research that will improve understanding of the antecedents and consequences of population structure and change;
• facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among investigators conducting population-related research and in allied fields; and
• promote innovative approaches to population research questions. An additional goal is to facilitate interactions among scientists in locations throughout the United States that contribute to the integration and coordination of population research.

1. Research on the antecedents and consequences of changes in population size, structure, and composition
2. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on families and households
3. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on fertility
4. Research on population movement and distribution
5. Demographic and social science research on health, morbidity, disability, health disparities, and mortality
6. Demographic, social science, and behavioral science research on the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
7. For other specific diseases and conditions not mentioned above, research that primarily focuses on the social, cultural, familial, and economic determinants and consequences of these diseases and conditions

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Planning Grants: Proposals must be submitted on the same deadline dates as those indicated above for Preliminary Proposals, following discussion with a Program Officer.

Conference, Symposia, and Workshop Grants: Proposals may be submitted at any time, generally at least one year in advance, following discussion with a Program Officer. These types of projects do not require Preliminary Proposals.

Grants Supplements for Existing ISE Awards: Requests must be submitted at least two months prior to the need for additional funds, following discussion with the Cognizant Program Officer.

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PI Eligibility Limit: An individual may be included as a Principal Investigator (PI) in no more than the following numbers of proposals under ISE consideration at the same time, as follows: one Full Proposal for a Project Grant; one Preliminary Proposal for the next round of Project Grants; one Planning Grant proposal; and one Conference, Symposia, and Workshop Grant Proposal. However, a PI in one proposal may be a Co-Principal Investigator or project team member on other proposals submitted to this Solicitation.

Limit on Number of Proposals: An institution or organization may serve as lead in no more than the following numbers of proposals under ISE consideration at the same time: three Preliminary Proposals and three Full Proposals for Project Grants; three proposals in total for Planning Grants and/or Conference, Symposia, and Workshop Grants. A proposal that is substantially similar to another proposal from the same institution or organization that is under consideration by ISE or other NSF program will be returned without review.

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The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Type 1 proposals are solicited that provide for full implementation efforts at academic institutions. Type 2 proposals are solicited that support educational research projects on associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM.

Program activities under the Type 1 STEP competition should be efforts aimed at implementing strategies that will lead to an increase in the number of students (United States citizens or permanent residents) obtaining STEM degrees at institutions with baccalaureate degree programs; or completing associate degrees in STEM fields or completing credits toward transfer to a baccalaureate degree program in STEM fields at community colleges. The goal of the project must be to increase the total graduation numbers of such students at the institution(s), and all STEP proposals must include specific numerical targets for these increases. If a project focuses efforts on only a subset of STEM fields, increases in those fields must not be at the expense of degrees in other STEM fields. Projects may focus on the retention and/or recruitment of undergraduate students into STEM fields. Projects should consider the importance of attention to broadening the participation of all sectors of the student population in STEM. Outreach efforts are appropriate only if the efforts can be expected to result in additional STEM majors and graduates at the submitting institution(s) within the grant period.

Program activities under the Type 2 STEP competition represent educational research on factors affecting associate or baccalaureate degree attainment in STEM. The results are expected to contribute to the knowledge base of scholarly research in education. Proposals of up to $500,000 annually (one-, two- or three-year awards) for projects should be based in a research design that incorporates appropriate and proven methodologies and strategies. The proposal should identify the research questions, and the results should provide convincing evidence of the relationship of the factor(s) (including departmental/institutional) studied to the issues of associate and/or baccalaureate degree attainment, and/or undergraduate access to STEM careers, and/or persistence to STEM graduate study. These educational research studies should reflect explicit cognizance of the broad variety of institutions of higher education, and should address the unique challenges and opportunities posed by that variety.

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The Fogarty International Center (FIC) and collaborating Institutes (NCI, NIEHS, NINDS, and NIBIB) are inviting applications for up to three years of support for the creation of new, multidisciplinary programs that will foster Global Health research and teaching within and between institutions, to be called Framework Programs for Global Health. Specifically, the objectives of this FOA are (1) to increase interactions and joint activities among investigators already engaged in Global Health teaching and research within a campus and among institutions; (2) to encourage new investigators from diverse faculties and disciplines and new institutions to enter the Global Health field; and (3) to build curricula and develop educational opportunities that will engage the next generation of scientists and health workers to consider careers in Global Health. The activities initiated under this award will create a framework of support for Global Health initiatives within an institution.

Two core activities will be to create an administrative framework to bring multiple schools (engineering, economics, business, law, arts and sciences, communications, public health, medicine, nursing, veterinary sciences, environmental studies, agriculture, and others) together on the topic of Global Health and to develop multidisciplinary Global Health curricula at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and/or professional school levels. Each program should leverage and enhance currently funded Global Health projects at the institution, supported by NIH and other sponsors, as well as encourage new training opportunities, collaborations and research areas. To ensure that institutions support the Framework at the highest level, letters from the University President, Provost, or other Institutional Director will be required.

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The purpose of this announcement is to invite applications for U.S. and developing country institutions for programs to provide non-HIV/AIDS infectious disease research training to scientists and health professionals in order to build sustainable research capacity at institutions in low- and middle-income endemic countries. Proposals are requested for innovative, collaborative research training programs that would contribute to the long-term goal of building sustainable research capacity in endemic infectious diseases at developing country institutions. The intent is to harness scientific knowledge and skills to enhance prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases causing major morbidity and mortality in developing countries.

The Fogarty International Center (FIC) will support research-training programs that focus on building sustainable infectious disease research capacity at an institution in an endemic developing country. Sustainable research capacity depends on building a critical mass of scientists and health professionals with in-depth scientific expertise and complementary skills that enable the institution to conduct independent, internationally recognized infectious disease research relevant to the health priorities of their countries. FIC will support research-training programs that focus on major endemic or life-threatening emerging infectious diseases and are structured to provide an appropriate variety of short- and long-term training opportunities for participants from developing country institutions within the context of ongoing U.S. research collaborations.

1. Substantially increase the expertise of trainees in relevant laboratory, clinical, epidemiological, social science, or operational and health services research.
2. Fill existing gaps and strengthen the sustainability of endemic infectious disease research training at a specified developing country institution.
3. Expand and equalize collaborative scientific research interactions between U.S. and developing country scientists.
4. Implement strategies that help insure that developing country trainees integrate into their home country institutions and pursue independently supported scientific careers.
5. Enhance the capacity for developing country institutions to provide data for evidence-based decision making related to endemic infectious disease clinical treatment or prevention and control policies in the host developing country.
6. Strengthen the capacity of developing country institutions to compete for research funding.

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New information, communication, and computational technologies have had profound impacts on the practice of science and engineering. Linked to create a comprehensive cyberinfrastructure, the systems, tools, and services emerging from these new technologies are enabling individuals, groups, and organizations to advance research and education in ways that revolutionize who can participate, what they can do, and how they do it. Sustaining this revolution across all areas of science and engineering requires the formation of a workforce with the knowledge and skills needed to design and deploy as well as adopt and apply these cyber-based systems, tools and services over the long-term. The opportunity for such preparation should be available at all stages of formal and informal education, training and professional development, and must be extended to all interested individuals and communities.

• Prepare current and future generations of scientists, engineers, and educators to design and develop as well as adopt and deploy, cyber-based tools and environments for research and learning, both formal and informal.
• Expand and enhance participation in cyberinfrastructure science and engineering activities of diverse groups of people and organizations, with particular emphasis on the inclusion of traditionally underrepresented individuals, institutions, and communities as both creators and users of cyberinfrastructure.

This solicitation seeks two types of project proposals, both aimed at the preparation of a diverse, cyberinfrastructure-savvy science and engineering workforce. One type of proposal, the Demonstration Project, is exploratory in nature and may be somewhat limited in scope and scale. Demonstration Projects have the potential to serve as exemplars to effective larger-scale implementation activities in the future. The other project type, the Implementation Project, is generally larger in scope or scale and draws on prior experience with the activities or the teams proposed. Implementation Projects are expected to deliver sustainable learning and workforce development activities that complement ongoing NSF investment in cyberinfrastructure.

All CI-TEAM projects seek to broaden and diversify the population of individuals and institutions participating in cyberinfrastructure activities specifically and, thereby, science and engineering more generally. Toward that goal, both types of projects consist of collaborations with expertise in multiple disciplines and involve partnerships that support integrated research and learning among diverse organizations including, as appropriate, academic institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, government, industry, professional societies, other not-for-profit organizations, and international partners. Other key features of CI-TEAM projects involve a commitment to: leveraging existing or current development efforts in cyberinfrastructure technologies; open software standards and open educational resources; the integration of research and learning; institutional partnerships; and strategic implementation, management, and evaluation plans. Following merit review of the proposals received, NSF expects to select for support 12 to 15 Demonstration Projects at up to $250,000 total each and 7 to 12 Implementation Projects at up to $1,000,000 total each that together constitute a rich portfolio of cyberinfrastructure-related workforce development activities.

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